Wenwu, who was standing in the hall at this moment, couldn't help but look stunned when he saw Zhang Lu's angry appearance, but listening to Liu Yan's scolding, even if he didn't know what the content of the letter was, he could guess one or two.

Zhang Lu was no stranger to the people present, Zhang Lu was also their colleague in the past, and was later sent to Hanzhong by Liu Yan, Zhang Lu was ordered by Liu Yan to seize Hanzhong County, and Zhang Lu also lived up to Liu Yan's high expectations, not only successfully beheaded the Hanzhong County guard, but also firmly controlled Hanzhong County.

If Zhang Lu and Hanzhong County are attached to Liu Yan, Liu Yan's plan is not in vain, but the key is that Zhang Lu is self-reliant in Hanzhong, and he has no intention of attaching Yizhou at all.

If it weren't for the fact that he was facing a common enemy this time, how could Liu Yan try to win over Zhang Lu, and it would be good if he didn't send someone to attack Zhang Lu.

After all, in the face of the imperial court, Liu Yan had no bottom in his heart, but he also had to cheer up his subordinates, so he encouraged Zhang Lu to go and invite Yu Ji, Zuo Ci, and Nanhua, these immortals from other worldly worldly beings to deal with Chu Yi, was naturally told by Liu Yan to encourage everyone.

At this time, Liu Yan's reaction made everyone roughly guess, but I was afraid that something had happened to Zhang Lu, and this change was still not good for them, otherwise, Liu Yan would definitely not have such a reaction.

coughed lightly, and heard a general speak to Liu Yan and say, "Lord Wang, why is this so?" ”

The person who spoke was none other than one of the several generals under Liu Yan who could handle it, Yan Yan.

Yan Yan can be said to be an old qualification under Liu Yan, before Liu Yan came to Yizhou, he commanded the army in Yizhou, and later Liu Yan entered Sichuan, and with the support of Yan Yan and several people, Liu Yan was able to control Yizhou in a very short period of time, so for Yan Yan, Liu Yan has always been regarded as a confidant.

Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, the two can be said to be Liu Yan's right-hand men, and the prestige of the two in the army is extremely high, and it is precisely with the help of the two that Liu Yan has secured the position of Yizhou pastor.

Now that he heard Yan Yan speak, Liu Yan took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, glanced at Yan Yan, handed the letter in his hand to Yan Yan and said, "General Yan, look." ”

Yan Yan finished the letter, swept the content of the letter, and suddenly his complexion changed, his brows furrowed, and he said with a gloomy expression: "Zhang Lu Xiao'er is really shameless, the prince shouldn't have believed him in the first place, such a capricious villain, really a dog can't change eating." ”

Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong County before, and was regarded as a villain by many people, but now he originally agreed with Liu Yan to deal with the court together, but in a blink of an eye, Hanzhong County was dedicated to the court, which is not capricious and what it is.

Soon the letter circulated in the hands of everyone, and everyone learned from the letter that the army sent by the imperial court had successfully occupied Hanzhong County, and Zhang Lu even surrendered to the imperial court with all his men.

Cao Cao originally led an army of 100,000, and now he has an army of tens of thousands in Hanzhong, and the number of men and horses has not decreased, but has soared by tens of thousands all at once.

That's not all, what really made everyone present look ugly was the hidden danger caused by Hanzhong County falling into the hands of the imperial court.

Hanzhong as the gateway to Yizhou, for Yizhou is naturally extremely important, there was Zhang Lu before, in the eyes of everyone, even if the imperial court wants to take Hanzhong, it will take a party effort, maybe the imperial court defeated Zhang Lu, it is already a lack of succession, when they can send troops from Sichuan, not only can the imperial court be repulsed, but also can take the opportunity to take back the Hanzhong County occupied by Zhang Lu, this is a win-win-win strategy, it is simply not too good, if it can be realized, master Hanzhong County, Coupled with the steep terrain of the land of Sichuan and Shu, as long as they work together, they may not be able to resist the conquest of the imperial court.

It's a pity that all this came to naught with Zhang Lu's surrender, and it's no wonder that the crowd reacted so much.

Brushing his beard, Huang Quan sighed and said, "Lord Wang, the top priority at the moment is to quickly find a way to deal with Cao Mengde's army entering Sichuan." ”

Even if they are here eager to break Zhang Lu's body into thousands of pieces, but the army of the imperial court has already entered Sichuan, and it is still necessary to distinguish which is more important.

Liu Yan nodded slightly and said, "Fortunately, there is General Zhang Ren in front of me, and it is expected that the imperial army will not want to break General Zhang Ren's defense." ”

Saying that, Liu Yan said with a little worry on his face: "Yes, Cao Mengde has a lot of soldiers and horses, and even if General Zhang is stubborn, it is a little dangerous." ”

I saw Liu Yan's eyes fall on the two generals and said, "Wu Lan, Gao Pei!" ”

The two young generals suddenly stood up and arched their hands at Liu Yan and said, "The last general!" ”

Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "The two of you quickly led 20,000 troops to help General Zhang, and told General Zhang that you must guard the gate of Sichuan and Shu, and you must not let the imperial army step into Sichuan and Shu for half a step, and this king will sit in the rear and provide him with a steady stream of support." ”

Wu Lan and Gao Pei glanced at each other and respectfully received the order.

Liu Yan discussed with everyone again, and the content of the discussion was nothing more than speeding up the recruitment of soldiers and building armor. Preparation of grain straw.

Fortunately, the land of Tianfu in Yizhou, compared with the Central Plains, was very poisoned by the Yellow Turbans, and although the land of Sichuan and Shu was also affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was much lighter than the Central Plains, so there was no shortage of soldiers or food.

The Golden Bull Road is the gateway to the Sichuan, and the road into the Sichuan is extremely steep, and even some roads are even a problem for traffic, let alone the army crossing.

The Jinniu Road Pass is extremely steep to build, located between the mountains and rivers, and has a steep terrain, it can be said that a pass, thousands of soldiers and horses can be put to resist tens of thousands of troops.

As Liu Yan's right-hand man, Zhang Ren, the general, sat here and commanded tens of thousands of troops.

Originally, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Ren to sit in Jinniu Road, and the goal was to wait for Zhang Lu to fight with the imperial army to defeat both sides, so that he could take the opportunity to send troops into Hanzhong, one could retreat from the enemy, and the other could occupy Hanzhong.

It's just that at this moment, Zhang Ren was frowning, standing on top of the city, looking at the black army in front of him rushing towards the city pass.

To be honest, when Zhang Ren learned the news of the loss of Hanzhong not long ago, he didn't believe it, but it was his henchmen who came to Tongbing.

Knowing that Zhang Lu and Hanzhong were attached to the imperial court, Zhang Renqi almost lost his temper and scolded.

After all, standing on Zhang Ren's position, Zhang Lu and the imperial court fought to defeat both in line with his wishes, and now Zhang Lu dedicated Hanzhong, so that their calculations failed, Zhang Ren would be strange if he was not angry.

However, Zhang Ren is not worthy of being a good general, and he quickly cleaned up his emotions, and immediately rectified the soldiers and horses in the city and raised his vigilance.

Sure enough, in less than half a day, Zhang Ren saw the traces of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and now tens of thousands of troops appeared in sight.

Although it is said that the imperial army appeared under the city pass, but Zhang Ren did not have a trace of panic, Zhang Ren has been an official in Sichuan and Shu for many years, and it can be said that no one knows the precipitousness of Sichuan and Shu better than him.

As long as he defends this danger with his heart, even if there are more soldiers and horses, it is difficult to break through, he thinks that the defense is not bad, and his soldiers and horses are sufficient, even in the face of the imperial army, he is fearless.

Cao Cao commanded the army from afar, looking at the steep pass ahead, and couldn't help but look solemn.

This time, Cao Cao commanded the army, but he made up his mind to behave in front of Chu Yi, even if he knew that the Sichuan-Shu Pass was dangerous, but in Cao Cao's mind, even if it was dangerous, could there be a pass that could not be filled with human lives.

Looking at that pass now, Cao Cao found that he had really underestimated the steepness of the land of Sichuan and Shu before, and there was really a pass in this world that couldn't be filled with human lives.

can make a character like Cao Cao feel like this, and you can imagine how dangerous the pass in front of Zhang Ren is.

Not to mention Cao Cao, the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan who followed Cao Cao on the expedition also opened their mouths wide one by one, gasping and looking at the steep pass.

"Big brother, this ...... How to break the city! ”

Looking at the steep pass, Cao Hong was a little bottomless, but the steep pass made him not see any hope of breaking through the pass.

Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan also had the same looks, although they didn't speak, but they could see what they were thinking by looking at their expressions.

In addition to the Cao family and Xiahou family, there are not many generals who went out with the army this time, and there are Dian Wei and Xu Chu who can be called peerless generals.

There are Cao Cao's commanders, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and other Cao clan generals, plus Dian Wei and Xu Chu, this lineup can already be called a luxury level for the generals of Shangchuan Shu.

But now everyone is frowning at the steep pass.

On the city wall, Zhang Yiyi was dressed in armor, holding a spear in his hand, standing tall on the city wall, and shouted at Cao Cao from afar: "Cao Mengde, Zhang is here, and you don't want to step into Sichuan and Shu half a step." ”

Cao Cao frowned, since he was going to attack Sichuan and Shu, it was naturally impossible for the imperial court not to collect information about Liu Yan's subordinates, so Cao Cao also knew a lot about Zhang Ren's details.

In the huge land of Sichuan and Shu, there are not many generals who can handle it, and Zhang Ren and Yan Yan can be regarded as the best among them.

Now the first thing to face is Zhang Ren, a representative of the Sichuan and Shu generals, Cao Cao naturally did not dare to underestimate the other party, with a little smile on his face, he drove forward and said to Zhang Ren: "The general was also an official of the imperial court in the past, why did he help the thief Liu Yan to entrench in the land of Sichuan and Shu, wouldn't it be a loss of the reputation of the general?" ”

When Zhang Ren heard this, he immediately broke off and said: "Bold, my prince was originally the Yizhou pastor of the Son of Heaven, and now the court is controlled by the traitor Chu Yi, and you are all the minions of the traitor, what face does it have to accuse Zhang." ”

Cao Cao just smiled when he heard this, he never expected words to be able to move a general like Zhang Ren, something that a general like Zhang Ren recognized alone, it was not something that could be changed in a few words.

Therefore, if you want to enter the land of Sichuan and Shu, it is impossible to expect Zhang Ren to get out of the way, and the only option is to storm the Golden Bull Road.

After taking a deep look at Zhang Ren, Cao Cao turned around and left, and Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan, who had been guarding Cao Cao's side to guard against Zhang Ren's sneak attack, followed closely behind Cao Cao.

Watching Cao Cao and the others leave, Zhang Ren's heart rose suddenly, because Zhang Ren knew that what followed was a tragic fight.

Sure enough, Cao Cao gave an order, and the army attacked the city.

The siege battle was extremely tragic, especially in the face of the pass built on the Golden Bull Road, which was extremely steep.

However, under the tempting bounty shouted by Cao Cao, a large number of soldiers rushed forward desperately.

It's a pity that the mouth is relied on, the arrow rain fell, and a large number of soldiers were shot before they could rush to the city, even if they could rush to the city, but looking at the high city wall and the surrounding cliffs, the heart had to be born of despair.

In a short wave of attack, more than 1,000 soldiers died under the city walls, and at least about half of them fell off the cliff and died.

Cao Cao and other generals who were watching from afar frowned, and looked around at everyone: "This pass is steep, and it is definitely not a strong attack to break, do you have any good plans?" ”

Xun You, as a strategist with the army, listened to Cao Cao's subordinates, and at this time he also watched the tragic siege battle from afar, stroked his beard and frowned: "Zhang Ren is a good general, plus there are enough soldiers and horses, and there are dangers to rely on, if you want to break through the city pass, I am afraid it will be difficult." ”

Ren has a lot of schemes, but in the face of such a good general, Xiongguan is helpless.

Cao Cao didn't have no way, but he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he was ordered by Chu Yi, that was made up of his mind to perform, could it be said that he was going to be blocked by Zhang Ren here, and he couldn't even enter the land of Sichuan and Shu, if this was spread out, what kind of face would he have to sit on the position of one of the guards of Jiuqing.

But looking at Xiongguan in front of him, Cao Cao felt a breath of anger in his heart, which was called a grievance.

"Could it be that my journey to command Cao Mengde's army is going to end here?"

When Cao Cao was aggrieved in his heart, Xiahou Yuan roared: "General, the last general is invited to fight." ”

Xiahou Yuan's voice fell, and he heard Xiahou Xuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and several other generals of the Cao clan and Xiahou clan begging for battle.

After glancing at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "When you go to battle, you must be careful." ”

Such a precipitous city pass, coupled with Zhang Ren in charge, colluding with the army, and suppressing the military formation, even if it is

Xiahou Yuan's voice fell, and he heard Xiahou Xuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and several other generals of the Cao clan and Xiahou clan begging for battle.

After glancing at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "When you go to battle, you must be careful." ”

Such a precipitous city pass, coupled with Zhang Ren in charge, colluding with the army, and suppressing the military formation, even if Xiahou Yuan's voice fell, he could hear Xiahou Xuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun and several other Cao and Xiahou generals asking for battle.

After glancing at a few people, Cao Cao took a deep breath, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "When you go to battle, you must be careful." ”