Chapter 621 How about we abandon the dark and turn to the bright?
In the early years, when Liu Yangang came to Yizhou, for the sake of his own rule, he suppressed or even eliminated many of the gentry in Yizhou.
Later, when Cao Cao issued a proclamation and Yuan Shao called on the princes of the world to gather to fight against Dong, Liu Yan ignored the princes of the world and refused to send troops to form an alliance to fight against Dong. It was at that time that Jia Long, one of the representatives of the Yizhou gentry, saw through Liu Yan.
Yan's ambition of separatist rule and self-reliance began to instigate gentry and noble families to rebel against Liu Yan.
However, this rebellion was quickly suppressed by Liu Yan, but both Liu Yan and the Yizhou nobles suffered losses. Although they had been recuperating for nearly ten years, Liu Zhang and the Yizhou nobles still had not regained their original strength.
It is precisely because of this that the Yizhou nobles will not maintain an iron-clad relationship with Liu Zhang. Zhang Song of the Zhang family even took the initiative to offer the map of Bashu to Cao Cao to help Cao Cao capture Xichuan.
However, Liu Yan's suppression of the Yizhou nobles made it easier for Cao Cao to rule and saved him too much unnecessary trouble.
After Lu Yan captured Yizhou, the new policies on household registration and land that he formulated could be promoted faster and more easily. As for the nobles who dared to disobey or even resist, Lu Yan didn't mind showing them what it meant to be iron-blooded.
wrist.
Fushui Pass was broken, and generals Wu Lan and Gao Pei retreated to Fucheng.
Cao Jun continued to move forward, and soon arrived outside Fucheng and formed a military formation. They did not plan to set up camp anymore, and were ready to take Fucheng directly in one go.
Zhang Ren, the defender of Fucheng, had 10,000 soldiers. After joining forces with Gao Pei and Wu Lan's troops who had returned, there were now almost 20,000 soldiers in total.
From Gao Pei and Wu Lan, Zhang Ren learned that Lu Yan had a powerful siege weapon. In order to prevent himself from being passively beaten like Fushui Pass, Zhang Ren detached an army and ordered Gao Pei to lead it.
Set up camp ten miles outside the city, relying on the momentum of the corner.
Lu Yan asked Ma Chao and Xia Houlan to lead the cavalry to deal with the troops outside the city. Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci, as the first generals to attack the city, led the infantry and prepared to lead the army into the city after breaking through the city wall.
There was little suspense in the process of siege. The fifty artillery pieces were divided into two waves and fired volleys in turn. Fucheng's wall, which was not as strong as Fushui Pass, collapsed after only two rounds.
Outside the city, Gao Pei led 10,000 soldiers and had little power to fight back under the attack of Xiahou Lan and Ma Chao.
After Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci captured Zhang Ren and Wu Lan, Xia Houlan and Ma Chao also killed Gao Pei.
The main reason is that Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren are brothers. During the battle, both Zhao Yun and Tai Shici showed mercy, and Wu Lan also took advantage of it. Otherwise, he might have been killed directly like Gao Pei.
destiny.
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At the same time, the unfavorable war conditions in the north and east also spread back to Chengdu.
In the prefect's mansion, a panicked messenger suddenly rushed in and shouted: "Report! Lord! There is an urgent military situation!"
Liu Zhang was enjoying the singing and dancing. When he heard this, he frowned and said, "What's the decency of being so flustered? If you have something to say, just straighten your tongue and say it!"
The singers retreated one after another, and after the ordering soldiers took a few breaths, they said: "My lord, Cao Jun in the north has conquered Fushui Pass, and Cao Ren in the east has also conquered Jiangzhou!"
"Clang!"
Suddenly there was a noise from above, and the messenger raised his head in confusion. It turned out that Liu Zhang was frightened by the sudden bad news and fell to the ground, casually knocking over the table in front of him.
"Wha...what? What did you say? Say it again!!"
Facing the furious Liu Zhang, the messenger couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and said: "My lord, Cao's army has defeated Fushui Pass and Jiangzhou, and is heading towards Chengdu!"
Liu Zhang still didn't believe himself and shouted with a ferocious expression: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"I have a natural barrier of Jiange in the north of Xichuan, and Yan Yan's army is guarding Jiangzhou Jiancheng in the east. How can Cao's army break through so easily?!"
"Back to my lord, I heard that Cao Jun used a new type of siege weapon, which can bombard the city walls into rubble amid the roar of thunder. The walls of Jiangzhou City and Fushui Pass were both destroyed in this way. It is really shocking!
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"What about General Yan?" Liu Zhang was really
He was so panicked that he quickly found a supporter, "Where are Wu Yi, Gao Pei, and General Zhang Ren?"
The messenger replied with a somewhat ugly expression: "General Yan was captured alive by Cao Ren, and General Wu Yi and others have retreated to Fucheng, Luocheng and Mianzhu Pass respectively."
Liu Zhang's face turned pale and he collapsed on the ground. His mouth was trembling and he whispered: "It's over...it's all over..."
Outside the prefect's mansion, many civil servants and generals had already gathered together after hearing the news.
Someone asked the people around him: "I heard that Cao Jun has invaded. What do you think now, my lord?"
The person in question sneered, glanced around him, and then whispered: "My lord, I'm afraid he's still in a state of intoxication. How can he have any ideas?"
"Alas... Yizhou has been completely destroyed by the Liu family and his son..."
At this time, Meng Da suddenly brought more than a thousand people to the prefect's mansion and said to the gathered civil and military officials: "After Cao Ren's army captured Jiangzhou, they extended all the way to Fucheng along the Fulishui River, attacking Ba along the way.
County, and then will also go to Fucheng.
When Lu Yan broke through Fushui Pass, he barely lost a single soldier and still had nearly 100,000 troops.
When the three armies converge, Lu Yan will have at least 200,000 troops under his command. I would like to ask you, who among us in Shu can face him head-on?"
Meng Da deliberately exaggerated the number of Cao's troops to pave the way for his subsequent attempts.
"Wow!"
Meng Da's words shocked and stunned all the Shu officials present.
After a brief silence, everyone's faces showed panic, and then they began to discuss with their close colleagues what they should do.
At this time, an official who was familiar with Meng Da asked, "General Meng, what do you think?"
Meng Da has people under his command, and he no longer hides them. "Except for Yizhou, all the world has returned to Han orthodoxy! The Liu family and his son want to separate one side, why should we help Zhou? We might as well take the opportunity to abandon the secret and turn to the light, and lead Shuzhong
The common people are back under the control of the Han Dynasty, and maybe they can leave their mark in history!"
Many people's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they looked at each other and saw the eager thoughts in each other's eyes.
Yes, all thirteen states in the world, except Yizhou, are now under Cao Cao's rule.
How can one state compete with the entire Han Dynasty?
It's better to surrender secretly as soon as possible, maybe you can get a huge credit!
Thinking of this, many people raised their hands or clasped their fists towards Meng Da and said, "We will listen to General Meng's orders!"
This group of people are all human beings. Since Meng Da proposed to surrender, they naturally pushed him out to be the leading bird. Although if they succeed, their contribution will definitely not be as great as Meng Da's, but if they fail, they will not
There will be too much liquidation.
Anyway, there are benefits, but there are still risks. Who wouldn’t want to participate in such a good thing?
After receiving a lot of support from around him, Mengda became even more satisfied.
But there was still a small group of people who didn't respond to him, so Meng Da looked at the leader of the small group and asked, "Master Huang, what do you think?"