Liu Zhang was not happy for too long, and it was reported that the Guanzhong army did not withdraw its troops, but led the army to slaughter Linqiong, and then Lianke Hanjia, Xixian, and Yandao several cities.

For Liu Zhang, this news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue.

Originally, it was planned to be able to resist the defense line of the Guanzhong Army for at least half a year, but it collapsed so easily, Liu Zhang was even more furious.

He issued an order to execute all the families of the defending generals who did not hold the city for ten days, or who surrendered to the Guanzhong army.

Even though Huang Quan and others repeatedly admonished, Liu Zhang was annoyed and angry and didn't listen at all.

It wasn't until the angry Liu Zhang brushed his sleeves and left that Huang Quan's face turned pale, and he cried bitterly and said: "I offered this strategy to the lord at the beginning, but it was just to spur the generals who defended the city. ”

"However, Chen Wenzhao's act of slaughtering the city, causing all the cities to fall, is it the crime of the generals defending the city?"

"The lord is so unkind and slaughters the families of those generals, won't it make the rest of the generals feel cold? If the heart is cold, who will fight to the death? ”

"Because of my original words, hundreds of innocent people died, what shame do I have to continue to stay here as an official?"

After crying, Huang Quan did not say goodbye to Liu Zhang, and immediately hung up the seal and left.

When Liu Zhang heard the news, he also regretted that he was impulsive, but he was angry with Huang Quan and said that he was not close to people, and he did not send anyone to chase him.

At this time, Yizhou civil and military forces were even more silent, and their thoughts floated.

Tian Feng heard that Chen Xu not only did not retreat, but instead counted several cities through the slaughter of the city, but his mood was extremely complicated.

He said to people in private: "Although the slaughter of the city can temporarily deter others, it will lose the hearts of the people and even sow disasters in the future." ”

"The general's move is not only unwise, but chilling. The original benevolent and righteous monarch has completely disappeared at this time. ”

After this sentence reached Liu Zhang's ears, Liu Zhang no longer had any suspicion of Tian Feng, and appointed him to engage in Yizhou, with all kinds of graces, and many things had to be asked to Tian Feng.

However, it was said that the Guanzhong army was connected to several cities, and the rest of the counties were also descending from the wind, and Chen Xu led everyone to kill the yaks.

The farther south the march, the slower the march became, and it was even difficult to transport the grain and grass to the front.

As a last resort, Chen Xu sent people to carry dry food and traveled lightly, and on the other hand, he asked people to dig mountain roads so that the carriages and horses could drive.

No matter how steep the road is, as long as everyone works together, it can open up a wide road.

However, when the Guanzhong army arrived in front of the Qionglai Nine-fold Slope and looked at the towering peaks around them and the cliffs on both sides, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

More importantly, the Yizhou Army has already occupied a geographical advantage in the south, and has burned the plank road, which is even more eyeing the Guanzhong Army.

This kind of road section, even lightly armed marching is extremely difficult, not to mention the destruction of the plank road, and there are enemies waiting in front of it.

Chen Xu sent soldiers from Orion to look for other paths in the mountains, but they all returned in vain.

As a last resort, Chen Xu could only send more than 100 elite soldiers to launch a tentative attack in front, but it was the survivors who talked.

Nature's miraculous work has turned this place into a place of death, coupled with the close defense of the beneficial state army, the Guanzhong army has nothing to do.

Even if Lu Bu, Gan Ning, Xu Huang and others bravely crowned the three armies, even if Jia Xu was outstandingly resourceful, they were helpless.

In this way, the two sides were at a stalemate in front of the Qionglai Jiuzhi Slope, but no large-scale battle broke out.

As the chill became stronger and stronger, Chen Xu's mood became more and more irritable, especially when he saw Chen Hu who was drunk every day, thinking of Chen Jing who died on the battlefield, Chen Xu always had a feeling of collapse.

In the commander's tent, Zhang Yu said to Chen Xu with a heavy face: "Lord, the temperature has plummeted recently, and I watched the stars at night and found that the sky has changed." ”

Chen Xu was silent, and after a period of observation, he also knew that it was about to snow.

If the Guanzhong army is trapped in the mountain after the heavy snow closes the mountain, the consequences will be unimaginable, but if the troops retreat at this time, Chen Xu is unwilling.

Rubbing his brows, Chen Xu suddenly felt a deep tiredness, and he felt exhausted during this time.

"Lord, Ziqiao is back."

At this moment, Dian Wei's majestic figure appeared in the camp tent and whispered to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu, who was frowning, suddenly lit up his eyes.

"Hurry up, please."

As soon as Chen Xu finished speaking, he thought that Zhang Song's trip was to find Fazheng, and his heart suddenly moved.

He changed his words and said, "I'll go to meet you personally." ”

After tidying up his clothes, Chen Xu hurriedly took Zhang Yu out of the camp tent and saw Zhang Song and a personable young figure.

Forcibly sweeping away the haze caused by Chen Jing's death, Chen Xu walked to the front quickly, took Zhang Song's hand and said, "Ziqiao, you are back." ”

Then, he looked at Zhang Song's side, the green-shirted scribe, and asked, "Your Excellency, isn't it Fa Xiaozhi who has the talent of heaven and earth?" ”

The young green-shirted scribe hurriedly said: "How can you dare to claim to have the ability to pass through the heavens and the earth? ”

Zhang Song laughed loudly: "The talent of filial piety is ten times better than mine, if you are just a vulgar talent, I dare not come out to meet people." ”

Hearing that this person was really Fazheng, Chen Xu was overjoyed and hurriedly introduced the two into the camp.

For Fa Zheng, Chen Xu only heard his name but did not see him, and he had the heart to try his talent, and immediately said: "The mountain roads here are steep, and it is difficult for birds and beasts to cross. ”

"In the south, the Yizhou army is stationed, and we are looking for a small road but we end up without a problem, if we can't cross the Qionglai Jiuzhi slope, how can we capture Liu Jiyu alive and capture the entire Yizhou?"

Zhang Song knew what Chen Xu meant, so he just knelt there, put his hands on the brazier, and smiled without saying a word.

Fa Zheng straightened up and talked eloquently: "Although the land of Bashu is rich, it is full of mountain roads, and it is extremely difficult to march. ”

"If the general wants to storm the Qionglai Jiuzhi Slope, it is tantamount to climbing to the sky, even if he continues to lead the troops to a stalemate here, it is just a waste of money and food."

Chen Xu stroked his beard and said: "Now that the temperature has plummeted, there will be heavy snow covering the mountains in the near future, I want to stop the army for the time being, what do you think of filial piety?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head and said: "Husband and fighter, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion. ”

"The general started the army in Guanzhong, and all the way south was like splitting bamboo, which made everyone in the land of Bashu frightened, and Liu Jiyu was panicked."

"If the troops are led to retreat at this time, it will give these people a chance to breathe, and it will be difficult to decide Yizhou in the future."

Chen Xu asked: "If you don't retreat, how can you break the enemy?" ”

Fa smiled and pulled out a map from his sleeve showing detailed routes to the southern counties of Yizhou.

Pointing to the position of the yak, Fa Zheng said: "From north to south, if you want to attack the yak, you can only pass through the Qionglai Jiuzhi slope and the continuous Qionglai mountain behind. ”

"This is heavily guarded by the state, supplemented by the steepness of the road, and it is difficult for the Guanzhong army to cross."

Then, Fa Zheng's finger suddenly wandered to the east, pointed to a big river and said: "This river is called Moshui, which flows from west to east through yaks, continues to the east into Jianwei County, and finally flows north to join the Yangtze River. ”

"If the general first seizes the key to the county, and then goes upriver with the water and land armies, the yak will be in no danger to defend."

Hearing this, Chen Xu slapped his forehead and suddenly woke up.

After capturing Yandao City, feeling the yak close at hand, Chen Xu led the army to attack Qionglai Jiuzhipo, wanting to capture Liu Zhang, and then spread the rest of the counties in Yizhou.

Blindly stuck to this, Chen Xu ignored other routes that could attack the yak.

Not only Chen Xu, but even Jia Xu didn't think of this.

Of course, there is a leaf of obscurity, and the reason why Mount Tai is not seen, the most important thing is that they do not know much about the terrain in the south of Yizhou.

In this era, the news is always the same.

The southern counties of Yizhou are even more remote, and even if Zhang Song contributed a map at that time, he did not mark the detailed geography of the south.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Xu subconsciously ignores too many things.

Looking at the foam that ran through the east and west, Chen Xu asked happily: "Filial piety, go upriver along the foam, is it really a flat river?" ”

Fa Zheng didn't answer, just smiled and nodded.

Chen Xu's palms slammed together, and said, "If that's the case, the Yak City Break will be just around the corner!" ”

His eyes kept patrolling the time of Jianwei County and Shu County, and after a while, Chen Xu suddenly frowned.

"The territory of Jianwei County is so wide, if you want to take it all, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of Ma Chao, and immediately gritted his teeth, hoping that he could end the war in Yizhou as soon as possible and lead his troops to kill Benliangzhou.

On the way over, Zhang Song and Fa Zheng had already heard that Chen Jing had died in battle, and the general Chen Xu wanted to enter Liangzhou to avenge his brother.

Hearing Chen Xu say this, the two glanced at each other, and Fa Zheng said: "Although the territory of Jianwei County is vast, if the general wants to take it, it will be easy to take it. ”

Chen Xu hurriedly said: "I still hope to teach me filial piety." ”

Fa Zheng talked eloquently: "Liu Jiyu relies on, one is the local clan of Yizhou, the other is the clan of the Dongzhou people who migrate, and the key is the official in the county. ”

"With the influence of the Ziqiao family in Yizhou, it is not difficult to persuade the local people of Yizhou to surrender."

"As for General Wu Yi, he is even more famous among the Dongzhou people, as long as General Wu Yi is willing to lobby, how can the officials of Dongzhou not look forward to the wind?"

Chen Xu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said with some uncertainty: "I have also considered the matter of persuasion to surrender, but when the Guanzhong army traveled all the way, they found that there were not a few people loyal to Liu Jiyu in the land of Bashu. ”

"Many of the defenders of the city refused to surrender even if they were willing to kill themselves. It may not be easy to persuade Jian to become the official of the county city. ”

Fa Zheng laughed twice and said: "The general's words are fallacious, the so-called one time, that time. There were many officials who were unwilling to surrender, but that doesn't mean they won't surrender now. ”

Chen Xu looked puzzled and asked: "I would like to hear the details." ”

Fa Zheng stroked his beard and said: "Although the Guanzhong army in the past is like a split, Guanzhong is in danger, and Liu Jiyu still has the capital to resist stubbornly. ”

"However, today, all the princes have returned, and the general led the army south to the cities to look at the wind and surrender, and the defeat of Liu Jiyu's turtle and yak has been decided."

"The general trend is like this, how can everyone not see the situation clearly?"

"It's just that now the north is occupied by the Guanzhong army, and the officials of Yizhou don't know about the retreat of the princes. As long as the general sent people to spread the news, the officials of the southern counties would surely collapse without a fight. ”

"At that time, the general sent Ziqiao and General Wu Yi to lobby again, and then promised to be a high-ranking official, why worry about the key to the county?"

Chen Xu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately got up and said: "The words of filial piety made my mouth open, and it was really a blessing from heaven for the stars and me." ”

"I have admired filial piety for a long time, I don't know if filial piety is willing to help me achieve hegemony?"

Fa Zheng has long liked Chen Xu, where would he refuse?

He stood up and saluted, and said, "I don't dare to ask for ears, I have seen the lord!" ”

Although he had long known that Fa Zheng would defect to him, Chen Xu still couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the word 'lord'.

He stepped forward and grabbed Fazheng's arm, stroked his back and said, "I don't like to be able to get the key to be a county, but I like to be filial piety." ”

Zhang Yu and Zhang Song also stepped forward to congratulate.

When Fa Zheng heard this, he remembered the cold reception he received from Liu Zhang, and compared with Chen Xu's enthusiasm, his heart was even more moved.

After the law was corrected, Chen Xu immediately adopted it in its entirety.

He first led the army back to Yandao, then rested here to prepare for the heavy snow, and then sent the fine work into Jianwei County, where he spread the word about the Guanzhong army's destruction of the princes.

Several battles have been processed and polished, and it is completely the plot of the Guanzhong army overwhelming the enemy army and breaking the alliance of several princes.

After the news spread, some people began to think that this was nonsense, thinking that the Guanzhong Army was deliberately boasting about its achievements.

However, through fragmentary intelligence sources and the news disseminated by the Guanzhong Army, everyone felt that something was really going on.

In particular, after a caravan from the north entered Jianwei County and brought the latest battle situation in Guanzhong, this news was even more convinced.

Of course, that caravan was also deliberately put into the key county by the Guanzhong army. And Chen Jing's defeat of Liangzhou was also concealed.

In this way, the image of the Guanzhong army being incomparably strong, looking down on the princes, and sweeping the world, immediately appeared in the hearts of many officials in Jianwei County.

In the following period, the proud record of the Guanzhong army's successive defeats of the Yizhou army was also slowly revealed.

There are even rumors in the market that there are only 30,000 soldiers in Yizhou who can fight, and the Guanzhong army will seize the land of Bashu just around the corner.

Just when the county officials were panicking, thinking that the mandate of heaven was like this, and the Guanzhong army's seizure of Yizhou and even the whole world was the general trend, the lobbyist appeared.

There is no doubt that after a series of prerequisites, Zhang Song and Wu Yi's actions were very smooth.

After the heavy snow melted, Chen Xu led the Guanzhong army into Jianwei County, and the officials in the county immediately looked at the wind and surrendered, and Chen Xu almost took another county without blood.