This piece of land in Hanzhong is the gateway of Shu, there are two checkpoints before and after, firmly wrapping it in it, and there are dangerous mountains, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Now Zhang Lu has sent his younger brother Zhang Shu to lead a full 40,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yangping Pass, just to prevent Cao Xing and others from suddenly attacking, Cao Xing found someone to estimate it, Yangping Pass is dangerous, if you want to attack it with all your might, I am afraid it will cost 10,000 people to be possible, even if Cao Xing's siege equipment on their side is strong, they still have to pay a heavy price of 60,000 or 70,000 people.

Faced with such a situation, Cao Xuan convened a military meeting and asked everyone what method they had, but they were all silent at the meeting, not that they didn't want to say it, but they didn't know what to say, and if they wanted to lay down a Yangping Pass, they needed to pay a great price, and no one dared to take this risk, so no one dared to speak.

Cao Xing squinted his eyes and glanced at everyone, and finally fixed his eyes on Fa Zheng's body: "Filial piety, what a clever plan!" ”

Although Fa Zheng didn't speak before this, but Fa Zheng is one of Cao Xing's current masters, how could he have no plan, even if he really didn't, he had to think of it, Fa Zheng pondered for a long time, and just replied to Cao Xing's strategy, and that strategy was only a simple word, that is, wait.

Cao Xuan was silent after listening, in fact, war is sometimes like this, the forces of the two sides are equal, you don't dare to hit me casually, I don't dare to hit you casually, then everyone will keep waiting, during this period at most some mutual temptation, but large-scale war is still avoided, after all, it will cause heavy losses, everyone is waiting for an opportunity, that is, the other party has made a military mistake, then you can use this mistake to give the other party a fatal blow.

Cao Xing set up camp in this way and lived fifty miles away from Yangping Pass, because this place is only in a plain, and further on, there are mountains and forests everywhere.

Cao Xing waited in place for half a month, and after half a month, there were really some changes in Zhang Lu's deployment.

Che Wu handed a piece of information to Cao Xing, Cao Xuan glanced at it, and immediately had a plan in his heart, although now it is a conspiracy of the three parties to fight him Cao Xing, but it seems that these three people are not one piece.

The first is Han Sui, and Han Sui's base camp is in Liangzhou. That piece of land is high and far away, and Han Sui can only provide a little food supply at most, so the conflict with Zhang Lu is not big, but the relationship between Liu Yan and Zhang Lu is a little delicate, when Cao Xing has not come, Liu Yan has always wanted to annex Hanzhong, and he called Zhang Lu a rice thief.

Anyway, Liu Yan at that time looked down on Zhang Lu more or less, and Zhang Lu was also very unhappy with Liu Yan.

In this battle, Zhang Lu and Liu Yan each sent 50,000 troops to fight against Cao Xing, but Zhang Lu still had some precautions against Liu Yan, Liu Yan brought 50,000 soldiers and horses from Yizhou, Zhang Lu must be closely monitored, because Zhang Lu was also afraid that if Liu Yan's army was really allowed to enter the city, Liu Yan would annex himself at that time, and what should be done, so Zhang Lu's final decision was that Liu Yan wanted to come in, but he could only arrange Liu Yan's army in the north of Yangping Pass at most.

Zhang Lu did this, it can be said that he killed two birds with one stone, first deployed Liu Yan's army in the north of Yangping Pass, so that Liu Yan could not enter Hanzhong, and secondly, Liu Yan only had one way outside, that is, to help him fight Cao Xing. It can be said that Liu Yan now looks a little bit, like the kind that specializes in helping Zhang Lu work.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan had some thoughts in his heart, Liu Yan is now the king of Shu, among which you Zhang Lu is playing casually, Cao Xuan wants to use the relationship between the two of them to make a little fuss, but Cao Xuan sent Jinyi Wei out and instigated it for half a month, but it was ineffective, and the reason was because of Liu Yan himself.

Liu Yan, as the king of Shu, still has some strength more or less, Zhang Lu wants to arrange his army outside the pass, how can he not see Zhang Lu's thoughts, he is completely guarding against him, but he can see Cao Xing's thoughts even more, Cao Xing wants to use the discord to divide the relationship between him and Zhang Lu, with the level of Zhang Lu's guy, how can he prevent Cao Xing's army, once Cao Xing's army captures Hanzhong, then his Shu Kingdom will be in great danger.

Therefore, when this crisis, Liu Yan showed his courage as a monarch, he personally found Zhang Lu, and moved him with reason, although Zhang Lu listened to these words, he still took precautions against Liu Yan, but he is also a person who takes care of the overall situation, so he also gave Liu Yan's army a lot of convenience, Liu Yan even in order to show sincerity, this time to lead the army, that is to go out in person.

That is to say, Liu Yan, starting from Shu Kingdom, Xiameng Pass crossed Hanzhong, and finally crossed Yangping Pass, and Liu Yan was still in the army, Liu Yan can be said to have done his best in benevolence, Zhang Lu's heart was also very moved, he knew that Liu Yan was true this time, and he had to guard against Cao Xing, as for the infighting between him and Liu Yan, it was better to wait until Cao Xuan was defeated.

Therefore, Liu Yan and Zhang Lu were tacitly united this time, Cao Xing was very surprised by this, and in the end he could only say that he, Cao Xing was a little underestimated, this Liu Yan, others Liu Yan, the overall situation is still quite strong.

Liu Yan's army personally charged ahead, and Zhang Lu's army was backed by Yangping Pass behind him, so that they could attack and retreat, and the two of them caused a great crisis to Cao Xing.

In the face of this situation, Cao Xuan still calmed down and stood still for the time being, although he missed an opportunity to sow discord, but the opportunity will always come, and it didn't take long for Cao Xuan to finally see some light.

This time it was Liu Yan who personally took his army of Shu and went out to conquer in person, this matter can be described as very important, after all, Liu Yan is now the king of Shu, and he also drove the expedition in person, which is indeed a big event, and this time the army of Shu can be regarded as an expedition of laborers.

Although there seem to be many people in Shu who are a little against Liu Yan, so he recklessly kills the past, but Liu Yan has his own ideas, he seems to have regarded Cao Xing as the number one army, and even he has studied the rise of Cao Xuan over the years, he knows that Cao Xing is by no means an ordinary person, if he does not drive the expedition in person, I am afraid that something will happen, so the current Liu Yan is in the military camp fifty miles in front of Cao Xing.

However, it is said that Liu Yan is now very old, and it is impossible to be in charge of the front line, he is in charge of the army, and the main thing is to arrange and plan, as for the command of the front, as well as the things of charging into battle, all of them are completed by his generals.

Who is the general brought out by Liu Yan this time, and the first one is Zhang Ren, hearing this name, Cao Xing felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, this Zhang Ren's current official position in Shu is the general of Zhenbei. Its official rank is the same as that of Chen Hu of the Qin State, so this person can be said to be very highly used in the Shu State.

Zhang Ren is now in his thirties, in the prime of life, and the situation is stable, he personally led 20,000 troops to the front line, and took the lead in attacking many times.

Wei Yan saw that this Zhang Ren took the initiative to attack, and he was also not to be outdone and fought back, as a result, several battles were fought, in general, Wei Yan's losses on their side were still more, hearing this news, Cao Xing also had to admit that this Zhang Ren did have some ability, and the person who took the initiative to attack and he attacked was still Wei Yan, and he still had a chance of winning. This shows that this Zhang Ren does have his unique views on the art of war, and he must not be underestimated anyway.

Although Zhang Yiren fought a few beautiful small victories when he came, this was harmless for the Qin State, but in the next few battles, it seemed a little strange.

Wei Yan personally took the soldiers and horses out to meet Zhang Ren, and the two armies fought until it was dark, before Mingjin withdrew his troops, but after Mingjin withdrew his troops, Zhang Ren's army did not retreat immediately, only to see about hundreds of soldiers, even if they heard the sound of Mingjin retreating, they were still fighting frantically on the battlefield.

And Wei Yan saw this opportunity, and immediately commanded the soldiers around him to surround all the hundred people, and then he personally carried the steel knife and prepared to go up and wipe out all the hundred people.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime good time, after all, these hundred people did not listen to the military order, the majority of the troops had withdrawn, but they still stayed on the battlefield, it was completely a move to find death, Wei Yan rushed into the team of 100 people with a steel knife and fought frantically, Wei Yan's martial arts were so high, I saw that his sword light was flying, and several heads flew into the air.

Wei Yan was carrying a steel knife and wanted to continue fighting, but at this moment, a loud shout sounded, and he saw a young general leaping out of the crowd and stabbing directly at Wei Yan.

Wei Yan's big knife was blocked horizontally, and it was easy to join the comer's chief, but after blocking it, the person's method was extremely ingenious, and he immediately turned in a direction and stabbed Wei Yan's eyebrows again. When Wei Yan saw this, he was a little surprised in his heart, and hurriedly dodged the opponent's law again, and Wei Yan was in front one after another, and the twenty rounds were all very embarrassed, and he was even almost stabbed under the horse.

However, with the encirclement of the Qin soldiers, the young general on the opposite side saw that the general situation had gone at this moment, and if he didn't run, he was afraid that he would not have a chance to run, so he raised his arms and said directly to the Shu soldiers behind him: "Sons and daughters, follow me to break through!" ”

Seeing that the young general Boma was about to escape, Wei Yan was furious in his heart, did this young general ignore his existence Wei Yan? Wei Yan also shouted violently, carrying a steel knife and cutting the young general in disguise.

"If you come, leave your life here!"

Although Wei Yan's steel knife was tigery, the young general was not afraid of Wei Yan at all, and directly dodged sideways, easily avoiding Wei Yan's attack, and he pointed at Wei Yan with a long finger and said a word.

"You want to take my life, I advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible, my life is used to kill Cao Xing, let Cao Xing wash his neck, and wait for me to take it!"

When Wei Yan heard this, he was shocked, and scolded directly: "Who are you? Dare to call King Qin's name! ”

However, the young general sneered: "Cao Xing is comfortable killing me, why can't I kill him, don't you want to know my name?" It's okay, I'll tell you the truth, I'm Zhang Xiu, the king of the Northland! ”

After Zhang Xiu said this, he stabbed Wei Yan a few times, Zhang Xiu's method was too fast, Wei Yan didn't react for a while, so he could only dodge in a hurry, and Zhang Xiu also saw Wei Yan's time difference, and directly ran in one direction with the people and horses, and when Wei Yan reflected, Zhang Xiu had already run away.

In the next few days, Qin and Shu fought a few more battles, each with its own victory and defeat, but what makes people feel a little distressed is that every time the battle is about to end, Zhang Xiu's young general will not withdraw in time, he has to stay on the battlefield, and take his long soldiers to kill a few more Qin troops, it seems that every time he kills a Qin army, the hatred in his heart can be dissipated a little.

Wei Yan looked at this Zhang Xiu killing his own soldier there, and he was also furious, carrying a steel knife and wanting to take off Zhang Xiu's head, although Wei Yan was brave enough, but Wei Yan's bravery was all honed on the battlefield, but this Zhang Xiu's method was extremely weird.

Wei Yan thinks that he has figured out the number of ways to decorate every time, but every time he fights with Wei Yan, Zhang Xiu's method is always unpredictable, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, anyway, Wei Yan has always been unsure of what Zhang Xiu's next move is, so Wei Yan every time. None of them were able to leave Zhang Xiu behind.

When Wei Yan reported the news to Cao Xing, Cao Xuan couldn't help frowning, he thought about it for a while, and finally remembered, all of it.

This Zhang Xiu is nothing more than Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Ji's guy had a grudge with Cao Xuan when he was in Xiliang before, and he dared to think about Xiao Man all the time, how could Cao Xuan let him go, Cao Xuan was thinking at that time, how to clean up this guy, after all, in history, Xiao Man is indeed this Zhang Ji's concubine.

Later, when he came to Luoyang, Zhang Ji was Dong Zhuo's subordinate, Dong Zhuo was autocratic, and Zhang Ji's identity was also rising, but Cao Xing used the time in Luoyang to design to kill this Zhang Ji as soon as possible.

This Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew, it is said that he went to learn art and formed his own long soldiers, all of which were secretly supported by Zhang Ji, so Zhang Xiu is still very grateful to Zhang Ji.

Now that he met Cao Xing on the battlefield, Cao Xing naturally became his enemy, and Cao Xing also remembered one thing, that is, about the identity of this Zhang Ren.

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