Chapter 256: Hanzhong Yanpu

Those who do not seek everything are not enough to seek a time, and those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. ----------Clear. Chen Ran "Confession II. Proposal for the relocation of the capital and the establishment of a feudal domain》

It is said that the combined army of Chen Long and Ma Teng broke through Yangping Pass, and the army faced a horse Pingchuan in the Hanzhong Basin, and the leaders agreed on a strategy to storm Hanzhong. Ma Teng led 5,000 troops to guard Yangping Pass to prevent Hanzhong from sneaking up the waterway and ensure the retreat of the army; Ma Chao led the army of 15,000 and became a pioneer officer first. Ma Chao divided the vanguard army into three parts, the general Pang De Pang Lingming led 5,000 iron cavalry as the front army, Ma Chao led 10,000 cavalry in the center, and Pan Jun led 5,000 bows and knives to combine the troops. 20,000 troops slowly entered the Hanzhong Plain and poured into the Nanzheng suburbs in the southwest of Hanzhong. There was sporadic resistance along the road, but there were no regular troops, and I don't know if Zhang Lu had made up his mind to refuse to defend the city.

Three days later, Chen Long led the army by himself, Zhang He was the flank, Gao Shun was the front army, surrounded by Xun You and Zhou Budo, surrounded by Lu Chang and other special combat members, Feifei, Yanzi, and the division followed in disguise, and more than 40,000 troops were neat and tidy, leaving Yangping Pass in a mighty way. There were countless heavy vehicles, and all the vehicles were transporting the army's supplies. Chen Long looked at the troops who couldn't see the edge at a glance, and sighed in his heart, in this era of cold weapon warfare, grain and grass are the eternal pain of the army.

Zhang Lu, the Heavenly Master of the Five Bucket Rice Sect who has been in Hanzhong for many years, can be described as a head of decline in the past few days. First, Yang Ang fled from the defeat outside Yangping Pass, and then his younger brother Zhang Wei lost Yangping Pass, and actually escaped from the dog hole in the city wall of Yangping Pass. The war on Shangyong's side has been ignited, and Admiral Yang Bai is also very hard to resist in Shangyong. Zhang Lu was sad day and night, and today he invited Yang Song, the chief secretary, and Yan Pu, the military advisor, to discuss how to retreat from Chen Long, the enemy, together with his brother Zhang Wei.

Yan Pu, the military division of Hanzhong, assisted Zhang Lu for many years, and has always been known for his resourcefulness. He was originally a native of Anhan in Yizhou, and was an official under Liu Yan, and was assigned by Liu Yan to Zhang Lu as a military advisor in the war when the Qinglong Army helped Zhang Lu drive away Sugu in Hanzhong. After Zhang Lu divided the Ba and Han dynasties, he appointed Yan Pu as Gong Cao, and Yan Pu followed Zhang Lu with all his heart. In the official history, Yan Pu surrendered to Cao Cao with Zhang Lu, waited for Cao Cao and Cao Pi, and was named the Marquis of Pingle and died a good death.

Yan Pu is resourceful and decisive, has a view of the overall situation, and Zhang Lu is also obedient to him. One day, a peasant got a jade seal from the ground, and Zhang Lu's subordinates thought it was a good omen from heaven and encouraged Zhang Lu to establish himself as the king of Hanning. Zhang Lu hesitated and asked Yan Pu for advice, and Yan Pu advised him: "The people in the Hanchuan area, more than hundreds of thousands of households, are rich in property, fertile land, surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, which are very dangerous; Here can assist the Son of Heaven, it will be the level of Duke Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin, and secondly, following the example of Dou Rong, the thirty-two generals of Yuntai, can also keep the wealth and nobility. Now that he is under the system, it is enough to be able to appoint officials and subordinates, and there is no need to be king. I hope that you will not be king for the time being, and that you will not become the target of public criticism, so as to invite trouble. Zhang Lu listened to his advice and never became king.

In the official history, in the twentieth year of Jian'an (215 AD), Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong. After the fall of Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu listened to Yang Song's slander and planned to behead Pang De and surrender to Cao Cao, but Yan Pu tried his best to prevent him from beheading Pang De, and said to him: "Now if you surrender because of the defeat of the army, you will get little credit, and you will not be valued by Cao Cao; It is better to go to Bazhong to rely on Du Hao, Pu Hu and others to guard, and then return to obedience, and the credit will be great. Zhang Lu followed his advice again and hid in Bazhong to defend it. Yan Pu persuaded Zhang Lu again: "In the current situation, either you will surrender to Cao Cao in the north, or you will go west to join Liu Bei and join him." Zhang Lu said angrily: "I'd rather be a slave of Duke Cao than a guest on Liu Bei's table!" So he made up his mind and surrendered to Cao Cao. After Zhang Lu surrendered, Cao Cao worshiped Zhang Lu as the general of Zhennan, treated him with the etiquette of treating guests, named him the Marquis of Langzhong, Yi Wanhu, and named his five sons as liehous. When Ma Chao surrendered to Shu Han, Ma Chao's wife Dong was captured by Cao Cao and given to Yan Pu, and Yan Pu was also named a liege. In the first year of Yankang (220), Yan Pu was named to persuade the ministers, calling himself "the Marquis of Pingle Pavilion, the general of Jianjie". In the early years of the Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi ascended the throne as emperor, and increased his fiefdoms, and treated him very politely for a long time.

More than ten years later, Yan Pu died of illness. His descendants are all high-ranking officials such as Taishou, and the incense lasts for a long time, and he is a good death strategist who can be compared with Jia Xu during the Three Kingdoms.

At this moment, Zhang Lu looked at Yang Song and Yan Pu who were standing in the study, and Zhang Wei who was sitting on the side, and said with a sad brow: "On that day, Chen Long's Qinglong Army fought side by side with me to help me obtain Hanzhong. At that time, I felt that the Qinglong Army was powerful, but I didn't expect to face Long Chen's anger so soon. It's all because Liu Yan, an old immortal, is full of ambition, and he tried in vain to take Jingzhou, which affected the fish in my Hanzhong. ”

Yang Songsheng's roe deer, but his family is quite powerful in Hanzhong and has helped Zhang Lu stabilize the situation, so he has always been in the core of power in Hanzhong. The Yang family is a family surname in the Han Dynasty, and Yang Songnai is one of the leaders of the Yang family. He is very greedy for money, forgetful of righteousness for profit, and despised by others. In the official history, Liu Zhang, who was entrenched in Yizhou, was worried about the threat of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and planned to fight against Zhang Lu with Liu Bei, but was attacked by Liu Bei, so he had to ask Zhang Lu for reinforcements. And Ma Chao, who had been defeated by Cao Cao and defected to Zhang Lu, brought in reinforcements to confront Liu Beijun. Liu Bei's camp, which was afraid of confronting Ma Chao, bribed Yang Song to slander Zhang Lu and framed Ma Chao for "refusing to submit to Hanzhong", so that Ma Chao could not advance or retreat, and finally had to surrender to Liu Bei.

During Ma Chao's descent to Zhang Lu, he was at odds with his younger brother Yang Bai, so the two brothers discussed, and they also had the heart of Ma Chao. Liu Bei used gold and silver to tie Yang Song, and used tricks to lower Ma Chao. When Cao Gong conquered Hanzhong, Yang Song received his gold and silver, first harmed Pang De to make him vote for Cao, and then responded to Cao Cao's internal response, the city was broken, because the seller sought glory, Cao Cao immediately ordered to behead Cao in the city to show the public.

Yang Song looked at the lord's face and sighed: "Lord, Hanzhong has been calm for more than ten years, and it seems that it is difficult to maintain it. This Yangping Pass has been broken, Shangyong is in danger again, Yizhou's reinforcements have been delayed, the morale of the Qinglong Army is high, and there is the invincible Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the world....... In order to prevent the people of Hanzhong from being poisoned, it is better to take advantage of the integrity of Hanzhong County, and ask the lord to write a table of descent and surrender to Chen Long, which is a way to preserve. ”

Yan Pu felt a little disdain in his heart, and said quietly on the surface: "Master Yang, surrender without a fight, you and I estimate that you can still be Chen Long's subordinate petty officials, but where will the main guild be placed?" For today's plan, I can only give it a go, thinking that I will earn dignity for the lord! Even if you surrender, there will be a good result, and you will not be looked down upon. ”

This was already very serious, Yang Song's face changed several times, and seeing that Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei were thinking about Yan Pu's words, they couldn't help but not have a seizure. Zhang Lu thought for a long time and asked Yan Pudao: "You say, even if you want to fight, what should you do?"

Yan Pu said: "Now, according to the report of Tanma, Ma Chao's army abandoned Mianxian County and marched from Nanzheng with great fanfare, which means a head-on battle with our army, and it is also a dignified siege war." Yangping guards have few soldiers, so let's have a cat and mouse game. ”

Yang Song's face was as earthy as color, and he screamed: "Who is the cat and who is the mouse?"

Yan Pu was calm and calm, and said: "The cat is from Nanzheng, let's go to Mian County and the Han River." This time, it was Zhang Wei's turn to ask: "The military division is actually going to surprise the army to reoccupy Yangping Pass?"

Yan Pu nodded and said, "What General Zhang said is exact. Ma Teng is only 5,000 soldiers, and he never imagined that we would have the courage to fight back to Yangping Pass, so we have a great chance. If he could take Yangping Pass and cut off Chen Long's supply route, Chen Long would only be able to fight a war of attrition under Hanzhong City. The more numerous his troops, the faster they deplete. If we can't hold it, then we can simply go against Tianshui and Longxi, maybe when Han Sui's army arrives, we can join forces with him, and it is unknown to recover Hanzhong! ”

Zhang Lu slowly shook his head and said, "Han Sui? Another tiger wolf. I think what you said earlier is okay, you will work with your second brother to lead the troops to take Yangping Pass. Once through, it is better than having nowhere to run. He turned his head to Yang Song and said: "What Master Yang said is also very reasonable, he can protect the people of Hanzhong, but he surrendered immediately, which seems to be too incompetent, and he is thought that there is no one in Hanzhong." ”

Yan Pu agreed, thought about it and said: "Lord, Hanzhong is sticking to it, Mian County is suspicious, and the waterway is clear, how about it?"

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