Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 263
Liu Zhang looked at the letter and was hesitant, when a waiter outside the door suddenly brought in a piece of paper, which was the Yangtze River newspaper produced by the Lingling Book and Newspaper Office, brought by businessmen traveling to and from Yizhou and Jingzhou.

From the second issue of the Yangtze River News, Lantian has "actively" spread it to various places. Yizhou has been closed since ancient times and it is difficult to get news in and out. It is rare to have such a thing that informs the world.

Those who can speak eloquently are mostly knowledgeable scholars, and the power of verbal warfare comes from the reserve of knowledge.

Liu Zhang was born in the clan of the Han Dynasty and had good conditions. He was not a studious person who liked to study. Due to his lack of knowledge reserve, when he chatted with people, most of them were listeners until the Changjiang Daily appeared.

The newspaper covers a comprehensive range of information. With this knowledge channel, Liu Zhang has added this unique source of conversation, and he has become more confident in chatting with his officials and friends. For this reason, Liu Zhang paid a lot of money to the newspaper delivery businessman, and asked the Yangtze River Daily to be delivered to Chengdu as soon as possible after each issue is published.

Cowardly people also need to be respected. The chicken thief Liu Zhang bought out all the newspapers in Shu, preparing to monopolize this source of knowledge, and wanted to establish himself as a learned king in front of his officials.

Because the staff of the Books and Newspapers Office were transferred to count the disaster situation, and the content was to add new content of the Changjiang Review, the fourth issue was not released until late August. Liu Zhang, who was "eager to learn" and wanted to urge an update, was flustered recently.

Sitting in front of the case, Liu Zhang leisurely browsed the newspapers, and seemed to understand why Liu Bei wanted to save Sun Quan. Jiangdong general Lu Meng was defeated by Lai Gong's thousands of people in his life, and his combat power was indeed no match for Cao Cao.

When Liu Zhang saw the locust plague, his face changed. He had seen the horror of this kind of famine in the capital. At that time, Li Jue and Guo Si brought disasters to Chang'an, and the locust plague in Guanzhong had no harvest. Under the trend of survival desire , Hungry people eat grass roots, bark, loess and even people.

During the day, the straw mats that starved to death were sent to the mass grave, and at night, some people secretly carried them home, and even waited at the neighbor’s house to help collect the corpses. On the surface, they were helpful, but in fact they were just for the sake of eating.

The victims who are about to starve to death are no longer human beings. They are indifferent animals and two-legged sheep.

At that time, the Sanfu refugees fled with their families, and many of them chose Yizhou in the south. Along the way, fewer and fewer people accompanied the old and the young.

At the same time, Liu Zhang was escorted into Yizhou by Yilang Pangxi. He saw too many miserable scenes on the road. Perhaps Liu Zhang's cowardly character was related to this journey. He understood the horror of famine better than most Yizhou people.

The bones of the dead are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, people are meat in a bowl, let alone chickens and dogs?

In ancient times, as long as there was no famine war, it would be a prosperous age, that's all.

Fortunately, there was no locust disaster in Yizhou, at least during Liu Zhang's tenure, and finally understood why Liu Bei wanted to steal Yizhou's soldiers and food. It turned out that Jingzhou suffered a disaster.

Although Liu Zhang did not meet all of Pang Tong's requirements, he gave [-] soldiers and half of the listed military supplies, and it was easy to get together because of Liu Beiyuan's help.

It was necessary to prepare soldiers, horses, money and food to send Liu Bei back to Jingzhou. The news was soon known by Zhang Song, an insider in Chengdu. Zhang Song couldn't hold back and wrote a letter to persuade Liu Bei not to leave.

While waiting for Liu Bei's reply, the fifth issue of the Yangtze River News, which was issued in October, was secretly sent to Chengdu by businessmen.

Liao Li, a famous scholar from Jingxiang, commented on the Yangtze River: "My lord recruited powerful enemies for Yizhou, and the teachers and apprentices worked hard and accumulated wealth and rewarded them. Why did the scholars and officials fight to the death?"Liu Yizhou is petty and shameless, he really deserves to be a guard dog.

The gatekeeper dog was commented by Cao Cao when he was cooking wine and talking about heroes, and then somehow spread to Liu Zhang in Yizhou. These four words became a forbidden word for officials in central Shu.

"Bastard, Liao Lipiff bullied me too much."

Liu Zhang was so angry that he slammed the case. He heard that there were thousands of copies of the first issue of the Changjiang Daily, so he became famous passively like this?The waiter who entered the palace to report the news knelt down on the ground in shock.

"What's the matter with you?" Liu Zhang shouted angrily.

"My lord, Zhang Taishou of Guanghan, please see me." The waiter replied tremblingly. Liu Zhang was ecstatic when he saw the piece of paper before, and he didn't understand why he suddenly fell ill today.

Liu Zhang frowned, why did this guy come to Chengdu?He folded the newspaper on the case and put it in his arms, and then called Zhang Su into the hall.

Zhang Su entered the hall with a solemn expression, knelt down, and professed his guilt on the ground.

Liu Zhang looked bewildered, but the anger just now hadn't subsided, so he asked in a deep voice, "Why is this so, Jun Jiao?"

"This matter is Zi Qiao's alone, Su really doesn't know the inside story, please forgive my family, my lord." Zhang Su banged his head loudly.

"Zhang Junjiao, what are you talking about? What did Zhang Ziqiao do?" Liu Zhang raised his voice.

"My lord doesn't know? Then why did you get angry just now?" Zhang Su raised his head suspiciously, his forehead was already covered with bruises, and those few slaps just now were really sincere.

Liu Zhang didn't want the scandal to spread, so he frowned and asked coldly, "Why do I need to report to you when I'm angry? Tell me quickly if you have anything to say."

Only then did Zhang Su understand that Liu Zhang's anger was not for Zhang Song. He then told about his brother's collusion with Liu Bei, and repeatedly stated that he had no accomplices.

The Zhang family is a big family in Yizhou, and the interests of the family are above everything else. The younger brother Zhang Song seeks to make progress for the benefit, and the older brother Zhang Suqiuwen is worried about the loss of the original interests, so the two brothers sell their master and the other sell their brothers. Their behaviors are very similar.

Liu Zhang's jaw almost dropped when he heard this. He was shocked that Zhang Biejia, who advised him, had been plotting against Yizhou from the very beginning, and Liu Bei's true thoughts were exposed.

Later, Zhang Song's family was arrested and executed. Liu Zhang also ordered the gatekeepers to strictly guard against Liu Bei and not allow Liu Bei to leave the customs and return to Jingzhou, intending to eliminate him in Yizhou.

In November, when news of Zhang Song's death reached Jiameng Pass, Liu Bei was shocked and called his military adviser Pang Tong to discuss countermeasures.

"Military division, Liu Jiyu killed my nephew, what should we do?"

"I have received news that Liu Zhang is secretly gathering troops to block the escape route leading to Jingzhou. He wants to besiege us in Yizhou. This is a plan to close the door and beat dogs."

At this time, Liu Bei went deep into the hinterland of Xichuan. Although there were still [-] soldiers and horses on his side, Zhang Lu's soldiers were in front of him, and Liu Zhang closed the door and beat dogs in the back. The most important food and grass could not be continued. war.

Liu Bei drifted around in the early years, and he could just change places if he lost, but now he has a different mentality because he has a family background in Jingzhou.

Thinking of the difficult situation in front of him, Liu Bei asked nervously: "The military division is unparalleled in resourcefulness, must there be a clever plan to break this dangerous situation?"

Pang Tong smiled bitterly, isn't this what you want?Now that Liu Zhang is delivering it to you, he blinked and said, "Since the lord is inquiring, there are three strategies for the lord to choose."

"Sir, please tell me."

"The best strategy is to select elite soldiers to travel day and night, and take small roads to directly attack Chengdu; the middle strategy is to return to Jingzhou to summon Yang Huai and Gao Pei to kill them, seize their soldiers, horses, food and grass, and then march to capture Fucheng; the worst strategy is to retreat to Baidi City and wait for an opportunity."

Liu Bei frowned and said, "The best strategy is too hasty, the worst strategy is too slow, we should take the middle strategy."

Pang Tong nodded, "I'll make arrangements now."

(End of this chapter)