The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 531
"It is precisely because the lord is the weakest that I followed him. Although Liu Biao was strong at that time, Li Yuan had already teamed up with Sun Ce. Liu Biao must not be able to stop their attack, so I did not go to Jingzhou; With one hundred thousand soldiers, he can become the overlord even without me; Sun Ce already has Zhou Yu by his side, and I know that no matter how much I contribute, my status is far inferior to him, so only the lord is the most suitable for me." In Zhuge Liang It seems that the most interesting thing is to follow the weakest and gradually dominate the world.

"The realm of a military adviser is much higher than mine, and I am deeply impressed." Now Li Ru finally understands what Zhuge Liang thinks. Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei because Liu Bei has the best chance to let him show his skills. Under others, Zhuge Liang is such a person.

A month later, the condemnation document written by Li Ru spread to Xuzhou, all of which condemned Li Yuan for putting the emperor under house arrest, for being disrespectful to the emperor, and for wanting to murder the emperor and become emperor himself. The people in Yuzhou didn't take it seriously, because Li Yuan had ruled these places for a long time, and all the people under his command lived and worked in peace and contentment, and they respected Li Yuan very much, so Li Ru's documents had little effect on them.

Xi Zhicai swiped his pen when he learned of the incident, and once again commended Li Yuan in the name of Emperor Xian. He praised Li Yuan for assisting the court to pacify Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou and Yangzhou. General, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, can be said to be in the limelight all the time.

Zhao Yun was also named Hussar General, Huang Zhong was named Former General, Hua Xiong was named Right General, Gan Ning was named Left General, and Tai Shici was named Rear General.Xi Zhicai was named Taichang, one of the nine ministers, second only to Sangong and the prime minister.Zhou Yu was named General Zhengdong, and he was promoted to another level, which shows that Li Yuan attached great importance to him.Jia Xu was named Taichangcheng, Sima Yi was named Weiweicheng, Mi Zhu was named Taipucheng, all belonged to Jiuqing servants, and their status was not low.

Wei Yan was named General Conquering South, Li Tong was named General Conquering West, Wen Pin was named General Conquering North, Lu Meng was named General Anbei, General Lu Xun Annan, and Yu Jin was named General Anton.In addition, the rest of the people also have their own rewards.

Not long after Li Yuan received the award, Zhuge Liang had assembled [-] troops near Yangping Pass. As the saying goes, the road to Shu is difficult and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Yangping Pass is a very dangerous pass, with Qinling Mountains in the north and Daba Mountain in the south. Micang Mountain, Zhang Lu relied on Yangping Pass to completely block Yizhou soldiers and horses from Hanzhong. If he wanted to reach Hanzhong, he had to pass through Yangping Pass first. Zhuge Liang had already sent someone to Yangping Pass to inform the guards that they would use the road to attack Shangyong.

Stationed at Yangping Pass is Zhang Lu’s general Yang Ren. Yang Ren is also famous in "history". The troops Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun won the victory together, which caused Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun to suffer a lot.Later, Yang Ren attacked Cao Cao when he was on a tour, but was eventually repelled by Xu Zhu.

Yang Ren had already received the news that Zhuge Liang wanted to borrow the road to attack Shangyong. It stands to reason that they are allies. Zhuge Liang asked him to borrow the road and he should borrow it. But Yangping Pass is the most important pass for defending Hanzhong. Once you pass Yangping Pass, Hanzhong will be safe But Yang Ren didn't dare to let Zhuge Liang pass easily. He decided to send a fast horse to Hanzhong to inform Zhang Lu of the matter, and then let Zhang Lu make a decision.

After receiving Yang Ren's reply, the soldiers immediately returned to the camp to inform Zhuge Liang of the matter. Zhuge Liang was a little surprised by Yang Ren's caution. He thought that the guards would let him go without hesitation.

"Military division, now that Yang Ren won't let us pass, what should we do, or we should attack Yangping Pass by force." Zhang Fei, who was seated at the bottom, said impatiently.

In fact, Zhang Fei is not willing to follow Zhuge Liang to fight this time, because in his opinion, it is not a gentleman's action to attack Zhang Lu. After all, they have already formed an alliance with Zhang Lu, and now they are attacking them back and forth. This style of behavior is not in line with his character. With Liu Bei's order, he will definitely not follow Zhuge Liang to the expedition.

"Don't worry about Yide. I believe Zhang Lu will let us go. It only takes four days to ride a fast horse from Yangping Pass to Hanzhong. We can wait a few more days." Zhuge Liang said calmly, letting Zhang Fei Don't be impatient, the reason why he brought Zhang Fei instead of Guan Yu this time was because Guan Yu was more arrogant and difficult to control. Although Zhang Fei was reckless, he was still obedient, so he didn't bring Guan Yu.

Two days later, Yang Ren's letter had reached Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu agreed without hesitation to lend Zhuge Liang the way. It's too late, how could I not borrow the way.

But when Yang Song learned that Zhang Lu wanted to lend the way to Zhuge Liang, he was the first to stand up and object, saying: "My lord, please don't lend the way to Zhuge Liang. Once you lend him the way, Hanzhong will be in danger!"

Zhang Lu was puzzled, "Why would Hanzhong be in danger if we lend the way to Zhuge Liang?"

"Liu Bei is ambitious. He has now murdered Liu Zhang and became the lord of Yizhou. This time he sent Zhuge Liang to attack Shangyong on the surface, but in fact he wanted to attack us in Hanzhong. Zhuge Liang is cunning and treacherous. This must be his plan. My lord, please don’t fall for it.” In fact, these words were taught by Li Yuan to Yang Song more than a year ago. At that time, Li Yuan expected that Zhuge Liang might attack Hanzhong by borrowing the road, so he told Yang Song to be sure. We should persuade Zhang Lu not to borrow the way.

Now that Yang Song is Li Yuan's man, even if Zhuge Liang really wants to attack Shangyong, he will try every means to prevent Zhang Lu from lending a way to Zhuge Liang, so that Shangyong will not be attacked.

"This... is unlikely," Zhang Lu didn't believe Yang Song's words, "We have formed an alliance with Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang came to make the alliance with me in person, as far as I can see, he and Liu Bei were not just words People without faith would not do such a thing.”

"My lord doesn't know. Liu Bei is benevolent on the surface, but he is actually a hypocrite. Recently, it is widely rumored that Liu Bei murdered Liu Zhang. Even Emperor Xian condemned him. I think this is true in all likelihood, so we can't trust him easily. Please think again, my lord." Yang Song tried his best to persuade Zhang Lu.

"If I don't lend him the way, wouldn't it be a violation of the covenant? When Liu Bei blames me and attacks me instead, what should I do?" Zhang Lu felt a little embarrassed, "Everyone, what do you mean?"

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they all felt that Zhuge Liang should lend the way, but many people thought that what Yang Song said was also true. If Zhuge Liang didn't attack Shangyong but took the opportunity to attack Hanzhong, wouldn't they be in danger?
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