Fa Zheng's words immediately stunned Meng Da.
Yes.
The entire Yizhou is now in turmoil.
It wasn’t just the Jingzhou Legion from Wu that was attacking.
To the north, Cao Cao's army has captured Zitong!
Even if Wu's Jingzhou Army doesn't come, Cao Cao's army will come here.
However, just because Wu's Jingzhou Army was coming, Cao Cao's army recently stopped at Zitong to prepare for the enemy.
Thinking of this, Meng Da looked at Fazheng and asked with some worry: "Is it really okay for us to surrender to the enemy like this?"
Fazheng sneered and said: "A good minister chooses a good master, what's the problem?"
"Besides, this Yizhou was not originally owned by the state pastor."
"His father deceived him from the court."
"If they can cheat, why can't we vote?"
Meng Da nodded after hearing what Fazheng said.
Besides, Xu Shu led the Jingzhou Army on a rapid march towards Yong'an City.
Seeing that it was less than a day away from Yong'an City, Xu Shu immediately sent someone to Yong'an City with his own handwritten letter to recruit surrender.
However, what he never expected was that before the people here were sent out, Yong'an City actually sent people over!
It is a meritorious person called Fa Zheng.
He rushed over to surrender with the seal of the Yong'an City Governor.
Xu Shu was a little confused.
Is there anyone else rushing up to surrender?
Xu Shu could only look at Jia Xu, Sima Hui, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Lu Xun and said, "What do you say?"
Sima Hui smiled and said, "It's a good thing to come here."
"I have always heard the name of Dharma, filial piety and uprightness."
"This man is talented and has the ability to help the world."
"However, this person is determined to retaliate, and his temperament is not professional."
Zhuge Liang said: "On meritocracy, right? As long as he doesn't make too many mistakes, I think he should be treated with courtesy."
"As for the so-called lack of professional temperament."
"This is the current situation in the world."
"I don't think anyone can do it better than King Wu."
Lu Xun nodded.
Xu Shu then went to meet Fa Zheng in person.
Anyway, seeing Xu Shu come out to greet him in person, he felt a little uncontrollable joy in his heart.
Seeing Xu Shu coming over, Fazheng hurriedly came forward with the seal in his hands and saluted: "Yong'an Gongcao Fazheng, I sincerely welcome the general to Yong'an!"
Xu Shu helped Fazheng up and said seriously: "I have heard of the name of filial piety and uprightness for a long time."
"This time I came to vote, I abandoned the dark and turned to the light."
"Do it well and King Wu will not treat you badly."
"Back then, I was just a commoner. It was King Wu who always believed in me and gave me the opportunity that made me reach this point."
Fazheng nodded vigorously and said, "Fazheng will bear in mind the general's words!"
After a pause, Fazheng continued: "Fazheng boldly asked, will the general go north to Zitong or south to Chengdu?"
Xu Shu pondered for a moment.
To be honest, he didn't want to tell this secret to a person who had just surrendered.
But thinking of Sima Hui's words just now, Xu Shu still said: "Prepare to go north to attack Zitong and capture Cao Cao."
"As for Chengdu, our King Wu sent other wise men to persuade them to surrender."
"If Yizhou Mu is willing to submit, everything will be easy."
"If you don't want to surrender, we can take care of it later after we capture Zitong and Cao Cao."
Fazheng's expression perked up and he said to Xu Shu: "If the general believes in me and gives me five thousand soldiers and horses, I am willing to help King Wu capture Yizhou!"
Xu Shu: "."
Fa Zheng saw that Xu Shu was obviously a little shocked, so he hurriedly continued: "It's not that Fa Zheng, the seller, is seeking glory, but that the general trend of the world is here!"
"We Yizhou Mu and Jingzhou Liu Biao are the masters of defense."
"However, this is not the time when the Yellow Turbans were in chaos and the heroes were vying for the throne."
"Now the only rulers of the world are Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's son, King Wu, and Shi Xie of Jiaozhou."
"Not to mention Yuan Shao's son, he is so far away from Yizhou."
"Jiaozhou Shixie has no political achievements, he only knows how to occupy land and become king."
"Cao Cao is a butcher. Anyone who doesn't surrender wherever he goes will be slaughtered when he breaks the city."
"Only King Wu rules the world with benevolence and righteousness."
"Moreover, he has many merits in the world."
"As a Lord of such benevolence and righteousness, how can our righteousness not conform to the timing of heaven?"
Xu Shu was still a little hesitant.
Upon seeing this, Fazheng hurriedly said again: "Five thousand soldiers and horses will not affect the overall situation of the Jingzhou Army."
"And with only these five thousand soldiers and horses, wouldn't it be great if we could capture Yizhou in one fell swoop?"
"Furthermore, Fa Zheng guarantees that we will try to reduce losses as much as possible."
"In Yizhou, Fazheng has many friends."
"Fa Zheng can persuade them to abandon the darkness and turn to the light."
"As for King Wu sending wise men to lobby, to be honest, this is difficult to work."
"We, Yizhou Mu, are used to being the number one person in Yizhou. How can he be willing to surrender his position as the number one person without any bloodshed?"
"Besides, he does have some loyal ministers under his command."
Xu Shu breathed out, and then ordered the army to stop, and all the generals and counselors gathered together to discuss the matter.
In the end, everyone agreed that Huang Gai would be the main general and Liu Bei the deputy general, leading five thousand spearmen and horse-killing swordsmen to follow Fa Zheng to Chengdu.
After Xu Shu led a large force into Yong'an City, he continued northward to Zitong.
When they arrived at Yong'an City, Meng Da opened the door and surrendered.
Xu Shu, Huang Gai and others rested for a day in Yong'an City. After that, Fazheng and Meng Da summoned 3,000 defenders in the city, followed Huang Gai and Liu Bei's 5,000 soldiers, went south to Jiangzhou, and then attacked Chengdu!
As for Xu Shu and his large army, they continued north to Zitong.
Zitong.
The whole city is busy.
The old, weak, women and children were supervised by the soldiers, who demolished the buildings in the city and carried the stones up the city wall.
There are stones everywhere on the city wall.
The dismantled wood was added to the fortifications.
On the busy city wall, Cao Cao led a group of generals on patrol.
Looking at the sky covered with dark clouds and the endless plains outside the city, Cao Cao let out a long breath.
I didn't expect it to be so difficult in the past two years.
That reckless man Ma Chao constantly colluded with the enemy, first the princes of Guanzhong, then Mu Mu of Liangzhou, and finally Zhang Lu of Hanzhong and Liu Zhang of Yizhou.
Continuously use coalition forces to resist their own attacks.
Faced with these coalition forces and the shortage of food and grass, he had to slow down his offensive pace.
Cao Cao felt heavy when he thought that the Wu Kingdom had finished recuperating, and according to intelligence, the Jingzhou Army was already heading this way.
He defeated Yuan Shu.
Defeated Lu Bu.
Defeated Li Jue and Guo Si.
But he didn't expect that these princes who had risen together would not be his strong enemies in the end.
His powerful enemy turned out to be a young man who appeared later——
My own son-in-law——
Lu Yi.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt a splitting headache, his body was staggering, and he was unsteady on his feet.
The generals following him stepped forward one after another.
Cao Ren supported Cao Cao and said worriedly: "Brother, are you okay? You have to hold on at this time! Otherwise, you can lead your troops and withdraw from here, and I will guard it."
"Brother, don't worry. When the city is alive, people will be there. When the city dies, people will die."
"I will never let the Jingzhou Army step through this Zitong!"
Cao Cao waved his hand and said solemnly: "No need."
"Now that the war is imminent, I am withdrawing instead. What do you want the soldiers to think?"
"It's not easy for us to capture these cities."
“No city can be lost again.”
Cao Ren responded.
A soldier rushed up, handed a bamboo tube to Cao Cao and said: "The 100,000 yuan I just got for the sacrificial wine is urgent!"
Cao Cao took the bamboo tube, opened it, took out a piece of paper inside, and glanced at it.
In an instant, his eyes turned black and he was on the verge of collapse.
Cao Ren hurriedly supported Cao Cao again and said, "Brother!"
With trembling hands, Cao Cao handed the paper to Cao Ren and said, "Pass it on so that the soldiers can speed up their actions these days."
"These damn cowards in Yizhou!"
"The Jingzhou Army has not yet attacked the city, but they actually opened the door and surrendered to the enemy!"
"The Jingzhou Army marched directly without losing a single soldier or horse!"
The crowd suddenly exploded.
"These Yizhou cowards!"
"What a waste, you can't even resist!"
"It is said that the Jingzhou Army dispatched more than 50,000 soldiers this time, and not a single soldier or horse was lost in Yong'an City. Can we really defend the city?"
"Shut up! Zitong can't hold it. Do you think we can hold it later? Now we can only contain the Jingzhou Army here!"
Seeing everyone quarreling, Cao Cao sternly said: "Shut up!"
Only then did everyone become quiet.
Cao Cao looked towards the horizon, his expression terrifyingly gloomy.
Could it be that everything in this world should belong to that boy?
So what’s the point of what I’ve done all these years?
Cao Cao strengthened his defenses in Zitong City for another three days.
Three days later, in the afternoon, the sky above Zitong was covered with dark clouds.
Black clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
Cao Cao, surrounded by Guo Jia, Xun You, Cao Ren and others, stopped at the south gate of the city after inspecting the defenses on the city wall.
Looking at the horizon, Cao Cao asked: "The enemy is almost here, right?"
Guo Jia coughed a few times and said, "According to the intelligence from the scouts, we will arrive soon."
Cao Cao let out a long breath and said: "Gu also wants to see what Lu Yi'er's Jingzhou Army looks like? Today, it is absolutely impossible to snatch Zitong from Gu's hands!"
Xun You looked at Guo Jia beside him and saw that although he tried his best to endure it, he was still coughing from time to time. He asked worriedly in a low voice: "Fengxiao, are you okay? Do you want to take a rest?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said in a hoarse voice: "There is no time to rest, the enemy is coming soon."
He took out a paper bag from his sleeve and poured a batch of powder into his mouth. Guo Jia poured some water from a kettle hanging on his waist, swallowed it forcefully and said, "We'll wait until we can defend this siege. "
"If we cannot hold the city this time, our morale will be completely shattered."
"The soldiers have been very depressed in the past two years."
"This time, a victory is needed to support their determination to survive."
Although Xun You was still worried, he could only nod his head after hearing what Guo Jia said.
A roar started to sound.
The clouds were almost falling.
It was still daytime, but the whole world seemed to have fallen into darkness.
Between the clouds, silver snakes flickered.
A silver snake tore the sky apart, as if it was about to split the entire world in half.
At this moment, a piercing scream suddenly sounded: "Here we come!"
Everyone looked to the horizon.
The moment the silver light disappeared, countless figures surged out of the sky, so vast!
(End of chapter)
