In Wudang County, Nanyang County, Jingzhou, Yuan Yao rode on a demon horse, Ji Ling was holding a three-pointed two-edged knife, and he was also riding a demon horse, guarding Yuan Yao's side, and behind Yuan Yao and Ji Ling, there were Chen Dao, Wei Yan and Zhou Cang, all holding weapons and riding demon horses, looking vigilant.

can't blame Yuan Yao and others for such actions, although it is now in Nanyang, which is Yuan Shu's territory, but it is not the time to feel at ease. Before entering Nanyang, Ji Ling used the special channel of Yuan Shu's subordinates to pass on the whereabouts of himself and others to Yang Hong, who is now sitting in Nanyang, in order to let Yang Hong come to pick up a few of his people.

The route of Yuan Yao and his entourage back to Nanyang was from Shu County to Guanghan County to Zitong County and finally to Nanyang through Hanzhong, which was almost the shortest route from Shu County to Nanyang. But even in the Tang Dynasty, the poet immortal Li Bai still lamented the difficulty of the Shu Road, and now it is still the end of the Han Dynasty, and the difficulty of walking on the road in Shu also made Yuan Yao and his party spend a lot of time to rush back to Nanyang, and there was almost an accident along the way.

There was no problem in Shu County, but when Yuan Yao and his party entered Hanzhong, their traces were discovered, and then they had a face-to-face with Zhang Lu, who occupied Hanzhong. However, now Yuan Shu and Zhang Lu have no conflict of interest, so when Ji Ling showed his strength and revealed his identity, they left Hanzhong without danger.

But at that time, even Yuan Yao raised his heart to his throat, Zhang Lu is not only a Hanzhong Taishou now, he also has an identity, that is, one of the strongest sects in the world, the Heavenly Master Dao Master, who has gone through soul cultivation, and his cultivation has reached the Void Soul Realm, plus a holy weapon that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Heavenly Master Dao Master, Zhang Lu's strength will not be weaker than Ji Ling.

Moreover, Zhang Lu is the master of the Heavenly Master Dao, and Hanzhong is the foundation of the Heavenly Master Dao, and at least half of the people in the entire Han are the eyes and ears of the Heavenly Master Dao, and in Hanzhong, it is difficult to hide any news from the Heavenly Master Dao. In addition, Zhang Lu is not alone, there are also Zhang Wei, Zhang Zhen and other Heavenly Master Dao masters, if he did it in Hanzhong at that time, although Ji Ling was confident that he could keep Yuan Yao out of the encirclement, but Chen Zhi and a few people Ji Ling couldn't take care of it.

But fortunately, in the end, Zhang Lu had no opponent, and after a face-to-face with Ji Ling and his party, he ignored Ji Ling and others, and Yuan Yao and his party left Hanzhong without danger and entered the territory of Nanyang County.

At the beginning of this year, in order to strengthen his control over Yizhou and solve the problem of Hanzhong Taishou Sugu, who had been openly disagreeing with him, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to lead troops into Hanzhong and fight Sugu. In the end, Su Gu was killed by Zhang Xiu.

Su Gu served as the Taishou in Hanzhong for several years, and won the hearts of the people in the land of Hanzhong, after Su Gu was killed by Zhang Xiu, there were righteous Zhao Song and Chen Diao to avenge Su Gu and attack and kill Zhang Xiu, but in the end they were not successful. However, although Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, his fate was not much better.

Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu entered Hanzhong together on Liu Yan's orders, and after Su Gu was killed by Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu also had a different heart, waiting for an opportunity to kill Zhang Xiu, and took all the soldiers under Zhang Xiu's command. After Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu, he stabilized Hanzhong with the help of the power of Heavenly Master Dao as his own Heavenly Master Dao master, and developed Hanzhong into the base camp of Heavenly Master Dao.

The Heavenly Master Dao is worthy of being one of the most powerful sects in the world, and with the help of the power of the Heavenly Master Dao, Zhang Lu quickly brought Hanzhong into his control. After occupying Hanzhong, Zhang Lu beheaded the envoy from the Chang'an court in Hanzhong according to Liu Yan's order, so that the court's orders could not be transmitted to Yizhou, and at the same time, he ignored Liu Yan's order, as if he had already divided one side.

Liu Yan was also furious when he found out that Zhang Lu was no longer under his control, but although Liu Yan was named Yizhou Mu, Yizhou was not Liu Yan's Yiyan, and the attitude of the major families in Yizhou towards Liu Yan was very vague, although they supported Liu Yan to sit in the position of Yizhou Mu to take charge of Yizhou, but they were unwilling to sacrifice their own interests in order to let Liu Yan strengthen his control over Yizhou. Therefore, there is not a harmonious atmosphere between the major families in Yizhou and Liu Yan.

Zhang Lu was originally Liu Yan's right-hand man, so Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to deal with the original Hanzhong Taishou Sugu, but Liu Yan didn't expect that this Zhang Lu would break free from his control as soon as he arrived in Hanzhong, and he didn't care about his orders at all.

However, after Zhang Lu's rebellion, the attitude of the major families in Yizhou towards Liu Yan also changed a little, so that Liu Yan had to transfer a group of civil and military forces under his command back to Chengdu, so that the major families in Yizhou did not dare to make the slightest move, but because of this, Liu Yan lost the best opportunity to conquer Zhang Lu, so that Zhang Lu gained a firm foothold in Hanzhong with the help of the power of Heavenly Master Dao.

When Liu Yan stabilized many families in Yizhou and was about to attack Zhang Lu, the barbarians in the south of Yizhou launched a rebellion again, making the south of Yizhou not so stable, so that Liu Yan could only give up Zhang Lu and deal with the southern barbarians first. After all, although Zhang Lu did not obey Liu Yan's orders, at least nominally Zhang Lu was Liu Yan's subordinate, but this Nanban belonged to a different race, and compared with Zhang Lu and Nanban, it was naturally needless to say which one to deal with first.

And this series of things, when Liu Yan was finally free to deal with Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu had firmly occupied Hanzhong with the power of the Heavenly Master, making it more and more difficult to attack Hanzhong, although Liu Yan knew that once the time dragged on, it would be more difficult to recapture Hanzhong, but in the end, after thinking about it for a long time and weighing the pros and cons, Liu Yan had to give up the attack plan on Hanzhong.

However, not attacking Hanzhong does not mean that Liu Yan will let Zhang Lu go, Tianshi Dao was originally a sect founded by Zhang Daoling in the land of Bashu, and there are believers throughout Yizhou. However, after Zhang Lu and Liu Yan fell out, Liu Yan resisted and even suppressed Tianshi Dao in the entire Yizhou territory, so that the sphere of influence of Tianshi Dao continued to shrink.

Liu Yan can't control the affairs of Hanzhong, but the control of most of Yizhou is still under Liu Yan's control, although the strength of the Heavenly Master Dao is strong, but under the suppression of Liu Yan, it is still constantly retreating, and because this generation of Heavenly Master Dao advocates Lu now occupies Hanzhong, the center of the Heavenly Master Dao's sphere of influence began to shift to Hanzhong.

However, after all, Heavenly Master Dao is one of the strongest sects in the world, even if Liu Yan is already trying his best to suppress it, it has not made Heavenly Master Dao hurt his muscles and bones.

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