The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 538
"Prefect Zhong, is everything arranged properly?" Zhuge Liang asked Zhong Yao who was beside him.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Kong Ming, don't worry, everything has been arranged. This time, let's put on a show for Zhang Lu, and then Hanzhong will be in our pocket." Zhong Yao was chased away a month ago. Make a group of soldiers of Li Yuan's army to serve, and then let Zhuge Liang's soldiers wear them, and then send people to ambush at the east gate of Han Dynasty, ready to ambush "Li Yuan's soldiers and horses" at any time.

Fifteen days later, the soldiers arranged by Zhong Yao had arrived at the ambush site. This time, in order to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, he dispatched a full [-] troops, leaving [-] soldiers and horses to guard Chang'an.

Zhuge Liang swaggered to Hanzhong with 2 people. The reason why he did this was to let Zhang Lu inform Li Yuan as soon as possible.

Zhang Lu had found out that Zhuge Liang was coming to attack the city two days ago, because the news of the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao had spread to Hanzhong, and Hanzhong was close to the forces of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, so he was very disturbed and afraid of Liu Bei for a month. And Cao Cao will send troops to attack again, so he has been sending scouts around to inquire about Liu Bei and Cao Cao's movements recently. After learning that Zhuge Liang led troops from Chang'an, he immediately closed the city gate to prepare to meet the enemy.

"Everyone, now that Zhuge Liang is leading troops to attack Hanzhong again, and now that the soldiers are approaching the city, what should we do?" Zhang Lu summoned his important officials to discuss how to deal with the enemy.

"The last time Zhuge Liang retreated, we couldn't find him. It turned out that he went to Chang'an. Since Cao Cao has formed an alliance with Liu Bei, Chang'an prefect Zhong Yao will naturally take him in. Now they are attacking again. I think there are many soldiers besides Zhuge Liang. There may be Zhong Yao's soldiers and horses." Yan Pu analyzed.

"It is said that Zhuge Liang's army alone has nearly 2 soldiers, plus Zhong Yao's army, they have at least 3 people, a lot of troops, and Cao Cao is likely to continue to increase troops. This battle is very difficult. Hit." Yang Song worried.

"Yang Song, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Zhang Lu put all his hopes on Yang Song. Since Yang Song used clever tricks to repel Zhuge Liang, he trusted Yang Song even more. At this time, Yang Song had become the number one under his command. As a counselor, Zhang Lu would ask for his opinion on everything big or small.

Yang Song was sweating profusely when he heard this, the last time he had Li Yuan's ingenious plan to help him repel Zhuge Liang, he had already sent a letter to Xiapi to inform Li Yuan more than a month ago, but the person who sent the letter hadn't returned yet, so He didn't know how to deal with Zhuge Liang.When everyone saw Yang Song closing his eyes and meditating, they thought he was thinking of a clever plan, but they dared not disturb him and let him think alone.

After a long time, Yang Song said slowly: "My lord, retreating the enemy this time is more difficult than the last time. Now that Liu Bei and Cao Cao have teamed up, it means that in addition to Zhuge Liang, there will be Cao Cao's soldiers and horses in this attack. Maybe Zhong Yao's army is in ambush. Somewhere at any time, so we must not fight alone, we must have allies to help."

"Allies? Where did they come from?" Not only Zhang Lu couldn't figure it out, but everyone present didn't know where their allies came from.

"Everyone, who in this world can compete with Cao Cao and is at odds with Cao Cao?" He pretended to be deep.

"Li Yuan." Yan Pu said without hesitation. When Li Yuan's name was mentioned, everyone suddenly realized that Li Yuan had always been at odds with Cao Cao, and his strength was also comparable to Cao Cao. If he could get Li Yuan's help, he would definitely Zhuge Liang can be repelled, and they are not afraid even if Cao Cao comes in person.

"But we have no relationship with Li Yuan, so how can he help us?" Although Zhang Lu is not smart, he is not stupid either. He knows that Li Yuan will never send troops if there is no benefit, let alone deal with Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Such a formidable enemy.

"Hahahaha, my lord is right, but Li Yuan is not an ordinary person. With his ingenuity, he knows the importance of Hanzhong. If Hanzhong falls into the hands of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, it will be very bad for him. He will never He just gave Hanzhong away, so he will definitely come." Yang Song knew that Li Yuan also wanted Hanzhong, so he dared to be so sure.

Yan Pu frowned, and said anxiously: "But Li Yuan is also ambitious. He has always aimed at the world. Even if he can repel the combination of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he may turn around and attack Hanzhong after that. When the time comes It’s just that it’s easy to ask God to send God away.”

Yang Song thought that it would be more suitable for Li Yuan to capture Hanzhong, but he would not say this kind of thought, and said: "Master Yan, I know Li Yuan's ambition, but without Li Yuan's help, we really will Can we repel Zhuge Liang and Zhong Yao's soldiers? If Cao Cao continues to send an army to besiege Hanzhong, what should we do? Rather than fighting alone, it is better to lure Li Yuan over and let him fight with Cao Cao and Liu Bei's soldiers. Wouldn't it be better to watch the fire from the other side."

"You are right. Let's just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and let Li Yuan, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei fight to the death." Yang Song's words finally convinced Zhang Lu, "Yang Song, I order you to fight immediately. Send people to Xiapi to ask for reinforcements, and it will take two months to go back and forth. In these two months, we must try our best to defend Hanzhong, and we must not let the enemy succeed."

"My lord, instead of going to Xiapi, it is better to go directly to Shangyong. Shangyong also has soldiers and horses stationed there. We can ask the local guards to send troops to support us first, and then send someone to Xiapi to inform Li Yuan. This way we can It saves a lot of time." Yang Song had already discussed with Li Yuan before that if Hanzhong was in trouble, he could immediately go to Shangyong to find reinforcements.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Zhang Lu nodded in agreement, leaving Yang Song with full authority.

"Yes!" Yang Song immediately took the order to go. He arranged dozens of riders to go to Shangyong to find reinforcements. catch.

An hour later, Zhuge Liang's army had approached the city and was ready to attack the city at any time. He arranged a formation to encircle the three gates, attacking the three gates, and intentionally left the east gate open for Zhang Lu's convenience.

Zhuge Liang sat in the camp of the Chinese army, waiting for news of the visit.Not long after, Zhang Fei walked into the tent and said, "Sure enough, as the military advisor expected, the enemy sent dozens of cavalry to break out from the east gate."

"Has Yide sent anyone to pursue him?"

"Everything was done according to the army division's order, and 100 cavalry were sent to pursue them, but they didn't kill them all, and let several people go." Zhang Fei replied, but he didn't know why Zhuge Liang did this. After all the enemies have been killed, there is no difference between killing half and letting go of half, so that the enemy can still reach Shangyong to find reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)