The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 346 Focusing on Hanzhong
Now the two of them hugged each other and started punching. Xu Huang was not as strong as Xu Chu, so he was at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Cao Cao quickly sent someone to pull them away, but the brocade robe was torn to pieces.

Xu Huang opened his eyebrows and glared, with great hatred in his heart, you wait for me, I will take revenge for this sooner or later.

Xu Chu gritted his teeth, you're lucky, kid, otherwise you'll have to beat the shit out of you!
Cao Cao said with a smile: "I just want to see your archery skills, how can I care about a few brocade robes! Come, come, one for each of you!"

So all the generals were asked to come to the stage, and each was given a piece of Shu brocade, and all the generals thanked each other.

Cao Cao ordered the civil and military officials to sit in order, and the banquet officially began.

The civil servants and generals toasted Cao Cao one after another as they exchanged cups and cups.

Cao Cao also ordered a group of civil servants to take this opportunity to display their talents and write poems and songs on the spot to celebrate.

At that time, a group of civil officials, including Wang Lang, Zhong Yao, Wang Can, and Chen Lin, contributed poems, and most of the poems praised Cao Cao's great merit and virtue, and he deserved to be ordered.

Cao Cao laughed after reading it and said, "The excellent works of the dukes are too well-received. He was a foolish man who first practiced filial piety and honesty. Later, when the world was in chaos, he was recruited by the imperial court as a lieutenant of the Dianjun. Originally, I only wanted to quell the rebellion for the imperial court. I hope After death, if you can write an inscription on the tombstone: "The tomb of Caohou, the general who conquered the west of the Han Dynasty", then your life wish is enough. Since the Yellow Turban was suppressed and Dong Zhuo was defeated, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao and Ma Chao were eliminated. Ping the world. As the Duke of Wei, people and ministers are extremely valuable, what can I expect? If the big man didn't have me, I really don't know how many people will be called emperors and how many people will be called kings. Now some people see the power of the lonely, and doubt the lonely It's absurd to have a different heart. It's just that Gu has been worried that if one day the military power is lifted, he will be harmed by others. If Gu loses, the country will be in danger, so he has to shoulder heavy responsibilities. Don't you understand Gu's intention? "

Everyone stood up and worshiped: "Although Yi Yin and Zhou Gong are not as good as Wei Gong."

After the banquet, Cao Cao convened all the advisers and generals in Weigong's mansion to discuss the capture of Hanzhong.

Cao Cao said: "Since the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, the princes have risen together, and the world has been in conflict. I have fought with you all in the north and south, and cut off the heroes. Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Ma Chao and others who ruled the world back then were all wiped out one by one. , Not long ago, Sun Quan in Jiangdong was also killed by Zhang Wu. Today, only Zhang Wu, Liu Zhang, and Zhang Lu ruled the land and refused to accept Wang Hua. When the lonely spring was warm, first sent troops to conquer Zhang Lu to take Hanzhong, and then captured Yizhou What do you think of seizing the upper reaches of the river?"

When Xun Yu said that he was ill at home, Dong Zhao took over Xun Yu's position and said: "Back to Duke Wei, since last year, his subordinates have arranged for people to hoard grain and grass in Chang'an. Now the grain and grass in Chang'an are enough for 30 troops to use for a year. In the future, Yecheng, Xudu and other places can continue to allocate grain and grass."

"Very good, Gongren has worked hard. Zhongde, how is the mobilization of the army going?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu again.

Cheng Yu replied: "Duke Wei, 20 troops have been assembled near Yecheng, and another [-] troops are stationed in the fields. They will be summoned after the spring planting."

"Okay, then after the spring planting, raise 30 troops and attack Hanzhong."

All the counselors and generals also agreed with this plan.

At the same time, at the residence of Zhang Lu's confidant Yang Song in Nanzheng County, Hanzhong County, an envoy sent by Zhang Wu disguised himself as a businessman and brought a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to bribe Yang Song.

Yang Song was born in the Yang family of Hanzhong aristocratic family, and he was also one of the leaders of the Yang family. He was the brother of Yang Bai, a general in Hanzhong. There were also two generals in Hanzhong, one was Yang Ang and the other was Yang Ren.

It can be seen that the Yang family has a prominent position in Hanzhong, and the military power is basically controlled by the Yang family.And since Yang Song was able to become Zhang Lu's counselor, he was more or less cunning, but unfortunately, this man was too greedy for money, he would betray his boss for money.

But Zhang Wu now likes other people to have counselors like Yang Song. As long as things can be solved with money, it is the most cost-effective thing for Zhang Wu.

After Yang Song received Zhang Wu's money, he really asked Zhang Lu to see him and persuaded Zhang Lu to attack Yizhou.

"My lord, my subordinates have heard that Cao Cao will soon come to conquer Hanzhong, and that Ma Chao is Cao Cao's mortal enemy. Now that he returns to Hanzhong, Cao Cao will definitely not let Ma Chao go. Although Hanzhong is surrounded by dangers, but there are few major generals, how can it be Cao Cao's opponent? It is better to take the 41 states of Xichuan as our base first, and then resist Cao Cao."

The counselor Yan Pu also mentioned this suggestion before. Zhang Lu sent troops to attack Yizhou at the beginning. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang had a feud with killing their mother. They wished to go to Chengdu and kill Liu Zhang. Come to Zhang Wu for help.

Although Jingzhou was far away from Hanzhong, with tens of thousands of mountains in between, Zhang Wu's prestige was so great that Zhang Lu didn't dare to send troops to fight Liu Zhang again.

Now that Yang Song brought up this matter again, Zhang Lu said: "I also had this intention a long time ago, but Liu Zhang and Liu Bei belong to the same family. If Liu Zhang invites Liu Bei's son-in-law Zhang Wu to help, what can I do?"

Yang Song said: "Jingzhou is far away from Hanzhong, and now that Cao Cao is stalking the north, that Zhang Wuding would not dare to send an army to help Liu Zhang. Zhang Wu and Liu Zhang are neither relatives nor relatives, so they are willing to do things that are not beneficial. My lord, it is better to send someone to contact Zhang. Wu, agreed to divide the two families into Shu, and promised to cede the land of Sanba to Zhang Wu after the event was completed, and he would not send troops to help Liu Zhang."

Adviser Yan Pu said: "Zhang Wu is a hero in the world. Discussing this matter with this person is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger. If things repeat, it will be too late to regret."

Yang Song said: "If it wasn't the case, how could we resist Cao Cao's army? Could it be that he will be captured at that time?"

Yan Pu also said: "Although Hanzhong is only one county, there are many households. People from Xiliang flooded into the former. Liu Zhang is weak and incompetent. We can just take Yizhou by ourselves, and we don't need to conspire with Zhang Wu."

"Although Liu Zhang is dark and weak, Yizhou has plenty of soldiers and food, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Maybe we will not take Yizhou when Cao Cao comes to attack. If we join forces with Zhang Wu, we will attack from the north, and Zhang Wu will use the water army If you attack from the south, Liu Zhang's death will not be far away."

Zhang Lu then listened to Yang Song's suggestion and sent people to Xiangyang to contact Zhang Wu while preparing to send troops to attack Liu Zhang.

Zhang Lu asked again: "Who should be the general?"

Yang Song said: "Ma Chao is brave and good at fighting. He once defeated Cao Cao. It is better to make Ma Chao a general, and he will be able to shock the land of Shu. But Ma Chao is a newcomer after all, so he should not be allowed to command the army. It is better to use Gongze as the general. Yang Bo To oversee the army, Yang Ang, Yang Ren and others will lead the troops, and Ma Chao will be the vanguard."

Zhang Lu was overjoyed and asked his younger brother Zhang Wei to be the chief general, as well as Yang Bai, Yang Ang, and Yang Ren's confidant generals, so that he could ensure that the army was in his own hands and take advantage of Ma Chao's bravery, which really killed two birds with one stone.

It turned out that Yang Song had his own plan for this suggestion, and that was to take the opportunity to get rid of Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao was defeated and went to Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu was very happy. He thought that after getting Ma Chao, he could annex Yizhou in the west and resist Cao Cao in the east. Because Ma Chao attacked Cao Cao twice, his reputation was too great. Just kill Cao Cao.

So Zhang Lu planned to marry his daughter to Ma Chao in order to win over Ma Chao.

(End of this chapter)