The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 366 The Battle of Hanzhong
However, it is said that Cao Cao sent troops to conquer Hanzhong, Zhang Lu sent Zhang Wei as the main general, and led Ma Chao, Pang De, Yang Ren, Yang Bai and other generals to garrison Yangping Pass to resist Cao's army.

To the north of Yangpingguan is the Qinling Mountains, to the south is the Daba Mountain, and the Han River flows beside it.It is the west gateway of the Hanzhong Basin and the northern frontier of Bashu leading to Guanzhong. The geographical location is very dangerous, and it can be attacked and defended.

In the history of the Three Kingdoms, although Yangping Pass is not as famous as Dingjun Mountain, in terms of the importance of geographical location, the two are almost the same, and both are indispensable for Hanzhong.

Since ancient times, there has also been a saying that "if Yangping Pass is lost, Hanzhong will not be protected", but Dingjun Mountain is a natural garrison and defensive barrier, while Yangping Pass is a throat pass constructed artificially.

Although Zhang Wei doesn't like Ma Chao very much, but facing Cao Cao who has many powerful generals, Zhang Wei feels that he still needs to rely on Ma Chao to contribute. As for the generals of the Yang family, Zhang Wei also knows what kind of goods they are.

Cao Jun forwards Xia Houyuan and Zhang He led their troops to Yangping Pass. Seeing that the pass was heavily guarded, they were ready. The army had just arrived and did not carry large siege equipment, so they set up camp [-] miles away from the pass.

The terrain here is difficult, and Cao Jun was already very tired after traveling all the way. The two famous generals Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun were also negligent. They did not guard against the enemy's night attack and rested early.

As a result, in the middle of the night, Ma Chao and Pang De each led an army to rob the stronghold. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He hurriedly got up and mounted their horses. Hanzhong soldiers were pouring in from all directions. Cao's army was unable to resist in a hurry and had to retreat in defeat.

After Cao Cao led his army from Yecheng to Chang'an for a rest, he immediately marched towards Yangping Pass, while Xun Yu stayed in Chang'an under the pretext of illness.Cao Cao had long wanted to get rid of Xun Yu. Seeing that Xun Yu stayed in Chang'an and would not leave, he sent someone to deliver an empty food box to Xun Yu a few days later.

Xun Yu is a smart man. He has followed Cao Cao for 20 years and knows Cao Cao very well.Looking at the empty food box at this time, he knew that Cao Cao didn't want him to live anymore.This empty food box means that I don't need to eat, only the dead don't need to eat.

Xun Yu still had illusions before, but now it seems that Cao Cao has no affection at all and has finally reached this point!

So, Xun Yu took out the poison he had prepared, took the poison and died.

Zhang, who was staying in Chang'an, sent someone to deliver a letter to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao heard about it, he was quite emotional. This was his old man who had been with him for 20 years, and he was also his son and daughter's relative, and the first person to follow him.

Cao Cao's current achievements are actually inseparable from Xun Yu's efforts, especially Cao Cao has faced disasters many times, and Xun Yu helped him tide over the difficulties every time. Later, every time Cao Cao led the army, it was Xun Yu Yu stayed behind.

However, the current Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao during the crusade against Dong Zhuo. With the advancement of power and status, Cao Cao's ambitions have gradually grown. Although he has no plans to usurp the Han Dynasty yet, he has already regarded the entire world as his own. .

If an influential and important minister like Xun Yu can't agree with him, he can only reluctantly get rid of it, because Cao Cao dared not let Xun Yu stay behind when he led the army, and now the emperor is still in power Well, there are two great enemies outside, Liu Bei and Zhang Wu.

However, after all, Xun Yu has made too much contribution and has a high prestige among civil and military officials. Cao Cao can't kill him directly, he can only use this small method, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the hearts of the people.

After learning that Xun Yu died of taking poison, Cao Cao expressed great grief, wept bitterly, and ordered Xun Yu to be buried generously, with the posthumous title of Jinghou.

It happened that Xia Houyuan and Zhang He were defeated and came back to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was furious, and said: "You two have been marching for many years, don't you know that 'if soldiers are tired from a long journey, they can prevent robbery'? Come here, pull them down and behead them for public display!"

The civil and military officials around begged bitterly, and Cao Cao spared Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun.

Afterwards, Cao Cao personally led his troops to Yangping Pass. Along the way, he saw treacherous mountains and dense forests, and he didn't know the way. Zhang Weiling, Ma Chao, Yang Ren and others will set up camps around Yangping Pass, which are also very strong, and they are eager to get out.

Originally, if only Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Bai and others were guarding the pass, Cao Cao would not have taken it seriously, but now that Ma Chao and Pound are there, Cao Cao is very clear about how fierce these two are.

Now Zhang Wei and Yang Bo led troops to guard Yangping Pass, and Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, and Yang Ren formed a stronghold outside to echo each other. Cao Cao had nothing to do about it.

Yangping Pass was built on Zouma Ridge on the west side, and the Hengshan Mountain was built for more than ten miles. The distance between the north and south of the two mountains under the pass is relatively long, and the area is relatively open. Cao Cao can also send a large number of soldiers to attack.But outside the pass, there were many stockades built by the Hanzhong army on the mountain, and fierce generals like Ma Chao and Pound led their troops to counterattack from time to time. Cao Jun suffered heavy losses after attacking for many days, so he had to retreat temporarily.

Cao Cao no longer sent troops to attack, but sent people to explore the terrain and look for trails. He wanted to send troops to take the trail to bypass Yangping Pass and attack from both sides, but Pound had already expected it and took precautions in advance.Cao Cao had no choice but to find another way. Every time he closed the gate of the village and stopped fighting, Ma Chao wanted to lead his army to counterattack, but Zhang Wei refused.

Since then, the two sides have confronted each other for more than fifty days, and no one can do anything to the other for the time being.

At this time, Zhang Wu had already led his troops into Chengdu and began to deal with Liu Zhang and civil and military officials in Yizhou.

Under such circumstances, most officials expressed their willingness to submit to Zhang Wu, especially the Dongzhou faction who had been excluded for a long time, but there were also those who were unwilling to work for Zhang Wu, such as the Yizhou natives represented by Huang Quan and Wang Lei. group.

Zhang Wu now occupies three large states and has a large number of civil and military personnel. In fact, he is not short of those few people, so he is too lazy to recruit them personally. His first task now is to quickly pacify the other states and counties in Yizhou and bring Yizhou to Complete control is in your own hands.

If you are willing to hang out with me, I promise not to let everyone suffer, at least stronger than now, but if you don't want to, then do whatever you want.Anyway, you are not bad, even if you do have some talents, but can you be better than Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and others?
Huang Quan is indeed talented, if he is willing to surrender, Zhang Wu will use him again, but if he is not aware of current affairs, then he can only give up, and there will be times when they will regret it in the future.

Now Zhang Wu is no longer the time to let go of his figure and count talents everywhere. He is rich and powerful and only sends Zhang Song to pass on the message to them.

Zhang Wu wants to tell them that now Yizhou has been taken by him, and he has already occupied half of the whole world.Under such circumstances, smart people should know what to do. Yizhou is not only the Yizhou of Yizhou people, but also the Yizhou of the great Han, and it is also the Yizhou of the people of the world.

If these people are willing to seek refuge, they can still represent the interests of the local people in Yizhou. If they are unwilling, then Yizhou can only be governed by outsiders.

Huang Quan and others are not stupid, Zhang Wu is not Liu Zhang, he has a lot of talents, if it is true as Zhang Wu said, when a large number of Jingzhou people and Yangzhou people come to Yizhou, the local Yizhou faction will be completely finished up.

Moreover, Zhang Wu's policy towards the aristocratic families is well known in the world. Although he doesn't take much care of them politically, it is very generous economically. Most of the local aristocratic families in Yizhou are also willing to submit to Zhang Wu.

(End of this chapter)