Jia Long answered Zhang Lu's question with great certainty. He had confirmed this matter repeatedly!
"Does Governor Zhang know about Dong Zhuo's move of the capital to Chang'an?"
"have no idea."
Seeing that Jia Long was talking about moving the capital to Chang'an again, Zhang Lu became even more confused.
The affairs in Guanghan County were enough to give Zhang Lu a headache. How could he care about Dong Zhuo's bad affairs?
"In order to avoid the Kwantung Allied Forces, Dong Zhuo has burned Luoyang to the ground! With His Majesty and hundreds of civil and military officials, millions of people in Luoyang moved to Chang'an in the middle of Guanzhong."
"What does this have to do with Liu Zhang?"
Zhang Lu was worried to death by Jia Long, and even after talking for a long time, he couldn't get to the point.
"Prefect Zhang, don't worry, listen to me! After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he was able to use the complex geographical environment in Guanzhong to effectively curb the offensive pace of the coalition forces. Dong Zhuo, the prince of Guandong, blocked it, but what about the princes of Kansai!"
"The princes of Guanxi? Han Sui, Ma Teng?"
"That's right!"
Jia Long nodded heavily, his expression even more excited.
"A few months ago, Dong Zhuo relied on Liu Zhang to defeat the allied forces at Hulao Pass. After marching westward to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo had nothing to do against Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou. According to the latest news, Liu Zhang has returned to Hanzhong
, prepare to lead the people of Hanzhong to the north to help Dong Zhuo!"
"No wonder Zitong has frequently sent troops to Hanzhong recently. It turns out that there is a war in the northwest, and Liu Zhang can no longer sit idle in Zitong!"
Only then did Zhang Lu suddenly realize that when he heard his subordinates report that Zitong was mobilizing troops frequently, he thought it was Liu Zhang's plan, but now it seems that there is really a war!
Before Zhang Lu had finished digesting this good news, Jia Long brought him other news.
"That's not all. I heard that Liu Zhang sent a partial army to march into the Guanghan vassal state, but the result was very, very unsatisfactory. Except for Yinping, where the Lei family is located, the other two counties are still resisting!"
"Liu Zhang is not very strong, but he has a big appetite. I heard that troops and horses have been mobilized frequently on Micang Road recently, and he seems to be planning to go south to attack Bazhong!"
The more Zhang Lu heard, the more shocked he became. If he hadn't seen Jia Long swearing so confidently, Zhang Lu would never have believed it!
"Liu Zhang is crazy! He wants to fight on three sides!"
"Yes, Liu Zhang is crazy. I think he is not only crazy, he is also delirious!"
Jia Long had already foreseen Liu Zhang's failure at this time. Even with a small number of troops, he still marched in three directions. If this was not a major defeat, it would be evil!
"Prefect Zhang, today is the one-month period we agreed on. Zhao Wei specially came to say goodbye to you."
Zhang Lu wanted to find a reason to refuse Zhao Wei's departure, but he opened his mouth for a long time and no words came out!
"Prefect Zhang, if Bazhong is lost, Jiangzhou will not be protected. I must go back. Please don't embarrass me, Prefect Zhang."
Zhao Wei had given Zhang Lu a lot of face. He had received the news three days ago that Liu Zhang was planning to invade Bazhong, and he had endured it until today!
Zhang Lu did not embarrass Zhao Wei again and nodded directly in agreement.
"In this case, Zhang will not keep Zhao Taishou. I hope Zhao Taishou can defeat Liu Zhang in Bajun!"
"Thank you! Everyone, take care of yourself. Zhao Wei bids farewell!"
"Take care, Prefect Zhao!"
Zhao Wei did not hesitate, bowed his hands to everyone, and quickly left the hall.
Zhang Lu let out a breath of turbid air. Looking at Zhao Wei's expression, he knew that Ba Jun's situation was not that good!
"Prefect Jia, I am the prefect. Liu Zhang is not in Zitong at the moment. Please send troops together with me to attack Zitong and drive Liu Zhang out of Guanghan County completely!"
What Zhang Lu didn't expect was that when he proposed attacking Zitong, Jia Long and Ren Qi immediately stopped laughing.
"Prefect Zhang, Zitong occupies a dangerous position. It is absolutely impossible to capture Fujian with only 20,000 troops! It is better to stick to Fujian!"
Zhang Lu was speechless after hearing this. What Ren Qi said made sense. With an army of 20,000, it might be impossible to defeat Zitong.
"Zhang Wei, come in!"
A figure quickly flashed in outside the door, it was Zhang Wei who was called by Zhang Lu.
"Brother, you called me?"
"Zi Tong, have you ever been there? If there are five thousand defenders in the city, can we 20,000 attack it?"
Zhang Wei's mind flashed over Zitong's city defense situation. After thinking about it carefully, he nodded slightly.
"Brother, Zitong actually only has two gates in the north and south. The east and west gates are close to the mountain and are difficult to attack. That means we only need to attack the south gate!"
"When I left Zitong, I took a look and saw that there was only a small urn at the south gate. If an army of 20,000 people attacked day and night, they would definitely be able to defeat Zitong!"
With Zhang Wei's words, Zhang Lu immediately became energetic.
"Prefect Jia, Prefect Ren, you have heard what my second brother said, what do you think? Will you follow me to expel Liu Zhang?"
Jia Long and Ren Qi looked at each other at the same time, and saw expressions of rejection at the same time.
"Prefect Zhang, why don't we leave the troops and horses to you as we said before, and we both go back and gather some more troops to deal with emergencies?"
Zhang Lu was very calm and seemed to have guessed what Jia Long and Ren Qi were saying.
"Forget it, then Zhang won't do anything difficult for others! But I still want to thank you two for leaving your troops to Zhang Lu!"
When Jia Long and Ren Qi heard that Zhang Lu was willing to let them go, smiles suddenly filled their faces.
"Haha, I am here to wish Governor Zhang a successful capture of Zitong and drive Liu Zhang out of Guanghan!"
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Zhang and Lu all smiled at each other, but they had their own thoughts!
Jia Long and Ren Qi wanted to return to Shu County and Qianwei County quickly so that they could exercise their acquired rights!
Zhang Lu's original intention was not to keep the two of them, his thoughts were still on their soldiers and horses.
Maybe if Jia Long and Ren Qi stay here, it will be even more detrimental to the command!
Just like last time, it was obviously just a retreat, but eventually it developed into a situation of cannibalism!
In the final analysis, it is because there is no unified command.
Fighting independently is a taboo for the coalition forces! In fact, members of the coalition forces understand this truth, but who is willing to let others command their own troops?
After sending away Jia Long and Ren Qi, only Zhang Lu brothers and more than 21,000 soldiers and horses were left in Fujian.
Again, the problem is that the soldiers must recognize a unified commander, so that the battle can be facilitated.
There is no doubt that the only person in Fujian County who is qualified to serve as this commander is Zhang Lu’s younger brother Zhang Wei!
"Zhang Wei, how many days will it take you to integrate the soldiers and horses in Fujian?"
Zhang Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and was thinking about this issue in his mind.
"Liu Zhang has already left Guanghan, and Zitong will be ours sooner or later, so I don't mind waiting two more days."
In order to reduce the pressure on Zhang Wei, Zhang Lu took the initiative to relax the time in order to win with one blow.
"Brother, give me four days! In four days, we will attack Zitong! This time, we will definitely capture Zitong completely!"
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Wei finally gave a time, a time that he was very sure of.