The next day, Liu Zhang led Chengdu civil and military forces out of the city and surrendered.

"Drive!"

The driver drove the horses with a whip, and the cart moved slowly.

Liu Zhang sat in the car, looking at the left and right of the street, sighing and looking down.

Surrendered today, this Chengdu is no longer his own. In the future, he will be a minister, a hedge, and at the mercy of others.

That's it!

The car drove slowly, and Chengdu's civil and military forces tended to follow behind.

"Report!"

The attendant came running and said, "Envoy, don't let the king drive in the palace and kill himself!" ”

"Ahh

Liu Zhang's face was shocked, and he said sadly: "Why is Qing so strong! ”

"Don't say anything about the king, when he sees the king surrendering to the enemy, he has no shame to see, but he can only repay the king's favor with death." The squire said.

Zhang Song's official position as a driver in Yizhou was taken off by Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang promoted Wang Lei to be a driver in Yizhou.

"Hey!"

Liu Zhang's heart became more and more sad, and said: "I am thinner than him!" ”

"Come on, take money from my house and give it to Wang Qing's wife and children, unfortunately I can't give them a funeral."

"The gentleman is benevolent!" Wang Shang, who was of the same clan, choked up and said.

Guanghan Wang, the great family of Shu. Although they are a big clan in Shudi, not everyone is as strong as Wang Lei, and Wang Shang and Wang Lei are also separate individuals. Like Zhang Song and Zhang Su, Zhang Song's seller fell to Liu Bei, and Zhang Su left because of the situation.

"Let's go!"

Liu Zhang was in a depressed mood, waved his hand, sighed and said, "In the future, I will no longer be a king, and you will not be my subordinates." You can't be a king, and you should call me a king. ”

Chengdu Wenwu was dejected, no one answered, and only silently followed behind Liu Zhang.

Only Zhang Song was triumphant, walking among the crowd with his head held high. After all, Zhang Song is different from everyone else, everyone surrendered to Liu Bei, and he returned to Liu Bei's account.

Outside the city, Liu Bei led the civil and military forces to stand in front of the battle, waiting for Liu Zhang's exit from the city.

Liu Bei stood on the car, dressed in a dark cloud pattern brocade robe, and stroked the wooden railing.

Huo Jun's heartfelt armor style, stroking the long sword; Zhuge Liang lupine scarf, caressing and smiling; Guan Yu is in a green robe and has a long beard; Zhao Yun stood upright with a lance, looking at the four roads.

While Liu Bei was alone in the car, Huo Jun glanced at Zhuge Liang and reminded Zhuge Liang not to forget. Zhuge Liang pointed at Guan Yu with a feather fan and motioned Huo Jun to ask Guan Yu's opinion.

"General Guan!"

Guan Yu saw Huo Jun exhaling in a low voice, bowing his head slightly, expressing his approval of Huo Jun's suggestion.

"Zilong!"

Seeing that Guan Yu agreed, Zhuge Liang shouted Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun smiled and nodded, indicating that he had not forgotten. Of course, it was not only to remind Zhao Yun, but also to remind Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong and other civil and military forces one after another.

Liu Bei heard muttering behind him, looked back and saw everyone whispering, and asked, "What are the secretaries discussing?" ”

Zhuge Liang lied and didn't blush, and said: "I'll wait to see that Liu Zhang doesn't appear for a long time, I'm afraid that there will be changes." ”

Liu Bei thought that everyone was in a hurry, and said, "It's going to be soon!" Liu Zhang's defeat has been decided, and there is no other way than to surrender. ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Zhang appeared at the gate of Chengdu in a car, looking lonely, with a long crown on his head, only the hosta with coiled hair and simple clothes.

"Phew!"

The carriage stopped, and Liu Zhang slowly got off the carriage with his arms on the wooden fence.

Liu Bei stepped on the pedal, stroked his sword down, and walked in front of Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang felt Liu Jun's gaze, lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Liu Bei, and arched his hand and said: "Liu Zhang doesn't know the general trend, and he resists stubbornly, and I hope the general will forgive." ”

Liu Bei picked up Liu Zhang and said, "It's not too late for Ji Yu to surrender now!" ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency"

Liu Zhang arched his hand, took the seal from his side, presented it with both hands, and said: "Zhang led the people to surrender, there are still Chengdu and the three counties in Yizhou today, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, about 500,000 stones of grain and grass in the treasury, and more than 7,000 horses ......of Shu brocade, please check it." ”

After a pause, Liu Zhang pleaded and said: "I hope that the monarch will remember the love of the same surname for a while, understand the difficulties of the people, and treat the people of Chengdu well." ”

Liu Bei stretched out his hand to take the seal, and said: "Please Ji Yu be relieved, I dare not forget the king and the people of Bashu, and I must treat him well." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Zhang retreated to the corner and asked Liu Bei to take over his account.

"Meet Da Sima!"

Chengdu civil and military salute, bow to it.

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly, supported him out of thin air, and said with a smile: "The names of all the gentlemen are known by the lonely, and they will be promoted and reused today, and they dare not omit it." Soldiers and strife are mostly hard work. In the future, Bashu will be peaceful, and there will be no war! ”

"Xie Da Sima!"

Liu Bei appeased everyone and wanted to beckon the subordinates to enter the city. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change in his side, Huo Jun, Zhuge Liang, and Guan Yu took the lead, and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Pang Tong and other civil and military forces followed closely behind, brushing and kneeling on the ground.

"At the end of the Ji and Han dynasties, the yellow thieves were in chaos, and the lord raised troops in Weimo to save the Han family, begging for the yellow scarf, leveling Zhang Chun, and saving Xuzhou. When the thief Cao operated chaotically, he carried out the edict of the clothes belt, raised troops to eliminate the chaos, and broke Cao Cao in Jinkou, and Weijia was far away. ”

"The western thieves are in danger, and the lord drives the thieves to quell the chaos, and he sows Bashu, and he should have a great contribution to the Han Dynasty. Today, in order to get rid of the national thieves, it is difficult to calm the heavens and restore the Han Dynasty. The ministers have the courage to speak out, for the heart of the people of Annan, please be fortunate to enter the king and reward the king's merits. ”

"Please be fortunate to enter the king and reward the king for his merits."

Huo Jun, Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang took the lead in persuading them to advance, and Zhao, Huang, Gan and others responded and chanted.

"This~"

Liu Bei's face was sluggish, and it was too sudden for everyone to persuade him to come here, and he was not prepared at all.

"Gentlemen, why is that?"

Liu Bei wanted to help Huo Jun, Zhuge Liang and others, but Huo Jun, Zhuge Liang and others knelt on the ground.

Seeing everyone like this, Liu Bei was ecstatic in his heart, but he was prevaricating in his mouth, saying: "You will harm the orphan!" ”

The Bashu surrenderers were stunned at first, and Zhang Song was the first to react and knelt down to persuade Liu Bei to be king. With Zhang Song's proofing, the people of Bashu quickly switched roles and stipulated that Liu Bei should be persuaded to enter.

Liu Zhang saw that his corporal adapted to the role so quickly, and his heart became more and more depressed, and sure enough, whether it was Dongzhou or Yizhou, it was unreliable, and he saw the wind and steered.

That's it! People are in the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, so it is better to sell them well and let Liu Bei treat himself well.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Zhang knelt down and persuaded him: "Your Excellency, please enter the king." ”

With Liu Zhang's assistance, Liu Bei couldn't shirk it, and finally relented and said: "Let's go back to Wuhan and discuss the king's affairs again." Now enter the city and pacify the people of the city. ”

"The king is wise!" Huo Jun shouted.

"No!"

Liu Bei pretended to be displeased and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this should be against etiquette!" ”

"No!"

Huo Jun nodded and criticized.

"Enter the city!"

Liu Bei boarded the carriage, his eyes stayed on Huo Jun for a while, and said, "The car is spacious, Zhong Miao gets on the car to escort him." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Huo Jun with envious and respectful eyes.

Huo Jun hesitated for a while, and arched his hand and said: "There is a difference between the monarch and the minister, Jun does not dare to go together!" ”

Zhang Song stepped forward uninterestingly, arched his hand and said: "Song to see the lord, a certain person from Chengdu, willing to escort the lord into the city." ”

"That's it!"

Liu Bei was stunned and said with a smile: "Ziqiao got in the car to be a lonely guard!" ”

Guan Yu's eyes widened angrily at Zhang Song, and his eyes contained dissatisfaction.

What an honor it was to ride with Liu Bei, to be occupied by a villain. Liu Bei invited Huo Jun to ride with him, although Guan Yu was unhappy, he was only jealous of Huo Jun's favor, not displeased Huo Jun himself, or questioned Huo Jun's merits.

Now Zhang Song's rash getting into the car made Guan Yu dissatisfied with Zhang Song himself.

Zhuge Liang sensed Guan Yu's emotions and said comfortingly: "Ziqiao has been in Chengdu for a long time, running for the lord to plan for the affairs of Shu. It is not impossible to follow the lord in the same car today. ”

"Hmm!"

Guan Yu said lightly: "Thank you for the reminder, the pros and cons in the meantime, Yu knows deeply." ”

After speaking, Guan Yu rode his horse behind Liu Bei's car.

Fa Zheng was very apologetic and said: "Military advisor, Zijing and I both have heavy rewards, and we have been fighting with the army for a long time and have made meritorious achievements. Weizi Qiao is far away in Chengdu, running around for the lord to enter Shu, and is in the enemy camp. Now I saw that the lord was majestic, but I was afraid that the lord would forget, so I was anxious to accompany him. ”

What Fa Zheng said is exactly what Zhang Songzhi thinks. Zhang Song's identity is known to everyone, and he no longer cares about the opinions of Liu Zhang and the Bashu people, but only whether Liu Bei can remember himself.

If Liu Bei didn't care about himself, Zhang Song would be at a loss. Therefore, Zhang Song's request to sit with Liu Bei was purely out of his trepidation. Of course, Zhang Song also thought that he could help Liu Bei stabilize Bashu, so as to satisfy Liu Bei.

"Nothing!"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said with a smile: "The lord is a benevolent person, how can he account for it?" And although Ziqiao is rude, but with his dedication to Shu, An Neng can't ride together? ”

"Filial piety, and enter the city!"

Saying that, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng entered the city hand in hand.

"Huo Du!"

Pang Tong opened his mouth, wanting to say something but was interrupted by Huo Jun.

Huo Jun held the reins and said with a smile: "The lord already has an escort, and he has entered Chengdu." ”

"No!"

"Drive!"

Chen Zhi took over the city defense of Chengdu in advance, and the city tower was already guarded by the southern soldiers, with flags flying and soldiers standing.

The carriage and horse swayed, Zhang Song looked flattering, pointed to the streets and alleys of Chengdu, and said: "Chengdu has the benefit of Jiangyan, the water surrounds the city, irrigates the rice fields, and moistens the crops, so that the people are rich." The lord has Bashu now, sits on Wu Chu, and the hegemony can be achieved. ”

Brushing his beard, Liu Bei asked, "How many people are there in Chengdu?" ”

Zhang Songru counted the treasures and said: "Chengdu has 12 township pavilions, more than 40,000 households, and nearly 200,000 people. There are big surnames such as Liu, Du, Zhang, Zhao, Guo, Yang, etc., and Song Bucai came from Chengdu after Zhang. As for Shu County, it has jurisdiction over six counties, with more than 80,000 households and more than 300,000 people. ”

Liu Bei put his hand on the wooden fence and said with emotion: "Chengdu has fertile water and soil, and it is extremely rich. However, Bashu is far away from Wuhan, I am afraid that it is easy to enter Shu, and I am afraid that it is not easy to govern Shu. ”

Bashu's trip is muddy, and the factions are complicated, and if you want to govern Yizhou, I'm afraid it's not so easy.

Zhang Song laughed a few times and said: "If the lord wants to settle down in Yizhou, why not accept the woman of Yizhou as his wife, thinking that it is used to win people's hearts." ”

"Mrs. Na?"

Liu Bei stroked his beard thoughtfully.

He has five wives and concubines, but except for his wife Mi, there are few political marriages. If there is a political marriage today, who is the most suitable person to marry?

"My lord, there are many Bashu clans, and there are many young women. Today, the virtuous person will be accepted as a wife, and the people of Shu will be happy, so that the people of Yizhou can be reassured! Zhang Song suggested.

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a light smile: "This matter is not urgent, and Rong Gu thinks deeply!" ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)