Liu Bei let Yang Huai be the pioneer, in fact, he also had his own considerations.

First, Yang Huai sat in Baishui Pass to defend against Zhang Lu all the year round, and had great prestige among the military and civilians in northern Yizhou. Let Yang Huai be the vanguard, with his prestige, all the way, the resistance of the guards everywhere will be very low.

Second, Yang Huai had just surrendered, and Liu Bei still had these distrusts of him to some extent, and letting Yang Huai be the vanguard could allow him to completely break with Liu Zhang and cut off his last retreat.

Facts have proved that Liu Bei's decision was right, relying on Yang Huai's prestige in the north of Yizhou, the vanguard army led by Huang Zhong was invincible all the way, and all the passes and cities along the way, as soon as Yang Huai came out, they all surrendered.

In just seven days, the vanguard army was killed under the city of Fucheng.

On the side of Fucheng, as expected by Pang Tong Yang Huai and others, Liu Zhang had not yet sent troops and horses to garrison, and there were only 1,000 defenders in the city.

The defenders in the city were afraid of the strength of the Jingzhou army, and Yang Huai personally went out to surrender, so the defenders did not hesitate much, and surrendered to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei then settled in Fucheng, and the soldiers were tired because the army had already marched hundreds of miles south from Jiameng Pass. There were still many county towns in the north that had not yet surrendered, and Liu Bei immediately ordered the army to be stationed in Fucheng.

Send troops and horses to collect the cities north of Fucheng to stabilize and consolidate the territory that has been occupied.

And Liu Zhang learned the news that Liu Bei sent troops to occupy Fucheng a few days later.

CD, State Pastoral Office.

"Tell me, I kindly invited him to enter Sichuan to resist Zhang Lu, and I sent soldiers and horses, and I sent money and food, I don't want him to take away my Yizhou now, and do this unkind and unjust act. He also said in turn that I was not benevolent, and invited him to enter Sichuan but did not give him soldiers and horses money and food, saying that I wanted to annex his soldiers and horses......"

"He and Zhang Songfa are colluding with the leak, and I didn't raise troops to attack him, I just hope that he will lead his troops back to Jing as soon as possible, and the two families will still be reconciled as before. I don't want him to attack my Fucheng first, so Yang Huai actually surrendered to him, when did I treat him badly? ”

Liu Zhang held a hundred miles of urgent letters in his hand, walked back and forth in the hall, and complained to a group of civil and military officials. The look of grievances on his face made people feel a little distressed when he saw it.

Huang Quan saw that Liu Zhang only knew how to complain so far, and he didn't think of a way to deal with it, so he shook his head helplessly and said: "Okay, lord, now that things have happened, it's useless to complain, let's think of a way, how to deal with Liu Bei!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Zhang sat back in his seat, looked at everyone and asked, "Tell me, how should we deal with Liu Bei now!" ”

Huang Quan arched his hand and said: "Lord, Liu Bei has now occupied Fucheng, the barrier north of the CD, only Mianzhu and Luocheng are left, if these two cities are lost, the CD will not be guaranteed, the lord should send soldiers and horses to garrison these two cities as soon as possible to protect the CD!"

At the same time, Liu Bei first won Fucheng, and the hearts of the northern army and the people had not yet been attached, so when a general was sent to lead the troops north to Fucheng to meet Liu Bei, not to mention defeating Liu Bei, don't give him the opportunity to consolidate the hearts of the army and the people! ”

After listening to the first half of Huang Quan's words, Liu Zhang nodded again and again, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, Liu Zhang was embarrassed again: "Liu Bei started from the end of Wei, and has led troops to fight since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and has been leading the army for nearly 30 years, and he has rich experience in leading the army. The generals under his command are all capable of recruiting and fighting well, and this sent troops to garrison Mianzhu, and Yucheng was fine, but he led his troops to meet Liu Bei...... I'm afraid it's not right! ”

"Oh, the lord Liu Bei is not a tiger and wolf, what is there to be afraid of? Although he has been in troubled times for 30 years, his command has always been a major general, and now the soldiers and horses under his command are all Jingzhou soldiers and horses, and they have not followed him for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is not as strong as the lord imagined.

Moreover, Liu Bei's command, such as Guan Zhang Zhao and other generals, Zhuge Liang and other ministers did not come, the lord does not have to worry, the minister can fight Liu Bei! ”

Liu Zhang hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

Huang Quan arched his hand and said: "Yizhou Admiral Zhang Ren!" Two years ago, Jiangdong Zhou Yu raided my Yizhou, and it was he who led his troops to resist Zhou Yu, so that Zhou Yu could not advance an inch. Although Liu Bei is a veteran soldier, he is not as good as Zhou Yu, so he can send Zhang Ren to lead the battle against Liu Bei, even if he can't win, he won't be defeated! ”

Seeing this, Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Ren and asked, "Zhang Ren, are you willing to lead the battle against Liu Bei!" ”

Zhang Ren stepped out, without the slightest fear in his eyes: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Liu Zhang was overjoyed and ordered: "Okay, I'll give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, Du Lingbao, Liu Xian, Deng Xian, Wu Yi, Lei Tong, and Wu Lan will go to meet Liu Bei!" ”

"No!" The generals who were named also stepped forward to receive their orders.

Liu Zhang ordered again: "Li Yan, Fei Guan, the two of you will lead 10,000 troops to Mianzhu to defend the town!" Xun'er, you lead 10,000 troops and go to the city to garrison! ”

"No!" His Royal Highness Li Yan, Fei Guan, and Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun gave up their orders.

After Liu Zhang gave the order, he looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have anything else to add?" ”

Liu Ba arched his hand and said: "Lord, now that Liu Bei is leading his troops south, Jiameng Pass is empty, Langzhong is forbidden, and there are still 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangcun, so they can be ordered to attack Jiameng Pass along Langshui to the north to cut off Liu Bei's retreat."

And the lord did not treat Yang Huai and Gao Pei badly, and the surrender of Liu Bei may have been a helpless move. The lord can send a messenger and write to the two, asking them to rebel against Liu Bei and raid Liu Bei's rear, so that Liu Bei can be broken! ”

"Good strategy, this strategy is much better than directly facing Liu Bei!" Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered: "Send someone to inform Langzhong to help Xiang Cun, let them raise 10,000 troops to attack Jiameng Pass, I am personally repairing a book, and let people secretly send it to Yang Huai Gaopei, so that they can return to my command!" Without further ado, let's do our job and send troops out as soon as possible! ”

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However, it was said that Zhang Ren and the generals of Yizhou led 30,000 soldiers and horses and came to Fucheng in the starry night.

Fucheng is located on the north bank of Fushui, Zhang Ren arrived in Fucheng, then set up camp on the south bank of Fushui, and the two armies faced each other across the water.

In the camp, Zhang Ren convened his generals to discuss the military situation.

Zhang Ren said to the generals: "The reason why the lord sent me to fight Liu Bei is because Liu Bei first got the north, and the people's hearts were not attached, so he sent us to meet Liu Bei, and did not give Liu Bei the opportunity to stabilize the people's hearts.

At the same time, the lord also sent Fu Ban to attack Jiameng Pass to Cun, so we have to take the initiative to attack and drag Liu Bei, so as not to prevent Liu Bei from returning to the army to support Jiameng Pass! Wu Yi, Lei Tong, Wu Lan, you each led a thousand soldiers and horses to build three pontoon bridges on the Fushui, tomorrow morning, I will cross the Fushui to lead the troops to attack Fucheng, to explore Liu Beijun's reality! ”

The generals gave their hands to the order: "No! ”

Subsequently, Wu Yi and other generals led their troops to build a pontoon bridge on the water, and they were busy.

With such a movement, it was natural that the scouts of the Jingzhou army could not be hidden, and the scouts hurriedly reported to Liu Bei when they saw this.