Chapter 232 The Chess You Have to Use

On the same day, dozens of people from Liuzhang's family went down the river to Jingzhou under the escort of a team of elite soldiers.

Although Liu Zhang has surrendered, he still has a certain appeal in Yizhou. In order to prevent some "intentional" people from tampering with Liu Zhang under the pretext of supporting Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang must not be left in Yizhou.

Liu Bei in history, after defeating Yizhou, placed the Liu Zhang family in the public security, and now Liu Feng is just a means to imitate Liu Bei.

After a short episode, Liu Feng officially entered Chengdu. On the one hand, he collected more than 10,000 Yizhou soldiers in the city, and on the other hand, he assigned his confidant Jingzhou army to take over various gates, government office, arsenals and other key places.

In just a few days, Liu Feng successfully completed the control of Chengdu by means of no bloodshed.

After the smooth handover of the regime, Liu Feng took the position of herdsman of Yizhou and showed himself to the court as a former general.

Then, the documents covering the beneficial state animal husbandry's seal came out of Chengdu and sent to all counties in Yizhou in all directions, announcing the change of owners in Chengdu, ordering the civil and warriors in each county to settle their duties and become loyal to Liu Feng.

At the same time, Liu Feng also promoted the indigenous scholars of Yizhou to serve as his shogunate, such as Huang Quan, Dong He, Qiao Zhou, Qin Mi, Yan Yan and other Liu Zhang's old subordinates. The people who originally had low official positions under Liu Zhang were all entrusted by Liu Feng to drive and govern the middle state capital.

As for the young heroes of Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi, Ma Xun and other local heroes, they are mostly appointed by Liu Feng as county guards and other local officials. The rest of the old subordinates of Jingzhou are also promoted with the promotion of Liu Feng's official position.

While all kinds of measures to buy people's hearts were carried out, Huang Quan, who had been appointed as engaged in the governance, was ordered by Liu Feng to rush to the front line of Lucheng, holding Liu Feng's orders and Liu Zhang's letters, and subduing Zhang Ren and other generals, as well as more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Lucheng.

Lucheng is only more than 60 miles away from Chengdu. Zhang Ren and other generals have also received the news that Liu Feng's army has arrived in the south of Chengdu.

The news that Chengdu was besieged shocked the generals of Lucheng, but the generals all thought that Chengdu was strong and had accumulated food for several years. Although it was besieged, it was not easy for the enemy to break through the city in a short time.

In view of the weakening of Liu Bei's offensive momentum in the north of the city, Zhang Ren and others will discuss it and decide to transfer some troops back to Chengdu.

However, just as Zhang Ren had just organized a 5,000-strong southern reinforcement horse, and it was not too late to set off, the news of Liu Zhang's surrender hit the generals of Lucheng like a bolt from the blue.

"The reinforcements are coming in a blink of an eye, but how can they surrender first!"

In the military hall, Zhang Ren, who had to have white hair, rushed to the crown in anger, raised his sword and split the case with a look of resentment.

Since the beginning of the war with Liu Bei, Wu Yi, Li Yan, Lei Tong and other generals have all betrayed. Only Zhang Ren did not surrender, assisted Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun to defend Luocheng, and fought for a year without retreating.

When I heard the news that Liu Bei's nest was attacked and Liu Feng's Allied victory, Zhang Ren thought that the suffering he had experienced in the past year was finally exchanged for the safety of Yizhou.

But now, the situation has turned down in an instant. He never thought that Chengdu would fall into the hands of others in such a dramatic way.

What makes Zhang Ren hate more is Liu Zhang's surrender without a fight. In this way, he and tens of thousands of soldiers have been fighting in the past year, won't he be in vain?

"This may be God's will. It's hard to go against God's will, and it's hard to go against God's will."

Liu Xun's eyes flashed with tears, and he held the silk book in his trembling hands.

That was Liu Zhang's handwritten letter. In the name of his father and former state pastor, he ordered him to hand over the military power to Huang Quan who came to hold the book, and then he and Zhang Ren went to Chengdu to meet the new master.

Zhang Ren's expression suddenly looked extremely fierce, and he shouted harshly, "What a bullshit. I, Zhang Ren, don't believe it. Prince, we must not surrender."

Liu Xun was stunned and said with a bitter face, "There is now Liu Bei's army in the north, and Chengdu in the south has fallen into the hands of Liu Feng. The general trend has gone. What else can we do except surrender?"

"Sir, how can you give up easily before the mountains and rivers are exhausted? We still have 20,000 soldiers in our hands. We will support the eldest son as the herdsman of Yizhou. When the people of Chengdu are not sure, we will run straight back and take back Chengdu. Maybe we can also expel Liu Feng and restore the foundation of Yizhou.

Zhang Ren is full of fighting spirit, and his tone is not small. In today's situation, he still doesn't give up.

It's just that his proposal just cheered Liu Xun up for a short moment.

Immediately, the eldest son of the Liu family shook his head and sighed, "What kind of person Liu Feng is. Guan Yu and Liu Bei are not his opponents. Just rely on me, how can the tired army save the overall situation?"

"Sir, you must not..."

Zhang Ren wanted to wait for further persuasion, but Liu Xun waved his hand and said, "Well, you don't have to say any more. Since my father has surrendered, if I act rashly, I will not harm my father. The general situation has gone, let's accept our fate.

Zhang Ren had the intention to make the last fight and several times of persuasion, but Liu Xun did not have the courage, but he was determined to surrender to Liu Feng.

After a long time of hard persuasion, seeing that Liu Xun showed no sign of turning his mind, Zhang Ren realized that now is really the general trend.

"The foundation of more than 20 years of painstaking management is so easy to give away to others. Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, you are wise all the time, but how can you give birth to such a bad offspring..."

At this time, the frustrated Zhang Ren couldn't help scolding Liu Zhang and his son.

Although Zhang Ren was reluctant, the surrender of Liu's father and son gave him no choice. In the end, he had to hand over the military power to Huang Quan and go to Chengdu with Liu Xun.

..............................North of Lucheng, the central army of Liu Bei's camp.

In the fire basin, the dim yellow flames swayed and danced. Under the firelight, an unprecedented anxiety appeared on Liu Bei's old face.

He stared at the map on the table, and his eyebrows were full of sadness.

Meng Da betrayed, Wu County was broken, Jianping, Badong and other counties fell one after another. One bad news after another made Liu Bei's heart even worse because of Guan Yu's death.

Now, Yan Yan surrendered, and Liu Feng's army took the news of Chengdu, which made Liu Bei more and more anxious.

He knows very well how empty Chengdu is now, and he also knows Liu Feng's strength. At this moment, there is an unprecedented fear in his heart.

If Liu Feng is allowed to take Chengdu first, what he has worked hard to do, won't he be in vain?

As time goes by, this fear is getting stronger and stronger.

"Zhang Ren, damn Zhang Ren!"

Under Liu Bei's anxiety, he pounded the case fiercely, and there was deep hatred in his low voice.

At this moment, Liu Bei hates Zhang Ren in the city.

How many Yizhou generals surrendered, but this old man, who stayed for a whole year, used all kinds of means, but refused to surrender.

Lucheng is like an insurmountable obstacle in Liu Bei's great career. It is this city that makes him lose his most precious time and everything he was going to get.

The curtain rose, a night wind rushed in, and the firelight danced like a ghost.

From the outside is Sun Qian, a Confucian who has been in charge of intelligence work. At this moment, how anxious he is.

The moment he saw that expression, an ominous foreboding arose in Liu Bei's heart.

"Your lord, the big thing is not good. Liu Zhang surrendered to Liu Feng."

The wind is blowing strangely, whining like a ghost crying.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment. Liu Bei's whole body was fixed there, and his eyes were fixed with unprecedented loss and horror.

For a moment, Liu Bei felt that Sun Qian was old and confused. Liu Zhang, who had carried himself for more than a year, how could he surrender to Liu Feng's beast inexplicably.

But soon, Liu Bei had to accept such a cruel fact.

He failed again.

Just like Xuzhou, he once again became a homeless dog.

"Lord, what should we do?" Sun Qian, who was full of cold sweat, asked in a panic.

Liu Bei's heart was like a knife, but the loss on his face only lasted for a moment, and soon turned into a kind of gloom and calmness. He whispered, "Go and ask the military division and Yuan Zhi to come to see me."

After a moment, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and other counselors arrived.

When Liu Bei announced the news that he had brought Sun Qian back, he fell into a dead silence when he was neutral.

Even if Zhuge Liang, who has always been confident, at this moment, the originally light face can't help showing a little surprise.

" As soon as Liu Zhang surrendered, Liu Feng's army would soon enter Luocheng. Our army was already at the end of the crossbow, and the hearts of the soldiers had long been shaken, and Yan Yan's soldiers and horses were moving towards Fucheng. Once the back road was cut off..."

Xu Shu did not dare to go on. In all kinds of unfavorable situations, even he felt more and more frightened.

Liu Bei took a deep breath and said silently, "I know all this. I called you here to discuss a countermeasure with you."

All the staff were silent.

Liu Bei turned his eyes to Zhuge Liang: "Military strategist, what good strategy do you have?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said lightly, "At present, it is impossible to save the defeat, but we don't have to be discouraged. At least we still have tens of thousands of soldiers in our hands, and Zitong and the second counties of Brazil are also in our hands. No matter how bad the current situation is, will it be worse than when Nagasaka was defeated?

Zhuge Liang is just a word of comfort.

Everyone knows that although Changban was defeated in those years, there was still room for turning around, but now Jingzhou has fallen, and Yizhou has not been taken. Tens of thousands of people and the two counties are imprisoned in the "heavenly prison" surrounded by mountains in Shuzhong. The danger of the situation is only better than that in those years.

Those present are all wise men. They can see the current situation clearly, and how can they be relieved by Zhuge Liang's words?

Liu Bei frowned slightly: "That being said, there is no way to stay here now. You have to take action."

Zhuge Liang meditated for a long time and took a deep breath.

"At present, it seems that we have no choice but to use Zhang Lu's last move."

(to be continued)