At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Which way to go?

How much food do you carry?

What if it is defeated by the Wei army guarding the grain road?

These are not things that Zhang Su would consider, he is only responsible for bringing them up.

Liu Zhang was very grateful for Zhang Su's loyalty, and then rejected Zhang Su's suggestion.

"Gu already understands Zhang Qing's heart, but this matter is of great importance, and a decision cannot be made so simply. Gu will consider it."

"His Majesty……"

"Zhang Qing, you go."

Liu Zhang waved his hand and told Zhang Su to leave.

Zhang Su wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Liu Zhang's expression, he had no choice but to resign.

Back home, Zhang Song happened to come to see Zhang Su. The two brothers thought together that the future was not good.

"Brother, His Majesty's not using your strategy is already a statement. In my opinion, His Majesty doesn't want to continue fighting anymore."

Zhang Song pondered and gave his own opinion.

Military ability and political ability are two kinds of abilities. The Zhang brothers basically have no military ability, but they still have political ability. A little analysis will reveal it.

"I can see it too. Your Majesty seems to be a little disheartened, but like this...Zi Qiao, do you think it's really okay? Does Your Majesty want to surrender to Guo Zifeng?"

"It seems extraordinary, but in fact, brother, we can make plans earlier."

Zhang Song shook his head: "Your Majesty is disheartened, the next situation is not clear, we must find our own path."

Zhang Su felt very confused about this.

"Our own way? Ziqiao, are you going to betray His Majesty for your brother?"

"Brother, it was His Majesty who betrayed His Majesty himself. His Majesty found a way for himself to survive. He will surely survive, but what about us? Has Your Majesty thought about those of us who followed him to resist? When the time comes, Your Majesty will not care about your own life. What should we do?"

Zhang Song asked Zhang Su back, but Zhang Su had nothing to say.

"If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your family. If you don't make preparations early, then that old man Xu Jing will bite back in front of the Wei people, and we will be finished!"

Zhang Song looked at Zhang Su nervously, Zhang Su panicked for a while, then looked at Zhang Song helplessly.

"Zi Qiao, then...then what should we do?"

"Brother, don't panic. It's good if we know His Majesty's wishes early on. We know it early and arrange it early. There is no unparalleled road. There must be a way for our family to survive!"

Zhang Song rolled his eyeballs and began to think about countermeasures.

Think about some countermeasures that can allow their family to continue to exist after Wei ruled Yizhou.

Zhang Su spoke up here, and Zheng Du, who was working beside Liu Zhang, also chose to speak up.

Zheng Du is a native of Guanghan County and also a native of Sichuan. He was promoted by Liu Zhang in the past and was loyal to Liu Zhang.

Like Zhang Su, as an old official promoted by Liu Zhang himself, Zheng Du has to make clear his position and stick to his integrity until the last moment.

Liu Zhang naturally chose to meet Zheng Du, and Zheng Du explained his strategy.

It turned out that Zheng Du believed that Liu Zhang still had [-] troops in his hands. Although Jiangzhou was lost, Liu Zhang was not powerless to fight back.

The Jiange army in front is standing firm and still blocking the Wei army. The Chengdu Plain has not completely fallen, and only one army of the Wei army has entered Shuzhong. There is still a chance of recovery, so Liu Zhang is advised to act immediately.

He suggested that Liu Zhang implement the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country.

Compared with Zhang Su's big concept that is difficult to implement, Zheng Du's idea is much more practical, and there are implementation steps and specific suggestions on how to do it.

Zheng Du believes that Chengdu can send troops abroad, and mobilize officials from all over the country to relocate as many residents as possible from Jiangzhou to Chengdu. How much, a fire that couldn't be taken away burned.

Wei Jun relied on waterways to transport food and advance forward, so he set up Hengjiang iron chains on both sides of the waterway to lock the waterway and cause trouble for them.

Then destroy roads when they come across roads, destroy bridges when they come across bridges, poison, block or defile wells with dead animals when they come across water wells, and set traps on key arteries.

In this way, the advance speed of the Wei army will be greatly slowed down. Not only that, but it will also make it impossible for the Wei army to support the war by fighting, and will not be able to get any food supplements, and must rely on rear transshipment.

From Jingzhou to Chengdu for more than a thousand miles, the Wei army was under great logistical pressure, and the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness would definitely work. Every step forward, the Wei army would have to pay a huge price. Whether they could bear it was still unknown. At that time, it was Liu Zhang's opportunity.

Send troops to garrison everywhere, and small groups of operations can also lurk behind the Wei army and destroy Wei army's post stations and grain ships along the waterway.

Attack Wei Jun's grain transport team from time to time, but don't get entangled, fight when you have a chance, and run if you don't have a chance. This can shake the morale of the Wei Army and force the Wei Army to retreat sooner or later.

At that time, Liu Zhang can send troops to pursue him, and he will definitely gain a lot. If he continues to pursue him, he may be able to drive the Wei army out of Shuzhong and restore the pre-war state.

To be honest, Liu Zhang was dumbfounded.

Chapter 843 The Three Wei Army Surrounded Chengdu

Liu Zhang never expected it.

Under such circumstances, there are still people who can propose such a strategy and try to restore the war situation to the state before the war.

Liu Zhang thought about it, and felt that this strategy was more likely to be implemented than the grand strategy that Zhang Su thought of with a slap on the head, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that doing so was simply a desperate struggle.

"Our army only has [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and there are no other soldiers capable of fighting. If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that even the cooks in Chengdu will be sent to the battlefield. It has reached this point. Is it still possible? Can we continue fighting?"

Liu Zhang sighed and shook his head again and again.

Zheng Du knelt down and begged Liu Zhang.

"Your Majesty is the last descendant of the Han Dynasty, and the last hope in the hearts of those who have the Han Dynasty in their hearts. Whether or not your Majesty persists is of great significance to the heroes of the world. For those who have the Han Dynasty in their hearts, Your Majesty is their greatest sustenance." !

As long as His Majesty insists, those who have the Han family in their hearts will not agree with the Wei State, and will regard the Wei State as a false dynasty. If you don't agree, then it's my chance for the Han Dynasty!If it really comes to the last moment, and no one is willing to fight for His Majesty, even though I have no power to restrain a chicken, I am willing to join the army and fight for His Majesty! "

Zheng Du said goodbye.

Zheng Du's attitude made Liu Zhang's desolate heart flash a little warmth.

Liu Zhang also thought about whether it was feasible to do so, and whether he should fight to the death.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Zhang shook his head.

"My father and son have been in Sichuan for more than ten years, but they have not been able to bring a better life to the people in Sichuan. Now that the situation has reached the point, they will be displaced and lose their homes and properties. This is not what a human being should do. Zheng Qing's Good intentions, I already know, but I must not use such a strategy."

Zheng Du was full of anxiety, and he wanted to say more, but Liu Zhang shook his head directly.

"I have made up my mind. I will never do this. Zheng Qing doesn't need to say any more."

"But Your Majesty, if you don't do this, the 400-year Han Dynasty will really come to an end! The 400-year Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty created by Gaozu, will it really come to an end? Does Your Majesty really not care?"

Zheng Du looked sad and angry: "Don't your majesty care about the difficulties of our ancestors in starting a business? Don't you care about the difficulties of Guangwu Zhongxing my Han?"

"If God intends to use Wei to replace Han, what's the point of my persistence alone? Zheng Qing, what's the point of your persistence alone? Didn't you see it on the way you came? Those who are so eager to make me surrender How many? And how many are willing to advise me like you?"

Liu Zhang's face was full of sadness: "Guo Wei has already occupied four-fifths of the world. We have no good generals inside and no reinforcements outside. The current situation has reached this point. It is because of my loss of morality. It is because my father and son have lost their hearts. Lingering on, will only cause people in Sichuan to die, this is not something I want to see, Zheng Qing, don't try to persuade me anymore."

Liu Zhang shook his head again and again, as if he was ready to surrender in his heart.

"Wei thieves are still hundreds of miles away from Chengdu. If they send people to resist along the way, it will take them a month at the fastest to reach Shu County. Why does your majesty give up on yourself? I think your majesty is wrong to do this! Your majesty, please fight! Please! Resist the enemy for His Majesty, resist humiliation for His Majesty!"

Zheng Du kowtowed heavily, which made Liu Zhang feel sad, relieved and helpless.

"When the current situation is at the end of the road, you can see a person's sincerity. Zheng Qing loves me, I already know it, but if more people in Sichuan are killed for my own selfishness, I really can't accept it. By this time, tens of thousands of young and strong have already lost their lives, and it cannot continue..."

Liu Zhang wept and sighed in pain. Regardless of Zheng Du's repeated dissuasion, he refused to adopt Zheng Du's strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wild.

Zheng Du left Liu Zhang's palace with a dejected expression.

After returning home, he was silent for three days, and then wrote a resignation form, resigning his official position to Liu Zhang, and stated that he was a Han minister and not a Wei official.

Then without waiting for Liu Zhang's reply, Zheng Du left Chengdu with his wife and children and returned to his hometown in Guanghan, where he began his life of seclusion.

Zheng Du chose not to be an official for life because of his persistence in his heart. Later, when he died, he was buried in the clothes of a Han official to show that he would not be a Wei official, would not eat Wei Lu, and died as a Han official.

When Zheng Du became disheartened, the demise of the Shu Han could no longer be stopped and there was no need to stop it.

The main fighters gradually split up. The more enlightened ones, like Zhang Song and Zhang Su, began to run for themselves, and the more rigid ones, like Zheng Du, left Chengdu and waited for the last moment.

No one proposed to Liu Zhang the idea of ​​a main battle, and no one asked Liu Zhang how to resist the Wei army's aggression. Everyone was running for themselves.

As the Wei army approached step by step, the doomsday of the Shu Han was approaching step by step.

Liu Zhang was unwilling to use the most effective method to resist, but ordered generals Xiang Cun and Fu Jin to lead the final army to consolidate Chengdu's city defenses, arrange the city walls to defend ordnance, and provide final protection for Chengdu.

Then he ordered the garrisons of the four counties of Nanzhong to go northward and rush to Chengdu, trying to protect Chengdu. Then he huddled in Chengdu, did not make any resistance, and waited for the last moment in fear.

If you want to talk about resistance, the resistance strategy he adopted is weak and weak, but if you want to talk about surrender, he has made a gesture of self-protection.

In a sense, Liu Zhang is not suitable to survive in troubled times, but in a stable era, he can still be regarded as a qualified ruler of success.

Le Jin and Guo Jia led the army to advance continuously, destroying the defensive facilities of the Shu Han army along the way, capturing the city, or taking down the city, advancing smoothly all the way without encountering any decent obstacles.

After occupying Deyang County and Guanghan County one after another, the Wei army broke away from the water system and began to march towards Qi County.

On the third day of the fourth lunar month, the army of Wei entered Qixian County, and the county magistrate of Qixian County guarded the city without opening the city gate.

Wei Jun then used a trebuchet to fire stone bombs and thunder to warn him.

An hour later, the county magistrate of Qi County was tied up and sent out by fifteen big households in the city, and surrendered in Kaesong.

The county magistrate of Qi County yelled at the big households in the city for betraying the Han family and turning their backs on the master.

Afterwards, the Wei army entered Qixian County and opened up the road to Chengdu. There was no danger to defend on the open and flat road, and there was nothing to stop the Wei army from advancing.

On the fifth day of April, when Liu Zhang learned that Qi County had fallen, he was terrified. He stayed in the palace without thinking about eating and drinking, and his mind went blank.

However, the ministers of the capitulation faction repeatedly wrote letters, strongly urging Liu Zhang to take the emperor's title and voluntarily surrender, which has changed from the original request to a semi-forced nature.

If you don't make a decision, we will take measures.

Liu Zhang ignored this and showed no attitude, and there was no trace of the so-called King Qin's army, and there were only five thousand guards alone in Chengdu.

Grain and various supplies are not in short supply. There are still a lot that have been collected and have not been sent out. If you save some, it can last for a year.

But it's meaningless to say these things at this time.

On April [-]th, the main force of the Wei army, who marched quickly without encountering any obstacles, arrived near Chengdu. After sweeping the military strongholds near Chengdu, they surrounded Chengdu.

There was chaos in the city of Chengdu, and everyone was panic-stricken, hiding in their homes and not daring to come out. The court officials gathered in the palace and begged Liu Zhang to take care of their lives and lead them to surrender.

Liu Zhang stayed behind closed doors, unable to make any decisions, and didn't know what he should do better.

On April [-]th, the Wei army completed the siege tactics, gained a firm foothold, and settled down the trebuchets. They attacked the city violently, and the people in Chengdu were even more panicked.

Chapter 844 Four Guo Jia enters Chengdu

Everyone in Chengdu knows the power of Wei Jun's trebuchets and new weapons.

They also all know the power of Fierce Oil Tank and Thunderbolt.

So they were even more terrified, for fear that once the Wei army attacked the city, Chengdu would be completely destroyed, and they would also be affected, losing everything and even their lives.

Xu Jing, the former prefect of Shu County who was dismissed because of his opposition to the war, was too frightened and worried that he would be burned to death and stoned to death, so he even tried to climb over the wall and escape from the city at night to surrender to the Wei army outside the city. .

Although he was discovered and prevented from being arrested, it has to be said that at such a great age, he still has the physical strength to climb over the city wall and surrender, and to plan such a risky action is really not easy.

This behavior of Xu Jing let everyone know that he is not a simple capitulator with words, but a rare action-type capitulator who puts his own ideas into practice, with practical ideas.

After Xu Jing was captured by the defenders, he was taken to the palace and handed over to Liu Zhang for interrogation. Liu Zhang looked very bad, and he scolded Xu Jing very sadly and angrily.

"Why did you abandon the orphan? Could it be that the treatment given to you by the orphan is not good? An official position of two thousand shi, an official salary that is never in short supply, fine clothes and food, what do you want? What else can the orphan give you to keep you ?”

"Your Majesty, have mercy! Old minister... I just don't want to die!"

Xu Jing knelt on the ground with a pale face and begged for mercy: "The Wei people have a trebuchet that can throw huge stones into the city, and it is said that there is also a kind of will-o'-the-wisp that can burn without fuel!

The will-o'-the-wisp can burn as long as it touches it, and it can't be extinguished at all. The people who are burned are in great pain, and as long as they are burned, they will definitely die!Once the Wei people attack the city with will-o'-the-wisps, we are all over! "

Xu Jing cried loudly while begging for mercy, causing Liu Zhang great grief.

"Do you want to live like that? You have always been respected, highly respected, and have a great reputation, but in the end, you are so unbearable! You have no integrity! Are you worthy of your reputation? Are you worthy of the world's respect for you?!"

Liu Zhang pointed at Xu Jing's nose and cursed.

"Your Majesty! I'm getting old! I just want to spend my old age in peace, I really just want to spend my old age in peace! I don't want to die without a place to die! Your Majesty!"