Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains In the 65th month of May, Yan Liang led the main army to fight hard with the coalition army on the front line of Luyang, and Wang Dang commanded the forward army of the headquarters to quickly approach Dagu Pass.

Yuan Shao waited patiently for a few days and ordered Zhu Ling to intensify his attack on the front line of Yangcheng, hoping that the army in the direction of Luyang would be able to reopen the Chi Road, but Yuan Shao's letter from Kuai Yue disappointed Yuan Shao.

This letter was sent from the direction of Yiyang, and the messenger crossed the mountains and mountains and went down the Luoshui River, bringing the latest battle situation of the Luyang battlefield to Yuan Shao.

The first line of Guangcheng Pass and Huoyang Mountain was firmly controlled by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and there was no possibility of opening up the Chi Road in the short term, so Yuan Shao was asked to immediately shrink the defense and block the Northern Xinjiang Army outside the seven passes such as Hangu and Tiger Prison.

Yuan Shao was helpless and immediately ordered Zhu Ling to lead the army to withdraw to Yuyuan Pass to hold on. Ordered Xin Ping to give up Xingyang and Hujiao.

Ordered Han Qiong and Zhao Rui to find fighters as soon as possible and drive Sima Yi's army back to the north bank of the Yellow River. May, Yizhou, Chengdu.

Earlier this month, Liu Zhang, accompanied by Wang Mou, Zhang Song, and Dong He, rushed to Luocheng to meet Liu Bei secretly.

The two sides discussed for a day in a scenic mountain stream and formulated a series of strategies to quickly stabilize the northern expedition of Yizhou.

At the time of parting, everyone looked happy and very satisfied with the outcome of the discussion, and Liu Zhang even bowed to Liu Bei with his son and nephew.

Liu Bei took Liu Zhang's hand and said affectionately, this Sheji is the Sheji of my Han Dynasty, this country is the Jiangshan of my Liu family, and my descendants of the Liu family should sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to save Sheji.

If my descendants of the Liu family all kill each other, how can the Han Dynasty be revitalized? I think that at the beginning, you and your two brothers were locked up in Yiwu Prison by Dong Zhuo and were humiliated.

But for the sake of the dignity of the Han family, your father will never bow to rebellion. Later, when you arrived in Chengdu, your two brothers were brutally killed for plotting against Li Dao and Guo Yan.

We must have your father's iron bones, and the loyalty of your two brothers, and we must be like them, and we will not hesitate to break our bones for the Gongwei Society.

Liu Zhang thought of his dead father and brother, grief-stricken, raised his hand and vowed to live and die with Liu Bei, and to save the Han Society.

Pang Yi didn't know anything about this, and he led a large army to follow Liu Bei all the way to the city of Chengdu unimpeded.

Although he felt that this attack was too smooth, he thought that Liu Zhang's best way to defend Chengdu under the northern and southern attacks of the Western Expeditionary Army was to defend Chengdu, so he didn't think much about it.

In the middle of the night, Pang Yi, who was asleep, was awakened by the earth-shattering sound of war drums. His subordinate Yan Yan hurriedly rushed in,

"My lord, we are surrounded." Pang Yi didn't react for a long time,

"Surrounding? Who surrounds us? Yan Yan roared angrily,

"It's Liu Bei and Liu Zhang. We were fooled. Early in the morning, Liu Bei, accompanied by Guan Yu, walked into Pang Yi's camp with ten personal guards.

Pang Yi was furious and questioned repeatedly. Liu Bei sat there with a grim expression, not saying a word, until Pang Yi was out of breath and stopped talking, Liu Bei asked,

"Are you a courtier of the Han Dynasty, or a general of Zhao Wei?" Pang Yi is almost fifty years old and has been an official for decades, so of course he knows the meaning of Liu Bei's words.

Even when he almost lost his mind, he did not hesitate to say, "I am a courtier of the Great Han." ”

"Since you know that you are a courtier of the Great Han, why did you betray Lord Zhou Mu with Zhao Wei? Don't you know that this is a sin of treason? ”

"Betrayal?" Pang Yi scoffed,

"My lord, you may not know about Yizhou. In that year, the imperial court twice sent ministers south to serve as the assassin of Yizhou, but they were driven away by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son. Let me ask you, who betrayed the Han? ”

"Hmph......" Liu Bei sneered,

"At that time, the government was first controlled by Dong Zhuo, and then by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and the Son of Heaven was held hostage by rebellion, don't you know about this?" Pang Yi was furious and asked loudly: "Today, the imperial court worships Lord Zhao Wei as the assassin of Yizhou, what is the explanation?" ”

"That was just a delaying tactic implemented by the imperial court to quell the rebellion in Yizhou and kill Zhao Wei." Liu Bei said lightly,

"Now you make a decision, if you admit that you are a courtier of the Han Dynasty and are determined to fight bloodily to save Sheji, we will be the same as in the past, you are still the general of the Han Dynasty, and you can still lead the army to the north with me, otherwise you ......" Pang Yi had no choice.

If he refuses Liu Bei, he and 10,000 soldiers will be annihilated by Liu Bei and Liu Zhang, and the nine clans will be punished and charged with rebellion.

But if he surrenders, his fate may not be much better, as long as Liu Zhang is in Yizhou, he will be in a different place sooner or later.

"I can't surrender to Liu Zhang." Pang Yi made the only request,

"Either Liu Zhang leaves Yizhou, or I will go north to Guanzhong with the general." Bei had long expected this outcome, and it was extremely beneficial to be able to get 10,000 troops and a group of strong Yizhou generals without much effort, both for the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong and for retreating to Yizhou in the future.

Liu Bei stood up, faced Pang Yi, Yan Yan and other Yizhou generals, and solemnly swore that

"From now on, we are brothers who treat each other with all sincerity, as long as I Liu Bei lives, I will never let anyone hurt my brother. If you violate this oath, you will be destroyed. Early in the morning, Dong He and Zhang Fei led the army to surround the Jingzhou army.

Yi, Gan Ning, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and other Jingzhou officials were dumbfounded. Overnight, it turned upside down.

The four of them walked into the Chinese army's tent in a panic. Liu Bei didn't give any explanation, he only said one sentence, the purpose of the Western Expedition was the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, and the Northern Expedition needed the stability of Yizhou.

Whatever method can make Yizhou stabilize in the shortest possible time, I will use whatever method, no reason is needed.

Yi Yuan was shocked, but he could only say respectfully, everything is only the first to be seen. On the morning of the same day, Liu Zhang led the civil and military officials of Yizhou out of the city to welcome Liu Bei, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, into the city.

Three days later, Zhang Ren led his army to withdraw from Guangdu City. Liu Pan and Zhao Wei led the army to the city and rushed to the camp of the Chinese army to meet Liu Bei.

As soon as Zhao Wei walked into the gate, he was thrown to the ground by a team of wolf-like soldiers and tied up. Before Zhao Wei's personal guards could react, they were swallowed by the arrows in the sky, and more than a hundred people turned into souls in the blink of an eye.

Liu Pan and Kuai Liang's souls flew out of the sky, and this amazing change made the two of them frightened and at a loss for a while.

Zhao Wei was dragged into the big tent. Liu Bei sat behind the desk and looked at him coldly. Zhao Wei gritted his teeth and scolded.

"I have to kill you." Liu Bei said lightly,

"As long as I get your head, I can end the three-year war in Yizhou." Zhao Wei's head fell to the ground. Until he died, he didn't understand how he could suddenly lose his head with an army of 30,000.

Zhao Wei's army was surrounded by regiments. Wang Mou, Lai Min, Zhang Ren and other Yizhou officials were worried that the 20,000 horses would also fall into the hands of Liu Bei, and tried their best to persuade Liu Zhang to attack first and take the opportunity to surrender the prisoners to enhance their strength, but Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Dong He and others tried their best to dissuade them.

At present, Liu Bei is determined to march north, and he needs an army, once he is angered and uses this as an excuse to attack Chengdu, Yizhou is very likely to be lost.

The Northern Expedition is related to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, and we can't ignore the safety of the community because of our own selfishness, so everyone still works together to resonate with the community as the best policy.

In addition, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has always been our confidant, if we use Liu Bei's hand to eradicate Zhang Lu this time, and then help Liu Bei capture Guanzhong, wouldn't it be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone?

Liu Zhang accepted the advice of Zhang Song and others and stood still. Liu Bei, together with Pang Yi and Yan Yan, persuaded Zhao Wei's old ministry to put the interests of the society first, give up their previous suspicions, and fight together to save the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Wei's subordinates had no choice but to serve under Liu Bei's account. In late May, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, and Liu Pan discussed the Northern Expedition in Chengdu.

At this moment, Liu Bei has 45,000 troops, and his strength is strong, and after joining forces with Liu Zhang, the grain and grass of the Western Expeditionary Army are guaranteed again, and the Northern Expedition has no worries.

Liu Zhang used Liu Bei's power to quell the Zhao Wei Rebellion that had plagued Yizhou for many years, stabilized the situation in Yizhou, and firmly controlled Yizhou counties.

Liu Pan is very depressed, he has no advantage in strength now, Yizhou is firmly controlled by Liu Zhang, and Zhao Wei's strength is also taken by Liu Bei.

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Kuai Liang decided to retreat to Jiangzhou, which was the only benefit that Jingzhou could get at the moment.

Liu Zhang's control of the Yizhou military and government again had a great impact on the success of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition. If Liu Zhang cut off the supply of grain and grass at the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, Liu Bei would be finished, so Liu Bei must have to find a way to balance Liu Zhang.

It was impossible for Liu Zhang to let Liu Pan lead the army into Chengdu, and it was impossible for Liu Pan to return to Jingzhou empty-handed, so when Kuai Liang proposed that Jiangzhou continue to provide grain and grass for the Western Expeditionary Army, Liu Bei did not hesitate at all, and agreed in one bite.

But Liu Bei had to take into account Liu Zhang's acceptance, after all, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was eyeing Yizhou, and Liu Zhang of Yizhou was also salivating for Jingzhou, and neither side was willing to give up Jiangzhou (now Chongqing), a military location.

Liu Bei proposed a compromise. In Chengdu, a chariot and cavalry general was set up, and Liu Pan, a general of Zhenxi, sat in the town to raise and transport grain and grass for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Liu Pan's 3,000 men were stationed outside the city. The Taishou of Ba County was served by a native of Yizhou, the Governor of Ba County was served by a native of Jingzhou, and Jiangzhou was garrisoned by an army from each of the three parties.

This arrangement was all for the Northern Expedition, and everything was based on the social welfare, and the interests of all parties were put aside for the time being. After some haggling, the three parties finally reached an agreement.

Dong He served as the Taishou of Ba County, and Li Yan served as the Governor of Ba County. The Che Cavalry General's Mansion was engaged in Zhonglang Zhuzhu as the grain supervisor of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Each of the three parties sent 2,000 troops to garrison Jiangzhou. Liu Bei wrote a good chapter and reported to Xiangyang urgently. In terms of the composition of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Liu Bei's 45,000 men all went north.

Kuai Liang, Huang Zhong, and Gan Ning of the Jingzhou army led 5,000 men and horses to accompany them to the north. Liu Zhang first planned to send 5,000 troops, but under Liu Bei's angry gaze, he hurriedly changed his tune and promised to send 10,000 troops, led by Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, and Leng Bao.

The 60,000 northern expeditionary troops rushed to Mianzhu and Fucheng to assemble one after another, and when the grain and grass were ready, they went north to Hanzhong from the Jinniu Road.

May, Xiliang. The three Qiang armies of Tang Xiao, Li Cai, and Lei Biao launched round after round of attacks against the Han army that was holding on to the Hehuang area.

At the same time, the Hexi Qiang army of Hongri, Tietou, and Storm also crossed the Yellow River and launched an attack on Yungo, the governor of Jincheng County.

In early May, Ma Chao, the general of Huqiang, received a letter from Jia Xu in Yuzhong, saying that the people of Xiliang had basically evacuated, and the army could retreat to the Pingxiang line to block the enemy in order to reduce casualties.

Ma Chao immediately reported to Pang De and Han Yi urgently, asking them to quickly withdraw from Hehuang and Yunwu. Han Yi, Yang Qiu and others were dragged by the Qiang people and failed to retreat for a long time, but Pang De, Nie Xiao, Baili Yang and others couldn't support it, they thought that Han Yi had evacuated first, and then retreated to the line of Jincheng and Yuzhong.

Pang De's army withdrew from the Hehuang area, and the flanks of Yunwu City were immediately exposed, and Li Cai and Lei Biao led the army to kill quickly, surrounding the Xiliang army in Yunwu City.

The Qiang army rendezvous, and 60,000 iron horsemen surrounded Yunwu City. The Qiang people pushed and burned when the Qiang Canal Shuai Hongri was the commander, and the army attacked.

Hongri sent someone to recruit Han Yi. Han Yi was furious, chopped off the head of the envoy with a knife, and hung it high above the city tower.

The Qiang army attacked fiercely. The Xiliang army held the city and was eager for reinforcements, but for five days, they didn't even see a shadow of reinforcements.

Whether Pang De's army was evacuated safely, Han Yi didn't know, but he knew that Ma Chao was on the front line of Jincheng and Yuzhong, more than two hundred miles away.

It is true that Ma Chao does not have many troops in his hands, but at this moment, as long as Ma Chao's battle flag can be raised on the battlefield, the Xiliang army can muster enough courage to fight out of the encirclement.

Yang Qiu, Cheng Yin, Cheng Yi, Liang Xing and other Xiliang veterans lost confidence, and they advised Han Yi to surrender.

In Xiliang, if the Qiang people want to gain a foothold, they can't do without the help of the Han people. The Qiang people now need Han Yi very much, and as long as Han Yi surrenders, he can even regain control of the military and political power of Xiliang.

Han Yi categorically refused,

"I'm not like my father. In my father's time, the Xiliang people had no way to live, and they needed to use the power of the Qiang people to live. But now the people of Xiliang not only have no way to live, but also have no place to be buried. This land is the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is our homeland, whether we live or die, we will all shed the last drop of blood on this land. "The people of Xiliang swear not to surrender.

On the eighth day, Ma Chao's battle flag finally floated on the battlefield, and the passionate sound of the horn pierced through the clouds and cracked stones, soaring into the sky.

Suddenly, the roar of the Xiliang people was like thunder, and the army rushed out of the city like a rolling torrent, breaking through the siege with an invincible momentum.

"Burn, burn the city for me, and never leave a single grass or tree for the Qiang people." Han Yi shouted wildly,

"As long as we live, one day we will regain our homeland." Yunwu City was in flames, thick smoke obscured the battlefield, and the Qiang people panicked.

When Pang De arrived, he led the army around the back of the Qiang people and launched a fatal blow to Zhong Cun and Mi Tang Qiang.

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