Chapter 92: Immediate Inscription

Pang Tong suddenly thought of Zhang Ziqiao, who he said was plain-looking but talented.

How similar they are!

He has talent but is sent to the underworld.

He has a wise master but is not in the right time, and he has a lot of ambition but no place to use it!

"Shi Yuan..." This is the voice of the lord.

Pang Tong held Liu Bei's warm hand like a drowning man holding a hemp rope.

Liu Bei gently patted the new counselor and comforted him: "Shi Yuan, it's better not to go to Yizhou."

"It is not Pang Tong's fate to die in a stray arrow. I must take Yizhou for the lord!"

Pang Tong said loudly, and his emotions had calmed down: "I will definitely live to the day when the lord establishes his rule in the Central Plains!"

After Pang Tong adjusted himself, several people sat down again. Pang Tong came over and asked Kong Ming:

"Kong Ming also saw the date of his death?"

Kong Ming smiled but said nothing.

[The second is that Liu Zhang's troops Fu Jin Xiangcun led 10,000 people to attack Jiameng Pass in order to cut off the firewood.

Huo Jun relied on only 800 men, not only defended the city without loss, but also killed Xiang Cun, fundamentally changing the direction of the Yizhou War. 】

"Is this why Zhong Miao was called a famous general by later generations?" Liu Bei still remembered that when the light curtain mentioned Huo Ge before, he called his father Huo Jun a famous general.

If Adou had allowed Huo Ge to go to Chengdu at that time, perhaps the Shu Han Kingdom would not have ended so quickly.

"Both father and son are heroes!" Guan Yu praised heavily.

The several attack routes of the Yizhou War were clearly marked on the map, so Guan Yu saw it very clearly:

"If Jiameng Pass is lost, Liu Zhang can advance to cut off my brother's retreat and harass the grain road, and win without fighting. If he retreats, he can ally with Zhang Lu to attack from both inside and outside, and my brother will be in danger."

"The name of the famous general is well deserved!" Guan Yu stamped his seal.

"Why did another Huo Babai appear?" Zhang Fei took a breath of cold air, feeling that he was really a bit behind the times.

"Why didn't Guangmu call this Fu Jin Fu Wan?"

Zhao Yun was also thinking in his heart: Otherwise, his personal soldiers should also be set at 800 people?

"Kong Ming, you must show me the file of Xiaoyaojin tomorrow." Pang Tong pulled Kong Ming and whispered.

Kong Ming just gave a brief account of what Sun Shiwan meant, but Pang Tong still found it hard to believe.

But deep down, he was relieved, and almost surrendered to such a lord!

[As for Liu Zhang's unwillingness to fortify the walls and clear the fields, let's not talk about it. Although there are reasons for his own kindness, the bigger reason is that he is afraid of exacerbating the existing contradictions.

Liu Zhang could neither suppress the contradictions nor meet the demands of the Dongzhou soldiers and the old people of Yizhou. If he asked for fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, the two factions would fight first without waiting for Liu Bei to come.

As a member of the Dongzhou faction, Fa Zheng knew all this, so he said "It will not be used in the end, so there is no need to worry."

Yizhou was conquered by Liu Bei inch by inch, so there was no problem of internal instability at that time. 】

Kong Ming picked up the pen and wrote the words "contradiction" and "demand" in front, and praised:

"The summary of later generations is very insightful. Governing the countryside is nothing more than dealing with contradictions and people's demands."

"Are the people of Dongzhou and Yizhou really so hostile to each other?" Liu Bei asked Pang Tong.

"Ten thousand households from the three auxiliary provinces of Nanyang once flowed into Yizhou, and Liu Yan used them to govern Yizhou. At that time, he was called Dongzhou scholars." Pang Tong explained:

"Liu Yan relied on Dongzhou scholars to pacify the powerful people in Yizhou, and Yizhou scholars hated him. Moreover, Dongzhou scholars were in power and often invaded and violent the old people, and the two sides gradually became hostile to each other."

This is too chaotic! This is Liu Bei's true inner thought. No wonder Guangmu said that if he fought inch by inch, there would be no internal instability.

How could it be unstable to show military power and then be kind?

[The external instability came from Cao Cao. After conquering Hanzhong, Lao Cao's rule adhered to the principle of a small rebellion every two years and a big rebellion every three years, and the rebellion in Hechi, Wudu County, rose again.

Moreover, Sun Quan had not yet been crowned as Sun Shiwan at that time. Cao Cao was afraid that there would be changes in the rear, so he ordered a retreat.

But before the retreat, he did not forget to leave Zhang He to lead 10,000 people and ordered him to invade Baxi to seize land and people.

Zhang He led his army from Hanzhong and went deep into Baxi County to rob money, food and people. As long as he saw a person from Ba County, he would hand over a Hanzhong household registration.

After the defeat in Hanzhong, Boss Cao changed these people's household registration to Chang'an or Luoyang and moved away with their families. It was a life experience that was unimaginable in dreams. 】

"Robbing people again!" Zhang Fei was angry: "Cao the thief is a dog talent, and he is doing this again! And so wanton!"

Liu Bei was also angry: after all, they were all people under his rule!

Pang Tong felt something was wrong:

"After pacifying Yizhou, we have good soldiers in hand, how can we let such a small army go deep into the hinterland and run rampant?"

Kong Ming could guess it, but it was not convenient to say it, so he could only look at his lord and said:

"Shi Yuan, just wait and see."

Liu Bei: "?"

He returned a puzzled look.

【At the beginning of this military operation, Zhang He completed it very smoothly and successfully advanced to Dangqu, only 400 miles away from Chengdu.

The direct reason for it being so smooth was that Liu Bei was not in Chengdu at this time. He took 30,000 troops to Xiangjiang to chat with Sun Quan!

Liao Li later directly criticized Liu Bei for this operation: "The late emperor, you took the soldiers for a walk, and neither Hanzhong nor the three southern counties were taken, wasting military strength, and letting Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He go deep into Ba County, almost losing Yizhou!" 】

Liu Bei now understood what Kong Ming's eyes meant.

Moreover, looking back at the Xiangshui Alliance before and after, I was also shocked: Yizhou had just joined and had not yet appeased the people before withdrawing heavy troops to return to Jingzhou.

If the Xiangshui Alliance did not cede the three counties but fought with Sun Hou at that time... I dare not imagine the consequences.

"Don't worry, brother! Yizhou still has Yide!"

Guan Yu comforted him. He remembered clearly that it was his third brother who stayed in Yizhou during the Xiangshui Alliance.

Zhang Fei did not speak. Although he wanted to pat his chest and say that Zhang He was easy to capture, he finally just nodded to his elder brother.

[Although Liao Li had a bad habit of being self-righteous, his criticism on this point was quite pertinent. In fact, Liu Bei was indeed like this. He never fought a prosperous war in his life.

Look at Emperor Zhaolie. He was tenacious in adversity. During the Battle of Hanzhong, he played a lot of tricks with small troops.

But what happened after he became rich? The Xiangshui Alliance led 30,000 soldiers to brush WeChat steps, and the Battle of Yiling... We will talk about it soon.

And at this critical moment like Dangyang Bridge, Zhang Fei stood up again.

Zhang Fei, the governor of Baxi, led 10,000 people to intercept Zhang He at Dangqu. 】

Zhang Fei looked at the light curtain with a face full of anxiety.

Guan Yu saw the uneasiness on his third brother's face, so he reached out and patted his shoulder:

"Third brother, you are also a fierce general of the time!"

"The military advisor's goal of crossing Jing and Yi should be achieved by you in this battle!"

"Engrave the inscription immediately, and the reputation of Zhang Fei of Zhuo County will be passed down for thousands of years!"

[There is no record of the strength of the two sides, but Liao Li said that almost one state was lost, and the two sides were deadlocked for more than 50 days, and there was no record of Zhang He's troops relying on the mountains, indicating that the difference in strength would not be too big.

The stalemate was broken by Zhang Fei's strategy. After carefully surveying the surrounding terrain, Zhang Fei chose the place for the decisive battle at Wakou Pass.

The terrain here is narrow and the mountains are steep. Zhang Fei lured Zhang He here, and then ambushed him together, relying on the terrain to cut off Zhang He's army, so that the front and rear armies were disconnected and unable to respond to each other.

After defeating the enemy in one battle, Zhang He had to abandon his horse in order to escape, and only led dozens of personal soldiers to climb the mountain to escape, so that Baxi was settled.

After defeating Zhang He, Zhang Fei also played a refined role and carved a message on the stone wall of Bameng Mountain: General Fei of the Han Dynasty led 10,000 elite soldiers and defeated the bandit leader Zhang He in Bameng. This inscription was engraved immediately.

Another purpose of this inscription was to deter the local pro-Cao Qiang people, completely bring peace to Baxi County, resolve the crisis in Yizhou, and restore stability from the inside out. 】