In Hanzhong Nanzheng City, Zhang Lu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back. He just got the news that [-] Yizhou troops marched north from Jianmen Pass and pointed their soldiers at Hanzhong. Lu was terrified.

He never thought that Liu Zhang, who has always been cowardly, would send troops to Hanzhong, which completely disrupted his plan. More importantly, he sent most of his troops to Shangyong and Hanzhong in order to counterattack the Jingzhou army. The county is empty, and his Nanzheng City has only [-] defenders. How can it resist the attack of [-] troops from Yizhou?

At this moment, Zhang Lu was filled with remorse. He shouldn't have captured Shangyong in Jingzhou for a short-term gain. He thought that Liu Jing's main force was trapped in Jingnan, and he couldn't escape for a while, but he didn't expect Liu Jing to mobilize [-] troops to attack Shangyong Yong, this result made Zhang Lu unexpected.

Zhang Lu didn't even think that Liu Zhang would fall into trouble and take advantage of the emptiness of Hanzhong to suddenly send troops northward. If he may have a geographical advantage over the Jingzhou army, but he has no advantage over the Yizhou army unless he has enough troops. Distributed in various dangerous passes, but in order to deal with the Jingzhou army, he almost evacuated all the troops in each pass.

What should we do now?Zhang Lu was very anxious, but he could do something. At this time, a guard reported from the hall: "Report to the prefect, Lord Yan Mou is here!"

"Please come in quickly!" Zhang Lu quickly ordered, at this time, counselor Yan Pu became his life-saving straw.

After a while, Yan Pu walked quickly to the lobby, he bowed his hands and said: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhang Lu hurried forward, bowed and said, "The situation is not good, please save me, Mr. Yan!"

"What on earth happened?"[

Zhang Lu sighed and said: "I just received an urgent military report. About [-] Yizhou troops broke through the Mingyue Pass, entered the hinterland of Hanzhong, and are heading towards Nanzheng. They will approach the city within a day or two at most, but there are only [-] troops in the city. It's too late to return from Shangyong, what should I do?"

This news also surprised Yan Pu. Why did the Yizhou army suddenly go northward without any warning? Zhang Lu was annoyed again: "When Yizhou leaked the news that the Jingzhou army was going northward to me, I should have thought that Yizhou would go northward." Taking advantage of the fire to loot, I just thought that Liu Zhang was cowardly and lacked such courage, but I didn't expect him to really send troops."

Yan Pu thought for a while, then asked again: "Where should the Yizhou army go now?"

Zhang Lu took out a topographic map of Hanzhong, pointed to a pass and said: "Mingyue Pass is the northern starting point of the Jianmen Shu Road, at least it was breached by the Yizhou Army yesterday afternoon, so there will be no resistance for them to go north. It is Dingjun Mountain, they should be there now, Dingjun Mountain has [-] garrisons, if the Yizhou Army captures the Dingjun Mountain Bingzhai again, then within half a day, they will be able to kill Nanzheng City."

Speaking of this, Zhang Lu pointed to Ankang County in Weixing County, "The nearest [-] troops are two hundred miles away, and there are [-] defenders from Shangyong. If they are transferred back, Weixing County will have to travel for two days, and Shangyong will come here the fastest." It will take three days, but the problem is that I will send someone to dispatch troops urgently, and it will take time on the way, so I am afraid it will be too late!"

Yan Pu didn't panic, he pondered for a moment and said: "The most urgent thing now is to block the news and not confuse the people. The prefect can make two preparations. One is to buy time, first transfer the [-] troops from Weixing County back, and at the same time Be prepared to evacuate Nanzheng, once the Yizhou army reaches Nanzheng, they can evacuate eastward in time, and it doesn't matter if they lose Nanzheng City, as long as the army is there, they can take it back."

Zhang Lu sighed again, "That's the only way!"

At this time, Yan Pu asked again: "I don't know who the general of the Yizhou army is?"

"I heard it's Liu Wei, and the deputy general is Wu Yi."

Yan Pu thought for a while and laughed, "I heard that Liu Wei is mean, greedy, vicious and stupid. I can bring more gold beads to sue for peace and try to delay their marching time. The prefect should prepare for evacuation as soon as possible. If the family members of the generals are sent to Weixing County, the city can be lost, but no one can be captured. If you are lucky, you may be able to delay it until our reinforcements arrive."

"Although Liu Wei is stupid, Wu Yi is a formidable character. He may not be fooled!"

Yan Pu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, you might as well send the eldest son to the opposing army as a hostage, it will be more assured."

Zhang Lu showed embarrassment, how could he let his eldest son die?

But Yan Pu said in a low voice: "Young Master Fu's appearance is not special, you can find a soldier who looks like him, promise a lot of money, let this person pretend to be the son as a hostage, the other party may not recognize it, as long as you fight for a few days With time, we can turn the tide."

One sentence reminded Zhang Lu that he did have a personal guard who looked like his own son. More importantly, he had to buy time. The wives, concubines and children must be sent away immediately, otherwise it will be too late. [

Thinking of this, he gratefully bowed to Yan Pu, "I'll leave everything to you sir!"

Liu Wei and Wu Yi led [-] Yizhou troops to set off from Chengdu. Liu Wei adopted Wu Yi's suggestion, and the army marched day and night, and walked through the Jinniu Road in a very concealed manner, and successfully raided Mingyue Pass, a key pass in Hanzhong.

Hanzhong's defense was far more lax than they imagined. They broke through more than a dozen dangerous passes without encountering any resistance. The poor defenders all fled.

What made Zhang Lu even more unexpected was that Qin Jian, the leader of Dingjunshan Bingzhai, his only hope, also surrendered in fear of the strength of Yizhou Army.

At two o'clock, the night was dark and deep, and the [-] Yizhou army was resting in the Dingjunshan Bingzhai. Liu Wei was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

Now they are in the north of Dingjun Mountain, close to the Mianshui River Valley, and walking southeast along the Mianshui River Valley for another eighty miles, they will reach Nanzheng City, which is the largest city in Hanzhong and the capital of Zhanglu. Nanzheng City means that they have captured Hanzhong.

At this time, Liu Wei has already regarded Hanzhong as his fiefdom. Even if he can't win the position of Yizhou Mu, he can proclaim himself the Marquis of Hanzhong and rule Hanzhong as the king. Zhang Lu sent Yan Pu, the mastermind, to the camp, saying that he came to seek peace with the young master."

Liu Wei was taken aback, and then he sneered, Zhang Lu actually sent Yan Pu to sue for peace, didn't he tell himself clearly that they had resisted with all their might?

He immediately ordered: "Bring him in!"

Not long after, several soldiers brought Yan Pu into the big tent, and a soldier stepped forward and whispered to Liu Wei: "He brought hundreds of large boxes."

Liu Wei nodded, and looked at Yan Pu with a half-smile, Yan Pu stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "Yan Pu pays respects to Mr. Wei, and disturbing Mr. Wei's rest in the middle of the night is really a last resort."

"Mr. Yan is here to ask for peace?" Liu Wei asked in a playful tone.

Yan Pu nodded sincerely, "Exactly! Please give us a chance, sir."

"Of course I can give you a chance, but what about your sincerity? Can talking about it be enough?"

Liu Wei was not stupid at all. The other party brought a big box for the whole family. At this time, he didn't want to alarm Wu Yi. He wanted to see, what did the other party bring?

Yan Pu hurriedly said: "My eunuch prepares some small gifts and waits outside the camp."

"Move things to my side tent!"

Not long after, the soldiers moved nearly a hundred large nanmu boxes to the side tents, and the two side tents were almost full. At this time, Liu Wei followed Yan Pu into one of the side tents. The big tent was full of jewels and jewels, and the brilliance was dazzling. There were large pieces of gold in the boxes, and there were two boxes full of jewels and emeralds, which made Liu Wei's eyes narrowed due to the light.

Yan Pu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Here are 5 taels of gold and [-] pieces of jewelry, all of which are gifts from my eunuch. Master Wanwang allows us to discuss peace."

Liu Wei was so happy that he had 5 taels of gold and so many gems and emeralds. Greed arose in his heart, so he asked with a smile, "How do you want to negotiate a peace?"

Yan Pu felt Liu Wei's greed, and he was secretly happy, so he cupped his hands and said, "I would like to go to the big tent to talk with you."

Liu Wei nodded, "Please sir!"

The two went back to the big tent and sat down. Yan Pu smiled respectfully and said: "Prefect Zhang is willing to dedicate Nanzheng to you, but I beg you to allow us to retreat to Shangyong and give us a foothold."

Liu Wei thought to himself, "That's not bad, let Zhang Lu defend Shangyong for himself, and defend the Jingzhou army from going north to Hanzhong." '

Thinking of this, Liu Wei asked again: "Then what should I do?"

Yan Pu begged: "My lord, please give us three days to retreat. The main reason is that the family members want to evacuate. We promise not to evacuate the people, close the treasury, and you can even send someone to supervise us. After three days, Nanzheng City will be released. Give it to the son."

What Liu Wei cared about was the population and property. He could accept that they would close the treasury and not evacuate the people, but how could he explain it to Wu Yi?

He was silent for a while, and Yan Pu took the opportunity to say: "If Mr. Wei still doesn't believe our sincerity, I would like to persuade Zhang Taishou to send the eldest son Zhang Fu to the son as a hostage. This should be all right!"

Perhaps those brilliant golden lights blinded Liu Wei's heart. He didn't realize that the other party was delaying time. With Zhang Lu's eldest son as a hostage, Liu Wei felt relieved. After thinking about it, he finally agreed, "Look! For the sake of Zhang Taishou's sincerity, I promise you that starting from tomorrow, three days later, I will march my troops into Nanzheng City."

Yan Pu was overjoyed, he didn't expect the other party to agree so easily, and he complimented Liu Wei's benevolence, saying that if Liu Wei was the lord of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu would be his household dog, and Liu Wei would be flattered, Yan Pu then left

Liu Wei came to the two side tents again to taste the gold nuggets and jewels again. He is the son of Liu Zhang, not the kind of poor boy who has never seen money, but because he raised thousands of pieces in the manor, he Always worried about the lack of money and food, now that he got 5 taels of gold all at once, how could he not be elated.

At this moment, a soldier reported outside the tent: "General Wu is here and wants to see the young master!"

Liu Wei was startled, and quickly ordered: "Let him wait for me in the big tent."

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