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As for whether or not to agree to postpone the march. Gao Shun did not give an answer, but asked Yan Pu to take the side tent to rest. After Yan Pu was taken away, Gao Shun continued to discuss Zhang Lu's request for peace with Lu Xun and others.

"I don't know what you think of the Hanzhong peace affair." Gao Shun asked everyone.

Gao Shun knows very well that now the situation is ready to be launched, and the idea of seeking peace in Hanzhong is simply an impossible delusion.

"General Gao, if nothing else, Hanzhong will be determined soon." Hearing Gao Shun's question, Sima Yi's eyes were 'dewed' and 'fine', and he said to him.

"It's just around the corner...... Zhong Da wants to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender? When Gao Shun heard this, he only thought about it for a while, and quickly understood what Sima Yi meant. Zhang Lu's cowardice has been revealed, and sending people to sue for peace is evidence that he is inadequate, and at this time, it is a great opportunity to persuade the other party to surrender.

Zhang Lu is not the kind of strong 'sexual' character, although he is not cowardly, but he is indeed a little weak. Now that Zhang Lu intends to seek peace, it can be said that he has taken the lead in giving in, that is, he is afraid of the army he leads. In this case, as long as his side 'forces' him to 'force' a few points, it is not impossible to persuade the other party to surrender on the premise of not using troops.

"Then put Yan Pu under house arrest in the barracks first, and then the army will go to Yangping Pass to put pressure on Zhang Lu." Gao Shun made a decision.

Although Yangping Pass cannot be compared with the Tiger Prison Pass, it is also the 'gate' household in Hanzhong, which is strong and difficult to attack. If Zhang Lu did not have the threat of Liu Zhang in the south and sent all the defenders of Hanzhong to Yangping Pass to resist the offensive of Cao's army, then Gao Shun might not be able to ensure that Yangping Pass was taken even if he fought with 15,000 men.

You must know that these 15,000 people are not Cao 'Cao' who let Gao Shun capture Hanzhong, Gao Shun still needs to rely on these 15,000 people to take the entire Yizhou.

Although Gao Shun has a topographic map of Xishu in his hand, and Zhang Song is still in Chengdu as an internal response, this battle can still be said to be extremely difficult. The road to Shu is rugged, the world knows it, and Li Bai has a cloud in later generations: "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the sky." "The difficulty can be seen. In addition, there is no shortage of generals and resourceful people who can recruit good soldiers in Shuzhong, and in the face of the entire Yizhou, even if they are fully prepared in advance, they must go all out, and there must be no slackness. Gao Shun's subordinates have a total of 15,000 men, and if they spend more troops in the attack on Hanzhong, then the difficulty of the war will inevitably increase when they face Yizhou, and they may even have a feeling of powerlessness.

Defeated, this is absolutely not allowed to happen to today's Gao Shun. Although the ancients had a saying that "victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers", this sentence is more often just talk, and most of the time the defeated generals have nothing good to eat. Although with Gao Shun's current status, even if he returns from defeat, he will not be punished too severely, and at most he will only be demoted and questioned, but Cao Cao's 'sexuality' is now difficult to determine, and Gao Shun does not want to accept the possibility of being beheaded after defeat, although this may be less than one percent.

In addition, Gao Shun's current status as a general of Zhendong is that he has accumulated military achievements and risen step by step, and in the process, Gao Shun has also developed his self-esteem and pride as a famous general. If he loses the battle, even if Cao 'Cao' doesn't blame him heavily, simple accountability is not something that Gao Shun's current self-esteem can tolerate. When Li Guang, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, was asked for 'getting lost', he once said: "You can't get back to the sword and pen." And then kill yourself, that's the truth.

If Hanzhong can be taken with zero casualties, it will be the best ending.

With such an idea, Gao Shun sent an army of 15,000 troops outside Yangping Pass.

———————————————————————————————— Zhang Lu is in a bad mood now, he sent his chief strategist Yan Pu to negotiate peace with Cao Jun a few days ago, but he never thought that Yan Pu would be heard from after he left, and there were even rumors that Yan Pu had been beheaded by Cao Jun to sacrifice the flag.

All kinds of rumors made Zhang Lu panic, although he didn't quite believe that Cao Jun would do something to kill him, not to mention that Yan Pu was going to sue for peace instead of declaring war, Cao Jun did not agree to the peace talks and drove him back to Hanzhong, what was the reason for killing? But as Yan Pu had no news for a long time, Zhang Lu's worries and panic also increased day by day, lest one day Cao Jun would send Yan Pu's head to him.

Now, the 15,000 Cao troops displayed outside Yangping Pass make Zhang Lu feel even more pressured and have trouble sleeping.

Just when Zhang Lu was anxious about the current situation, a 'waiter' informed that Cao Jun had sent an envoy to see him, and Zhang Lu hurriedly invited him in.

The envoy sent by Cao Jun was none other than the deputy military division, Sima Yi.

The appearance of Cao Jun's envoy made Zhang Lu breathe a sigh of relief, which at least showed that Yan Pu did not have to worry about his life, otherwise how could Cao Jun dare to send an envoy to his own territory?

Yan Pu was Zhang Lu's most trusted strategist, and he was also the only talented strategist in Hanzhong City. If Yan Pu is lost, it is almost equivalent to cutting off Zhang Lu's arm.