"My lord heard me right, it is."

Yang Song said in a deep voice: "Since last night, the Yizhou army and the Hanzhong army have fought fiercely, our army has killed nearly 10,000 soldiers, and the Yizhou army has suffered greater casualties, losing more than 10,000 soldiers one after another. At present, Yang Bai, the younger brother, is resisting the Yizhou army outside the south gate, and the Xiliang army took the opportunity to capture the north gate. At this point, Yangping Pass has been lost, and we have gone to the general trend, even if there are nine counties, there are no soldiers available, and destruction is imminent. ”

"How so? It was fine a few days ago, why did it fall in just a few days? ”

Zhang Lu's expression was gloomy, and he sat on the ground in despair, unable to care about the pain anymore, and muttered to himself in a reluctant manner: "Why is the Yizhou Army treacherous? Zhao Wei once promised me that he would keep Yangping Pass safe, so I gave him 10,000 taels of gold and ten cars of brocade silk, why did he go back on his word and harm me Zhang Lu so much? ”

Hearing that Zhang Lu had bribed Zhao Wei so much money in private, Yang Song raised his eyebrows, a hot light flashed in his eyes, and he secretly thought about how to get Zhao Yun's wealth hidden in Yangping Pass into his own name. However, thinking that Yangping Pass has been occupied by the Xiliang Army at the moment, those treasures will inevitably fall into the hands of the general Li Li, and he can't ask Li Li for money. Even if you have this heart and don't have the guts, wouldn't asking Li Li for money be tantamount to looking for death?

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Song completely let go of his greed, glanced at Zhang Lu with resentment in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this point, regret is useless, and self-blame is meaningless." The lord still thinks about what to do now, otherwise my life will not be guaranteed! ”

Zhang Lu woke up when he heard the sound. With a panicked expression, he grabbed Yang Song's arm and asked urgently, "Uh! Yes, yes, yes! What should I do now? ”

At this moment, Zhang Lu had no time to pay attention to Yang Song's tone of speech, let alone pay attention to Yang Song's expression and demeanor. Otherwise, he would have found something out of it. And Yang Song also left a hand, originally he planned to directly make his position clear to persuade Zhang Lu to take the initiative to surrender, but on the way to the county guard's mansion, he thought twice, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he finally decided to hide it from Zhang Lu. Otherwise, in case Zhang Lu was in a hurry, he killed Yang Song in a fit of anger. That's smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and died too unjustly!

Therefore, Yang Song deliberately concealed the truth. Instead, he framed the Yizhou army for treachery and took the lead. Although this lie is very shoddy and cannot withstand investigation at all, it doesn't matter, as long as you can hide it from Zhang Lu at this moment. Later, the Western Liang army attacked Nanzheng City. The die is cast. Who's right and who's wrong? At that time, he Yang Song was the first hero of General Li's capture of Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu was a prisoner of the subordinates, even if he knew the truth, what could he do?

Seeing Zhang Lu looking up at him pitifully, Yang Song was very disdainful in his heart, and secretly said: "Now that you know that you are begging me, why did you go earlier?" Earlier, you obeyed Yan Puyan, but you disdained me Yang Song. Now that the fire burns the ass, I know that it is too late to ask me! ”

Yang Song, who was tightly held by Zhang Lu's arm. He said indifferently: "At present, the battle or surrender of the capital is decided by the lord himself, and he does not dare to speak falsely." However, whether it is a battle to the end or a surrender in Kaejo, we must make a decision quickly, and we must not hesitate to make a decision, and if we are late, we will change. How to decide, please let the Lord decide. ”

Zhang Lu let go of Yang Song's arm in disappointment, collapsed to the ground in decadence, and said to himself in despair: "Hanzhong is the foundation laid by my Zhang clan after three generations, if you count the ancestor Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Hanliu, it has a history of more than 400 years. The inheritance that has been passed down from generation to generation was buried in the hands of my Zhang Lu, how can I explain to my ancestors after I die? ”

Hearing Zhang Lu talk about the glorious history of the Zhang clan again, Yang Song couldn't help but be full of anger and secretly annoyed. The root cause of why the Zhang family in Hanzhong overwhelmed the Yang family is that the Zhang family claims to be the descendants of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Hanliu, a prince for generations and a century-old family; In comparison, the Yang family is at best a nouveau riche, an out-and-out rich man. Since then, how can the Yang family be compared with the Zhang family, the gap is huge, and there is no comparison at all.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Song said in a deep voice with resentment: "The ancestral foundation is important, but isn't your own life important?" Now, the 400-year-old Han rivers and mountains have been under the sun, and their destruction is imminent. The lord still thinks about how to deal with the things in front of him, as for how to face the ancestors, that is a matter for the future, and it is too early to say at this time. However, if the lord is indecided, when the Xiliang army comes to the city, I am afraid that the lord will go to see the ancestor immediately. What is the marching speed of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the lord has already seen it with his own eyes, and a hundred miles away is nothing at the foot of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and it will be there in the blink of an eye. Yes, it's time for the lord to make up his mind. The general has always been benevolent, and he may not blame the lord for the past, and it is possible to increase the official to the knighthood. ”

Zhang Lu frowned at first, feeling that Yang Song's words were very harsh, completely different from the past. But as Yang Song's words fell, his heart moved, and he no longer had time to care about Yang Song's yin and yang strange tone.

"Now that it's over, what do you think I'm going to do? There is no need to scruple, but it is okay to talk about it. ”

Seeing Zhang Lu's expression gradually calm down, Yang Song couldn't help but feel nervous, and had to deal with it carefully, and didn't dare to say anything rashly, otherwise if Zhang Lu turned his face, then his situation would be extremely bad. As the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Zhang Lu is really afraid of Li Li and Xiliangjun, not him Yang Song. Once Zhang Lu is annoyed, don't look at him now, but he can still execute Yang Song lightly.

"For the sake of today's plan, we still have a choice, and there are three ways out. First, he resisted stubbornly and fought a bloody battle with the Xiliang army to the end, and finally the city was destroyed and people died. Second, he took the initiative to open the city to surrender and attached himself to the Xiliang Army, and the lord was subordinate to the general, so as not to die. Third, Liu Zhang, who was attached to Yizhou in the west, abandoned the city and fled to Yizhou, or he could save his life. ”

"Bang!" When Zhang Lu heard this, he rose up and said angrily: "Defect to Liu Zhang? This thief killed my biological mother, poisoned my fourth brother, and put me in a desperate situation this time. Defecting to him is really ridiculous! I'd rather be a slave to Wuhou Li Li than a guest of Liu Zhang in Yizhou! ”

"The lord is wise!" Yang Song was shocked and bowed in worship.

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Da-da-da-da!

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves shook the ground. The sky is stirring, shrouding the towering Yangping Pass.

"Stand against the base of the wall and raise your hands above your head. Be honest with me, don't toast and don't eat and drink! At the south gate, a loud Xiliang army led a war horse to pace back and forth, shouting to the many captives standing in the corner.

At this moment, the wall of the Guannai was full of prisoners of war, including both the Yizhou army and the Hanzhong generals, as many as tens of thousands of prisoners of war. These people were all surrendered troops who did not have time to escape when the Xiliang Iron Cavalry broke through the pass. Just when the Xiliang army smashed open the north gate and rushed into the pass, these surrendered troops were simply not resisting at all. Directly throw away the weapon, squat on the ground and beg to surrender. An even more dramatic scene occurred outside the South Gate, where thousands of Hanzhong soldiers who fled for their lives did not flee in the direction of South Zhengcheng after learning that the Xiliang Army had entered the customs. Instead, he rushed directly into the pass. asked the Xiliang Army for help, and then became a prisoner of war of the Xiliang Army.

"Roar!" In the roar of the earth-shattering beast, Li Li drove the Golden Lion Beast Throne Ride slowly into Yangping Pass, Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Li Zhi and Pei Qian followed around, followed by horses, and walked from the north gate to the south gate, inspecting the north and south ends of Yangping Pass.

Outside the south gate, Li Liti stopped. I happened to hear the shouts of the cavalry team not far behind me, and when I turned my head, I saw thousands of prisoners of war of the Hanzhong Army sticking to the base of the wall one by one. Don't dare to move. Suddenly, Li Li shook his head and chuckled, and he couldn't help but remember that this action of standing at the root of the wall and putting his hands above his head started from himself, and now it has evolved into the inherent way of the Xiliang Army to collect prisoners of war weapons and count the number of prisoners of war.

"Phew!" Huang Zhong rode his horse to Li Li's front to rein in the horse, turned over and dismounted and reported: "My lord, all the remnants of the enemy have been cleared, and our army has taken over Yangping Pass. ”

Before Huang Zhong's words fell, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Qubei, Cao Xing, Ma Dai and Chen Zhi and other generals arrived one after another, all of them looked relaxed, breathed evenly, and had some unfinished looks on their faces.

"Looking at the expressions on your faces, you don't seem to be very satisfied, is it that our army's siege of the city is too smooth, and you don't have the opportunity to show your skills! Hehehe??????" Li Li said with a smile.

"Ugh! The lord is really right. Ma Chao was stunned and responded, pointing to the dense prisoners of war on the side of the wall, and said in a rather unhappy tone: "Look at these surrendered troops, when they saw our cavalry entering the pass, they immediately threw away their weapons and surrendered, and did not resist at all." The Hanzhong army is like this, and the Yizhou soldiers are the same, they are really evil, why did they take the initiative to surrender as soon as they saw our army's war cavalry entering the pass? Why didn't you surrender half a month ago, but now it's quite neat to surrender, why did you go earlier? ”

Li Li smiled and said nothing when he heard this, and Fa Zheng smiled and said, "You generals don't know anything. These Yizhou soldiers who took the initiative to surrender had been hungry for three days, standing on the city tower all day in the wind and sun, and no one replaced them, because they had no strength to resist at all, and they didn't even have the strength to escape. As for the Hanzhong soldiers at the south gate, it's even simpler. They have been fighting bloody battles with the Yizhou army for six consecutive days, and they have long been told that they want to defect to our Xiliang army, so they themselves have long regarded themselves as Xiliang soldiers, and naturally they will not be enemies of our army. ”

"Ahh I asked how these soldiers could be so abnormal, and it turned out to be so. The generals suddenly realized.

Li Li waved his hand to signal the generals to shut down, and raised his eyes to look at the southwest direction, but he saw the dust on the avenue a few miles away, and he could vaguely see the banner of the Yizhou army. Suddenly, Li Li said in a solemn voice: "The Yizhou army is fleeing to Jiameng Pass, while Yang Song is going to the county guard mansion to persuade Zhang Lu to open the city and ask for surrender. The generals listened to the order, Zhao Yun led his troops straight to Nanzheng City, and sent 10,000 war cavalry troops to the counties of Hanzhong to take over the county treasury; Huang Zhong led the Qin Gong battalion to follow up, taking over the defense of the county towns, and killing them all in case of resistance. Qubei led 10,000 Shuofeng Battalion Iron Cavalry to pursue the Yizhou rout, be sure to ensure that Jiameng Pass is not lost, remember, occupying the pass is the top priority, followed by chasing and killing the remnants of Yizhou. Leaving 5,000 infantry troops to garrison Yangping Pass, Ma Tie stayed here to take care of the prisoners of war, and the rest of the infantry rode with me to Nanzheng City! Let's go??????"

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