South Zheng City, outside the South Gate.

A few days ago, Zhang Lu, the Taishou of Hanzhong, who was still stranded at Yangping Pass, was leading a group of subordinate officials to wait at the gate of the city to welcome the arrival of the Yizhou army.

Prior to this, Zhang Lu had never taken Yizhou's subordinates seriously, even if Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang came in person, he didn't care about it, and he didn't have to look at him squarely. Even, Zhang Lu also tried to attack Yizhou with the Hanzhong army, ousted Liu Zhang, and took charge of the three subject states of the nine counties of Yizhou himself. However, with his sneak attack on Chang'an and his miss, everything turned into a bubble in the blink of an eye, but Hanzhong under his rule was in danger and had to turn to Liu Zhang for help.

At this time and that time, the shape is pressing!

Now that Hanzhong is in danger, the thirteen counties under Zhang Lu's rule are empty, and the defense is like a fictitious one, and all the troops have been transferred to Yangping Pass to resist the Xiliang army. As long as the Yizhou reinforcements arrived, Zhang Lu would return all the four counties and more than ten towns that had seized Ba County last year to Liu Zhang, and also supply the Yizhou army with all the grain and grass needed.

This is the reality, if you have to ask for someone, you have to bow your head!

Fortunately, according to the scout report, the commander of the Yizhou Army who led the army to Hanzhong this time was Shi Zhaowei, the governor of the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Wu Yi and Zhang Ren, and the accompanying generals Leng Bao, Deng Xian, Zhang Yi and others, all of whom were old acquaintances of Zhang Lu, especially the main general Zhao Wei had a very good personal relationship with him, and Wu Yi also had a good relationship with him.

At the beginning, when Liu Yan entered Shu, Zhang Lu was also one of Liu Yan's arms, fighting side by side with Zhao Wei, Wu Yi and others, supporting Liu Yan to enter Yizhou and taking over the counties and subjects of Yizhou. When Liu Yan first took charge of Yizhou, he implemented the strategy of "governing the country by torture" in various counties and counties of Yizhou. Purge dissidents and install cronies to take over counties and vassal states and consolidate their rule. Self-reliance. At that time, Zhang Lu, Zhao Wei and Wu Yi were the three best swords that Liu Yan received, and Zhang Lu was also ordered by Liu Yan to go to Hanzhong to get rid of the original Taishou Sugu, and then block the passage between Yizhou and the Han court, ensuring that Liu Yan enjoyed the "independent kingdom" of Yizhou exclusively and was not known by the imperial court. It's just that Liu Yan never dreamed that Zhang Lu also had his own plans, and after getting rid of Su Gu, he conspired to kill Zhang Xiu and lead Hanzhong Taishou himself. Supporting the army and respecting himself, Yang Feng and Yin disobeyed, and fought against Liu Yan. Self-reliance.

Since then, Zhang Lu broke with Liu Yan, cut off contact with Yizhou and his subordinates, and became the "King of Hanzhong" in Hanzhong, and there were more than 100,000 believers in the Five Doumi Sect who bowed their heads and worshipped. Get away with murder. It's not a good idea.

Standing at the gate of the city, Zhang Lu was full of thoughts, extremely nostalgic for the days when he once scolded Fang Xuan, and regretted very much that he should not have attacked Chang'an with a ghostly mind, but as a result, stealing chickens and rice could not be lost, so that he fell into such a desperate situation today. The hatred of killing his mother is not shared, he once hated Liu Zhang, and he dreamed of killing Liu Zhang's family, old and young. Destroy it all over the place. But now、、、 hey, he doesn't just have to let go of his hatred. He also had to go into the city to donate money and grain, return more than ten towns, give Liu Zhang a territory of hundreds of miles, and personally go out of the city to welcome Yizhou reinforcements.

Such a scene is really difficult for Zhang Lu to accept, and he can't dream of it. However, in the face of the pressure of the Xiliang army, he couldn't help it; Time is pressing, and he can't afford to hesitate, and he must ask for help, otherwise Hanzhong County will not be able to be saved.

"When it's time to bow your head, you have to bow your head, and wait until you get through the current crisis to think about it in the long run." Zhang Lu said secretly.

Not long after, there was a sound of "da-da" horses' hooves in the distance, and then a large army of banner hunting appeared in Zhang Lu's sight, and quickly became clear, coming from far and near.

"Hanzhong Zhang Lu has seen Lord Changshi, Brother Wu, and General Zhang, and after a long time, everyone is fine."

When the Yizhou army marched to the city gate, Zhang Lu hurriedly stepped forward to salute. At this moment, he had a very low posture, did not regard himself as a vassal king, but regarded himself as a subordinate official of Yizhou, and greeted Zhao Wei, Wu Yi and Zhang Ren with the courtesy of colleagues. As for the other generals, he did not ignore them, and bowed them one by one, showing great enthusiasm.

Zhao Wei stepped out of the carriage with a smile, took Wu Yi and Zhang Ren forward to thank him, and said with a smile: "There is Lao Zhang Taishou to worry, I will wait for everything to be fine." This time, we were ordered to come to help Taishou and fight against the army of Li thieves. ”

Zhang Lu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said to Zhao Wei: "Brother Tai is very grateful for his help. The great grace is not grateful, the foolish brother will remember this matter in his heart, and after repelling the army of Li thieves, he will definitely be rewarded. The army went directly to Beicheng to station, rested for a day, and marched to Yangping Pass tomorrow morning. Everyone, please come with me into the house to rest, and we will talk about it later. Please! ”

"That's very good." Zhao Wei smiled and bowed his head in response, and then turned his head to Zhang Ren beside him and ordered: "We will enter the city with Taishou first, and the general will arrange for the army to camp and rest, and then rush to the county guard mansion to discuss matters." ”

"No, the last general will take the order." Zhang Ren, who was not smiling, kept squinting his eyes after getting off the horse, not knowing what to think, and left immediately after hearing Zhao Wei's order at this moment.

Immediately, Zhang Lu and Zhao Wei slowly entered the city in a carriage and drove straight to the county guard's mansion.

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On the mountain road seventy miles away from Yangping Pass, the flag flutters in the wind, and the soldiers are Gosensen.

More than 20,000 cavalry marched in formation, not in a hurry or slowly, the army was in strict order, and the "Li" banner in the middle of the army was stirring in the wind, which was conspicuous.

"Lord, with all due respect, Weichen has the audacity to say that this time the Son of Heaven led a hundred officials to leave Chang'anzi is a big matter, which has an immeasurable impact on our army, why did the lord ignore it lightly and not punish Li Sikong? Is it just because he is the uncle of the lord that he is exempt from punishment? If this is the case, Weichen is worried that everyone will not be convinced, people's hearts will fluctuate, and chaos will inevitably arise. ”

Riding a horse followed behind Li Li, Pei Qian, who had not spoken for two months, finally spoke. But his first admonition was aimed at Sikong Li Dao, as well as Li Li's ** attitude towards the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials fleeing Chang'an. It is not difficult to see from this that Pei Qianqi is not a small person, or because of his personality, he is upright and upright, and there is no sand in his eyes.

As soon as Pei Qian's words came out, Li Zhi and Chen Zhi, who were following Li Li from left to right, suddenly changed their expressions, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him, and shook their heads to signal that he should not speak rashly.

For a long time, there are not a few people who are quite dissatisfied with Li Dao among the military generals under Li Li, including Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu and other important ministers, but everyone is very secretive about it, and they never dare to mention it in front of Li Li, let alone directly target Li Dao. Last year's Chang'an Rebellion, who didn't know that this matter was promoted by Li Dao behind his back, but Li Li ignored it, and successively got rid of dozens of generals such as Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, and Wang Fang, as well as more than 100 county officials and subordinate officials in various states and counties. However, Li Dao was safe and sound, still in the position of the third duke, in charge of the court, and sat in Chang'an.

After this incident, Li Li's civil and military forces knew how important Li Dao was in the eyes of his own lord. Since then, no one has made irresponsible remarks about Li Dao, even if he is not used to seeing many things, he can only endure it, turn a blind eye, and be unaware. Fortunately, Li Dao is also a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and then he acted a lot more restrained, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions when he encountered major events, and he would report to Li Li before dealing with it. It's just that he woke up a little late, and Xiliang Wenwu had already had a prejudice against him, and many officials and generals disobeyed him, and even secretly guarded him for the lord Li Li.

Just when many people relaxed their vigilance against Li Dao and thought that he had changed his mind, Chang'an had another big incident, and the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials actually carried a large amount of gold and silver and their children's families with the customs clearance guide issued by Li Dao, and fled. The most unbelievable thing is that when the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials fled from Loudiyuan, more than 300 accompanying guards defected and fled, and these armor soldiers were all from Li Dao's tent, and the leader was Li Dao's close general, Xingyi general Yang Feng.

In addition, after careful investigation by Eagle Eye, Li Dao's seal letter and the order to mobilize troops and horses were personally conveyed by his wife Yang, while Li Dao himself was drunk and slept for a whole day and night, and did not notice anything abnormal afterwards. Because of this, more than 1,000 people from the Son of Heaven were able to pass through Guò along the way unimpeded, until all of them disappeared, and the matter was quickly investigated. However, after the incident, Li Dao was still lucky, and led the troops to chase after him in the starry night, and searched for five days without finding anything. So he sent someone to recall his only son Li Shi overnight, and the father and son went to the Qiangdao camp together to plead guilty to Li Li.

The so-called guilty plea of thorns is actually that he took his son to meet Li Li in person and pleaded guilty in person, and he didn't need to carry thorns and tie them up. After all, Li Li is his own nephew who he brought up, and if he can bring his son to take the initiative to admit his mistake and ask for punishment, it can be regarded as a guilty plea.

Li Li was extremely depressed because of Mengxin's departure that day, but he did not embarrass Li Dao and his son, and revealed it lightly, and then set up a banquet to entertain Li Dao and his son, without mentioning the punishment. Afterwards, Li Li issued an order: Sikong Li Dao was transferred to Yongzhou to assassinate the history and lead the chariot and cavalry general, with the same rank as the three dukes, and guarded the border fortress of the Western Regions; The original Yongzhou assassin Shi Huaxin was transferred to Jingzhao Yin, Jingzhao Yin Li Ru was reappointed as Chang'an Ling, and promoted Li Shi, the son of Li Dao, to the general of Pingkou and the Marquis of Guannei, subordinate to the general of Zhenbei Teng Xiao, and stationed at Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou.

After the order was issued, Li Dao gladly accepted it and had no objections, but he was always at ease with the Yang family. In this regard, Li Li smiled and said: "This is an uncle's family matter, even though the nephew is in charge of the world, he has no right to ask about his uncle's family affairs." Otherwise, wouldn't it be criticized and unfilial? ”

In this way, Li Dao's father and son rushed back and forth and left in a hurry, while the matter of the Yang family was still unresolved.

Because of this, three days later, Pei Qian finally admonished and mentioned the change in Chang'an again, directly provoking that Li Dao should be held responsible.

Driving the Golden Lion Beast King to walk slowly, Li Li was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then sighed in a deep voice: "Yongzhou is bitterly cold, the wind and sand are pervasive, my uncle is sixteen years older than me, and he is in the prime of life, let him garrison the border fortress in the Western Regions, I will have no worries." Actually, this is the punishment for him, after all, he raised me and Li Xian, who is also an uncle and a father, can I really punish him? This is the end of the matter and cannot be mentioned in the future. Speed up the march, you must get to the camp before dark! ——— driving"

Before the words fell, Li Li drove the Golden Lion Beast King to gallop wildly, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed the soldiers in front of him, rode straight to Yangping Pass.

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