Zhang Lu was unsure of his own mind. When he saw that the people present didn't speak, he had to look at another important counselor under his command, Yan Pu, and said:

"Yan Gongcao, what do you think?"

Yan Pu's position in Zhang Lu's mind is not inferior to Yang Song, so he naturally would not be afraid of the Yang brothers. This time, Yan Pu had expressed his opposite opinions on Yang Song's use of Ma Chao as cannon fodder, so Zhang Lu sent people to seek Ma Chao's opinions.

Now Ma Chao agreed to send troops, but his words were a bit big. Although Yan Pu has always been the person Zhang Lu used to check and balance Yang Song, Yang Song's existence was also a means by Zhang Lu to counter Yan Pu.

Therefore, Yan Pu is still very sensible in his discussions, and it is not necessary for Yang Song to sing the opposite tune. Moreover, he is also worried that Ma Chao is ill-hearted, so he naturally will not refute Yang Song.

Now Zhang Lu asked, Yan Pu couldn't speak anymore. After thinking for a while, he replied:

"Yang Jijiu's concerns are reasonable, but Ma Chao is now inadequate and is unable to attack Jiameng Pass. It is reasonable for him to ask for troops and food. Of course, it may be an excuse to refuse his lord. If the lord does not agree to his request, he can continue to rest in a legitimate manner. The lord can only add reinforcements to Yang Bai and let him continue to attack Jiameng Pass."

After hearing Yan Pu's words, Yang Song's face became a little ugly. Yan Pu followed his wishes this time, but things were more difficult than sing a contradictory tune with him!

If Yang Bai had the ability to conquer Jiameng Pass, there was no reason to let Ma Chao, the enemy, come and share the credit!

This time, Yang Bai lost his troops and generals, but he was unable to capture Jiameng Pass, which was nothing. Their brothers planned to use Ma Chao to break Jiameng Pass and be the second to do so. They mainly wanted to kill people with a knife and get rid of Ma Chao.

Now Yang Song is a little difficult to get rid of the tiger. Zhang Lu really wants to break Jiameng Pass. If Yang Bai gets reinforcements but cannot break Jiameng Pass, then Zhang Lu is likely to let Ma Chao replace Yang Bai. Then he took the initiative to let Ma Chao go out. He had other ways, so he had to ask Yan Pu:

"Yan Gongcao, what do you mean is to agree to Ma Chao's request and send him troops and food?"

Although Yan Pu was a little inconsistent with Yang Song, he would not deliberately sing a counter-topic with him in this matter. After considering it for a while, Yan Pu spoke:

"It's not that he fully agreed to his request, but with most of his thousands of soldiers and horses now are cavalry, they are good at fighting and fighting. They are not the director of the force of attacking passes. Giving him a certain amount of troops is a must!"

Of course, Yang Song would not naively think that Ma Chao would be willing to lead his last backbone to Yang Bai as cannon fodder, and he also thought that he would give Ma Chao some sweetness.

Yang Bai originally had 20,000 troops, but before attacking Jiameng Pass, he left two thousand people to guard Yangping Pass. After several fierce attacks on Jiameng Pass, he lost quite a lot of troops, but there were only a few thousand soldiers fighting, and now he urgently needs to replenish his troops.

When Yang Song heard Yan Pu raise this question, he couldn't help but think about it. He made a wishful thinking again, took Yan Pu's words and said:

"Lord, I am not saying that I want to reject Ma Chao's request, but to control and command the army, and make some adjustments. As the commander of the army, Yang Bai naturally has to be in charge of the entire army. Now he has gathered 20,000 elite troops, so it is better for the lord to agree to Ma Chao. However, the troops were not handed over to him directly. Instead, the commander Yang Bai was dispatched by him. He only allocated 5,000 troops and horses from it and handed over to Ma Chao to directly command the attack on Jiameng Pass. As for 20,000 stones of food and grass, it can be agreed, but it will be handed over to the commander and then supplied by the commander."

After hearing Yang Song's arrangement, he seemed to have agreed to Ma Chao's request on the surface, but it was all empty checks, and he was subject to Yang Bai everywhere, so he was naturally not afraid of his rebellion. Although Zhang Lu wanted Xichuan, he was even more afraid of his subordinates being unfaithful. After listening to Yang Song's arrangement, he was a little moved and continued to ask Yan Pu's opinion.

Yan Pu saw Yang Song's little thoughts, but he felt that it had nothing to do with the overall situation. It made sense for him to do so, so he said to Zhang Lu:

"Yang Jijiu's words make sense, but so strict prevention, Ma Chao may be doubtful in his heart, but it is difficult to fight with peace of mind! Ma Chao travels to Xiliang mainly because of his heroic generals Pang De and the Iron Cavalry of Xiliang. I heard that Pang De has been seriously ill recently, and Ma Chao is also very anxious. The lord would rather send someone to take Pang Tong to Hanzhong to recuperate, to make Ma Chao's heart, and first allocate 10,000 elite troops and 10,000 stones of food to him, and then let him advance and let Yang Bai be the supervisor of the army, so that he will be foolproof."

Yang Bai was told by Yan Pu for a few words, and then he went from the commander to the military supervisor, and half of the reinforcements were given. Although Yang Song felt unwilling to accept it, the military supervisor had the right to take action first and then report, which did not affect his plan and did not object to it again.

Zhang Lu followed his words and sent people to take Pang De to Hanzhong for treatment, and divided the 20,000 troops into two, Yang Bai and Ma Chao each received half.

Ma Chao received the order from Zhang Lu and began to rectify the army and prepare to go to Jiameng Pass.

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When Zhuge Liang set out from Jingzhou, he had already declared his departure date to Liu Bei, saying that he would not stay in Fuguan and the city would gather in Luocheng.

Liu Bei was guarding Fuguan for more than a month. After receiving Zhuge Liang's letter, he summoned all officials to discuss:

"Now Kong Ming and Yide enter Xichuan in two directions, and will break Luocheng in Luocheng. They should be about to arrive at Luocheng. We cannot wait for the military advisors to break Luocheng. I will decide to advance tomorrow and attack Luocheng first."

Liu Bei's entire army retreated to Fuguan. The two camps established by Ling Bao and Deng Xian were the main roads for Liu Bei to march into Luocheng. They were lost and recovered by the Shu army and Zhang Ren personally led the army to guard them.

If Liu Bei wants to advance, he naturally has to regain his two camps first.

The two camps were originally stationed by Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. Although they gave up voluntarily after retreating, they could be said to have been lost by their hands, and Huang Zhong has always been worried.

In the past half month, Zhang Ren has often brought troops to Fuguan to fight. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were restrained by Liu Bei and have never been able to fight, but he and Wei Yan were so angry.

Huang Zhong sent scouts to observe every day, and had long been caught off guard by wanting to attack Zhang Ren. When he heard that Liu Bei was going to advance tomorrow, he offered his advice:

"For the past half a month, Zhang Ren has often led his troops to fight. Seeing our army not coming out of the city, he was very lazy. The soldiers of the two camps hardly prepared. They would not be as good as the night of today, they would divide their troops to rob the camp, and they would be as good as fighting during the day."

When Liu Bei heard what Huang Zhong said was reasonable, he still followed the previous division of labor plan. Huang Zhong led his troops to take the left camp, Wei Yan led his troops to take the right camp, and Liu Bei led his troops to take the right camp.

The second update of that night, the three armies arrived. Zhang Ren thought Liu Bei was already scared and did not dare to send troops. As expected, the village did not prepare.

Liu Bei's army rushed into the Dazhai, set fire, and the flames soared into the air. Shu soldiers ran around. Huang Zhongwei led his army to chase him all the way and rushed to Luocheng overnight. In the city, Wu Yi sent Yu to send troops to pick up the defeated troops in Hengren into the city.
Chapter completed!