The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 369 Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong

After Ma Chao was transferred away, Cao Cao suddenly sent troops to Yangping Pass again, and raided the villages outside the pass at night. Yang Ren, Yang Bai and other generals could not resist, and retreated to Yangping Pass. On the way, he was ambushed by Xia Houyuan and Zhang He, and Yang Bai was beheaded by Zhang He. , Yang Ren led the remnant army back to Yangping Pass.

Subsequently, all the camps outside the pass were captured by Cao Jun, and Cao Cao ordered the army to attack Yangping Pass.

Seeing that the battalions had been lost and Yang Bai was killed, Zhang Wei didn't dare to guard anymore, so he abandoned the pass and fled back to Nanzheng City overnight.

Zhang Lu was furious and wanted to kill Zhang Wei and Yang Ren, but was dissuaded by Yan Pu, saying that Cao Jun was about to approach the city, and it was not appropriate to kill the general himself at this time, so he should hurry up and prepare to defend the city.

However, how could Hanzhong, which lost Yangping Pass, resist Cao Cao's 30 army.

Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan to lead [-] cavalry as a vanguard, and sent a sentry on Nanzheng Road, just in time to meet Yang Ren who led his troops out of the city to pay for his crimes.

Among the generals of the Yang family, Yang Ren was the most skilled in martial arts, and he fought Xia Houyuan for [-] rounds with a gun, regardless of the outcome.Xia Houyuan is considered to be a relatively high-ranking general among the first-rate generals. Yang Ren was able to single-handedly fight him for [-] rounds, which shows that Yang Ren must be at least a second-rate top or even a first-rate level.

Xia Houyuan saw that he could not defeat Yang Ren for a while, so he pretended to be defeated and ran away. Yang Ren was eager to achieve success and chased him from behind, but Xia Houyuan used a dragging knife trick to kill him under his horse.

The defeated army fled back to the city. Zhang Lu was shocked and had no choice but to order Zhang Wei to take charge of the defense of the city.

After Cao Cao led the army to Nancheng City, he ordered the army to set up ladders on three sides and build catapults to attack.

Feeling that Zhang Lu couldn't resist, he wanted to open the door and surrender. Zhang Wei refused to surrender, so he persuaded Zhang Lu to set fire to the treasury, and led his troops to flee to Bazhong.

Yang Song took the opportunity to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender, but Zhang Lu hesitated, and eventually fled to Bazhong, but did not burn the treasury.

Cao Cao's army entered Nanzheng City and saw that Zhang Lu had only closed the treasury without any damage to the property inside. He also had a good impression of Zhang Lu in his heart. its surrender.

Zhang Lu finally surrendered to Cao Cao, and was named General of Zhennan by Cao Cao. .Yan Pu and others were named Liehou, so Hanzhong was pacified by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao ordered the counties to set up prefects and captains, and reward soldiers.

Yang Song felt that he had made great contributions to Cao Cao's pacification of Hanzhong. Although many members of the Yang family died, Yang Song didn't care.

As a result, not only did Yang Song fail to wait for Cao Cao to fulfill his promise and let him be the prefect of Hanzhong, but because he betrayed his master for glory, he was ordered to be beheaded by Cao Cao to show the public in the city, and then the Yang family was also ransacked.

This idiot didn't even think about it, Cao Cao managed to pacify Hanzhong, how could he allow a local Hanzhong family to control the power in Hanzhong.

Cao Cao won Dongchuan, and his counselor Sima Yi said: "I didn't expect Zhang Wu to occupy Xichuan so soon, but he has not yet gained a firm foothold, and the people of Shu have not yet returned. Now Wei Gong has captured Hanzhong, and the 30 army is not yet exhausted. How about Quickly advance troops to fight for Yizhou. If Zhang Wu is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Yizhou and let him connect Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou into one piece, it will be very difficult to destroy!"

Xun You and others also agreed to quickly march into Yizhou. Otherwise, with Zhang Wu's ability, Yizhou could be completely digested within two years at most. By then, he would occupy the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It's no longer easy to deal with.

Although Zhang Wu is temporarily unable to carry out the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao will no longer have a place to train his navy. Without the navy, he will not be able to cross the Yangtze River, and there is nothing he can do against Zhang Wu.

With Zhang Wu's brilliance and martial arts, if he is allowed to develop steadily for ten years, it will be really difficult to say what will happen in the future. At least they don't know whether Cao Cao can live for another ten years.

Cao Cao said: "Unexpectedly, Zhang Wu occupied Yizhou in such a short period of time! The land of Xichuan, with high mountains and dangerous roads, is easy to defend but difficult to attack. How did he do it?"

Cheng Yu said: "According to the intelligence obtained by the spies, after analysis, the subordinates speculate that Zhang Wu has an internal response in Chengdu. Zhang Wu's garrison at Fushui Pass attracted the defenders in Chengdu, and his general Gan Ning led an army to suddenly appear in Chengdu. Outside. In the middle of the night, the gates of the city should be opened, and the army of Gan Ning should be allowed to enter the city. There should be a possibility that the inside should be Yizhou Biejia Zhangsong."

"Zhang Song? Could it be that Zhang Yongnian of Xudu was beaten out with sticks?" Cao Cao also remembered this person, because this Zhang Song made a deep impression on him. Not only was he ugly, but he also dared to expose himself in front of everyone. If it wasn't for the dissuasion of the people around him, he would have killed him.

"That's right, it's this person. After Zhang Song left Xudu, he passed through Jingzhou, and was invited by Zhang Wu to stay in Xiangyang for a few days, and treated him very politely. Could it be that this person secretly took refuge in Zhang Wu at that time?"

Sima Yi said: "That Zhang Wu probably found out something, otherwise, given his status at the time, why did he value such an arrogant man like Zhang Song so much?"

Xun You and the others laughed inwardly, this martial artist is really strange, he is obviously a martial artist, but why does he like to associate with some arrogant scribes so much?Mi Heng was like this back then, and so was Zhang Song later.

At this time, Yang Xiu, who was the director of the marching army, suddenly said: "When Zhang Song came to Xudu, he talked with me, and there seemed to be a sigh in his words that he had not met the Ming Lord. Could it be that he came to Xudu with the intention of voting for Duke Wei? "

"Ah! Liu Zhang is weak and incompetent, that Zhang Song thinks very highly of himself, maybe he really has this intention!" Cheng Yu said.

Reminiscent of what happened later, the rest of the people thought more and more that it was possible.

Cao Cao said unhappily to Yang Xiu, "Why didn't you report this to me at the time?"

Yang Xiu was a little speechless. At that time, Prime Minister Cao held Zhang Songliang away for several days and didn’t meet him. Afterwards, we kept embarrassing him. In the end, we beat him away with a stick. You didn’t find your own reasons. , still have the nerve to blame me?
But Yang Xiu didn't dare to say that, so he could only say embarrassingly: "Reporting to Duke Wei, my subordinates didn't pay attention at that time, and only because of what happened in Yizhou at that time, my subordinates made some guesses."

At this point, Cao Cao could not say anything more, but he also agreed to send troops to attack Yizhou immediately, because Zhang Wu was not like Zhang Lu or Liu Zhang. If he was allowed to gain a foothold in Yizhou, he would really not be able to do so in his lifetime. I wonder if we can get rid of him.

Because the water army has always been Cao Cao's shortcoming, without the water army, it is impossible to cross the river to attack Zhang Wu's territory. If Zhang Wu can take advantage of Yizhou's unstable foothold in Yizhou, he can occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then There is still a good chance of defeating Zhang Wu by building ships and training the navy to go down the river.

Therefore, Cao Cao decided that the army would not return to Yecheng for the time being, but would continue to attack west to take Xichuan.

(End of this chapter)