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Volume 4 The Battle of Chibi Chapter 565 Lobbyist Yang Song

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    Zhang Lu paused for a moment, glanced at the crowd, a sudden light flashed in his eyes, and said slowly: "But Zhou Yu has gone too far to deceive others! If we don't control Chao Gang, we are content with preaching and have no thoughts of expansion. We have no regard for him at all."  Threat! In his eyes, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of my followers will be regarded as aliens! This is intolerable! Even with all the strength of Hanzhong, we must fight to the end with blood!"

    Zhang Lu's tone was set, and Yan Pu and others couldn't say anything more. Zhang Lu ordered on the spot to send Zhang Wei and Zhang Kui's 20,000 troops to immediately send troops from Nanzheng to rescue and disperse the pass under the starry night. Ma Chao was brave, and there  The guards are already very tight.  Once the 20,000 troops move, the garrison near Nanzheng will not exceed 5,000. If Zhang Lu knew at this moment that Xu Huang's troops had walked out of the inaccessible Ziwu Valley and were heading towards Nanzheng, which was empty of defenses.  , I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t make this decision!  .

    Disperse the customs.

    Guard general Yang Ang fought several times with the coalition forces of Lu Su and Ma Chao. It was difficult for him to defeat the brave Jin Ma Chao. His vanguard officer Pang De was also an outstanding martial artist. He defeated three of Yang Ang's subordinate generals and forced Yang Ang to fight.  Stay behind closed doors.

    Among Lu Su's army, many were private soldiers of aristocratic families in the Guanzhong area. According to the new dynasty's laws, the number of private soldiers maintained by these aristocratic families could not exceed a hundred. Shocked by Lu Su's force, these aristocratic families simply became a  Following the trend of the situation, the redundant private soldiers were sent to Lu Su's military camp, and they were successfully dismissed in the name of serving the country.

    Therefore, the total number of troops gathered by Lu Su's subordinates before dispersing exceeded 40,000.

    No matter how you humiliate and scold you, Yang Ang just can't get out. Facing the dangerous Sanguan, he knows that there will be greater casualties.  Lu Su had no choice but to order a strong attack.  Fortunately, there were disciples of Ma Jun in the army, and they learned his true story. Using the baggage they carried and the trees on both sides of the road, they quickly equipped siege engines, well traps, catapults and other siege weapons.  Mainly recruits from Guanzhong launched a wave of attacks.

    After several days of offensive, Lu Su's face could not help but darken slightly, and his heart felt even more painful. With the superior siege equipment, there were still nearly a thousand casualties!  The guards at Sanguan Pass were not much better. Even with the naturally advantageous and steep terrain, they suffered thousands of casualties!  More than half of them.  They all died at the hands of the archers on the well.

    Lu Su was concerned about Xu Huang and his party who were trekking through Ziwu Valley. He also knew that the more intense and fierce the fighting here in Sanguan, the more reinforcements from Zhang Lu would be attracted.  As the second dangerous pass, Yangping Pass will naturally not send troops. If Zhang Lu gets hot and transfers his most trusted troops from Nanzheng, it will give Xu Huang an excellent opportunity!

    It is the characteristic of every good commander to love his soldiers as his sons. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Lu Su recruited many nearby civilians.  More siege equipment was built day and night. When more and more well gates stood outside Sanguan City, the crossbowmen of Jiangdong Army were condescending and accurately shot the defenders at the gate.  Rockets were also launched from time to time to set fire to the houses and tiles in the pass.  The guards had to devote their energy to putting out the fire.

    Yang Ang can't bear it anymore!  The most effective way to deal with Jinglan at the moment is to send light cavalry out of the city to counterattack, using skin bags filled with kerosene to hit Jinglan.  Then use rockets or torches to start the fire and completely burn it.

    As the Sanguan city gate opened, nearly a hundred light cavalry rushed out of the city, braving their bows and arrows. They had just burned one or two wells. The sound of rumbling horse hoofs could be heard in their ears. People and horses were heavily dressed.  Armored heavy cavalry rushed from a distance like ghosts, and their fierce murderous aura suddenly filled the small dirt road in front of Sanguan.

    The result of heavy cavalry versus light cavalry is self-evident.  Coupled with the precise mounted shooting of Xiliang's elite cavalry, nearly a hundred light cavalry who came out of the pass were completely wiped out!  Hanzhong was already short of horses. The total number of cavalry did not exceed 2,000, and there were only 200 cavalry in Sanguan. Now they lost half of them at once, which made Yang Ang heartbroken and he no longer dared to easily counterattack.  .

    Yang Ang is worthy of being the number one general under Zhang Lu. He has rich experience in battles. Seeing this scene, he quickly made many wooden shields, which were about four or five times the size of ordinary shields and could protect two or three people.  When the Jiangdong Army was not attacking, the defenders huddled within the wall stacks to avoid arrows. When the Jiangdong Army infantry set up ladders to attack the city, the defenders were divided into groups and protected by large wooden shields. The rest could roll logs.  Stone, kerosene, and other defensive equipment were used to attack the enemy troops that were climbing up.

    The two armies fought for seven or eight days in Sanguan. Less than half of the defenders in the pass were already wounded, and most of them were wounded. They were about to lose their strength. Zhang Wei and Zhang Gu arrived in time with 20,000 elite troops!

    However, Yang Ang was not happy for long. Two or three days later, a piece of news came like a thunderbolt from the blue, which made everyone feel distracted.  Nanzheng fell!  The lord Zhang Lu was captured!

    Nanzheng City, inside Zhang Lu¡¯s mansion.

    Zhang Lu sat unscathed in the side room, wearing a neat Taoist robe, a fresh bun, and a slightly kind face. Everything was as usual. Only the occasional anxious glance confirmed that his state of mind was not clear.  The stage is generally bright and clean.

     After Xu Huang led his troops to capture the city of Nanzheng with lightning speed, he treated Zhang Lu politely and showed no offense to the people of Nanzheng, which surprised Zhang Lu.  According to his understanding, the imperial court was very wary of Wu Dou Mi Dao, and most of the people in Hanzhong were its followers, so the imperial court might take heavy action, otherwise it would be unable to control the situation in Hanzhong in the future.

    Xu Huang¡¯s move was definitely not something he did personally, but what the court thought. This made Zhang Lu see a few glimmers of hope in the frustration of being captured. Perhaps, there is still room for Wu Dou Mi Dao to continue to survive?

    For Zhang Lu, since his grandfather founded the Five Dou Rice Road, the entire family has treated the Five Dou Rice Road as a lifelong endeavor.  After occupying Hanzhong and establishing a political and religious regime, Zhang Lu's identity was firstly the Celestial Master of Five Pecks of Rice, and secondly the lord of many civil servants and generals.  Carrying forward the Five Pecks of Rice Road is far more important than separatist rule.  Therefore, some subordinates once persuaded Zhang Lu to ascend the throne as King of Hanzhong, but Zhang Lu refused.

    The side door creaked open, Xu Huang walked in proudly, and the person behind him was Yang Song.  Zhang Lu sighed softly in his heart. Judging from his expression, Yang Song came to ask for surrender.

    The Yang family is the largest family in Hanzhong. Yang Song is one of the leaders of the Yang family. In addition, his younger brother Yang Bai holds military power. Yang Ang and Yang Ren in the family are both generals who command the army. Therefore, Yang Song can be said to be the most powerful person in Hanzhong.  Ji Ji is the second-largest person after Zhang Lu.

    However, Yang Song is not a good person. Although he is somewhat resourceful, his fatal weakness is his greed for money and forgetfulness of justice.  Jiangdong's troops had not yet arrived and were blocked outside Sanguan. He encouraged Zhang Lu to gather troops and horses to resist the enemy from outside the country.  And once Xu Huang succeeded in the sneak attack on Nanzheng, for the sake of his own wealth and life, after getting Xu Huang's guarantee and seeing Lu Su's autograph letter, he came to act as a lobbyist.

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