Chapter 86 Chapter 7 Meet the Assassin

Besides staying in Zang Palace in Pingqu, Cen Peng gave him a very clear mission, he is not expected to attack, as long as he restrains Yan Cen and others so that they do not dare to divide their troops, so that he can surprise Chengdu by surprise.Zang Gong did not disgrace his mission, practiced shouting all day long, pretended to be suspicious, and put on a posture that might launch an attack at any time, which made Yan Cen and others nervous as if they were facing a big enemy. Zang Gong has 50,000 soldiers, which is a good thing in theory, but food is scarce, and most of the food was taken away by Cen Peng, so it is a bad thing to have too many soldiers, and these 50,000 soldiers are all those who have just surrendered. , and things got worse.

There is still food, but it is far away in Jingzhou, and it has to be transported by water through the Yangtze River thousands of miles away, which takes a long time.Food from far away can't satisfy hunger nearby. Without food, even hardcore soldiers will inevitably lose their morale, let alone newcomers.The reason why people are willing to surrender is that they have a psychological expectation that they will follow you if they think you can win.However, you don't even have food, how can you fight this battle? As a result, the morale of the army was shaken, and the soldiers were already planning to defect, and returned to their hometown to form a camp to protect themselves. Let's see the situation.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zang Gong intended to withdraw his troops, but he was worried that once he withdrew, the soldiers would mistakenly think that he had been defeated, and they would even mutiny.

Zang Gong was in a dilemma. He felt like sitting in a crater every day, hungry and worried. It happened that Liu Xiu sent his troops to reinforce Cen Peng.When the visitor arrived in Pingqu, he saw that Cenpeng had already detoured to Chengdu, so he went to chase Cenpeng.Zang Palace stopped the visitors and forcibly detained the new reinforcements and 700 horses. Zang Gong got reinforcements, and felt a little more at ease, thinking that instead of staying in Pingqu to sit and eat, it would be better to give it a go and attack Yancen while he was full of energy.So the army marched overnight, the navy went up the Fu River, the cavalry was on the left bank, and the infantry was on the right bank.

Yan Cen sent a spy early on to find out the details of Zang Gong, knowing that Zang Gong was just pretending to be suspicious in Pingqu, and had no intention of attacking, so he gradually relaxed his vigilance, thinking that Zang Gong's skills were nothing more than that, and he would not let the army alert.Suddenly hearing the call of the Han army, Yan Cen couldn't help being shocked. He climbed the mountain and saw the overwhelming and menacing Han army. He was shocked and the army was in chaos. Zang Gong sent his troops to attack and smashed the Shu soldiers. More than ten thousand people were beheaded and drowned.

Zang Gong took advantage of the victory and pursued, attacking the city and conquering land all the way, with hundreds of thousands of descendants.When the army arrived in Pingyang Township, Wang Yuan knew that he was invincible, so he surrendered with all his troops. Zang Gong captured Pingyang Township, which was only 120 kilometers away from Chengdu from the east, and Cen Peng was only 40 miles away from Chengdu from the south.Liu Xiu saw that the battle had progressed so far, and Gongsun Shu's general situation was gone, so he should take the initiative to admit defeat, so he wrote a letter to Gongsun Shu, promising to be a high-ranking official, and urging him to surrender immediately.

Gongsun Shu took the book, sighed, showed the book to his confidantes, and asked for his opinion.Tai Chang Shao, Guang Luxun and Zhang Long saw that the emperor had a question, how could he not answer, so to tell the truth, Qi advised Gongsun Shu to surrender as soon as possible. Gongsun Shu said angrily: "It's abolished or prospered, fate is also, how can the Son of Heaven come down!" Chang Shao and Zhang Long were reprimanded and felt aggrieved. Obviously you encouraged us to express our opinions, and we expressed our opinions. You yelled again.Besides, didn't the emperor surrender?Not to mention the far ones, but the ones close by are like Liu Penzi, who was also the emperor of the Han Dynasty established by the Red Eyebrow Army. Didn't he still surrender to Liu Xiu?

However, Chang Shao and Zhang Long dared to think so in their hearts, but how dare they say it out of their mouths.The two knew very well that this time the misfortune really came out of their mouths, and if they dared to persuade the emperor to surrender, it would be the death penalty of treacherous traitors in Shu and beheading all their families.The two retreated to the court with ashen faces. In order not to hurt their family members, they went on a hunger strike and died as soon as they returned home. Gongsun Shu knew that it would be difficult to have any hope of winning against the Han army on the battlefield in an open and honest manner. For the current plan, he had to repeat the old tricks, and then send assassins to the field to kill Cen Peng who threatened him the most.

Besides, Cen Peng raided from Wuyang to the surrounding areas of Chengdu. One day he set up camp and called the natives to inquire.Cen Peng suddenly felt disgusted, isn't this cursing me to death?Wanting to camp in another place, but seeing that it was getting dark, he hesitated, thinking it would be troublesome, and decided to stay here for the night. The assassins sent by Gongsun Shu, disguised as fugitive slaves, came to feign surrender and were placed in the barracks by the Han army.That night, the assassin quietly found Cen Peng's residence, took advantage of Cen Peng's unpreparedness, and gave Cen Peng a sword in the chest.

Cen Peng instinctively grabbed the sword and refused to let go. The assassin couldn't pull it off no matter how much he pulled, panicked in his heart, and shouted: "You let go, you let go." The sound had already alarmed the guards, who rushed in and surrounded the assassin surrounded.Knowing that he was doomed, the assassin let go of his hand resentfully. Cen Peng asked the assassin, "Did Gongsun Shu send you here?" The assassin shouted, "So what?" Cen Peng looked at the assassin with pity, and said with a wry smile, "You are such an idiot." The assassin smiled ferociously, and said: "You have been hit by my sword, so aren't you more stupid than me?"

Cen Peng sighed: "You are just an assassin, how can you understand military affairs." The guard unsheathed his sword and was about to chop the assassin into mincemeat. Cen Peng waved his hand to stop him and said, "Let him go, I want him to live well, and let him see with his own eyes the evil consequences he has caused." The assassin didn't thank you, and walked away, still thinking in his heart: Don't kill me, I think you are an idiot, Cen Peng. Cen Peng summoned Zheng Xing, a military adviser, and told the future: "When I die, it will be Wu Han's turn to be the commander. After I die, you will recall the Guangdu cavalry, and the whole army will stick to Wuyang, and you are not allowed to fight. Food and grass are enough to support you for several months. At the same time, send envoys to Yiling to ask Wu Han to come and preside over the overall situation."

Zheng Xing wept and took the order. Seeing that Cen Peng still had strength, he couldn't help asking: "Why did the general say that assassin is a fool?" Cen Peng sighed: "I keep my army in order, and I have never committed any crimes. Since entering Shu, I have traveled thousands of miles and never killed a single person. However, Wu Han has a violent temperament and likes to slaughter. Wherever he goes, he often plunders the people and kills innocent people. When Deng To seek rebellion is to hate the brutality of Wu Han. The murder of me by the assassin just allowed Wu Han to enter Shu, and brought a catastrophe to the people of Shu for no reason." Cen Peng's strength gradually lost, his voice became lower and lower, and he said again: "I was guarding Wancheng for Wang Mang back then, and I refused to surrender, so that people in the city cannibalized people. Conceived a serious crime, death is not a pity, but the people of Bashu are pitiful." After speaking, tears fell like rain, and he passed away suddenly. After Cen Peng's death, his posthumous title was Zhuanghou.The Shu people remembered Cen Peng's merits and virtues, and built a temple in Wuyang for him, offering sacrifices all year round.