Three Kingdoms: Starting from zero, a wealthy party

Chapter 178 Zhang Lu's Defeat and Escape

The soldiers around helped take Song Huan away. Zhang Lu looked intently, his heart full of melancholy. He knew very well that Shangyong City was easy to defend and difficult to attack. ?

At this time, something happened, and the sound of horseshoes came from a distance. Zhang Lu asked what was going on, and the scouts came to report that it was the Xiliang Army led by Jin An in front of Dingjun Mountain, which was less than eight miles away from Shangyong City.

Zhang Lu knew in his heart that this was his last chance, if he couldn't defeat the enemy army in the rear, they would have no chance to escape.

There were bursts of shouts ahead, which disturbed the minds of the Hanzhong soldiers. Zhang Lu shook his head and forced himself not to listen.Now they have the upper hand, but the battle has to be fought, he shouted directly: "The whole army is ready to fight!"

The front team of the [-] Hanzhong Army became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team. They chose to wait quietly.

Jin An led the army directly into the forest and ordered the troops to stop about a mile away from the Hanzhong army. The Xiliang scouts also retreated at this time and reported that they saw the Xiliang army flag planted on Shangyong City.

Jin An was overjoyed, this was the secret signal he had agreed with Zhang Liao, and putting up the Xiliang military flag meant that the city was ready.

Yan Pu looked at the Xiliang army, and already had a conclusion in his mind. Hanzhong will undoubtedly lose in this battle. The Xiliang army has just won a battle, and the momentum is in full swing. The Hanzhong army has experienced the defeat just now, and the morale of the army Almost completely collapsed, like a plate of loose sand, how could it be the opponent of the Xiliang Army at this moment!
Not only did he think this way, but many soldiers in the army also thought the same way. The Xiliang Army's support had arrived, and the strength of the army was almost the same. In addition to what Zhang Lu had done to Song Huan just now, many people were already thinking of retreating.

Jin An clenched the spear tightly in his hand, fighting in awe-inspiring manner, swung the spear forward, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me to kill!"

Drums were played inside and outside the city at the same time. The sound of the drums not only helped the Xiliang army, but also hit the hearts of the Hanzhong army, smashing the last line of defense in their hearts.

"kill!"

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army charged forward and shouted with momentum like a rainbow, and the shouts went up to the sky, and they grabbed their swords and killed them.

In the city, Zhang Liao had also lined up neatly. He turned around and shouted: "Brothers, now is the last battle. Come out of the city with me and take Zhang Lu's head!"

With a wave of his sword, he rushed out on horseback first, followed by five thousand soldiers.

The battlefield outside the city was directly one-sided, and the Hanzhong army was killed by the Xiliang army and retreated all the way, and it was undoubtedly defeated.At this moment, Zhang Liao led [-] soldiers to fight out from the rear, and the retreating soldiers immediately became disheartened and accepted death.

The front and rear pincers caused the Hanzhong Army to collapse across the board. Everyone dropped their weapons and chose to surrender.

They came back this time more for their relatives. No one chose to run for their lives because they were unwilling to abandon their relatives and leave, let alone continue to work for Zhang Lu.

More than 3 soldiers threw down their weapons, took off their armor, and knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands.Zhang Lu immediately saw that his situation was over, and led thousands of his own soldiers to fight eastward, and fled in a panic.

Zhang Liao and Jin An led their troops to chase after him, but Zhang Lufu was killed. After losing nearly 2000 people, he insisted on letting him escape.

In the battle just now, about 1 people were killed or injured by the Hanzhong Army, and the remaining 3 people all chose to surrender. Zhang Lu’s foundation in Hanzhong has been completely taken down by Han Yang, and the rest is the 5000 troops in Nanzheng City. , nothing to fear.

Before the surprise attack on Shangyong City, Fazheng secretly sent a letter to Huang Zhong, telling him to stand in a stalemate with the defenders of Nanzheng City, and not to let them send troops to support.

Now that the battle in Shangyong City is over, Nanzheng City can also be finished as soon as possible.

There is also a shadow in Nanzheng City, Ge Bing's elder brother Ge Hao, who is now the guard of Nanzheng City.

Huang Zhong originally wanted to cooperate with him inside and out and take down Nanzheng City in one fell swoop, but Fazheng's secret letter made him choose to stay still and continue to wait.

Finally, the secret envoy sent by Shangyong City came to the ferry port outside Nanzheng City, where the water source is abundant, so Huang Zhong ordered the army to station here.

Seeing the secret envoy, Huang Zhong was very anxious. After waiting for nearly half a month, he and Zhang Ji, who are so steady, were already sitting on pins and needles. I was really afraid that something might happen in Shangyong City. After hearing the news, the stone in my heart completely fell.

Fazheng told them in the letter that there are no problems in Shangyong City now, and they can attack Nanzheng City with confidence.The two breathed a sigh of relief. After waiting for so many days, they could finally show their talents.

Zhang Ji asked Huang Zhong what should be done now. After careful consideration, Huang Zhong said, "We should get in touch with Ge Hao as soon as possible, but right now, the scouts from both armies dare not send out easily, so we need to use some strategies."

"Let the Xiliang army withdraw first. In this case, Ge Hao in the city will definitely send someone to inquire. We will be able to contact Ge Hao, and then we can cooperate internally and externally to take Nanzheng City in one fell swoop!"

Zhang Ji nodded, went down and began to make arrangements.

Soon, the Xiliang army outside Nanzheng City began to withdraw slowly, which made Ge Hao very surprised. Why did he leave before the operation started?

There are nearly 5000 defenders in Nanzheng City, and they are the last Hanzhong troops. Of course, they don't know this yet.

The generals defending the city are Yang Ang and Ge Hao, Ge Hao is the main general, and Yang Ang was deployed after Zhang Lu.

But in the Hanzhong Army, everyone knows that Yang Ang has deep qualifications and is the first group of people who followed Zhang Lu. After Zhang Lu was transferred to Hanzhong by Liu Zhang, he followed Zhang Lu to take Hanzhong with him. the patriarch.

Originally, he had done a good job in the territory of Weixing County, but Xiliang's army attacked Hanzhong in two ways, so he transferred him from Weixing County early and asked him to defend the city together.

Yang Ang understood Zhang Lu's meaning, Zhang Lu was suppressing him, Zhang Lu felt that Yang Ang was a bit arrogant, so he just took advantage of Nanzheng City's opportunity to arrange his younger brother Zhang Wei to Weixing County.

Yang Ang was very upset. The land he had worked so hard to manage for so many years was going to change hands in a blink of an eye, and he would not be willing to change it to anyone.

Therefore, he ignored Zhang Lu at all, and took his words as deaf ears. His willingness to come to Nanzheng City this time has already given him enough face.

It is said that there are 5000 defenders in the city, but in fact, 1 are his subordinates, and Ge Hao only has 5000 troops, and the two manage them separately.

When Ge Hao arrived at his room, he called his confidants and said, "Go to the Xiliang army camp immediately, find Old General Huang, and ask him exactly what's going on?"

"Subordinates obey!"

In order to protect this cronies, Ge Hao sent several teams of scouts to patrol outside the city one after another.

Just after the arrangements were made, the soldiers at the door came in and reported: "General, General Yang said he has something important to discuss.

(End of this chapter)