Hanzhong City, in the Taishou Mansion, the lights are on, but Zhang Lu is writing a letter with a pen.

Thinking about it in the past few days, Zhang Lu felt that he could not repel or even destroy Liu Bei with his remaining strength in Hanzhong, so he Zhang Lu needed an ally, an ally who could send troops immediately, to support Hanzhong.

Soon, the two letters were completed overnight, and Zhang Lu summoned Yan Pu and instructed: "You take these two letters, break through the siege overnight, go to Guanzhong on the slope, and hand over one of the letters to Zhong Xuan." ”

"If Zhong Xuan sends troops to help, you will go back to Hanzhong with him; If Zhong Xuan is unwilling to send troops, you can show him another letter, and then take this last letter with you to Xuchang and hand it over to Cao Cao. ”

Yes, the object of Zhang Lu's request for help was Zhong Xuan, who was stationed in Chang'an at this time.

In other words, the object of Zhang Lu's request for help is actually Cao Cao.

Zhong Miao was originally the assassin of Yangzhou, but when Yuan Shuhu walked Huainan, Zhong Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, was beaten away by Sun Ce. (At that time, Sun Ce was working for Yuan Shu.) Later, Zhong Xuan took refuge in Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, the situation in Guanzhong was more complicated, and it was at the critical moment of the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

At the moment of crisis, the only person Zhang Lu could think of who could send troops to aid Hanzhong City was Zhong Xuan.

Xichuan Liu Zhang's army is the closest to Hanzhong City, but even if he Zhang Lu dies, he will not ask Liu Zhang for help!

It is true that asking Zhong Miao for help is to bow to Cao Cao.

Perhaps, it is possible that Cao Cao will take the opportunity to extend his tentacles into Hanzhong.

However, compared to being usurped by Liu Bei in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu was more willing to bow to Cao Cao!

Receiving the important task of breaking through and asking for help, Yan Pu was a little surprised.

He was not surprised that the lord would ask for help, but that the lord actually asked Zhong Xuan for help.

Asking Zhong Xuan for help, what does it mean, Yan Pu still knows. Especially in the second letter, even if Yan Pu has not read the content of the letter, he can guess that this last letter is only to bow down to Cao Cao, right?

After all, in the absence of major interests, Zhong Xuan would never send troops to rescue Hanzhong.

The lord had to bow down to Cao Cao, and Zhong Miao had to send troops to rescue Hanzhong.

Although he was a little surprised, Yan Pu also knew that asking Zhong Xuan for help was the best choice for their current situation in Hanzhong.

Yan Pu is the most trusted general under Zhang Lu.

Originally, Yan Pu was stationed at Jiameng Pass, but at this time, Hanzhong City was in crisis, and after Zhang Lu's letter to gather troops was conveyed to Jiameng Pass, Yan Pu immediately rushed back to Hanzhong City overnight with the few remaining troops in Jiameng Pass.

As for the defense of Jia Mengguan at this time, it was taken over by the deputy general, and the number of troops was even few.

……

"Don't worry, the lord is going!"

Yan Pu took the letter, didn't talk much nonsense, and directly prepared to break through.

If you want to break through from Hanzhong City, it is actually very simple.

Although Liu Beijun besieged the city, its main forces were only outside the east of Hanzhong City, and in the west, south and north of the city, Liu Bei's army did not have many troops, only three or five thousand people. Its main purpose was not to besiege the city at all, but to guard it.

In the event of a sneak attack by troops from other city gates, these three or five thousand troops can be entangled and warned.

Therefore, for breaking through the siege and sending a letter out of the city, Yan Pu felt that it was not a difficult task.

As soon as Yan Pu left with his front foot, Yang Song hurried in with his back foot, and said a little anxiously: "Lord, there are too many merchants stranded in the city, according to the detailed investigation we have laid out, the mood of these merchants is very unstable, and I am afraid that there may be turmoil." ”

This is the news that Yang Song has just received and that the meticulous workers have discovered. When he received the news, Jansson felt bad.

Yan Pu, who was sent away, Zhang Lu originally felt a little relieved, but when he heard Yang Song's report, he instantly felt bad.

"But someone is fanning the flames?" Zhang Lu asked.

Business travelers are stranded in the city, and emotional instability is inevitable. However, if these caravans were to break out in turmoil, someone would have to fan the flames. Otherwise, with the urine nature of the business travelers, who wants to take risks until the last resort?

"Maybe someone is inciting it, or maybe not, this is something that the meticulous workers have not yet been able to detect. On top of that, though, the price of food in the city has skyrocketed, which may be the root cause of the caravanserais' desire to revolt. ”

Yang Song explained, by the way, he also reported the price of grain in the city to Zhang Lu.

It has been more than half a month since Zhang Lu returned to Hanzhong City, and Liu Beijun has been besieging the city for five or six days.

During this period of time, the price of grain in Hanzhong City has almost doubled every day, and the grain that was originally two or three hundred yuan a stone is now almost ten thousand gold and one stone.

The people in the city said that most of their homes would have ten days and half a month's worth of food; However, the merchants stranded in Hanzhong City, although they did not lack money in their hands, no one had food; Almost all of their food is bought.

With such a high price of food, no matter how rich the business travelers are, they can't support it for long.

This may be the emotional instability of business travelers, and if they are slightly instigated, they may explode.

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"Food prices are so high?" Zhang Lu was a little surprised.

In fact, there is no shortage of food in Hanzhong City, even if it is besieged, the food in the city is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for more than a year.

However, most of this grain is in the treasury, and the people do not have much grain in their hands.

Even in the hands of those grain merchants, I'm afraid there isn't much grain, right?

"In this way, we will transfer 100,000 stone of grain from our treasury and sell it in the city for 5,000 yuan per stone. In this way, we can not only make a windfall, but also appease the soldiers and civilians in the city, so that some business travelers will not be able to make a mistake. ”

At this moment, Zhang Lu had a whim.

Although this place in Hanzhong is surrounded by lofty mountains, it is a small plain within a radius of 100 miles from Hanzhong City.

Just after the autumn harvest this year, there is a lot of grain in the city of Hanzhong. Although there was a fiasco in Xicheng County for a while, there were not a few lost grain and grass, but this lost grain and grass was a drop in the bucket for the inventory of Hanzhong City.

After repelling Liu Bei, he Zhang Lu had to recruit troops again, which required a lot of money and food.

He Zhang Lu is not short of food, but he does not have much money in his hands.

Therefore, when he knew that the price of grain in Hanzhong City had skyrocketed, Zhang Lu thought, why not take this opportunity to make a windfall?

Hearing the whims of the lord Zhang Lu, Yang Song was a little surprised at first:

Now that Hanzhong City is in danger, the lord still wants to make a fortune from the war?

However, this kind of thing, he Yang Song also likes to do.

Who doesn't know that his favorite Yang Song is those cuties!