"Lord, there is a large army attacking Hanzhong at night! Something is wrong!"
"What? How is this possible! Our Hanzhong city is impregnable and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Who can attack it?" Zhang Lu didn't believe it.
"It's absolutely true, my lord. Not only Hanzhong, but also other cities are calling for reinforcements. Please send troops for reinforcements quickly, my lord!"
"Who did it? Who did it!" Zhang Lu was so angry that his face turned red.
"Hahaha, Prefect Zhang, if you had known this, why didn't you listen to my advice?"
At this time, Fazheng walked into Zhang Lu's mansion and looked at him with a smile.
Zhang Lu immediately pointed out angrily: "It's you!"
"To be precise, it's my lord."
"It's Jiang Bei! Jiang Bei is so ambitious. I just don't want to surrender to him, so he will seize my city!" Zhang Lu cursed.
Fazheng snorted coldly and said: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. My lord is commanding His Majesty's order to take back Hanzhong. As a minister, little Zhang Lu wants to support his troops and stand on his own feet. How can my lord keep you?"
, you are the one who is so ambitious, right?"
Zhang Lu was so angry that he couldn't say anything to reply.
Fazheng's mouth is really powerful and his eloquence is first-rate.
"Come here, capture him and behead him for public display!" Zhang Lu said.
Just as the guards around him were about to take action, a row of flying arrows shot them into a hornet's nest.
Behind Fazheng stood dozens of Xuanjia troops, and even many of Zhang Lu's important officials.
Zhang Lu was stunned. Fazheng sneered and waved his hand: "Take him down and lock him up first until the master is punished."
Only then did Zhang Lu understand the importance of the matter and quickly shouted: "I surrender, I am willing to surrender!"
"Want to surrender now? Haha, it's already too late, take him away!"
Zhang Lu was finally kidnapped by Wuhuada. Yang Song came out from the other side and said greedily: "Master Fazheng is indeed the top scholar in the imperial examination. He won the huge land of Hanzhong for the prime minister with just his lips and tongue. Congratulations, but I agree
Don’t forget the three cities below.”
Fazheng looked at him with a smile and said: "Of course I can't forget it. The lord said that he will definitely give you the three cities."
"Haha, really, when will it be handed over? Which three cities will it be?" Yang Song wiped his mustache and smiled proudly.
Fazheng said word by word: "Today's handover, as for the city, let's ask the King of Hell!"
As soon as Fazheng finished speaking, an arrow penetrated Yang Song's neck, killing him on the spot!
The other Zhang Lu's men next to him were trembling with fear, thinking that Jiang Siming was just a renegade person who wanted to attack them.
However, Fa Zheng said to them: "My lord has an order. Yang Song is greedy and threatens the emperor. He should be killed. All the princes are good people and sincerely surrender. Naturally, nothing will happen. When he comes back to Chang'an with me, he will be put to good use."
These people breathed a sigh of relief and were secretly glad that they didn't act like Yang Song.
As soon as Zhang Lu was captured, the entire defense of Hanzhong collapsed overnight.
Most of the Hanzhong soldiers surrendered, and a small number who did not surrender were all killed.
The management of Hanzhong was completely changed overnight. From the governors of various cities to the county magistrates, almost all the owners were changed.
There happened to be a lot of unused imperial examination talents after the imperial examination, so it would be most appropriate to put them there.
Fazheng made great achievements this time and was directly named the Grand Administrator of Hanzhong by Jiang Siming.
This is also the person who has the fastest and largest promotion.
It only took less than three months for Fa Zheng to go from an ordinary citizen to a prefect.
This also allows everyone to see Jiang Siming's meritocracy. As long as he has the ability, ordinary people can also be governors!
Fazheng was filled with gratitude for Jiang Siming's gift, and he was even more loyal to Jiang Siming. He never changed until his death.
In a very short period of time, Hanzhong was incorporated by Fazheng with thunderous means.
The other princes didn't even react before they heard that Hanzhong had been captured by Jiang Siming. At this speed, they didn't even have a chance to take advantage of it.
But they also began to notice Jiang Siming's strength, from a small Chang'an to a big threat now owning two fertile and large territories of Hanzhong and Huainan.
Jiang Siming has become the number one enemy of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
But even if they knew it now, they would not have time to attack Jiang Siming. They were still too busy with the battle on their side, so there would be no time to divide their troops to go after Jiang Siming.
Just because they don't make trouble doesn't mean Jiang Siming doesn't make trouble for them.
Coincidentally, during this period, Cao Cao wanted to bring his father, Cao Song, to Yanzhou to enjoy peace and happiness.
Cao Song's father passed by Xuzhou. Liu Bei, who had just taken charge of Xuzhou, planned to make friends with Cao Cao, so he arranged for Tao Qian's former general Zhang Kai to escort him and sent him a large amount of gold and silver.
Now that Liu Bei has lost his prime minister, his true nature is gradually revealed, and he no longer does things under the banner of benevolence and righteousness. As long as he can achieve his goal, Liu Bei begins to use any means.
Although it was useful for Xuzhou, all the princes were now eyeing the fertile land of Xuzhou. Liu Bei wanted to curry favor with Cao Cao first, at least to keep him out of his sight for a while, so that he could seize the time to recruit troops and develop himself.
But I never thought that like history, it would be self-defeating. Zhang Kai was also a greedy person, and he became greedy after seeing so much gold and silver.
He decisively killed Boss Cao's father, robbed the property and ran to the mountain to become the king of the mountain.
When Liu Bei found out, he realized something was wrong and quickly sent people to arrest Zhang Kai. He also quickly wrote a letter to Cao Cao explaining the whole story.
Cao Cao hasn't replied yet. It's not that Boss Cao doesn't want to reply, but that he is having an intense fight with Ma Teng at the moment and has no time to reply.
Boss Cao plans to endure it for now, and then use his father as an excuse to kill Liu Bei and capture Xuzhou after finishing dealing with Ma Teng, killing two birds with one stone!
But Cao Cao didn't arrive first, and he didn't even express his attitude. One person was the first to get angry, and even asked the emperor for a petition, and then he gathered his army and headed for Xuzhou!
This person is none other than Jiang Siming.
Jiang Siming made it clear in his letter that Cao Cao is his brother, and his brother's father is his father. Now that his brother's father is dead, he has no time to take care of him.
He knew that his brother was now suffering from heartache, so Jiang Siming was very considerate and took the initiative to launch an army to avenge his 'father'!
Well, it smells bad...
Jiang Siming's sudden dispatch of troops caught both Liu Bei and Boss Cao off guard.
"Jiang Bei! You shameless person!" Boss Cao was so angry at Yanzhou Military Camp that he overturned the general's case.
I wish I could draw my sword and chop Jiang Siming into pieces now!
"Lord, this Jiang Bei clearly wants to take advantage of the situation and rob him!"
"Nonsense, can I not know? But what can you do? If Ma Teng doesn't do it, how can we have free hands!"
"What do you mean, lord?"
"We can only hope that Liu Bei will hold on until our army destroys Ma Teng, alas~"
Boss Cao felt bitter, but he didn't say it...
Jiang Siming seemed to have expected that Boss Cao would not be able to control him, so he began to devote all his energy to the battle in Xuzhou.
Uncle Liu Huang, brother is here.
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[Author's digression]: Third update~ (To be continued)