Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493

Nanzheng City, Hanzhong County City, as the economic and political center of Hanzhong, this ancient city has been built countless times, and the outer city wall is tall, and it looks magnificent and majestic from a distance, as majestic as a mountain.

in the city.

The two vertical and horizontal roads divide the building into countless areas.

Tianshi Mansion lives in the center.

This mansion occupies countless areas, the walls enter the city, and the courtyard is deep. Suddenly, it looks like a mountain, suppressed in the center of Nanzheng City.

Zhang Lu did not control Hanzhong in the way of the imperial court. In fact, he controlled his subordinates more based on the belief in the Tao of Heavenly Master.

So he thinks that he should control the Tianshi Mansion, which is more important than controlling any place in the city. All orders, large and small, are issued from the Tianshi Mansion.

"Yan Pu, fortunately I listened to your words and led troops back from the east in time. If we continue to entangle with the Mu army, Nanzheng will really be in chaos. These gentry are really unbelievable!"

Above the hall, Zhang Lu wore a Taoist robe, with a look of fear. He didn't expect to leave Nanzheng not long ago, and was almost emptied. Fortunately, even after returning, he immediately rectified the Hanzhong County Mansion. For the rest of us, the regime in Hanzhong has almost collapsed. If he hadn't suppressed it with heavy troops, Nanzheng would have fallen into chaos: "If we forcefully start a war with the Mu family, I am afraid that many people in Hanzhong will turn against us. After all, our own foundation is not stable. Still need to suppress it!"

He competed with Zhang Xiu for Hanzhong, and the winner has just been decided, and he is cleaning up Zhang Xiu's remnants. He himself has not been in Hanzhong for a long time, so it is natural that people's hearts are not stable. A fire in the backyard is inevitable.

If it wasn't for Yan Pu's advice he followed, Nanzheng, who led his troops back in advance, would have been in serious trouble this time.

Nanzheng is the foundation of Hanzhong.

The nine counties of Hanzhong, and the remaining eight counties combined are not as good as Nanzheng. Both the population and the economy are in stark contrast.

If Nanzheng was lost, he would really be under attack.

"Master Master, although they are at fault for this matter, we have killed enough people to deter them. There are some things that cannot be rushed!"

Yan Pu thought about it for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "These gentry are still useful. My lord wants to govern Hanzhong without their support!"

"But they are full of resentment towards me now!"

As soon as Zhang Lu thought that he almost capsized in the gutter, even handing over the Hanzhong regime, he became a little angry, and said coldly: "Now I really want to issue an order to directly confiscate their families and exterminate their families!"

Although there are not many gentry in Hanzhong, there are some. These gentry are very important, and their weight in Hanzhong is too heavy.

"Absolutely not!" Yan Pu hurriedly bowed his head to remonstrate.

"I know it's not feasible!"

Zhang Lu took a deep breath, suppressing his killing intent.

Back then, there was a civil strife in Tianshi Dao, and he and his mother, orphans and widows, could not tolerate Tianshi Dao.

During the few years of patience, he learned how to calm himself down, became more sophisticated in his work, and his temperament became more tolerant.

He could bear this little anger.

He said in a deep voice: "I will not be so confused. If I want the land in Hanzhong, I must use them. Nanzheng Tang clan, Yue clan, Qian clan, etc. are all gentry clans that have been famous in Hanzhong for hundreds of years. In terms of influence, they are no worse than the Su family back then, so if you want to move them, you have to think long-term, at least I have to sit firmly behind Hanzhong!"

"Master Master is wise!"

Yan Pu breathed a sigh of relief.

"The most important thing now is, how well is the Five Dou Rice Sect under control?" Zhang Lu asked after thinking about it.

"Currently the elders of the Five Dou Rice Sect are willing to submit to the rule of my Heavenly Master Dao. After all, they all followed Zhang Xiu from the Heavenly Master Dao back then. It is not difficult to surrender them, but after understanding, I Only then did I realize that Zhang Xiu is indeed a heavenly genius. The Five Dou Rice Cult he established has countless disciples ranging from gentry officials to traffickers and pawns. If it is not the same as enshrining the Supreme Being, it is quite difficult for us to get them to recognize it. , it’s not enough that they come from the same vein after all, Zhang Xiu is also dead, I don’t want to control it, it’s not difficult, it just takes time!”

Yan Pu said: "As long as you fully control the Five Dou Rice Sect, you can control all the big and small things in Hanzhong!"

"Then take control as soon as possible!"

Zhang Lu raised his head, his eyes wandering: "I always feel that there is not much time left for us, at most this winter, if there are followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect as the eyes and ears, I must not be able to hide the slightest movement in Hanzhong, this is the most important thing The most important!"

"understand!"

Yan Pu nodded, and said: "I will take control of it myself, and I will never let this matter have any accidents!"

"Is there news from Chengdu?" Zhang Lu asked after thinking about it.

Now he is more concerned about when Liu Yan can put down the chaos. Before, he wished for the chaos in Yizhou. He could sit firmly in Hanzhong and raise the price. But now, he has some expectations that Liu Yan can put down the chaos as soon as possible.

In a short period of time, Mu Jun went down to two cities, cut off his arm, killed Zhang Wei, his most important general, and wiped out all the mediocre soldiers he relied on. This made him feel a lot of pressure.

Although he hadn't confronted Mu Jun yet, Mu Jun was able to escape from the encirclement and suppression of dozens of troops in Guanzhong, and his reputation spread far and wide, which put him under a lot of pressure.

He has an intuition.

If Liu Yan does not act, he may be defeated in Hanzhong.

"There's a lot of news!"

Yan Pu replied: "Now that Liu Yizhou's army is besieging Chengdu, Jia Long may not be able to support it for too long. I heard that among the Yizhou gentry, the Zhao family and the Huang family broke with the Jia family successively, and now they are all leading troops to surround Liu Yizhou! "

"This is good news!"

Zhang Lu said with a smile: "In this way, I am afraid that in the spring of next year, the civil strife in Yizhou will be settled. At that time, Liu Yan may intervene. Although he may not support me as before, he must not be against Mu Shi. What kind of attitude does Remnant have!"

As he said that, he suddenly sighed: "I still don't understand, what terms did Mrs. Mu persuade Liu Yan!"

"I'm afraid Liu Yizhou will not be able to resist this condition!"

Yan Pu said.

"Can't resist?" Zhang Lu pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, and didn't continue on this topic.

"Master Shijun, West City haste!"

At this time, there was a loud voice from outside, and a soldier hurried in, handing over a wooden cylinder.

In the land of Hanzhong, paper is not popularized. Here, bamboo slips and wooden slips are mostly used to convey messages, wrapped in a wooden tube, and then carried on the back, and the eight hundred miles are expedited.

"Xicheng Zizhao?"

Zhang Lu frowned. He picked up the wooden tube himself, opened it, and said, "Yan Pu, do you think this Yang Bai is going to complain again?"

"Maybe it's a problem with the winter clothes!"

Yan Pu said: "The subordinates are already prepared for this. Twenty thousand sets of winter clothes are enough, and they can be sent to the west city at any time!"

"Just give him [-], and let him raise the rest!"

Zhang Lu shook his head: "Now there is a lack of winter clothes everywhere, and they are all given to Yang Bai. Zhang Ying, Yang Ang and the others are not happy!"

In addition to Xicheng, his troops are distributed in two places, one is Nanzheng, and the elites stationed in Nanzheng are Yang Ang as the main general, Yang Song as the deputy general, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers are Zhang Lu's confidence. , the other is Yangping Pass, the leader of Yangping Pass is Zhang Lu's cousin, Zhang Ying, with a force of more than [-].

In fact, his plan was very good. Zhang Ying was at Yangping Pass, Yang Bai was in the middle army, Shangyong had Zhang Suo, Zhang Wei, Yang Ang and others led troops to support each other. The troops could cover the entire Hanzhong. Hold Hanzhong firmly in your hands.

But he didn't expect that Mu Jun rushed in.

Opening the wooden slips and taking a look, Zhang Ludang's complexion changed in shock, his pupils changed slightly, and his expression became gloomy. Suddenly, he shouted angrily: "Damn it!"

"My lord, what's the matter?"

Yan Pu asked in surprise.

"The shepherd army is attacking the west city!" Zhang Lu handed the wooden slips in his hand to Yan Pu, and said coldly: "This picture of the shepherd dragon is really not afraid of death. Under the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, he is shivering from the cold and wants to attack me by force." Xicheng, you really are not satisfied, you have to go to Shangyongfang Mausoleum, but you are not satisfied, if you think I will retreat, you are afraid of him!"

"Fight in this weather!"

Yan Pu glanced over a few times, and said coldly: "They are courting death!"

He thought for a while, and cupped his hands at Zhang Lu: "Master, we think that as long as Yang Bai is ordered to defend the west city, the west city will be fine. The west city is the main city in Hanzhong, and the city can be self-sufficient for several months. , even if the Mu army besieged for a whole winter, it doesn't matter!"

"Ok!"

Zhang Lu immediately tapped ink, spread out a wooden slip, wrote a secret letter, sealed it, and handed it to Yan Pu: "Send someone to send it back, I have ordered it repeatedly, Yang Bai is prudent, and will definitely not." Anything goes wrong!"

"Master, since the Mu army is attacking so fiercely, we have to prepare early!"

Yan Pu took the wooden slips, handed them to his subordinates, and after letting them send them out, he cupped his hands and said, "From now on, we will also prepare our army for war, so we will also reconcile with the gentry. These days, Master Killed a lot of them, and we should give them some face when it's appropriate!"

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Zhang Lu was discussing with Yan Pu, his adviser, how to organize the army and prepare for war. Far away in Chengdu, it was also a light snow day. Ten miles outside the city, the camps were covered with white snowflakes.

The north side of the camp is the north wing of the army.

The banner here is "white wave" and "yellow" on the vertical.

They are the famous Baibo Army, the Baibo Army led by Huang Zhong himself.

In the main account.

A young man reads with a book in his hand. He likes to read in his spare time. After re-reading many books he has read, he can have a feeling of reviewing the old and learning the new.

"Uh!"

There was a long, full belch.

The young man looked up and saw that Huang Zhongzheng was blushing, opened the door curtain and came in from the outside.

"Drink again?"

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes.

"Great hospitality is hard to turn down!" Huang Zhong sat down, took a deep breath of tea on the desk, shook his head, and said, "I almost let them talk again!"

"It seems that our Liu Yizhou really favors you!"

Xi Zhicai smiled.

Besieging the city in winter is a boring thing. Jia Long is now holding Yizhou soldiers and defending Chengdu. Although Liu Yan is in control, he wants to forcefully attack Chengdu. The casualties are too great and he can only besieged.

The generals in the camp naturally had some fun, Liu Yan was not very strict in governing the army, so a banquet in the camp was allowed at this time.

Huang Zhong became the target of Liu Yan's generals from all walks of life, and he must be invited to every banquet.

"Humph!"

Huang Zhong snorted coldly, a pair of tiger eyes burst out with a gleam of brilliance, and the muddy look disappeared: "What are they thinking, a certain family is very clear in their hearts!"

"No need to do that!" Xi Zhicai waved his hand: "When it's time to get close, we still have to get close, it's not time for us to turn our heads!"

"Then when will you turn your face?"

Huang Zhong asked: "Now that fellow Liu Yan has made it clear that we will be the vanguard. Once Chengdu is attacked, we will be used to attack the city and attack Chengdu, but the damage will be heavy!"

He is not afraid of death in battle, nor is he afraid of loss in battle.

But the premise is who to fight for.

His allegiance is to Minghou Mujing, not Yizhou Mu Liuyan.

"Wait a minute!"

Xi Zhicai put down the book in his hand, squinted his eyes slightly, and said: "The situation in Hanzhong is still unclear. If we want to leave the Jiange, we must make sufficient preparations. Unless the lord is already in control, otherwise we will not be with Liu Yan." Time to turn around!"

What they want is Hanzhong.

If Hanzhong is not in hand for a day, they will have no chance to negotiate with Liu Yanping on an equal footing, and they can only bow down.

"Zhang Ren is on guard against me!"

Although Huang Zhong drank a lot of wine, but his skills are profound, the alcohol in his body will be refined by his strength, but it does not affect his thoughts, he said in a low voice: "Zhang Ren is a big enemy of me, Back then when I defeated Tong Yuan at the Sunset Pavilion, although I was fighting for Jianghu, I couldn’t escape the responsibility for Tong Yuan’s death. Zhang Ren was Tong Yuan’s big disciple. He was staring at me, probably not just Liu Yan’s order, but also What's more, he has the intention of avenging his personal revenge, if there is anything wrong with me, he will directly send troops, and it will be a lot of trouble if he wants to leave Yizhou at that time!"

"Zhang Ren?" A cold light flashed across Xi Zhicai's eyes: "What do you think of this person's ability?"

"In terms of martial arts, he is no match for me!"

Huang Zhong thought for a while: "But when it comes to the formation of troops, he is by no means inferior to me, or even above me. This person is very dangerous. I even had the urge to get rid of this dog several times, otherwise in the future if we In a fight with Liu Yan, this man will be the toughest opponent!"

"Such a high opinion of him?"

"This evaluation is only low or not high!" Huang Zhong said sincerely.

The corner of Xi Zhicai's mouth curled up, and he said, "If we can gain the trust of Liu Yanzhi now, we can't touch him easily, but we can make him mess up a little bit so that he doesn't pay attention to us!"

Although he and Huang Zhong entered Yizhou as hostages, he was just waiting for an opportunity here.

As long as Hanzhong was successfully obtained, he and Huang Zhong would leave immediately and make preparations in advance to go north from Jiange. As long as they reacted before the battle of Hanzhong was heard, they would have a chance to leave.

But if Zhang Ren is pegged, many plans will not be realized.

"Is there a way?" Huang Zhong asked.

"There are still ways, but I don't really want to make a move!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "I'm afraid that if we make a move, it will be a mistake. In our current situation, doing nothing is the right way. Liu Yan's attention is on Chengdu. If we do something that arouses Liu Yan's idea, then It's not about Zhang Ren anymore!"

He thought for a while: "But I can't let him stare like this. In this way, I have a way. Tomorrow you go to the Dongzhou Military Camp and take the initiative to challenge Zhang Ren. He has no reason to refuse. You beat him in public. You must be ruthless." a little!"

"Does it work?"

"I don't know, I have to give it a try!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I'm waiting for the news from Hanzhong. Before that, it's okay to mess around. Although it's winter, the lord will not stop. The lord is coming to Nanzheng. Even if we leave, I will offer advice at that time." On the day of the attack on Chengdu, both sides proceeded at the same time, and the plan could not be wrong, this Zhang Ren, should be suppressed, or should be suppressed!"

"Understood!"

Huang Zhong nodded.

(End of this chapter)