Chapter 63 Introducing the wolf into the room
Just as Lu Bu adjusted his troops and was about to enter Bashu, Bashu changed hands. This was faster than the history of the world where Lu Bu lived in his previous life. Liu Bei obtained the land of Bashu from Liu Zhang less than half a year after entering Sichuan.
After Liu Bei entered Shu, Liu Zhang handed over his Baishui elite troops to Liu Bei for unified command. However, Liu Bei did not immediately go north to attack Lu Bu, but instead stationed troops in Jiange and promoted the kindness of the people of Bashu. In the end, except for the commander Yang Huai in the Baishui Army, he also obeyed Liu Zhang, the rest of the soldiers and generals only knew that there was Liu Bei but Liu Zhang.
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In the yamen of Chengdu Prefecture, Liu Zhang called the eunuch to ask: "Liu Bei's army is still stationed in Jiange. When will he enter Hanzhong north?"
The eunuch replied carefully: "Report to the lord, Liu Bei is still stationed in Jiange now, saying that he will wait for autumn and the weather will turn cold before entering Hanzhong."
Liu Zhang said angrily: "Excuses are all excuses. What exactly does Liu Bei want to do? If he had known this, who would have let him enter my Bashu?"
The eunuch quickly responded, "My lord, don't be angry. Lord Zhang Song has already urged Liu Bei to enter." At this time when he was speaking, a maid had already brought a bowl of lotus seed soup. This was Liu Zhang's habit. He had to drink a bowl of lotus seed soup before going to bed every night.
After Liu Zhang finished drinking the lotus seed soup, the eunuch had already retreated. A figure suddenly rushed out, which scared Liu Zhang. Just as he was about to shout "There is an assassin", he found that the person was his own driver Zhang Song.
"It turns out that it's Ziqiao, what's wrong with you coming to me so late? Why can't you report it and enter the house by yourself? What's the point?" Liu Zhang scolded in an angry tone.
"Song just asked the lord to fulfill his promise." Zhang Song responded with a slight smile.
Liu Zhang felt that Zhang Song was very strange today. He had noticed something was wrong and began to summon the guards loudly: "Where is the guards? Where is the guards!", but no one responded.
Zhang Song smiled and bowed to Liu Zhang and said, "Lord, don't have to worry about shouting, the guards are all sent away by me."
"You, Zhang Song, what exactly do you want to do? Can't the rebellion be achieved?" Liu Zhang asked sternly with his fingers on Zhang Song.
Zhang Song continued to respond with a smile: "Treason? What's the point? This world is the world of the Han court. Only by betraying the emperor can it be called treason. I, no, it should be us. We just want to change a lord and a governor of Yizhou. We will report to the emperor to confer Liu Bei and Liu Xuande as the lord of Yizhou. We are a wise man and are completely in line with the laws of the Han Dynasty. How can we call it rebellion?"
After hearing this, Liu Zhang felt his blood turbulent. He just thought it was angry and continued to shout: "Okay, you Zhang Song, it turned out that he had been colluding with Liu Bei, and I really led the wolf into the house. You just said [us], who are these [us]?"
"There are too many people. It can be said that most of the Yizhou Prefecture supports Duke Xuande as the lord of Yizhou. Otherwise, how could I, Zhang Song, transfer your guards and dare to say these words to you now."
Zhang Song was just talking, Liu Zhang had turned around and took off the sword from the sword frame, and swung the sword to kill Zhang Song. Unexpectedly, he suddenly felt his feet soft and he fell to the ground, and his abdomen began to feel a burst of cramps, and his sword fell two meters away.
"You, what did you eat for me, you... these things that disobey the Lord and seek honor." Liu Zhang continued to moan in pain. Zhang Song kicked the sword away with one foot, took out three-foot white silk from his arms, tied it up, put it on Liu Zhang's neck, and then tightened it. Liu Zhang's face became redder and redder, and he kicked his feet on the floor, grabbed his hands in the air, and finally the movement became smaller and smaller, and he finally died.
The news that Liu Zhang died of illness and handed over the seal and ribbon of the governor of Yizhou to Liu Bei before he died soon spread throughout Yizhou. Liu Bei from Jiange Pass immediately led his troops back to Chengdu to mourn Liu Zhang. Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang, felt that this was strange and was also preparing to lead troops back to Chengdu, but was stopped by his general Zhang Ren. He said to Liu Xun: "Young Master must not return to Chengdu now."
Liu Xun asked in surprise: "A month ago, my father was still healthy, but now he suddenly died of illness. The cause of death is unknown. Before his death, he entrusted Yizhou to outsider Liu Bei. He has deceived outsiders but he can't deceive me. My father will never do this. So there must be something strange here. In addition, the father must be filial to his son. This is also a ritual system. If I don't go back, wouldn't I beg for being unfilial? Why did justice advise me not to go back? "
Zhang Ren said: "It is because of the doubts that the young master cannot return to Cheng Du. Please think, if the enemy who really hides in Cheng Du's darkness murders the lord, how powerful the force will be needed to succeed. How could the young master be able to protect his comprehensiveness after he returns? We only have 5,000 soldiers, and Cheng Du has 20,000 garrisons. I don't know how many of these 20,000 garrisons are controlled by the other party. In addition, I also concluded that Liu Bei must lead troops to Cheng Du now, and with our Luo City's strength, it is impossible to fight them."
"Then how should we do now?" Liu Xun asked worriedly after hearing Zhang Ren's words.
"At present, we can only defend Luocheng first, and then seize Fucheng when Liu Bei entered Chengdu. Finally, relying on the Brazilian land centered on Fucheng, we can even all the county magistrates and generals who are interested in the princes of Hengbashu, and announce to the world that you will be the governor of Yizhou."
Zhang Ren paused and continued: "If Liu Bei attacks, the young master can tell the world that his lord was killed by Liu Bei colluding with a traitor in Yizhou."
"I had to do this," Liu Xunying said.
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When Liu Bei's army returned to Chengdu, Fa Zheng quietly said to Liu Bei: "Lord, Liu Xun from Luocheng did not return to Chengdu. There are only five thousand soldiers in the city. Should we attack Luocheng now or surround Luocheng?"
"No, let's go back to Chengdu and handle the big matter first. Now we can't give someone a handle." Liu Bei said decisively.
After Liu Bei's army passed Luocheng, Liu Xun and Zhang Ren led all their men and horses to the north, and soon they occupied Fucheng without bloodshed.
After Liu Bei entered Chengdu, he rewarded and won people's hearts while starting a large-scale search in the name of capturing the traitors of Lu thieves and traitors, arresting those generals who were obviously dissatisfied with Liu Bei's takeover of Yizhou one by one. Yang Huai, the commander of the Baishui Army, was the first general to behead him.
Liu Bei next sent troops to conquer Yizhou's counties and counties that were dissatisfied with him. Two months later, except for Fucheng, the other counties in Yizhou either wrote a letter to recognize Liu Bei's position as governor of Yizhou or were captured and destroyed by the army sent by Liu Bei. Now, only Fucheng has not been removed.
What made Liu Bei worry about was what name was used to attack Liu Xun, who had already been named the governor of Yizhou? In the end, Fa Zheng gave him an idea to conquer Liu Xun in the name of Liu Xun's unfilial piety. Liu Xun's unfilial piety was reflected in two points: one was that his father did not go home to filial piety after he died of illness, and the other was that he did not abide by his father's orders to recognize Liu Bei as the new governor of Yizhou, and instead proclaimed himself as the governor of Yizhou.
Chapter completed!