Chapter 68 Chapter 67: Cao Cao pacified Zhang Liao in Hanzhong and shocked Xiaoyaojin

However, it is said that Cao Cao launched an army to march west and divided his troops into three teams: Xiahouyuan and Zhang He were the pioneers in the front; Cao Ren led the generals in the center;A detailed report has long been reported to Hanzhong.Zhang Lu and his younger brother Zhang Wei discussed how to retreat from the enemy.Wei said: "The most dangerous in Hanzhong is nothing like Yangping Pass."You can go to the left and right of the pass, surrounded by mountains and forests, and set down more than ten stockades to meet the enemy Cao soldiers.My brother is in Hanning, so I need to allocate more food and grass to deal with it.According to Zhang Lu's words, he sent generals Yang Ang and Yang Ren to set off with his younger brother Shiri.When the army and horse arrive at Yangping Pass, the village has been decided.Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun's former army followed; Wenyang Pingguan was ready, and they went to the village 15 miles away.It was night when the sergeant was tired and had a rest.Suddenly a fire broke out in the back of the village, and soldiers from Yang Ang and Yang Ren came to rob the village.Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun got on their horses in a hurry, and soldiers rushed in from all directions. Cao Bing was defeated and retreated to see Cao Cao.Cao Cao said angrily: "You two have been marching for many years, don't you know that if soldiers are tired from a long journey, they can prevent robbery?"How not to prepare?He wants to kill two people to clarify the military law.The officials excused.

The next day, Cao led his troops to the front team. Seeing that the mountain was dangerous, the trees were dense, and he didn't know the way. He was afraid of an ambush, so he led the army back to the stronghold. .Xu Chu said: "The soldiers are here, my lord should not be afraid of labor."The next day, when I got on the horse, I took only Xu Chu and Xu Huang to see Zhang Weizhai.The three horses turned around the hillside and saw Zhang Weizhai gate early.Raising his whip, he pointed to the two generals and said, "It's so strong, it's hard to let go!"Before he could say anything, he shouted from behind, arrows rained down, Yang Ang and Yang Ren came in two ways.Fuck shocked.Xu Chu shouted, "I am the enemy's thief!"Xu Gongming is good at protecting the lord!After all, he raised his sword and rode his horse forward, fighting against the two generals.Yang Ang and Yang Ren couldn't be Xu Chu's brave, they got back on their horses and retreated, while the rest dared not move forward.Xu Huang protected Cao Cao and ran across the hillside, when another army arrived in front; when he saw it, it was Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun, who heard the shouts, so they led the army to kill them.So he killed Yang Ang and Yang Ren, and rescued Cao Cao back to the stronghold.Four generals will be rewarded heavily.Since then, the two sides have refused each other for more than 50 days, but they have not fought.Cao Cao sent an order to retreat.Jia Xu said: "There is no strength or weakness in the bandits, so why did my lord retreat?"Cao said: "I expect the rebel soldiers to prepare dikes every day, and it is difficult to win in a hurry."In the name of retreating the army, I will make the thieves slack and unprepared, and then divide the Qingqi to copy them, and the thieves will surely be defeated.Jia Xu said: "The prime minister's magic is unpredictable."So Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun were ordered to divide their troops into two groups, each leading three thousand light cavalry, to take a small road to copy behind Yangping Pass.On the one hand, Cao Cao led the army to pull out the stronghold.Yang Ang heard that Cao Bing was retreating, so he asked Yang Ren to discuss it, and wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack him.Yang Ren said: "There are so many tricks, and the truth is unknown, so don't chase them."Yang Ang said: "If you don't go, I will go by myself."Yang Ren remonstrated bitterly and refused.Yang Ang raised all the troops and horses from the five villages to advance, leaving only a few soldiers to guard the village.It's a foggy day, and we don't see each other on the opposite side.Yang Ang's army was halfway there, unable to move, and was tied up.

However, after Xia Houyuan's army crossed the mountain, they saw heavy fog hanging in the sky, and heard people talking and horses neighing. They were afraid of an ambush, so they hurriedly urged them to take action, and walked to Yang Angzhai by mistake in the thick fog.The sergeant guarding the village heard the sound of horseshoes, and only said that Yang Ang's soldiers returned and opened the door to accept him.As soon as Cao Jun rushed in, seeing that it was an empty village, he set fire to it.All the soldiers in Wuzhai abandoned the village and left.When the fog cleared, Yang Ren led the troops to rescue him. After several battles with Xia Houyuan, Zhang He's troops arrived behind him.Yang Ren killed the main road and ran back to Nanzheng.When Yang Ang was about to go back, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun had already occupied the gate.Cao Cao's brigade came behind him.Two pincer attacks, no way around.Yang Ang wanted to rush out, but bumped into Zhang He.The two fought and were killed by Zhang He.The defeated soldiers returned to Yangping Pass to see Zhang Wei.It turned out that the second general Wei Zhi was defeated and all the battalions were lost. He abandoned the pass in the middle of the night and ran back.Cao Cao then captured Yangping Pass and merged the villages.Zhang Wei and Yang Ren went back to see Zhang Lu.The second general Wei Yan lost the pass, so he couldn't keep it.Zhang Lu was furious and wanted to kill Yang Ren.Ren said: "Someone once remonstrated with Yang Ang, stop chasing soldiers."He refused to listen, so he failed.Ren Zai begged an army to challenge Cao Cao.If you are invincible, you are willing to be a military order.Zhang Lu took the military order.Yang Ren got on his horse and led 20,000 troops from Nanzheng to Xiazhai.

But it is said that Cao Cao's army is about to advance, Shiling Xia Houyuan led five thousand troops, sent a sentry on Nanzheng Road, and was facing Yang Ren's army and horses, and the two armies opened up.Chang Qi, the general of Ren's dispatch department, went out to confront Yuan; the battle failed, and he was cut off by Yuan with a single knife.Yang Ren raised his gun and went out to fight with Yuan for more than 30 times, regardless of the outcome.Yuan pretended to be defeated and left, allowing his followers to come after him. He was cut off by Yuan's horse with a dragging knife.The sergeant returned in defeat.Cao Cao knew that Xia Houyuan had beheaded Yang Ren, and at that time, he marched into the army and went straight to Xiazhai in Nanzheng.Zhang Lu hurriedly gathered civil and military officials to discuss.Yan Pu said: "A certain person can protect one person, and he can defeat Cao Cao's generals."Lu asked who it was.Pu said: Pound in Nan'an, he followed Ma Chao to vote for the lord; after Ma Chao went to Xichuan, Pound was ill and never went.Seeing that you are being supported by the lord, why don't you let him go?

Zhang Lu was overjoyed, and called Pang De to come, and rewarded him generously; ordered 10,000 troops and horses, and ordered Pang De to go out.More than ten miles away from the city, facing Cao Bing, Pang De went out to fight.When Cao Cao was at Weiqiao, he knew Pang De's bravery very well, so he told his generals: "Pang De is a brave general from Xiliang, who originally belonged to Ma Chao; although he is now under Zhang Lu, he is not satisfied with his heart."I want this person.You must all fight with Xu to make him exhausted, and then capture him.Zhang Xi went out first, and retreated after a few rounds.Xia Houyuan also retreated in battle.Xu Huang fought again and then retreated.Later, Xu Chuzhan also retreated after more than fifty rounds.Pound fought against the four generals without any fear.All the generals praised Pound's good martial arts before the exercise.Cao Cao was overjoyed, and discussed with the generals: How to get this person to surrender?Jia Xu said: "Someone knows that Zhang Lu's subordinates have a counselor Yang Song."His people are very greedy and bribery.Now you can send it secretly in gold and silk, so that you can send Pang De to Zhang Lu, and you can make a plan.Cao said, "how did you get someone to enter Nanzheng?"Xu said: "Tomorrow we will fight, pretend to be defeated and pretend to lose, abandon the stronghold and leave, and let Pang De occupy our stronghold, but I lead troops to rob the stronghold at Kuiye; Pound will retreat into the city, but choose a soldier who can speak, pretend to be the other army, and mix it up." In the formation: you have to enter the city.Cao listened to his plan, chose a fine military academy, and rewarded him heavily. He gave him a pair of gold heart armor, ordered to be worn on the flesh, and Hanzhong sergeant's uniform outside, and waited halfway ahead.The next day, Xia Houyuan and Zhang He first sent two armies to ambush, but they taught Xu Huang to challenge, and they were defeated.Pang De recruited troops to hide and kill Cao Bing.But Pang De took Cao Cao's stockade.Seeing that there is a lot of grain and grass in the village, I was overjoyed and reported to Zhang Lu at that time; on the other hand, I held a banquet in the village to celebrate.After the second watch that night, fire suddenly broke out in three directions: Xu Huang and Xu Chu in the middle, Zhang He on the left, and Xia Houyuan on the right.The three-way army and horses came to rob the village together.Pound couldn't keep up with the dike, so he had to get on his horse and rush out, looking at the city and leaving.The three-way soldiers behind him came after them.Pang De called to open the city gate, and led the soldiers to rush in.

At this time, the fine work has been mixed into the city, and he went to Yang Song's mansion to have an audience. He said: "Wei Gong and Prime Minister Cao have heard about Shengde for a long time, and a special envoy sent a gold armor as a letter."More secret letters were presented.Song was overjoyed. After reading the words in the secret book, he called Xizuo and said: "Supervise Duke Wei, but please rest assured."A certain good plan is reported.After sending the person back first, he went to see Zhang Lu overnight, saying that Pang De had been bribed by Cao Cao to sell him for a while.Zhang Lu was furious, and called Pang De to scold him, intending to kill him.Yan Pu remonstrated bitterly.Zhang Lu said: "If you come to fight in the sun, you will be killed if you win!"Pound retreated with hatred.The next day, when Cao Bing attacked the city, Pang De led his troops out.Cao ordered Xu Chu to fight.Chu bluffed and defeated, Pang De came.Cao cao rode his horse on the hillside and called out, "why didn't pang lingming come down early?"Pang De pondered: hold Cao Cao, equal to a thousand generals!So he flew uphill.With a cry, the sky collapsed and the earth collapsed, and people and horses fell into the pit; the hooks and ropes on all four walls stepped forward, captured Pang De alive, and escorted him up the slope.Cao Cao got off his horse, rebuked the soldiers, released him personally, and asked Pang De if he would surrender.Pang De thought about Zhang Lu's inhumanity, and he was willing to surrender.Cao Cao personally supported him on his horse, and they went back to Dazhai together, intending to see him from the city.People report to Zhang Lu, and morality and practice go hand in hand.Lu Yi believed Yang Song's words to be true.

The next day, Cao Cao erected ladders on three sides and flew to attack.Zhang Lu saw that his momentum was extremely strong, so he discussed with his younger brother Zhang Wei.Wei said: "Set fire to all the storehouses and government treasuries, and go out to Nanshan to guard Bazhong Keye."Yang Song said: It is better to open the door and surrender.Zhang Lu hesitated.Wei said: Just burn it.Zhang Lu said: I originally wanted to return to the country, but my intention was not achieved; now I have to run away, and the warehouses and government treasuries are what the country has, and it cannot be abandoned.So it was blocked.It was the second watch of the night, and Zhang Lu led the whole family, young and old, to open the south gate and fight out.Cao Cao taught Xiu to chase after him and brought his troops into Nanzheng. Seeing that Lu had closed the treasury, he felt very sorry for him, so he sent people to Bazhong to persuade him to surrender.Zhang Lu wanted to surrender, but Zhang Wei refused.Yang Song used the secret book to report the operation, so he taught the army to advance, and Song was the internal response.After getting the book, he personally led the troops to Bazhong.Zhang Lu sent his younger brother Wei to lead the troops out to confront Xu Chu, but was beheaded by Chu.The defeated army returned to Zhang Lu, and Lu wanted to stick to it.Yang Song said: "If I don't come out now, I'll just sit and wait for death."A certain city is defended, and the lord will fight to the death in person.Lu Congzhi.Yan Pu advised Lu Xiu to leave.Lu refused to listen, so he led his troops out to meet him.Before the confrontation, the rear army has left.Zhang Lu hurriedly retreated, and Cao Bing came behind him.When Lu went to the city, Yang Song shut the door behind him.Zhang Lu had nowhere to go, Cao Cao chased after him, shouting: Why don't you come down sooner!Lu Nai got off his horse and bowed.Cao was overjoyed; thinking of his heart to seal the warehouse, he treated each other with courtesy, and made Lu the general of Zhennan.Yan Pu and others were all named Liehou.So Hanzhong is flat.Cao Cao ordered the counties to set up prefects and captains, and reward soldiers.Only Yang Song betrayed his master for glory, and ordered him to be beheaded to the public.Later generations have poems sighing:

The good and bad sellers do their best, and the gold and silver accumulated are always empty.His family's prosperity was slaughtered, making people laugh at Yang Song for thousands of years! Cao Cao had already acquired Dongchuan, and Sima Yi, the master bookkeeper, said, "Liu Bei used deception to take Liu Zhang, but the people of Shu have not yet returned."Now the lord has captured Hanzhong, and Yizhou is shaken.It can be quickly attacked by troops, and it is bound to collapse.Those who know are more valuable than time, and time must not be lost.Cao Cao sighed and said: People are suffering and are not satisfied, how can they go to Long and look back at Shu?Liu Ye said: Sima Zhongda's words are also true: If you are less slow, Zhuge Liang is good at governing the country and will be a prime minister. Guan, Zhang, etc. will be brave enough to win the three armies and become generals.Cao said: "Soldiers are far away and toiled, and it is advisable to save them."So he stood still.

But the people in Xichuan heard that Cao Cao had taken Dongchuan, and they were expected to come to take Xichuan; they were terrified several times a day.Xuande asked the military division to discuss.Kong Ming said: "Liang has a plan, and Cao Cao retreats."Xuande asked what to do.Kong Ming said: "Cao Cao divides his army and unites Fei, and he is afraid of Sun Quan."Now if I divide the three prefectures of Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang to return to Wu, and send eloquent scholars to present their interests and interests, and order Wu to raise troops to attack Hefei, to affect its momentum, Cao Cao will definitely rein in his troops to go south.Xuande asked: "Who can be the envoy?"Yi Ji said: "Someone is willing to go."Xuande was overjoyed, so he wrote a book with a ceremony, ordering Yiji to go to Jingzhou first, inform Yunchang, and then enter Wu.When I arrived at Moling, I came to see Sun Quan and gave him his name first.The right to call for naturalization.After seeing Quan's ceremony, Quan asked, "what are you doing here?"The book said: "Yesterday, Zhuge Ziyu was ordered to take Changsha and other three counties. As the military adviser was absent, the delivery was lost. Now the letter is sent back."All Nanjun and Lingling in Jingzhou were originally intended to be returned, but Dongchuan was captured by Cao Cao, leaving General Guan with no place to stay.Now Hefei is empty, and Wang Junhou raised troops to attack it, so Cao Cao withdrew his troops and returned to the south.If my lord takes Dongchuan, he will return the whole land of Jingzhou.Quan said: "Go back to the library, let me discuss."Yi Ji withdrew, and the right to ask the counselors.Zhang Zhao said: This is Liu Bei's plan because he feared that Cao Cao would take Xichuan.Even so, it is also a good idea to take advantage of the situation to combine Fei because he is in Hanzhong.Quan Congzhi sent and paid Yiji to go back to Shu, and then proposed to attack with troops: order Lu Su to take Changsha, Jiangxia, and Guiyang three counties, and station troops in Lukou; take Lu Meng and Gan Ning back; and go to Yuhang to take Lingtong back .

Not a day later, Lu Meng and Gan Ning arrived first.Meng Xiance said: "See now that Cao Cao ordered Zhu Guang, the prefect of Lujiang, to station troops in Wancheng, open rice fields, and collect grain in Hefei to strengthen the army."Now we can take Wancheng first, and then attack Hefei.Quan said: "This plan is very suitable for me."Then Lü Meng and Gan Ning were appointed as the vanguard, Jiang Qin and Pan Zhang were combined, and Quan Zi cited Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xi and Xu Sheng as the central army.At that time, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang were guarding everywhere, but none of them followed the conscript.

But it is said that the army and horse crossed the river, took Hezhou, and went to Wancheng.Zhu Guang, the prefect of Wancheng, sent people to Hefei to ask for help;When Quanzi went to the city to look around, arrows rained down from the city, hitting Sun Quan's cape.Quan went back to the stronghold and asked the generals, "how to get Wancheng?"Dong Xi said: "You can send soldiers to build a mountain of earth and attack it."Xu Sheng said: "You can erect cloud ladders, build rainbow bridges, look down at the city and attack it."Lu Meng said: "This method took a long time to complete. It is impossible to join Fei's rescue army once it arrives."Now that our army has just arrived, its morale is sharp, and we can take advantage of this vigor to attack with all our might.In the coming day, troops will be marched in Pingming, and the city will be broken before noon.Follow it.After dinner at five o'clock the next day, the three armies made great progress.The city was shot down with arrows and stones.Gan Ning held the iron drill in his hand, and went up against the arrow and the stone.Zhu Guang ordered the crossbowmen to shoot a volley, and Gan Ning pushed aside the arrows to defeat Zhu Guang.Lu Meng beat the drums himself.All the soldiers rushed forward and hacked Zhu Guang to death with their knives.Yu many surrendered and won the city of Wan, just now.Zhang Liao led the army halfway, and the sentry horse reported that Wancheng had been lost.The soldiers of the Liao Dynasty returned to join Fei. When Sun Quan entered Wancheng, Ling Tong also led his troops there.After Quan's consolation, he rewarded the three armies, rewarded Lu Meng and Gan Ning generals, and held a banquet to celebrate their achievements.Lu Mengsun and Gan Ning sat up and praised him for his contribution.When the wine was half full, Ling Tong thought of Gan Ning's murder of his father, and seeing Lu Meng's praise, he was furious, stared straight at him for a long time, suddenly drew the swords on his left and right sides, stood on the feast and said, "There is no joy before the feast, Watch my sword dance.Knowing what he meant, Gan Ning pushed aside the fruit table and got up, holding two halberds in both hands, he stepped out and said, "Look at me using the halberds before the banquet."Lu Meng saw that the two men had no good intentions, so he held a card in one hand and a knife in the other, and stood among them, saying: "Although the two masters are capable, they are not as clever as I am."After all, he danced the knife card and divided the two into two.Sun Quan had already been informed.Quan panicked and straddled his horse until the banquet.When everyone saw the power, each side put down their weapons.Quan said: I always say that the two of you should stop thinking about the old friends, why is it like this today?Ling Tong cried and bowed to the ground.Sun Quan tried to dissuade him again and again.On the next day, the troops were raised to advance and join Fei, and the three armies were fully dispatched. Zhang Liao returned to Hefei because of the loss of Wancheng, feeling depressed.Suddenly Cao Cao sent Xue Ti to give him a wooden box with a Cao seal on it, and the book said: "Thieves come when they come."It was the daily report that Sun Quan had brought an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei.Zhang Liao opened the box to observe it.The internal book says: If Sun Quan arrives, generals Zhang and Li will go out to fight, and General Le will defend the city.Zhang Liao will teach Tie ① to Li Dian and Le Jin.Le Jin said: "What is the general's intention?"Zhang Liao said: "My lord is on an expedition, and the soldiers of Wu thought that they would destroy me."Now you can send troops out to meet, fight with all your strength, break their sharpness, so as to reassure the hearts of the people, and then you can defend.Li Diansu was at odds with Zhang Liao, and when he heard what Liao said, he kept silent.Seeing that Li Dian was silent, Le Jin said, "There are so many thieves and I'm few, it's hard to meet the enemy, so it's better to stick to it."Zhang Liao said: "The public and others are all selfish, regardless of official business."I am going out to meet the enemy now, and fight to the death.Then teach the left and right to prepare the horse.Li Dian said with emotion: "The general is like this, how dare Dian forget official business with personal regrets?"Willing to follow orders.Zhang Liao was overjoyed and said: "Jianman is willing to help each other. In the future, I will lead an army to ambush in the north of Xiaoyaojin. When Wu soldiers come to kill me, I can break the bridge of Xiaoshi first, and Le Wenqian and I will attack it."Li Dian took the order and ordered the army to ambush himself. But Sun Quan ordered Lu Meng and Gan Ning to be the front team, and he and Ling Tong were in the middle.The rest of the generals marched one after another, hoping to kill them together.Lu Meng and Gan Ning's front troops marched in, and they were meeting Le Jin.Gan Ning rode out to confront Le Jin, but after a series of bouts, Le Jin feigned defeat and left.Gan Ning greeted Lü Meng and led the army to go.Sun Quan was in the second team. Hearing the victory of the former army, he urged his troops to go to the north of Xiaoyaojin. Suddenly he heard the sound of Lianzhu, and Zhang Liao's army on the left came to kill him, and Li Dian's army on the right came to kill him.Sun Quan was shocked, and by the time he ordered Lu Meng and Gan Ning to come back to rescue him, Zhang Liao's soldiers had already arrived.Ling Tong's men only had more than 300 riders, so Cao's army should not be overwhelmed like a mountain.Ling Tong shouted, "my lord, why don't you cross Xiaoshi bridge quickly!"Before he finished speaking, Zhang Liao led more than 2,000 cavalry to kill him first, and Ling Tong turned to fight to the death.Sun Quan rode straight to the bridge, but the south of the bridge was broken by more than ten feet, and there was not a single plank.Sun Quan was at a loss for what to do.Yajiang Guli shouted, "my lord, you can ask the horse to back up, then let the horse go forward, and jump over the bridge."Sun Quan took back the horse, which was more than three feet away, and then reined in and whipped, and the horse jumped across the south of the bridge.There is a poem from later generations that says: On the same day, Lu jumped into the Tanxi River; he also saw Wu Hou defeated and joined Fei.Stepping back with a whip and riding a gallop, the jade dragon flies on the free and unrestrained Tianjin. Sun Quan jumped over to the south of the bridge, and Xu Sheng and Dong Xi sailed to meet him.Ling Tong and Gu Li stayed in Zhang Liao.Gan Ning and Lu Meng led their troops back to rescue them, but they were chased by Le Jin. Li Dian stopped and fought again, and most of Wu's soldiers were lost.Ling Tong led more than 300 people, all of whom were killed.Tong was shot several times in his body and reached the bridge. The bridge was broken and he fled around the river.Sun Quan saw it in the boat, and hurriedly ordered Dong Xizhao to pick him up by boat, so he had to cross back.Lu Meng and Gan Ning both escaped to Henan.Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River was terrified by this burst of killing; hearing Zhang Liao's name, even children did not dare to cry at night.The generals protected Sun Quan and returned to the camp.Quan Nai rewarded Ling Tong and Gu Li heavily, took the army back to Ruxu, rectified the ships, and negotiated the simultaneous advance of water and land; But when Zhang Liao heard that Sun Quan was in Ruxu, he was going to raise troops to attack, fearing that the small number of Fei soldiers would be difficult to overwhelm the enemy, so he urgently ordered Xue Ti to go to Hanzhong at night to report to Cao Cao and ask for help.Cao cao discussed with all the officials, "is it possible to accept Xichuan at this time?"Liu Ye said: "Now the middle of Shu is a little settled."There is already a dike, so it cannot be attacked.It's better to withdraw our troops to rescue He Fei's emergency and go to Jiangnan.Cao Nai left Xia Houyuan to guard the pass of Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong, and left Zhang He to guard the passes such as Mengtouyan.The rest of the soldiers set up their strongholds and rushed to Ruxuwu.Exactly: Just as the iron cavalry was able to pacify Longyou, Jingyan pointed to Jiangnan again.It is unknown how the outcome will be, let's see the breakdown below. ① Jiaotie refers to the orders of princes and ministers.