A batch of winter clothes that I asked Chang'an to send have already arrived.
But the quantity is still not enough.
The weather is getting colder day by day.
Jia Xu estimates that in half a month, Hanzhong will usher in the first snow this winter.
It won’t be more than January at the latest.
Some of the 16,000 prisoners were transferred to Chencang and some to Wudu.
But the wounded barracks were still crowded with people.
There were more than 5,000 people in total before, but now there are more than 4,000 people left.
Of the more than a thousand people missing, some had no serious injuries and were sent out, while others could not be saved and their bodies were pulled out and cremated.
Outside Yangping Pass, there are a lot of earthbags.
Five days have passed since that battle.
Wang Ding finally led the army and marched towards Hanzhong.
Before the Han army arrived, Zhang Lu immediately sealed all the gates on all sides of Hanzhong after receiving the news.
Not just closing the city gate, but blocking it with stones, wood and other objects inside the city gate to completely seal it.
If the Han army wanted to enter the city, they had to climb the city wall.
The previous loss of Wudu was because someone in the city opened the city gate at night.
Hanzhong has a larger population, so it is difficult to guarantee that no one in the city will favor Wang Ding. Even before this, Zhang Lu guessed that Wang Ding had already placed people in the city.
There are more than 200,000 permanent residents in Hanzhong City. Now that the Han army is coming, Zhang Lu has moved all the people outside the city into the city.
There are now nearly 400,000 people in Hanzhong City.
But Zhang Lu only had 30,000 ghost soldiers in his hands.
Zhang Lu also wanted to recruit more troops, but he had already recruited 100,000 ghost soldiers.
Although there are nearly 400,000 people in the city now, there are not many men who are eligible for recruitment.
Most of them are children and women and children.
Even if there are adult men in the family, they are the family's support, and no one wants to be drafted into the army.
If they die on the battlefield, the whole family will starve to death next year.
Zhang Lu still cared about the people and did not force men to join the army.
Notices were posted everywhere in the city. Those who wanted to enlist in the army could sign up at the Prefect's Mansion.
The Five Pecks of Rice Cult has a great influence. Even though it had become ghost soldiers with 100,000 followers before, now that Zhang Lu has posted notices again, some followers still come.
Zhang Wang, Wang Hui and others have arrived in Hanzhong for more than half a month.
In this half month, they are still adapting to their new life.
Their physical disabilities prevent them from doing many things.
Zhang Lu did not treat them particularly favorably.
Apart from getting a bag of rice when I came back, there was no other help.
In the past half month, a bag of rice has almost been eaten.
Wang Hui and others also followed and looked around.
They are in Hanzhong and have no place to live.
Fortunately, Zhang Wang is a native of Hanzhong, and everyone has lived and died together, so Zhang Wang took in several people.
Not only the four Wang Hui, but also other ghost soldiers who returned, most of them are in the city and have no place to live.
Some are not from Hanzhong, but came from Guanzhong to escape the war, and some live outside the city.
The members of the Five Dou Rice Sect help each other, and those who live in the city are willing to take in homeless people.
Because they are all disabled, they cannot do most of the work on weekdays, but these people do not stay at home every day.
Especially Wang Hui and Liang Min. Under their deliberate leadership, Zhang Wang and others followed them out every day and chatted with other people in the city.
On the street, you can talk to the hawkers for a long time.
You can also talk to the guests about your battlefield experiences in the wine shop.
Wang Hui and the others have a purpose.
Zhang Wang just wanted to talk. Han Jun already had a fixed image in his mind.
Whether he did it intentionally or not, when chatting with others, he would inevitably talk about the Han army and Wang Ding.
Unknowingly, they also said a lot of good things to Wang Ding.
Although they are disabled physically and mentally, many people still believe what they say.
It’s just that there are not many of them, and Wang Hui, Liang Min, and the others can influence even fewer people. But in half a month, they are like throwing a stone into a lake in Hanzhong City, causing a little ripple.
Most of the people are still on Zhang Lu's side.
After all, in these years, the imperial court’s prestige has been completely lost.
Previously, Zhang Lu claimed that Wang Ding was a traitor to the imperial court and the second Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, the people in the city who did not know how to fight for each other were absolutely unwilling to see Hanzhong destroyed and Wang Ding occupying Hanzhong.
Wang Ding has arrived in Hanzhong.
The ladders and siege engines built by Gao Shun before seem to be of use this time.
However, Wang Ding was not in a hurry to attack.
After all, attacking the city is just a bad idea. Wang Ding does not want to attack by force like they did before.
He only has 20,000 elite soldiers in his hands, not as many as Zhang Lu's ghost soldiers guarding the city.
With a forced attack, Wang Ding is really not certain that he will be able to capture Hanzhong.
In addition, Wang Ding still needs to be on guard against Liu Yan.
During this period, Liu Yan claimed to be ill and hid in his mansion. He didn't know whether it was true or not.
Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou. Even if Yang Huai and Gao Pei are defeated, there is no guarantee that Liu Yan will not send troops again.
This war has lasted four months since Gao Shun entered Wudu.
And Wang Ding has been here for three months.
It's the final step, and Wang Ding doesn't want to fail.
Wang Ding's army came to the city, and he just wanted to put pressure on Zhang Lu and the people in the city.
He is waiting for Wang Hui and others to play their role.
So far, what Wang Ding didn't expect was that Zhang Lu closed the city gate in advance.
It is difficult to get in and out. It is a bit difficult for Wang Ding to know the news in the city.
It was also difficult for him to deliver the news to the city.
"Zhang Lu, surrender, Liu Yan has given up on you. No one will come to support Hanzhong."
Outside the city, Wang Ding did not come to shout the message himself. Instead, he organized a group of soldiers and asked Li Su, Fan Chou, Han Sui and others to take turns shouting outside the city.
Persuading surrender to the Lord was not a challenge to a fight, so there were no insults in their words.
People like Zhang Wei and Yang Bai are not popular, but Zhang Lu is different from them.
What Wang Ding wanted most was to have Zhang Lu surrender.
I just want to say that it is not easy to demote Zhang Lu.
There is still enough food in Hanzhong City, and Zhang Lu still has hope in his heart before he reaches the end of his rope.
"Zhang Lu and Liu Yan are dead. You surrender as soon as possible. The court can forget the past mistakes."
Wang Ding didn't know whether Liu Yan was dead or not.
But since Liu Yan claimed to be ill before, Zhang Lu should also have received the news.
Now Zhang Lu has closed the city gate tightly and the news is blocked. Wang Ding said that Liu Yan was dead, but Zhang Lu could not confirm it.
Fifty soldiers, led by Li Su, were shouting in front of the city gate.
Maybe Wang Ding really wants Liu Yan to die.
The next day, Wang Zhinran really received the news that Liu Yan in Chengdu had really died of illness.