In Hanzhong County, Nanzheng City, and in the Hanning Palace, Zhang Lu's subordinates gathered together, and everyone's faces were a little not good-looking.

Although Zhang Lu said that the king was in a hurry, the scale of the palace construction was not small at all, and the palace was full of luxury. Of course, Hanning Palace is not a newly built mansion, but a converted mansion from a luxurious mansion.

No matter how magnificent the mansion was, everyone in the mansion didn't have the heart to appreciate it, and everyone had a faint anxiety on their faces, as well as a trace of fear.

Yan Pu stayed up late every day during this time, and his eyes were now bloodshot.

"My lord, Liu Zhang raised 150,000 troops from Guanghan County to attack Chuyang; Liu Biao sent 100,000 troops and began to attack Shangyong from Jingzhou; Chen Wenzhao sent a million troops to the north of Hanzhong. ”

"Although the terrain in Hanzhong is steep, it can't withstand so many soldiers and horses."

In fact, the forces of the princes of the three roads attacking Hanzhong were not so many at all, they just claimed it by fraud.

Among them, Liu Zhang sent 80,000 troops and falsely claimed to be 150,000; Liu Biao sent 50,000 troops and falsely claimed 100,000; Chen Xu sent 600,000 troops, falsely claiming to be 1 million.

Due to the inconvenience of transportation, Hanzhong's reconnaissance methods were not very clever, so the real strength of the princes of the three routes was not found out at all.

Zhang Lu swallowed his saliva and said in a hoarse voice: "Is there really a million soldiers and horses under Chen Wenzhao's command?" ”

It's no wonder that Zhang Lu is so unbearable, one million soldiers and horses is not a small number, and all the people in the entire Hanzhong add up to only about one million.

Rao is like this, Hanzhong is also the county town with a large population and a handful of people in the entire Han Dynasty.

Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the entire land of Hanzhong had a population of less than 300,000. If it weren't for the endless wars in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, where many people flocked to Hanzhong, the population here would not have swelled to one million.

Now all the Han people in Liangzhou are combined, and the population is less than 400,000. From this, it can be inferred how terrifying the millions of people in Hanzhong are now.

Even if Zhang Lu used the method of recruiting five people to draw one ding, he could only gather 200,000 horses at most, how could he compete with the million-strong army in Guanzhong?

Now Zhang Lu's heart is very panicked, and he has regretted that he followed Yang Song's advice and became king in Hanzhong.

Yan Pu's face was very solemn, and he said: "Liu Zhang and Liu Biao, these two soldiers and horses, should be bluffing, and the real number of troops under their command may only be half of what they reported. ”

However, the Guanzhong soldiers in the north are overwhelming, and there is no way to estimate the number of detailed numbers. In my opinion, even if there are not a million horses, it should not be less than 500,000. ”

When all the people in the palace heard this, their faces were as pale as earth, and their hearts were filled with fear.

Zhang Lu said a little depressed: "This, how should this be?" ”

The Jingzhou soldiers attacked Shangyong, because it was too far away from Nanzheng, and Zhang Lu was not worried. However, the Yizhou soldiers attacked Chuyang, but Zhang Lu had to send heavy troops to guard it.

Because Chuyang is the western gateway of Nanzheng, as long as the city of Chuyang is broken, the Yizhou army will immediately come to the city.

Fortunately, the terrain in Hanzhong is steep, and Zhang Lu has repelled the Yizhou army several times, and he is not very afraid of the Yizhou soldiers and horses.

However, now Zhang Lu has to face the powerful princes of the three routes, and he needs to divide his troops to guard Hanzhong. As a result, Hanzhong's forces were somewhat stretched.

Yan Pu said: "There are six roads to attack Hanzhong from the north, and Chen Wenzhao has a large number of troops, and if he divides the six-way army to attack Hanzhong, the situation will be even worse. ”

Yan Pu's worries were not unreasonable, although the six roads south of the Guanzhong soldiers were very steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, even if Chen Xu's soldiers were divided into six routes, there were still 100,000 horses on each road.

No matter how steep these roads are, they are difficult to hold without 20,000 horses. In this way, just to resist Chen Xu in the north, it will take 120,000 horses.

Although the limit conscription in Hanzhong can levy 200,000 horses, Zhang Lu did not expect this situation before, and there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the territory, which also includes the county soldiers of various counties.

In this way, Zhang Lu can only mobilize about 80,000 soldiers and horses. Excluding the men and horses who resisted Liu Zhang and Liu Biao, it was a little difficult for Hanzhong to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses to defend the northern Guanzhong soldiers.

In other words, with the land of a county in Hanzhong, it could not withstand the siege of the princes of the three roads no matter what.

Zhang Lu thought of the key, and his face immediately turned pale.

Seeing this, Yang Song remembered Dong Fen's words before leaving, and his face changed a little.

Dong Fen, also known as Dong Zhao's pseudonym, has now revealed his identity to Yang Song, and promised Yang Song that as long as Yang Song can persuade Zhang Lu to surrender to the general Chen Xu, he can protect the glory and wealth of the Yang clan in Hanzhong.

Not only that, Zhang Lu, the lord of Hanzhong, will also be courteous to the general.

When Yang Song heard that the princes of the Three Roads were attacking Hanzhong, he was terrified every day, and after learning Dong Zhao's identity, how could he not understand that he had fallen into Dong Zhao's trap?

But now it is difficult for Hanzhong to be preserved, if you don't take the opportunity to surrender the powerful Chen Xu at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future.

Thinking of this, Yang Song naturally had a plan in his heart, and then treated Dong Zhao as a guest.

At this time, Yang Song saw that everyone had a bitter face, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Now that the three-way army is pressing, Hanzhong is already difficult to preserve, why doesn't Shijun dedicate Guanzhong to the general?" ”

"The general was born in the Yellow Turban Army of Taiping Dao, and he has a lot of connections with Shijun's Heavenly Master Dao. As long as Shijun can surrender the city, he will no longer embarrass Shijun compared to the general, but will ensure that Shijun will be rich and prosperous for life because of that incense. ”

As soon as Yang Song's voice fell, all the civil and military forces under Zhang Lu showed a look of emotion. Perhaps the current Han Chinese martial arts, surrendering Chen Xu is the best choice.

Zhang Lu was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "I am now the king, how can the general let me live?" ”

Yang Song was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Today, the general's envoy has come to my mansion and told me that as long as the lord can get rid of the prince and surrender the city, he will definitely be treated favorably by the general." ”

"If the envoy doesn't believe it, you might as well summon the envoy from Guanzhong now and inquire carefully."

Yang Song was beaming when he said this, but he didn't notice that Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei, and Yan Pu had changed their faces.

The envoy from Guanzhong did not visit Zhang Lu directly when he entered Hanzhong, but went to meet Yang Song first. In addition, before, Yang Song tried his best to suggest Zhang Lu to be king, and now he persuaded Zhang Lu to surrender to Chen Xu, but it had to make people think about it.

Zhang Wei suddenly pulled out the sword in his waist, pointed at Yang Song and said sharply: "You thief, could it be that you have already colluded with Guanzhong and want to sell Hanzhong to Chen Xu?" ”

After speaking, Zhang Wei stepped forward with his sword, ready to kill Yang Song.