On August 24, 2013, Zhanghe, I led my troops to the suburbs of Chengdu. Lu Meng, Guan Ping, Shamoke, Huang Quan, Wang Lei, Pang Yi, Lu Yi and other Chinese civil and military officials went out of the city to welcome him. Liu Zhang's only youngest son Liu Chan was also among the crowd who came out to welcome him.

After a little greeting, the group entered Chengdu City.

Among the nearly 50,000 troops that followed me, the Sichuan army affiliated with Zhang Ren and Yan Yan directly entered the city, while the Jingzhou army was stationed outside the city under my insistence.

Such an arrangement is precisely for the need to appease the Sichuan sergeant people. The Sichuan people are conservative and exclusive. It is not easy to let them accept their elder brother in a short period of time.

If our army enters the city directly as a victorious person at this moment, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some Sichuan officials and scholars.

In terms of strength, I naturally don’t have to be afraid of them, but if I really have a severance in the relationship with these officials, it is likely to cause the entire Xichuan scholar to be wary of his elder brother.

Even if you forcefully take Xichuan, you will only get a gunpowder barrel that may explode at any time.

If you want to conquer Xichuan, your troops will be the best, and your heart will be the best!

With the current situation, the Sichuan generals and military generals have established a good relationship with our army. Not to mention Yan Yan, even Zhang Ren, who is known for his "stubbornness", is gradually changing his attitude.

In contrast, the situation of the scholars in Sichuan may be more complicated. According to Lu Meng's continuous reports over the past few days, I have roughly grasped the situation--the scholars in Sichuan can be roughly divided into three schools.

Some of them have a good impression of our army and welcome their elder brother to enter Xichuan, such as Li Hui and Fei Shi; the other part rejected the elder brother and our army because they wanted to take charge of Xichuan alone, with Peng Yang as the leader; other scholars led by Huang Quan and Wang Lei were among them, and they have not yet shown any obvious tendency.

The first two factions only account for one or two, and most of the Sichuan sergeants still belong to the middle faction. What I have to do is to try to win over the middle faction scholars.

Not being able to dominate others with military power is the first step to conquer the Sichuan Sect.

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Even though I was used to seeing a majestic city like Xiangyang and Jiangling, when I first stepped into Chengdu, I couldn't help but be amazed by this ancient city.

The plains in Shu are rich in resources and fertile land. They are also irrigated by Dujiangyan, and are known as Tianfu. Although Liu Yan and Liu Zhang are not considered a hero, they have been in charge of Yizhou for more than 20 years since their father and son ruled Yizhou for more than 20 years.

He paid great attention to rest and recuperation, which made hundreds of thousands of people in Sichuan benefit from it.

Chengdu, the central part of Shu, has reached a scale of 50,000 households and a population of less than 200,000. Today, there are only a few cities such as Xiangyang and Xuchang. The towering and thick city walls are probably the only ones that can compare with it today.

The jagged houses and shops, the thirty horses (thirty horses can be used in parallel) and the main roads are all showing their magnificent momentum.

If such a city really needs to be attacked by force, I don’t know how much manpower it will take. If Liu Xi and Zhang Song’s group had not been angry with the public and even deviated from the hearts of the people, how could they have been broken by Lu Meng in less than ten days?

After the initial panic, the people in Chengdu had gradually adapted and some popularity was restored in the street market. When we saw our group riding horses by, many people also knelt down to greet us.

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Taking advantage of the time before the dinner, I summoned Lu Meng, Guan Ping and Shamoke to hold a discussion.

Where I lived in, the mansion of a wealthy family in Chengdu, but this family was suspected of being Zhang Ren's party in the previous civil war in Sichuan, and the house was killed by Liu Xun, and the house was empty because of this.

Originally, Huang Quan and others intended to invite me to stay in the governor's mansion, but I politely declined.

"…The situation in Sichuan is complicated. If you want to take it under the lord's command, you must attack the heart first. If the scholars in Sichuan cannot convince you, even if you forcefully seize Xichuan, it will probably be in name but not real. There will be endless troubles.

"Lu Meng carefully described the process of his surprise attack and capture of Chengdu and the current situation in Chengdu. He pointed out the key point in a sharp way.

I nodded and agreed.

"Peng Yang's group of people may not be convinced..." Shamoke said in a stiff tone. These days, Lu Meng and the others seemed to have had a little unhappy relationship with Peng Yang and others.

"Peng Yang is a crazy person, or a little scheming, but he is arrogant, narrow-minded and utilitarian. Even among the officials in Sichuan, he is not likable.

"Lu Meng was not angry, but said with a smile, "This time, he relied on Peng Yang to set up a plan to deceive Liu Xuan and Zhang Song, which made Chengdu change hands. He thought he was the number one hero who turned the tide and wanted to use this to seize power and gain power.

This crazy man didn't think about it. If there was no general army approaching the border, his so-called "trick plan" would not even have a chance to perform it."

"And, given the situation in Chengdu at that time, even if Peng Yang did not appear, it would be only a matter of breaking the city!" Guan Ping also said with a little angrily.

After hearing this, I have a deeper understanding of the situation in Sichuan and greater confidence in subduing Xichuan. If I were really led by a madman like Peng Yang, the "alone power faction" among the Sichuan scholars would not have become a climate at all.

Even insiders don't like them, and they even want to take over all the power? It's a bit too high...

"Zi Ming, Dingguo... You have made great contributions to the war in Sichuan this time. I have submitted a letter to my elder brother to ask for your merits, and I think everyone in the court is well aware of your special merits.

"I stood up, walked to Lu Meng, Guan Ping, Shamoko and others, and laughed loudly.

"They are all generals who plan and win thousands of miles away. The last generals do nothing but follow the plan and dare not express their merits!" Lu Meng hugged his hands together and bowed to himself and said humbly.

"I dare not express my merits!" Guan Ping, Shamoke and others also bowed their fists.

"On the fifteenth day, I crossed the 700-mile Yinping Plank Road; with 6,000 troops to defeat the enemy seven times, I swept across Jiangyou, Fu, Mianzhu, Luo, and Chengdu on the twenty days, and captured the evil spirits..." I held up Lu Meng, Guan Ping, and Shamoke one by one, and said with a sigh, "This kind of amazing skill."

Why don’t you dare to say anything? Since you are a big man, don’t act like this little child…”

"Thank you General!" Lu Meng and his men saluted again in an orderly manner and said excitedly.

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In the Nichen Mountains with mountains and mountains, there are cypress trees. Because there are few people, birds and beasts in the forest are happy.

However, the peace in the mountains was broken on this day, and more than a dozen people dressed in mountain people broke into Nichen Mountain. Perhaps because of the long journey, these people were all tired. Their clothes were also worn and ragged.

"Have the people on the road explorer returned?" A middle-aged man with a clear appearance could not resist his fatigue, so he found a big stone and sat down, panting and asked the people around him.

"Sir, he hasn't come back yet!" One of them replied respectfully, "Why send someone to take a look?"

"Well..." the Qingxu man nodded, "Remember to be careful. The Jianmen Plank Road is now the only hope for us to go to Dongchuan. If the enemy is alarmed, even if we are not killed, we can only be trapped in this poor mountain and evil ridge.

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"yes……"

After the person who was sent to explore the way left, the Qingxu man said to the others: "I'm tired of walking, stop and rest for a while..."

The subordinates were relieved and looked for cleaner stones to sit down. Some even untied their clothes and cooled down.

Although it is already the time when the summer is over to early autumn, the weather is still hot and I feel sweaty after a long journey. Fortunately, there are still trees in the mountains to shade.

After taking the water bag from his subordinates. After drinking a few sips, the Qingxu man stared at an ancient tree with his arms in his arms, and was stunned.

After about half an hour, two pathfinders returned together one after another.

"...You guys explored carefully? There was really no enemy guarding the intersection on the plank road?" The Qingxu man looked excited and asked anxiously.

"Sir, there is really no one guarding the entrance of the plank road, but I don't know what is ahead..."

"Hu..." After a long sigh of relief, the clear and lofty man said with a relaxed expression: "It seems that Zhang Fei and Zhang Ren did not expect that I would go north to Hanzhong. They all thought that Meng would avoid them and flee to Nanzhong, but I went the other way.

The more dangerous it is, the safer it is, haha…”

The Qingxu man was Meng Da who abandoned his army and fled. As soon as he noticed that the army's morale had changed, he decisively sneaked away with more than ten confidants. In order to confuse the possible pursuers, he also left traces and made an illusion of fleeing south. In fact, he fled north.

He intentionally passed through Hanzhong, crossed Qinchuan and entered Yongzhou, and defected to Cao Cao's command.

Meng Da was originally a Fufeng native. Later, he avoided disasters and arrived in Yizhou due to wars in Guanzhong. He was quite familiar with the geography of Xichuan to Yongzhou and was very confident of successful escape.

After exploring the situation, Meng Da no longer hesitated and immediately took more than ten confidants to cross Nichen Mountain and prepare to enter the Jianmen Plank Road.

After climbing over this mountain, there are two small hills in front of them, and two or three miles ahead are the entrance to the sword plank road.

After looking around carefully for a moment, after confirming that nothing was wrong, Meng Da was relieved to lead people into the valley between the two hills.

The mountain wind is gentle and the sun shines in the west, and the shadows of the trees in the mountains appear to be shiny.

It was less than a mile to fully penetrate the valley, but at this time Meng Da suddenly felt uneasy and felt stronger and stronger.

"Stop!" With a light shout, Meng Da looked around alertly, as if he wanted to find something.

The confidants were confused.

"Dog thief, are you looking for me?" A cold voice suddenly sounded from the right side.

Hearing this voice, Meng Da and his confidants felt like they were scattered.

"Zhang Ren???!!!!" Meng Da exclaimed in a flash, then turned his head suddenly and looked at him.

"It's my governor!" Countless figures appeared on the foothills on both sides. These people all hung strangely disguised themselves, such as leaves, mountain flowers and wild grasses. At first glance, it was indeed difficult to distinguish.

He threw away the disguise on his body, Zhang Ren walked slowly, with his eyebrows and glaring, but his tone of speaking was unusually dull and cold: "Shameless traitor. Do you really think you can escape?"

"You...why are you here?" Meng Da asked sternly instinctively as if his heart was beating as if he was pounding as a drum.

"You pretend to flee south, but actually go north. How can you deceive me with such a little trick?" Zhang Ren sneered and continued to lean towards Meng Da, "When you go south, who can you surrender?

Furthermore, with your good and profit-seeking personality, how can you live in seclusion in the mountains and forests with peace of mind? The only person you can surrender to is Cao Cao. You dare not go to Badong, and the only way to Cao Cao is to go to Jianmen Plank Road.

You could escape from Guanzhong to Yizhou, but now you can naturally escape from Yizhou to Guanzhong again."

After Zhang Renyi broke the plan incisively, Meng Da's face was immediately bloodless. He thought he was able to make up his mind, but he didn't want to be completely within the other party's expectations.

"How could you catch up? It's still ahead of me?" Meng Da asked unwillingly. Zhang Ren was able to get news of Meng Da's absconding at least half a day later, and Meng Da never stopped along the way. He was caught up.

It's really undetailed.

"Zhang Zhengxi has a strong brigade named Langya Camp. The soldiers of this camp are very good at crossing mountains and ridges and sneaking into surprise attacks. This governor specially borrowed 500 wolfyarn elite soldiers from Zhang Zhengxi to chase you.

"Zhang Ren pointed to the soldiers who were pretending to be undefeated around him and sneered, "I will tell you one more thing so that you can give up——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Meng Da was like a deflated ball, and he became decadent and low-spirited, saying powerlessly: "I have a plan to lose, and I should die."

"You should die naturally. And it was a death cut into pieces..." Zhang Ren approached step by step and said coldly.

When he was nearly fifty steps, Meng Da suddenly raised his hand, shot a powerful arrow from the crossbow and headed straight for Zhang Ren's face.

With a sneer, Zhang Ren unhappily used the spear in his hand and knocked away the powerful arrow less than two feet away from his body: "Meng Da, you and I know the truth. Your little tricks may be okay to deceive others, but wouldn't it be boring to deceive me!"

The sneak attack with high hopes failed. Meng Da's face turned pale and shouted loudly: "Run out with me and kill!"
To be continued...