"The lord might as well order someone to secretly win over Zhang Lu, if Zhang Lu is willing to take refuge in the lord, then even if Liu Bei occupies Xichuan, it will be difficult to succeed." Pang Tong said.

Lu Bu's eyes lit up, he had been thinking about how to seize Yizhou from Liu Zhang's hands, but he ignored that there was such a key figure in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu, who was able to fight against Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and was at odds with Liu Zhang.

Thinking of Zhang Lu, Lu Bu will inevitably think of the Black Ice Terrace forces lurking in Hanzhong, and after getting Lu Bu's promise, the Black Ice Terrace will spread its power to other cities in Yizhou, and find out more useful news for Lu Bu.

Besides, the wealth secretly hidden by the Qin State is in Yizhou, if Liu Bei gets this wealth, his strength will inevitably be improved to a greater extent, and the Black Ice Terrace has a lot of influence in Yizhou before, otherwise how can the Black Ice Terrace seek Yizhou.

Now Lu Bu has stood on the opposite side of the princes of the world, there is no need to keep hands on the princes, and the princes are not close to each other, judging from the recent movements in Yanzhou, it has the heart to seize Jingzhou, but because the army has not recovered, it cannot attack Jingzhou, as for the Han family in Jingzhou, Cao Cao at this time has no impact, he secretly controls Liu He, I am afraid that when he attacks Jingzhou, Liu He will be pushed out, and Liu Bei will definitely not let Cao Cao's plan succeed, so in this way, There are two emperors in the world, and after two, there may be a third and a fourth.

At that time, the benefits of owning the Han family will be gone.

Of course, Cao Cao must understand this truth, so he did not rush to push Liu He out.

"Ben Hou decided to send an envoy to Hanzhong to secretly persuade Zhang Lu, I don't know who is willing to go?" Lu Budao.

Pang Tong hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "My subordinates are willing to go and persuade Zhang Lu to take refuge in the lord." ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "With Shiyuan going, this trip is worry-free, but the situation in Hanzhong is complicated, Shiyuan should pay attention to his own safety, if he can't do anything, there is no need to force it." ”

"Whoa." Pang Tong arched his hand, and from Lu Bu's words, he felt a strong sense of care.

"There are two advisers that Zhang Lu relies on, one is Yan Pu, the other is Yang Song, Yang Song is greedy by nature, when Shi Yuan goes to Hanzhong, he can choose some items from the Benhou Mansion Treasury to buy Yang Song, if Yang Song assists from the side, Shi Yuan's trip will be much simpler." Lu Budao.

After Pang Tong left the state pastoral mansion, he was ordered to go to the Hou Mansion, although Jinyang also has the Hou Mansion, compared with the Hou Mansion of Chang'an, it is a little worse, the Hou Mansion represents the identity of Lu Bu, and now the Hou Mansion is in the location of the Han Palace in the past, although the successive wars have destroyed the palace in Chang'an City, but the inner and outer cities are still distinct, and the scale of the inner city is not comparable to Jinyang.

Lü Bu followed the advice of Jia Xu and others, and gathered important officials in Chang'an in the inner city, including some dignitaries, and ordinary people lived in the outer city.

With Lu Bu's order, Pang Tong entered the treasury and saw the things in the treasury, which had a general reaction to the original frustration, but Pang Tong was not soft, and the things he selected were all precious things.

After selecting a whole carriage, Pang Tong headed towards Hanzhong under the escort of fifty personal guards.

For the safety of this trip, Pang Tong did not have any worries, Zhang Lu must not dare to do anything to him, after all, Chang'an has 50,000 troops at this time, if he encounters an accident in Hanzhong, then the unlucky one must be Zhang Lu.

On the way to Hanzhong, Pang Tong also had a certain understanding of Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang's mouth, Zhang Lu was a rice thief, but in Hanzhong and Ba County, Zhang Lu had an incomparable prestige with Liu Zhang, and the Wudou Rice Sect had a fanatical worship of Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang sent a large army to attack Zhang Lu several times, all in vain.

After entering the boundary of Hanzhong, the road suddenly became a lot narrower, looking at the mountain peaks, even with the heart of Pang Tong, I couldn't help but sigh at the difficulty of the road, a group of more than 50 people still advanced so difficult, the cavalry is leading the war horse forward, even if most of the soldiers and horses come, it is difficult to have too much effect, unless there is a detailed understanding of the terrain of Yizhou.

Otherwise, you only need to ambush soldiers and horses along the way, which can have a surprise effect.

"Strategist, I don't want Shu Dao to be so difficult." The accompanying commander was none other than Huang Xu, the son of Huang Zhong.

"General Huang Xiao, if the road to Shu is not difficult, how did Gaozu succeed in Shu and seize the world." Pang Tong said with a smile.

Huang Xu frowned slightly: "In this way, if anyone can seize Yizhou, they will be able to dominate the world?" ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "No, if this is the case, why is Liu Zhang so worried about the arrival of the lord's army, the matter is man-made, when the lord occupied the state, how barren the state was, the population was only two million, and the soldiers and horses under his command were only thousands, but now the lord has more than 100,000 soldiers, which makes the princes frightened." ”

Huang Xu nodded as if he had understood, along the way, Huang Xu kept asking questions to Pang Tong, but he also gained a lot of knowledge, and Pang Tong was also very concerned about the clever Huang Xu, there is not much difference in age between the two, but it is also reasonable.

At the beginning, when Huang Xu faced Pang Tong, he would inevitably have a trace of disgust, after all, Pang Tong's appearance was very unpleasant, but after a conversation, he was impressed by Pang Tong's knowledge, originally in Huang Xu's opinion, he could be regarded as a student, but compared with Pang Tong, there was a world of difference.

Pang Tongyi pedestrian is a messenger of the Marquis of Jin from Chang'an, with Zhang Lu's order, but there is no embarrassment along the way, although the road in Shuzhong is difficult to travel, the guards who follow are all carefully selected from the army, naturally there will be no complaints like ordinary foot soldiers.

The news of the arrival of the envoy of the Marquis of Jin reached Nanzheng as early as when Pang Tong and others entered the Jigu checkpoint.

Liu Zhang sent envoys to Chang'an and Jingzhou, Zhang Lu naturally learned about it, and Zhang Lu disdained Liu Zhang, and some were just hatred, and Liu Zhang sent troops to attack Zhang Lu many times, but instead of success, Zhang Lu seized Ba County and had the strength to confront Liu Zhang.

Zhang Lu is naturally clear about Liu Zhang's jealousy, but Zhang Lu's brutal killing of his family is unforgivable.

(End of chapter)