"Lord, this is a rare opportunity, don't hesitate!" Fa Zheng strongly persuaded Liu Cong. Last night, when he learned that this Fang'er was Mrs. Sun, he had been thinking about how to make good use of it.

"Lord!"

Liu Cong rarely hesitated, in the past, Fazheng couldn't come up with a lot of risky strategies, and Liu Cong adopted them! Liu Cong didn't know if he felt sorry for the ill-fated beauty in his heart.

"Report!" The herald's voice rang out outside the door.

"Pass in."

"Report to the lord, fine line urgent! Cao Cao's army has captured Yangping Pass, and Zhang Lu is trapped in Hanzhong ......"

"Express up!" When Liu Cong heard that Cao Cao's army had broken through Yangping Pass, he couldn't sit still. Cao Cao Ping Xiliang, attacked Hanzhong, and Liu Cong went east, which is a tacit understanding between the two powers. It's all about speed, and whichever side finishes first will find a way to create some obstacles for the other party in the following days, or even sneak attack.

Liu Cong received the urgent report from the herald. The urgent report was written by Wei Yan himself, since Liu Cong prepared for the Eastern Expedition, Wei Yan's main defense area was transferred from Yizhou to Liangzhou, and Wei Yan and Zhang Ren jointly guarded Baishui Pass to prevent Cao Cao's raid and Ma Chao from being completely swept away and then entering Sichuan to make trouble. In the letter, Wei Yan gave a detailed account of the battle of Hanzhong. As Liu Cong expected, Cao Cao, who concentrated his strength, was invincible.

Ma Chao's last remnants were quickly swept away, Ma Chao took his subordinates to Hanzhong, and the arrival of more than a dozen generals such as Pang De and Ma Tie made Zhang Lu think that Hanzhong's strength had increased greatly, but in fact, Zhang Lu couldn't control Ma Chao at all. And Cao Cao's Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Xiahou Yuan and others were all dispatched! Call for battle day and night before Yangping Pass. Although Yangping Pass was dangerous, it could not withstand the onslaught of Cao Cao's army, digging tunnels, bypassing the mountains, and dividing the troops into several roads.

From March, Cao Cao personally led an army of 150,000 to attack Zhanglu in Hanzhong after sweeping Xiliang. In April, Cao Cao's army marched from Chencang (present-day Baojidong, Shaanxi) to Hechi (present-day west of Huixian County, Gansu). Hechi is a place where Di people live, and Dou Mao, the chief of Di, raised an army to resist. Cao Cao defeated Dou Mao and gained more than 100,000 Hu in his valley. In June, led the army to Yangping (now the northwest of Shaanxi County), Zhang Lu tried to surrender directly to Cao Cao, but his brother Zhang Wei refused, thinking that the two brothers had been operating in Hanzhong for many years, and there was no need to be afraid of Yangping Pass, so he led more than 40,000 troops to guard Yangping Pass, and built the city more than ten miles according to the mountain, according to the danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The front army of Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang arrived, and when they heard that Yang Pingguan had been prepared, they set up camp fifteen miles away from the pass. The sergeants were very tired that night and rested on their own. In the middle of the night, Zhang Wei and Yang Ren came to rob the village. Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang hurriedly dismounted and fled. Zhang Lu's army swarmed into the barracks, and Cao's soldiers were defeated.

When Cao Cao heard this, he jumped like thunder, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang had been fighting for many years, how could they not know that they were tired and tired from traveling far to prevent robbery. But they were negligent, they thought that Zhang Lu was doing a trapped beast fight, and they didn't dare to come out at all, who would have thought that Zhang Wei would be so bold. Cao Cao prepared to behead Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang to correct the military law, and everyone pleaded to save their lives. The next day, Cao Cao personally led the front army to Yangping Pass, saw that the mountain was treacherous, the forest was thick, I didn't know the path, I was afraid that there would be an ambush, that is, I led the army back to the village, and said that Xu Chu and Xu Huang said: "If I know that this place is so sinister, I will not come to the army." "I also know that I am wrong to blame Xiahou Yuanhe and Xu Huang.

Cao Cao looked at the soldiers, and then said: "That's it, withdraw the troops back to Xuchang." "Cao Cao, the old fox, is playing tricks again, everyone is really anxious when they hear it, don't mind, Duke Wei, these hundreds of thousands of people have been preparing for several months, and they have just arrived at the gate before fighting a battle, how can there be any reason to retreat directly? The generals are asking for their lives.

In fact, how could Cao Cao be willing to return to Xuchang. Liu Cong has taken Yizhou, and now Tsai Tsai Sang is fighting with Jiangdong. If you win Jiangdong again, you can divide the world with yourself. What a rare opportunity to capture Hanzhong, how could he let it go so easily. Seeing that the crowd will persuade hard, that means that you are going to fight, then continue, and don't blame me if you don't work hard when the time comes.

So the next day, he took Xu Chu and Xu Huang to visit the camp. The three horses turned around the hillside and saw Zhang Weizhai Zha early. Cao Cao raised his whip and pointed at the second general: "It's so strong, it's hard to get down!" Before he could say anything, he shouted from behind, and arrows rained down. Zhang Wei and Yang Ren came in two ways. Cao Cao was shocked. Xu Chu shouted: "I am an enemy thief!" Xu Gongming is good at protecting the lord. "After that, he raised his sword and rode forward, and he was against the two generals. Zhang Wei and Yang Ren naturally couldn't beat Xu Chu, so they returned to their horses and retreated, preparing to rush and kill with the soldiers. Xu Huang escorted Cao Cao to run across the hillside, and another army arrived in front; When I saw it, it was the two generals Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, who could hear the shouting, so they led the army to respond. So he killed Zhang Wei and Yang Ren, and saved Cao Cao back to the village.

After these things, Zhang Wei was triumphant and reported good news to Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu saw that Hanzhong was saved and sent Pang De and others to help. Cao Cao frowned. It's said that I want to go back to Xuchang again! But in private, he sent a fine work to Hanzhong to see Yang Song. Let them separate Zhang Lu and Ma Chao, Pang De, and Yang Song love money, and these requests will naturally be agreed. Zhang Wei's light enemy, Pang De's grievances, and Cao Cao's desire to capture the old man made the soldiers ask for help to fight. Conquering Yangping Pass will naturally be a smooth chapter! In the end, after Zhang Lu paid the price of 40,000 defenders, Yangping Pass fell. Zhang Lu had no choice but to shrink all his forces and concentrate in Hanzhong in order to do a trapped-beast fight. And the price Cao Cao paid for the capture of Yangping Pass was not small. However, Cao Cao was determined to win Hanzhong

Prior to this, Liangzhou (present-day Zhangjiachuan, Gansu) beheaded Qu Yan, Jiang Shi and others and sacrificed their heads to Cao Cao. Han Sui's life was also extraordinary, he was a native of Jincheng (now northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu). At the end of the Han Dynasty, Han Sui was promoted as the chief commander by Huangzhong (now both sides of the Huangshui River in Qinghai) from Hubei Gong Boyu and others, and then killed Chen Yi of Jincheng, attacked Zhou County, and then led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Sanfu region, and defeated the left cavalry general Huangfu Song who came to conquer, and the power was great for a while. Soon, Han Sui and others were defeated by Dong Zhuo and retreated. In the third year of Ping (186), Han Sui killed Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu and others, supported more than 100,000 soldiers, killed Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng, and Ma Teng and others recommended the kingdom as the commander, attacked the three auxiliaries, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others retreated to Liangzhou, turned against each other, attacked each other, and then each supported the army and seized the area of Guanzhong. In the seventh year of Jian'an (204), Cao Cao made peace with Han Sui and Ma Teng, and appointed Han Sui as the general of the expedition to the west, thinking that he would be appeased. In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Guanzhong, Han Sui was defeated, fled to Jincheng Qiang, Changping for three years, and was killed by Qu Yan and others.

Han Sui died, Ma Chao fled, and Yang Ping was broken! Everything is going in favor of Cao Cao. Cao Cao is Liu Cong's fierce rival, and what is beneficial to Cao Cao is naturally harmful to Liu Cong! This letter was written four days ago, and Cao Cao was probably already in the city at this time. Although the city of Hanzhong is also very strong, Zhang Lu definitely does not have excellent commanders like Lu Su and Lu Meng, and he does not have the determination to fight to the death. That is to say, at least for now, Cao Cao's progress has been ahead of schedule.

If Zhang Lu resists, maybe Hanzhong can hold out for a month or two, but if Zhang Lu surrenders, then Cao Cao's army will not be harmed at all, and it will be the summer grain harvest immediately. Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong and harvested grain and grass after the army would definitely go south, although Wei Yan swore in the letter that he would definitely defend Baishui Pass. But after all, there are too few defenders at Baishui Pass! Once the Baishui Pass was breached, Liangzhou and Yizhou were immediately exposed to Cao Cao's iron cavalry.

After reading it, Liu Cong handed the letter to Fa Zheng, and then Yu Ban. Then there was a brief silence in the tent. Now that Cao Cao is about to succeed, Liu Cong thinks that he must speed up the pace. If he could capture Chaisang before Cao Cao took Hanzhong, it would definitely prompt Cao Cao to re-examine the situation.

And Fa Zheng and the others did not urge Liu Cong after reading the letter. After all, using Qiao Fang is a risky move.

"Lord, General Gan asked the little one to come and tell the lord that there are many recruits on the city of Chaisang today. It looks like a good family member of a wealthy family in the city! ”

"Xiaozhi, Wen Ze, follow me to the front and have a look!" Liu Cong knew that the Chaisang garrisons were so pointed, attacking each other every day, plus a large number of catapults throwing boulders into the city, the losses in the city must be not small, but he didn't expect that Lu Su would even send the children of the big clan to the city wall.

The three of them walked quickly to the front of the formation, and Gan Ning saw the three of them coming together and greeted them: "Lord, presumably Lu Su also wants to let those defenders take turns to rest, there are many new faces on the city wall today, and there is no armor on them, it seems that it should be the children of the wealthy family in the city!" ”

"Lord, Lu Su is also taking a risk, if the children of the Hao clan are forced to rebel, this Chaisang will be broken from the inside!" Fa Zheng also quickly glanced at the city wall in the distance. The children of the Hao clan are different from ordinary soldiers, perhaps their individual combat ability is very strong, but they lack systematic training, and the organization and discipline are much worse.

"Lord ......" Seeing the situation of the enemy army, Yu Ban seemed to have something to say. However, Liu Cong quickly interrupted him.

"Xiaozhi, you immediately send a letter to the people of the city, and then say...... Now Qu A is in the hands of Xu Ming, the new Taishou of Wu County in the imperial court, and he will capture Wu County in the near future. Sun Quan's ghost tricks threatened Sun Ce's wife to enter the camp to assassinate him, and now he is injured and captured, Sun Quan's behavior is angry! …… The imperial court's crusade is to crusade against the traitors, and the soldiers who defend the city and the people in the city are five passes, I hope you can see the situation clearly, as long as you don't continue to follow the traitor Sun Quan in the future battles, you can not blame the past! At the same time, dozens of copies of this letter were immediately sent to be copied, and when night fell, it was shot into the city through the three gates! ”

"Receiving orders!" Seeing that the lord had finally made up his mind, Fa Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Cong did it in one go, indicating that he had been prepared for a long time, and focused on the relationship between the Chaisang garrison and the common people. Lu Su sent the children of the Hao clan to play, and Liu Cong wanted to threaten and make the Hao clan in the city retreat. If someone retreats, it will definitely cause a conflict between Lu Su and them, after all, now the situation is beginning to favor Liu Cong, and those wealthy families are not fools.