The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279

Dongfang Sheng also knew that he would not be able to catch up with Shi A's realm for a while, so he temporarily put aside Shi A's affairs, and his most important thing right now is to unify Yizhou.

The rest of Yizhou has basically surrendered, but Zhang Lu, the land of Hanzhong, still has a separatist regime.

Looking around now, there is no one else to bother. Liu Biao and Yuan Shu have just had a big battle and there is no extra energy to intervene in Yizhou. Guo Si and Zhang Ji have lost both sides in a big battle. Cao Cao is consolidating his territory Dongfang Sheng felt that the time had come to fight Zhang Lu.

So Dongfang Sheng claimed to the outside world that he was seriously injured and needed to continue to recuperate, but actually followed Zhao Yun and the others quietly sneaked to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou. If this place is lost, even if Yizhou is captured, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Hanzhong is connected to Yongzhou, which is the former imperial capital, which is equivalent to a portal-like existence.

The land of Hanzhong is extremely rich, and since Zhang Lu beheaded the envoy of the imperial court, it has become a small kingdom that exists independently, that is, it is independent of the imperial court and Yizhou.

Zhang Lu was the uncrowned king in Hanzhong. Before Ruo Rong's Futu Sect came, he had plans to become king, but Ruo Rong completely dispelled his idea when he appeared.

Now Zhang Lu just wants to drive Ruo Rong and his Buddha Sect out of Hanzhong as soon as possible.

For some reason, Zhang Lu learned that all the followers of the Futu Cult had come out, and they went around lobbying their followers with their bluish-glowing scalps. It looked like they were trying to squeeze Zhang Lu out of Hanzhong completely.

Too much deception!Zhang Lu had already planned to kill all those Futu cultists whose scalps were glowing blue today, and he had lost the patience to fight with them.

Just when Zhang Lu was about to mobilize his soldiers and horses to directly kill those Futu believers, a middle-aged man in a blue robe hurried in to dissuade him: "My lord, you must not be reckless."

Zhang Lu fixed his eyes on that this person was Yan Pu, his counselor, and couldn't help asking curiously, "Why don't you let me go out and have a good time killing?"

"My lord, do you want to be a bereaved dog?" Yan Pu asked back: "If the lord goes out to fight with a bad breath in his chest, the hearts of the people in Hanzhong must be lost. Once the hearts of the people are lost, how can the lord still gain a foothold in Hanzhong? ?”

Zhang Lu backed away slowly, and said, "Could it be that I just watch those bald heads pull away all my believers, and then I can no longer stay in Hanzhong."

Yan Pu took a deep breath and said: "Based on my guess, Ruo Rong of the Buddha Church is likely to belong to that Dongfang kid. He seems to have expected that the Buddha Church will have a great impact on the foundation of the lord."

"For the current plan, I'm afraid the only thing we can do is surrender."

Yan Pu came to a conclusion.

Zhang Lu was silent, and after a while he sighed leisurely and said, "Then I surrender now?"

"No, the lord should resist first, so the value of surrender will be greater." Yan Pu persuaded.

After the two discussed it, they were silent for a while, and then they sighed heavily together.

Zhang Lu is a person who understands current affairs, and can listen to the suggestions of his subordinates. Of course, he is also a person who can see the situation clearly.

In history, he followed Yan Pu's words and lived a very prosperous life in the end, and he was also appointed as a marquis, recruiting disciples and leaving a solid foundation for his descendants.

Zhang Lu's decisions were completely correct, and Yan Pu, who advised him, was farsighted. He was not only the one who persuaded Zhang Lu to surrender to Cao Cao, but also the one who persuaded Zhang Lu not to become king.

If Zhang Lu became king at that time, it is estimated that Cao Cao would not have to attack, and he would soon repeat Yuan Shu's mistakes.

At this time, Nanzheng County was already crowded with people. The Futu believers from other places in Hanzhong rushed to the street. When they saw people, they pulled aside to preach. For a while, only those bald Futu believers were left on the street looking for targets. up.

Ruo Rong's head was bald, with nine ring scars on his head, a golden Zen staff in his right hand, a string of Buddhist beads wrapped around his left wrist, and a purple gold bowl in his hand. After wearing the scarlet cassock, his whole body was Appears to be alive.

"Go to the city gate as soon as possible to meet the lord." Ruo Rong whispered to the two strong disciples beside him.

"Here!"

The two of them turned around and left immediately.

Ruo Rong strode forward, smiling at the believers around him as he walked. His slightly rich face was always filled with a warm smile. After passing all the way, those believers followed Ruo Rong spontaneously.

Ruo Rong was heading towards Zhang Lu's mansion. He had already figured out everything about Nanzheng County. What he had to do now was to surround Zhang Lu's mansion and prevent Zhang Lu from running away before Dongfang Sheng arrived.

Dongfang Sheng likes to use surprise soldiers to win the victory. He raided the enemy's base camp with a small number of elite soldiers and succeeded in one fell swoop. This is because he has fewer troops now. There are many local kings. Although they obey you on the surface, in fact, Dongfang Sheng still has no control over their territory.

Another reason is that Dongfang Sheng doesn't want to use large-scale human sea tactics. That kind of siege war of attrition is a nightmare for soldiers, regardless of whether they defend the city or attack the city.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Xi's troops were all on the periphery, and Dongfang Sheng only brought Wang Hu, Badao and some soldiers from the Feiying Battalion into Hanzhong.

As soon as they entered Hanzhong, they contacted Ruo Rong, and after estimating the time, they agreed on a date to do it.

Dongfang Sheng was already wearing the clothes of an ordinary farmer, brown shorts and shorts. The soldiers of the Flying Eagle Battalion behind him were all the same, all wearing shorts and shorts of different colors.

Although Dongfang Sheng and the others were not found all the way, it was because they usually entered the city in separate waves, but now they all entered the city at once, which might cause trouble.

So Dongfang Sheng wanted Ruo Rong to enter the city ahead of time, and then took the opportunity to open the city gate and let him in.

Dongfang Sheng sat down on the muddy ground, his eyes were fixed on the city gate, but Ruo Rong's believers hadn't signaled yet, and it seemed that they hadn't controlled the city gate yet.

Although the defenders of the city gate ignored those Futu believers, they still stood guard at the gate of the city with full energy in their hearts.

But at this moment, a group of Patriarchs came out of the city, and the two leaders were particularly strong.

They are finally leaving?The defenders also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the disciples of the Buddha walking towards the gate of the city.

Although these Futu believers seem to be friendly, but when there are too many people, it is inevitable that some troubles will arise.

The Patriarchs who poured out of the city crowded towards the defenders, and they grabbed the defenders' arms and thighs and pulled them aside.

For a while, the defenders of the city gate were overwhelmed by the Patriarchs who poured out of the city before they had time to react.

(End of this chapter)