No. 124 The Conspiracy to Capture Hanzhong

After speaking, Liu Shan wanted to turn around and leave.

"Presumptuous, do you really think that General Ben won't kill you?" Gan Ning asked in a deep voice, and the guards around him immediately drew their swords from their waists when they heard this, looking at that, as long as Gan Ning gave an order, they would gather to chop Liu Shan into mashed meat.

In the face of Gan Ning's threat, Liu Shan showed no fear, he turned around and looked at Gan Ning quietly, and said indifferently: "If Gan Jiangjun kills me now, the villain is indeed powerless to resist." However, it is actually difficult to live up to the fame, once the villain really dies in the camp of the Ganjiang Army, your reputation will immediately spread all over the world.

Did you really come alone as a villain? If I die, others will spread the word about it. However, when the time comes, it is rumored that the villain will become Cao Cao, or Ma Teng's messenger. By the way, before the villain leaves, I have to advise the general again, you are just a martial artist at most, compared to my son-in-law, it is like fireflies and the sun. It's a big joke that you want me to submit to you. Hahaha! ”

So, Liu Shan laughed loudly, walked out of the room, and left Gan Ning's residence.

Gan Ning was furious by Liu Shan's last words, but during the entire process of Liu Shan's departure, he never ordered his subordinates to kill the messenger.

The reason is simple,

Gan Ning was scared.

When Gan Ning was threatened, when he looked at the torn letter, he really saw the words Cao Cao in the fragments. Obviously, this letter was fake, just to prevent Gan Ning from killing the messenger.

If Gan Ning really had to kill the other party, then he would be speechless.

Gan Ning has stayed in Jingzhou for a long time, and now he has seen Liu Biao clearly, suspicious and inflexible, without great ambitions, only knowing how to protect his Jingzhou, many people of insight who have taken refuge in Jingzhou are unwilling to really use him.

If this person really had an accomplice outside, once the matter was publicized, even if Liu Biao would not remove him because of this trivial matter, he would definitely suspect that Gan Ning had secretly taken refuge in Cao Cao.

Zhang Xiu, who started by Liu Biao, was able to betray him, not to mention Gan Ning, a Yizhou general who was originally a thief and a traitor?

Thinking about it like this, the other party can be said to have no last resort!

Could it be that this kid called Jin Jue is really so capable?

This is the first time today that Gan Ning has some doubts about his decision just now.

Liu Shan quickly left Gan Ning's control area in Fancheng, but he was not in a hurry to leave Fancheng, because there were still two characters in the city that he wanted to recruit - Shen Mi and Lou Fa.

Gan Ning is now an ownerless general, and it is understandable for Jin Jue to recruit him, but why does he have to recruit these two?

It's very simple, because, so far, Jin Jue has been able to recruit generals who have a certain understanding of Yizhou and Hanzhong, who else can there be besides these three?

With his fame, it is impossible for Yizhou Liu Zhang's subordinates to defect to him at this time. Zhang Lu's subordinates are even more not.

What's more, Shen Mi and Lou found that their location could play a vital role in Jin Jue's attack on Hanzhong County next year.

Since ancient times, whether it is from Yizhou, or from Sanfu or Liangzhou, attacking Hanzhong County, it is nothing more than the three plank roads that lead directly to Sanfu, such as Baochuan Road, Fu Luo Road, and Meridian Road, Dasanguan, and the two passages of Yizhou and Hanzhong - Jinniu Road and Micang Road.

However, Jin Jue knew that there was actually another way to attack Hanzhong County from the flank - out of Wuguan, through Nanyang to the west of Hanzhong County, that is, Shangyong, which Meng Da later occupied, and through Shangyong, along the Han River, directly attacked Shoumian County, Hanzhong County, from behind.

At the same time, Jin Jue would send a large army to feint and attack Yangping Pass, attracting most of the troops in Hanzhong County. In this way, once the news of Mianxian being besieged or even breached reached Yangping Pass, Zhang Lujun would either immediately mobilize a part of his troops to rescue Mianxian County, or it would directly fall apart.

At the beginning, when Cao Cao's elite troops attacked Yangping Pass, the reason why they were able to finally capture Hanzhong County was because of the troops deployed by Zhang Lu's army in Yangping Pass, for some reason, suddenly thousands of wild elk suddenly broke into and destroyed Zhang Wei's camp overnight, and Zhang Lujun was shocked. Cao Cao then used a suspicious tactic to force Zhang Wei to surrender.

The sentence in the history books - there are thousands of wild moose in the night, and the army is shocked, either it is a ghost sent by Cao Cao to do it in secret, or it is a ghost behind Zhang Lu, who is bent on surrendering, of course, it is not excluded that other families in Hanzhong County also want to join Cao Cao and make ghosts in secret.

In short, Jin Jue himself knows his situation very well, if he leads his troops to attack and seize Hanzhong County, Yangping Pass will definitely not have such a situation again. What's more, Taiping Dao and Heavenly Master Dao are almost the same as fire and water, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei would rather choose to die in battle, and I am afraid they will not choose to surrender to him!

Speaking of Shangyong, in fact, today's Shangyong County is only a part of Hanzhong County.

However, it was only nominally under the rule of Zhang Lu, and in reality, the western part of Han was ruled by a small number of princes. This trumpet prince is Shen Tan, the Shangyong Shen family.

In the previous battle, Zhang Lu had personally experienced Jin Jue's ability to command troops to fight, so he would take the initiative to give up his previous control of the southeastern counties of Wudu County. In this case, he will definitely send troops to defend Yangping Pass. With Jin Jue's current strength, if he wants to capture Yangping Pass by force, unless he takes out the siege weapon that is far ahead of the times now-gunpowder.

Before, Jin Jue's tired tactics and sneak attack tactics for attacking Caohan City could not be used here.

First of all, the attack on Yangping Pass was not a battle of Cage City, and it was impossible to prevent Hanzhong from increasing troops to Yangping Pass.

Secondly, the place in front of Yangping Pass is narrow, while the gate is tall and wide.

Even if the attacking side can occupy an absolute advantage in the total number of soldiers, when attacking the enemy, the number of soldiers that the attacking side can invest at one time is limited.

In the end, Zhang Lujun was prepared, and even if Jin Jue sent Bao to Yangping Pass, he would not be able to make a surprise attack.

Therefore, Jin Jue thought of this plot that could easily capture Hanzhong County.

And if one of the three of Gan Ning, Shen Mi and Lou Fa is willing to submit to Jin Jue, they may become the key figures in this conspiracy.

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Liu Shan's second stop in Fancheng chose Shen Mi.

"General, the person who quietly entered the Ganjiang Military District just now came to us again. You see? Shen Mi's subordinates asked.