Nam Zheng.

Zhang Lu's eyes frowned slightly, looking at Yang Ang who was returning in embarrassment, in his wide sleeves, his well-maintained palms were staggered, and his ten fingers trembled lightly.

"50,000 can be 100,000"

Zhang Lu carefully pondered the news brought back by Yang Ang, his heart was a little heavy, although Yuan Shang said that he was under the banner of borrowing the way, but the evil of his heart was clearly known, but Zhang Lu did not dare to overthrow them all, he did not have the courage to offend Yuan Shang to death, especially now that Yuan Shang has basically occupied the north, sitting north to south, this is the trend of achieving the emperor's hegemony, although Zhang Lu's teachings declare that death is not terrible, but he is more afraid of the arrival of death than anyone else.

"Who is the leader?" Zhang Lu asked.

Yan Pu grasped Zhang Lu's eyeliner, but listened to him say in a deep voice: "The one that came out of the Great Scattered Pass, with Feng Xiao Pang Tong as the main general, and the 50,000 Ma family army from Longxi is Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, is the main general, and they are not easy people. ”

"It's true that they're not small people."

Zhang Lu smiled slightly bitterly, with the roll of Yuan Shang's butterfly, the history of the Three Kingdoms has been chaotic, and now Ma Teng has never entered Beijing, Xu is a little cautious, and has been confronting Han Sui in Liangzhou, and Ma Chao's name is gradually known to the world, and Pang Tong needless to say, the name of the phoenix chick has been widely circulated in the market, and the Wolong and phoenix chicks have to be one person to settle the world, and now Pang Tong personally led troops into Shu, Zhang Lu's pressure is not ordinary.

"A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses"

Zhang Lu touched the beard on his chin and calculated: "Even if it is not to defeat the other party, it will take 200,000 soldiers and horses to protect the major cities in Hanzhong. 200,000 soldiers and horses can barely be gathered. ”

What Zhang Lu said is not a lie. Hanzhong has a large population. 300,000 households, with a population of nearly one million, which is only a lot more than those large counties in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and among the nearly one million people, the strong men are about 300,000, basically all of them are believers in Wudoumi Taoism, controlled by Zhang Lu, and the problem of defending the city is not big. The key is that most of these believers who have been given new titles and are called ghost pawns are civilians who have not undergone military training, and their combat effectiveness has to be marked with a big question mark, which is also the reason why Zhang Lu is under great pressure in his heart.

"There's no movement in Chengdu?" Zhang Lu shook his head and said.

"From the perspective of his subordinates, it must be that group of Dongzhou people who are doing it, and they don't want to see Shijun and Liu Zhang cooperating." Yan Pu frowned.

Zhang Lu frowned angrily, and said in a slightly deep tone: "When have you been, you are still acting like this." The internal is not quiet, and it is no wonder that Yuan Shang waved his troops to attack. Soft persimmon who will not pinch. ”

There were only Yan Pu and Yang Ang sitting below in the hall, and when they heard what Zhang Lu said, they all shook their heads, it is normal for Dongzhou people to block the cooperation between the two families, and over the years, if the two sides have the idea of enmity and enmity, they will not come out to make stumbling blocks at a critical time like now.

Although everyone knows that this is the coming of the enemy, there are some grievances, obviously not something that can be laughed at in a few words, and besides, if Zhang Lu has the heart to release his hatred with the people of Dongzhou, he will already send someone to show his goodwill, and he will definitely not wait until the crisis is coming to sit here and scold.

"A group of rat-eyed villains," Zhang Lu scolded with a little hatred.

Yan Pu and Yang Ang did not answer, this situation is also expected, in the past few years, Zhang Lu and those people in the Dongzhou Group have not been an ordinary stiff, and Liu Zhang is just messing around, and Dongzhou people are messing around, Yan Pu and Yang Ang also feel that it is unnecessary, it is not that they have not been persuaded, it's just that the hatred of killing his mother, Zhang Lu, the big filial son, never dares to forget, that bloody hatred is counted on the heads of Dongzhou people, no matter how much persuasion is useless, Yan Pu tried to persuade a few times, and when he got to the back, he didn't say anything more, and now he encounters this situation, It can be regarded as the result of Zhang Lu's insistence, but Yan Pu and Yang Ang, who are good at this point, naturally will not say it clearly.

"Shijun, since Liu Zhang has been influenced by the people of Dongzhou, his attitude has become a little ambiguous, and there will be a suggestion at the end, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" Yang Ang stepped forward and said.

"You say," Zhang Lu said in a deep voice.

Yang Ang glanced at Yan Pu, hesitated slightly, and after a while, he still mustered up the courage to say: "Since Liu Zhang is timid, he can't make it, it's better to do it."

"Let's go!"

If before, Yang Ang still had the courage to insist on fighting with Yuan Shang, with 60,000 soldiers and horses defeated by Ma Chao in Qishan, this courage was weakened by seven or eight points, although Hanzhong is important, but it is only a county land, compared with Yuan Shang, who occupies most of the northern land, it is as fragile as ants, there are too few soldiers to fight in Hanzhong, a rabble composed of believers, not like the religious army of the West, Chinese history for thousands of years, and no religion can be like the Great Food of the Later Tang Dynasty, to establish a country with religion, And to be able to form an army of believers to defeat a well-trained army to the point of losing armor, Wudoumi Taoism is not good, as for other branches of Taoism, the same is true.

The army of fanatical believers can indeed be fearless of life and death, but the gap is the gap, how can a group of ordinary people who can't even have weapons be able to resist the well-trained iron-blooded army, the tiger and wolf army led by Yuan Shang, before and after nearly ten years, not only has not decreased in combat effectiveness over time, but is becoming more and more frightening, today's Jizhou, Yuan Tan is struggling to support, the original momentum is huge, forcing Yuan Shang to flee and merge the state, and now there are only two or three isolated counties left, The end was tragic and sad.

On the other hand, the hole cards in Zhang Lu's hand are not even as good as Yuan Tan, and Yang Ang, who was defeated by the courage of the First World War, no longer has the confidence to be able to keep Hanzhong with Zhang Lu under the attack of 100,000 troops.

Zhang Lu's heart shook slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Yang Ang who was slightly ashamed on his face, he could see that Yang Ang was actually uncomfortable in his heart when he said this, as a military general, surrendering itself is a shameful choice, and Yang Ang obviously doesn't care about this, but what Zhang Lu doesn't understand is why Yang Ang, who has always been tough, changed his position.

Even Yan Pu was also stunned, Yang Ang is the main battle faction, half a month ago, he kept clamoring to compete with the tiger and wolf army under Yuan Shang, and now he has lost the heart to fight after the first battle, Yan Pu knew in his heart, but he didn't say much, with Yang Ang's person, leading the army for so many years, Yang Ang, who was known as the first general in Hanzhong, was beaten in a battle and didn't even have the courage to fight again, and the strength of the tiger and wolf army in Shu has exceeded Yan Pu's expectations.

Battle or surrender, Yan Pu's heart is also full of entanglements at this time.

After all, Hanzhong is the result of their many years of operation, unlike the counties of Yizhou controlled by Liu Zhang, Hanzhong is relatively stable, there have not been many major wars in the past ten years, and the people can be regarded as living and working in peace and contentment.

Everyone, has the characteristics of two sides, just like the dialectic of philosophy, the existence of things, it has its two sides, just like Zhang Lu, he may have this kind of evil deeds, but, it is undeniable that he is still very much contributing to the land of Hanzhong is also very emotional, from hearing that Yuan Shang is ready to start using troops against Yizhou, he began to consider a question, war or surrender, of course, the former will definitely be put in the first place, after all, after so many years as the actual emperor of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu is as Yuan Shang expected, will not easily cede Hanzhong, but if it is related to his life, surrender is not an unacceptable thing for him, but all this is based on the fact that he is already exhausted, and obviously Zhang Lu at this time is not to the point of exhaustion.

When Yan Pu was frowning, he felt a gaze fall on him, and he didn't need to raise his head, so he knew that it must be Zhang Lu from above.

Zhang Lu looked at Yan Pu with earnest eyes, at this time, his heart was also a little complicated, Qishan 60,000 soldiers and horses, even with Yang Ang in a battle, only more than 10,000 people were able to escape, the strength of the enemy army into Shu made him feel very heavy, that is, there are many solid cities in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu is not very sure.

At this point, he just wanted to hear the thoughts of Yan Pu, the chief strategist, Yang Ang represented the military in Hanzhong, and Yan Pu was the head of the civilian official family, and the opinions of these two people naturally carried much weight in Zhang Lu's heart. (To be continued......)