A few days later, in Hongnong County, a letter was presented to Zhang Xiu's case.
"Point to Qiwu's 1,000 Xiliang old troops, return to Chang'an, gather 20,000 new troops, and rush to the aid of Chen Cang."
Zhang Xiu casually picked up the spear on the weapon rack and went out with his feet up.
"After the general leaves, who will guard this Wuguan and Hangu Pass?"
Zhang Xiu was silent for a moment, "There is Cao Cao's army in Hangu Pass, and now Cao Cao is allied with our army, and the forces of both armies are fighting in Hebei, taking care of themselves, Feng Ling is strict and dry, and now he is Hongnong County, which can be guarded by Wuguan; Gong Cao Yang Pei, a person who is upright and upright, although he has no talent to unify the army, he can also supervise the government affairs of Guguan, and he will recruit him. ” "Whoa."
Lu Zhao hugged his fists and bowed, his eyes were full of complicated colors, he was originally a general under Cao Cao, and then transferred to Zhang Xiu's tent in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, when Zhang Xiu raised troops to join Sun Quan, he followed Zhang Xiu into Sun Quan's account, and now he also worships the general of the army.
He followed Zhang Xiu to raise his feet and go out, seeing Zhang Xiu turn over and get on the horse, he bowed respectfully to Zhang Xiu, "Take care, general." ” Zhang Xiu bowed slightly at him, and raised his horsewhip suddenly, "Drive." ” "Da Da", a group of guards followed Zhang Xiu out of the city quickly, leaving Lu Zhao to stand in the cold wind with a worried face.
"Huber, as the prime minister, you have come thousands of miles away, really to help me keep the letter to Guguan" and returned to his own courtyard.
Lu Zhao stood on the edge of the ancient well and brushed the fur of his war horse, and asked the Confucian scholar in the courtyard without raising his head.
"General Lu, you have been here for many days, but I am here to open the door for you to open the door, but it is beneficial and harmless to you."
"Beneficial and harmless" Lu Zhao sneered, "General Zhang and Cao Cao are naturally at odds, he treats me very well, you have to persuade me to lead the people to surrender to Prime Minister Cao Cheng" Lu Zhao pressed the short sword on his waist with one hand, "Could it be that you think that the sword in the sheath of this general is not good" "General Lu, why is this happening," Fanqin's face changed slightly, "I just want you to let the merchants outside Hangu Pass into the land of Guanzhong, and I don't want to persuade you to surrender to Prime Minister Cao." ” Lu Zhao smiled coldly, "It is good to surrender to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, or to let the merchant Jia enter the customs, now the lord of my family and Cao Chengxiang and Liu Yuanjun are in alliance, Liu Bei attacked Huaibei and Jingzhou, my family attacked Hanzhong and Bingzhou, and Cao Cheng captured Jizhou and Qingzhou, which was discussed before the war, but those merchants transported silk, pottery, jade, and sea salt to my Guanzhong, in exchange for grain in my Guanzhong, if it is usual, my lord may be able to give you convenience, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, but now Prime Minister Cao Cheng does not attack Qingzhou, It is to let my grandson and Liu two families fight against the enemy Jiangdong, it is treacherous and wants grain and grass, it is better to exchange the iron ore and ordnance in the land of Ruyanzhou and Yuzhou. ” Fanqin's face trembled slightly, "Iron ore, ordnance Liangzhou, and the land of Sili are not bad, but sea salt, silk, and pottery are in short supply." ” Lu Zhao glanced back at him, "Silk we can go to Yizhou to get, Shu brocade is the best silk in the world, as for pottery, I Chang'an City has also opened more than a dozen new workshops, although there is no Central Plains high-quality goods, but there are also craftsmen who made tributes in the palace in the past, Haiyan is now only afraid of Jiangdong." ” "But the Ru army is at war with Jiangdong."
"Then the truce is."
"But Wuchenghou and Liu Qi, the king of Wu, have a grudge of killing their brother and seizing the city, and now Zhou Yu, the governor of Guanzhong, has died at the hands of Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, I'm afraid that Wuchenghou doesn't want to occupy it."
Lu Zhao fell silent for a moment, and his voice became a little hoarse.
"Three families divided into Hebei, is the policy proposed by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, now Hanzhong can not be obtained, our army for Jiangdong to occupy Wudu County, the situation is precarious, Liu Beijun is known as 50,000 elites, but also the enemy of Lu Meng 70,000 Jingzhou army, if you do not help Yuan Tan, I am afraid that Qingzhou will also fall into the hands of Jiangdong, at that time, your family Cao Cheng Prime Minister led the army to the north, first to seize Jizhou, and then to get Youzhou, to the west can try to merge with the state of the land, south, east can be sandwiched Qingzhou land, can be said to occupy the right time and place.
It's just that you're too much of a joke to play with the two of us. ” "It seems that Wu Chenghou means to blame our army for not wanting to send troops to help, or not, I also received two letters from Prime Minister Cao Cheng before this trip, one is a secret report from the land of Huaibei, which records the current shortage of food for the Jiangdong army, and the other is that Cao Cheng should allow to send troops, and wants to send Feng Kai, the Taishou of Hedong County, to lead an army of 10,000 to enter Guguan and rush to the front line of Chencang."
Lu Zhao was a little moved in his heart, "Although Feng Kai has bravery, he can't defeat Zhao Yun, even if it is General Xiliang Ma Dai who is guarding Chen Cang at this moment, he can't win, and Zhao Yun can't be defeated by Ma Chao." ” "It's hateful that General Xu Chu is still following the prime minister to fight in Hebei and fighting with Yuan Shangjun, otherwise he can lead the army to come to help."
Lu Zhao sneered, "Since the Ru army intends to transfer troops to help the land of my Guanzhong, why don't you let General Feng Kai and Ren Chengguo, Zhang He, and Gao Lan change their guards, and let these two lead the Hebei elite cavalry to come to the rescue."
Fanqin's face changed slightly, "Ren Chengguo is an important town in Yanzhou, if our army changes defenses, I am afraid it will be taken advantage of by the Jiangdong army." ” Lu Zhao pointed to the letter that had been opened in his hand, "As mentioned in this letter, the Jiangdong Army has a shortage of soldiers and food on the battlefields around the country, and Lu Meng and Sima Yi fought before, and they have not gone out of the city to pursue after several victories, which is for this reason, the Jiangdong Army does not want to enter the Central Plains north at this moment, stretching the battle line, it is to prevent the iron cavalry of the Ru army, and now is a good time, if Zhang He and Gao Ran are the two generals who command the iron cavalry to rush to the aid of Chen Cang, I am only afraid of more than 20 days. ” Fanqin was silent for a moment, "General Lu's words are Wu Chenghou's intentions" Lu Zhao was about to speak, and a person had already walked in at the gate of the courtyard not far away, "Don't worry, my trip is entrusted by Wucheng Hou, if Cao Cheng really intends to help our army, he will send Zhang He and Gao Ran two generals to come, and the other soldiers and horses, even if they enter the customs, are useless." ” "Sheep continued" Fanqin's pupils contracted slightly, and he raised his hand, "It turned out to be a sheep attendant." ” Yang Tan also said to him, "This matter is critical, my Chen Cang is facing Zhao Yun's 30,000 troops attacking day and night, and I also ask Master Fan to get a reply from Prime Minister Cao Cheng as soon as possible, and send troops and horses to help." ” Fanqin hesitated for a moment, and looked at him slightly, "Then I will send a letter to Chenliu." ” After seeing Fanqin leave, Lu Zhao frowned and glanced at Yang Tan on his side, "Yang waiter, the lord sent that Zhang He and Gao Ran two generals to enter the customs, these two are Hebei generals, if they get Cao Cao's order and want to plot against my Guanzhong, what should they do?"
Yang Tan looked indifferent, "It's okay, there is good news from the north, Zijing Dudu has led the army to break through the high cadres, beheaded 15,000 levels, and now is confronting the elite of the Huns in Huchuquan near Huguan, if you can win another battle, you can take the land of the state." ”: