Chapter 532 The situation in Hanzhong II
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Lei Tong is known as the No. 1 general in Bashu, second only to Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. Although he is far inferior to Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, he is also considered a general in Bashu. He fought fiercely with Ma Qu for more than a dozen rounds. The snake spear flew and shot away the opponent's big sword. At this time, the two horses intertwined. He pulled out the eight-edged purple gold hammer from the horse bag and swept towards Ma Qu like lightning. This was Lei Tong's famous skill. He hit it with one hammer and hit it, so his nickname was Thunder God.
Although he failed in front of Zhao Yun, Ma Qu was not Zhao Yun. This hammer hit the opponent's penis. Ma Qu's brain suddenly broke down and died tragically on the spot. The war horse ran for more than ten steps and the dead body fell under the horse. Lei Tong was so excited that he shouted to Hanzhong Army: "Which bastard who is not afraid of death is coming again?"
Zhang Lu smiled coldly and gritted his teeth and said to himself, "Let me wait for another two days."
He turned around and ordered: "Retreat the troops and return to the camp."
The bell of the Dangdang withdrawal was ringing, and two thousand crossbowmen rushed forward like a tide, lined up to raise crossbows and aimed at the Yizhou army, covering the rest of the army slowly evacuated the battlefield.
Wu Yi did not order to pursue Zhang Lu's army. He was known as the military advisor of Yizhou, so he naturally had his own unique features. When he took over the army, he found that the Hanzhong army failed to attack Dingjunshan Fortress again and was already tired.
He was very worried that Zhang Lu would withdraw his troops back to Nanzheng, so he threw out a request for peace and withdrawal, causing Zhang Lu to misjudgment, thinking that they would withdraw back to Bashu. In this way, Zhang Lu would not withdraw back to Nanzheng for the time being, which bought time for Zhao Yun.
Wu Yi smiled coldly and turned around and ordered: "Retreat the fortress"
Ten thousand troops retreated slowly, and soon there was no one on the battlefield. At this time, the scout cavalry rushed out of the Hanzhong army camp, and the horse's hooves sounded like thunder, and rolled up yellow dust, and rushed towards Dingjun Mountain fifteen miles away.
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Nanzheng City, since Zhang Lu led tens of thousands of troops to Dingjun Mountain to wipe out the Yizhou army, the threat of Nanzheng City has been completely lifted. There was no threat from Cao Cao's army in the north. In the east, the Jingzhou army was intercepted outside Shangyong City. In the south, Yizhou was invaded by the Jingzhou army and could not take care of itself.
Nanzheng returned to normal life, and a large number of farmers hiding in the city returned to their homes, and merchants also began to travel between Guanzhong and Nanyang, transporting goods and selling them at a low price.
Although Nanzheng City has returned to normal, the garrison still exists, Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei led 5,000 troops to guard the government affairs, and Yang Song is fully responsible for it.
During this period, Yang Song had a hard time. As an official in charge of government affairs, he was most concerned about spring planting and autumn harvesting and taxes were put into the warehouse. However, this time, the Yizhou army went north during spring plowing, and a large number of farmers abandoned the fields and fled. Although the Yizhou army finally withdrew, the spring plowing sowing was delayed.
This annoyed Yang Song and delayed the spring plowing, which would affect the autumn harvest, which would cause famine and damage taxes. The consequences were very serious. Yang Song locked himself in the room to calculate the accounts for the whole day. He wanted to figure out how much damage it would cause and then see how to make up for it.
At dusk, Yang Song finally came out of the room with a stern face. He was displeased. It was obvious that the losses he calculated were unbearable to the government. At this time, Meng You hurried forward to report: "Mr. Yang, my subordinates just received the news that a bandit attacked the Hannan Manor, and I need to rush to wipe out the bandits."
Yang Songyang had a unit of 1,500 people, and was usually stationed in the manor. It was previously under the control of Meng Da. After Meng Da was transferred to the commander of Shangyong, Yang Song's unit was under the control of Meng Da's younger brother Meng You. However, the so-called management was only training and leading troops, but the power to transfer troops was in the hands of Yang Song.
Yang Song was upset and took half of the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Meng You, saying to him: "People are enough to wipe out the bandits. Go and go quickly, don't delay."
"Subordinates understand"
Meng You took the jade pendant from the man who was dispatched, and then retreated with a bow. He rode a horse and took two confidant followers to run out of the city. Meng You crossed the Han River and ran south for ten miles to a mountain range. This mountain range is called Nanshan. The mountain is not high and stretches for more than a mile. The forest at the foot of the mountain is dense, with several caves of all sizes hidden.
Meng You received a secret order from Zhao Yun last night, secretly ordering him to cooperate with the Jingzhou army to capture Nanzheng City, which surprised and happy. He thought about this all night about how to cooperate with the Jingzhou army.
He knew that although Yang Song was greedy for bribes, he was still loyal to Zhang Lu, and it was not so easy to convince. If he was persuaded in a hurry, many secrets would be exposed. Not only would Yang Song know that the Jingzhou army was going to take Nanzheng, but his brother Meng Da's identity would also be exposed. The best way was to get Yang Song's troops first and use the private army to seize Nanzheng City.
However, Yang Song was stingy and cautious by nature, and only gave others the right to mobilize troops. He had little force, which disrupted his plan. Helplessly, Meng You had to come to see Zhao Yun first.
Running to the forest, it was already dark. Meng You pulled out a whistle and shot it into the woods. He whistled across the sky above the forest. Soon, a team of Jingzhou troops came out of the forest. Meng You urged him to come forward and bow and said, "I am here to pay my respects on the order of General Zhao."
"Please come with us"
The patrol cavalry led their men to the depths of the woods. Soon, everyone came to an open place where dozens of tents were stationed, and the surroundings were heavily guarded. The patrol soldiers rushed to report.
After a moment, two personal soldiers of Zhao Yun brought Meng You into a large tent. This was a duplicate tent, that is, two layers of tents inside and outside. They were mainly used for hidden marches. The tents were bright, but the lights were difficult to leak out.
In the big tent, Zhao Yunzheng and his adviser Fa Zheng discussed plans to seize Nan Zheng. Fa Zheng had already drawn up four plans, all of which could be seized. However, Zhao Yun believed that it was more certain to use Yang Song's troops to seize Nan Zheng City.
At this time, the personal soldiers reported outside the tent, "Report to General Meng, General Meng is here."
"Please come in" Zhao Yun was waiting for Meng You to come.
The curtain was lifted, Meng You walked into the big tent quickly, and he knelt down on one knee and said, "Last general Meng You, see General Zhao."
"Please get up, please get up"
Zhao Yun quickly helped him up and introduced him to Fa Zheng. Then he smiled and said, "We are waiting for General Meng. Please sit down and talk."
Meng You sat down, took a sip of tea and said, "Yang Song is stingy and only gave me the right to mobilize military forces. I don't know if it's enough."
Zhao Yun glanced at Fa Zheng, and Fa Zheng slowly asked: "In fact, how many people do not matter. The key is whether Zhang Wei allowed Yang Song's private soldiers to enter the city."
This sentence is the key. Meng You pondered for a moment, shook her head and said, "The relationship between Zhang Wei and Yang Song has always been bad, and Zhang Wei is fierce and unwise. I am afraid that he will not let Yang Song's private soldiers enter the city. Even the Yang family members must carefully check when entering and leaving the city."
Fa Zheng lowered his head and took a few steps, and he asked again: "Have they had a bad relationship these two days?"
"During this period, Zhang Wei and Yang Song were in a cold war state and ignored each other, but yesterday Zhang Wei was ridiculed by Yang Song."
Fa Zheng laughed, "If this is the case, I have a plan. I don't need Yang Song's private soldiers. I can directly use the conflict between them to seize Nan Zheng."
After saying that, he whispered to Zhao Yun and Meng You. Meng You lowered his head and thought, "But there is a close place to the city, and the army is easily discovered in the past."
"It might be better, they have no way to know when the night passes, and it will happen in the early morning."
At this time, Zhao Yun remembered something again and hurriedly said, "If Zhang Lu learned that General Meng was involved in the capture of Nanzheng, would it be detrimental to General Meng Da of Shangyong?"
Meng You was also worried that this was indeed a loophole.
Fa Zheng smiled slightly, "Not to mention that this possibility is very small, even if Zhang Lu knows it, there is no big problem. First, General Meng Da is the leader of Shangyong. If Fei Ge delivers a letter, General Meng Da must have known it first. Therefore, Zhang Lu could only send someone to send a secret letter to Yang Ang. Secondly, from the capture of Nanzheng to the leak of the news, to the end of sending the letter to Shangyong, it will take at least seven or eight days. I think the battle of Shangyong should have ended long ago."
After pausing, Fa Zheng said again: "If General Meng is really worried, we can also send someone to intercept the messenger and ensure that everything is foolproof."
Meng You finally let go of his heart. He couldn't help but raise his thumbs up and praised: "Mr. Fa's plan is indeed wonderful. Recently, there have been harassed by bandits. I think Zhang Wei's impatience and fierceness will definitely be deceived. I can ask my confidant entourage to provoke trouble in the city first."
The person discussed the details again, and Meng You called the two confidant entourages in, told them a few words, and the entourages were ordered to go.
The next morning, a major incident happened in the largest tavern in Nanzheng City. Yang Song's more than 20 servants had a conflict with five or six servants of Zhang Wei while drinking here. The two sides fought hard. Yang Song's servants were numerous and powerful, beating Zhang Wei's servants to the point of bleeding. The two of them had their arms broken.
Zhang Wei's servant cried to the master urgently. Zhang Wei was furious and led several soldiers to Yangsong's mansion. Zhang Wei rode on the war horse. He was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a long spear in front of Yangsong's mansion, showing off his might and cursed: "Yang thief, hand over your servant to the old mansion, otherwise he would burn your house and kill your whole family."
Yang Song had already asked the servants clearly in the mansion that it was Zhang Wei's servant who insulted Yang Song in public, which caused the servants to scold him, and it was Zhang Wei's servant who took action first.
In this way, how could Yang Song hand over his servants? He shouted in the mansion: "Zhang Wei, don't be arrogant. I will sue you in front of the general and see who apologizes to whom."
Zhang Wei became more angry and shouted: "Yang Zhe, get out of here if you have the guts."
Yang Song also shouted without retreating: "The general is fighting hard in the Yizhou army in Dingjun Mountain, but you are provoking internal strife in Nanzheng. How do you explain to the general?"
Zhang Wei was so angry that he was crazy. At this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Report to General Zhang, report the situation."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Wei shouted.
The soldier was so scared that he said tremblingly: "There are people disguised bandits on the dock by the river, robbing merchants and travelers' property. Some merchants recognized it. The person they were the Yang Song family general Meng You. I'm afraid that the so-called bandits were Yang Song's private soldiers disguised them."
Zhang Wei was stunned. Recently, there were indeed bandits in Nanzheng. He sent people to encircle and suppress others several times but failed to catch anyone. It turned out that these bandits were Yang Song's private soldiers. No wonder he was so rich, all of them were bad money. Zhang Wei felt malicious in his heart. He smiled grimly and said to himself: "When the old man has all the evidence, I will come back and peel your skin clean."
Chapter completed!