Chapter 1429

"If I go back now, continue to lurk by Zhang Lu's mother's side, and then take the opportunity to kill Liu Yan..."

"No!"

Before Duan Liuqing could finish her sentence, she was directly rejected by Duan Yu.

"It's too dangerous." Duan Yu shook his head and said: "Before, you could lurk by Zhang Lu's side because no one knew your identity. Now your identity has been exposed. Although Liu Yan and the others do not know what happened in Hanzhong Commandery, it is inevitable that news will leak."

"If Liu Yan and Zhang Lu's mother find out, do you think you can still save your life?"

"This kind of thinking is not advisable. What if something happens to you?"

Although Duan Yu's tone was stern, it felt extremely sweet in Duan Liuqing's heart.

Actually, it wasn't just Duan Liuqing who thought of it.

At first, Duan Yu had thought the same.

He wanted to exploit the time difference, have Duan Liuqing return to Shu Commandery, find Zhang Lu's mother, and take the opportunity to kill Liu Yan.

But after just thinking about it, Duan Yu gave up.

Hanzhong could not do without him right now.

Hanzhong, having just been taken, would likely flip-flop if there were no large army to suppress it.

In that case, the loss would outweigh the gain.

As for Duan Liuqing going back alone, it was even less advisable.

Liu Yan was not Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu coming to Hanzhong was like an outsider arriving for the first time; even if he died, it would just be like tonight, with the tree falling and the monkeys scattering.

But Liu Yan's situation would at least not be like Zhang Lu's, where everything ended as soon as he died.

Even if Liu Yan were killed, his loyal subordinates, including Liu Yan's sons, would resist.

At that time, Duan Liuqing would surely die.

"Rest peacefully in Hanzhong. When Zilong and the others arrive, you will return to Chang'an with me."

Time flew by, and more than ten days passed.

On the tenth day after Zhang Lu's death, the first cavalry unit led by Tie Shitou and Zhao Yun arrived in Nanzheng City.

From then on, Hanzhong Commandery was completely occupied.

In the official residence in Nanzheng City.

Su Gu, as well as Tie Shitou and Zhao Yun who had just arrived in Nanzheng, stood before Duan Yu.

"Su Gu, although Hanzhong Commandery is now occupied by me, you are still the Administrator. I am very at ease leaving Hanzhong Commandery for you to govern; the people here surely do not wish for you to leave Hanzhong."

"This is Tie Shitou. He has followed me since Jinyang for several years. Although he is still young, he is also a veteran of many battles."

"I will leave him behind to assist you as the Hanzhong Commandery Commandant, commanding the troops and horses of Hanzhong. You two will cooperate with each other to govern Hanzhong Commandery together."

Duan Yu, sitting in the main seat, looked at Su Gu.

Su Gu looked at Duan Yu with a surprised expression and said: "Your Highness still lets your subordinate serve as the Hanzhong Commandery Administrator?"

Duan Yu nodded with a smile and said: "You have always done very well; why not continue to do so? It is not just Hanzhong Commandery; the people of the world also need good officials like you."

"Being a Commandery Administrator is already a grievance for you. Work hard; I think highly of you."

"One more thing, I am not Liu Yan; you can rest assured about that."

Su Gu hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Highness. Your subordinate thanks you on behalf of the people of Hanzhong Commandery."

"Shitou, Administrator Su has many things worth learning from. In the future, you will stay in Hanzhong and follow Administrator Su well. You are no longer young; having trained in Hedong Commandery for a year, you must know how to be an official. Do not let me down, and do not disgrace Hunu."

"I am also handing Erhu over to you. Let him train well under your command. Take good care of Erhu; if Hunu knows in the afterlife, he can finally be at ease."

Tie Shitou took a deep breath and nodded forcefully: "Your Highness, rest assured, Shitou understands."

"Hmm."

After giving instructions to Su Gu and Tie Shitou, Duan Yu turned his gaze to Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, wait for your brother in Nanzheng City. After the follow-up army arrives, you will train your troops and sharpen your weapons in Hanzhong Commandery."

"After I return to Chang'an, I will mobilize more troops. After the spring plowing, I will mobilize corvée labor, and then attack Yizhou."

"Work hard; I am waiting for you to earn merit, be enfeoffed as a Marquis, and be appointed as a General."

Zhao Yun cupped his hands: "The end general understands. Please rest assured, Your Highness."

After settling everything, Duan Yu set off to return to Chang'an that very afternoon.

Yizhou is certainly important, but it is not the main battlefield after all.

The main battlefields are Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Jizhou.

According to the plan formulated by Li Ru and the others, they must take Bingzhou this year and expand the territory under their command.

Then, from Bingzhou, divide the troops into two routes: one to take Youzhou and one to take Jizhou, completely block the north of the Yellow River, and cut off the supply of troops and grain from Jizhou and Youzhou to the Luoyang direction.

Thereby sweeping across Hebei, occupying the north, and sweeping across the remaining commanderies with the momentum of moving south.

April, early spring.

Jinyang County, Taiyuan Commandery, Bingzhou.

The warm breeze of April had long since blown across the land of Bingzhou, but Zhang Yang, who was in Jinyang City, did not feel any warmth at all.

Instead, he felt a bone-chilling cold.

Starting from March, the Liangzhou Army had already begun to assemble in Hedong Commandery.

That is to say, more than half a month ago, more than fifty thousand Liangzhou troops were divided into three groups, simultaneously launching attacks on Taiyuan Commandery, Xihe Commandery, and Shang Commandery.

Upon receiving this news, Zhang Yang immediately sent a plea for help to Luoyang.

With the strength of Bingzhou, it was completely impossible to block the iron cavalry of the Liangzhou Army.

Not to mention that it was still spring plowing.

Now that the war had started, Bingzhou could not even think about spring plowing. Even if the Liangzhou Army only surrounded the city without attacking, by autumn, the entire Bingzhou would have a total crop failure.

Zhang Yang had thought that Luoyang had already assembled six or seven hundred thousand troops, and would surely send troops from Henei and Xinfeng County's Hangu Pass to contain the Liangzhou Army, give Bingzhou some breathing room, and then come to pincer the Liangzhou Army.

But what Zhang Yang did not expect was...

The reply from the Luoyang Imperial Court was actually to tell him to resist the Liangzhou Army with all his might.

As for sending troops to contain them or attacking the Liangzhou Army, not a single word was mentioned.

But Zhang Yang had no choice; he could only bite the bullet and order all cities to hold firm and not come out.

But the Liangzhou Army seemed to have gone mad; in less than half a month, they had swept through Xihe Commandery and Shang Commandery.

Now, tens of thousands of troops were at the city gates.

At that moment, standing on the walls of Jinyang, looking at the Liangzhou Army surrounding Jinyang from all directions, and looking at the different characters on each of the banners, Zhang Yang's heart had already turned half cold.

Had he committed a heavenly crime?

Why did it seem like all the great generals of Liangzhou had come to the gates of Jinyang all at once?

Of course, it wasn't that there was no good news at all.

The good news was that Duan Yu had not come.

But Zhang Yang also knew clearly that as long as Duan Yu came, Jinyang City would surely fall.

Because this was the place where Duan Yu made his name.

The soldiers and civilians in this Jinyang City basically had no desire to resist Duan Yu.

Zhang Yang felt that perhaps on the day Duan Yu came, he, the Bingzhou Inspector, might be tied up by his own soldiers and sent to Duan Yu.

Thinking that he would be sent to Duan Yu by his subordinates for the second time, Zhang Yang felt that there was no point in defending this city anymore.

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However, I must thank those who should be thanked. Thank you all for your feeding! ===== CHAPTER 1431 =====