The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 211 Volume Wu Yi
Liu Bei stayed in the main camp and ordered some soldiers to hide in the jungle in the distance and shake trees to pretend that there were a large number of troops. Then he sent Zhao Yun and Wang Ping to lead a thousand soldiers each to attack Jiangyou.

Jiangyou is actually just a small county and doesn't even have a city wall for defense.

But because the Fu River and the Shikan River meet here, and there is the Fengchi Mountain opposite to rely on, even if there is no city wall here, with only the North and South Pass cities on the north and south banks to rely on, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Now Zhao Yun and Wang Ping were attacking Beiguan, which was located on the north bank of the Fu River.

In theory, Jiangyou's defense system is very complete. Even if the North Gate is raided suddenly, soldiers can be quickly dispatched from the South Gate to cross the river to provide support and drive away the enemy.

But when Zhao Yun and Wang Ping broke through the North Gate, there was still no movement at the South Gate.

The situation was urgent, and Zhao Yun did not bother to go back and ask Liu Bei for instructions. He directly seized Mingyue Ferry between the south and north passes and established a foothold on the south bank of the Fu River.

Liu Bei came from the rear and saw that the defenders of Jiangyou were so sparse, so he decided to make a concerted effort and ordered two men to attack the city again and take over the South Gate.

After completely occupying Jiangyou, Liu Bei asked one of the captives who held an official position, and only then did he know why there were so few defenders in Jiangyou.

It turned out that after Pang De and Guan Yu occupied Baishui Pass, Chengdu suddenly became panicked and quickly mobilized the surrounding garrisons to support the front line, and gathered all the troops in the Zitong area in an attempt to stop the Han army.

The garrison of Jiangyou had just been transferred away three days ago, so Liu Bei did not encounter any decent resistance and directly occupied Jiangyou.

After hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

If he had not been forced to rest due to his foot injury, he would have just caught up with the garrison originally stationed in Jiangyou.

According to the captured general's words, although there were not many soldiers stationed in Jiangyou before, there were still as many as three thousand of them.

If these 3,000 men were still inside Jiangyou Pass, Liu Bei would not be able to break into the pass even if he fought to the last soldier, let alone take Jiangyou as easily as he did now.

While Liu Bei was grateful, he was also a little confused. He didn't know how Pang De and Guan Yu suddenly captured Baishui Pass, which completely deviated from the previous plan.

But the battle-hardened Liu Bei immediately smelled the opportunity!

An opportunity to attack Chengdu directly and kill it with one strike!

Liu Bei quickly ordered his soldiers to rest for a day and a night, and temporarily recruited the people of Jiangyou to make general flags with the words "Guan" and "Pang" inscribed on them.

When everything was ready, Liu Bei, with these banners, rushed towards the last obstacle leading to Chengdu - Fucheng!
The commander of Fucheng was Wu Yi, a native of Yanzhou.

Wu Yi was one of the first officials who followed Liu Yan into Shu. His sister was married to Liu Mao because a fortune teller said she was extremely noble.

When Wu Yi learned that a Han army suddenly attacked from the north, he was also a little panicked.

After going up to the city to supervise the battle in person and seeing the army below, Wu Yi suddenly became a little confused.

"If Zitong was defeated, some of the defeated soldiers would have fled to Fucheng. But right now, no one has brought any news from the frontline, and the arrival of this Han army from the imperial court is quite strange. I'm afraid they didn't come from the frontline."

Wu Yi immediately told the soldiers not to panic, but to stay at their posts as usual.

Zhao Yun and Wang Ping, holding the flags of Pang De and Guan Yu at the foot of the city, asked Liu Bei for a fight, wanting to capture Fucheng first, but were stopped by Liu Bei.

"The reason why I changed the flag to Yunchang's flag is to make the city's defenders think that the gate to Yizhou has been lost, and panic in their hearts, leaving us an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"But when I saw the flags above Fucheng were neatly arranged and in good order, I knew that the enemy's commander must have seen through my plan."

"Fucheng is not like Jiangyou. This place is the gateway to the heart of Yizhou. Once you pass this city, the road will be smooth, so the governors and prefects of every dynasty have been repairing this city. This city has high walls and thick defenses, and the defenders are so calm, so we must not attack it easily."

Liu Bei had no choice but to put away the flags and retreat ten miles towards Jiangyou before setting up camp.

Although he had captured Jiangyou, Liu Bei's situation was still precarious.

Now with Fucheng to the south and Zitong to the north, Liu Bei was alone and deep in the enemy's territory, completely surrounded by the enemy.

If attacked from both the north and the south, Liu Bei would surely die without a burial place!
But Liu Bei had no choice.

Although he didn't know who the commander of Fucheng was, Liu Bei knew that this man was not a good person just by his calm command in the face of danger.

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Liu Bei finally remembered that the emperor had given him a magic weapon before he left.

Liu Zhang!

"Please invite Ji Yu here. I have something to entrust to him."

Liu Zhang also followed Liu Bei all the way through Yinping. His originally plump body became a little shriveled.

"I've met the emperor's uncle."

Liu Zhang followed Liu Bei all the way here and witnessed everything Liu Bei did. He had already been impressed by Liu Bei and did not dare to be disrespectful to Liu Bei in the slightest.

Liu Bei told Liu Zhang about his current predicament and also stated his intention, which was to let Liu Zhang enter Fucheng and persuade the defending generals there to surrender on behalf of the imperial court.

When Liu Zhang heard this, his head exploded, and he stammered and tried to refuse: "I can't do it! I can't do it! I hope the emperor's uncle will find someone else!"

On the way, Liu Bei also found out the temperament of this fellow clan member.

He is a gentle, kind and righteous person, but he is not very courageous and lacks the ambition to make progress. Fortunately, Liu Bei had already found a way out for Liu Zhang.

"After all, Ji Yu is Liu Junlang's son and Liu Mao's brother. Even if the city's defenders are unwilling to surrender, they will definitely not kill Ji Yu."

"Ji Yu is also a kind-hearted person. You should know that if I fail to conquer Shu this time, Shu will inevitably continue to be in turmoil for several years, and the people of Shu will suffer. Is this what Ji Yu wants to see?"

"I hope Ji Yu will consider the suffering of the people and take the trouble to go to Fucheng!"

Although Liu Zhang was still afraid, he trembled and agreed to go and persuade the enemy to surrender.

Liu Bei said happily: "Ji Yu seems to be just like Chen Buzhan from Qi, both of them have the courage of benevolence and righteousness!"

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a major event called "Cui Zhu killed his king". When he heard about this, Chen Buzhan from Qi was having a meal and was about to go out to rescue Duke Zhuang. However, his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold the rice spoon. After getting on the car, his hands were shaking so much that he could not hold the handlebars. The driver felt very strange and asked, "Will it be useful for a timid person like you to go?" Chen Buzhan said, "Sacrificing for the king is a moral principle and a public matter; I am timid, which is my personal matter and a private matter. I must distinguish between public and private affairs and must not harm the public for personal reasons." After Chen Buzhan arrived, he heard the sound of a big battle and was frightened to death because of excessive fear. However, he was also called "the courage of a benevolent person" by people at that time.

Although Liu Zhang was trembling with fear, he still agreed to the task. He took the token given to him by Liu Bei and rushed to Fucheng. After explaining his purpose, he met Wu Yi.

Wu Yi had no intention of meeting Liu Zhang, he just wanted to find a random reason to kill Liu Zhang.

But after hearing Liu Zhang's identity, Wu Yi did not take action after all, but chose to meet Liu Zhang.

"If my guess is correct, you should have taken the Yinping Trail and marched deep into the country alone from Jiangyou, right?"

As soon as he came up, Wu Yi exposed Liu Zhang's background, which made Liu Zhang even more frightened and sweat kept oozing out of his forehead.

However, Liu Zhang still suppressed his fear and said, "General, you are right, but it is a bit far-fetched to say that we can advance alone."

"Now Generals Pang De and Guan Yu are already attacking Zitong. General Zhang Fei has also left Mi Cang Road and started to attack Baozhong. With these two attacking together in the north, how can it be said that the emperor's uncle is advancing alone?"

Wu Yi suddenly looked shocked: "So you really came from Yinping Trail!"

Liu Zhang was stunned.

Only then did he realize that Wu Yi had been deceiving him, and his face became a little gloomy.

Wu Yi was even less concerned about the attacks from the two northern armies: "Zitong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is also a strong pass like Jiameng Pass to rely on, how can it be easily breached?"

"The Micang Road is even more difficult to travel. Even if we reach Baozhong, Zhang Wei is stationed there, so we can't win at all... If I'm right, these two armies are probably a feint attack by the imperial court, right?"

"In that case, as long as I send out my troops now, I can naturally annihilate you here and win in one fell swoop!"

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Liu Zhang had just been tricked, but he revealed all the information, which made him completely lose the initiative.

Seeing that Wu Yi seemed to want to send troops to attack Liu Bei, Liu Zhang became completely panicked.

"General!"

Liu Zhang wailed.

"General, you are also a Han official. Why would you attack the imperial army?"

"The general's uncle was once a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Aren't you afraid of bringing shame to your ancestors by going against the imperial army like this?"

Liu Zhang's negotiation skills are extremely poor.

Fortunately, Wu Yi was not a bloodthirsty person after all. Instead, he frowned and said, "The imperial court? The imperial court is now in name only and is controlled by Dong Zhuo. Do you really think I know nothing?"

"No!"

The Shu Road was blocked, and Zhang Lu was blocking the way in Hanzhong, so Wu Yi's information was undoubtedly delayed.

Liu Zhang informed Wu Yi of everything that had happened in Guanzhong recently, one by one, including the fact that the emperor had detained members of the Dong family in Lintao.

"Now that the emperor has been practicing benevolent governance and is on good terms with the Grand Master, how can the Han Dynasty be said to exist in name only?"

"It's my father, my father..."

Liu Zhang found it difficult to speak.

After all, he had heard about what Liu Yan had done in Yizhou, and he felt truly ashamed.

At this moment, Wu Yi was completely dumbfounded.

Who knew that the current situation in the court would be like this!

Even Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang seemed to blame Liu Yan, which undoubtedly made Wu Yi confused.

Who is real?
Am I a traitor to the Han people?
The world has been in chaos for so many years, is the Han Dynasty still there?
And the most important thing -

Should I surrender to Uncle Liu who came from Yinping outside the city and hand over Fucheng, the gateway to Yizhou, to others?
(End of this chapter)