Yizhou, Deyang.

It is only a hundred miles away from Chengdu.

After more than ten days of boating and running, Fa Zheng, Liu Bei and others also arrived here.

They will arrive in Chengdu tomorrow, so Liu Bei naturally gathered everyone together.

In the military camp, inside the general's tent.

Liu Bei sat high up in the commander's seat, with Fa Zheng, Xu You, Sun Qian, Wen Pin, Huang Zhong and others sitting on either side.

After sitting down, Liu Bei said: "Everyone, we will arrive at Chengdu City tomorrow. Whether we can achieve success in one fell swoop is related to our future prospects."

"We are all people who have not done much. Before the world is pacified, whether we can be looked upon with respect by the Lord will depend on what happens next. Therefore, feel free to say whatever you want to say. There is no need to hide anything."

"I have gathered you all together today to discuss tomorrow's affairs."

"Xiaozhi and I already have a plan, let's just throw out some ideas first."

After saying that, he glanced at Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng took two steps forward, cleared his throat, and said sternly, "Liu Zhang is weak and wavering in his heart. He is still hesitating whether to fight or to be a monk."

"If we capture him, with the support of many forces in Yizhou willing to submit to the lord, we can smoothly promote Yizhou's surrender."

"So the key lies in Liu Zhang."

"It happens that when we arrive in Chengdu tomorrow, Liu Zhang will specially go out of the city to welcome us in order to show his benevolence and magnanimity, so tomorrow is the best opportunity."

"At that time, we have people and soldiers. As long as we kill Liu Zhang's personal soldiers at the city gate, we can capture Chengdu."

"With Liu Zhang in hand, even if the people in other places are loyal to him, they will still be afraid to act rashly."

After he finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the tent, and everyone nodded: "This plan is the fastest and has the highest success rate."

"General Huang Zhong is a master at the peak of the middle stage of the Heavenly General. No one in the entire Yizhou can match him."

"With him watching over the city gate, we will never fail."

"Once we take Chengdu and clean up Yizhou, the overall situation will be settled."

Seeing that no one objected, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Since everyone has no objection, we will prepare to take action tomorrow. Let each of our elite soldiers lead the way, and the veteran soldiers follow the back. First, we will capture Liu Zhang, and then enter Chengdu."

"If we can capture Yizhou within a month this time, we can also show our face and demonstrate our abilities in front of Marshal Ye."

"I believe Cao Mengde is definitely not as fast as us."

Wen Pin, Huang Zhong smiled: "To capture a thief, you must first capture the leader. Yizhou is originally mountainous and has many dangerous passes. It will take a lot of time to break through it."

"But we conquered it within a month. Who can compare to us?"

"Even if Yangzhou is easy to capture, Cao Cao can't reach Yangzhou in a month, and he can't even walk through Yangzhou, let alone be faster than us."

"Absolutely impossible!"

"rustle."

A sound of footsteps came from the top of the tent. Huang Zhong frowned, his face changed, and he said coldly: "Who are you? Why don't you get out?"

"court death!!"

The strong energy instantly burst out from his body, directly covering the entire tent.

Liu Bei, Fa Zheng's face changed: "We can't let them get away."

"If they are Liu Zhang's men, how can we survive if our information is exposed?"

Huang Zhong jumped up and slashed out with the long sword in his hand.

The cold murderous intent alarmed the entire camp.

"General, please hold back. We are one people, we are one people."

Huang Zhong was startled by the familiar voice, and then he quickly retracted the long sword in his hand. A terrifying internal force attacked him, and Huang Zhong retreated several steps and almost vomited blood. A black shadow appeared in the general's tent. He wiped the cold sweat from his head and said with lingering fear: "How many times have we dealt with each other?"

"If there is still more fighting and killing, I am afraid that my life will really be destroyed in my own hands?"

The person who spoke was Zhang Bao, the commander of the Night Guard. He had met Huang Zhong and Wen Pin during the battle in Yuzhou. When in Xiangyang, he was the one who conveyed Ye Feng's orders and directed the two men.

Huang Zhong, Wen Pin said with shame: "Commander Zhang, just now it happened suddenly, I didn't have time to think carefully, and I almost hurt you, we really deserve to die."

"Please don't blame me, Commander."

The others still didn't understand why Huang Zhong and Wen Pin were so afraid of Zhang Bao in front of them.

Soon after the two people's brief introduction, everyone understood.

This night guard is Ye Feng's intelligence spy, and the power he holds is beyond their imagination.

After the unification of the world, the power of the Death-Fearing Night Guards became even more terrifying. It is no wonder that Huang Zhong and Wen Pin were so respectful to such a leader.

No one, including Liu Bei, was arrogant and bowed.

This scene of admiration and awe by thousands of people reminded Zhang Bao of the time when he and his brother Zhang Jue first founded the Taiping Dao.

He thought he would never have the chance to experience this feeling again in this life, but unexpectedly, because of Zhang Jue's arrangement, he was resurrected and now has such a status again.

With a sigh, Zhang Bao waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please stand up. I won't blame those who don't know."

"I came here today to tell you a piece of news."

"Yangzhou has been returned to the rule!"

"What? How is it possible that Yangzhou is governed?"

"It's only been a short time, how come Cao Cao is so fast?"

Exclamations rang out one after another, and everyone present was filled with shock.

After all, they were just saying that Yizhou would be governed faster than Yangzhou, but they didn't expect that they would be slapped hard in the face just a moment later.

Liu Bei felt that the future was becoming bleak. He looked at Zhang Bao in confusion: "Commander Zhang, what is going on?"

"How can the matter of Yangzhou be resolved so quickly?"

"How did Cao Cao fight the war? Can you describe it in more detail?"

Zhang Bao smiled and said, "Wrong."

"It's not that Cao Cao is powerful, but Liu Yao's son Liu Ji is smarter."

"Cao Cao originally had the same idea as you did, which was to capture the leader first. If we take Moling and control Liu Yao, who else can cause trouble in Yangzhou?"

"But I didn't expect that Liu Ji had already decided to surrender to the lord. When Xun Yu came here on orders, he was directly detained and wanted to capture Cao Cao and send him to the lord."

"So Xun Yu had no choice but to tell the whole story, and eventually Yangzhou surrendered without a fight."

Liu Bei's face was full of bitterness. He didn't expect that Cao Cao was faster than him.

"This is a failure."

Seeing the disappointed faces of Liu Bei and the others, Zhang Bao smiled and said, "Don't worry, the lord specifically asked me to do this. This doesn't count as a loss for you. It can only be considered a draw at best. We will make arrangements for everything in the future."

"But the Yizhou issue must be resolved. It can't be too slow, otherwise..."

"You should all know what I am going to say."

Liu Bei, Huang Zhong, and Wen Pin's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Within three days, the forces in Yizhou that resist the lord will be completely eliminated. We will never let the lord down."

Zhang Bao nodded: "Okay, the news has spread, and I should leave now."

"Everyone, let's meet in Chengdu."

After saying this, he turned around and left regardless of everyone's advice to stay (End of this chapter)