After arranging all the major events in Chengdu, Yang Zhan took Liu Jiankuan, Li Zhiyong, Tie Jieban, three monks and a monkey into the high mountains of northern Sichuan.

They chased Shunqing from the post road and soon caught up with Zhang Xianzhong who was marching in a hurry.

Zhang Xianzhong was competing with Zeng Ying for speed because they intercepted Shunqing's guard Xiong Yingrui's messenger and knew that Zeng Ying would send troops to rescue Shunqing soon.

Shunqing changed hands several times, and now he is under the control of Zeng Ying. Guards Xiong Yingrui and Feng Youqing heard that Zhang Xianzhong was coming, and they were so frightened that their feet and stomachs cramped. In panic, Yang Zhan and his party entered the city.

Yang Zhan had already figured out the direction of Phoenix Mountain. He entered the city to order Xiong Yingrui to make way for Zhang Xianzhong.

Xiong Yingrui was dumbfounded, wondering if this person was Yang Zhan. Yang Zhan reached out for a bow, pulled it casually, and shot down a lantern under the eaves a thousand meters away.

After taking down Xiong Yingrui, they returned to the post road and prepared to take down Zhang Xianzhong.

The rugged Shu Road meanders northward in deep mountains and dense forests. On both sides of the post road are ancient cypresses that are green all year round.

Three monks and a monkey were walking in the opposite direction of the advancing Daxi Army, looking to collide with each other, but nothing happened, as if the road suddenly widened.

The strange sight quickly alarmed Zhang Xianzhong, who led them to him and asked with interest:

"You don't know how to get out of the way when you see a large army. Are you monks really not afraid of death?"

The oldest monk replied: "What is there to be afraid of when a person is about to die?"

"Oh? Are you rushing here to seek death?"

"No, let's tell the king, don't go any further. If you go not far, you will end up dead."

Zhang Xianzhong laughed wildly and said: "I have been in Sichuan for less than three years, and I have had enough of the nonsense of you monks and Taoists! If you don't want me to attack Shunqing, you can beg me. Why bother making up such ridiculous words?"

The old monk said: "Of course your Majesty won't believe it. In order to save lives, I have persuaded the Shunqing garrison to make way for you. You don't have to enter the city, just go straight ahead along the post road."

"Hahaha, are you lying? Why should I believe you?" Zhang Xianzhong was about to order these three monks to be killed when he suddenly saw the soldiers bringing his own food over and joked: "You want me to believe you.

, you eat these pork and dog meat!”

The old monk looked up at the sky and asked loudly: "Tathagata Buddha, can I break the precepts today?"

With a "pop" sound, a stone with the word "*" printed on it fell from the tall cypress beside the post road. Everyone looked up and saw that there was nothing on the tree.

The old monk leaned over to pick it up, shook his head and said: "The Tathagata has a command to save souls, so why bother with a command!"

After saying that, he grabbed the pork and dog meat and wolfed them down.

Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly, "You, a monk, can break the precepts and eat meat, so I can break the precepts and not kill him. Tell the whole army not to enter the city. If he doesn't come to block me, I won't attack him."

To be honest, Zhang Xianzhong could continue moving forward without attacking Shunqing, which Zhang Xianzhong wished for. If the attack delayed the trip and Zeng Ying arrived, it would be troublesome.

This old monk was really sent by God to help him.

He asked out of curiosity: "Monk, what is your surname? Where is your temple?"

The old monk bowed to say goodbye and replied: "Call me Monk Poshan!" Then he floated away with the two monks, leaving a melodious poem behind him: "The old monk came without anyone to accompany him."

, Fortunately, there are willows hanging over the door. I see the willow flowers bloom and fall, and I don’t know when the spring dream will return!”

Every word of this poem hit Zhang Xianzhong's heart. It turned out to be her! It was she who wanted to save herself. Yuzhen, Yuzhen, it turns out you knew I was leaving, it turns out you were here to see me off.

Zhang Xianzhong ordered the Daxi Army to quickly pass through Shunqing and advance toward Xichong.

When we arrived in Xichong, we still didn't enter the city, but plunged into the mountains again. We came to a place called Jinshanpu and set up camp and palace. The mountain where Jinshanpu is located winds for dozens of miles and is shaped like a phoenix, so

It is named Fenghuang Mountain. The surrounding cliffs of Fenghuang Mountain are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the top of the mountain is flat land, which is most suitable for camping.

The Daxi Army was stationed at Fenghuang Mountain, but no one knew their true intentions. The officers and soldiers thought they were trying to find out what was true in Hanzhong and determine the next march strategy.

What is incredible is that as soon as Zhang Wenxiu's team settled down, they began to secretly cut down trees and build warships.

Yang Zhan saw all this and firmly controlled the development of the situation.

In fact, Zeng Ying had already set off from Chongqing, but was intercepted by Yang Zhan halfway. Zeng Ying was very puzzled and asked: "If the general really wanted to let the tiger return to the mountains, why did he intercept and kill him on the Minjiang River in the first place?"

Yang Zhan smiled enigmatically: "In order to kill the tiger, if one plan fails, then make another plan. I will definitely destroy him in the Shushan River this time. This is what he owes us. You just need to make good arrangements.

, don’t let his remnants of poison spread to eastern Sichuan!”

Zeng Ying had always admired Yang Zhan, so he naturally believed in his plan to kill the tiger and took his people back to Chongqing.

Yang Zhan followed the ancient post road to Baoning. He had to figure out the Qing army's movements in Hanzhong before implementing the action plan.

On the way, he met Liu Jinzhong's messenger and intercepted Liu Jinzhong's secret report to Zhang Xianzhong. It turned out that Liu Jinzhong thought that Zhang Xianzhong was really going out of Sichuan from here to Hanzhong, so he wanted to launch an attack to attack Ma Ke in Hanzhong. This was a letter of invitation for war.

, I hope Zhang Xianzhong will reply as soon as possible.

Yang Zhan thought for a moment and ordered the messenger to be killed.

A few days later, another group of messengers arrived from Baoning. Liu Jiankuan, who had been waiting here, flew down from the cypress and knocked them unconscious.

After taking out the letter and looking at it, it turned out that Liu Jinzhong waited for Zhang Xianzhong to reply, so he went to attack Ma Ke. Unexpectedly, Ma Ke, with the support of the Qing army, was too powerful. Liu Jinzhong was unfavorable in setting off the troops and lost his troops. He was afraid that the Qing troops would soon attack Baoning.

Then a messenger was sent to report, hoping that Zhang Xianzhong would drive to Baoning as soon as possible to resist the Qing troops.
Chapter completed!