The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 260 After that, the misty rain fell into the mortal world, and a cloth umbrella rode with Qing
Ye City, Duke Wei's Mansion, Inner Court.

Zhen Mi sat leaning against the window, leaning on her chin with one bare hand, looking out of the window absently, her once pretty face was full of unhappiness.

Although her two-year-old son was playing beside her lap, her pink face looked adorable and extremely cute.But she was not happy at all.

Last night, when she learned that Cheng Yuanzhi, who had just returned from the Southern Expedition, was leaving again, and he didn't know how long he would be there, Zhen Mi pouted on the spot.

But despite her "pouting, crying, and making trouble", she still tried "every kind of gentleness and tried her best", but she failed to persuade Cheng Yuanzhi to change her mind and give up the idea of ​​the Western Expedition.

When she came back to her senses, Zhen Mi rubbed her son Mao Zhaza's little head, and sighed.

At this time, Cheng Yuanzhi pushed the door open and came in. Their eyes met and the room fell into a brief silence.

Zhen Mi turned her head away resentfully, sulking secretly.

She couldn't figure out two things. One was that she was really in such a hurry to beat Zhang Lu, so she couldn't do it later?The second is that she wondered if she had lost her charm. The gentleness of last night did not make her husband, who is Duke Wei, change his mind and stay for a while longer.

It's too uncomfortable to be a widow at a young age.

Cheng Yuanzhi picked up the little guy and teased him for a while, stretched out his elbow, and gently pushed Zhen Mi.

Zhen Mi snorted softly, twisted her body into a nice arc, and ignored him.

Cheng Yuanzhi secretly felt it was funny, but Zhen Mi's operation last night actually strengthened his determination to go west.

After all, he is almost 50 years old, and Zhen Mi is only 27 years old.

It is human nature for old couples and young wives to be powerless.

However, the fire in the backyard still needs to be coaxed.

He claimed to be the most charming man in this era, how could he be willing to hurt a beauty.And this is his wife.

If you love Jiangshan, you should love beauties even more.

Therefore, Cheng Yuanzhi read in a low voice: "In the past, the mountains and rivers were turbulent, and I used the green front to make the injustice. Since then, the mist and rain have fallen into the mortal world, and I will ride with you with a cloth umbrella."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Mi immediately turned her head, with stars in her eyes, and looked over.

Cheng Yuanzhi was secretly happy, knowing that reciting love poems was the trump card to deal with Zhen Mi, so he held his hands and said in a warm voice:

"Give me another three years. If the world is still not unified by then, my autobiography will be the next one. I will go back to the countryside hand in hand with you, madam, and share the happiness of the family!"

Zhen Mi nodded obediently, and snuggled over.

Usually, when Cheng Yuanzhi recites love poems, she is obedient.

In this era of lack of entertainment, the lethality of a love poem to a woman is immeasurable.

Of course, this refers to educated women.

This is not mentioned.

In August of the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Cheng Yuanzhi personally led an army of 20 out of Chang'an and headed for Hanzhong.

Expedition to Zhanglu west at this point in time was an action planned by Cheng Yuanzhi before the expedition to Jingzhou in the south, and the plan would not be changed due to anything.

Of course, the plan belongs to the plan, and Zhang Lu is not so easy to fight.

Otherwise, Zhang Lu would not have been the local emperor in Hanzhong for 20 years.

Although the time is ripe to attack Hanzhong at this time, there are still many difficulties to overcome-Hanzhong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Zhang Lu's soldiers are abundant.

Hanzhong County has a vast territory, stretching thousands of miles from Yangping Pass in Mianyang in the west to Yunguan and Jingshan in the east.There are Qinling Mountains in the north and Bashan Mountains in the south, with criss-cross canyons and complex terrain.

The Qinling Mountains in the north stand majestically in the south of the Wei River, starting from the Jialing River in the west and reaching the Danshui River Valley in the east. It is 2000 miles long and [-] to [-] miles wide. All roads are full of dangers and obstacles.

If Cheng Yuanzhi's army wanted to enter Hanzhong, they had to travel through mountain gorges and deep valleys, and climb high mountains. The road was difficult and dangerous.Especially on both sides of the river valleys along several roads in the Qinling Mountains, there are many cliffs and cliffs, making it difficult for people and horses to pass through.

Difficult roads are just one of them, and the other is natural barriers.

The Yangping Pass in the west of Hanzhong, and the Golden Garrison in the east are guarded by one man and cannot be opened by ten thousand men. They are the natural dangers for guarding Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu can rely on the dangerous place to defend, wait for work with ease, and send a small army to attack the intruder's luggage and rear team. Once the food and grass are exhausted, the invading enemy will have no choice but to retreat.

This strategy is also the usual method used by the princes who ruled Hanzhong throughout the history, and it has been tried and tested.

In addition, Zhang Lu has been running Hanzhong for 20 years. He has plenty of soldiers and food, the hearts of the people are attached to him, and his family is well-off.

Fortunately, as long as the thinking is not slippery, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Although Zhang Lu has many soldiers, he is not skilled; he is good at appeasement but short of military strategy.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Lu has no ambitions, and the combat effectiveness of the army is very average.

Compared with fighting for the world, Zhang Lu is actually more enthusiastic about his side job - to develop the Wu Dou rice religion, or to spread the Wu Dou rice religion to the entire Han Dynasty. This is his life goal, and being a prince is just his side job.

It is said that one day, some people dug up a jade seal in the field and dedicated it to Zhang Lu.At this time, Zhang Lu's generals wanted to respect Zhang Lu as King Hanning (when Zhang Lu first ruled Hanzhong, he changed Hanzhong County to Hanning County).

Zhang Lu is a superstitious person, and he was very moved when he heard the words, the jade seal born from the ground is a good omen, he thought it was a reminder from the heavens, allowing him to achieve a hegemony.

Fortunately, Gongcao Yanpu poured cold water on him in time, and advised him: "There are more than one hundred thousand households in Hanzhong, the wealth is rich, and the terrain is dangerous; the lord can help the emperor and become Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin. The poor are also people like Dou Rong. If you rush to become king, you will definitely bring disaster."

Zhang Lu immediately followed Yan Pu's advice and stopped mentioning the matter of ascending to the throne as King Hanning.

It can be seen from this that Zhang Lu has no ambition to fight for world hegemony.

As a result, Hanzhong was built into an independent regime by Zhang Lu, which was extremely strong and difficult for foreign forces to infiltrate.

For Cheng Yuanzhi, Zhang Lu, who is timid, has no ambition, just wants to live in peace, but has great strength, is a piece of fat that is steaming hot, and it is impossible to take advantage of others, especially Liu Bei.

Of course, fat meat is only relative to Cheng Yuanzhi.

If the opponent is replaced by Yizhou Liu Zhang, then Zhang Lu will be Liu Zhang's shadow that will never be shaken off in his life, and a formidable enemy who will not be fair.

Zhang Lu taught the people in Hanzhong with the Tao of the Heavenly Master and called himself "Master Master".Anyone who comes to learn Taoism must donate five buckets of rice at the beginning, so it is also known as the "Five buckets of rice religion".

His policy of managing Hanzhong is similar to the "government support" system. In times of famine, the people's food and clothing are provided by the government.

As a result, Hanzhong was built into an independent regime, which was extremely strong and difficult for foreign forces to infiltrate.

Because he was very tolerant to the rule of the people, many people joined Zhang Lu.In Hanzhong County alone, there are more than 60 households, about [-] to [-] people, and nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

Therefore, although Zhang Lu only controlled one county in Hanzhong, his strength was not much weaker than Liu Zhang's.

Moreover, Zhang Lu also received the support of the leaders of the Bayi Di tribe, Du Wei, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and others, and his overall strength should not be underestimated.

Just because Liu Zhang can't handle Zhang Lu doesn't mean Cheng Yuanzhi can't do anything about it.

For Cheng Yuanzhi, no matter how many people Zhang Lu has, no matter how powerful he is, his shortcomings of poor military management and short military strategy will be infinitely magnified and fatal in one blow.

Zhang Lu was able to dominate Ba and Han for 20 years, thanks to Hanzhong's geographical environment that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not how brave he is.

There are princes of the same nature as Liu Zhang of Yizhou.

These two people are like babies full of experience, waiting for someone to beat them.

Now, Cheng Yuanzhi came first.

As the power of the Northern Army gradually grew stronger and the world's tripartite power began to take shape, Zhang Lu's strategy of staying in one corner was out of date and had no way out.At this time, if Zhang Lu did not attach himself to a certain strong man, he would end up either being annexed by others and destroying his family and clan; or he would die in a misfortune and be scattered.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Cheng Yuanzhi's westward expedition reached Hanzhong, Zhang Lu called his men and soldiers overnight to discuss and prepare to surrender.

Although their Zhang family ruled Bahan for 20 years, they can be regarded as one of the princes, but Zhang Lu is soberly aware that compared to Yuan She (Cheng Yuanzhi), he is just a fly, and he can be slapped to death at will.

Resist unwiseness!Extremely unwise!
A man can bend and stretch, and a man who understands current affairs is a hero.

Although surrendering means submitting to others and bowing down as a vassal, it can protect oneself and the family.

From the very beginning of the meeting, the theme has been arguing endlessly between "surrender now" and "surrender later".

Gongcao Yanpu said: "My lord, if you surrender now, you are forced by the current situation and will not be reused by Duke Wei. It is better to resist for a while, and then go to Bazhong if you can't resist, and then discuss how to lead the people to surrender. At that time, the lord's contribution will be even greater, and the rewards he will get will be even richer!"

Hearing this, Zhang Lu took it seriously, so he ordered his younger brother Zhang Wei to lead tens of thousands of people to build a city across the mountain for more than ten li, and refused to hold on to the pass.

When Cheng Yuanzhi's army arrived at Yangping Pass, they saw a long pass and a forest of flags. After trying it for a while, they found it difficult to conquer quickly, so they broke camp and withdrew their troops for twenty miles. They sent Liu Ye to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender and promised him a high official and generous salary.

Give enough sincerity.

Unexpectedly, seeing that Yangping Pass was so strong, Zhang Lu refused to surrender.Sitting in Nanzheng calmly, waiting for the Northern Army's food to be exhausted.

If you can be a prince of one side, who would like to be a courtier of another?

The battle situation was stalemate for a while.

At the same time, the news of the Northern Army's attack on Hanzhong spread and fermented within the Han Dynasty.

When the news spread to Yizhou, Liu Zhang was startled ten times a day, and hurriedly gathered with the Minister of Chinese and Military Affairs in Sichuan to discuss.

Everyone knows that Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous!

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When the news reached Wuling in Jingnan, Liu Bei was shocked and discussed countermeasures with Zhuge Liang overnight.

Is "Longzhong Dui" going to be aborted?

Liu Bei was at a loss, and Zhuge Liang was also extremely anxious, unable to think of a good strategy for a while.

The Northern Army struck too fast!

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When the news spread to Guangzhou, Sun Quan, who was planning to move the government office to Guiyang, changed his face drastically. He couldn't sleep at night because he couldn't eat well.

(End of this chapter)