Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 477 On the Battle of Shangyong

The third day after Fangling County was captured.

Shangyong City.

The county government mansion.

In the backyard, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged, with his hands spread out in front of the desk, his gaze vivid, looking at the notebook in his hand, after a while, he raised his head, looked at a scribe next to him, and said in a low voice He asked: "Sure enough, I lost, Mr. Li, Zhang Yu really can't be saved?"

"Master Xianzun, now Master Shijun trusts you a lot, you must not destroy your future!"

Li Xu, the head of the Shangyong County Government, shook his head when he heard the words: "Now that Lei Mo has been beheaded and Zhang Yu is being pursued, he must not be able to get it out. Zhang Xiu's family has already been wiped out. Next, Master Shijun will definitely clean up the old Zhang Yu. Cultivate the influence of the Heavenly Master Dao!"

"Although the county lord has made great achievements, he followed Zhang Xiu and rebelled against the way of the heavenly master back then. He will definitely be jealous of the master. If the county lord insists on saving Zhang Yu at this time, it will undoubtedly be a mistake for the master. Lord Jun, what a reason to do something to you!"

"Hey!"

The middle-aged man sighed indifferently, and said faintly: "Although I have always been loyal to the way of the heavenly master, I couldn't bear it in the end. I let him Zhang Yu live, but he was still not reconciled. He will definitely be defeated, I am afraid that now I know that he is in danger, and I am powerless, I can't keep his blood, I am really ashamed of Master Zhang Xiu!"

This middle-aged man is the county magistrate of Shangyong. His name is Zhang Suo, and his style name is Hong'an. He is not only a follower of the Five Dou Rice Sect, but also a disciple of the Celestial Master and Taoist. He is also a collateral branch of the Zhang family. He is about 40 years old. If you practice martial arts before the age of 20, and practice literature after the age of 20, you can be regarded as an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.

He once served Zhang Xiu and followed Zhang Xiu to establish the Five Dou Rice Sect in Hanzhong. He was quite popular with Zhang Xiu and sent Zhang Xiu to Shangyong to guard the east gate of Hanzhong.

But when Zhang Lu led his troops to attack Zhang Xiu, he was the first to respond.

If it wasn't for the Shangyong soldiers led by him to break through Zhang Xiu's middle camp and let Zhang Lu's army drive straight in, making Zhang Xiu unable to withdraw, even if Zhang Xiu was defeated, he would not have ended up with no bones left and blood washed.

He was a celestial master and Taoist disciple, and he didn't regret doing it to Zhang Xiu, but he still couldn't bear it in his heart. After all, he had followed Zhang Xiu for many years, and he had some feelings.

"My lord, there is no need to blame yourself. You once gave him a chance. If he is willing to live a mediocre life, there must be a way to survive. But he is destined to fight against Master Shijun, so no matter how many times you save him, it will not help! "Li Xu persuaded in a low voice.

"Yes!"

Zhang Suo smiled bitterly: "There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in the world. Since I chose Master Shijun without hesitation at the beginning, I naturally have to give up one side. I often think again, Master Zhang Xiu is a genius, if he can assist Master Shijun My lord, why should I be afraid of anyone, but Master Zhang Xiu is still a betrayed celestial master!"

Zhang Xiu has practiced Taoism since he was a child, with superb Taoism skills and peerless martial arts, and he is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. He has his own hills and valleys in his chest. As the youngest guardian of the Heavenly Master Taoism, Zhang Heng, the former Heavenly Master, took him under his sect.

It's a pity that he still betrayed Tianshi Dao and set up his own family, which caused Tianshi Dao to fall into decline for many years. Zhang Lu even had to rely on his mother's favor in front of Liu Yan to control power.

Zhang Lu is a man of great talent. Although he is young, he is scheming and has a strong ability to endure. In order to revive the way of the heavenly master, he tried his best to try his best. Once he broke out, his methods were like thunder. People have to admit that this is a capable man. A person who revitalizes the way of heavenly masters.

"Master Li, withdraw the spies from West City!"

After Zhang Suo pondered for a while, he said, "I won't bother with Zhang Yu's matter anymore. Whether he lives or dies depends on his fate!"

"Yes!"

Li Xu nodded.

"Report!"

At this time, a sharp voice came from outside.

"Come in!"

Zhang Suo frowned and gave a low drink.

A blood-stained soldier rushed out, holding a seal in his hand, offering with both hands, and cried out in grief and indignation: "Master Zhang, Fangling County has been attacked by a group of thieves who don't know where they came from. The county government, including The county lord, the county lieutenant, the county magistrate, etc., were all beheaded, five hundred soldiers, and the entire army was wiped out!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Zhang Suo jumped up against the case: "What nonsense are you talking about? Fangling is to the east of us. It is surrounded by good terrain. The terrain is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Most people don't go in at all. How can there be bandits entering Fangling!"

"The subordinate's words are absolutely true!"

The blood-stained soldier held up the seal: "This is the token that the county magistrate asked me to break out of the siege at the last moment!"

"Fangling County Seal!"

Li Xu stepped forward, checked, and his face became ugly: "Master County, I'm afraid this is true!"

"Damn!"

Zhang Suo calmed down, and shouted: "Li Ye, come quickly!"

"exist!"

A big man from outside stepped in and stood by with his hands folded.

"Immediately lead a hundred elite soldiers to investigate the situation around Fangling County as scouts, and be as careful as possible. Now Fangling County has been attacked by a bandit army, and we still don't know how many soldiers the other party has? "

"As ordered!"

Li Ye, the county lieutenant, took the order, turned around and left, took a long knife, and led hundreds of elite knights, and rushed towards Fangling angrily.

"What's your name?"

Zhang Suo looked at the soldier who reported the letter.

"Chen Yong!" said the scout.

"Have you seen clearly, where did these bandits come from?" Zhang Suo was very surprised. Logically, there shouldn't be any soldiers in Hanzhong who would dare to fight against them. It should be to attack Fangling, but to attack Shangyong directly. The most important thing is that Shangyong deployed [-] elite soldiers, enough to guard the city. Thousands of troops may not be able to break through, even if there are many thieves hiding in the surrounding mountain streams. No one will have enough troops to capture Fangling.

"It seems to be Dongshan!"

"Dongshan?"

Zhang Suo raised his head and met Li Xu's gaze: "I remember correctly, the opposite of Dongshan should be Nanyang, right?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xu said: "Dongshan is directly opposite to the Nanyang area. I heard that Nanyang has recently stationed a new army and horses, and they came out of Guanzhong. It is possible that they came in!"

"But Dongshan, let alone marching, ordinary hunters dare not go. How can they penetrate the Dongshan mountain range?"

"Unless they find the Dongshan Plank Road!" Li Xu gritted his teeth and said.

"No way!"

Zhang Suo frowned, and his pupils changed color: "Dongshan plank road, isn't that destroyed? In the former Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu burned the plank roads around Hanzhong, including Dongshan plank road!"

"But it is said that this plank road is still there!" Li Xu said.

"Damn!"

Zhang Suo became agitated. He paced back and forth, and after a while, he said: "This matter must be reported to Master Shijun, so that Master Shijun should take precautions!"

Facing the wounded scout, he said in a deep voice: "I will let the soldiers under my command escort you to Nanzheng, and you will report everything to Mr. Shijun in person. No embellishment or concealment is allowed!"

"promise!"

The scout Chen Yong surrendered his command.

"My lord, it seems that General Zhang Wei led his troops to pursue Zhang Yu. It is near the west side. Shall we send someone to inform him and let him lead his troops to help!"

Li Xu said.

"Um!"

Zhang Suo nodded and said, "Compared to the troubles in Nanyang, a mere Zhang Yu is nothing. You should immediately send someone to find Zhang Wei!"

"promise!"

Li Xu took the order.

…………

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a day later.

On the lobby of the Shangyong County Government, Li Ye bowed his head and cupped his hands to report the results of his investigation: "Report to the county lord, Fangling County has indeed been occupied by a group of soldiers, and the flag hanging on the city is What a black flower, embroidered with Jingping!"

"Jing Ping?"

Zhang Suo narrowed his eyes: "Is it the Jingping army of the Mu family?"

"The black flower is a black mandala. This is the symbol of the Jingping Army. The Jingping Army of the Mu Clan fought countless battles in Runan, and the Battle of Hanoi became famous all over the world. I am afraid that this time it was the Mu Clan's army that came out." !"

Li Xu said quietly.

Although Hanzhong did not participate in the Central Plains campaign, the news has not been cut off. The news that the Central Plains can reach Yizhou will first spread to Hanzhong, and the shocking changes in Guanzhong and the change of ownership in Nanyang are very important for Hanzhong. They naturally pay attention.

They have also heard a little about the Mu family who has power over the government and the public.

The Mu clan was defeated in Guanzhong, and later it was heard that Mu Longtu, the young master of the Mu clan, had entered Nanyang with the remnant soldiers, but there was no further news.

But they didn't expect that the Mu clan's army appeared in Hanzhong.

"It seems that the world-famous young master of the Mu family, Mu Longtu, is now eyeing us in Hanzhong!" Zhang Suo asked coldly, "Check it out, how many troops are there?"

"No less than three thousand!"

"Only this little force?" Zhang Suo narrowed his eyes.

"Currently we are investigating only this force!"

Li Ye clasped his hands and said: "We have already fought against the opponent's scouts and suffered a lot of damage before we approached the city wall. The strength of the troops on the wall is clear at a glance, but we need to inquire carefully about the strength of the troops in the city. The gates are closed and entry and exit are prohibited. We want to inquire. It is also very difficult!"

"I see!"

Zhang Suo nodded: "Go down first and gather all the troops and horses, and wait for it. In addition, release the scouts more than ten miles outside the city to guard against their sneak attacks. It is impossible to guarantee that they will eat Fangling and not stare at us. Shangyong lost Fangling. We can take it back, but Shangyong is the gate of Hanzhong, once it is lost, Hanzhong will be undefended, and even if Master Shijun does not punish me, I will have no face to face the celestial masters!"

"As ordered!"

Li Ye bowed his hand to accept the order, turned and left.

"Master Li, Xu Changshi, what do you think a certain family should do now?" Zhang Suo looked at the two people in the hall. One was his new blessing, Li Xu, and the other was the local squire family in Shangyong, Xu's family. The head of the family, Xu Zhui, who is listed in the history of Shangyong county magistrate.

"My lord, the plan for now is to strictly guard against death and never send troops!" Xu Zhui said.

He only cares about the life and death of Shangyong. As for other county government offices, it has nothing to do with him. His Xu family is based on Shangyong. will be reduced to nothing.

"Master Xianzun, think twice about this matter. The soldiers and horses stationed in Shangyong were originally to defend against the chaos in the eastern part of Hanzhong. If Fangling cannot be taken back, Lord Xianzun will face dereliction of duty. How should we face Master Shijun!"

Li Xu cupped his hands and said.

"I have [-] troops in Shangyong, and I still have confidence in attacking Fangling!" Zhang Suo said, "I'm afraid that their follow-up troops will be stationed in Hanzhong one after another. There are at least hundreds of thousands of main forces, even if they are defeated now, there may still be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, once a swarm of swarms come in, our soldiers and horses will not be able to stop it at all!"

"So let's make a quick decision!"

Li Xu cupped his hands, and said in a deep voice: "We have already asked for troops from Master Shijun. Master Shijun must understand the disaster of letting the Mu family's soldiers and horses enter Hanzhong, and he will lead the main force to help. But before that, we must Keep every county in Hanzhong, and they must not have a chance to stand firm!"

Zhang Suo stood up, hesitating a little.

"Zhang Hong'an, what's the matter with you?" At this moment, a big man forced his way in from the outside, full of momentum.

"Zhang Wei, can't you change your temper?"

Zhang Suo saw the person coming, waved his hand, and let the left and right guards go down.

The Taoism of Tianshi is a Taoist school with the surname Zhang, the position of a celestial master, passed down by blood, and the celestial masters from generation to generation will find you a young man with outstanding roots from the people, bring them back to train, and give them the surname Zhang, Zhang Xiu is, Zhang Wei is Zhang Suo, too, are all disciples of the Celestial Master, raised by the Celestial Master since childhood.

"roll!"

Zhang Wei sat down: "You sent someone to intercept me, do you still want to keep that little bastard Zhang Yu?"

"This matter has nothing to do with Zhang Yu!"

Zhang Suo shook his head: "I need your help!"

"Is there anything more important than letting Shijun take full control of the Five Dou Rice Sect?" Zhang Wei said coldly: "I think you still have a heart of loyalty to Zhang Xiu, Zhang Suo, you have thought clearly , Zhang Yu will die no matter what, he must die, he can only..."

"Fangling County has been breached!"

Zhang Suo interrupted Zhang Wei's voice indifferently, and said coldly.

"what?"

Zhang Wei was shocked, his pupils became bigger: "You are joking, how is it possible?"

"What you think is impossible is the most possible!"

Zhang Suo inquired some of the scouts in his hand, and handed the bamboo slips that reported the news to Zhang Wei, and said coldly, "It's been three days, and the news probably has reached Nanzheng!"

"Jing Pingjun?"

Zhang Wei took a look, and suddenly panicked: "Is it the remnants of the Mu family?"

"It's very likely that the Mu family is like a mouse crossing the street. Everyone shouts and beats them. Even ordinary thieves dare not hang up the order of the Mu family. If they can hang the Jingping army's flag, [-]% of them are the Mu family." Remnants?"

Zhang cableway.

"Why did they enter Hanzhong?"

Zhang Wei calmed down.

"Think with your head!"

"Don't they want to take our Hanzhong as a place to recuperate!"

"Everyone in the world knows that the Mu clan is now cornered. Nanyang is forced by the Yuan clan and cannot go back to Guanzhong. Jingzhou still has Liu Biao. He can only stare at us in Hanzhong. It is probably normal to enter Hanzhong now!"

Zhang Wei is good at martial arts, but Zhang Suo is more talented than Zhang Wei and others. He is versatile in both civil and military affairs, and he understands some situations very clearly.

"They are courting death!"

Zhang Wei said coldly: "Not to mention that our Tianshi Dao has stationed heavy troops here, even the Yizhou Army will not let them go. Once Yizhou sends troops, they will definitely die!"

"I'm afraid they only sent troops to Hanzhong with Yizhou Mu's permission!"

When Zhang Suo heard this, a cold light flashed across his eyes. He had been thinking about why the remnants of the Mu family dared to enter Hanzhong. Now Zhang Wei's words reminded him, and he suddenly figured it out, and said faintly: "At the beginning I advised Master Shijun to win over Zhang Xiu as much as possible, but Master Master didn't listen, now that Zhang Xiu is eliminated and Hanzhong is the only one, how can it not arouse the resentment of Liu Shijun in Yizhou!"

　I will go home in three days, and I will make up slowly when I go home.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)