After Ma Chao and the others arrived at Fu County with an army of 70,000, the next day, he led his troops to Hanzhong. At this point, he led his troops from Fu County to the southeast and entered the territory of Hanzhong County, and falsely claimed to be an army of 100,000 to the outside world, and directly rushed to Yangping Pass, the most important in the western part of Hanzhong.

In May of the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou Mu Ma Chao said that the people of Liangzhou were deeply affected by the coercion and temptation of the Wudoumi Sect members and coerced into joining the religion on the grounds that the people of Liangzhou were deeply affected, and the troops were sent to Hanzhong to crusade against Zhang Lu, which opened the prelude to the struggle for Hanzhong -

To say that when Ma Chao's army was coming towards Fu County at that time, Zhang Lu actually knew the specific news, and he even knew that Ma Chao was coming to his Hanzhong. Anyway, it's "the soldiers are coming, and the water is coming to cover the earth", otherwise what else can I do. You can't go to negotiate peace with him Ma Mengqi, he actually knows that Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi will definitely not be able to do it. This Liangzhou herding horse Chaoma Meng Qi came with a large army, isn't it just to take away his own Hanzhong, so unless he gives Hanzhong to others, or everything will not be appropriate.

Zhang Lu hurriedly convened everyone to discuss countermeasures, he now has a total of six capable subordinates, plus he is a total of seven people, and he Zhang Lu is a team of brothers. Why do you say that, you see, first of all, the first strategist, Yan Pu, a native of Anhan, Brazil, of course he is nothing special, but he has some strategies, and he often gives advice to Zhang Lu, so he is valued by him, and he can be called the first strategist under Zhang Lu's account.

This second one is Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei and Zhang Gongze, so there is a pair of brothers.

In fact, the Zhang Lu brothers are famous families, and their ancestors are Zhang Liang, one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty. But Zhang Lu never said this, because Zhang Lu felt that he was really ashamed of the reputation of his ancestors. What kind of person is Zhang Liang, a top strategist who "strategizes and decides thousands of miles away", but he Zhang Lu is now a Taishou of Hanzhong County, plus a Heavenly Master of the Five Doumi Sect. And in his Zhang Lu's thoughts, when can he become the king, when can he mention his ancestors.

And being the king is also one of Zhang Lu's goals in his life, and he has been working hard for this. Seeing that the world is becoming more and more chaotic, he feels that his opportunity is actually among them.

This third and fourth. It is Zhang Lu's generals Yang Ang and Yang Ren, and although the two of them are not brothers, they are cousins, Yang Ang is the elder brother, and Yang Ren is the younger brother. And Yang Ang, he is more than ten years older than Yang Ren.

As for the last two, one is a strategist named Yang Song, who is more favored by Zhang Lu. The last one is Yang Bai, the younger brother of Yang Song. Both of them are the sons of the Yang family, a big clan in Hanzhong. In particular, Yang Song is an important figure in the Yang family.

There are not seven people in total, three pairs of brothers, isn't this a brotherhood? As the saying goes, "Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers". I just don't know if the three pairs of brothers in Lu Dao are added together, one plus one is equal to three, or it can be greater than three, but let's wait and see-

When everyone has arrived. Zhang Lu said to everyone: "Everyone, now that Liangzhou Muma Chaoma Mengqi has come to Fu County with his whole army, everyone should know their wolf ambitions!" He is just going to take away my Hanzhong and prepare to enter my county! I wonder if you have any good strategies for this? If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, let's discuss it together! ”

The news of Ma Chao's entry into the army, Zhang Lu was the person in power, so of course he was the first to see the news, and no one else knew anything about it before, but now when he hears this, he is inevitably a little surprised. If you want to say that you and the others haven't captured Hanzhong for a long time, this Liangzhou herding horse Chaoma Mengqi has attacked it? is the so-called "the name of the person, the shadow of the tree", he Liangzhou herding horse Chaoma Meng Qi is famous, and his subordinates are even more generals, so no one dares to underestimate him.

At this time, the strategist Yan Pu said: "Master Yu, since Ma Mengqi led his troops to Fu County, then he must pass through Yangping Pass, and then pass through Weiyang, and only after the last can he come to Nanzheng." Therefore, the subordinates thought that our army should immediately send troops to strictly guard Yangping Pass and not let the enemy advance at all! ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, because what Yan Pu said was the top priority of the moment. It has to be done right away, as soon as possible.

And Zhang Lu is the Heavenly Master of the generation of the Wudou Mi Sect, he claims to be Shijun, and he doesn't like to let his subordinates call him Lord or something, he likes to listen to people call him Shijun, so his subordinates have always called him Shijun, not the Lord Gong.

After hearing this, Zhang Lu said: "Yang Ang Yang Ren listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!" "The last general!"

The two stood up and said, Zhang Lu nodded, "Order the two of you to lead 20,000 troops and garrison Yangping Pass to prevent the enemy from attacking, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Order!" "Order!"

The two said to Zhang Lu, and at the same time, the two of them were very happy in their hearts. The heart said that this is Shijun's recognition and trust of his two brothers, Shijun did not let his closest person, that is, his younger brother Zhang Wei and Zhang Gongze, go to guard Yuyang Pingguan, but asked his two brothers to go, doesn't this mean that this is the case.

After the two received the order, they went to order the troops. After all, the sooner you go to Yangping Pass, the better, who knows when Ma Chao's army will arrive at Yangping Pass.

Strategist Yang Song said at this time: "Shijun, Song thinks that we should ask the state pastor for help, after all, now that the enemy army is strong, the state pastor will never sit idly by!" ”

Of course, the state pastor mentioned by Yang Song does not refer to Ma Chao, the Liangzhou pastor, but to Liu Yan, the Yizhou pastor. In any case, Hanzhong County is an important county under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and although Zhang Lu now has the faint strength to stand on his own, he has not completely broken with Liu Yan so blatantly. And Liu Yan, the old fox, naturally didn't tear his face with Zhang Lu all at once, so the two were actually in a particularly delicate relationship at this time.

But there is a saying that is well-said, it is called "brothers are against the wall, and the outside is insulted", right? No matter how Liu Yan and Zhang Lu fight, in their opinion, it is their internal affair in Yizhou. So everyone knows that Zhang Lu and Liu Yan can actually be said to be their own people, but with Ma Chao, then he is really an outsider.

However, Zhang Lu said in his heart after hearing this, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi did it on purpose, of course, he also knew that Liu Junlang was busy quelling the rebellion, so he couldn't take care of Hanzhong too much, so he brought a large army.

"Didn't Mr. forget, now the state pastor is busy leading troops to quell the rebellion, so it should be difficult to take care of Hanzhong's affairs!"

Of course, Yang Song and the others also know about it, but knowing the Tao is one thing, and what to do is another. In fact, they still have a glimmer of hope for Liu Yan now, after all, whether it is Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi, or the captain Jia Long, how can they be his opponents Liu Yan and Liu Junlang? Although Liu Junlang is now old and good, he is still not comparable to their clowns. So in fact, what they hope most is that Liu Yan can put down the rebellion immediately, and then let his generals lead troops to support Hanzhong.

Yang Bai said: "Shijun, please think about it, we must ask the state pastor for help!" The governor has no time to take care of Hanzhong, but even if he only sends 5,000 people, it will be a help! ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, Yang Bai's words were to the point, yes, that's right. Liu Junlang couldn't take care of Hanzhong no matter how much he cared about it, but could he watch Hanzhong fall into the hands of his Ma Mengqi, it was obviously impossible. If Ma Mengqi takes Hanzhong today, then he will go to Yizhou tomorrow. And why did he Ma Mengqi want to enter Kou Hanzhong, isn't it just for Yizhou, so Liu Junlang can let Ma Mengqi get Hanzhong.

"What I said is very reasonable, I will immediately write a letter to Chengdu and borrow troops to break the enemy!"

In Zhang Lu's view, it is actually the same as what Yang Bai said. Liu Junlang sent troops, even if there were only 5,000 people, but it was also reinforcements, not help, so his letter for help had to be written and sent to Chengdu. As for saying that he Liu Junlang does not send troops, unless he really wants Hanzhong to fall into the hands of Ma Mengqi.

After writing the letter, Zhang Lu ordered a special person to send it to Chengdu, and he must present Liu Yan in person, and the messenger took the order.

After the messenger left, someone snorted coldly, "Humph! Although he Ma Mengqi has a lot of troops, I think they will definitely not be able to pass Yangping Pass! ”

As soon as Zhang Lu heard this tone of speech, he knew that Lu Dao was his younger brother Zhang Wei and Zhang Gongze, and he said to Zhang Wei: "Gongze should not underestimate that Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, his person is definitely not easy to match." Moreover, his subordinates are many generals and generals, and they are by no means easy to resist! ”

Zhang Luxin said, Originally, with your martial arts, it was enough to guard the Yuyang Pingguan, but I didn't dare to let you go. Zhang Luzhi said that his younger brother is not without ability, but because of his personality, he is not suitable to be a guard, let alone to guard the pass. Especially if he can't let him and Yang Ang and Yang Ren two brothers go to guard the pass together, in that case, something is really going to happen. So let Yang Ang and Yang Ren go to guard Yangping Pass, but didn't let Zhang Wei go, in fact, Zhang Lu is such a reason.

And Yang Ang and Yang Ren still thought that Zhang Lu trusted and valued them, but in fact, it was not like that. If Zhang Lu hadn't had no talent available now, he would never have used the two of them. And the two of them actually don't have any great skills, but under Zhang Lu's account, there are really no talents, and the so-called "big man in the", they will also appear. (To be continued......)