Ji Han Liu Zhang

Zhang Wei's face was livid, with some blackening in it, like a casserole that had been used for many years. He looked straight at the flag on Dingjun Mountain. It was a large banner with the word "Liu" engraved on it. Hanging high on the mountainside of Dingjun Mountain, the big banner began to stretch in the face of the howling mountain wind.

The large scroll unfolded under the blow of the mountain wind, swinging like ripples on spring water. The word 'Liu' on the large scroll pierced Zhang Wei's eyes like a needle, making Zhang Wei's face become darker and darker. His eyes were lowered, squinting as if thinking about something.

In fact, to be precise, Zhang Wei's complexion did not become bad only after he arrived at the foot of Dingjun Mountain. The day before yesterday, he received news from Zhang Lu at Jiuyangping Pass and learned that Liu Zhang sneaked across Mianshui and sneaked all the way to the back of Dingjun Mountain. Wei's face darkened.

Zhang Wei believed that he was stationed in Dingjun Mountain by Shu soldiers without anyone noticing. As the commander-in-chief of Yangping Pass, he had the greatest responsibility and had to shoulder the biggest blame.

The reason is very simple. He was on the front line against the Shu soldiers at Yangping Pass and should know the movements of the Shu soldiers well. But now the flags on Dingjun Mountain are fluttering, the camps are lined up, and the Shu soldiers have occupied the entire Dingjun Mountain, and it doesn't stop there. There is a large depression in the south of Dingjun Mountain. This depression is shaped like the bottom of a pot, which is called "Looking Up to the Sky". Wa' can garrison more than 10,000 troops. It is now used as a base for communication with the main camp in front of the Yangping Pass by Shu soldiers.

Zhang Wei counted on his fingers and concluded that the Shu soldiers could completely occupy Dingjun Mountain and Yangtianwa. In addition to the number of Shu soldiers' flags he observed, the number of Shu soldiers who arrived here was at least six to seven thousand. Such a large number of people sneaked into Hanzhong. Under his nose, he was still standing guard in front of the old Yangping Pass. He didn't know the situation of the Shu army in Dingjunshan until Zhang Lu informed him.

This is not something that can be said carelessly. This is an extremely serious dereliction of duty. According to military law, Zhang Wei felt that his head should be hung on the camp gate now, but his head was not cut off and hung on the camp gate, and he could still run away Dingjun inspected the situation at the foot of the mountain and observed the Shu army's camp and defense. He could only say that "there are people above". It would be of great benefit. He could cover up the great sins he committed. Who said that Master Zhang Lu was his elder brother? Well, this is his blessing! ! !

At this thought, Zhang Wei sighed lightly. Zhang Lu treated his younger brother very well. He held the extremely prestigious official position of curing the head and offering wine to the public. In Hanzhong, he was ranked below one person and above ten thousand people, but his younger brother was the one who stabbed people. After leaving Louzi, I only relied on daily scouts to detect the number of Shu army camps in front of Yangping Pass and the number of smoke pillars from cooking pots. I relaxed and thought that there were no other actions by the Shu soldiers. I didn't expect that all the Shu soldiers touched them. When we reach Dingjun Mountain and go a little deeper, I am afraid that the Han River will be under the control of the Shu soldiers and Hanzhong will be lost.

Here Zhang Wei rejoiced. Fortunately, his brother Zhang Lu reacted quickly enough. After detecting the flag of the Shu army in Dingjun Mountain, he immediately commanded the ghost soldiers to the foot of Dingjun Mountain. While trying to attack and expel the Shu army, he was in Dingjun. They dug trenches at the foot of the mountain and erected antlers to block the Shu army's way down the mountain. They planned to block the Shu army on the mountain and prevent the Shu army from going down the mountain. In this way, Hanzhong still has one or two chances to win the confrontation with Liu Zhang, without making one wrong move and losing the whole game.

At this time, a messenger arrived in front of Zhang Wei and reported to Zhang Wei: "Great wine ceremony, Yuan Qushuai is back, the master calls you to go."

"Okay." Zhang Wei nodded, and a trace of disappointment flashed across his face. Yuan Qushuai Yuan Yue, as a Taoist commander, commanded a Taoist tribe and was used to fighting in the mountains, so yesterday his After his brother Zhang Lu gathered a crowd to discuss, he sent Yuan Yue south through the mountains and forests of Micang Mountain to try to cut off the retreat of the Shu army at Dingjunshan, cut off the connection between the Shu army at Dingjunshan and the Shu army in front of Yangping Pass, and let Ding The Shu army on Junshan became a lone army, so it would be easy to capture the Shu army on Dingjun Mountain.

This is why Zhang Wei was disappointed. Yuan Yue came back, which means that Yuan Yue's mission of cutting off the Shu army failed. Otherwise, Yuan Yue should now stand in the middle of the passage between the Shu army in Dingjunshan and the former Shu army in Yangping Pass. After setting up a camp, as a fish in the throat, it was necessary to cut off contact with the Shu army.

When Zhang Wei arrived at the Chinese army camp, the scene he saw was in line with his guess. Yuan Yue was prostrate on the ground and apologized to Zhang Lu: "Master, it's not just a villain who doesn't work hard, it's because the Shu soldiers are well-defended." , it is difficult to cut off the passage of the Shu soldiers...and the Shu soldiers guarding the passage strode back and forth in the mountains and forests without any sluggishness. In addition, the Shu soldiers are very elite, which is no small matter."

When Yuan Yue said this, his voice was a little lower, and the tone contained in it was somewhat mixed with loneliness. They grew up in the mountains and forests since they were young. The mountains and forests are like home to them, and the rugged mountain roads are in their eyes. Just like the wide and flat roads, they have a racial advantage when fighting in the mountains and forests.

But Yuan Yue couldn't help but think of the Shu soldiers who faced the enemy yesterday. The Shu soldiers were just like their fellow soldiers, walking on the rugged mountain roads as if they were walking on flat ground. The Shu soldiers were running back and forth in the mountains and forests, and their speed was faster than their fellow soldiers. After a few minutes, their advantage was gone, and as the Shu soldiers outnumbered them, they had no choice but to retreat in defeat.

Elite Shu soldiers who are good at fighting in the mountains and forests?

There was a look of doubt and confusion on Zhang Lu's face. There are two mistakes in this sentence about the elite Shu soldiers who are good at fighting in the mountains and forests. One is that the Shu soldiers are weak and have never been called elite soldiers. The best place for elite soldiers in the world is Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and other border soldiers, Danyang in the south is also a place where elite soldiers are produced, but soldiers in Shu are not worthy of the word elite soldiers. Secondly, when fighting in mountains and forests, Shu soldiers do not have this ability, let alone He is said to be on par with other people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lu looked at Yan Pu, hoping to get some information from the mastermind Yan Pu and clear up the doubts in his mind.

Feeling Zhang Lu's inquiring gaze, Yan Pu, who had already thought about it, slightly arched his hands towards Zhang Lu and expressed his thoughts: "It should be a Qingqiang generation, not a Shu person... so Yizhou Mu Liu Yan recruited Qing Qiang to suppress the powerful people in Shu. I heard earlier that after Liu Zhang pacified Nanzhong, he also recruited a group of Qing Qiang and moved these Qing Qiang to Shu. It seems that Liu Zhang has moved out these Qing Qiang and used them. It’s time to fight.”

Zhang Wei, who had the same doubts as Zhang Lu, suddenly realized that the Qingqiang men were brave and good at fighting, wearing iron armor in the mountains and forests as if they were walking on the ground. This made sense, why the Shu soldiers were able to repel Yuan Yue's troops. , because those Shu soldiers are Qingqiang.

'Eh. Zhang Wei sighed carelessly after realizing it?

Zhang Lu nodded. Yan Pu's explanation was reasonable, but reasonable was reasonable, but in this way, the current situation was very bad. He originally planned to take back Dingjun Mountain by relying on the advantages of the people fighting in the mountains and forests. Now seeing the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, my thoughts are broken.

Yuan Yue, who was stubborn and somewhat stubborn, showed an enlightened look at this time. He echoed: "No wonder I always feel that that group of Shu soldiers look different from ordinary Han'er. It turns out they are Qingqiang." ." After Yuan Yue's words, everyone in the Chinese army's tent fell silent, causing the atmosphere in the tent to become a little gloomy, like the dense lead clouds gathering before a summer thunderstorm, and the distance between the dark clouds and the earth was widened. It was very close, and intermittent muffled thunder could be heard from it, as if a thunderstorm was about to break out in the next moment.

Yan Pu calmed down and planned to say something to break the strange silence. Although the situation facing Hanzhong was very bad now, if everyone did not say a word and just stood silently like a vigil for a long time, then there would be no need to struggle. Lost: "Master Shijun, Yang Ang has led more than a thousand people to target the rebels of the Zhang family in Chenggu County. Yang Ang and the others are going down the Han River. I think they have arrived near Chenggu County now. Chenggu The county doesn’t have to worry, now we just need to deal with the Shu army on Dingjun Mountain.”

"Oh." Zhang Lu responded involuntarily, and at the same time, his heart was covered with a layer of darkness. There was a rebellion in Chenggu County. The news came late the day before yesterday, and the traces of Shu soldiers were discovered in Dingjun Mountain. It was the same day. In the past few days, bad news had been coming one after another. He didn't dare to listen to the urgent messages now, for fear of hearing any more bad news and causing trouble.

However, everything has a bad side and a good side. Although the Zhang family, a wealthy family in Chenggu County, rebelled, the rebels did not have many troops. They only wanted to defend the city and did not attack everywhere to destroy the place, just like the meritorious Cao Yanpu. As he said, just send more than a thousand people to guard it. The most important thing now is to recapture Dingjun Mountain.

Zhang Wei seemed to have remembered something, and he asked Yan Pu: "I remember that the head of the Zhang family in Chenggu was detained in Nanzheng."

"Yes, Zhang's family, Zhang Jun, is now in Nanzheng." Yan Pu probably guessed what Zhang Wei was thinking, and he waited for Zhang Wei to continue.

Zhang Wei showed an expression of surprise. He clasped his hands and gave a crisp high-five: "Master, you should kill Zhang Jun to scare the rebels in Chenggu County."

There was a hesitant look on Zhang Lu's eyebrows. He was a gentle man in politics and didn't like killing people very much. Although the Cheng Gu Zhang family had rebelled, Zhang Jun, who was the head of the family and was detained by him in Nanzheng, didn't seem to know about this. During the time, Zhang Jun behaved well in Nanzheng and just studied the classics of Tianshi Tao every day. However, Zhang Jun could not escape the involvement of the Zhang family in Chenggu, so Zhang Lu was ready to nod and kill Zhang Jun immediately. Previously, he was ordered by Liu Yan, but he killed several groups in a row and rushed to Shu. The Han envoy who issued decrees to the earth, Zhang Jun's status was comparable to that of the emperor's envoy.

Yan Pu had a different opinion. He had guessed Zhang Wei's thoughts before, and now he said a well-thought-out speech: "Master, Zhang Jun is of course insignificant, but if you kill him, Chenggu County Zhang's rebels must have resentment in their hearts. They may not give up the idea of ​​holding on to the city and go out to cause some trouble. Keeping Zhang Jun here can make the Zhang's rebels in Chenggu County surrender and act with more scruples... Now the first priority is The task is to get back Dingjun Mountain. The Chenggu County side puts safety first, and it won’t be too late to turn around and take care of things after getting back Dingjun Mountain.”

Zhang Lu's eyes flashed for a few times, and finally he nodded and agreed to Yan Pu's suggestion.
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Chenggu County.

Since the uprising, Zhang Lixiu has been living in the city tower in Chenggu County every day. She has never gone down from the city tower. She waits quietly for the soldiers sent by Zhang Lu, and plans to give Zhang Lu as many soldiers as possible. The soldiers caused more casualties and attracted Zhang Lu's attention, so that the guards at Yangping Pass would be shaken and Liu Yizhou would have a chance to capture Yangping Pass.

On this day, Zhang Lixiu waited for the ghost soldiers sent by Zhang Lu, but what puzzled her was that the number of these ghost soldiers was not large, it seemed that there were only more than a thousand people, and after arriving in Dagu County, there were no ghost soldiers in this group. They immediately repaired their war equipment, built watchtowers, and rushed chariots. Instead, they set up a camp on the spot. It didn't look like they had any intention of attacking Chenggu County.

'Why? '

Zhang Lixiu fell into deep thought. It stands to reason that Liu Yizhou has not conquered Yangping Pass and the Shu soldiers have not entered Hanzhong. Zhang Lu, the rice thief, has stationed troops in Mianyang and has some mobile troops. She raised Chenggu County instead, and was behind Zhang Lu. To disturb the situation, Zhang Lu should have sent at least 3,000 soldiers to attack Chenggu. But now Zhang Lu has only sent more than a thousand soldiers to Chenggu, which is comparable to the force she has in hand. As the defender of the city, she has the upper hand. With more than a thousand ghost soldiers, she is definitely the follower. She can't hold Chenggu County in her hands.

"There should be some changes at Yangping Pass or elsewhere in Hanzhong. The rice thief Zhang Lu needs to deal with it now. Money is tight and he cannot squeeze out a large number of mobile soldiers, so he can only send more than a thousand people here to keep an eye on us." Ranger Chen Tiao said in the past. Among the guests, a more mature guest expressed his guess and received everyone's nods of agreement.

'This is too optimistic. Zhang Lixiu shook his head carelessly. She led the Zhang family to raise an army, and the lives of the whole family were in her hands. At this time, she had to be more cautious, but what the guests said was also true. It was not a matter of chance. If there is any problem, Zhang Lu will definitely not just send more than a thousand people here.

"We need to send scouts to the west to investigate in the direction of Nanzheng and Yangpingguan to see what happened so that we can deal with it." The mature guest suggested to Zhang Lixiu, and he added, expressing his wonderful feelings. Wish: "Perhaps Liu Yizhou broke through Yangping Pass. Now Zhang Lu is too worried to take care of us."

Zhang Lixiu shook his head with traces showing. This experienced guest was thinking too beautifully. If Liu Yizhou broke through Yangping Pass, how could Zhang Lu take care of them? How could he have the leisure to send more than a thousand ghost soldiers to keep an eye on them? It must be Gather your troops to fight to the death with the Shu soldiers and make a desperate struggle.

It should be that Liu Yizhou had achieved something, but it was not enough to kill Zhang Lu directly. Zhang Lixiu intuitively made a judgment, but she did not refute the mature guest. After all, the mature guest's words were conducive to boosting morale, so she He affirmed the suggestion of the mature guests to dispatch the scouts: "It should be like this." (End of this chapter)