Yizhou, Chengdu.

Liu Zhang has not convened the Sichuan civil and military council to discuss politics for many days.

I've been in a bad mood lately, and I don't even want to draw pictures of ladies, and I've been insomnia all night, and sometimes even the sound of the wind whistling outside the house can scare him to sit up.

In fact, when the news of Cao Cao's overturning of Zhang Lu had just arrived, he was happy for a full quarter of an hour.

But after a quarter of an hour, he reacted, the gate of Yizhou was opened, and Cao Cao's army could enter Sichuan in the future, which was shocking.

You must know that Cao Cao is not at the level of Zhang Lu, he is a man who has been rolling in the war all year round, and he feels terrifying just thinking about it.

If it is said that Chuandi is determined to resist Cao with all his might, can it be prevented?

To put it mildly, if he gave all the soldiers and horses of Liu Bei and Sun Ce to Cao Cao, he would not be able to get in.

Because there are not many soldiers and horses in the entire Sichuan region, there are sixty or seventy thousand people, and what about the supply of grain and grass? It's inexhaustible.

With the danger of the Sword Gate, the key places in Langzhong are all moats that can be outnumbered and defeated by the weak.

The problem is that the contradictions within Kawachi are too big to be resolved.

Moreover, this contradiction did not start from Liu Zhang's hands, but from the time of his Laozi Liu Yan.

If he really had the ability to reconcile internal contradictions, he would not think of asking Liu Bei to help fight against Zhang Lu.

The positioning of Liu Zhang in later generations is two words, ignorant.

In fact, the mess in Yizhou was not handled by Liu Bei later.

At the beginning, that is, when Liu Yan was in power, he was a little unbearable to be confronted by the local scholars when he first arrived in Yizhou, and he couldn't do many things, so he just hung up the title of Yizhou pastor.

So, he urgently needs to cultivate his own strength.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, a large number of people and scholars fled in Sanfu, and Yuan Shu was tyrannical in Nanyang, and a large number of people were driven away.

Where to go, if you want to say Taiping, there was no state and county that could compare with Yizhou at that time, so it was natural to rush to Sichuan.

And the local families in Yizhou will not have a good face in the face of these outsiders, and all kinds of suppression are miserable.

Liu Yan saw that the enemy of the enemy was not my ally, so he began to win over this group of people.

They are the source of the Dongzhou faction.

Liu Yan began to cultivate the Dongzhou faction to suppress the local scholars in Yizhou, and when the time was about the same, he even slaughtered the 12th family of Sichuan overnight, causing the local scholars to complain about him and dare not speak out.

Later, when Liu Yan was comfortable, he wanted to get out of the control of the imperial court, but you can't directly claim the emperor here, that will attract criticism from the people of the world, what should I do, so I sent my henchman Zhang Lu to Hanzhong, as long as the angel came to give the order, he would be killed.

For a long time, the edict of the imperial court could not be sent to Yizhou at all, and Liu Yan began to use the Tianzi Luan Yi when he went in and out.

Probably even God couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent a fire to him in Mianzhu, burning all his frames, and Liu Yan also relapsed because of his old illness, and died directly.

He died simply, but what was left for Liu Zhang?

The Dongzhou faction that can't get rid of the tail, the local family who hates the Liu family to the core, and Zhang Lu, who began to dislike Liu Zhang because of the development of Hanzhong.

Liu Zhang wants to do something, first of all, he has to get rid of Zhang Lu, who has a heart of self-reliance outside, but before he has time to free his hand, the Jinfan thief Gan Ning took Shen Mi and Lou to make trouble, and Liu He also joined in the fun, making him a mess.

It's hard to send them away, and you can start to clean up Zhang Lu, and it's a question of who to send.

After thinking about it, he sent Pang Xi, who had a high prestige in the army of the Dongzhou faction, and Liu Zhang's hand was actually quite good, because this could not only resist foreign enemies, but also slightly weaken the deterrent power of the Dongzhou faction in Chengdu.

Liu Zhang would not favor the Dongzhou faction like his father, because when he took the throne, the Yizhou local faction had been suppressed by the Dongzhou faction and could not raise its head.

Therefore, if he wants to balance this relationship, he has to lean towards the local scholars, how to support it, of course, it is the most convenient to reward meritorious deeds.

So after tearing his face with Zhang Lu, he began to promote Zhao Wei, who was reused to protect himself on the throne, and Zhao Wei, as a local scholar, was still very good to himself.

Who knew that after Zhao Wei gained power, he actually united with the local family to rebel, and as soon as he responded, three or four counties responded in one breath, which made Liu Zhang tremble with fright.

In the end, it was the people from the Dongzhou faction who stood up.

It's not that they are kind-hearted, it's that they all understand that once Zhao Wei succeeds, the local scholars will officially take power, and when the time comes, none of them, the people of the Dongzhou faction, want to stay in Sichuan.

Meng Da, Fa Zheng, and Xu Jing worked together, and Zhao Wei was packed in one fell swoop.

Therefore, in the end, it still failed to change the situation that Yizhou was dominated by the Dongzhou faction.

Fortunately, these people are not particularly united, but they will only get together when their interests are greatly threatened, which finally gives Liu Zhang some comfort.

Over the years, Liu Zhang's Sichuan and Shu have either been in the chaos or on the way to the chaos, and I really can't complain that he can't clean up a Zhang Lu.

In fact, from Liu Zhang's point of view, he was first stabbed in the back by Gan Ning and them, and then encountered Zhang Lu's independence, and even Zhao Wei, who supported his own position, engaged in a sneak attack, and the most basic integrity between people was gone.

So he's in danger all the time.

Of course, he is not completely without die-hard subordinates, for example, Zhang Ren, who he single-handedly promoted from the cold family, is loyal to him.

And Zhang Ren is also very good at fighting, going out of the same house as Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiushi, and knowing the art of war, if he can lead an army out to defend the land, Sichuan is still very stable.

However, there are too few people like Zhang Ren in the army, and he has been betrayed so many times, so Liu Zhang easily did not dare to let Zhang Ren leave his side.

He is in Chengdu, so he can have a sense of security.

In this context, Cao Cao took Hanzhong, how could he not panic.

There are many internal contradictions, it is difficult to protect oneself, and strong enemies outside are waiting for him, and he is ready to move, Liu Zhang only feels that he is too difficult.

When Shuzhong was shocked three times a day, it was not that he didn't want to convene the civil and military councils to discuss politics, but that he didn't know how to face the questions that might arise in front of the hall at that time.

It wasn't until two letters were sent to Chengdu successively, one from Lin Mo and the other from Liu Bei, that the haze that lingered over Liu Zhang's head finally dissipated.

With these two letters in hand, he has the confidence to face anyone, whether it is the Dongzhou faction or the local family.

Of course, in Liu Zhang's heart, there is also a plan, what kind of person is Lin Mo, who is not related to him, can he be so kind, he has been betrayed so many times, Liu Zhang has long ceased to have a fluke mentality with outsiders.

But whether you should say it or not, with this letter in hand, you can finally block the mouths of Youyou, after all, looking at the whole world, except for Lu Lin, it is difficult to have the strength to be an enemy of Cao Cao.

If it really warms Liu Zhang's heart, it has to be Liu Bei.

As Liu Bei, who is known in the name of benevolence and righteousness, it is well-known, even in Sichuan and Shu, where the news is closed, Liu Zhang has heard a lot about Liu Bei's good name.

In addition, everyone is surnamed Liu, and they are all relatives of the Han family, so he will not harm himself.

Now, Lin Mo's letter can stabilize the civil strife, Liu Bei's letter can stabilize his heart, and Liu Zhang is really down-to-earth.

"Looking at today, the people vying for the throne are none other than Cao Cao and Lu Bu, and only in the hands of one of these two people can Yizhou have long-term peace and stability, and the people of Shuzhong can usher in blessings."

"Yes, Yizhou is rich for thousands of miles, whoever gets Yizhou is equivalent to half of the world, but Liu Zhang is weak, but he can't control it, and now people are stretching out their hands to Hanzhong, but he can't avoid guests, it's really ridiculous."

"Just Zhang Lu can jump out and brush the tiger's whiskers, not to mention that this time it's a fierce tiger, what can he do."

Chengdu, Zhangfu, in the closed door, the two knelt on the ground, open and honest.

A person with a pointed forehead, a nose and teeth, a short body of less than five feet, but a voice like a twilight drum and a morning bell when he speaks, he is Zhang Song, the handsome man of Chuandi.

The person sitting opposite him, wearing a Confucian crown and a goat's beard, was combed in a subtle way, and at first glance he knew that he was a rigorous man, with a darker complexion, and a pair of eyes that were calm, upright, and filial.

In fact, during this period of time, in Chengdu, and even in the whole of Yizhou, such a dialogue between the two of them was staged all the time.

Hanzhong fell into the hands of Cao Cao, no one is optimistic that Liu Zhang can hold the Sichuan land, you can't even handle Zhang Lu, and you still want to play with Cao Cao?

However, this kind of dialogue is also a remark against the lord to say that it is difficult to hear, and it can be questioned, so most of the cronies and people of the same faction dare to talk.

It is extremely rare for the Yizhou locals and Dongzhou factions to sit together so amicably and openly like this.

There is also a certain premise for being able to reach this tacit understanding, although Zhang Song, who is a native of Yizhou, does not like the Dongzhou faction, but he has not yet had a head-on conflict in military and politics, and Fa Zheng can only be regarded as a marginal figure in the Dongzhou faction, and the core is not him.

The most critical point is that they all have a feeling that they have never met talents, and they think that their talents should serve the hero, not a fool like Liu Zhang.

So the two hit it off and have begun to plan to find a master for Yizhou.

"According to Brother Yongnian, who will end up in this world?" Fa Zheng asked with a smile.

"What do you think of filial piety?" Zhang Song's smile was somewhat of a thief's eyebrow.

"You speak first."

Zhang Song hesitated for a while, twisted his three-inch beard and muttered: "Today's situation is very clear, this world must be born between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, judging from the past situation between the two sides, Cao Cao is unvictorious, the strategy of the Marquis of Lanling, not Cao Cao's subordinates can be stopped, in my opinion, in the end, it must be Lu Bu to calm the troubled times and achieve meritorious deeds." ”

"The past is not worth mentioning, as far as Cao Cao's current response is concerned, whether it is to introduce the ten departments of Guanzhong into the three counties, or to take advantage of the undecided Hanzhong in the north, it is a proper move.

What's more, Cao Cao is in front of me, Lu Bu is on the edge of the sky, I should follow the trend and not move against the sky. ”

The previous words are nothing, but the latter sentence is the finishing touch, the Northern Army is too far away from Sichuan, and Cao Cao is guarding the door.

Zhang Song waved his hand, "Xiaozhi should know, the danger of Sichuan is strong in the world, if there is no internal response from me, Cao Zhi has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he can only look at Guan Xing." ”

"Brother Yongnian."

The corners of Fa Zheng's mouth were outlined, revealing a meaningful smile, "You are so devoted to Lu Bu, do you have a secret relationship with Lin Mo?" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Zhang Song's eyes twitched, and just wanted to justify, Fa Zheng directly pressed his hand, "Brother Yongnian, it doesn't matter if it's right or not, the important thing is that our choice is only this time, once we make a mistake, we will regret it for life." ”

If you say from the bottom of your heart, Zhang Song wants to choose Lu Lin Group, he is not as far-reaching as Fa Zheng thinks, just because of Lin Mo's letter.

He is not very famous in Sichuan, let alone outside the party, but Lin Mo, who is famous, actually wrote to him in person, praising him as a leader in Shu, hoping to get his help and become a generation of hegemons.

People, it's impossible to say that you don't have a little vanity, this is probably like a fledgling general coming up and being complimented by Lu Bu: Your martial arts are too high, I can't beat you.

Especially Zhang Song, who has been ambitious for many years, has an illusion of meeting Bole, so he will firmly choose Lin Mo.

That is, to keep Cao Cao out of Sichuan, and when the opportunity is right, he will give Yizhou to Lin Mo and make a meritorious deed.

However, Fa Zheng obviously has a different view.

Zhang Song can communicate with him, in fact, he also values Fazheng's talent in his heart, so he sat upright, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Xian's move always has to have a reasonable explanation." ”

Fa Zheng was not ready to hide it, and after taking a sip of tea, he said in a low voice: "There are four reasons, one of which I have already said, Cao Cao is in front of him, Lu Lin is in the sky, and it is not wise to seek the near and far;

Second, now the momentum of Cao Lu and the two sides, even if it is not evenly matched, the north country will not be able to win a few points, if we send Yizhou to Cao Cao, with the richness of Yizhou Tianfu, Cao Cao's strength will increase greatly, and the winning side will be at least seven percent, and you and I will have the opportunity to show their strength in Cao Ying.

Third, the imperial court is in Xuchang, the Son of Heaven is in the hands of Cao Cao, and he is carrying the edict of the world, which cannot be changed no matter how hard Lin Mo is dedicated.

Last but not least, Lu Bu was approaching his twilight years. ”

Zhang Song frowned a little incomprehensibly, "So what?" ”

"Lin Mo is his son-in-law, not his son, the so-called improper name is not good, those fierce generals who have followed Lu Bu for many years, such as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, are very likely to have different intentions.

At that step of the field, even if Lin Mo can stop the chaos, Lu Ying will definitely be greatly injured, Cao Cao, how could he let go of such a good opportunity? ”

These words made Zhang Song's heart sink.

yes, how did I forget that.

Fazheng's argument is absolutely not groundless.

Zhang Lu was a subordinate who bowed to Liu Yan at the beginning, and he was also a confidant for Liu Yan, otherwise how could he be allowed to do this kind of decentralization.

In the end, as soon as Liu Yan died, didn't he turn against Liu Zhang?

Judging from the external momentum, it is true that Lu Lin is superior, but in the long run, Lu Lin's internal problems are too serious.

In addition to the issue of the heir, the problem of Lu Ying's faction must also be very tricky, the old faction that followed Lu Bu at the beginning, the young faction cultivated by Lin Mo, the Xu Yang family, and the family of the Northern Kingdom, these people can get along in harmony?

It can be said that once something goes wrong with Lu Bu, the northern kingdom will be in chaos, and this kind of chaos is definitely not something that Lin Mo can suppress alone.

But there is no such problem on Cao Cao's side, Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Ang, has always been guarding in Xuchang, it is really Cao Cao who has something to do, and with his prestige, he can quickly take over this banner.

Zhang Song slowly stood up, pacing back and forth in the room, there was a depression between his eyebrows, the three points mentioned earlier are all strategic problems, even if manpower cannot be completely solved, they can be reduced after all, but the fourth point raised by Fa Zheng is a fatal problem.

Lu Bu is at least forty-eight or nine this year, and it's really hard to say how long he can live.

In case the middle way collapses, with such a big plate as Lu Ying, Lin Mo may really not be able to suppress it alone, especially the veteran general.

"What the virtuous brother said, it's very true"

Zhang Song, who sat down again, seemed to have made an important decision, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "When Liu Zhang discusses politics, I will ask for an order to go to Hanzhong to sue for peace, and then see if Cao Cao has the style of a polite and virtuous corporal."

If Cao Ying really has a foothold for you and my brother, joining forces with the internal response, and offering Yizhou is just a snap of a finger. ”

"That's great!"

In fact, Fa Zheng also received Lin Mo's letter.

Even after sleepless nights and finally weighing the pros and cons, he still chose Cao Cao.

This cannot be said that he lacks strategic vision, but everyone stands in different positions and angles, and sees things differently.

Whether it is Zhang Lu or Zhao Wei, their deeds have proved that those who can be suppressed by the previous generation may not be able to be suppressed by the next generation.

It is true that Lu Bu has been able to get to this day, and he knows that it is due to Lin Mo, but no matter how scheming he is, people's hearts cannot be changed.

Not to mention anything else, the promotion of young generals is actually the same as what Liu Zhang did.

Now, whether it is to conquer Bingzhou, Youzhou or send troops to fight Wuhuan, all the people who go are the people he promoted, and the veteran generals who have followed Lu Bu for many years are all placed in the rear to guard, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit favoritism.

After the two agreed on the choice of personnel fork in the road, they happened to receive the news that Liu Zhang had summoned Wenwu to gather in the council hall tomorrow.

Just in time.

The next day, the big guy's face was ugly.

Liu Zhang didn't want to sell Guanzi at all, so he directly took out the letters of Lin Mo and Liu Bei to stabilize the morale of the army.

These two letters are indeed of great use.

Many people who were ready to persuade them to surrender chose to shut up.

For a time, there were two kinds of remarks in the council hall, the first was that the Dongzhou faction proposed that since there were reinforcements, there was no need to be afraid of Cao Cao, and only needed to increase troops to Jianmen and Langzhong to defend it, Cao Cao would attack the city, the rear would be chaotic, and the danger of Yizhou would be solved.

This remark was also supported by the die-hard faction led by Zhang Ren.

In fact, the Dongzhou faction's proposal is not how loyal Liu Zhang is, because the current Yizhou is controlled by their group, and Liu Zhang can't suppress them, but if there is a different master, Cao Cao comes, it will be difficult to say.

The second remark was made by the local scholars of Yizhou, who asked Cao Cao for peace and sent envoys to Hanzhong with tribute, which seemed to be safer.

No matter what kind of remarks it is, in the end, no one proposed to surrender, and Liu Zhang was very satisfied with it.

In fact, whether it is the Yizhou native faction or the Dongzhou faction, there are those who advocate surrender.

For example, Zhang Song of the local faction, Meng Da and Fa Zheng of the Dongzhou faction.

Because they are not only weighing and considering the interests of the family, but also considering to display their talents and ambitions, in Liu Zhang's body, they do not have such an opportunity.

But they surrendered, and they couldn't say it directly, especially before the wind direction was undecided, so they unanimously supported sending people to sue for peace, but in fact, they all knew that suing for peace was just an opportunity to sell Liu Zhang.

"I will send people to Yecheng and Changsha to thank Lin Mo and Liu Bei, but it is also necessary to send envoys to Hanzhong." Liu Zhang is big hand wave, use both schemes, try it first and see if it works.

When everyone heard it, they didn't have any opinions, and they just put in some money and food, which Yizhou did not lack.

Zhang Song, who had already been gearing up, stood up, and with the support of Fa Zheng and Meng Da, Liu Zhang happily agreed to let him send an envoy to Hanzhong to see Cao Cao.

"Yongnian, this trip is related to the livelihood of the six million Li people in Yizhou, I hope you can bring back good news, I will have a heavy reward." Liu Zhang sighed and looked deeply at the little man in front of him.

"The lord rest assured, if you go here, you will live up to your high expectations, and you will definitely persuade Cao Cao to give up the use of troops against Yizhou and reconcile with each other." Zhang Song held his head high and was full of confidence.

"Good."

Okay, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, Liu Zhang suddenly felt that his hands were very itchy, and he hadn't painted pictures of ladies for several days, and dismissed everyone after hastily ending the discussion.

(End of chapter)