"Let, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, immediately go north to capture Shangyong! Sun Jian succeeded them in guarding Jingzhou. ”

Shangyong City, in fact, belongs to Hanzhong, is one of the places in Hanzhong, Hanzhong is very large, there are nine counties under its rule, nearly 300,000 people.

Moreover, there is no war here all year round, the wind and rain are smooth, and many displaced people from Jingzhou have been absorbed.

So the population has risen a lot at one point.

Later, Shangyong was separated from Hanzhong County and became an independent county.

Of course, it still belongs to Hanzhong now.

After Liu Zheng occupied Jingzhou before, he did not let his soldiers and horses continue to pursue while he was victorious.

Just let them stick to Jingzhou and guard against the attack of other forces.

After all, to the north of Jingzhou is Yuzhou, which is connected to Gyeonggi and is also a place heavily guarded by the imperial court.

Hanzhong County on the left is also a place that is not **, and there is Zhang Lu of the Five Doumi Sect guarding it.

Compared with other places, Hanzhong, which Zhang Lu guarded, was a more troublesome place.

Because in other places, at most, there are some warlords, some soldiers and horses under the rule of warlords. And Zhang Lu, this guy, is a combination of politics and religion.

On the one hand, it used the religious power of the Wudou Rice Sect to manage the people under its rule, and on the other hand, there were enough troops to guard all parts of Hanzhong at this time.

It can be said that on the one hand, it rules these people politically, and on the other hand, it demagogizes these people ideologically.

This has led to the people in Hanzhong being very stable, after all, mental control can make the people less rebellious, and they all worship Zhang Lu's Wudoumi Sect.

Speaking of which, this Zhang Lu's Wudou Rice Sect is also the ancestor of Taoism in the land of China.

It is the ancestor of Taoism in Longhu Mountain.

Wudou Rice Sect, you can imagine from this name, their teachings are generally similar to Taoism, and the way to join the association is also very clear, that is, you only need to worship Wudou Rice, and then you will also follow the Tao.

The way of preaching is similar to Zhang Jiao, which is also to save people with water, heal the sick and pray to God.

This point was clear to Liu Zheng many years ago.

At that time, when Zhang Ning led people to Lingling County, next door to Liu Zheng, in order to develop believers, he gradually extended his tentacles to the territory of Hanzhong, but Zhang Ning, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, did not take advantage of the people of the Wudoumi Sect under Zhang Lu.

This Zhang Lu may not be very famous in history, but he has a grandfather, who is very famous.

His grandfather's name was Zhang Daoling, and he was the founder of Zhengyi.

In many film and television dramas, Zhang Daoling was touted as a god, and Taoism was also spread through Zhang Daoling and Zhang Lu and others, gradually blossoming in this Chinese land and becoming more and more famous.

Even in some later dynasties, it became the state religion for a time.

Liu Zheng's idea is actually very simple, that is, to capture Shangyong, Shangyong is not far from Hanzhong's county governance Nanzheng, as long as Shangyong City is captured, it is to take the stronghold of attacking Hanzhong, and then Liu Zheng only needs to increase the army of Shangyong, and it can also make Hanzhong more uncomfortable.

At this time, Liu Bei and others were sending troops from the land of Sanfu to attack Hanzhong in the south.

Liu Bei's attack on Hanzhong was more difficult than Liu Zheng's, they sent troops from near Chang'an, and went south to Hanzhong, the road was farther than Liu Zheng's side to Hanzhong, not to mention, the road was not easy to walk, it was all mountain roads.

The mountain road march, the area is tortuous, and the grain and grass are not easy to transport, which is a big disadvantage.

So Liu Zheng's side is not in a hurry to attack Hanzhong, Liu Zheng is waiting, waiting for Liu Bei's men and Zhang Lu to carry out a wave of attrition.

Liu Zheng made another move, in this way, he would be able to cut off Liu Bei's retreat by surprise, and when the time comes, it can be said that he has caught a turtle in the urn.

Huang Zhong and Gan Ning have been guarding Jingzhou for a long time, and they are very familiar with the local form.

Liu Zheng will not even have any doubts about this.

After issuing this order, Liu Zheng didn't pay attention to these things anymore, all he had to do was wait for news.

"Your Majesty, do you have any other commands?"

Yuan Zhou stood in front of Liu Zheng, and after Liu Zheng finished his order, he saw that Liu Zheng had not spoken much, but took the initiative to ask Liu Zheng.

"No, let's do it first, let's wait for Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to lay down the mediocrity, what is worth noting is Liu Bei's recent developments."

"But this, presumably no one will say it, you should already know it."

Liu Zheng said that, he waved his hand, signaling that Yuan Zhou could go down.

Yuan Zhou was going to go down to do something, but before leaving, he remembered something, raised his head again, and said another word to Liu Zheng.

"By the way, my lord, a few days ago, Yuan Shang sent a messenger over, saying that he could give us some help."

"Help? What helps? ”

"This seems to be a businessman, who is a guest in the Zhen Mansion at this time, if Your Majesty wants to meet him, I can let him come over."

"Merchant? Okay, then you can summon it. ”

Liu Zhengzheng was worried that he had nothing to do, but now that he saw a businessman appear, he didn't say much, and quickly replied to Yuan Zhou.

Yuan Zhou heard Liu Zheng's answer, so he went down to summon the businessman.

Liu Zheng really has some interest in this businessman.

First, the identity of this businessman, the people who do business in this era, are more or less some people with brains, and chatting with businessmen can bring Liu Zheng a lot of taxes, which is what Liu Zheng likes.

Second, this businessman is a messenger sent by Yuan Shang, and for this, Liu Zheng also needs to meet with him.

After Yuan Zhou went down, not long after, Liu Zheng received a report from Jinyiwei, saying that someone asked to see him.

He didn't think much about it, knowing that it should be this messenger sent by Yuan Shang.

He waited for a while, and after a while, he saw that the man who came was a man of nearly forty years old, wearing a cowhide coat, although it was not decent, but in this November winter, it looked very good.

In terms of appearance, Liu Zheng couldn't see any difference in this person, but his face was still kind, and he shouldn't be a person who fought on the battlefield, which was more consistent with what Yuan Shang said.

"Who is this?"

After Liu Zheng came in, he took the initiative to ask.

The man was also frightened, and when he saw Liu Zheng asking, he immediately took the initiative to report his name.

"Zhang Shiping in Xiazhongshan, I have seen Your Majesty."

"Zhang Shiping?"

As soon as Liu Zheng heard this person's name, he frowned, and for a while felt that this name was somewhat familiar.