Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 689 Untitled Liu Zhang
"In today's world, the general trend is divided into north and south. Although the land of Hebei and Henan wins the world, it is Sichuan and Shaanxi that control the importance of the north and the south. Sichuan and Shu are located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and they are adjacent to Wu and Chu. They are powerful enough to seize the Yangtze River. The mountains and rivers are dangerous and solid, nothing like Yizhou, and it can be said that the situation is unique."

"Furthermore, Yizhou is dangerously fortified, with thousands of miles of fertile fields, and the land of abundance. In the past, Han Gao tried to use it. Han Gao Wang Bashu, the capital of Nanzheng, came out of Chencang, settled the Three Qin Dynasty, fought between Xingyang and Chenggao, and the world became to Han."

After boasting about the natural conditions of Yizhou, Lu Su paused, turned around abruptly, and said, "It's just nothing!"

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, and Fa Zhengze made a cooperating compliment, and immediately asked, "What is it?"

"However, the situation in Tianfu is solid, but the most important thing is Hanzhong. This place overlooks Guanzhong in the north, covers Bashu in the south, reaches Xiang and Deng in the east, and controls Qin and Long in the west. It can be said that the situation is the most serious."

Speaking of this, Lu Su looked sideways at Liu Zhang, cupped his hands and said: "Although there are many mountains and rivers obstructing the land, the land is large and important, but the land of Shu is divided and shaped. Geographical division will inevitably lead to the failure of government orders. This is an eternal truth."

"Presumably Liu Yizhou and all the talented people in Shu have also noticed this point."

Liu Zhang was silent when he heard the words, because there were so many people in the hall, Lu Su's words were quite reserved, but he still heard the other party's implication.

What is geographical division, which leads to government orders?
To put it bluntly, it means that because of the particularity of the geography of Sichuan and Sichuan, it is easy to split within the regime.

This is the same reason why separatist forces are prone to appear in the land of Sichuan and Shu in all dynasties, because Yizhou's relatively closed location, coupled with the dangerous terrain, makes it always able to avoid the baptism of war to the greatest extent, avoiding the Invaded by foreign forces, it is naturally easy for separatist forces to control one side.

Just like Liu Zhang at this time, he encountered such a troublesome problem, that is, Hanzhong, which Lu Su said was the most serious situation, had already shown signs of self-reliance.

Hanzhong is the political center of the Hanzhong Basin, because it is located in the middle of the Chuanzhong Basin and the Guanzhong Plain, and from the east wing of the Hanzhong Basin, it can also directly raid the Nanyang Basin, directly threatening the Central Plains, making it a strategic position and military value. It has invisibly raised a level. It is no exaggeration to say that the situation in central Sichuan is the most serious.

But what troubled Liu Zhang was that in such an important town, Zhang Lu, the current chief executive of Hanzhong, was arrogant and frivolous, and had blatantly disobeyed orders several times.

But even though he thought this way in his heart, it showed that Liu Zhang was not making a sound, he just said indifferently: "One or two rebellious ministers, but the disease of ringworm and scabies, what a problem."

Lu Su smiled slightly, and said: "However, if some rebellious officials and thieves go to collude with foreign enemies, they may harm their confidants!"

Liu Zhang frowned slightly, and asked sideways: "The foreign enemies that envoy Lu Zun mentioned?"

"Sili is to the north of Hanzhong, and it is also bordered by Nanyang. There are a lot of talents in Shu, and I must have understood the current situation." Lu Su said in a deep voice: "If Cao Cao and Liu Cong enter through Hanzhong Shu, may I ask Zhou Mu, how do you plan to deal with it? Have you ever thought about how to break the situation?"

Liu Zhang was silent for a while, but Fazheng on the side snorted coldly, and said confidently: "First the easy and then the difficult, break them separately. That's all."

"Oh?" Lu Su smiled and said, "Who does the captain think is easy? Who is difficult?"

"Jingzhou is stronger, so naturally they are more difficult to deal with."

"Su disagrees." Lu Su said solemnly: "Liu Cong is young and does nothing, Cai Mao is brave and intrepid, and the Jingzhou army is not good at land warfare. It looks like a strong army, but in fact it is easy to fight. In comparison, it is stronger and more threatening. On the contrary, it is Cao Cao of Xu Capital."

"Cao Cao only won the Sili for the first time, and Yuan Shaohu looked at him. With the northern land still undecided, he probably has no time to take care of Yizhou right now. As for Liu Cong of Jingzhou, he is also fighting with your army. It is even more difficult at this time. Make Yizhou my enemy?"

"Then what if the two join forces?" Lu Su proposed a possibility: "What if Cao Cao and Liu Cong join hands to repel our Yangzhou army first, and then unite with Hanzhong to invade Yizhou?"

"This"

At this time Liu Zhang suddenly said: "I understand what the envoy means. In fact, long before I saw the envoy last time, someone said to me, 'Li Yanghou is a young hero, well-known in the world, feared by all heroes, and now he is attacking Jingzhou. , Liu Cong alone may not be able to defeat the enemy, he will definitely unite with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others, this hunting in Jingzhou will definitely cause waves in all directions, and it can be called a battle that will determine the general trend of the world."

"He also said that the envoy came to Chengdu now because he wanted to invite me to send troops to help Li Yanghou, and because of this, he advised me that at this time, the best policy is to take advantage of the chaos in the world and rise up. Choose a person who can lead the world and follow him, either to help Liu Cong or Li Yanghou, and you must not sit back and watch success or failure, which will attract resentment from all families."

Lu Su was startled when he heard the words, and pondered for a moment, but he didn't ask which party Liu Zhang finally decided to help, but first asked: "I don't know who is the pastor who advised the state?"

"The prefect of Berkshire, Yan Yan."

Yan Yan, a famous general in Yizhou, is also Liu Zhang's true direct descendant.

In the first year of Chuping, there were two levels of East and West in the Great Han Dynasty. Xuzhou Mu Taoqian and Yizhou Mu Liuyan died of illness in the same year, leaving a mess for the heirs. The difference is that one is an external trouble, while the other is an internal trouble.

In comparison, Liu Zhang's situation is actually more difficult than Liu Bei's.

After all, Liu Bei was at least personally appointed by Tao Qian and recognized by the imperial court, so there was no problem with his status. On Yizhou's side, not only was Liu Yan's designated successor actually his elder brother Liu Mao, but the key was the imperial court's approval. At the behest of Li Jue, a native of Yingchuan named Hu Mao was sent to Shu to be the governor of Yizhou.At that time, the world was not long in chaos, and the prestige of the court was still there, so most of the gentry and officials in Yizhou supported Hu Mao.

The reason why Liu Zhang was able to be the shepherd of Yizhou was mainly because the tyrants in Sichuan such as Zhao Wei, Wang Shang and others believed that he was gentle and cowardly, and he was easier to control, so they did not choose Hu Mao appointed by the court, and Liu Mao who Liu Yan preferred. .

But even so, Liu Zhang, who was lucky enough to ascend the throne, immediately found himself facing an extremely bad situation:

Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, led Hu Mao to stare at Hanzhong;
Zhao Wei and other local tyrants in Yizhou relied on their support and did not take themselves seriously at all;

The other faction, the Dongzhou faction (the gentry and refugees who fled from Nanyang and Sanfu to Yizhou during the Dong Zhuo Rebellion) paid more attention to Liu Mao and did not even look at Liu Zhang;
In short, looking around, the whole Yizhou is torn apart, and Liu Biao, Li Jue and others outside are also sharpening their knives;

As for Liu Zhang himself, he was a loner, with no soldiers under his command, and no real power in his hands. It seemed that a gust of wind could blow him away from the throne under his ass.

So how did Liu Zhang fight back in the end? He first used some means to transfer the leaders of Yizhou Haoqiang and Dongzhou Haoqiang, Zhao Wei and Pang Xi, out of Chengdu, and he took advantage of this time to promote a large number of civil and military officials. The representatives of the civil servants are the brothers Zhang Su and Zhang Song, and the representatives of the generals are Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and Cheng Ji.

Among them, Yan Yan has the strongest ability and the most outstanding performance. Soon after taking office, the entire Berkshire completely voted for Liu Zhang, and checked each other with powerful forces such as Zhao Wei, Pang Xi, and Zhang Lu, and gave Liu Zhang more time to do work. On the one hand, he wooed and appeased the Yizhou faction, and at the same time restrained the external forces such as the Dongzhou faction as much as possible, preventing them from doing whatever they wanted, and gradually gained their own power and prestige in the process.

Liu Zhang's combination of punches not only surprised Zhang Lu and others who opposed him before, but also stunned Zhao Wei, Pang Xidao and others who supported him.

Originally, the purpose of supporting you was to feel that you were cowardly and incompetent, so as to make our power bigger, but I never thought that you were pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?
Pang Xi was fine, but the big deal was to give in. After all, he and Liu Zhang were close friends, and his daughter married Liu Zhang's eldest son, Liu Xun.

But Zhao Wei couldn't take it anymore. You must know that he is a real veteran. When Liu Yan decided to enter Sichuan more than ten years ago, Zhao Wei, who was then the Taicang Commander, abandoned his official position and followed him. Later, he supported Liu Zhang and pacified Shen Mi, Gan Ning's rebellion can be said to have contributed the most.

As a result, it is now placed on the border of Badong, with many constraints, unable to do anything, and gradually being marginalized
Therefore, in the original history, three years later, Zhao Wei united with powerful forces and rebelled. Shujun, Guanghan, Qianwei and other places responded one after another, and their power was very strong. In the end, he was defeated and killed.

Although there are no detailed records in the history books, it can be seen from a few words that although Liu Zhang is cowardly, he is not incompetent.

"It turned out to be Prefect Yan Yan."

Lu Su had done enough homework, so he naturally knew the status and importance of this person under Liu Zhang's command, so he immediately looked solemn, bowed down again, and made a big salute.

Liu Zhang was surprised and asked, "Why did the envoy suddenly perform such a grand ceremony?"

"Congratulations to Zhou Mu."

"What's the matter with me?"

"There is such a virtuous minister in the state herdsman, why worry about the failure of his achievements? The analysis of the prefect Yan Yan really hits the nail on the head. It is so wise that what I want to say is nothing more than that."

"If the state shepherd is willing to accept it, let's see who will rule the world in tomorrow's domain! Although Yuan Shao is the lord in the north, and Cao Cao steals the emperor, but if this strategy is used, there will be heroes all over the world. From then on, only the state animal husbandry and My lord ear!"

Liu Zhang smiled, but did not answer right away. At this time, Fazheng asked, "The Liu family in Jingzhou has committed crimes against my lord. If the time is right, my lord is willing to mobilize all the soldiers to cleanse Jingzhou. With this hatred, I will fight against Li. It is not impossible for Marquis Yang to join forces, but looking at Marquis Li Yang's letter today, there is a sentence "Together Kuang Han Dynasty, and to whole mountains and rivers together". But I would like to ask the envoy, what do these two sentences mean?"

This is the beginning of directly cutting into the topic of negotiating conditions. Lu Su is determined in his heart, knowing that Liu Zhang's army is basically a certainty, but he still dare not take it lightly.

Because the more you talk about the key points, the greater the stakes are. If you say a few words wrongly at this time, or even lose the initiative, it may cause your lord to lose thousands of miles, mountains and rivers, and countless cities. The meaning has already been made very clear. We will share the Kuang Han Dynasty. Naturally, after Jingzhou is pacified, the two of you and I will go northward hand in hand to conquer Xudu and cater to the emperor. Nanyang will be the capital of the future king. Besides this place, Jingxiang There are still six counties, with the whole mountain and river, how about dividing them into half according to the distance?"

"Half and half for distance and near?"

Fazheng asked: "The implication is that Yangzhou gets Changsha, Jiangxia and Nanjun, and Yizhou gets Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang?"

"Exactly." Lu Su nodded, and was about to speak, but Zhang Song suddenly laughed out loud, and immediately said: "Emissary Lu Zun deceived me that there are no evil people in Yizhou?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Divided into half according to the distance?" Zhang Song sneered again and again: "How can the three counties in the south of Jing be compared with the three counties in the north of Jing? Does the envoy Lu Zun really think that we are the only ones, because we don't know anything about the world?"

Although there are seven counties in Jingzhou, most of them are concentrated in the northern part of Jingzhou, regardless of the population or Caifu. Apart from Nanyang, which was the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the most powerful ones are Nanjun and Changsha, where the capital is located. So if this is the case In terms of distribution, Yizhou actually gets at most 2% of the essence of Jingzhou (Nanyang County accounts for 5/[-] of Jingzhou's population), so Zhang Song said this.

Although he was pointed out by the other party, Lu Su did not change his face: "Then according to Zhang Biejia's opinion, what should we do?"

"I went out of Yizhou to help Marquis Li Yang conquer Jingzhou and seize Nanjun and Jiangxia. In addition to the three counties of Jingnan, I own Wuxian, Huigui, Yiling, Zhijiang, and Jiangling to the west of Nanjun. "

Zhang Song said in a deep voice: "There are 17 cities in South County. It is not an exaggeration for me in Yizhou to only have less than a third of them." You should send troops into the pass, and then help my lord to attack Zhang Lu and pacify Hanzhong."

Hearing this, Lu Su's face changed suddenly. The five cities Zhang Song mentioned happened to be a passage along the river, and their strategic location was extremely important. The city has been besieged for many days, and it is about to be captured, if you hand it over to your side, how will you deal with the dead and wounded soldiers, Zhang Biejia's words are wrong."

"Isn't this still captured?"

Seeing that the hall was about to turn into a "talking sword", Fazheng stood up laughing, and said with a flick of his sleeves, "A war of words is useless. I mean, for example, Jiangling in Nanjun. If you and I join forces to attack, whoever enters the city first will be for whom?"

As he spoke, looking sideways at Lu Su, he asked, "What does Zun Lu think?"

It is reasonable and reasonable that whoever shoots it belongs to whoever it is. Lu Su thought for a moment, then nodded, expressing that he had no objection.

Fazheng turned back to Liu Zhang and said, "What do you think, my lord?"

"Just follow Xiaozhi's words."

Liu Zhang pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly, and said to Lu Su: "Your envoy, please go and report back to Marquis Li Yang. Within five days, I from Yizhou will definitely go to Jingzhou to help Jiangling!"

"To the same extent as the entire mountain and river, the first to get it!"

(End of this chapter)