The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

After the army had been reorganized for two days, Cao Ren rode with tigers and leopards to Longxi. Following him were Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu. They were the younger generation of Cao's clan and grew up together with several of Cao Cao's sons. Cao Ren led Teach in person.

Cao Ren did not get the opportunity to fight in these years. After Cao Chun's death, he took over the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry again and expanded this elite to 5,000 people. Cao Ren was the general who had the right to command the cavalry independently, besides Xiahou Yuan. After all, for the Central Plains, which does not produce horses, war horses are a very precious resource.

Cao Ren couldn't wait to ask for a battle, "Please allow the king of Wei to allow the last general to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to fight against the Liangzhou cavalry."

Cao Cao said, "Liangzhou's cavalry is fierce. It's better to wait for Miaocai's cavalry to arrive. You two can join forces and then attack again."

Cao Ren said, "Hanzhong is only a hundred miles away from Longxi. The King of Wei ordered me and Miaocai to lead the troops. Now that the tiger and leopard cavalry have arrived, there is still no news about Miaocai's army. Maybe something has changed in Hanzhong."

Cao Cao said, "The cavalry under Miaocai's command is no less than that of the tiger and leopard cavalry. It's been half a month and they haven't arrived yet, so they might be in trouble. Mancheng, take your troops to Hanzhong to help my brother."

After returning to the camp, Li Dian gathered all his troops, took ten days' worth of food, and headed for Hanzhong. These people are all descendants of the Li clan in Yanzhou. They originally followed Li Dian's uncle Li Tong. After Li Tong died of illness, Li Dian took over the command of the Li family's army. This army has about ten thousand people and its combat power is fierce. Since the Yellow Turbans, They had formed an army during the chaos, and after more than ten years of fighting in the north and south, they had become an elite force in the Wei army.

Although the Li Jiajun were infantry, their foot strength was not inferior to that of the cavalry. They could travel hundreds of miles a day and arrived at the border of Hanzhong in less than a day. Seeing that the people in Hanzhong were all wearing the same clothes and farming, with the Chinese character Zhang embroidered on their clothes, Li Dian wondered why the people in Hanzhong were so strange.

At this time, a cavalry team appeared, and the leader was Sun Li. Li Dian had met Sun Li. After the two met, Li Dian realized that the situation in Hanzhong was so serious. He asked the Li family army to hand over half of the grain to Sun Li. He took them back to Hanzhong, and rushed to Nanzheng with the Li family army.

Zhang Lu and most of his followers gathered in Nanzheng because the armor and weapons he purchased from Chengdu had arrived. He wanted to arm his followers as soon as possible and capture Hanzhong.

Just when the people were equipping armor and weapons, Li Dian led the Li Jiajun to fight. He commanded the army to kill without saying a word. How could these untrained farmers be the opponents of the tiger and wolf army Li Jiajun? A large number fell down. .

Seeing that the army was defeated, Zhang Lu mounted his horse and fled to Yang Mansion to seek help from Yang Song. However, he pitied the hundreds of thousands of people and lost their heads in an instant. Li Dian was not like Xia Houyuan. He was decisive in killing. In his early years, he was valued by Cao Cao for his meritorious service in killing the Yellow Turbans. Over the past ten years, at least two to three hundred thousand people died at the hands of Li's army. Li Dian also gained the title of "human being". "Butcher" title.

Yang Ren organized the Yang family guards to fight against the Li family army. The Yang family guards usually received some training and were stronger than ordinary people. If they fought against ordinary people, they would naturally be able to do so, but they faced the Li family army who had experienced hundreds of battles.

Li Dian commanded the sergeants to use bows and crossbows to stop the enemy. A burst of arrows rained down, and a large number of Yang's guards fell down. Yang Ren was also hit by two arrows and was captured. Li Dian immediately decided to take advantage of the victory and pursue him, and rushed into the Yang Mansion. Anyone who resisted was killed, and the entire Yang Mansion compound was filled with blood.

Yang Song was a man who acted according to the circumstances. He asked his retainers to pack up their gold and silver, and then went out to ask for surrender. He said flatteringly, "I offend General Huwei. This villain deserves death. I am willing to give up my family's wealth. I only ask for the lives of my family." ." As he said this, he burst into tears.

Li Dian looked at Yang Song coldly and just said, "Tie him up." Then he asked the sergeant to count the Yang family's property and confiscate all of it. He also tied up all 100 members of the Yang family and took them to the street for the Five Dou Rice Cult members to see. Look, the consequences of resisting the imperial army.

Zhang Lu disguised himself as a woman and hid in Tibet, hoping to escape from Nanzheng and make a comeback. However, all four city gates of Nanzheng have been occupied by Li Jiajun, and the entire city of Nanzheng is sealed off to search for Zhang Lu.

Li Dian asked the sergeants to form a team of twenty people and search for Zhang Lu from house to house throughout the city. They must capture the leader of the Five Dou Rice Sect as soon as possible. This will completely dismantle the entire Five Dou Rice Sect in Hanzhong. After ordinary people lose their religious beliefs, , they will farm honestly and no longer rebel and make trouble.

"Whoever harbors Zhang Lu will destroy his clan and exterminate his descendants." The whole city of Nanzheng was filled with such voices. The people were all in danger, so they took off their five-peck rice religious uniforms and put on their original coarse linen clothes.

Under the protection of his younger brother Zhang Wei, Zhang Lu hid in a ruined temple in the east of the city. This temple was dedicated to the former Han Dynasty Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang, but no one had worshiped it for a long time. The Li Jiajun did not notice such a ruined temple for a while. .

After hiding for several days, Zhang Wei had already finished eating the food and drank the last bag of water. Zhang Wei was close to collapse. He said to his brother, "Why don't we surrender? Even if we are not discovered, we will starve to death here." "

Zhang Lu said, "Everyone can surrender, but we brothers cannot. I am the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. Cao Cao will never let me go. You are my brother, and you will not escape death."

When the two brothers were complaining, the temple door was kicked open, and twenty soldiers from the Li family army came in. Next to them was a former member of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. He pointed at Zhang Lu and said, "That's him, he is Leader Zhang."

Zhang Wei drew his sword to resist, but the soldiers of the Li family's army swarmed him and hacked him to death. Zhang Lu was captured alive and taken back to see Li Dian. Li Dian ordered Zhang Lu and the Yang family to be imprisoned together, and they would be dealt with after reporting back to the King of Wei and getting the King of Wei's decision.

The siege of Hanzhong had been lifted. In order to prevent the people of Hanzhong from rebelling again, Li Dian temporarily took over the defense of Hanzhong, while Xiahou Yuan set off for Longxi with 5,000 cavalry.

After receiving the good news, Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately appointed Li Dian as the prefect of Hanzhong and general of Hanzhong to take charge of the military affairs of Hanzhong. Zhang Lu was sentenced to beheaded in half, and the rest of the Hanzhong people were not guilty. The cultivated land was taken over by the army. The adult men of the Yang family compiled After entering the army, the old, weak, women and children were released and returned home.