Hanzhong County.

Akasaka Town.

At this moment, in this small city, the soldiers were already panicked and exhausted from hunger, and they were lying on the streets and alleys with their backs to each other, without the slightest appearance of elite.

This also further confirms how important the saying "the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first".

No matter how strong the elite division is, the combat power will be greatly reduced after the food is cut off, and it will be difficult to maintain it to the peak.

At this time, only the morale of the patrol sergeants patrolling the castle tower was full of morale and high morale.

This is also due to the fact that Zhang He led the people to walk the Meridian Valley, and encountered several storms on the way, which delayed the time to get out of the valley, and the consumption of dry food was also very large, and now it was blocked by the elite Han army Zhang Fei outside the city.

Today, Cao Jun has fallen into a situation of running out of food.

After careful consideration, in order to reduce the consumption of food, Zhang He began to gradually reduce the rations of the soldiers, except for the sergeants who needed to patrol every day, the rest of the soldiers could only eat one meal.

Under the influence of hunger, the small town of Akasaka even seemed to be scraped three feet to the ground by Sergeant Cao, and almost swept away everything that could be eaten.

In the military palace.

At this time, Zhang He stood with his head held high, standing in front of the generals, his face was pensive and worried, and after a while, he slowly said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I guess you have also seen it this time, this general originally wanted to lead the soldiers to raid the Meridian Valley to recapture Hanzhong County in one fell swoop and make the first achievement. ”

"But I didn't expect the Shu thieves to be so treacherous, they have been waiting for a long time at the mouth of the Meridian Valley, resulting in our army not having the opportunity to raid the hinterland of Hanzhong, this time it is the responsibility of the general, if you don't agree with the public, you and the soldiers will not fall into this crisis."

"I'm ashamed of you and others, and I'm ashamed of all the soldiers."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang He, who had an eight-foot body, suddenly showed a sad and repentant look on his face, and apologized to everyone with both hands.

"This ......"

Originally, some lieutenant generals and colonels came to vent their resentment by accusing Zhang He of using a dangerous surprise attack plan, but Zhang He instead apologized preconceivedly and caught them off guard.

After a while, Zhang Heyan's general, who was on one side, didn't have to hurriedly echo when he saw this: "General, you are serious!" ”

"The matter has come to this, how can the responsibility be on you alone, although you insist on your opinion to attack Hanzhong, but how can you think that the Shu thief will wait before the meridian account?"

After saying this, one or two close generals comforted him.

Subsequently, the general said: "Moreover, this matter is very suspicious, general, you have been very cautious, when you led the people into the Meridian Valley, even the sergeants of our army and everyone did not know very well, but how did the Shu thieves know so clearly, and the layout was lurking in advance, and even more, the main general was still Zhang Fei, who was invincible." ”

"But Zhang Fei is just a reckless man, our army's march is so thorough, how can he know ......?"

When these words fell, the generals suddenly became vigilant.

This...... There is only one possibility, there is a Shu army in the army.

After all, Hanzhong and Guanzhong are separated by the Qinling Mountains, and there are also several easy-to-pass plank roads, and it will be faster to pass the news to the Shu army than to go to the Meridian Valley.

The words of the general of the department were intriguing in an instant.

Merely.

Seeing that after hearing these words, the generals and colonels were unconsciously suspicious on their faces, and even had a faint suspicion of the comrades around him, Zhang He hurriedly shouted and shouted: "Everyone, now that the matter has come to this point, it is not the time to pursue this matter again, besides, if there is a Shu army in the army, he will not be among the generals." ”

"What is the topography of the Meridian Valley, I think you already know something, Rao is a hunter who has crossed mountains and mountains since he was a child, and he walked like a flyer, and when he faced some cliffs, if he didn't have a companion to help, he could have a rest."

"Therefore, you have already understood what the general meant, this is not the time to pursue this matter, we should discuss and discuss how to break through tonight, as for the internal response, we will deal with it later!"

After a shout, Zhang He's complexion changed again, and he became serious, and then he slowed down his tone a little, and said: "This time you are in danger, you should have done it, so even if you are in this battle, you will definitely bring the soldiers back to Guanzhong safely." ”

After saying a rousing voice, then he changed his tone of words, and ordered sharply: "The generals listen to the order, now the general orders you and others to immediately return to their respective camps to restrain and rectify the sergeants to prepare for the breakthrough tonight, and after sunset, the general will also order the release of all the materials stored in the treasury so that the soldiers can have a good meal and nourish their mental morale, so as to cope with the breakthrough at night." ”

"Do you have any objections?"

Under an order, in the face of Zhang He, who was extremely serious and rigorous in governing the army, how could the generals dare to disobey, and they all gave up the order and retreated.

After the generals left, Zhang He's eyes returned to the map hanging on the screen, his mind constantly turning in thought and the look of worry on his face.

He was thinking about the breakthrough tonight, and where to retreat if the breakthrough was successful.

However, he has been thinking for a long time, and he has already determined two breakthrough routes in his heart, but he has been wandering.

The first is to feign an attack on Zhang Fei's main force, but in fact it is a partial division of the Shu army stationed at the mouth of the Meridian Valley, once the partial army is broken and re-enters the Meridian Valley, then they can be regarded as getting rid of the pursuit of the Shu army.

However, according to the intelligence spied by Cao's scouts recently, since the Han general Jufu was stationed at Gukou, he recruited the surrounding people to build a strong fortress at Gukou as a direct defense line to block Cao's army.

This also led to the choice of the Meridian Valley Breakout, although it could avoid close contact with Zhang Fei's main force, but it had to face the choice of attacking the fortified position.

Secondly, there is another most important factor, that is, even if everything goes smoothly into the Meridian Valley to get rid of the Shu army, but you will have to face a struggle with nature.

How did Cao's army, who lacked food and clothing, withdraw to Chang'an safely?

The second road is to directly break through Zhang Fei's main force, and kill a bloody road to the hinterland of Hanzhong, in order to cross Chenggu and move closer to the Xiegu Road along the Kei Valley to enter the Guanzhong.

But this route not only has to face Zhang Fei's main force, Rao is to break through, but if it is suddenly intercepted by the reinforcements sent back by Wei Yan in the hinterland of Hanzhong, it will still be in trouble.

Moreover, because Zhang He had been defeated by Zhang Fei miserably, when he faced Zhang Fei again, he couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart, as if he couldn't make up his mind!

……

It is only said that at this time, when the Cao army in the small city of Akasaka was worried about food, the Han army camp outside the city was extremely rich in food at this moment, and the smoke of cooking rose up, and a stream of fragrance rushed to the face.

And in the camp at this moment, Zhang Fei is eight feet five long, his body is extremely powerful, and although his head is full of white hair, although the turban on his head is coiled up, but because there is no news of the defeat and death of the Yu soldiers in this life, his side has experienced three major victories, Zhang Fei is wearing armor, smiling brightly, and full of spirit.

His brother's burgeoning Shu Han court is rising like the rising sun, how can it not be inspiring?

Hanzhong won a great victory and captured the three counties of Handong.

Xiangfan won a great victory and took Xiangyang City, and officially confronted Cao Jun by crossing the river.

The victory in Jingzhou not only crushed the sneak attack of the Wu army, but forced the insidious son Sun Quan to recapture the several counties of Jingzhou that originally belonged to him, and completely occupied the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Thinking of these, how could Zhang Fei not be happy as usual?

Dressed in armor again, Zhang Feihuan stared at the generals with his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it has been more than half a month since the enemy general Zhang He led the surprise attack on the meridian, and that Akasaka is just a small city, and there are not many food and material reserves at all. ”

"The general guessed that the Cao army has now fallen into a situation of running out of food."

As soon as the words fell, the generals in the tent nodded their heads when they heard it.

Subsequently, the Han general Zhang Da couldn't help but ask: "General, I don't know what our army should do next, whether to lead the crowd to attack and take down the thief army in one fell swoop?" ”

"No!"

Hearing this, Zhang Fei slowly thought about it and waved his hand to refuse, and then said: "Zhang He, this person is a good general, although the enemy army has run out of food, but if our army is forced to attack and persecute urgently, this person will definitely be able to boost the morale of the sergeant and fight as a trapped beast, which will cause unnecessary losses to our army." ”

The words fell, and Fan Qiang on the side also asked tentatively: "Does the general have a countermeasure?" ”

"Haha."

Zhang Fei laughed a lot, and then said: "Just send an order to continue to hold the mouth of the Meridian Valley to prevent Cao's army from breaking through." ”

"As for the main force of our department, we strictly ordered all the subordinates to sit on their backs and prepare for a decisive battle with the Cao army in the city at any time."

When the words fell, Zhang Fei said with a resolute face.

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