Chapter 185 Chapter 27 Wei Wu Ru Qiyong (9)

At this time, Zhang Song ordered Fazheng to quickly notify Liu Bei that Liu Bei should launch an attack during the meeting.Liu Bei couldn't bear it and said, "How can things be so hasty!" Pang Tong said: "If Liu Zhang can be captured in one fell swoop during the meeting, the general can sit in a state without a single soldier. Wouldn't it be more benevolent?" Liu Bei still couldn't bear it, and said: "We have just arrived in a strange place, and we lack both kindness and trust. It is not appropriate to take such a strange risk." Everyone had no choice but to stop talking.

After the meeting, Liu Zhang elected Liu Bei as the Great Sima and Captain of Sili, and Liu Bei elected Liu Zhang as the acting general of Zhenxi and the governor of Yizhou.The soldiers of the two armies interacted with each other and had feasts in Fu County for more than 100 days.Liu Zhang also increased the number of soldiers and equipment of Liu Bei's expeditionary force, provided sufficient supplies, and sent them northward to attack Zhang Lu.He also ordered Liu Bei to command the two armies stationed in Baishui led by Yang Huai and Gao Pei, the famous generals of Western Shu.Afterwards, Liu Zhang returned to Chengdu, and Liu Bei advanced his expeditionary force to Jiameng, intending to attack Zhang Lu.

But Pang Tong secretly said to Liu Bei: "My lord, do you really want to attack Zhang Lu? Why have you forgotten our purpose here! Now, you should send out elite troops, but the movements must be stealthy, and advance at double speed day and night. Attack Chengdu directly. Liu Zhang doesn't understand military principles, and he didn't think of defending at all. Our army is approaching suddenly, and we can get Xichuan immediately. This is the best strategy." Liu Bei was startled and said, "Why, there are middle and bad strategies?" Pang Tong laughed and said, "How dare you not! Then Yang Huai and Gao Pei are the most famous generals under Liu Zhang. But they didn't follow. It can be seen that they must be dissatisfied. And they objected to Liu Zhang welcoming you into Sichuan before that.

According to this situation, you can pretend to notify the two of them, saying that there is an emergency in Jingzhou, you plan to return to the army immediately to help, and the attack on Zhang Lu has to be postponed. These two are not convinced by you, but they actually admire your wisdom in their hearts, and they are very happy that you will go. From the perspective of face and reason, they will definitely bring a small number of guards to see you and bid farewell.The lord can take this opportunity to capture the two of them alive, annex their troops, and then march towards Chengdu.This is the middle policy. "

Liu Bei became excited when he heard that, and asked, "So what about the bad plan?" Pang Tong looked helpless, and said: "Judging from the current situation where we only have a foothold in Jingzhou, it is not realistic to go on an expedition to Hanzhong. It is only possible to take the Western Shu nearby. If the lord uses neither the best strategy nor the middle strategy, Then, the worst strategy is for us to retreat to Baidi City, join the army of Jingzhou, and slowly decide on a strategy. However, whether it is the best strategy, the middle strategy or the worst strategy, you must choose as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will be trapped here, and the consequences will be disastrous .”

Liu Bei said: "The best policy is too domineering and domineering, and the bottom policy is too passive and conservative. Use the middle policy. Take Yang Huai and Gao Pei's troops first, and then take Chengdu. You will be more confident." As if preparing to set off, he sent people flying horses to report to Yang Huai and Gao Pei in Baishui. It just so happened that Cao Cao's army was marching south at this time, and Sun Quan sent a letter asking for help.Seeing that the situation in Yizhou was urgent, Liu Bei wrote back to explain the situation, and only ordered Kong Ming, Guan Yu and others to fight to the death on the western front.At this time, Pang Tong came up with another plan and asked Liu Bei to write a letter to Liu Zhang, saying in the letter: "Sun Quan and I are close to each other. Guan Yu's left-behind troops are very weak. If we don't go to rescue now, Cao Cao will definitely take Jingzhou , and once Jingzhou is lost, Cao Cao's troops will turn around and will invade your Yizhou border. This kind of disaster far exceeds the threat to you from Zhang Lu. Compared with Cao Cao, Zhang Lu is just a small It’s just a thief, nothing to worry about, and Cao Cao, you know, is a world-thief who has the ambition to bring the whole of China into his territory.” Therefore, Liu Bei asked Liu Zhang to add 10,000 soldiers and corresponding military supplies.

Pang Tong said: "In this way, Yang Huai and Gao Pei will not surrender if the falsehood becomes true." However, many veterans and generals of Western Shu in Chengdu opposed Liu Zhang's lending troops to Liu Bei.Liu Zhang saw that the opposition was too strong and he was afraid of civil strife, so he only agreed to allocate 4,000 soldiers, and the military supplies were also reduced by half. Therefore, Liu Bei thought he had finally found an excuse to turn against Liu Zhang, and angered his subordinates, saying: "We came to Yizhou to fight against powerful enemies and worked hard, but Liu Zhang is so stingy. Why should we teach our generals to die?! It's better to go back to Yizhou. Go to Jingzhou."

Zhang Song was waiting for the arrival of Liu Bei's army in Chengdu, sitting on pins and needles, when he suddenly heard that Liu Bei was going back to Jingzhou, he believed it was true, and was taken aback. give up? Unexpectedly, these two letters were seen by Zhang Song's elder brother Zhang Su.Zhang Su was a timid and fearful person. He was afraid that he would be hurt after the incident happened, so he kept Zhang Song at home and rushed to Liu Zhang to inform him.Liu Zhang was furious, and immediately sent someone to capture Zhang Song and behead him immediately.Poor Zhang Song's ambition was not rewarded, but he was killed by his own brother first.

Liu Zhang then ordered the guards at the pass to stop communicating with Liu Bei.However, Yang Huai and Gao Pei of Baishui did exactly as Pang Tong expected before they got the order. When Jiameng and Liu Bei bid farewell, it really turned into a "farewell". Sin to be punished.Liu Bei annexed their troops and defended Fucheng. On the one hand, Kong Ming and Guan Yu were immediately notified that they were about to march into Liu Zhang, and against Cao Cao's army, they had to rely mainly on Sun Quan.In this way, Liu and Sun's joint resistance against Cao has a name but no reality.

Seeing Liu Bei's letter, Sun Quan had no choice but to cheer up and fight Cao Cao to the death. In 186, Cao Cao was in Ruxukou because he gave Xun Yu to death. After a few days of grief and remorse, he finally recovered, and his migraine also improved.So, after regaining his peace of mind, Cao Cao began to plot an attack. Xun You, who has just succeeded, is a little unhappy these days.To him, what happened to Xun Yu was quite sad.He knew very well that the reason why Cao Cao ordered the construction of the Tongque Terrace at all costs, on the surface, it seemed to be "defining martial arts outside and promoting literature inside", but in fact it was because the three-point situation in the world had initially formed, and he began to focus on the military in the past The efforts have gradually turned to the internal political struggles of the country.Tongque Terrace is a symbol of Yecheng and Xudu's rivalry, or in other words, Tongque Terrace is Cao Cao's palace in the field.