Chapter 55 Nanye Pingding Hanzhong Land Three-point Dingli Multi-national Division 5

Zhang Lu looked up at Wei Yanyang's majestic and powerful, and was so angry that he almost fell from the horse. He led the troops out of the city to meet Yang Bai, and did not bring siege equipment. At this time, if you want to seize the barrier quickly, you can only destroy the door. As for building equipment to attack the wall, you don't need to think about it. So Zhang Lu ordered the soldiers to find a bundle of firewood and pile them up in front of the door to set fire.

How can Wei Yan sit back and watch Zhang Lu set fire? Order the soldiers to open bows and shoot arrows. Before Zhang Lu rushed to the edge of the city, he was shot and killed by the crossbow and fell on the way to charge and set fire one by one.

If Zhang Lu's soldiers are really not afraid of death, even if the arrows in the sky fall like rain, some soldiers still rushed under the wall and lit a fire.

Wei Yan did not panic when he saw the smoke under the gate and ordered the soldiers to say, "Pour the water to put out the fire!"

After closing the soldiers got the order, they brought copper pots, firewood pots and other things to hold water and fell down. Then he heard a ghost crying and howling in the city. It turned out that what these soldiers fell down was not cold water, but boiling water, which could not only extinguish the fire, but also kill the enemy. Those Zhang Lu soldiers in the city who were not shot dead by bows and arrows were burned and split their meat one by one, but they would not die immediately. They all rolled around with their heads and faces, making a creepy roar, and they felt heartbroken.

Zhang Lu also knew that this kind of siege without equipment was filled with human life, but if he did not take advantage of the time to close the soldiers and seize the barrier, he might be defeated and killed as soon as Nanye's army came to attack. Therefore, Zhang Lu encouraged the soldiers and said, "The boiling water is limited. Hurry up and take this opportunity to set fire. Even if you die in this battle, I will give it to you tomorrow and make you wait for your soul to return to heaven and heaven as an official.

Others will not listen to Zhang Lu's words, but the crazy believers of the Wudou Rice Religion are convinced, so another group of soldiers rushed to the gate with firewood in one hand and a shield in the other hand.

Of course, Wei Yan doesn't believe anything about heaven and heavenly officials, but Zhang Lu is right, that is, turning off boiling water is indeed limited. Not long after Wei Yan entered the customs, he only had time to boil a little hot water. This was not because Wei Yan was not prepared for Zhang Lu's fire, but because rolling wood, gravel, boiling water and oil were the city's defense weapons. After entering the customs, Wei Yan naturally considered guarding the customs. He could not add fuel to the fire. Of course, he used boiling water to put out the fire, killing two birds with one stone.

The boiling water is gone, but it doesn't mean that Wei Yan can't put out the fire. When Zhang Lu's second group of soldiers rushed through the arrow rain and began to set fire, countless basins of cold water were poured on their heads, and the newly lit firewood was extinguished. It's just that there were no casualties this time. However, he closed and threw down countless rolling wood and stones, burying Zhang Lu's second batch of attacking soldiers together with the first batch of screaming soldiers just now.

Seeing the loyal soldiers die one by one, Zhang Lu's heart is also cut like a knife. However, the most sad thing for him is that even if he is heartbroken, he still has to solve the key problems, otherwise there is no way back. Just as he suppressed his heartache and was preparing to send the third batch of soldiers, he heard a war song floating in the thick fog behind him.

"Clouds come from the dragon, wind from the tiger, fame and fortune from dust and earth. Looking at Shenzhou, the people are suffering, and thousands of miles of fertile land are desolate. Hearing the sound of the world, the golden drum is sounding, and the heavenly way is incomplete. Good man, don't be parents, just for the world, not the Lord..."

Zhang Lu and others changed their voices when they heard it. They all knew that this was Nanye's Jiaozhou army. Zhang Lu hurriedly asked the generals, "Nan Ye's soldiers and horses have arrived. What should we do?"

Yanpu said, "After there is a path to pass the mountain, it is just rugged and difficult to pass, and cars and horses can't pass."

Zhang Lu didn't care about the heavy carriages at this time. He hurriedly ordered Yanpu to lead the way and fled from the path. When Nan Ye led the brigade to come to the front of the customs, but he couldn't find Zhang Lu everywhere, so he asked Wei Yan in the city, "Do you know where Zhang Lu is going?"

Wei Yan shook his head and said, "The fog is too heavy to be found."

Although this fog can block the view, it can't stop Nanye's skills. As soon as the star-seeking and star-star skills were released, Zhang Lu, who had not yet gone far, appeared in Nanye's mind. Nan Ye pointed to the fog and said, "Zhang Lu is in front of me. Kill the enemy with me!"

Zhang Lu thought he could escape the disaster through the fog, but he didn't expect Nanye's army to come later. In a scuffle between the two armies, Zhang Lu was defeated, and 10% of the horses were broken. Thanks to a group of ghosts and sacrifices, Zhang Lu got out of the path and fled back to Nanzheng.

Nan Ye returned from victory, entered the customs with the generals to celebrate his achievements, and rewarded Wei Yan and Lei Tong. Wei Yan was ashamed and not accepted it. Nan Ye said, "If you have merit, you should be rewarded and punished. Wen Chang's battle has made up for Yangbai's previous achievements in this battle, and this reward is only to win the Yangping Pass. Wei Yan listened to Nan Ye's words before he received a reward.

After a rest in Guanzhong, the soldiers continued to march into Nanzheng Xiazhai. This Nanzheng was originally the county seat of Hanzhong County. Zhang Lu was renamed Hanzhong County after Hanzhong County, and the office is still located in Nanzheng. Its importance is equivalent to Liu Zhang's Chengdu and Cao Cao's Xuchang.

When Zhang Lu saw Nan Ye's soldiers coming to the city, he discussed countermeasures with the generals. Yang Song was timid and greedy, and he was already scared, so he advised Zhang Lu, "The teacher of Nanye is powerful, so it's better to open the door and surrender."

Yanpu said, "Lord, don't do it! Nan Ye pursues the Avenue of Science in Jiaozhou. How can he allow the Lord to publicize the people?

When Zhang Lu heard Yanpu's words, he suddenly realized that he was a dual identity. In addition to a prince, he was also the head of a religion. If he surrendered to other princes, Zhang Lu was confident that he would still be worshipped by believers. However, if you surrender to Nanye, not only will the status of the princes be difficult to protect, but I'm afraid that the status of the leader will not be preserved. Religious struggles can sometimes be more cruel than political struggles.

After the idea of surrendering, Zhang Lu began to mobilized people to defend the city. Although Zhang Lu lost tens of thousands of horses after the two battles of Mengguan and Yangping Pass, but after all, Nanzheng is Zhang Lu's nest, and there are 30,000 elite soldiers in the city. In addition, nine out of ten people in Nanzheng are believers of the Wudoumi religion. Whether it is true faith or false faith, these people dare not disobey Zhang Lu's orders. With Zhang Lu's order, 100,000 believers were mobilized to help defend the city, and almost all the young people in the city went to the head of the city.

When Nanye saw the dense crowd in the city, he was shocked. From the costume, Nan Ye can see that the young men at the head of the city who carry rolling wood and stone to prepare for war are the people in the city, not Zhang Lu soldiers. This discovery not only did not make Nanye feel relaxed, but made him feel difficult. The confrontation between the two armies and the slaughter of people are completely different concepts.

Dian Wei, Wei Yan and other generals do not understand Nan Ye's scruples. In their opinion, anyone who goes against Nan Ye is the enemy. Since those people volunteered to go to the city to assist Zhang Lu, they are equivalent to making a choice to fight with Nan Ye, so they should be ready to die on the battlefield.

Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others fully understand Nan Ye's unwillingness to kill the people. Let's put aside the reputation. In terms of interests alone, if Zhang Lu defeats these people, he will become the people under the rule of Nan Ye, and Nan Ye naturally can't bear to kill.

Zhang Ren, Yan Yan and other newcomer to Nanye do not know Nanye as well as Guo Jia and Zhao Yun. They just admired Nan Ye's kindness and felt that they had met the Ming Lord.