Zhu Jianping commented on Guo Jia, Liu Ye and Chen Qun based on his expertise in fortune telling: "My lord, judging from the fortunes of these three people in their lives, all three of them are wealthy and powerful, and they all have the talents of kings and assistants.
However, it seems that Guo Jia did not live long and died at forty; Liu Ye and Chen Qun are quite normal, at least they lived to be sixty years old."
Liu Cheng had no doubt about this and asked: "How is their will and loyalty?"
Zhu Jianping smiled and said: "My lord, as long as there are people with great talents and great ambitions, who is not a determined person?
As for their loyalty, it is not decided by them, but by the lord."
"This is a very new statement.
Tell me, why do I decide their loyalty?"
Liu Cheng asked with a smile.
Zhu Jianping touched his long beard: "People with great talent and great wisdom are often not chosen by their lord, but by their lord.
If they don't like the lord, it will be in vain no matter how courteous and virtuous the lord is; if they think that the lord is the People who can build great achievements will come to join them."
Having said this, Zhu Jianping stood up and bowed to Liu Cheng in an extremely serious manner: "My lord, today Jianping risked his life to remonstrate.
In the past, if Dong Zhuo hadn't been inflated, forgetful, and too cruel and unkind, he wouldn't be such a cruel and ruthless person." buried in The End of the Earth: Although my lord is young, he is mature and prudent and has the world in mind.
As long as the lord does not change his original intention and has many civil and military helpers around him, he will definitely be able to help the country and stabilize the world in the future, but he cannot change his political views easily."
Liu Cheng attached great importance to Zhu Jianping's words.
He knew that the weather was actually very favorable to Dong Zhuo at the time, and Dong Zhuo was also very powerful.
He used the emperor to control the princes.
What an opportunity it was.
It was a pity that this guy didn't know how to seize the opportunity, and he also acted on his own.
Death, the third is that he did not have enough courage and talent, and when he reached a certain level, he would become self-inflated and unable to restrain his own behavior.
These were all important factors leading to Dong Zhuo's demise.
Another example is Yuan Shao.
In the history of another time and space, Yuan Shao's family background was much richer than that of Cao Cao.
He owned all the north, but Cao Cao's strength was not even a little worse than him.
In terms of counselors, Yuan Shao had Ju Sue, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Xu You, and Chen Lin.
These people were no worse than Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu under Cao Cao.
In terms of military generals, Yuan Shao had Qu Yi, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Zang Hong, who were no worse than Cao Cao's five good generals.
But this guy Yuan Shao destroyed the Great Wall and killed Qu Yi, who was a great leader. , and killed Tian Feng, who was loyal to him, and forced Xu You away.
He was lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and was willful and self-willed, so he was not a candidate for great things.
Liu Cheng stood up and bowed to Zhu Jiangping: "Zhu Gong's kind words will be remembered in his heart."
Zhang Liao and Dong Cheng had led an army of 10,000 tigers to Hanzhong, and arrived at Yangping Pass on the 78th.
Hanzhong had received news that the imperial court had launched a crusade on the grounds that Zhang Lu had intercepted the imperial envoys, made himself a prefect, and launched a rebellion. , for a time people in all counties in Hanzhong County were panicked.
Zhang Lu killed the former Hanzhong governor Su Gu and his confidants, and also killed many wealthy families in Hanzhong, which had already angered the people of Hanzhong.
Later, he killed Zhang Xiu who had sent troops together and seized his troops.
Zhang Xiu's men were overwhelmed by the situation at that time.
They were forced to surrender and surrendered to Zhang Lu, but their hatred for Zhang Lu never disappeared.
When the news that Zhang Liao and Dong Cheng came to conquer Hanzhong with the imperial army came to Hanzhong, Zhang Xiu's old troops and local people in Hanzhong who had enemies with Zhang Lu began to make moves.
Some people are plotting to launch a rebellion, and some wealthy families have sent people to contact Zhang Liao and Dong Cheng.
At this time, Zhang Lu was also in a panic.
He originally thought that the imperial court was now in a corner and had no energy to take care of his Hanzhong.
He acted without scruples in Hanzhong, but the imperial court responded so quickly and dispatched 10,000 troops.
Elite soldiers came to attack, and now the whole Hanzhong was unstable.
Hanzhong Prefecture.
Zhang Lu sat at the top with a solemn expression.
On his left were counselors Yan Pu and Yang Song, and on his right were generals Zhang Wei, Yang Ang, Yang Bai and Yang Ren.
Zhang Lu looked at several people and asked: "Yang Song, how is the situation in each county?"
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Yang Song stood up and said: "Lord, the situation is not good.
The big families in the counties and some Zhang Xiuyuan's men in the army are showing signs of being ready to move.
The officials are panicked and have no intention of doing their work.
As long as the Yangping Pass is broken, the subordinates are worried that those people will Immediately open the city gates to welcome the imperial army.”
Zhang Lu asked his younger brother Zhang Wei again: "How many soldiers and horses can our army use?"
"Each county has removed the most basic guards and mobilized all the troops and horses that can be mobilized.
At most, there are only five thousand people.
These troops and horses must be stationed at Yangping Pass and the mountain villages, and they must also be stationed at the passage from Guanzhong into Hanzhong.
Our army Our troops are stretched thin, and we can only passively defend, unable to launch a counterattack."
There are four main roads into Hanzhong from Guanzhong, namely Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxie Road and Chencang Road from east to west.
When Zhang Lu and others received the news that the imperial court was planning to attack Hanzhong, Zhang Lu and others concluded that the imperial troops would take the Ziwu Road or the Tangluo Road.
After all, these two roads were closest to Chang'an, and the army would take these two roads to get there.
It saves a lot of time and can enter Hanzhong as quickly as possible, so they stationed most of their troops to guard these two roads.
But not long after, they discovered that they were wrong.
The imperial troops took a long route to Chencang Road.
Along the way, they removed all the passes on Chencang Road and directly arrived at Yangping Pass.
If Yangping Pass had not had a tall and strong city wall and a dangerous terrain, it would have been a long time ago.
It was breached.
Fortunately, Zhang Lu and others promptly transferred most of the troops deployed on the other three passages to Yangping Pass, and the situation was stabilized.
Yang Ang came out and clasped his fists and said: "My Lord, although Yangping Pass is strong, there is no guarantee that the imperial court will not send more troops.
With the strength of our county, we cannot stop the imperial army for a long time.
The general suggested that we must immediately send people to Zhou Mu Liu Sir please help” Zhang Lu frowned and said: "I have already sent people to ask for help from Liu Yan, but Liu Yan has become suspicious of me recently.
It is still unclear whether he will send reinforcements in time.
Besides, does this old guy have the courage?
Risking rebellion against the imperial court is still unknown."
Having said this, Zhang Lu looked at Yan Pu and asked, "Mr.
Yan, is there any way to resolve this crisis?"
Yan Pu thought for a while and asked Zhang Wei: "General Zhang, can you stop the imperial army's ten-day attack?"
Zhang Wei made a mental calculation and replied: "It shouldn't be difficult to resist for ten days.
It's impossible for the imperial troops to attack every day like they did in the past two days.
Next, they should slow down their offensive.
They only have 10,000 people."
"Okay, within ten days, if Mr.
Liu, the governor of the state, has not sent reinforcements within ten days, then we can only ask the court for peace.
But judging from my subordinates, Mr.
Liu will definitely send troops.
For reinforcements, he knew very well that once Hanzhong was captured by the imperial court, his position in Yizhou would probably be unstable.
Now there are still many people in Yizhou who oppose him.
This is still us The news was blocked.
If the news reached Yizhou, I'm afraid Yizhou would have been in chaos.
Although Liu Yan was strong in Yizhou, he was not the emperor after all.
The emperor removed his official position with an imperial edict.
At that time, he still had Although the power of the imperial court is weakened by sitting in the position of Zhou Mu in any name, the world is still the Han Dynasty after all.
He can only support us to the end, otherwise he himself will not escape death."
"I'm afraid the court won't allow me to ask for peace and apology."
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Zhang Lu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
It would be too late to ask for peace and apology when the situation is at the end of the rope.
At that time, the court was still rare that his subordinates could surrender to the court.
The court should not do anything to them.
But Zhang Lu couldn't do it.
Even if he surrendered, the court would probably not let him live.
Yan Pu cupped his hands and said: "My lord is worried that the court will not pardon my lord.
I think that as long as my lord surrenders, the court will not convict him.
I heard that the person in charge of the court now is Liu Cheng, who has been named Sikong by the emperor.
I can go to Chang'an on behalf of my lord to persuade Liu Cheng to be open-minded to my lord."
Yang Song was as unruly as Yan Pu.
He sneered and said, "Mr.
Yan, are you too whimsical?
Why should Liu Cheng listen to you?"
Yan Pu said to Zhang Lu: "My lord, now all the princes in the world are doing their own thing and not listening to the imperial court's orders.
If my lord becomes the first prince to submit to the imperial court, and Liu Cheng wins people's hearts and shows his generosity and broad-mindedness, he will definitely pardon my lord and even return the favor."
I will give my lord a title and an official position."
The turmoil in the court was calmed down too quickly.
Zhang Lu failed to stabilize Hanzhong in time and did not have enough time to improve his strength.
This was something he did not expect.
At this time, he had no other choice but to adopt Yan Pu's suggestion. , wait and see the changes for ten days before making any calculations.
Just when Liu Cheng was actively preparing to send troops to attack Han Sui, Dong Cheng, Zhang Liao's deputy general, secretly led two thousand infantry across Ziwu Road under Zhang Liao's order.
Before Zhang Liao led his troops to set out, he knew that it would be impossible to quickly capture Hanzhong by force.
Every road leading to Hanzhong was very dangerous.
There were several passes along the way, and there were Hanzhong soldiers and horses stationed there.
To capture Hanzhong quickly, we must make strange moves and take risks.
In order to achieve the purpose of sneak attack, Dong Cheng marched in the morning during the day and rested in the afternoon.
At night, he quietly went to the pass and camp to conduct a quick sneak attack without giving the enemy time to react.
Doing so required taking great risks, so he would do it at night.
The dangers of marching and sneak attacks are too high.
After all, you are walking on a plank suspended in the air.
If you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff and be shattered to pieces.
Dong Cheng left more than a thousand people to rest in the camp, and took more than 800 people to the foot of the Maling military stronghold.
He saw many lights lit on the walls of the military stronghold, and said to his subordinates: "It seems that Zhang Lu's People have already heightened their vigilance.
A strong attack will definitely not work.
We need to find some sharpshooters."
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