When Zhang Lu heard such bad news, he angrily spit out a mouthful of old blood, now that the Jingzhou army has entered the city, it is useless to resist again, and when the ghost pawn passed the news, he was going to the toilet and was a step late.

Yang Huo saw that things had become like this, and knew that he had fallen into trouble, so he felt speechless to see Zhang Lu again, so he fought to the death at the city gate. Seeing that he was bound to be defeated, Zhang Lu ordered the army to stop resisting and raise troops to surrender.

Ma Hong sang a play, but he didn't expect to break through Nanzheng City, this unexpected joy made Ma Hong feel that even the heavens were favoring him. What's even more unimaginable is that Huang Zhong, who has always performed mediocre, has become the biggest hero of this battle.

Zhang Wei, who was blocking Wu Yi in Chuyang County, heard the news that Nanzheng City was broken and Zhang Lu surrendered, and according to Zhang Lu's intentions, he raised the city to surrender to the Jingzhou army.

After the Jingzhou army successfully captured Nanzheng City, it took over the military power from Zhang Lu, Wu Yi asked Liu Qi for Zhang Lu's head, and Liu Qi asked Ma Hong whether to give it or not.

Of course, if you don't give it, if you hand over Zhang Lu's head to Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu's followers will not have 100,000 but 80,000, and they will not offend the people of the entire Hanzhong, although in this era, the will of the people is not as important as the wishes of several families, but after all, this place in Hanzhong is different from other regions, because it is ******** here.

After Ma Hong entered Hanzhong, he took control of Zhang Lu, immediately released Yan Pu, who was imprisoned by Zhang Lu, and persuaded Yan Pu to join Jingzhou with Liu Qi, Yan Pu was moved and agreed to work for Liu Qi. As for Yang Song, needless to say, he was the first to take the initiative to propose to Liu Qi to serve Liu Qi. Although Ma Hong is very unaccustomed to people like Yang Song, he still hasn't moved Yang Song for the time being. The matter of settling accounts after the autumn can be done at any time, and when the time comes, Yang Song's house should be copied, and there should be a lot of money.

Before Liu Biao and Liu Zhang attacked Hanzhong, they had said that they would divide the heads of Hanzhong and Zhang Lu equally, but now Liu Qi did not give Zhang Lu's heads, so Liu Zhang asked Wu Yi and Liu Qi to talk about dividing Hanzhong equally. Liu Zhang's idea was that Hanzhong asked Liu Biao to take control of the four counties of Chuyang, Nanzheng, Anyang and Chenggu, and Liu Zhang sent troops to defeat none of the counties, but now he came to ask for the four counties, which was too shameless to give in Gan Ning's words. Gan Ning once rebelled against Liu Zhang in Yizhou, so naturally he didn't have a good impression of Liu Zhang.

Liu Qi took out a bag and said that when they were besieging Nanzheng City, Liu Biao sent someone to send a bag and asked Liu Qi to open it after taking Nanzheng City. When Liu Qi opened the bag and saw Liu Biao's letter, he handed it to Ma Hong. After Ma Hong read Liu Biao's letter, he laughed and said, "The lord thinks exactly the same as me." ”

Liu Biao really thought exactly the same as Ma Hong, Liu Biao wrote in the letter that after taking Hanzhong, no matter how many cities he won, none of them will be given to Liu Zhang. Only give Liu Zhang some grain and grass, let them withdraw the army, and if Liu Zhang dares to send troops to make trouble, he will fight a dozen.

Ma Hong didn't know if Liu Zhang was a coward, but it was obviously quite similar to Liu Zhang in history, and finally he withdrew his troops in a reluctant manner. Although Wu Yi didn't want to withdraw his troops, he didn't want to attack Chuyang anymore, after all, he had been besieging for three months, and if he was replaced by the Jingzhou army, he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the siege for three years. Ma Hong saw that Wu Yi had withdrawn his army, and sighed, he also wanted Liu Zhang to be tougher, if he really started a war with the Jingzhou army, Ma Hong could also find an excuse for attacking Yizhou in the future.

The sixth year of Jian'an, December. Liu Qi, Xiang Lang and Kuai Yue jointly asked Liu Biao to appoint Ma Hong as the Taishou of Hanzhong. From planning to capture Hanzhong to taking Hanzhong, Ma Hong spent ten months, and he can be regarded as the general with the greatest credit for winning Hanzhong this time. Liu Biao played the imperial court, and the Son of Heaven appointed Ma Hong as the Taishou of Hanzhong in the name of the thief, and Gan Ning and Huang Zhong as the captains of the cavalry. Liu Biao ordered Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to assist Ma Hong in garrisoning Hanzhong, and Wei Yan was promoted to Sima of other departments.

Liu Qi sent Liu Bei a large amount of money and food, Liu Bei took his troops back to Wancheng, and Liu Qi took Zhang Lu and his family back to Xiangyang to restore their lives. Ma Hong used the lack of manpower in Hanzhong as the reason that he had just pacified Hanzhong, and dropped Deng Zhi from Xinye to Hanzhong. He also told Li Yan to assist Liu Qi in garrisoning Nanyang, and Li Yan was promoted to Nanyang County. After pacifying Hanzhong, placing the army and appeasing the people, all this was enough for Ma Hong to be busy for some time, if it weren't for the help of Yan Pu and Yang Song, a fan of wealth, Ma Hong would be even busier. When Ma Hong was busy, Ma Chao and his army were still in Nanzheng City, urging Ma Hong to send troops to Xiliang from time to time to help him break Han Sui.

Liu Qi left Ma Hong's army of only 8,000 people, Ma Hong and Ma Chao began to plan how to attack Han Sui, in fact, when Ma Chao saw Liu Qi take half of the army back to Jingzhou, he was already uncomfortable, Ma Hong can still see this. Ma Chao can't be offended, because there is still a lot of use value.

On the night of December 20, Ma Hong, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Ma Chao discussed how to deal with Han Sui. Ma Chao was sure that Han Sui didn't know about Hanzhong's affairs, because Hanzhong and Xiliang were separated by lofty mountains and mountains, and the news transmission was inconvenient, Ma Chao bought Yan Xing's lieutenant again, and the still alive lieutenant passed on false news to Han Sui, making Han Sui think that Yan Xing was still alive and had entered Hanzhong.

Ma Hong set a plan, and Gan Ning and Wei Yan led 5,000 people with Ma Chao's troops to carry a large amount of grain and grass through the Qinling Mountains and enter Wudu County first, and then sent someone to deliver the news to Han Sui, saying that the Xiliang coalition army had transported back grain and grass, and Han Sui was likely to come to Wudu in person to seize grain and grass in order to be able to obtain more grain and grass. At that time, Ma Chao will find an opportunity to kill Han Sui, and once Han Sui is killed, the Ma family's control of Xiliang is just around the corner. Of course, the premise of the success of this strategy is that Han Sui comes to Wudu County, and if Han Sui does not leave Jincheng County, this strategy will not be able to be carried out.

After Ma Hong finished talking about the strategy, he said to Ma Chao: "I want to know how Yan Xing delivered the news to Han Sui, write a letter or?" ”

"Write a letter? That Yan Xing is dead, won't he be recognized? Ma Hong asked.

Ma Chao smiled and said: "Yan Xing is a reckless man, illiterate, and all his letters are written by his lieutenants. ”

Ma Hong sighed and said, "It's easy to do here!" Han Sui must be allowed to come to Wudu County, so that the plan can succeed. ”

"Han Sui, this old fox has always been cunning, how can we get him to come to Wudu County?" Pound asked.

"Using grain and grass as a lure, he lied that after taking Hanzhong, he robbed a large amount of grain and grass and treasures, and Jingzhou gave you 150,000 stone grains and grasses, adding up to more than 200,000 stones, grains, grasses and treasures. And Yan Xing and the young general because of the old grudge, because of the unfair distribution of grain, there was friction, so Han Sui hurriedly led the army to Wudu. Ma Hong said.

"Well, that's good." Pound nodded.

Ma Hong smiled slightly and continued: "At the same time, please also ask the young general to write to General Ma Lao immediately, and ask General Ma to personally bring troops to Wudu, I think General Ma Lao and Han Sui have been friends and enemies for many years, General Ma Lao must have Han Sui's eyeliner by his side, General Ma moves, Han Sui will definitely move." At that time, if the young general can't kill Han Sui, let Gan Ning and Wei Yan attack Han Sui together with your army, and General Ma will also attack together, even if you can't kill Han Sui, it will also make his strength suffer a big loss. ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Ma Chao said three wonderful words in a row, stretched out his hand and grabbed Ma Hong's hand and said: "Brother, if this plan is achieved, I will definitely give it to my brother and will never break my word." ”

"If you can't lure Han Sui to Wudu, then is there any other plan, after all, we can't be completely sure whether Han Sui sent an eyeliner to Hanzhong." Pound said.

"If this plan fails at that time, then you can only send troops to attack Jincheng on two fronts, and Gan Ning will fully cooperate with you, but I think Zhong Xuan of Chang'an will not see Han Sui being destroyed, and will definitely come out to obstruct it. So I hope that the first strategy will succeed. Ma Hong held his chin and said slowly.

"I think if Ma Taishou follows us to Xiliang, I think we will definitely be able to defeat Han Sui." Pound said that Pound, a person like Pound, who seems to be rough on the surface, has a very small heart.

Ma Hong smiled slightly: "Now Hanzhong has just been decided, there are many complicated things, I can't leave Hanzhong, if not, I will definitely go to Xiliang with the two of you, after all, Xiliang's roast mutton is very delicious." ”

On December 27, the sixth year of Jian'an, in the cold, Gan Ning and Wei Yan led the army and Ma Chao to return to Xiliang with 100,000 stones of grain and grass. There is no snow in Hanzhong this winter, but I don't know if there will be snow in Xiliang. (To be continued.) )