si-mexico Chapter 478 Zhang Ren, a famous general of Xichuan! Fa Xiaozhi, who is vengeful!
Chapter 478 Zhang Ren, a famous general of Xichuan! Fa Xiaozhi, who is vengeful!
finally.
Zhang Song was stabbed to death by Zhang Su's confidant before he even saw Liu Zhang's face.
Of course, they wouldn't publicize it like that; instead, they would claim that Zhang Song colluded with Liu Bei and was killed!
The effect is also very significant.
After Zhang Song died, the locals of Yizhou were filled with fear and unease, and they all declared that they had not colluded with Liu Bei.
Moreover, most of them had no intention of colluding with Liu Bei...
Notable figures include Wang Lei, Pang Xi, Yan Yan, Huang Quan, Peng Yang, and Zhang Ren.
The locals of Yizhou, having proven themselves guilty of being a traitor and crying "stop thief!", had no choice but to rise up against Liu Bei to ensure they had not colluded with him.
Hmm, here's the problem.
Hasn't Fa Zheng already defected to Liu Bei? By inciting the local people of Yizhou to rise up against Liu Bei, isn't he setting Liu Bei up for failure?
Can't say the same.
Following the established procedures, the greatest credit went to Wu Yi, the leader of the Dongzhou faction.
Fa Zheng, however, wanted to stir up this mess and seize the throne of the Dongzhou faction leader!
After Zhang Song's death, the locals of Yizhou became hostile to Liu Bei, and in order to show Liu Zhang that they had no intention of colluding with Liu Bei, their only option was to rise up and fight back against Liu Bei.
As for surrendering to Liu Bei...
Not everyone is Ma Chao, who can easily sacrifice his own father to the heavens with a smile on his face.
On the advice of Wu Yi and Fa Zheng, Liu Zhang has taken control of the families of high-ranking officials in Yizhou in the shortest possible time.
This is interesting.
The locals of Yizhou rose up in rebellion against Liu Bei, but were forced to ally themselves with Liu Zhang, and together they sank with this wrecked ship.
The Dongzhou faction, especially Fa Zheng, could openly and brazenly "truly surrender" to Liu Bei.
At the same time, he could also win over more colleagues to join Liu Bei.
The more people he recruits, the greater Fazheng's contribution will be.
When the high-ranking members of the Dongzhou faction joined Liu Bei's camp one after another under Fa Zheng's "defection", even Wu Yi, the original leader of the Dongzhou faction, could only go with the flow.
By then.
Fa Zheng could then use the high-ranking members of the Dongzhou faction to coerce Wu Yi.
Old Wu, I have a suggestion: you should marry your younger sister Wu Mi to Liu Bei, and you can become a relative of the emperor.
I, Fa Xiaozhi, shall take the position of leader of the Dongzhou faction!
This explains why, during Liu Bei's campaign to conquer Sichuan, the Dongzhou faction, including Li Yan, Meng Da, Lei Tong, and Wu Lan, surrendered without a fight, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Wu Yi was the last member of the Dongzhou faction to surrender.
On the contrary, most of the local Yizhou figures, such as Huang Quan, Wang Lei, Yan Yan, and Peng Yang, were unwilling to surrender.
But you can't fight city hall.
After Zhang Song's departure, the local people of Yizhou were left without unified leadership and suffered betrayal from the Dongzhou faction.
Those who had good endings, like Huang Quan, were persuaded to surrender by Fa Zheng and were regarded as "models of loyalty," serving as exemplars and still being employed.
Those with mediocre endings, like Yan Yan, left behind the tale of Yan Yan's righteous release.
However, there is no record of his participation in the Battle of Hanzhong, and he was not Huang Zhong's deputy general. He has no record of participating in any battles and can be considered to have been completely sidelined.
Those who met tragic ends, like Wang Lei and Zhang Ren, one died falling from the city wall, and the other refused to surrender even unto death.
The chief director, Fa Zheng, successfully ascended to the throne of the Dongzhou faction leader, wielding power comparable to, or even surpassing, that of Zhuge Liang.
Unfortunately, Fa Zheng passed away in 220 AD, a year after the Battle of Hanzhong ended.
Li Yan took over the power left by Fa Zheng and used the "Liu Feng incident" to kick Meng Da out of the game.
Terrified, Meng Da had no choice but to defect to Wei, and from then on, he evolved into a super opportunist.
He colluded with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and also corresponded with Lu Xun.
But all of this only happened after Fazheng passed away.
If Fazheng were still alive, everything would be different.
Meng Da would not surrender to Wei, and Liu Bei's campaign against Wu would most likely be directly dissuaded.
This is precisely why Zhuge Liang said, "If Fa Xiaozhi were still alive, he would surely be able to persuade our lord."
If Fa Zheng were alive, Li Yan could only be Fa Zheng's deputy and the second-in-command of the Dongzhou faction.
The two ministers entrusted with the care of the young emperor at Baidi City will become Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, rather than Zhuge Liang and Li Yan.
Even the person who led the Northern Expedition might have been Fa Zheng, not Zhuge Liang.
After all, in terms of battlefield experience, Fa Zheng far surpassed Zhuge Liang during the same period.
Having witnessed Zhang Song's demise, Fa Zheng bowed to the gate of Zhang Song's courtyard and turned to leave.
"To hold a grudge and seek revenge" was Fa Zheng's response to Zhang Song.
In a daze, he seemed to hear the echo of Zhang Song cursing him.
Fa Zheng simply smiled at this.
The victor is king, the loser is villain. No matter how high Zhang Song's status was before, he's just a dead man now.
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a few days later
Baishuiguan
After learning that Zhang Song had been killed for "colluding with Liu Bei," Generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei...
Shocked, he decided to take action against Liu Bei first to prove that he had no intention of disloyalty.
The two racked their brains and came up with a plan similar to the Feast at Hongmen.
The two men believed that Liu Bei was probably unaware at this time that Liu Zhang had already regarded him as a "traitor".
Therefore, taking advantage of this information gap, he took the initiative to invite Liu Bei to a banquet at Baishui Pass.
At the banquet, they used executioners to capture Liu Bei.
The two generals immediately agreed and extended an invitation to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei gladly accepted.
The banquet was filled with a harmonious and joyful atmosphere, with everyone getting along well.
But as they drank, Liu Bei suddenly laughed and said:
"Generals, could it be that you have hidden executioners behind this screen?"
Yang Huai and Gao Pei were greatly alarmed.
When they were about to smash the cup as a signal, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei calmly stepped out from behind the screen.
They easily dealt with Yang Huai and Gao Pei, just like slaughtering chickens and dogs!
The two generals never understood why their plan to hold a banquet at Hongmen failed, even until their deaths.
However, this was the limitation of the Shu region being a separatist regime at the end of the Han Dynasty.
Information channels were extremely limited.
Yang Huai and Gao Pei had no idea what level of fierce warriors Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were.
Thirty axemen were no match for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Baishui Pass thus fell into the hands of Liu Bei.
With the fall of Baishui Pass, Liu Bei officially sounded the alarm for entering Shu!
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Luocheng
Wearing golden lamellar armor, Zhang Ren immediately went to the prefect's residence to discuss matters with Wang Lei, the prefect of Luocheng, after receiving intelligence from the front.
When Wang Lei saw him arrive, he said to him:
“Gongyi (Zhang Ren’s courtesy name was Gongyi), Baishui Pass has now been occupied by Liu Bei, and Luocheng will be a key stronghold to block Liu Bei.”
"I have already requested aid from the governor, and reinforcements from Chengdu will soon arrive in Luocheng to assist us in resisting Liu Bei."
Zhang Ren frowned, showing no joy at the news of the impending arrival of reinforcements.
Were the reinforcements from Chengdu really there to rescue the defenders of Luocheng, or to help Liu Bei?
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