… Embroider the South Zheng City! Later, take the seal letter of Hanzhong Taishou, the ancient that is, write must not, stop the counties of Hanzhong County from opening the city gate to surrender, the defenders must not resist, accept the reorganization of Zhang Xiu's troops, and then stamp the big seal of Hanzhong Taishou. Let Tai Shi Ci lead 10,000 cavalry to receive the counties of Hanzhong, and if there is resistance, directly attack and kill the rebels on the spot.

The city walls of the counties in Hanzhong are not high, and some of the low cavalry riding on horses are as high as the city walls, and in the face of 10,000 elite cavalry, the counties do not dare to resist at all.

Tai Shi Ci led these 10,000 elites to the counties to accept the surrender, and it was more about showing off their might, deterring the counties, and after Zhang Xiu's decree came down, he would not encounter anyone who resisted the order. Of course, there are also patrols around the place, in case Zhang Ren's army still stays in Hanzhong County and causes trouble to Zhang Xiu. However, in the past few days, Tai Shi Ci has been running around the counties, and there is no trace of Zhang Ren, according to the scout, Zhang Ren entered the mountains of Shuzhong after leaving Nanzheng City at that time, and has never appeared again.

Although Tai Shici's army was all cavalry, it took five or six days to divide the troops into various counties before they all walked through the counties of Hanzhong County, and together with Yangping Pass in the north, all the counties of Hanzhong County were all under Zhang Xiu's rule.

Tai Shici took over the counties of Hanzhong County, and Zhang Xiu was busy pacifying the people of Nanzheng City, in addition to repairing the city gate and resuming entry and exit, he also had to constantly monitor to prevent Zhang Ren from coming back.

The people of Nanzhengcheng were still very afraid of Zhang Xiu's troops at first, after all, at that time, the Xiliang army represented ferociousness. Greedy. What robbed the people and killed the people at will were directly linked to the Xiliang army. Zhang Xiu was born in the Xiliang Army, which is known to the world, so the people of Nanzhengcheng did not dare to go out for a few days at first, in case of accidents.

However, for all this, Zhang Xiu and his subordinates have already had a way to deal with it. directly adopted the original set in Wancheng, let the soldiers practice, and help the people work by the way, and the people of Nanzhengcheng began to accept this army in a few days. The people were kind, and for a few days they treated this army as if they were their sons.

I saw Zhang Xiu, Li Ru, Zhang Liao, and Tai Shici sitting in the Taishou Mansion in Nanzheng City, Zhang Xiu sitting on the main seat, and the other three sitting down. There were three people standing in front of the hall, looking at their torn and dirty clothes, and their faces were stained with a lot of ash, obviously they had suffered a lot, and then looking at the three people's service, it was obvious that they were prisoners' attire.

Zhang Xiu said in a loud voice from the main seat: "Mr. Gongqi has suffered. ”

The three people standing were Zhang Lu, his brother Zhang Wei and his military advisor Yan Pu, only to hear Zhang Lu bow to Zhang Xiu and say, "Thank you Da Sima for saving your life." Zhang Wei and Yan Pu behind him also bowed to Zhang Xiu with Zhang Lu.

Zhang Xiu's hands are empty. said: "Mr. Gongqi is serious. After that, a few people were polite again.

At this time, Zhang Wei, who was anxious, asked, "How is Da Sima going to treat his brother?" ”

As soon as Zhang Wei said this, Zhang Liao and Tai Shici glared at Zhang Wei at the same time, and Li Ru smiled secretly: "Now that Hanzhong is in the hands of my lord, do you Zhang brothers think that you can still take charge of Hanzhong County again?" ”

Zhang Xiu waved his hand when he saw it, and said: "Gongqi has a very big life, and he has suffered from prison, so he must rest well." Hanzhong has heavy political affairs, in order to avoid Mr. Gongqi being affected, Ben Jiang thought that Mr. Gongqi should go to Nanyang County, and Ben Jiang's father-in-law became friends, sorting out the Dongguan and Lantai collections of books. Mr. Gongqi's family history happened to compile what Naizu wanted into a book and added it to the collection of books, so that it would be passed on to future generations. ”

Zhang Lu heard this, and sighed secretly, now they are fish and meat, and it is very good that they can save their lives. Zhang Lu didn't dare to disobey Zhang Xiu's meaning, and thanked him: "Thank you, Da Sima."

Zhang Xiu nodded and said to Zhang Wei: "It turns out that Mr. Gongqi's subordinates Yang Ang and Yang Pai have not returned, and this general ordered you to go to the Sword Pavilion to persuade the two to return." ”

Treating Zhang Wei, Zhang Xiu was not so polite. Zhang Wei saw that his brother had already surrendered, so he had to nod and say, "No." ”

After that, Zhang Xiu said to Yan Pu: "Mr. is familiar with the civil affairs of Hanzhong, and he is willing to assist the general in governing Hanzhong." ”

Yan Pu said: "I don't dare to quit if I want to." ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "In this way, there will be a banquet tonight to shock Mr. Gongqi." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhang Lu took a small car to Nanyang County under the "protection" of Tai Shi Ci and a group of soldiers, and Zhang Xiu wrote another letter, asking Zhao Yun to transfer 10,000 elites to Tai Shi Ci. Let it be led into Hanzhong. In addition, he ordered Xu Huang to recruit 10,000 troops in Shangyong, and the whole was successful, and Zhang Xiu's losses in the first battle of Hanzhong were also a lot, with 5,000 casualties among the newly trained infantry soldiers, and 8,000 casualties among the elite cavalry before the Sword Pavilion. Later, Zhang Xiu wrote an order, asking Zhang Jihuo to come to Hanzhong and take over the government affairs of Hanzhong.

Now the government affairs of Hanzhong are arranged by Zhang Xiu and Li Ru, and Yan Pu is executed. Because the Yang family, the largest family in Hanzhong, can be said to have been destroyed, only Yang Pai and Yang Ren are left, and only some mountain families are left in Hanzhong, so the family is in accordance with Zhang Xiu

And Yang Ren decided not to join the army anymore after hearing the shocking changes in his family, but to prepare to reorganize the Yang family. After Zhang Xiu heard it, he returned some of the Yang family's family assets that were copied by Zhang Ren and fell into Zhang Xiu's hands, of course, Zhang Xiu only paid back some of Yang Ren's living expenses on the grounds that Zhang Ren took it away. Zhang Xiu didn't want these great families to be revived and threaten his rule, so he tried his best to suppress the Yang family.

After Zhang Lu left, Zhang Wei and Zhang Liao went to support the 5,000-strong army of the Sword Pavilion. When they arrived at the Sword Pavilion, Xu Rong and Huang Zhong came out to catch them together, and the two saw Zhang Wei who was accompanying them, but Huang Zhong told Yang Ang's situation and took Zhang Wei to Yang Ang's tomb on the mountain near the Sword Pavilion.

Yang Ang is a general promoted by Zhang Lu from the bottom by himself, and he can be said to be loyal to Zhang Lu's brothers, Zhang Wei originally wanted to persuade Yang Ang to surrender, and when he and his brother could have more protection under Zhang Xiu, how did he know that when he heard the news when he reached the Sword Pavilion, he could only sigh secretly.

When Zhang Wei arrived at the top of the Sword Pavilion Gate, he saw that the soldiers below were constantly demolishing the plank road in front of the Sword Pavilion, so he asked strangely: "General Xu, General Huang, why did you demolish the plank road?" ”

Huang Zhong smiled slightly and said, "Before the Sword Pavilion was owned by Liu Zhang, he built the plank road wide to make it convenient for the people to enter and exit. It's just that in this way, it can accommodate a large army to attack the city and a small number of siege equipment, which poses a great threat to the defense of our army. Therefore, the redundant plank road will be demolished, and only three people or a carriage will be left to pass through the plank road, even if Liu Zhang has an army of 100,000 to attack, he can only hate in front of the Sword Pavilion. ”

Zhang Wei heard what Huang Zhong said, and said secretly: "This person has already seen the situation of the Sword Pavilion after the first battle, and demolished the plank road, I am afraid that as he said, even if Liu Zhang has an army of 100,000 troops, he can only hate the Sword Pavilion." Zhang Wei was surprised that an unruly general under Zhang Xiu also had such ability, and then remembered that Zhang Xiu had Hua Xiong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici and other tiger prison gates, famous and famous generals, as well as Jia Xu, Li Ru, Zhong Xuan and other celebrities to help, the original unconvinced heart also sank, and secretly thought: "If you can mix an official and a half-position under Zhang Xiu, it shouldn't be a bad thing." ”

Here Xu Rong, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao naturally don't know what Zhang Wei thinks, Xu Rong and Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao have not seen each other for many days, and there is such a newcomer as Zhang Wei, so it is convenient to set up a banquet at night to catch the wind for the two of them.

On the second day, he didn't feel that Liu Barrier's army was coming, and Zhang Wei didn't know that Yang Ang and Yang Pai had divided their troops, so he didn't send anyone to see Yang Pai at Jiameng Pass.

Three days later, Huang Zhong, who was staying behind on the city, heard a burst of passionate drums.

"Knock, knock

Huang Zhong reacted immediately, looked in front of Guancheng, and saw a large army appear in front of Guancheng, just looking at the banners all over the field, the number of the army should be no less than 10,000.

Huang Zhong saw it, and looked at the plank road under the Sword Pavilion again, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the plank road in front of the Sword Pavilion had been demolished and became only allowed for three people to pass.

At this moment, Xu Rong, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wei also came to the top of the Sword Pavilion Pass together when they heard the sound of war drums, and saw that the army in front of them was playing the flag of Yizhou Mu Liu, and then a small flag below was written on the barnyard general Yang.

Xu Rong and the others all knew about the generals under Liu Zhang, and only heard Zhang Liao ask: "When did Liu Zhang's command have a big man surnamed Yang?" ”

Zhang Liao's words were asked about Xu Rong and Huang Zhong's thoughts, Zhang Wei on the side looked at the front with half-squinted eyes, suddenly smiled bitterly, and said: "Three generals, Wei knows who the leader of the troops in front is." ”

Xu Rong heard it and said, "Sir, please speak." ”

Zhang Wei said: "If Wei is not mistaken, it should be a member of the Yang family in Hanzhong, Yang Pai." ”

Xu Rong heard this and said in surprise: "Yang Pai? Isn't it that Yang patted Yan Yan, and was arranged by Yan Yan to attack the Sword Pavilion as a pioneer this time? Xu Rong's conjecture is ** is not far from ten, after Yang Ang was killed by Huang Zhong with an arrow that day, his lieutenant wrote a letter to tell Yang Pai about the situation, and only on the second day did he lead his troops to attack the city, and finally all died under the Sword Pavilion Pass.

When Yang Pai received the news, his heart was naturally in turmoil, Yang Ang's 30,000 troops couldn't capture the Sword Pavilion, and his 10,000 people were useless.

At this time, Yan Yan received a letter sent to him after Zhang Renwang captured Nanzheng City, and learned that Zhang Ren had captured Nanzheng City, and Zhang Xiu sent troops to Hanzhong. Thinking that Yang Ang had not been seen for several days and the number of troops under the city was much less, Yan Yan was guessed that the Sword Pavilion might have been taken by Zhang Xiu's people, and Yang Ang led the troops to recapture the Sword Pavilion. Yan Yan thought about it for a while, so he tried to send someone to persuade Yang Pai to surrender, and was promised that if Liu Zhang recaptured Hanzhong, their Yang family's status in Hanzhong would remain unchanged.

The children of the family all put the family first, listened to Yan Yan's promise, and knew that Yang Ang had died in battle, and felt that the general trend was gone, so they took advantage of the situation to lower Yan Yan. After that, he accepted Yan Yan's reorganization, and after a few days of delay, he was appointed by Yan Yan as a pioneer and went to attack the Sword Pavilion.