While everyone was discussing how to attack Hanzhong and complete the army's rendezvous, the messenger sent by Liu Bei also came to the front of the pass and reported to the guards. After Gao Pei knew about this, he asked Gao Pei to guard the pass, and Yang Huaihe
The envoy went to Chengdu together to meet Liu Zhang to deliver the letter.
After reading the contents of the letter, Liu Zhang felt a little strange and asked Yang Huai why he came together. Yang Huai said: "I came for this letter. According to my observation, after Liu Bei entered Hanzhong, he spread his mercy and won the hearts of the people.
His intention is definitely not as simple as resisting foreign enemies for brotherhood. It is very likely that he is trying to plot against Xichuan. If he asks for money and horses from his lord, he must not agree. If he really agrees, it will be like holding wood to put out a fire!
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Since the last time he parted, Liu Zhang had a good impression of his brother Liu Bei, and said, "I have a brotherly relationship with Liu Bei. If he really wants troops, why don't I help me? Besides, he also wants to help me resist foreign enemies.
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At this moment, a man walked out from the steps and said, "Liu Bei is a hero. He has lived in Shu for a long time and did not send him back. He put a tiger into the house. Now we will give him troops and horses.
Money, isn’t that letting tigers put wings?”
Everyone looked at it and found that this person was not a native of Shu, but from Lingling, with his surname Liu and his name was Ba and his courtesy name Zichu.
If the locals advised him, Liu Zhang believed that it was all a group of opinions, which were all excuses found for xenophobia. Now a person who came to join him from another place also advised him like this, then he really had to think about it, so Liu Zhang fell into hesitation.
At that time, Huang Guan came to advise again, which finally made Liu Zhang shaken. So he found some old and weak soldiers and horses, 10,000 hu of food, and then wrote a reply letter asking the envoy to take it back. In addition, Yang Huai and Gao Pei
He still guards the pass, but it is more stringent than before. He always pays attention to the movements of Liu Bei's troops.
Soon Liu Zhang's envoy came to Jiameng Pass and went to meet Liu Bei, explaining the situation, and Yu Yi was also at the scene.
According to the characteristics of the past, the elder brother must have accepted it tactfully and overcome all difficulties. However, this time, Liu Bei did not have any kindness and righteousness, but cursed and said, "As a brother, I came from Jingzhou so far away to resist foreign enemies for you, but you
Very happy in Chengdu. I accumulate money and just give me these things. How can I let my soldiers work hard for you?" After saying that, I tore up Liu Zhang's letters on the spot.
This scene made Yu Yi stunned, nodded repeatedly, and said, "Brother is right. Liu Zhang doesn't treat us as brothers at all, and he can't even be considered friends. Why should we work hard!"
Seeing this, the messenger had to leave in shame.
Yu Yi was about to wait for the envoy to leave shortly after he chased and killed him, and then attacked Chengdu in the chaos. He was stopped by Pang Tong and said, "General, please calm down. If the envoy returns, it may aggravate Liu Zhang's suspicion."
Liu Bei also persuaded him, and Yu Yi stopped.
Liu Bei's performance surprised Pang Tong very much. When was his lord so domineering? He said, "The lords all focus on benevolence and righteousness. Now that they have destroyed the letters, our previous work will be over."
Liu Bei also discovered this and felt a little regretful. He quickly asked, "It's already like this, what should I do?"
Pang Tong raised three fingers with his right hand and said, "I have three strategies now that I can provide to my lord for choice."
Liu Bei asked, "What is the plan?"
Reply: "Now General Yuyi is here, and there are still 50,000 soldiers and horses. You can pretend to attack Hanzhong. Then, after the round of soldiers and horses, select elite soldiers, led by Yuyi, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, and directly attack Xu Du.
This is the previous plan. Yang Huai and Gao Pei are both famous generals in Shu, and they are guarding the pass with very powerful troops. Liu Zhang should have secretly ordered the guards to step up. We can tell them that they will leave Shu and return to Jingzhou.
They will definitely come to see you off. At this time, we prepared some knives and axe players at the banquet, captured these two people, and captured the pass. We can attack Fucheng first, and then rush our troops to kill Chengdu. This is a trap. Now we have brought the lead.
We returned to Baidi City with our troops, returned to Jingzhou overnight, and then found a way to attack Xichuan. This is the plan. If we keep hesitating like this, we will definitely encounter great difficulties and will be in a state of endless doom.
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Yu Yi stood aside and listened to three strategies, and admired Pang Tong a little more.
At this time, Liu Bei seemed a little hesitant and asked Yu Yi, "Fourth brother, what do you think you should do?"
Yu Yi said: "It is really infuriating that we treat Liu Zhang like this, but he bites him back. I think we can take the best strategy mentioned by the military advisor, first pretend to attack Hanzhong, and then go directly to Chengdu, so that Xichuan can be pacified in one fell swoop.
, we will have a big rear, and we will be able to form a three-legged situation, and we will also have the capital to attack the Central Plains and support the Han Dynasty."
After listening to Yu Yi's persuasion, Pang Tong, who was on the other hand, also admired each other and appreciated each other.
Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, "The fourth brother said something, but it is too hasty to attack Chengdu directly, and Jingzhou is in a dangerous situation. If we fail to attack, or it takes a long time to take, the situation in Jingzhou will be even more critical.
As for the worst, go back to Jingzhou and find a way to enter Xichuan. That is too slow. I think I'll take the trick."
Yu Yi believes that as long as you don’t take the worst, it’s okay. After all, Xichuan must take it down, and this is the kingly style of the elder brother!
So he wrote a letter to tell Liu Zhang that he only said that Zhang Lu had retreated to Hanzhong now and had no intention of attacking Shuzhong. His fourth brother was stationed near Hanzhong and was in danger of being surrounded. Do you need to lead troops to rescue him? In addition, it was about Cao Cao's leadership.
When Le Jin and other generals arrived at the Qingni Formation, the generals in Jingzhou could not resist it. They needed to go back and resist it themselves, and there was no time to meet, so they wrote a letter to say goodbye.
Yu Yi was a little strange. After all, Le Jin had already been half-dead when he was hit by the Yellow River. Why did he appear among Cao Cao's troops attacking Jingzhou? So he went to find Pang Tong.
When he arrived at Pang Tong's room, Yu Yi bowed and saw that the chairs had been placed in front of Pang Tong's desk. He seemed to know in advance that someone was coming to visit. He seemed very surprised.
Yu Yi was not polite, and sat in front of Pang Tong and praised: "Sir, I admire it very much!"
Pang Tong smiled and said, "I have no clever ability. I just saw that the general looked wrong today. In addition, Kong Ming told your story well in front of me, that's all."
Yu Yi said: "Sir, don't be humble. It is said that lying dragons can be at peace with the world if you get it. You are the same-famous existence. In our opinion, phoenix chicks are better than lying dragons!"
Pang Tong explained: "Kong Ming is good at defense, and his mechanism is also very good, but I am good at attack, so the focus is different!"
Yu Yi thought that since Kong Ming had already told all the situations, there was nothing to hide, so he asked, "Do you know what Le Jin is doing?"