Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty: The Return of the Hero
Two days later, the bodies of the two brothers Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei were sent to Nanzheng. The cause of death was unknown, and a huge wave suddenly caused. No one paid attention to the original remarks of crossing the river and killing the general who committed rebellion. Because everyone was dead, many Hanzhong people showed a hint of sadness. Although Zhang Lu was not a hero, he advocated Taoism and treated the people with kindness. Hanzhong was under his command and lived a peaceful and peaceful life. This is why, with one word from Zhang Lu, the Hanzhong people could collectively escape the mountains and implement a solid wall and clear the fields of Guan Yu.
In addition to the people, the soldiers and generals of Hanzhong were also sad, and even caused conflicts with the Shu army.
After Fa Zheng understood the situation, he immediately suggested that Wu Yi bury Zhang Lu for a long time, and even worship him personally to win the hearts of the Hanzhong people.
Wu Yi naturally had no objection to this. Not only did he agree, he even increased the scale. Suddenly, a grand funeral began in Nanzheng, and many soldiers and people went to worship.
Wu Yi, who was injured, even cried in Zhang Lu's mourning hall. Although Zhang Lu hurt him, he had no intention of hurting Zhang Lu at all. The violent crying seemed to have died, which surprised everyone present.
However, this cry also caused much less complaints between the soldiers and the people of Hanzhong, and the conflict gradually subsided.
After the funeral, Liu Zhang's order also came and officially appointed Wu Yi as the prefect of Hanzhong. However, at the same time, Deng Xian was also ordered. Leng Bao led the army to immediately turn back to Shu, leaving only Wu Yi's own 30,000 troops as the left-behind. It was obvious that there were already people in Shu who were guarding against Wu Yi.
Wu Yi was of course very angry about such a thing, and Wu Ban was even more prepared to rebel directly. However, after Fa Zheng's urgent persuasion, Wu Yi sighed and not only did not say anything in the end, but instead said no, he personally bid farewell to the army with reluctance.
In the grand and magnificent prefect's office, under the gaze of the civil and military officials who were headed by Fazheng and respected by Wu Ban, Wu Yi sat on the throne of Zhang Lu step by step.
"Meet the Prefect" Wenwu immediately bowed respectfully and shouted.
"Hahaha..." Seeing this scene, Wu Yi suddenly burst into laughter, and a boundless sense of pride suddenly emerged in his heart.
At this point, with Zhang Lu's death and Wu Yi's coming to power, the storm in Hanzhong came to an end for the time being.
On the other hand, Guan Yu also commanded a 50,000 army across Xiliang and entered Yanzhou. He rushed all the way. Within three days, he finally arrived outside the gate of Changyi City.
I saw here, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xu Chu, Yu Jin and others were waiting here.
"Chang Yun" looked at Guan Yu who was coming back, and Cao Cao shouted excitedly.
When Guan Yu saw this, he immediately threw the Qinglong Yanyue Sword to the soldiers beside him. After getting off the horse and walking a few steps, he immediately kowtowed one knee with shame and said, "Guan, I am entrusted by Sikong, please punish Sikong."
"Chang Yun quickly get up." Cao Cao quickly helped Guan Yu up and said softly: "Chang Yun Chang is not guilty. Cao Er, the guilty one, was Cao underestimated Liu Zhang. Unexpectedly, he dared to send troops and almost threw Yun Chang into a Jedi."
"Sikong" Guan Yu showed emotion in his eyes. To be honest, Cao Cao's care for him was not inferior to his elder brother Liu Bei. Not to mention the Red Rabbit Horse, just say that many generals rushed to fight for this battle in Hanzhong, but in the end, Cao Cao did give him who had just served.
"General Guan, Xiliang hasn't made things difficult for you all the way here," Cheng Yu asked with concern.
"No, but I didn't pay special attention to it," Guan Yu said seriously.
Hearing this, Cao Cao sneered: "These two smart people are in a hurry to take photos of Yuan Xi's horses, so they naturally don't care about Cao's people."
"General Guan, you go back to the mansion and have a good rest first, and then talk to Sikong about the specific situation behind Hanzhong," Xun Yu said seriously.
"promise!"
After the evening, in Sikong's Mansion, Guan Yu explained the situation of the Battle of Hanzhong one by one.
After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned and said, "I didn't expect that there would be a general like Wu Yi in Shu. Cao really underestimated it before."
Xun You's face froze and said, "Sikong, Wu Yi, You have heard that although he is talented, he should not have such ability. If this is true, Zhang Lu would not have the upper hand in the previous Yizhou civil war."
"Even though Gongda said, there are indeed problems here, although some people will undergo huge changes once they are independent, there are very few such people," Cheng Yu agreed.
Cao Cao stroked the thick beard on his chin slightly, turned to look at Xun Yu who was in deep thought, and said, "Wenruo, what do you think?"
"I think about it again, how did Zhang Song die?" Xun Yu said seriously.
Cao Cao's pupils shrank, and he nodded slightly, "Wen Ruo and I thought about it. The reason why I was so confident in the battle in Hanzhong was because Zhang Song, who was a different leader of Yizhou and Liu Zhang's confidant. With his help, the situation in Shu must be controlled, but his sudden death made Liu Zhang make up his mind to send troops to Hanzhong, and someone must have tampered with it."
"Father, if this is true, then there are only a handful of people who can do this," Cao Pi said.
"Yes, it must be Yuan Xi. I really didn't expect that his power was already so great, and even Shu had people installed. It seems that Jingzhou's failure is also because of this!" Cao Cao shook his head and sighed.
"Sikong Yingming, there is no other explanation. Originally, Liu Biao's tour of Lumen Mountain was a great time for assassination. The killers were ready, but at this time, the parade was suddenly cancelled and the army was secretly ordered to investigate the pedestrians. This was obviously someone informed him, which showed that Yuan Xi not only had a wide power, but also understood our plan." Xun Yu said with a serious expression.
"The troops of Dayan are now trapped in the grassland, and he cannot go directly to war, so he can only hold us back," Cao Pi said angrily.
"He can delay, but we can't. If this continues, the gap between the two sides will become bigger and bigger," Cheng Yu said in a heavy tone.
"Oh, now that things have come, our army has no place to move," Cao Cao sighed.
Seeing this scene, Xun You's eyes froze and he said loudly: "Lord, there are too many wise men under Yuan Xi's command. It's not feasible. Those who can become hegemons must follow the kingly path. Didn't Yuan Xi just think that our army dare not fight against Jingzhou head-on? Then let him see it and let him understand that before he was born, our army was already rampant in the world. Since it is difficult to seize the north, the lord will take the Central Plains as the basis. After seizing Jingzhou, he will kill from Jingzhou to Bashu. With the reputation of the emperor, he will definitely attack Dayan in the north and complete the unification of the world."
"Unified the world" Cao Cao murmured unexpectedly, looked at Xun You with a firm look, and said with a wry smile: "Gongda, no one has said this to Cao for a long time."
"Lord, our army was defeated by Guandu, Hanzhong, and Jingzhou, and once again, there was no other way except to give up."
"Lord, what you lack now is not opportunity, but sharpness, the invincible spirit back then. The storm changes again and the world is impermanent. If you still have filial piety, you will definitely persuade your lord like this." Xun You knelt on one knee and bowed.
"Gongda said it well. Yuan Xibo made a big Yan. Why is it not for the lord? He really saw the lord's hesitation and hesitation now. Now the lord has no other way to go. Since that's the case, then let's go all the way and turn him upside down. If you have the ability, he will go south." Cheng Yu clasped his fists with excitement.
"We swear to be loyal to our lord to death." Hearing this, the generals shouted excitedly.
"Father" Cao Pi stood up and said with tears in his eyes: "The reason why my father is like this is because we fools want to leave a way out for us, but if you are gone, there is no great cause of the Cao family. Please give it a try."
"You" Cao Cao's face immediately showed emotion.
"Lord, Yu swears to follow him to the death." Xun Yu said extremely seriously.
"Wenruo" Cao Cao murmured, and then clenched his fist, stood up suddenly, pulled out the sword from the side, shouted, and cut the table in front of him into half with one sword, and said with a ruthless face: "Thank you, Cao swears today, I will no longer think of the peaceful king. In this life, I will swear to attack Dayan in the north and revive the Han Dynasty."
"Lord's wise"
"Father is wise"
Cao Cao pointed his sword and said with a sharp heart: "Wen Ruo, immediately arrange someone to go to Jiangdong to meet Sun Quan and tell him that he is willing to form the strongest alliance with him."
"No!" Xun Yu replied loudly, with relief in his eyes. Cao Cao, who was once fearless and fighting spirit, was back again.
Chapter completed!