Chapter 96: Taking Hanzhong as the base

After Ma He left the barracks, he quickly disguised himself as a disciple of the Heavenly Master Dao and began to deliberately do something to discredit the Heavenly Master Dao.

In just a few days, Ma He's actions stimulated the disciples of the Heavenly Master Dao.

For a time, the Heavenly Master Dao of Hanzhong County was completely smoky and miasma.

It didn't take long for Zhang Lu, who had regained the power of the Heavenly Master Dao, to learn that someone was smearing the Heavenly Master Dao.

Under the direction of the vine, Zhang Lu also learned that the person behind this was Wang Kai of the garrison outside the city.

As soon as he thought that if the Heavenly Master Dao decayed in his own hands, Zhang Lu's heart began to entangle, because if he wanted to restore the reputation of the Heavenly Master Dao, he would have to go out of the city to fight Wang Kai, but he knew very well that if he went out of the city, he would not be Wang Kai's opponent at all.

After thinking about it, Zhang Lu still decided to fight hard for the Heavenly Master Dao, after all, the founder of the Heavenly Master Dao was his grandfather, and his father also made considerable contributions to the development of the Heavenly Master Dao.

Zhang Lu, who had made up his mind, quickly gathered a large army and drove out of the city.

When Wang Kai, who was in the army outside the city, learned that Zhang Lu led his troops out of the city, he immediately ordered Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng to start dispatching troops.

With the completion of Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng's troop transfer, Wang Kai also led his troops out of the camp to prepare for a decisive battle.

After Zhang Lu and Wang Kai's army started a fight outside the city, Zhang Lu immediately stepped forward and shouted at Wang Kai: "Wang Kai, you sent someone to deliberately smear the Heavenly Master Dao that my Zhang family has worked so hard to manage, and today I will come to crusade against you as the Heavenly Master Dao Master." ”

"Hahaha! Zhang Lu, if you have the ability, come here, I want to see if you have the ability. ”

Being so despised by Wang Kai, Zhang Lu's face suddenly flushed with anger.

Soon, Zhang Lu waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to launch a surprise attack.

Seeing that Zhang Lu had started to attack, Wang Kai also waved his hand and let Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng on both wings launch a surprise attack.

Just a short while, Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng on both wings led their troops to fight Zhang Lu's army.

As soon as they first met, the soldiers led by Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng chiseled into Zhang Lu's military formation like an awl, because Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng were first-class generals, and Zhang Lu had no fierce generals to compete with them at all.

As Luo Cheng and Qin Qiong approached Zhang Lu's main formation, Zhang Lu was suddenly frightened, because his own martial arts could only be regarded as ordinary.

Seeing Luo Cheng and Qin Qiong getting closer and closer to him, Zhang Lu finally couldn't suppress the fear in his heart and began to run away.

Zhang Lu fled, and the Yizhou army under his command collapsed instantly.

Seeing the rout of the Yizhou army, Wang Kai did not hesitate to order the pursuit.

For a time, the Yizhou army was beaten by Wang Kai and scattered and fled.

Zhang Lu was heartbroken when he saw this situation, because he finally had the opportunity to revive the Heavenly Master Dao, but he was beaten back to his original form by Wang Kai.

Zhang Lu, who was very painful, had no choice but to give up his unrealistic illusions, and he planned to return to the Yizhou Governance Office to return to Liu Yan first.

But before Zhang Lu could escape far, Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng caught up with Zhang Lu together.

After Zhang Lu was stopped by Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng, he reluctantly dismounted and surrendered, after all, if he died, then there would be no hope for the revival of the Heavenly Master Dao.

Seeing Zhang Lu obediently dismount and surrender, Qin Qiong followed and dismounted and tied Zhang Lu.

Then, Qin Qiong and Luo Cheng escorted Zhang Lu to Wang Kai.

When he saw Zhang Lu, Wang Kai immediately said: "Lord Zhang, we meet again!" ”

Zhang Lu lowered his head in shame when he heard this, after all, it was difficult for the defeated army to be brave.

With Zhang Lu captured, the Yizhou army soon gave up resistance.

Since then, Wang Kai has won a big victory.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Wang Kai immediately went to Nanzheng County with the victorious army.

At this time, Luo Qing learned that Zhang Lu was defeated, so he immediately packed his luggage and prepared to flee.

It's a pity that Ma He entered the city one step ahead of time and stopped in front of Luo Qing, who was about to flee.

When Luo Qing saw Ma He appear, his heart was half cold, because he already knew about Ma He's descent to the king.

Besides, when Ma He saw Luo Qing holding the luggage, he smiled contemptuously and said, "Luo Qing, did you ever think about today when you were a traitor seeking glory?" Luo Qing remained silent when he heard this.

At this time, Ma He drew his sword and walked towards Luo Qing step by step.

Seeing this situation, Luo Qing finally said: "Ma Duwei, I hope you can take care of my wife and children after I die." ”

"No problem, you can go with confidence!"

While saying this, Ma He finally came to Luo Qing's side and slashed Luo Qing with his sword.

Ma He, who avenged the Lord, suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar.

At the same time, Wang Kai's army also entered Nanzheng County.

After entering the city, Wang Kai first let Qin Qiong go out of the list of Anmin, and then let Luo Cheng start to take over the city defense of Nanzheng.

And Wang Kai himself came to Nanzheng's Taishou Mansion.

After a while, Ma He, who was able to take revenge, also came to the Taishou Mansion to return his life to Wang Kai.

When Wang Kai saw Ma He, he immediately smiled and said: "Ma He, you have made a lot of contributions to winning Nanzheng today, you say, what reward do you want?" ”

"General Wang, you have already given me the reward I want, and I don't have anything I want now."

Hearing this, Wang Kai said again: "Ma He, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, since you don't have anything you want now, then write it down for the time being, and then talk to me when you think about it, you will help me stabilize the people of Hanzhong now." ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

With the help of Ma He, the head snake, Wang Kai initially turned Hanzhong County into his own territory in only five days.

At this time, Wang Kai began to feel that the pressure on his body had increased a little, because he did not have talents around him who could help him deal with government affairs, and the government affairs of Hanzhong County were all completed by himself independently.

Wang Kai, who felt that he was a little powerless, decided to recruit some subordinate officials in Hanzhong first after deep thought.

As soon as he thought of it, Wang Kai's recruitment order soon spread throughout Hanzhong.

Because Hanzhong is a large county, some literati soon went to the Taishou Mansion in Nanzheng to apply for Wang Kai's subordinate officials, but most of these people did not have real talent and learning, because talented people looked down on Wang Kai, a person from a humble background, even if Wang Kai was the apprentice of the famous general Huangfu Song.

A few days later, when Wang Kai saw that he had been unable to recruit subordinate officials for a long time, he suddenly had a strong sense of frustration, because he was now famous all over the world, but he was still anxious about the affairs of subordinate officials.

The helpless Wang Kai suddenly wanted to implement the imperial examination system, because he was really short of talents now, but he didn't dare to implement it immediately, because the imperial examination system was completely provoking the bottom line of the family, and his current strength was not enough to support him to carry out system reform.

Just when Wang Kai was a little helpless, a scribe named Yan Pu appeared in the ranks of the recruited officials.

When Wang Kai saw this name, he felt very familiar but couldn't remember it, because Yan Pu was not very famous in history, and only appeared for a short time.

Although some people couldn't remember who this person named Yan Pu was, Wang Kai still quickly met Yan Pu.

After some conversation with Yan Pu, Wang Kai felt that Yan Pu was enough to serve as his subordinate even if he was not a great talent.

In this way, Wang Kai successfully recruited Yan Pu under his command through a notice.

With the help of subordinate officials, Wang Kai's speed in handling government affairs began to improve significantly.