Liu Zhang couldn't believe his ears, it was a hundred thousand army, how could it break through the three counties of Hanzhong without a sound, and break through Liu Zhang's latest northern defense line.

The three counties of Hanzhong are Zhang Lu's territory, Liu Zhang's half-brother, and Zhang Lu was killed in Yizhou, and the dragons in Hanzhong are leaderless, so it will only be a big chaos.

The worst plan is for Zhang Wei to lead the army south to avenge Zhang Lu.

However, although Liu Zhang is not an enterprising master, he still has the ability to sit on one side.

Meng Da took the initiative to ask Ying to guard Zitong County, but Liu Zhang was not a fool, and it was impossible to hand over all the pressure on the northern defense line to Meng Da alone, so Liu Zhang ordered Leng Bao to lead an army of 50,000 to guard Wenshan County, and Yan Yan to lead an army of 100,000 to guard Ba County.

Zitong and Ba County are the closest to Xinzheng in Hanzhong, so Liu Zhang sent 100,000 troops respectively, only Wenshan County is a little more partial, and there are mountains to obstruct it, Leng Bao is the second general in Yizhou, and 50,000 troops are enough.

Wenshan County, Zitong County and Ba County, this is the northern defense line built by Liu Zhang, in fact, this defense line is definitely strong enough, 250,000 troops, and there are Leng Bao, Meng Da and Yan Yan three famous generals in Yizhou, not to mention Zhang Wei's revenge, even if Cao Ju's army goes south, it will be difficult to break through this defense line.

Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, 250,000 troops defend the north of Yizhou, Cao Ju even if he goes south, he may not be able to fight Yizhou, but, unfortunately, Cao Ju succeeded, and there was almost no loss, so he was under the city of Luoxian, and surrounded Yuxian on all sides.

There are still 100,000 troops in Ruxian County, which is equivalent to the number of Cao Ju's army, and the number of people guarding Ruoxian County is Zhang Ren, the first general in Yizhou, so if this battle is fought hard, it is extremely unlikely that Cao Ju will conquer Ruoxian.

However, Cao Ju calculated Liu Zhang's cowardice, and it was extremely unlikely that he would be ready to fight hard in this situation, after all, when Liu Bei's soldiers came to Chengdu in history, Liu Zhang chose to surrender.

Looking at the dense Cao Ju outside the city, the muscles on Liu Zhang's young face couldn't help trembling, he had never had a military life since he was a child, especially when he just took over the throne, he encountered such a life-and-death matter, Liu Zhang really didn't have any idea for a while.

The subordinate Wenwu was also divided into two factions, one faction was the main battle, led by Zhang Ren and Huang Quan, and the other faction was the main peace, headed by Zhang Song and Fa Zheng.

However, because Meng Da was recommended anyway, Meng Da surrendered without a fight, which made Liu Zhang a little distrustful of Zhang Song and Fa Zheng's words, but he couldn't muster the courage to fight.

It's very simple, Cao Ju surrounded Ruoxian County and did not attack, but still used the strategy of attacking the heart, shooting into the city, the content is that if Liu Zhang surrenders, not only can he save his life, but also can keep the glory and wealth, and he will be among the three princes. However, if Liu Zhang resisted stubbornly and rebelled against the emperor's order, then, once the county was breached, Liu Zhang would be executed by Ling Chi.

Ling Chi was executed, this was one of the famous tortures in ancient times, and it was several times more cruel than the five horses splitting their bodies.

Liu Zhang was originally a cowardly person, and when he was so frightened by Cao Ju's Ling Chi's execution, he was extremely frightened, and he was even more inclined to surrender.

However, Liu Zhang was worried that Cao Ju would fool him, so he secretly summoned Zhang Song and asked Zhang Song to be the messenger to meet Cao Ju on his behalf to confirm whether Cao Ju's promises were true.

Zhang Song was worried about how to get in touch with Cao Ju when Cao Ju's army was besieging the city, but he didn't expect Liu Zhang to send him such a good errand, so he naturally happily agreed.

Of course, Zhang Song was a smart man, and although he was very happy in his heart, he didn't show anything on the surface, received the order, selected a few soldiers, and went out of the city.

As soon as Zhang Song left, Zhang Ren got the news and immediately took someone to see Liu Zhang, saying: "Lord, that Zhang Song and Fa Zheng have a heart of disobedience, and they turned their backs on the Lord and joined Cao Ju, which is really a villain. ”

Liu Zhang frowned, and secretly thought, if he really killed Zhang Song and Fa Zheng, the voice of the lord of Luo County would naturally be gone, but once the army was defeated, with Cao Ju's love for talent, he would naturally not kill Zhang Ren and others, but he, Liu Zhang, the lord, would never survive.

So, Liu Zhang said lightly: "General Zhang, Gu sent Yongnian to Cao Ju's military camp, and Ming discussed the surrender, but in fact, he was listening to the other party's truth, General Zhang didn't have to worry, and Gu had no intention of surrendering." ”

How could Zhang Ren believe Liu Zhang's words, but Liu Zhang, as the lord, said this, what could he say, after being stunned, he hugged his fists and said: "Lord, if it is not the last general, the last general did not sleep all night, and he has already come up with a proper strategy to break the enemy, and he will definitely let that Cao Ju return in vain." ”

"Oh." Liu Zhang's heart couldn't help but move, and immediately asked, "I don't know what Zikan's clever plan is?" ”

Zhang Ren said loudly: "Defend Luo County and wait for reinforcements." ”

Liu Zhang thought that Zhang Renneng had some good plan, but when he heard this, he was disappointed for a while, and reluctantly asked: "I don't know where the reinforcements Zikan said will be?" ”

Zhang Ren said: "Without him, Jingzhou Liu Biao'er." ”

"Jingzhou Liu Biao?" Liu Zhang's heart moved, and he secretly thought, he had long heard that this cousin in Jingzhou was a hero, he entered Jingzhou on horseback, and relied on the local families of the Cai family, the Kuai family and the Huang family to easily control the situation in Jingzhou, and then in the conflict of interests of the three families, he was very prosperous in Jingzhou, and his father praised this person many times.

Liu Zhang is not completely ignorant, and said lightly: "The Jingzhou Navy is unparalleled in the world, but Cao Ju's army is overwhelming, but the cavalry is the first, how can Liu Jingsheng be the enemy?" ”

Zhang Ren said: "The lord's words are wrong, although the Jingzhou naval army is unparalleled in the world, but Jingzhou also has famous generals such as Wen Ping, Huang Zu, Cai Mao, Wang Wei, etc., and the combat effectiveness is by no means under the Cao army, and Liu Biao sent troops, there is no need to confront Cao Ju head-on, just Chen Bing Weixing County, remote attack. ”

"That Cao Ju Xinding Yongzhou, based on unstable foothold, and implemented a new policy, and then grabbed Liangzhou and Merge Prefecture, it is said that he should stabilize the foundation and then do his own plan, but he doesn't want Cao Ju to be ambitious, regardless of the instability of the rear, and forcibly go south, therefore, as long as Liu Biao is willing to Chen Bing Wei Xing, Cao Ju is worried about a fire in the backyard, and he will retreat."