Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 70
Dang County, Daliang.

Hu Zhe, the governor of Dang County, was patrolling the city defense surrounded by his own soldiers.

Daliang used to be the capital of the Great Wei Kingdom, with a high city, deep trenches, and a large population. However, since Peng Yue became the Prime Minister of the Wei Kingdom, he moved the capital to Dingtao, his old nest, so now, the status of Daliang in the Liang Kingdom has declined. , but even so, Daliang is definitely the leading metropolis in the Central Plains.

As for Dang County Chief Hu Zhe, he was one of the old confidant generals who followed Peng Yue from Juyeze. Although his ability was mediocre, he was trusted by Peng Yue. He didn't go, but left Hulu alone to guard Daliang, which shows Peng Yue's trust in him.

"Cheer up for me, and keep your eyes wide open!" Hu Zhe shouted while pressing his sword to patrol, "Once you find any bandits, report them immediately!"

"Promise!" The defenders on the top of the city agreed one after another.

Hu Zhe inspected back and forth twice, and then went back to the government office in the dungeon in peace.

In the past few days, there has been a bit of a rumor in Dang County. A little-known team leader in Chenliu County, who seems to be called Pang Yu, pretended to be a descendant of the famous Wei general Pang Juan, but some people believed it. The rebels in the army even killed Chen Liuling, and captured Chenliu and Yongqiu counties in just a few days. It is said that they have gathered tens of thousands of people!

There is also Quyuyi in the west, where the remnants of the Chu army were originally active, and now, the activities of these remnants of the Chu army are even more rampant, but no matter how dissatisfied Hu Zhe is, he will never dare to lead troops to attack now. If he really left Daliang with the army, maybe that kid named Pang Yu from the south would take advantage of the situation to attack Daliang!

What made Hu Zui even more frightening was that there seemed to be signs of instability in Daliang City.

The loss of Ao Cang, the loss of the five moats of Xingyang, Guangwu, Chenggao, Jingyi, and Suoyi is such a big event that it is absolutely impossible to block the news. Most of the powerful families in Daliang City have already known the truth. Among them, many powerful families were excluded by King Liang, and this group of people may jump out to make trouble at any time!

Although Hu Zhe's abilities are mediocre, he has fought with Peng Yue for so many years. He knows that internal cooperation and external cooperation are terrible, so he plans to eliminate this unstable factor as soon as possible. Eradicate the tyrannical and powerful families that are unfavorable to you!

However, just as soon as Hu Zhe went down the tower, a small official under the door hurriedly came to report: "My lord, it's not good, several clans such as Gongshu and Nangong have rebelled, and Gongshupan and Nangonglei have already brought hundreds of people into the palace!" The government office is killing people and setting fire everywhere, you should go to the barracks to take refuge, my lord!"

"What did you say?" Hu Zhe was shocked when he heard this.

Hu Zhe couldn't help but be surprised, he had just made a plan on his side, and he didn't want to start it first?These powerful families should not be underestimated!
Just as he was startled, shouts like landslides and tsunami suddenly sounded outside the city.

Immediately, the Daliang defenders on the top of the city also became agitated, and a small school poked his head out from the female wall, and shouted at Hu Zhe with a face full of horror: "My lord, it's not good, the bandit soldiers are coming!"

"You, you, what are you talking about?" Hu Zhe was even more surprised, "Thieves?!"

Before the words were finished, another small school came galloping on a fast horse. Before they arrived, a mournful and long howling sound came: "My lord, it's a disaster. The public loser opened the west gate with his followers, thousands of thieves The soldiers have already entered the city, my lord, Daliang is lost, Daliang City has been lost..."

"Ah?!" Hu Zhe's surprise was really no small matter, and he was dumbfounded immediately.

"My lord, you can't stay here for a long time, go, go quickly!" It was still Hu Zhe's bodyguard team who was clever, and immediately rushed forward with more than a dozen bodyguards, and then guarded Huzhe and rushed out of the east gate to vote for Tao. went.

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Sanchuan County, Hulao Pass.

Lu Ze has moved his government office from Luoyang to Hulao Pass!
Hulao Pass is the barrier to the east of Luoyang, and it is also the gateway of Sanchuan County. Its geographical location is extremely important. Although Hulao Pass originally had [-] elite soldiers stationed there, Lu Ze still felt uneasy and brought another [-] elite soldiers from Luoyang. He came to strengthen the defense of Hulao Pass. Now that things have happened, Lu Ze no longer wants to put down the rebellion in Wei by himself.

Although Liu Bang left more than [-] elite soldiers in Sanchuan County, compared with the bandit soldiers, this force is still too small.

Now, Lu Ze no longer wants to take back the land of Liang, as long as he can hold the Hulao pass and the Sanchuan gate!

Sanchuan County is the eastern barrier of the Guanzhong Plain, because behind Luoyang is Hangu Pass. Once the rebels capture Luoyang and then go west to capture Hangu Pass, then the foundation of Guanzhong will not be preserved!Even if Liu Bang returns to his teacher quickly, Guanzhong will inevitably suffer great damage. In that case, the Guanzhong Plain will not be able to recover its vitality in a short time.

What worries Lu Ze in particular is that the defense in Guanzhong is extremely empty now, with only [-] old and weak!

Therefore, being able to defend Hulao Pass is a prerequisite for defending Sanchuan County and Guanzhong!

Therefore, Lu Ze moved his government office to Hulao Pass without hesitation. In order to boost morale, he even put on a posture of living and dying with Hulao Pass.

I have to say that Lu Ze still has great vision and ability.

However, the other county chiefs of Dangjun, Chenjun, Dongjun, and Yingchuan counties did not have Lu Ze's vision and ability. In less than five days, all kinds of bad news spread continuously to Hu. Close!
Lu Ze was located in the hall of the government office in Hulao Pass. A map of Wei Di was already hung on the screen to the north. Lu Ze and a dozen of his aides and generals were discussing softly around the map. Nearly half of the more than ten cities have been painted black, and these cities have all been determined to have been captured by the rebels.

Wolf smoke is everywhere, looking around, the whole Wei land is really full of wolf smoke!
"Report..." Another servant from the door hastily entered the room, knelt down and said, "My lord, Daliang has fallen!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar in the hall.

"Ah?! Daliang has also fallen?"

"My God, how can this be done?"

"I can't believe that the bandits are so powerful!"

"I don't know when the King of Han and the King of Liang will be able to return to the teacher?"

"That's right, if the King of Han's army doesn't come back, the whole of Wei will fall. At that time, the bandits will definitely take advantage of the situation and attack Hulao Pass. Although Hulao Pass is the most powerful pass in the world, we only have seven thousand elite soldiers. It may not be able to hold it, once Hulao pass is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Lu Ze didn't say a word, just walked to the map with black charcoal, and painted Daliang City black with force. Daliang was the first of the four counties around Aocang to fall, and it was also the leading city in Wei. The fall of Dayi and Daliang is enough to show that the arrogance of the bandit soldiers has become quite arrogant!
The staff and generals under the door whispered, but Lu Ze never said much.

After a long while, Lu Ze said in a deep voice: "Head the order, send more scouts to work carefully, and investigate again!"

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Accompanied by Wei Liao and Wu She, Aocang and Xiang Zhuang climbed up to the top of the city slowly.

Standing on the top of the city and looking down, I can see that there are densely packed wooden huts and huts under Ao Mountain, and there are even more rag tents in the middle. On the eastern edge of these wooden huts and rag tents, there is a neat row. In the porridge shed, four or five hundred large iron kettles have been set up, and they are cooking porridge day and night, and it is thick porridge that does not pour when chopsticks are inserted.

In less than five days, attracted by the millet in Ao Cang, not only the 50 hungry people who collapsed a few days ago returned, but also hundreds of thousands of hungry people swarmed in. Although no one has counted, the fact is that It is also impossible to make statistics online, but according to Xiang Zhuang's visual inspection, the number of hungry people gathered outside Ao Cang has exceeded [-]!

The 50 hungry people are naturally mostly old and young, women and children, but there are not no young men!
This strong man is like a bamboo shoot in a moso bamboo forest. The people in front have dug it once, and the people behind will still be able to find some if they dig again, maybe the quantity is less and the quality is worse, but there are still some anyway!However, in the eyes of Xiang Zhuang, these strong men are also a burden, at least before the Chu army has no foundation, they are definitely a burden!

After watching silently for a while, Xiang Zhuang suddenly asked Wu She, "Sir, how much food is left in Ao Cang?"

Wu She sighed, and said worriedly: "General, there are not many grains in Ao Cang. If it is just the existing hundreds of thousands of hungry people, they can eat for half a year, but the problem is that there will definitely be more in the future." There are more hungry people swarming here, so I am worried that the millet in Ao Cang may not survive for two months!"

"Two months?" Wei Liao nodded thoughtfully.

Xiang Zhuang said again: "Sir, our army's dry rations should be fried, right?"

"Our army's rations have been fried!" Wu She hurriedly said, "There are more than 500 mules and horses in total!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded, then suddenly looked back at Wei Liao, and said, "Military Master, should we go?"

"Yes, it's about time to go." Wei Liao nodded and said thoughtfully, "It's time to go."

(End of this chapter)