Two days ago, Wang Xu couldn't find Liu Zhang, and also invited these lords to go down the mountain, although Youxi Ye Wutie agreed, but his subordinates did not agree, now the seeds have just been planted, Liu Zhang died, and the food of the Han people was also cut off, how could they go down the mountain at this time, unless the Wuxi people wanted to starve to death.

Chenxi is also in the same situation, Wuxi is ambiguous, Yuexi simply refused directly, Wuxi is willing to go down the mountain, but first, the warriors released back from Jingzhou have not yet gone up the mountain, and secondly, the distance is the farthest, including the protection of the clan, and it is inconvenient to go down the mountain.

But at this time, Liu Zhang came back from the dead, all the problems were solved, and several lords expressed their willingness to go down the mountain to help Liu Zhang put down the rebellion.

"Lord, in this way, counting Wuxi, we have no less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and those thieves can be leveled in an instant." Wang Xu said happily.

Liu Zhang frowned and pondered, if you gather soldiers and horses, it will not work without a period of preparation, and Wuxi is already short of food, this time he has an accident, and Wuxi Duhufu has no food supply, bringing so many people down the mountain, where does the food come from?

The most important thing is that Wuxi has just planted grain, and now they are brought down the mountain, the spring planting will be all wasted, and the previous efforts will be in vain, even if the counterinsurgency is successful, so many people will have to be supported at that time, can Yizhou, which has just experienced a rebellion, succeed?

The most important thing is that I can't afford to delay so much time.

"No, everyone is kind, Liu Zhang understands it, but you can't all go down the mountain." Liu Zhang muttered to Yewu Railway: "What is the situation in Chengdu?" ”

"Very bad." Ye Wutie frowned and said: "As soon as Chengdu rebelled, the momentum was very great, almost all the families joined in, General Zhang Ren in the west didn't bring troops back for some reason, the news that came this morning, Chengdu was already in danger yesterday, and now I'm afraid it will ......"

Ye Wutie didn't say it, Liu Zhang could understand that Chengdu has no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the family's power is pervasive, and most of the officials in the city are wall-ridden, so Chengdu must be in danger.

If Chengdu is lost, Yizhou and Jingzhou will inevitably be shaken, and there will be more unscrupulous people who will rebel, and the situation will be out of control, and his son, Huang Yue, and Yizhou are all in Chengdu, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Liu Zhang felt a chill in his back when he thought of this.

The primary goal is to take control of Chengdu, and try to take the city back before it falls, and if it really doesn't hold, Liu Zhang is also determined to regain control in the shortest possible time, so as to stabilize the situation.

But in that case, Huang Yue, Liu Xun and the others will be in danger.

If it is true, as Ye Wutie said, the rebellion in Chengdu is monstrous, then the fall of Chengdu is almost a foregone conclusion.

"No, this official has to rush back to Chengdu as soon as possible, the king of smelting no iron, this official is going to set off now, how many soldiers and horses can you gather?"

Ye Wutie glanced at the other lords and replied: "If you set off now, Chenxi's troops will not exceed one thousand, I will send someone to rush to Youxi, and when the general arrives, it is estimated that two thousand can be gathered, adding up to three thousand." ”

"Four thousand, more than 1,000 of the official's personal soldiers were taken by Fazheng, and there are more than 1,000 people, 5,000 people." Liu Zhang thought for a while, the forces of the rebellion in Chengdu were less than tens of thousands, and more than tens of thousands, and 5,000 people were really dangerous.

But I can't think about it so much, whether it's for my family or for the sake of Jing Yi's overall situation, I have to rush back quickly.

"Okay, that's all there is to it." Liu Zhang said, took the map, drew a curve on it with a pen, "Just take this road." ”

Everyone looked at it, and saw that this road was not a conventional road from Bajun to Chengdu through Fucheng, but from the south of Jiangzhou, through Jiangyang, Shuotuo River up, straight into Chengdu.

Wang Xu frowned and said: "Lord, although this road seems to be much closer, it is all unopened dangerous roads on the way, and the mountains are undulating, how can you cross it?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at Ye Wutie and the others, and asked in a deep voice, "Are your people afraid of danger?" ”

Ye Wutie laughed and said, "I, Wuxi people, am afraid of walking on a flat road. ”

"That's it." Liu Zhang smiled softly: "This time we return to Chengdu, we must be top secret, this road is the former Southwest Silk Road, but it has been abandoned for a long time, and it must be passable."

As for the grain of the Wuxi Protectorate, the supply cannot be restored before the rebellion is quelled, so as to prevent the traitors from detecting, and after the rebellion is quelled, the grain will be sent to Wuxi in replenishment. ”

"The general said it." A few Creek Chiefs led the way.

Liu Zhang nodded, this time back to Chengdu, the first must be fast, the second must be hidden, if they are detected by the Chengdu thieves, even if these people are frightened, with Liu Zhang's reputation as a butcher, they also know that there is no way out, and they will definitely step up the attack, so Chengdu will be even more dangerous.

I want to give them a fatal blow at the moment when the thieves in Chengdu are most careless, and if their rebellion has been successful, you can also take them by surprise.

After the military discussion was dispersed, Liu Zhang put on light clothes again, and said to Ye Wutie casually: "By the way, does the king know about this place in Dashi Valley?" ”

"Big Stone Valley?" Ye Wutie groaned: "I have the impression that this place is at the junction of the western part of our Youxi and Ba County, and it belongs to the place where both sides are indifferent, because it is desolate.

There are almost no people, oh, by the way, it seems that the bandits in Jiangzhou came out from this direction this time, and as soon as they came out, they made a huge noise, and it seemed that they had been prepared for a long time, which was completely different from the sudden rebellion in other places. ”

Liu Zhang's brows furrowed, since Qu Lingchen left such a note, he also stopped by and said that he would go and see it.

Just when the seven hundred warriors of Chenxi were assembled and the soldiers were assembled on standby, another group of people came from the east, and the leader was Bao'er, the young lord of Wuxi.

"General, Bao'er is here to help you, my father said, help the general to quell the rebellion, we Wuxi are willing to help." Bao'er said to Liu Zhang brightly.

", if it weren't for the fact that he was going to come out, some people couldn't persuade him, so they could only say that instead of him to help the general quell the rebellion, would some people come out?"

"Flower boy, do you want to die?" Bao'er called the flower boy at once.

Hua Boy dodged for a while, and said to Liu Zhang: "General, I, the Wuxi people, have always been above board, and we can't stop you this time, because we have long been aware of those assassins." ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Hua Boy'er continued without changing her face: "At that time, we thought that it was sent by the general to deal with us Wuxi, so we kept quiet, but we didn't expect that we misunderstood the general, but almost caused the general to suffer a great disaster, please forgive the general." ”

"What, that's if we ......" Hu Che'er just yelled, but was stopped by Wang Xu.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "The idea of Lord Baojin and the people of Wuxi is reasonable, if it were me, I would do the same, I said how to enter Wuxi so smoothly at that time, you have a hand in your feelings." Liu Zhang laughed.

Hua Zi'er also smiled, and arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the general's grace of not sinning, the three thousand Wuxi warriors behind me are at the mercy of the general." ”

…… The warriors of Wuxi are the warriors who have just returned from Jingzhou, so the gathering speed is very fast, the pro-soldiers, the Chenxi warriors, the Wuxi warriors, add up to about 5,000 people, Liu Zhang took 5,000 people out of Wuxi, there were warriors along the way to join the team, after crossing Youxi, it has reached nearly 8,000 people, and secretly descended from the barren land west of Youxi.

When he arrived near Dashi Valley, Liu Zhang sent people to check, but the two groups of people didn't find anything, Liu Zhang didn't believe that Qu Lingchen would scribble a place name, and sent a third group of people, and this time he finally found out the clues.

The Great Stone Valley was an empty valley, but just as the third group of people secretly passed, they saw a group of people entering through the mouth of the valley, and then pushed away a few squatting boulders against the mountain wall in the valley, revealing caves one by one, and then pulled food out of the caves.

Looking at those people's outfits, there is no doubt that they must be Wu Jun's rebels.

Liu Zhang had already heard Qu Lingchen talk about the anti-Liu Zhang alliance, and after listening to the soldiers' reports, Liu Zhang really didn't expect that Qu Lingchen would tell him about the grain and grass base of the anti-Liu Zhang alliance.

This big stone valley should be the nest of the anti-Liu Zhang Alliance, it belongs to the boundary of the two sides, and it is really an excellent base.

Liu Zhang sent a team of people to blockade Dashigu, kill all the rebels guarding the grain and grass in the cave, and then informed Ye Wutie to take people down the mountain, transport all the grain to Wuxi, and continue to march eastward with his own troops.

If the rebels run out of food and grass, and Fa Zhengdong and Li Hui can't quell the rebellion, it will be a joke. Fa Zheng also knew that the rebellion in Chengdu was strong, and it would not be of much use to rush back in a hurry, so it was better to go back with the army after the rebellion in Jiangzhou, even if Chengdu fell at that time, he could also fight.

Qu Lingchen watched the barbarians carrying bags of grain up the mountain on a mountain ridge, and his face sank like water.

"Leader, I didn't mean to do this, you have a blood feud with him, so unite together, you also take good care of Ling Chen, Ling Chen just hopes that he can successfully complete his ideals and achieve his great cause, Boss, forgive me."

………… After crossing the south of Jiangzhou, along the Yangtze River, arriving at the boundary of Jiangyang, on the verge of the Tuojiang River, and about to go north, suddenly a pair of soldiers and horses came from the opposite side of the Yangtze River, both sides emerged from the jungle, took a look, and immediately alerted each other.

The Yangtze River flows horizontally.

Liu Zhang looked at the past, the army on the opposite side was dressed in tatters, either rags or animal skins, because it was summer, many people only wore pants, and the weapons were varied, and they should also be a group of brute soldiers.

The leader was a female general, and she couldn't see her face clearly from a distance, but she only saw her shirtless and with feathers on her head.

"Who are you?"

Hu Che'er hadn't come out of the queue yet, and the female general on the other side shouted first, with a loud voice, crisp and pleasant mixed with a momentum, dancing with a long standard in her hand, she was a real heroine.

"We are under the command of Yizhou Mu Liu Huang Shu Han General Shu Hou Liu Zhang, are you barbarians in Nanzhong?" Hu Che'er shouted according to Liu Zhang's instructions.

The other party talked a lot, and then the female general shouted: "It turned out to be Liu Zhang's person, Liu Zhang is dead, and he is still so crazy?" We are the part of the seven parts of Nanzhong, what is not a barbarian, be careful that I tear your mouth. ”

"You ......" Hu Che'er was about to step forward to theorize after receiving such an insult, Liu Zhang pulled him back and shouted to the person opposite: "Liu Zhang, who is in Xia Yizhou, fortunately is not dead, are you Nanzhong people going to set foot in the Han land?" ”

Liu Zhang's deep voice brought a momentum of his own.

"Liu Zhang?" The barbarians talked louder, all the barbarians were frightened, the female general waved her hand, and the two barbarians crossed the bridge and came to inquire, probably recognizing Liu Zhang, until they saw Liu Zhang's appearance clearly, they were taken aback, and hurriedly went back and forth, and after a while, the female general led all the barbarian troops across the river.

The female general bowed down first: "The daughter of the king of the slanted thorn cave in Nanzhong, the young lord of the oblique thorn cave Zhu Rong, see Uncle Liu Huang of Yizhou Mu." ”

"Sure enough, it's a barbarian from Nanzhong, what are you here for? Do you know that we are in turmoil in Yizhou and are going to rob us? Liu Zhang asked coldly.

Liu Zhang deliberately added the word "barbarian", but Zhu Rong was not as angry as just now, smiled softly, and immediately said: "How dare you, Uncle Liu Huang cares about my Nanzhong savages, this time I heard that there is a small trouble in Yizhou, and the mountain kings of the seven caves in my Nanzhong are indignant, and they have expressed that they want to help Uncle Huang quell the rebellion."

The woman is even more indignant, Uncle Huang is the most admired figure of the little woman, if Uncle Liu Huang really has any accidents, I will cut off the heads of those traitors and drink wine. ”

"Zhurong?" Liu Zhang groaned and looked at the female general carefully, wearing a metal aperture on her head, three feathers on each side, and a winged guard on her forehead, trembling with Zhu Rong's movements.

With a delicate face, strong eyes, and five flying knives behind his back, he is beautiful and moving.

Shirtless, but not rude, with a little smiling smile, but a little bewitching.

It turns out that in the romance, there are clear grievances, excellent martial arts, and a stunning appearance, Mrs. Zhu Rong, the wife of the barbarian king Meng Shu, who is known as the "Thorn Beauty", looks like this, she looks like no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, it is hard to imagine that she can fight against Zhao Yun for dozens of rounds without defeat, and finally fell into the trap before being caught.

Liu Zhang didn't expect Zhu Rong to be so eloquent, listening to her coaxing tone when she was opposite just now, it was clear that she was taking advantage of the chaos to rob, and after knowing that she was still alive, she immediately changed her face, and turned her face faster than turning a book.

But Liu Zhang didn't care, this is human nature, and smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhurong, oh no, Lord Zhu Rong, Yizhou Xiaoxiao, the official has his own countermeasures, your kindness is understood, the official is going to quell the rebellion, if you are willing to follow, follow it, if you don't want to follow, just do it." ”

There are 8,000 people under Liu Zhang's command, although it is a lot more than the original 5,000, but there is still no 50% certainty that the Chengdu rebellion can be quickly quelled.

But although Liu Zhang hoped that Zhu Rong would join, he couldn't say it directly, otherwise it would make this group of wall grasses feel contemptuous, so it was better not to have these 5,000 people.

Zhu Rong hesitated slightly, and immediately said loudly: "It is the honor of my Nanzhong warriors to be able to fight with the general, and it is also what I Zhu Rong is looking forward to. ”

In the previous six years, Liu Zhang only appeased the Nanzhong barbarians and gave a lot of benefits, which was considered a favor, and this year Liu Zhang's reputation had already been introduced to Nanzhong, Liu Zhang's prestige, coupled with the strength of the Han people, the Nanzhong barbarians were still very afraid of Liu Zhang.

If he hadn't heard that Liu Zhang had died this time, he would have given the barbarians in Nanzhong a thousand dares, and he wouldn't have dared to send so many people to invade the Han land.

At this time, if he retreated, not only would he expose his purpose and make Liu Zhang dissatisfied, but Zhu Rong completely believed that judging from Liu Zhang's performance this year, no matter how long it takes, he will definitely be able to quell the rebellion, and as long as he follows Liu Zhang, he will definitely be able to make some benefits.

Anyway, robbing is also a benefit, and helping to counterbalance the insurgency is also a benefit, and it is not all the same.

After Zhu Rong thought about it like this, he immediately agreed to follow Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang led more than 13,000 people, along the Tuojiang River, through the jungle to Chengdu, many of the barbarians in the south are very familiar with the terrain of this area, with them leading the way, the speed has accelerated a lot.

………… Chengdu.

Deng Xian was responsible for defending Chengdu, but in one day, the rebel forces of the Shi clan reached 20,000 people, and many generals in the Sichuan army who had something to do with the Shi clan, whether they were from wealthy families or not, saw that the power of the Shi clan was monstrous, Liu Zhang was dead, and immediately defected, and Deng Xian finally had less than 5,000 people left.

"Deng Xian, don't you know? Your Deng family has joined the rebel army of Wu Jun in Jiangzhou, how can you, as a child of the Deng family, be stubborn? Surrender as soon as possible, I will protect you as General Zuo and seal the Marquis of Jiangyang, how about it? ”

Old Man Yan sat on the chair with his eyes closed, and Yin Yuan stepped forward and yelled at the city.

Just after roaring, a sharp arrow came, and Deng Xian's voice sounded in the city tower: "Old dog, what are you?" General Zuo can only be crowned by the general and the Son of Heaven, even if you are a pariah, you dare to mention the title of Hou Baijiang?

The lord is as kind to me as a mountain, the Deng family has been spared by the lord, and now it is revenge, loyalty and filial piety can not be both, I Deng Xian can only protect the festival with death, and then follow the lord in the sky before and after the saddle. ”

Deng Xian said loudly, in fact, the Deng family followed Wu Jun's rebellion, how could he not be heartbroken, if the Sichuan army now has the advantage, Deng Xian must be dismissed, because the clansmen failed to rebel, and he has no face to live.

But now the Sichuan army is in danger, Deng Xian is loyal, Liu Zhang not only has the grace to carry himself, but also did his duty to the clansmen in Jiangzhou, what reason do he have to rebel?

Now the rebels have an absolute advantage, and Yizhou is in danger.

The success of the clansmen's rebellion is a foregone conclusion, and they enjoy all the glory, but they disdain this glory, and would rather die in battle, which is worthy of Liu Zhang.

"Stubborn, siege." Yin Yuan shouted, and the rebels swarmed up and rushed towards the tower like ants.

The Sichuan army organized resistance, and a soldier came to report: "General, the city is almost undefensible, and the rebel army in the city is gathering more and more, and now it is killing the city wall in several groups." ”

Several generals were very worried when they heard this, Deng Xian frowned, the joint rebellion inside and outside the city, how could these thousands of people hold on, and they held the hilt of their swords tightly.

(To be continued)