The Three Kingdoms are invincible

Gao Shun did not give an answer on whether to agree to postpone the march, but asked Yan Pu to be taken to a side tent to rest.After Yan Pu was taken away, Gao Shun continued to discuss Zhang Lu's peace with Lu Xun and others.

"I don't know what you think about Hanzhong's request for peace." Gao Shun asked everyone.

Gao Shun knew very well that the current situation was imminent, and Hanzhong's idea of ​​seeking peace was simply an impossible delusion. The reason why he asked this question was just to start a topic and draw out the topic.

"General Gao, if nothing unexpected happens, Hanzhong will be settled soon." Hearing Gao Shun's question, Sima Yi's eyes lit up, and he said to him.

"It's just around the corner... Zhong Da wants to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender?" Gao Shun heard what Sima Yi meant, but after thinking for a while, he quickly understood what Sima Yi meant.Zhang Lu's timidity was obvious, sending someone to ask for peace was proof of his inability, and this kind of time was a great opportunity to persuade the other party to surrender.

Zhang Lu is not that kind of staunch character, although he is not cowardly, but he is indeed somewhat weak.Now that Zhang Lu intends to seek peace, it can be said that he has taken the lead in surrendering, that is, he has become afraid of the army he leads.In this case, as long as one's own side threatens him a little bit, it is not impossible to persuade the other party to surrender without fighting.

"Then put Yan Pu under house arrest in the barracks first, and then the army will march to Yangping Pass to put pressure on Zhang Lu." Gao Shun made a decision.

Although Yangping Pass cannot be compared with Hulao Pass and other dangerous passes in the world, it is also the gateway to Hanzhong, fortified and difficult to attack.If Zhang Lu did not have the threat of Liu Zhang in the south and sent all the defenders of Hanzhong to Yangping Pass to resist Cao's offensive, then Gao Shun may not be able to secure Yangping Pass even if he fights all 5000 people.

You must know that Cao Cao did not ask Gao Shun to capture Hanzhong with these 5000 people. Gao Shun still needs to rely on these 5000 people to capture the entire Yizhou.

The task entrusted by Cao Cao was not easy. Although Gao Shun had a topographic map of Western Shu in his hand, and Zhang Song was on the other side of Chengdu as his internal support, this battle could still be said to be extremely difficult.The roughness of the road to Shu is well known in the world. Li Bai, a later generation, said: "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky." The hardships and dangers can be seen.In addition, there is no shortage of talented generals and resourceful men in Sichuan. Facing the whole of Yizhou, even if you have made sufficient preparations in advance, you must go all out and not relax in the slightest.Gao Shun has 5000 men in total. If more troops were spent in attacking Hanzhong, the difficulty of the war will inevitably increase when they face Yizhou, and they may even feel weak in succession. If that is the case, That is the only way to return without success.

Returning in defeat, this is absolutely not allowed to happen to Gao Shun today.Although the ancients said that "victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs", this sentence is more often just talk, and most of the time the defeated generals have no good fruit to eat.Although with Gao Shun's current status, even if he returns after losing the battle, he will not be punished too severely. At most, he will only be demoted to ask his crimes. Sex, although the probability is less than one percent.

In addition, Gao Shun's current position as the general of Zhendong is due to his accumulation of military exploits. During this process, Gao Shun has also developed his self-esteem and pride as a famous general.If he was defeated, even if Cao Cao didn't blame him heavily, simple accountability would not be tolerated by Gao Shun's current self-esteem.When Li Guang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, was questioned for getting lost, he once said: "I can't be an official with a knife and a pen." Then he slayed himself.

If Hanzhong can be won with zero casualties, that would be a better ending.

With this in mind, Gao Shun sent all of his [-] troops to Chen Yuyang Pingguan.

————————————————————————————————— Zhang Lu is in a terrible mood now, and he sent the chief counselor under his account a few days ago Yan Pu went to negotiate peace with Cao Jun, but he never thought that after Yan Pu left, there was no news. There were even rumors that Yan Pu had been beheaded by Cao Jun to sacrifice the flag.

All kinds of rumors made Zhang Lu terrified. Although he didn't quite believe that Cao Jun would kill him, what's more, Yan Pu went to seek peace instead of declaring war. Cao Jun didn't agree with the peace talks and drove him back to Hanzhong. Yes, how can there be any reason to kill?However, as there was no news from Yan Pu for a long time, Zhang Lu's worries and fears also increased day by day, lest Cao Jun would send Yan Pu's head to him one day.

Today, the [-] Cao troops displayed outside Yangping Pass made Zhang Lu feel even more stressed and had trouble sleeping and eating.

Just when Zhang Lu was feeling overwhelmed by the current situation, a waiter notified Cao Jun to send an envoy to see him, and Zhang Lu rushed to invite him in.

The envoy sent by Cao Jun was none other than Sima Yi, the deputy military adviser.

The appearance of Cao Jun's envoy made Zhang Lu a little relieved. This at least shows that Yan Pu is not in danger of life. Otherwise, how dare Cao Jun send an envoy to his own territory?

Yan Pu is Zhang Lu's most trusted advisor and the only talented advisor in Hanzhong City.If Yan Pu is lost, it is almost equivalent to cutting off Zhang Lu's arm.