It's not that Zhang Lu can't bear the blow, but Ma Chao's handwritten letter hit him too much, and it's really too shocking.

Ma Chao's letter made it very clear that after the letter reached the city gate, within an hour, if Zhang Lu did not open the city and surrender, then he would immediately order the flooding of Nanzheng, and then it would be too late for you Zhang Lu to open the city and surrender again. And this is what Ma Chao means in his letter, so after Zhang Lu has seen it, can he not be hit. Therefore, within an hour, it is necessary to decide whether Kaesong will surrender or be flooded.

Zhang Lu didn't think what Ma Chao said was a joke, how could he still make such a joke at this time. And it's been raining heavily in the past few days, and he's not ignorant of the way, but he's careless. Therefore, it is very possible for Ma Chao to release water to flood Nanzheng, the key is that Ma Mengqi Liangzhou Army acted like this, and he didn't know what he was doing. Now there is less than an hour left, and what can an hour do, what else can be done? Besides, even if you take 10,000 steps back, the guards of the city can dodge it, but what about the people of Nanzheng, can they be better.

Okay, take a few hundred thousand steps back and say, even if the people are fine, but what about the people's property, once the flood is flooded, the loss will be great, and I will be sorry for the people of Nanzheng. Zhang Lu hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss what was going on, in fact, he already wanted to open the city and surrender, but he still had to discuss it with his subordinates-

Ma Chao's battalion, now all the horses of Ma Chao have been withdrawn to the west bank of Hanshui, and it depends on how Zhang Lu chooses at this time.

And before Jia Xu's plan was to flood Nanzheng, and Ma Chao's army was not clear to others, but he Jia Xu was very clear about Hanzhong. That's what he said, he once came to Hanzhong when he was young. And of course, he Jia Xu of Hanzhong County also knows that it is a particularly important military town. So he stayed here for more than a month, and at that time he chatted with the local farmers, but they told him that it was good that he came early, or in June, in time for the rainy season in Hanzhong, it would be much more embarrassing.

As a result, Jia Xu became interested in it, so he specially consulted others, so they told him a lot. Anyway, every year in June. It is the rainy season in Hanzhong, and even if it doesn't rain heavily in the first few days, it will rain heavily in ten days. Then it rained intermittently throughout June, and that's it. And although Jia Xu doesn't know too much about meteorology, he remembers this. June, rainy season in Hanzhong. Heavy rain. And it's going to go on and off.

So Jia Xu told his thoughts and Ma Chao before, and although Ma Chao didn't know much about meteorology, he had more than 2,000 years of knowledge, so although he didn't know what the climate of Hanzhong in the 21st century was, this was the climate in Hanzhong at this time in 192 AD. The rainy season in June is followed by heavy rains. So he immediately made a decision, and waited for the flood of Nanzheng.

So Ma Chao sent people at the intersection of Hanshui and Baoshui. Nearly 100 people were busy for several nights, and it was only after the end of the day that it was rectified. Now the water storage is enough to flood Nanzheng. To say that Jia Xu said that this place is indeed the best place, Nanzheng is next to two rivers, the first one is naturally Hanshui, Nanzheng is in the northeast of Hanshui. And this second is Baoshui, the place where Baoshui and Hanshui meet, but it is not far from Hanzhong, and it is even closer to the place where Ma Chao is stationed.

As a result, Ma Chao kept people busy for a few days, but Zhang Lu didn't find out, after all, compared to Ma Chao, it was indeed a little far away from them. Originally, Jia Xu meant it, but in fact, he just flooded Nanzheng and finished the matter, and then Zhang Luhan's army was disabled, and he had to surrender or something. But Ma Chao doesn't think so, because in his opinion, if you can't flood Nanzheng, then try not to flood it. After all, the people are the foundation, and it is a matter of necessity to release water and flood the city.

As for Ma Chao's decision, Jia Xu has never refutated it until now, and this is the same at this time. In fact, he also knows that his lord has his own ideas about doing things, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to change his decision. But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is Jia Xu's character, that's it, if he can refute and argue with reason, then he is not the Wuwei Jia Xu Jia Wenhe who is good at self-preservation. However, Jia Xu actually felt that his lord had done the right thing, but he still had to wait for Zhang Lu's final decision.

In fact, Ma Chao made such a decision for two main reasons. This first, of course, is Hanzhong, and the people of Hanzhong. Because Hanzhong is the land that he will gain, and after he occupies it later, it will be under his own jurisdiction. So if you let the people of Nanzheng lose today, then when you rule its land in the future, you will inevitably lose some popular support. Of course, this popular will can be replenished, but the people can't come back.

This is what Ma Chao is more worried about, because the people are the foundation. Ma Chao remembered that he had seen a set of data in his previous life, and that Liu Hong actually had a lot of people at that time, but from the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the end of the Three Kingdoms, there were really not many left. It can be seen that the war has made many people so gone, or how to say that peace is precious, and "people in troubled times are not as good as peace dogs", isn't that what is going on. And the people of the Han Dynasty are less, and there are more and more people of different races in the future, so the most Lu later caused a greater disaster, which is inseparable from the fact that the war has reduced the number of people.

As for the second one, that is, Ma Chao is sure that Zhang Lu and Zhang Gongqi can surrender to him. Regardless of whether he is sincere or fake, anyway, Ma Chaozhi said that Zhang Lu is actually a person who can think about the people. Because Zhang Lu is different from ordinary people, he is a Taoist priest, a person with real faith, and he is also the highest figure. People like this will never ignore tens of thousands of living beings, this is what Ma Chao relies on. Now that he is using the people of Nanzheng to force him to surrender, Ma Chao is eighty percent sure that he will be able to surrender by Zhang Lu.

In Ma Chao's impression, although Zhang Lu is not saying how good he is to the people, he is definitely not a villain, and he is actually really good to the people. Especially Ma Chao remembered seeing it in the romance, when Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong. Zhang Lu couldn't resist it anymore and could only surrender. As a result, his younger brother Zhang Wei gave him an idea, which meant that the treasury should be burned, and it could not be left to Cao Mengde.

As a result, Zhang Lu shook his head and said: "Cangli Mansion, the country has it, and it cannot be abolished!" ”

After that, he directly asked people to seal the treasury, and then waited for Cao Cao to enter the city.

From here, Ma Chao felt that Zhang Lu was actually a more principled person, and he at least knew that Lu Dao was going to protect the treasury, and no one could move it. Then for the people. Of course, he will definitely protect it. He is a cultivator, although he doesn't necessarily have to be compassionate and compassionate to others, and he goes to do something immeasurably meritorious every day, but Zhang Lu definitely doesn't have any too bad thoughts. This is what Ma Chao thinks, so in front of tens of thousands of people. Zhang Lu will choose to compromise in the end, and he will not be the villain.

Actually, he should understand. It's nothing more than two outcomes. First, he himself opened the city and surrendered. Nan Zheng was saved. The second is to be flooded, and then finally forced to surrender, or killed, or whatever, isn't that? So Zhang Lu still doesn't know how to choose, so he really should be this Taishou in vain, and the heavenly master of the Wudoumi Sect in vain-

Zhang Lu gathered all his subordinates. When the content of Ma Chao's handwritten letter was said, everyone was shocked. For what, of course, Ma Chao is so ruthless that he and others surrender, and second, he is deceived by these people. And he and the others didn't even notice it, isn't this embarrassing?

As a result, at this time, a soldier came to report that Ma Chao's army had all retreated to the west bank of the Han River.

Everyone knew that Ma Chao had not attacked the city in the past few days, and they all thought that he had temporarily suspended the whole army, and then waited for the rest to be almost over. As a result, he secretly sent people to store water, and now he is preparing to break the Han Water and Bao Water to flood Nanzheng.

Yang Song hurriedly said: "Master, Ma Mengqi will give us an hour, if we don't make any plans, our Nan Zheng Ke will be ruined!" ”

Although Yang Song may be exaggerating, but when the Han Water and Bao Water are so flooded, Nan Zheng will definitely be seriously injured.

Zhang Lu said: "What do you think, sir? ”

Yang Song gritted his teeth and said, "Master, it's better to surrender at this time!" ”

Zhang Lu nodded dejectedly and didn't say anything more.

As a result, Yan Pu next to him said: "Yang Song, you let Shijun surrender just for yourself!" Shijun, from the perspective of his subordinates, it is okay to surrender, but you have to talk to Ma Mengqi about the conditions! ”

Yan Pu knew that he was careless, although he had not been in Hanzhong for a long time, but he also knew that the climate of June was not raining all the time, but he didn't care about this, so now he let the Liangzhou army take advantage of it, and directly forced Shijun to surrender.

Zhang Lu nodded, but he is like this, what conditions can he talk to him Ma Mengqi? Zhang Lu suddenly seemed to be several years older, and he finally felt that what he had been pursuing was actually nothing. Or what is that, I have always been a worthy king, but even if I am crowned, what can I do? Is this really what I want, maybe not.

At this time, Zhang Lu thought of his ancestor, Zhang Lianggong, the marquis of the Han Dynasty, and thought that his ancestor was famous all over the world, but he didn't have the mind to be the king. And after assisting Gaozu to seize the world, he retired and became a hermit. To say that after the Zhang family, no one can compare with the ancestors. It's not just about ability, but also about this realm. Could it be said that with the talents of the ancestors, there is still no place in the world, but the choice of the ancestors is not to dominate the world, but to assist Mingjun.

It's also everyone's choice is different, but Zhang Lu doesn't completely think so, he thinks that there is also the character of his ancestor, and the ancestor is indeed a person of great wisdom, and the things he pursues are not worldly things, such as money, power, and mundane things. And the ancestor is a person who really serves the people, and he can be regarded as seeing through many, many people.

But as for myself, I still can't see through it, yes, I can't see through fame and fortune. Is it useful to still want to be a king? Maybe that's not the right path for you, what you do should be to seek the Tao wholeheartedly, this is what you should do.

Zhang Wei didn't say anything, and he also knew that it was useless to say anything. Of course he didn't want to surrender, but looking at everyone's meaning, they all wanted to surrender, so what else did he have to say. This is also the first time that he has not followed the crowd and remained silent.

However, Zhang Lu said at this time, "Okay, that's it, open the city, surrender!" ”

When everyone heard this, what else could they do, and now it can only be like this. However, when Zhang Lu said it, he used a very flat tone, as if everything had nothing to do with him. What Hanzhong Taishou and what is the king, these no longer belong to him, and he will take another path of his own in the future.

In fact, speaking of which, maybe he should also thank Ma Chao, after all, it is precisely because of Ma Chao's arrival that he has seen through a lot of things, so everything in this Hanzhong is gone, but for Zhang Lu, it is not bad. (To be continued......)