It is impossible to conceal the news of a large-scale military operation.

Especially in the Central Plains, the news spreads in all directions. On the contrary, the Bashu region has an advantage in this aspect, and Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was quietly and silently.

Cao Cao controlled the water army in the north, ordered the soldiers to drill, and mobilized baggage and equipment on a large scale, and the spies under Guan Yu's command were widely distributed, so the news naturally came back.

And this news is in March, and now Cao Cao may make more moves.

Either way, this battle is inevitable.

Guan Ping also understood. immediately invited Jian Yong to stay, first for a few days, after washing away the fatigue, he had to let Jian Yong go back to Xinye.

After arranging Jian Yong, Guan Ping summoned six officials to meet and announced the news.

When the officials heard about this, their faces were very solemn.

"If Cao Cao goes south from the north, there will be at least 100,000 elite soldiers. And they are all elites in a hundred battles, and their sincerity is difficult to compete with. After all, Wang Mian is a little frightened when there is a gap between him and people like Ma Liang, Sun Qian, Yi nationality, and Yan Pu in terms of pattern.

"It's better to ask the lord to move to Xinye, and the people of Jiangxia can go to Fangling to avoid the edge temporarily." Immediately, Wang Mian said.

This is a real solution. If you can't fight, hide. Guan Ping is very popular in Fangling, and Xinye's military supplies are piled up, if he retreats to Fangling. Hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun went south to Fangling, and there was nothing to worry about.

Deep mountains and old forests, layer by layer.

If the people can't stop it, there will be a lot of wasted land in Hanzhong. Guan Ping had planned this before, if Xinye couldn't defend it, he would slowly enter Fangling without worry.

But as the strength began to rise, as the situation became different, Guan Ping felt that Xinye still had to be guarded.

Let's not talk about Xinye's business for many years, it's a pity to abandon it. This is all false, if you can't beat it, you can run, Guan Ping is a person who can throw away his armor at a critical moment and run away decisively.

But there is a reason for Shou Shinno.

First, now Zhuge Liang is in Jiangxia, with a population of more than 100,000 and 120,000 with armor, and Ding Feng's water army is also in Jiangxia.

If Xinye runs, Jiangxia will inevitably run.

Furthermore, if the Guan family gave up Xinye, Cao Cao could go directly to Jingchu, and the weakness of Liu Cong, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun would inevitably be surrendered.

If Cao Cao won Jingzhou, Jiangdong Sun Quan would not be able to resist.

The general trend may be gone.

If Guan Ping guards Xinye, it seems that he is helping Jingzhou guard the gate, which seems ridiculous, but in fact, it is also preventing Cao Cao from going south to Jingchu.

And Jing Chu can enjoy it by yourself.

Therefore, it is also necessary to guard Shinno.

"Xinye, I have been in business for many years. Such as Zhao's Jinyang, you must not give up easily. Guan Ping said categorically.

When Wang Mian heard this, he didn't say anything more, and sat down with his hands arched.

In the past, Zhibo intended to capture the Zhao family, and the Zhao family retreated to Jinyang, which led to the later three divisions. Guan Ping used this allusion to reveal his determination to defend Xinye.

"General Ming's father and son, plus General Zuo (Liu Bei), have been running Xinye for six or seven years. There were 200,000 people and 230,000 soldiers. The materials are piled up, the people's hearts are attached, and the proportion of soldiers wearing iron armor is very high. Now the five generals Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, Li Zheng, and Liao Hua are in Fangling, with nearly 30,000 people. Although he could not fight to the death with Cao's army, he could camp on the north bank of the Han River and bluff. This is a geographical advantage, people, if you really fight, you may not lose. On the contrary, General Ming is in Hanzhong, if Liu Zhang learns the news, I am afraid that he may have to raise troops to the north again and get involved in Hanzhong. ”

After pondering for a long time, Ma Liang touched his beard and said.

This is the difference in the pattern, but Ma Liang is not afraid at all.

"Let's fight!" Guan Ping nodded, and then said: "Order Hanzhong County, Fangling County to recruit people and strong, and train new soldiers, at a critical moment, it may be useful." ”

"I wrote to my father, I must stick to Xinye and don't act rashly. Please Zhuge Liang see the opportunity to act in Jiangxia. If the situation is not right, you can also go east to the mountains for shelter. It doesn't matter if you lose Jiangxia, the key is to save your life. ”

Guan Ping said.

"No." Guan Ping's prestige has been reached, and at this moment he is acting fiercely and not dragging mud and water, and the officials suddenly agreed when they heard this, and then went down to prepare.

Guan Ping also wrote to his father in person, asking him to stick to Xinye and not act rashly. It is advantageous to defend Xinye, and if you go out of the city to fight, you will be defeated.

As for Zhuge Liang, Guan Ping is indeed worried.

This Wolong can't become a dead dragon, Jiangxia is a sesame seed at the critical moment, and keeping the dragon's head in Wolong is the big buffalo.

Immediately, Hanzhong County, Fangling County, and even Wudu County and Yinping County all moved.

Externally, Guan Ping did not publicize the matter.

Only a very small number of people know about this. And Guan Ping can only do this, after all, Xinye is the front line, and he is far away in Hanzhong.

It's impossible to come up with ideas.

It is necessary to know that soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. The change of strength is like God's change of face, and it can change at any time. Whether Xinye can hold it or not depends on the civil and military personnel of Xinye to make their own judgments.

The strategists do not make mistakes, and the generals are not afraid of death.

So much for.

...............

In the name of the shogunate of General Yang Wu, the order to recruit strong men for training in Fangling County has been issued, and this time 20,000 strong men will be recruited.

With years of development, coupled with the continuous descending of mountain people, the population of Fangling has been growing slowly.

Although the transfer of 20,000 strong men is very ruthless, it will not make Fang Ling collapse. On the contrary, Guan Ping's reputation among the people has always been very high, and with the order, Fang Ling's task of recruiting 20,000 strong men was completed at once.

These 20,000 strong men were concentrated in a vacant lot outside Fangling County, and Li Zheng sent several military candidates to directly conduct simple military training.

And the news that Cao Cao was going south had not yet spread. However, Guan Ping began to recruit the people with such fanfare, and he had the momentum of reckless military force to stab the sky.

Smart people will know what may go wrong.

Fang Ling's general, deservedly Li Zheng. This general, who Guan Ping promoted step by step, is very good, even better than Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, and Ding Feng.

Li Zheng is very prestigious in Fangling because of the long-term town of Fangling.

Fangling City is in the north of the city, in the city gate tower. Li Zheng was playing chess with his battalion Sima, and Li Zheng's level of chess was excellent, and in the blink of an eye, he admitted defeat to the cast of the battalion Sima.

"Sima Wang, your chess skills have declined slightly." Li Zheng put Baizi back in the box and said.

"General. Thanks to you, you are still as calm as usual, and since the conscription in Fangling, I have been unable to sleep and eat. Wang Sima smiled bitterly and said.

"When is the conscription?" Li Zheng asked.

Fang Ling has had two conscriptions in the recent period, one is Zhang Bao, Mi Wei, and Zhao Tong returned from Hanzhong to supplement the soldiers.

The second time, it was 20,000 people who were strong.

"This time, of course." Wang Sima continued to smile bitterly.

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. The large-scale mobilization of troops is nothing more than the presence of an enemy. Now our General Yang Wu is in Hanzhong, and the enemy is Bashu Liu Zhang. If you want to fight Liu Zhang, Zhang Bao, Mi Wei, Zhao Tong and others, they will repair in Hanzhong. Li Zheng stood up, walked to the gate with his hands behind his back, and looked at the sky.

The sky today is very clear and cloudless.

"The general means that the enemy is in the north?" Wang Sima understood, and his face became very bad. If the enemy is in Bashu, then it is easy to say, Liu Zhang's weakness is famous far and wide.

But that Cao Cao is really famous and invincible.

"It doesn't matter if the enemy is in the north or somewhere. As long as our generals are not afraid of death, the Guan family will not be defeated. Wang Sima, what do you think? Li Zheng turned around and asked calmly.

"What the general said is very true." As if drinking a stick in the head, Wang Sima immediately understood, clasped his hands into fists, and said sincerely.

As soon as the war broke out, even the air seemed to smell of blood. The news has not yet spread, but many have already guessed it.

.........

Fangling Five-Way Army, only Liaohua Department is the water army, and the water village is set up in Buxiang. And Zhang Bao, Mi Wei, Zhao Tong and others were ordered to come to Fangling to recruit troops, they thought that they would soon go back to Hanzhong, so they also set up camp in Buxiang and became neighbors with Liao Hua.

Everyone is Guan Ping's good brother, and when Guan Ping was still a member of the individual department, everyone knew each other very well, so Liao Hua would visit the door from time to time, or beckon everyone to come and have a meal together.

On this day, Liaohua's sailors caught a lot of fish in the river, and Liao Hua picked out the big fish among them and invited the brothers to eat fish in the big tent of the water village.

There is grilled fish, there is boiled.

Eat as much as you want.

Of the three-pound big fish, Liao Hua ate four of them, and he couldn't stuff them at all. He sat down, straightened his legs, and patted his belly.

"Do you feel it?" After Liao Hua ate and drank enough, he couldn't help but say.

"I'm not stupid, why can't I feel it?" Zhang Bao has already dried three big fish, and is dealing with the fourth, grilled fish, one bite is crunchy, and he turned his head and glared at Liao Hua.

Mi Wei eats and drinks at the same time, which is very gentle. He is the only one of the three who is of noble origin and culture. As for speaking, he often couldn't get a word.

"Cao Cao of the North. I'm not afraid of my brothers' jokes, and when I think of this, I feel a little timid. "Zhao Tong is elegant on the outside, but he is not strong on the inside, so he is decent. Hearing this, he said with a wry smile.

"What are you afraid of, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth. When he was alive, he had one nose and two eyes, and when he was dead, the loess pressed his belly, could Cao Cao be different? ”

Zhang Bao also glared at Zhao Tong.

These four guys, Zhang Bao is not afraid.

Liao Hua was the first to have a weak heart, so he couldn't help but bring it up.

Zhao Tong was indeed a little afraid.

Mi Wei didn't speak, but after a closer look, his face was a little worried.

Everyone is a young general, they are all seedlings, although they are all loyal ministers, but they have experienced far less winds and waves than their parents. Under such heavy pressure, Zhang Bao and Li Zheng's composure is really commendable.

Of course, Zhang Bao is honest and not afraid of death, and Li Zhengcai is calm.

So Li Zheng is the general.

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