In 213 A.D., in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, in July.

Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Wei Gong Cao Cao entered Hanzhong to attack the southern army, accumulated months, grain and grass were burned, on the grounds of the rebellion of Dou Mao, the king of Di, the words of Nasun Quan were transferred to Guanzhong, and ordered Zhang He, Cao Xiu, Yan Xing and other generals to go out of the northwest and collect the four counties of Hexi; Ling Xu Huang, Cao Zhen, Hao Zhao and others will go to Shuo Fang and Pingshuo Fang to the three counties.

Dou Mao, the king of Di, raised 10,000 soldiers and did not surrender, and Ma Chao was ordered by Cao Cao to lead the army to conquer Hechi, behead Dou Mao, and surrender the Qiang tribe. After pacifying Dou Mao, Cao Cao ordered Ma Chaotun to distinguish his troops to prevent Hanzhong from pursuing his troops.

Wudu and Yinping surrendered to Cao's family, and Cao Cao's edict Zhang Ji and Yang Fu moved to Wudu with tens of thousands of Luoqiang, and entered Guanzhong Fufeng and Yecheng, Hebei.

As soon as the Qiang fell between six and eight people, there were more than 200,000 people, plus the number of Han people. Cao Cao moved more than 300,000 people from Wudu and Yinping to enrich Guanzhong, Longyou, Hebei and other places.

Ma Chao made a huge profit in this relocation, secretly gathered the Qiang population who fled on the migration road, and used his prestige to secretly collect the military and civilians in Wudu and Yinping and remote places, as many as tens of thousands.

Taking advantage of Cao Cao's distance from Longnan, the mountainous area of Longnan is thousands of miles away, and the information circulation is inconvenient. Ma Chaotun soldiers were discerned, and Pang Rou and Ma Dai were ordered to be in Qiang Dao and Yuzhong, and the county magistrate and the two were privately set up, which were not known to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao withdrew his troops from Hanzhong, and Liu Bei tentatively sent Liu Feng and Fu Wei to pursue. Cao Cao Bu had a back hand, Cao Hong, Cao Zhang, and Xiahou Shang led the army to ambush, and Liu Feng and Fu Wei were defeated and returned with their lives

Seeing that Cao Cao was advancing and retreating in moderation, Liu Bei gave up the idea of pursuit. Lu Xun was appointed as the governor of Hanzhong, and concurrently served as the military of the four counties of Hanzhong, Shangyong, Xicheng and Fangling.

Liu Bei led Huo Jun, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others to enter Shu from Jinniu Road and march to Chengdu, wanting to subdue Liu Zhang and completely take Yizhou.

With the withdrawal of Cao and Liu from Hanzhong one after another, Liu Bei took Hanzhong as the victory, and the long-term battle for Hanzhong ended.

On Cao Cao's side, he lost Xiahou Yuan, Pang De, Zhao Ang and other generals, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded; On Liu Bei's side, Pang De and Zhao Ang were captured, and more than 10,000 sergeants were killed and wounded.

Cao Cao migrated to Wudu and Yinping, with more than 300,000 people in Hanyi; Liu Bei swallowed Hanzhong, which had four or five hundred thousand people, and occupied the three eastern counties with eight or nine hundred thousand mouths.

Marching more than 1,000 miles from Hanzhong to Chengdu, Liu Bei spent more than half a month to reach Chengdu. When Liu Bei, Huo Jun, and Guan Yu appeared outside the city, the Chengdu military officials were terrified.

In the big tent, Liu Bei sat on the couch, and the civil and military sat on the left and right.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and said with a smile: "Entering Shu to conquer, Yun Chang has a lot of hard work!" ”

Guan Yu returned the salute and replied: "Do everything for my brother, Yu doesn't dare to say anything." The younger brother was in Shudi, and when he heard that his brother was defeated by Cao Cao, Yu was overjoyed. Now my brother is here, please give the order to break the city. ”

In fact, before Liu Bei arrived, Guan Yu did not have the idea of leading his troops to Chengdu, but was stopped by Zhuge Liang who came from Jiangzhou, and said that he would wait until Liu Bei arrived in person.

Although Guan Yu was eager for military exploits, he was clear in Liu Bei's major affairs, so he guarded the camp without a fight, and waited for Liu Bei to arrive in person.

"Good!"

Liu Bei bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Now Cao Cao's troops are defeated and retreat, Liu Zhang is isolated, and Chengdu cannot be held for a long time." I don't know about Zhuqing~"

"Report!"

The scout stepped inside, arched his hand and said: "Lord Qi, there are many scholars on the city wall of Chengdu who have crossed the wall and surrendered, and the sergeants under Liu Zhang's tent have been arrested. ”

"Haha!"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said with a smile: "Lord, the hearts of the people in Chengdu are in turmoil, there is no need to send troops to attack, and sending envoys into the city to talk about the pros and cons, it can be said that Liu Zhang abandoned his brother and surrendered." ”

"Hmm!"

Liu Bei stroked his scarce beard and said with a smile: "I don't know who is willing to send an envoy to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender?" ”

Pang Tong stepped out of the ranks, arched his hand and said: "Tong is not talented, I am willing to be an envoy and persuade Liu Zhang to surrender on behalf of the lord." ”

Seeing that it was Pang Tong, Liu Bei happily agreed and said: "Shiyuan has an extraordinary demeanor, and when he enters the city this time, he will be able to say that Liu Zhang abandoned the city and surrendered." However, I don't know what Shiyuan wants when he enters the city? ”

Pang Tong looked at Liu Bei's runes, arched his hand and said: "The commander is soft-spoken, I am afraid it is rare for Liu Zhang to be convinced, I don't know if the lord can give the festival and the unification?" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Bei motioned to Tai Shiheng to give the Fu Festival to Pang Tong, and said: "Liu Zhang's family has money, and he doesn't take anything from it. The official worshiped the general of the four towns and moved to Wuhan to settle down. ”

"The unification will not be dishonored!"

After Pang Tong retreated, Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and persuaded: "Lord, Liu Zichu is now serving under Liu Zhang, his intelligence is superb, he has the festival of Qingshang, and the ability to plan and strategize, and he is not as bright as Liu Zichu." At the beginning of the past, he did not follow the general trend, went to Jiaoling, took refuge in Bashu, and hoped that the lord would be magnanimous, not punish his crimes, and be promoted! ”

Liu Bei forced Cao Cao to retreat, he was in a very good mood, and said with a smile: "Zichu's ability, I have heard more about Jing Chu, if I can get Zichu now, I am extremely happy, and An will harm him?" ”

"Order the three armies, enter Chengdu, harm Liu Zichu, punish the three clans."

"No!"

At the same time that Pang Tong entered the city, the people in Chengdu were terrified.

In the hall, Liu Zhang looked at the civil and military who were arguing under the tent, his face was sad, and he didn't know how to decide.

Wang Lei's face was red, and he quarreled and said: "Envoy, Xu Jing fled from the city, and he should be punished." Otherwise, under the long-term sleep, people's hearts will fluctuate, and they will all want to escape. ”

Xu Jing, the word Wenxiu, is a native of Runan. Due to the war in the world, Xu Jing first took refuge in Jiangdong and then settled in Jiaoling. When Liu Zhang heard the name of Xu Jing, he sent an envoy to recruit him into Shu and entrusted him with an important position.

Today, Xu Jing saw Liu Bei coming to Chengdu in person, and wanted to turn over the city and surrender. However, due to his old age, he was captured by the soldiers. Everyone disputed over Xu Jing's punishment.

"No!"

Zhang Song spoke up and said: "Xu Jing is very famous, and he will be executed now, which should damage the prestige of the envoy." And with the current situation, Cao Cao's troops were defeated in Hanzhong, Liu Bei and Huo Jun's troops were in Chengdu, and Song dared to ask the envoy, can Chengdu be defended? ”

"In the opinion of Song, why not sacrifice the city and surrender, so that you can keep your wealth and wealth!"

"Bastard!"

Wang Ti saw that Zhang Song was blatantly persuading people to surrender, so he was so angry that he grabbed the clogs and smashed them at Zhang Song.

Caught off guard, Zhang Song's eye sockets were smashed, his wooden teeth scraped his eyebrow bone, and blood overflowed. Zhang Song couldn't help covering his eyebrow bone, and blood was stained with his palms.

Wang Lei was furious and said: "If Zhang Song didn't deceive the monarch without you and let Zhang fly into Bashu, I would have such a disaster in Yizhou today?" ”

Zhang Song covered his eyes, looked at Wang Lei with resentment in his right eye, and said: "Today's dispute, only Cao Cao and Liu Gong are strong, no Liu Gong enters Shu, and Cao Cao takes Hanzhong and Shu." ”

"Sure enough!"

When Wang Ti saw Zhang Song's words, the anger in his heart could not be restrained, he got up from the seat, rode onto Zhang Song, and beat Zhang Song with his fists.

"Help!"

Zhang Song was short, and his strength was no match for the tall Wang Lei, so he struggled there, covering his head with both hands, trying his best to dodge Wang Lei's fists.

"Help!"

"Make the king, the king is tired and lawless, and beats Shangqing!"

Zhang Song struggled out, looked at Liu Zhang, and shouted.

"Ahh

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Song was punched in the cheek by Wang Lei, and he screamed in pain.

Wang Lei's beating of Zhang Song happened suddenly, and everyone was caught off guard, and they watched the play for a long time before they reacted.

secretly contacted Zhang Song, and the soldiers who wanted to surrender Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward, pulled away the indignant Wang Lei, and rescued Zhang Song, who was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face.

Zhang Song covered his wound, grinned in pain, and said: "Make the king, the king is tired and lawless, if he is not punished, I am afraid that he will dare to kill with a sword." ”

Wang Lei tidied up his clothes and said sarcastically: "Xu Jingmu is lawless, he escaped from the city, this is not punished, can it be reassured?" And if I bring a sword and kill someone, I will kill your betrayer. If it weren't for you, a traitor, luring wolves into the house and tipping off the news, why would our army be like this? ”

Zhang Song didn't dare to admit it, pointed at Wang Wang's tiredness, and refuted: "Full of nonsense, how can Song be such a person?" ”

Wang Lei snorted coldly, his face showing disdain.

"Envoy!"

Zhang Song covered his swollen mouth and motioned to Liu Zhang to punish Wang Lei.

"That's it!"

Liu Zhang retook the next case, and scolded: "The hall is full of all the ladies and gentlemen, and the behavior of women and children in the streets and alleys is not shameful." ”

Wang Lei's brazen beating of Zhang Song is no longer an ordinary incident. Obviously, Liu Zhang is biased towards Wang Lei, and if no one else pulls him just now, Liu Zhang may not have connived at Wang Lei to kill Zhang Song.

Of course, this has a lot to do with Zhang Song's increasingly biased attitude towards Liu Bei. Although Zhang Song did not let his brother discover the letter, as a figure who welcomed Liu Bei into Shu, Zhang Song became more and more suspicious of Liu Zhang.

Needless to say, Liu Zhang knew with his toes that Zhang Song must be secretly in contact with Liu Bei, otherwise there would be no need to speak for Liu Bei like this and persuade him to surrender.

Ignoring Zhang Song's resentful eyes, Liu Zhang's face was as usual, and he said: "Now Liu Bei Hanzhong wins, and Cao Cao's troops retreat." The enemy is ahead, can you wait for the enemy's strategy to teach me? ”

Shu County guarded Wang Shang too much, and said: "Make the king, the enemy is outnumbered, and it is not a plan for a long war." Now Liu Bei's envoy Pang Tong entered the city and waited outside the hall, so that the king could be seen! ”

Wang Shang, a native of Guanghan County. A member of the Guanghan Wang clan, the great-grandson of Sili Xiaowei Wangtang, known for his talent and learning, his reputation is in the state. The current Liu Zhang's Shu County Taishou can win the hearts of the people.

Seeing that it was Wang Shang who spoke, Liu Zhang looked at the people present who had nothing to do, sighed and said, "Let Pang Tong enter the hall to answer!" ”

"No!"

After a while, Pang Tong entered the hall with the talisman, and his gestures were elegant, so that the Bashu officials did not dare to despise him, even if Wang Ti was serious.

"Under the account of the Great Sima, the military division Zhonglang General Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan visited Liu Yizhou and met Zhu Qing." Pang Tong saluted and said.

Liu Zhang didn't dare to snub Pang Tong, motioned to his subordinates to sit down, and said, "I don't know what the big Sima ordered Pang Qing to enter the city, what's the matter?" ”

Pang Tong thanked him and said with a smile: "Now the situation is clear, Tong entered the city on this trip to persuade the general to surrender!" ”

"Persuasion?"

Liu Zhang was silent, and then asked, "What advice does Xuande Gong have?" ”

Pang Tong arched his hand slightly and said: "Xuande Gong entered the city, and Qiu did not commit any crimes. The general's family does not take a penny, and the officials do not change, so as to protect the peace of the king. Zhuqing is promoted according to the merits, and all of them are reused. ”

As he spoke, Pang Tong looked at Liu Ba and said with a smile: "Liu Junzichu, Sergeant Jing Chu." Although he humiliated Duke Liu in the past, my lord ignored his past suspicions and ordered the whole army to punish the three clans if they harmed Liu Jun. This shows our Lord's love for talent. ”

Seeing Pang Tong say this, Liu Ba was quite surprised. But because of the name of Pang Tong Fengxiao, Liu Ba gave up his hand.

The Bashu people in the hall exchanged heads and ears, discussing Liu Bei as a person, or discussing the content of surrender.

Wang Ti looked dissatisfied, and said sarcastically: "There are still more than 20,000 soldiers in my city, and the grain and grass can last for a year. ”

Pang Tong smiled slightly, looked around at everyone, and said, "Do you know that Lu Boyan broke Zhang He, and Huo Duqi attacked and beheaded Xiahou?" ”

Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to invade Hanzhong, first suffered a setback at the hands of Lu Boyan, and then died at the hands of Huo Du. The queen led the soldiers and horses into Hanzhong, and the month was not pulled, and my lord went up to Hanzhong, burned grain and defeated the enemy. Cao Cao was defeated and left, and now Chengdu has foreign aid? ”

"My lord Liu Gong, Huo Du Zhongmiao, Guan Hou Yunchang, the soldiers are besieging Chengdu, all the kings will not surrender, when will they stay?"

As he spoke, Pang Tong threatened and said: "Liu Yizhou, my lord is benevolent, and if he surrenders now, he will be treated kindly." Don't be stubborn and stubborn, lead to the sword, and regret what you did now. ”

Wang Ti was speechless, but his heart was resentful.

Liu Zhang pondered for a long time, sighed and said, "Pang Jun can come out temporarily, and Rong Gu will discuss with Zhu Qing." ”

"Good!"

Pang Tong was not in a hurry, and walked out of the hall, ignoring Zhang Song's longing eyes.

After Pang Tong retreated, Liu Zhang looked lonely and said: "The general trend is in the enemy, not me." Lonely to go out of the city and surrender, what do you think? ”

"No!"

Wang Ti was covered with tears and said: "There are still more than 20,000 elite soldiers in the city today, and the valley branch is a year, how can the king surrender to others and abandon the legacy of the ancestors!" ”

"Exactly!"

Huang Quan wiped his tears and said: "The first monarch and the king have ruled Shu for more than 20 years, if you fight according to the city now, the civil and military officials and the people will be able to retreat Liu Beier!" ”

"Please think twice!"

The scribes in the hall bowed their hands and said in harmony.

"Alas!"

Liu Zhang's tone was sad and said: "The lonely father and son are in their twenties in the state, and they have no kindness to add to the people. Now Liu Bei was introduced into Shu, and the attack was nearly two years, and the people were displaced, exposing the corpses in the wilderness, and there were countless of them, which was Zhang's crime. If I fight again, how can I be at peace? ”

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Lei crawled and crawled, hugged Liu Zhang's thigh, and cried and said: "Kill Zhang Song, use all the money in the treasury, and you can defend the city and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements." ”

Liu Zhang shed tears, helped Wang Ti, and said regretfully: "I regret not listening to Wang Qing's words, so there is today's disaster." Now Liu Bei will be able to be reused with his talents. ”

"You can't!" Wang Lei wept.

Seeing this situation, all the civil and military forces in the hall wept. Although Liu Zhang is weak, he is very good, and now that the lord is like this, how can everyone feel good?

"Come down!"

Liu Zhang's expression was downcast, pointed to Zhang Yi, and said, "Qing Dynasty went out of the city alone and surrendered to Liu Gong. ”

Zhang Yi, the heir of the word, a native of Chengdu, Shu County, is engaged in the state and is also a military Sima. After Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei left, they were ordered by Liu Zhang to fight against Guan Yu, but because of the unfavorable war, they retreated to Chengdu.

Zhang Yi's unfavorable battle almost means that Liu Zhang has no power to resist.

"No!" Zhang Yi responded with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Lei lay on the ground, unable to cry.

Liu Zhang entered the side hall, and everyone sighed and left the stage.

Zhang Song rubbed his beaten face, got up from the seat, and laughed.

Liu Zhang surrendered, Liu Bei entered the city, what is he afraid of?

"Han Ji Zhaowu Ji": "Eighteen years of Jian'an, autumn. Zhongzu retreated to Cao Cao in Hanzhong, entered the siege of Chengdu, Liu Zhang was terrified, surrendered the city, and Bashu was peaceful. ”

(End of chapter)