The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 164 Volume : More troops! More troops!
Zhang Wei led his men in pursuit, and Xu Huang cooperated by making some soldiers drop their weapons and flee forward in a more embarrassed manner.

Just as they turned a mountain pass and were about to catch up with Xu Huang's troops, there was a sudden loud noise, like a muffled thunder!

The 500 soldiers who had been lying in ambush here all rushed out and attacked Zhang Lu from both wings.

Xu Huang also reorganized the troops. The team that seemed to be in collapse just now was formed in an instant. They took off their sheepskins and roared at Zhang Wei's troops!
Zhang Wei was already terrified by the ambush from the flank.

When Zhang Wei saw Xu Huang personally swinging a pair of axes towards him, he panicked and pulled out a staff from his waist.

"Essence condenses into spirit. If you want to make spirit immortal, you should condense your essence to protect yourself!"

Unfortunately, there were no Five Ding and Five Jia to come to help, and the soldiers under his command were not able to become saints in the flesh. They could not withstand the sharp swords of the Han army, and were defeated in an instant.

Zhang Wei realized it belatedly, threw away the useless staff in his hand, drew out his sword and urged his soldiers to kill the enemy.

However, just as he drew out his sword, Zhang Wei suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast.

He slowly turned around and discovered that Xu Huang had led a dozen cavalrymen to kill the entire front army, and was only a few feet away from him!

Zhang Wei was so frightened that he dared not resist any more. He just kicked his horse's belly and retreated.

Xu Huang chased after them, but with two thousand enemy soldiers as an obstacle, he was eventually trapped in the crowd.

"What's going on with these bandits?"

Xu Huang pulled the reins and looked at the surrounding soldiers with impatience.

If an ordinary general abandoned his soldiers, the morale of his soldiers would have collapsed long ago.

However, even after Zhang Wei escaped, these Hanzhong soldiers continued to rush towards Xu Huang tirelessly.

While feeling frightened, Xu Huang was also glad that he did not act rashly and directly order his soldiers to charge forward and engage in a head-on confrontation.

Although they lacked combat experience and their equipment was not very sophisticated, these Hanzhong soldiers kept shouting "Master" or "Heavenly Master" and their morale was always high.

If we meet face to face suddenly, even if we win, it will probably be a miserable victory.

Seeing the Hanzhong soldiers like this, Xu Huang gave up the idea of ​​chasing Zhang Wei. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to tie up these Hanzhong soldiers and went to Li County in person.

After hearing the people of Li County's account of Zhang Wei's deeds, Xu Huang directly brought the two thousand Hanzhong soldiers to the old man's grave to kowtow and apologize, and ordered them to repair houses for the people of Li County.

Among them, there were some Hanzhong soldiers who were deeply obsessed with the teachings of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. They cursed Xu Huang and refused to admit their evil deeds.

"Kill them all and it will be quiet."

Xu Huang himself was once a member of the Baibo Army and a member of the Yellow Turban Sect.

Naturally, it is clear that instead of wasting words on them, it is better to use bloody deterrence directly.

After killing several Hanzhong soldiers in a row, they finally calmed down and began to repair their houses and repay their debts.

When Xu Huang saw what was happening in Li County, he began to worry about the people in other places who were about to be abducted by Zhang Wei, so he wrote another letter to the court requesting that they pursue Zhang Wei and bring back the abducted people.

The other side.

After being defeated, Zhang Wei quickly fled to the Qishan camp and at one point wanted to abandon the captured people and baggage and food and return directly to Hanzhong.

But when he confirmed that there were no pursuers behind him and that Xu Huang had only more than a thousand soldiers under his command, Zhang Wei's mind became active again.

"I was defeated by Xu Huang, not because of my own fault! It was because the people of Li County disrespected the Heavenly Master and were punished by him!"

"As long as there is one more battle, Xu Huang can be easily defeated! Move the people of Li County to Hanzhong!"

Zhang Wei immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

In the letter, Zhang Wei exaggerated the wealth of Li County and belittled the combat effectiveness of the Han army. He threatened that as long as Zhang Lu could reinforce with another 5,000 soldiers, not only could the people of Li County be relocated back, but it would even be possible to directly capture Shanggui and truly gain control of Longyou!

After receiving Zhang Wei's letter, Zhang Lu consulted his Gongcao Yan Pu and general Yang Bo successively to discuss whether to send reinforcements to Zhang Wei.

Yan Pu advised Zhang Lu: "Although Guanzhong suffered a natural disaster, Dong Zhuo is still the most powerful man in the world. With a man like Dong Zhuo in charge of the court, you must not provoke him easily!"

The Han Dynasty was merely weakened, but not weaker than Zhang Lu.

What's more, there is the great reputation of Dong Zhuo and his tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry. Yan Pu did not think that Zhang Lu was qualified to provoke the court.

However, Yang Bo did not agree with Yan Pu's words.

"Mr. Yuan of Hebei has already appointed a new ruler! Why should we be afraid of Dong Zhuo?"

Yan Pu stamped his feet in anger: "Hebei is more than a thousand miles away from Hanzhong. What does Yuan Shao do have to do with you? When Dong Zhuo sent troops to attack Hanzhong, could Yuan Shao still send troops to rescue him?"

Yang Bo snorted coldly: "Hanzhong has the natural barrier of Qinling Mountains, how can it be so easy to capture it?"

"Not to mention that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry is only good at fighting on plains. Even if he can enter Hanzhong, he still has Yangping Pass to rely on!"

"One man at Yangping Pass can stop ten thousand men! Even if Dong Zhuo sent a hundred thousand soldiers, he would still be helpless. So why should Master be afraid of Dong Zhuo's reputation?"

"Zhang Wei's letter said that there are only more than a thousand soldiers in Longyou. I believe that most of the imperial court's troops have already rushed to Liangzhou to fight the Qiang people! This is a great opportunity for our army. Why don't we capture Shanggui in one fell swoop and occupy Longyou?"

"At that time, Master's teachings will surely convince the Qiang people! And once the Qiang people are united, the land of Yongliang will be in Master's hands! Therefore, now is the best time to strengthen our Dao Sect!"

Yang Bo really didn't lie.

After taking over the city, Zhang Lu got along very well with the surrounding ethnic minorities.

Zhang Lu was able to live in harmony with both the Qiang people in Ba County and the Di people in Yinping. It was not because the Five Pecks of Rice Sect was so magical, but simply because Zhang Lu was rich and powerful, he could plunder the wealth of the people in Hanzhong at will and use it to benefit others.

If the Qiang and Di peoples could be united by then, they would indeed be a strong force in the northwest. Wouldn't that be enough for Zhang Lu to control Yongliang and make the Five Pecks of Rice Sect flourish?
"cough."

Zhang Lu was wearing a crimson robe, holding a nine-section staff, and wearing a crescent crown on his head. He spoke softly, and it was obvious that he had made up his mind.

"In that case, send the troops."

Obviously, Yang Bo's words were more in line with Zhang Lu's thoughts.

It has always been the Zhang family's long-cherished wish to carry forward the Five Pecks of Rice Sect.

Since Zhang Daoling founded the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, most of its members were concentrated in the Bashu area and found it difficult to enter Yongliang.

If we can take this opportunity to bring the Five Pecks of Rice Sect to Yongliang, it would be a complete success.

"Master!"

Yan Pu wanted to persuade him again.

"You must not make an enemy of the Han Dynasty! Although the Five Pecks of Rice Sect is very powerful in Hanzhong, how does it compare to the Taiping Daoism of the past?"

Zhang Lu was unhappy: "My Five Pecks of Rice Sect has been passed down for three generations. The inheritance is upright and fair. How can a wild Taoist like Zhang Jue compare to it?"

"The Han court now has only Dong Zhuo left, and he can no longer hold on alone! Even if Dong Zhuo really wants to attack, we only need to defend Yangping Pass and other mountain passes. What is there to fear?"

Yan Pu cried, "Hanzhong's hundred years of peace will be destroyed today!"

Zhang Lu felt annoyed, so he had Yan Pu kicked out and demoted him to the lowest rank of "ghost soldier", ordering him to understand the teachings of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect carefully and never talk nonsense again.

Changan.

Liu Xie also received Xu Huang's letter.

When Liu Xie learned that Zhang Wei had actually sent soldiers to burn down people's houses and destroy their farmland, he was also furious.

"How dare you, a thief?"

In order to attract people to become believers, the way they did it was to destroy their houses and fields, leaving them with no choice but to choose the Five Pecks of Rice Sect?

"It's really a cancer!"

It was Shangshu Ling Jia Xu who reported the news to Liu Xie.

Jia Xu saw that the emperor was extremely angry, and was afraid that the emperor would become upset and order the army to attack Hanzhong.

"Your Majesty must not send more troops to Longyou."

Jia Xu hesitated and said, "Besides, even if we take back the 2,000 households in Longyou, the rice thieves have destroyed their farmland and houses. They have no energy left to survive, and the court is unable to provide them with relief."

"It's better..."

"What does Wenhe want to say?"

Liu Xie interrupted Jia Xu impatiently.

Jia Xu did not dare to face the emperor's growing power.

Realizing that he was too tough, Liu Xie tried hard to relax himself.

"Wenhe has always been utilitarian in his work... I don't object to this. Today is a chaotic era, and the Han Dynasty needs to do something as big as saving the country from collapse. They don't have that much time to study poetry, etiquette, and pay attention to eating manners."

"But abandoning the people of the Han Dynasty and letting the bandits feed them just because you have no food is not what a ruler should do."

Zhang Wei deserved to die for destroying the farmland in Longyou!

Not only did it force the people into a corner, it also forced the imperial court into a corner.

But does the court need to retreat?
Facing a dangerous situation, he should hold the Han sword, go upstream, and kill the scoundrel who dares to cause trouble! Instead of swallowing his anger, he would get himself into trouble!

"Wenhe said that the court has no food to feed the people in Longyou whose farmland has been destroyed?"

Liu Xie slapped the map in front of him.

There were faint ink and oil stains on this map, and it was obvious that Liu Xie had kept it here for a long time.

The above content is exactly the terrain of Hanzhong area!

"As long as Hanzhong is captured, are you still worried that there won't be enough food to feed the people in Longyou?"

Hanzhong is known as the "Land of Abundance".

The Qinling Mountains in the north and the Bashu Mountains in the south naturally block natural disasters on both sides, and there is also abundant Han River for irrigation. It is truly a place chosen by heaven.

Moreover, the Yellow Turban Rebellion that wreaked havoc on the world did not spread to Hanzhong. Instead, it brought a large number of refugees to Hanzhong, making Hanzhong's treasury even more full.

If Hanzhong is taken, not to mention the development of Longyou, even Guanzhong will benefit greatly and accelerate the pace of recovery from natural disasters.

The only problem now is——

How could Hanzhong be taken so easily?
(End of this chapter)