Zhang Lu is not a foolish second-generation official. He has built the foundation of Hanzhong by himself.

Zhang Lu was able to start from scratch and also had his own set of effective means in identifying people with people. He was very familiar with the situation of his subordinate officials.

All major families have also obtained his tacit approval from private families.

The Yang family is a great family in Hanzhong, and the family's children are known for their martial arts.

But after all, not everyone can become a martial arts master. Most of the children of the family who are highly skilled in martial arts have entered the army.

Although Yang Song recommended dozens of Yang family members, only Yang Ren, Yang Ang was the most outstanding and had few rivals in Hanzhong.

Even Yang Bai has outstanding martial arts skills and is enough to enter the top five among the Yang family's children, not because he gained the title with Yang Song's relationship.

Therefore, Zhang Lu did not take Yang Song's use of power for personal gain. He knew the situation of the Yang family and did not hear that the Yang family still had talents with great martial arts skills, so he asked curiously:

"Which young talent in the Yang family is actually more powerful than General Yang Ren?"

Not only Zhang Lu did not expect that the candidates recommended by Yang Song this time were also confused. Even Yan Pu, who was famous for his predictions, had no way to guess!

When Yang Song saw that everyone was confused, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. He was worried about everyone's appetite and said slowly:

"Master, you have recommended many Yang family members as officials when you see me, but you only say that I am an internal rank and not avoiding relatives. I can't expect that I can still speak externally and not avoiding enemies! This time I recommend not the Yang family members, but Nan'an Pang De. Pang De followed Ma Chao to join the lord; later Ma Chao killed my younger brother Yang Bai and went to Xichuan to join Liu Bei. It is not an exaggeration to say that Pang De is also my enemy. The lord took Pang De to Nanzheng for treatment and has been cared for so long, so why not let this person lead his troops and fight against Cao's army?"

In fact, Zhang Lu was the leader of Yang Song and Ma Chao. It can even be said that Zhang Lu regarded Yang Song as a gun.

Ma Chao was defeated in Jicheng, and his wife, children, and all his wife, children and young people were killed. He led the remaining troops to join Zhang Lu.

Because Ma Chao is very skilled in martial arts and has a prominent reputation, he turns out to be a prince in the area, and his status is even above Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu was naturally very happy to accept it, so he appointed Ma Chao as the second most important person to sacrificial wine, which just happened to be able to balance the Yang family, the dominant one in the army.

But because Ma Chao has always been strong, Zhang Lu was afraid that it would be difficult to control it. Thinking that Ma Chao had no wife and children, he wanted to use traditional marriage methods to completely tie Ma Chao to his chariot.

It was Zhang Lu's time to be proud of it. He thought this plan was good, so he didn't think much about it and proposed to marry Ma Chao's wife, Zhang Qiying, who was 20 years younger than Ma Chao.

Yang Song was extremely talented. At the beginning of Zhang Lu's founding, he expressed his opinion on behalf of the Yang family and followed Zhang Lu to fight.

Yang Song was very talented and gave advice on Zhang Lu and made many achievements, which was why he gained Zhang Lu's trust.

Under Yang Song's operation, outstanding children of the Yang family became officials one after another, but each of them had real skills.

Take Yang Bai, Yang Ang and Yang Ren, the three brave generals in Zhang Lu's army for example. The force is definitely something that Zhang Lu's army can do. Yang Song said that he "respects his relatives without avoiding his relatives" is not an exaggeration.

The three brothers of the Yang family have no one to shake their status in Zhang Lu's army, but after Ma Chao came, the situation suddenly became confusing.

The three brothers of the Yang family, whether in terms of martial arts or prestige, are quite inferior to Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai, which are awesome to the Western Liang Dynasty. Later, the Yang family was firmly suppressed by the Ma family in the army, which was a foregone conclusion.

If a man does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!

Although Yang Song has no unfair intentions towards Zhang Lu, it does not mean that others can move their cake at will. Of course, he does not want Ma Chao to become Zhang Lu's son-in-law, so he asked someone to spread rumors:

"Ma Chao is a cold-hearted person and ignores family affection! For the first time, he ignored his father and younger brother as hostages in Xuchang, and resolutely followed Han Sui to rebel against Cao, killing the lives of Ma Teng and his son. The second time he launched an army to occupy Jicheng, regardless of the safety of his wife and children, he insisted on his own, killing his wife and children. If someone else marrys him, he might be dragged to death by Ma Chao one day!"

When Zhang Lu heard these rumors, he felt upset and felt remorseful.

But as a prince of the country, Zhang Lu had already said something, and it was difficult to blatantly go back on his word. He needed to find a suitable excuse.

The Yang family was naturally affected by Ma Chao's arrival.

Zhang Lu had a sudden inspiration and decided to pull Yang Song out as a gunman.

So Zhang Lu called Yang Song over and said:

"People say that Ma Chao is an ominous person. Zhuo Jing doesn't want to marry his daughter to him. What can you do?"

When Yang Song heard this, he knew that his plan had worked, so he quickly agreed to object in public, giving Zhang Lu an excuse to regret the marriage.

Sure enough, Ma Chao failed to marry Zhang Lu because of the opposition of the Yang family, and deeply hated Yang Song!

But Ma Chao had no good impression of Zhang Lu and Ma Chao, who had been trying to leave Zhang Lu and turn to others. Finally, when Liu Bei besieged Chengdu, he chose to abandon Zhang Lu and defect to Liu Bei.

At that time, Yan Pu offered a plan to treat Pang De, because he wanted to marry Ma Chao, and he also meant to use Pang De as a hostage.

When Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he did not care about Pang De's safety at all, and did not even send anyone to inform Pang De.

Pang De has been working hard for Ma Chao for decades, but in the end he was abandoned like a piece of shoes, and his heart suddenly became cold!

Yang Song was extremely talented and saw Ma Chao joining Liu Bei, he immediately thought of making trouble for Pang De.

Pang De was abandoned by Ma Chao, and just as he didn't know where to go, Yang Song came to him.

He was originally going to alienate the relationship between Pang De and Ma Chao, but who knew that Pang De had broken up with Ma Chao and was ready to find another way out. The more he talked, the more he became more and more speculative, and he hit it off, and the two immediately determined the cooperative relationship.

As the leader of the cooperation, Yang Song promised Pang Tong to recommend him to Zhang Lu at appropriate times.

Now that Yang Ren is going to save Yang Ren, Yang Song originally wanted to recommend Pang De today, and he just killed two birds with one stone. He recommended Pang De to Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu was always aware of Pang De's ability. When he heard that he was willing to serve him, he was overjoyed and summoned Pang De to come and rewarded him with great rewards. He ordered ten thousand troops and horses, and ordered Pang De to lead his army to fight.

Although Pang De was born in poverty, he grew up with Ma Chao since childhood, which was equivalent to Ma Chao's training.

He studied and practiced martial arts with Ma Chao since he was a child, and was proficient in military tactics. He finally became a general with both civil and military skills.

He did not rush to go out to fight, but first left the city to check the terrain, and set up camp at a dangerous place more than ten miles away from the city, which just blocked Cao Cao's route of march.

Cao Cao set up camp more than ten miles away from Pang Tong. Pang De took office and wanted to improve his prestige and the morale of his soldiers, so he took the initiative to lead the army and fight in front of Cao Cao's camp.

When Cao Cao was at Weiqiao, he was killed by Ma Chao and took off his robe and cut off his beard. He knew that Pang De's courage was not inferior to Ma Chao.

Now Ma Chao has defected to Liu Bei and has become a powerful force with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao has no way to get it.

Although Pang De is a general of Ma Chao, his martial arts and military skills are comparable to Ma Chao. Cao Cao's love for talents can no longer be suppressed. Before going to the battle, he ordered the generals to submit:
Chapter completed!