In Hanzhong, an army of 8,000 people was marching rapidly between the mountains and ridges. Yizhou had been calmed down, but the situation in Hanzhong was unclear, especially in Hanzhong there were 20,000 Yizhou troops hanging out of the country, which made Liu Jing's Hanzhong strategy urgent.

This 5,000-man army was commanded by general Zhao Yun, and the surrendered general of Yizhou Wu Yi was the deputy general. They will rush to Dingjun Mountain to receive 20,000 Yizhou troops. The team will march for five days and have entered the boundary of Hanzhong and are getting closer and closer to Dingjun Mountain.

It was late spring, and the weather was getting hotter, especially in the valley, where water vapor steeped, and under the direct sunlight, it felt even more stuffy.

Zhao Yun held down his war horse and used his hand to observe the surrounding terrain. They were marching in a wide river valley. The mountains on both sides were steep. The widest part of the valley was several miles, and the narrowest part was one mile. There was a turbulent stream in the middle of the valley. There was not a river yet. The stream was about five or six meters wide. The water flow was clear and clear. You could march in the water barefoot. The deepest part was only at the waist. The cold stream water made people feel hot.

"General Zhao!"

A shout came from behind. When Zhao Yun turned around, he saw Wu Yi running towards him. The two of them got along well and cooperated very well.

Although Wu Yi only made the case for Deputy General Zhao Yun, he had no complaints. He knew that Zhao Yun had a high status in the Jingzhou army, second only to Huang Zhong and Wenpin, and was even slightly higher than Gan Ning. This was also because of the special relationship between Zhao Yun and Liu Jing.

Especially Zhao Yun is generous and sincere in dealing with others. In addition, he is famous all over the world, Wu Yi is convinced by him and is willing to be his deputy general.

Moreover, before leaving, Liu Jing also explained to him that he was asked to go to Hanzhong because only he could collect 20,000 troops from Hanzhong. He was wronged that he would accompany Zhao Yun on this trip and would be used in the future. With Liu Jing's words, Wu Yi was even less worried.

He rode forward and bowed and smiled, "It's less than fifty miles away from Dingjun Mountain. Why would you send a scout to inquire about the situation first? Let's rest for an hour for the soldiers. What does General Zhao think?"

Zhao Yun happily agreed, "General Wu's words are reasonable, let's rest on the spot!"

Wu Yi quickly ordered the army to rest on the spot on both sides of the riverbed, and sent a team of scouts to Dingjun Mountain to find out the news. The soldiers sat on the shore to rest. Many people took off their armor and lay in the stream to take a shower.

At this time, Fa Zheng, a follower of the army, sat beside Zhao Yun and asked with a smile: "General Zhao, should we directly seize Hanzhong during this trip, or should we open up the Hanzhong Road first?"

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said, "The key is that Shangyong's side is that the provincial governor has urgently ordered the attack on Shangyong. If Shangyong takes it, Gan Ning and Wei Yan will go north from Shangyong and meet with us in Hanzhong. The provincial governor means that we will let us restrain Zhang Lu's main force in Dingjun Mountain, and Gan Ning and Wei Yan will seize Nanzheng. If it goes well, we will directly capture Hanzhong. If it doesn't go well, then the provincial governor may go north."

Fa Zheng nodded, "I understand, but Zhang Lu is very vigilant. Once Shangyong is in trouble, he will immediately change his strategy. General Gan and the others may not have the chance to seize Nan Zheng. I suggest that we might as well attack Nan Zheng and catch Zhang Lu off guard."

Zhao Yun was excited. He knew that Liu Jing valued Fazheng very much and praised him as a person with a strange strategy. Fazheng's suggestion was very meaningful. If Nanzheng could be taken down, Hanzhong would have taken half of it.

Zhao Yun quickly asked someone to invite Wu Yi to tell him Fa Zheng’s suggestion. Wu Yi was also quite interested and quickly took the map and spread it on the big rock. He smiled and said, "Please give me some advice!"

Fa Zheng smiled. He looked at the picture of the land and pointed to Nanzheng's area and said, "The Hanzhong Valley is actually located between Zhongnan Mountain in the north and Daba Mountain in the south. It is no different from the valley we are in now. It has only become dozens of times larger. If we take the official road, we will go directly to Dingjun Mountain. But if we take the Babei Road and bypass Dingjun Mountain from the south, we can go directly to Nanzheng City."

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "The key is that we don't know the situation in Nanzheng City, how many troops are there, and who is guarding it?"

Wu Yi interjected: "When I left Hanzhong a month ago, I knew that Nanzheng City was Zhang Wei, the younger brother of Zhang Lu, and Yang Song, and I don't know if there has been any changes now."

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "If it was Yang Song guarding him, there would be hope."

He and Wu Yi looked at each other, and both of them laughed. Zhao Yun asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Fa Zheng said: "Yang Song is very capable, but he is greedy for bribery and has a strong sense of interests. The interests outweigh loyalty. He can open a gap from him."

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment and said, "The Palace Master also told me that Yang Song had our people around him and could indeed use them."

He made a quick decision and said, "Since that's the case, we will take action separately. General Wu will still go to Dingjun Mountain to recruit his old subordinates. Mr. Fa and I took the path to Nanzheng."

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment and asked him to recruit his old subordinates alone. Does the provincial governor allow this?

Zhao Yun understood the difficulties, so he patted his shoulder and stared into his eyes and said, "General Wu will go to Dingjun Mountain, everything will be borne by me, Zhao Yun!"

Wu Yi nodded silently, Zhao Yun's trust made him feel a little grateful.

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The two armies in front of Dingjun Mountain have been confronting each other for more than a month. The Yizhou army occupied a high place and built a solid camp. It is condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Hanzhong army camp is on the banks of the Mianshui River fifteen miles away. Zhang Lu personally led 30,000 troops to confront the Yizhou army.

The Dingjunshan Dazhai is an important strategic stronghold in Hanzhong and the last dangerous place for the Daba Mountains to enter the Hanzhong Valley. In the fifth year of Jian'an, the Hanzhong Army built a solid fortress in Dingjunshan, hoarding a large amount of food and food to deal with the expansion of the Yizhou army in Hanzhong.

But Zhang Lu never expected that the defensive castle he had worked hard to build eventually became a wedge for the Yizhou army to invade Hanzhong. The fortress had sufficient food and supplies, and there was also mountain spring water source, which could support it for at least half a year. However, the fortress was easy to defend but difficult to attack. He attacked three consecutive attacks, but failed, and suffered thousands of soldiers and generals, but found nothing.

In the tent, Zhang Lu was drinking alone. He also heard about the Jingzhou army's large-scale attack on Bashu, but he did not know the specific situation.

It was not until Liu Jing attacked Bashu that Zhang Lu finally realized that he and Liu Zhang became Liu Jing's two pawns. Liu Jing pretended to attack Shangyong in order to introduce Liu Zhang's army into Hanzhong, restrain himself from the north, and prevent him from entering Shu in the chaos. Liu Jing's real goal was Bashu.

Zhang Lu was very worried that after Liu Jing took over Bashu, he would inevitably lead Hanzhong. He would attack from Yizhou and Shangyong. With the Jingzhou army's good fighting skills, can he still defend Hanzhong?

At this time, the adviser Guan Pu slowly walked into the tent and asked with concern: "General seems to be in a bad mood today?"

Zhang Lu sighed, "I'm worried, let's live today, I won't know tomorrow."

He waved his hand, "Sir, please sit down!"

Yan Pu sat down and asked carefully: "Are the general worried about Liu Jing?"

Zhang Lu nodded, "That's right, I don't know if he will conquer Yizhou now, and whether he will continue to go north and attack Hanzhong?"

"I think Liu Jing's capture of Yizhou is not so fast. The most urgent task is to annihilate the Yizhou army in Dingjun Mountain, redeploy defenses, and use the dangerous terrain to keep the Jingzhou army out of the gate. If it really doesn't work, the general can ask Prime Minister Cao for help."

"snort!"

Zhang Lu snorted coldly, "Liu Jing is a wolf, Cao Cao is a tiger. If you ask him for help, it is undoubtedly a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. If this is the case, sir, please don't say it again."

Yan Pu didn't expect Zhang Lu to resist Cao Cao like this, so he had to smile bitterly. At this moment, a rumbling sound of war drums suddenly came from outside the tent. Zhang Lu was shocked and stood up and asked, "What's going on?"

After a moment, a personal soldier rushed in to report: "You report to the general that it was Wu Yi who led his army to fight!"

"Wu Yi?"

Zhang Lu was surprised. The Yizhou military spy he caught some time ago said that Wu Yi has returned to Bashu, why is he back?

At this time, Yan Pu asked on the side: "Is it the Yizhou military flag, or has there been any changes?"

Zhang Lu suddenly understood that perhaps Zhang Lu surrendered to the Jingzhou army, so he also asked nervously: "Where is the battle flag?"

The personal soldier shook his head, "I haven't heard of Beizhi."

Zhang Lu immediately ordered: "Send troops to fight!"

The sound of war drums in the Hanzhong military camp also rumbling. They had not gone to war for nearly ten days. With the sound of war drums, the Hanzhong army also began to be excited. The gate of the camp opened wide, and Zhang Lu led 10,000 troops out in sequence, with flags waving and murderous intent.

Two miles away from them, an army of more than 10,000 people was also lined up in an orderly manner. In the sun, the helmets and armors were bright and the swords were flashing. Zhang Lu could see clearly that the flag that was fluttering in the wind was still the blue Yizhou battle flag, which made Zhang Lu breathe a sigh of relief, which meant that Wu Yi did not surrender to the Jingzhou army, and also that Yizhou had not been occupied by Liu Jing.

At this time, Wu Yi rode up under the escort of dozens of generals and shouted loudly: "Please come out and let me know!"

Zhang Lu hesitated for a moment and urged the horse to come forward. The hundred personal guards hurriedly guarded the left and right. The two were about dozens of steps apart. Zhang Lu asked loudly: "General Wu, what's wrong?"

Wu Yi clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Can you discuss with the general? We are willing to retreat to Bashu and ask General Zhang to release us."

Yan Pu, who was following Zhang Lu, was overjoyed. This was a good opportunity to reorganize the defense. He was about to persuade Zhang Lu to agree, but Zhang Lu said coldly: "I am not a vegetable garden in Hanzhong. You can come if you want to come, and you can leave if you want to leave. You can leave the head!"

Wu Yi was furious and took off his iron spear and pointed it at Zhang Lu, "Since that's the case, then fight to the death!"

Zhang Lu raised his head and laughed, turned around and asked the generals, "Who wants to go to fight?"

A young general shouted, "The last general is willing to fight!"

Seeing that it was Ma Qu, Zhang Lu nodded, "Actually fight!"

Ma Qu urged the horse to rush forward, and the opponent also changed. It was no longer Wu Yi, but the general Lei Tong. He thrust a snake spear and urged the horse to stab the enemy general. At this time, Yan Pu whispered to Zhang Lu: "Why didn't the general agree to their withdrawal? We can take the opportunity to sort out the pass."

Zhang Lu sneered and said, "It should be that the situation in Yizhou is not good. Wu Yi was in a hurry to go back, so I wouldn't allow him to go back. I drag them to death. When he quit his troops, our opportunity will come. How can I not swallow these 20,000 Yizhou troops?"
Chapter completed!