Chapter 302: The Yin Clouds in Hanzhong

Facing the wolves that had never seen such a scene, the young masters who had never seen such a scene were panicked and began to retreat back timidly. Dianman, Xu Yi and Wang Shuang waved their weapons in their hands to try to drive away the wolves approaching. Among the chaotic crowd, only Ma Zheng was still calm.

In the grassland of northern desert, Ma Zheng has participated in many hunting times, and has become accustomed to such scenes and knows how to deal with these brutal and bloodthirsty wolves.

"Don't panic, don't panic, everyone." Ma Zheng hurriedly waved the bow and arrow in his hand and shouted, "Everyone retreated to me and leaned against the fence to form a formation. Second brother, you and Dian Man, Wang Shuang, and Xu Yi protect the outermost periphery and use heavy shields to resist the attack of the wolf pack. Zhou Ping, Pei Ding, Fang Hao, Xu Zhi, use the long spear in your hands to protect the flanks and give the sword and shield support. Gao Jin, Guan Qi and I will use the bow and arrow to shoot the wolf pack together with the bow and arrow, hurry up!"

Jia Xu's efforts to teach Ma Zhengbingshu's tactics in recent years have not been in vain.

Hearing the shouts, Dian Man, Xu Yi and Wang Shuang quickly retreated to Ma Zheng, took off the heavy shield on their shoulders and slapped heavily on the ground, and built a shield wall. Zhou Ping, Pei Ding, Fang Hao and Xu Zhi also put the spear in their hands to Dian Man, Xu Yi and Wang Shuang's heavy shields into a very rigorous defensive formation.

At the same time, Guan Qi and Gao Jin had retreated to Ma Zheng, pulling their bows and arrows to shoot the wolf.

Only Ma Zhan turned around and glared at Ma Zheng with disdain, and said coldly: "Why listen to you? Coward, I can kill these coyotes alone, hum!"

Ma Zheng said anxiously: "Second brother, stop making trouble, come back quickly!"

Ma Zhan ignored it and rushed the wolves forward like crazy.

On the lookout, a trace of coldness suddenly flashed through Ma Yue's eyes.

Jia Xu also looked stern and whispered: "The second young master is brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately he is just a brave man. He is not as calm as the eldest young master, and he has a good attitude."

Wolf Circle.

Ma Zhan looked like a mad tiger and violently broke into the wolf pack. The sharp horse-slaying sword rolled and waved, and the grassland wolf that tried to throw Ma Zhan to the ground were thrown away. These grassland wolf either were broken by the blade or cut off their limbs and wailed endlessly. Although Ma Zhan was only eight years old, he was already extremely powerful and was definitely not comparable to these grassland wolf.

However, a person's power is limited after all.

After killing dozens of grassland wolves alone, Ma Zhan obviously began to lose his strength and his movements began to slow down. However, the siege of the grassland wolves seemed to be more fierce. Ma Zhan was struggling and the situation quickly became difficult. When Ma Zhan kicked a strong male wolf away with one kick, and was about to turn around and sweep across the knife, a black shadow suddenly flashed in the corner of his eyes.

Looking back, Ma Zhan only saw a giant wolf pounced in the air. His open blood plate was covered with ferocious sharp fangs. Ma Zheng was eager to dodge, but he had nowhere to leverage his strength in the air and wanted to get back to the sword. Unfortunately, he used his moves and had just swept his sword. At this time, it was too late to put away the sword again.

"hateful!"

"instigate!"

Ma Zhan groaned and hurriedly shrank his head and wanted to hit the giant wolf's bloody mouth with his head. A wolf-toothed arrow shot into the air, and shot through the giant wolf's head coldly, shot through its left eye, and the right eye was revealed. The giant wolf howled and fell down in the air. A cold sweat broke out from behind Ma Zhan, and he swept across the three grassland wolf beside him into six pieces with one knife.

When Ma Zhan looked back, Ma Zheng had already rushed forward with a team of ten people who had formed a formation. The arrow just now was obviously shot by Ma Zheng, and only Ma Zheng had this archery technique.

The wolves that were standing one after another were like huge waves in the long river, rushing forward one after another, Kedanman, the shield wall built by Xu Yi and Wang Shuang was like a solid rock, allowing the waves to slam the shore, and remained unmoved. Zhou Ping, Pei Ding, Fang Hao and Xu Zhi's spear were like poisonous snakes, spitting their letters, and kept stabbing them, firmly protecting the left and right wings of the team.

In the center of the team, Ma Zheng was in the center, in charge of daily life, Gao Jin was on the right, and the three were calmly pulling their bows and arrows, shooting the grassland wolves surrounding Ma Zhan one by one. However, at this time, more and more grassland wolves were surrounding the squad of ten people, and two cunning female wolves even walked around the team to try to attack.

"Second brother, retreat quickly!" Ma Zheng turned his hand and shot two female wolves who were trying to attack with one arrow. Then he turned around and stared at Ma Zhan and shouted loudly, "If you continue to mess around, everyone will have to die with you?"

Ma Zhan has never seen Ma Zheng speak so fiercely. Since he has been a child, Ma Zheng seems to have been the object of Ma Zhan's teasing. No matter how miserable he is, even if he is bleeding, Ma Zheng never gets angry and never tells the truth of the matter. Ma Zhan has always believed that Ma Zheng is cowardly, so he is like this.

But today, Ma Zheng made Ma Zhan feel a little unfamiliar.

"Second brother!"

Ma Zheng suddenly pulled his bow and arrow, and the cold cluster of arrows actually aimed straight at Ma Zhan's eyebrows.

Looking at the platform, Ma Yue and Jia Xu took a breath of air conditioning at the same time. Ju Tu, who was solemnly behind Ma Yue, slowly opened his bow and placed a wolf-tooth arrow as thick as a thumb on the bowstring. Just as he was about to pull the bow, Ma Yue's big hand pressed Ju Tu's shoulder heavily. This was a competition between Ma Zheng and Ma and his brothers. Ma Yue did not want any external force to intervene.

"Second brother, bow your head!"

Ma Zheng roared fiercely, Ma Zhan could instinctively lower his head, and said that Shi Chi was about to flash a cold light, and a sharp wolf-toothed arrow had already swept across Ma Zhan's helmet.

Almost at the same time, an extremely terrifying wolf howl sounded from behind Ma Zhan's head. Ma Zhan instinctively lay on the ground and looked up. He saw the huge silver-gray body of the wolf king falling heavily from the air. A ferocious wolf-tooth arrow shot straight into its open blood disk, penetrated through the back of his head.

"Huh~"

"Howl~~"

The fallen wolf king let out a dying wail. The wolf pack, which was launching a crazy attack on the 10-man team, began to retreat in an instant. Ma Zheng took the opportunity to lead the team forward to rescue Ma Zhan. Ma Zheng pulled Ma Zhan from the ground and asked with concern: "Second brother, are you okay?"

Ma Zhan looked at Ma Zheng blankly and called out indifferently: "Brother?"

On the lookout, Ma Yue and Jia Xu breathed a long sigh of relief, their eyes showing relief. These rebellious young men finally found their wolf king.

In August of the ninth year of Jian'an (196), Fang Yue, who was guarding Hanzhong, finally waited for news about Ma Yue. When the fast horse riding behind his shoulders and slanted into the north gate of Nanzheng, when the crisp sound of iron hooves shook the quiet long street, Yan Pu, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Zhang Lu and others who were idle at home all began to get nervous.

It is time to decide the life and death of the people of Hanzhong and the Five Doks of Rice Sect.

After Zhang Lu surrendered, in order to stabilize the situation and not stimulate the local gentry, Fang Yue did not send troops to occupy the Hanzhong city outside Nanzheng, but instead stationed 20,000 troops in Nanzheng, of which 3,000 elite troops were stationed in the city, led by Fang Yue himself, and the other 17,000 troops were divided into two units, from Chen to Zhang Xiu to two camps outside the city.

Chen Dao and Zhang Xiu’s two camps were like two guards, protecting the Hanzhong military camp in the middle.

Twenty thousand Hanzhong troops were all placed in this military camp, but in order to prevent mutiny, the 20,000 Hanzhong troops had been disarmed, and the military rations in the camp could only last for three days.

As soon as the horse that sent the letter arrived, Chen Dao and Zhang Xiu had already arrived.

Fang Yue led Zhang Xiu and Chen Daoreng into the military tent, opened the fire lacquer in front of him, and spread the simplified script. After reading it himself, he circulated the script to the two generals.

After Chen arrived and Zhang Xiu read it, Fang Yue said in a deep voice: "In the letter, the lord only said how to deal with Zhang Lu and the 20,000 Hanzhong Army and how to deal with the Hanzhong gentry, but he did not mention it. He only said that we should deal with it at our discretion. However, according to the two generals, how to deal with the Hanzhong gentry?"

"The last general is the only general's leader."

Zhang Xiu's answer was clear, but it was like not saying anything. After all, this guy was not the young man who had just emerged ten years ago. The years of storms and dust have made him more mature politically and speak more calmly. Therefore, he would never express his opinions easily before he found out the temper of the general Fang Yue.

In comparison, Chen Dao seems to be full of energy.

As soon as Zhang Xiu finished speaking, Chen Dao said to Fang Yue: "General, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yan Pu refused to surrender to Lianghou, then kill him! Keeping them is a disaster after all, and maybe it will cause trouble at any time? As for the Han gentry, it is best to surrender. If you don't want to surrender, kill him until they are frightened and beg for surrender! Finally, you will see if these gentry's necks are hard or our Liang army's sabers are hard?"

Fang Yue thought for a while and said, "But you can't kill people without reason, right? Why not do this first? Start strictly rectifying the public security in Nanzheng from today. Once you find that aristocrats are causing trouble, you will be punished to serve as a warning to others!"

Zhang Xiu's heart was thunderous. He wanted to stop him from speaking, but he swallowed it back into his stomach.

After all, Chen Dao was young and full of energy, so it was not surprising that he said this. Fang Yue was a pure soldier. The so-called pure soldier means that he could only lead troops to fight, and his political performance was extremely mentally retarded. Because of this, when Fang Yue received the "forgiveness" of Princess Liu Ming of Yiyang, he had not yet figured out what Liu Ming meant or Ma Yue meant, so he led his army to execute it, and as a result, he almost had irreparable consequences.

Fang Yue and Chen Dao were both accustomed to considering problems with the thinking of soldiers, so they naively believed that the strategy of killing one to warn hundreds could deal with the soft confrontation of the Han gentry. Zhang Xiu was much more mature than the two in politics. He also followed Dong Zhuo to confuse Luoyang in his early years, and knew that the gentry at that time was not just force to surrender.

Zhang Xiu originally wanted to persuade Fang Yue to change his strategy, but then he thought that Fang Yue was a confidant general under Liang Hou. Although Liang Hou didn't say anything in the letter, who could guarantee that Liang Hou would not have another secret letter to Fang Yue alone? Maybe Liang Hou would let Fang Yue kill the clans of Jinghan in the secret letter!

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Xiu finally said nothing.

The plan was decided, Fang Yue immediately summoned Zhang Xian, a surrendered general from Bingzhou, and ordered him to lead 500 elite troops to patrol the streets, imposing a curfew on Nanzheng, and strictly prohibiting any idle people from going to the streets at night. That night, the city of Nanzheng was in chaos, and the aristocratic officials did not know what had happened, and everyone was in danger.

The next day, Fang Yue summoned Zhang Lu, Yang Song and Yang Bai to the military camp, and sent soldiers Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yan Pu and other Han gentry officials who refused to surrender forcibly "invited" to the military camp, read out the decision of Ma Butcher in front of them, and ordered Zhang Lu and 20,000 "five dou of rice" believers to leave Nanzheng within half a month to go to Zhongnan Mountain.

This result was unexpected by Zhang Lu, and he was shocked at that time: "General, Zhongnan Mountain has high mountains and dense forests, and snakes and insects are rampant. Even woodcutters and hunters are still difficult to penetrate. What should a 20,000 army of troops enter the mountain?"

Fang Yue said coldly: "There is no need to worry about this Zhang Tianshi. Lianghou has made arrangements. The Yongzhou Governor's Governor will provide sufficient military rations every year to maintain the livelihood of 20,000 believers."

Zhang Lu hesitated and said, "This~~ Can Rong Lu discuss with the elders in the sect before making a decision?"

"No need." Fang Yue refused firmly, "Mr. Liang has decided on this matter, so Master Zhang Tian no longer has to discuss with the elders in the sect. Just follow the orders."

"well."

Zhang Lu sighed and slowly lowered his head.

At noon that day, Yan Pu, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Zhang Wei and others came to Zhang Lu's mansion together.

When he saw Zhang Lu, Yan Pu shouted loudly: "Shi Jun, things are urgent, you can make a decision quickly!"

Zhang Wei also said: "Yes, brother, Fang Yue forced his brother and 20,000 Hanzhong soldiers to go to Zhongnan Mountain. He must have no good intentions. Otherwise, there would be no place for these 20,000 soldiers. Whether it is Guanzhong or the northern part, where can we not farm? Why do we have to pick up the deep mountains and forests of Zhongnan Mountain?"

Yang Ren and Yang Ang also echoed in unison: "Yes, Fang Yue must have received a secret letter from Butcher Ma, and he wanted to kill all the 20,000 Hanzhong soldiers in Zhongnan Mountain. Shijun, don't have any illusions about Butcher Ma anymore. Butcher is a butcher, he will only take human life."

Zhang Lu's face changed again and again, and finally Haoran sighed: "Even if the butcher Ma made other arrangements, the 20,000 army has been confiscated by the Liang army. Moreover, the Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers who are leading the army have already been in a relationship with the Liang army. Even if we want to resist, what can we do if there are no soldiers or generals in our hands?"

Yan Pu smiled gloomyly and said to Zhang Lu: "As long as Shi Jun is willing to make up his mind, these are not problems!"

Zhang Lu said: "Is there any good idea for Ziyu (Yan Pu’s name)?"

Yan Pu shook his head and said, "Pu has no good plans yet, but it is still half a month before the army can set off. We have enough time to make a long-term plan. Only the master of the army needs to make a decision early, so that we can run with all our strength without any worries."

Zhang Lu narrowed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thought.

The reason why Zhang Lu decided to surrender was actually to preserve the Five Doks of Rice Sect.

In Zhang Lu's mind, the life and death of the Five Dogs of Rice Sect is far more important than the gains and losses of the Hanzhong group. At that time, the situation was that Zhang Xiu and Chendao had already arrived at the Hanzhong Plain. If the Hanzhong army insisted on resisting stubbornly and causing endless wars, the land of Hanzhong would inevitably suffer from the disaster. In this way, the Five Dogs of Rice Sect, which survived by the Hanzhong people, would inevitably suffer from the disaster, so Zhang Lu made the decision to surrender to everyone.

But the development of things later exceeded Zhang Lu's expectations.

Zhang Lu originally thought that the butcher Ma would still let him become the prefect of Hanzhong for the sake of stabilizing the situation in Hanzhong (this was common at that time. Whenever a separatist warlord surrendered, the surrendered side would have to entrusted the local important tasks, at least they would never dare to transfer or dismiss the position without authorization before the local gentry returned). In this way, the Five Dogs of Rice Sect could continue to survive.

But who knew that Ma Butcher did not play according to common sense at all. With an order, Zhang Lu and 20,000 "Five Dogs of Rice" believers were moved to the rarely visited Zhongnan Mountain, which was unexpected.

what to do?

Resistance? Maybe it will succeed, maybe it will fail. If it fails, it will be a burning stone, but if it succeeds, then the Five Dogs of Rice Sect can continue to survive! Obey? Twenty thousand believers may be killed by the butcher Ma. In order to eliminate the roots, who is sure that the butcher Ma will not kill the remaining believers?

It’s better to try to stop if you stretch your head, and it’s better to stop if you shrink your head!

Zhang Lu's narrowed eyes slowly opened, and a trace of firmness flashed through his eyes, saying to Yan Pu and others: "I have made up my mind to do so. For the great cause of the Holy Church and the life and death of the 200,000 people in Hanzhong, I will never be allowed to die! Zi Yu and all the generals will do it, and all the consequences will be borne by me."

Yan Pu said excitedly: "Shi Jun is wise."

Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang also angrily said, "Shi Jun should have been like this long ago!"

The opportunity comes as soon as possible.

Fang Yue's curfew order was intended to kill a group of Han gentry on excuses. As a result, after the curfew order, the originally rebellious Han gentry kept their doors to thank the guests, and did not leave their homes. Only those close to Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers pretended to be powerful and showed off their power in Nanzheng City and were domineering their power.

Something happened in the end.

Yang Song's wife and brother were drunk and brought their family slaves to make trouble on the street, and they clashed with the Liang army soldiers on patrolling. The leading Liang army school was furious and killed Yang Song's wife and brother. Yang Song ran to Fang Yue to complain. As a result, Fang Yue not only did not punish the murderous Liang army school, but also scolded Yang Song severely.

Yang Song was disappointed and had to return depressed.
To be continued...