Yizhou, Chengdu, Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.

When Liu Zhang received the news that the city was occupied by Zhang Fei, it was like hearing a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and his ears were buzzing, so that he couldn't hear anything in the hall chattering.

When the news came, almost everyone present was shocked, and even Zhang Ren, the governor of Yizhou, who had always been extremely calm, frowned after hearing the news.

Zhang Ren stood at the front of the hall, looking at Liu Zhang, who was sitting at the top of the hall, with a shocked face, and hearing the rest of the people chattering in his ears, and the whole hall was as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Ruocheng is the gateway to Chengdu, and now it is occupied, then Chengdu is in danger, and I heard that Zhang Fei is an invincible general, if he really leads the army to kill it, how should we deal with it?"

"Yes, yes, now Liu Xuan, Deng Xian, Gao Pei, Yang Huai and others have died one after another, Yan Yan and Leng Bao have surrendered to Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei is like falling from the sky, if it really attacks, I am afraid that it will kill us by surprise, it is better to ...... Why don't we take advantage of Zhang Fei's attack yet, and go to Qianwei County in the south to avoid the edge for the time being......"

"This is good, the lord can sit in Qianwei County and command the army to counterattack, and after defeating Zhang Fei, it will not be too late to return to Chengdu......"

According to the report of the people who escaped from Luocheng, Zhang Fei only led 800 people into Shu at the beginning, and then successively subdued Yan Yan and Leng Bao, and successively killed Liu Xian, Deng Xian, Gao Pei, Yang Huai and other famous generals in Sichuan, and even incorporated all his subordinates under his command. Now it seems that he has become tens of thousands of mercenaries. and firmly controlled the warlords in Bajun, Guanghan and other places. And as of today, Zhang Fei has only been in Shu for half a month, which has to be said to be a surprising news.

Zhang Ren, who had been standing there without saying a word, heard the frustrating words of some civil officials, and couldn't hold back anymore, and roared angrily: "Shut up all for me!" Who dares to say a word of nonsense again, all over the house! ”

As soon as Zhang Ren's words fell, the hall immediately became silent. No one dared to say half a word anymore.

I saw Zhang Ren take a step forward and said respectfully to Liu Zhang: "Lord Qi, the minister is willing to lead the army to Ruocheng to recover the lost territory, and also take off Zhang Fei's head, use his skull as a wine lord, and dedicate it to the lord to drink!" ”

As soon as Liu Zhang heard this, he hurriedly said: "With the Metropolitan Governor here, I am relieved, how many soldiers and horses do you need to mobilize." Despite the opening, the government should give full support in Chengdu. ”

Zhang Ren didn't think about it. Then he said to Liu Zhang: "Only 30,000 elite soldiers are enough!" ”

After Liu Zhang heard this, he felt a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "Governor, don't underestimate the enemy, the person who fled back just now also said, Zhang Fei currently has about 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and you only bring 30,000 people, is it a little less?" ”

Zhang Ren said with a smile: "Don't worry about the lord, although Zhang Fei has many soldiers and horses, most of them are forced to surrender to the surrendered troops, the lord has been in Yizhou for many years, widely spreads favors, and the people are grateful, as long as I lead the troops, those soldiers who surrender will naturally turn to my subordinates, and then Zhang Fei will be self-defeating, so jumping off the beam clown, it is not worth the lord to worry about this." As for Yan Yan and Leng Bao, the two traitors, the lord has always been kind to them, but I didn't expect them to switch to Zhang Fei's command, after I kill Zhang Fei, these two traitors will be broken into thousands of pieces, in order to vent the hatred in the lord's heart! ”

"The Metropolitan Governor ......," a civilian official said suddenly, "that Zhang Fei is not a nobody, but a fierce general with an invincible force, and in today's world, there are only a handful of people who can resist his soldiers......

"Bastard thing!" Zhang Ren directly in front of Liu Zhang, turned his face and scolded the civil official loudly, "You dare to raise the morale of others and destroy your own prestige?" Did Zhang Fei give you any benefits? Someone's coming......"

The civil official was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and begged Liu Zhang for mercy again and again: "Lord, the small one is to remind the Metropolitan Governor, not to communicate with Zhang Fei, but to worry that the Metropolitan Governor is too light on the enemy, so I said this, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor will be aware of it." ”

After Liu Zhang heard this, he said to Zhang Ren: "Governor Dadu, he also has a good intention, he just wants to remind you of it." In my opinion, this matter is settled, now is the time to employ people, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor's subordinates will be merciful and spare his life! ”

Zhang Ren was full of anger, and he was worried that he had nowhere to sprinkle, but this civil official bumped into him by himself, and just sprinkled all the anger on that person.

In fact, he was not angry because of what this civil official said, but because of Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei only brought 800 people to Shu, but in just half a month, it could grow to 30,000 or 40,000 people, and I have to say that this is what shocked him. Moreover, if Yan Yan surrendered to Zhang Fei, he still believed a little, after all, Yan Yan had been repeatedly excluded by him, and he had long been dissatisfied with him, and it was inevitable that something rebellious would happen. But what he never expected was that even the cold bud that he cultivated and promoted by himself actually surrendered to Zhang Fei, which was something that made him difficult to let go.

Since Liu Zhang came forward in person, Zhang Ren had no reason not to forgive the civil official, so he waved his hand and stopped talking.

At this time, the civil official stood up from the ground, first thanked Zhang Ren for his grace not to kill, and then said to Liu Zhang: "Lord Qiqi, now that Yan Yan and Leng Bao have taken refuge in the enemy army, they are already rebellious thieves, and Leng Bao's family members are still in the city, so it is better to arrest them all and kill them all, so as to prevent future troubles, lest they and Leng Bao should be together." ”

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Liu Zhang felt that what the civil official said was reasonable, so he directly agreed.

At this time, Zhang Ren suddenly opened his mouth to stop: "The lord can't!" ”

Liu Zhang asked, "Governor, why not?" ”

"Leng Bao is a member of the generals I single-handed, I don't believe that he has taken refuge in Zhang Fei, and his family has been in Chengdu, over the years, Leng Bao has also been loyal to his father. If Leng Bao really wants to surrender Zhang Fei, even if he doesn't think about himself, he should think about his family. And with what I know about cold buds. Leng Bud has always attached great importance to her family. How could he surrender to Zhang Fei lightly. And ignore your family? Zhang Rendao.

"Do you mean to say that Leng Bud is a fraud?" Liu Zhang suddenly realized.

Zhang Ren said: "Very likely. Even if Leng Bud is not a fraudulent surrender, I believe it must be a counter-trick deliberately used by Zhang Fei, he wanted to collect Leng Bud, but Leng Bud was unwilling to surrender, so he imprisoned Leng Bud, and then said to the outside world that Leng Bud had surrendered, which was deliberately to let us know. In order to provoke the lord with this, he borrowed the hand of the lord and killed Leng Bao's family. If the lord really killed Leng Bao's family, it would be equivalent to cutting off Leng Bao's thoughts, maybe Leng Bud would take refuge in Zhang Fei in anger because of this, and he would be the enemy of the lord from then on. Not only that, Leng Bao is also a rare general, compared with Yan Yan, he is more familiar with my every move with my soldiers, if we are really forced to surrender Zhang Fei. Then Leng Bud will become a big problem for me. Please think twice! ”

Liu Zhang thought about it for a while, and immediately said, "What happened just now." I don't think I said it. Do you have any plans, Governor? ”

Zhang Ren said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as I lead the troops to the battle, I will definitely wipe out this group of enemies, I want Zhang Fei to know that I am not without talents in Shu, and let him regret coming to Shu from now on." Isn't Zhang Fei wanted by the Han Dynasty now, after I kill Zhang Fei and take his head, the lord can send someone to send Zhang Fei's head to the court, and the court will naturally not lose his words, not only will there be a heavy reward, but also an official will be added to the knighthood, and the lord can sit back and relax in Yizhou. ”

Liu Zhang laughed and said, "This plan is very good. However, 30,000 soldiers and horses are still too few, and you can take all the 50,000 garrisons outside the city, and you must kill Zhang Fei completely. In addition, you must also ensure Xun'er's safety, no matter what method you use, you can't let Zhang Fei hurt Xun'er. ”

Zhang Ren frowned, but still hugged his fists and responded: "Wow! ”

Next, Liu Zhang asked people to draft an order to send troops, with Huang Quan and Zhang Song as the army, with Zhonglang general Wu Yi as the vanguard, Lei Tong, Zhang Yi, Wu Lan, Wu Ban, Fei Shi, Dong He, Zhuo Ying, Fei Guan, Lu Yi and others as the generals, Yizhou Taishou Xu Jing was responsible for the dispatch of grain and grass, and let Zhang Ren, the governor of Yizhou, the governor of the 50,000 soldiers and horses.

This time, Liu Zhang sent out all the generals who could be sent, leaving only 20,000 standing troops in the city, and let Wang Ti temporarily take up the post of Yizhou Taishou and be responsible for the security of Chengdu.

Zhang Ren took Liu Zhang's order, took his leave, and when he left the palace hall, he jumped on a fast horse, gave instructions to a few henchmen who followed him, and then he took the horse and left, heading towards the military camp on the outskirts of Chengdu.

On the outskirts of Chengdu, next to Qingcheng Mountain, there is an army of 50,000 people, this army is the most elite part of the entire Yizhou army, divided into five battalions, each battalion has 10,000 soldiers, each battalion is set up with a captain, a total of five people, respectively, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Zhang Yi, Zhuo Ying, Fei Guan, in addition, and above these five captains, set up a lieutenant general, served by Wu Yi, fully responsible for the 50,000 army of a qiē thing, usually only responsible for Liu Yan, Liu Zhang's father and son, the army of 50,000 people, It can be said that it is the result of Liu's father and son's painstaking operation in Yizhou for many years, and their combat effectiveness is also the strongest.

Even Zhang Ren, who has always been trusted by Liu Zhang, must have Liu Zhang's order to mobilize the 50,000 army. In other words, Zhang Ren is nominally the governor of the soldiers and horses, but only the 50,000 troops are not something he can mobilize at will.

Wu Yi, who was appointed as the general of Zhonglang, although his position is not high, his status is enough to be on an equal footing with Zhang Ren, because he is one of the generals who followed Liu Yan into Shu very early, witnessed the rise of Liu from Yizhou, and also participated in many important decisions, won Liu Yan's trust, and later his sister became Liu Yan's son and Liu Zhang's brother Liu Mao's wife, in addition, Wu Yi is young and young, and Liu Zhang's friendship is also very deep, and he is Liu Zhang's best friend who can entrust his life.

Unlike Zhang Ren, although Wu Yi is deeply trusted, he has always disliked forming gangs and factions, and often rejects gifts from outsiders, which is why Liu Zhang trusts Wu Yi more and more.

Moreover, Wu Yi's family is also very prominent, his ancestral home is Chenliu, and his uncle Wu Kuang was a general under the general He Jin at that time, and Liu Yan was too often at that time, and Wu Yi's father was serving as Taizhu Ling at that time, just under Liu Yan, and Liu Yan and Wu Yi's father had a very good relationship. Later, Wu Yi's father died of illness, and before he died, he entrusted Wu Yi and others to Liu Yan. When Liu Yan entered Shu. Wu Yi took the whole family with him. Together with his uncle's son Wu Ban's family, they all followed Liu Yan into Shu, and have been under Liu Yan's account as a general, and later when he entered Shu, Wu Yi repeatedly made military exploits, and gradually became a member of Liu Yan's army, and was deeply loved by Liu Yan, and after Liu Yan's sons died unexpectedly. To recognize Wu Yi as a righteous son.

But before Wu Yi was considered a righteous son by Liu Yan, Liu Yan was already seriously ill, and the matter was stopped. When Liu Yan died, Wu Yi became one of the important ministers of Tuogu, and later used the power of Dongzhou soldiers to quell Zhao Wei's rebellion.

Later, the Dongzhou soldiers were excluded and unjustly killed, Wu Yi secretly helped many Dongzhou soldiers, incorporated into his own army, and after years of strict training, he merged with the local Shu people to become the current 50,000 army.

However. Wu Yi has never been willing to get involved in politics, and he is unwilling to interfere too much in Liu Zhang's affairs. But whenever Liu Zhang wants to make some crazy decision, Wu Yi always comes out to stop it.

Even Zhang Ren, who is in full swing, has to be polite when he sees Wu Yi. But because the two have different political views, they are also openly and secretly.

Zhang Ren is an authentic Shu person, and he is also a general with very military talents, and his talent is even above Wu Yi, so after he took power, he wantonly squeezed out the Dongzhou soldiers, and used a large number of Shu people, and he was full of power, and he also began to form gangs, and his power once skyrocketed.

On the contrary, Wu Yi himself is a foreigner, he has never forgotten his special identity, and often offers advice to Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, asking them to appoint people as meritocracious as possible, no matter what their status, as long as they are talented. When Liu Yan entered Shu, due to the lack of talents and the xenophobia of the Shu people, Liu Yan accepted Wu Yi's construction and vigorously developed Dongzhou soldiers, and even asked Wu Yi to form Dongzhou soldiers and develop Dongzhou soldiers. At that time, the Dongzhou soldiers once developed and grew in the hands of Wu Yi, escorting Liu Yan's position in Yizhou and gradually consolidating. Later, it was also because of the Dongzhou soldiers themselves, some of the leaders of them were lustful for power, and even had bad intentions, wanting to overthrow Liu Yan.

But since then, the Dongzhou soldiers have been repeatedly suppressed and no longer trusted, and even Wu Yi has been implicated and demoted to a concubine. It wasn't until Zhao Wei rebelled that Wu Yi was reactivated, and at that time, Wu Yi reused his former prestige and quickly gathered a group of soldiers and horses to help Liu Zhang put down the rebellion.

After that, Liu Zhang was grateful to Wu Yi for what he had done, so he appointed him as a lieutenant general, responsible for leading the troops and horses stationed at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain and guarding the defense of Chengdu.

Since then, Wu Yi has been in the area of Qingcheng Mountain, gradually growing and growing, doing his best to train the army, and secretly recruited a lot of Dongzhou soldiers, mixed with the local Shu people to form an army, a few years later, this army became an elite army in Yizhou.

However, Wu Yi no longer cares about political affairs, nor does he care about people and things in the outside world, but has gained more and more trust from Liu Zhang.

Qingcheng Mountain is very close to Chengdu, Zhang Ren rode a fast horse, and arrived at the military camp at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain in the blink of an eye.

This is not the first time for Zhang Ren, but every time he comes here, Zhang Ren has to put away his high shelf in others, because Wu Yi, the Zhonglang general in charge here, is a very difficult person to mess with.

Zhang Ren joined the army late, and his main achievements were in dealing with Zhang Lu and the minority rebellion in Pingding Nanzhong, and he was younger and more talented than Wu Yi. But the trust he has gained has never been as much as Wu Yi's.

Sometimes he wondered what kind of person Wu Yi was that could make Liu Zhang trust him so much. At least from beginning to end, Zhang Ren has never met Wu Yi.

No matter what important occasions, Wu Yi did not participate, and always sent his cousin Wu Ban to come, so Zhang Ren only knew Wu Ban, but he didn't know Wu Yi, and he also heard that Wu Yi had never stepped out of the barracks once since he came here, and it was unbelievable that a person could persist like this.

The military camp at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain is a very large military camp, but the military camp is subdivided into five camps: front, back, middle, left and right.

The place where Zhang Ren arrived on horseback was the former camp of this military camp. In the camp of the front battalion, the soldiers are all in good spirits, even if they are standing guard, they all give people a different kind of spirit, so that people can know that this army is elite soldiers at a glance.

On the watchtower in the camp, the soldiers saw Zhang Ren coming to the gate of the village, so they shouted outside: "Who is coming?" ”

Zhang Ren didn't wear armor, just a strong suit, and when he heard someone in the camp asking, he replied: "I am Zhang Ren, the governor of Yizhou's soldiers and horses, and I am here to transfer troops on the orders of the lord!" ”

The voice was high-pitched, strong and powerful, and as he spoke, he raised Liu Zhang's command high.

"Wait here, I'll go and inform my general!"

As soon as the words fell, one of the people in the camp hurried to a huge tent in the front camp.

After a while, out of the big tent came a man in helmet, this person was about thirty years old, burly, tall, looking out of the gate, but saw Zhang Ren riding on a horse, holding the command in his hand, so he ran over in three steps and two steps.

"Lei Tong, the former battalion captain of the last general, see the Metropolitan Governor, the subordinates of the last general don't know the Metropolitan Governor, so that the last general is far away, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor will forgive his sins!" This man reported the way of his home. (To be continued......)