Zhang Lu, who had just entered Hanzhong for only half a year, said that he was actively planning to promote the Five Doumi Sect.

When discussing the specific plan for opening a righteous house in Hanzhong with his advisers Yan Pu and Yang Song in the Taishou Mansion, Zhang Lu received one battle report after another from his subordinates.

"Report, a group of about 5,000 thieves gathered to attack Yangping Pass."

"Report, Yangping Pass is lost! General Yang and General Zhang were killed! ”

"Report, General Yang Ren of Dingjun Mountain asks for help!"

……

Zhang Lurunhong's face turned pale instantly, and he looked at the two strategists beside him in disbelief.

"There are 15,000 elite soldiers in Yangping Pass, why did you lose so quickly?"

Yan Pu's face was full of sadness, but Yang Song said urgently: "Heavenly Master, hurry up and help Dingjun Mountain, if Dingjun Mountain is lost, Hanzhong will be in danger!" ”

Zhang Lu also knew that without Dingjun Mountain and Yangping Pass, Hanzhong would have no danger to defend, and he was afraid that he would fall, but he only had less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, how could he help Dingjun Mountain again?

Yan Pu, who was muttering to himself, was puzzled.

"Guo? The princes of the Eighteenth Route are all fighting against Dong Zhuo in Sizhou, who else can have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Hanzhong? There are no powerful princes in Guanzhong. ”

Guo Jia raised more than 200,000 troops to enter Yangping Pass, and Tanma was not sure how many soldiers and horses Guo Jia had, only knowing that a general with Guo Zi on the big dragon led the army to capture Yangping Pass, and roughly estimated, he only dared to report 70,000 or 80,000.

Seeing Zhang Lu's hesitation, Yang Ren immediately urged: "Heavenly Master, there are less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and now there are nearly 100,000 thieves. Now we can only rely on Dingjun Mountain to delay the thieves, and quickly ask for help from the state pastor, as long as the state pastor sends troops from Chengdu and our army to attack back and forth, there is hope for the crisis in Hanzhong to be resolved. ”

Yang Ren's analysis made Zhang Lu nod uncontrollably, he turned his gaze to Yan Pu, who was still immersed in hard thinking, and asked, "Yan Pu, what do you think?" ”

Yan Pu, who came back to his senses, had already seen the situation clearly, but he could only say astringently: "It is reasonable for the Heavenly Master to rescue Dingjun Mountain, but I am afraid that there are only 10,000 defenders in Dingjun Mountain. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lu was in a dilemma again, and he couldn't decide whether to send troops or not.

"Heavenly Master, without further ado, if there is no Dingjun Mountain, Hanzhong will fall sooner or later, at this moment I can only hope that General Yang Ren can hold out until the reinforcements arrive. Hurry up and give the order, if you delay for a moment at this time, there will be a little more chance that Dingjun Mountain will be lost. Yang Song anxiously urged Zhang Lu, the military situation was urgent, and he was constantly suffering from it.

Zhang Lu suddenly woke up, and immediately ordered: "Order Yang Bai to lead an army of 15,000 to rescue Dingjun Mountain!" Then send someone to Chengdu to ask the state pastor to send troops to save Hanzhong, quickly! ”

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Guo Jia, who led more than 200,000 troops to Yangping Pass, did the first thing he did after entering the customs was to let Sima Ju and Xu Heeach lead 30,000 soldiers under his command to attack Dingjun Mountain.

There are a total of 60,000 soldiers under the command of the two generals, and Yang Ren on the Dingjun Mountain is only 10,000 defenders, this is a tough battle, whether 60,000 can capture 10,000 is not important in Guo Jia's eyes, the key is how many men and horses can be left under Sima Ju and Xu He after this battle.

Whether it is his strategist Xi Zhicai, Xu Shu and others, or Guo Jia himself, they are actually deeply afraid of the heavy troops in the hands of the remaining generals of the Yellow Turban.

Even in Yangping Pass, in the night that should have been silent, you can hear the faint sound of shouting and killing from Dingjun Mountain.

Guo Jia, who was wearing a dark red brocade robe, held on to the stone wall, looking at Dingjun Mountain from afar, and Zhang Yan, who was dressed in white behind him, looked calm.

"Feiyan, who do you think is the bravest in the Kwantung Army's battle against Dong?"

Feiyan is Zhang Yan's bandit, but Zhang Yan himself has no words, so he is used to others calling him Feiyan.

Zhang Yan replied calmly: "The last general thinks that the princes of the Eighteenth Route are in name only, although they claim that there are countless elite soldiers and strong generals, but the only one who really admires the last general is Wucheng Hou. ”

Regardless of Sun Jian's downfall to the situation of sending people under the fence, at least his Wucheng Marquis was enthroned by the imperial court and was still a marquis.

Guo Jia, whose expression was always faint, then asked: "Sun Jian has been operating in Changsha for many years, and the final end is that the people in Jingzhou have betrayed his relatives and left him, and he can only live under Yuan Shu's account, what is there for him to admire?" ”

Zhang Yan replied in a deep voice: "The last general was born as a military general, and what Wucheng Hou did in Jingzhou, the last general will not comment, but Wucheng Hou broke Lu Bu and Hu Zhen and forced Dong Zhuo to move the capital to Chang'an. ”

Heroes often cherish each other as a surname or as a common point at a certain point, generals admire generals, strategists admire strategists, heroes sigh and pity heroes, than so.

Tonight, there is no wind and no clouds, the stars are dense, and the stars are shining, Guo Jia squinted his eyes and said softly: "What will happen to Lu Bu and Wucheng Hou?" How do the two armies compare? ”

At this moment, Zhang Yan seemed to have discovered the intention of Guo Jia's question, put away the relaxed attitude of small talk, and said solemnly: "Lu Bu among the people, a single general, the last general thinks that there is no one in the world who is invincible, and at the beginning of the confrontation between Lu Bu and Wuchenghou, the soldiers and horses were slightly better than Wuchenghou. ”

Nodding slightly, Guo Jia asked rhetorically: "Then why did Lu Bu lose?" And it was a terrible defeat. ”

Zhang Yan showed a solemn expression, lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Lu Bu and Hu Zhen are at odds, and the Hezhou Army and the Liangzhou Army under his command have been grudges for a long time, and they can't work together. ”

Guo Jia, who looked at the sky with his hands in his hands, sighed lightly and said: "If you want to become a great cause from a chaotic industry, you are not a hero who can bend the world, and it is not enough to build an extraordinary industry." Feiyan, Yizhou Liu Yan I didn't put it in my eyes, but there are people in the world who make me feel tricky, if I want to become an emperor, I want to make the heroes of the world surrender, Yuan Benchu of the Fourth World and the Third Duke, Cao Mengde, who first advocated the call for volunteers, even if it is Wuchenghou who Feiyan you admire, one day, I want them to submit to me, if not, then I Guo Jia succumbed to them, at that time, life and death are no longer important. ”

The main public in front of him is just mediocre, and it is impossible to kill the enemy on the battlefield compared to any of his generals, but just one sentence of "the hero of the world" makes Zhang Yan awe-inspired, and this courage is enough to serve as the master.

Zhang Yan is both civil and military, when he was in the Yellow Turban Army, he was already a young leader, and he was deeply appreciated by Zhang Niujiao precisely because he not only excelled in force, but also had strategy and brains, his ability was far from being comparable to the ordinary Yellow Turban generals, too many generals in the Yellow Turban Army were illiterate, and they were reused only by force.

"Under the command of the lord, there are rare bear and tiger generals in the world, and there are far-sighted strategists, civil and military forces, and they will work together to assist the lord, and they will definitely be able to achieve the cause of the emperor through the ages."

Zhang Yan's words made Guo Jia smile lightly, and said as if jokingly: "Yes, I am not Dong Zhuo, how could I make the ridiculous mistake of letting Lu Bu and Hu Zhen fight together." ”

This sentence made Zhang Yan ooze cold sweat behind her back.

Although Lu Bu is Dong Zhuo's son, Dong Zhuo is not at ease with him, but he can't do without, if Lu Bu alone leads the Bingzhou army to resist the Kwantung princes, Dong Zhuo is worried that Lu Bu will not rebel before the battle, because Lu Bu is rebellious repeatedly, Dong Zhuo is afraid that Lu Bu will betray the master again It is understandable, so Dong Zhuo let Lu Bu fight, but the Liangzhou army also went together, and it seems that the strength has increased greatly, but Dong Zhuo on the one hand wants to supervise Lu Bu, on the other hand, he did not expect that the contradiction between the Bingzhou army and the Liangzhou army led to Sun Jian's great victory.

At this time, it is common for the princes to have factions under their generals, and their origins, status, and knowledge can lead to the emergence of factions.

The investment of the remaining four generals of the Yellow Turban gave Guo Jia the capital to rise, and in turn, Guo Jia would be afraid that these four people would have heavy troops, and the four of them were just adhering to Zhang Jiao's will when they joined the service, how could Guo Jia rest assured of this kind of loyalty? Zhang Yan even performed Zhang Jiao's arrangements before his death.

It's not that Guo Jia is afraid of Zhang Yan and others rebelling, but that he wants to strangle the bud in the cradle.

The four of them have soldiers, but without Guo Jia, they either hide in the mountains and forests, or wait for destruction after attacking a city and a place, whether they can see this clearly, Guo Jia doesn't know, but Zhang Yan, who has an army of 100,000, Guo Jia has to guard, and in his heart, he hopes that Zhang Yan will assist him wholeheartedly, after all, Zhang Yan is also a rare general.

Even though Zhang Yan, who is not shallow in knowledge, does not have the talent to understand the classics and history, he also deeply understands the situation in front of him, and Guo Jia is afraid and loves him.

is afraid that he will be short-sighted and cut off his future.

Love is to love him, to be brave and resourceful.

There are more than 200,000 soldiers under his command, but nearly 200,000 are commanded by the Yellow Turban generals, and the first is Zhang Yan's 100,000 army.

"The lord has ambitions in the world, Zhang Yan is willing to spend his whole life for the lord to cut through thorns and thorns, even if it is a horse pawn, there is no regret, the lord, General Xu, General Dian, General Zhou has only 5,000 soldiers and horses, which is too little for their generals, and the last general is willing to transfer 30,000 soldiers to the three generals each, so that the three generals can make the best use of their talents."

Zhang Yan knelt behind Guo Jia on one knee, and her words were earnest, without hesitation.

handed over the 90,000 troops under his command and left only 10,000, this is Zhang Yan's action to express his loyalty to Guo Jia.

A general who really has great ambitions will not only look at the present, Zhang Yan wants to be reused by Guo Jia, and wants to make contributions, not only can he show his ambitions, but also leave a glory and status for his children and grandchildren.

Guo Jia knew that Zhang Yan had thought clearly, and his willingness to hand over 90,000 troops was enough to show his loyalty.

Turning around and helping Zhang Yan up, Guo Jia said gently: "Feiyan can understand my hard work, I am deeply grateful, if I take the army in your hands, how can I be worthy of you?" It's just that the land of Hanzhong is not trivial, I mean, after capturing Dingjun Mountain, Feiyan and Wenyuan led the army to ambush in Dingjun Mountain for three days, if there is no reinforcement in Hanzhong to save Dingjun Mountain, then you and Wenyuan will capture Hanzhong together, and then Feiyan can leave 50,000 soldiers and horses to Wenyuan, let him sit in Hanzhong, and guard the Yizhou gate for me, Feiyan can take Hanzhong grain and grass and then return to Yangpingguan, and I will wave the army south and take Chengdu directly. ”

As if bargaining, Zhang Yan was loyal to the army of 90,000, and Guo Jia returned him 40,000, which made Zhang Yan grateful.