Chapter 53: Nanzheng Reaction
In the incense hall, Zhang Lu slowly opened his eyes, looked at Yang Bai in front of him, and gently put on his clothes, "Has Liu Bochang come back from Guanzhong?"
He nodded quickly, Yang Bai looked nervous, and Fa Zheng asked him to instigate Zhang Lu to disperse Nan Zheng's troops. Then he responded to the inner city and agreed on the time. When the city was on fire, the west gate opened and Liu Fan led the army to rush in.
Yang Bai did not follow his instructions. He directly told Zhang Lu about Liu Fan's army killing him to Baozhong, and told him about Liu Fan's next plan to capture Nan Zheng.
However, what Yang Bo never expected was that after he hurriedly finished talking about these things to Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu was extremely calm.
Opening his closed eyes slightly, Zhang Lu looked at Zhang Wei standing below and said quietly: "I think Liu Fan wants to attack my Nanzheng?"
After silently glanced at Yang Bai, Zhang Wei pondered for a moment and said, "If I were Liu Fan, according to common sense, after taking Baozhong, I should have seized Yangping Pass and had some connection with Shuzhong. In this way, I can attack and retreat and defend. As for attacking Nanzheng."
As he said that, Zhang Wei grinned, "Nan Zheng is the most powerful city in Hanzhong. If we cannot have three times the strength of our defenders, it will be difficult to attack."
When Zhang Wei said this, Yang Bai's expression changed immediately. He stared at Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei's room with wide eyes, "Don't you believe me?"
He glanced at Yang Bai lightly, and Zhang Wei didn't want to offend the Yang family, so he also explained, "It's not that he doesn't believe in Yang Duwei, but the thief is cunning, afraid that Yang Duwei will lose Baozhongcheng for a moment and fall into the enemy's counter-espionage plan."
"It's not like this!" He immediately retorted, and Yang Bo raised his tone: "This matter was heard from Liu Fan and Fa Zheng with my own ears. Yangping Pass is strong. Their attack on Yangping Pass will cause losses to lose troops and generals, and may not be able to succeed. Therefore, Liu Bochang's meaning is to fight to defeat Nanzheng in one battle, and save more trouble!"
"Break Nanzheng in one battle!" Zhang Wei sneered, and his face showed disdain, "I never thought that Liu Bochang was not very famous yet, so he dared to make such crazy words. Do you really treat me, Hanzhong's generals as nothing!"
When he bowed to Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei was a little angry: "Thank you, Wei is willing to lead troops out of the city to fight Liu Bochang! I want to see if he can escape by chance in Guanzhong and whether he has such good luck in Hanzhong!"
After waved his hand, Zhang Lu closed his eyes and rested from beginning to end. It was not until Zhang Wei said he wanted to go out of the city to fight that he moved. He glanced at Yang Bai. Zhang Lu did not blame anything, but said gently: "I, Zhang Lu, asked myself that in Hanzhong, I have never hurt the people, preached and cured my illnesses in Hanzhong.
If Liu Bochang insists on attacking the soldiers today, I have nothing to say, but I am not a fighter at all. If he comes to attack, I will attack. I will defend Nanzheng and remain unmoved. When he loses his aura, he will automatically retreat."
The tone was indifferent. After just a few words, Zhang Lu said so well that he could not leave the city before the battle. Finally, he did not forget to take care of Yang Bai's face and said, "Let's make a decision after Yan Pu and Yang Song come to discuss."
After saying that, without waiting for Yang Bai to continue, he waved his hand and signaled that he could leave.
Seeing that Zhang Lu was no longer willing to listen to his words, Yang Bai could only retreat from his mansion and return to his mansion.
After Yang Bai left, Zhang Wei quickly sent someone to call Yan Pu and Yang Song. As Zhang Lu's Gongcao, Yan Pu had to discuss many things on weekdays. Yang Song, as Zhang Lu's chief clerk, was in charge of all documents in Hanzhong County, and because he was born in the Yang family, he had a high status.
These two people are also the most wise men whom Zhang Lu relied on. In the county magistrate's mansion, when Zhang Wei told them about Liu Fan's affairs, they all fell silent.
Yang Song's face was a little embarrassed, and seemed a little ashamed. As the messenger among them, Yang Bai was actually naive to make Liu Fan really come to attack Nanzheng, which made his face lose its glory.
As for Yan Pu frowned and didn't know what he was thinking. After a long time, he looked up at Zhang Lu and said uncertainly: "Shijun, if Liu Bochang really wants to attack Nanzheng, he will definitely get the support of the provincial governor. It is legitimate, and it is actually difficult for us to stop it. But if he doesn't attack Nanzheng, why should he let Yang Duwei come back and say these idle words to us?"
"Yan Gongcao means that Liu Bochang really wants to attack Nanzheng? We don't care about Pingyang Pass?" As soon as Yan Pu finished speaking, Yang Song, who was standing beside him, choked. In his opinion, Yan Pu was deliberately teasing his Yang family's children. "In the following view, Liu Bochang is just diverting our attention. He actually wants to attack Pingyang Pass!"
"Pingyang Pass?"
"Not bad!" At this moment, Yang Song was full of confidence, "If he wanted to go to Shu, he would definitely go to Pingyang Pass, and he was worried that Nan Zheng would send troops to station Pingyang Pass, so he wanted to confuse us stationed in Nan Zheng!"
He bowed to Zhang Lu, and Yang Song seemed to want to try his best to save the Yang family's face. "Shijun, Gao Chihou, Nanzheng City, and Liu Fan could not easily capture it even if he came to attack. Instead of garrisoning all his troops in Nanzheng, it is better to send good generals to Yangping Pass to show his strength. It is best to invite him back and discuss together."
Nodded silently, Zhang Lu heard it in his heart. Yang Song could always understand what he wanted. What he wanted was not to kill or defeat Liu Fan. He wanted to have a good talk with Liu Fan calmly.
If Liu Dan takes over Yizhou in the future, he still wants to continue to preach to the people in Hanzhong. He just doesn’t know whether Liu Fan is willing or not, so he wants to talk to him.
"What Yang Zhuan said is quite in line with my wishes. Nan Zheng is strong. No matter whether Liu Fan really comes or not, he can hold on for several days. Since this is the case, Yang Ang led 3,000 soldiers to reinforce Yangping Pass, leaving the left general to come to Nan Zheng for a close visit.
Yang Ren was sent to lead three thousand soldiers to regain Baozhong, and Zhang Wei took charge of all the troops in Nanzheng! As for Yang Bai, the carriage and horses were exhausted this time, so let's rest in the mansion for a while!"
"As for the order!" Zhang Lu had made up his mind, and everyone stopped talking, so they took the order back.
Although Yan Pu still felt inappropriate, he couldn't say more when he looked at Yang Song's gloomy face. So he dispersed.
As for Yang Song, who had a gloomy face, did not go back to his house directly, but went to Yang Bai's residence and scolded him before leaving angrily.
Yang Bai Mansion
After being scolded by Yang Song for being slammed, Yang Bai was also furious. No matter how he explained to Yang Song, he couldn't listen.
In the end, he humiliated him with "silly" and "stupid talent" before leaving.
Chapter completed!