Wang Ding is still not sure on the specific day Liu Yan died.
It must have been a few days ago when the news reached his ears.
Liu Yan was definitely not cursed to death by him.
The news was true, and the soldiers under the city shouted even more vigorously.
But Zhang Lu in the city obviously didn't believe it.
Although the Han army was shouting outside the city, Zhang Lu just closed the city gate tightly and did not give Wang Ding a chance.
Zhang Lu himself didn't even appear on the city wall.
On the surface, he wanted to buy time with Wang Ding to see who could bear it first or who could not hold on.
Unless Liu Yan's head is thrown into the city, no matter what Wang Ding says, he will not believe it. Even if it is true, Zhang Lu will choose not to believe it.
The location of Hanzhong is too important.
Zhang Lu didn't believe that Liu Yan would be willing to give up Hanzhong.
Even if Liu Yan is really dead, there are still other people in Yizhou, Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang, and other powerful people in Yizhou, so not everyone will watch Hanzhong being taken away by Wang Ding.
Wang Ding confirmed that Liu Yan was dead. He was still on guard against Yizhou, but it was no longer as good as before.
Liu Zhang did not have the ability of his father to occupy the huge Yizhou. When faced with Zhang Lu who occupied Hanzhong in the future, he actually invited Liu Bei to help pacify it.
What's more, Liu Zhang has just taken over Yizhou. Even if he wants to come to support Hanzhong, he can't spare any effort.
There are still many things in Chengdu that Liu Zhang needs to take over.
Those wealthy families wanted Liu Zhang to win over and promise to distribute their interests.
Wang Ding was lucky. When he took over Guanzhong from Dong Zhuo, Guanzhong had already been purged several times by Dong Zhuo.
Many people had fled, and those who had not escaped were not killed by Dong Zhuo.
When Wang Ding took over, the ministers in the court, even though there were some who opposed Wang Ding, were not impulsive people.
In addition to holding the general power in his hands, Wang Ding did not control the government like Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's previous actions and Wang Ding's actions were within their tolerance.
Liu Yan has been in Yizhou for many years, and now he can only temporarily balance the interests of all parties.
But once he dies, there will always be someone from those wealthy families who is ready to take action and want more benefits.
When Wang Ding and Chen troops were stationed at Hanzhong City, Liu Zhang had already sent Chang Shi to Chang'an.
Liu Yan is Yizhou Mu, but Yizhou Mu is not hereditary. If Liu Zhang wants to legitimately inherit Yizhou Mu, he still needs an imperial edict.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the army still has insufficient provisions to keep out the cold.
Wang Ding doesn’t want to drag it on any longer.
"Sir, do you have a plan to capture Hanzhong?"
Wang Ding is lucky. In addition to famous generals such as Gao Shun and Xu Huang, he also has Jia Xu to advise him.
Although not as good as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, their generals are like clouds and their counselors are like rain.
But one Jia Xu can equal half of Yuan Shao's counselors.
He doesn't need to be as suspicious as Yuan Shao, he just needs to believe in Jia Xu's plan.
There is no one else to interfere with Wang Ding's judgment.
Jia Xu said: "Wang Hui and the others should have achieved results in these days."
This is just Jia Xu's guess. They don't know the specific situation in the city now.
Jia Xu then said: "You can write the content on paper and then use arrows to shoot into the city."
Wang Dingdao: "What to write?"
Jia Xu said: "You can write about anything, you can belittle Zhang Lu, you can also write about praising the lord."
Jia Xu didn't know how effective Wang Hui and the others were in the city, but he could still use this method to help them.
Jia Xu gave a few pieces of content, and Wang Ding took them to all the literate soldiers in the army to copy them together.
The right general of the Han Dynasty is extremely powerful!
The right general Wang Ding killed the traitor Dong Zhuo and avenged countless people.
The right general Wang Ding personally conquered Hetao and killed 100,000 Qiang people. The right general is mighty and the Han Dynasty is mighty.
Zhang Lu was good at killing the governor of Hanzhong with the intention of rebelling.
Right General Renyi, as long as Zhang Lu surrenders, everything he did before can be forgotten.
Thousands of soldiers were busy copying the contents on the note.
The content is very simple. Anyone who is slightly literate and can write names can copy the content according to the strokes.
It's just that the word is crooked, and I don't know if others can recognize it.
It took most of a day for thousands of soldiers to write tens of thousands of notes, and then tied the notes to the arrows.
Then the archers came outside the city and shot arrows into the city.
Wave after wave of arrow rain suppressed the defenders on the city wall, so that they did not dare to raise their heads.
But only a small part of the arrows landed on the city wall.
Most of the arrows landed in the city.
In the city, the people hid one after another when they saw the rain of arrows falling.
No one dares to stay outside.
The rain of arrows lasted for a quarter of an hour before stopping.
The Han troops outside the city withdrew immediately after shooting arrows with notes on them.
On the city wall, some ghost soldiers were picking up arrows on the ground after the Han army left.
"What's written on this?"
Most of the ghost soldiers are illiterate.
I can’t even write my name.
Occasionally, there are a few literate people who are confused when looking at the crooked fonts on the paper and fail to understand it.
After passing the message to more than a dozen people, I finally got a sacrificial wine and understood the content on the note.
"Zhang Lu is a rebel, you should not associate with the rebels." Jijiu read out unconsciously.
The other ghost soldiers around have ugly faces.
"We are not rebels, and Master is not a rebel."
In their hearts, they are the righteous party, and Wang Ding, who came to attack them, is the bad guy and the traitor.
He manipulated the government affairs in Chang'an and caused chaos, and now he wants to bully Hanzhong.
"Look, what is written on this note?"
Although he is illiterate, this ghost can still tell that the two notes are different because the number of characters written on them is different.
The sacrificial wine took the note and read: "The right general of the Han Dynasty is so powerful that he is unparalleled in the world!"
"Bullshit, Master is the most powerful person in the world."
One of the ghost soldiers cursed, they are all followers of Zhang Lu, and they are all on Zhang Lu’s side.
Moreover, they all saw clearly what Zhang Lu did in Hanzhong.
Even though the previous governor was killed by Zhang Lu, they still stood by Zhang Lu.
For no other reason, just because Zhang Lu secretly benefited these people.
Just as Wang Ding was in Chang'an, the people in Chang'an also supported Wang Ding.
Because Wang Ding gave them a good life and gave them hope.
The ghost soldiers on the city wall were not affected by the note.
Every time Jijiu read an entry that disparaged Zhang Lu, they would retort and curse Wang Ding.
Every time I read an entry praising Wang Ding, the words praising Wang Ding are added to Zhang Lu’s head.
"Thanks to your kindness and righteousness, the people of Hanzhong now have food to eat."
"Master's talisman can also cure diseases and save people."
Zhang Lu has a very high status in the hearts of these ghost soldiers, and has become the spiritual sustenance of many ghost soldiers.