Yuan Shu also wanted to drive away Liu Xuan, so he sent Wu Jing as the general of the overseer army to attack Zhang Ying, who was stationed in Danglikou, but he never succeeded.

Zhu Zhi, the governor of Wu County, was Sun Jian's old subordinate, and he came to persuade Sun Ce to take Jiangdong as soon as possible and stay away from Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce originally had this idea, and after listening to Zhu Zhi's words, he became even firmer.

He was afraid that Yuan Shu would not easily let him go to Jiangdong, so he dedicated the jade seal that Sun Jian had obtained in Luoyang and had always been hidden by him to Yuan Shu.

He touted Yuan Shu as having the face of the Ninety-Five, and this kind of treasure should naturally be dedicated to Yuan Shu.

Then he took the opportunity to say that he was willing to help his uncle conquer Liu Xuan, and promised that after defeating Liu Xuan, he would reorganize his troops and horses, and then come back to help Yuan Shu conquer the world.

Yuan Shuyi thought that Sun Ce had even dedicated the jade seal of the country to himself, and he would not have any other thoughts.

Instead, Liu Miao occupied Qu'a, Wang Lang occupied Huiji, and Sun Ce had more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, so he would not do anything, so he despised Sun Ce, so he agreed to his request, and appointed Sun Ce as the captain of Zhichong.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce's fame was already famous in Jiangdong at that time, and along the way, people continued to defect to him, and by the time of Wu Jing's residence in Liyang, Sun Ce's subordinates had grown to more than 4,000 people.

In February 193, Sun Ce crossed the river from Liyang, occupied Shicheng, Danyang, and Moling successively, and then defeated Zhang Ying and Liu Xiang in Dantu, and Liu Miao fled.

Sun Ce continued to attack Wu County without stopping. Wu Jun Taishou Xu Gong fought a big battle with Zhu Zhi in Youquan, and was finally defeated by Zhu Zhi, and Xu Gong fled to Wucheng to join Yan Baihu.

Sun Ce acquired most of the territory of Wu County, and he appointed Zhu Zhi as the Taishou of Wu County, and finally gained a foothold in Jiangdong.

Lu Bu, who was watching the war report, couldn't help but sigh that the development of history has its inevitability, and the heroic characters will eventually show their prominence.

Liu Bei is like this, Sun Ce is like this, and even Liu Biao is like this.

After Liu Biao obtained the ruling power of Jingzhou, he showed his strength, and soon stabilized the situation in Jingzhou and won the recognition and support of the wealthy families in Jingzhou.

His eyes had now left the acre of Jingzhou, and he looked at his close neighbor Hanzhong.

The current Taishou in Hanzhong is Zhang Lu, who is the grandson of Zhang Ling, the founder of Wudou Midao, and Zhang Ling is the founder of Taoism Zhengyi, the first generation of Zhang Tianshi.

Therefore, Zhang Lu is also the leader of Wudou Midao, and he implements a **** way of ruling in Hanzhong.

Around the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of refugees from the surrounding areas began to pour into Hanzhong.

After Zhang Lu took power in Hanzhong, he implemented a relaxed policy and often opened warehouses to release grain, so there were more voters.

He originally had a good relationship with Liu Yan in Yizhou, and he relied on Liu Yan's appreciation to become the Taishou of Hanzhong.

However, after Liu Yan's death at the end of the previous year, his son Liu Zhang inherited the position of Yizhou Mu, and their relationship was so poor that Liu Zhang even killed Zhang Lu's mother and younger brother.

Zhang Lu attacked Ba County in a fit of rage, and the two sides became mortal enemies.

Liu Zhang colluded with Liu Biao in Jingzhou to carve up Hanzhong, and the two sides sent troops at the same time at the agreed time, causing a large number of troops to overwhelm the border.

After all, Hanzhong is a land of projectiles, and although Zhang Lu is well-managed, it is difficult to fight against the enemies of the two states on his own.

Zhang Lu convened his subordinates to discuss, and the number one strategist Yan Pu suggested to him that it would be better to ask the Chang'an court for help and Lü Bu for help.

Zhang Lu's younger brother, Zhang Wei, was the number one general in the Hanzhong army, and he objected to asking Lü Bu for help, which he felt was luring a wolf into the house.

He believed that with the military strength of Hanzhong and the fanaticism of the Taoists of Wudou Midao, he could fight against the armies of Liu Zhang and Liu Biao.

The generals in the army, Yang Ang, Yang Ren and others all supported Zhang Wei's proposal to fight Liu Zhang and Liu Biao.

Although Zhang Lu had the heart to agree with Yan Pu's proposal, he couldn't refute the face of many generals, so he had to agree, and they tried to fight with Liu Zhang and Liu Biao's army first.

In private, he told Yan Pu to be ready to ask Lu Bu for help at any time, and he already had the intention of surrendering to Lu Bu.

After all, Zhang Lu is Zhang Liang's descendant, he still has a strategic vision, he has seen the general trend of the world, if he can't prefer a corner, then the best tree to hug is Chang'an Lu Bu.

The other princes could not be compared with Lu Bu of the Narrow Heavenly Son and the princes, whether it was Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, or even Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others would not succeed.

Hanzhong is very close to Xiangyang, the state of Jingzhou, so Liu Biao is very jealous of this, and the joint action with Liu Zhang is the most positive.

He sent the general Huang Zhong and his wife's uncle Cai Mao, leading 50,000 troops, to attack Hanzhong and attack Fangling County.

According to the agreement, Liu Zhang also sent the generals Yan Yan and Wu Lan to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Ba County, and attack Zhang Lu on both sides.

Zhang Wei led his army to meet Huang Zhong in person, and sent Yang Ang and Yang Ren to Ba County to meet Yan Yan's army.

He did not concentrate his forces to break through each one, but divided his troops into two ways and resisted step by step.

First, Zhang Wei was defeated by Huang Zhong and Cai Mao in Fangling and retreated to Shangyong.

Then Yang Ang did not listen to Yang Ren's obstruction in Ba County, went out of the city to meet Yan Yan, and was beheaded by Yan Yan in front of the two armies.

Zhang Lu, who got the news of the loss, only smiled bitterly, which was also expected, alas, if you don't hit the south wall, you won't look back!

On the one hand, he strictly ordered Zhang Wei and Yang Ren to guard the pass and not to fight, and on the other hand, he sent Yan Pu as a messenger to Chang'an for help, but fortunately, Hanzhong was very close to Chang'an.

As soon as Yan Pu entered the territory of Guanzhong Sanfu, he was stopped by the scouts of the Central Army, and after an investigation, he rushed to Chang'an under the escort of a team of cavalry.

Along the way, there is a prosperous scene everywhere, with an endless stream of pedestrians and caravans.

The main post roads are being renovated and expanded, leveling the roadbed, he saw a lot of coolies who looked like Hu people, and inquired and learned that these were all Xiongnu or Xianbei slaves captured in foreign wars and on the grassland.

It's March, and farming hasn't started yet, and many people are busy building water conservancy projects on the farmlands and rivers and ditches on both sides of the post road.

Yan Pu was in charge of internal affairs, and he knew that in the past year, very few people from other provinces had moved into Hanzhong, especially the people in Guanzhong Sanfu and Liangzhou, and even some of the wealthy gentry who had fled the war and came to Hanzhong had begun to move back.

Yan Pu first went to meet with Shangshu Ling Jia Xu in Chang'an, explained his intention, and very simply presented the population registration account book and map of Hanzhong County, expressing his sincerity in surrendering.

Jia Xu was very satisfied with his attitude and arranged a meeting with Lu Bu for him.

Lü Bu met with Yan Pu at the General's Mansion and listened to a report on the war in Hanzhong.

Yan Pu secretly looked at Lu Bu while reporting the military situation, but he didn't expect that the world-famous general Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian were still such young and handsome people.

Yan Pu emphasized to Lu Bu the urgency of the military situation, hoping that Lu Bu could send reinforcements as quickly as possible, and Lu Bu nodded in agreement.

Zhang Lu has always been relatively obedient to the Chang'an court, and his reputation among the people of Hanzhong is also very good, although he is ****, but he has not messed around with any cults, Lu Bu still recognizes his management ability, and this time he also took the initiative to surrender.

Moling Yanpu

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