Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 561 Divine Soldier descends from heaven
"The demons of the Celestial Master Dao are going to use the blood sacrifices of innocent cult members to fight with them!"

"General Shenwei is here! Zhang Lu has escaped!"

"The Xiliang army entered the city, the Xiliang army entered the city..."

"Bold! How dare you spread rumors about the Heavenly Master!"

"Thunder Lord, help me...help me...ahem...you will be punished by ghosts and gods!"

Following the chaos in Xiaobansu, Nanzheng... was breached "without any warning".

Or to be more precise, it is the inside that should be combined with the outside!
In recent days, rumors have been spreading in the city - it is said that Zhang Lu wanted to sacrifice the blood of his followers, so he ordered his younger brother Zhang Wei to build an altar in the south of the city.

When Zhang Lu just heard about it, he was so angry!
His grandfather, Zhang Daoling, was famous for pacifying the evil priests of Badi. Who doesn't know that the way of heavenly masters and the evil priests are inseparable?Even if it was said that Zhang Luqiang robbed the civilian men, he was not as angry as he is now.

So Zhang Lu ordered his most trusted Yang Song to quell the rumors in Nanzheng City and investigate the source...

Who would have known that as a few days passed, the rumors would become more intense, and some people would go to Nancheng to attack the sacrificial site arranged by Zhang Wei.

Because Zhang Wei didn't build any altar at all, but was secretly digging a tunnel, he was under strict supervision. He had conflicts with the already disloyal believers. As a result, some people were injured, and some were arrested by Yang Song...

After another day of fermentation, the situation in the city became increasingly urgent. Moreover, Ma Chao outside the city unexpectedly attacked the city tonight. As a result, Yang Bai at the city gate surrendered directly to the enemy, without waiting for Zhang Lu to go to the city gate to boost morale and give troops. Add BUFF to the ghost soldiers, and Ma Chao has already killed him!
Fortunately, there are still many loyal soldiers in Tianshidao, especially in Nanzheng, there are many "ghost soldiers" who fought against Ma Chao's Qiang army in the Wengcheng in time to delay the fall of the inner city.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei hurriedly came to Zhang Lu: "Brother! The city gate has been lost, and the Wengcheng is in chaos... Let's retreat from the tunnel first! Those bastards Yang Bai and Yang Song don't know our tunnel yet!"

"Go first... when you pass by Yan Mansion, see if Yan Pu is there." Zhang Lu also realized at this time that Yan Pu was the reliable person.

When they arrived outside Yan's Mansion with their soldiers, they saw... Yan Pu had already packed his simple luggage, and he also brought his family and prepared his own war horses, and was waiting obediently!

"Has Yan Gongcao... expected this?" Zhang Wei said with some worry upon seeing this.

"I have some guesses." Yan Pu said with a straight face.

Zhang Lu immediately said after hearing this: "Second brother, don't be rude! Mr. Yan, Zhang mistakenly believed in the traitor before, but now he knows Mr. Yan's good advice. When he is in a safe place, he will listen carefully to Mr. Yan's advice!"

Yan Pu had even packed his luggage and arranged for his wife and children. He was obviously ready to go with Zhang Lu, which moved Zhang Lu very much.

Of course, there are two main reasons why Yan Pu wants to leave instead of staying in the city...

First, he had not dealt with Yang Song before, and he did not know Ma Chao well. He could guess that when Yang Bai left the city, he talked to Ma Chao on behalf of the Yang family, but he was not sure of the specific conditions, so he was worried about staying rashly. It may be harmed by Yang Song - after all, if Ma Chao really relies on Yang Song to conquer the Tianshi Dao, he will refer to his opinions when dealing with the old ministers of Nanzheng, and Yang Song's character is not trustworthy, and even Yang Song wants to If he is unfavorable, Ma Chao does not need to take the blame, it can be said that there is no security at all.

The second is that Yan Pu is more optimistic about Chu State. Since it is dangerous to stay, Yan Pu is more willing to evacuate with Zhang Lu-Yan Pu can probably guess something about Nancheng.

Afterwards, Yan Pu still had the opportunity to persuade Zhang Lu to go to Badong and surrender to Chu. After all, even if Zhang Lu lost all of Hanzhong, the influence of the Heavenly Master Dao would not disappear in a short time, and the value was still great!

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And on the same night, Sun Ce had already led the naval force, passed through Xicheng and entered the Chenggu area, which was close to Nanzheng!
In fact, along the way, when near Xicheng, people and even Qiang people had already discovered the warship, but the Qiang people had no way to intercept it.

And this kind of small steam warship can reach a speed of 160 miles per hour, which is equivalent to about [-] knots of power in later generations.

Even in the state of countercurrent, because after passing the west city, the water is not in a hurry, and it can still maintain a hundred miles per hour. In one hour, it can walk out of the normal march of ordinary Qiang pure cavalry. It takes three hours for the infuriating boat.

Moreover... the waterway is flat and smooth, road issues have to be considered on land, and warships sail around the clock, so even the strongest among the Qiang people will find it difficult to return in time!
After all, the Qiang people's system is not a battle armor, and the threshold for flying is higher.

By daybreak, Ma Chao had preliminarily cleaned up the ghost soldiers in the Urn City—even when some people surrendered and cooperated with each other, the Tianshi Mansion's army still showed their resilience, and finally quelled the street fighting in the Urn City after a night of fighting .

At this time, the Qiang people led by Ma Chao began to stabilize the situation in the inner city of Nanzheng and prepared to fully take over. Since Ma Chao was there, naturally no Qiang people dared to act presumptuously, and did not cause any casualties in the inner city.

But at this moment, Qiang people came to report that a large number of enemy troops appeared in the south of the city...

"South of the city? A large number? The banner is the army of the Tianshi Mansion?" Ma Chao frowned, but didn't realize for a while, what kind of army would appear at this time.

After all, it is completely unreasonable for Zhang Lu to kill the Tianshi Mansion army in Bazhong or cross Micang Mountain for reinforcements.

"No, I don't know, General Tian, ​​I am illiterate." The Qiang man said shyly.

Ma Chao: ...

There was no need for Ma Chao to wait for a long time. Ma Xiu came to report: "Brother! No...it's the Chu army outside the city! The Chu army came upstream from the Mian River and landed in the south of the city!"

"What? Chu army? How many people?" Even Ma Chao was a little confused when he heard the news.

It's not that I'm scared, but... I don't understand the current situation!
Ma Chao had long wanted to fight the divine generals of Chu, but coming from the Mian River was too weird.

Mianshui is another name for the upper reaches of Han River.

At this moment, all the investment in the Hanshui Dam is already worthwhile, and the various water conservancy benefits in the future can be regarded as "pure profits"!

Although the Great Weir on the Hanshui River wasted a lot of manpower and material resources, even the size of the Chu State felt dragged down at one time and did not dare to start a big war, but... Wushang sent the troops of the two divisions to Hanzhong, and they have already taken them back cost.

After all, if a frontal attack is to be carried out, the casualties and military consumption will be more painful than the construction of the Han River Weir!
"Brother, I didn't look carefully." Ma Xiu said in shock.

Ma Chao: ...

Fortunately, it was useless for Ma Chao to wait. The third younger brother Ma Tie who was originally at the city gate rushed over and personally reported: "Brother! The Chu army is probably [-] to [-]. Look at the banner...it is Jiangling's navy! Hold the flag with the word 'Sun'!"

"Sun? Sun Ce..." Ma Chao muttered, with excitement in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)