Zhang Wei's hatred for Liu Zhang has its origin. There is a folk rumor here.

Zhang Lu's mother, the Lu family, was very famous in the central Sichuan area and was good at sociability. For some reason, she fell in love with Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou.

The relationship between Zhang Lu's mother and Liu Yan was unclear, and she took this opportunity to find a good job for Zhang Lu and asked him to follow Liu Yan.

Later, Liu Yan fell seriously ill and died, so Liu Zhang took over the position of Yizhou Shepherd.

Because he couldn't stand Zhang Lu and his mother, he made an excuse and asked Zhang Lu to pacify the Hanzhong area first.

As a result, Zhang Lugang led his men to Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang killed Zhang Lu's mother in Chengdu.

As a result, the two sides became mortal enemies.

Of course, this is unofficial history and folklore. The real situation is indeed true. Zhang Lu did follow Liu Yan in the early days.

Later, Liu Yan met Zhang Lu, who was still very capable, and added that he was Zhang Daoling's grandson.

Therefore, I thought of letting Zhang Lu go to Hanzhong to be the governor. After all, Zhang Lu was still very prestigious among the people at that time.

Zhang Lu ran away to Hanzhong and governed Hanzhong conscientiously.

But later, Liu Yan died of a serious illness, and Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne. I don't know if he was jealous of Zhang Lu's reputation in Hanzhong, but he just tried to put on Zhang Lu's shoes.

As for Zhang Lu, he was not used to Liu Zhang, and at that time, Zhang Lu had already devoted himself to practicing Taoism.

What people pay attention to as a Taoist is to follow one's heart and be free. Therefore, Zhang Lu did not get used to Liu Zhang and directly separated Hanzhong and started his own Taoism career. By the way, he also gave Liu Zhang some color.

As for Liu Zhang, when he saw that Zhang Lu had separatized Hanzhong and robbed him of his territory, he immediately quit.

Immediately, they sent people to behead Zhang Lu's mother and younger brother who had stayed in Chengdu.

This time, Zhang Lu acted as if he were pretending to be a real person, and he and Liu Zhang became mortal enemies.

In fact, in Liu Xie's view, this matter is not the fault of any one person, but only that both of them were wrong. He is not a mature monarch.

First of all, Liu Zhang has a high heart but a short wit, and he has no tolerance for others. He is much worse than his father Liu Yan.

As soon as he came to power, he became suspicious of the feudal officials under him. You must know that Hanzhong is the throat of Shuzhong.

Liu Yan allowed Zhang Lu to command Hanzhong, which shows that in Liu Yan's view, Zhang Lu was very capable and could suppress the rebel forces in Hanzhong.

At this time, as Liu Zhang, as the new king, the first thing you do after taking power is not to touch Zhang Lu, but to appease him.

If you appease Zhang Lu, then Hanzhong will still be your gateway to Yizhou, and Zhang Lu will still be your minister.

To put it another way, even if Liu Zhang wanted to kill Zhang Lu again, would he have to trick him back first and then deal with him?

As a result, Liu Zhang was lucky. Zhang Lu was still in Hanzhong, holding tens of thousands of troops, so he killed Zhang Lu, his mother and younger brother.

Doesn’t this force Zhang Lu to rebel?

Similarly, Zhang Lu was also at fault. When a new master came to power, why should you, a relatively independent governor, take the initiative to show your favor?

Even if you want to really separate Hanzhong, you must at least send people to get your family out of Shuzhong first.

As a result, Zhang Lu didn't care and raised troops to separate the country. As a result, he lost his own mother and a younger brother.

Why bother?

However, whether it is folklore or the real situation, it is Liu Zhang who killed Zhang Lu's mother. As a result, the two people turned from monarchs and ministers to mortal enemies. From time to time, they would fight one or two times.

It can be said that old and new hatreds have been linked together, and Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have long been at odds with each other.

At this time, Zhang Wei saw the army outside Yangping Pass. Although he was angry, he did not lose his mind.

"Send the order, this time it will be the same as before, those who bravely kill the enemy, I will ask my brother to recite sutras for you!"

"In addition, the land, money and food will not be lost to you!" Zhang Wei said in a deep voice to the soldiers around him.

Although it is said that here in Hanzhong, they are all teaching soldiers and believe in the Five Dou Rice Sect. It can be said that they are both soldiers and believers.

Asking Zhang Lu to chant sutras for them was a spiritual comfort, but Zhang Wei was not stupid enough to think that for his soldiers to fight bravely, they only needed spiritual encouragement.

That's why he said, there is still land, money and food.

In this way, no matter whether the soldiers on the Hanzhong side really believed in the Five Dou Rice Cult or whether they were fake, they would all have the motivation to fight the enemy bravely.

Sure enough, after Zhang Wei's order spread throughout Yangping Pass, the morale of the entire Hanzhong Army was immediately boosted.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The shouts of killing are endless and reach into the sky.

On the other side, Liu Zhangjun's camp, commander Zhang Ren, and general Yan Yan frowned when they heard the shouts of killing erupting from the opposite side.

"Yiling, it seems that the morale of the Hanzhong Army opposite is very high." Yan Yan looked at Yangping Pass in the distance and said to Zhang Ren on the side.

"Heber, what you said makes sense, but it's not good to be timid before fighting." Zhang Ren heard Yan Yan's words and did not deny it.

Because as the commander-in-chief of this crusade against Zhang Lu, he had not fought against the Hanzhong Army once or twice. He had never looked down upon the Hanzhong Army.

"Timid? I, Yan Yan, don't know how to write the word timid." Yan Yan was a little dissatisfied after hearing Zhang Ren's words.

"It's just that I don't think now is a good time to attack Hanzhong."

"Now that my lord is at odds with the emperor, the emperor's army may approach the city at any time. At this time, it would be unwise to attack Hanzhong."

"Not to mention whether we can capture Yangping Pass, even if we capture it, our Yizhou Army will suffer heavy casualties. How will we be able to resist the emperor's army then?"

"If we cannot attack, we will lose troops and generals, and our morale will also be affected. Then it will be difficult to resist the emperor's army."

"So, no matter what the outcome of attacking Hanzhong at this time is, it will be harmful to Yizhou but not beneficial at all." Yan Yan said very worriedly.

Zhang Ren also had a sad look on his face when he heard Yan Yan's words.

It's not that Zhang Ren didn't know these words, he also tried to persuade Liu Zhang more than once, but Liu Zhang didn't listen.

Liu Zhang felt that if he sent troops at this time, as long as he defeated Zhang Lu, the morale of the Yizhou army would definitely rise.

When the time comes, they will have a psychological advantage when facing the incoming imperial army.

At the same time, occupying Hanzhong can not only stop the imperial army coming from Chencang, but also share the pressure from Wuwei and Tianshui for Jianmen Pass.

Chen Cang won't go into details. It is the main road from Hanzhong directly to Guanzhong. Although the road is rugged, it can go straight into the Chang'an area.

Liu Zhang felt that it was better to control such an important road in his own hands.

As for Tianshui and Wuwei, the roads are wide and suitable for large-scale marches. From here to Shu, you can reach Hanzhong to the west and Jianmen Pass to the south.

It seems that attacking from here is a wise choice, but the problem is that if Jianmen Pass and Yangping Pass are in your hands at the same time, then in turn, you can also implement a flanking strategy against the enemy troops coming from Wuwei and Tianshui.

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Regardless of whether the enemy attacks Yangping Pass to the east or directly attacks Jianmen Pass, the army at the other pass can take the initiative to attack, cut off the opponent's food route, and trap the opponent's army.
Chapter completed!