Report! ”

"Urgent."

Just when the people at the banquet in the palace were pushing the cups and changing the lamps, the spies who were scattered around to probe suddenly reported and shouted urgently after entering the hall.

Seeing this scene, Ma Chao's eyes moved slightly, as if he was thoughtful, so he played with the wine lord in his palm and smiled lightly: "What, the military situation has changed?" ”

Hearing this, the anxious look on the spout's face became a few points clearer, and he bowed his hand and said: "General Qiyu, according to more than 30 miles on the Yinping official road in the north, more than 10,000 Qiang soldiers are marching aggressively, and the target is directly aimed at Jiangyou City. ”

"What?"

"The Qiang people attacked Jiangyou?"

As soon as these words fell, the house suddenly seemed to be fried, and the faces of the officials showed different colors, and a trace of nervousness instantly surged into their hearts.

"How so?"

Hearing this, the county guard behaved steadily, but he didn't panic much, calmly waved his hand to retreat the spies, and then solemnly bowed his hand to Ma Chao and said, "General, it seems that the plan has changed!" ”

"Commander, why do you say that?"

As soon as these words fell, Ma Chao, who was thinking about it, looked suspicious and asked each other.

"A few days ago, Huang Chong sent a letter to the lower officials, asking him to help him strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, and said that if the main force of the Qiang army occupies the counties of Yinping, it will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue to Baishui Pass, Jiangyou is far away in the southwest of Yinping, although it is a strategic place, it will not attract the attention of Cherrigi too much, so that the lower officials can rest assured that there is no need to worry."

"Yesterday, the line reported that Cherrigi had led the main force to attack Baishui, and the lower officials also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, Jiangyou's current garrison strength is indeed too weak, and if the Qiang thieves really attack, they may not be able to resist, but why did the Qiang people suddenly change their minds halfway through the journey and lead the crowd to attack?"

"Could it be that Cherrigi made a temporary move in the middle of the way, and his purpose was to take our army by surprise?"

At this time, Rao is Jiangyou County Shou was calm and moderate, but he was also like an ant on a hot pot, and his face gradually showed anxiety.

The first Ma Chao listened to the words of the county guard, and his mind turned sharply as if he had thought of something, and suddenly his face smiled, and he chuckled: "Are you saying that the battle report that the Qiang people heard is very likely that Jiangyou's garrison is weak, and the news of Ben's arrival has not leaked out?" ”

"General Qiyu, this shouldn't be enough, the general only arrived here today, and the Qiang people are now only more than thirty miles away from the city, so they must have already set off."

"Hahaha!"

After hearing this, Ma Chao's face relaxed, he raised his head and poured a bottle of wine, and laughed: "Then this battle will be easy!" ”

As soon as these words fell, his nearly eight-foot-and-five-inch body suddenly stood up, his eyes were like stars, and he looked closely at the crowd and ordered loudly.

"County guard, you still follow the usual response, the enemy is coming, just take corresponding precautions, as for the destruction of the enemy, you can leave it to the general!"

Seeing the confident look on Ma Chao's face, the Jiangyou County Guard still looked worried, and said softly: "The general has a good plan to break the enemy?" ”

"Don't worry, Ben will have his own plans."

Seeing that it was more mysterious, he didn't ask any more questions, and then retreated to mobilize the county soldiers to make arrangements.

……

Outside Jiangyou City.

A road is generally gentle, but the road is still faintly rugged and steep, and above the official road about half a zhang wide on both sides, thousands of Qiang soldiers are marching in formation at this time, and the inherent banner of the Great Qiang King is also fluttering in the wind, showing no doubt that he is domineering.

As for Nanqu Shuai, he was in the battle with Yinping Juncheng at this time, laughing and talking.

"Nanqu, you can rest assured that this attack on Jiangyou is not yet lost, this place has not been lost in Yinping, the villain has been densely packed to spy on this city, because it is located in the hinterland of Shuzhong but in the southwest of Yinping, it is still far away from the hinterland of Yinping, so the big-eared thief did not pay too much attention to it, and the city is only more than a thousand county soldiers who are responsible for the security of the county on weekdays."

"Now that Qu Shuai has raised thousands of elites to attack it, the Han army may have already lost its courage, and the Jiangyou County guards dare to continue to resist, I am afraid that they will lead a number of officials in the city to open the city and surrender, and then the Qu Shuai will take the Jiangyou City without blood, control the mouth of the oil river, and control the lifeline of Shuzhong."

Speaking of this, the smile on the face of Yinping County became thicker and thicker, and he complimented him again: "At that time, if the king of Qiang has broken through the Baishui Pass, then Qu Shuai will join forces with him to take Chengdu, but if the main force cannot be conquered for a long time, then the great merit of taking the land of Xichuan Qu Shuai will occupy it exclusively!" ”

"What do you mean?"

Seeing the slight smile and confidence on his face, Nanqu looked a little suspicious, and couldn't help but stare tightly, and said: "If it is difficult for King Qiang to conquer Baishui, then our army is only a few thousand troops, Liu Bei will definitely gather the main force to encircle and annihilate him, how can he let us and others threaten Chengdu?" ”

"Qu Shuai's words are wrong!"

After hearing this, Yinping Juncheng continued to laugh and talk: "Qu Shuai should not know yet, since the end of the battle of Hanzhong last year, in addition to retaining the military power of Hanzhong, Brazil and other important places, the rest of the elite main forces have been scattered in the field and released into the fields, in order to carry out autumn harvest and spring ploughing. ”

"Now Chengdu City and the surrounding warriors are only more than 3,000 people, if our army does not take the river oil bloodily, and the king of Qiang has not conquered Baishui, then Qu Shuai can travel day and night, all the way to take the city, Mianzhu soldiers under Chengdu, even if the big-eared thief and Zhuge Liang react, they will not have the opportunity to mobilize elites, and they will not have the spare strength to fight against the thousands of elite soldiers under Qu Shuai in the wilderness."

"At that time, Qu Shuai broke through Chengdu and captured the big-eared thief and others, wouldn't it be to take the credit of Xichuan for monopoly, at that time, wouldn't Qu Shuai be majestic in the country, and how could the general and Prime Minister Yadan be on a par with you?"

The more Yinping County Cheng said that this cake would be drawn more firmly, and this sentence was also said in an instant, Nanqu was handsome, what monopolized this merit, the majesty is unique, and the status will surpass Yueji and Yadan......

Merely.

In addition to being overjoyed, Nanqu Shuai still left a little worried, and asked: "Is your information accurate, what if the big-eared thieves gather a heavy army in advance?" ”

"Qu Shuai, but rest assured, this matter is absolutely impossible."

Speaking of this, the corners of Yinping Juncheng's mouth hooked up a sneer, and said: "I'm afraid Qu Shuai doesn't know yet, the Guanping tribes that led the army across the Yinping Trail and went straight to the Qiang Road, and the sergeants under their command are all newly formed new troops, and they have not experienced a few battles. ”

"Qu Shuai thinks at this time, did the big-eared thief recruit the main force in advance?"

"Hahaha!"

As soon as these words fell, Nanqu immediately burst into laughter, and then said: "Okay, good, if the facts are true as the county guard said, then a certain hero will not forget the merit of the county guard on the day." ”

"The villain wished Qu Shuai a good success."

For a while, the two talked passionately, and laughed from time to time during the march.

Half-ringing on the march.

After a journey of more than 30 miles or so, the Qiang pawn finally arrived outside Jiangyou City before sunset.

At a glance, Jiangyou City is indeed a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!

At this time, Nanqu Shuai slowly stepped forward a few steps, put his hand on his eyebrows and looked up for a moment, and sighed: "Alas, if there is a defense here, our army will have no chance to attack!" ”

After that, he also noticed the situation on the head of the city, the Han soldiers were scattered and stationed on the stomping wall with bows, but he saw that there were still gaps in many sections of the city wall, and there was no one to defend them.

Of course, Jiangyou City is just like a closed city, but the core is a city, Rao is five steps and one sentry, and how can he fully defend the city wall?

"There is a gap in the defense of the city, which is a reflection of the lack of military strength, and it seems that the information of Yinping County is correct."

After observing, Nanqu was overjoyed and groaned secretly.