Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 281 The Fate of History

Berkshire, Prefect's Mansion.

Pang Tong, Liu Pan, Ma Liang and Pan Rui sat down in two rows.After a long silence, Liu Pan was the first to speak: "Shi Yuan, what should we do now, you should make up your mind as soon as possible."

When Pang Tong heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched.I don't know if it was an attempted wry smile or a conditioned reflex.Rao is so clever that he couldn't figure out for a while why there is such a situation now.Once upon a time, his plan almost succeeded.I am the official Taifu, and the gods Guan Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and Wei Yan are all crushed by me.Even later, Cao Cao was helping himself, withdrawing some of his troops and returning to Hebei.As long as I wait for Liu Bei to be trapped to death, everything will be fine.

But almost overnight, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.Li Yan rebelled and released Gan Ning; Ma Su trapped Fu Shiren, and was forced to flee from Xuchang to Jingnan and then to Bajun.Now that even Shi Guangyuan of Jiaozhou has surrendered, he has only so few manpower left, and he is still huddled in the land of Berkshire.Behind him, Zhao Feng is leading an army to exterminate them.Happiness went so fast that he had no time to react.He couldn't figure out why Li Yan, who was from Jingzhou, and Ma Di were so devoted to Liu Bei.I wholeheartedly worked for their welfare, but in the end I ended up with a disastrous end, and everyone betrayed their relatives.

Pang Tong patted himself hard on the head a few times to calm himself down as soon as possible. Then Pang Tong said: "Now we are trapped here, and Zhao Botao is leading his own army to kill him. Berkshire is a dangerous place, but relying on this Holding on to the county is not a long-term solution. I think it is better to take advantage of the emptiness in Shu to concentrate our forces first to capture Xichuan and assist the lord to succeed to the throne. In this way, even if you can't gallop the world, you can still separate the land of Xishu Land, it can still be regarded as Liu Jiyu!"

"It makes sense!" As soon as these words came out, Ma Liang and the others cheered up a little.As the highest-ranking military general, Liu Pan is about to speak out at this time: "According to the Malai report, Xichuan now has only 5 or [-] horses. How many people are there left to guard against Hanzhong and Nanman? We just need to send troops." Commandery, if you capture Luocheng, you can go straight to Chengdu and take Xichuan in one fell swoop!"

"Then, General Liu, you lead your army to guard the dangerous place to block Zhao Feng. We will occupy the land of abundance in the middle of Shu, recuperate, develop military equipment and separate the side. Compared with being suppressed by those Xuzhou people in Xuchang, it will be more enjoyable!" Pang Tong continued. Bewitched.Such a beautiful sketch of a castle in the air finally lifted everyone's spirits a little bit.

"Forget it, Taifu and I will lead the army to capture Luocheng first, Ji Chang, you stay in Bajun to keep Zhao Botao away!" Liu Pan thought for a while.Ma Liang quickly agreed, but finally added a sentence: "The defender of Luocheng is Zhang Ren. This man is known as the No.1 general in Central Sichuan. He is good at running the army. Don't underestimate the enemy!"

"Ji Chang, you're worrying too much, who cares about the No. 2 general in Central Sichuan? Now that he's short of troops, there's nothing he can do about it!" Pang Tong said disapprovingly.According to the Tanmalai report, there are only more than [-] defenders in Luocheng, and such a large number of troops is not to be taken seriously.At present, Ma Liang led more than ten thousand people to garrison Ba County, and Liu Pan and Pang Tong raised thirty thousand troops to attack Luocheng.

"General Yi, just received a letter from General Zhao Feige. He has rescued the lord and is leading an army to Berkshire to suppress the rebels. Now Pang Shiyuan is at the end of his rope. We just need to stick to this city and let It's a dilemma." In Luocheng, Lu Xun smiled at Zhang Ren while holding a military report that had just been delivered by a carrier pigeon.They were ordered to garrison Luocheng. Pang Tong's previous small-scale attacks were easily repelled by them.

"At present, Pang Tong and Liu Pan are leading an army of [-] to attack. Luocheng is dangerous. Let alone [-], even a [-] army can rest and easily capture it. We should prepare the army and guard the pass strictly, waiting for the general!" Ren didn't speak much all the time, but Lieutenant General Zhang Yi also remonstrated.Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhang Ren was silent for a long time and finally said: "Although that is the case, seeing these rebels showing off their power in the hinterland of Xichuan like this is really annoying!"

"Let them be rampant now, when General Zhao comes back, I want them to look good!" Zhang Yi comforted.Zhang Ren frowned. After thinking for a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind. Then he said: "Boyang, there is a small road in the east of the city. You lead two thousand archers and go there to ambush. If the enemy army sneaks into the east gate from here , and ambushed him in one fell swoop!" Zhang Yi immediately took orders and left after hearing the words.After Zhang Yi left, Lu Xun looked at Zhang Ren, but did not speak in the end.Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren took the initiative to smile and said, "Bo Yan, do you feel that the old man's division of troops is a bit inappropriate?"

"The last general dare not!" Lu Xun hurriedly said modestly.But Zhang Ren waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and then he said to himself: "I have heard that Pang Tong is good at taking risks. Although the East Gate path is remote, but Ma Jichang has been in Xichuan for several years, so he must know about it. If Pang Tong knows, he will definitely go here. The road. And the old man is always cautious when using soldiers, Pang Shiyuan certainly did not expect that I would go uncharacteristically and set up an ambush on the east gate path. If you do the calculations with your heart or not, you will definitely suffer a big loss!"

"What the general said is right!" After Lu Xun thought about it carefully, he also felt that Zhang Ren's plan was relatively sure.At the same time, Zhao Feng's army had passed through Fuling and reached Berkshire.Ma Liang on the top of the wall heard that Zhao Feng's army had arrived, so he was ready to fight.

"Ji Chang, why do you want to do this rebellious thing together with Pang Shiyuan? Now that our army has turned back, the rebellion will be destroyed in an instant. If you repent, you can still forgive me. If you are stubborn, it may be too late." Hey!" Zhao Feng looked at Ma Liang, who had already shown his head, under the Bajun city, and loudly persuaded him to surrender.Ma Liang was silent when he heard the words, but Pan Rui on the side said: "General Zhao said it lightly. I'm afraid that when I surrender in Kaesong, the soldiers and civilians in the city of Berkshire will all be murdered by the general. All soldiers, listen up. I will not surrender until the death battle, shoot me an arrow!"

A few arrows were shot down from the top of the city, and Pan Rui was surprised when he saw this. "Fire the arrow, let me shoot the arrow, do you hear me!" Pan Rui was in a hurry, and quickly continued to order the arrow to be released.But those who obeyed his orders were still very few.

"What's going on? Pan Rui is really in a hurry now. When did his soldiers become so disobedient? At this moment, Ma Liang, who had been silent all the time, smiled wryly and said, "These soldiers are Jingzhou soldiers. Zhao was the one who recruited and trained them. General, why are they willing to be their enemy now? "

"What?" Pan Rui became anxious when he heard the words, and he still missed one of the thousands of calculations.Looking at the hesitant crossbowmen, Pan Rui continued: "All shoot arrows for me, whoever refuses to shoot will be dealt with by military law!"

"Brothers, I am Niu Jin!" At this moment, another voice sounded from the city.It was different from when Pan Rui was yelling before, now that Niu Jin yelled like this, more people immediately started commotion.Back then when Zhao Feng recruited soldiers in Jingnan, Niu Jin was promoted by Zhao Feng because of his outstanding performance during the recruit training.Now that he suddenly came out to speak, these soldiers who joined the army almost in the same batch as him couldn't help not paying attention.

"Brothers, I joined the army in Hanshou County that day. From Jingnan to Xichuan, General Zhao has never treated you badly for so many years! Now that Pang Tong is plotting rebellion, your parents, wives and children are all in your hometown. Listen to my kind advice, don’t be obsessed with your obsession, and go with these rebels!” Niu Jin’s voice came from the bottom of the city, and the soldiers who had been hesitant at first started talking about it. Nothing works.

"Whoever catches Pan Rui will come down, the reward will be one hundred taels, and he will be promoted to three ranks!" At this moment, Zhao Feng's voice came from below the city again.This time, the soldiers who were originally distracted couldn't hold back any longer, and they looked at Pan Rui with something wrong.The latter was about to draw his sword in a hurry, but his arm was grabbed by a soldier on the side, and then several people rushed forward.

This turmoil also completely made the Berkshire defenders lose their last courage to resist, and ordered Kaesong to surrender one after another.After witnessing this scene, Mi Wei under the city said with some admiration: "The general is really prestige, and he can make the rebel army fall apart without using a knife or a gun."

"It's just because they are my old troops. Otherwise, how could the defenders surrender so easily?" Although Zhao Feng said this, he still felt a little emotional.The people at the bottom are kind, as long as you treat them well, they will turn to you in their hearts.I have always been good to the soldiers, but now Pang Tong is coercing them to fight against him.If Pang Tong and Liu Pan were there, they might still be able to calm down the situation.It is obviously not enough to rely on Pan Rui now.

While speaking, the defenders had already opened the city gate, bowed down on the ground and asked to surrender.After Zhao Feng led his troops into the city, he restrained his soldiers and horses to appease the people.During the conversation, several soldiers escorted Pan Rui to come here, and Ma Liang was also tied up. Zhao Feng ordered to send him to Xuchang as soon as possible and hand it over to Liu Bei.From Jiang Bing's mouth, Zhao Feng learned that Pang Tong and Liu Pan had led their troops to Luocheng, and Zhang Ren was also waiting there.

"Does Pang Tong really have to die at the hands of Zhang Ren?" Zhao Feng thought about it carefully. It was the year in history that Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and later met Zhang Ren in the army. Finally, Pang Tong was killed by Zhang Ren in Luofengpo shoot dead.Now that history has been messed up by himself, is it really God's will in the dark?After much deliberation, he couldn't figure it out, so he immediately ordered people to stay in Ba County, and then ordered all nearby counties not to transfer food and grass for Pang Tong's army, and then personally led people to help Zhang Ren.It's better to appease the rebellion as soon as possible.

Zhao Feng naturally didn't know that at this moment, a 5000-strong army was quietly sneaking along the path east of Luocheng.One of them was Pang Tong, and while leading the army forward, Pang Tong was full of disdain.

"The No.1 general of Xichuan, there is no defense at all on this important road. Now that General Liu Pan is attacking the city head-on, I only need to detour and go straight to the east gate on this route, and I will surely make a contribution in one fell swoop!" is brisk.Satisfied, he didn't notice that there were pairs of eyes staring at him in the grass on both sides of the mountain road.

"Military division, there seems to be writing on the mountain wall in front!" Fan Jiang, who came with the army, pointed to the mountain wall in front, and Pang Tong hurriedly sent someone to check.Several literate soldiers climbed up to have a look, and then ran back to report: "Teacher, that stone is engraved with Luofengpo!"

"What, Luofengpo?" Pang Tong was shocked when he heard the words, and at this moment arrows were fired from the mountain roads on both sides, and shot at the unprepared army.

(End of this chapter)