Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 879

Seizing Yangping Pass is no less important than occupying Wudu and opening Qishan Road.

Although the men and horses were rushing about, Jiang Wei still suggested attacking Nanzheng while the iron was hot. Deng Ai then sent Mi Wei and Fu Tong to follow Jiang Wei on the expedition, and sent people to inquire about the movements of the Han army in Jinniudao.

Soon after Zhang Yi and Liao Hua led the army, Yan Shazan and Zhou Xin were behind, and Deng Ailing continued to attack Dingjun Mountain.Two days later, Sha Zan and Zhou Xin arrived one after another. Deng Ai brought Wei Chang and Wei Rong brothers to see Zhou Xin.

Deng Ai sent Sima Yi west, and when Qu'a said that he attacked Chang'an, Zhou Xin couldn't help frowning. His thoughts were different from Qu'a's. Zhou Xin believed that Sima Yi was more threatening than Liwei; Sha Zan was very worried about Desert Khan.However, it is too early to consider Sima Yi's issue. The first priority is to win Hanzhong, the second is to assist Qu'a in capturing Chang'an, and the third is to assist Zhou Cang in capturing Shangyong.

Now that Yangping Pass has been won, there is no suspense in taking Hanzhong. The 4 troops of Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi are more than enough.

Deng Ai said: "Wen Chang died in Chen Cang. I can lead the army along Chen Cang Road to advance to Chang'an and retrieve Wen Chang's body. Brothers Wei Chang and Wei Rong can go with me."

Wei Chang said with tears in his eyes, "Thank you uncle. However, when the Shu army made the Northern Expedition, my father offered a plan to go out of the Ziwu Valley to reach the southeast of Chang'an, but Zhuge Liang did not accept it. If we go out of the Ziwu Valley at this time, we may become a rare soldier."

Sha Zan cupped his hands and said, "I would like to lead the army to Ziwu Valley. The world should know Wei Yan's plan!"

Zhou Xin nodded: "Can't I get what I want?"

Deng Ai led Qu Fengxian and Wei Rong with 2 troops to Chencang Road; Sha Zan, Luo Xian, and Wei Chang led [-] troops to Ziwu Valley; Zhou Xinzi, Deng Tong and others rushed to Nanzheng.

The world has changed. During the Northern Expedition of the Shu Army, Hanzhong returned to Shu, and the chief general of the Wei Army, Cao Zhenbing, had many generals. At this time, in the Northern Expedition, the Wei Army in Chang'an did not know the crisis in Hanzhong, and even regarded Ziwu Valley as a retreat. Zhang Ji was passively beaten in Chang'an at this time.Therefore, the Ziwu Valley's strange plot is no longer so strange, and Sha Zan's journey to the expedition is not so dangerous.

There were no checkpoints or sentries from the Wei army along the way, and the Han army suddenly appeared in Du Ling unimpeded. Zhang Ji and Duan Mo paid close attention to the northwest direction, lest the Han army not attack Chang'an and take Du Ling first. Support the Han army.

After sunset, Sha Zan ordered fire prevention and attacked Wei Ying.The team that Duan Mo summoned temporarily lacked tacit understanding and cooperation, and they did not have enough preparation and defense, let alone how many Han troops would attack. There were only flames and shouts of killing, and they were timid before fighting. Sha Zan, Luo Xian and Wei Chang rushed forward, and the Wei army could not resist the defeat.Zhang Ji fled to Chang'an; Duan Mo went to Tongguan and was intercepted and killed by Ma Xiu in Huayin.

Sha Zan seized Du Ling and immediately sent someone to contact Qu'a.

After winning Duling, Deng Ai would arrive at most ten days after taking Chencang Road, thus encircling Chang'an, Qu'a was overjoyed.

Qu Axi, Zhang Jiyou.The way of retreat was cut off, and Chang'an became an isolated city, so why not make him anxious.Zhang was not only worried that Chang'an would not be safe, but also worried that Zhou Xin's Yizhou soldiers would attack Du Ling. Hanzhong was probably already lost, so Cao Wei's country would not survive!The Han army has besieged the city for nearly two months. Although the city is considered stable, people's hearts are somewhat fluctuating. If it goes on for a long time, chaos will inevitably arise.

This is also what Pang Shanmin is most worried about. If the opponent is a foreigner or a traitor, it is okay to say that the people in the city can be mobilized to fight against the enemy, because the people also know that they will not have a good life when the city is broken.The problem is that the Han army is outside the city, and Chang'an City is the former capital of the Han Dynasty!
How to appease the people without taking advantage of righteousness?Tell them to be loyal to Cao Wei with empty words?joke!
Deterrence with soldiers?Defending the city still relies on the help of the common people, forcefully suppressing it, maybe the resentment of the people will rebound, and the common people will rebel, and the troops in the city are simply not enough!

Unrighteousness, lack of benefit, and powerlessness lead to the distraction of people's hearts, which is the biggest difficulty in Chang'an now.

The only way Jiang Ji could come up with was to make a wish: one is to promise him an official position, and anyone with some courage will be used as a captain, even if it is a bare-bones man with no soldiers; Five acres of land and ten acres for those who send troops will be exempted from taxes for three years; the third is to allow them to be released and release prisoners.

Since Zhang used whatever he could, he immediately handed over the matter to Jiang Ji and Zhang Ji.This method really worked, and the people's hearts were settled, and another 5000 people were recruited. However, most of these 5000 people were beggars, hooligans, scoundrels and criminals, who called each other inappropriate for their official positions.

In a few days, Zhang Ji discovered that these people had a bad military discipline and would do everything but good deeds, so he tricked the group of people out of the city to attack Du Ling, and Sha Zan beheaded them all.

Luo Xian saw that the Wei army was like this, and he knew that Zhang was poor in skills;

Luo Xian asked Zhang Ji three questions:
One is that Zhang Ji had a lot of political achievements in Yongzhou, benefited the people, and had a lot of kindness, but now sticking to Chang'an will inevitably bring the people into trouble, ask Zhang Ji, how can he bear it?Could it be that he just watched his decades of achievements disappear?Leave a bad name in the hearts of the people?

The second is that with the Han armies gathered from all directions, Chang'an has become an isolated city, and it will be lost sooner or later. Why does Zhang have to fight meaninglessly?Is it just to prove that he is a loyal minister of the Cao family?How is this different from those who try to catch their reputation and deceive the world?
The third is that the world was originally a big Han, and eunuchs messed up the government and treacherous ministers were in power, which led to chaos in the world. Although Cao Cao made great contributions to the society, Cao Pi usurped the throne. It is really wrong for Cao Pi to usurp the throne. Just ignore the peace of the world?Doesn't Zhang Ji want to see the world unified and the people live and work in peace and contentment?
Since Zhang surrendered to the great Han, it is only the Cao family who is ashamed, but it is beneficial to the people of Yongzhou and contributes to the society. Please consider carefully which one is big and small, and which is more important.

Although Luo Xian was only half jealous, he still taught Zhang Ji another lesson, explaining Zhou Cang's governance philosophy: the country is the most important, the people are the first, and the monarch is the least; Self-reliance to educate the people; apart from the emperor, there is no hereditary, only those with virtue and talents use it; the parliament is the highest decision-making, and the Privy Council is the highest execution, not arbitrarily determined by one person, etc.

Although Zhang Ji, Jiang Ji, and Pang Shanmin were wise men, they were confused. At least they understood what Luo Xian meant. Being a loyal minister and hurting innocent people, the three remained silent.

Brothers Hu Guang and Hu Lie formed a deep hatred with Sha Zan because of the death of their father and brother. They would rather die than surrender. , I have pity on my father and brother being harmed by him, if Shijun insists on surrendering, please behead both of us first!"

(End of this chapter)