Chapter 115 Soldiers Under the City

"I'm sorry to bother you at night, general, don't blame me!" With the always light sound of clouds and wind, Zhuge Liang shook the ten-thousand-year-old goose feather fan into the tent.

"Why does Kong Ming have to go out? Sit down!" Zhao Feng hurriedly greeted. Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to pick up a horse next to him and sat down, but he also said in his heart: Sitting on this thing is indeed much more comfortable than sitting on the floor.

"Kong Ming, come to me so late. There must be something important. Let's say it directly!" Zhao Feng did not lie with Zhuge Liang and spoke directly. Zhuge Liang knew that he had always been quick and did not delay. He directly asked Zhao Feng, "General, when do you think the lord will rise up for the Northern Expedition and compete with Cao Qian for the world?"

"If it weren't for this year's flood, I'm afraid that now I have fought with Cao Wei in the Central Plains!" Zhao Feng thought for a while. He didn't expect that Cao Qian would play so fiercely that he would send someone to dig a dam to drown people. He came to such a point by any means, which was also an extreme of the spirit of "I would rather betray the world and not teach the world to betray me". In contrast, Zhao Feng was not too surprised by Xun Yu's death.

"That's true. I don't know what General Zhao has to look forward to the battle between the Lord and Cao Qian, which determines the ownership of the world?" Zhuge Liang did not seem to be surprised by Zhao Feng's answer, but asked further.

"The odds are four or six, and the lord has a slight advantage." Zhao Feng thought for a thought.

"Why does the general think so?" Zhuge Liang couldn't help but wonder. It seemed that he didn't expect Zhao Feng to be so optimistic about Liu Bei.

"One, Cao Qian's previous destruction of the Xiangjiang embankment has made me Jingyang two states, and even all the soldiers and civilians share the same hatred of the enemy' morale. On the other hand, we occupy a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the adequacy of food and fodder is far better than Cao Qian's northern states. Third, there are many martial arts ministers under the command. Although Cao Qian has Guo Jia and Jia, but Guo Jia has been dying of illness for many years. How can Jia Xu fight with Kong Ming, Shi Yuan and Yuan Zhi? The rest of the people like Cheng Yu are far worse than you. Fourth, and the most important point is that Cao Yansheng's surname is suspicious. This is a taboo for using soldiers. The master's skill of using people is far better than Cao Yan!" Zhao Feng thought for a thought.

As a leader, in fact, other skills are not too important, but you must be able to recognize and employ people. After all, a person's strength is limited. If you want to do everything with your own ability, it's simply a fool's dream. You can only be tired to death.

"What the general said is not bad, but the general can only see the open gun, not the dark arrow!" There are words in Zhuge Liang's words. Zhao Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, and asked Zhuge Liang in silence, "Kong Ming, what do you mean?"

"General, don't you really feel it at all?" Zhuge Liang not only did not answer directly, but also asked Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng was silent and said for a long time, "Now that the big event has not been decided, only half of the country under the rule of the lord is already busy fighting for power and profit, which is too urgent."

"What the general said is also what Liang thinks, but it's a pity that not everyone has this idea!" Zhuge Liang sighed that Zhao Feng knew what he meant in his words. At present, in Liu Bei Group, the struggle between the Jingzhou faction and the Xuzhou faction is relatively obvious. Basically, Pang Tong is the head of the Jingzhou faction, and Zhang Zhao and Lu Su are the head of the Xuzhou faction. Among them, the most embarrassing one is Zhuge Liang. He is from Langya County, Xuzhou. Zhuge Yimen is also a famous family in Xuzhou, but he is studying in Lumen Mountain Academy in Jingxiang. Basically, both factions can have a relationship with him.

And Liu Bei is also very good at appointing two factions. At present, among the dozens of county guards in the five states ruled by Liu Bei, half of them are Jingxiang celebrities. Among them, Jingzhou was legally inherited from Liu Biao, and Liu Bei retained almost all the officials of Jing Xiang's original place of origin. The county guards of Jiaozhou and Yuzhou are mostly from Jingxiang, of which Shi Guangyuan even served as the herdsman of Jiaozhou. From this perspective, Liu Bei still attach great importance to Jing Xiangshi.

But some Jingxiang scholars led by Pang Tong are not satisfied with this. What they want is the right to hold the military power and sit on one side, not just to be a counselor or county guard. In order to obtain greater benefits, they and the Xuzhou faction are also more ruthless, especially on some major decision-making issues. The two factions often disagree for their own interests. Just before that, Su Fei, the former deputy governor of Jingxiang Marine Division, died of illness. Pang Tong finally placed his cousin Pang Lin in the position of deputy governor of the navy through the relationship of Wenpin, but he was not under the jurisdiction of Gan Ning, the governor of the navy. He only trained the navy in Poyang Lake, which was also the first army that Pang Tong began to master.

Another typical example is the direction of the Northern Expedition. The Jingzhou faction hopes to attack Xuchang directly to avoid the immediate trouble of Jingzhou; the Xuzhou faction tends to attack Liang County and seize Yanzhou to ensure the safety of Xuzhou. The big decision is still like this, not to mention the small personnel appointment. Zhao Feng himself inadvertently became a thorn in the side of the Jingzhou faction. Under the premise that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu could not move, Wei Yan and Zhao Feng became more realistic targets of the Jingzhou faction.

As for Pang Tong's impatience, Zhao Feng was a little surprised, but he was relieved when he thought about it carefully. Pang Tong's eagerness for quick success and quick profit, and the competition for fame and profit determined that he was a person who would not miss the past, not to mention that he would never be willing to be a counselor. Although I have a kindness to him, I will not give up the pursuit of fame and fortune because of this little favor.

"Kong Ming, although Shi Yuan is a little aggressive, I still won't care too much about him at the moment. First of all, the lord is not an unreasonable person. In addition, among Jing Xiangshi, I don't think many people are willing to follow him and are too enthusiastic about internal consumption. Most of the priorities can still be clearly. Zhao Feng thought for a thought.

Zhuge nodded, and finally said with some regret: "Shi Yuan is too conceited, but his heart is not broad enough. I hope he is not too short-sighted, otherwise he will inevitably take his own fault!"

"I hope so!" Zhao Feng sighed that it was not clear whether Zhuge Liang was a quiet person in history for a while. Judging from his poems, he really wanted to return to the world after pacify the world. Judging from his approach to everything, he seems to be a person who values fame and fortune. It's hard to say what he is like. People's surnames are complicated, and it is even more difficult for a wise person like him to say.

Putting aside these messy ideas, Zhang Fei replied the next day to inform Lu Xun that he would go south to attack Chengdu as soon as possible. From this perspective, at this time, the three giants of Zhang Fei + Zhuge Liang + Zhao Feng are equivalent to helping Lu Xun cover up. Fortunately, none of the three of them value these people too much. If it were Pang Tong, I'm afraid he would have thought about how to break through Lucheng so that he could grab the first skill. You can even boldly assume that if Pang Tong still enters Sichuan this time, the Luofengpo incident will be staged nearly ten years earlier than in history.

Gossip. After receiving Zhang Fei's reply, Lu Xun immediately picked up 20,000 horses along the south of the Yangtze River to take Chengdu. Along with him were Meng Da, Fa Zheng, Lei Tong, and even Pound, who came to help in the war. In addition, there is no shortage of threpuls and so on, and it is best to scare Liu Zhang to surrender first. If it really doesn't work, make a plan again.

After the fifth day, Lu Xun's two thousand horses were killed in Chengdu. Although Xichuan has not been very peaceful over the years. There was civil strife a few years ago, and Zhang Lu fought with him for ten years, it was the first time for soldiers to come to Chengdu. In this way, people in Chengdu suddenly began to panic.

What does it mean to be under the city? It means that as long as Chengdu loses, Xichuan's foundation will be completely put into practice. Although there are still 30,000 defenders in Chengdu, these people have lacked training for many years, and many of them have not even been on the battlefield. Now when they encounter this situation, they panic. How can they talk about defending the city?

"Master, Fa Zheng and Meng Da and Lei Tong's letters, please have a look." In Yizhou Mufu, Qiao Zhou handed a letter tied to the arrow to Liu Zhang. The pale latter took the arrow branch and untied the letter and looked at it. His face suddenly changed greatly.

"Fa Zheng and Meng Da's seller asked for glory, but now they are still the enemy. It's really hateful!" Huang Quan, who was beside him, gritted his teeth after reading the letter handed to him by Liu Zhang. Unlike Huang Quan's righteous indignation, the rest of the officials in Yizhou have different looks. Some of them are angry, and some of them have their eyes turning around. As for what they are thinking in their hearts, it is not enough for outsiders.

"Lord, now that the army besieged the city, I don't know what the Lord wants?" Looking at the messy people, Qiao Zhou finally asked carefully. As soon as he said this, almost everyone looked at Liu Zhang eagerly to see how he dealt with it.

"Lord, what do you think?" At this time, the new king of Yizhou came in in a hurry and handed Liu Zhang another letter tied to the arrow. Liu Zhang opened it and took a look, but this time it was Lu Xun's ultimatum, claiming that as long as Liu Zhang surrendered within two days, everything would not be blamed and no one would be embarrassed. If you resist stubbornly, once the city is broken, it will rob Chengdu.

"Master, this is Lu Xun's trick. I still have tens of thousands of defenders in Chengdu, and I have enough weapons and food and fodder. Why are you afraid of Lu Xun? After reading it, Huang Quan said harshly first.

"Yes, Lord, it's better for everyone to die in battle than to surrender!" Wang Lei echoed. Liu Zhang looked at the two people with generous faces in front of him. The expression on his face was a little better, but he still frowned.

"If everyone dies in battle, won't they fall into the people and water and fire in Chengdu? This is very inappropriate!" Qiao Zhou frowned when he heard the words.

"What's the opinion of Qiao Zhengnan?" Huang Quan couldn't help asking when he heard the words. His tone was very bad, but he heard Qiao Zhou say, "One night, I saw the stars gathered in Shu County; the stars were shining, and the star was dim. This is an omen, which is irreversible. The surrender of the main public city may save the surname, otherwise, the jade will be burned, and it will be too late to repent!"

Huang Quan and Wang Lei were furious when they heard the words. They wished to kill Qiao Zhou on the spot, but they were stopped by Liu Zhang. Looking at the messy people in front of him, Liu Zhang also felt confused. At this moment, another person hurried to report: "Father, it's a big deal!" But it is Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang.

"Why are you so panicked?" Liu Zhang saw that his son's face was pale and knew that something bad had happened, and his voice trembled a little.

"Yang Hong, the governor of Shu County, just led thousands of sergeants under his command to open the gate and surrender to Lu Xun!" Liu Xun said with sweat on his head, "What?" This news made the atmosphere in the already messy hall even more chaotic. Liu Zhang sat there in a smuttered to himself, but he didn't know what he was saying.

(to be continued)