Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In the evening, it began to rain lightly in Jiangzhou.

The pattering raindrops hit the eaves of the Jiangzhou County Government's backyard, making a crisp sound.

There are many mountains and rivers in Bashu, and the forests are extremely dense. The trees in the courtyard almost block out the sun. Under the breeze in early summer, the leaves rustle.

Sitting cross-legged in the room, Fazheng, by the candlelight in the room, tirelessly looked at the "Spring and Autumn" presented by Guan Yu in his hand.

Zhang Song at the side was rather anxious, dismissed the followers Liu Zhang sent to monitor, and walked back and forth in the room.

"Zi Joe."

Fazheng was annoyed by him, so he said, "What are you doing walking around all the time?"

Seeing that he was not in a hurry, Zhang Song was very upset, clapped his hands and asked, "Xiaozhi, are you not in a hurry?"

"What's the rush?"

Fazheng shrugged.

Fazheng chuckled lightly and said, "What Mr. said is true and false."

Find out what is true in Sichuan?
Guan Yu's face suddenly became serious, and he looked at the two with piercing eyes.

Guan Yu nodded and said: "Ji Zhi travels to many places in Jingzhou and Yizhou for business, and indeed he has friendship with my elder brother."

"This"

According to historical records, Wang Ping was moved to Luoyang by Cao Cao with the seven surnamed people, and joined the army in Luoyang. During the Battle of Hanzhong, he followed Xiahouyuan and was defeated by Liu Bei, so he surrendered to Liu Bei.

At this moment, the attendants of the envoys hurried in from outside the hall and said, "General Guan invites you to the dinner."

Pang Tong said, "Since that's the case, are you two planning to cooperate internally and externally?"

Guan Yuchi questioned.

Pang Tong refused to accept it and said, "What's wrong?"

Since Zhang Song didn't express his heart when he came to see Liu Bei, the two of them certainly didn't know that Zhang Song and Fazheng had long wanted to join Liu Bei.

Fazheng said: "Brother Ziqiao and I both have our heart for the Han family, but in today's world, Cao Cao is coercing the emperor and doing things like Mang Zhuo (Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo). Therefore, if we want to revive the country, we need someone in the clan who has the ambition of brilliance and martial arts." , to calm the world."

"Ah."

"Someone guarding him? Who."

When they came to the main hall in the backyard, Guan Yu and Pang Tong were already waiting for them.

Zhang Song took over the words and said: "When Zhang Lu breaks through Chengdu and captures Yizhou, and then unites with the seven surnamed Yi kings to repel the generals, then Yizhou will really belong to him."

Fazheng laughed: "Ziqiao, you are making trouble in a hurry. Let me ask you, if you were Zhang Lu, the enemy who killed your mother was close at hand, and you were about to attack Chengdu, and you're done, would you retreat easily? ?”

Zhang Song said: "Didn't we agree to go to Uncle Liu Huang together at the beginning, now if General Guan really sent troops to force Zhang Lu back, what should we do?"

"Between?"

Fazheng smiled and said, "The first strategy is to fight between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman will benefit. First sit in Jiangzhou and watch the battle between Duke Ming and Zhang Lu, and at the end of the day, wait for the right time."

No wonder Zhang Lu showed such a big flaw.

Zhang Song was confused and said, "Why?"

The last time Zhang Song came to Jiangzhou, met Liu Bei, and gained Liu Bei's respect, which gave him the idea of ​​defecting to Liu Bei.

"Sorry, General Guan."

Fazheng looked at the north with long eyes, and said softly: "Fengchu is really good, but he has missed one thing. If his plan is really carried out, General Zuo's army will be defeated."

Zhang Song stroked his head and nodded.

"A series of tricks?"

Zhang Song wondered, "What's the explanation?"

Fazheng said: "The Zhou family in Langzhong is very close to the Gou family in Hanchang, and most of the people rely on the Zhou family to do business, sell their products, and then the Zhou family buys rice, oil and iron utensils in return. They are all in the hands of the aristocratic caravans united in Langzhong, Hanchang, Xuanhan, Dangqu, Chongguo and other places, if the Zhou family comes forward, this matter may be done!"

"Please elaborate."

Guan Yu doubtfully asked, "Are you two going to join my elder brother?"

What he was afraid of was that Zhang Lu ran away timidly.

Guan Yu was disappointed and said, "I don't know who has this ability."

"Could it be Mr.?"

Pang Tong only felt that his scalp was numb, that his strategy had been seen through, and he was speechless for a while.

Fazheng said: "Both, sir, this series of tricks seems to be impeccable, but after all, sir, I am not from Bashu. There are mistakes in it. If you don't speak up to help, the general may return in a disastrous defeat."

"That's impossible."

"Exactly."

Since there were some people in the mission besides him and Fazheng, it was impossible for him to speak the truth in the hall, so he could only urge Guan Yu to send troops to avoid being suspected by Liu Zhang.

People from Guan Yu were already waiting outside the courtyard.

"Do it, Lieutenant."

Now, taking the opportunity of inviting them to a dinner, we have a private chat and want to find out about the current situation in Chengdu.

Guan Yu's tone was much calmer, and he squinted at them.

When ordering the strategy before, Pang Tong only made general arrangements, but after Jiangzhou, he immediately sent scouts to investigate.

Fazheng smiled and said, "We'll talk about it later. As I expected, General Guan will invite us to a dinner. He also needs to understand the current situation in Chengdu. He will definitely ask us to find out the truth."

Fazheng nodded and said, "Only General Zuo can revive the clan and the country."

Guan Yu looked at Fazheng in surprise, and it would be a great achievement if Fazheng could really convince people.

"There are Yi kings with seven surnames who help Zhang Lu to garrison Micang Road in Bazhong. Even if the general has tens of thousands of troops, he is like Cai Mao. He cannot advance an inch. Instead, he delays the opportunity and misses the best opportunity to eliminate Zhang Lu."

Zhang Song quickly apologized and said: "It's just that Xiaozhi said that the general will definitely entertain us, so as to find out the truth and reality in Sichuan, but now Xiaozhi's words are confirmed, so he laughed."

"Exactly."

At the critical moment, Zhang Song and Fazheng came to vote and avoided a big defeat!
Thinking of this, Guan Yu changed his expression almost without hesitation, and laughed loudly: "So that's how it is. Fortunately, God bless my elder brother, two of you can come to join us. I don't know if the master can teach me how to defeat these people?"

The two came in and bowed their hands.

"Of course not."

"good."

Guan Yu smiled and said, "Please sit down, both of you."

You can't really come to Yizhou and do nothing.

Two people sat just below him.

"Oh?"

What's the situation with these two.

It turned out that there was a trap inside.

Before that, because Zhang Lu defeated Pang Xi and got the Bazhong area, he had a deep friendship with the seven surnamed Yi kings. This time, the Mi Cang Road was guarded by the people for him.

It turned out that although Guan Yu did not send troops, he planned to send a suspicious soldier north to Hanzhong to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Fazheng smiled and said: "No matter how powerful General Zuo is, he can't control Liu Biao and Liu Qi's life or death. This must be God's blessing. When he needs an excuse not to interfere in Shuzhong, God will help him find an excuse, and not one, but two. General Zuo deserves to be blessed by the heavens, if he enters Shu, the future in Shu will be bright!"

Zhang Song said with a smile: "It seems that General Zuo also has capable people under his command. He just plotted Jingzhou, and he is already plotting Yizhou for General Zuo."

Guan Yu's eyes flickered coldly, and he asked, "Since that's the case, wouldn't it be good for you two to wait for my elder brother in Chengdu? Why did you come here tonight and suddenly want to express your heart?"

Fazheng nodded: "This is exactly General Guan's strategy, and it is also a clear proof that General Zuo wants to capture Xichuan. If I am not wrong, this strategy must have come from that Pang Junshi."

Fazheng hurriedly said: "General, please don't misunderstand, please let me explain the details slowly."

In history, after Zhang Lu was defeated by Cao Cao, he defected to the barbarian kings Du Wei and Pu Hu in Bazhong.

After Zhang Song listened carefully, he broke into a cold sweat and said, "It turns out that it is like this. General Zuo used Jingzhou's civil strife as an excuse to stay in Wu County and other places in Zigui. Could it be?"

"Forehead"

"whats the matter?"

Fazheng said: "It is true that Zhang Lu abandoned the defense of Mi Cang Road due to lack of troops, but another reason is that someone helped him defend it."

Guan Yu and Pang Tong looked at each other, and they could see the lingering fear in each other's eyes.

"In that case, if I send lobbyists to lobby and bribe us with gold, silver, coins, money and supplies, will they let us go?"

"That's it."

But if Zhang Lu was really scared off after Guan Yu sent troops, the situation would be very embarrassing.

"If that's the case, I'm relieved."

Fazheng and Zhang Song looked at each other and smiled, as if they were suppressing some kind of laughter, and they kept silent.

"The second strategy is naturally to build plank roads in the open and keep Chen Cang in secret. Let Zhang Lu think that the soldiers who went to Hanzhong are false soldiers, but in fact they are real soldiers, so Hanzhong can be obtained."

"Ha ha."

But at that time, he didn't actually defect, so on the surface, he was still the envoy sent by Liu Zhang to negotiate.

"Cong people."

Guan Yu waited for them to sit down and said: "I invite you to have a banquet today. I just want to ask you how the situation in Sichuan is. After all, since we want to rush to help Chengdu, we must first understand the situation of the enemy and ourselves."

This made Zhang Song worried.

Guan Yu and Pang Tong also looked at each other, very puzzled.

So Zhang Song is in a hurry.

Pang Tong said: "I've naturally thought about this matter. It must be that Zhang Lu's troops are insufficient. The encirclement of Chengdu has reached its limit, and there are not so many people to defend Mi Cangdao."

"I was very moved when the general gave me a book."

"You mean Ji Zhi?"

Fazheng said: "That's true, and this Junshi Pang is not simple. I haven't heard his name much before, I just said that Mr. Shui Jing named him Fengchu, and the name of Fengchu is well-deserved. This is a series of tricks."

"what?"

Fazheng nodded and said: "At the beginning when Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu competed for Bazhong, Pang Xi was forced to return to Banan after repeated defeats. Since then, Bazhong has been owned by Zhang Lu. There are a large number of swindlers in these places, who were recruited by Zhang Lu. Gradually listen to his orders, and among them the powerful ones have seven surnames, namely Du, Pu, Yuan, Yang, Li, Wang, and Gong, and they are named Yi Wang with seven surnames, each with tens of thousands of followers."

Because Zhang Song also knew very well that Liu Bei wanted to get Yizhou in a legitimate way, Liu Zhang was defeated by Zhang Lu, and it was the best choice for Liu Bei to destroy Zhang Lu again.

"Please tell me."

Later, when Cao Cao got Hanzhong, he also removed all the cong people.

Fazheng smiled, stood up and said, "You guys just wait in the courtyard. I will go to the banquet with you, so I can urge the general to send troops as soon as possible."

"good."

They passed by holding bamboo mats.

Among them, Wang Ping, the future general of the Shu Han Dynasty, is one of the seven surnamed people with the Wang surname.

Zhang Song cheered up all of a sudden, and said, "Could it be this?"

Fazheng smiled and said: "Of course not, Mr. Fengchu has already made a plan. This plank road is built in the open, and the plan is secretly plotted. It is really powerful."

Pang Tong's face also changed slightly, and there was a cold light in his eyes.

The attendants sent by Liu Zhang to monitor the two did not suspect him, so they did not follow.

Fazheng said: "The third strategy is to borrow a knife to kill people. General Zuo wanted to win Yizhou, but he was afraid of losing the reputation of the same family. So he borrowed Zhang Lu's knife to kill Ming Gong. In this way, Hanzhong, Yizhou Changing hands, General Zuo became the final victor."

Pang Tong sat down carefully, waiting for Fazheng to give advice.

Zhang Song calmed down, put himself into Zhang Lu's perspective, and after thinking for a while, shook his head and said, "At least I'll send someone to investigate the facts first."

As he expected, Zhang Lu's main force occupied Jinniu Road, because Jinniu Road leads directly to Hanzhong and Chengdu, and the road is also the best.Secondly, the defense of Mi Cang Road is much weaker. Hanchang even has only 3000 people stationed, which is almost useless.

"Yes."

During the day before, all the generals and the envoys sent by Liu Zhang were in the hall. There were too many people and it was difficult to ask questions.

In this way, you don't have to bear the reputation of taking over the same clan's foundation.

Zhang Song finally showed a smile, turned his head and said to Fazheng: "According to what Xiaozhi said, Chengdu is in danger now, and it should be the time when General Zuo enters Shu. We will present the map of Bashu and go for refuge at that time, and the general will definitely be able to use him." .”

"I see."

Fazheng closed the book in his hand, and said: "Once Zhang Lu finds out the truth and knows that General Guan sent only partial troops, he will naturally not retreat, and then he will only fight to the end with Duke Ming in Chengdu."

Pang Tong opened his eyes wide and said, "A barbarian from Dangqu and Hanchang?"

Fortunately.

Fa Zheng hurriedly said, "I'm not familiar with Jianren either."

"Thank you, General."

Fazheng laughed: "I heard that the Zhou family in Langzhong, Brazil has a very good relationship with General Zuo."

Zhang Song also nodded and said: "It's not that the two of us want to betray the master, but Liu Jiyu is mediocre, cowardly and incompetent, and can't even be a successful king. How can he revive the country like Guangwu? Last year in Jiangzhou, I have met General Zuo, who is a great talent in the clan. I fell in love with him at that time, but the time has not come, so I can’t go to him. Now General Zuo wants to win Bashu, so it’s time to come.”

"Meet General Guan!"

"Exactly."

Fazheng smiled and said, "Sir, it's really a clever plan, but do you know why Zhang Lu's main force went south from Jinniu Road, but the defense on Micang Road was extremely empty?"

"What about the second plan?"

Fazheng laughed and said: "The people in Hanzhong do not serve Zhang Lu sincerely. First, they defect to whoever is stronger. Second, Zhang Lu contributes money and bribes with official positions. Third, the trade in Hanzhong is controlled by Zhang Lu. They are not allowed to Not attached to Zhang Lu. So as long as we start from these three aspects, we can persuade those people."

Fazheng shook his head and said, "If you want to defect, now is the best time to defect, otherwise there may be no chance in the future."

Fazheng shook his head: "It's not that simple. Congren have their own rules, and the people sent by the general are not familiar with them. What if Zhang Lu is among them? So we must find someone who is familiar with Congren. , and go with someone they have a deep friendship with.”

Zhang Song hurriedly asked.

The Langzhong Zhou family is one of the most wealthy in Bashu, and the source of their family wealth is business.And it's not just his family, it's a big business with more than a dozen rich and powerful families in the surrounding area. The mountain people like the Jin people need the merchants to sell the mountain products, and the oil, salt and rice for survival need the merchants to bring back.

So to a certain extent, the merchants of the big families in the nearby counties where the Jin people live are their parents for food and clothing, and the survival of the entire tribe depends entirely on them.

Knowing this, Guan Yu stroked the long beard on his chin and nodded.

This matter.

Just ask Zhou Lin, maybe it will work!