Suiding County, temporary Hanning Prefecture

This prefect's mansion was slightly rectified based on the original Suiding County Government. Suiding was not a wealthy place, and the county government naturally seemed a bit destitute. However, this is somewhat similar to Zhang Lu's current situation.

"Hanzhong, Brazil has fallen into the hands of the enemy's rebellion. At present, Cao's army is attacking Luoqi Mountain. As long as you pass Luoqi Mountain, you will be flat and you will be able to defend it in Suiding." Yang Ren pointed to the map and introduced the latest battle situation.

"How is the defense at Luoqi Pass?" After looking at the map for a moment, I looked up and asked.

"The terrain of the Luoqi Pass is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Captain Yang Ang is leading more than 5,000 people to defend there, and he should still be able to defend in a short period of time!" Yang Ren looked at Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei and replied quickly.

The Daba Mountain, which runs across Ba County, belongs to the branch of the Qinling Mountains, extends for hundreds of miles, and the mountains are majestic. Luoqi Mountain is one of the branches of the Daba Mountains, guarding a major road for Brazil to enter Bazhong and Badong.

Zhang Lu built a key pass on Luoqi Mountain. The original purpose was to prevent Jingzhou Liu Biao from attacking the hinterland of Hanzhong through Badong, but it has been useless for many years. Although it is useful now, the target of defense is the enemy from the hinterland of Hanzhong.

But to be honest, I am not very relieved about defensive fortifications such as key points. Veterans in marching and fighting will never be bound by some key points. Even if they cannot be broken from the front, they can still choose to detour from some small paths.

The mountains are not only a barrier to block the enemy's army, but also a good place for the enemy to use surprises. And my father-in-law Xiahou Yuan is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

In the original history, my cheap apprentice Deng Ai smuggled through Yinping Pass, traveling more than 700 miles of unmanned mountain road, and attacking Chengdu in a surprise attack. This is the most prominent example. The so-called key pass.

It can be used to block the enemy, but if all hope is placed on it, it will be no far from failure.

"How many troops are there in Zhang Shijun's hands?" I pondered for a moment and asked about Zhang Lu's remaining military strength.

"In addition to the more than 5,000 people in Luoqi Pass, I have 10,000 people in my hands and more than 3,000 people in Shiping. In addition, I can draw about 23,000 people from Badong.

"Zhang Wei answered my question for his elder brother, "If it is not enough, you can recruit some new recruits to use..."

Nodding slowly, I fell into deep thought.

Judging from what Zhang Wei said, Zhang Lu had only about 20,000 troops available. During the march, I once went to Yan Pu to the military strength before the war in Hanzhong, which was about 60,000 to 70,000.

From this point of view, the rebels following Yang Song may not be less than 30,000. If Cao's army is added, the opponents in front of me will probably be more than 70,000.

And here, even if Zhang Lujun, whose morale is worrying, has only 60,000 people.

The number of people is 10,000, and morale is even more worrying. However, it must be our army and Cao army that decide the final outcome of the battle in Hanzhong.

"Lu has no way to control the subordinates. He mistakenly believed in the treacherous and slander. He ended up having homes and nowhere to go, and having nowhere to talk about suffering. I am ashamed." Zhang Lu shook his head and sighed with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty should not be too worried. If a treacherous villain can gain power for a while, he may not be able to gain power for a lifetime. The most urgent task at the moment is to repel the enemy first and ensure the safety of Bazhong. Only by stabilizing Bazhong and Badong can you have the opportunity to plot against the attack.

"I said slowly, comforting Zhang Lu.

"It's time for you to do the Right General. As long as you can retreat to Cao's army. Recover the lost territory in Hanzhong, you can call as much as possible..." Zhang Lu was obviously very discouraged by Yang Song's counterattack, whom he trusted so much.

Zhang Lu's words clearly meant that he gave the army to me to command. Zhang Wei and Yang Ren's expression changed slightly, and he soon felt relieved again.

But there are also some Zhang Lu's subordinates who have become ugly and want to speak but stop. Actually, I am quite disdainful of these people. They have no ability to do serious things. But they are very concerned about dirty things like fighting for power and profit.

Moreover, with Zhang Lujun's weak combat power, I really don't like it.

"Although Cao's army and the rebels are powerful, they are not invincible. Shijun has been in Hanzhong for more than ten years and has a wide range of religions. This is the greatest reliance of Shijun to defeat the enemy.

Though Cao's army was strong, they were outsiders after all, and Cao Cao himself was bloodthirsty and liked to kill, he had long been criticized by the world; and Yang Song and Yang Bai were the ones who turned their backs on their own and captured the people of Hanzhong for their own selfish interests, and would be despised by the world.

If you want to win a battle, you rely on the right time, the right place and the harmonious people. The right time is not as good as the right place and the right place is not as good as the right place. And the master has the right place and the right place is as good as the right place.

Other times and places are better than those of enemy rebellion!" Pang Tong saw that Zhang Lu was a little depressed. In order to encourage his fighting spirit, and to avoid the more sensitive command issues in front of him, he analyzed for him with a smile, "In the view of Tong, this time, our two families can work together sincerely to repel Cao's thieves and restore Hanzhong.

Shijun may not know that at this moment, my lord, Emperor Liu, ordered Jing, and the army of Yang and the two states to attack Cao with all their might, making it impossible for him to increase troops to Hanzhong."

"Oh~~?!!!!" Zhang Lu was indeed energetic and looked happy, "Is the emperor really mobilizing a large army to attack Cao?"

"Not bad!" I nodded and affirmed Pang Tong's words.

"Lu Zhen didn't know how to repay the emperor's mercy. But Hanzhong was restored, and Lu would rather be a vassal of the emperor's vassal!" Zhang Lu said excitedly.

This sentence caused another change of color.

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Then the local government negotiated and went directly to the issue of how to fight against Cao's army and Yang Song's rebels.

Zhang Wei looked rude, but he was a person who knew the situation and was carelessly driving those irrelevant people out of the lobby.

On the second day, Zhang Lu, as the "Five Dogs of Rice Sect", condemned Cao Cao's invasion of the territory without reason, the rebellion of the Yang Song brothers, etc., and informed Hanzhong people not to help the enemy.

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The mountain pass was filled with a pungent smell of blood and a burnt smell. The corpses were piled up and down the pass, and the dark red blood color was seen, which made the mountain pass look like a hell on earth.

Some cracked crows were still flying in the air in the wind, making a huge "slap" sound.

Yang Ang looked at the enemy camp that stretched for miles down the mountain and felt his scalp tingling. A few days ago, when he took over the task of guarding Luoqi Pass from Zhang Wei, Yang Ang was still full of confidence. He patted his chest and said, "It would be no problem for two months."

Even Yang Ang had wanted to take advantage of the enemy's tired opportunity to attack the enemy at night to achieve his lifeless achievements.

However, now, Yang Ang felt lucky and did not take the idea of ​​surprise attack seriously. In just two days of defensive battle, Yang Ang fully witnessed the enemy's strength and cunning. At least twice.

The pass was almost broken.

However, at this moment, Yang Ang couldn't let go of the center of the earth. The enemy's attack was stronger once, and the casualties were worse once. Especially the Thunderbolt chariot used by Cao's army was a nightmare for the defenders.

The Hanzhong Army also received thirty thirty thunderbolt chariots "gifted" by Cao Cao, but later they lost all the strategies.

Although he had seen the power of this thing during use, when Cao's army raided and smashed the pass with 4,50 thunderbolt chariots, Yang Ang had a personal experience. Only "hell" and "nightmare" could be used to describe that scene.

Yang Ang once personally saw a friend of mine being hit by a big rock flying in. When the stone was moved away, the man's entire upper body had turned into fleshy mud, and the scene was terrible.

"Sir, we have already suffered 1,400 casualties. If we continue to fight, we will have to throw them here sooner or later!" said a Yang Ang's confidant, commander, with a bitter face.

Yang Ang didn't say anything, but just looked calm and pulled out the room beside him and inserted it into the trunk of a tree beside him.

"Sir, do we have reinforcements?" A military Sima asked a little discouraged.

"Reinforcement? Hey..." The former commander laughed. "Yes, yes, but General Zhang Wei may not be willing to send him here. However, even if the reinforcements come, they can block them for a few days and look at Cao's army at the foot of the mountain.

Damn, there are about 30,000 or 40,000 people..."

After pausing, the captain sighed and said, "It seems that this Hanzhong cannot be saved..."

"That's better..." Another army Sima said to the foot of the mountain. The meaning is already very obvious.

All the generals turned their attention to Yang Ang.

Yang Ang's body trembled slightly, showing a struggling expression, but at this moment, the sound of war drums at the foot of the mountain started again, and Cao's attack began again!

"Mom!" Yang Ang cursed hatefully, and didn't know what to scold. He pulled out the sword from the tree and said viciously, "First fight back the bastards. Let's talk about other things..."

The enemy's attack has begun. The sword and arrow flew away the stone without eyes. Even if they were to surrender, they might not believe it. They could only withstand this time.

"Dou~~Dou~~!"

Before Yang Ang could give the order, another sound of ox horns stirred between the sky, majestic and long.

"It seems that this sound is not coming from there..." A military Sima pointed to the direction where Cao's army was and said in confusion.

"It's from the east!" Yang Ang heard it for a moment and judged it, "Is it a reinforcement? Let's go and see who is here?"

The commander of the capital had previously taken the order to leave, but Yang Ang did not dare to neglect and continued to command the soldiers to prepare to attack Cao's army.

In a moment, the captain ran back in a hurry, with a very strange expression.

"Who is here? How many people are there?" Yang Ang turned around and asked.

"Sir, you'd better go and see it yourself..." The captain couldn't hide his shock.

"Yeah~?" Yang Ang sighed in surprise, then said to the captain, "You watch here, I'll go and see!"

Leading several military Simas, Yang Ang hurriedly walked behind the mountain pass, and the dust flew everywhere. Judging from this posture, there must be tens of thousands of people. Moreover, this army with very fast marching speed can maintain a very neat queue.

"What an elite soldier!" Yang Ang was amazed and knew that he had absolutely no such army.

"Sir, look at the flag!"

In the direction pointed by a military Sima, Yang Ang saw a dark green voice, and several large characters could be seen on the flag fluttering in the wind.

Right General——Zhang!

"It turned out to be him?!!!" Yang Ang's body trembled, revealing a complicated expression of not knowing whether it was joy or sorrow.

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Standing at the edge of the key pass of the falling flag, I watched the Cao army who had given up attacking the mountain and the deep blue flag in front of the main formation of the Cao army at the foot of the mountain.

General of the Western Expedition———Xiahou!

Although the distance is very far, with my eyesight, it is still no problem to see these words clearly.

It seems that there is a general under its guise of golden helmets and golden armor.

"On the Right General, that is Xiahou Yuan, the chief general of Cao's army!" Yang Ang walked to me, pointed at the foot of the mountain, and introduced me to me.

"Yeah!" I nodded, but said nothing.

Lord Taishan, we met on the battlefield again!
Chapter completed!