The most poisonous person in the Three Kingdoms, Boss Cao advised me to calm down!

Chapter 344: Live and die with the Han Dynasty?

At this moment, everyone was also attracted by Zhang Wei's words.

Zhang Lu chewed over his second brother's words carefully.

He also nodded and said, "That's true."

"Are you saying this to say that I will surrender to Cao Cao?"

"Will you end up like Yuan Tan and Liu Cong in the future?"

Zhang Wei did not answer directly, but continued:
"Gao Shun was brave but determined to fight to the death."

"Although Zhang Liao is inferior, he is more brave and powerful than others."

"That's why Cao Cao tolerated him."

"And Yuan Tan is Yuan Shao's eldest son. If he loses power, he will die."

"And Zhang He was only a general under Yuan Shao, but he was given an important position after surrendering."

"Liu Cong was incompetent and did not win the support of the people in Jingzhou, so his death was not a pity."

"And Cai Mao is the head of a great family in Jingzhou."

"So even after surrendering, you can still get a high position and generous salary."

Zhang Wei said, and then paused and continued:

"Therefore, we wait for the life and death of the descendant."

"It all depends on whether it is useful to Cao Cao."

After Zhang Wei's analysis, Zhang Lu's brows suddenly tightened!
According to him, he surrenders now.

Isn't that like putting your neck close to Cao Cao's knife?
Zhang Lu also hurriedly asked:

"Then in your opinion, how can our Zhang family be sold to Cao Cao?"

If what my second brother said is true, we really cannot surrender easily.

You can't lose your life in such a confused way!

"Gather all the strength in Hanzhong and fight against him!"

"Even if we surrender after being defeated, we can show Cao Cao our ability."

"My ability as a Taoist priest and the significance of our Zhang family to Hanzhong!"

"If Cao Cao knew, you would be the one that everyone in Hanzhong supports."

"My Zhang family is actually safer."

"If Cao Cao wants to attack our Zhang family after the war, he will have to consider the consequences!"

Zhang Wei's words at this time were sincere and powerful.

This immediately made everyone present fall into deep thought.

At this time, Yan Pu stepped forward and said:

"Master, this is inappropriate!"

After saying that, he also looked at Zhang Wei and said:

"What the Second General said today, is it to put the Lord in an unjust position?"

"If it is as you say, we only need to show the bravery of our Hanzhong soldiers and civilians."

"Why fight Cao Cao to death?"

"If we are defeated in one battle, we will not win any reputation for our lord."

"Wouldn't it be a big mistake to implicate a large number of soldiers and civilians?"

"In my opinion, it is better to surrender directly!"

"It will show our loyalty to Hanzhong."

"To protect Master's life and property."

Yan Pu's words immediately attracted several people to agree.

Zhang Wei sneered in his heart when he heard this.

How could you, Yan Pu, be worried about the war going badly? You are clearly afraid of getting into trouble!
Zhang Wei was quite disdainful of Yan Pu, a representative of the local noble families.

At this time, Zhang Lu had already wavered.

He looked at Zhang Wei, obviously also afraid of being killed if he surrendered.

At this time, Zhang Wei was also confident and said:

"Brother! I recommend someone to be the pioneer."

"We will definitely be able to stop Cao's army outside Yangping Pass!"

When Zhang Lu heard there was a suitable candidate, he immediately became interested.

"Who has this ability? Tell me quickly!"

Zhang Wei also said:

"Pang De Pang Lingming, he had previously followed Ma Chao and surrendered to our Zhengyi sect."

"Later, Ma Chao fled to Xichuan, but Pang De was unable to go with him due to illness."

"Now that the lord has treated him well, why not let him lead the troops?"

Pang De, Ma Chao’s old subordinate?
Zhang Lu hesitated for a moment when he heard this.

Zhang Wei took two steps back.

He pushed aside Yan Pu who was guarding the door and pulled open the curtain.

All his officers were seen kneeling outside the tent.

A brave general wearing armor and helmet walked in.

I saw that he was a big and strong man.

It was Pang De, a former general of the Ma family in Liangzhou.

Although Pang De was a warrior, he also knew etiquette. When he came in, he clasped his fists and half-knelt and said, "Master, please forgive me!"

"We are the remnants of the defeated army from Liangzhou."

"I turned to Master when I was left with nowhere else to go, so I should obey his orders."

"But we have a feud with Cao Cao. If we surrender, I'm afraid we won't be forgiven."

"Besides, the Ma and Han families have an old feud."

"Now Han Sui has led the remaining troops to surrender to Cao Cao."

"They will definitely fabricate slander to frame us."

"If you surrender to Cao Cao again, your life will be in danger."

"From now on, at this critical moment, we are willing to live and die with the soldiers and civilians of Hanzhong!"

After all, these remnants of Liangzhou also suffered a tragic fate.

He had been driven away from Longxi by Cao Cao, so he followed Ma Chao all the way to Hanzhong.

At first, Zhang Lu thought highly of Ma Chao and even intended to marry his daughter to him.

However, the elders in the Zhengyi sect strongly opposed it, and the marriage eventually fell through.

After this incident, Ma Chao couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

Later, Liu Zhang secretly sent people to lobby.

So he took the opportunity to go to Wudu to garrison.

He went directly through Bazhong and then went to Shu to join Liu Zhang.

But since he had acted on impulse, he left in a hurry.

He was only accompanied by his cousin Ma Dai and Pang De's elder brother Pang Rou.

He even ignored Nanzheng's concubines and children.

Not to mention the group of brothers who escaped from Guanzhong with him.

Zhang Lu looked at these generals and soldiers who were in the same boat with him.

At this moment, I felt mixed emotions.

Then he looked at his most capable generals, Yang Ang and Yang Ren.

He was also in the team begging to fight.

Zhang Lu was also somewhat helpless:
"Why, even you..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ang also kowtowed and said:
"Master, please allow us to speak nonsense for a while!"

"Yangping has always had a steep terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack, like a natural moat!"

"How can you give up so easily?"

"I beg Master to send more troops to garrison. I will make arrangements to ensure everything goes well!"

His voice was loud and he sounded confident.

It seemed that he did not take Cao Cao's army seriously at all.

Many believers and ordinary people are unaware of the situation.

Now everyone gathered around to watch the fun!
Seeing this, Li Xiu quickly stepped forward to argue:

"A tiny piece of land may be able to be defended temporarily, but how can it be impregnable forever?"

"Back then, Gao Gan of Bingzhou, an old subordinate of Yuan, also had the natural barrier of Huguan Pass in Taihang Mountains."

"In the end, it was still..."

But before he could finish his words, Zhang Lu raised his hand to interrupt his argument.

"That's all."

"Since the generals are determined to fight, let them go."

"But when war breaks out, the people will suffer."

"You must assess the situation and fight if you can."

"If we can't, protecting the people is the top priority."

"Don't just sit there and wait for death."

After hearing this, all the generals responded in unison:

"I will follow Master's orders!"

Then they surrounded Zhang Wei and Yang Ang and left.

After the generals left, Li Xiu couldn't help but ask:
"Master has decided to submit to Cao Cao."

"Why do you listen to these reckless words and bring trouble upon yourself?"

Zhang Lu seemed not to hear and said calmly:
"It's getting late. Let's take the followers back to the city."

After saying this, he walked out of the tent first and led a group of priests down the mountain.

Seeing this, Li Xiu wanted to catch up and ask more questions.

But Yan Pu stretched out his hand and grabbed it tightly.

"It's come to this point, there's no point in saying more."

"Zi Lang, why bother arguing with an ordinary person about right and wrong?"

"But..." Li Xiu still didn't understand what he said.

Yan Pu covered his mouth in time:

"The rules of the church are strict and cannot be changed at will."

"We just have to follow fate and adapt to circumstances."

(End of this chapter)