The foaming water is already relatively gentle, and now that it is winter, this is especially true.

The sediment at the bottom of the river is clearly visible, glistening in the sunlight, and the cold wind blows, spreading ripples with the wind.

"Stomp, stomp!"

The sound of dull footsteps came from afar, shaking the earth, and the withered hay on both sides of the road shook violently.

A banner with the word 'Chen' fluttering in the wind, and the first general is Chen Xu.

"Yak urgent! Yak Emergency! ”

Just as Chen Xu was leading the army forward, a fast horse suddenly flew from the opposite side, and shouted loudly from a long distance.

Chen Xu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped the army and waited for the messenger to arrive.

With an excited look on his face, the messenger said loudly: "My lord, General Gan has not yet come to the city, and Liu Zhang is already willing to surrender. ”

"As long as the lord leads the army to arrive at the yak, Liu Zhang will lead the Yizhou civil and military forces to present the seal."

The messenger's words made Chen Xu and the generals behind him stunned on the spot, and then let out a shocking cheer.

Don't look at the Guanzhong army all the way, but there are still several counties in Yizhou, which have not been conquered so far.

As long as Liu Zhang does not surrender for a day, it is impossible for these counties to be controlled by Chen Xu for a day.

Liu Zhang's surrender was like a catalyst and a major sign, and from now on, the whole of Yizhou would be included in Chen Xu's bag.

"Pass my military order, and the whole army will hurry!"

Chen Xu couldn't hold back his excitement anymore, and after giving the order, he quickly rushed to the yak.

The army marched forward again for half a day, and it had already arrived within the jurisdiction of the yak, and there was a crowd of men and horses in the distance, which was the Guanzhong naval army led by Gan Ning.

Gan Ning saw Chen Xu coming, and hurriedly led the crowd forward to salute, Chen Xu waved his hand and said: "In the military, there is no need to be polite, is it true that Liu Jiyu is willing to surrender the city?" ”

Gan Ning said with a smile: "When the last general heard the news at first, he also felt a little incredulous, but after seeing Mr. Yuan Hao, he knew that there would be no fake. ”

Suddenly hearing Tian Feng's name, Chen Xu was extremely emotional, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Gan Ning's arm and said, "Where is Yuan Hao?" ”

Gan Ning had long expected Chen Xu to have this reaction, and said with a smile: "After Mr. hung up the seal and left, he went directly to vote for Liu Zhang, and the person who persuaded Liu Zhang to surrender the city this time was Mr. ”

Chen Xu laughed when he heard this, and actually laughed out of tears, and then said to everyone with relief: "I knew that Yuan Hao would not fail me." ”

Then Chen Xu turned over on his horse, raised the spear in his hand, and shouted: "Go to the yak!" ”

said that after Tian Feng offered three strategies to Liu Zhang, although Liu Zhang was very angry at first, he thought about it again and again, and he also knew that there was a big deal.

After thinking about it, under the persuasion of many people, Liu Zhang was finally ready to surrender.

However, since he made up his mind until today, Liu Zhang has always felt uneasy in his heart, not knowing what fate he will face.

Even with Tian Feng's repeated assurances, Liu Zhang was always at ease before he met Chen Xu.

"Envoy, the general has entered the territory of the yak."

Tian Feng walked into the study, looked at Liu Zhang, who was sitting there in a daze, and couldn't help but whisper.

When Liu Zhang heard this, he suddenly felt a little at a loss, and said, "Sir, I, I ......"

Seeing this, Tian Feng couldn't help but secretly shook his head, thinking: "There is such a country of abundance as the land of Bashu, but I am so unavoidable, even if the lord does not attack Yizhou, the land of Bashu will change hands sooner or later." ”

Although he thought so in his heart, Tian Feng remained silent on the surface, and said: "The general is leading the troops to arrive, so why don't you go out of the city to greet you?" ”

Liu Zhang hurriedly nodded and said, "It's all according to Mr. Yi's words!" ”

At this time, almost all the people who opposed surrender in Yak City were swept away by Liu Zhang at the instigation of Tian Feng.

Even if Liu Zhang wants to regret it now, it is too late, because the rest of the civil and military forces in Yak City already have the heart to surrender.

The east gate of the yak was opened, and Liu Zhang led everyone out of the city for ten miles, and he stood at the front with a seal ribbon, forcibly holding back the uneasiness in his heart.

It didn't take long for the dust to fall into the distance.

Chen Xu led the Guanzhong army to roar, only to see the banner covering the sky and the sun, and the light reflected by the armor and weapons almost illuminated the sky.

"Stomp, stomp!"

The footsteps are getting closer and closer, but Liu Zhang's heart is getting more and more nervous.

Even in the colder winter, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Liu Zhang's hands, but he still managed to stay calm.

In order to show his sincerity in surrendering, Liu Zhang had already let all his subordinates go into battle lightly and did not carry weapons.

Coming to a position not far from Liu Zhang, Chen Xu hurriedly stopped the army, turned over and dismounted and walked towards Liu Zhang, Dian Wei and the black armor guard naturally followed.

Liu Zhang looked at the imposing Chen Xu, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

He hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, holding the seal ribbon in both hands and said: "The criminal minister Liu Zhang, who does not know the sky, does not obey the emperor's orders, and rashly becomes an enemy of the general, he deserves death." ”

Although these are not Liu Zhang's words, but at this point, he has to take the blame on himself.

Seeing this, Chen Xu hurriedly stepped forward, helped Liu Zhang up, took his arm and said, "It's not that I want to take away the Jun family business, but the Son of Heaven has a life, so I have to do this." ”

"Since the envoy is willing to open the city and surrender today, so that the land of several counties in Yizhou will not suffer from the disaster of war, I will definitely speak well for the envoy in front of Your Majesty."

Chen Xu didn't mean to slap his face when he said this, but to this day, although bad things have been done, the archway still has to be erected and firmly occupy the name of righteousness.

Even if everyone knew it was just an excuse, what could it be?

In the troubled times, after all, it is still strength, Chen Xu is strong, and others who say that black is white can't help him.

When Liu Zhang heard this, an extremely ugly smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Thank you, General." ”

At this moment, a general beside Liu Zhang suddenly pulled out a sharp blade from his arms and stabbed Chen Xu directly.

Before Chen Xu could make any moves, Dian Wei immediately stepped forward, snatched the man's weapon with his bare hands, and then captured him alive with his backhand.

Seeing this, the black-armored guards in the back even drew their weapons and protected Chen Xu to the death.

Lu Bu and the others shouted even more, telling Sergeant Guan to prepare to charge.

As for Lu Bu himself, he urged him to step forward and said to Chen Xu: "The thief actually dares to assassinate at this time, why didn't the lord order to enter the city and slaughter another city?" ”

Lu Bu's words made many people almost faint with fright.

This mutation frightened everyone, Liu Zhang's face was even pale, and he knelt on the ground again and said, "General Mingjian, this person is definitely not what I instructed. ”

The rest of Yizhou's civil and military forces were also terrified, they were really afraid that Chen Xu would be angry and order to slaughter themselves and others.

At this time, the person who was captured by Dian Wei's backhand twisted his body, but his muscles were bruised in pain.

But he was also stubborn, and scolded without fear: "The thief held the Son of Heaven hostage, humiliated the minister, and offended my city for no reason, why did he make such a face?" ”

"The land of Bashu has its own loyal people, I only hate not being able to kill you here, the destiny is like this, what can I do in vain?"

Dian Wei was furious when he heard this, and his hands suddenly forced, and he tore off the man's shoulders alive, and the bloody scene made Yizhou Wenwu tremble.

"Ahh

Although the man was stiff, he screamed in pain when his arm was removed alive.

Chen Xu still had a smile on his face, but there was a trace of anger between his eyebrows, like a fierce tiger that chose people to devour.

Chen Jing's death hit him too hard, even though two months had passed at this time, the anger in his heart still had not completely dissipated.

"Kill!"

After taking a closer look at the man, the smile on Chen Xu's face never dissipated, and then he just said this sentence lightly.

As everyone knows, his attitude of not being sad or happy is far more deterrent than being angry, which makes Yizhou Wenwu even more frightened.

Dian Wei didn't think too much about it, pulled out the sword in his waist, and a huge head rose to the sky and rolled directly to Liu Zhang's side.

Blood slowly flowed from his head, and the Assassin was still staring at him with a look of pain and anger on his face.

Seeing this, Liu Zhang was even more frightened and collapsed to the ground, and then hurriedly got up and said, "General Mingjian, this matter really has nothing to do with me. ”

The rest of Yizhou's civil and military forces also spoke out one after another, but only Tian Feng remained motionless.

Glancing around at everyone, Chen Xu saw Tian Feng standing aside, and a warmth flashed in his eyes, but he did not step forward to reminisce.

I saw him laugh twice, personally helped Liu Zhang up, and said, "Of course, I know that this matter has nothing to do with the envoy. ”

After laughing, Chen Xu immediately took the seal ribbon, and then comforted Liu Zhang with kind words, and appointed him as General Zhenwei and Shunhou, and even Liu Zhang's sons were rewarded.

After taking over the entire yak and obtaining the allegiance of the rest of Liu Zhang's subordinates, Chen Xu immediately asked Liu Zhang to write documents to help the Guanzhong army recruit the rest of the counties.

Even though some people were loyal to Liu Zhang, when they heard that Chen Xu did not abuse Liu Zhang, but instead made him an official and knighted, they also surrendered one after another.

However, it was said that Chen Xu led the army into the yak, and after arranging the affairs in the city, he let Zhang Ren go and treated him very well.

After Zhang Ren washed and changed his clothes, Chen Xu asked sincerely: "Now that Liu Jiyu has surrendered, is the general willing to surrender?" ”

Zhang Ren was already disheartened because of Liu Zhang's matter, and postponed: "The general of the defeated army is difficult to take on the heavy responsibility, so he is only willing to return to the fields." ”

Chen Xu was prepared and continued: "I know the talent of the general, why should I be so humble? The Sword Pavilion was lost, not because of the war. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xu said earnestly: "Maybe the general still doesn't know, the three juniors under your master's name are all serving in Guanzhong. ”

"If the general is willing to help me achieve great things, wouldn't it be a good conversation for the four brothers to get together?"

Zhang Ren was surprised at this time and asked, "I still have three junior disciples?" ”

It was nothing more than Zhang Ren who was surprised, he was the oldest, he was the earliest to leave Tong Yuan, and he was not a true disciple, so he naturally didn't know about the rest of the junior disciples.

When Chen Xu saw Zhang Ren's move, he immediately rejoiced in his heart, and hurriedly told Zhang Xiu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Xian about it.

Although Chen Xu was also very puzzled, where Xu Xian was sacred, but the battle report sent by Chen Gong would never be false, and he could only suppress this doubt in his heart.

Zhang Ren missed his master and wanted to get together with his junior disciples, but he couldn't bear the persuasion of Chen Xu and the generals of Yizhou, and finally surrendered.

It can be said that if Liu Zhang hadn't imprisoned him, I'm afraid that even after Liu Zhang surrendered, Zhang Ren would never have surrendered.

Liu Zhang first broke his heart, and Chen Xu took Yizhou again, which laid the foundation for persuading Zhang Ren to surrender.

In addition, Deng Xian, who was left in Chengdu, finally surrendered after learning the news that Liu Zhang and Zhang Ren had surrendered successively.

The general trend is like this, even if Deng Xian is full of loyalty, what can he do?

Yan Yan was the only one, but he was standing on the city wall of Chengdu, letting the cold wind blow his clothes, but he didn't make the slightest move.

After a long time, he couldn't help but cry and said, "If it weren't for the fact that I lost Ba County first, how could the lord end up like this?" ”

After crying, Yan Yan immediately knelt on the city wall facing south and killed himself.

When Chen Xu led the troops back to Chengdu and learned the news of Yan Yan's self-killing, he was embarrassed and confused, and Liu Zhang also secretly wept.

As for the rest of the Guanzhong generals, they have even more respect for Yan Yan.

Chen Xu then came to the front of Yan Yan's grave, looked at the bare grave, and sighed abruptly: "Why is Old General Yan here? ”

He couldn't figure out why Yan Yan, who surrendered to Zhang Fei in history, was so strong in this era.

In fact, what Chen Xu didn't know was whether Yan Yan surrendered to Zhang Fei or not, but it was a very controversial matter.

Although it is recorded in the romance, Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty, when the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty asked him to surrender, wrote a "Song of Righteousness" for thousands of years.

Among them, there are four verses like this: "For General Yan's head, for Ji's blood." For Zhang Suiyang's teeth, for Yan Changshan's tongue. ”

These four poems eulogize the four loyal martyrs, led by Yan Yan.

Not only that, Yan Yan's birthplace was called Chungju in later generations, and it was actually named after Yan Yan and Bamanzi.

Ba Manzi was the general of Ba in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to pacify the civil strife in Ba State, he asked Chu to send troops to help, and promised to thank each other with three cities after the matter was completed.

Later, General Ba said to the envoy of Chu who came to beg for the city: "I have no right to give you the land of Ba, and the people of Ba do not want to be slaves of Chu, I have a more valuable thing, please take it to thank the king of Chu." ”

After finishing speaking, Bamanzi beheaded himself, his blood sprayed more than three feet high, and his body did not fall for a long time.

When the king of Chu learned the truth, he sighed: "Such a loyal minister, it's a pity that he is not loyal to me." ”

It is precisely because of these two loyal ministers that Li Shimin will give this place the name 'Zhongzhou'.

Su Dongpo also wrote a poem related to Yan Yan, which said: "Liu Zhang is the master of mediocrity, who is the only one to die." Yan Zi is alone and He Xian, talking and laughing arrogantly. The country has died, and who will die. ”

Yan Yan, who can be regarded by Li Shimin, Su Dongpo, and Wen Tianxiang as an example of loyal ministers, how can he really surrender to Liu Bei?

In fact, there is another saying in later generations, that is, Zhang Fei was grateful for Yan Yan's kindness and righteousness, and did not kill him, but treated him with courtesy, but Yan Yan did not surrender.

Later, Liu Zhang's army was defeated, Chengdu changed hands, and Yan Yan killed himself.

Chen Xu himself didn't know exactly what the history was, he just stood quietly at Yan Yan's grave, looking at the newly piled soil.

And his thoughts drifted to Liangzhou, thinking of Chen Jing, who died in battle, and his nails were also deeply sunk into the palms of his hands.

(The first chapter, "The Best Emperor" recommended by friends, is purely overhead, let's go and see if it suits your appetite.) ）