After listening to the sergeant's news, Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and asked Ma Chao: "Since Hanzhong has been captured by Huang Zhong, can we still fight?" ”

Ma Chao smiled bitterly and said, "How would I know? You are the commander, and this matter should be up to you. ”

When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately said angrily: "I want to know if I will ask you?" In fact, although Zhang Fei subconsciously couldn't get used to Liu Qi's domineering appearance, he thought that he would at least be much stronger than Cao Cao, especially since this person actually returned the body and family of Guan Yu, whom he regarded as his own brother, and invited the Son of Heaven to make Guan Yu the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, and there was also a posthumous move, even his lord Liu Bei did not do such a move.

Therefore, Zhang Fei was not very willing to embarrass Liu Qi and his subordinates, and now he saw that Ma Chao had no intention of fighting, so he was ready to retreat.

But at this time, the military advisor Zhang Ji said: "Although Zhang Lu has surrendered, but the people's hearts are not attached, we should take this opportunity to take Hanzhong, once this opportunity is missed, after the people of Hanzhong are stable, I am afraid that the difficulty of our capture of Hanzhong will increase tenfold." ”

Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this, he naturally knew that Zhang Ji's statement was very reasonable, although he had a good impression of Liu Qi, he would not disobey the lord's order and do something unfavorable to the lord, so he had to order the army to continue to move forward and be sure to take the pass within the time possible.

Let's say that after Huang Zhong took office as the assassin of Yizhou, he did not dare to slack off in his heart, and immediately convened the military division, Shu County was too law-abiding, General Anxi, Brazil was too law-abiding, General Anxi, Brazil was too Shou Huo Jun, General Pingbei, Zitong was too strict Yan, Zhenxi General Shi Zhang Song, Zhenxi General Sima Huangquan and others discussed dealing with Pang Xi in Brazil, Yang Huai and others in Fuxian.

After that, Huang Zhong ordered Yizhou Beijia and Tian Feng to stay in Chengdu, and personally commanded an army of 50,000 to go to Mianzhu, which was guarded by Huo Jun, and then the army quickly went north, sweeping Fuxian, Fushuiguan, Brazil and other places. Pang Xi, Yang Huai and others saw that Huang Zhong was powerful, and did not dare to resist, and fled to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

And when Zhang Lu heard that Huang Zhong's army was about to be Meng, he discussed countermeasures with the strategist Yan Pu.

At this time, Liu Bei happened to order Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to lead troops to attack Hanzhong, and Yan Pu persuaded him to either defect to Liu Bei or Liu Qi, if he hesitated, I am afraid that he would definitely get into trouble.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lu was born in a big family, and he looked down on Liu Bei, who was born in a poor family, and said disdainfully: "I Zhang Lu hates Liu Bei the most in my life, he is relying on the name of the Han clan to swagger and deceive everywhere, first defected to Gongsun Zhan, and as a result, Gongsun Chan perished, and then attached himself to Tao Qian, and seized Xuzhou by despicable means, and then was later seized by Lu Bu, and shamelessly switched to Lu Bu's account, and then shamelessly betrayed and secretly contacted Cao Gong to destroy Lu Bu, and then betrayed Cao Gong and plotted against Xuzhou, After being defeated by Cao Gong, he ran to Yuan Shao, but fled when Yuan Shao needed him the most, ordered Guan Yu to seize Nanyang, and trapped Guan Yu in injustice, and later Guan Yu died, but did not mention revenge, and now he shamelessly formed an alliance with Cao Gong for the sake of interests. ”

Zhang Lu said that he was excited, slapped the desk with his hand, and finally said angrily: "Not only that, in order to conspire to seize Ma Teng's territory, this person shamelessly colluded with Han Sui to kill Ma Teng, and colluded with Han Sui to eliminate all Ma Chao's troops, so he accepted Ma Chao with hypocrisy, how could I take refuge in such a character?" Although Liu Jingzhou is also in the name of the Han clan, he is also a little cunning, but he is very preferential to his subordinates, and his ordinary soldiers will be treated very generously after death, not to mention, he is a genuine famous family, not some swaggering words, Liu Taiwei has the entire south, thousands of miles of places, but he has not taken the lead in calling the duke, but Liu Bei jumped off the beam clown, and actually called the Duke of Qin, is it really tolerable? ”

"What does the lord mean?" Yan Pu couldn't help but nodded, and then asked carefully.

"Hmph, I, Zhang Luning, am a slave to Liu Qi, and I will never be a guest for Liu Bei. As Liu Qi's slave, at least I can spend my old age in peace, and I am Liu Bei's guest, but I don't know when I will die inexplicably. After Zhang Lu finished speaking, he slowly stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Zhang Wei, listen to my orders, you will kill Pang Xi and Yang Huai and hand them over to Huang Tingshi, and then go out of the city with me to meet Huang Tingshi's army." ”

"No." Zhang Wei saw that his eldest brother had decided to surrender to Liu Qi, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and at the same time, he was also surprised, and his heart finally let go, because Liu Qi's strength was too strong, and in just over a year, he wiped out Liu Zhang's army of more than 100,000 troops and forced Liu Zhang to surrender.

Therefore, Zhang Wei immediately obeyed Zhang Lu's order, ordered someone to invite Pang Xi and Yang Huai to the banquet, and then arranged three hundred knife and axe hands at the banquet.

After that, Zhang Wei took the head of the second general and Zhang Lu's letter to Huang Zhong to express his intention to surrender.

Huang Zhong saw the head presented by Zhang Wei and Zhang Lu's letter, and hurriedly comforted Zhang Wei, asking him to turn back to Hanzhong and tell Zhang Lu that he had understood the sincerity of the other party and would definitely go to Hanzhong to help resist Zhang Fei's army.

After Huang Zhong had some discussions with Fa Zheng and others, everyone decided that this time Zhang Lu should be sincere, and they persuaded Huang Zhong to seize the opportunity to lead a large army into Nanzheng, and in order to be safe, they took precautions in advance to be prepared.

Huang Zhong finally decided to enter Nanzheng and accept Zhang Lu's surrender as everyone had agreed, and at the same time Huang Zhong wrote to Liu Qi asking him to decide how to deal with Zhang Lu's surrender.

To Huang Zhong's surprise, Liu Qi rushed from Xiangyang to Hanzhong in person to accept Zhang Lu's surrender.

"The last general, Zhang Lu, see Lord Taiwei." Zhang Lu couldn't imagine that the other party would attach so much importance to himself, so he hurriedly fell to the ground and said respectfully.

"Hehe, Master Gongqi, please get up." Liu Qi hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Lu, and said with a smile on his face: "Shijun is willing to raise the crowd to depend, it is really the blessing of my Han, the tenth ancestor of Shijun in the past was my Han Liuhou, and today Shijun helps me again Dahan, it is really a beautiful talk." ”

Zhang Lu said with a panicked face: "Shijun, how dare you be in front of the captain?" It's just that the last general didn't expect Lord Taiwei to be so polite and virtuous, no wonder he became the most powerful prince today, even Cao Cao was afraid, so he had to form an alliance with Liu Bei and refuse. ”

Liu Qi said with a straight face: "I am adhering to the will of heaven and conforming to the will of the people, so I can get the blessing of heaven and earth, and the people can help each other, so that there is today's achievement, and the master will understand the way of heaven, when tomorrow is the opportunity, otherwise I am afraid that I will not entrust the land of Hanzhong to this official, right?" ”

Zhang Lu was stunned when he heard this, and then understood what Liu Qi was referring to, nodded and said: "What the lord said is true, the last general has indeed seen a little bit of heaven, and knows that I am a dragon and tiger avenue will be prosperous under the rule of the lord, so I specially came to rely on the lord, and I hope that the lord will not give up." ”

Liu Qi nodded, and said with a smile: "Zhengyi Avenue is prosperous in Longhu Mountain in Yugan County, Yuzhang County, Yangzhou, when the ancestor Zhang Tianshi Daoling refined the Nine Heavens Divine Pill here, Dancheng and Longhu saw, because of the name of the mountain, I don't know if what the official said is right?" ”

Zhang Lu suddenly said with admiration: "The lord is erudite, and the general will admire it." ”

Liu Qi smiled, retreated from everyone, and then said with a straight face: "I don't know if Gongqi wishes that your Taoism will be passed down for thousands of generations, so that your family will be worshiped forever?" ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, a trace of fanaticism flashed in his eyes, and he said excitedly: "I don't know what the lord has to say?" But my religion can be passed down for thousands of generations, and I will be willing to die to repay him. ”

Liu Qi waved his hand and said with a faint smile: "Gongqi doesn't have to be like this, in fact, Gongqi Xiongxiong has been in Hanzhong for ten years, and he should also understand that there is no long-lasting force in the world, and the history of the Zhou Dynasty is long enough, right?" The total number of forests is only 800 years, but the Qin Dynasty is only 20 years, although my Han Dynasty has lasted for 400 years, but now it also exists in name only, even if we do our best to maintain the lineage of the Han family, like Emperor Shizu Guangwu, how many more years can it last? Therefore, there is a saying that its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden. Ling Zu Tianzong is a genius, creating a great avenue of heavenly masters, how many hundreds of thousands of believers? However, he wanted to divide Hanzhong, but he couldn't do it, how was Zhang Jiao's power back then? In the end, he still can't get rid of the way of defeat, does Gongqi know why? ”

"Please also ask the lord for advice." Zhang Lu was slightly shocked when he heard this, because he had been thinking about this question for many years, but he had never found the answer, and now when he saw Liu Qi mention it, he naturally couldn't wait to know the answer.

"This is mainly because you are fighting for the ruling power, and in my Han, there is already a Son of Heaven who symbolizes the supreme ruling power of God, even if the authority of the Son of Heaven is no longer there, but it is also a banner of my Han. And those who do not respect the Son of Heaven, no matter how strong the power is, they will inevitably be defeated in the end, such is the case with the Zhang Jiao brothers, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu. Since Gongqi is a teacher, he should obey the mandate of heaven and assist the Son of Heaven, if he does not respect the Son of Heaven and his ambitions are inflated, let me ask the Han family for 400 years of accumulation, millions of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Confucian scholars in the world, who can serve you? Even if you win for a while, you will inevitably lose in the end. ”

After a slight pause, Liu Qi said again: "During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many sages, hundreds of schools of thought contended, Confucianism and Mo were the two major scholars, but in the end, the Legalists dominated the scene, why is this? It's just supported by the regime. And in the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty was abolished, and Emperor Xiaowu was eloquent, deposed hundreds of schools, and respected Confucianism, why is this? Because Dong Zhongshu transformed Confucianism and advocated the unification of the Spring and Autumn Period, the induction of heaven and man not only met the needs of Emperor Xiaowu, but also made my Han Dynasty educate and stabilize the society. ”

"The last general understands that only a sect that meets the needs of the regime can prosper forever, and those who plot to use the sect to achieve their desire for power, no matter how strong you are, will only be defeated in the end. The lord's words will never be forgotten. ”

Zhang Lu bowed respectfully to the ground and said with admiration.