Yan Pu saw that Zhang Lu was dead, the general trend had gone, and there was no point in resisting stubbornly, in order not to hurt the people in the city, so Kaicheng surrendered, and presented the Hanzhong letter surrender table to Ma Chao!

Yan Pu is a native of Anhan, Yizhou (now Nanchongbei, Sichuan). Zhang Lu seized Brazil and Hanzhong, and has always taken Yanpu as his merit, and is the military advisor of Zhang Lu's army in Hanzhong.

If there was no Yan Pu, it is estimated that Zhang Lu would have been the king in Hanzhong, as far as Ma Chao knew: before, there were farmers in Hanzhong who got a jade seal from the ground and dedicated it to Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu's Heavenly Master Sect members said that this was the will of God and persuaded Zhang Lu to be king in Hanzhong. Yan Pu advised Zhang Lu: "The people in the Hanchuan area, more than 100,000 households, are rich in property, fertile land, surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, and very dangerous; can assist the Son of Heaven, that is, Duke Qi Huan, Duke Wen of Jin, and secondly, follow Dou Rong, who can also maintain great wealth and wealth. Now it is enough to undertake the appointment of officials, and there is no need to be king. Calling the king does not increase the strength of Hanzhong, but it is easy to arouse the hostility of the surrounding big forces and cause trouble to Hanzhong, I hope you will not be the king for the time being! Fortunately, Zhang Lu listened to Yan Pu's suggestion to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king", and has always stuck to Hanzhong, developing population and agriculture, which has brought stability and prosperity to Hanzhong.

Yan Pu also has the "rice road" stunt in the Three Kingdoms 11, especially good at agriculture, with Yan Pu here, why worry about the lack of grain and grass? And Yan Pu's intelligence is 82 and his politics is 80, both of which are the first of the generals in Xiliang, and Ma Chao is naturally very happy to have this talent. It's just that at this moment, Yan Pu only surrendered for the sake of the people in the city taking care of the overall situation, and it was far from the extent of collecting it for his own use, so he immediately stepped forward and supported Yan Pu with both hands:

"Zimao, please get up quickly, Mr. Wen's talent is like thunder! Chao is a rough man, how can he afford to bow to Mr., please get up quickly! Then he told Yan Pu about many of Yan Pu's exploits in Hanzhong.

A trace of surprise flashed in Yan Pu's eyes after hearing this, he had heard that Ma Chao, the son of Xiliang, was brave and unscrupulous, and extremely proud, could the rumors be untrue? Ma Chao in front of him: modest and low-key, decent language, polite, well-informed, both civil and military, couldn't help but make people feel a lot of goodwill, and hurriedly replied: "The general of the defeated army, An dares to speak bravely, the son is from Hanzhong by the north road, right?" I don't know which talented person from Xiliang is a military advisor, who can come up with such a plan to repair the plank road in the open and secretly Chen Cang, so that I and the others are completely defenseless, otherwise this battle would not have been defeated so miserably! ”

Ma Tie on the side hurriedly interjected: "This is all a strategy that the eldest brother came up with, since the eldest brother had a serious illness more than a year ago, it seems that he has changed as a person, and his brain is much brighter, if you want me to say that the eldest brother is much more powerful than the military advisor Uncle Han Sui!" The heavy cavalry under my command was also created by my eldest brother! Sir, please see, our cavalry all have stirrups, which were also invented by the eldest brother, so that the hands are freed, and it is much easier to step on the stirrups with your feet than to hold the belly of the horse with your legs, and it is easier to unite people and horses, so the combat effectiveness of such cavalry is not only doubled! Otherwise, there would be no big victory today! My eldest brother is a genius! Ma Tie's unstoppable worship of Ma Chao was almost full of little stars.

Yan Pu took a closer look at the stirrup, couldn't help but touch it with his hand, and sighed: "Gongzi is really a god, and he can come up with such a whimsical invention, this will definitely be a great progress in the history of cavalry!" ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he couldn't help blushing, and said in his heart: "This is not something I came up with, I just created the invention of later generations in advance, who made me a traverser, I am not a cow, but the credit of this white pick is not in vain, maybe I can also subdue Yan Pu because of this!" So he replied:

"Mr. praised it falsely, he didn't dare to be super real! In the future, Xiliang Army will have the great talent of Mr. to help, and will be like a tiger with wings, and he is willing to share the great cause with Zimao, share the wealth, and hope that Mr. will agree! ”

"I have heard of the courage of the son for a long time, but I didn't expect the son's strategy to be so powerful, which really makes me admire!"

"Zimao has won the award, the battle of Hanzhong is also lucky, the trend of the times, my Xiliang army has been planning for a long time, the time and place are favorable, and the people are all occupied, non-human can stop it, not Mr.'s fault!"

"The heart of the garden is obedient, and I am willing to sacrifice the work of dogs and horses for the Lord!" said and knelt down on one knee to Ma Chao.

"Haha, Zimao, please get up, please come with me!" Ma Chao took Yan Pu's hand and led the soldiers into Hanzhong City to take over everything in Hanzhong City.

Since Yan Pu was originally a Gongcao of Hanzhong and was in charge of the affairs of Hanzhong, the takeover of Hanzhong City was very smooth and did not encounter any resistance. Ma Chao valued Hanzhong's agriculture and commerce the most, and the first thing he did when he entered the city was to send troops to take over the major granaries in Hanzhong, so as not to be destroyed by the remnants of the Heavenly Master Sect in the city. With Hanzhong's grain in hand, Ma Chao doesn't need to worry about the shortage of grain and grass in a few years!

Then, Ma Chao asked Pang De and Ma Xiu to carefully clean the battlefield in Hanzhong, collect the prisoners, and count the battle losses of all parties.

This great victory, Ma Chao's army also has a lot of losses, especially the heavy cavalry that has made great achievements is the first actual battle, although the assault defeated the enemy's cavalry and infantry, but the loss is inevitable, due to the lack of experience of the soldiers, more than 200 casualties, half of the heavy cavalry brigade is gone, so that Ma Chao is distressed! Fortunately, now that Hanzhong City is the backing, more and larger heavy cavalry can be established in the future, which slightly soothes Ma Chao's injured heart.

The Archers and Rangers suffered the least losses, and as a reserve for battle, they were not directly involved in the fight. These are all special forces created by Ma Chao with great effort, and he is naturally reluctant to face the enemy with a white blade and fight hard.

The loss of Ma Chao's cavalry was the largest, with more than 3,000 casualties, after all, the enemy army was 20,000 people, although he was frightened by the heavy cavalry, but the instinct of life and death still existed, and many Xiliang warriors were killed; In addition, when I was attacking the city before, I was also killed by the arrows and crossbows in the city. This casualty Ma Chao can still accept it, after all, after the baptism of war, the recruits have grown into veterans, and after the soldiers are replenished and training is strengthened, the combat effectiveness of the army can be raised to a higher level.

The Zhang Lu army in Hanzhong suffered more than 10,000 casualties and captured nearly 10,000 people, plus the defenders of Hanzhong City who surrendered, it can be said that after this battle, the strength of Ma Chao's army increased greatly!

The battle of Hanzhong, after a great victory, after a great victory, it is inevitable to reward the three armies, compensate the families of the casualties, and win the hearts of the people. This task was handed over to Ma Chao to Pang De, who was a few years older than Ma Chao, and had been a general in Ma Teng's army for a long time, so he was naturally good at these.