At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Isn't that just right? Prime Minister Gu can still communicate with his clansmen. After all, he hasn't been back to Jiangdong for so many years. Duke Wei is sympathetic to Prime Minister Gu. Prime Minister Gu should be happy."

Gu Yong frowned and felt that the meaning of the messenger's words was not right. After thinking carefully, he suddenly thought of something.

"Duke Wei means..."

"What does Prime Minister Gu think? What does Duke Wei mean? Jiangdong has been a little unstable recently. Duke Wei wants Xiang Gu to take care of his tribe more."

The messenger smiled slightly, took his leave and left, and went back to report.

Gu Yong immediately understood what Guo Peng meant.

After ten years, has this opportunity finally arrived?

In a purely northern regime, as a southerner, he has been working hard as a southerner. He has not made a breakthrough in the position of two thousand stones for several years. Gu Yong also has his own goals and dreams in his heart. Now, Gu Yong Yong hopes that he can move forward into the future.

So Gu Yong started to move forward to the future.

At the same time, Pang Xi and Zhang Lu are also advancing towards their respective futures.

Zhang Lu, in order to preserve his foundation and status, and Pang Xi, in order to enhance his power and status, had different goals and the same ambition, and the two launched a decisive battle in Hanzhong.

The leader of Zhang Lu's side is Zhang Wei, Zhang Lu's younger brother, who leads generals Yang Ang and Yang Ren, and [-] troops to guard Yangping Pass, and the road that Pang Xi walked is the road that Zhang Lu once walked.

When Liu Yan was still there, he ordered Zhang Lu to lead his troops northward to attack Hanzhong. After careful planning, Zhang Lu led his troops northward from Chengdu.

He led his army out of Bailao Pass along the Jiange Plank Road and arrived at Mianyang. He first captured Yangping Pass, opened a gap from Yangping Pass, then captured Dingjun Mountain and Tiandang Mountain, killed Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong at that time, and occupied the Hanzhong.

Pang Xi repeated the old trick, leading the army all the way north from the Jiange plank road, out of Bailao Pass, arrived at Mianyang, and set the target on Yangping Pass.

Knowing that Pang Xi's army was large, Zhang Lu was a little nervous, so he ordered his younger brother Zhang Wei to guard Yangping Pass.

As long as the Yangping Pass is not opened, then Zhang Lu's marching route would be a dead end for Pang Xi, even Zhang Lu, the importance of Yangping Pass, told Zhang Wei to stick to Yangping Pass. As long as there is no problem at the pass, Hanzhong will be safe and sound.

In fact, Zhang Lu also knew that Pang Xi had been making gestures with him for so many years, but he was actually raising his own self-respect. He was the Kou he raised, and Pang Xi didn't take Zhang Lu seriously at all.

But Zhang Lu wanted to let Pang Xi know that this time, he would never make Pang Xi feel better.

Would it be so easy for you to come to my city and walk the way I came?

As long as there are no problems in Yangpingguan, everything will be solved.

Pang Xi led his troops to the vicinity of Yangping Pass, and began to order the army to attack Yangping Pass. He launched a full-scale attack with various siege weapons.

Yangping Pass is the west gate of the Hanzhong Basin. Without capturing Yangping Pass, the army cannot enter the Hanzhong Basin, unless they learn from the monkeys and gibbons in the mountains and climb the steep peaks to enter the Hanzhong Basin.

Of course, for tens of thousands of troops, this is brain damage, so attacking Yangping Pass is the only way to enter the Hanzhong Basin from west to east.

Of course Pang Xi knew this. He brought enough troops, horses, ordnance, and prepared enough food for the army to fight for half a year. He was going to start a decisive battle with Zhang Lu here. Unload eight pieces.

Then the deadlock in Yizhou opened.

Of course Zhang Lu also understood this point, knowing that Pang Xi was going to step on him to take over the position. For him, it was impossible to annex Yizhou with Hanzhong, and the Northern Expedition also couldn't do it.

After all, Hanzhong is too small, and Zhang Lu just wants to settle down here. He used the Communist regime to destroy the established political model of the Han Dynasty. In Hanzhong, there is no political structure related to the Eastern Han government. is religious.

Zhang Lu is not only the head of the political power, but also the head of the religion. The power of the political power and the teaching are held in both hands. The officials of the Hanzhong people's army are all his followers. Therefore, his rule is as stable as Mount Tai, unless there are powerful and irreversible external forces entering.

In Zhang Lu's view, Pang Xi was not qualified enough.

The war between the two started before Guo Peng sent troops. Pang Xi attacked Yangping Pass fiercely, while Zhang Wei defended Yangping Pass. The two fought for more than two months, but Pang Xi could not conquer Yangping Pass.

When Pang Xi was distressed by this matter, suddenly one day, a young man who claimed to be a grain transport officer asked to see Pang Xi. Know.

Pang Xi was laughing at this small grain transport official for his ignorance, but only Pang Xi was surprised, so he received this small grain transport official.

"Who are you?"

"The next official's surname is Fa, his name is Zheng, and his style name is Xiaozhi. He is from Fufeng."

Pang Xi raised his eyebrows.

People from Fufeng, they also belong to Dongzhou people, they belong to us, Fazheng... Fufeng Fashi?

"Could it be after Mr. Xuande?"

"Ashamed of my grandfather's reputation, I'm just a lowly official."

A look of shame appeared on Fazheng's face.

Mr. Xuande is not talking about Liu Bei, but his grandfather who is talking about righteousness. Fazhen, a well-known scholar in Fufeng who died almost ten years ago, is called Mr. Xuande. He is well-known in the academic circles and died at the age of 88.

Pang Xi didn't expect his grandson to end up in such a situation.

So Pang Xi stepped forward and helped Fazheng up.

"Did you come to Yizhou after Dong Zhuo's chaos?"

"Exactly."

Fazheng nodded and said, "Not long after my grandfather passed away, Dong Zhuo caused chaos in the government and chaos in Guanzhong. I had no choice but to move my family to Yizhou. Unfortunately, I didn't know the place well in Yizhou, so I couldn't be valued. I just became a humble official."

"That's it."

Pang Xi sighed for a while, and said, "Before you said you had a clever plan to break through Yangping Pass?"

"Exactly, Yangping Pass is a tall city with a dangerous terrain and many defenders. If you don't use tactics and just attack by force, you don't know how long it will take to take it. I think that you shouldn't spend too much force here. "

Fazheng said seriously.

Looking at the young Fazheng, Pang Xi thought for a moment.

"Tell me, what do you think?"

Fazheng then confessed his thoughts and let Pang Xi know.

After hearing this, Pang Xi thought about it carefully, and felt that it really made sense. If he did it this way, he might really be able to break through the Yangping Pass.

As long as the gap in Yangping pass is opened, the overall situation is established, and he has nothing to worry about.

"Okay! Just do it!"

Fazheng was overjoyed.

At this time, some subordinates dissuaded Pang Xi.

"General, this person is just a petty official, and he talks about military and state affairs indiscriminately. The general trusts him so credulously, I am really worried for the general!"

Pang Xi looked at Zhengzheng and hesitated a little.

"General! The general used the inferior force to attack the traitor Zhao Wei before. Was it a desperate move? The current situation is that the longer the delay, the worse it will be for the general. The general needs to know that there are many people who oppose the general's northern expedition.

If it is delayed for a long time, Chengdu will change, the general's food supply will be unstable, and the achievements will be fleeting!Now it's the enemy, not me, if the general wants to make achievements, he must put all his eggs in one basket!Must speed up as much as possible!There must be no delay! "

Fazheng admonished Pang Xi loudly.

That's right, if the delay is too long, who knows if something will happen to Liu Zhang?

Liu Zhang has been quite willing to promote officials from Yizhou in recent days. The number of those people is increasing. Is it a good thing for him?

Wouldn't it be a disaster if he didn't have excellent credit and strength?

Hanzhong must be won, and it must be fast!

Pang Xi frowned, pursed his lips, and slapped the table.

"I've made up my mind! Just do it! Don't object!"

Chapter 541 .540 Zhang Lu's Death

Moved by Fazheng's persuasion, Pang Xi insisted on going his own way and decided to follow the strategy proposed by Fazheng.

Fazheng was overjoyed and tried his best to assist Pang Xi in carrying out his plan.

The rest of Pang Xi's subordinates were very worried about this matter, thinking that doing so would ruin Pang Xi's reputation. They talked a lot, and felt that this matter was really unreliable. Xi's command.

After all, Fazheng was too young.

Under such circumstances, Pang Xi still withstood the pressure and resolutely completed the preparations for the plan.

On Zhang Wei's side, because they noticed that Pang Xi's siege force and frequency had been decreasing for more than ten days in a row, they felt something was wrong.

After careful analysis, Zhang Wei and the generals all believed that Pang Xi was short of military supplies, or was constrained by Chengdu, so he encountered such a situation.

Otherwise, how could the strength and frequency of attacks continue to drop to such a point?

"Liu Jiyu is definitely not the master of the Ming Dynasty, or he suspects Pang Xi and cuts off his food and grass, making Pang Xi powerless. If this is the case, there will be no worries in Hanzhong!"

Zhang Wei was very happy and continued to observe the situation on Pang Xi's side.

Sure enough, for the next three consecutive days, the intensity and frequency of attacks continued to decrease. On the fourth day, Pang Xi did not attack.

On the fifth day, Pang Xi did not come to commit the crime either.

On the morning of the sixth day, Zhang Wei sent someone to sneak out of the city to check the situation, only to find that Pang Xi's army had withdrawn at some point.

Zhang Wei regrets that!

They didn't realize that Pang Xi's army had already retreated!

How great would it be if you found out and chased after him for a while, and got some credit?

Zhang Wei was very unhappy, so he immediately sent people to chase them for a while to see where Pang Xi and the others had retreated, and then sent people back to tell Zhang Lu that the battle had been won.

Zhang Wei nodded in satisfaction when the chasing soldiers came back and said that Pang Xi's army had disappeared.

So Zhang Wei rewarded the troops, and the defense of Yangping Pass became more relaxed. For several days in a row, the defeated troops held banquets, laughing and laughing until late at night.

Then suddenly in the early morning of a certain day, before the guards of Yangping Pass got up, an army suddenly appeared under the city of Yangping Pass like a ghost, and climbed up the city wall as quickly as possible.

They attacked swiftly, by surprise, and quickly killed all the defenders, and opened the gate of Yangpingguan with lightning speed.

Then the Shu army came out of nowhere and rushed into the city of Yangping Pass, the screams of killing rang out, and Zhang Wei, who was still hangover, was dragged away by his own soldiers in a daze.

Because there is no unified command, and many soldiers have not woken up, resistance does not exist at all.

However, after more than an hour, Yangpingguan fell, a small part of the [-] Hanzhong army was killed, most of them were captured, and the entire army was wiped out.

On the first day of February in the fifth year of Xingping, Pang Xi, the former general of the Shu Kingdom, conquered Yangping Pass, the west gate of Hanzhong, and led tens of thousands of Shu troops into the Hanzhong Basin, wreaking havoc all the way.

The Shu army quickly captured Dingjun Mountain and Tiandang Mountain, wiped out all the military strongholds set up by Zhang Wei, and solved the defense of the Hanzhong Army with lightning speed.

On the seventh day of February, the vanguard of the Shu army approached the city of Nanzheng, and Zhang Lu was frightened.

Pang Xi swung his army to follow up, surrounded Nanzheng tightly, and attacked with all his strength. Although the few Hanzhong army resisted desperately under Zhang Wei's command, they lost their spirit and could not resist Pang Xi's attack at all.

Zhang Lu was desperate.

Seeing the fall of the regime of the Five Dou Mi Sect cult that he created by himself, he despaired.

With the faith of all believers, it is still no match for the powerful front and power.

On February [-]th of the fifth year of Xingping, Nanzheng was breached, Zhang Lu set himself on fire, Zhang Weili died in battle, and generals Yang Ren and Yang Ang died in battle.

Since the time of Liu Yan, the regime of Zhang Lu, who had ruled Hanzhong for several years, was officially overthrown, and Hanzhong County was occupied by the Kingdom of Shu in Yizhou.

In ecstasy, Pang Xi immediately sent a letter to Liu Zhang, asking Liu Zhang to come to Hanzhong, set up an altar in Hanzhong to worship heaven and earth, and become the king of Hanzhong, swearing to the world that Liu Zhang will inherit the mantle of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang.

Pang Xi felt that Liu Zhang was only one Chang'an away from becoming emperor at this moment!

Pang Xi had even started planning to leave the Qinling Mountains to attack Chang'an.

Should we take Qishan Road, Baoxiang Road or Meridian Road?

Pang Xi was thinking deeply.

At this time, Guo Peng's army had just captured Luoyang and was rushing towards Hongnong.

Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers and horses had just retreated to the vicinity of Chang'an and began to deploy defenses.

After Sun Ce and Liu Biao signed the alliance agreement, they are gearing up to deal with the threat from the north.

Liu Biao's messenger is on his way to Chengdu and is almost there.

Hanzhong was captured by Pang Xi, which means that the territory of Yizhou has been completed. Liu Zhang's Shu Kingdom has occupied Hanzhong, and can use Hanzhong as a base to aspire to the north of Guanzhong.

Pang Xi really planned this way, and he trusted Fazheng who had just made great contributions to his advice and made great contributions to him. He promoted Fazheng as his military adviser and planned the next strategy for him.

Fazheng was also very excited and excited, and immediately used his own experience to plan for Pang Xi how to use several famous ancient roads to leave Shu and enter the Guanzhong Plain.

Based on his own experience as a native of Guanzhong and his experience of going south to central Shu, Fazheng suggested that Pang Xi take the Qishan Road, leave Qishan, and go to Hanyang County.

The reason is also very simple. Compared with the other roads out of Shu, the Qishan Ancient Road is the most capable of carrying large-scale troops.