Chapter 156 Loyal Chengdu

Is this the famous Baishui Army of Yizhou?

Zhao Yun made a mental assessment and felt that the enemy was easier to fight than the Hu people of Liaodong.

Even though these Yizhou soldiers had surrendered, they looked at him and others with awe and disbelief.

Zhao Yun shook his head and felt that if these Yizhou soldiers were to be sent out to fight Cao, it would take a lot of effort to train them.

Zhao Yan felt that he had gotten to know the governor Pang Xi again.

Yesterday, he was so worried that his mouth was full of bubbles, and he even discussed with his entourage in private whether he could survive if he surrendered to Liu Zhang.

Now he was flattering Zhao Yun and offering words to famous generals, and he regarded himself as a minister of Emperor Liu, and he was worried about the Han Dynasty.

Bah! Zhao Dan spat hard in his heart, then approached Zhao Yun and squeezed Pang Xi away, saying righteously:

"Since we have won such a great victory, Dan is willing to gallop back to Jiangzhou to report the victory to the general!"

Zhao Yun said nothing, looked at the battlefield in silence and whispered:

"Yun has his own soldiers to report the victory, so there is no need for the governor Zhao to work hard... but I have an unreasonable request."

"My knights have followed for many years..."

"I will definitely find a beautiful place to bury them properly!" Zhao Dan patted his chest, thinking that this was also his honor.

Zhao Yun shook his head: "No need to make a big fuss, after defeating Cao thieves, Yun will move their graves back to the north."

Zhao Dan admired him in his heart and agreed with a serious face.

...

"Yide earned Gao Pei with a single sword, and Zilong rushed into the battle and killed Yang Huai!"

"The Baishui Army and Baishui Pass were completely broken, and Liu Jiyu is now the governor of Chengdu!"

The two battle reports were delivered to the Jiangzhou City almost at the same time, and Pang Tong was excited and danced with joy.

Liu Bei smiled as he read the two battle reports one by one, and said:

"Yide is quite quick-witted in battle, and Zilong is still brave, which is gratifying."

Pang Tong said seriously:

"My lord, do you know how General Zilong won a great victory?"

Liu Bei listened attentively.

"It is because General Zilong asked Zhang Yi to lead the army slowly, and he led a hundred cavalrymen to march into the battle."

"If General Zilong led the army himself, the victory would not be so easy!"

As he spoke, Pang Tong laughed himself, and Liu Bei's smile froze on his face.

Rubbing his face, Liu Bei asked Pang Tong:

"Since this is the case, what should Shi Yuan do next?"

Pang Tong came back to his senses, pulled out a page from the bottom of the desk and sighed:

"Before I took Yizhou for my lord, I never thought it would be so smooth."

Based on the battle situation in Langzhong and Baishui Pass, Pang Tong deduced several situations:

"I thought before that the worst case scenario is that General Zilong and the Baishui Army are in a stalemate, and General Yide cannot attack Baishui Pass."'

"In this case, my lord needs to lead his troops to attack Chengdu, so that the deadlock can be broken."

"But now that both places have won a great victory, it should be..."

Pang Tong described in detail, and felt that this configuration that should have belonged to Kong Ming was used in one word:

Cool! ~

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The scorching heat in Chengdu in early September was slightly relieved, but this drop in temperature could not relieve the pressure on the city.

Fa Zheng looked at the tea in the cup in front of him boredly, watching the tea leaves sinking and floating in the hot water, and felt as if he saw the fate of the current lord of Chengdu.

In fact, this kind of secret meeting was not the first time.

At first, after Liu Bei occupied Jiangzhou City, the people present reached a consensus:

"The traitors from Jingzhou are approaching Yizhou!"

Then they dispersed, some went to persuade the governor, some went to judge the situation, and some people like Fa Zheng were tempted.

As the war reports were sent to Chengdu, the meetings in this teahouse became more and more frequent.

"The despicable thief who stole the country joined forces with the traitor Pang Xi!"

"The weavers and shoe sellers cheated and killed General Yang Huai."

"Liu Bei has occupied Baishui Pass with a large army."

"Uncle Liu is heading towards Chengdu."'

Fa Zheng watched coldly, but he was quite satisfied with Uncle Liu's methods.

Recently, a palm-sized manifesto has become popular in Chengdu. It is small in size, has few words, is easy to carry and easy to destroy.

Fa Zheng has collected a lot of them privately, and basically each manifesto only says one thing.

"Liu Zhang deceives Pang Xi" and "Pang Xi likes to govern the people" are the most recent ones, which probably talk about Pang Xi's help to Liu Zhang in quelling the rebellion of Zhao Wei, and Liu Zhang's current betrayal.

Fa Zheng doesn't believe this, but he knows that the people in Chengdu absolutely believe it: it's all written on paper, how can it be false?

Some other articles are more heartbreaking: "Liu Yan plots rebellion", "Liu Zhang forces Zhang Lu to rebel", "Liu Zhang secretly surrenders to Cao Cao", "Liu Yan kills the imperial envoy without authorization", etc.

Although the people don't quite understand these old stories that have been dug up, they all say about the eye-catching things such as Zhang Lu's mother and Liu Yan:

I have a friend who likes to watch it very much, and hates its shortness and lack.

Therefore, the people have sorted out the logic from their own perspective: This uncle Liu is going to ask the governor for an explanation!

Although notices were posted in Chengdu, Liu Zhang angrily denounced them as slander, but a few notices were nothing compared to the palm-sized manifestos that everyone had in their pockets.

Fa Zheng turned a deaf ear to the noise in the teahouse, knowing that they were arguing on the surface, but they would still try their best to leave an impression in front of Liu Huangshu in private.

During this period, servants of the big families were secretly tied with ropes and slipped out of the city and disappeared, most of them were looking for Liu Jingzhou.

There are rumors that the defenders in the east of Chengdu have bought two houses by collecting bribes.

Fa Zheng was quite envious, but also quite happy.

Chengdu has been dead for too long, and I can't remember the last time such an interesting thing happened.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Xianhe, whom I met last time, was quite humorous. I wonder if he can speak for me in front of Liu Huangshu?

And, I wonder when Liu Huangshu will arrive at his loyal Chengdu?

Fa Zheng looked forward to it, but Liu Bei walked even slower.

It took only ten days to get from Jiangzhou to Langzhong, and then five days to Zitong, and another eight days to Fucheng.

Li Yan, the defender of Mianzhu, defected and surrendered, causing Liu Bei to walk even slower.

On the one hand, he took the initiative to slow down, and on the other hand, there were indeed quite a lot of people who took the initiative to express their loyalty.

Many of the powerful people who came to surrender even brought their own dry food and took the initiative to protect them. For a time, Liu Bei's momentum became more and more powerful.

After Mianzhu was Luocheng, but Liu Bei didn't have any special ideas because the defender was Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang.

With this relationship, Liu Bei still thought it would be better not to go to Luocheng and ask for trouble, so he just went around.

As a result, before he even reached Luocheng, Liu Xun was tied up and placed in front of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei blinked his eyes, looked at the Luocheng clan with "Praise me" written all over his face, and finally gave some rewards and promises to send him away.

Is it so easy? Liu Bei felt that it was not real as if in a dream.

Until Liu Xun's angry curse brought him back to his senses.

"Shut up." Liu Bei shook his head, then looked at Liu Xun carefully and said to himself:

"This is a good gift."

Liu Xun, who was tied up tightly on the ground, trembled when he heard this.

The many scripts that Liu Xun had thought of for himself in his head did not come true. He was escorted to Chengdu by a team of soldiers, and the leader of this team was Jian Yong.

"I will not fail my mission!" Jian Yong bowed his hands, full of vigor and vitality.

"Xianhe, don't try to be good at talking." Liu Bei warned him worriedly.

Luocheng is very close to Chengdu, so Jian Yong has already seen Chengdu in just one day.

Liu Xun was picked up by Liu Zhang's men, and Jian Yong was brought directly to Liu Zhang.

Jian Yong had never seen Liu Zhang before, and only now was he able to take a closer look at him.

The biggest feeling was that he was noble, with a brocade robe and a pearl crown, a broad face with little fat, and a weak aura and little dignity.

He looked more like a rich man than a governor.

Moreover, Liu Zhang's attitude was also very peaceful:

"Liu Xuande is determined to get Yizhou?"

Jian Yong bowed in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:

"My lord wants to revive the Han Dynasty and fight against the thieves, so he wants to take the Han land and reject the thieves."

Liu Zhang snorted:

"That's a good trick. Now the world says that I, Liu Zhang, am a disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial person!"

Jian Yong hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up slowly and raised his head and said:

"Is it not true?"

"Liu Yizhou eats Han salary and is a Han minister. Now the country is in danger and does not think about serving the country. Instead, he is trying to be rich and noble by coddling the traitors. Has the governor forgotten his surname? Isn't it disloyal?"

"The father is the head of the family, and the king is the father of the country. The king and the father are of the same clan. Now the king and the father are in trouble and the governor turns a blind eye. Isn't it unfilial?"

Liu Zhang's face flushed, and Jian Yong raised his head, ready to be pushed out and beheaded.

But Liu Zhang finally sank into his chair and whispered:

"You shouldn't publicize your family affairs to the world..."

Jian Yong pretended not to hear it. He did it, but whether he admitted it or not was another matter.

After some hesitation, Liu Zhang took the initiative to ask:

"If...if..."

Jian Yong was understanding: "If the governor is willing to recommend Lord Xuande as the governor of Yizhou, then Lord Xuande will naturally not invade Chengdu and disturb the people of Yizhou."

Liu Zhang still looked at Jian Yong eagerly, and Jian Yong also smiled:

"General's seal, family property, and mansion, Lord Xuande will not take a penny."

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said only three words:

"That's good."

This is basically settled.

The next step to finalize the intention is to go through the procedures, so they first exchanged letters and then sent envoys to each other.

Finally, Liu Zhang took the initiative to go out of the city to welcome Liu Bei to go through the procedures.

So at the end of September, Liu Bei officially entered Chengdu under the escort of Zhao Yun.

The common people lined the streets to welcome him and have fun. After all, in the various news they had seen before, this Emperor Liu was a fair and just soldier. They had to take a good look at what he looked like.

Liu Bei, standing in the car, smiled reluctantly. He looked carefully at the low houses, the bumpy roads, and the muddy city river, and couldn't help but sigh: Is this Chengdu?

Although he didn't expect it to be as prosperous as in later generations, why did it even feel worse than Jiangling City?

Liu Bei fell into deep self-doubt:

What about Liu Jiyu's governance here?

Pang Tong, who was in the same car, was also full of emotion:

It took me, Pang Shiyuan, two lifetimes to get to Chengdu?

Fa Zheng was also watching the excitement on the side of the road like the common people. Seeing this scene, Fa Zheng added in his heart:

The great Emperor Liu arrived in his loyal Chengdu today.