Chapter 113

However.

What Zhang Lu didn’t know was.

Out of trust in Gao Shun.

Gu Yi and the main force of the Dong Zhuo army had already entered the Xie Valley Road one after another at the moment Gao Shun had not yet captured Zhuyang Pass.

At this moment, they were already approaching outside Zhuyang Pass.

In other words.

What Yang Ang and Yang Ren had to face was not just the three thousand plus soldiers under Gao Shun’s command.

But the main force of the Dong Zhuo army led by Gu Yi!

……

At nightfall

After five days of trekking.

Yang Ang and Yang Ren, leading the main force of the Hanzhong army that Zhang Lu had handed over to them, finally arrived outside Zhuyang Pass.

Looking at Zhuyang Pass right in front of them.

The two generals intended to order the soldiers under their command to rest for a while.

After recovering some physical strength, they would immediately attack the checkpoint.

However.

Before the two generals could set up their camp.

In the pitch-black night all around, a series of rapid footsteps could be heard!

Countless Dong Zhuo army soldiers surrounded the tens of thousands of troops under Yang Ang and Yang Ren.

Yang Ang and Yang Ren were biological brothers.

Yang Ang was the older brother, and Yang Ren was the younger brother.

At this moment, facing the desperate situation, Yang Ren’s composure was clearly worse than Yang Ang’s.

“Big… big brother.”

“What is this situation?”

“Wasn’t it said that there were only three thousand plus soldiers inside Zhuyang Pass?”

“Why would so many enemies suddenly appear?”

Yang Ren’s legs were trembling slightly, and he asked with a trembling tone.

Although Yang Ang was in a slightly better state than Yang Ren.

But with his relatively more experienced battlefield experience.

He knew that at this moment, he and his brother, along with the tens of thousands of troops under their command, might all be finished here today!

“This is completely different from what Yang Song said in Nanzheng City earlier!”

“Where exactly did things go wrong?”

The Yang brothers were completely confused at this moment.

They never expected that Yang Song had already secretly defected to the Dong Zhuo army.

The reason Yang Song wanted them to lead troops to attack Zhuyang Pass.

Was because Yang Song had already learned through intelligence sent by Gu Yi that the main force of the Dong Zhuo army had already arrived outside Zhuyang Pass.

To put it bluntly, Yang Song wanted Yang Ren and Yang Ang to lead troops to their deaths.

Among the generals under Zhang Lu, only these two had the most ability.

Therefore.

After eliminating these two and the tens of thousands of main Hanzhong troops.

The small Nanzheng City could not stop the conquest of tens of thousands of Dong Zhuo army soldiers!

“The Celestial Master has been kind to us brothers.”

“We cannot surrender without a fight!”

Yang Ang instructed Yang Ren.

The reason they were able to be reused was all thanks to Zhang Lu’s promotion.

Facing the desperate situation at this moment, they both intended to fight to the end.

However.

Reality is always very different from imagination.

Although Yang Ang and Yang Ren held the determination to die.

But the soldiers under their command had long been scared out of their wits.

Some even couldn’t lift the weapons in their hands.

Where would they have the courage to resist the encirclement of tens of thousands of Dong Zhuo army soldiers?

The battle had not even lasted half an hour.

Yang Ang and Yang Ren had already been beheaded by Pang De and Huang Zhong respectively!

Seeing that the main generals were dead.

The remaining Hanzhong troops had even less desire to resist.

Most chose to put down their weapons and kneel to surrender.

After detaining these surrendered Hanzhong troops.

Gu Yi immediately prepared the troops and set off for Nanzheng City!

The Dong Zhuo army generals following behind him were also full of spirit and high morale.

The main force of the Hanzhong army had already been wiped out.

The garrison troops in Nanzheng City were at most only one or two thousand left.

Relying on such a small number of troops, Zhang Lu could not possibly hold Nanzheng.

……

Just before Gu Yi arrived at Nanzheng.

Zhang Lu received the news that Yang Ang and Yang Ren’s entire army had been wiped out.

Before he could make the next instruction.

Gu Yi had already led the army to surround Nanzheng.

Looking at the tens of thousands of Dong Zhuo army soldiers.

The one or two thousand garrison troops left in Nanzheng City were all scared out of their wits and at a loss.

“Celestial Master! What should we do?”

Beside Zhang Lu, the remaining civil and military officials were all panicked.

Yang Ang and Yang Ren were already the two most capable generals under Zhang Lu.

But even they had been completely wiped out.

With only the remaining garrison troops, how could they possibly win against the Dong Zhuo army opposite?

Zhang Lu frowned deeply.

He knew that his moment of life and death had arrived.

But if he were to surrender directly like this.

Even if he could luckily save his life.

I fear he would only be imprisoned in Chang’an City for the rest of his life.

Moreover, Zhang Lu was also a person with ambition.

The reason he took the Five Pecks of Rice Sect to become independent from Liu Yan’s command earlier.

Was precisely to no longer be restricted by others and to entrench himself in this small piece of land in Hanzhong.

But if he were to surrender to the Dong Zhuo army now.

All the foundation Zhang Lu had worked so hard to build would become a wedding dress for someone else!

However.

The Dong Zhuo army under the city, led by Gu Yi, clearly did not intend to give Zhang Lu this time to consider.

They were already preparing to set up siege ladders, battering rams, and other siege equipment.

Seeing that the Dong Zhuo army was about to attack.

The civil and military officials under Zhang Lu were completely anxious!