Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 308 The Strange Letter from Lantian
Zhang Fei's howling pierced through the noisy shouts of killing, and the cavalrymen who sneaked up behind were thrown to the ground on the spot because their horses were frightened, and two of them fell to the ground with ruptured eardrums and convulsed.

On the battlefield in Jingzhou, Zhang Fei used this method to kill his opponent many times. How has Yizhou soldier seen such a scene?The subordinates who were originally loyal to Liu Gui instinctively retreated.

Soldiers to soldiers, to generals.

A tough opponent like Zhang Fei is not something that miscellaneous fish can sneak attack on.

Liu Gui was stunned at this moment, he turned his horse's head and tried to retreat, but the horse beneath him seemed to be frightened, and he staggered like he was drunk when he ran.

Zhang Fei turned around and saw Liu Gui's cowardly appearance. He saw his legs clamped between the horse's belly, Wu Zai received the signal and ran wildly in the dark, and Zhang Ba Snake Spear was flying through the air with flames.

Liu Gui looked back while whipping the horse's buttocks, seeing Zhang Fei chasing after him, his heart sank into the valley like a bungee jump.

While his eyes were wide open, the Zhang Ba Snake Spear pierced through his left waist, and soon his brain lost consciousness as if the electricity was cut off.

Zhang Fei shook the snake spear vigorously, and Liu Gui's body was thrown under the horse.

"The whole body is so stubborn, it's really vulnerable." Zhang Fei glanced at him disdainfully, and followed Liu Feng forward.

The next morning, the smoke cleared.

On the streets of Luocheng, groups of soldiers resting together can be seen everywhere.

After several months of high-intensity siege, Liu Bei finally occupied the important town north of Chengdu at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties.

The fire in the city has been extinguished, there is not much food left in the granaries, and the people are afraid to go out after closing their doors. Liu Bei strictly prohibits looting of the people's property in the city, and arranges generals to lead soldiers to patrol everywhere.

Zhuge Liang and Fa are looking forward to the south gate, Zhang Fei and Liu Feng slowly returned from the south after dawn.

Seeing that the two were not in high spirits, Zhuge Liang guessed that Liu Xun hadn't caught him.

After questioning, I found out that Zhang Fei killed Liu Gui. In the melee of Liu Xun's thousands of soldiers and horses last night, only a hundred or so cavalry followed him and fled to Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang encouraged him, and then said to Fazheng: "Since Liu Xun escaped last night, Chengdu has to find a way to attack. I asked about surrendering troops in the city. Liu Zhang still has [-] elite soldiers in Chengdu. If we attack like a storm, our loss is too great."

"Well, the city of Chengdu is strong, with sufficient food and grass, and the violent attack was not done by wise men." Fazheng replied.

"I advise my lord to occupy the surrounding counties and villages of Chengdu first, and then make plans for them after they are isolated and helpless. You and Shi Yuan have many wonderful plans, so you should think of good strategies to help your lord." Zhuge Liang said.

Fazheng nodded, "Liu Zhang is gentle and cowardly. I will first write a letter to describe the situation in detail, hoping to persuade him to open the city and surrender."

After Liu Bei rested in Luocheng for three days, the army marched towards Chengdu.

I wanted to take advantage of the situation to occupy the surrounding counties and towns to isolate Chengdu, but found that this work had already been completed by Zhao Yun.

After Zhao Yun and Liu Bei joined forces, the total force reached more than 4, which is still more than the defenders in Chengdu.

After setting up camp, Liu Bei called Zhao Yun to him and asked, "Zilong has worked hard all the way. Have you encountered any difficulties and obstacles during this trip?"

Zhao Yun clasped his fists and replied, "Young master Hong Fu, Jiang Yang, and Qian Wei are all going well, because the military adviser warned not to advance lightly, so I fought steadily on the road, slowly conquering counties and counties, and did not arrive in Chengdu until July.

After arriving in Chengdu, Liu Zhang couldn't hold out, so Yun Ku had nothing else to do but occupied the surrounding counties and towns, hoping that Liu Zhang could not resist sending troops to fight, but this happened accidentally. "

"Is Liu Zhang really looking at it like this?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

"There were two troops sent out on the way, but there was no movement after being repelled." Zhao Yun nodded.

Liu Bei laughed loudly: "Zilong is a true general, and the three armies in Jingzhou are going well, but we spent a long time in Luocheng, and the backup soldiers are not as good as you."

Zhuge Liang argued: "My lord, don't make such a comparison. Liu Zhang is not good at governing Shu, the soldiers are alienated, and the people are alienated from morality. Only the Jingzhou three-way army can take advantage of it. Luocheng is guarded by his son Liu Qian. The soldiers dare not obey. ?”

"What Kong Ming said is true." Pang Tong nodded in affirmation.

"Indeed." Fazheng also echoed.

Liu Bei stretched out his index finger and pointed, "The three military advisers are of one heart and one mind, but Xiao Zhi's letter of persuasion to surrender has been sent to the city for a few days, and now there is still no news. How can this Chengdu be taken?"

"Sun Tzu said, 'The law of using troops is to encircle them when ten are used, to attack them when they are five, and to divide them when they are twice as many'. Our army strength is only [-] more than that of the city, but the food and grass are not as abundant as the city. Now Liu Zhang is like a frightened bird. The best strategy is to seize the city." Fazheng said, stroking his beard.

Liu Bei affirmed: "Chengdu is too far away from Jingzhou, Ziyu's supplies and transportation are difficult, and it is unwise to waste food and grass with Liu Zhang."

Pang Tong smiled leisurely: "What's the point of mere food and grass, Chengdu is now an isolated city, other than this city, the Lord can take it all."

"This must not be the case. Since we entered Shu, we have not committed any crimes against Minqiu. How is it different from Cao's bandits if we send troops to rob grain?" Liu Bei shook his head hastily.

"My lord misunderstood Pang Tong's meaning. I meant that if Liu Zhang couldn't hold out, we could surround Chengdu and garrison the fields. In less than half a year, the city would run out of food, and we would surely open the city and surrender." Pang Tong analyzed.

Fazheng asked: "Chengdu's treasury is sufficient, and there are only [-] soldiers and horses in the city. The food reserves can last for three years. Why did Shi Yuan assert that the food is exhausted in half a year?"

Pang Tong laughed and said: "Although Liu Zhang has only [-] soldiers and horses, how many people in Chengdu are there? How many days can they eat food in their homes? If Chengdu does not surrender within half a year, there will be civil strife. If we use some tricks"

"An arrow book like Luocheng's?" Fazheng was overjoyed.

Seeing that both Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang nodded, Liu Bei immediately adopted Pang Tong's suggestion, stationed soldiers and horses outside the city to garrison fields on the spot, and sent generals to the surrounding counties to govern, completely isolating the entire Chengdu.

On the contrary, Fazheng's arrow books that disintegrate people's hearts have become the only source of news for the outside world.

In November of the 18th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei besieged Chengdu for nearly two months. Lantian sent Hu Ke to take a boat and transfer a carriage, bringing in [-] carts, gold, silver and copper coins.

Liu Bei thought it was military rations at first, but he didn't expect that twenty carts were full of property. He looked at Zhuge Liang and the others and asked curiously, "What does Ziyu mean?"

Hu Ke took out two letters from his pocket, handed one to Liu Bei and the other to Zhuge Liang, and explained: "Mr.'s intentions are all in the letter."

The letter to Liu Bei wrote: After the war, rewards should be carefully calculated, too much is too late, it is difficult to build the hearts of the people, but easy to destroy the hearts of the people.

Liu Bei was stunned after reading it, Lan Ziyu asked me to award the reward cautiously?But now that Chengdu has not been struck down, is the money coming too early?But where are these twenty cars enough?

"Military Master, what did Ziyu say?" Liu Bei noticed that Zhuge Liang's letter paper was very large.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and turned the paper over. It turned out to be an unfinished Yangtze River Newspaper, the tenth issue they hadn't received yet. The content of Jingzhou on the right had been filled in, but the page on the left was empty.

Everyone looked at Hu Ke together, what did Lan Tian mean?
(End of this chapter)