South Zhengcheng.

The snow was drifting like goose feathers, and the air seemed to condense into ice.

"This year's weather is much colder than usual!" Zhang Lu stood under the eaves, staring at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and said in a deep voice: "It has not been such a big snowflake in Hanzhong for many years!" ”

Although Hanzhong is located in the northwest, the geographical location has been in the Central Plains, and it will snow in previous years, but it is all small snowflakes, but this year since November, it has been goose feather heavy snow, and continuous heavy snow has been falling non-stop, which is a rare thing.

"Ruixue Mega Year!"

Yan Pu stood next to him and said in a low voice, "This is to tell us again that there will be a bumper harvest next year!" ”

"Really?"

The corners of Zhang Lu's mouth slightly outlined a cold arc: "Benjun still thinks that this heavy snow is God's send-off for Benjun, maybe the Supreme Venerable thinks that Benjun is not qualified to be this Heavenly Master at all, and he will bring me such a disaster!" ”

When the news from Xicheng came back, even if he cultivated his qi no matter how deep he was, he was furious, and almost smashed everything in the hall to a pulp before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Even lost Shangyong Xicheng, he lost half of Hanzhong.

The most important thing is not this.

It was the annihilation of Zhang Suo, Zhang Wei and Yang Bai's army, which not only made him lose the two most relied on generals, but also lost nearly half of the main force of soldiers and horses, whether it was Shangyong soldiers, Zhang Wei's Taoist soldiers, and Yang Bai's main soldiers and horses, they were all indispensable to him.

Now he can be described as a big loss of vitality.

"A good harvest? Benjun doesn't expect any big harvest in Hanzhong anymore! ”

Zhang Lu raised his head and stared into the distance with his eyes: "Benjun only hopes that Benjun's preparations and plans in the past few years will not be in vain, and the foundation of the Heavenly Master Dao will not be defeated in the hands of Benjun!" ”

Over the years, he has done a lot for the rise of the Heavenly Master's Dao.

Every day before dawn, I began to practice martial arts, all year round, without interruption.

bowed his head and recognized Liu Yan as his father.

sent troops to conquer Hanzhong, crusade against Sugu, and calculated Zhang Xiu......

All of this was to revive the future of the Heavenly Master Dao.

But since the news of Xicheng came back, he seemed to have received a blow to his head, almost knocking him down to the eighteenth layer of hell, making his spirit and spirit become devastated.

"Master Shijun, we haven't lost yet!"

Yan Pu thought about it, he wanted to comfort, but he didn't know how to say it, and finally he said in a low voice: "Nan Zheng is still in our hands, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory!" ”

Although Hanzhong is large, the city of Nanzheng is already half of the country.

As long as Nan Zheng is still there, they are not considered to lose.

"Is there still a chance to turn defeat into victory?"

Zhang Lu was questioning, not only questioning Yan Pu, but also questioning himself.

The repeated blows suppressed his self-confidence.

"Yes!"

Yan Pu said firmly: "Lord Shijun, although the pastoral army is fierce, but they also suffered heavy losses in order to conquer Shangyong and Xicheng, and the entire army of Shangyong soldiers was wiped out, it is impossible for them not to pay the price, and Yang Bai, Lord Shijun, Yang Bai's ability you know best, if you want to eat him, how can it be so simple, although this battle is said to be because they went out of Ba County and attacked suddenly, but I have heard that Yang Bai's counterattack almost killed Mu Longtu under the horse, the news from Xicheng, now Mu Longtu is still lying on the sickbed to recuperate, It is enough to show that they have also suffered heavy injuries! ”

"Yang Bai is a fierce general, but it's a pity, in the end, he was almost able to kill the Mu thief!"

Zhang Lu said: "If you kill him, how can this gentleman come from!" ”

"Master Shijun, the matter has come to this point, it's useless to say!"

Yan Pu said: "What we should face next is much easier, I guess it's time for the pastoral army to rest!" ”

"Before, we just guessed that the pastoral army would not attack in the cold winter and the moon, so that Yang Bai would be isolated, that he would die in Xicheng, and that we would lose the balance of the entire eastern part of Hanzhong!"

Zhang Lu shook his head: "The Mu thief's fang is not simple, we can't speculate on this person according to common sense!" ”

"Benjun thinks he's going to attack!"

The lost Xicheng, he suddenly woke up, Mu Jing is not a person who can be speculated with common sense, dare to march brazenly in the cold winter wax moon, this is so confident that he must take over this failure, and re-speculate on Mu Jing's character and thoughts.

"No!"

Yan Pu disagreed, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Shijun, the pastoral army attacked Xicheng, that is because they have already arranged it, with Yang Bai's troops, there is absolutely no problem in guarding Xicheng, even if the main force of the pastoral army is exhausted, he can't help him, if it weren't for the herdsman's army having already arranged a group of soldiers and horses to pass through Ba County, breathing the West City Gate, they can't break through Xicheng anyway, but this trick can only be used once, and next, he will face our Nanzheng!" ”

"Nanzheng City is the highest city wall in Hanzhong and the most powerful city in defense, plus we still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend it, if their herding army dares to attack in this weather, it will definitely kill themselves!"

"So they will definitely stop and rest, at least, they will not send our Nanzheng troops until they have consolidated the acquired city!"

"We still have time!"

Yan Pu said so much, this sentence is fundamental, and they still have time to deal with it.

"But even if it is delayed until the spring of next year!" Zhang Lu said gloomily: "Will Liu Yan definitely send troops to help?" ”

"Liu Yan may not send troops to help!"

Yan Pu said: "But we can ask for reinforcements!" ”

"Reinforcements?"

Zhang Lu raised his head, looked hunting, and asked, "Where are the reinforcements?" ”

"Lord Shijun, the land of my Hanzhong is not close to Bashu, Lord Shijun should not forget, whether it is our north or I am facing the west, there are a lot of soldiers and horses stationed!"

The secluded road of the Yan Garden.

"Chang'an Imperial Court?" Zhang Lu frowned: "Or do you want me to surrender to the Xiliang Army?" ”

"It's not to surrender to the Xiliang Army!"

Yan Pu said: "Now the Chang'an court is the only one in the world, it is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and the lord is not a chaotic minister and thief, if the court can send troops to drive away the thieves for us, even if we surrender to the court, why not!" ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "And Master Shijun don't forget, the Mu family and the Xiliang Dong family, but they don't share the grudge against the sky, the shepherd thief was burned in the capital by Dong Taishi, for the Mu thief, it was the revenge of killing his father, and then the Mu thief forcibly killed out of the Guanzhong, and it happened to be the Xiliang Army who chased and beat him, I think, the Xiliang Army will not let go of this big trouble!" ”

The grudge between the Mu family and Dong Taishi, the most powerful minister of the current Chang'an court, is not a secret, and the world knows that it involves the change of imperial power, and the details of the process cannot be said for three days and three nights.

But it is undeniable that the once powerful pastoral party fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo.

For Mu Jing, Dong Zhuo is the enemy who killed his father.

For Dong Zhuo, forcibly killing Mu Jing in the customs is a big trouble.

Since Xicheng was captured, Hanzhong has been in danger, Yan Pu, as the first strategist under Zhang Lu, has racked his brains to consider countermeasures these days, and finally he has a plan to drive the tiger and the bear.

Mujing is the bear, so ......

Dong Zhuo is the tiger.

"Submit to the court?" Zhang Lu muttered to himself: "It seems that there is no need!" ”

He is not determined to be on the territory, one of the princes is not what he wants, but he is forced to be helpless, he needs to develop his own believers, so as to seize this place in Hanzhong, in his heart, he cares more about the inheritance of the Heavenly Master's Dao.

If he returns to the imperial court, he can develop the Heavenly Master Dao, and he doesn't mind sacrificing Hanzhong.

"Master Shijun, if Liu Yizhou gets the imperial court soldiers and horses to go south, will he still sit idly by?" Yan Pu saw that Zhang Lu was a little moved, and immediately added another fire to him: "As long as their soldiers and horses enter Hanzhong, I'm afraid no one will tolerate anyone. ”

"Well said!"

Zhang Lu suddenly thought of that beautiful scene, and shouted: "There are so many enemies of the Mu thief, why do we need to fight him to the death, then let the court fight with him for life and death, and we can take advantage of the fisherman!" ”

He thought for a while and looked at Yan Pu: "In this way, you go to Chang'an in person, take my name, use my name, return to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to send troops to exterminate the traitors!" ”

"Yes!"

When Yan Pu heard this, he gave up his hand to take the order.