Cao Zhi himself decided to lead all the troops to Chengdu, and decided to personally enter Shu, accept Yizhou, clean up Fazheng, and defeat the troops sent by Liu Bei and Zhang Lu.
When everyone around Cao Zhi heard that Cao Zhi was going to enter Shu, they unanimously opposed it. As the head coach, Cao Zhi really didn't need to take risks in person now. But Cao Zhili disagreed with the public and finally said, "I will give Liu Bei and Zhang Lu a lesson on the land of Yizhou, and have a big meal!" Despite the unanimous opposition of his subordinates, he led Zhang He, Xu Chu and other powerful generals, as well as counselor Zhuge Liang, and rushed to Yizhou, which is known as the country of Tianfu.
############# When the entire Han Empire evolved and upgraded in vain due to an insignificant local war due to various complex factors, Liu Bei and Zhang Lu were anxious to discuss with their subordinates urgently about the military situation on the front line of Quanziwu Valley and who should receive the sudden power vacuum in Yizhou, everyone in the tent of the commander of the Cao army could not sleep all night. Finally, even Xiahou Dun on the road had to be recalled because of insufficient staff around Cao Zhi. When he was an ordinary general of Xiahou Yuan, he made meritorious service. The northwest, southwest, Guanzhong, and even the entire Han Empire were implicated because of this supposedly local war, and they were eventually wrapped in it...
In the southwest of Shu, on the plain road that leaves Fucheng, the night has already covered the earth, and the sky is gone. An army is marching in the winding mountain road.
Among them were wearing various uniforms and armor. Some were Liu Bei defeated from the north and brought out his direct troops, some were wearing the Baishui Army's uniforms of Baishui Army, some were local garrison uniforms in Mianzhu area, and more were the soldiers of the Wudou Rice Road in Zhang Lu, Hanzhong. They walked together in various ways, and there were a whole miscellaneous army, but this miscellaneous army was a large number of people, with more than 15,000 people. The commander was Guan Yu, the most popular warrior in the world.
The sudden masterlessness of Yizhou did cause great difficulties in distributing interests and dispatching troops. Both of them were a little busy, but they were both interested in taking over Yizhou. They even wanted to swallow the big cake of Yizhou alone. But everything came too quickly and suddenly. The two were now in the honeymoon period of cooperation. Cao Zhi's army outside Ziwu Valley was eyeing them, so it was impossible for them to break up immediately and fight for Yizhou.
Therefore, Fa Zheng almost shouted at the top of his lungs that they sent troops to take over Chengdu, and the two had no choice but to continue to cooperate and share the vast territory and resources of Yizhou.
However, Liu Bei, who was better at military literacy and mind than Zhang Lu, immediately planned all the plans for the present and future, and then suggested to Zhang Lu that Guan Yu and Zhuo Ying, who had just obtained Fucheng, would lead their troops to Chengdu first, and join forces with Fa Zheng to occupy Shang Chengdu. It would be best if Liu Zhang or Cao Zhi had no reaction. If there was a reaction, they could deal with it for a while.
Because Liu Bei and Zhang Lu did not trust each other, it was temporarily decided that before Cao's army retreated, neither of them left Nanzheng and coordinated everything there. In Yizhou, Guan Yu, Zhuo Ying, and Fa Zheng, represented the interests of Liu Bei and Zhang Lu, they temporarily took charge of all matters in Yizhou.
Once they wait for the positive dangers brought to them by Cao Zhi to be relieved, they will discuss how to divide Yizhou at an appropriate time.
Liu Bei even took a reassurance to Zhang Lu, saying that he would be Zhang Lu's subordinate in the future, not only would he advance and retreat with him for life, but he would always obey Zhang Lu's orders.
Liu Bei now appeased Zhang Lu nearby and advocated that Guan Yu and Zhuo Ying go to temporarily take over the leadership of Yizhou. On the surface, it seemed like a joyful approach for everyone to send personnel to jointly manage the situation.
But the articles inside are enough for Liu Bei to write a great work: First, the greatest hero who drove away Liu Zhang this time and made Yizhou vacuum was Fa Zheng who was close to Liu Bei. The two of them had already been closed by Fa Zheng and did not allow Liu Zhang to go home. This means that in the current and future reconstruction of the political power of Yizhou, Fa Zheng would definitely be biased towards Liu Bei. Second, Guan Yu, who won the victory of Wakou, Baishui Pass, Mianzhu and Fucheng, had a great influence in Zhang Lu's army. The warriors gained mutual conviction with their military achievements and strength. In these battles, the heroic spirit shown by Guan Yu had deeply influenced Zhang Lu's subordinates. In particular, Zhuo Ying, although he was still the representative of Zhang Lu's interests at this time, Liu Bei had already known his admiration for Guan Yu and his current private life.
Liu Bei believes that one day when Zhuo Ying makes a choice, he will stand on his side. The most important reason is that Zhang Lu himself, this charlatan, has a very serious family love complex. Through this period of time, even if Liu Bei lets Zhang Lu take over Chengdu on the surface, that charlatan will not go. Because Zhang Lu must have believed that Hanzhong is a place where all kinds of good luck are gathered, and his Five Dogs of Rice Road is the mass base and base camp. He is at most a representative to Chengdu and other places. At that time, Liu Bei will not really control Yizhou with powerful people. When Liu Bei establishes his prestige in Yizhou, he will then divide and buy some means to instigate Zhang Lu and instigate Zhang Lu. Liu Bei is confident of driving away Zhang Lu, the charlatan, and become the real leader of Yizhou.
Liu Bei had a good plan, but he ignored the fact that his and Zhang Lu's troops were really limited. At this time, he only forced Guan Yu, who had just entered Fucheng, to Chengdu. This was a treatment of symptoms but not the root cause. Not only did they not establish a foothold in Fucheng and other places just occupied by the occupied areas, they would be empty. Moreover, Liu Bei and Zhang Lu had no extra troops to allocate. If a cavalry suddenly cut off their rear route, even if Guan Yu's troops arrived in Chengdu, the supply line behind them would be cut off, and the rear route would be besieged by the huge Cao army.
This is very dangerous. Guan Yu, who has good military literacy and a clear mind, only saw the interests in Liu Bei, but did not consider whether his appetite was big enough and whether he could swallow the entire Yizhou. He failed to convince his righteous brother Liu Bei in the face of the practical problem of Liu Bei.
Liu Bei and his friends are already too hot now. Liu Bei is the huge profit and great opportunity that suddenly appears in front of him. His provocative mind is very hot, and he is even so hot that he has ignored some possible and dangerous situations.
In his reply to Guan Yu, Liu Bei believed that Cao Zhi's army would ignore their behavior in Yizhou and focus on attacking Hanzhong.
But Guan Yu knew that he might be facing Cao Zhi. He had worked with Cao Zhi many times. He understood Cao Zhi's strange use of military force and would never sit idly by and ignore Liu Bei and others who occupied Yizhou so easily.
All Guan Yu can do now is to do his best to get this miscellaneous army that was pieced together to arrive in Chengdu as soon as possible, so that he still has some time to integrate the army. In the case of sudden changes, such as the back road being raided and the Cao army entering Sichuan in large numbers, he will collect grain on the spot and hold on the spot, so that the troops can maintain their combat effectiveness.
But soon they encountered a bad situation. When they left Fucheng, they encountered the stubborn resistance and obstacles of the Luocheng defenders. The information obtained by Guan Yu before showed that after Zhang Ren and Liu Xun retreated to Luocheng, the two Liu Zhang's troops lost their rapid decline and Liu Zhang's sudden departure from Yizhou had already caused the hearts of this defender who was stationed in Luocheng by Liu Zhang. Even when Zhuo Ying was in Fucheng, he had sent old friends such as Li Yan and Luocheng defenders to recruit surrender. Before their troops left Fucheng, Li Yan also sent a letter saying that Zhang Ren and Liu Xun were basically willing to lead his troops to surrender.
But for some reason, when they were about to approach Luocheng, news came that Li Yan was killed by Zhang Ren and Liu Xun and Luocheng was ready to defend.
Guan Yu didn't know why Zhang Ren was suddenly changed his mind. In order to hurry, he could not care about the rebellion of these villains. He immediately led his army to attack Luocheng, hoping to open up the road to Chengdu in the shortest time.
The Luocheng garrison Zhang Ren suddenly became very brave. He took the initiative to attack and tried to defeat the miscellaneous army led by Guan Yu, but unfortunately was killed by Guan Yu. Then another Luocheng garrison Liu Xun then defended Luocheng without leaving. Guan Yu led his army to attack Luocheng. In the end, not only did he break the city, but also made Luocheng garrison Liu Xun die in the battle and die in the city.
Guan Yu's troops finally opened up the road to Chengdu, but the time was delayed a lot. Then Guan Yu could only order a marching force. Until this time, the soldiers and generals from Guan Yu were already exhausted. They had been marching hard for three days. Within three days, they had been rushing for the road, and most of them were walking, eating, and even dozing off.
After forcing a force of hundreds of miles, many people were just inertially dragging their swollen and numb legs with the people in front of them down. The flag bearer was listless when riding on the horse. The big flag that was supposed to be waving in the wind was carried on their shoulders weakly, and they held the reins with one hand, barely preventing themselves from falling off the horse.
Liu Bei’s mistake was that he overestimated Guan Yu’s personal charm. The halo of personal charm can only affect an army for a while. It is called personality cult, but it is never possible to replace physical and mental torture of fatigue and hunger.
At this time, all the miscellaneous army, from soldiers to military officials, were full of resentment towards the future. Their original subordinates were different and their qualities were different. However, since receiving the order from the current head coach Guan Yu, ordering them to immediately give up the Fucheng they had just captured and move towards Chengdu, where the main force of the Yizhou surrendered army was located, their enthusiasm had been wiped out, and their physical strength was close to zero. Many of them were about to fall down now, lying in the mud under their feet, and then closed their eyes and slept beautifully. Whether there would be enemies in front of them or behind them, they could not control them.