The Ma family is five constants, and the white eyebrows are the best.

This is a saying that is widely spread in Jingchu, the five brothers of the Ma family, as well as their father Ma She, have a high reputation in the Jingzhou area.

And now the six fathers and sons of the Ma family are all working under the Guan family, and Ma Liang's three brothers are currently in Xinye, and they are officials with Yin Guan.

And the three best fathers and sons of the Ma family, Ma Jie, Ma Liang, and Ma Yan, are in Fangling and working under Guan Ping.

Guan Ping gave Ma Liang a large mansion to live in Fangling, and Ma Liang came back to live in the house at night and went to work in Taishou Mansion during the day.

After Ma Jie came to Fangling, he was also arranged to live in this house.

As for Ma Yan, this person joined the army under the official position of General Guan Ping Yang Wuzhonglang, and he was basically active in the army.

At present, under the official position of Yang Wuzhonglang, there are more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, led by Zhou Xiong and Li Fei respectively.

Li Fei commanded the whole army.

In addition to Guan Ping's own soldiers, the army was divided into four divisions and stationed in the military area vacated by the four gates of the city. Among them, the North City Gate is the top priority, so Li Fei and Ma Jian are in the North City Barracks every day.

Li Fei is not Zhou Xiong.

Zhou Xiong is a self-proclaimed dog leg of Guan Ping, and he has a lot of flattery every day, and he wishes to saddle Guan Ping before and after the horse for the rest of his life.

Li Fei is a normal teenager and a shrewd person.

Because of the heavy responsibility entrusted by Guan Ping, he did not dare to slack off every day, studied the art of war every day, practiced soldiers, and often practiced mounted archery.

But it's a pity that Li Fei is already thin and weak, not as strong as Zhou Xiong and Guan Ping, although he is stronger after training after entering the military camp, but because of congenital reasons, he can't become a strong general.

Therefore, Li Fei's daily life is mainly based on the study of military affairs.

And Ma Tan is also a teenager and a military madman, the two of them get together and have a good personal relationship.

It is not a simple thing to be a leading general, especially a leading general who is responsible for guarding the city.

Li Fei needed to train his soldiers in accordance with the regulations, practice for eight days, rest for two days, and also need to leave soldiers and horses to guard the city. For this reason, Li Fei had to let the battalions take turns to rest, so that the city was always guarded.

On the afternoon of this day, Li Fei took a few personal soldiers to inspect the city wall, he was dressed in armor, his hand pressed the hilt of the sword, and the big sword behind him fell, and there was a clever energy between his eyebrows, but his demeanor and posture were calm.

After inspecting the city wall, Li Fei returned to the house in the military area, and the soldiers naturally came up to take off his armor and sword for Li Fei.

Li Fei put on his coat himself.

"Lord Sima. My mother is sick and wants to ask you for a month off. At this time, one of Li Fei's personal soldiers suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

Li Fei raised his eyes and saw that this person's name was Zhang Jiang, and he was a new savage. In fact, most of Li Fei's personal soldiers are new savages.

Li Fei turned around and took a silver cake, stuffed it to Zhang Jiang and said, "Yes." You take this money with you, and if it is not enough to spend when you return to Xinye, write to me and tell me. ”

"Thank you, Lord Sima." Zhang Jiang took the silver, choked and kowtowed.

Immediately, Zhang Jiang thanked him and left, but the surrounding soldiers were not surprised. Yang Wu Zhonglang will command Sima on the left and right, with different personalities.

The left Sima Zhou Xiong is brave and aggressive, and the right Sima Li Fei is calm, treats the soldiers very well, and is quite popular with the army.

The soldiers are willing to serve their lives.

Li Fei is Guan Ping's henchman, and he is also the Sima in the army, and he is the leader of Yulu. Guan Ping would reward Li Fei from time to time, but Li Fei often underspend, because most of them were given to his subordinates.

Li Fei is really not comparable to Zhou Xiong, he learned Sun Tzu's art of war, learned how to lead troops into battle, and learned the essence.

In the military area within the north city gate, the soldiers lived in the row houses, Li Fei lived in the big house, and Ma Jian also lived here.

After Li Fei sent Zhang Jiang away, he came to the outside of Ma Yan's study and walked in. It was a small study room full of bamboo slips.

Of course, the main seat is located on the north side against the wall, and between the wall and the main seat stands a screen, but this screen is not an ordinary screen.

On the outside is a wooden frame, and on the inside is a map made of silk cloth.

The map is very simple, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Guanzhong, Xudu, including such a place.

Ma Jian was studying a matter, and Li Fei often discussed this matter with Ma Yan, so he knew.

Ma Tan heard the footsteps and looked up, and when he saw that it was Li Fei, he turned back to look at the map.

"But after thinking about it, do you want to fight Nanjun, or do you want to fight Hanzhong?" After Li Fei entered the study, he also came to the side of the main seat, knelt down on the floor, and looked at the map.

Ma Tan joined the army, and the thing he studied was naturally a war. The basic plate of the Guan family is in Xinye, that place has no depth, only a city of land, if it is a big war, it can be defended, but it is definitely not a good place.

So Ma Jian suggested that Guan Ping attack Fangling County, not only to retreat, but also to collect soldiers, horses, money and food, and make the next step.

Fangling County can reach Hanzhong in the west through Hanshui, and Xiangyang in the east, but the land is not passable.

To the south, you can reach Zigui, that is, Nanjun, but this is a mountain road, which can be marched, but it is more difficult to replenish supplies.

Therefore, at present, there are only three roads in front of Fangling Group: Xiangyang, Hanzhong, and Nanjun.

It can also be said that there are two roads, fighting Liu Biao and fighting Zhang Lu.

And the three roads of Xiangyang, Nanjun, and Hanzhong are only two that can be walked, Nanjun and Hanzhong.

Because Liu Biao was in Xiangyang and there were heavy troops stationed in the area of Fancheng, it was impossible to fight Xiangfan.

Don't talk about Xiangfan.

Relying on the forces of Hanshou Hou Guan Yu in Xinye, he couldn't defeat Fancheng when he poured out of his nest. The general is not a vegetarian.

Wenpin owns the city of Fancheng and has 10,000 elite soldiers, and defending the city is as stable as Mount Tai.

On the Fangling side, even if Guan Ping recruited new soldiers and expanded his army to 30,000 or 40,000 people after the autumn harvest was sufficient, he would not be able to defeat Xiangyang.

On the contrary, Nanjun is an important place, and Jiangling City is an important city, with a lot of supplies and many defenders, but Liu Biao's military strength in the southeast is mostly concentrated in Jiangxia.

Gangneung Fortress can defend itself, but it is not capable of sending troops. If Guan Ping went south to attack Zigui, he could capture several cities in Nanjun, and then slowly encroach on Jiangling.

At that time, you can also have direct contact with Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia (Sun Quan failed to attack Jiangxia a year ago, and attracted Wang Wei to go south in vain and saved Guan Ping), Guan Ping attacked Jiangling. cut off Jingzhou from it, and suppressed Liu Biao's power in the Xiangyang area.

Over time, Liu Biao perished.

Although Xiangyang has a large army, a large population, and a prosperous city, one place cannot last long.

This is a practical path, but the shortcoming is protracted. And Liu Biao is not a wooden man after all, Kuai Yue has a plan under his command, and Wang Wei can't be underestimated by the general's literary appointment.

The plan is good, but the results may be the opposite.

All in all, Liu Biao's strength is too strong. Even if the Guan family and the Sun family unite, it will be difficult to eliminate Liu Biao for a while.

With this kung fu, it is better to fight Hanzhong, Hanzhong Zhang Lu's strength is much weaker than Liu Biao, and it is much easier to deal with than Liu Biao.

And to lay down Hanzhong, the strength is positive, there is a qualitative leap, and then take advantage of the situation to attack Bashu. After Yizhou is established, the troops can go out in three ways to attack Jingzhou.

All the way is the siege of Fancheng from Xinye.

One way is to attack Xiangyang through the Han River.

All the way was through the Yangtze River, waterways and attacked Da Nan County.

The plan should be the safest way, but fighting a war is not a plan after all, and even Ma Jian doesn't know how the situation will develop.

Ma Tan is not so arrogant as to think that he can figure everything out.

"Hanzhong." Ma Tan put his hand on the location of Hanzhong on the map, clicked three times, and said.

"But Zhang Lu is not easy to deal with, this person has been in Hanzhong for many years, and he confuses the people with the Five Buckets of Rice Sect, which is very popular with the people. The population is 560,000, with 50,000 or 60,000 armor, and it also has a lot of contact with the king of Yi in the surrounding mountains. Relying on the wealth of Hanzhong, he traded with Liangzhou and bought horses. However, the army of warships had to reach Hanzhong from the Han River, sailing against the current, and it was very difficult to transport military supplies. It's really hard to fight Hanzhong. ”

Li Fei thought about it for a moment and said.

"Liu Biao, Zhang Lu chooses one. I choose Zhang Lu. Ma Jian said, and then Ma Jian said: "There is another important factor, Cao Cao in the north is encroaching on Hebei step by step, how many years can the Yuan brothers hold on?" Eleven years of Jian'an? Twelve years? Thirteen years? If Cao Cao pacifies Hebei, he will inevitably go south. You can resist it by relying on Shinno, but you can't fight back. What's more, he guarded the door for Liu Biao in vain. If you can attack Hanzhong before that. Hanzhong is blocked by the Qinling Mountains in the north and Daba Mountain in the south, which is very conducive to defense. The population is large, and there is a plain. Relying on our curved plough and new waterwheels, we can continuously supply the front-line grain and grass, and troops, which is the so-called sufficient food for the soldiers. It is really offensive and defensible. ”

War is bound to be considered from many aspects.

It is definitely difficult to beat Zhang Lu, but it is easier and more time-saving than beating Liu Biao.

What the Guan family lacks at the moment is time.

Cao Cao in the north is so strong that it is almost equal to the time of heaven. On this day, he was still in the process of exterminating the remnants of the Yuan clan, and he had no energy to go south.

But once it goes south, it will definitely strike a thunderbolt.

Time waits for me.

Only at this juncture, rapid growth, is there entry and exit.

This step must not be stopped, and once it stops, it is tantamount to destruction.

"It's hard. We now have less than 20,000 troops, and few ships. It is necessary to have enough food to harvest this autumn before we can expand our troops. After recruiting, another year of training is required. The construction of warships may be more costly and protracted. I'm afraid it will be at the beginning of the following year before the troops can be dispatched. How long does it take to beat Zhang Lu? Maybe it will take two or three years. ”

Li Fei sighed.

Even if the Guan family wants to fight Hanzhong, it will be much more difficult than Cao Cao to fight Hebei.

Now Cao Cao's momentum is unparalleled, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, a gust of wind blows, and the Yuan brothers will perish.

The Guan family wants to fight Hanzhong, but it is to use small to broaden.

Zhang Luke is much stronger than the Guan family, and he also has geographical advantages.

It's hard.

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