Let's say that Li Hui took the money that Liu Cong lent him, gave Liu Cong a big gift, and ran to find Lang Zhong as soon as he slipped away.

And the three-month training soon ended, and more than 500 Yizhou elites from the beginning of the forehead to the later reluctance, the process is really indescribable. In particular, Li Hui and several of his brothers had a deeper affection for Liu Cong and the Jingzhou soldiers.

However, in the end, this is Yizhou, Liu Zhang's territory, Liu Cong can't force them to stay in the camp, after sending these people away, Liu Cong ordered Wei Yan to lead the troops to the countryside to assist the people in harvesting for free. Fa Zheng organized county soldiers as required and began military reclamation in the county. Although Jiameng is a border county, there are even more farmlands in the area under its jurisdiction than the entire Shangyong County, and there is the Baishui River flowing through it, which is a good place for natural military reclamation. It's a miniature version of Nanjun. So Liu Cong naturally can't miss such a good place.

However, the harvest in the countryside can only be delayed for a month or two, and the rice and wheat harvest will basically be completed in July. Liu Cong could only organize his troops and began to prepare for the attack on Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. The first order was to let Yang Huai and Gao Pei each lead their troops forward, and Wei Yan led his troops to take over the two to garrison Jiameng Pass. Yang Huai and Gao Pei were naturally dissatisfied with such an arrangement.

Jiameng Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is very leisurely to be stationed here all day. And Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is not a good generation, and there are rumors that Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao, Han Sui and others in Guanzhong again, and the two generals were afraid that Cao Cao would also come to Hanzhong, and the whole army would be wiped out at that time, but Liu Cong could sit on Jia Meng with a smile and watch the excitement.

The concerns of the two are understandable from the standpoint of the Yizhou generals.

Since he came to Guanzhong, he has been confronting Ma Chao and others in Tongguan for several months. Cao Cao saw that Tongguan was difficult to capture for a while, so he secretly sent generals Xu Huang and Zhu Ling to lead more than 4,000 cavalry to cross the Yellow River from Pubanjin (now Yongjixi, Shanxi) by night, and set up a camp on the west bank of the Yellow River north of Tongguan, and then the whole army went north, and under the response of Xu Huang's army in the west of the river, crossed the river from Pubanjin to attack.

Ma Chao saw that Cao's army had reached Hexi, abandoned Tongguan, and retreated to Weikou (now Huayindong, Shaanxi) to fortify. After Cao Cao marched into the west of the river, "even the car tree fence" for the road, along the river to the west, along the way to set up more suspicious soldiers, take advantage of the enemy's slackness, secretly use the boat to cross the elite into Wei to set up a pontoon bridge, overnight led the troops to cross the river. Ma Chao's army robbed the camp at night and was defeated by Cao Cao, and after Cao's army crossed the Wei River, he camped in Weinan to confront Ma Chao and other troops.

Ma Chao and others were intimidated by Cao Jun's prestige, so he asked for peace by cutting the land, but Cao Cao did not allow it. Ma Chao led the army to fight, but Cao Cao couldn't hold out. Soon, Ma Chao and others again asked to send their son as a "quality appointment" to make peace. Cao Cao, in order to have the opportunity to divide and divide the armies in Guanzhong, pretended to make peace. Han Sui and Cao Cao have always known each other, and at this time they asked to meet Cao Cao, and Cao Cao agreed to meet Han Sui in front of the battle.

The two exchanged horses and talked, Cao Cao deliberately only said the old things in Kyoto, never mentioned the current things, Han Sui returned to the army, Ma Chao asked Cao Cao what he said, Han Sui said "nothing to say", Ma Chao did not believe it, a few days later, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Han Sui in his own hand, but deliberately smeared more, as if Han Sui changed it. When Ma Chao saw it, he became even more suspicious, and Cao Cao saw that the time had come, and sent troops to fight a decisive battle with the Guanzhong army.

The two armies fought, Cao Cao first paralyzed the enemy with a small number of troops, and then used elite cavalry to attack suddenly, breaking through the armies in Guanzhong, and beheading Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others in the pass. Ma Chao and Han Sui fled to Liangzhou (present-day Zhangjiachuan, Gansu), and Yang Qiu fled to Anding County (present-day Zhenyuannan, Gansu). With Cao Cao's character, Cao Cao will definitely attack and settle down in the next step. As for Liangzhou, it depends on the actions of Liu Cong and Sun Quan, if the two attack Hefei and Hanzhong at this time, Cao Cao will definitely abandon Liangzhou and return to his division.

Therefore, it is understandable that Yang Huai and Gao Pei are reluctant to be pioneers. However, it just gave Liu Cong a good excuse to delay. Since the Yizhou generals were not satisfied with the dispatch, and their own troops were not enough, Liu Cong sent a letter to Liu Zhang, preparing to expand the troops in Jia Meng, and at the same time wait and see where Cao Cao went, and then make the next step. Yang Huai and Gao Pei's performance, in fact, Liu Zhang had expected it a long time ago, and the two of them, like Zhang Ren, were against Liu Cong's entry into Shu, so Liu Zhang thought that the two had a knot in their hearts, but the front-line change of generals was not the same thing, and he really didn't think of any way to urge Liu Cong to march for a while.

At this time, Cao Cao was also quite hesitant, after he got the news that Liu Cong had entered Shu, he expected that the Central Plains would be worry-free, so he was relieved to go west to conquer Ma Chao and Han Sui, but during this period, the people of Hejian County (now the southeast of Xian County, Hebei) gathered people to revolt, and the momentum was quite strong. Cao Pi, who stayed in Yecheng (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei), ordered the general Jia Xin to lead his troops to attack, and then defeated Tian Yin and others.

Although there was little movement in this uprising, Cao Cao had to guard against it, especially the movements of Sun and Liu. Some strategists suggested that Cao Cao abandon stability and wave his army to the south to capture Hanzhong as soon as possible. They are also worried that Hanzhong will fall into the hands of Liu Cong, but Cao Cao is not in a hurry, he knows that Liu Cong is a smart person, and now this situation is a bit delicate, Cao Cao's two southern expeditions to Jingzhou and Yangzhou ended in failure, if this western expedition to Guanzhong can not be completely victorious, I am afraid that in the future, the hearts of the whole army will fall into the shadows.

And Liu Cong didn't know how to fully confront Cao Cao when he didn't stand firm on his heels.

However, since Cao Cao has achieved results in Guanzhong, Liu Cong must also speed up his actions in Yizhou, otherwise when Cao Cao pacifies Guanzhong and even cleans up Ma Chao, then the next person to deal with is Jing Yang, and he is not in Jingzhou, and it is very likely that Cao Cao will lead his army south to attack Jingzhou.

Liu Cong made up his mind to attack Yizhou, that is, he summoned military leaders Wei Yan, Yu Ban, Zhao Yun, and Pang Tongfa to study specific plans. Fa Zheng and Pang Tong offered advice one after another.

Regarding the seizure of Yizhou, the two think tanks have long been ready to move, and Fa Zheng and Zhang Song held a Hongmen banquet when they met with Liu Zhang's two armies before. Pang Tong also advocated killing Liu Zhang when the two Liu met, but Liu Cong did not accept it in the end. So this time, the Fa is just looking at Pang Tong, which means that you say it first, if the lord doesn't accept it, I can make further corrections.

Pang Tong is also not polite, he has not really fought since he took refuge in Liu Cong, Pang Tong, the accompanying military division, rarely shines, I saw him stand up and pause, and then cleared his throat again: "Lord, take Yizhou, there are three strategies for the upper, middle and lower, please decide the lord!" ”

"Strategist, please speak."

"Please choose the soldiers of the lord, day and night, and attack Chengdu. Liu Zhang neither practiced martial arts, nor knew the art of war, and he had never been defenseless, so our army would be able to take Chengdu in one fell swoop if he suddenly killed, and this is the best policy! ”

As Pang Tong said, Liu Zhang is cowardly by nature and does not know martial arts, and he has a good impression of Liu Cong before, so he must be defenseless against Liu Cong. Liu Cong's army suddenly appeared in Chengdu, which would definitely scare Liu Zhang. In this way, Chengdu was captured, and then the counties were spread. This method is really good, the shortest time, and the price that may be paid is also the smallest, but Liu Cong is worried that Zhang Ren, who is stationed in Chengdu, will resist desperately when the time comes, and if Dong He of Guling County and Yan Yan of Ba County do not listen to orders and refuse to surrender, then Liu Cong will not be able to make a quick decision.

Liu Cong thought for a while and raised his head and asked, "What about the middle and bottom strategies?" ”

"Yang Huai and Gao Pei are the generals under Liu Zhang, and they have strong soldiers in their hands, guarding the juncture, and they have never faced the lord. Tong Suwen and the two repeatedly admonished Liu Zhang to repatriate his father-in-law. The lord can fulfill his wish, and he said that Jingzhou is in an emergency, Cao Cao wants to march south, and the lord wants to save him, and make the outfit and appearance return to the form.

These two sons have always been intimidated and the prestige of the lord did not dare to act rashly, and now they will be overjoyed to hear that the general is about to return. The lord can then ask the two generals to summon two people to the garrison, and the two will definitely not be guarded and ride lightly to send the general. The general could find a reason in the city to take down the two, and then take his subordinates, and then after the city was rectified, the army was killed in Chengdu...... This is the best way to go.

As for the next policy, it is thought that the main public may not be used. Seeing that Liu Cong was silent, Pang Tong stopped.

"Tell me about it." Liu Cong felt that Pang Tong's middle strategy was good, and he could earn an army of 20,000, so he had a better chance of winning to Chengdu. Of the 20,000 Yizhou soldiers stationed at Baishui Pass, 500 elites had been trained under Liu Cong.

If Yang Huai and Gao Pei were captured or killed, and then sent people into Baishui, the wives of the rest of the generals were detained, and Li Hui and others assisted, these 20,000 people could be used by Liu Cong. Coupled with the recruits Liu Cong recruited in Jiameng during this period and the Jingzhou soldiers he brought from Jingzhou, he was able to make up nearly 60,000 people and suddenly kill Chengdu, the odds of victory are not small, but since Pang Tong said that there are three strategies, Liu Cong will naturally make an evaluation and decision after listening to it.