The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 174 Volume Let Dong Bai go!
"I asked you to just pretend, I didn't ask you to really scare him back to Hanzhong!"

When Liu Xie learned that Zhang Wei had actually escaped from the Qishan camp, he was completely confused.

But Liu Xie was not the only one who was confused.
Gao Shun and Xu Huang were equally aggrieved: "Your Majesty, we were just pretending to be here, and we only brought a few personal soldiers with us! Who knew that Zhang Wei would just run away like this!"

Not just running away.

Moreover, they didn't even take the baggage, and just gave the Han army an empty camp for nothing!
Even when the Han army entered to inspect, they could see thousands of stones of rice piled up in the military camp...

Liu Xie was full of suspicion: "Could it be a trap?"

Gao Shun and Xu Huang shook their heads.

How can you set a trap like this? You need a hook to make a nest, right? But Zhang Wei didn't even leave a hook for the Han army, he just ran away, how can this be considered a trap?
Liu Xie was puzzled: "So the food is poisonous? He wants to poison our soldiers?"

Gao Shun and Xu Huang rejected this again.

They found a few wild dogs to test the military rations in Zhang Wei's camp and found that they were non-toxic and edible.

"That……"

Even though Liu Xie was well-versed in the art of war, he still could not have imagined what trick Zhang Wei was using!
"His Majesty……"

Xu Huang hesitated a little, but still expressed his guess.

"I have been confronting Zhang Wei for a few days and found that he is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong."

"Is it possible that he was frightened the moment he saw the emperor's dragon banner and wanted to retreat... and then your majesty happened to send us to intimidate him, so Zhang Wei found an excuse to retreat back to Hanzhong?"

"..."

Xu Huang's guess left Liu Xie speechless.

Although it doesn't feel very reliable.

But this seems to be the most reasonable explanation!
"Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei, look at Han Sui! Why don't you dare to charge at the dragon flag a few times?"

Liu Xie cursed loudly.

If he had known this, he would have directly carried the dragon banner and ordered Gao Shun and Xu Huang to attack Zhang Wei's camp. How could he let him go back to Hanzhong so easily?
Liu Xie was in a panic.

At this moment, he only hoped that Zhang Lu would not be like his younger brother, acting like a coward all day long and keeping all his troops in Hanzhong.

If that were the case, the Qiang soldiers led by Pang De and Zhang Xiu would not be a surprise attack from heaven, but a pie in the sky!

However, when Liu Xie thought of what Zhang Lu did in history books, he couldn't help feeling despair.

According to historical records, when Zhang Lu heard that Cao Cao was going to attack Hanzhong, the first thing he thought of was surrendering.

Afterwards, in order to make his surrender less embarrassing, he wanted to escape to another place and resist for a while before surrendering.

When they were escaping, Zhang Lu's men wanted to burn the money and grain accumulated in Hanzhong, but were stopped by Zhang Lu.

"This is state property, why are you burning it?"

After Cao Cao arrived in Hanzhong, he saw that the treasury was intact and immediately understood Zhang Lu's intention. He treated him as a guest and appointed Zhang Lu as the General of the Southern Expedition...

Faced with a man who could consider so many things when surrendering, Liu Xie really didn't think that Zhang Lu was an enemy who dared to resist to the end.

It was all because Zhang Lu was too tough in his attitude towards the imperial court. He would kill the envoys sent by the imperial court at any time, so that Liu Xie forgot that Zhang Lu was essentially a weak person.

"hiss--"

Liu Xie felt a sense of crisis: "Do you two have any ideas to make Zhang Lu less cowardly?"

Both of them sighed.

Seeing how tough Zhang Wei and Zhang Lu were in controlling Hanzhong, who would have thought that they were complete useless people?
……

“Hehehe~Hehehe~Hehehe~Hehehe~”

Just when the king and his ministers were having a headache, Dong Bai slipped in from outside humming a song.

However, when Dong Bai saw Gao Shun and Xu Huang were also there, he immediately began to retreat...

"return!"

Liu Xie waved his hand and looked at Dong Bai as if he was looking at some rare treasure——

"I have totally forgotten! Lord Weiyang has no other abilities, but he is an expert at making people angry!"

Dong Bai: ...

He turned around and left without stopping.

Liu Xie chased after him and said: "This matter must be handled by Lord Weiyang! I'm afraid no one else can break Zhang Lu's heart!"

When Dong Bai heard this, he struggled even harder, wishing he could throw Liu Xie away right now...

"Has Lord Weiyang forgotten what he said that day about destroying the temple?"

Dong Bai blinked his eyes, thought carefully and told Liu Xie:

“I definitely forgot!”

Liu Xie knocked on Dong Bai's head and said, "Then I'll tell you the Legend of the White Snake. Did you say you wanted to destroy the Taoist temple?"

It seems that there is such a thing...

However, Dong Bai was a little hesitant: "Isn't Fahai in the Legend of the White Snake a monk? Shouldn't monks live in temples? Why would they destroy the Taoist temple?"

"You remembered it wrong..."

Dong Bai's memory was indeed a little fuzzy. In addition, what she learned in the past year was a bit too much for her, and the information was too confusing, so she believed Liu Xie's lies.

"Your Majesty, are you going to take me to destroy the Taoist temple?"

Dong Bai was eager to try.

"Almost." Liu Xie chuckled, "You now have a shrine built for you by the people! It's much more powerful than the gods and immortals worshipped by the Five Pecks of Rice Sect!"

"Why don't you go and call on the people, saying that the Five Pecks of Rice Sect is a fraud, and spread the word that as long as the imperial court invades Hanzhong, the Five Pecks of Rice Sect will be cut off?"

Liu Xie's smile was flattering, which made Dong Bai feel that he must have bad intentions.

Seeing Dong Bai's hesitation, Liu Xie also stretched out three fingers.

"I'll accompany you to have fun in Lintao for three days!"

Dong Bai pressed the issue further: "Ten days!"

"Four days!"

"Ten days!"

"Five days!"

"Ten days!"

"..."

Liu Xie showed a painful expression on his face: "Lord Weiyang, this is not how you bargain!"

"Then nine and a half days?"

"..."

Seeing that Liu Xie simply kept silent, Dong Bai had no choice but to cut himself: "Seven days is fine, one day less and I won't do it!"

"That's it!"

A shrine was built for Dong Bai. To some extent, she was a living deity in the eyes of the people.

Boycotting the Five Pecks of Rice Sect in her name would undoubtedly be a disaster for the entire sect!
and……

Liu Xie also wanted to send a few baskets of eggs to the people who came to worship Dong Bai's ancestral temple.

Later, because eggs were too expensive, they had to settle for distributing rice.

Yes, that’s right, it’s the rice that Zhang Wei left behind when he escaped.

As the saying goes, China does not harbor idle spirits.

Under the power of rice, a wave of terror specifically targeting the Five Pecks of Rice Sect quickly swept from Longyou to Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu was somewhat unhappy when he heard that Zhang Wei had secretly abandoned the camp and fled back to Hanzhong.

Now that he heard that the imperial court had actually begun to target his own Five Pecks of Rice Sect, he was furious!
"This is intolerable!"

Zhang Lu no longer wrote to Liu Xie in a humble manner, but ordered Zhang Wei, Yang Bo and others to build fortifications at the pass on the west side of Hanzhong to guard against the imperial army.

At the same time, in Shangyong area.

Liu Biao also cooperated with the court and pretended to attack Shangyong.

His subordinate, General Wen Pin, led an army of 10,000 and stationed directly in Fangling, and even tried to approach Xicheng at one point. This made the Shangyong defender quickly ask Zhang Lu for help, and asked Zhang Lu to send troops to support.

Shangyong is the eastern barrier of Hanzhong. Zhang Lu could not just watch it being occupied by Liu Biao, so he quickly dispatched thousands of troops to Xicheng to guard against Wen Pin's offensive.

Gong Cao Yan Pu, who was expelled by Zhang Lu before, came forward again to persuade Zhang Lu -

"Although Hanzhong is rich, it cannot be compared with Guanzhong and Jingzhou. When facing an attack from both sides, we should not think about how to defeat the other side, but to shrink our forces, use space to buy time, build a clear wall, and consume the two armies until they can no longer continue the siege and retreat on their own initiative. This will be considered a victory for Master!"

But among Yan Pu's strategies, the "establishing a clean wall and clear fields" alone was something Zhang Lu could not tolerate.

Now that we haven't seen any trace of the enemy yet, we are already destroying our own food and property... Doesn't this weaken our morale?

Moreover, the autumn harvest is coming soon. If we burn the grain now, wouldn’t we lose a lot of money and grain in vain?
Zhang Lu was unwilling to give up this wealth. He still firmly believed that with the terrain of Hanzhong, he could easily block the Han army outside the hinterland of Hanzhong!
After Yan Pu’s persuasion failed, he went home to pack his luggage and headed into the mountains with his family.

Before leaving, he said to his friends: "Now the Han Dynasty is showing signs of revival, and we should not be enemies with it. Master believes in Laozi, but does not know how to follow the general trend. How can this last long? I advise you to do the same as me and hurry up to avoid disaster!"

When Zhang Lu heard this, he was naturally furious and ordered people to arrest Yan Pu and his family.

However, Yan Pu acted very quickly and was not caught by Zhang Lu. He entered the forest safely.

Yan Pu and his family followed the Han River to Xixiang, then headed north and arrived near Ziwu Valley.

"This place is located in the center of Hanzhong. No matter if there is a war in the east or west, it should not affect us."

Only after escaping here did Yan Pu finally relax.

In a long-abandoned hut, Yan Pu casually spread out a few layers of sheets and slept in it with his family.

Stay until midnight.

Yan Pu slept very deeply because he was tired from the journey.

It was the children nearby who heard the noise and tried to wake Yan Pu up.

"Dad! There's movement! It sounds like an army advancing!"

Yan Pu was sleepy and didn't take it seriously: "How could there be a large army here? It must be some bird or beast that is crying."

"Ziwu Road is a dead end. If the imperial army wants to cross the Qinling Mountains from here, they will be skinned alive! Don't worry! This place Daddy found for you is absolutely safe!"

After saying that, Yan Pu rolled up the blanket and pressed it over his body, continuing to sleep soundly.

"father!"

"father!"

Just as he fell asleep, Yan Pu was woken up by his own child.

But before he could get angry, his pupils shrank!
Right at the window of this little house, there were already seven or eight Qiang soldiers dressed in Han army clothing looking at him...

The imperial army actually rushed over the mountains and across the ridges from the Ziwu Road!
(End of this chapter)