Hanzhong County, Nanzheng County.

Wang Can led the army south from Xiegu Pass, day and night, and arrived at Nanzheng at the fastest speed. This expedition to Xiliang, defeating Ma Teng and Han Sui, and moving away from Liangzhou to assassinate Shi Weiduan, can be regarded as a successful solution to the matter of Liangzhou.

Wang Can arrived in Nanzheng County and immediately called Zhang Liao.

Nanzheng County, the county guard.

Wang Can sat on the main seat of the hall, and his eyes fell on Zhang Liao. At this time, Zhang Liao is very different from Wang Can who just joined Wang Can two years ago. Zhang Liao led his soldiers to be stationed in Hanzhong County, presiding over the overall situation and maintaining the stability of the entire Hanzhong County.

Wang Can asked directly: "Wenyuan, you are in Hanzhong, and you know the situation of Nanyang County best, tell me about it!" ”

"No!"

Zhang Liao replied, and immediately said: "A month ago, Liu Bei led an army of 60,000 to Nanyang County. He led his troops to Wancheng, and first ordered Zhang Xiu to surrender, but Zhang Xiu refused and was unwilling to submit to Liu Bei. Liu Bei therefore attacked Nanyang County, although Liu Bei's strength was stronger than Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu was not good at stubble, and set up Dazhai at various passes to intercept Liu Bei everywhere. As a result, Liu Bei's army was blocked everywhere it went, and the speed of the journey was very slow, and it had not yet reached Wancheng. ”

After listening to this, Wang Can said: "Yuzhou has been wars many times, the people are tired, and the people's livelihood is difficult, I didn't expect Liu Bei to pull up an army of 60,000 so quickly, the speed is very fast!" ”

After a pause, Wang Can said again: "Let's talk about the personnel arrangements of Liu Bei's army." ”

Zhang Liao immediately replied: "Liu Bei personally led the army, with Chen Gong as the military advisor, Zhang Fei as the general, and the rest are shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and they are not well known. ”

Wang Can turned his gaze, looked at Guo Jia, and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you have in mind?" ”

Guo Jia was thinking about Liu Bei's attack on Zhang Xiu all the way, and he already had a draft in his heart, so he said: "My lord, I think that Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei are still in the stage of holding each other, there is no obvious difference between victory and defeat, and there is no need for us to kill them directly." Therefore, the humble post suggested that the troops should be stationed in Shangyong County, and then gradually advance according to the situation of Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu, waiting for the opportunity! ”

Wang Can nodded in agreement.

Zhang Liao continued: "Lord, do you need to recruit more soldiers this time?" ”

Wang Can asked rhetorically: "Wenyuan, how many soldiers can be recruited in Hanzhong County?" ”

When Zhang Liao heard this, a trace of pride flashed on his face.

He said loudly: "Hanzhong County has a good foundation, and after several years of development, it has become prosperous and rich, and its population has increased a lot. The number and quality of soldiers recruited by the last general also continued to increase, and it was roughly estimated that 50,000 troops could be recruited. ”

Fifty thousand?

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, the generals in the hall all showed surprised expressions.

Just the land of Hanzhong County can recruit 50,000 soldiers, which is amazing enough.

When Wang Can led a large army to conquer Xiliang, he deliberately recruited some soldiers from Hanzhong County. But the fact that 50,000 troops can be requisitioned now is indeed surprising to everyone. There are at least nine counties in Yizhou, and if each county can provide an average of 50,000 people, it is already more than 400,000 troops, which is a very frightening figure.

Zhang Ren said in a deep voice: "General Wenyuan, 50,000 troops is not a small number!" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "General Zhang don't worry, for Hanzhong County, 50,000 troops can be easily recruited, and these are all well-trained soldiers." If the people were immediately recruited into the army in the entire Hanzhong County, even a hundred thousand troops would be able to provide it. ”

These words were said with confidence.

After Zhang Ren listened, he stopped talking.

Wang Can praised again and again: "It is worthy of Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, it is indeed correct to let you guard Hanzhong and train soldiers." Hanzhong County provided 50,000 soldiers, plus the more than 10,000 soldiers I brought back, which was enough to overwhelm Liu Bei. ”

Guo Jia smiled and quipped: "Lord, Liu Bei folded Guan Yu last time, if he knew that you led the troops to kill, I don't know if he would give up Zhang Xiu and attack Yizhou directly!" ”

Wang Can said loudly: "Liu Bei dares to come, and Lone dares to kill him." ”

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Nanyang County, Anle County.

Liu Bei's attack on Zhang Xiu was not a straight attack.

To the north of Nanyang County is Cao Cao's jurisdiction, which borders Cao Cao, and Nanyang County also borders Liu Biao's jurisdiction. If Liu Bei killed Zhang Xiu from the north, it would easily arouse the vigilance of Cao Cao's garrison, so Liu Bei's strategy was to kill Zhang Xiu from the south. Although close to Liu Biao's territory, Liu Bei and Liu said that they were allies and had nothing to do with each other.

Liu Bei fought all the way, and it took a month to finally arrive in Anle County.

This journey has not been smooth.

The counties they encountered resisted to the death, and none of the generals chose to surrender. Even if they were defeated by Liu Bei, they delayed the progress of Liu Bei's army, and then quickly retreated, so that the speed of Liu Bei's army could not be accelerated. After Liu Bei led his army to Anle County, it took four days to conquer Anle County.

However, Liu Bei did not have the slightest joy in his heart.

The city was taken, but not a grain of grain was left in the storehouses of the city, and all of them were emptied.

Such a situation made Liu Bei very annoyed.

The army was stationed outside the county seat of Anle County and rested for a day.

In the county office, Liu Bei was handling military affairs in the study.

"Boom! Boom! ”

A gentle knock on the door sounded, and Chen Gong's voice came from outside the study. Liu Bei immediately let Chen Gong enter, and after Chen Gong sat down, he asked, "Gongtai, what's the matter?" ”

Chen Gong looked solemn and said, "Lord, Wang Can has returned to Hanzhong and started to act. ”

When Wang Can was mentioned, Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a fierce color.

He clenched the brush in his hand and said in a deep voice: "This thing has been expected for a long time, it is not surprising. ”

Chen Gong looked at Liu Bei's calm and calm expression, and his heart also settled down.

Compared with Lu Bu, although Liu Bei does not have Lu Bu's martial arts, he is stronger than Lu Bu I don't know how many times. Chen Gong worked under Liu Bei, and when he got Liu Bei's respect, he could be called like a fish in water, and he did his best. Whether it is Liu Bei's ability or Liu Bei's morality, Chen Gong admires it and is convinced.

Corporal Lixian!

Benevolence for the people!

This is Chen Gong's evaluation of Liu Bei in his heart, but Chen Gong is still a little disappointed in his heart.

Liu Bei was almost forty years old, but he had no heirs under his knees, which made Chen Gong very worried. Cao Cao has a large number of sons under his knees, and the heirs are worry-free; Wang Can also has two sons under his knees, and there is no shortage of them; Sun Jian and Liu Biao are also heirs, but Liu Bei has no heir, which makes Chen Gong a little worried.

If you don't have an heir, you will have some influence after all.

Chen Gong took a deep breath and asked, "Lord, since Wang Can is here, do you want to let that side start moving?" ”

Liu Bei asked, "Strategist, do you think it's appropriate?" ”

Chen Gong nodded solemnly and replied: "We are in the critical period of attacking Zhang Xiu, it is very important, if Wang Can leads the troops to suddenly intervene, it will have an impact on the morale and progress of our army." Earlier, let people contain Wang Can, we can also arrange it calmly, and we have more time to deal with Zhang Xiu, and we think that we can start. ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "In this case, the military advisor will pass on the message." ”

Chen Gong bowed to Liu Bei, then got up and left the study.

Liu Bei put down the bamboo slip in his hand and shouted: "Come on, please come to the study of the third general." Wang Can's arrival made Liu Bei's heart unable to be quiet. Guan Yu's death was a pimple in Liu Bei's heart, which could not be resolved. He heard Chen Gong say that Wang Can led the troops to come, and it was difficult for him to settle down.

He is like this, let alone Zhang Fei?

Therefore, Liu Bei had to appease Zhang Fei so that Zhang Fei would not be impulsive and misguided.

PS: The third of the four watches, ask for flowers.