Chapter 263 Southern Xinjiang Strategy

"Hanzhong is indeed a paradise!" Liu Bei sighed from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Lu is indeed a capable person, and the rumors are indeed not credible.

When Zhang Lu heard Liu Bei's words, he couldn't help but smile. This was all due to his natural upbringing.

From having nothing to living and working in peace and contentment now, Hanzhong can truly be regarded as a land of abundance.

With Zhang Lu's cooperation, the entire handover process in Hanzhong was extremely smooth. This is the benefit of having the imperial court at your back.

Zhang Ren and Yan Yan explained variously along the way, how could he not understand the difficulty of attacking Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is surrounded by dangerous peaks. If Liu Bei really wanted to fight hard, I don't know how many troops it would cost.

But now it was just an imperial edict from the imperial court. He Liu Bei entered Hanzhong without bloodshed and solved the rebels that Liu Yan had written to countless times.

Everyone in Liu Yan is dead, and some of the responsibilities are difficult to hold accountable, but Liu Bei really realized the meaning of unity.

Everything is so logical and logical. As long as the heart is towards the court, everyone will be in the same direction. As for some hidden dangers, they can only be cleared up slowly in the later stage.

Liu Bei did not remove all the local officials in Hanzhong. Although Liu Bei knew that these officials were definitely not conducive to the rule of the court, for the sake of the people living and working in peace and contentment, Liu Bei could only hold them high and put them down gently, except for taking down some bad deeds.

Liu Bei did not deal with any of the remaining officials.

He, Liu Bei, has a heavy responsibility, but he doesn't have that much time to pass each level, so he can only use the fastest method that will be effective in the shortest time.

Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and others to continue the march, while he went to Hanzhong to inspect the public sentiment. After all, Hanzhong especially took the initiative to surrender, so his methods could not be too drastic. In order to prevent accidents, he had to patrol Hanzhong himself.

Throughout Liu Bei's tour of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu actively cooperated and lobbied everywhere, so that there was no trouble in Hanzhong and power was smoothly transferred to Liu Bei's hands.

"Thank you Gongqi these days! I want to ask for credit for Gongqi, but I don't know what Gongqi wants?" Liu Bei was a little curious. From Zhang Lu's various behaviors, he saw that Zhang Lu definitely wanted something, but he didn't know this man.

What do you want to pursue after giving up Hanzhong?

He could clearly see the appeals of Mrs. Lu and Zhang Qiying who were traveling with him, but he could not see through this Lu Zhang Gongqi at all.

Zhang Lu replied: "I am a man from the mountains. I have never pursued fame or fortune. I couldn't bear to see Li Ming suffer, so I stepped forward. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, I am naturally willing to hand over power. All I want is to follow nature."

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Liu Bei's original smile froze. He seemed to know what Zhang Lu wanted. He originally thought that after escaping from Luoyang, he would never encounter such troubles as Zhuzibaijia. Unexpectedly, he encountered this at his first stop in Hanzhong.

Successor of Taoism.

Doesn't Zhang Lu just want Taoism to appear in the world again? When the news reaches Luoyang, Lu Zhi will probably sever ties with his unfilial son.

"You and the general will definitely be able to chat!" Liu Bei sighed, and then reluctantly wrote a letter to Guo Hao to ask for credit from Zhang Lu.

He was 100% sure that Guo Hao would definitely agree. Pushing people out to compete with Confucianists was definitely something Guo Hao could do.

When the time comes, General Lu Zhi will have no choice but to take it out on himself. He just hopes that Lu Zhi will not sever ties with him.

Liu Bei stiffly finished writing the letter and handed it to Zhang Lu. No wonder Zhang Lu was so cooperative and the co-author was waiting for him here.

To be honest, there is no malicious intent in this move, but it just so happens that Liu Bei was beaten by Lu Zhi last time for the same problem. If this wave continues, things may really get worse.

Liu Bei watched the Zhang family leave. To be honest, he was really frightened. From the Zhang family, he could see the tip of the Taoist iceberg, and at the same time, he could see the horror of Confucianism. Guo Hao had been pushing for it.

It goes without saying how terrifying a hundred schools of thought are.

Liu Bei didn't dare to think about what kind of turmoil would happen, but Guo Hao was at a higher level than him, and he didn't know how to refute Guo Hao. He could only silently hope that Guo Hao wouldn't get lost. After all, the feeling of national unity was really great.

It's pretty good.

With Yan Yan and Zhang Ren leading the way, Liu Bei's army was overwhelming. The generals wherever they went directly surrendered to the city. Before Chengdu could react, Guan Yu led his troops to Chengdu.

A group of aristocratic families who wanted to cause separatism dared to provoke Guan Yu with 800 people, so they opened the city gate and rushed out with their troops without thinking.

Then the Dao light, which was as thick as a mountain peak, burst out with terrifying reality, and at the same time, it was driven with great force, forming a huge ring-shaped cloud in the sky.

The leading general didn't even say his name. Guan Yu rode past with his sword shining like a wing hanging from the sky. He killed the leading general with one blow and left a huge crack in the wall of Chengdu.

The defenders of Chengdu were frightened and cried instantly, and then surrendered directly. Before the aristocratic family could react, Guan Yu had already taken over the city defense of Chengdu.

On the other side, Zhang Fei stabbed his opponent to death with a spear, and then roared to death to scare several soldiers at the top of the city. Mianzhu opened the door and surrendered directly. Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Qin Liangyu, and Chen Dao also made their own gains. The process was similar to that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

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The entire Yizhou fell in less than a month. To be honest, Yizhou itself is well-equipped with civil and military skills. Although there are no top military generals, there are batches of second-rate generals such as Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Leng Bao, and Lei Tong.

Yes, and with the natural dangers placed wherever they are, they themselves are princes that cannot be ignored along the way.

If Yizhou really mobilized its forces to defend Liu Bei, not to mention counterattack, it would have taken Liu Bei at least a year and a half. As a result, after an imperial edict was passed, Yizhou directly split itself, and with Yan Yan, Zhang Ren should lead the way.

, it took Liu Bei three months to capture the entire Yizhou.

In fact, most of the time was spent on the road, and the time spent fighting was pitiful.

Zhang Su, Zhang Song, Qin Mi, Wu Yi, Huang Quan and a lot of Yizhou civil servants gathered under Liu Bei to help Liu Bei govern Yizhou. To be honest, Liu Bei was a little doubtful about his life.

It was as if his destiny should be in this place. God really helped him along the way, and he even picked up a wild counselor on the road, the kind with spiritual talent.

"Xiao Nao, what should we do next?"

What Liu Bei picked up on the road was his mastermind Fazheng. Although Zhuge Liang was more famous in the Shu Kingdom, Fazheng was indeed one of the important counselors under Liu Bei.

"The Biography of the First Master" says: Zhuge Liang was the chief editor and Fazheng was the mastermind, which shows the importance of Fazheng to Liu Bei.

"Of course we have to pacify the southern border and recover all the southern barbarians!" Fa Zheng was still young, but his ability was not bad at all. He planned the next step for Liu Bei in a few moments.

Ever since he learned about Meng Huo's existence, he had planned how to regain southern Xinjiang. After all, when there was no shortage of food, as long as these barbarians were defeated, it would be easy to make these barbarians infiltrate, and it wouldn't take more than three generations for the Han Dynasty to conquer them.

It is definitely a reliable big plan to add millions or tens of millions of people to North Korea.
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