After Zhao Yun broke out of Cao Ying, he went straight to Hanzhong. Halfway through, he saw a large number of cavalry rushing towards him, and he was shocked, and hurriedly reined in his horse to avoid it, but Pang De and the others didn't know Zhao Yun, otherwise there would be a fight.

Without Zhao Yun's interference, Cao Ying quickly restored order, and the 50,000 army under the leadership of Cao Cao marched towards Hanzhong. Two hours later, Cao Cao finally met with Pang De's Xiliang cavalry. However, he was greeted by Xiahou Yuan's headless corpse......

"Wonderful!"

Cao Cao cried bitterly after seeing Xiahou Yuan's corpse, and the way his true feelings were revealed made Cao Jun's eyes around him ruddy.

"Zhang Lu Xiaoer, I am inseparable from you! Send the order down, immediately attack Hanzhong, and after entering the city, slaughter the city for three days! ”

"No!"

Hearing Cao Cao's order to slaughter the city, all the Cao troops went crazy, especially the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry who stayed with Pang De, they were all born in the Qiang people, and they had long coveted Han women, and now that they had the opportunity, they all rushed to sign up for the siege!

In order to make up for the public, Pound also asked for his own order to join the siege battle. So Cao Cao's 50,000 soldiers, plus the 30,000 Xiliang cavalry who gave up their war horses, a total of more than 80,000 people, roared madly towards Hanzhong.

Looking at Hanzhong again, Ma Chao won 20,000 Xiliang cavalry for nothing, and he was happy in his heart, but he didn't care about cleaning the battlefield, and immediately entered Hanzhong City. Hanzhong originally had more than 40,000 people, plus 20,000 Xiliang cavalry to assist in defending the city, and it was already comparable to Cao's army in terms of strength. In addition, it is a city defense battle, and the overall combat power of Hanzhong's side is no less than that of Cao's army.

At this time, Fa Zheng's plan had been declared over, and he just guessed that Ma Chao would have a deterrent effect on Cao Cao's Xiliang cavalry, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good, which was really unexpected. This is the terrible thing about the strategists, thinking that Cao Cao raised an army of 200,000 and came, and now there are only more than 80,000 people left, and he also left Jia Xu, and damaged Xiahou Yuan, and the losses can be described as extremely heavy.

Cao Cao is now like a gambler who loses red-eyed, and he has only one goal in mind, that is, to win Hanzhong. In fact, Hanzhong is only a city, and even if he takes Hanzhong at the moment, it will be difficult to make up for his current losses. However, if he didn't take Hanzhong, wouldn't he have lost so much in vain? It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't think about it at all, and if he wanted to take Hanzhong, he would have to pay a price......

"Attack, attack!"

Cao Cao shouted hysterically, fortunately he still retained a trace of sanity, otherwise he really wanted to attack the city himself.

As time went on, the war soon became white-hot, with corpses piled up on the walls and corpses under the walls. Seeing such a situation, Fa Zheng was also helpless, and the battle capital at this time was fighting for the perseverance of the soldiers on both sides.

The east was white, and this siege had lasted until dawn, but Cao Cao had no intention of stopping. The stones of the catapults were used up, the arrows of the well fence were used up, and all the siege vehicles were sent, in exchange for the result of the battle, the walls of Hanzhong were pitted and the city gates were crumbling. Ma Chao and the 20,000 Xiliang cavalry under his command had already been prepared in the city, and when the city gate was broken, they would kill the generals and fight Cao Cao to the death.

The 30,000 Xiliang cavalry led by Pang De rode on horses again, because they found that they didn't know how to siege the city at all, and the use of cavalry projectiles could bring greater help to Cao's army in attacking the city. Especially seeing that the city gate was about to collapse, Pang De immediately ordered 30,000 Xiliang cavalry to prepare for a charge.

Seeing that the siege battle was about to turn into a street battle in the city, however, Cao Jun's backyard caught fire again.

"Report, General Zhang He sent someone to deliver a message, Zhuge Liang sent 50,000 people to attack Yangping Pass, Yangping Pass has no city gate to block, it has been occupied by Huang Zhong and Wei Yan!"

Hearing this, Cao Cao was like a gambler who had just stayed up all night, raising his head in distraction, and then hanging down weakly.

Cao Cao is desperate at the moment, there is Hanzhong in front of him and he can't enter Hanzhong, and he can't retreat in Yangping, so what should he do?

"Kill Zhao Yun, retire to Yangping, and return to Chang'an!"

In confusion, Cao Cao Fang recalled Jia Xu's words, he didn't have time to regret it, and immediately issued an order to retreat.

"Order, everyone go to the Meridian Valley and retreat to Chang'an!"

With the withdrawal of Cao's army, the battle for Hanzhong finally came to an end, and cheers rang out in the sky!

"Win, we win!"

"Heaven bless, Heavenly Master will win!"

"Hahaha, brother, you can rest in peace......"

Hanzhong, too guarded house.

Zhang Lu was full of face at the moment, he did not put up a stand this time, but said to Fazheng, Zhao Yun and others very sincerely:

"This time, it is all up to you to help you to protect the people of Hanzhong from Cao Cao's cruelty, and I Zhang Lu thank you for them!"

Zhang Lu said, and really bowed to everyone, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun and others of course also hurriedly returned the salute, and after some politeness, everyone took their seats. After this incident, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others also admired Fa Zheng very much, which made Fa Zheng faintly become the role of the talker among them.

"Heavenly Master, since the war in Hanzhong is over, we will say goodbye!"

As soon as everyone took their seats, Fa Zheng spoke first, expressing his group's intention to leave.

"This ......" Zhang Lu then remembered that Fa Zheng and they were not his subordinates, and he suddenly felt a little difficult in his heart, and involuntarily looked at Yan Pu. Yan Pu comprehended it and hurriedly came out.

"You have worked hard since the fierce battle last night, why don't you set up a banquet tonight to reward the three armies, and after the Heavenly Master rewards them together, how about you make plans?"

"Yes, yes, yes, reward the three armies, and reward them together. Let's go back and rest first, and then prepare the dinner later! ”

Seeing Zhang Lu patting his thigh to reward the three armies, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren and other Han and Chinese military generals naturally echoed. Ma Chao and the others also nodded, only Zhao Yun and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, and both of them were worried in their hearts.

When everyone left, Zhang Lu frequently signaled with his eyes, Yan Pu, Zhang Wei, and Yang Ren understood and stayed. After Zhang Lu saw the abilities of Fa Zheng and the others, he still wanted to let them go, so he wanted to discuss countermeasures with them.

"Fa Zheng and the others want to leave, I don't know what you think?"

"My lord, but you want to recruit Fa Zheng and others?"

Seeing that Yan Pu had broken his mind with one word, Zhang Lu smiled:

"I do have this intention, you have followed me for many years, and you are all my confidants, don't worry about it!"

"Lord!" But it was Yang Ren who stood up with his fists clenched, "I also admire them, if the lord is sincere in recruiting, Yang Renyuan will go and give it a try." ”

"General Yang Ren, don't worry, it's definitely not easy to recruit them. You'll have to come up with a complete solution, and you only get one chance! ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Yan Pu continued:

"Mr. Fazheng, strategizing can win thousands of miles away. General Zhao Yun dared to break into Cao Ying alone, and he was full of courage. General Ma Chao, the mighty Xiliang, now has 20,000 iron cavalry. If you can recruit these three people, it will be much easier for the others. ”

"That's right, if the eldest brother can have their help and can develop a grand hegemony, why bother to succumb to this place in Hanzhong!"

Hearing Yan Pu's analysis, Zhang Wei also nodded and made these bold words.

"That plan will be settled?"

The more Zhang Lu listened, the more excited he became, as if the ambition that had been silent for more than 20 years had sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

"The lord may wish to praise them at the dinner and canonize them directly. If they don't refuse, it will be considered a successful recruitment, and if they refuse......"

When Yan Pu said this, his expression couldn't help but be cold.

"What if I refuse?" Zhang Lu was afraid of being rejected, so he left them to discuss countermeasures.

"Kill!" Yan Pu coldly spat out a word.

"That's right, big brother, especially that Ma Chao, has 20,000 Xiliang iron horsemen under his command, and he will become a disaster one day!" There is also a layer of meaning in his words that as long as he kills Ma Chao, he will be able to command 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry at that time, haha!

"Okay, that's it!"

Hearing that Zhang Lu had adopted Yan Pu and Zhang Wei's suggestions, Yang Ren was inexplicably shocked in his heart, he felt that he had followed Zhang Lu for so many years, and today was the first time he really knew Zhang Lu.