In the city, after the arrow rain stopped, people came out of their homes.
They also immediately discovered that there were notes hanging on the arrows.
Most of the people did not recognize the words on the note after taking it off.
However, there are nearly 400,000 people in the city, among whom there are many scholars and squires, and there are not a few literate people.
It only takes a few days for the contents of the note to spread throughout the city.
Zhang Lu could order the city gates to be blocked, but he could not prevent the people from leaving their homes.
There are Han troops outside the city, but the people in the city still have to go out every day. Some have jobs and have to go out to find something to eat.
At most, women and children stay at home.
But as long as one person from a household goes out every day, the news they hear will be told to their families as soon as possible after returning home.
There were also Wang Hui, Liang Min and others in the city to provide support, and the news spread quickly.
Within two days, almost all the 400,000 people in the city knew what was on the note.
Word of mouth spreads, and what some people say is even more exaggerated than what is written on the note.
Some people even returned home and told their wives and children that Wang Dingyou was one foot long and eight feet wide, holding a large knife weighing two hundred and fifty kilograms in his hand.
With one strike, even the city gate can be split open.
Wang Ding is said to be like a god descending to earth, brave and invincible.
There is no way, most people have never met Wang Ding, and they are willing to believe this statement.
There are also people like this in daily stories. They have never seen it with their own eyes, but it is just because they have a humble status and have no fate.
Someone must have seen it before they can tell what the other person looks like.
Zhang Lu has many followers in Hanzhong, but not 400,000. They are all his followers.
Those members of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect don’t believe what’s on the note.
But other people in the city are easy to believe.
And Wang Hui and others were promoting it everywhere in the city, and the content of the note became more and more real.
Especially Zhang Wang, these disabled ghost soldiers, they are devout believers and will not betray Zhang Lu, but they will not lie either.
Walking in the city, when they learned that they were ghost soldiers and that their wounds were left on the battlefield, many people took the initiative to ask them.
Zhang Wang was even invited to a wine shop. Someone enthusiastically ordered him a pot of good wine and a stack of side dishes, just so that Zhang Wang could talk more about the Han army and Wang Ding's affairs. p>
It's just that although Zhang Wang is a good talker, he doesn't lie, so his words are naturally not exaggerated.
Some people felt very disappointed after listening to it.
But relatively rational people feel that what Zhang Wang said is very reasonable and pertinent.
After combining the content of the note they saw, as long as they think about it carefully, they can still judge the real information.
In front of Zhang Lu, there were also various kinds of notes.
He also knew that allowing the contents of these notes to circulate in the city would be very detrimental to him.
But Zhang Lu had no way of recycling tens of thousands of notes immediately.
By the time he reacted, many notes had already fallen into the hands of ordinary people.
The content also spread in the city.
Zhang Lu has no way to control it.
Because of this, he cannot forcefully break into people's homes and take away the notes.
It's very easy to hide a piece of paper, but if you don't manage to burn it casually, you'll die without any evidence.
Zhang Lu couldn't stop people from talking about it.
If he uses high-pressure policies to target the people in the city, it will only push the people in the city into Wang Ding's arms.
If you simply prohibit people from talking about it, it will have no effect at all.
Mouths grow on them because the city gate is closed and cannot go in or out. Many people are bored every day and can't even talk now, but they will get sick from holding it in.
Zhang Lu could only ask the ghost soldiers to observe the city more these days to see the attitude of the people.
Zhang Lu's policy in Hanzhong was very loose, otherwise he would not have been loved by so many people.
It’s just that people are talking about it more now, and many people are no longer firmly on Zhang Lu’s side.
Zhang Lu is a rebel.
Regardless of whether it is true or false, just this sentence can make most of the people in the city stay away from Zhang Lu.
Not everyone is willing to rebel.
Especially ordinary people, they just want a stable life and can live a good life with their wives and children.
Except for those believers of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect who still stood firmly on Zhang Lu's side, the attitudes of other people in the city began to change.
Just wanting them to completely sway to Wang Ding's side is obviously impossible.
They just want to live well, and they don't really care who Hanzhong belongs to.
Zhang Lu has also had a headache these past few days.
"Brother, why don't you vote?"
"Lord, many people below want to surrender."
These are the words I hear every day. Zhang Wei, Yang Bai, and Yang Ang are all trying to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender.
They really don't want to continue fighting with the Han army.
Anyway, after surrendering, they just changed their backers.
Liu Yan is still dead now.
Surrendering to Wang Ding is also tantamount to surrendering to the imperial court.
Zhang Wei and the others have no burden at all.
I just don’t dare to decide easily.
He was able to achieve this position because Liu Yan gave him the opportunity. Although Zhang Lu doesn't want to have too much contact with Liu Yan, his mother is still in Chengdu.
Zhang Lu didn't know how Liu Yan would treat his mother when the news of his surrender reached Chengdu.
If Liu Yan had not died, maybe his mother could still be treated kindly.
But now, the Han army outside the city said that Liu Yan was dead.
Zhang Lu was very upset.
He still didn't want to surrender until the end of the rope.
Wang Ding stayed outside the city and waited for a few more days, but Zhang Lu never came out, so he didn't know what Zhang Lu was thinking now.
He couldn't see anyone, couldn't talk to anyone, and Jia Xu couldn't analyze Zhang Lu's condition.
"My lord, there is news from Chang'an. Liu Zhang's chief minister came to the palace to meet with His Majesty." Sima Lang said.
"What did the court say?" Wang Ding said.
He holds military power, but rarely interferes with matters in the court, and now that he is in Hanzhong, he is even less able to influence the court.
In Chang'an City, Wang Ding only kept Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao was only a military commander and could not interfere with matters in the court.
Sima Lang said: "Your Majesty has issued an edict and appointed Liu Zhang as the governor of Yizhou."
Wang Dingdao: "Whose decision is this?"
Liu Xie was just a puppet. Even if he was not in Chang'an, Wang Ding knew that it was not Liu Xie who made this decision, but the ministers in the court.
Sima Lang said: "It's Sikong Huangwan."
Wang Ding didn't want to understand what Huang Wan meant.
"Why do you think Huang Wan wanted Liu Zhang to be the governor of Yizhou?"
He is currently attacking Hanzhong. If Huang Wan was on his side, this commission should not be given to Liu Zhang.
Of course, Wang Ding never thought that Huang Wan would be on his side. The other party is now Sikong, who has a high and powerful position.
When the two met, it was Wang Ding who bent down to salute.