Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 69: Different Thoughts

The news that Liu Bei's general Xing Daorong had captured Hanzhong quickly spread throughout the world.

From Chengdu to Jiangling, to Jianye, to Xuchang, to Yecheng.

There is no one in the whole world who doesn't know the name Xing Daorong.

The result of Liu Bei taking Hanzhong shocked everyone.

A single move affects the entire body, and everyone began to consider the consequences of Hanzhong being captured by Liu Bei.

The person who had the most direct influence was naturally Liu Zhang in Chengdu.

Chengdu.

When Liu Zhang first heard that Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had been defeated, he was very happy.

That Zhang Lu had always been against me, and finally he got himself killed!
But the next time, when he saw that many people in the hall had extremely heavy expressions, he finally realized something.

But he said: "Everyone, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has been defeated, why are you so sad?"

Then one of them came out and said, "Liu Bei is a great hero. He has been kept in Shu for a long time without being sent away. He has let a tiger into the house. Now he is being supported with troops, horses, money and food. How can this be any different from giving wings to the tiger?"

Everyone looked at the man and found that he was from Zhengyang, Lingling. His surname was Liu, his name was Ba, and his courtesy name was Zichu.

When Liu Zhang heard what Liu Ba said, hesitant.

Liu Ba said again: "Liu Bei has gone to Hanzhong today. The governor can ask him for the pass to see what he means. If he is unwilling to give it, he must have ulterior motives!"

After saying that, someone on the side laughed and said, "I think not only Hanzhong cannot be given, but even Jiameng Pass will not be given!"

"At that time, Liu Bei would gather troops from Hanzhong and Jingzhou and march towards Chengdu."

"How can anyone stop us if we have several armies coming together to attack us?"

"We have already surrendered the state, and it cannot be resisted!"

When everyone looked, they realized that the person who said those "discouraging words" was Li Hui, who had tried to persuade them several times before.

Liu Zhang was furious when he heard this and said, "How can Liu Bei take my money, food and troops and attack me?"

Li Hui had given up completely.

Liu Zhang refused to listen to any previous advice. Now that Liu Bei has conquered Hanzhong and the situation is no longer on his side, he is still hesitant and indecisive. He is truly a mediocre ruler and cannot be persuaded!
He laughed and said, "Liu Bei has wasted half his life, and now he controls Jingzhou, but it is not enough to be his foundation."

"We are a land of abundance and rich resources in Xichuan. How could he not be interested?"

"Governor, you think the heroes of the world are so simple?"

These words, which seemed a bit pitiful, finally made Liu Zhang start to rethink.

There was some silence for a while, but someone outside suddenly said, "Jiangdong's special envoy Zhuge Jin is here to ask for an audience."

Xichuan has never had much contact with Jiangdong.

After all, they are located in the east and the west, separated by the entire Jingzhou, and there is really nothing to connect them.

The sudden dispatch of a special envoy today clearly shows that something unusual is happening.

Liu Zhang immediately called someone in, but saw a middle-aged man in his thirties with a long face slowly walking into the hall.

"Langya Zhuge Jin, I meet the governor of Yizhou."

Liu Zhang asked, "Zhuge Jin, why are you here?"

Zhuge Jin said: "I came here to give the governor a message."

"The Marquis of Wu asked Liu Bei to take back the Jingzhou he had borrowed from him a few days ago. Does the governor know how Liu Bei responded?"

Liu Zhang said nothing and just asked Zhuge Jin to continue.

Then Zhuge Jin said, "Liu Bei said that he would return Jingzhou after he took Xichuan."

"Clang!"

Liu Zhang was shocked when he heard this. When he stood up, he even overturned the incense burner beside him. He pointed at Zhuge Jin with one hand and exclaimed with some trembling: "You said...you said Liu Bei wanted to take Xichuan?"

Seeing Liu Zhang so panicked, Zhuge Jin wondered in his heart, could it be that the Governor of Yizhou really didn't think that Liu Bei was going to take Xichuan?
In fact, the reason why he came here today was that Sun Quan wanted to add fuel to the fire.

After hearing the news that Liu Bei had captured Hanzhong, Sun Quan was still uneasy.

Zhang Zhao offered him a plan: "Tell him to send an envoy to Liu Zhang and tell him that Liu Bei wanted to take Xichuan and then return to Jingzhou, so that Liu Zhang would become suspicious and attack Liu Bei."

"Then Jiangdong can sit back and watch the fight, and send out troops based on the situation."

Sun Quan thought this was a good plan, so he sent Zhuge Jin to Yizhou as an envoy.

I just wanted to add some fire, but it turned out that I couldn’t even light the fire!

After thinking about it, I decided to go back and discuss this matter with Lord Wu.

As for now
Zhuge Jin remained calm and said, "There is absolutely no falsehood in this matter. Liu Bei said it himself. However, the Marquis of Wu was concerned that the governor of the state was also a relative of the Han Dynasty, so he came to remind him to prevent Liu Bei from succeeding."

Liu Zhang was shocked and said with a gloomy face: "Thank you for letting me know. I will go to Jiangdong in a few days to thank the Marquis Wu in person."

When Zhuge Jin saw Liu Zhang's expression, he knew that he had achieved his goal.

As for what happened later, it had nothing to do with Zhuge Jin.

Seeing that his mission was accomplished, he said goodbye to Liu Zhang and left.

Liu Zhang naturally responded, but after this news came out, the atmosphere in the entire hall became solemn.

Li Hui said: "Governor, there is no time to lose. While Liu Bei is still not firmly established in Hanzhong, we should quickly mobilize our troops to attack him!"

Liu Zhang nodded.

Zhang Song saw that the situation was not good and immediately wanted to persuade them.

Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by someone standing by. Zhang Song turned around and saw that it was Fa Zheng.

Like Zhang Song, he also wanted to conspire to serve Liu Bei as his leader, and could be said to be Zhang Song's own man.

Seeing that he was holding him, Zhang Song didn't say much.

He just stood aside with a serious expression, listening to Liu Zhang seriously preparing to send troops to attack Liu Bei.

He thought to himself that he should inform Liu Bei as soon as possible.

The reason why Liu Bei's attack on Xichuan was relatively successful was, of course, because he had two internal supporters, Zhang Song and Fa Zheng.

Liu Zhang just started to prepare to attack Cao Cao, and Liu Bei immediately received the news.

He immediately asked Pang Tong for advice.

Pang Tong said: "Liu Zhang has not sent out his troops today, and has not contacted us at all. He wants to catch us off guard. In this case, we can only attack and turn the tables!"

"You can select elite troops and attack Chengdu day and night. This is the best plan."

"Yang Huai and Gao Pei are famous generals in Shu, each with a strong army to defend the pass. Now the lord pretends to return to Jingzhou, and the two generals will come to see him off. We will capture and kill them at the place where they are seeing him off, seize the pass, first take Fucheng, and then go to Chengdu. This is the trick.

"Retreat to Hanzhong, wait for the troops from Nanjun to come to your aid, and then slowly advance. This is the next best strategy."

Liu Bei paused after hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The military advisor's upper plan is too hasty, and the lower plan is too slow; the middle plan is neither too late nor too fast, so it can be implemented."

"However, in Hanzhong, Cao Cao has defeated the Western Liang army several times. If the Western Liang army cannot be stopped, Hanzhong will also be in danger."

Pang Tong said: "We can only ask Zi Yu to contact Xiliang. If there is a request, we can ask Zi Yu to send troops to help."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "If we want to attack Chengdu, we have to ask Zi Yu to lead the troops. So let Han Sheng take over Hanzhong and transfer Zi Yu back to Guanzhong."

Pang Tong knew that Huang Zhong might be able to recover Hanzhong, but how could he help Ma Chao without a quick mind, courage and carefulness?
But right now, Xing Daorong cannot be asked to create a clone, so he has no choice but to do this for now.

At that moment, Liu Bei also quickly mobilized his troops and prepared for a decisive battle with Liu Zhang.

(End of this chapter)