Infinite war begins with Cao thief

Chapter 76 Assassin (for subscription)

"Don't worry, Gong Qi, how could my lord not know the importance of Hanzhong? Believe me, my lord will definitely send reinforcements!"

Seeing Zhang Lu's silence, Zhang Xiu's attitude softened.

Next, Zhang Lu and he needed to work together to resist Dong Huang. Zhang Xiu did not dare to offend Zhang Lu too much, so he could only say nice things.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive."

Zhang Lu smiled bitterly.

This is a very real question. Even if Liu Yan really wants to save Hanzhong, when will his reinforcements arrive? Even if they arrive in time, can they withstand Dong Huangjun's attack?

Compared with Dong Huang's army, which is invincible in field battles and is an elite force, the biggest advantage of Liu Yan's army, which is not yet stable, is that it is relatively good at mountain warfare and the many dangerous passes in Shu. If Liu Yan really gave up these advantages and fought Dong Huang's army in Hanzhong, If so, I'm afraid we will really lose miserably.

"What about our relatives?"

Zhang Xiu is not really stupid, he understands all these principles, but family matters are the biggest factor that affects his choice.

"Let's take a step by step!"

What Zhang Xiu was worried about was also what Zhang Lu was helpless about.

Even Zhang Lu, who had no intention of fighting, had not decided whether to surrender as a dutiful son or to escape back to Shu via Micang Road.

People are not ruthless, and if possible, Zhang Lu does not want to abandon his mother and his family who are still in Liu Yan's mansion, but if he just goes back like this, how should he deal with himself?

For a moment, both Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu fell into silence until urgent reports from the front came one after another.

Report came from the front: Yangping Pass was broken, and the praise was lost!
  Dong Huang conquered Yangping Pass effortlessly.

Yangping Pass was already in disrepair, and Dong Huang also brought a killer weapon - a trebuchet.

Science and technology are primary productive forces!
  Although Dong Huang didn't have much confidence in developing thermal weapons, he was very interested in siege equipment such as trebuchets.

Although Dong Huang did not know how to build the Thunderbolt Cart and the Huihui Cannon, he only gave an idea and talked about levers, pulleys and other things. Ma Jun, who was very capable and eager to get Dong Huang's approval, He worked day and night for three days and invented the trebuchet.

Ma Jun's hastily invented trebuchet may not be as powerful as the Thunderbolt Chariot or the Huihui Artillery, but when a boulder weighing dozens of kilograms hit the city wall, the morale of the Yangpingguan garrison was suddenly wiped out.

What is even more dramatic is that Zhao Song and Chen Diao, Su Guy's remaining party members, were lurking in Guanzhong with their dead soldiers at this time.

Historically, after Su Gu died, in order to avenge Su Gu, these two righteous men, Zhao Song, carried his sword alone and entered Zhang Xiu's camp, killing dozens of people, and almost killed Zhang Xiu. Finally, he was besieged and died!

When Chen Tiao learned that Zhao Song had died, he also gathered more than a hundred guests to attack Zhang Xiu's army, and defeated Zhang Xiu's former army and entered Zhang Xiu's camp. In the end, he was wounded and died in the battle because he was outnumbered.

At this time and space, they also wanted to avenge Su Gu, but they heard that Dong Huangjun had arrived at Yangping Pass.

The two of them combined their efforts to assassinate Zhang Xiu with the courage of an ordinary man. They would most likely be outnumbered and fail miserably. However, if they helped Dong Huang's army break through the barrier, they would definitely be able to kill Zhang Xiu with the help of Dong Huang.

So the two men led the dead soldiers to pretend to be Su Gu's surrender army and sneaked into Yangping Pass, preparing to open and close the city.

Just as the morale of the defenders was being taken away, the two men immediately broke out, killed the defender Yang Bai, and led Dong Huang's army into the city.

Afterwards, the two asked to be their guides, hoping to guide Dong Huang's cavalry to surround Nanzheng before Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu could react, cutting off Zhang Xiu's escape route. Dong Huang adopted their suggestions. As soon as you hear the name Baozhong, you will know that it is related to Baoshui and Baoxie Road. In fact, it is the first city after entering Hanzhong from Guanzhong via Baoxie Road.

Entering Shu was a plan that Dong Huang and Jia Xu had made long ago. They had deduced it countless times. Among them, a large army attracted the enemy's attention from Yangping Pass, and a surprise attack was carried out by Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road. plan.

In order to ensure the success rate of the plan and prevent war agents who knew the plot from appearing in Hanzhong, Dong Huang went against all opinions and sent troops to all three roads, among which the Baoxie Road, which was the best, was given to Xu Huang , and the other two were handed over to brothers Wu Ban and Wu Lan.

According to the agreed date, Xu Huang commanded a total of more than [-] troops, opened the way with Xiliu Camp, and entered Baoxie Road.

Fortunately, Xu Huang did not encounter an ambush along the way, and easily occupied the panic-stricken Baozhong, and then left two thousand people to guard the back road, and the main force rushed towards Nanzheng.

When Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu got the news, the two groups of Dong Huang's army were already approaching Nanzheng. When they were preparing to flee in a hurry, Dong Huang's cavalry had already cut off their retreat to the south!
  How to do?
  Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu both knew very well that they could not defend themselves! But there is no way to escape!
  Just when Zhang Xiu was about to take action and burn down Nanzheng City, Zhang Lu took action first.

Zhang Lu took advantage of Zhang Xiu's unpreparedness, captured Zhang Xiu alive, and then went out of the city to surrender.

Dong Huang accepted Zhang Lu's surrender, but handed Zhang Xiu over to Zhao Song and Chen Tiao for revenge.

After Zhao Song and Chen Tiao killed Zhang Xiu, Dong Huang unexpectedly unlocked a new attendant.

[Sixth-level Attendant—Death Warrior—Swordsman Zhao Song]

[This attendant has the following special skills: 30. Loyalty: He is loyal until death and is willing to die for you! [-]. Swordsman: He has extraordinary swordsmanship! [-]. Training: Each mission world can train [-] level [-] dead warriors who are willing to commit suicide! 】

[Fifth-level Attendant—Ranger—Swordsman·Chen Tiao]

[This attendant has the following special skills: 100. Loyalty: He is loyal until death and is willing to die for you! [-]. Swordsman: He has extraordinary swordsmanship! [-]. Training: Each mission world can train [-] fourth-level rangers who are good at gathering intelligence! 】

The appearance of these two attendants was definitely an unexpected surprise.

For Dong Huang, their greatest role was to have an absolutely trustworthy force of spies and assassins.

Relying on them, Dong Huang can establish an intelligence agency similar to Jin Yiwei that integrates intelligence collection, assassination and other functions!

The only pity is that there are so few of them!

Dong Huang temporarily placed them under the command of Jia Xu.

After Zhang Lu surrendered, Nanzheng fell into Dong Huang's hands unscathed.

With Nanzheng, it is only a matter of time before we get the entire territory of Hanzhong.

At this point, although the attack at Jiange was frustrated, the road from Hanzhong to Shu via Micang Road was opened.

Compared with the Jinniu Road that passes through Jiange, this road is wider and easier to walk. Through this road, you can directly enter Bajun, capture Langzhong, Danqu and the important town of Jiangzhou, and then go upstream from Jiangzhou via Jianwei County to Chengdu.

This time, Dong Huang no longer played any tricks, and directly ordered Gao Shun as the chief general, Xi Zhicai as the military advisor, and Xu Ding, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Hu Che'er and other capable lieutenants to lead the way. After recharging their strength and showing little performance, the trapped camp and [-] elite soldiers entered Bajun as a vanguard, vowing to gain a foothold in Bajun before Liu Yan could react.

Gao Shun never let Dong Huang down.

When Dong Huang put his arms around the waist of Queen Mother He and pointed out where to build the Hanzhong Palace so that Liu Bian could have a place to live, Gao Shun went through all kinds of hardships and crossed Micang Mountain and easily captured the unsuspecting Hanchang. County, and then go south along the diving line to easily capture Danqu.

(End of this chapter)