I win the lottery in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 89
Chapter 89
Meng Chen returned to Chang'an, and after only three days of revision, he set off again with an army!
In the eyes of outsiders, this move seemed a bit militaristic, but the rotation of soldiers did not cause much loss in the combat effectiveness of Meng Chen's army.

For this expedition, Meng Chen did not bring too many generals, only Xue Rengui, Chen Yaojin and Xu Huang followed.

As for the counselor, it was naturally Liu Bowen who came out in person.

In the last few expeditions, Jia Xu has been following Meng Chen to conquer the east and west, his body is already showing signs of fatigue, and Meng Chen secretly regrets it.

"Brother Cunxiao, the safety of Chang'an is in the hands of elder brother!" Before setting off, Meng Chen told Li Cunxiao.

"My lord, don't worry, there is filial piety, and Chang'an is safe and sound."

In Meng Chen's army, the relationship between Meng Chen and Li Cunxiao is both a teacher and a friend, plus Ma Chao has already worshiped Li Cunxiao as his teacher, this iron triangle is already unshakable.

In addition, Xue Rengui, Chen Yaojin, and Xu Huang were also highly valued by Meng Chen, and even Yan Xing, a surrendered general, was made the prefect of Yumen Pass by Meng Chen.

In general, Meng Chen's subordinates are like clouds, but they are still short of major generals!
Besides Liu Bowen and Jia Xu, there are no other counselors. It is an indisputable fact that Wu is strong and Wen is weak.

It's not that Meng Chen didn't think about looking for famous counselors such as Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, etc., but what can he use to persuade him to join him?

At least Meng Chen's reputation has not yet reached the point where these big bulls and young bulls bow their heads and worship.

When he was about to leave the south gate of Chang'an City, there was a melodious sound of a piano coming from the top of the city.

"Master, it's Miss Cai." Meng Shan reminded in a low voice.

"Well, this song of mountains and rivers makes people feel refreshed." Meng Chen said with a smile.

In the face of family and country affairs, children's personal relationships must be put on the back burner. Meng Chen understands this in his heart, and so does Cai Yan.

But people have feelings, not to mention the long-standing relationship between the two.

Looking towards the top of the city, Meng Chen tightly clenched his right hand into a fist, making up his mind in his heart that he would never let Cai Yan down, and never let her be as miserable as in history.

"Ding, the mission is updated, capture Hanzhong within [-] days! If the mission is successful, a lottery draw will be rewarded. If the mission fails, the system will randomly take back one of the troops obtained by the host."

Meng Chen is very speechless, now the system's requirements are getting stricter, he hasn't shown up for several months, and when he shows up, he makes himself difficult, is this something people do?

Without further delay, Meng Chen held up the Overlord's Halberd and roared, "Let's go, aim for Hanzhong!"

Hanzhong County is connected to Guanzhong in the north, Bashu in the south, and Jingxiang in the east. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!

Today's Hanzhong County is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, but Zhang Lu, who controls Hanzhong, has long wanted to stand on his own.

Under the control of the Five Dou Rice Sect, the entire Hanzhong can be said to be monolithic.

Liu Zhang tried to get rid of Zhang Lu several times, but failed.

Zhang Lu, who has been huddled in Hanzhong with all his heart, is completely a master who neither listens to the tune nor listens to the announcement.

"Military division, this praise ramp is so important, Zhang Lu didn't send troops to guard it."

"Although Zhang Lu is ambitious, he is only limited to one county, and he knows nothing about the art of war."

Along the way, the entire Baoxie Road was not guarded by soldiers, and the level of dilapidation made Meng Chen scold her almost every day.

Fortunately, Liu Bowen had already prepared for this journey, repairing it as he went, which prevented the [-] troops from being delayed for too long on the road.

Even so, it took nearly 20 days for the army to get out of the praise ramp!
"My lord, according to the news that Yebu received, Baocheng is defended by Zhang Lujun, but the number of them is only over a thousand. I think sneak attack is the best!"

For the city defense of Baocheng, Meng Chen has a certain understanding through the news of the night.

It's not impossible to attack by force, it will only expose yourself too early.

And Liu Bowen's so-called sneak attack, in Meng Chen's view, should belong to the makeup sneak attack of later generations.

"The meaning of the military division is to pretend to be a caravan and strike down in one fell swoop?"

"Of course!"

A day later, a caravan from Xiliang appeared outside Baocheng. The scale of this caravan was never seen by the defenders of Baocheng.

"Stop, where did you come from and where are you going?" The captain of the city gate stopped the horses headed by the caravan with a smirk on his face.

Such fat can never slip away easily from the mouth.

"We came from the north, hoping to sell war horses in Hanzhong!"

With a smile on his face, Liu Bowen handed over a heavy kit while talking.

Materials such as war horses are scarce in this era. Even the ace tiger and leopard cavalry in Cao Cao's hands was built only by Lao Cao's frugality.

As for the Han states that are more southward, there are almost no sources of strategic materials such as war horses.

The Chengmen school captain who heard the words laughed, war horses are scarce.

He originally planned to collect some tolls, but now he has another plan in mind.

If he is determined to snatch these war horses and dedicate them to Zhang Lu, he will be able to achieve great success just around the corner!

Looking at the huge caravan, Captain Chengmen grinned, and then winked at his subordinates.

"I think you're just a small business, what about selling war horses, I think it's going to take the opportunity to seize Hanzhong!"

The lieutenant's face suddenly darkened, and he pulled out the ring knife at his waist with a bang.

It was too late to say it, but Xue Rengui, who had been following Liu Bowen not far behind, shot suddenly.

There was a sound of "Pu Chi", the captain of Chengmen looked shocked, and looked at the sword body that had already passed through his body.

"You...enemy..."

At the moment Xue Rengui shot, the crossbowmen hidden in the caravan quickly shot and killed all the county soldiers near the city gate.

"Soldiers, go into the city!" Xue Rengui shouted, and was the first to rush into the city.

Such a battle didn't last long. Apart from bullying the common people and the caravan, Zhang Lu's county soldiers had a fighting strength of five.

That is what later generations often say, fight the five scum!

However, since occupying Baocheng, Meng Chen has never been happy.

The people looked at Meng Chen and his army, not to mention hatred, but repulsion.

"Military Master, the eyes of the people... don't seem to welcome us very much!"

"In Hanzhong County, most of the people are followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect. If the Lord wants to win people's hearts, he must first get rid of this Sect."

Meng Chen was silent. According to his understanding, the Five Dou Rice Sect is no different from the Yellow Turban Sect. It is nothing more than pretending to be a ghost to deceive ignorant people.

"Zhang Lu must die!" Meng Chen gritted his teeth and popped out these words.

"My lord, we still need to order the city gates to be closed to prevent the news from leaking out." Liu Bowen hastily added.

In the county government office in Baocheng, several officials from Baocheng knelt in front of Meng Chen's eyes, and when Meng Chen asked a question, the group of people answered in a hurry.

Generally speaking, Zhang Lu's grasp of Hanzhong is not firm, at least the Yang family member in front of him has expressed his loyalty to Meng Chen.

(End of this chapter)