Chapter 43: The Hanzhong Crisis

Zhang Lu came to Yang Bai, Yang Bai was stunned for a moment, and then cried and hugged Zhang Lu and said:

"Lord, my subordinates have finally seen you!" Then Yang Bai felt an inexplicable gaze, and looked up at the generals behind Zhang Lu, his eyes were like torches, as if he was about to burn him to ashes, Yang Bai's eyes shrank back.

Yang Bai looked up at Zhang Lu again, and found that Zhang Lu's gaze was as dazzling as the sun, as if he had made a big mistake and was about to be punished, Yang Bai hurriedly took two steps back.

Zhang Lu took out the majesty of the lord and said:

"Yang Bai, who asked you to lead the army to block this, ah?"

"Hui Zhugong, it is the military advisor of Yanpu, saying that if I lead the army to block here, I will be able to protect the land of Hanzhong." Yang Bai said.

"Okay, good," Zhang Lu laughed a few times, "This land in Hanzhong is good, what needs to be preserved?" ”

"Protect from the invasion of thieves from Nishikawa." Yang Bai didn't look at Zhang Lu squarely.

"Am I a thief then?"

"N-yes."

"Then I want you to get out of the way now, do you let it or not?" Zhang Lu said aggressively.

"This." Yang Bai hesitated, the expression in his eyes kept changing, and he looked at Zhang Lu for a while, Zhang Lu glared angrily; looked at Zhang Quan and the generals behind Zhang Lu for a while, Zhang Quan nodded to him; Yang Bai turned his head to look at the generals and soldiers behind him, some glanced around indifferently, some looked at Yang Bai warmly, and some looked at Zhang Lu with a hesitant expression.

Yang Bai turned his head, sighed, and shouted to the soldiers:

"Get out of the way! Welcome the lord back to Hanzhong! ”

The enthusiastic cheers were issued by the soldiers on both sides, Zhang Lu turned his head and looked at Zhang Quan flatteringly, Zhang Quan rode forward and said: "A great achievement, Quan is here to write it down; After a pause, he said, "If Sect Leader Zhang can persuade Hanzhong to surrender, it will be a great merit." Not to mention that you are the state pastor, a Chengdu Taishou is the minimum. "Zhang Lu is also almost sixty years old, and his fighting spirit has gradually dissipated in his years, Chengdu, which is much better than Hanzhong, and he was still captured after surrendering.

Zhang Lu said happily: "Subordinates should exhaust their humerus." ”

Then Zhang Quan dismissed Yang Bai's army and let them go home, and then we led our army to Hanzhong.

Three days later, the soldiers came to the city of Hanzhong, and Yan Pu could not be stopped.

"Young master, Ziqiao will go and persuade him to surrender." Zhang Lu said, Zhang Quan nodded, Zhang Lu walked to the city of Hanzhong alone, and looked at Yan Pu and the generals on the city gate.

It was a summer day in July, and the sky suddenly became overcast, and the clouds seemed to be gradually stained with dye, blocking out the sunlight, and a cold wind struck, carrying the sound of the branches and the heavy smell of rice.

Zhang Quan looked at the low sky, and his mood became gloomy, if Yan Pu couldn't hold out, if it rained heavily, he was afraid that his 50,000 horses would be in a dilemma.

Zhang Lu shouted:

"Yan Pu!"

"My lord, my subordinates are here." Yan Pu bowed at the city gate and replied.

"Since you still recognize me as a lord, then why did you keep me outside the city gates?" Zhang Ludao.

"It's not the lord who is guarding against you, but the thieves from Xichuan, and the subordinates are guarding Hanzhong City for the lord." Yan Pu Road.

"I don't think you want to defend Hanzhong City for me, but you want to lead Hanzhong to stand on its own!"

"Your lord." Yan Pu's face turned pale, speechless.

"I think you've been deliberate for a long time! I'm afraid that when I leave Hanzhong this time, you won't be ready to let me go back to Hanzhong. Zhang Lu continued.

Yan Pu, who was in his fifties, had no to say, his breathing became short, and his face became ruddy.

Zhang Lu saw that Yan Pu didn't speak, thinking that he had guessed it, laughed, and said:

"It's a pity that what you didn't expect was that I took refuge in General Zhang Xiu, who controlled the two major states of Jingzhou and Yizhou; Even if you can stop me, you can't stop the 50,000 army led by the young master; Even if you can block this 50,000 army, you can't stop Jingzhou Yizhou's flanking attack! Zhang Lu didn't give Yan Pu a chance to refute at all, and said it in one breath. The distant dazzling lightning and deafening roaring thunder struck in bursts, shocking people's hearts, quite a tragedy of a doomsday martyr.

Yan Pu was so angry that he fell on the edge of the city wall, and the soldiers around him felt that what Zhang Lu said was true after hearing Zhang Lu's words, and stepped forward to wake up Yan Pu with an unkind face. After Yan Pu woke up, his face was blue and white, and he was out of breath, and then he took a deep breath of cool air with the strong wind that followed.

scolded with all his might: "The old man has worked hard for you for decades, getting up every day before dawn to wait for your call, staying up late every night to help you analyze intelligence, you are almost sixty years old and have not enjoyed the blessings of children and grandchildren in the same house, what is Lao Tzu sorry for you?" Without waiting for Zhang Lu to respond, he continued to scold: "This time, you led 15,000 elite soldiers to take advantage of the fire to rob, but you were helpless with your troops, you lost your way, the soldiers were scattered, and your body was arrested; As a result, you, a god, are usually hypocritical and upright, and surrender as soon as you are captured, where is your integrity? Where's the fighting spirit? Don't say any of this, who called you the fucking lord, the old man asked Yang Bai to block the plank road entrance this time, but you cracked it in a few words, and he was used as a gun and thought he was happy, and the old man saw that it was going to rain heavily, and the city was closed, and the Xichuan army could not advance or retreat, when the Xiliang soldiers and horses came, the Xichuan soldiers and horses immediately collapsed, and Lao Tzu would rescue you in the chaos. Without waiting for Zhang Lu to react, he continued to scold:

"You don't want to think about the people in your Hanzhong City and the generals and civil officials under you, Hanzhong's physique of the unity of government and religion, you are the head of the sect, and the people and officials are only loyal to you, is it because I want to be self-reliant?"

Yan Pu said so much, but Zhang Lu didn't listen much, Zhang Lu said lightly:

"Don't talk so much nonsense, open the gates of the city and talk about it."

After Yan Pu finished speaking, after listening to what Zhang Lu said, his expression was in a trance, and he fell to the ground without a sound, and Zhang Lu's son Zhang Fu and Zhang Guang and others on the city wall did not care about Yan Pu, and waved their big hands to let the soldiers open the city gate.

Suddenly there was a loud thunder, and lightning struck down one after another, like crystal clear silver pillars, and the light rain just now suddenly poured down. Then Zhang Quan and Zhang Lu led the army into the city, and the soldiers and generals took a shower in the rain and occupied Hanzhong City with laughter.

However, it was said that Zhang Quan heard Yan Pu talk about Xiliang soldiers and horses at that time, and he always remembered it in his heart. After entering the city, Zhang Quan asked Zhang Ren to lead Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and others to straighten out the military horses, and asked Wen Ping to escort Zhang Quan to the city gate, and asked the soldiers to carry Yan Pu, who was lying in the rain, to the city lord's mansion, and called the military doctor to treat him.

"Sir, how is Mr. Yan Pu? When will you wake up? After the doctor walked out of the guest room, Zhang Quan asked the military doctor.

"Back to the young master, Mr. Yan Pu is just angry, and he has a cold, it's not a big deal, he will wake up before dark. This is a despicable prescription. The old medic held his beard and said slowly.

"Okay, you go down." Zhang Quan said lightly.

Then Zhang Quan watched the military doctor go down, slowly walked to the window and looked at the dripping rain, thousands of water columns filled the air, the fog was filled, hazy, the desolate mountains in the distance, the lush rice under the city, were drinking water, Zhang Quan had seen the harvest in Hanzhong this autumn, a gust of wind with heavy water vapor hit, Zhang Quan retreated to avoid getting wet, or shivered in the wind.

Huang Yueying took a red brocade and slowly came behind Zhang Quan, slowly put it on, and said:

"Izumi, don't catch a cold."

Zhang Quan grabbed Yueying's hand, stood in front of the window to watch the rain, and said lightly:

"I always felt that it was too easy to take Hanzhong. There is a premonition that a great disaster is about to come. ”

Yueying blocked Zhang Quan's mouth with a soft and warm hand and said, "Don't say it." Maybe it's Heaven helping you. ”

That's right, otherwise why would Zhang Quan travel to the Three Kingdoms.

Zhang Quan stretched out his hand to hug Yueying, leaned down and kissed Yueying's not-so-delicate lips. Yueying struggled slightly, and muttered, "Wen Ping, they're still watching." ”

Zhang Quan turned to look at Wen Ping and his own soldiers, Wen Ping was whistling with his head to the sky, and the soldiers also gathered together to talk loudly. Zhang Quan quietly looked at Yueying's eyes and said:

"When I am successful, I will allow you to spend the first month."

"Hmm. However, you don't have to wait until you become famous, now is it. ”

In the evening, Yan Pu woke up, and the guards immediately went out to tell Zhang Quan. Yan Pu found that the guards around him didn't know him, and struggled to get up, Zhang Quan entered the house, sat on the bed where Yan Pu was lying, and said:

"My husband is sick, so it's better to lie in bed."

Yan Pu had seen Zhang Quan on the city wall, recognized it, and said without humility or arrogance:

"Childe is young and successful, generous and righteous, but after my Yan Pu passed through Zhang Gongqi (Zhang Lu), he is tired of serving others, if Childe is here to use contemptible, then the garden will refuse here."

"That's right." Zhang Quan was slightly disappointed.

"Thank you Gongzi for your treatment, the old student will leave." Yan Pu got up to get out of bed.

Zhang Quan pressed him lightly on the bed and said, "Anyway, this is a guest room, and it is empty, Mr. should be my guest, it is getting late today, just stay overnight and go back." ”

"Okay."

"Actually, I was looking for you, sir, to ask about another thing." Zhang Quan said.

"Please."

"Is it true that Mr. mentioned on the city wall that Xiliang soldiers and horses will come?"

"But there is such a thing." Yan Pu paused and said: "When Zhang Gongqi was captured by Gongzi you, I wrote a book to Xiliang Ma Teng, gave him Yangping Pass, asked him to send troops, and promised to share it after the capture of Yizhou." Now I'm afraid I've already occupied Yangping. ”

"What?" Yan Pu said plainly, but Zhang Quan was shocked after hearing it. If Zhang Lu didn't persuade Hanzhong to surrender, now he was afraid that his 50,000 army would be in vain under the impact of heavy rain and Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and he would be afraid for a while; Thinking of the current situation, it is not optimistic, since Zhang Quan raised the army, he has taken the initiative to look for fighters, and he was taken by surprise in order to quickly take Jingzhou Yizhou, this time the Xiliang army came to the city, and he was caught off guard, and his face couldn't help but be gloomy.

"You guys, go and call Pang Tong Xu Shufazheng." Zhang Quan said to the guards, and they turned to leave, and he shouted at them, "It's raining heavily outside, you take care of the rain." ”

As soon as the guards ran out, an intelligence soldier covered in water ran in, panting and said, "Young master, Yangping Pass has been occupied by Xiliang Machao!" ”

"Sure enough." Zhang Quan muttered. Then he looked at him and said, "Okay, you go down, go take a hot bath, and pay attention to your body." ”