Zheng Du is a smart person. He knows what Zhang Xiu wants and how to make Liu Yan survive.

He and Zhang Ren served Zhang Xiu in exchange for Liu Yan and his descendants to survive, which was a very good deal.

As a subordinate, he could not maintain his territory for Liu Yan, so he would not have to save his life.

After Xun You left, Zheng Du left the room where he was detained. Under the leadership of a personal soldier of Zhang Xiu, he came to the room where he was detained by Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren knelt in the room and read the book quietly. After hearing the movement, he looked up and saw Zheng Du slightly stunned. Then he put down the book, sighed softly, and said, "I told me not long ago that the gentleman and lord were captured alive. I don't believe it, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Zheng Du smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "It was a good trick used by Grand Sima. If we are anxious, we will rely on each other. If we are slow, we will kill each other. Gao Ding captured us alive while we are unprepared."

Speaking of this, Zheng Du sighed at Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren was brave and good at fighting. If he had followed them at that time, his troops would have been more than a few thousand, but 20,000 to 30,000.

If that is the case, they are planning to be a haute couture, not a haute couture plan for them.

He is really a good general, and he can reach 100,000 powerful soldiers.

What a pity, what a pity.

Zhang Ren did not think so much as Zheng Du thought. After hesitating for a while, he asked with concern: "Sir, how should the Grand Sima deal with the lord?"

Zhang Ren is a loyal man.

It is not the kind of person who wants to die and win the name of a loyal minister.

He was very concerned about Liu Yan's life and death.

Zheng Du suddenly became serious when he heard this, then bowed his hands to the ground and said sincerely: "I would like to ask General Zhang to save the lord."

Zhang Ren was not stupid. He shook his body when he heard this and sighed: "It turns out that the Grand Sima wants to use the life of his lord to force me to surrender."

Zheng Du smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "From my view, the Grand Sima has the heart to pacify the world, but I am afraid he is also the heart to be the emperor of Qin and the high Han Dynasty. Such a talent (referring to a person with a king and a domineering heart) must be eager to seek talents. The general is loyal and brave, and I am still quite talented. Of course, the Grand Sima does everything he can do. He even arranged my position. He was acquitted Nanzhong to Yunzhou and appointed me as the governor of Yunzhou. I am afraid he would also use the general as the general of Yunzhou."

Zhang Ren sighed, then remained silent for a while before he said hard: "If the lord's life can be saved, I, Zhang Ren, will go through fire and water."

In fact, he was relieved. Because he was concerned about his mother at home, he did not commit suicide by going on a hunger strike. But he was grateful to Liu Yan's kindness for knowing his love, so he could not surrender to Zhang Xiu.

He could only refuse to surrender and die, and just support Zhang Xiu. If Zhang Xiu wants to kill him, he has nothing to say. If Zhang Xiu let him go, he will go back to his hometown to serve his mother.

But if Liu Yan's life could be saved, he would be willing.

Although Zhang Xiu's methods were a little bad, they did hit his weakness.

"The general is really a loyal and righteous person." Zheng Dufubai then stood up and sighed.

People like Pang Xi sell their owners for glory.

People like Zhang Song are useless.

And people like Yan Yan and Zhang Ren are really loyal and righteous people. It’s a pity that Yan Yan died in Bazhong, which is a pity.

At this point, Zhang Ren cheered up a little and raised his head to ask Zheng Du: "Sir just said that the Grand Sima wanted to seize Nanzhong into Yunzhou. I'm afraid he would appoint me as General Yunzhou. There are many barbarians there, and the tribes do not subordinate to each other, and they even kill each other. There are few Han people, which is really not a good place."

Zhang Ren has a headache.

Not that I was afraid, I just felt it was troublesome.

"What General Zhang said is very much." Zheng Du also felt a headache and sighed. But he then relaxed a little and said, "But if Nanzhong is compared to thorns, this time the Grand Sima army can clear away many spikes. The Bashu population is large, so we persuade Grand Sima to migrate some Han people to Nanzhong. We can still gain a foothold by using this as the foundation to manage Nanzhong."

"Um."

Zhang Ren nodded. As long as there are Han people as the foundation, it will be much easier. In the final analysis, it is difficult for barbarians to trust.

The two men who had no choice but to surrender casually, and then stood up and came to the door of the room, and expressed their desire to see Zhang Xiu to the personal soldiers in charge of the supervision.

The personal soldier was also a clever person and hurriedly reported to Zhang Xiu. After he came back, the personal soldier invited the two to the study.

In front of the study, Zhang Xiu, Dian Wei and Ma Daili were standing in the corridor, looking around frequently. Zhang Xiu was not wearing shoes, only socks.

After seeing Zheng Du and Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu showed joy and strode forward, grabbed the hands of the two, looked at Zheng Du to the left, and said, "I don't like Yizhou, but Mr. Xide."

Looking at Zhang Ren on the right, Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "Why worry about the uncertainty of Nanzhong?"

"Come on, come on, the two talents come with me to sit down in the study." Zhang Xiu then pulled Zhang Ren, who was stunned, and Zheng Du entered the study and sat down.

Not to mention Zhang Ren, Zheng Du was just here to experience Zhang Xiu's [Respecting and Religious Sages]. Ma Dai was stunned. Only Dian Wei was used to it, but he just followed behind by the sword and stared at Zhang Ren, afraid that this guy would have any bad intentions.

Dian Wei knew that even if he had a sneak attack, Zhang Ren would not be Zhang Xiu's opponent, but as a guard, it was his responsibility.

After entering the study, Dian Wei asked Ma Dai to stay outside with his eyes, and he pressed his sword and stood next to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Ren and Zheng Du sat down one by one on the left and one by one.

"I plan to cut off the four counties in Nanzhong into six counties and set up Yunzhou. Mr. Zheng was appointed as the governor. General Zhang was appointed as General Pingnan, and the military commander of Yunzhou was the governor of Yunzhou. I will not mention how to govern Yunzhou for now. Now Gao Ding, Yong Kai, Zhu Bao, Meng Yuan and others are entrenched in Nanzhong, each with strong soldiers. What do you think?"

Zhang Xiu had no extra greetings, and after sitting down, he went straight into the road.

"Please return the old subordinates to me. I am willing to lead tens of thousands of troops as the pioneers. Regardless of the world, the barbarians, or the Han people, as long as the Grand Sima gives the order, the general will travel through mountains and rivers to fight for peace."

Zhang Ren said without frowning, bowing his hand. His voice was loud and majestic, his face was firm and like a rock.

"The general is really a general." Zhang Xiu was so energetic that he raised his thumb with his right hand and praised him. Then he nodded and said, "Okay. I will give the general a hundred cavalry and ten civil servants. The general will go to Chengdu first, gather his old subordinates and prepare to send troops."

"No." Zhang Renying said.

Zheng Du and Zhang Ren went to Chengdu to recruit officials first, preparing to go to Yunzhou to establish the Yunzhou Governor's Office.

.............

Liu Yan is quite powerful, but he is already in his twilight years.

Liu Zhang has no meaning.

Zhang Xiu did not break his promise and ordered the Liu family's father and son to migrate to Qiang to live, giving him a certain amount of wealth of land, cattle and sheep, so that the Liu family would not starve to death.

Let's set off now.

Zhang Ren and Zheng Du saw Liu Yan off before leaving.

At this point, Liu Yan is no longer a prisoner, but his identity is embarrassing. He did not take a prison cart, but an ordinary carriage.

The team is very large, including descendants of the Liu family, servants of the Liu family, and entourages.

Let’s not talk about Liu Zhang and others for now.

In front of a carriage, Liu Yan, Zhang Ren and Zheng Du looked at each other.

Liu Yan sighed: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the storm knows the loyal ministers. If it weren't for the rescue of the two, I, Liu Yan, would have been afraid that I would be a pile of loess. I am so grateful."

Liu Yan bowed and bowed deeply to the two of them.

"This is what I should do for you. Please don't do this by lord." Zhang Ren quickly helped Liu Yan up and said earnestly.

Zheng Du also quickly returned the gift.

Immediately, the three of them said something. Soon after, Zheng Du asked someone to pick up the wine and the three of them drank a drink. Zhang Ren helped Liu Yan get on the carriage, and watched Liu Yan's team slowly heading northwest with Zheng Du.

Liu Yanhui passed through Qishan Road and arrived at Qiangzhong. In this life, he would never meet them.

"Why."

Zhang Ren and Zheng Du sighed together, then turned over to the horse and rode their horses to Chengdu with their entourage.

They traveled lightly and simply and arrived in Chengdu before Zhang Xiu's army.

Zhang Xiu arranged troops and left eight generals in Bashu, taking charge of Bashu's defense and attack, including infantry and navy.

For the Bashu soldiers under Liu Yan, they selected strong troops to supplement their troops and eliminated the old and weak back to their hometowns. However, they did not move for Zhang Ren's old subordinates.

After Zhang Ren arrived in Chengdu, he quickly integrated ten thousand old subordinates and began to train troops.

Zheng Du was also very famous in Shuzhong and quickly recruited some civil servants and staff, ready to follow Zhang Xiu's army and go to Nanzhong to take up posts.

Zhang Xiu's army took the Taurus Road and returned to Chengdu. Without stopping in Chengdu, he led Fan Chou, Gao Shun, Hu Zhen, Xu Shu, Gongsun Kang, Meng Da and other generals, with Zhang Ren as the vanguard, and the army went south to Nanzhong.

When the news came, the Nanzhong area was in an uproar.

Sima Yi's strategy was very good. After Zhang Xiu left Chengdu and headed north, Nanzhong was excited.

They believed that Zhang Xiu, like Liu Yan, had no choice but to do anything about the wild land of Nanzhong.

After all, they are high and far away, with miasma, and there are many epidemics.

Gao Ding Design captured Liu Yan alive and sent him to the north to meet Zhang Xiu. Not only Gao Ding believes that it is extremely wise, but even the other major surnames in the south are also considered wise.

Now that the news is coming, there are endless curses. The southern surnames also sneer.

Qiongdu County, a high-end mansion.

In the hall.

Gao Ding is like the King of Yi, and the big horse is sitting on the northern throne with a golden sword. The west side is full of people, including the Gao clan, who are half of them.

Gao Ding pressed the sword with his left hand, was wearing armor, his eyes showed a fierce light, and his voice was bright.

"Zhang Xiu is really ungrateful. I helped him kill Liu Yan, but he killed my brother and sent troops to attack Nanzhong." Speaking of this, Gao Ding sneered: "The area in Nanzhong is hot and malaria-ridden. The army from the north is coming, it's just our ear food. Forget it, I'll just call myself king and raise an army!"

"King."

Everyone present suddenly felt refreshed and bowed to Gao Ding. Gao Ding smiled and nodded, then ordered: "Renovate the city, collect grain, select elite soldiers, contact Meng Yuan, Yong Kai, and Zhu Bao, we work together to wait for the labor. Wait for Zhang Xiu to come."

"promise."

Everyone agreed.
To be continued...