Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 300 Zhang Lu is Confused
Liu Zhang ran away!

Because Chengdu really can't stand it anymore.

The city of Chengdu is too big to be defended if there are few people.

In the past few days, Zhang Lu's army surrounded Chengdu, and the ladders attacked from all sides.

Now there are less than [-] people in the city, but the four walls are more than [-] kilometers long.

According to the archeology of later generations, at the site of Chengdu in the Han Dynasty, the distance from the south gate to the north gate is seven kilometers, which means that the two sections of the city wall in the north and south are [-] kilometers long.

If the city walls at the east and west ends are added, there may be a section of the city wall of twenty or thirty kilometers.

Such a long defensive area, not to mention 1 people, even if 10 people are placed there, it is estimated that it can easily accommodate it.

Fortunately, Zhang Lu's army was only [-] to [-]. If there were tens of thousands more, it would be impossible for Liu Zhang to defend for so long, and he would probably have been breached long ago.

Therefore, a few days ago, Liu Zhang asked Zhang Ren how many soldiers were still in the city, and Zhang Ren replied that it was less than [-], and when there were deserters, he was already shaken and wanted to escape.

Once the city is breached, he will surely die due to the feud between him and Zhang Lu who killed his mother.

It happened that Zhang Song came back, and he saw Liu Zhang's fear, so he advised Liu Zhang to take advantage of the rain these few days while Zhang Lu postponed his offensive, and took his family and all the dignitaries in the city to take a boat southward from Pijiang.

Now Guan Yujun has also arrived in Zizhong, but judging from the current situation, Liu Zhang must not be able to hold on before Guan Yujun arrives, so it is better to run away.

More importantly, Zhang Song's words entered Liu Zhang's heart.

He told Liu Zhang that even if Liu Bei wanted to annex Yizhou in the future, at least he would not embarrass Liu Zhang and his family because of the friendship of the same clan.

If luck is better, Liu Bei will help him defeat Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang has the cheek to ask Liu Bei for Yizhou. Liu Bei is embarrassed to take the opportunity to annex Yizhou because of his clan's affection, and return Yizhou to him, that would be even better.

Liu Zhang took it very seriously, and felt that Zhang Song's words made sense.

Although he is not stupid.

Knowing that Liu Bei has not sent troops for a long time, it is very likely that he intends to annex Yizhou.

But no matter how Liu Bei won Yizhou, he would not kill him.

On the contrary, Zhang Lu's family slave, in order to avenge the killing of his mother and younger brother, his whole family could not be spared.

So on July 24, Liu Zhang led all the dignitaries in the city, abandoned the guarding soldiers, and went to Wuyang by boat from the south gate of the city along the Pijiang River.

After waiting for two days, the soldiers in the city heard the news of Liu Zhang's escape, they couldn't sit still and chose to leave the city to surrender.

"Hahahahaha."

After Zhang Lu learned of this situation, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Son Liu Zhang, you are really cowardly. You actually abandoned the city and ran away."

Yan Pu laughed and said, "Since Chengdu is broken, Yizhou will belong to Duke Ming, and Liu Zhang can't run far."

"wrong."

Zhang Lu suddenly thought of something, and said: "He went down from the Pijiang River, and he must have gone along the Great River. Liu Bei is still in Jiangzhou, so he went to join Liu Bei."

Yan Pu frowned, nodded and said: "This Liu Bei is indeed a hidden danger. He used the excuse of mourning for Liu Qi and did not take any action in Jiangzhou. I am afraid that he has the mentality of fighting between the snipe and the clam and making the fisherman profit. Minggong still needs to be careful." , must not let him succeed."

Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Of course I know, but we only have so many troops now, I'm afraid we can't stop him."

Yan Pu said: "You can't just watch Liu Bei's army come over like this. Ming Gong can write to the leader of the people immediately. Once Liu Bei's army makes a move, he will go south to attack Jiangzhou and cut off Liu Bei's army's grain road from Jingzhou."

"Ah."

Zhang Lu thought for a while and said, "Let's do what Zimao wants. Let's advance into the city and gather Liu Zhang's defeated soldiers. Now we can have a share of the army. If we can unite with the Jin people and pinch the invading Liu Bei, this Xichuan will It belongs to us.”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and ordered the army to enter the city.

Entering the city, Zhang Lu was quite humane, restrained the troops not to harass the people, and only took Liu Zhang's treasury as rewards to his subordinates.

It's not that he is so benevolent, but that he wants to spread the Five Dou Rice Religion and fool the people into believing in Longhu Mountain.

If you start killing people and ruin your reputation, who will join the religion?
Therefore, although the changing of the King's Banner in the city of Chengdu caused some commotion, the people did not suffer large-scale killings or looting, and it was relatively stable.

at the same time.

Guan Yu's army went north to Zizhong, and Liu Bei's army led the army and began to go south to Jiameng Pass.

By the beginning of August, Zhang Lu didn't even know that Hanzhong was gone.

Because Yang Bai, the guard of Jiameng Pass, rebelled and blocked the Jinniu Road from Hanzhong to Chengdu, so that no news from Hanzhong reached Chengdu.

So now he only knows that Guan Yu's army has arrived in Zizhong, so while contacting the Jian people to send troops as soon as possible, he sent generals Yang Ren and Yang Ang each with 1 people to garrison Deyang and Guanghan to stop Guan Yu's army.

But what Zhang Lu didn't expect was that Guan Yu didn't go straight to Chengdu, but entered Qiang as the boundary, divided Pingzizhong, Deyang, Sanmiao Dao invaded, and occupied the cities along the Tuojiang and Jialing Rivers.

Settle Padang first, and then take Brazil. It doesn't look like he is here to help Liu Zhang repel the invading enemy, but it looks like he is here to occupy Yizhou.

In the city of Chengdu, the mansion of Yizhou Mu.

Zhang Lu and counselor Yan Pu sat together, and when they heard the news of Tan Ma's return, the two looked at each other a little bit.

After being silent for a while, Zhang Lu sighed, "This Liu Bei is said to be a loyal man, why is he so ugly?"

Yan Pu smiled bitterly and said, "At first, I thought Liu Bei would go directly north and attack Chengdu. In this way, we only need to defend on the outskirts of Chengdu, and wait for the people to cut off his food road, and then he can retreat. I didn't expect that he would simply occupy Padang Brazil, as if It is to control the entire territory of Yizhou first, and then take Chengdu."

Zhang Lu said contemptuously: "Liu Bei is quite famous, but looking at it now, he has lost all face. In the name of saving the clan, he is actually encroaching on the whole of Yizhou."

Yan Pu said: "Cao Cao ruled the north and fought against Liu Bei many times, but he was still unable to eliminate him, which shows that Liu Bei is difficult to deal with. Now Jingzhou also belongs to Liu Bei. Liu Bei's ambition is in the world. He must want the land of Bashu and then seek to seize Jiangdong. Confronting Cao Cao in the north and the south, if you want to gain face and fame at this time, it is not as real as the great Yizhou."

Zhang Lu said: "Then what should we do now? Liu Bei has Jingzhou as his rear, and he is powerful and has many troops. If he takes Berkshire first, and then fights every step of the way, I am afraid that the Jin people will not be his opponent, and we will be annexed by him slowly. .”

Yan Pu pondered deeply.

Liu Bei's move was really ruthless, which made them unexpected.

Originally they thought that Liu Bei was stationed in Bazhou and had been waiting for Zhang Lu to break through Chengdu, so he would have an excuse to defeat Zhang Lu and take Xichuan.

Unexpectedly, people stopped making excuses and directly annexed Berkshire, and now they are starting to attack Qianwei County.

This made Zhang Lu and the others very embarrassed.

Go out and fight.

No one has as many troops as others, and they can't fight fierce battles in the wild.

don't go out.

Except for Chengdu, Yizhou had to belong to Liu Bei.

Don't look at Zhang Lu as a foreign aid, but he also knows the skills of the rich.

It seems that there are many troops, but they are far inferior to the elite soldiers of the Han nationality in terms of combat effectiveness and training level.

Even if he mobilizes all the soldiers and horses, he may not be able to fight Liu Bei, not to mention that Liu Bei has more than [-] soldiers and horses, and there are more than [-] in the rear of Jingzhou.

So Zhang Lu's situation is very delicate.

Chengdu alone cannot control the whole of Yizhou.

However, Zhang Lu and Yan Pu certainly did not expect that Liu Bei did this in history.

Liu Bei took Xichuan and led his troops south from Jiameng Pass to attack Chengdu, while Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei's troops quickly entered Shu and took control of the entire Berkshire.

In other words, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei did not intend to cooperate with Liu Bei to take Chengdu directly, but to assist Liu Bei to quickly capture the entire territory of Yizhou, so as to achieve the purpose of occupying most of the territory of Yizhou except Chengdu.

The same is true now.

Liu Bei's main force went south from Hanzhong. If Guan Yu went straight to Chengdu, once Zhang Lu learned about the situation, he might give up Chengdu and flee south to Qianwei. At that time, Qianwei's counties would have no defense force, and if they were captured by Zhang Lu, the ordinary city would be bigger than the huge one. Chengdu City is more defensive and difficult to completely eliminate.

And if there is a boat from Qianwei County, you can also go down the Tuojiang River and escape into the Yangtze River.At this time, Jiangzhou was relatively empty, and Zhang Lu's people might rush to Jiangzhou, go northward along the river, and then flee back to Hanzhong through Micang Road or Bashu's.

Therefore, Guan Yu went north this time, following the advice of his military adviser Xu Shu, to first control the cities outside Chengdu and cut off Zhang Lu's escape route to the south.

When Liu Bei's main force goes south from Jinniu Road, it is equivalent to besieging Chengdu, making it difficult for Zhang Lu to fly.

Naturally, Zhang Lu didn't know this, and knowing that Liu Bei was not planning to come to Chengdu to rescue Liu Zhang, but to control the whole territory of Yizhou first, he lamented Liu Bei's shamelessness.

"Minggong."

Yan Pu thought about it and said to Zhang Lu: "Maybe this is not a bad thing."

"Oh?"

Zhang Lu wondered, "Why?"

Yan Pu laughed and said: "It's true that Liu Bei's troops are strong and horses are strong, but he divided his troops into counties and dispersed his forces, so he might not be able to capture Chengdu. Duke Ming just needs to stick to the city and wait for the right time to defeat Liu Bei."

Zhang Lu was puzzled, "How can we win?"

Yan Pu said: "Minggong think about it, Liu Bei's army is scattered in the land of Brazil, and there must be no troops in Bazhong to guard it. Moreover, his team is long, and it is not easy to transport grain and grass from Jingzhou to Bazhou. It is not so easy in the county, and it will inevitably cause logistical difficulties. Once you hold on for a while, the Jin people will raid his grain road and they will be able to retreat the enemy."

"Ah."

Zhang Lu thought for a moment, nodded slightly and said: "Okay, then first order Yang Ren and Yang Ang to garrison the city, wait for the arrival of Liu Bei's army, and extend his logistics supply line."

At the moment, Zhang Lu didn't make any response, and planned to continue to stick to Chengdu.

Anyway, he controlled Mianzhu, even if he couldn't beat Liu Bei, he still had a way out to escape from Jinniu Road to Hanzhong, so it didn't matter that he had to go south to Bajun Qianwei County to confront Liu Bei.

What Zhang Lu didn't know was that because of this decision, he lost his last chance.

Yang Bo rebelled and blocked Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass, which prevented the news from Hanzhong from being delivered, and Zhang Lu did not know that Hanzhong had fallen.

If he knew, the correct choice at this time should be to go south immediately and fight Guan Yu to the death.

Since Guan Yu is now busy occupying the outer cities of Chengdu, so that Liu Bei can surround Zhang Lu together, the troops are relatively scattered and the main force is not concentrated together.

If Zhang Lu can muster all his forces, break through the blockade all the way, and go down the Yangtze River before the encirclement is closed, and then go northward from diving when he reaches Bazhou, and escape back to Hanzhong from the unguarded Micang Road, maybe Can give it a go.

Although Liu Bei actually deployed 3 to [-] people to garrison Hanzhong, but these people are all low-strength fighters, not the main force of Liu Bei's army. Zhang Lu's return to the carbine, there is really a slight chance of success.

But there is only a sliver of possibility.

After all, the premise of all this is that everything is going well.

And things.

It has never been so unsatisfactory.

So when the main force of Liu Bei's army in Zhang Lu's fantasy came to Chengdu with a lengthy supply line, at the end of August, outside the city of Chengdu, a continuous, innumerable army appeared on the horizon of the vast plain outside the northern city.

Zhang Lu was dumbfounded!

(End of this chapter)