Li Yi was startled to see the city gate opened easily. Although he felt something was wrong, the Qiang people had already rushed in. He was also furious, but considering his contribution, he followed them into the city.
Even if I don't dare to argue with Zhang Fei, I should at least ask Fa Zheng for an explanation. I led the troops to kill the enemy, but you broke camp and entered the city first, and didn't even send anyone to support me. How is this logical
It was nearly three o'clock in the morning. The angry Qiang people entered the city and took advantage of the chaos to loot everywhere. However, the city had just been looted by the rebel army and was in a mess. The Qiang people were furious and set fire to and smashed the houses.
This was also their habit. After winning a battle, they would just plunder and leave. Pang Xi never restricted them. Anyway, they were only robbing Zhang Lu's territory. The more thoroughly it was destroyed, the less resources Zhang Lu would have to send troops.
Although a banquet had been set up in the government office, no one started eating. Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng, Meng Da and others were waiting for news. Sure enough, the defenders soon reported that Li Yi had forced his way into the city gate and allowed his soldiers to loot.
Zhang Fei slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying: "How dare Li Yi to rob my city! Send troops!"
Gan Ning, Wang Ping and Meng Da, all wearing armor, immediately followed Zhang Fei out of the government office and each led an army to charge towards the west gate.
Pang Tong smiled and said, "Just as Xiaozhi expected, Li Yi really can't keep his cool."
Fa Zheng smiled faintly and said, "Back then, Zhao Wei rebelled, but was killed by his subordinates Pang Le and Li Yi. The two men killed Wei and became very proud of their achievements. When Liu Zhang learned that Pang Xi wanted to establish his own power, he sent the two men to Baxi and ordered them to help Pang Xi fight Zhang Lu. In fact, he wanted to let them fight so that he could reap the benefits. It's a pity that Pang Xi is experienced and has his own ways to win over the two men. Instead, they colluded with each other and gained a lot from fighting Zhang Lu over the years. In fact, he has become a faction of his own."
Pang Tong said: "If we keep these people, they will be a great trouble. Since Liu Zhang intends to get rid of them, let's fulfill his wish."
Fa Zheng smiled and said, "Liu Jiyu is not good at governing the prefectures and counties. The people of Yizhou have been longing for a wise ruler, so let's help him!"
When Guanzhong was in turmoil, Fa Zheng and his good friend Meng Da fled to Yizhou to avoid the chaos. Although they attached themselves to Liu Zhang, they were not valued. They were neither from Yizhou gentry nor from Dongzhou soldiers. They were caught in a difficult situation. If it were not for Zhang Song's help, they would have found it difficult to gain a foothold in Yizhou.
The two of them often discussed heroes all over the world in private. This time Zhang Song invited Liu Qi to come to Shu, and Fa Zheng naturally wanted it more than happy. He secretly fanned the flames, hoping to meet a wise leader soon.
Li Yi was also from a prominent family in Yizhou. He had made great achievements by killing his master. When he was in Chengdu, he was very arrogant. Once at a banquet, he scolded these outsiders for being idlers and disturbing Yizhou, and threatened to drive everyone out of Shu!
Although he did not mention any names, Fa Zheng always kept it in mind. This plan was made to help Zhang Fei advance into Baxi and also to avenge a personal vengeance.
There is a good proverb in Guanzhong: When people go crazy, good things happen; when dogs go crazy, they get hit by bricks.
Li Yi was arrogant and humiliating, so how could he not pay the price
At this time, Li Yi was walking on the street. Suddenly, his eyelids twitched violently, just like when he killed Zhao Wei. He felt frightened.
Just when they were feeling uneasy, they suddenly heard the sound of armor and torches in front of them. A general led his troops and shouted with a thunderous voice, "Who is so bold as to charge into our city?"
Li Yi was shocked by the shouting. He looked up and saw a man who looked as majestic as a god, holding a snake spear. He guessed it was Zhang Fei, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "General Zhang, I am Li Yi, a general under the command of Governor Pang..."
Zhang Fei shouted angrily: "It turned out that Pang Yi ordered you to attack the city. How unreasonable! Kill them!"
Li Yi was shocked and waved his hands, saying, "General Zhang, I am not attacking the city. I want to see the law—"
While he was still arguing, Zhang Fei had already galloped up to him and knocked Li Yi off his horse with his snake spear. The soldiers behind him were horrified and fled in panic.
Zhang Fei shouted, "The army has issued an order that anyone who dares to break into a private residence, disturb the people and rob them will be killed without mercy!"
The Jingzhou army immediately divided into several teams and rushed to the south gate, killing all the Brazilian soldiers and horses running around in the streets. Only a few people escaped from the city.
After completely stabilizing the public security in the city, Zhang Fei ordered the entire army to hold a banquet to celebrate the victory, which lasted until dawn.
After three days of rest, the weather cleared up. Zhang Fei took his anger out on Pang Xi, claiming that Li Yi had attacked Hanchang, and went to Langzhong to settle the score. Fa Zheng and Wang Ping stayed in Hanchang, waiting to meet up with Liu Qi.
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In Dianjiang City, since Zhang Fei led his troops away, Yan Yan knew that Shu was in danger, so he strengthened patrols every day and sent people to closely monitor the movements of the Jingzhou troops to prevent them from counterattacking and attacking the city.
Ju Fu also sighed for this stubborn master. Now the people in Yizhou were unstable, and the local civil and military officials were suppressed and alienated. They were all waiting and watching. Why bother so much for a weak ruler
That evening, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he was just trying to build up his courage to go and persuade Yan Yan. Just as he arrived at the mansion, a scout came to report that a group of troops were coming from the direction of Jiangzhou and passing outside the city.
Yan Yan did not dare to be careless and went to the top of the city to observe in person. As the sun was about to set, he saw carriages and horses stretching for three or four miles, with flags fluttering, moving in a long and winding manner.
Ju Fu looked at it for a while and said, "This group has a lot of people, horses and vehicles, and there are also oxen, mules and civilians carrying the loads. They must be a group transporting grain."
Yan Yan stroked his beard and sneered, "The road from the Bashui River to the west is rugged and difficult to travel, and the weather is unpredictable. I'm afraid this batch of food and grass will be consumed or moldy and rotten before it reaches Langzhong. Zhang Fei will definitely fail this time!"
Ju Fu sighed. Ba County was originally vast and sparsely populated. In order to facilitate governance, the three Ba areas were divided. The road from Jiangzhou to the north into Daba Mountain was indeed tortuous. It was precisely because of the dangerous mountains and terrain that the Ba people dared to compete with Liu Zhang.
The carriages and horses went all the way to the bank of the Bashui River to set up camp and rest. The sun was about to set and the sky was getting dark. Yan Yan was about to return to the city when suddenly the defenders shouted, "General, look!"
Yan Yan looked back and saw flames rising into the sky from the direction of the river bank. The flames were blown by the night wind and spread along the river bank. In an instant, several carts caught fire. The soldiers shouted and ran around, busy putting out the fire.
"Hahaha, God is really helping me!" Yan Yan stroked his beard and laughed, "This batch of food and grass has been burned. I want to see how Zhang Fei steals Langzhong."
"Not good!" Ju Fu's face changed slightly, and he reminded: "Master, this may be Zhang Fei's plan."
"Hmm?" Yan Yan was startled and frowned, "Zhang Fei is using a trick, why does he have to burn his own food?"
Ju Fu said anxiously, "Master had a conflict with Zhang Fei before, and now the food and grass are being burned outside Dianjiang City. If Zhang Fei blames us and raises an army, the two Lius will turn against each other and will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Yizhou."
"This..." Yan Yan suddenly came to his senses and stamped his feet, saying, "What a trick Zhang Heizi is. He actually used such a trick. What should I do?"
Ju Fuyan said: "For now, we have no choice but to send troops out of the city to help them put out the fire. Even if Zhang Fei comes, we have a response."
Although Yan Yan defended Dianjiang to the death, he did not want to start a war because of him. Seeing the fire outside the city rising to the sky, he hurriedly led his troops out of the city and went to the river with Ju Fu to put out the fire.
As soon as the troops reached the shore, they were stopped by a general who shouted, "Who is so bold as to come and steal our food?"
Ju Fu hurried forward to greet him and said, "We are the Dianjiang garrison. We saw the grain carts on fire and came to help put out the fire."
The man laughed angrily and said, "You old thief Yan Yan, you first sent people to set the fire, and then pretended to put it out. We will settle this account sooner or later."
Yan Yan was furious and asked, "Who are you to dare to slander me? Do you have any evidence?"
"It's Zhang He from Hebei!" The man sneered, "If you, old thief, weren't guilty and afraid of being investigated by General Zhang, why would you come to put out the fire?"