AD 193, the fourth year of the Old Han Dynasty, the second year of the New Qin Dynasty, and the third month of spring.
While Ying Zige was busy reorganizing the internal affairs and developing the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Lu, who had been preparing for a long time in Hanzhong, could no longer sit still. Zuo Ci's urging, Meng Hu's troops pressing forward step by step, and Fan Chou,
The 10,000 Qin warriors led by Zhang Ji and Meng Hu in the near future seemed to be hanging on Zhang Lu's neck, forcing him to ignore the possible huge backlash and speed up step by step.
speed.
This move immediately aroused the anger of the wealthy families in Hanzhong. They were secretly on guard because of Yang Song's incident. The combined Hanzhong families have now basically understood Zhang Lu's thoughts. In a word, I don't want Hanzhong anymore, so I can give it to him.
Qin people, but in
Before surrendering, I must destroy you, a group of powerful people from aristocratic families who have hindered me for several years and made a certain person depressed and depressed for several years. Even if I surrender to Da Qin, I can only bring Hanzhong to surrender. Don't think about it again.
I can take away any benefit from this.
In short, although we understand that Nanzheng City, including Zhang Lu, the nominal lord of Hanzhong, and all the forces in Hanzhong, everyone wants to surrender to the Qin army, and they also want to get the credit of dedicating the city for the future.
The development in Da Qin has paved the way in advance. However, everyone
However, the Hanzhong family was not happy at all, because it was obvious that without the fetters of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu, the lord of Hanzhong and the contemporary master of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, was determined to defeat the fish and the net before formally surrendering to the Qin Dynasty.
Kill them to death without hesitation.
The Hanzhong family who understood this would naturally not sit still and wait for death. After all, Zhang Lu had already made his attitude clear and showed his moves. If they still didn't take the move, it would be a joke.
Although Yang Song is gone, Yang Bai of the Yang family, plus several lieutenants from the Yan family and Zou family of Nanzheng, as well as the powerful Hanzhong family, can still control the tens of thousands of defenders in the entire Nanzheng city.
There is still some strength left in the number of five thousand among the horses. Although in terms of elite level, they are definitely not as good as the five hundred personal troops under Zhang Lu and the three thousand who have been commanded by Yan Pu.
In order to protect the inner city, the major wealthy families in Hanzhong have developed to this point. Naturally, they all have their own capabilities. In short, after joint statistics, the available troops of the wealthy families in Hanzhong actually reached an astonishing seven thousand.
Number. Although the strength of many family soldiers is questionable, they can be considered an elite division equipped with the weapons and armors of the major wealthy families.
"General Yang, your brother is now trapped in the Zhang Mansion in the inner city. Zhang Lu doesn't need to say much about our Hanzhong family. He doesn't even think about it. If we didn't work together to stop him, he wouldn't think about it.
Without the pressure from Shuzhong, Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu
How could we be here today?" In the outer city of Nanzheng, in the guard camp of Hanzhong City, in Yang Bai's tent, one old man, three young men, and four representatives of aristocratic families whose clothes were obviously different from those of military officers were surrounding Yang Bai with ugly expressions.
His mouth kept opening and closing, trying to persuade Yang Bai.
"Yang Bai, I have grown up watching you and Yongyuan. We all take into consideration how much you have sacrificed to bring our Hanzhong family to where we are today, especially Yongyuan. When Mr. Yang suddenly suffered a misfortune, it was because of it.
Yongyuan turned the tide and bravely welcomed Zhang Gongqi into Hanzhong, which gave our Hanzhong families nearly ten years of recuperation time. I admit that we had a lot of bad things happen, but fundamentally
He said that when dealing with the outside world, the basis of our interests cannot be changed. This was the iron rule that Yongyuan set for everyone, including Zhang Lu, when he welcomed Zhang Lu to seize Hanzhong. Now that the Qin Dynasty has invaded, Hanzhong is like
It's a dangerous egg, Zhang Gongqi doesn't remember his past kindness, and wants to take action first to monopolize the benefits of the land. If we don't take action, I'm afraid that the whole family will soon fall under Zhang Gongqi's sword. You can decide for yourself what's the stakes!"
"But!" Yang Bai frowned tightly, staring at the old man in front of him with an incomprehensible expression, but his mind kept replaying Yang Song's previous words, "Hold the military power tightly and wait for changes!"
Yang Bai sighed deeply in his heart, "Brother, you asked so-and-so to seize military power, and so-and-so did it. But you told so-and-so what to do after he seizes military power! Did you think that you would be rewarded if you went to the Zhang Mansion?
The secret prisoner is trapped in the inner city!"
Thinking of this, Yang Bai's head hurt even more.
During these days, for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Nanzheng City, all forces were like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers. Needless to say, those idle and ownerless soldiers and horses of the school captains were killed very early by Zhang Lu, Yan Pu, and
All the powerful families in Hanzhong took it into their pockets. It can be said that if there are still soldiers and horses whose ownership cannot be determined, it is the thousands of city guards who are now firmly in his hands.
In fact, fundamentally speaking, he should actually belong to the Hanzhong family, but all this became unknown after Zhang Lu sent Yang Song's personal treasure through Yan Pu. Zhang Lu's meaning is very simple, you surrender.
, and hand over the thousands of city guards in your hands, then I will not kill your brother. Even Yan Pu secretly signaled to Yang Bai, "Surrender! Don't worry, we won't touch your Yang family!"
Yang Bai didn't dare to believe Zhang Lu's words or Yan Pu's promise, but because of Yang Song, he didn't dare to turn a deaf ear to Zhang Lu and Yan Pu's words. As for the aristocratic family, Zou and Yan
Family-led lobbyists also kept coming to the camp to contact him.
In a word, Yang Bai is now completely in a dilemma. If he goes forward, Yang Song's safety is in danger and his future is unclear. If he goes back, he is worried that Zhang Lu will not keep his word and create a bloody Nanzheng.
"General Yang, make a decision quickly, we really can't wait any longer!" Looking at Yang Bai's unpredictable face, the middle-aged man who had been silent and silent suddenly opened his mouth to catch the words of the old man from the Yan family, "Zhang
As a general who has fought under his command for many years, you should know Lu's temper best. And how did he secure his position as the Lord of Hanzhong in the first place, and how he subsequently developed the Five Dou Rice Cult and promoted anti-Japanese policies?
Yes, I believe that General Yang, as one of the sword holders Zhang Lu ordered to kiss, naturally knows much more than we do. According to your understanding, now that Zhang Lu has made up his mind, then General Yang
Even though he is hesitant because of the head of the Yang family, there is no need to say much about what the final result will be. Does General Yang really want to take a gamble and see how kind Zhang Gongqi has become after cultivating his moral character over the years?"
"This..." Yang Bai's face was ashen. The words of the middle-aged Confucian scholar could be said to have directly broken his psychological defense line and completely destroyed the trace of luck in his heart that he did not want to face. "Brother, Zhang
Lu......"
"Ha!" Yang Bai laughed miserably, and his eyes became serious again, "Come here, send the order, the whole army must assemble!"
