Yangping Pass is not big, and Zhang Xiu's five thousand personal soldiers can control the situation. The rest of the army is waiting outside the pass and enter the pass in an orderly manner tomorrow.

Doing this is to ensure that the army does not cause trouble.

After entering the Guanling Mansion, Zhang Xiu first met with the riots in the pass, that is, the generals and people from this class of military service.

Zhang Xiu first gave some pensions to these surrendered generals, and then said, "The generals have made contributions to opening the door. All the generals who lead the troops will be given 300 gold. All the soldiers will be given 80 gold."

"Tonight, you will be happy to appease the troops. I will arrange someone to come tomorrow and command you."

"Thank you, Mr. Ming." The surrendered generals were overjoyed and bowed to thank him.

They surrendered just to save their lives. Now they not only hold on to their lives, but also have generous rewards. It's great.

After these surrendered generals left, Zhang Xiu sat in the main seat, while Xun You, Fa Zheng, Cai Mao and other civil servants sat on the side. After pondering for a while, Zhang Xiu said, "I ordered Zhou Yu and Gongsun Kang to lead troops here to defend, and the governors' troops in the pass."

"At the morning of tomorrow, Hu Zhen ordered his troops and 10,000 Di soldiers to go south to guard the Micang Roadkou to block the reinforcements of Bashu. The remaining troops will follow me to Nanzheng tomorrow."

"No." The civil servants all agreed, with a serious expression with joy.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Xiu looked up and said to the chief clerk Cai Mao, "Send people to the counties in Hanzhong to persuade them to surrender. Those who obey me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish. After the counties surrender, they ordered them to allocate food and grass for use by the army."

"No." Cai Mao responded with a loud bang, and a red light appeared on his face.

After the arrangement was made, Zhang Xiu asked the civil servants to go down and rest. However, he couldn't sleep himself, so he asked Dian Wei to get a map and watch it with a lamp.

Guanzhong Plain, Longyou Basin, Yizhou Basin, and Hanzhong Plain are all places where Linlin is blocked by mountains and rivers.

Between the Hanzhong Plain and the Yizhou Basin, there are countless miles of Daba Mountain Mountains.

The mountains are steep and the roads are dangerous.

There are two main roads between the two places. One is Taurus Road and the other is Micang Road.

Jinniu Road is connected to Qishan Road, and Yangping Pass is near the connection point. The main function of Yangping Pass is to prevent people from attacking Hanzhong from the west, which has nothing to do with Bashu's defense.

If Zhang Xiu wants to play big, he can directly follow the Jinniu Road from Qishan Road to attack Bashu.

Back then, Qin State first attacked Bashu and then destroyed Hanzhong. But this was a bit big. Hanzhong soldiers and horses could break out of Yangping Pass at any time and cut off Zhang Xiu's retreat.

By the same token, Zhang Xiu had the power to control Yangping Pass and had troops. The reinforcements from Bashu went north along Jinniu Road, and did not dare to attack Wuwei and Yinping.

The combat effectiveness of the Yizhou soldiers was very ordinary. Zhang Xiu left Zhou Yu, Gongsun Kang and surrendered troops to station in Yangping Pass without any worries.

The Micang Road is another mountain road connecting the Bajun area. As long as Zhang Xiu can defend the Micang Road, he can block reinforcements from heading north.

Copying history is also an example of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition.

As long as Zhuge Liang could defend Jieting and Shangqiu City, and block Cao Wei's reinforcements, he could erode the Longyou counties, then devour the Hexi counties, and occupy the entire Liangzhou.

As long as Zhang Xiu defends Yangping Pass, Wudu, and Yinping, and guards the Micang Road entrance, he can block the Bashu reinforcements from heading north.

As for Zhang Lu of Nanzheng, he had some ways to conquer Nanzheng.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiu put down the lamp in his hand and said to Dian Wei next to him: "Brother, immediately send 800 miles to speed up and go to Luoyang. He ordered General Wu Kuang, the Southern Guard, to lead 15,000 Southern Army troops along the Ziwu Valley Road, to Hanzhong as reinforcements."

In this war, Zhang Xiu's troops could not be mobilized due to food and grass.

But now Hanzhong has come in. Once the envoy arrives, he is not afraid that the county magistrates in Hanzhong will not surrender, and there is enough food and supplies.

Mobilizing Wu Kuang to go south not only increases our troops, but also deters Zhang Lu.

"No." Dian Wei Yingnuo said, and went down to do it immediately.

Not long after, Zhang Xiu felt sleepy, so he washed up and ordered someone to bring the bedding and place it in this Guanling Mansion.

Early the next morning, the troops began to prepare. First, Hu Zhen led 15,000 people south to Micang Road. The remaining 20,000 to 30,000 troops were Fan Chou as the vanguard general, and Zhang Xiu was in charge of the central army and drove straight into Hanzhong.

And at this moment, Hanzhong was completely in chaos.

Although Liu Yan was very capable, he ruled Yizhou for a short time and controlled Hanzhong for a shorter period.

Before this, chaos occurred in Hanzhong.

The prefect of Hanzhong was originally a man named Su Gu. Later, Liu Yan sent Sima Zhang Xiu and Sima Zhang Lu to kill Su Gu.

Later, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again, and then he became the prefect of Hanzhong.

In short, Zhang Lu's foundation in this time and space was not stable. After the news that Zhang Xiu had reached Yangping Pass came, Hanzhong was already a little unstable. Many county magistrates and powerful men planned to rebel against Zhang Lu and responded to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu broke through Yangping Pass and sent envoys to various counties in Hanzhong. Those county magistrates had hung flags of "Han" on the cities and sent people to surrender to the court.

Or simply abandon the city and flee.

Without using one soldier and one soldier, Zhang Xiu controlled the entire Hanzhong County city and land except for the capital Nanzheng.

The army marched straight into Nanzheng.

Nanzheng City.

Before Zhang Wei returned to Nanzheng, he had already sent someone back. At this moment, Nanzheng City was already a frightened bird.

The city gate is closed and no one is allowed to enter and exit. The soldiers wear armor and guard the city walls closely.

After Zhang Wei brought his men back, he entered the city from the west and headed straight to the county magistrate's palace in the city. Zhang Lu personally left the county magistrate's office to welcome Zhang Wei.

"Brother." After seeing Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei knelt on the ground with both knees and expressed his shame.

"My brother, don't be like this. Come in and talk." Zhang Lu quickly helped Zhang Wei up, and the two brothers entered the county magistrate's study together.

"My brother, I have already received the news. Zhang Xiu sent General Hu Zhen to lead 10,000 to 20,000 troops to block the Micang Road. All counties in Hanzhong County have betrayed me. Now there are only 20,000 guards in the city, and only enough food is sufficient. Come and plan for me, what should I do."

Zhang Lu's face was extremely solemn, and he raised his head and said to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei couldn't help but sweat. All the Hanzhong County Magistrates betrayed him. Zhang Xiu sent General Hu Zhen to Micang Road first.

It is really like "the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves", clean and clean.

"Do you have the confidence to defend Hanzhong?" Zhang Wei asked after thinking for a while.

"I am still popular with people. It is not a problem to keep it for a month. But I can't stay for too long." Zhang Lu shook his head wisely and said.

He spread the [Five Dogs of Rice Cult] in Hanzhong and ruled Hanzhong in a religious way. It is currently quite effective and many people support him.

Religion is very cohesive. It is no problem for him to hold Nan Zheng for a while, but he will definitely be compromised by Zhang Xiu after a long time.

The Liangzhou soldiers are brave and fearless. They kill gods when they meet gods and ghosts when they meet ghosts. What's more, he is a fake genius?

Zhang Wei nodded, he thought so too. If he could defend Yangping Pass, everything would be good. If he could not defend Yangping Pass, Nan Zheng would definitely not be able to protect him.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wei said, "Let's guard Nanzheng City first, but make preparations."

"If reinforcements from Bashu can break through the Mikang Road and head north within one month, we will defend the city and wait for reinforcements."

"If Bashu reinforcements failed to come to Hanzhong within a month, we would open the city and surrender to the court."

Simply put, it is like swaying left and right, and no one can suffer any loss when he is forced to follow.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Lu also agreed to Zhang Wei's plan. While rectifying the troops and guarding the city, he also counted the treasury, intending to contribute gold, silver and wealth to open the city and surrender.

Zhang Xiu's army was very fast and soon arrived outside the west side of Nanzheng City.

While Zhang Xiu ordered people to set up camp, he led dozens of cavalry to the Nanzheng City Wall to watch the city.

Zhang Xiu watched for a while and said to the people around him: "Zhang Lu is still good. The city is repaired very strongly and tall. I see that the soldiers and horses on the city are not panicked, and they can fight."

Then, Zhang Xiu looked around at the people around and asked, "What do you think?"

"Zhang Lu can hold on for the time being, but he can't hold on for too long. As long as we guard the Mikang Road and the Jinniu Road, we will not allow Bashu reinforcements to come in. In addition, General Wu Kuang led his troops south. Over time, Zhang Lu should open the city and surrender. I don't think it is necessary to attack Nanzheng, just wait for the result."

Fa Zheng has a strong desire to express himself, and bows and says.

Zhang Xiu smiled and looked at him, then looked at Xu You, who was expressionless, and nodded.

"Okay. Then wait for the result." Zhang Xiu nodded slightly, then turned around and patrolled the left and right, and said to Zhuge Jin: "Ziyu, I order you to be an envoy and bring good wine to comfort the Zhang brothers. Tell them that as long as you surrender to the court, everything can be written off."

"promise."

Zhuge Jin bowed his promise and went down to handle it. Soon after, he took four big cars and some followers to call the door, and was respectfully invited in.

In Nanzheng City, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei received the news and personally left the county magistrate's gate to welcome Zhuge Jin.

Not long after, they saw Zhuge Jin slowly riding a horse. They couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts, "What a beautiful husband."

Zhuge Jin has outstanding appearance and outstanding demeanor.

No matter where you go, you can be favorable to 10

"Mr. Zhuge." Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei brothers did not dare to be entrusted and saluted first.

"Zhang Hanzhong (Zhang Lu), please get up quickly." Zhuge Jin didn't dare to let him go, so he quickly turned over and dismounted and helped Zhang Lu up, and bowed to Zhang Wei.

After the three of them greeted each other for a while, Zhang Lu welcomed Zhuge Jin into the living room of the county magistrate's mansion and sat down, and bought wine and food.

During the meal, people don’t say secret words.
Chapter completed!