Li Dao continued his bitter words: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. Although he was defeated twice in a row, the number of soldiers in our army was still far superior to that of Liu Bei. And Shoucheng and Wenyue have already raised troops. When the Liangzhou soldiers come, the big things can be fixed. ”

In Li Dao's description, he imagined that he would have no official position after taking refuge in Liu Bei in the future, and he could only bring some money and money back to his hometown to live a miserable life. The generals were finally scared. Here they do not know how many people have been harmed. If he can't get shelter on Liu Bei's side in the future, this enemy will come to the door. That's the big thing about extermination. The feud has already been settled, and Ma Teng and Han Sui are also on the way, why don't you carry it again?

finally appeased the generals, and Li Dao felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. I really believe in the evil of this group of people, so I have to sit in the position of the leader of this alliance. Okay, now set yourself up on the fire and roast it. Li Wei took a deep breath and lifted his spirits. Now we can't rest, and the top priority is to lead our troops back to take Yangling back. The rear is restless, how can the front fight the war? And if Ma Teng and Han Sui came, they didn't have to let them see their jokes.

Zhang Xiu's side, if you ask him to lead cavalry to attack the city, he naturally doesn't have this ability, but when he enters the city and defends the city, it will be much easier. Because Yangling is Li Dao's territory, there is no shortage of military supplies such as grain and straw in the city, and the gentry in the city know that it is Wang Shi who has come back, and they also mobilized the people to come to express their support. Although I don't know what will become of this place in the future, just looking at the military discipline of Zhang Xiu's troops, and looking at the big from the small, I know that no matter how bad it will be in the future, it will not be worse than Li Dao. The soldiers and civilians in the city are united, and the city is basically impregnable. Under the attack of Li Li and Gao Gan, Zhang Xiu calmly commanded and repelled the enemy's repeated attacks one after another.

Zhang Xiu also knew that he was the key here, as long as he was firmly wedged here like a nail, the collapse of the Li Dao coalition army on the front line would be a matter of time. So he decided that he must hold on here until he received the order to retreat.

From the moment Ma Teng and Han Sui decided to raise troops, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weiduan decided to stand on Liu Bei's side. He is also a scholar, so he naturally knows that using the local government against the central government will never end well. Since Liu Bei is far superior to Guan and Liang generals in terms of righteousness and strength. Then he will naturally only choose the final winner. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but it has little to do with loyalty or disloyalty. So the news along the line came to Liu Bei from the rear. When did Ma Teng and Han Sui send troops, how many men and horses they brought, what their strength was, how to supply grain and grass, and so on. Almost everything was teleported to Liu Bei. It is equivalent to the alliance between Ma Teng and Han Sui in front of Liu Bei's eyes, as if it were transparent. Moreover, Wei Duan also installed some of Liu Bei's spies in the army, now it's okay, how many miles the Ma and Han coalition forces walk every day, and where they go, Liu Bei knows everything here. It's all like this, if this battle still can't be won, then Liu Bei can only be ashamed of being a qualified commander.

Li Dao also discussed the results, in order to avoid the generals' worries, he personally led the men and horses of his headquarters plus Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and other three troops to stay on the front line to prevent Liu Bei. In addition, Liang Xing and Ma Wanhui were sent to attack Yangling with Li Li and others. After the death of Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi, Liang Xing and Ma Wan had no desire to fight, and it is estimated that it is useless to leave them here, so it is better to send them to the rear. While reinforcing Li Li, it can also reduce the food consumption here.

Liang Xing and Ma play also have this intention. Under the two wars, Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi were wiped out, saying that they were not afraid that it was fake. Since Li Dao asked them to go to the rear, they were also happy to do so.

When the war in Guanzhong was in full swing, Cao Cao also made a move against Hanzhong. In the second year of the first peace, Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu to attack and destroy the Taishou Sugu in Hanzhong, and cut off the Xiegu Road to cut off the communication with the imperial court. After Liu Yan's death, the ministers supported Liu Zhang, and it is estimated that Zhang Lu was not very convinced by Liu Zhang. After all, Liu Zhang has a brother Liu Mao on top of him. And when Liu Zhang first came to power, he also needed to establish his prestige, so he attacked Zhang Lu. As a result, the wrong object of Liwei was chosen, and now Yizhou was divided, and Zhang Lu seized Hanzhong and Ba County.

Zhang Lu, his father is Zhang Heng, not the Zhang Heng of scientists. His grandfather is known to everyone that it is the famous Zhang Daoling. After killing Bawu Zhang Xiu, the true founder of Wudou Mi, Zhang Lu, who has a family history, combined Wudou Midao with his own inheritance. The combination of ghost hunting and prayer became the way of the Heavenly Master that was later passed down for thousands of years.

Zhang Lu vigorously promoted his five-bucket rice road in Hanzhong and Ba County, so that the congregation was honest, the sick repented to the ghosts and gods, the offenders were pardoned three times, and the small mistakes were repaired to make up for the ...... The administration and sentencing are lenient, so the people are happy. Slaughter was forbidden, alcohol was stopped, and a righteous house was established to give people free food and drink. The policy was so lenient that not only the Han people, but even the barbarians between Bajun and Hanzhong also obeyed him. When Guanzhong was in turmoil, there were no less than 100,000 people who crossed the Qinling Mountains and came to take refuge in him. Zhang Lu is in Hanzhong, and his life is quite comfortable. He also didn't think about counterattacking Liu Zhang and ousting him from power. Suddenly, on this day, he received news that Cao Cao of Jingzhou was coming to attack him.

Zhang Lu is very inexplicable, everyone's well water does not interfere with river water, Cao Mengde, what are you doing to beat me, and when I picked up Cao Cao's inscription, I was almost not angry to death. Cao Cao actually said that he would represent the court to crusade against the ministers. Zhang Lu really didn't know what to say. He had never seen such a brazen person. After finishing his anger, Zhang Lu was also worried. There is Liu Zhang in front of this, and Cao Cao in the back, what can I do.

So he summoned the people to discuss. Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei couldn't help but be furious when he heard that Cao Cao was coming. He said to his brother: "The roads of Ba and Han are dangerous, and if Cao Cao wants to enter Shu, he must pass through the waterway." Brother can make people divide the town waterway, so Cao Cao can be rejected. ”

If you want to enter Shu from Jingzhou, you must either go to Wudang and go up the river. Either go to Nanjun and go up. If Cao Cao wants to fight quickly, there is no other way than these two waterways. In history, Liu Bei entered Sichuan, took the line of Zigui, all the way to Ba County, and then went up to Fucheng along Fushui.

Although Cao Cao's banner was to help Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu, in the case that Liu Zhang did not agree, in order to avoid overstimulating Liu Zhang, he did not dare to go to the front line. After all, if the war goes well, he can fight all the way to Ba County. And when you get to Ba County, Cheng, it's really not far away. So at the beginning, Cao Cao could only choose to go to Wudang and go up the river. This road is very difficult to walk. Along the way, there are Fangling, Shangyong and other counties, where Zhang Lu has heavy troops. But if you want to grab the territory, the fight is naturally avoidable.

Cao Cao left Cao Ren and Cao Hong and others to guard Nanjun and Xiangyang, and he led his soldiers to the battle. There is another meaning here to fight Hanzhong instead of Bajun first. That is, after occupying Hanzhong, you can attack Guanzhong and Liangzhou at any time. In the future, if Liu Bei and Cao Cao turn their faces, then Cao Cao will have another way here. Of course, the premise is that Cao Cao has to be fast enough.