Volume 1 Chapter 743. Zhang Lu abdicated, and Wang Xingtai arranged for the battle

Another late Han dynasty hero has fallen!

"Daxingtai! Hanzhong, please! ”

When he was young, he was full of energy, but the older he gets, the older he becomes, and he does things steadily, but this ambition is indeed declining day by day, just like Mr. Cao, it can be seen in the last battle of Suxukou, he is eager to unify the whole country and obtain great glory, but he is worried that the desperate attack will destroy the industry that he has built up with great difficulty, so after Sun Quan confronted him for fifty-three days, he withdrew his army.

In this battle of Hefei, although Wei and Wu gathered more than 300,000 troops, Wang Hou still did not think that he could distinguish the victory from defeat.

Zhang Lu in front of him is also, he divided Hanzhong, the north is the Guanzhong warlord who returned to Cao Cao, the south is the weak Liu Zhang, and there is the protection of natural dangers, and he has been peaceful for more than 20 years.

But this time, Liu Bei's Shu army really scared Zhang Lu a little, and the ghost generals and ghost pawns of Hanzhong who went out of the city to meet were really wonderful...... under the attack of the Shu army's overwhelming Zhuge crossbow arrows and the light infantry in Shuzhong who were not afraid of death, even if they were protected by turtle shell plate armor produced in Guanzhong, the 20,000 Hanzhong defenders were still beaten with bared teeth and fled.

If it weren't for the strength of the Flame Rose Knights representing the Eternal Flame, after the three hundred iron horses were broken, they disrupted the military formation of the Shu army twice, and Zhang Lu would not have come back and forth.

The fierce siege battle for three consecutive days made Zhang Lu unwilling to sleep, and he nailed to the city wall in horror, but fortunately there were many single-bow exit crossbows purchased from Guanzhong, and with waves of crossbow arrows and city wall blocking, the Nanzheng city wall was defended.

However, after Wang Hou came, he, the county guard of Hanzhong, didn't want to do it anymore, and voluntarily retired, and he gave up Nanzheng City to Wang Hou.

"Wang's performance to the King of Wei for your meritorious service has been sent, according to the merit of the king, at least it is the reward of the marquis, and there is also a letterhead sent to the Liaodong Hall in Yecheng, the Chamber of Commerce will donate food to assist you in establishing the Sanqingguan, the monarch rest assured, Hanzhong, Wang will definitely defend it and not let the Liu thief succeed!"

To tell the truth, the old guy's departure now is also a blow to Wang Hou, after all, Zhang Luzhen Hanzhong has been in Hanzhong for more than 20 years, and he has won the hearts of the people, as soon as he leaves, the already panicked Hanzhong General will be even more chaotic, but this is also the last chance to take over Hanzhong peacefully, what if Liu Bei is beaten back, Zhang Lu will not give way?

So pinching his nose, Wang Hou had to admit it.

Looking back at Nanzheng City, which he had ruled for twenty years, he sighed deeply, Zhang Lu was in the expectation of the officials in Hanzhong, but he got into the luxurious Liaodong carriage without looking back, and rushed north without looking back with the wealth accumulated over the years.

In terms of political wealth, Wang Hou promised a lot of things, but Zhang Lu was definitely worth this price, at this time, Nanzheng's city still hoarded at least one million stones of grain, more than 10,000 defenders in the city, and there were more than 20,000 "ghost generals" scattered throughout the Hanzhong Basin, and tens of millions of money that Curry couldn't take, and Zhang Lu's war resources left behind were really a lot.

And the skeleton of the bureaucracy in Hanzhong, he basically stayed, and Zhang Tianshi didn't all withdraw, at least Zhang Wei, the "mutant ghost general" who was old and ambitious, stayed, and sent his eldest brother away with Wang Hou, but he consciously lowered his identity and bowed heavily to his subordinates.

"The two armies of the ten counties of Hanzhong meet Daxingtai! Please give the order! ”

It was also from Zhang Lu's back that he came back to his senses, and glanced at Nanzheng Cheng, which was half blackened by the war, Wang Hou suddenly had a cold voice.

"The Nanzheng garrison was handed over to Tuntian Captain Wei Fang to guard, Liu Thief has entered Hanzhong, General Zhang Wei, please organize the people of the six counties north of Chuyang County to withdraw from Guanzhong, and order Fufeng Taishou Zhuge Lie to be temporarily resettled, Zhang Hu Zhonglang will organize the army and continue to transport grain to Yangping Pass, the school captain Qu Tutong, I give you a thousand knights, and the entourage will send each other! Departure tomorrow! ”

did not move Zhang Lu's old department, only arranged his own military strength in the key position to strengthen the fortification, and Zhang Wei and many other ministers in Hanzhong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and they hugged their fists together and bowed heavily.

"The last general obeys!"

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The battle situation seems to have pushed back to the situation before Xiahou Yuan was broken, Liu Bei occupied the southeast bank of the Han River, and the large Hanzhong Plain in the northwest was still Wang Hou's territory, but the difference was that Wang Hou had a large cavalry, and Liu Bei had no way to fight against himself on the plain, and the grain in Chuyang County was burned by the Shu army, and now only a grain road on the Han River was left to supply the grain on the front line of Yangpingguan. Everyone

This belongs to the general land shared by the Wei army and the Shu army!

In terms of troops, Wang Hou is also at a disadvantage, even if he recruits 10,000 knights, he can ride and walk, and the battle mode of a master of his own family with more than ten clansmen and cronies and tenants is strong enough, plus 30,000 defenders in Hanzhong, he is only 60,000 troops, and Liu Bei has 100,000, and it is still increasing.

And the Wei army compared with the Shu army, it is really a bit of a feeling of Tianji horse racing, the 30,000 troops from Guanzhong are the best horses, the friendly army in Hanzhong is the absolute inferior horse, and the Shu army that has experienced several years of Yizhou Battle is a medium horse!

The defenders of Yangping Pass can not move, otherwise the Shu army that is still blocked outside Yangping Pass will be like opening up the highway, and the food and war materials and resources will be continuously transported into Hanzhong, unlike now, the Shu army will transport logistics supplies from Micang Mountain over the mountains and mountains, and the three stones of grain will start from Chengdu and arrive at the Dingjun Mountain camp less than one stone.

But the local defenders of Nanzhengcheng can't beat the Shu army, if they can't stay here enough strength, Nanzhengcheng is lost, Wang Hou's army food is lost, and it is even more difficult to support, and the cost of transporting grain from Guanzhong by dry road is too great, and Wang Hou himself is afraid of falling into the quagmire of war and being dragged down.

Moreover, if Nanzheng is obtained, the Shu army can gradually encroach on the Hanzhong Plain along the mountain range like playing checkers, and even invade Wang Hou's retreat to Guanzhong.

In this case, the strongest spear in Liaodong had to become a nanny!

Fortunately, there were cement and telescopes, along the Han River for more than 100 miles, from the south of Zhengcheng to mobilize people, Wang Hou is to quickly build 25 three-story plain small towers, in view of the previous Cao Zhang's moths, a tower is arranged with four observation posts, and then the top of the tower accumulates salaries, the observers on the tower do not stop observing the forty miles of the Han River within their field of vision.

The nearly 6,000 Hanzhong Knights were divided into five divisions, one stationed every twenty miles, each with three regiments, and as soon as the beacon fire was ignited, the nearest cavalry immediately rushed out to support.

In this case, although there was still a lot of damage, the grain route on the Han River was stabilized.

On the other side, Yangping Pass!

The cauldron is steaming, and the Northeast stew in the future is shining in this military camp, the military rations sent by Nanzheng are sent by Guanzhong, and the citizens of Chang'an are tired of eating canned sea fish on weekdays, canned Liaodong pork and all kinds of dried vegetables that can no longer be dried on the kang, all of which were thrown into the pot in one go.

The remnants of Xiahou Yuan's army, who had been out of food for several days and had even gnawed the bark of rats, were almost swallowing their tongues, and they were nearby, and the knights who had been recruited by Guanzhong for many days showed disdain on their faces while also pulling the bowl with a big mouthful.

The military supply stabilized, and the morale of the army, which had just experienced a great defeat and heavy labor, gradually rose.

"Thank you Daxingtai!"

Guo Huai is a straight-hearted man, seeing that his subordinates are full of food, and they are still eating the Liaodong military food that they used to envy, this Wang Hou's fellow from Bingzhou couldn't help but hold his fists and bow down.

However, Zhang Jaw's expression was not so cheerful, as the Jizhou faction, Yecheng sent to Guanzhong to guard Wang Hou's general, and now the defeat made him really worried, Zhang Jaw not only needs to consider the war, he also has to consider the balance.

With a gloomy face, he also clenched his fists and asked.

"Daxingtai, I don't know the next battle, how do you plan to fight!"

He didn't answer him for a while, Wang Hou held the binoculars, and kept looking at the rolling and flowing water of the Han River, and how many days of September and almost October, and the rice cang mountain with dense vegetation.

Now that I have come to my senses, Liaodong still lacks a mountain infantry!