Chapter 256 Hanzhong Yanpu
Those who do not plan for everything will not be able to plan for a moment, and those who do not plan for the overall situation will not be able to plan for a region. ----------Chen Danran of the Qing Dynasty's "Proposal on Moving the Capital to Establish a Fandom at Huanyan"
It is said that the coalition forces of Chen Long and Ma Teng defeated Yangping Pass. The army faced the Yima Pingchuan in the Hanzhong Basin, and the leaders decided on a strategy to attack Hanzhong. Ma Teng led 5,000 troops to guard Yangping Pass to prevent Hanzhong from sneak attacks along the waterway and ensure the retreat of the army; Ma Chao led 15,000 troops and acted as a vanguard officer. Ma Chao divided the vanguard army into three parts. General Pang Depang ordered Ming Ming to lead 5,000 cavalry as the front army, Ma Chao himself led 10,000 cavalry in the center, and Pan Jun led 5,000 bows and swords to form the rear army. Twenty thousand troops slowly entered the Hanzhong Plain and poured into the suburbs of Nanzheng, located southwest of Hanzhong. There were sporadic resistances along the way, but no regular troops. I don't know if Zhang Lu had made up his mind to reject the city and defend it.
Three days later, Chen Long led the army, with Zhang He as the flanker and Gao Shun as the front. He was flanked by two military advisors, Xun You and Zhou Buyi, surrounded by special forces such as Lu Chang and Feifei, Yanzi and Shishi in disguise. More than 10,000 troops left Yangping Pass in unison. There were countless baggage vehicles, all transporting supplies for the army. Chen Long looked at the invisible troops and sighed in his heart. In this era of cold weapon warfare, food and grass are an eternal pain for the army to go on a campaign.
Zhang Lu, the Celestial Master of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect who has been in Hanzhong for many years, has been in bad luck these days. First, Yang Ang escaped from the defeated battle outside Yangping Pass, and then his younger brother Zhang Wei lost Yangping Pass and actually escaped from the dog hole in the Yangping Pass city wall. The war in Shangyong is already raging, and General Yang Bai is having a hard time resisting in Shangyong. Zhang Lu was worried day and night. Today he invited the chief secretary Yang Song and the military adviser Yan Pu to discuss with his brother Zhang Wei how to defeat the great enemy Chen Long.
Yan Pu, the military advisor of Hanzhong, had assisted Zhang Lu for many years and was known for his resourcefulness. He was originally from Anhan, Basi, Yizhou, and served as an official under Liu Yan. During the war when the Qinglong Army helped Zhang Lu drive away Su Gu in Hanzhong, he was assigned by Liu Yan to Zhang Lu as a military advisor. After Zhang Lu separated Ba and Han, he appointed Yan Pu as the meritorious official, and Yan Pu followed Zhang Lu wholeheartedly. In the official history, Yan Pu surrendered to Cao Cao along with Zhang Lu, served Cao Cao and Cao Pi for two generations, was named Pingle Township Marquis, and died a good death.
Yan Pu was resourceful and decisive, and had a sense of the overall situation, and Zhang Lu followed his advice. One day, a farmer got a jade seal from the field. Zhang Lu's men thought it was a good sign from heaven, so they encouraged Zhang Lu to proclaim himself King of Hanning. Zhang Lu hesitated and asked Yan Pu for advice. Yan Pu advised him: "The people in the Hanchuan area exceed hundreds of thousands of households. They have rich property and fertile land. They are surrounded by high mountains and are very dangerous. Here we can assist the emperor." , you will be on the level of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin. Secondly, you can follow the example of Dou Rong, the thirty-two famous generals of Yuntai, and you can also maintain great wealth and great honor. Now that you are in charge of the system and can appoint officials and subordinates, it is enough, and there is no need to be king. I hope you will not proclaim yourself king for the time being, and do not become the target of public criticism and cause trouble." Zhang Lu listened to his advice and never proclaimed himself king.
According to official history, in the 20th year of Jian'an (AD 215), Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong. After the fall of Yangpingguan, Zhang Lu listened to Yang Song's slander and planned to kill Pang De and surrender to Cao Cao. Yan Pu tried to stop him from beheading Pang De and said to him: "Now that I surrender because of the defeat, I will get less credit. If Cao Cao doesn't take him seriously, it would be better to go to Bazhong and stay with Du Yi, Pu Hu and others, and then surrender, and you will definitely gain more merit." Zhang Lu followed his advice and hid in Bazhong to defend. Yan Pu then persuaded Zhang Lu: "With the current situation, either surrender to Cao Cao to the north, or go west to join Liu Bei and join him." Zhang Lu said angrily: "I would rather be Cao Cao's slave than Liu Bei's banquet." My guest!" So he made up his mind and surrendered to Cao Cao. After Zhang Lu surrendered, Cao Cao worshiped Zhang Lu as the General of Zhennan, treated him with the etiquette of treating guests, named him Marquis of Langzhong, and named Ten Thousand Households in Yi, and named all his five sons as marquises. When Ma Chao surrendered to the Shu Han, Ma Chao's wife Dong was captured by Cao Cao and given to Yan Pu, who also made Yan Pu a marquis. In the first year of Yankang (220), Yan Pu listed his name to persuade the ministers to join, calling himself "Jianjie General Pingleting Hou Chenpu". During the early years of the Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He also increased his fiefdom and treated him very politely for a long time.
More than ten years later, Yan Pu died of illness. His descendants are all high-ranking officials such as prefects, and their incense lasts for a long time. During the Three Kingdoms, he was a good counselor who could be compared with Jia Xu.
At this moment, Zhang Lu looked at Yang Song and Yan Pu standing in the study, and Zhang Wei sitting aside, and said with a frown: "That day, Chen Long's Qinglong Army fought side by side with me to help me capture Hanzhong. At that time, I I thought the Qinglong Army was powerful, but I didn't expect to face Chen Long's wrath so soon. It's all my fault that Liu Yan, an old and ambitious man, tried to conquer Jingzhou and brought disaster to me, a fish in the pond in Hanzhong."
Yang Songsheng's deer-headed and rat-eyed family is quite powerful in Hanzhong and helped Zhang Lu stabilize the situation, so he has always been at the core of power in Hanzhong. The Yang family is a common surname of the Hanzhong family, and Yang Song is one of the leaders of the Yang family. He is very greedy for money, forgets justice when he sees profit, and is looked down upon by others. According to the official history, Liu Zhang, who was entrenched in Yizhou, was worried about the threat of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and planned to fight with Liu Bei against Zhang Lu. However, he was attacked by Liu Bei and had to ask for reinforcements from Zhang Lu, who had turned against him. Ma Chao, who had been defeated by Cao Cao and defected to Zhang Lu, recruited reinforcements to confront Liu Bei's army. The Liu Bei camp was afraid of the confrontation with Ma Chao. In order to sow a wedge between Ma Chao and Zhang Lu, they bribed Yang Song to slander Zhang Lu and falsely accused Ma Chao of being "unwilling to surrender to Hanzhong". Ma Chao was unable to advance or retreat, and finally had to surrender to Liu Bei.
When Ma Chao surrendered to Zhang Lu, he was at odds with his brother Yang Bai, so the two brothers discussed it and also wanted to support Ma Chao. Liu Bei married Yang Song with gold and silver, and used a trick to recruit Ma Chao to surrender. When Cao Cao was conquering Hanzhong, Yang Song first killed Pang De and made him surrender to Cao Cao because he wanted his gold and silver. Later, he acted as Cao Cao's internal support and the city was destroyed. Because the betrayer wanted glory, Cao Cao ordered him to behead him in public in the city.
Yang Song looked at his lord's face and sighed: "My lord, the peace in Hanzhong for more than ten years seems untenable. The Yangping Pass has been broken, Shangyong is in danger, reinforcements from Yizhou have not arrived, and the morale of the Qinglong Army has been weakened. The situation is high, and there are the invincible Xiliang cavalry. In order to prevent the people of Hanzhong from being tortured, it is better to take advantage of the fact that Hanzhong County is still intact and ask the lord to write a surrender form and surrender to Chen Long, which is a way to save things."
Yan Pu felt a little contemptuous in his heart, but said calmly on the surface: "Master Yang, if you surrender without a fight, you and I can still be Chen Long's subordinate officials, but where will the Lord be placed? For the current plan , we can only give it a try and earn dignity for our lord! Even if we surrender, there will be a good result and we will not be looked down upon by others."
These words were very serious, and Yang Song's expression changed several times. Seeing that Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei were both thinking about Yan Pu's words, he suppressed his anger. Zhang Lu thought for a long time and asked Yan Pu: "You said, even if a fight is needed, what should be done specifically?"
Yan Pu said: "According to the report of the expedition, Ma Chao's army abandoned Mian County and marched from Nanzheng with great fanfare. This means a decisive battle with our army head-on, and it also means an upright siege. Ma Teng, the guard general of Yangping Pass, has few soldiers. We Just a game of cat and mouse.”
Yang Song's face turned earth-colored and he said sharply: "Who is the cat and who is the mouse?"
Yan Pu remained calm and said: "The cat comes from Nanzheng, let's go to Mian County and the Han River." This time it was Zhang Wei's turn to ask: "The military advisor actually wants to send a surprise force to reoccupy Yangping Pass?"
Yan Pu nodded and said: "General Zhang is right. Ma Teng only has five thousand soldiers, and we never thought that we would have the courage to fight back to Yangping Pass, so we have a great chance. If we can capture Yangping Pass and defend it, we can cut off Chen Long's supplies." Route, Chen Long can only fight a war of attrition under Hanzhong City. The larger the number of his troops, the faster the attrition will be. If we can't hold on, then we can simply attack Tianshui and Longxi in the opposite direction. Maybe Han Sui's army will arrive by then , we can jointly fight with him, and we may not be able to recapture Hanzhong!"
Zhang Lu slowly shook his head and said: "Han Sui? Another tiger and wolf. I think what you said earlier is okay. You and your second brother will lead the troops to capture Yangping Pass. Once it is penetrated, there will be no escape." Then he turned to Yang Song and said: "What Master Yang said is very reasonable. It can protect the people of Hanzhong, but surrendering immediately seems too incompetent, and people think that there is no one in Hanzhong."
Yan Pu agreed with his hand, thought for a while and then said: "My lord, hold on to Hanzhong, Mian County suspects the soldiers, how about taking the pass by water?"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
