Huang Zhong pointed to the sand table beside him, and gestured to a place on the sand table that indicated the town.

This place is the partial county that Huang Zhonggang said.

It is not far from Zhengcheng, the south of Hanzhong County.

Liu Bei has conquered here, it has already shown that Liu Bei has approached his army to Zhang Lu's Nanzheng City, with the arrival of Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei is already here, gathering enough soldiers and horses, can attack Nanzheng at any time.

If Liu Bei has the heart, it will only take a few days to defeat Nanzheng at the fastest speed, and even Liu Zheng, who is far away, may not have reacted yet, and Liu Bei has already taken Nanzheng.

After all, the distance between Shangyong and Nanzheng is nearly five hundred miles, and even if it is fast, it will take three days to deliver the news to Liu Zheng's Shangyong City.

And Liu Zheng still needs time to react, this time and again, it will take at least seven days for Liu Zheng to be able to kill his soldiers and horses to Nanzheng.

If Liu Bei's hands and feet are fast enough to defeat Nan Zheng in seven days, then Liu Zheng is really too late.

It's just that Nanzheng City is the seat of the county, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses here, and there are tens of thousands of people under Zhang Lu alone, and now there are these soldiers and horses brought by Liu Zhang.

Nanzheng City now has more than 70,000 soldiers and horses stationed in it, and even if Liu Zheng and Liu Bei attack together, such a force may not be able to defeat Nanzheng in such a short time.

"Han Sheng, Liu Bei sent Ma Chao to attack the remote county, which means that Liu Bei is already planning to do it, and we can't be idle, you immediately let Le Jin and Li Dian lead five thousand soldiers and horses to rush to the border first to prevent the battle between Liu Bei and Zhang Lu, we don't know."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will do it."

After Huang Zhong received Liu Zheng's order, he planned to go down directly to pass the order, Liu Zheng saw that Huang Zhong was going to go down, but he remembered something again, and immediately said another word.

"Slow down, let Gan Ning go with him. Lejin They only have a few thousand soldiers and horses, even if they go, it may not have any effect, it is better to let Gan Ning's headquarters soldiers and horses follow, anyway, our people, it is useless to stay in Shangyong, our goal is to deal with Zhang Lu and Liu Bei. ”

After Liu Zheng thought about it, he still decided to let Gan Ning's headquarters soldiers and horses follow, after all, according to Liu Zheng's guess, Liu Bei should choose to do it in the near future, otherwise he would continue to delay, and when it was time for spring ploughing, there would be other things to do.

In a short period of time, defeating Zhang Lu and defeating Nanzheng, Liu Bei was still able to free up his hands to go back and forth to prepare for spring ploughing.

"The last general will take orders, and then go back and command them."

After Huang Zhong received Liu Zheng's order, he quickly began to go down and order the soldiers stationed here in Shangyong City to act.

Speaking of which, the soldiers here in Shangyong City have not had a war for some days, and they have been stationed here, and they have basically not fought with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong for several months.

This period of idle time is really a bit boring for the perennial border soldiers.

Now that war is finally going on again, they are more excited than anyone else.

After all, only in the event of a battle can they seize military merit and be promoted.

One step at a time, get ahead.

Liu Zheng commanded the soldiers and horses on Shangyong's side, and began to prepare for a big war in full swing.

Liu Bei on the other side was the same.

A month ago.

Just after winter, the rain and snow have not completely melted.

The weather was still cold, and Liu Bei came all the way from Chang'an City to Hanzhong.

Of course, Liu Bei's arrival was not publicized, but came here silently.

The purpose of his coming here is natural, and he is also here for Hanzhong.

Although the battlefield on this side of Hanzhong was guarded by Liu Bei's most trusted second brother, Guan Yu.

Liu Bei believes that Guan Yu is here, and there will be absolutely no mistakes in Hanzhong.

But it is not so easy to defeat Hanzhong in a short period of time, so Liu Bei personally brought some soldiers and horses to reinforce Hanzhong.

In vain, he tried to take advantage of the superiority of troops to capture Nanzheng City in a short period of time and capture Zhang Lu alive.

The prefectural government of a partial county.

This is the place where the local prefectural government lives, and it is one of the most luxurious houses in the area.

It's just that after Ma Chao led people to conquer this county seat, it became Liu Bei's temporary residence.

Liu Bei took his military advisor Cheng Yu and his bodyguard Pang De by his side.

"Little brother Ma Chao, this time you have made a great contribution to the county, I will definitely invite credit for you in front of His Majesty the Emperor, when the time comes, Brother Ma Chao, you will reward the name of General Fubo, and it will be more powerful than your ancestor Ma Yuan, and the glory of the ancestors."

The 17-year-old Ma Chao has not yet written a word, so Liu Bei generally calls him a little brother.

Ma Chao followed Liu Bei's side, although the time was not long, but he won Liu Bei's trust. was very valued by Liu Bei.

No matter what he does, Liu Bei is willing to take Ma Chao with him.

First, Liu Bei took a fancy to Ma Chao's ability.

Second, Liu Bei also wanted to win over Ma Chao.

Ma Chao's father, Ma Teng, is now Xiliang, a rightful Liangzhou pastor, no matter what.

Only by winning over Ma Chao can Ma Teng temporarily settle down, and he will not be at this juncture. What's going on again?

Liu Beike never wanted to see him fighting on the front line again, and as a result, his backyard caught fire again.

Taking Ma Chao with him and showing his liking for Ma Chao can get Ma Teng's favor, and it can also make Ma Teng a little jealous when he is not subordinate.

Ma Chao became famous as a teenager.

He is only 17 years old, and now his reputation is shocking, and he has resounded in Xiliang.

When he became famous at a young age, he will have some arrogance.

At this time, he heard Liu Bei say that he wanted to invite credit for himself in front of the emperor. When he was even canonized as General Fubo, Ma Chao's heart didn't mention how happy he was.

It's like a person who has been living in the shadow of his ancestors suddenly gets ahead. In one fell swoop, it surpassed the glory of its ancestors.

The sense of glory brought by the glory of the court and the glory of the ancestors.

Ma Chao, who was so young, couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Thank you, sir! The end will be a matter of sharing the worries of the adults. ”

"Hey, I have a deep friendship with your father, so don't talk about thanksgiving or not between you and me. At present, our army does not have much grain and grass left in Hanzhong, and I estimate that it can last for another two months at most. If we can't defeat this Nanzheng City in two months, I'm afraid that our westward expedition will be wasted. ”

After Liu Bei gave Ma Chao a sweet date first, he quickly changed his words and showed a solemn look.

This Ma Chao has been stunned by Liu Bei's sweetness just now, young and vigorous, where is the opponent of an old fox like Liu Bei, he immediately patted his chest at this time and said.

"Don't worry, my lord, with my Ma Chao here, don't say it's been two months, just Nanzheng City, give me fifteen days, I will definitely break this city!"