Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 235 Lottery
In May of the third year of Chuping, Ma Teng was trapped in an isolated city for nearly two months. He had to lead his army to break through and died in battle. Change of owner.

Within ten months, Luo Zheng divided his troops and successively attacked and occupied the counties of Hanyang and Wudu County in the south of Liangzhou.

Da Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong, was frightened, fearing that Luo Zheng would take advantage of the situation and march into Hanzhong, so he hurriedly squeezed out [-] soldiers and horses to settle in Sanguan.

It's not that Zhang Lu is careful, it's that Luo Zheng is aggressive, anyone who is a neighbor must be careful.

Lv Bu felt like he was facing a big enemy, he tried his best to shrink his troops, and prepared to defend Linjing to the death. At the same time, he burned the written appeal against Dong to ashes, shamelessly condemned people to go to Chang'an, and asked Duan Yan, who was stationed in Chang'an, for help.

Nanzheng, Zhang Lu's official residence.

Zhang Lu frowned, and said calmly: "Hey, Luo Zheng is really a wolf. When he first arrived in Liangzhou, he defeated Han Sui in one fell swoop. Now even Ma Teng is defeated. I really don't know what this guy is like. Alliance is right or wrong!"

Yang Song, the counselor who opposed the alliance with Luo Zheng earlier, took the opportunity to say: "My lord, Luo Zheng is aggressive. The lord's alliance with him is simply seeking skin from a tiger! I think the lord must be careful to avoid taking advantage of him."

Yang Bai and Zhang Wei also nodded quickly, and they were deeply wary of Luo Zheng.

Counselor Yan Pu pondered: "Liangzhou has not yet been settled, and Luo Zheng will not invade Hanzhong for the time being. Besides, Hanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Luo Zheng pacifies Liangzhou, he will only raise his troops to the east and enter Guanzhong, and will not attack the target. Put it in Hanzhong."

Everyone nodded, this is a consensus.

But Yang Bai still said: "Even so, don't be careless!"

Zhang Lu nodded and said: "Let's not talk about this first, what do you guys think when Luo Zheng condemns people to come to claim Ma Chao?"

Yang Song was the first to say: "My lord, I heard that Ma Chao is also a tiger general, and he must not be handed over to Luo Zheng. Besides, Ma Chao led the crowd to serve the lord. If the lord binds him to Luo Zheng, what will happen to the heroes of the world? Look at my lord."

"This is right!"

Everyone nodded and agreed, and they all disagreed with handing over Ma Chao.

Even the counselor Yan Pu said: "Yes, the lord can't hand over Ma Chao to Luo Zheng."

Zhang Ludao: "However, Luo Zheng promised to let me preach in the three counties of Hanyang, Wudu, and Longxi. This..."

Yan Pu said bluntly: "My lord, it's not pleasant to say a word. Luo Zheng only let the lord teach and preach among the Qiang and Hu people, but he didn't let the Han people under his rule accept the education. His heart can be punished. For more than a year, the lord sent The Taoists who went to Jincheng and Wuwei counties had almost no progress. Those Qianghu people were ignorant and barbaric, and they were not educated. They didn't know the true meaning of my five buckets of rice. Luo Zheng was clearly doing nothing. Ji Zhongshi, asking for Ma Chao, and asking for money and food from the Lord, is really deceiving."

"That's right, Luo Zheng is too much of a bully!"

Everyone seconded the proposal in unison, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

Of course, no one who can sit here is a fool.

Zhang Lu has sent people to preach under Luo Zheng's rule for more than a year, but there has been no breakthrough at all.

How can these human beings fail to react, Luo Zheng is playing a white wolf with empty hands.

"This one……"

Zhang Lu remained silent, apparently unwilling.

Yan Pu said: "Luo Zheng wants to borrow money and food from the lord, as long as he agrees to let the lord spread my five rice roads among the Han people under his rule. Hanzhong has plenty of money and food, and it is not impossible to borrow some food from him .As for Ma Chao, it is absolutely impossible to hand it over. It is a matter of the reputation of the lord, so this is absolutely unacceptable!"

Zhang Lu thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll just follow your opinion!"

"My lord is wise!"

All the generals bowed their hands together to compliment each other, and smiled at each other.

When Ma Teng was defeated and the situation in Liangzhou changed, King Qin's army of the Kwantung princes finally arrived at Hulao Pass.

At the end of May, Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and other princes led Qin Wang's army to camp at Hulao Pass. There were still Yuan Yi, governor of Shanyang, Kong Rong, governor of Taihai, Bao Xin, chancellor of Jibei, Liu Bei, governor of Pingyuan, and governor of Xuzhou. Tao Qian and others also arrived one after another.

Among them, Yuan Shao sent [-] troops, Gongsun Zan sent [-] troops, and Tao Lian sent [-] troops, the most powerful troops.

In addition to these three princes, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Cao Cao, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Kong Rong, Liu Bei, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, all sent thousands of troops. The total number of troops was more than [-]. .

Cao Cao proposed to set up an alliance leader and unify orders, but no one seconded.

Apart from Yuan Shao, there is probably no one who can be the leader of this alliance.

To this day, the princes of the world have their own ideas. It was not the first year of Chuping when they were begging Dong. Everyone was full of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. Now that the time has passed and the Han Dynasty is dead, who would make another The leader of the alliance came to restrain himself, and he was used as a spear for nothing. Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, who originally wanted to send troops south to Jizhou, was the first to be unwilling.

Cao Cao is in a miserable situation now. He doesn't even have a piece of land. He only has [-] plays under his command. He doesn't even have food and grass. After the cold scene, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, looked at Yuan Shao and said, "At first, look..."

Yuan Shao was displeased, looked around at the princes and said, "If the orders are not in order, how should we march?"

Gongsun Zan sneered, "Yuan Shao, don't tell me you still want to be the leader of the alliance again?"

Yuan Shao's face darkened at that time, and he said in a deep voice, "Gongsun Zan, what do you mean by that?"

Gongsun Zan sneered, and without looking at Yuan Shao, he turned his eyes away and drank the wine by himself.

Yuan Shao was furious and was about to lose his temper.

Liu Bei, Prime Minister of Pingyuan, hurriedly said: "We are all loyal to the Han Dynasty, and you should calm down the thunderous anger. This time, the army of the kings from all walks of life will meet at Hulao Pass. We should work together to break Hulao Pass and enter Luoyang." yes."

Yuan Shao sneered and said, "Liu Bei, there is no place for you to talk here."

Liu Bei was a little embarrassed and couldn't step down for a while.

This annoyed Zhang Fei behind Su Li, the black-faced man was about to have a fit.

Although Guan Yu was also very displeased, he was not reckless, and quickly grabbed Zhang Fei who was about to draw his sword.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were standing behind Yuan Shao, saw it, could not help but stare and sneer.

Cao Cao quickly smoothed things over and said: "Masters, don't hurt your harmony, don't hurt your harmony!"

Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao said: "Since the princes don't agree to choose a lord to command the three armies, then we have to discuss a charter for how to march, otherwise everyone will stand still and Li Jue will not let Hulao pass."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and you started discussing with each other.

After discussing for a whole morning, there was no conclusion.

Yuan Shao wanted to be the lord of the alliance to unify the three armies, but the princes were not stupid, and they didn't want to be restrained, lest they be sent by Yuan Shao to lead the battle and be the spearmen. They all wanted to preserve their strength and didn't want to be the first bird.

Gongsun Zan became a little impatient when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "There is nothing else to discuss. Since we don't want to choose a leader, then each of us will send [-] troops to take turns to attack Hulao Pass. This will be fair to everyone."

Zhang Miao glanced at Liu Bei and said, "If there are less than three thousand troops, what should we do?"

Gongsun Zan looked at Liu Bei and said, "If you have less than three thousand soldiers, you will naturally choose to join forces with others."

Liu Bei immediately said: "I would like to join forces with Brother Bogui and obey Brother Bogui's orders."

Gongsun Zan laughed loudly and said, "That's very good, I'll have a drink with Brother Xuande later."

Everyone secretly cried out that it was a pity that it was a pity that Liu Bei had not been won over earlier.

Yuan Shao is also a bit inferior. Among the princes present, he and Gongsun Zan have conflicts, but Liu Bei openly approached Gongsun Zan. Although it was a helpless move for Liu Bei, he also waited for him to lose face. How did he feel? Can have fun.

The plan is certain, but when it comes to discussing who will advance the army, it becomes a problem again.

Everyone knows that the first one to attack Hulao Pass will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and no one wants to stand out.

After arguing and arguing, in the end Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, stood up and was willing to be the first to send troops to attack Hulao Pass.

However, when discussing who would be the second to enter the army next time, the scene became cold again.

Cao Cao's small eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of a way to negotiate the drawing of lots.

All the princes readily agreed, since no one wants to fight, this is indeed a good way.Since everyone is unwilling to take the lead, let's draw lots to decide. No matter who gets the lead, there is nothing to regret.

At that moment, Cao Cao used people to make wooden sticks, numbered them and inserted them upside down in the tube, and handed them out to the princes to draw lots.

(End of this chapter)