"Second brother!" Poor Sect Master Zhang of Wudou Midao, now that his younger brother has died, he is also as sad as an ordinary person, lying on the table and crying, snot and tears are all over the table.

"Lord, even though the lord is in pain, now that Guan Yu's army has entered the hinterland of my Hanzhong, the lord still needs to be cautious!" Yan Pu is one of the few people who can still keep calm now, and he can only endure the surname to persuade Zhang Lu.

"Strategist, what do we do now, as you see it?" Zhang Lu held back his tears and reluctantly mustered up his energy to ask Yan Pu.

"At present, it is difficult to be Guan Yu's army just by relying on me all the way to Hanzhong. Moreover, the guards of Baocheng, Liangzhou, Chenggu and other places are all Yang Ren's old department, and he is afraid that Guan Yu's army will be able to reach Nanzheng in October. Yan Pu's tone was rather unoptimistic.

"Yang Ren!" Zhang Lu also gritted his teeth, and then roared angrily: "Come on, go with me to kill Yang Ren all the old and young!" ”

"Lord, Yang Ren's family is all in Baocheng." The only remaining general, Yang Bai, accompanied him to be careful, but still reminded.

"This?" Zhang Lu felt even more irritated when he heard this, and then he could only look at Yan Pu with his eyes blank, and asked in a tone that was almost crying: "Military advisor, is there a good plan?" ”

"Right now, with my Hanzhong army alone, I can't repel Guan Yu. The only way to do this is to ask for help. Yan Pu thought for a moment.

"Reinforcements out?" Zhang Lu hurriedly asked. He also knows his own affairs, he has been nested in this ravine for so many years, almost isolated from the world, and now there are any reinforcements with deep friendship who can help him relieve the siege.

"The only person Liu Bei feared in the world was Duke Wei. Why didn't the lord ask him for help, once the Duke of Wei led the army to attack, Guan Yu would retreat! Moreover, the reason why I have a grudge with Liu Bei in Hanzhong is because of the previous alliance with the Duke of Wei to fight against Liu Bei. Now that we can't stop Guan Yu, it is common sense to ask Wei Gong for help. Yan Pu said slowly.

"This is true, but Wei Gong is now in Mobei, how can he lead his troops to save the danger in Hanzhong?" Zhang Lu was a little embarrassed. He didn't say anything about the other half of his words, that is, once Cao Ying led the army to help, would he take the opportunity to replace himself as the lord of Hanzhong?

As if guessing Zhang Lu's worries, Yan Pu also sighed and continued: "Right now, Guan Yu is menacing, if you don't ask Duke Wei to send troops to help, I'm afraid that Hanzhong will become Guan Yu's bag sooner or later." The lord has been in Hanzhong for many years, and he has a lot of kindness to the people, and his prestige is well-known, and he is also a national teacher of the dynasty. If Guan Yu can be repelled, the court will have its own reward. ”

Although Yan Pu said it more implicitly, Zhang Lu still heard the meaning of his words. Yan Pu told Zhang Lu that in the future, it was basically unrealistic to want to be the king of Hanzhong and dominate one side like before. At present, I can only defect to Cao Ying, and I can still rely on my own merits to make a better second half of my life. If it falls into Guan Yu's hands, it will be dead.

After weighing the two phases, Zhang Lu also sighed: "I have long had the intention to belong to the country, since this is the case, who is willing to go to Xuchang again to contact reinforcements?" ”

"It's a long way to Xuchang, and it's bound to be a big mistake. Moreover, Duke Wei is in Mobei, how can he manage the affairs of Xuchang? The only way to do this is to send someone to take the valley road into the pass and ask General Xiahou there for help! Yan Pu thought about it and then proposed.

"Well, who wants to go to Guanzhong?" Zhang Lu nodded and asked a little tiredly.

"Yang Song is willing to go, and worry about the Lord!" Strategist Yang Song took the initiative to ask. Since it was Yang Song who had contacted Cao Ying before, Zhang Lu didn't think about others, and immediately sent Yang Song to Guanzhong with his own handwritten letter to ask Xiahou Yuan who was stationed there for help.

Besides, Guan Yu's army, after taking Xicheng, as Yang Ren said, the soldiers along the way were bloodless and unimpeded, and the defenders who arrived at the pass surrendered one after another under Yang Ren's persuasion. In comparison, after leaving Nanjiang City, Zhao Feng, who was still hanging under Micang Mountain, was not so lucky. Looking at the tall Micang Mountain, the Dingjun Mountain in the distance, and the dangerous Yangping Pass, Zhao Feng could only send more scouts to find out the enemy's situation first, and then see if he could find a way to take these passes, and he set up a camp in front of the mountain, carefully recalling the plot of Cao Ying and Liu Bei when they captured Hanzhong in history, and saw if he could find some inspiration.

Historically, when Cao Ying occupied Hanzhong, to be precise, when he occupied Yangping Pass, he relied more on character than strategy. At the beginning, Zhang Wei, Yang Ang and Yang Ren were stationed at Yangping Pass, relying on this rare danger in the world, Cao Ying's repeated attacks were repulsed. Later, Cao Ying had no choice but to order a pretended withdrawal to attract the Hanzhong army to chase after him. Yang Ang really fell for the plan, and it happened to be foggy at that time, and in the melee, the defenders of Yangping Pass regarded Cao Jun as their own family, and they directly let them enter Yangping Pass. In such a battle, it can be said that Cao Ying's character has exploded to the limit. Zhao Feng asked himself if he had such a character, so Lao Cao's trick was of little reference to him.

And when Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, it was much harder. At the beginning, Zhang Fei, Wu Lan, Lei Tong and others were sent to Xiabi and other places to set up villages, but they were broken by Cao Ying, and Liu Bei lost for a while. Later, with Huang Zhong as the general, he went out of Baishui Pass to the foot of Dingjun Mountain, occupied the opposite mountain to attract Xiahou Yuan to attack, and then set up an ambush to kill him in one fell swoop. As soon as Xiahou Yuan died, Dingjun Mountain was occupied by Liu Bei, and then took advantage of the decisive battle with Cao Ying's army and Micang Mountain and Tiandang Mountain, and sent people to attack Nanzheng and Yangping Pass, thus achieving a complete victory in the Battle of Hanzhong. But because of the long delay, Cao Ying moved more than 500,000 people from Hanzhong to Guanzhong. In the end, what Liu Bei got was a deserted Hanzhong, so that Wei Yan had been operating here for many years, but he had not been able to make a name for himself.

Referring specifically to his current situation, Zhao Feng estimated that if Guan Yu and himself took Hanzhong, as long as they ensured that Zhang Lu did not run away, the people of Hanzhong would not run, after all, when Cao Ying moved the population, he was largely using Zhang Lu's personal prestige. As for the strategy, Cao Ying's character outbreak has no reference value, so I still want to learn from Lao Liu and set up an ambush on Dingjun Mountain.

In the evening, the scouts sent out came back one after another to report the news. As Zhao Feng expected, Dingjun Mountain and the opposite Tiandang Mountain and Micang Mountain were all guarded by the Hanzhong army. Although they were not particularly numerous, they were in a dangerous position, and if they tried to attack them, they would surely suffer heavy casualties. As for the nameless mountain opposite Dingjun Mountain, although it is very dangerous, it cannot accommodate a large army, only the top of the mountain is slightly flat, and it can probably accommodate hundreds of people.

"It's a good thing I never thought about attacking!" Zhao Feng secretly said in his heart, carefully cleared his thoughts, and then ordered the generals to come to discuss the matter.

"General, this Yangping Pass is so steep, what should I do?" After sitting down, Zhou Tai, who was the most anxious, asked first. After looking at the terrain of Yangping Pass, Zhou Tai was also stunned.

"I'll take Dingjun Mountain and Micang Mountain first, then Yangping Pass is not to be afraid." Zhao Feng smiled confidently. Seeing that everyone still didn't quite understand, Zhao Feng also further explained at the moment: "Yang Ang, the guard of Yangping, this person's surname is extremely anxious. If we occupy Dingjun Mountain and Micang Mountain, it will be enough to spy on their reality and reality, and Yang Ang will definitely not be able to hold back and lead the army to attack. As long as he is out of Yangping Pass, there is nothing to fear. ”

"I see!" Only then did everyone suddenly realize. But Zhu Ran frowned again and said: "Having said that, the terrain of Dingjun Mountain is dangerous, and there is also the Hanzhong Army stationed there, how can it be easily taken?" ”

"Although Dingjun Mountain is garrisoned, the mountain opposite is unmanned. And the mountain is far steeper and taller than Dingjun Mountain, if you look down from here, don't say that it is Dingjun Mountain, even all the movements of Yang Ang's defenders in Yangping Pass are also in full view. Speaking of which, Zhao Feng also despised Yang Ang's IQ a little, how could Xiahou Yuan send Du Xi to lead hundreds of people to garrison the opposite mountain in history, but now you don't send anyone, just give up this strategic place in vain. But thinking about it, this is normal, how can Yang Ang be compared to Xiahou Yuan.

"That's right." Only then did everyone suddenly realize. At that moment, Zhao Feng ordered Zhu Ran to lead an army of 500, take a small road to bypass Micang Mountain, and go to Dingjun Mountain to go to the mountain village, and at the same time bring more flags to think that it was a bluff, and make noise to disturb the defenders of Yangping Pass, Zhu Ran was ordered to go.

"Youping, there is a low-lying land between Dingjun Mountain and Opposite Mountain. If the defenders of Dingjun Mountain want to recapture the opposite mountain, they will pass through it. You lead 3,000 men and horses to lie in ambush in the grass on both sides of the depression, and when they enter the depression, take advantage of the situation to kill! Zijun, you lead the way for Youping. Zhao Feng continued to arrange.

"The last general understands!" Zhou Tai and Wang Ping also hurriedly led the army away.

At the same time, in Yangping Pass, Yang Ang saw that Zhao Feng was standing in Dazhai, but the number was not more than 10,000 people, and he was quite disdainful in his heart. In his opinion, with this Yangping Pass, there are 10,000 defenders, even if it is an army of 100,000, they may not be able to help themselves. Yang Ang has even begun to think in his heart, should he take advantage of the other party's arrival to rob the camp in the middle of the night to beat him for an unstable foothold?

Just when Yang Ang was thinking about this question, he heard a noise in the distance, and he was surprised what was going on, and a junior colonel had already run in angrily and said: "General, the big thing is not good, the Yizhou army occupies the high mountain opposite Dingjun Mountain, and now it is showing off its might, and the noise is endless!" ”

"To the mountain?" Yang Ang was also taken aback, although the mountain is easy to attack and difficult to defend, but it can be used to spy on the virtual reality. I haven't sent troops to garrison it, but I don't want the Yizhou army to go. It's good now, what he does in the customs can be seen clearly, even if he makes love with his wife, it also adds countless visitors. As for how the Yizhou army could go there, he didn't think clearly for a while.

Yang Ang absolutely couldn't bear this result, and stamped his feet hatefully, Yang Ang ordered: "Order the defenders of Dingjun Mountain to quickly recapture the opposite mountain with me." When the little colonel heard this, he hurriedly went out of the customs and went to Dingjun Mountain overnight to pass the order without mentioning it. Now that Yang Pingguan has the final say on everything, no one can stop him from doing what he wants.

"General, as the general expected, the defenders of Dingjun Mountain moved overnight and went to General Zhu Ran of the opposite mountain!" In the Jingzhou military camp, Niu Jin said to Zhao Feng in a hurry.

"Oh? It seems that this Yang Ang's surname is more urgent than I thought. Zhao Feng was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect Yang Ang to act overnight. In this way, the chances of success of your ambush are greater. "How many are there?" Zhao Feng asked.

"There are about more than 1,000 people, and at the same time, there are hundreds of people left behind in Dingjun Mountain Village." Niu Jin replied.

"Youping and Zi are enough to deal with them, you can lead five thousand troops to capture Dingjun Mountain, and I will sit in the camp to prevent Yang Ang from attacking!" Zhao Feng estimated slightly, with Zhou Tai and Wang Ping, and the number of people occupied, it should be able to completely clean up the reinforcements of Dingjun Mountain. There are only a few hundred people left in the defenders of Junshan Mountain, and they can easily take it by leading a large army to attack. At the same time, in order to prevent Yang Ang from attacking inside and outside, it is better for him to sit in the camp. He doesn't seem that smart, but it's better to be careful.

"It's coming!" Zhou Tai, who was ambushed in the grass, heard the sound of footsteps gradually coming from the distance, and he also hurriedly cheered up. Pulling out his ghost head knife, Zhou Tai suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned to Wang Ping and said, "Zijun, after the battle later, I will send a few people to escort you away." He knew that if he wanted to take Hanzhong, Wang Ping's geographical knowledge was very important, and he couldn't let him have any accidents.

"Thank you General Zhou for your concern, but I, Wang Ping, have also been on the battlefield, and these Yizhou troops can't help me!" Wang Ping said with a smile, Zhou Tai looked at the big knife in his hand, and it seemed that the weight was really not light. can use such a blade, and the martial arts should not be low.

"Kill!" Zhou Tai gave an order, and three thousand Jingzhou troops who had been in ambush for a long time were killed, and the Hanzhong army was suddenly killed by surprise. Zhou Tai himself took the lead, and the ghost-headed knife flew up and down, and several people died under its knife in an instant.

"Hey!" With a knife and another Hanzhong army, Zhou Tai paid attention to the surrounding situation. But I saw Wang Ping dancing with a big sword, and more than a dozen Hanzhong sergeants had fallen around. Zhou Tai took a cursory look and already knew that Wang Ping's martial arts were only afraid that he didn't have to come by himself.

"Those who descend will not be killed!" Zhou Tai killed several more people and began to carry out a psychological offensive. After the Hanzhong army was ambushed, there was no one to command, the number was small, and the combat strength was poor, and hundreds of corpses had been thrown down in less than half an hour of fighting. The rest were frightened, and most of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The few who dared to resist were also easily eliminated by Zhou Tai.

"Zijun, what a kung fu!" Zhou Tai was cleaning up the battlefield while counting the number of casualties, and at this time, Wang Ping came over and couldn't help but praise.

"General Zhou has won the award!" Wang Ping said with a smile.

"By the way, Zijun, you are so good at kung fu, and you are familiar with the geography of Xichuan and Hanzhong, but why is your career so difficult, and you only do what you do?" Zhou Tai suddenly asked.

"Alas, the villain comes from a humble background, has no one in his family, has an impatient surname, and has not been in the army for a few years, so he can only do it for a long time." Wang Ping said a little gloomily.

"I see!" Zhou Tai also understood, and then his eyes lit up and said, "Then why do you want to nest in this place in Yizhou, why don't you go to my father-in-law?" ”

"Huh?" Wang Ping was also thrilled when he heard this, but he was not a brainless person after all, and he said with some hesitation at the moment: "I don't know if I have such a small role, will Uncle Liu Huang look down on it?" ”

"The ability of my lord to know people is rare in the world! Many of the generals under the command of the lord are from humble backgrounds, and I, Zhou Tai, used to be a water bandit, or a general, and the lord has entrusted him with important tasks, so why should you worry? Speaking of this, Zhou Tai lowered his voice and said: "I'll show you a clear path again, General Zhao is open-minded and generous, and he is also from a humble family." With your brother's skills, follow him first, don't worry about a good future! ”

"Thank you General Zhou for your advice!" Wang Ping's eyes also lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly thanked Zhou Tai, and the two of them cleaned up the battlefield without mentioning it.

Just when Zhou Tai and the others were busy, Zhang Lu's henchman Yang Song had already appeared in Chang'an City and showed Zhang Lu's distress letter to Xiahou Yuan.

(To be continued)