While everyone was discussing how to attack Hanzhong and complete the rendezvous of the troops, the messenger sent by Liu Bei also came to the pass and reported to the guards. After Yang Huai and Gao Pei learned about this, they asked Gao Pei to guard the pass, and Yang Huai and the envoy went to Chengdu to meet Liu Zhang to deliver the message.
After Liu Zhang read the contents of the letter, he felt a little strange and asked Yang Huai why he came with him. Yang Huai said: "I came here just for this letter. According to my observation, after Liu Bei entered Hanzhong, he spread his kindness widely and won the hearts of the people. His intention is by no means as simple as resisting foreign enemies for the sake of brotherhood. It is very likely that he wants to plot against Xichuan. If he asks his lord for money and horses, he must not agree. If he really agrees, it will be like holding wood to put out a fire! "
Since the last time we said goodbye, Liu Zhang had a very good impression of his brother Liu Bei, so he said: "Liu Bei and I have a brotherly relationship. If he really wants soldiers and horses, why don't I help him, not to mention that he also wants to help me resist foreign enemies. !”
At this time, a man came out from the bottom of the steps and said: "Liu Bei is a hero. If you don't send him back after living in Shu for a long time, you will let a tiger into the house. Now we will give him soldiers, horses and troops." Money, doesn’t that give the tiger wings?”
Everyone looked around and found that this man was not a native of Shuzhong, but a native of Haoyang, Lingling. His surname was Liu Mingba, and his courtesy name was Zichu.
If the local people were admonishing, Liu Zhang thought it was just some sectarian opinions, which were all kinds of excuses for xenophobia. Now that a person from other places was admonishing like this, he really needed to think about it, so Liu Zhang fell into hesitation. At that time, Huang Quan came again to dissuade Liu Zhang, and finally Liu Zhang was shaken, so he found some old and weak soldiers, four thousand soldiers and horses, and ten thousand hu of food, and then wrote a reply letter asking the envoy to take it back. In addition, Yang Huai and Gao Pei Still guarding the pass, but more strictly than before, always paying attention to the movements of Liu Bei's troops.
Soon Liu Zhang's envoy came to Jiameng Pass and met Liu Bei to explain the situation. Yu Yi was also at the scene.
According to his previous characteristics, the eldest brother must have accepted it tactfully and overcome all difficulties. However, this time, Liu Bei was not benevolent. Instead, he cursed and said: "As a brother, I came from Jingzhou so far away to fight against foreign enemies for you, but you I am very happy in Chengdu and have accumulated money. If you just give me these things, how can you make my soldiers and horses work for you!" After saying this, he tore up Liu Zhang's letter on the spot.
This scene made Yu Yi dumbfounded. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Brother is right, this Liu Zhang doesn't regard us as brothers at all, and he can't even be considered as friends. Why should we risk our lives!"
When the messenger saw this, he could only leave in despair.
Yu Yi planned to wait until the envoy left soon, pursue him and kill him, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack Chengdu. He was stopped by Pang Tong and said: "General, please calm down. If the envoy returns, I am afraid it will aggravate Liu Zhang's suspicion."
Liu Bei also tried to persuade Yu Yi to stop.
Liu Bei's performance surprised Pang Tong. When did his lord become so domineering? He said, "My lord values benevolence and righteousness. Now that we have destroyed the letter, all our previous work will be over."
Liu Bei also discovered this and regretted a little, and quickly asked: "This is already the case, what should we do?"
Pang Tong raised three fingers with his right hand and said: "I now have three strategies that can be provided to the lord to choose from."
Liu Bei asked: "What is the plan?"
He replied: "It just so happens that General Yu Yi is here now, and there are still 50,000 troops and horses. We can pretend to attack Hanzhong, and then after the troops and horses turn around, we will select elite troops, led by Generals Yu Yi, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, to directly attack Xu Du. This is a plan. Yang Huai and Gao Pei are both famous generals in Shu, and they have very powerful troops to guard the pass. Liu Zhang should have secretly ordered to tighten the guard. We can tell them to leave Shu and return to Jingzhou. They will definitely come to see them off. At this time, we will prepare some swordsmen and axemen at the banquet to capture these two people and seize the pass. We can attack Fucheng first and then send our troops to Chengdu. This is a trick. Now we will lead It is a bad plan to lead troops and horses back to Baidi City, return to Jingzhou overnight, and then find a way to attack Xichuan. If we continue to be hesitant like this, we will definitely encounter great difficulties and will fall into a point of no return. "
Yu Yi stood aside and listened to the three strategies, admiring Pang Tong even more in his heart.
At this time, Liu Bei seemed to be hesitant and asked Yu Yi, "Fourth brother, what do you think we should do?"
Yu Yi said: "We treated Liu Zhang like this, but he bit back. It's really infuriating. I think we can take the best strategy suggested by the military advisor. First pretend to attack Hanzhong, turn around our troops, and then directly attack Chengdu. Then we can pacify Xichuan in one fell swoop." , we have a rear area, can form a three-legged situation, and also have the capital to attack the Central Plains and help the Han Dynasty."
After listening to Yu Yi's persuasion, Pang Tong on the other side agreed and admired him in his heart.
Liu Bei thought for a moment and said: "What the fourth brother said makes sense, but attacking Chengdu directly is too hasty, and Jingzhou is in a dangerous situation. If we fail to attack Chengdu, or it takes a long time, then the situation in Jingzhou will be even more critical. As for the next best option, go back to Jingzhou and then find a way to enter Xichuan. That is really too slow, so I think we should resort to a trick."
Yu Yi thinks that as long as he doesn't take any drastic measures, it's okay. After all, Xichuan must be captured. This is exactly the kingly style of his elder brother!
So he wrote a letter to Liu Zhang, saying that Zhang Lu had retreated to Hanzhong and had no intention of attacking Shuzhong. His fourth brother was stationed near Hanzhong and was in danger of being surrounded. Do you need to lead troops to rescue him? In addition, he talked about Cao Cao leading When Lejin and other generals arrived at the Qingni Formation, the generals in Jingzhou could not resist and had to go back to resist in person. There was no time to meet, so they wrote to say goodbye.
Yu Yi was a little surprised. After all, Le Jin fell into his own scheme on the bank of the Yellow River and was already half-dead. Why did he still appear among Cao Cao's troops attacking Jingzhou, so he went to find Pang Tong.
Arriving at Pang Tong's room, Yu Yi bowed and was surprised to see chairs already placed in front of Pang Tong's desk, as if he knew in advance that someone was coming to visit.
Yu Yi was not polite, sat in front of Pang Tong, and praised: "Sir, I am very impressed by your cleverness!"
Pang Tong smiled and said: "I don't have the ability to make any clever calculations. I just saw that the general looked wrong today, and Kong Ming told your story well in front of me. That's all."
Yu Yi said: "Sir, don't be modest. They say that Wolong and Fengxiao can bring peace to the world. You are equally famous. In our opinion, Fengxiao is better than Wolong!"
Pang Tong explained: "Kong Ming is good at defense, and his mechanism skills are also very good, but I am good at offense, and my focus is different!"
Yu Yi thought that since Kong Ming had already told some of the situation, there was nothing to hide, so he asked, "Do you know about Le Jin?"
