100,000 soldiers and horses is already the maximum limit that Yuan Shang can bear, the reality is that even if Yuan Shang has been preparing for several years in order to seek benefits, but the complexity of Shu is destined to not have too many soldiers and horses in this battle, 100,000 is already the limit, not to mention, these 100,000 soldiers and horses are not all into Shu.

"This time in Shu, it is impossible to not even have a reason"

Yuan Shang paused and said: "Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu will definitely join forces to resist the appointment of the imperial court, so, in terms of righteousness, a disrespect for the decree gave the imperial court a statement to attack Yizhou, and you will leave immediately today, just wait for Liu Zhang and Cao Cao to rub together, and immediately wave their troops into Shu." ”

"Whoa." The five generals stood up and hugged their fists.

"Go, Pang Shiyuan has already taken the first step, a few days slower, and Ben will follow." Yuan Shang waved his hand.

Several generals had a slight body shock, Yuan Shang had not been on the expedition for several years, and Yuan Shang's attention to Yizhou was far greater than that of Yongzhou two years ago.

Everyone retreated together, standing in front of the door of the General's Mansion, Ju Yi stretched out his hand to grab it in the void, as if he wanted to grab something, the light in his eyes flickered, this veteran who was already in his forties was still like the sun in the sky, full of fiery passion.

Seeing this, Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Qingfeng all laughed, and after a few years of silence, they finally had a place to use again, this group of war-loving veterans, in addition to being excited, was still excited.

On the same day, the gate of Chang'an City was opened, and the generals of the five prefectures led the crowd away, there were not many people, but they were all elites, and they went south to Shudi, rolling up billowing smoke and dust, and the spies placed in Chang'an City handed over the news to the first time.

Hanzhong County, Nanzheng.

It is quite a large-scale city, with people coming and going, and all of them are quiet and peaceful.

As the seat of Hanzhong. The living environment in Nanzheng is quite good. Zhang Lu promoted Taoism in Hanzhong. Even the management system is very different from that of the imperial court or other states and counties, but it is undeniable that the lives of the people in Hanzhong, which is relatively closed, are actually much more secure than those in Guanzhong or Guanxi, not only with spiritual sustenance, but also from Hanzhong's generous policies and a relatively stable environment. In the past 20 years, there have been 200,000 or 300,000 people who have fled to Hanzhong, and tens of thousands of people from Guanxi alone have fled to Hanzhong from the Meridian Valley, and Nanzheng, which is relatively prosperous in Hanzhong County, is the most populous of the nine cities in Hanzhong, with more than 30,000 households.

'The cool area is in Shudi, and Hanzhong is the throat'

Needless to say, the importance of Hanzhong is needless to say, if you want to enter Shu from Guanzhong, Hanzhong is a hard rock, if you can't push it. At least it must be crossed safely, and Zhang Lu, who has always regarded Hanzhong as his back garden, obviously will not easily give up a truth. Let Yuan Shang take advantage of it.

The exterior decoration of the Taishi Mansion is simple, and there are two rows of guards composed of loyal believers standing outside the door, all of them are big waists and thick shoulders, holding ring swords, and their cold and solemn eyes are staring at the surrounding environment.

Passing through the gate with the plaque on the door of the Taishi's Mansion, everything is not very luxurious, except for some paintings full of religious overtones.

Along the way, there are a lot of men and women wearing Taoist uniforms in and out of the left and right, a majestic and full of Taoist incense breath to the face, as the center of power in the Hanzhong region, this most important place of governance, but like a large Taoist temple, full of Taoist artifacts everywhere, the most conspicuous in the hall is still three statues of gods, as well as several giant incense burners, incense smoke is swirling, people walk in it, look at it from a distance, it really seems to be the place of the immortal family.

In the huge temple, a thin figure is incense in turn, and the crude incense on the ground of the believer in his hand is more than one meter colorful, the thickness of an ordinary steel pipe, in this temple, not only the statue of the god is large, but also a series of offerings to the gods such as other incense burners are also close to the large.

After the thin body wearing a beautiful Taoist robe and a Taoist temple finished the incense one by one, he walked out of the temple under the guard of several old and young men.

This person is thin, not tall, and he should be about forty-five years old at that age, but he is not the leader of the entire Hanzhong region, and he is also the emperor of Hanzhong as interpreted by outsiders, this person is Zhang Lu, relying only on the Hanzhong region, he defeated Liu Zhang many times, controlled hundreds of thousands of people with five buckets of rice, and then called himself 'Shijun'.

Few people have seen him, even among the princes of the world, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu, who are about the same age as him, have basically never set foot in Hanzhong, so they only listen to his name but have not seen him.

At this moment, Zhang Lu is sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, only a small window is opened in the quiet room is the place where Zhang Lu is discussing, the light is not bright, can only light candles, in broad daylight, but hiding in the dim environment to discuss matters, there are such lovers, I am afraid that I will find the whole Hanzhong, and I can't find many people.

The few people who are qualified to enter this ashram are all Zhang Lu's henchmen, there are not many people, only six, but they are all the top figures in the entire Hanzhong pyramid.

Zhang Wei and Zhang Zheng, two in Hanzhong, one literary and one martial, are not only Zhang Lu's right-hand men, but also brothers with blood relations.

Yang Ren and Yang Ang are all generals under Zhang Lu who boast of being enemies of 10,000 people, as for whether they have the ability to be 10,000 enemies, I don't know, however, as the first to follow Zhang Lu's old qualifications, these two brothers have been reused by Zhang Lu, and the Bazhong that was seized from Liu Zhang's hands a few years ago was also guarded by these two brothers, which can be regarded as extremely trusting.

In terms of strategists, there are many shortcomings, only Yan Pu and Yang Song.

In the quiet room, there are only these six people, all of whom are old people who have followed Zhang Lu for many years, when Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu, these six people participated in the whole process, and the Yang brothers killed Zhang Xiu's family in one go, and since then the interests of Zhang Lu have been blended together, and Liu Zhang has done evil, separating Hanzhong and Ba County, among which the war, everyone in the room has participated, and all kinds of strategies are from the hands of the chief strategist Yan Pu.

Zhang Lu closed his eyes and recuperated his mind, everyone in the quiet room knew his habit, so he did not rashly speak, Zhang Lu's way of nourishing his mind and qi is far beyond the world, some trivial things, simply can not make him so difficult to decide, his habit of closing his eyes and recuperating his mind will only be reflected when it is difficult to make a decision for a while when encountering major events, Zhang Weiyang, Ren Yanpu and other old subordinates who have followed him for many years naturally know it.

Everyone in the room, Yan Pu, who was extremely resourceful, looked indifferent, Zhang Lu's concerns, he had carefully considered them, they didn't have many back roads, they would surrender if they didn't keep it, and each had its own advantages, of course, Yan Pu had followed Zhang Lu for many years, and naturally knew what his final decision would be.

This is also the reason why Yang Song has not been able to be 100% trusted by Zhang Lu like Yan Pu, Yan Pu's speculation about Zhang Lu's thoughts, even Zhang Wei and Zhang Zheng's two younger brothers of Zhang Lu think that they can't compare, so many years, Yan Pu can sit firmly in the position of chief strategist, naturally not only because of the incense that follows in that dangerous situation, but also because he can cater to Zhang Lu's ideas appropriately, and then put forward suggestions for maximizing benefits after embellishment, which is why Zhang Lu has always valued him the most.

"Liu Zhang's letter, saying that the matter of joining forces, it seems that he really can't sit still."

Zhang Lu suddenly opened his eyes: "What do you think?" ”

The eyes of the six people in the room flashed with a trace of essence, but they saw Yang Song take the first step and said: "A few days ago, the sneakers came to report that the five generals under Yuan Shang had gone south, and Cao Mengde's soldiers and horses had also passed through Nanyang, this battle was inevitable. ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, he shook his head, this is not to deny what Yang Song said, it's just that this is not what he wants to hear, Yang Song's analysis is not clever, and there are six people in the room, I believe they can all see it.

Zhang Lu's gaze looked at Yan Pu, and he really wanted to know what kind of advice this chief strategist would give him.

Seeing this, although Yang Song's face remained unchanged, a trace of haze flashed in his eyes, but in this dimly lit environment, it was not captured by others.

"Yan Pu"

A trace of jealousy flashed in Yang Song's heart, he was not broad-minded enough, for so many years, he had been pressed on his head by Yan Pu, and it was strange not to be jealous.

And everyone obviously won't put their minds on this, the Yang brothers, and Zhang Wei and Zhang Zheng both looked at Yan Pu, as the chief strategist, Yan Pu's opinions are often to the point, and they are much more insightful than Yang Song's. (To be continued......)