(Thanks to Xiaomeng, Xiaoben, Yandu and Brother Mo Yan for their rewards) "Meng Qi, Xuande is gracious, why don't you have a drink." ”

Zhang Lu knew that Ma Chao was wary of Liu Bei, and he didn't want the atmosphere to become unharmonious, so he relieved Liu Bei in a half-commanding and half-persuasive tone.

Ma Chao paused, stepped forward, took the wooden cup in Liu Bei's hand, took it up, raised his head and poured it all down, and then put the wooden cup back into Liu Bei's hand without saying a word.

Looking at the empty wooden cup, Liu Bei sneered and said: "General Meng Qi is really a Beidi Erlang's surname, which is very bold." ”

The corners of Ma Chao's mouth twitched slightly, and he still didn't say a word, just staring at Liu Bei indifferently.

That knife-like gaze made Liu Bei feel uncomfortable like a man's back.

Liu Bei could only avoid Ma Chao's gaze, returned to his position, poured himself another glass, and raised it to Zhang Lu and said: "Zhang Shijun is benevolent and righteous, and he is willing to accept this homeless and down-and-out person, which is really grateful, I have thanked Shijun for this glass of wine." ”

"From now on, we will be our own family, why bother to say such kind words." Zhang Lu raised his glass and drank it all.

The more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, and the atmosphere of the banquet was more harmonious, and the unhappiness caused by Ma Chao's cold attitude seemed to disappear quickly.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Bei and Zhang Lu were both slightly drunk.

At this time, Fa Zheng on the side said: "Lord, didn't you say that there is something to be dedicated to Zhang Shijun?" ”

After this reminder, Liu Bei, who was drunk for three minutes, suddenly remembered and hurriedly said: "When I was preparing to retreat to Jiameng, the special person drew a map of Xichuan, which recorded in detail the key points of the grain depots in various passes, and now it is dedicated to Zhang Shijun. ”

Although the east and west rivers belong to Yizhou, Zhang Lu has been in a state of hostility with Liu's father and son, and they are very strict with each other.

Now Liu Bei presented this detailed picture of Xichuan, Zhang Lu suddenly felt like a treasure, and said excitedly: "Xuande has this picture, quickly take it out and let me have a look." ”

"Come on, bring me the picture."

Liu Bei shouted loudly, and a personal soldier entered outside the tent, and sure enough, he was holding a scroll of silk drawings.

But the Hanzhong warrior stopped the soldier and did not allow him to take any further steps.

Liu Bei knew that Zhang Lu was on guard, so he glanced at Fazheng.

Fa Zheng immediately got up, took the silk map from the hands of his own soldiers, put it on the desk in front of Liu Zhang, and personally unfolded the huge map.

"When I was preparing to enter Shu, I recorded all the key points I saw here, especially Zitong and the two counties of Brazil, which were particularly detailed."

Liu Bei said that before coming to the case, he looked like he was ready to explain and give Liu Zhang.

The more interested Zhang Lu became, Baba's eyes widened and he looked carefully.

Fa Zheng was not in a hurry, and slowly spread out the map little by little.

As the last map unfolded, an object suddenly appeared.

A short sword.

When the bright and dangling handle appeared under his nose without warning, Liu Zhang's expression was instantly shocked, and four words instinctively appeared in his mind:

The picture is poor!

Before he could react, Fa Zheng picked up the short sword fiercely and stabbed towards Liu Zhang with a low roar.

Liu Zhang, who was born in a literati, was shocked for a moment, and Ma Chao and Zhang Wei beside him were quick to counter the emergency, and when they saw the short sword, they knew that there was a trick, and in the sound of metal humming, the saber on their waists had been unsheathed.

"Big brother be careful."

Zhang Wei exclaimed in surprise, stepped back with his right hand, and stabbed him with his sword with his left hand.

At the same time, Ma Chao's sword danced at the same time.

Flashing lightning.

Poof~~ Blood splattered, and the map of Nuoda was instantly covered with bloodstains.

A long object "snapped" and fell on the desk.

Zhang Lu's expression was extremely shocked, as if he had seen the most incredible and terrifying thing in the world.

The thing that fell on the desk turned out to be Zhang Wei's broken arm!

"Ahh

In the screams, Zhang Wei fell backwards holding his broken arm.

At this time, Fa Zheng was originally a short sword stabbed at Liu Zhang, and turned halfway.

With a sound of flesh and bone tearing, the extremely sharp blade easily pierced Zhang Wei's chest.

"Meng Qi, Xuande, you ......"

The convulsion happened too quickly, and in the blink of an eye, his younger brother Zhang Wei had fallen in a pool of blood, and Zhang Lu's mind was still a mess.

The blood-dripping sword blade flickered, and the cold blade was already on Zhang Lu's neck, and the corners of Ma Chao's mouth were hooked, revealing a hideous and weird smile.

Liu Bei, who was directly opposite, also had a chilling sneer on his gray face.

After an instant, the surrounding Hanzhong warriors were shocked to realize that when they were about to pounce to protect Zhang Lu, Ma Chao shouted loudly: "Whoever dares to move around, Lao Tzu will make Zhang Lu's head fall to the ground." ”

The lord was captured, and under such coercion, all the troops did not dare to act rashly.

At this time, Zhang Lucai finally understood everything completely, and under his anger, his face was extremely white, and his whole body trembled with anger.

"It turns out that you have conspired a long time ago, Ma Mengqi, I treat you well, why did you betray me?" Zhang Lu yelled at Ma Chao with grief and indignation.

Ma Chao sneered: "After my Ma Chao is a dignified general Fubo, how can I be willing to let you be driven by a demon, and you don't pee to take care of yourself, are you worthy?" ”

"You-"

Zhang Lu was so angry that his tongue was knotted, and he didn't know how to fight back.

"At the beginning, I advised you to take advantage of Cao Ying's eastern expedition to take the north to capture Guanlong, but you, the guard, just refused, and Baba would miss the great opportunity. If I, Ma Chao, am committed to you again, when will I be able to avenge the blood feud of my Ma family to the Cao thief. ”

After Ma Chao counted Zhang Lu's "crimes", it seemed that the resentment accumulated in his heart finally opened the gate and vented out, and he was full of indescribable happiness.

Zhang Lu had no choice but to move his gaze to Liu Bei, and said in a trembling voice: "Xuande, I accept you with good intentions, why do you want to join this villain and harm me together." ”

"Ah~~"

Liu Bei's gloomy sneer faded away, replaced by a helpless expression, he shook his head and sighed: "Gongqi, don't blame Meng Qi, and don't blame me. Everything we did was to revive the Han dynasty and destroy the Cao thieves, and we had to do it as a last resort. ”

"You, you ~~"

The situation has developed to such a point, Zhang Lu is already angry.

At this time, Fa Zheng had already wiped the short sword on Zhang Wei's corpse, and said to Liu Bei with a smile: "Lord, look, I said it a long time ago, everything is in my control. ”

It turned out that this scene of defecting to Zhang Lu was a trap jointly set by Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng from beginning to end.

Earlier, after Zhuge Liang heard that Liu Feng had entered Shu, he predicted that the matter in Yizhou might develop to the point where it is today, so from that time on, Zhuge Liang began to fight the idea of Hanzhong.

Zhuge Liang heard that Zhang Lu had a strategist named Yang Song, who was a great family in Hanzhong, and was very respected by Zhang Lu, and most importantly, he was extremely greedy for money.

So, Zhuge Liang sent someone to Nanzheng secretly to secretly befriend this person with a huge amount of money.

Yang Song took the money, and said a lot of good things for Liu Bei, and when Zhang Lu planned to send troops to attack Liu Bei's rear, Yang Song tried every means to dissuade him.

Not long ago, after the fall of Chengdu, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send a large amount of money to Yang Song, claiming that Uncle Liu Huang wanted to come to Zhang Lu and asked Yang Song to say a few more kind words from the side.

Yang Song didn't know that Liu Bei had the intention of annexing Hanzhong, so he thought that if Liu Bei came to vote, he would get benefits, and Zhang Lu would also be like a tiger, so why not do it.

Therefore, at that time, Yang Song tried his best to persuade Zhang Lu to welcome Liu Bei into Hanzhong, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to suddenly come out to oppose it, and almost ruined his good deeds.

It's just that Yang Song would never have thought that Ma Chao, who was hostile to Liu Bei, was originally a pawn set by Liu Bei.

When Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to take Hanzhong, Fa Zheng thought of using Ma Chao's relationship to cooperate with the outside.

Fa Zheng guessed that with Ma Chao's ambition, he would not be willing to commit himself to Zhang Lu, so in the name of his fellow villagers, he secretly contacted him and revealed to him that Liu Bei wanted to win Hanzhong, and Ma Chao immediately hit it off.

Ma Chao was a new Zhang Lu, I was afraid that Zhang Lu would be suspicious, so he deliberately contradicted Yang Song at the beginning, pretending to be wary of Liu Bei.

In this way, Zhang Lu's confidence in him was enhanced, and he was able to follow Zhang Lu out of Yangping Pass to meet Liu Bei on the grounds of protecting Zhang Lu.

The joint performance inside and out successfully deceived Zhang Lu, and he never dreamed that Ma Chao, who was hostile to Liu Bei and wanted to protect himself, had already colluded with Liu Bei.

After killing Zhang Wei and capturing Zhang Lu, Liu Bei recruited 100 of his own soldiers and kept Zhang Lu under strict guard.

He immediately sent people south and ordered Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others to lead a large army to advance to Hanzhong immediately. At the same time, Liu Bei, together with Ma Chao and Fa Zheng, led the 3,000 soldiers and horses that had surrendered, and rushed to Yangping Pass in the starry night to seize this key gateway to Hanzhong.

Yangping Pass originally had 10,000 horses from Yang Bai, and if it was attacked, even if a million soldiers might not be able to get down.

But now Yang Bai saw that the person who came was the 3,000 Han soldiers who had just come out of the customs, and Zhang Lu was among them, so he didn't have any precautions and easily let them enter the customs.

Liu Bei, in the name of Zhang Lu, recruited Yang Bai to the front, captured him, and captured the army of Yangping Pass.

The incident was sudden, and when the news of Zhang Lu's capture reached Nanzheng, it was already three days later.

When the news spread, Dongchuan was in an uproar.

Because he was jealous of Zhang Lu's capture, all the civil and military forces had no leader, and they didn't know what to do.

And when Nanzheng's civil and military cadres were still like ants on a hot pot, anxious and discussing, Liu Bei sent a letter of handbook in the name of Zhang Lu, ordering the soldiers at all levels to settle down and obey Liu Bei's command and serve the new master.

Immediately afterwards, the 20,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Zhuge Liang arrived at Yangping Pass at night, and Liu Bei then held Zhang Lu hostage, led tens of thousands of troops, and came to Nanzheng, the place of Hanzhong governance.

Yangping has been lost, Zhang Lu was held hostage again, the county officials of Hanzhong saw that the general trend had gone, and they all looked forward to the wind and fell, and Liu Bei's army passed along the way, and almost did not encounter any resistance.

Two days later, Liu Bei's army entered and occupied Nanzheng.

(To be continued)