Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 399
Seeing Yan Pu enter the house, Zhang Lu quickly waved and asked, "Zimao just came here, have you found anything unusual in the city these few days?"

Yan Pu looked around at Zhang Wei, Yang Song and others in the hall, then quickly stepped forward and bowed his hands to Zhang Lu, seeing Yang Song's heart pounding, worried that he had found something, but his face remained unchanged .

"My lord, after several days of low-level investigation, I found that there was a caravan from the Central Plains that was very suspicious. The leader was called Song Jiang. He had given alms to the poor many times in Hanzhong City. Song Jiang's entourage also called him timely, but he also disappeared a few days ago. , maybe these people are Pound's internal support." Yan Pu described.

After hearing this, Yang Song's heart fell to the ground. Fortunately, Song Jiang (Song Chen) was good at confusing outsiders and did not implicate his Yang family. As for the connotation of being kind and charitable, he understands better than anyone else.

Zhang Lu frowned: "The caravan in Zhongyuan? It must be Cao Cao's careful operation. It seems that Wei Gong has never forgotten Hanzhong. Which pass did Song Jiang's caravan come in from?"

Zhang Lu looked at Yang Ren when he was talking, and he hurriedly replied: "It must not be through Yangping Pass, maybe it came from Baoxie Road."

"Hmph, why do you have the face to argue in front of the court after being played with by Pound Piff? From now on, I will guard the ramp." The more Zhang Lu thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Wei." Yang Ren lowered his head and cupped his fists in response.

Yan Pu continued: "Pang De fled to Yangpingguan with a grain cart, but the humble officer did not find out the large transaction of the commercial firm in the city, so besides Song Jiang, there are other internal supporters."

"who is it?"

Yan Pu was interrupted by Zhang Lu before he finished speaking, and Yang Song's cold sweat directly soaked his underwear.

"Cheng Yin, who also came from Xiliang, is very suspicious. Someone saw him go to Pang De's camp to deliver wine in Shang Yuanye. Do you want to secretly send someone to investigate?" Yan Pu analyzed.

Zhang Lu brushed his beard and meditated, and Cheng Yin brought 8000 to [-] people to attach himself to him, saving one province would be able to gather a hundred carts of grain for Pang De.

Zhang Lu immediately reviewed the matter, and the businessman Song Jiang (Song Chen) led the way, and Cheng Yin provided wine and food to cooperate with Pang Rou and Pang De in fleeing.

"Brother, since Cheng Yin has two minds, do you want me to take measures?" Zhang Wei asked.

Zhang Lu waved his hand, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Cheng Yin still has seven or eight thousand arrogant soldiers. If he is directly forced to rebel, it may make people in Hanzhong panic, so we have to think of a perfect plan."

Yan Pu offered a plan and said: "The food that Cheng Yin funded Pang De should be the supplies you provided him. My lord can use the excuse of fire in the granary, rat plague and other reasons to reduce the supply. They can only accept the punishment and starve when the soldiers are hungry. Mutiny will lead to chaos, but the general (Zhang Wei) will attack with troops, and he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort."

"Wonderful, you can do what Zimao says." Zhang Lu was overjoyed.

"only."

The matter of Pound's escape had to be left alone. Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Song and others left one after another, but Zhang Lu finally called back the meritorious Cao Yanpu.

"My lord, do you have any orders?" Yan Pu asked, clasping his hands.

"Xiahouyuan pacified Longyou, and Hanzhong has become the meat of Duke Wei's lips. What if they raise troops to seize it?" Zhang Lu asked worriedly.

Yan Pu shook his head and replied: "Duke Wei now has two-thirds of the world. My lord uses the power of a county in Hanzhong to contend with him, just like a mantis' arm is a chariot, unless he asks Liu Bei of Yizhou for help."

"Looking for help from Liu Bei? That's how Liu Zhang lost Yizhou. Even if he is attached to Liu Bei now, wouldn't Mr. Cao stop attacking Hanzhong? There will still be people dying here, so I would rather be Mr. Cao's servant than Liu Bei's guest" Zhang There was disdain in Lu's eyes.

"What does my lord mean?"

"I plan to surrender to Duke Cao, what does Zimao think?"

Yan Pu nodded: "The general trend of the world is in Wei. Surrendering to Duke Cao is the best choice, but being too proactive is easy to be looked down upon. Hanzhong has enough troops and supplies to defend the mighty pass and dangerous rivers. Why don't you show some skills and then sell it for a price?"

"Zimao is such a clever plan." Zhang Lu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he suddenly continued to ask: "Pang Rou and Pang De fled in a carriage. Logically speaking, they couldn't go fast. Why did Gongze (Zhang Wei) and them chase with cavalry? What’s the reason for not even catching up with anyone?”

"Uh, this matter is inconsistent with common sense." Yan Pu shook his head when he heard it.

Seeing that his chief counselor couldn't think of it, Zhang Lu frowned and said inadvertently: "This timely rain will not send Pang De to the river, will it?"

"My lord, Chencang Road is going along the water valley of the Western Han Dynasty. It must be the merchant Song Jiang (Song Chen) who arranged the boat in advance. After leaving Yangping Pass, Pang Rou and Pang De were picked up by water, so Gongze's cavalry rushed It's empty, without external support, it will never disappear out of thin air." Yan Pu was as excited as if he had solved a difficult problem.

Zhang Lu nodded affirmatively, "As expected of you, this is the most reasonable."

Yan Pu's analysis is not wrong. Song Chen and Pang De did cooperate, and that was Deng Ai who was farming near Jiameng Pass.

At the same time that Song Chen set off to detour through Guanzhong, Lan Tian wrote to his disciple Deng Ai in Yizhou, asking him to arrange people to watch the wind on Jinniu Road at the end of the year and the beginning of the year to meet the people who escaped from Yangping Pass at any time.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the night labor army and the generals of Yangping Pass were all drunk.

Pang De asked people to untie the cargo compartment of the wine-drinking carriage, and then escorted the grain cart with Song Chen's entourage to sneak out of the customs.

The Xiliang soldiers who were able to escape from birth did not feel tired. They walked in the mountains by the light of the moon in the sky, and they did not dare to raise torches to reveal their whereabouts.

Marching slowly at night, Song Chen was not in a hurry. After all, apart from the time difference between them and Hanzhong, they also let Yang Baisheng strike east and west to draw Zhang Lu's attention to Chencang Road, so when they were tired halfway, they stopped by the roadside to rest and wait for dawn.

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Song Chen woke up Pang Rou and Pang De, and urged them to eat some dry food and set off.

Pang Rou asked wearily: "Anyway, since we have food, why don't we make a fire and have some hot food? Anyway, Zhang Lu won't come after us."

"Mr. often said that there are no absolutes in the world. We must consider all possibilities when marching and fighting. If something goes wrong with Yang Bai, don't we be in danger?" Song Chen insisted.

After hearing this, Pang De quickly stood up and pulled Pang Rou up, "General Song is right. Now that we have not crossed the Jiameng Pass, we will not take anything lightly."

"General Pang, please give me some horses. I want someone to support them in the rear, and I need to send someone to Jiameng Pass to find someone to support them."

The dozen or so idle horses last night were assigned by Pang De to the generals in Xiliang to ride them. At this time, Song Chen felt a little like "grabbing food from a tiger's mouth".

Pang Rou nodded affirmatively, "General Song is indeed very cautious, why don't we send out scouts, Xiliang soldiers are all skilled in riding, and your followers should go with the brigade."

Song Chen laughed loudly: "General Pang may not know what they used to do."

"What are you doing?" Pound and Pang Rou were full of doubts.

"They are from the fallen army like me, and they are also the most elite reconnaissance battalion in the fallen army." Song Chen was extremely proud when he said this.

Pang Rou and Pang De frowned and looked at each other, wondering what kind of troops the reconnaissance battalion was?Can it be better than our Xiliang soldiers' riding skills?
(End of this chapter)