In the large tent of the Chinese army, Nie Zefeng was discussing with the generals how to break through the barrier.

"Yangguan is built on the mountain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The veteran general Yan Yan is quite capable of commanding troops. If our army attempts to attack by force, it will be difficult to succeed. According to the general's opinion, we can find another path to bypass Yangguan.

, take directly to Jiangzhou City behind it."

Gao Shun advocated seizing the enemy's rear, while Fa Zheng advocated taking Guancheng by force. For a while, it was difficult to reach a consensus.

As the commander-in-chief, Nie Zefeng felt a little anxious at this time.

Although the march from Baidi City had been smooth sailing, he also knew that this was mainly because the Shu army was unprepared.

And along the way, he realized that the so-called "the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky" was indeed a well-deserved reputation. And the cities he passed along the way that were empty of troops would be extremely difficult to capture as long as a few thousand soldiers and horses were stationed there.

of fortified city.

Now in Jiangzhou, he finally encountered Yan Yan, a tough guy. Nie Ze's powerful offensive was naturally blocked.

Nie Zefeng was thinking that if the leader of Yizhou was not as mediocre and weak as Liu Zhang, even if he were replaced by a figure like Liu Biao, with a hundred thousand people and the dangers of the Shu road, neither Liu Bei nor Nie Zefeng would be able to defeat him.

It is impossible to be blocked from Sichuan.

"The land of Shu is full of dangers. In this war, I think we should use wisdom as the main method and strength as a supplement. After all, our real enemy is Cao Cao after he captured Hanzhong. He spent all his troops on attacking the city and taking out the stronghold.

It’s not a wise move.”

Just as he finished speaking, Zhoucang came from outside the tent to report that it was Liu Zhang's envoys Zhang Song and Wang Lei who had come from Chengdu to meet him.

Hearing that Zhang Song was coming, Nie Zefeng couldn't help but perked up.

Previously, he was still worried that Zhang Song would be implicated and harmed after he broke out and attacked Liu Zhang.

Now that Zhang Song could come as an envoy, Nie Zefeng thought that this must be his escape plan, and he felt relieved.

But this Wang Lei also came, which was a bit surprising.

At this moment, Pang Tong, who had been silent, a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "My lord, God is really helping me. I have already thought of the plan to break Yangguan and take Jiangzhou."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the big tent was perked up.

Nie Zefeng knew that he was absolutely right to bring Pang Tong with him in this attack on Shu. In front of the strong city, Pang Tong indeed had a clever plan.

Nie Zefeng was excited at that moment and asked Pang Tong if he had any clever plan.

Pang Tong then told his strategy and excuses to everyone present, and everyone sighed in admiration at Pang Zhimou. Even though he was a righteous man, they all nodded their heads.

At this time, Nie Zefeng was even more excited and sneered: "This plan of the military counselor is really wonderful. Very good, let's tell Wang Lei and Yongnian to come in and meet each other, and we will put on a good show for him."

In the large tent of the Chinese army, Nie Zefeng sat solemnly, with a stern face and a fierce light in his eagle eyes.

On the two wings of the big tent, swords, axes and hands surrounded both sides, all of them looked fierce.

In the military tent, a chilling atmosphere was circulating crazily.

After a while, the tent curtain was lifted, and Zhang Song and another scribe stepped into the tent. That person seemed to be Wang Lei.

As soon as they entered the tent, the two of them felt the chilling atmosphere. Zhang Song secretly winked at Nie Zefeng, but Nie Zefeng turned a blind eye.

Just when he was doubting himself, Nie Zefeng shouted: "Who is coming to the tent?"

Zhang Song was stunned, and doubts suddenly arose in his heart.

He asked Liu Zhang to be sent as an envoy, which was originally a way to escape. He originally wanted to reveal his identity in front of Wang Lei as soon as he entered the tent, but Nie Zefeng's solemn question changed his attitude.

idea.

"My lord, I must have a motive for such an attitude. I might as well cooperate for the time being."

Thinking of this, Zhang Song cupped his hands and said: "Song and the other two are here to meet the king on the orders of our lord, and ask the king to give an explanation for breaking the alliance, abandoning the treaty, and invading our territory.

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Snap!

Nie Zefeng slammed the case and his anger burst out.

"What a great Liu Zhang. I haven't sent anyone to challenge him yet, but he sent someone to question me first. It's really shameless."

Nie Zefeng's questioning immediately confused the two people in front of the case.

Zhang Song was wondering what Nie Zefeng's intentions were, and for a moment he didn't know how to cooperate.

But Wang Lei said seriously: "My lord and your Majesty made an agreement to defeat the Southern Barbarians. Now my lord not only sends troops and money and food to your Majesty, but also lends you a road to attack the Southern Barbarians from the north. This is very sincere, but your Majesty has attacked my city without any reason."

"How come you blame my master for killing my soldiers? I really can't understand the reason behind this."

This Wang Lei was very impassioned and showed no fear at all.

Many messengers had to bow their heads in front of Nie Zefeng. It had been a long time since Nie Zefeng had encountered such a messenger who dared to openly blame him.

Nie Zefeng was not surprised. He knew that Wang Lei in history, in order to persuade Liu Zhang to refuse to invite Liu Bei to Sichuan, even jumped from the city gate and committed suicide to stop him. This shows that this man was not afraid of death at all.

"Commander Shiyuan, I don't want to talk nonsense with him. Tell him why I want to send troops to attack?" Nie Zefeng turned around with a puff of sleeves.

At this time, Pang Tong next to him said with a straight face: "The facts are like this. Not long after my lord arrived in Badong, he wanted to send troops to the north to attack the southern barbarians. Unexpectedly, your Badong governor Huang Quan suspected that I wanted to attack him.

Baidi City actually led an army to sneak attack on my camp at night, but was defeated by our army."

Hearing these words, Wang Lei's expression changed slightly, and his originally righteous and stern tone could not help but shrink a bit.

Wang Lei didn't know that Huang Quan fell into Fazheng's plan and attacked the Chu army secretly. However, Wang Lei knew that Huang Quan really failed first and then invited Nie Zefeng to do it. Not only was he defeated in the end, he also lost the battle.

To Baidi City.

Wang Lei also knew that Huang Quan had always been suspicious of Nie Zefeng, so he thought that if Huang Quan discovered that Nie Zefeng had evil intentions, it would be possible for Huang Quan to launch an attack first due to his character.

It's just baseless. Who can prove that Nie Zefeng has evil intentions, but you Huang Quan made the sneak attack first, but it was obvious there.

As a result, Wang Lei suddenly felt that he had lost some sense.

"My lord wanted to help your Lord Liu to capture Zhang Lu. He had good intentions, but he was treated so treacherously by you. That's why my lord was so angry that he sent troops to invade Shu, in order to reach Chengdu.

Seek justice from Liu Zhang!"

Nie Zefeng, who was standing with his back turned, couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment. Pang Tong was not only extremely resourceful, but his eloquence was also unparalleled.

With a few eloquent words, Pang Tong turned his long-prepared "conspiracy to conquer Shu" into a righteous and awe-inspiring move to ask Liu Zhang for an explanation.

Wang Lei was stunned by the question. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to respond.

Wang Lei, who originally wanted to raise an army to investigate, was frustrated to find that his own side, which had lost troops and territory, was instead the one responsible.

Moreover, what made Wang Lei even more aggrieved was that he was unable to refute that Huang Quan was indeed the first to attack his camp.

At this time, a sly smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Song's mouth, and he had already guessed half of Nie Zefeng's intention.

Thinking of this, Zhang Song hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It seems that this is completely a misunderstanding. To be honest, Huang Gongheng has always been somewhat hostile to your Majesty. His self-inflicted sneak attack this time is completely false."

Our Lord has no knowledge of what he has done personally, so I ask Your Majesty to be generous."

Nie Zefeng, who was standing with his back turned, had a smile on his lips, thinking that Zhang Song was a smart man after all, and he had already understood his intentions without any prior collusion.

Turning around suddenly, Nie Zefeng had a serious look on his face.

He stared at the two people in front of the case and said sternly: "It's easy for you to say it. You are alone in the world. Who dares not to be afraid? Now you are being bullied by the people of Yizhou for no reason. If you don't destroy Yizhou, won't you be called the world?"

People laugh at being alone and incompetent."

The murderous aura only frightened the embarrassed Wang Lei. He was so clumsy that he quickly looked at Zhang Song.

Zhang Song, however, looked helpless and at a loss.

"My lord, after listening to Yongnian's explanation, it seems that this matter is all the fault of Huang Quan alone and has nothing to do with Liu Shijun. My lord has a universal mind. In this case, you might as well forgive Liu Shijun."

At this time, Pang Tong's dark face turned red, and he began to help Wang Lei persuade Nie Zefeng.

Nie Zefeng snorted coldly: "It's easy for you to say. This 40,000-strong army is dragged here by them for no reason. I don't know how much food it will cost. Who will repay these losses?"

Zhang Song hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable. Let's do this. As long as your Majesty can calm down his anger, restore old friendship with my lord, and retreat, I, Yizhou, are willing to double the compensation for the money and food I have consumed these days as an apology to your Majesty."

Nie Zefeng stopped talking. There was no need for him to talk about bargaining.

Pang Tong made a calculation and said: "Let's do this. As long as you compensate us two hundred thousand grains and grass, my lord will consider withdrawing the army and getting back on good terms with you."

Two hundred thousand bushels of grain and grass was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for Liu Zhang, who was extremely wealthy. Using this amount of grain to avoid an imminent war was a great deal.

"No problem, two hundred thousand dendrobium is two hundred thousand dendrobium." Zhang Song agreed without thinking.

Although Wang Lei felt unhappy, he had no choice but to remain silent.

At this time, Nie Zefeng's expression had just softened a bit, but he said again: "You Yizhou people are the most dishonest in your words. How can I be credulous based on your words?"

After a pause, Nie Zefeng pointed at Wang Lei and said: "I will leave Zhang Song as a hostage. You can quickly return to Chengdu and tell Liu Zhang that if he does not deliver 200,000 dendrobium of grain and grass within six days, I will kill Zhang Song."

He marched his army directly to Chengdu and seized his inheritance."

Nie Zefeng wanted to keep Zhang Song to help his golden cicada escape from its shell. Zhang Song was secretly happy to hear this, but Wang Lei felt a chill in his heart.

Zhang Song, who was secretly happy, made a bitter look and said to Wang Lei: "The matter has come to this. Only by staying here can Song show his lord's sincerity. If Wang is engaged, please return to Chengdu as soon as possible and report to the lord."

It’s about food and grass.”

"Zhang Biejia, take care of yourself, Wang will rush back to Chengdu immediately."

Wang Lei was originally suspicious of Zhang Song. At this time, he not only believed in Zhang Song, but also secretly admired Zhang Song's courage in surrendering to the Chu army.

Wang Lei, who fell into the trap, did not dare to stay longer and left immediately.
Chapter completed!