Wen Wu, who was standing in the hall at this moment, couldn't help but look shocked when he saw Zhang Lu's furious look. However, listening to Liu Yan's yelling and cursing, even if he didn't know what the content of the letter was, he could still guess something.
Secondly.
Everyone present was familiar with Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was considered a colleague in the past, and was later sent to Hanzhong by Liu Yan. Originally, Zhang Lu followed Liu Yan's order to seize Hanzhong County, and Zhang Lu
He also lived up to Liu Yan's high expectations. Not only did he successfully kill the Hanzhong County governor, but he also firmly controlled Hanzhong County.
If Zhang Lu and Hanzhong County surrendered to Liu Yan, it would be fine. Liu Yan's planning was not in vain. The key point is that Zhang Lu stood on his own in Hanzhong and had no intention of surrendering to Yizhou.
If they were not facing a common enemy this time, how could Liu Yan try to win over Zhang Lu? It would be good if he did not send anyone to attack Zhang Lu.
Liu Yan sent someone to contact Zhang Lu. Everyone present knew the inside story. After all, facing the court, Liu Yan had no idea, but he still wanted to cheer up his men, so he encouraged Zhang Lu to go and invite Yu Ji and Zuo Ci.
, Liu Yan naturally informed everyone about the affairs of these otherworldly immortals in Nanhua against Chu Yi to boost everyone's morale.
Liu Yan's reaction at this moment made everyone roughly guess that something happened to Zhang Lu, and this change was not good for them. Otherwise, Liu Yan would never have such a reaction.
With a slight cough, one of the generals spoke to Liu Yan and said, "Your Majesty, why is this so?"
The person who spoke was none other than Yan Yan, one of Liu Yan's capable generals.
Yan Yan can be said to be a veteran under Liu Yan. He led the army in Yizhou before Liu Yan came to Yizhou. Later Liu Yan entered Sichuan, and it was with the support of Yan Yan and others that Liu Yan was able to lead the army in Yizhou.
He took control of Yizhou in a very short period of time, so Liu Yan has always regarded Yan Yan as his confidant.
Yan Yan and Zhang Ren can be said to be Liu Yan's right-hand men. The two have extremely high prestige in the army. It is with their help that Liu Yan can secure his position as Yizhou Shepherd.
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Now that he heard Yan Yan speak, Liu Yan took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, glanced at Yan Yan, handed the letter in his hand to Yan Yan and said, "General Yan, please take a look."
Yan Yan finished the letter and scanned the content of the letter. Her expression suddenly changed, her brows furrowed, and she said with a gloomy expression: "Zhang Lu'er is really shameless. The prince should not have believed him in the first place. Such a capricious villain,
As expected, dogs can’t change their habit of eating shit.”
Zhang Lu previously occupied Hanzhong County, but was regarded as a villain by many people. Now he originally agreed with Liu Yan to deal with the imperial court together, but in the blink of an eye, he dedicated Hanzhong County to the imperial court. This is not capricious.
What is it again.
Soon the letter was circulated among everyone, and everyone learned from the letter that the army sent by the imperial court had successfully occupied Hanzhong County, and Zhang Lu even surrendered to the imperial court with all his men.
Cao Cao originally led an army of 100,000, but now he has an army of tens of thousands in Hanzhong. Instead of decreasing, the number of troops has increased by tens of thousands.
That was fine, but what really made everyone present look ugly was the hidden danger caused by Hanzhong County falling into the hands of the imperial court.
As the gateway to Yizhou, Hanzhong is naturally extremely important to Yizhou. Zhang Lu was there before. In everyone's opinion, even if the imperial court wanted to capture Hanzhong, it would still take a lot of effort. Maybe the imperial court defeated Zhang Luzhi.
At that time, they were already running out of successors. By then they could send troops from central Sichuan. Not only could they repel the imperial court, but they could also take the opportunity to take back Hanzhong County, which was occupied by Zhang Lu. This strategy of killing two birds with one stone would not be too good. If
If this can be achieved, with Hanzhong County under their control and the steep terrain of Sichuan and Shu, as long as they work together, they may not be able to withstand the imperial conquest.
It's a pity that all this came to nothing with Zhang Lu's surrender. It's no wonder that everyone reacted so strongly.
Stroking his beard, Huang Quan sighed and said, "My lord, the most urgent task now is to quickly find a way to deal with Cao Mengde's army entering Sichuan."
Even though they wanted to cut Zhang Lu into pieces, the imperial army had already entered Sichuan, so they still had to distinguish clearly what was more important.
Liu Yan nodded slightly and said: "Fortunately, General Zhang Ren is stationed in front. I didn't expect the imperial army to break through General Zhang Ren's defense."
Liu Yan said with a bit of worry on his face: "Yes, Cao Mengde has many soldiers and horses. Even if General Zhang sticks to it, it will be a bit dangerous."
Then he saw Liu Yan's eyes falling on the two generals and saying: "Wu Lan, Gao Pei!"
The two young generals immediately stood up and raised their hands to Liu Yan: "The last general is here!"
Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "You two quickly lead an army of 20,000 to help General Zhang. Tell General Zhang that you must guard the gate of Sichuan and Shu. You must not let the imperial army enter Sichuan and Shu. I will take charge of it."
We will provide continuous support from the rear."
Wu Lan and Gao Pei looked at each other and respectfully accepted the order.
Liu Yan discussed with everyone again, and the content of the discussion was nothing more than speeding up the recruitment of soldiers, building armor, and preparing food and fodder.
Fortunately, the land of Yizhou Tianfu was severely poisoned by the Yellow Turbans compared to the Central Plains. Although the Sichuan and Shu lands also suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was much lighter than the Central Plains, so both soldiers and food were
There is no shortage.
Jinniu Road is the gateway to Sichuan. The road to Sichuan is extremely dangerous. Even some roads are difficult to pass, let alone a large army crossing.
The Jinniu Road Pass was built extremely precipitously. It is located between mountains and rivers, and the terrain is so precipitous that it can be said that a pass can withstand tens of thousands of troops with just a few thousand soldiers and horses.
General Zhang Ren, who was Liu Yan's right-hand man, was based here and commanded tens of thousands of troops.
Originally, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Ren to sit on the Jinniu Road. His goal was to wait for Zhang Lu to fight with the imperial army, and then he could take the opportunity to send troops into Hanzhong. One of them could retreat the enemy, and the other could occupy Hanzhong. This was a very calculated plan.
But at this moment, Zhang Ren stood on top of the city with furrowed brows, watching the black army in front of him rushing towards the city gate.
To be honest, when Zhang Ren heard the news about the fall of Hanzhong not long ago, he didn't really believe it, but the people who came to support him were his close men.
When he learned that Zhang Lu and Hanzhong had returned to the imperial court, Zhang Ren was so angry that he almost lost his temper and cursed.
After all, from Zhang Ren's point of view, it was in line with his wishes that Zhang Lu and the imperial court would lose both sides. Now that Zhang Lu offered Hanzhong and their plan failed, it would be strange if Zhang Ren was not angry.
However, Zhang Ren was worthy of being a good general. He quickly calmed down and immediately rectified the soldiers and horses in the city to increase vigilance.
Sure enough, in less than half a day, Zhang Ren saw traces of the imperial troops and horses, and now tens of thousands of troops appeared in sight.
Although the imperial army appeared under the city gate, Zhang Ren did not panic at all. Zhang Ren had been an official in Sichuan and Shu for many years. It can be said that no one knows the dangers of Sichuan and Shu better than him.
As long as you defend these dangerous points carefully, it will be difficult to break through no matter how many soldiers and horses you have. He thinks that his defense is not bad, and he has enough soldiers and horses, so he has nothing to fear even if he faces the imperial army.
Cao Cao commanded the army and couldn't help but look solemn as he looked at the dangerous pass ahead.
This time, Cao Cao commanded the army and made up his mind to show off in front of Chu Yi. Even though he knew that the Sichuan-Sichuan Pass was steep, Cao Cao thought about it, no matter how steep it was, could there still be a pass that couldn't be filled with human lives?
Looking at the pass now, Cao Cao realized that he had underestimated the ruggedness of Sichuan and Sichuan before. There were indeed passes in this world that could not even be filled with human lives.
For a figure like Cao Cao to have such feelings, you can imagine how dangerous the pass Zhang Ren is sitting in front of is.
Not to mention Cao Cao, the Cao family and Xiahou family who followed Cao Cao on the expedition also opened their mouths one by one, gasping and looking at the dangerous pass.
"Brother, this... how to break the city!"
Looking at the steep pass, Cao Hong felt a little unsure. In fact, the steep pass gave him no hope of breaking through the pass.
Xia Houyuan and Xiahou Dun also had the same look on their faces. Although they didn't say anything, you could tell what they were thinking by looking at their looks.
In addition to the Cao family and the Xiahou family, there were quite a few generals accompanying the army on this expedition. Among them, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were among the most powerful generals.
With Cao Cao leading the army, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other generals of the Cao clan, plus Dian Wei and Xu Chu, this lineup can be regarded as a luxury level compared to the generals of Sichuan and Shu.
But at this moment, everyone was frowning at the dangerous pass.
On the city wall, Zhang Ren was wearing armor and holding a spear in his hand. He stood tall and tall on the city wall and shouted to Cao Cao from a distance: "Cao Mengde, Zhang is here. You can't even think about stepping into Sichuan."
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Cao Cao frowned. Since he was going to attack Sichuan and Shu, it was impossible for the imperial court not to collect information on Liu Yan's civil service, so Cao Cao also knew the details of Zhang Ren quite well.
In the vast land of Sichuan and Sichuan, there are not many military generals who can do anything. Zhang Ren and Yan Yan can be considered the best among them.
Now the first person he faced was Zhang Ren, a representative figure of Sichuan and Shu generals. Naturally, Cao Cao did not dare to underestimate him. With a smile on his face, he drove his horse forward and said to Zhang Ren: "The general used to be a member of the imperial court.
Mingguan, why are you helping Zhou to commit oppression? Isn't it not disgraceful to be a general to help the traitor Liu Yan to occupy the land of Sichuan and Shu?"
When Zhang Ren heard this, he immediately shouted: "Bold, my prince was originally the shepherd of Yizhou who was personally granted the title of Emperor of Heaven. Now the court is controlled by the traitor Chu Yi. You are all the traitor's minions. How can you accuse Zhang?"
Cao Cao just smiled when he heard this. He had never expected words to be able to persuade a general like Zhang Ren. If a general like Zhang Ren was sure of something, it could not be changed by a few words.
Therefore, if you want to enter the land of Sichuan and Sichuan, it is impossible to expect Zhang Ren to get out of the way. The only option is to attack the Jinniu Road.
After taking a deep look at Zhang Ren, Cao Cao turned around and left. Xiahou Dun, who had been guarding Cao Cao to guard against Zhang Ren's sneak attack, and several generals from Xia Houyuan followed closely behind Cao Cao.
Seeing Cao Cao and others leaving, Zhang Ren's heart suddenly rose, because Zhang Ren knew that a brutal fight would follow.
Sure enough, Cao Cao gave the order and the army attacked the city.
The siege was extremely brutal, especially when facing the pass built on the Golden Bull Road, which was extremely dangerous.
However, under the tempting bounty shouted by Cao Cao, a large number of soldiers rushed forward desperately.
It's a pity that the relevant gate was used as a support. When the arrows fell, a large number of soldiers were shot and killed before they could rush to the city. Even if they could rush to the city, looking at the high city wall and the surrounding cliffs, they felt sad in their hearts.
Gives birth to despair.
In just one wave of offensive, more than a thousand soldiers were killed under the city wall, and at least half of them fell off the cliff and died.
Cao Cao and other generals who were watching from a distance frowned. They looked around at the crowd and said, "This pass is dangerous and cannot be broken by force. Do you have any good ideas?"
As a counselor accompanying the army, Xun You was working under Cao Cao. At this moment, he was also watching the tragic siege battle from a distance. He stroked his beard and frowned and said: "Zhang Ren is a good general. In addition, he has enough troops and horses.
With the dangerous pass as our support, it will be difficult to break through the city pass."
No matter how many strategies he has, he is still helpless in the face of such a good general, Xiongguan.
Cao Cao didn't have any options, but he was extremely unwilling. He was ordered by Chu Yi, so he made up his mind to show off. Could it be that if Zhang Ren blocked him here, he wouldn't even be able to enter Sichuan and Sichuan?
Take a step forward. If word of this spreads out, how can he have the dignity to sit on the position of a guard, one of the nine ministers?
But looking at the Xiongguan in front of him, Cao Cao felt a surge of anger in his heart, which was called aggrieved.
"Does it mean that my journey to lead the army, Cao Mengde, will come to an end here?"
When Cao Cao was feeling aggrieved, Xia Houyuan shouted: "General, I'm going to fight."
After Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, he heard Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other Cao clan and Xiahou clan generals asking for battle.
After looking at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "When you go to battle, you must be careful."
Such a dangerous city gate, coupled with Zhang Ren sitting in charge, colluding with the army, and suppressing the evil force of the military formation, even if it is
After Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, he heard Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other Cao clan and Xiahou clan generals asking for battle.
After looking at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "When you go to battle, you must be careful."
Such a dangerous city gate, with Zhang Ren sitting in charge, colluding with the army, and suppressed by the evil spirit of the military formation, even after Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other generals of the Cao and Xiahou clans were heard asking for battle.
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After looking at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "When you go to battle, you must be careful."
