Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 695 Good and Bad News
Facing the threat of enemies on both sides of Chengdu, Liu Zhang's civil and military officials in Chengdu couldn't help worrying about the future.

Liu Zhang's temperament is weak and tolerant, lacking prestige and strategy. When he first took over Yizhou, he encountered many rebellions. Now the military power in Yizhou is mainly controlled by the former Pang Xi and Zhao Wei, the former official of Yizhou.

It can be said that Pang Xi and Zhao Wei thought that Liu Zhang was weak and easy to bully, so they let him succeed the position of Lord of Yizhou, but they didn't have much respect for Liu Zhang in their hearts.

Pang Xi is not a native of Yizhou, but came to Yizhou after the Dong Zhuo Incident in Chang'an to protect Liu Yan's grandson. It can be said that he represents the foreign forces in Yizhou. The Shu army was formed from the exiled people in the Sanfu land of Chang'an and Nanyang, also known as Dongzhou soldiers.

And Zhao Wei is the representative of the local power in Yizhou. In history, Zhao Wei also united with Yizhou local aristocratic families to rebel in 200 AD, and wanted to seize the position of the Lord of Yizhou.

At that time, Zhao Wei's rebellion was very powerful, but in the end it was finally wiped out by the Dongzhou soldiers led by Pang Xi, and Liu Zhang's position was saved.

In addition, Zhang Lu's rebellion against Hanzhong was also a great blow to Liu Zhang's prestige. For no reason, Hanzhong, Brazil, Padang, Bajun, and Fuling were lost, and Zhang Lu had nothing to do. Perhaps this was Liu Zhang's desperate effort. One of the reasons to eliminate Zhang Lu.

Originally in history, Liu Zhang couldn't stand Zhang Lu's counterattack, so he invited the white-eyed wolf Liu Bei to enter Shu, thus leading the wolf into the house.

Generally speaking, Liu Zhang's prestige in Yizhou is really not very high. He is at best a puppet pushed out by foreign and local forces in Yizhou to balance the interests of both parties.

Now facing the strong threat of Zhu Wei's army, coupled with the surrender of Pang Xi's [-] Dongzhou soldiers, Liu Zhang has lost control of the local forces in Yizhou.

In this way, the foreign forces in Yizhou in Chengdu naturally hope to find a more powerful foreign force to help them maintain their interests in Yizhou, so the strength shown by Zhu Wei naturally makes them feel that they can attach themselves.

In addition, some local forces in Yizhou were worried that the outbreak of the war would destroy their original interests, so they also wanted to abandon the puppet Liu Zhang and simply welcome Zhu Wei into Shu, so as to at least ensure the stability of Yizhou.

So many of Liu Zhang's subordinates have some careful thoughts, and now many people have secretly sent letters to the army of Gan Ning and Zu Lang, generally speaking, they are willing to respond in Chengdu.

In this regard, Pang Tong, who was the military adviser of the Yizhou army, suggested that Gan Ning and Zu Lang might as well slow down their offensive on Chengdu, but only maintain the threat to Chengdu, and maybe have a chance to go down to Chengdu without fighting.

Therefore, the armies of Gan Ning and Zu Lang slowed down their march to Chengdu, and only gradually devoured the surrounding counties and villages of Chengdu. Of course, this left many families of Liu Zhang's subordinates in Chengdu to Zhu Wei. under the control of the military.

As a result, due to the consideration of family interests, Zhu Weijun received more and more letters of surrender from Chengdu officials, including many ministers and important ministers under Liu Zhang.

So Pang Tong simply spread the news, asking them to spread cowardly remarks in Chengdu, and asking them to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender. If Liu Zhang can voluntarily surrender, he can ensure the safety of Liu Zhang's family and so on. .

In this way, the war in Yizhou has shifted from military assault tactics to conspiracy tactics to persuade surrender, which Pang Tong is quite skilled in doing.

Before that, Pang Tong played a lot of conspiracies and tricks when dealing with the barbarians in the mountains, and now he has already cultivated a stomach full of ghosts and ghosts. At this time, he will use some schemes on Liu Zhang's subordinates in Chengdu, which will inevitably make the situation in Chengdu. Added a bit of weirdness.

It can be said that many forces in Chengdu have secretly turned to Zhu Wei, and the next step is how to force Liu Zhang to persuade some people who control real power and military power.

Of course, for Zhu Wei, the situation in Chengdu can be regarded as good.

At the same time, the battle situation in Guanzhong was smooth. It was not a problem for Wei Yan to send troops to attack Hongnong. Duan Yao, who was stationed in Hongnong, did not dare to resist. Retreat in the direction of Chang'an.

Unexpectedly, on the way, Duan Yan and Wu Xi's allied forces encountered the cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion who had already bypassed Hongnong and ambushed between Hongnong and Chang'an. On the periphery of the horse, the lineup shot by Duan Yao and Wu Xi's army was broken up with a feathered arrow.

Then Zhang Xiu led the heavy cavalry to charge from an ambush highland, and directly crashed into Duan Yan and Wu Xi's rebellious army.

In this battle, as Zhang Xiu's heavy cavalry rushed to the battle, Duan Yan was captured alive on the spot. Only Wu Xi, who protected Zhong Yao under the protection of more than a hundred Xiliang cavalry guards, temporarily fled without knowing where he was going.

After defeating Duan Yan and Wu Xi's allied forces, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Battalion temporarily stopped in Huayin County. Wei Yan's Jingnan battalion came to meet up.

Of course, they need to wait for Ma Teng's response. At this time, Chen Qun has already gone to danger to find Ma Teng in Fufeng. .

Through the map of the Three Kingdoms game system, Zhu Wei roughly saw the garrisons of Ma Tengjun, Han Suijun and other small forces such as Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu and so on.

So Zhu Wei can roughly determine where they are, and can easily find them. Now it's time to see what Ma Teng means.

If Ma Teng can agree to Zhu Wei's request to surrender, then Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Cavalry and Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion can join forces with Ma Teng's army to attack Chang'an first, and then conquer Zuo Fengyi and Hedong County under Han Sui's control. , and then wiped out Han Sui and candidates, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan and other forces, or drove them back to Liangzhou.

Next, Zhu Wei can agree to let Ma Teng be stationed in Chang'an, give Ma Teng the status of the commander-in-chief of the army alone, and let Ma Teng send his son Ma Chao and general Pang De to Zhu Wei's side, then the battle in Guanzhong will basically be the same. It can be over.

Of course, if Ma Teng did not agree to surrender, then Zhu Wei could only let Zhang Xiu, Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Battalion cavalry and Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion attack Chang'an first, and then let Wei Yan's Jingnan Battalion occupy Chang'an. Zhang Liao's Tiger Wing Battalion cavalry was looking for an opportunity to conquer Ma Teng, Han Sui and other small forces.

However, this was not the result Zhu Wei wanted to see, and it would only lead to a long and fierce battle in Guanzhong.

But everything still depends on Ma Teng's reaction, and in this process, the time has entered May of 199 AD.

However, Zhu Wei failed to wait for the news from Ma Teng, but first got the news of the alliance between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the notification of the Three Kingdoms game system. This news gave Zhu Wei a bad feeling...

(End of this chapter)