Before Cao Cao's words fell, there was a shout of killing behind him, and arrows were like rain. Yang Ang and Yang Ren came to kill in two ways, and Cao Cao was shocked.

Dian Wei shouted: "I am an enemy thief! Zhongkang and Gongming are good at protecting the lord! ”

After Dian Wei finished speaking, he rushed forward with a halberd, defeating the two generals. Yang Ang and Yang Ren couldn't pawn Wei Zhiyong, so they returned to their horses and retreated, and the rest of the soldiers did not dare to move forward. Xu Huang and Xu Chu ran over the hillside with Cao Cao, and another army and horse arrived in front of them.

It turned out to be the two generals Zhu Ling and Zhang He, who heard the shouting and killing, and specially led the army to respond. The generals led the army to kill Yang Ang and Yang Ren, and rescued Cao Cao back to the village. Cao Cao rewarded the four generals. Since then, the two sides have resisted each other for more than 50 days, but they have not been fighting.

Cao Cao ordered the army to retreat, and Cheng Yu asked: "The thief has not seen the strength or weakness, why did the lord retreat?" ”

Cao Cao said: "I expect the thieves to prepare every day, and it is difficult to win. In the name of retreating, I made the thieves unprepared, and then divided the light horses to copy them, and I will defeat the thieves. ”

Cheng Yu praised: "The prime minister's magic machine is unpredictable. ”

Cao Cao then ordered Zhu Ling and Zhang He to divide their troops into two routes, each leading 3,000 light horsemen, and taking the small road to copy the Yangping Pass. Cao Cao led the army to the end. When Yang Ang heard that Cao Bing was retreating, he asked Yang Ren to discuss and prepare to take advantage of the situation to pursue.

Yang Ren sighed: "Cao Cao has a lot of tricks, he doesn't know the truth, and he can't chase after him. ”

Yang Ang didn't care: "If the public doesn't go, I should go by myself." ”

Yang Ren couldn't stop him, and Yang Ang led the Wuzhai army and horses to advance, leaving only a few sergeants to guard the village. On this day, the valley was foggy, and people could not see each other when they stood on opposite sides. Yang Angjun walked halfway and could not move forward, so he had to be stationed.

After Zhang He's army swept over the mountain, he saw the heavy fog filling the valley, and heard the sound of people talking and the neighing of horses.

The sergeant guarding the village heard the sound of horses' hooves, thinking that Yang Angbing had returned, and opened the door to let them in. Cao Jun rushed in, and when he saw that this was an empty village, he set fire to the village. The soldiers of Wuzhai all abandoned the village and left.

When the fog dissipated, Yang Ren led the troops to rescue, and after fighting with Zhang He, Zhu Lingbing arrived behind. Yang Ren killed a big road and ran back to Nanzheng. When Yang Ang was about to return to the army, he had been occupied by Zhu Ling and Zhang He. Behind him, Cao Cao's brigade and military horses came. Two pinch-attack, no way on all sides.

Yang Ang wanted to burst out and was bumping into Zhang He. The two fought each other, and they were killed by Zhang He in less than eleven years. The defeated soldiers of Hanzhong fled back to Yangping Pass to see Zhang Wei. It turned out that Zhang Wei learned that the second general had been defeated and that the camps had been lost, so he abandoned the pass in the middle of the night and ran back to see Zhang Lu. Cao Cao then won Yangping Pass and the villages.

Zhang Wei and Yang Ren came back to see Zhang Lu, and Zhang Wei said that the second general had lost the pass, so he couldn't hold it. Zhang Lu was furious and wanted to behead Yang Ren.

Yang Ren defended: "A certain once admonished Yang Ang, and Hugh chased the soldiers. He refused to listen, and so he was defeated. Ren Zaiqi and an army will go to challenge, and Cao Cao will be killed. If you don't win, be willing to be a military commander. ”

Zhang Lu took the military order. Yang Ren got on the horse and led 20,000 troops away from Nanzheng Xiazhai.

Cao Cao raised the army to prepare for a big advance, and ordered Zhang He to lead 5,000 troops to the South Zheng Road to sentry, and was facing Yang Ren's military horses, and the two armies were swinging away. Yang Ren sent his general Changqi out of the horse and confronted Zhang He, but he couldn't fight Sanhe, and was stabbed under the horse by Zhang He's halberd.

Yang Ren personally raised his gun and fought with Zhang He for more than fifteen years, regardless of victory or defeat. Zhang He feigned defeat and left, Yang Ren led the army to chase from behind, and suddenly ambushed the soldiers on the side of the road, and Yang Ren's army was in chaos.

When Yang Ren hurriedly retreated, Zhang He had already turned around and stabbed Yang Ren under the horse with a halberd. The Hanzhong army was defeated and returned. Cao Cao learned that Zhang He had beheaded Yang Ren, and immediately marched into the army, reaching the village of Nanzheng Xiazhai.

Zhang Lu hurriedly gathered civil and military to discuss, Zhang Lu wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, but the strategist Yan Pu dissuaded: "Our army still has a chance to turn over, and the lord must not be in a hurry to surrender." ”

Zhang Lu asked him what he had planned. Yan Pu said: "You can buy the leaders of the seven surnames of the Ba tribe with a lot of money, and at the same time order Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan and other Guanzhong generals to lead the army to attack Cao Cao's rear, when Cao Cao returns to the army to save the rear, our army will go out of the city and attack, and Cao Cao will be defeated." ”

The Ba tribe was bought by Zhang Lu, and sure enough, he sent troops to attack Cao Cao's rear, and Cao Cao sent Xu Huang, Zhang He, and Yu Ban to lead troops back to help. Where the Ba soldiers were the opponents of the Cao army, they were defeated and retreated, and returned to their respective camps to hold on. The three generals led the army to storm and it was difficult for a while.

Cao Cao sent Yang Xiu as an envoy, and promised to be a high-ranking official, and all the seven leaders of the Ba clan surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to let Xu Huang, Zhang He, and Yu Ban enter the army, and finally captured Sanba.

Cao Cao erected ladders on three sides and attacked the city wall with trebuchets. Zhang Lu saw that the general trend had gone, and discussed with his younger brother Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei suggested: "Set fire to the cangqi treasury, go out to Nanshan, and go to guard Bazhong Keya." ”

Yang Song said: "It's better to open the door and surrender." ”

Zhang Lu hesitated, and Zhang Wei said again: "Just burn it." ”

Zhang Lu said helplessly: "I wanted to return to the country, but I didn't get it." Now I have to run out of the warehouse, the treasury of the cangliao, the country has, and it cannot be abolished. ”

Zhang Lu then asked people to block the treasury, and when the second watch was in the evening, Zhang Lu led the whole family to open the south gate and kill it. Cao Cao's sergeant Hugh had to chase after him, and he raised troops into Nanzheng, and when he saw Zhang Lu closing the warehouse, Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "This must be Zhang Lu's intention to surrender." ”

Cao Cao then sent Sima Yi to Bazhong to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender. Zhang Lu wanted to surrender, but Zhang Wei refused. Yang Song sent someone to report to Cao Cao with a secret book and teach Cao Cao to enter the army, and Yang Song was the internal response. Cao Cao received a letter from Yang Song and personally led his troops to Bazhong. Zhang Wei led his troops out of the enemy, confronted Xu Chu, fought less than Shihe, and was beheaded by Xu Chu under the horse.

Zhang Lu had no choice but to surrender, and he took his whole family to meet Cao Cao. Cao Cao appointed him as the general of Zhengnan, treated him with courtesy, and named Zhang Lu as the Marquis of Langzhong, with 10,000 households. Cao Cao brought Zhang Lu and his family back to Yecheng, made Zhang Lu's five sons and Yan Pu and others liehous, and let his son Cao Yu marry Zhang Lu's daughter.

Seeing the situation, Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan and other rebel generals in Guanzhong also surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao then occupied Hanzhong and Ba County. Cao Cao ordered each county to set up a guard, set up a captain, and reward the soldiers. Only Yang Song betrayed the lord to seek glory, and Cao Cao ordered someone to drag him to the market and behead him for public display.

Cao Cao has won Hanzhong, and Sima Yi, the chief secretary of the march, said: "Liu Du took Liu Zhang by deception, and the Shu people have not yet returned to their hearts." Now the lord has won Hanzhong, and Yizhou is shaken. It can be attacked quickly, and it is bound to collapse. A wise man is more valuable than a time, and time cannot be lost. ”

Cao Cao sighed: "'If people are not satisfied, they will have Long, and look back at Shu'? ”

Sima Yi saw that Cao Cao had something to say, so he didn't say anything more. Cao Cao didn't expect Sima Yi's rival, the main bookkeeper Yang Xiu actually held the same view as Sima Yi this time, Yang Xiu stepped forward and said: "Sima Zhongda's words are yes." If it is less slow, Zhuge Liang is good at governing the country, and Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and other brave champions of the three armies are generals; The people of Shu have established that they should guard the pass and not commit crimes. ”

Cao Cao also said: "My soldiers and soldiers have traveled far and wide to work hard, and it is advisable to be compassionate and compassionate. ”

Cao Cao then stood still, but Liu Du was very anxious when he learned about it. Because the people of Xichuan heard that Cao Cao had taken Hanzhong and the north of Ba County, they thought that Cao Cao would definitely come to take Xichuan again, and in one day, the soldiers and civilians of all counties were terrified.

There were even rebellions in some places, and Liu Du asked Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu and others to discuss. Zhuge Liang said: "Liang has a plan to make Cao Cao retreat." ”

Liu Du asked what the plan was. Zhuge Liang replied: "Cao Cao divided his army into a joint army, and he was afraid of Han Xuanye. Now, if I allocate the western counties of Changsha to return to Jiangdong, and allow to share Nanyang County with Jiangdong, send people who argue with their tongues, Chen said the interests and disadvantages, and order Jiangdong to raise troops to attack the northern Hexi, which will affect its momentum, and Cao Cao will march south. ”

Liu Du listened to Zhuge Liang's suggestion, and then asked, "Who can make it?" ”

Yi Yuan stepped forward and bowed: "A certain wish." ”

Liu Du promised, so he repaired a book, prepared gifts, and ordered Yi to go to Jingzhou first, inform Zhao Feng, and then enter Jiangdong. When Yi arrived in Jianye, he came to see Han Xuan and reported his name first.

Han Xuan summoned Yi to come in to meet him, and when Yi saw Han Xuan, Han Xuan asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Yi Ji said: "Yesterday, Zhuge Ziyu took the western counties of Changsha, because Zhuge Kongming's military division was not there, and there was a loss of delivery, and now the book will be returned." All Jingzhou Nanjun and Xiangyang originally wanted to be returned. It was only because Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong that General Zhao Feng had no place to stay. Now that he was empty, he hoped that the Marquis of Chu would raise troops to attack it, so that Cao Cao would withdraw his troops and return to the south. If our lord takes Hanzhong, he will return to Nanjun. ”

Han Xuan didn't believe that Liu Du would have such good intentions, so he only said to Yi Yuan: "You return to the pavilion and let me discuss." ”

After the Yi nationality withdrew, Han Xuan asked the strategists. Pang Tong said with a smile: "This must be Liu Du's fear that Cao Cao will take Xichuan, so he plotted for this." Despite this, because Cao Cao is in Hanzhong, it is also a plan to take advantage of the situation. ”

Han Xuan listened to Pang Tong's suggestion and returned his Yi nationality to Shu to restore his life, so he discussed raising troops to attack Cao Cao: ordered Du to attack the lost land west of Changsha, ordered Lu Su to send troops to Lukou, and ordered Chen Wu, Lü Meng, and Gan Ning to return to Jianye; He also ordered someone to go to Yuhang to summon Ling Tong back.