Chapter 302: Pacifying Yizhou

If Liu Bei was still in Xuzhou, he would definitely not take over Yizhou so simply. He would at least have to give in a few times.

But after many years of wandering around, Liu Bei has deeply understood a truth.

A thousand birds in the forest is worse than a bird in the hand. If you want to regain your ideals and restore the country, you must have a stable and prosperous territory.

When he was in Jingzhou, faced with Liu Qi's several humility, Liu Bei never thought about the huge Jingzhou.

But his relationship with Liu Qi was really good. Although he was already a prince, he was from a lower class and his loyalty remained unchanged, which made him feel guilty.

Just like in history, he spent all his country to avenge Guan Yu, and he had the same loyalty. If Liu Qi hadn't died of illness, he would never have agreed to Liu Qi's surrender of Jingzhou to him.

However, Liu Zhang was different.

Apart from the fact that they both share the same surname of Liu, there is almost no friendship between the two parties.

There was even a war.

Half of Liu Bei's troops came from the tens of thousands of Liu Zhang's men captured in the Battle of Zigui.

"Shall Ziqiao and I go to Jingzhou?"

"Down?"

The security situation was still chaotic in the morning, but by the afternoon, it had completely calmed down.

Therefore, there was enough food in the city and there were no casualties among the people.

Therefore, when Liu Zhang knew him so well, Liu Bei didn't mind actually going to the court to confer Liu Zhang the title of King of Shu. Whether Cao Cao agreed or not was another matter, so he treated Liu Zhang as the King of Shu.

Zhang Fei drank a lot of strong wine and shouted: "Brother, this Yizhou should be yours. How can Liu Biao and Liu Zhang's disciples compare to my eldest brother's wisdom and martial arts?"

"What?"

After a while, Fazheng came in, raised his hands to Liu Bei and said, "My lord, did Liu Jiyu give up Yizhou to my lord?"

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Just look at this world."

The guard said: "The soldiers guarding the north city gate opened the city gate, and now the whole city has surrendered."

Fazheng was extremely smart and naturally understood these principles. He nodded and said, "This is indeed the best way."

"Is there anything Xiaonao can do?"

Fazheng looked at Pang Tong and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Fengchu said that attacking the city is the priority and attacking the heart is the priority, he must have an idea in mind."

"Lord."

In fact, although Chengdu was besieged for so long, it did not cause famine.

However, because Lu Meng controlled the soldiers' families, the soldiers had no morale and fled one after another, and finally they were defeated in Maicheng.

"snort."

After all, I couldn’t bear to take this life.

Guan Yu won the battle and still had tens of thousands of troops in his hands.

"I'll get you paper and pen."

Zhang Lu was shocked and said: "What's going on?"

Zhang Lu breathed a sigh of relief. At least Liu Bei didn't kill him and allowed him to continue practicing Taoism. This was already the best result.

Liu Bei looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, go back to your camps and prepare to attack the city today."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Well, I agreed. I will go to the court and petition him to be crowned King of Shu. When the time comes, I will build him a palace so that he can take care of himself."

Fa Zheng said: "How about we write down our respective methods and compare them together?"

The wine jar fell to the ground. Zhang Lu opened his eyes wide and sat there for a long time.

At this time, Guan Yu returned to his own military camp, Zhang Fei drank too much and went to sleep, and the generals at all levels also went to work. Only Pang Tong, Fazheng, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others were following him.

Liu Bei asked: "What does filial piety mean?"

Liu Bei got off his horse, went up to catch the official seal, and then helped Zhang Lu up and said: "If Mr. Zhang is willing to surrender, that would be the best. From now on, it is also a wonderful thing to devote yourself to cultivating Taoism."

Zhang Lu said angrily: "Who is Liu Bei? He is just a country man. He claims to be a relative of the emperor, but he is worthy of surrendering to me? I would rather be a slave for Duke Cao than a guest for Liu Bei."

Seeing Zhang Lu drunkenly, with disheveled hair, as if he had aged twenty years, Yan Pu sighed: "Come down."

Zhang Lu took Yan Pu and dozens of personal guards to the outside of Yizhou Mu's mansion. When Liu Bei's chariot arrived at the gate, he knelt down and presented the official seal of the Hanzhong prefect, kowtow and said: "I wish to surrender to General Zuo!"

Only then did Fazheng understand why Liu Bei looked at the sky without saying a word for a long time. He sighed for a moment: "My lord, my long-cherished wish has been fulfilled. I'm sure you will be very happy."

After looking at the sky in the distance for a long time, Liu Bei's eyes gradually changed from absentmindedness to determination. Finally, his eyes seemed to slowly gain light and became brighter and brighter.

Now times have changed, and Liu Zhang's territory has been controlled by Liu Bei. If I respect you, I will call you my clan brother. If I don't respect you, I will sink you into the Yangtze River to feed the fish.

The key is that when Liu Beijun sent home letters like this, the generals guarding the city did not dare to order the soldiers not to take them or read them. In an era when family values ​​were much higher than national values, preventing soldiers from reading letters from home was tantamount to death.

Soon the two of them wrote down their own ideas on paper.

"only."

After he left, Fazheng asked Mi Zhu and Sun Qian: "Lord, what is this?"

Liu Bei put his hands behind his back, drank a lot of wine, and walked out of the tent.

It was not until October that the first batch of family letters were sent to Chengdu, and Yang Ang, who was stationed in Deyang, surrendered first.

Fazheng asked in confusion: "Why do we have to act in such an exchange?"

I just remember that I seemed to have drunk a lot, and was eventually dragged out. I didn't know how long it took to wake up, and it felt like a lifetime ago.

But now Liu Zhang was in a hurry when he ran away. He only had time to take part of his property with him, and ran away without even disposing of the treasury and granary.

Liu Zhang came to ask for it shamelessly because he thought Liu Bei was a loyal man and wanted to engage in moral kidnapping. Little did he know that Liu Bei, who had experienced severe beatings from society, was no longer what he used to be.

More importantly, Zhang Lu had almost wiped out Liu Zhang, and the current Yizhou was snatched back by Liu Bei from Zhang Lu.

Zhang Fei left.

He collapsed in the mansion, and was no longer with his counselor Yan Pu.

Fazheng still couldn't figure out Liu Bei's character. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he wanted to go up and ask, but Mi Zhu and Sun Qian stopped him. They shook their heads and told him not to disturb Liu Bei. The four of them stood silently behind Liu Bei.

Wait.

Liu Bei said: "Now that we have their land, we should respect them."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said: "Well, let's do it according to Xiaozhi's wishes. I will leave this matter to Xiaozhi. Just before he came, Xiaoqing also said that he hopes that Kong Ming will come to Xichuan next year to handle internal affairs. Xiaozhi, you and your son

Qiao then went to Jingzhou."

After all, he hoped that Liu Bei would help him take back Chengdu, so it was impossible for him to murder his own property.

"Okay, third brother, stop talking nonsense."

After about a minute, he felt lost, slowly got up from the table, shook his head, and said to Yan Pu: "Come out with me and surrender."

Zhang Lu snorted coldly and took another sip of wine.

In fact, Liu Bei is in a daze now, and he also feels like he is dreaming.

"Just let him go to Jingzhou."

Mi Zhu and Sun Qian came over to take a look, and saw two words written on the notes in their hands - family!

Pang Tong and Fazheng looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Chengdu is broken.

Pang Tong said in a deep voice: "The lord will be happier when Yizhou is really in his hands. Let's discuss the plan to attack the city tomorrow first. Shen Xiaoqing once said, attacking the city is the bottom priority, and attacking the heart is the top priority. What do you have? Way? "

From the Yellow Turban Uprising to being driven to Nanyang by Cao Cao, he was displaced for more than twenty years. He served as an uncle in the imperial court and as a state pastor in Xuzhou and Yuzhou, but he never had a piece of property that belonged to him, even in Xuzhou. It can only last for a short period of two years.

At this moment, the guard outside the door came in in fear, knelt down on one knee, and said with a cry: "Liu Bei's army has entered the city."

After Liu Bei's army entered the city, they immediately dispersed to receive the surrendered soldiers of Zhang Lu, deal with the rebels and issue lists to appease the people.

At the same time, Zhao Yun, who was staying in Hanzhong, was ordered to collect letters from the soldiers' families and ask them to write letters home and send them over. There was no need to persuade them to surrender, as long as they wrote letters home.

"I see."

Zhang Fei muttered: "They didn't give us this land. We took it based on our strength."

"Report!"

It's just that this time, many family members have to be summoned and people are sent to inquire one by one, which is indeed a bit time-consuming.

December 6th.

Guan Yu also said: "You have drunk too much, go and rest."

Pang Tong said: "Similar to the interchange between the kings of Chu and Shu, Zhuge Kongming and Shen Xiaoqing were too deeply involved with the local aristocratic families in Jingzhou. When the decree was issued, due to human feelings, they could not deal with these aristocratic families when they were harming the people. If you are a rich family, it will be much easier if you exchange things. Kong Ming does not need to care about the Yizhou family, and Xiaozhi does not need to care about the Jingzhou family."

So if Liu Zhang gives Yizhou to Liu Bei, Liu Bei will not have any psychological pressure.

Under this situation, Zhang Lu couldn't hold on for long. Because Chengdu was smaller than Luocheng and Deyang, and Luocheng and Deyang were smaller cities. Even if soldiers launched a rebellion and wanted to open the city gate, they could still be suppressed as long as the chief suppressed it forcefully. Chengdu has more than four city gates, and it occupies a large area.

Now that they control Hanzhong, Zhang Lu's soldiers and their families are all in the north. How long will it take if they don't take advantage of them?
To be continued...