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As Boss Cao said, it is only a matter of time before Uncle Liu and Zhang Lu turn their faces, first, Uncle Liu is not the kind of person who is willing to live under others, and second, Zhang Lu is not stupid, and it is impossible to tolerate Uncle Liu Huang sitting under his command, which in turn threatens his dominance in Hanzhong, so as early as when Uncle Liu returned to Fuxian County from Guanzhong with more than 20,000 troops and the people of the four counties, there was a contradiction between Zhang Lu and Uncle Liu.

The origin of the contradiction is the question of the ownership of the root army of the warlord in the troubled times, during the Guanzhong War, Zhang Lu successively sent more than 15,000 troops to Uncle Liu, in view of the fact that Uncle Liu recruited more than 5,000 troops in Guanzhong, after the war Zhang Lu planned to take back all the 15,000 troops, but Uncle Liu Huang used the excuse that the recruits were untrained and lacked combat effectiveness, and could not shoulder the burden of defending the gateway to Hanzhong, and asked Zhang Lu to leave 10,000 troops in Fu County to bring the old with the new, so that the recruits could quickly become an army, Zhang Lu bargained with Uncle Liu Huang for a long time, Only then did it reluctantly agree to leave 7,000 regular troops stationed in Fuxian, while the remaining troops were all withdrawn to Hanzhong.

More than half of the regular army has withdrawn, but these teams are not only mostly second-line teams, but also four of the eight tooth generals who commanded the army are newcomers personally promoted by Liu Huangshu on the battlefield in Guanzhong, and the original four tooth generals were either because they violated military law, or because of poor combat by Liu Huangshu, Zhang Lu was even more dissatisfied in his heart, and ordered the original four tooth generals to be reinstated, and the four tooth generals promoted by Liu Huangshu were demoted. As a result, several old generals who were dismissed by Uncle Liu Huang were overjoyed, and the four new generals who were demoted for no reason were furious and dissatisfied with Zhang Lu.

In the next half a year, Zhang Lu and Uncle Liu Huang fought for the remaining 7,000 troops, Zhang Lu wanted to transfer Uncle Liu Huang but didn't give it, found all kinds of reasons to refuse to return, and in turn asked Zhang Lu if he didn't believe himself, Zhang Lu's chest was full of anger, if it wasn't for the fact that Uncle Liu Huang finally returned the 3,000 troops in June. Maybe Zhang Lu had already fought with Uncle Liu Huang in June.

What makes Zhang Lu even more vigilant is. With the passage of time, Uncle Liu Huang, who is good at buying people's hearts, has become more and more famous in Hanzhong, more and more loved by the people, the military and the people, and has close contacts with the major heroes in Hanzhong. and the Yiren tribal leaders of Langzhongba County are also often eye-to-eye. It has gradually shown a trend of not dropping the tail. Zhang Lu became more and more suspicious in his heart, and his vigilance against Uncle Liu Huang gradually grew. So in August, Yang Changshi's brother Yang Song suggested that Zhang Lu send Uncle Liu Huang to capture Xichuan. Zhang Lu immediately agreed, the purpose was not for anything else, just to invite Uncle Liu Huang out of Hanzhong as soon as possible, and borrow Liu Zhang's hand to get rid of Uncle Liu Huang!

Issued this order, Zhang Lu is equivalent to one foot into the grave dug by Uncle Liu Huang, in the city of Fuxian, Uncle Liu Huang personally ordered the stick to beat Zhang Lu's messenger, and then under the pretext of protecting the same sect Liu Zhang's soldiers to advise Zhang Lu, immediately sent troops to attack Yangping Pass, Yangping Pass guard Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei was caught off guard, so he had to quickly close the gate and hold it out. Guan Ping slashed Zhang Wei in the city tower of Guanshang, most of the defenders of Yangping Pass surrendered, and only a few fled back to Nanzheng to report the news.

After taking the Yangping Pass, Uncle Liu led the army to take the city directly, and the 3,000 troops that Uncle Liu finally returned happened to be stationed in the city, and opened the city gate again to welcome Uncle Liu into the city, the guard of Yang Ang saw that the situation was not good, and he and his brother Yang Ren led hundreds of soldiers to abandon the city and fled, and the remaining defenders surrendered to the Emperor's army under the leadership of Yang Ang's deputy Changqi, plus the army that Liu Huangshu surrendered in Yangping Pass before, the strength of the Emperor's army also exceeded 20,000 again, At the same time, the grain, grass and ordnance in the city of Weiyang, which was used as the grain land of Yangping Guantun, also fell into the hands of Uncle Liu almost intact.

Immediately afterwards, taking advantage of Zhang Lu's lack of time to transfer troops from Xicheng, Shangyong and Fangling to help, Uncle Liu immediately rushed to the city of Nanzheng, and issued two armistice conditions to Zhang Lu under the pretext of military advice, one is to give up the plan to attack Xichuan, and the other is to open the city to welcome the emperor's army into the city, and discuss with Uncle Liu the plan to rebuild Hanzhong. And after the matter came to this point, Zhang Luna, who led the wolf into the room, could not see Uncle Liu's wolf ambition, and killed Uncle Liu's messenger in a fit of rage.

Forced to helpless, Zhang Lu had to hold on to the city while sending people to Shangyong and Langzhong for help, but the road to Shangyong was far away and the mountain road was rugged, how could the reinforcements arrive in a hurry? However, Yuan Yue, the leader of the Yi people stationed south of Michang Mountain, quickly led his army to help - it was a pity that this group of Yi soldiers did not come to rescue Zhang Lu, but to help Uncle Liu Huang fight Zhang Lu. Yuan Yue stated his position under the city of Nanzheng, and the morale of the defenders of Nanzheng was immediately greatly reduced, coupled with the fierce offensive of the imperial uncle's army, the flaws were once again exposed when defending the city, and the other two teeth that had been pulled by the emperor's uncle Liu opened the city gate again and received the imperial uncle's army into the city.

Zhang Lu has many soldiers but lacks fierce generals, after the city gate was opened, Zhang Fei personally led the army into the city, South Zhengcheng was also doomed to the fate of falling, seeing that the general trend has gone, Zhang Lu had to lead an army to protect the whole family from the east gate out of the city, go to Chenggu, Uncle Liu Huang ordered Wang Ping to lead the army to chase, and ordered Guan Ping to immediately lead the army into the city, the first thing was to kill Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers, poor Yang Song Yang Bai is also considered a dragon hero for Uncle Liu Huang, after the city was broken, he also held the seal to kneel in front of Uncle Liu Huang, but he was cut down by Guan Ping one by one on the way, The whole family was also killed cleanly, and Yang Songjin persuaded Zhang Lu to attack Xichuan, whether it was instigated by Uncle Liu Huang has also become a mystery for the ages.

Because Wang Ping chased too closely, Zhang Lu's team finally failed to escape into the small city of Chenggu, so they could only abandon Chenggu and go east to Nanxiang, Wang Ping took Chenggu City and no longer pursued, and the most elite land in Hanzhong was also obtained by Uncle Liu, and Uncle Liu Huang naturally had to immediately reward the ministers when he entered Hanzhong, appease the people and buy the hearts of the people, and the army in his hands expanded to more than 40,000. And Zhang Lu was naturally unwilling to let the Hanzhong granary be shamelessly snatched away by Uncle Liu Huang, while retreating to Xicheng to reorganize his troops and horses. On the one hand, he contacted the leaders of the Yi people in various parts of Bazhong and prepared to counterattack Hanzhong.

After nearly 20 years of rolling and crawling in the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, he finally had a base of his own, or a pretty good base area, of course Uncle Liu Huang couldn't help but be overjoyed and excited, but the threat from the north from the Cao army team made Uncle Liu Huang feel like a fish in his throat, and he couldn't eat it. Uncle Liu Huang, who knew that Boss Cao had coveted the granary of Hanzhong for more than a year or two, sent troops to attack Hanzhong in order to prevent Boss Cao from taking the opportunity to attack Hanzhong. Busy asking for advice from the two right-hand men Pang Tong and Xu Shu. Xu Shu offered a plan: "Lord, please rest assured, you have two plans, so that Cao Thief does not dare to peep into Hanzhong's eyes." ”

"What's the trick for Yuan Zhi? Come on! Uncle Liu Huang asked with great joy.

"The first plan is to ask Ma Teng and Han Sui for help." Xu Shu suggested: "Last time, the three families joined forces to destroy Cao. Zhang Lu refused to supply Ma Han with grain and grass. The two have long hated Zhang Lu. Hearing that our army will be overjoyed to obtain Hanzhong, the lord may wish to send an envoy to contact Ma Teng Han Sui and persuade him to send troops to contain the Cao thief. After our army has established a firm foothold, they will join forces to attack Cao, and they will be able to worry about food and grass until Cao is destroyed. Ma Teng and Han Sui and the main bus are thick, they have always coveted the Central Plains, and coveted the official titles promised to them by the pottery thieves, so they will inevitably send troops to attack Cao, no matter whether they send troops to win or lose, our army will not have to worry about it! ”

"Brilliant plan!" Uncle Liu Huang applauded and said, "I will repair the book with Ma Teng and Han Sui, explain the benefits and disadvantages to them, and persuade them to immediately send troops to contain the Cao thief!" ”

"The second plan is to ask Liu Zhang for help." Xu Shu also suggested: "Our army and Zhang Lu turned against each other to start a war, it was because of the protection of Xichuan, Liu Zhang is a weak and incompetent person, he must be overjoyed when he hears the news, and he is also grateful to our army. Cao Thief is currently seriously injured, and after knowing this, he must weigh the consequences of sending troops, and our army will ...... after forming an alliance with Liu Zhang. Hehe. ”

Xu Shu didn't finish his words, just laughed twice, but Uncle Liu Huang and Pang Tong already laughed in understanding, and then Uncle Liu Huang laughed and said: "Yuan Zhi really has a clever plan, I will repair the book with Liu Zhang, send Jian Yong as an envoy, and immediately rush to Chengdu to ask Liu Jiyu for an alliance." Oh, by the way, I remember that the first lord I was with, Liu Yan, happened to be Liu Zhang's father, and this matter must be mentioned in the letter. ”

Xu Shu and Pang Tong laughed together again, laughing, and Pang Tong also suggested: "My lord, Tong thinks that these two letters should be in duplicate, and the two letters that have been copied will be sent to Cao Thief together." ”

"Let the thief see the copy of the letter?" Uncle Liu Huang was startled at first, and after coming to his senses, Uncle Liu Huang hesitated again: "Directly letting Cao Thief see the copy of the letter can indeed have the effect of startling the snake, but after Cao Thief learns about our plan, will he try to destroy it?" ”

"This is a conspiracy, and there is no way to break it." Pang Tong smiled confidently and said: "In fact, our army asked Ma Teng, Han Sui and Liu Zhang for an alliance, and it must have been expected by Cao Thief, and directly piercing this point can put an end to Cao Thief's luck thoughts." Uncle Liu Huang was silent for a long time, and finally nodded vigorously.

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Uncle Liu's worries are of course not groundless, the Cao army team with a great injury has indeed coveted the Hanzhong granary for a long time, so after getting the news that Uncle Liu Huang and Zhang Lu turned against each other, the Cao army team that had not moved for half a year immediately began to prepare for war, preparing to take the opportunity to go south to seize Hanzhong, just because of the more important autumn harvest plan, the most precious time was wasted, and when the Cao army team finally harvested all the millet and soybeans in the tuntian into the warehouse, Uncle Liu Huang had already broken through Nanzheng City, Cao's army has lost its best opportunity to send troops.

Of course, Cao Boss is not without a chance, Uncle Liu Huang to defraud Hanzhong, the military and people of Hanzhong are not fools, even if they succumb to the power and dare not point out or openly resist, the military and the people's hearts will not be able to fully fall to Uncle Liu Huang for a while and a half, and it is possible to repeat the slightest disturbance, so just after the autumn grain was harvested and put into the warehouse, the military generals under the command of Cao Boss made suggestions one after another, so that Cao Boss immediately sent troops south to attack Hanzhong. Although Boss Cao was afraid of Ma Teng and Han Sui behind him, he refused to miss this opportunity, and immediately began to lead the army to the south.

The soldiers and horses have been assembled, the grain and grass have been properly prepared, and even the candidates and troops who will stay in Chang'an's nest have been determined. After reading the copies of Uncle Liu's two letters, Boss Cao gritted his teeth for a long time, and only after a while did he scold: "Traitor! Slut! Under the whole world, except for Tao Ying, the treacherous slut who has reached the pinnacle. Just count your big-eared thief as the most treacherous and cheapest! ”

"The big-eared thief's move is obviously to startle the snake and warn our army not to act rashly." Xun Yu also frowned, and analyzed: "It stands to reason that our army is now sending troops to capture Hanzhong, although there is a great hope, but if we can't ensure that Hanzhong is taken before Ma Teng, Han Sui and Liu Zhang react, once they really send troops to meet Liu Bei, then it will be difficult for us to do." ”

"Wen Ruo, in your opinion. How likely are Ma Teng, Han Sui and Liu Zhang to send troops? Boss Cao asked quickly.

Xun Yu pondered for a moment. He replied: "It may be to disappoint the lord, Yu estimates that Ma Teng and Han Sui are ninety percent likely to send troops, because they are already in a hostile state with us." Both for self-preservation. also for the sake of coveting money and food, official titles. Sending troops to respond to Liu Bei was the right choice, and Ma Teng and Han Sui were already belligerents, so they would definitely not consider the consequences of sending troops after reading the book. ”

"Liu Zhang is also sixty or seventy percent sure of sending troops." Xun Yu added: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Xichuan. It is very important for Xichuan, Zhang Lu and Liu Bei are weak, and Liu Zhang, who is entrenched in Hanzhong, does not need to be too afraid, but if our army takes Hanzhong, the threat to Liu Zhang will be too great. Yu expected that Liu Zhang may not have seen it, but someone under his command must have pointed this out to Liu Zhang, coupled with Liu Bei's repeated goodwill to Liu Zhang, as well as the old relationship with Liu Zhang's family, so Liu Zhang's possibility of sending troops to rescue Liu Bei is also very high. ”

Boss Cao calculated with a blushing face, analyzing how sure the self-army was to quickly take Hanzhong, but considering the rugged and bumpy mountain road of the Qinling Mountains, the natural danger of Yangping Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the few grain and grass stocks of the self-army team, Boss Cao couldn't help but bend down and coughed violently, Xun Yu and others hurriedly came over to inquire about the situation, Boss Cao waved his hand and said that he didn't matter, and coughed for a while, Boss Cao made up his mind and said: "Pass the order, give up this southern expedition, we don't have much capital to toss, self-preservation!" ”

Xun Yu and the others nodded silently, and reluctantly accepted Boss Cao's order, including Guo Jia, who likes to take risks, - instead, Guo Jia must have suggested that Boss Cao seize the fighter plane and fight first, but now, the Cao army team with a small profit can't stand the toss, and once this adventure to the south can't succeed, the Cao army team will not even have the capital to turn over.

"Again, give Cao Ren an order." Boss Cao coughed again and said: "Order him to divide the soldiers and horses into two, the main force and the military rations are stationed in Chencang City, only the partial division is left to guard the Sanguan, and the Guanzhong is only tuned for three days. ”

"Wonderful! Liu Bei has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, and promised to supply Han Sui and Ma Teng with food to break our army. Guo Jia was overjoyed and said: "Deliberately let Ma Teng and Han Sui enter Hanzhong, let them eat dogs in Hanzhong, and our army can take the opportunity to reap the profits!" ”

"If you succeed, you can reap the benefits." Xun Yu sighed: "It's a pity, even if our army sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight and wins Hanzhong, it can only get a broken and withered Hanzhong." ”

"But we at least have a chance to capture Yizhou." Boss Cao said coldly: "Yuan Shang and Liu Biao can't delay the pottery thief for much time, before the main force of the pottery thief advances westward, whoever I and the big-eared thief can take Yizhou, who can have the capital to compete with the pottery thief, whoever can't get Yizhou, who has to be the first ghost of Tao Ying's traitor!" ”

After being forced to give up the action of taking the opportunity to take Hanzhong in the south, more than 20 days later, Ma Teng really sent his eldest son Ma Chao to lead an army of 12,000 east to deal with Uncle Liu Huang, and the Longxi cities controlled by the Cao army team still adopted the tactics of fortifying the wall, only defending the city and not fighting field battles, and the Ma Chao team who was not good at attacking the fortifications was nowhere to be found, so he simply came to the vicinity of Chencang, Cao Ren immediately gave up the scattered pass and only guarded Chencang according to the order, Ma Chao saw that the road into Hanzhong was unimpeded, and sure enough, he led the troops into Hanzhong to ask Uncle Liu Huang for money and food, and Cao Lao was overjoyed when he heard it, Continue to calm down and wait for the changes, and at the same time send people to do everything possible to spy on the news in Hanzhong.

While looking patiently, an unexpected envoy came to Chang'an City - Deputy Director Tao left behind to guard Xuchang was an envoy sent to visit Cao Boss, and asked Cao Boss to provide intelligence information about Hanzhong and Xichuan in the name of Deputy Director Tao. Boss Cao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked the Xuzhou military envoy, "Isn't Tao Ying in Youzhou?" How could it be possible to receive the news of the chaos in Hanzhong so quickly, and react to send you here to ask for information. ”

"Don't dare to deceive Duke Cao, the little envoy was ordered by the lord more than a year ago." The envoy of Xuzhou replied truthfully: "More than a year ago, after the lord learned the news that Liu Bei was reused by Zhang Lu, he immediately gave an order to the servant, and the order was that after receiving the news that Liu Bei had rebelled against Zhang Lu and seized Hanzhong, he immediately sent an envoy to contact Cao Gong and exchange information with Cao Gong to understand the specific situation of Liu Bei in Hanzhong, especially to understand the contact between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang. There is no road between our army and Xichuan, and it is difficult to transmit the news, so please ask Ming Gong to help assist. ”

"Tao Ying had this order more than a year ago?" Boss Cao was even more surprised, but thinking of Uncle Liu's consistent behavior, Boss Cao was not too surprised by this, but sneered and said: "He is sure, I will definitely exchange information about the big-eared thief with you?" ”

"It's the servant's words." The envoy of the Xuzhou army replied respectfully: "Duke Cao is a hero of the world, and he knows which is more important and which is more urgent, and he will definitely agree to my lord's small request." ”

"It's Ziyu who said it really beautifully." Boss Cao sneered and said, "The original words of the pottery thief should be like this, right?" Cao Thief is a traitor in troubled times, he knows that the enemy of his enemy is a friend, and he also knows that for his own interests, he can work hand in hand with the enemy who killed his father without blinking, so Cao Thief will definitely agree to such a trivial matter. ”

The Xuzhou military envoy was a little crying and laughing, so he had to reply: "Yu Minggong, the little envoy doesn't know about it, and can't answer Minggong's question." ”

"That's the truth." Boss Cao snorted, and sure enough, without even blinking his eyelids, he ordered: "Zhongde, take this pottery thief messenger down and ask him to copy a copy of the information we have collected about the big-eared thief in Hanzhong and take it away." ”

Cheng Yu, who was named, agreed, and the Xuzhou envoy hurriedly thanked him repeatedly, and Boss Cao waved his hand and said: "It's a trivial matter, no need to thank you, just go back and ask the pottery thief to be better to my daughter." But don't be too happy, the road in Qinling is hard to find, and we only know that Liu Zhang sent Zhang Song, a driver in Yizhou, to contact and negotiate with the big-eared thief, and we don't know what exactly they talked about. ”

The Xuzhou envoy hurriedly thanked him again, but Boss Cao suddenly remembered a major event and hurriedly asked, "By the way, how is your situation in Youzhou?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive Ming Gong." The envoy of the Xuzhou army replied with some pride: "On the day of the envoy's departure from Xuchang, it happened that good news came from Youzhou, my lord immediately returned to Yizhou to rest after Lu Longsai broke the Xianbei and Wuhuan coalition forces, and as a result, Sun Kang, the prince of Liaodong, cut off the head of Yuan Shang who went to defect to my lord and asked my lord to surrender, and my lord went to the court to ask the son of heaven to seal Gongsun Kang as the left general and the marquis of Xiangcheng. ”

The faces of Boss Cao, Xun Yu and the others changed, and after a long time, Boss Cao muttered with envy and hatred, "The world is divided into three, and the pottery thief has won two of them." (To be continued......)