Wudou Mijiao believes in Taoism, respects Lao Tzu, and governs without action, so it spreads the righteous house in Hanzhong to provide accommodation and food for passing pedestrians, which is a kind of pure kindness and people's behavior.

But when anything good came to Yuan Shang's mouth, it all changed, and the righteous house in his mouth was not a facility for the benefit of the people at all, but instead became a public money consumption place for free packaging and eating and drinking.

The state is now cracking down on eating and drinking, and this kind of thinking was put in the late Han Dynasty and in later generations...... Resolutely not advocated.

After determining that Zhang Lu would indeed send troops to the Meridian Valley to capture Chang'an, Yuan Jun began to arrange under Yuan Shang's arrangement.

The 33,000 soldiers and horses of the Yuan army were all ambushed at the Zigu Road crossing north of the meridian.

Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses have been in ambush for many days between the plank road peaks on both sides of Zigukou, but they have not seen Zhang Lu's soldiers coming, Yuan Shang is not in a hurry, and his soldiers are a little impatient.

The most temperamental is undoubtedly Ma Chao.

In the handsome tent, Yuan Shang sat on the table, shaking his legs, holding a book in his hand, and holding a fragrant tea in his left hand, but the fragrance of tea smoked in the entire tent was overflowing.

"Lord, we have been waiting here for a long time, but we have not seen a single Hanzhong army coming, is it that Zhang Lu is not planning to send troops to Meridian Valley? If he doesn't come, we need to immediately turn to Chang'an to fight against Yan Xing, and don't delay our efforts here...... Don't hide it, the last general can't hate to split Yan Xing's thief! ”

Yuan Shang turned his head and glanced at the indignant Ma Chao, shook his head, and sighed: "Don't worry, Zhang Lu will definitely come, but the speed is a little slower, in my guess, within the ethnic minorities in Hanzhong and Bazhou, there are fewer cavalry, most of them should be infantry troops, and it is understandable that they move slowly." Why don't we give them some time? ”

Ma Chao said anxiously when he heard this: "But how long will this drag on?" It is reported that Yan Xing was furious because of a fiasco in Xianyang, and the soldiers and horses were already driven to Chang'an, and the battle started immediately! Let's wait for Zhang Lu here, but we don't care about Yan Xing, we are afraid that our morale will fall! ”

"Don't worry, Hao Zhao is not so easy to deal with, it's going to rain, his mother is going to get married, Yan Xing has no way to find it if he wants to. We have set up such a big formation, if we withdraw without even seeing each other, it will be too embarrassing, bear with it and wait. ”

Ma Chao was silent for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Since this is the case, the last general will arrange for his subordinates to patrol, investigate the situation in the Meridian Valley at any time, and ambush Zhang Lujun." Fight to capture the enemy! ”

Yuan Shang blew the steaming teacup and waved the bamboo slip in his hand: "Go, tell the soldiers, wait until Zhang Lujun comes." Kill fewer people, keep more alive, and it's better not to kill one ...... The soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, plus the ethnic minorities in Bazhou, have tens of thousands of people, not to mention. If we recruit this new force and turn back to deal with Yan Xing, we will have confidence! ”

Ma Chao suddenly stumbled when he heard this.

"What? Don't kill? ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows: "Is it so difficult for you not to kill?" You're not a butcher Zhao! ”

Ma Chao's face twitched: "Don't kill people." Are you going to take those tens of thousands? ”

"I'm collecting tens of thousands of soldiers, not tens of thousands of daughters-in-law, so surprised!"

Ma Chao snorted heavily and said, "If you don't kill someone, you will recruit people down, I don't have those two hits!" You find someone else to put it. ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly and said, "It's not that you don't kill people, it's that you kill fewer people." ”

"It's not okay to kill less, the other party has tens of thousands! If you don't kill him, how can you achieve the effect of deterring the crowd, I can't fight this battle, I want to fight yourself. ”

Yuan Shang smiled helplessly, shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of a leader like a donkey, you are afraid of subordinates like a pig...... Of course, this kind of thing can't be pointed at you, don't worry, you just need to act according to the order, what should you do when the time comes, I and Zhong Xuan have their own plans. ”

Ma Chao frowned, thought carefully for a long time, and then weakly opened his mouth to ask.

"What you just said, what did you mean by which pig and donkey are we?"

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After waiting for another four days, the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong in the Meridian Valley finally appeared.

When the Hanzhong army arrived at Zigukou, it was dark clouds covering the moon, thunderstorms were about to fall, and the sky and the earth were dark.

In the gloomy and rolling thunder, the 40,000 Hanba army was slowly advancing towards the valley mouth of Zigu, and the cold west wind blew on the face, like a knife, freezing to the cold bones.

The wind before the rain was blowing in his face, mixed with a smell of grass, blowing on the faces of the vanguard generals who led the Hanba coalition army, as if there was a smell called danger.

The vanguard general crossed his sword in his hand and shouted: "The front army stops!" ”

This general is a general under the command of Pu Hu, the seventh surname of Bazhou, named Wang Ping, and his characters are Jun.

The vanguard of the front all stopped according to his orders.

Wang Ping looked around, looking at the treacherous mountains on both sides of Zigu Road, and his heart was filled with solemnity.

It wasn't that something caught his attention, but that the voice in the valley was so quiet that it was terrifying.

When Wang Ping was looking around, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the rear, but a herald hurriedly came from behind the horse, and shouted angrily while beating the horse: "Wang Ping! Wang ping! ”

Wang Ping turned his horse and looked directly at the herald face to face.

"Wang Ping! The department master and the king of Yi asked, why did Zhuo Qianjun stop! ”

Wang Ping arched his hand and said, "I'm tired of returning to the division and King Yi, the situation in Zigukou is sick, don't enter lightly!" ”

The herald's brow twitched, and he looked up at Taniguchi in the distance.

"Wang Ping, you don't want to disturb the morale of the army, I don't see anything......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Wang Ping's face change suddenly, and his brows jumped slightly.

The dust on the ground seemed to be shaking, Wang Ping's heart tightened, and he hurriedly jumped off the horse, put his ear to the ground, and listened carefully.

From the direction of the valley mouth, there was a faint rumbling sound of footsteps, the sound became louder and louder, and the vibration became more and more violent, as if the demon beast buried in the ground was roaring towards the ground, as if it was about to break through the ground.

It was the sound of horses smashing and stomping on the ground.

Wang Ping looked nervous, hurriedly turned over his horse, and said to the herald: "Quickly report to the division and the king of Yi, there is an ambush at the valley mouth, please prepare the generals for battle!" ”

The herald had long since lost his arrogance, he nodded vigorously, beat his horse and turned around, about to go back to report, but when he heard the direction of Taniguchi, the sound of shouting and killing had already sounded, as if countless soldiers and horses were rushing towards him.

Wang Ping crossed his sword and ordered the soldiers behind him: "All the soldiers, prepare for battle!" ”

On the mountainside next to the Meridian Valley, Xiliang Meng's general Pang De was ordered to ambush here, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves at the mouth of the valley, the corners of Pang De's mouth flashed a trace of cold water, and he waved his hand and shouted: "The fish has been hooked!" Herald to set fire! ”

When the words fell, an arrow flew into the sky.

Between Sumeru, the soldiers on both sides of the mountain road still lit the rolling balls made of wooden strips, lit them on fire, and then pushed these fireballs down the mountain, and for a time the valley was smoky and terrifying.

As the fireball descended, the ambushes on both sides of the mountain road were all over for a while.

The Hanba coalition army in the valley suddenly looked extremely shocked.

At this moment, the thousands of iron cavalry led by Ma Chao had already rushed to the front, rushing towards the Hanzhong army like a storm.

"............" (To be continued......)