The scale of Nanzheng City is not small, there are many streets, and there are many merchants, but this battle seems to have little impact on the city, and it is in order, which shows that Zhang Lu's pacification work in advance is in place.

Cao Cao was deeply satisfied with this and praised Zhang Lu for his good governance. As soon as he arrived at the official residence to rest, the left-behind officials respectfully presented Zhang Lu's letter.

When Cao Cao saw it, he was very surprised, and immediately ordered someone to count the granaries and other materials.

When he heard that the materials were well sealed and completely consistent with the list, Cao Cao was moved by Zhang Lu's approach, and said sincerely: "Zhang Lu risked the disapproval of the world and established himself as the king. ”

In Wang Baoyu's view, Zhang Lu did this to leave a way out for himself, but it was undoubtedly a smart move.

After resting in Nanzheng for a period of time, Wang Baoyu also had a deeper understanding of the character of Zhang Lu. There are more than 500,000 people under the jurisdiction of Nanzheng City, at least one-third of whom believe in five buckets of rice, and many people's homes still support the portrait of Zhang Lu's great heavenly master.

Moreover, the people of Nanzheng seem to be in good spirits, it is said that no one has ever starved to death here, and those who have more food will take it out and donate it to other poor households. There is a place in the city, called Yishe, which is specially used to give rice and grain, and the people lack food and drink, so they go to get it for free, and a warning sign with bright red characters is set up next to it, which reads: If you are greedy for more than you take, you will be damned!

Cao Cao admired Zhang Lu more and more, and then he issued a strict order, keeping the righteous house, and no one in the army was allowed to harass him, let alone covet it.

However, it is said that Zhang Lu led his army all the way to Bazhong, and immediately ordered to widen and deepen the moat, strengthen the city wall, and try to carry out the final struggle with Cao Cao by holding on without a fight.

There is another important reason why Zhang Lu fled to Bazhong, Bazhong City is nicknamed a ghost city by the outside world. So where does this title come from? The reason is that all the people in the city are sectarians who believe in five buckets of rice, there are more than 100,000 people, and everyone wears Taoist robes, studies spells, and behaves strangely. At night, countless people took to the streets, burned talismans, and prayed to the heavens, causing a miasma.

However, these people have one thing in common, that is, they believe in the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Lu from the bottom of their hearts, and they can go to the soup for Zhang Lu, throw their heads, and spill their blood.

Cao Cao couldn't help frowning when he heard about the situation in Bazhong. The people of Pakistan and China are so united, and it is by no means easy to take the city in a short time.

So I asked everyone to discuss what a good plan was, and after analyzing and analyzing, everyone didn't have a very good way. Because these 100,000 people are not ordinary people, if there are more weapons in their hands, it is 100,000 dead soldiers!

Because of this, Cao Cao stayed in Nanzheng for two months, until the grass turned yellow and the mountains and rivers were colorful, and finally decided to raise troops and march into Bazhong.

Cao Cao attacked the city and plundered the land again and again, forcing Zhang Lu to Bazhong, and making such a big move naturally alarmed the people of the world. Liu Bei of Xichuan couldn't sit still, once the whole line of Hanzhong was lost, Cao Cao would definitely attack Xichuan next. Of course, Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's expedition was for him, and Zhang Lu was just taking a piece of clearance.

So Liu Bei hurriedly convened an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Lord, now that Zhang Lubing is retreating, there is a danger of hanging upside down, and he can go to surrender." Right General Huang Quan built yì road.

Just what I wanted, Liu Bei was just about to nod on his face, Zhuge Liang spoke, he didn't agree with this approach: "Zhang Lu is similar to a demon, there are a wide range of believers, and there will be trouble if you stay." ”

"The military adviser does not have to worry, if he can get Bazhong, he will have one more line of defense against Cao's army. As for Zhang Lu, he can be sent elsewhere. Liu Bei was still interested in Zhang Lu, and felt that once he couldn't control it, he would be sent to Jingzhou like Liu Zhang.

"Zhang Lu has no friendship with the lord, but he is afraid that he will not surrender." Zhuge Liang put forward his own idea again.

"Give it a try!" Liu Bei made up his mind and ordered Huang Quan to go to Bazhong, nominally to take Zhang Lu to Xichuan for refuge, but in fact he wanted to surrender him.

Zhang Lu's life in Bazhong was not easy, he was worried that Cao Cao was coming to attack the city every day, and when he heard that Huang Quan was coming, he immediately set up a banquet to greet him, but he really moved his mind to defect to Liu Bei.

As soon as Huang Quan entered the house, he put on a posture of rescuing the suffering, talking about Liu Bei's various exploits in governing Xichuan, and how noble and great his people were, and finally said that he welcomed Zhang Lu to lead the army to Xichuan to solve the current crisis.

Liu Bei's meaning, Zhang Lu understood, smiled and did not say anything, and then found the strategists to discuss.

Of course, Yang Song agreed, what he thought in his heart was very simple, once Zhang Lu left, Hanzhong would be all owned by Cao Cao, and even if his great achievements were completely established, it didn't matter who Zhang Lu was dead or alive, or who he followed.

What Yang Song never expected was that Yan Pu strongly objected, and before he could speak, he knelt down with tears in his eyes, and slammed his head several times until he bled out.

Zhang Lu couldn't bear it, so he hurriedly got up, personally helped him up, held his hand, and sighed: "Why did Duke Yan make such a big gift, could it be that between you and me, the monarch and the minister, can no longer be sincere?" ”

"Yan Pu would never dare to have such a heart."

"In this way, Yan Gong can rest assured."

Yan Pu wiped his tears and looked heartbroken, "Liu Bei's wolf ambition is obvious, and there is a lesson from Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, and he will eventually become a traitor to the country." If Hanzhong is lost, Xichuan is in danger, how can Liu Bei not notice it? This time it is called refuge, but it is actually a surrender, and he will definitely abandon his lord like a mustard one day! ”

Zhang Lu nodded solemnly: "Yan Gong is reasonable. ”

Yan Pu was deeply stunned again, mustered up his courage, and said loudly: "Lord, please forgive your subordinates for saying too much, the public has governed Hanzhong for many years, after all, he is still a Hanchen, and his reputation must not be lost!" ”

Zhang Lu didn't speak, but his face was very ugly, Zhang Wei saw this, and said angrily: "Yan Pu, what do you mean by this?" Why don't you let your brother defect to Cao Thief? ”

"Cao Jun is violent, and in time, Bazhong will not be protected!" Yan Pu said.

"Why didn't you say anything sooner?" Yang Song also interjected.

"At this time and at that time, if you can't stick to it, in order to protect yourself, you would rather surrender to Cao than vote for Liu!" Yan Pu said firmly.

Zhang Lu was silent for a long time, looked at Yan Pu and looked at him, sighed, and said: "Yan Gong is very good, I am a Hanchen, I want to serve the country but have no way, but Kuang Fu Han is incompetent, how can I be willing to go with the thieves today?" ”

Yan Pu's words made Zhang Lu make up his mind and refused to take refuge in Liu Bei, and Huang Quan returned to Chengdu in vain. Of course, Huang Quan would not say good things about Zhang Lu, saying that Zhang Lu did not know the current affairs and had the intention of surrendering to Cao.

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