Chapter 229 Betrayal

Liu Zhang was originally standing and angrily wanted to attack Qiao Zhou, but as soon as he heard that Liu Feng's army arrived, his whole body fell down like a lightning strike.

"It's all right, let him go."

A cavity of anger was defeated in an instant. Liu Zhang sat there with a dull expression and waved his hand feebly.

The warriors quickly let go of Qiao Zhou.

The young scholar straightened his clothes and walked into the hall again. He said bitterly, "Your Highness, it is precisely because of the rookie of the Lord, that I want to imagine the life of the Lord's family name and persuade the Lord to surrender openly. If the lord really intends to defend the city, then Qiao Zhou is also willing to follow the Lord. The city is in people, and the city is dead.

The city is in people, and the city is dead... Is there no other way but to surrender and die?

Liu Zhang's heart is like a knife.

Under the difficulty of making a decision for the time being, Liu Zhang urgently summoned the staff to discuss the countermeasures, but there were much fewer visitors than Ping. When asked, he knew that Xu Jing and others had fled across the city and turned to Liu Feng at the moment they heard the enemy's arrival in the city.

As Dongzhou scholars, Xu Jing and others treated them well, but now that the disaster is coming, they have abandoned themselves so decisively. On the contrary, Qiao Zhou, who is usually suppressed Yizhou scholars, did not abandon themselves.

Liu Zhang sighed and could only ask the staff what they had to do.

In today's Chengdu city, all the elite soldiers have been transferred. For example, Zhang Ren and other generals have surrendered the enemy outside the enemy. Although more than 10,000 soldiers and horses can still be mobilized, there is no general who can be reused.

A group of scribes looked at each other in front of each other, and there was no good way to talk about it for a long time.

When he was worried, Qiao Zhou suggested that Liu Zhang lead the crowd to the city and watch the enemy's situation before making plans.

Liu Zhang had no choice but to follow Qiao Zhou's proposal and lead an uneasy servant out of the state government to rush to the south gate to watch the enemy.

At the top of the city, Liu Zhang looked far into the distance and couldn't help taking a breath.

I saw that the lights of the enemy camp a few miles away from the south gate were as bright as the day.

Under the firelight, the barriers are full, the flags are flying, and the military appearance is very shocking.

Looking at the road to the south, countless torches came from the sky, stretching like endless snakes, slowly advancing towards the enemy camp, where more troops were entering the city.

Liu Zhang watched for more than a few hours in horror at the head of the city, but the fire snake in the south was still not extinguished, and the number of enemies entering the city seemed to be endless.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, it was getting cooler and cooler in the late night, but Liu Zhang's back was sweating profusely, soaking his robe like a locust full of blood, cling to the skin and flesh.

After seeing Liu Fengjun's magnificent military appearance, Liu Zhang was really desperate this time.

"Lord, the enemy army came with a hundred victories of victories, and the momentum is so great that with the heart of our panic army in Chengdu, how can we compete with it? Lord, whether it is war or surrender, you must think twice."

When Qiao Zhou saw that Liu Zhang looked horrified, he did not miss the opportunity to persuade him.

Liu Zhang's heart twitched again. This time, he did not blame Qiao Zhou anymore, but looked at the bureaucrats with a bitter face and asked in a trembling voice, "What about you? Do you think I should surrender or guard?

People around, such as Dong He, are also silent. Although they do not explicitly support Qiao Zhou's remarks, the meaning of acquiescence is obvious.

While all the ministers were not dead, Liu Zhang's heart immediately cooled down again.

At this moment, although there are ministers around him, Liu Zhang feels that he is completely alone.

Xu Jing and others have fled across the city to Liu Feng, while Dong He, Qiao Zhou and others, although they did not openly betray themselves, their hearts have already turned to Liu Feng. Even if Liu Zhang is no longer incompetent, people can still be seen.

"Master, I think it's better to send someone to see Liu Feng and promise him to cede land for compensation in exchange for Liu Feng's retreat. Maybe we can temporarily solve the danger of Chengdu."

Dong He, who has been silent, really felt unbearable for Liu Zhang's pitiful appearance, so he came up with such an idea.

Liu Zhang was like a drowning person. Suddenly, he caught a life-saving straw. His expression was full of life, and suddenly a little spirit flashed.

Just when Liu Zhang just saw a glimmer of hope, Qiao Zhou said, "Liu Feng's army has reached the city of Chengdu. We are at the end of the mountain. The other party can seize Yizhou. How can he withdraw his troops because of the small profit? Youzai takes this plan for granted, but Liu Feng will not agree."

With a blow, Liu Zhang was dizzy and meditated in pain for a long time. Liu Zhang sighed helplessly: "Now that, there is no other way but to try. Youzai, I'm here to bother you this time. As long as I can move Liu Feng to retreat, I can agree to any condition.

Dong He was stunned for a moment and seemed to be reluctant, but he hesitated for a moment and still arched his hand and said, "I try my best. I hope I can live up to the master's trust."

.............................. The Jingzhou army outside the city is not as vast as Liu Zhang saw. In fact, it is just the 5,000 vanguard army led by Huang Zhong.

Liu Feng ordered Huang Zhong to lead the vanguard to march into Chengdu on a starry night. The purpose was to create an illusion that a large army suddenly came to the city, causing a sudden blow to the morale of the people of Chengdu.

As for the seemingly endless, snake-like soldiers and horses, it was just Liu Feng who learned a trick from Dong Zhuo in those years.

That night, after Huang Zhong's 5,000 soldiers stood under the camp, they quietly sent troops back to the south, lit torches to pretend to be new troops, and swaggered into the camp. In this way, it was easy to create an illusion that thousands of troops were coming.

It turned out that Liu Feng's plan worked very well.

A day later, at dusk, 30,000 troops led by Liu Feng arrived one after another and went to the village on all sides of Chengdu, encircling the Yizhou state.

On the day of Liu Feng's arrival, he heard that Liu Zhang's messenger Dong He had already arrived and had been waiting for him in the camp all day.

Entering the Chinese army's tent, a polite middle-aged Confucian student hurriedly got up and saluted, saying, "Dong He, the commander of Chengdu under the curtain of Yizhou, has met Liu Zhennan."

"Mr. Youzai, get rid of the gift quickly."

Liu Feng hurried forward to help Dong He up and invited Dong He to sit down. Both the attitude and the specifications of hospitality were warm.

Liu Feng is so polite to Dong He. On the one hand, he has a love for talent. On the other hand, before leaving, Pang Tong once reminded him that there was a sage named Dong He under Liu Zhang in Yizhou. If he takes Yizhou, this person can be of great use in the future and must be treated well.

If you say this Donghe, it is very different from other people in Yizhou.

This person is from Zhijiang, South County, Jingzhou, but his ancestors were originally from Jiangzhou, Ba County, Yizhou. In the first year of Jian'an, Dong He's family moved westward and left Nanjun to Yizhou. He worked as an official under Liu Zhang and has always achieved the Chengdu Order.

That is to say, Dong He's ancestral home is Yizhou, but he was born in Jingzhou. He has not only served as an official in Jingzhou, but also served as an official under Liu Zhang. It can be said that he is half Yizhou and half Jingzhou.

Although Liu Feng intends to change the practice of Liu Zhang and Liu Bei's reusing Dongzhou people to rule Shu with the Shu people, in order to ensure the control of Yizhou, he could not completely hand over the military and political power of Yizhou to the pure indigenous people.

In the army, Liu Feng can certainly use Huang Zhong and others to guard the key points, but in political affairs, Pang Tong, Liu Ba and others are separated, and use Jingzhou people to take charge of Yizhou government affairs, which is contrary to Liu Feng's policy of governing Shu, which is bound to arouse the disgust of the Shu people.

Then, Dong He, who has half of the identity of Jingzhou people, his special background and outstanding talent, have just become the best choice in Liu Feng's heart.

For this reason, Liu Feng is naturally more enthusiastic about Dong He than ordinary Yizhou scholars.

Dong He seemed to be a little flattered by Liu Feng's courtesy, but he did not relax because of this, and he still dealt with it cautiously.

"My lord and General Liu were originally of the same clan. Previously, because I was confused by others, I wanted to modify the Old Testament for a moment. General Liu has a large number of them. I hope that under the friendship of the same clan, I hope I can retreat to the east."

After a few polite sentences, Dong He turned to the topic.

Liu Feng had guessed his intention here. Hearing this, he just drank tea with a smile, but did not respond.

Dong He was busy and said, "As long as General Liu can regardless of the past, my lord is willing to cede the two counties of Jiangyang and Dongguanghan as compensation."

Liu Feng sneered, "A county magistrate of Jiangyang took the initiative to submit to me. As for Dongguanghan County, he is still in Liu Bei's hands. Yan Yan, a general under my command, led the army to fight. Liu Jiyu took these two counties that were not in his hands as compensation conditions. He did a good job in his calculation.

Liu Feng's response was also expected by Dong He. He had to say, "But I don't know how Liu Feng will retreat. I have something to say first. As long as General Liu is willing to withdraw, my lord can accept any conditions."

"Are you willing to accept anything?"

Liu Feng showed a strange look at the corners of his mouth and pretended to think for a long time. Fang said, "In that case, well, if Liu Jiyu is willing to give up Shu County, I can consider retreating."

Dong He's expression suddenly changed.

Compared with Cao Wei, Shu County is like Wei County, compared with Sun Quan, like Danyang, and compared with Jingzhou, it is like Nan County.

Chengdu County, the Ministry of Assassin of Yizhou, is under the jurisdiction of Shu County. If Liu Zhang cuts Shu County to Liu Feng, what is the difference between surrender?

Seeing Dong He's situation, Liu Feng laughed and said easily, "I'm kidding. Mr. Youzai, don't be surprised."

Dong He also knew in his heart that Liu Feng would not withdraw from the army. His plan for Liu Zhang was just a little duty.

At this point, Dong He had to sigh and arch his hand and said, "But I don't know how General Liu is willing to withdraw. Please make it clear."

Liu Feng was no longer hidden, so he said, "Mr. Youzai must have heard about it for a long time. Our army came from Jiangzhou. Along the way, the county officials fell down looking at the wind. In some places, the local heroes and people also killed the county magistrate and took the initiative to welcome them. It can be seen that Liu Jiyu has lost all his heart. I, Liu Feng, came to take Shu in accordance with the will of God and the people. How can I return it empty-handed?

(to be continued)