Chapter 137 Hanzhong City (Part 1)

August of the fifteenth year

It was just August and the weather became hotter and hotter.

The Longjian area is small. When he walked towards Hanzhong, he arrived at the area close to Hanzhong. There were more farmlands. The 40,000 troops did not have to walk on the narrow mountain roads, and they became much more relaxed.

Looking down from a distance, I saw teams of Shu soldiers heading towards Hanzhong, with infantry and cavalry joining together, and the army is in a strict manner.

"There is Luoting ahead." Wang Hongyi changed into the battle robe. In the battle robe, there were carefully crafted thin armor on his body. At this moment, he rode over from a distance: "Report, the messenger who went to Hanzhong is returning to Luoting to ask for his lord."

"Tell him to come and go, Zhang Youzhi, Yu Liangbo, Xue Yuan, and Zhang Yuwen call over." Wang Hongyi ordered: "The army is moving forward, but the Yulin Army will be suspended."

"yes!"

At this time, Xue Yuan and Zhang Yuwen were riding a horse in front of them and chatting.

As the seventh-rank Xuan Delang, Xue Yuan led the first battalion and was demoted to his post. Some people who were humble to him in the past have changed their attitudes, but Xue Yuan himself is in a good mood.

Zhang Yuwen knew that this incident was Wang Hongyi who wanted to give them the opportunity to make contributions, so he would naturally follow him.

"Sir, the more you walk towards Long Jian, the more you feel narrow. As the Lord of Fruit said, there is too little land that can be cultivated here, which really makes these people suffer." Zhang Yuwen said with emotion while riding on the horse and walking side by side with Xue Yuan.

Behind them, a battalion of soldiers rode on horseback, wearing thin armor, and were very majestic.

Zhang Yuwen and Xue Yuan were literati, so it was good to ride a horse. If they put on armor and he could not get along. Therefore, they just wore their own official uniforms and followed the team.

Xue Yuan listened to Zhang Yuwen's words and nodded: "The lord's move is a great deed to benefit tens of thousands of people. I will supervise the four counties. You and I will definitely do things safely and live up to the lord's expectations."

It is a little different from Zhang Yuwen. It can be said that this mission is a chance for Xue Yuan.

If the matter is not done this time, no matter how great the favor is, it will be cut off a lot. Wang Hongyi will be very disappointed with him, and even himself will be in a depressed state.

As the two were talking, a guard rode a horse to catch up.

"Mr. Xue, Lord. Zhang, the Lord asked you to come over."

"Let's go, the lord sees you and I go over, maybe he has something to say." Xue Yuan said as he speeded up his journey.

Zhang Yuwen nodded and followed.

Not far away, I saw a huge red flag.

Luoting is actually a stronghold. The Yulin Army stopped its pace. Under the banner, there were densely packed Shu soldiers wearing paper armor. The shining weapons emitted a cold light under the sunlight.

Under the huge lord, he could see Wang Hongyi. Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo were already there, and sent Sun Jie, the envoy to Hanzhong, to salute, and was telling: "I am guilty and cannot persuade me to surrender, but I was driven out."

After hearing this, Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo couldn't help but change their color slightly. They remembered Wang Hongyi's prediction, and they were both suspicious and admired.

Wang Hongyi pondered for a long time and said, "This is Zhong Wendao's self-destruction from me. Why do you have any sins? Go and rest!"

"Lord, Zhong Wendao has only been rejecting us for only one day. He never thought that our army had arrived in Luoting and could catch him off guard." Yu Liangbo said with a flash of light in his fine eyes.

"Follow it to the upright army!" Wang Hongyi looked at the army that kept passing in the distance, and said slowly: "I don't want to make a quick decision, I want to see what Guo Wentong thinks!"

Zhang Youzhi smiled and said, "Although Guo Wentong has four counties, the entire army is only 35,000, and it is impossible to raise 30,000 troops. Besides, it will be exhausted and damaged to attack Liangchuan County. You will naturally see your feelings at that time."

Wang Hongyi smiled and his eyes were dark.

Xue Yuan and Zhang Yuwen were walking with Wang Hongyi at this time, but they were slightly off and listened to each other.

"Xue Yuan, I feel very happy to see you," Wang Hongyi said lightly, looking at Xue Yuan in front of me.

"In the future, not only two counties, but also four counties will handle it. The 100,000 people will be handed over to you. This matter is very important. If you two want to handle this matter, the sooner the better."

"In a few months, the cold winter season will usher in. In previous years, the Longjian counties had to starve to death and freeze some people. This year, I will be alone in capturing these four counties and have to consider them. Before the end of the year, the extra people in these four counties will be moved out, have houses and fields, and cooperate with the local area to cultivate them to plant winter wheat. Do you both have confidence in this?"

"I will do my best to do my best." Xue Yuan replied seriously.

Xue Yuan promised that Wang Hongyi would be wondering, but Wang Hongyi felt relieved when Xue Yuan answered.

Zhang Yuwen made the same statement after Xue Yuan.

"It's good." Wang Hongyi was very satisfied with the response of the two.

"Luoting is the dividing line, and Hanzhong is ahead. You two don't have to give it away. Let's leave now. I'll wait for good news."

"I wish you a wish to go to Hanzhong, win the flag and return with great success." Xue Yuan and Zhang Yuwen said.

Wang Hongyi laughed and continued to instruct: "March."

Xue Yuan and Zhang Yuwen, with a battalion of soldiers, separated from Wang Hongyi's army and began to investigate the geography and population of Chengyang County.

The army marched again and entered the territory of Hanzhong.

Hanzhong, county town, prefect

"Lord, something is wrong!" Li He rushed outside and rushed straight into the study in panting.

"Li He, why are you so panicked? You ran in from outside? On weekdays, don't you value your demeanor the most? Look at your appearance now, you are so embarrassed!" In the study, Zhong Wendao, dressed in elegant outfit, raised his head and said with a smile.

Li He and him are cousins, and they come at home very casually.

Zhong Wendao is elegant and elegant, and he always gives people a feeling of spring breeze when speaking and doing things.

Li He smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, don't make fun of me. I just got a piece of news and hurried over to report to you."

"Oh? Why did you panic?" Zhong Wendao asked with a smile.

"I just received the information that Wang Hongyi, Duke of Shu, led an army of 40,000 from Chengyang County and came towards Hanzhong. Now I walk past Luoting, and it is not far from Hanzhong City." Li He said with a pale face.

"...I had expected Wang Hongyi to bring people to attack my Hanzhong. I just didn't expect that he would come so quickly. According to my estimate, it would take a few more days for the special envoy he sent back to return, but he would not have come so soon." Zhong Wendao was shocked, stood up, walked back and forth in the study room for a few times, and said.

"Lord, look at this, when we rejected the envoy, we had already sent troops. It was really ambition!" Li He said gritting his teeth.

Zhong Wendao ordered: "Li He, when you go out, let all the officials of the grade in the city come to me and discuss how to defend the city."

"Yes, lord." Li He received the order and hurriedly walked out.

"It's so fast. It seems that I need to get some news soon." Zhong Wendao said to himself.

After saying that, he walked to the desk, picked up his pen, brushed it, and wrote a letter.

After sealing the letter, he called a confidant and ordered: "Take a few people with you, ride the fastest horse, and hurry to Qinchuan. Be sure to hand this letter to General Guo."

"No." When the man went out, Zhong Wendao sat back on the chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Wentong rose to Qin Chuan with a deep foundation. In fact, generations of people have secretly communicated with the surroundings. Zhong Wendao had already agreed that once Guo Wentong's power extends here, he will immediately surrender.

"Lord, the people you are looking for are now all here, and you are waiting in the meeting hall." When Li He came over again, Zhong Wendao had already sorted out the matter in his mind.

After hearing Li He's words, Zhong Wendao nodded: "Let's go there together."

"Let's go there like this?" Li He hesitated for a moment and said.

Zhong Wendao looked down at his clothes, shook his head and smiled bitterly, forgot that he was still wearing casual clothes, and summoned all officials to discuss matters, so he could not just wear such casual clothes.

"Come on, come and take my official uniform." Zhong Wendao ignored Li He and shouted outside quickly.

With his order, several maids came in from outside, some holding official uniforms in their hands, and some holding shoes and socks in their hands.

With their careful service, Zhong Wendao's official uniform was quickly put on.

"Let's go." After tidying up his clothes, Zhong Wendao said to Li He who was waiting on the side.

"Yes, lord." Li He was not in the mood to say anything else at this time. He followed Zhong Wendao and walked towards the conference hall together.

Zhong Wendao was busy arranging defense matters here. Not to mention this, Wang Hongyi's side, forty thousand troops quickly entered the area of ​​Hanzhong City and came to the bottom of Hanzhong City.

Forty thousand troops surrounded Hanzhong City.

"Lord, this is Hanzhong City." The accompanying general said beside Wang Hongyi.

"It's indeed a big city." Standing a few miles away, you can see clearly that this is a huge city.

Unlike the cities that have been attacked in the past, this city is obviously taller and larger, almost the same as Chengdu.

No wonder Zhong Wendao refused to surrender. He relied on this city and felt fearless, right?

Wang Hongyi sneered.

"First leave the city ten miles away and set up a camp, bury the pot and cook rice, don't let the soldiers be too tired." Wang Hongyi looked in the direction of the city and said orderly.

"Yes, lord." The generals led the orders and set up camp ten miles away from the city.

After these rectifications, Wang Hongyi walked forward a while under the protection of the guards, and carefully observed the city in front of him in the army.

As we got closer, we felt that the city was tall and majestic, with thick walls, the rocks used were bluestone, and the gate was even tightly closed. As we received news of the arrival of the army, the suspension bridge had already been hanging high, and the water flowed rapidly in the ditches outside the city, which was referring to living water.

The Hanzhong City in front of me has a large city and thick walls. Even if there is a thunderbolt chariot, it is probably difficult to break through.

Wang Hongyi looked at the city in front of him, and was shocked and pondered.

However, this is also in line with Wang Hongyi's intentions.

It takes half a month to use the Pili Car, and you can always break through. If you don’t rush to attack, you will have to take care of it. You have to check Guo Wentong’s reaction and strength.

If Guo Wentong had the intention to attack, it would be good to start the war here.

Guo Wentong did not have a thunder chariot, and it would be a little bit damaged to capture a county. Forty thousand to twenty five thousand, Wang Hongyi's eyes were dark. In special circumstances, there was even a plan to kill Qin Long first if necessary.

Knowing history, the bigger choice is Jingzhou, which does not mean giving in to Guo Wentong.
Chapter completed!