Chapter 733 (1/2)

Yan Pu sighed deeply and asked Yang Ren, ”General Yang, Yangping pass is strong. The division gave you ten thousand elite soldiers. How could you lose so fast? Did you disobey the military order and go out of the city to fight in the field?”

At the end of the day, Yan Pu's tone has become sharp, with a hint of blame.

However, Yang Ren understood Yan Pu's character and knew that he was wrong about things and people. So he bowed his hand to Yan Pu and said in a deep voice, ”Yan Gongcao, I will obey the general's orders and dare not go to war. The reason why Yangping pass was conquered was because the enemy used a catapult. ”

”A catapult?” Zhang Lu frowned.

”Yes, the enemy used hundreds of stone throwing carts with a range of more than 150 steps and poured stones at the head of Yangpingguan. Our soldiers were killed and wounded a lot, and we dare not go to war.”

”The enemy's stone bullets kept on going, and then the Liangzhou army came out. Our army was caught off guard, and the city gate was broken again, so it was defeated...”

Yang Ren gritted his teeth and insisted: ”I have the great trust of my master. If you lose the natural danger of Yangpingguan, please punish me.”

”Well, General Yang fought hard. Go down and have a rest.”

Zhang Lu shook his head, but did not order punishment. He could see that Yang Ren was covered in blood and had several wounds on his body. Obviously, he had fought hard. Besides, his younger brother did not punish him. How could he be so kind to punish him?

Thank you very much

Yang Ren gratefully thanks Zhang Lu and then retreats.

Zhang Lu sighed for a long time and then looked at Yan Pu.

”Yan Gongcao, how about we escape to Bazhong and join up with our second brother?”

Yan Pu raised his eyebrows, arched his hand and said, ”dare to ask Shijun, but we should resolutely fight against Liu Ye?”

Zhang Lu said with a wry smile: ”what about fighting? It's just a muddle in life. ”

Yan Pu was silent for a while, and suddenly said, ”since the Shijun has no intention to fight against Liu Ye, it's better to bow down.”

”Bow down, please?” Zhang Lu's facial features are tight. He didn't want to surrender. But now that Yangpingguan and Shangyong have been lost, isn't it too late to ask Liu Ye to surrender?

Seeing Zhang Lu's silence, Yan Pu probably guessed what he was thinking, and then said, ”Sir, I'm sorry to be frank. Today, although the general is in the north, half of the princes in the world have not yet been subdued. Liu Biao, Sun Quan, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang are not easy people. Can't they always fight? ”

”What do you mean?”

”Since ancient times, saints and kings have always paid attention to persuading people by virtue. If the division King surrenders, the general must take the division king as an example. Did you not know that Wu Chen sent Qin to patrol around the country Yan Pu followed the good advice.

Wu Chen was Chen Sheng's senior general. He was ordered to attack the Qin area, but the cities refused to surrender. Later, someone gave him an idea to let a county magistrate of the state of Qin who voluntarily surrendered to sit in the car and pay a high official and a high salary. Then he toured around the country and told his own story. Many county magistrate saw that Wu Chen was kind to those who surrendered, so they surrendered one after another.

Zhang Lu pondered. His eyes were bright and dim. After a long time, he closed his eyes.

”Then, go down.”

...

after passing Yangpingguan, Liu Ye, commander of the army, came to Nanzheng in a fierce manner. More than 40000 troops under his command were still ready to continue to attack the city, but unexpectedly, a good news came from the front line that Zhang Lu had surrendered.