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It can be said that accepting the reward of Wei Gong is very important to the Cao family, and it will be very useful for the next struggle.
Therefore, Cao Ang approved Liu Xie's proposal, and after Cao Cao secured Jizhou, he immediately accepted Wei Gong's reward.
Xun Yu happened to think so too.
Now the game of the world has entered a brand new round.
The Cao family's current campaign has shifted from the north to the south. Among the princes at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu did not have a strong sense of presence.
However, Zhang Lu is special because he holds the land of Hanzhong, which makes his identity even more sensitive.
At the beginning, Zhang Lu was Liu Yan's subordinate in Yizhou.
In his early years, he was in charge of attacking Hanzhong according to Liu Yan's order.
And after taking the land in Hanzhong, he became self-reliant, and Liu Yan passed away soon after, so Yizhou was inherited by Liu Zhang.
After that Liu Zhang inherited Yizhou, he launched a crusade against the self-reliant Zhang Lu. He directly killed all Zhang Lu's mother clan and Zhang Lu's family on the grounds of disobedience and rebellion.
After doing all this, Liu Zhang raised his troops to attack Zhang Lu again.
However, many of Liu Zhang's attacks were detected by that Zhang Lu. Instead, he was attacked by Zhang Lu and captured part of Zhang Lu's Berkshire.
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Lu firmly secured his position and separated Hanzhong.
If it's just because of this, then Zhang Lu is nothing special.
However, this piece of Lu mainly has a rather special identity.
Zhang Lu is the tenth generation grandson of Zhang Liang, the seeker of the early Han Dynasty, and the grandson of Zhang Daoling, Zhang Tianshi, the Taoist ancestor.
Therefore, Zhang Lu is the orthodox successor of that day's teacher.
Zhang Sell, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Daoling, the three grandparents, are honored as the three masters by later generations, and they are the English foundation of Taoism in the Central Plains.
Tianshi Dao, commonly known as the Five Dou of Rice, is because those who join the religion only need to pay five Dou of rice.
In Hanzhong, Zhang Lu claimed to be a teacher, the leader of the believers was Jijiu, and the big boss was Zhitou Dajijiu. He did not appoint senior officials and government officials. He managed local government affairs with a religious system and inherited the teaching methods of his ancestors.
According to historical records, when Zhang Lu ruled Hanzhong, he taught the people to be honest and not to cheat. A hundred steps to atone.
According to the "Moon Order", when all things grow in spring and summer, it is forbidden to kill and drink too much. He also founded a charity house, put righteous rice and meat in it, and provided free food for passers-by, and claimed that he got too much. Will offend ghosts and gods and get sick.
On the whole, Zhang Lu managed the land of Hanzhong fairly well.
It is the only place where there is both political power and religion.
Although this guy is very...
Chapter 239
The distance between Hanzhong and Xuchang is not very far, so after the newspaper became popular, it was naturally brought into Hanzhong by those newspaper publishers, merchants and common people.
Therefore, it is very popular in the Hanzhong area. The people in Hanzhong have a very high opinion of Cao Ang, and they almost worship Cao Ang as a saint.
How can this be good?
Now Zhang Lu is a little undecided.
After that, he could only call his subordinates over to discuss.
Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei is a member of the main combat faction, and then he said: "If you want me to say that Cao Ang has nothing to be afraid of, now Liu Zhang and Liu Biao are allied with us, plus the Hanzhong There is plenty of food and grass, and I only need to bring tens of thousands of horses to hold on to Yangping Pass, and I can even keep Cao Ang out."
Zhang Lu was very suspicious of Zhang Wei's ability, and then said: "Cao Ang is not an ordinary person. It is said that he is good at using tricks, and he has the courage to be invincible, and he also has Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, etc. Wait, those are not ordinary people!"
Zhang Wei then interrupted: "Even so, there is nothing to be afraid of! Although Cao Ang has a general, we just need to go to the place in Guanzhong to ask for help. After Hanzhong is lost, Guanzhong will die. Could it be that they will Can't stand by and watch?"
Zhang Lu was still struggling in his heart.
Because he secretly felt that it was a wrong decision to fight against Cao Ang now.
Cao Ang is no longer a brat now.
Now he is a great general, and he is also recognized as a peerless famous general. Who would dare to provoke such a person?
Zhang Lu was very worried, because he didn't have any powerful generals by his side.
Although Hanzhong's terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, under such circumstances, the strength of the two sides is very different. No matter how good the terrain is, it won't last long, right?
The counselor Yan Pu next to Zhang Lu belonged to the peace sect, and then Yan Pu said to Zhang Lu: "I think Cao Ang has a destiny, and I am afraid that the master is an enemy of him. I am afraid that it is not rational. We should find a way to seek peace."
Zhang Wei said angrily: "Nonsense, we go up to Guanzhong, go down to Jingzhou, and then respond to Sun Ce and Liu Zhang. No matter how strong the Cao bandits are, with the danger of Hanzhong's terrain, they can't do anything to us."
Jianpu shook his head and said: "No, Hanzhong is the key point of the game. Even if the anti-Cao situation can be achieved, we will bear the brunt of it. Since then, we have been deeply involved in the flames of war. How can Liu Zhang and Liu Biao really help each other? The heroes of Guanzhong and a pack of wolves are not reliable!"
Zhang Lu felt that what Yan Pu said was very reasonable. Sun Ce and Liu Biao had joined forces.
The Cao family was not fully prepared, not good at naval warfare, and it was very difficult to go south. They planned the world and had to take Guanzhong. Wouldn't they want to be a shield for Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Liu Zhang and others to fight against Cao Cao?
Cao Jun is now in full swing, even if he can block it for a while, he will probably pay a huge price.
If the world changes in the future and the anti-Cao alliance disintegrates, who can protect their own interests?
Even Hanzhong was beaten into poverty and weakness, what should Liu Zhang and Liu Biao do if they took advantage of the vacancy.
In short, the younger brother Zhang Wei led the battle, and the counselor Yan Pu led the peace, and the two quarreled fiercely.
Zhang Lu's mood is very entangled now, and he doesn't know what he should do.
He actually wanted to ask for peace, but if he asked for peace now, then if Cao Ang played a trick on himself, he didn't know how he would be dealt with.
When Zhang Lu was worrying about what to do about this matter, suddenly one of his subordinates came up and said, "General, then Cao Ang sent someone to send a letter, and he wants to visit Master in private!"
Zhang Lu was shocked when he heard that Cao Jun stopped at the border and did not advance any further. Instead, he wrote a letter and sent someone over, saying that he wanted to meet Zhang Lu.
Cao Jun stopped at the border and decided to go to the meeting alone, but Zhang Lu did not expect such a move, and even made Pang Tong, who was with the army, worried and tried to dissuade him.
What is Cao Ang's status now?
What if Zhang Lu had already taken refuge in Liu Biao at this time, and Cao Ang was held hostage?
Such a thing is very serious.
However, Cao Ang had great confidence and carried out this decision very resolutely.
And it is enough for him to bring at most one Zhao Yun by his side, and then one Lu Wen.
If there is really something to do, too many people will become a burden, which is very inconvenient.