Sun Gan took Zhang Lu's handwriting and hurried away. Zhang Lu looked at Sun Gan's back as he was leaving, frowned slightly, felt a little depressed, and couldn't help but sigh.

When Sun Gan returned to the tent, he immediately ordered someone to send a message to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang who were waiting for news in Chang'an. Chang'an was not far from the northern exit of Ziwu Road. The soldiers set out from Chang'an, and the cavalry could arrive at Hanzhong in more than a day, and the army could arrive at Hanzhong within five days. If the army had to arrange a defensive front at the southern exit of Ziwu Road to resist Lu Bu's army, it would not take three days at all. If Liu Bei seized Hanzhong, it could definitely be said that he would get the moon first!

Chang'an, the residence of the General of the Cheqi. Liu Bei quickly walked to the hall. Zhuge Liang and another young man with dusty appearance immediately bowed to him, "Lord!" Liu Bei glanced at the young man with a look of the people and asked anxiously: "What's the news about Sun Gan? What's the matter in Hanzhong?" The young man immediately took out a roll of bamboo slips and presented them to Liu Bei with his hands, saying, "This is the handwritten letter brought back by Lord Sun Gan. Please take a look!" Liu Bei took the bamboo slips and opened them. The originally slightly frown suddenly stretched out, revealing a very excited expression. He turned to Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming! Everything was as you expected. Zhang Lu was already panicked and decided to surrender to us, and invited us to lead the army into Hanzhong immediately to fight against Lu Bu!"

At this time, the young man presented the warrant handed over to Sun Gan and the Taoist command arrow to Liu Bei, and said, "This is the warrant issued by Zhang Lu and his Taoist command arrow. Holding this warrant and the arrow will be unobstructed!" Liu Bei took the warrant, looked at it, and nodded with a smile.

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, although things are as expected, I am afraid that there will be more dreams at night, so we should act as soon as possible!" Liu Bei nodded, and then shouted to Liu Feng, the personal general around him, "Call all the civil and military officials to the hall to discuss matters!" Liu Feng clasped his fists and agreed and ran down immediately.

Later that day, Liu Bei and three generals, Guan Yu, Liu Feng and Liao Hua, led a large army of 30,000 to leave Chang'an and head south, preparing to take Ziwu Road to drive directly to Hanzhong. The army moved quickly and arrived at the city of Hanzhong in just four days.

When Liu Bei's army came to the city of Hanzhong, he saw that the city gate was closed. Liu Bei immediately ordered the army to stop and asked Liu Feng to go and call the door. Liu Feng rode his horse to the city gate and shouted loudly: "The Emperor of Han Dynasty is invited to come! Open the city gate quickly!" The city gate tower immediately surging figures, and Zhang Lu, wearing armor, appeared with the help of a number of generals. Seeing this, Liu Feng immediately called.

Zhang Lu sneered and said loudly: "Please go back and tell Liu Bei that I have surrendered to King Lu Bu of Qin, and told him not to have any more delusions!" Liu Feng was shocked, and quickly turned his head and ran back to Liu Bei's side, and said anxiously: "Lord, it's not good! Zhang Lu's two-faced and three-knit sword actually claimed that he had surrendered to Lu Bu!"

Liu Bei was shocked. Guan Yu, who was standing beside him, narrowed his eyes and said angrily: "This thief is clearly playing with us! Brother, order the siege!" Pang Tong hurriedly said: "No. The other party is obviously prepared. Our army is coming together, lacking siege equipment, and the soldiers are tired. It is not good for me to siege the city at this moment!" Liu Bei said: "What the military advisor said is very true!" Then he rushed out to the city gate, tied the horse, and shouted to Zhang Lu who was standing on the city gate tower, "Mr. Zhang! Don't be fine!" Zhang Lu bowed slightly, "Thank you, Envoy Liu!"

Liu Bei shouted: "Mr. Zhang, you are the leader of the sect and the chief magistrate of the Han Dynasty. Why do you help the thief but not the Han Dynasty? All of your ancestors are loyal and righteous people all over the world. Will you be ashamed of your ancestors? And the Lv Bu's jackal is fierce and vicious, and even his adopted father Dong Zhuodingyuan can be killed. If you possess Hanzhong, how can your family die well? And the Hanzhong people will be poisoned! For public and private, this move can be said to be a disaster. Please don't be obsessed with it!"

Zhang Lu laughed loudly and said loudly: "Liu Bei, do you think I am a three-year-old child, or a mountain villager who is not good? Do you think I am so easy to deceive? You and I know very well what Lu Bu is under the rule of the country! If Lu Bu is really unpopular, why is his army invincible? If he is really unpopular, there will be a lot of chaos inside! In fact, Liu Bei, don't pretend to be so compassionate. Only those who are like you are truly despicable! A man who weaves mats and sells shoes, but pretends to be the name of the emperor's uncle! Previously, Liu Yizhou asked for help in the face of danger, but you took the opportunity to attack and occupy the magpie's nest! The vicious, despicable and shameless thing is simply despicable!"

Liu Bei was furious and shouted sternly: "What Zhang Lu, I advise you to persuade me with kind words. How dare you insult me!" Zhang Lu shouted: "People are humiliating themselves first, and then insult them! Liu Bei, don't be fake, I won't eat your kindness and righteousness! Look at what this is?" Before he finished speaking, a round thing was thrown from the city wall and rolled straight to Liu Bei's horse. Liu Bei looked closely and saw that the round object was a human head, and it was Sun Qian, the envoy he had sent to Hanzhong. Liu Bei was shocked and angry and pointed at Zhang Lu on the city gate tower and shouted sternly: "Zhang Lu, since you are seeking death, I will fulfill you!" Zhang Lu laughed and said loudly: "Liu Bei, if you have the ability, come here!"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Lu resentfully, immediately turned his horse and ran back to the army, and then ordered an attack loudly. The sound of war drums rumbling, and Liu Bei's army shouted and started to attack the city wall! Because Liu Bei's army was in a hurry and was not ready to attack the city, the officers and soldiers could only use simple ladders and lock hooks to climb the city! The arrows on the top of the city were raining, and the rolling stones and wood continued to pour down like a waterfall. The Liu Bei's officers and soldiers who attacked the city were constantly knocked to the ground. After attacking for a long time, they failed to attack the city, but instead suffered a lot of losses!

Pang Tong said anxiously: "Lord, you can't fight like this! This is sacrificing our soldiers for nothing!"

Liu Bei frowned and stared at the fierce battlefield, but did not speak. It was not until Pang Tong repeatedly advised and the attacking troops could not reach the city that Liu Bei finally calmed down and ordered the attack to stop.

The sound of the retreating golden bell rang out loud. After throwing down nearly a thousand corpses, Liu Bei's army stopped attacking and retreated. Seeing this, Zhang Lu couldn't help but feel proud, laughed loudly, and sang: "Liu Bei! You are just like this!" At this time, a beautiful female general wearing armor next to him suddenly pointed at the outside of the city and said: "Father, look, they are withdrawing their troops!" Zhang Lu also saw that Liu Bei's army was slowly retreating to the east. Zhang Lu laughed mockingly and joked: "Everyone said that Liu Bei is a hero, but I think he is just like this!" Then he said: "The soldiers performed very well today! Send orders and take out wine and meat to reward the three armies tonight!" As soon as this was said, a cheer sounded on the city wall.

Liu Bei led a large army to retreat all the way. When the day went dark, a force still retreated to the direction of Ziwu Road with great fanfare. However, at the same time, the main force led by Liu Bei entered the nearby mountains and forests and hid.

Pang Tong couldn't help but say, "It seems that his subordinates are too worried! The lord was deliberately attacked by the opponent's aggressive general in the daytime and attacked the city, so that the enemy would be belittle the enemy so that he would attack tonight!" Liu Bei smiled slightly and said, "It's really impossible to hide anything from the military advisor's eyes!" Pang Tong shook his head in shame. At this time, Guan Yu and others understood it and couldn't help but throw admiration at Liu Bei. Guan Yu clasped his fists and said, "Brother's plan is very clever. But you must be careful of Lu Bu's army. Zhang Lu Dan dared to suddenly regret it. It must be that Lu Bu sent a secret envoy to Hanzhong and gave him some guarantees."

Guan Yu's guess was completely correct, and it was the fact. Ai Lang was very angry after receiving the news of the murder of the envoy on that day, but after Zhuge Mengxue and Guo Jia's analysis, he calmed down and immediately ordered Xu Shu to send a secret envoy. The secret envoy rushed forward and entered Hanzhong before Liu Bei's army arrived in Hanzhong and met Zhang Lu. He first explained that Ai Lang already knew that the murder of the envoy had nothing to do with Zhang Lu but Liu Bei's plan, and he represented Ai

Lang promised Zhang Lu that as long as Zhang Lu surrendered, he would ask the emperor to entrust Zhang Lu as the prefect of Hanzhong to continue to guard Hanzhong. He also told him that in the direction of Jingzhou, Wei Yan had mobilized 20,000 troops to Hanzhong, and the King of Qin himself was also on the way to Hanzhong. Zhang Lu was unwilling to surrender to Liu Bei. The arrival of the envoy and his words made Zhang Lu overjoyed. He immediately decided to surrender to Lu Bu, and in order to express his determination, he sent someone to execute Sun Qian that day.

After hearing Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei couldn't help but frown and said, "This is exactly what I'm worried about! I don't know where Lu Bu's Qin army has arrived at this moment!" Pang Tong thought for a moment and said, "According to the time of each link, the Qin army has only arrived in Wudang at most, and we still have a chance." Then he clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, we might as well change the plan a little. My subordinates estimate that Lu Bu can mobilize at present must not be many troops, and it should be mainly the army transferred from Jingzhou. Let's give him a plan to siege the city and fight aid first!" Liu Bei was stunned, then understood and couldn't help but exclaim, "The military advisor's clever plan!"

Speaking of which, the 20,000 troops led by Wei Yan quickly passed Wudang and rushed west along the Han River to support Hanzhong. Almost two days later, the army led by Wei Yan arrived near Xicheng. This Xicheng is a small county town, north of the Han River east of Ziwu Road, with a small population, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the terrain is very steep. As soon as Wei Yan led the army here, he saw several knights in front of him galloping on horseback. Wei Yan's heart moved and immediately stopped the army's guard.

After a while, the knights rushed to the front of the army and were intercepted by a group of officers and soldiers. An officer shouted sternly: "Who is the person coming?" A knight said anxiously: "The villain is the personal officer next to Lord Zhang Lu. I will tell you the general if you have important matters!" Wei Yan heard this and immediately shouted: "Let them come here!" The officers and soldiers immediately made way.
Chapter completed!