I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 240 Yizhou Layout
Zhang Wei and Yang Ren were caught off guard by this sudden turn of events. No one expected that the enemy would come from behind, and they were ready to gather troops and horses to fight the enemy to the death. However, the Pingyang Pass was already in chaos, and the soldiers were only concerned with running for their lives, not caring about it at all. Listen to Yang Ren's orders.

"General Yang, what should we do? What should we do?" Zhang Wei panicked and didn't know what to do. At this moment, he had been pinched from front to back, and it was impossible to escape, but was he going to fight to the death?
Zhang Wei hesitated again, he didn't want to die.

"Second General, right now, the only thing left is to fight to the death." Yang Ren was calm, knowing that at this time he had to give it a go, and maybe there was still a chance.

Cheng Lian's [-]-strong army defeated the defenders in the dark, and Yang Ren was unable to organize an effective resistance under the chaos. The soldiers under his command could only fight on their own, and the scene was chaotic.

In less than a stick of incense, a huge tremor came from far and near, and Zhang Liao's [-] main force had already been killed.

The armored cavalry of the vanguard roared along the gate and rushed into the pass. The soldiers waved the horizontal knives in their hands without hesitation, and mercilessly harvested every enemy.

Seeing that the enemy army has been routed, and the soldiers under his command were massacring one-sidedly, Zhang Liao didn't want to cause too much slaughter, so he immediately gave the order: "The order goes down, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

"The surrender will not be killed, the surrender will not be killed..." Zhang Liao's personal soldiers roared, and the voice quickly echoed in Yangping Pass.

The remaining remnant soldiers had already lost their fighting spirit. After hearing the words, they put down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Facing the wolves and tigers of the Bingzhou Army, Yang Ren and Zhang Wei saw that the situation was over, so they had to put down their weapons and dismounted to accept surrender.

So far, Yangping Pass was taken by Zhang Liao's army almost without bloodshed, and the loss was almost negligible. However, Zhang Lu's 1 troops stationed here killed more than [-] and captured nearly [-].

After Zhang Liao joined forces with Cheng Lian, he discussed the next step with Zhuge Liang.

"Military division, do you think we will go directly to Nanzheng next?" Zhang Liao asked excitedly.

"General Wenyuan, now that Yangping Pass has been broken, Hanzhong is in our army's pocket. I think Zhang Lu is a tough man, and he is in conflict with Liu Zhang in Yizhou. There is no way to escape. In our case With the overwhelmingly superior strength of the army, he must be captured without a fight, and there is no other way."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang continued: "Zhang Lu is nothing to be afraid of. We should take a long-term view. It is not as simple as sending an army of 10,000+ to conquer Hanzhong. We must prepare for the next step to take Yizhou."

When Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian heard this, they thought, "That's right, how can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? This time we dispatched 10,000+ elite troops, which has a great force advantage." They were very impressed by Zhuge Liang's insight and ability to understand the lord's intentions.

Zhuge Liang saw that everyone suddenly realized, and continued: "Next, I think that General Cheng Lian should quickly move westward to seize the northern throat of Yizhou, Yang'an Pass and Baishui Pass. After taking Xinzheng, General Zhang Liao immediately captured Bazhong. In this way, Yizhou will be in the pocket of the lord. At this time, there is civil strife in Yizhou, and Yang'an Pass and Baishui Pass are almost unguarded. In fact, they are in Zhang Lu's hands. Repair the pass, expand the military camp, and prepare for the next expedition."

In fact, after Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang succeeded Yizhou Mu, but he was extremely cowardly and not a Ming lord. Yizhou's local tyrants and arrogant soldiers did not agree with him. Liu Zhang was unable to stop the calamity of the people. The old scholars complained and rebelled, so they didn't care about the safety of the water pipes and Yanganguan.

Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian were convinced by Zhuge Liang, and immediately decided to divide their troops. Cheng Lian led an army of [-] to fight towards Yang'an Pass and Baishui Pass.Zhang Liao left prejudices and Zhang Huang led [-] soldiers to guard Yangping Pass and guard the prisoners.

The rest of the army continued to march towards Nanzheng mightily.

It didn't take long for the news of the defeat in the front to reach Zhang Lu. Frightened, Zhang Lu once again summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. At this time, Nanzheng had less than [-] garrison guards like frightened birds. The troops are gone.

Zhang Lu also knew that he would not be able to defend Hanzhong no matter what, and the Bingzhou army was brave and good at fighting, and his combat power was tyrannical. His poor soldiers and horses were definitely no match for him.

At this time, there is no way to go to heaven, no way to go to earth, he doesn't want to kill himself, he thinks about it, and simply open the city and surrender, at least he can save his life, maybe he can spend the rest of his life comfortably.

Besides, Zhang Liao's army came to crusade against him on behalf of the emperor, and surrendering is not a shameful thing. After making up his mind, Zhang Lu didn't seem to be so worried.

Zhang Lu looked at his subordinates and said calmly: "Everyone, I have decided that as soon as Zhang Liao's army arrives, I will open the city and surrender. .”

All the subordinates in the hall also had a premonition, and now they all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Zhang Lu's decision, so it was not surprising that they knelt down and fell silent.

At this time, the counselor Yan Pu stood up and said: "My lord, now that you are forced to surrender, you will definitely not be reused by the general in the future. It is better to go to Bazhong to resist first, and then present a gift to the general. Only in this way will you be rewarded by the general." The general's reuse."

Zhang Lu thought for a while, and it seemed to be the case, so he ordered: "Mr. Yan Pu's words are correct, where is General Yang Ang? Immediately mobilize troops, lead the army south, and withdraw to Bazhong."

"No! This subordinate obeys the order, but the money, food and treasure in the treasury may not be taken away in time, did they burn it?" Yang Ang asked cautiously.

Zhang Lu thought for a while and said decisively: "I originally intended to surrender to the imperial court. Now that I have made up my mind, we are leaving today to avoid the edge and have no other intention. The treasure warehouse should be owned by the state. "

Therefore, Zhang Lu did not order the burning of the treasury in the end, nor did he take these treasures away, but led more than 1 soldiers under his command to retreat southward.

Zhang Liao led his army to take Nanzheng almost without bloodshed, and immediately sent troops all the way east to continue to capture Chenggu, Yangxian and other places.

After occupying Nanzheng, Zhang Liao asked with some doubts: "Military Master, what do you mean by Zhang Lu? Let's say he resisted. He led his army to withdraw to Bazhong and gave us all the treasury money and food. You He said he wanted to surrender, but he didn't surrender directly." For a moment Zhang Liao couldn't figure out Zhang Lu's real intention.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "General Wenyuan, Zhang Lu really wants to surrender. He knows that he is definitely not our army's opponent, but he is afraid that he will be underestimated by the general if he surrenders too quickly. I don't think it will be long before Zhang Lu surrenders." Then they will report to surrender. Our army only needs to fight steadily and advance towards Bazhong, and Zhang Lu will surrender within five days."

(End of this chapter)