Zhang Fei's roar penetrated the noisy shouts of killing. The cavalrymen who attacked from behind were overturned on the spot because their horses were frightened. Two of them had ruptured eardrums and fell to the ground convulsing.

On the battlefield in Jingzhou, Zhang Fei used this method to kill his opponents many times. How had the Yizhou soldiers ever seen such a scene? His subordinates who were originally loyal to Liu Sui instinctively retreated.

Soldiers will fight against soldiers, and they will fight against generals.

After all, a tough opponent like Zhang Fei is not someone who can sneak attack.

Liu Quan was stunned at this time. He turned his horse's head and tried to retreat, but the horse beneath him seemed to be frightened and ran staggeringly as if he was drunk.

Zhang Fei turned around and discovered Liu Suan's cowardice. He saw him clamping the horse's belly with his legs, Wu Zui received the signal and ran wildly in the darkness, and the eight-foot-long snake spear shuttled through the air with the light of fire.

Liu Huang whipped the horse's buttocks while looking back. When he saw Zhang Fei chasing after him from behind, his heart sank into the valley like a bungee jump.

While he opened his eyes wide and showed fear, the Zhangba Snake Spear pierced directly through his left waist, and soon he lost consciousness as if his brain was powered off.

Zhang Fei shook the snake spear hard, and Liu Suan's body was thrown under the horse.

"I have a tough mouth all over my body. I'm really vulnerable." Zhang Fei glanced disdainfully and then chased Liu Feng forward.

The next morning, the smoke cleared.

On the streets of Luocheng, soldiers can be seen in groups and resting together.

After several months of intensive siege, Liu Bei finally captured the important town north of Chengdu at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties.

The fire in the city had been put out, and there was not much food left in the granaries. The people closed their doors and did not dare to go out. Liu Bei strictly ordered the people in the city to plunder their property, and arranged for the generals to lead soldiers to patrol everywhere.

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng were waiting eagerly at the south gate. Only after dawn did Zhang Fei and Liu Feng slowly return from the south.

Seeing that the two men were not in high spirits, Zhuge Liang guessed that Liu Yi had not been captured.

After questioning, I learned that Zhang Fei had killed Liu Quan. In the melee last night, only a hundred of Liu Yi's thousands of soldiers and horses followed him and fled to Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang encouraged him, and then said to Fazheng: "Since Liu Wei escaped last night, Chengdu must find a way to attack. I have asked the soldiers in the city to surrender. Liu Zhang still has 30,000 elite soldiers in Chengdu. If he continues to be like Luocheng

If we attack like this, our losses will be too great..."

"Well, the city of Chengdu is strong and has sufficient food and grass. It would be unwise for a wise man to attack by force..." Fazheng replied.

"I advise your lord to occupy the surrounding counties and villages of Chengdu first and make them isolated and helpless before making plans. You and the scholars have many clever plans, so you should think of good strategies to help your lord." Zhuge Liang said.

Fazheng nodded, "Liu Zhang is gentle and cowardly. I will first write a letter to describe the situation in detail, hoping to persuade him to surrender to Kaicheng."

Liu Bei rested in Luocheng for three days, and then the army marched towards Chengdu.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the situation and occupy surrounding counties and villages to isolate Chengdu, but found that this work had already been completed by Zhao Yun.

After Zhao Yun and Liu Bei joined forces, the total force reached more than 40,000, which was still more than the defenders of Chengdu in terms of number.

After setting up camp, Liu Bei called Zhao Yun to him and asked, "Zilong has worked hard all the way. Did he encounter any difficulties or obstacles on this trip?"

Zhao Yun clasped his fists and replied: "Yun Tuo Lord Hongfu, Jiangyang, and Qianwei are all going well because the military advisor warned us not to advance lightly. I fought steadily on the road and slowly conquered each county. It was not until July that I came to Chengdu."

After arriving in Chengdu, Liu Zhang could not hold out, so Yun Kun had no other choice but to occupy the surrounding counties and villages, hoping that Liu Zhang could not help but send troops to fight, but he accidentally ended up like this."

"Liu Zhang really looked at him like this?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

"I sent out troops twice during the process, but they were repulsed and never moved again." Zhao Yun nodded.

Liu Bei laughed loudly: "Zilong is a really talented general. The three armies and horses in Jingzhou went smoothly. However, we spent a long time in Luocheng and our reserve troops are not as good as yours."

Zhuge Liang argued: "My lord, you should not compare like this. Liu Zhang did not govern Shu well. The officers and soldiers were disloyal and the people were disloyal. Only the three armies of Jingzhou had an opportunity to take advantage of it. However, Luocheng was guarded by his son Liu Wei. How dare the soldiers fail to obey and die?"

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"What Kong Ming said is true." Pang Tong nodded in affirmation.

"That's true." Fazheng also agreed.

Liu Bei extended his index finger and pointed, "The three military advisors are of the same mind, but Xiaozhi's letter of persuasion to surrender has been sent to the city for several days, but there is still no news. How can we capture Chengdu?"

"Sun Tzu said, 'The art of using troops is to surround it ten times, attack it five times, and divide it when twice the number...' Our troops are only ten thousand more than those in the city, but the food and grass are not as abundant as in the city. Now Liu Zhang is like a frightened bird and it is difficult to divide his troops.

"The best way to capture the city is to use strategy." Fazheng said, twirling his beard.

Liu Bei affirmed: "Chengdu is too far from Jingzhou, and Ziyu's supply transportation is difficult. It would be unwise to waste food and grass with Liu Zhang..."

Pang Tong smiled leisurely: "It's no use just a little grain and grass. Chengdu is now an isolated city. Apart from this city, the lord can take whatever he has."

"This must not be the case. We have done nothing against the people since we entered Shu. How would we be different from Cao Cao's thieves if we send troops to rob food?" Liu Bei shook his head quickly.

"My lord misunderstood Pang Tong's intention. What I mean is that if Liu Zhang can't hold on, we can surround Chengdu and camp in the fields. In less than half a year, if the city's grain supply is exhausted, the city will inevitably surrender." Pang Tong analyzed.

Fazheng asked back: "Chengdu's treasury is sufficient, and there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city. The food reserves can last for three years. Why does Shi Yuan claim that the food will be exhausted in half a year?"

Pang Tong laughed and said: "Although Liu Zhang only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, how many people are there in Chengdu? How many days can their families last? If Chengdu surrenders within half a year, there will be civil strife. If we use some more tactics..."

"An arrow book like Luocheng?" Fazheng was overjoyed.

Seeing that Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang both nodded, Liu Bei immediately adopted Pang Tong's suggestion, stationed troops and horses outside the city to farm on the spot, and sent generals to the surrounding counties to manage the situation, completely isolating the entire Chengdu.

Asking back about Fa Zheng's arrow books that undermine people's hearts has become the only source of information for the outside world.

In November of the 18th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei besieged Chengdu for nearly two months. Lantian sent Hu Ke to take a boat and a carriage, and brought 20 carts, gold, silver and copper coins.

Liu Bei initially thought it was military rations, but he didn't expect that the twenty carts were full of property. He looked at Zhuge Liang and others and asked curiously: "What does Ziyu mean?"

Hu Ke took out two letters from his arms, handed one to Liu Bei and the other to Zhuge Liang, and then explained: "Sir's intentions are all in the letters."

In a letter to Liu Bei, he wrote: When awarding rewards after the war, be careful and do not go too far. It is difficult to win the hearts of the people, but it is easy to destroy them.

Liu Bei looked confused after reading this. Lan Ziyu asked me to be cautious in awarding rewards? But Chengdu has not yet been conquered. Did the money come too early? But how can these twenty carts be enough?

"Military advisor, what did Ziyu say?" Liu Bei noticed that Zhuge Liang's letter paper was particularly large.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and turned the paper over. It was an unfinished copy of the Yangtze River Newspaper. It was the tenth issue that they had not received yet. The content of Jingzhou on the right had been filled in, but the page on the left was empty.
Chapter completed!