Wei Yan came out from the reeds, and the soldiers stabbed him with their spears. Soon Huang Zhong's ambushed soldiers and horses also came out, and cut off the horses' hooves with long swords. Soon, all Zhang Ren's horses were chopped down to the ground. Being captured alive, the infantrymen did not dare to advance at all. Zhang Ren had no choice but to escape with a dozen of the escaped cavalry. Suddenly he met Zhang Fei. Zhang Ren was about to escape, but Zhang Fei gave a loud shout. Everyone came together to capture him. Zhang Ren was also captured. Caught alive.
It turned out that Zhuo Ying and Zhang Ren had agreed on a strategy. After seeing Zhao Yun, they surrendered directly. The Han army returned to the camp in victory.
Liu Bei rewarded Zhuo Ying, and Zhang Fei also tied Zhang Ren to the camp. Kong Ming was beside Liu Bei, looking at Zhang Ren with blood-red eyes. Liu Bei said: "All the generals in Shu surrendered one after another after seeing us. Why didn't you surrender earlier?"
Zhang Ren was very angry and said angrily: "How can a loyal minister serve two lords?"
Liu Bei said: "If you don't follow the way of heaven, I will give you a chance. If you surrender, you will avoid death."
He replied: "I will not surrender today, nor in the future. You can kill me as soon as possible!"
Liu Bei couldn't bear to kill him, so Zhang Ren started to yell and curse. Kongming sent someone to drag Zhang Ren out and said, "You attacked our Pang Tong military advisor at Luofengpo. I should have killed you a long time ago. Seeing that you are so loyal." For your sake, the previous hatred will be wiped out after your death, and I will fulfill your reputation of loyalty!"
Liu Bei sighed so much that he had his body collected and buried near Jinyan Bridge to express his loyalty.
Zhang Ren was executed, and Kong Ming bowed in the direction of Luofengpo, which was a comfort to Pang Tong.
On the second day, Kongming sent Yan Yan, Wu Yi and other generals who had surrendered from central Sichuan as the vanguard and arrived directly at Luocheng, shouting: "You should surrender early, lest the people in the city suffer with you!"
Liu Suan stood on the city wall and couldn't stop cursing. Yan Yan was about to take out his bow and arrow and kill him. Suddenly he saw a general appearing on the city wall with a sword in his hand. He killed Liu Suan directly and then led the soldiers in the city. The horse comes out and surrenders.
Liu Bei led the Han army into the city. Liu Xun opened the west gate and left, fleeing towards Chengdu.
Liu Bei came out to appease the people in the city, and then asked the general who surrendered. It turned out to be Zhang Yi from Wuyang.
Xuande finally captured Luocheng and rewarded some meritorious generals.
Kong Ming suggested: "Now that Luocheng has been captured by us, Chengdu is also in sight. We are afraid that other states and counties will rebel at this time. We can send Zhang Yi, Wu Yi and Zhao Yun to appease Jiang Yang, Qian and other key At that place, let Yan Yan and Zhuo Ying take Zhang Fei to appease some Jingzhous where Deyang belongs to Brazil, and then entrust the officials to carry out daily management, and come to Chengdu to meet them when everything is ready."
Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun received the order and left with their troops. Kong Ming asked, "What passes are there ahead?"
The surrendered soldiers from Shu replied: "Only Mianzhu Pass is heavily guarded. If it is breached, Chengdu will be right around the corner."
Kong Ming summoned everyone to discuss the next action plan. Fa Zheng said: "If Luocheng is captured by us, the middle of Shu will be in danger. My lord is prepared to obey everyone with benevolence and righteousness, so he must not march. I will write a letter." , hand it to Liu Zhang and explain the various key points involved, and Liu Zhang will naturally surrender."
Kong Ming nodded and said, "The method mentioned by Fa Zheng is very good." So he sent someone to write a letter to Chengdu.
After Liu Xun fled back to Chengdu, he brought back the news that Luocheng had been conquered. Liu Zhang was very panicked after hearing this, and quickly summoned everyone for discussion. Zheng Dujin came up with a plan and said, "Although Liu Bei has captured the city now, But there are not many soldiers and horses, and the people in Xichuan have not completely surrendered to him. The grain in the wild is their resource, and the army does not have a lot of food and grass. How about we drive away all the residents of Zitong, Brazil, and move the Cangying Yegu to the west of Fulishui. Burn out all the fires, then build fortifications, and fight a war of attrition with Liu Bei. No matter how they challenge us, we can't hold on. Just like this, in just a hundred days, their troops will definitely be defeated because of lack of food and grass. Leave, at this time we take advantage of the opportunity to attack, then Liu Bei can capture him."
Liu Zhang said: "This won't work. I've heard that blocking the enemy is used to pacify the people, but I've never heard of driving the people away to resist the enemy. This is not a strategy for preservation."
Everyone was discussing, and someone reported that a letter had arrived from Fazheng. Liu Zhang asked the messenger to come over and presented the letter. Liu Zhang opened it and read it. The content was: Before I went to Jingzhou to form an alliance with Liu Bei, I didn't expect that there would be nothing on either side of my lord. Talent, I left. Now Jingzhou cares about the brotherhood of the same clan and does not want to attack with troops. If the lord can lead the people to surrender, I think the emperor will not treat him badly. I hope he can think twice.
Fa Zheng was an old general in Xichuan. Liu Zhang was very angry after reading it. He tore up the letter on the spot and said: "Fa Zheng is a villain who seeks glory and is an ungrateful person!" So he expelled the messenger from the city and sent his wife's brother Fei Watch and take soldiers and horses to guard Mianzhu Pass.
After Fei Guan got the news, he recommended a man from Yang named Li, named Yan, with the courtesy name Zhengfang, to lead the army together. So he and Li Yan led 30,000 troops to Mianzhu.
Dong He, the prefect of Yizhou, also named Youzai, was from Zhijiang, Nanjun. After learning about the news, he wrote to Liu Zhang, hoping to ask for help from Hanzhong.
Liu Zhang said: "Zhang Lu and I are feuding, how could he come to save me?"
He replied: "Although he has enmity with us, Liu Bei's army is in a very critical situation in Luocheng. If your lips are dead, your teeth will be cold. If you use interests to persuade, you will definitely agree." So Liu Zhang wrote a letter to Zhang Lu and sent it to Zhang Lu. Go to Hanzhong.
Since Ma Chao's defeat, he has joined the Qiang tribe for two years. He has maintained a good relationship with the Qiang tribe. He attacked some prefectures and counties in Longxi, and all the places he passed through surrendered directly. Only Jicheng was never captured. Wei Kang, the governor, sent people to Xia Houyuan many times to ask for help. Xia Houyuan did not get Cao Cao's instructions and kept his troops stationary. When Wei Kang saw that the reinforcements did not come, he discussed with everyone and said: "In this case, it is better for us to surrender directly to Ma Chao." Bar."
Yang Fu, who joined the army, cried and admonished: "Ma Chao is a traitor to the monarch. How can he surrender?"
He replied: "But things have reached this point. What should we do if we don't surrender?"
Yang Fu tried to persuade him several times, but Wei Kang still didn't listen, so he opened the city gate and went to surrender to Ma Chao. Ma Chao had been attacking for a long time and was still angry. He said, "It's because the matter is urgent, so you came to surrender." You don’t really want to surrender to me!” After saying that, he ordered to kill all the more than 40 people in Wei Kang’s family, leaving no one behind.
Someone told Ma Chao that Yang Fu persuaded Wei Kang not to surrender and could kill him!
Ma Chao said: "This man is righteous and cannot be killed." So he asked Yang Fu to join the army. He also recommended Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu, and Ma Chao used them both.
