At noon the next day, Cao Cao's army of 150,000 finally came, and he learned that Xiahou Yuan had lost more than 30,000 people and had not yet taken Yangping Pass. But after all, Xiahou Yuan had followed him to fight for many years, and he was his brother of the same clan, so he had to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"Miaocai (Xiahou Yuanzi), Junyi (Zhang Hezi), you have worked hard in the past few days, go down and rest, and leave the matter of attacking Yangping Pass to me."

Seeing that Cao Cao not only did not blame himself, but also attacked Yangping Pass in person, Xiahou Yuan was both guilty and moved, and they suffered this fiasco, and they were not ashamed to say much, and they immediately received their orders.

When Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He left, Cao Cao was so angry that he slapped the table.

"This Xiahou Yuan is really called the world's number one rapid march in vain!"

At this moment, in addition to Cao Cao, there is one other person in the tent, that is, the military advisor Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.

"The lord doesn't need to be angry, the matter has come to this point, you can only take Yangping Pass first, and then make plans!"

"I want to see how difficult it is to capture this Yangping Pass!" Cao Cao picked up the saber on the table and strode out of the tent. "Pass the order, attack the city immediately!"

Looking at Cao Cao's angry back, Jia Xu swallowed the words to his lips again. Cao Gong, Cao Gong, since he has already obtained Xiliang, why should he be anxious about Hanzhong.

The horn of Cao's siege sounded again, and under Cao Cao's supervision, a luxurious version of the siege lineup was organized in front of Yangping Pass, with large shield soldiers, crossbowmen, well fences, crash trucks, and catapults...... There is everything, just wait for Cao Cao's order, and the momentum of thunder can sweep Yangping Pass.

Seeing his neat lineup, Cao Cao was secretly proud in his heart, and it was easy to win the small Yangping Pass. He pulled out the Yitian sword at his waist, pointed diagonally at the sky, and was about to give the order to attack, but saw fireworks rising at the gate of Yangping Pass. He was stunned for a long time, and he didn't know which one Yangpingguan was playing. It wasn't until the sharp-eyed soldiers found that the city wall was already empty, and they hurriedly reported the situation to Cao Cao.

"All gone? And burned the city gates? ”

Cao Cao felt as if he had put on a full momentum, but he punched the air, and he was unspeakably uncomfortable.

"Lord, the fire is burning from within, we just need to send soldiers to climb the city wall, and then extinguish the fire and open the door!"

As a military advisor, of course, Jia Xu can't be silent all the way because of self-preservation, he still has to say it when it's time to say it.

Cao Cao nodded and adopted Jia Xu's opinion.

"Send a thousand soldiers to the city with a ladder, and then quickly extinguish the fire!"

With Cao Cao's order, a thousand soldiers in the front team rushed to Yangping Pass with 10 cloud ladders, and without the blockage of the defenders, they quickly climbed the city wall. The organic spirit soldiers also directly pulled down the flag of the city wall and replaced it with the military flag of Cao Jun. Seeing the soldier's behavior, Cao Cao was quite satisfied, and he thought that after entering Yangping Pass, he must reward him as an official.

However, when the soldiers entered Yangping Pass, they saw that all the wells had been filled, and there was no river nearby, so they couldn't find anything to extinguish the fire for a while. In desperation, he had to send a representative to climb down the ladder to report the situation to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao saw that the clever ghost climbed down the ladder and rushed towards him, and he felt strange in his heart, but he heard the clever ghost say stupidly:

"Report to my lord, we can't find anything to extinguish the fire, all the wells have been filled!"

Hearing this clever ghost's report, Cao Cao suddenly felt that he was not clever at all.

"Extinguishing fires, extinguishing fires? Do you want me to teach you how to put out a fire? ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was angry, Jia Xu hurriedly stepped forward and suggested again:

"My lord, the other party is acting like this just to play tricks on our army, if the lord is angry because of this, won't he be in the hands of the enemy!"

Cao Cao woke up when he heard Jia Xu's words, and he couldn't help laughing:

"Hahaha, it seems that there are really capable people in this little man, and the wonderful talents and the good guys are not unjust!"

Next, Cao Cao directly ordered the ramming car to hit the city gate, although the city gate was breaded with iron sheets, but after a period of fire, the solid wood inside was already fragile, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the city gate was splashed everywhere and collapsed.

After entering Yangping Pass, Cao Cao did not have the slightest sense of joy, so he decided to immediately send troops to Hanzhong. He originally wanted Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to stay at Yangping Pass at the same time, taking care of the wounded soldiers, repairing the city gates, and cleaning the wells. However, Xiahou Yuan insisted on following Cao Cao to Hanzhong, so he had to leave Zhang He and 10,000 soldiers in Yangping Pass, and the remaining 160,000 horses all drove to Hanzhong.

Cao's march was very fast, and there was no stop along the way, and it was 50 miles away from Hanzhong City before Hai. Seeing that everyone was sleepy and lacking, Cao Cao immediately ordered to camp in situ. In order to prepare for a night attack, he arranged a large number of night patrols, and spread all over the camp within 20 miles, and when everything was ready, he was ready to attack the city tomorrow.

Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, and Jia Xu discussed the siege plan for tomorrow for a while, and then went back to their tents to rest. After Cao Cao returned to the tent, he felt a little sleepless, he stayed in Xiliang for a month, sang every night, tasted the taste of exotic women, and now Hanzhong is imminent, his old lascivious problem has been committed again. As soon as he lay on the bed, he began to reverie infinitely, and he didn't know how the woman in Hanzhong was compared to Xiliang, and he couldn't help but feel itchy when he thought of the wonders. However, it was forbidden to drink alcohol in the army and to carry women, which was his own order, so when he left Xiliang, he set an example and did not take any women with him.

Just as Cao Cao was thinking about spring, he only heard a report from outside the tent.

"Report to the lord, three people from outside the camp claim to be envoys from Hanzhong, saying that they are here to discuss surrender!"

"What? Surrender? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately turned over and got up.

"Bring the messenger to the main tent, and then send Jia Xu and Xiahou Yuan to discuss the matter!"

After Xiahou Yuan and Jia Xu all entered the big tent, Cao Cao ordered someone to summon Zhang Lu's envoy. Seeing the three people who came in, Cao Cao's eyes lit up, especially the first one, with white robe and sword eyebrows, heroic and compelling, he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, what a white-robed general, I didn't expect Zhang Lu to have such generals.

"Hanzhong envoys Zhao Yun, Zhang San, and Li Si have seen Cao Gong!"

Cao Cao was looking at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun was also secretly observing Cao Cao at the same time, it was rumored that Cao Cao was short in stature and ugly in appearance. Think about it, if Cao Cao is ugly, it will definitely damage his personality charm, how can he gather so many civil ministers and military generals under his command.

After Cao Cao looked at Zhao Yun, he didn't mention the matter of Hanzhong, but touched his beard and asked directly about Zhao Yun's situation.

"I don't know what General Zhao Yun's official position is in Hanzhong now?"

"The last general has low ability, and he is currently the general of Yamen!"

Zhao Yun thought about it and told him about the official position that Liu Bei gave him back then.

"Oh? General Yamen, what position is this, have you ever heard of it? ”

After Cao Cao heard Zhao Yun's words, he looked at Jia Xu and Xiahou Yuan and couldn't help but smile.

Jia Xu deserved to be a top strategist, and he could see at a glance that Cao Cao intended to recruit Zhao Yun, so he was deliberately belittling Zhao Yun's official position, so that Zhao Yun had a feeling that he had never met him. At that time, Cao Cao rewarded Zhao Yun with another big official, and it was not easy to pry Zhang Lu's corner.

"My lord, I think General Zhao is gentle and elegant, and his bearing is extraordinary, and he must be a rare general. Since Zhang Lu intends to surrender to the lord, why not reward them together, so that General Zhao can follow the lord? ”

"What the military advisor said is very true!" Hearing Jia Xu say what was in his heart, Cao Cao was very satisfied, he walked up to Zhao Yun with a smile, and then grabbed Zhao Yun's hands very pompously and said:

"I want to make you the general of Zhengbei, and the position is in the same column as the second talent, is General Zhao willing?"

Hearing Cao Cao's rewarding official position, seeing his sincere smile, coupled with the same thirsty posture as Liu Bei, in a trance, Zhao Yun almost believed it. But he has an important mission at the moment, and he must not spoil a big thing because of himself. He had no choice but to say euphemistically:

"Thanks to Cao Gong's attention, but the Heavenly Master has the grace of knowing me, if the Heavenly Master is favorable, Yun Ding will be the saddle before and after the horse, in order to repay Cao Gong's great kindness!"

"Good, good, good!" Hearing Zhao Yun's answer, Cao Cao not only did not get angry, but was overjoyed, and now his impression of Zhao Yun has two more advantages: loyalty and indifference to fame and fortune.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan, who was standing on the side, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he had just heard Cao Cao say that Zhao Yun wanted to be in the same column as him, he was a veteran who had followed Cao Cao for many years, and he was not qualified to be ranked with him casually.

"Gong Cao, the Heavenly Master is willing to sacrifice the city tonight, and all the officials in Hanzhong are already waiting for you outside the city!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was always off topic, Zhao Yun had no choice but to turn the topic back by himself. This is how the two armies negotiate, the stronger side is always pulling around, forcing the weaker side to be in a hurry.

"The day before yesterday, in the battle of Yangpingguan, our army lost 30,000 soldiers, what do you use to compensate? It's not like surrendering! ”

Seeing that Xiahou Yuan had pulled the topic away again, Zhao Yun had no choice but to say helplessly:

"This should be General Xiahou, that's right, although you lost 30,000 subordinates in the first battle of Yangping Pass, we also lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, the battle between the two armies will inevitably be damaged, and the battlefield will always be the best destination for soldiers!"

Hearing Zhao Yun's answer, Cao Cao applauded again and again in his heart, and he and Jia Xu glanced at each other, strengthening their determination to take Zhao Yun under their command. It was only at night that he accepted the dedication of the city, which made him quite suspicious.

"Since Zhang Lu is willing to surrender, it is okay to sacrifice the city tomorrow, how about General Zhao rest in my camp tonight?"

Zhao Yun seemed to have known that Cao Cao would hesitate, he directly skipped Cao Cao's invitation to sleep, and instead said to Xiahou Yuan:

"General Xiahou, we all express great regret for the previous war, so I hope you can take over the city defense of Hanzhong tonight to show our sincerity."

Hearing Zhao Yun's words, Cao Cao immediately felt that it was feasible, and he immediately said to Xiahou Yuan:

"Miaocai, tonight you first take 60,000 soldiers into Hanzhong to arrange, tomorrow I and General Zhao with the army into the city, how about it?"

"No!" After Xiahou Yuan said that, Zhao Yun nodded at Zhang San and Li Si again, and they understood and followed Xiahou Yuan out of the big tent.