Sima Yi ordered the entire army to attack, but no one listened to him. Only then did he realize that the troops around him were from Hanzhong. He had no power to mobilize and could only watch Yu Yi lead the troops to break through. After Yu Yi's troops entered the range, Wei Yan led his troops to fight and retreat, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the Hanzhong soldiers, so he set up camp and made temporary adjustments.
Yu Yi asked Huang Shumin to count the number of people again, and found that there were less than 5,000 people. He sighed and looked very depressed. You must know that this was Yu Yi's biggest failure since entering the Three Kingdoms period. It can be said to be a painful lesson.
Wei Yan sent someone to report the situation to Liu Bei. When Liu Bei learned about it, he was very surprised and came over with Pang Tong.
After entering the camp, he saw Yu Yi's very negative look and comforted him: "A temporary defeat is nothing."
Yu Yi said: "I brought those people out from Daoxiang Village. Now they died in the battle because of a mistake. How can I still have the face to meet the folks in Daoxiang Village!"
Pang Tong advised: "In the past, Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, and millions of troops were buried with him. Those who achieved hegemony should not stick to trivial matters. This time's failure can only be blamed on Sima Yi's too cunning."
Yu Yi sighed: "Yes, I didn't expect Sima Yi to be so treacherous. I vowed to personally kill this old thief Sima Yi!"
Liu Bei looked at Huang Shumin on the side and asked, "Are you the commander-in-chief of the Yuyi Army?"
He replied: "Exactly!"
Liu Bei said: "You should all join the large army in the future."
Huang Shumin glanced at Yu Yi, as if waiting for Yu Yi's approval.
Although Liu Bei is his eldest brother, Yu Yi still cannot accept such a direct request for annexation. Yu Yi knows the situation of Huang Shumin and other soldiers after entering. The leadership will definitely change, and he can only follow Liu Bei's wishes. In history, many of Liu Bei's ideas were problematic, but the brothers had just met, and they couldn't ignore each other's wishes, and fell into a state of hesitation.
Liu Bei narrowed his eyes and his expression became serious.
At this time, Pang Tong came out to relieve the siege and said: "The soldiers trained by General Yuyi must have retained their own aura. I suggest that they be integrated into our army, but they should still be directly managed by Yuyi!"
Liu Bei thought this suggestion was good and accepted it.
After everyone returned to the pass, Yu Yi called his people to hold a meeting overnight. He chose a very private place and the scale was not large. He only brought Huang Shumin, Lei Chunze and others.
The content of the meeting was to discuss the lessons learned. Yu Yi made a profound self-examination at the meeting and requested that he be removed from his position as commander. Everyone tried their best to dissuade him. Yu Yi had no choice but to continue to serve as commander in chief. The meeting also planned the next step. The strategic direction is to work with the Jingzhou army and horses to capture Xichuan.
In Chengdu, Liu Bei's letter arrived, and this matter soon reached Zhang Song's ears. Zhang Song heard that Liu Bei was preparing to return to Jingzhou, and thought he was really leaving, so he wrote a letter himself and sent He went to give it to Liu Bei. At this time, his brother Zhang Su, the governor of Guanghan, came to visit. In a hurry, Zhang Song had to hide the written letter in his sleeve and discuss things with Zhang Su.
During the chat, Zhang Su found that Zhang Song looked a little dazed, spoke absent-mindedly, and had doubts in his heart, so he wanted to test it out, so he got some wine and drank with Zhang Su. When Zhang Song was a little drunk, during the toast The letter was also left behind and was picked up by people around Zhang Su.
After the banquet dispersed, the attendant handed the letter to Zhang Su. Zhang Su read the content of the letter: There was nothing missing in the suggestions I gave to the emperor's uncle before. Why has the emperor's uncle not taken action yet? Xichuan can only be taken down during riots, and docile people can only defend it. This is a principle summarized in ancient times. Now that major events are under our control, why should we give up such a good opportunity and return to Jingzhou? Zhang Song heard about this. If it was due to other emergencies, that would be a different matter. When my letter arrives, please send troops as soon as possible. As an internal response, I hope there will be no further delays!
Zhang Su burst out laughing after seeing this, very surprised, and said: "This younger brother of mine is doing something to get his family exterminated. I'm afraid it will implicate me. I must report it in time."
He handed the letter to Liu Zhang overnight, and also told his younger brother Zhang Song and Liu Bei that they had conspired to sacrifice Xichuan.
In front of the evidence, Liu Zhang was very angry and said angrily: "I am usually very good to Zhang Song and have never treated him lightly. Why do you want to rebel against me like this!" So he ordered Zhang Song and his family to be arrested and beheaded together.
After Zhang Song sobered up, he found that the letter was gone. He remembered how he drank with Zhang Su, and thought that Zhang Su had taken it. He was about to go find Zhang Su, but soldiers stopped him at the door and took him directly to the execution ground. Kneeling on the ground, Zhang Song understood everything, cursed his relative, and was finally beheaded, stained with blood for five steps.
Zhang Song's incident confirmed the suggestions of Huang Quan and others. After Zhang Song was beheaded, Liu Zhang quickly summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss: "Now that Zhang Song has been beheaded, the content of the letter can prove that Liu Bei is ready to seize my Foundation, what should we do?"
Huang Quan replied: "Now we have reached a critical moment. We can't wait any longer. We need to send people to notify the officials guarding the pass everywhere to increase the defense force. We can't let anyone and one horse from Jingzhou come in."
Liu Zhang followed this suggestion and immediately sent people to various passes in Xichuan overnight to inform him of the situation.
After merging Yu Yi's troops, Liu Bei took everyone back to Fucheng. He first asked people to report to the guarding generals and let Yang Huai and Gao Pei go out to see them off.
The two generals had already received the relevant news and discussed: "How about Liu Bei going back to Jingzhou this time?"
Gao Pei said: "We should assassinate him and then go to the lord to ask for credit. When we say goodbye, we should hide a sharp knife on our body first, and then assassinate him in time. This can eliminate our lord's troubles."
Yang Huaidao: "This is good!"
So the two of them took 200 followers to see them off, leaving the other soldiers behind.
Almost all of Liu Bei's army came over and stationed themselves on the Fulishui River. Pang Tong, Yu Yi, and Liu Bei stood side by side on horseback. Pang Tong said to Liu Bei, "If Yang Huai and Gao Pei come to see them off happily, you can be careful. If they don't come, , let Yu Yi and General Wei Yan lead their troops and horses to attack the pass directly without delay."
While he was talking, a gust of wind suddenly blew over and knocked down the word "handsome" in front of the horse. Liu Bei asked Pang Tong, "What is this sign?"
Yu Yi looked at the direction where the flag was blown down, then looked at the direction again, and said with a smile: "It's very simple. Look at the wind coming out of the pass, impartially, blowing down the commander's flag. Naturally, Yang Huai and Gao Pei will come. Farewell, but they have no good intentions, they must be prepared to wait until the farewell is close to the eldest brother, and assassinate the eldest brother, so be careful."
