Zhuge Liang said: It's late!

Cao Cao has 40,000 horses, and we have 5,000 people, even if we help each other, it is difficult to play a decisive role! Hanzhong is still not guaranteed!

Lord, we have to change our plan now, the reason why Liang plans to take Jingzhou as his home first is to establish the situation that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can block Zhang Jie in the Central Plains, and form a mutual containment to buy time for the lord to plan Jingzhou. Now that the situation is different, Zhang Jie will go south soon, and we have no time to calculate Liu Biao's plan for Jingzhou.

Now there is only one other plan. Maybe it's the only way.

Liu Beidao: What's the plan?

Kong Ming glanced at Xu Shu and said, "Yuanzhi, come on!"

Xu Shudao: Kong Ming, let's talk about it!

Liu Bei was anxious and said: Don't sell the two military advisors, let's talk about it!

Zhuge Liang said: Give up Jingzhou, first try to Yizhou!

Yes! Liu Bei said: We only have 5,000 people, how can we capture Yizhou?

I heard that the lord once had an old relationship with Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan, why didn't the lord go to Liu Zhang? Zhuge Liang said.

As soon as he heard Zhuge Liang say, Liu Bei understood, first took refuge in Liu Zhang, and then sought Yizhou.

Liu Beidao: When he first crusaded against the Yellow Turban, Bei did have an old relationship with Liu Yan, and he also received grace. It's just that Liu Zhang was still young at that time, and now Liu Yan died in the first year of Xingping (194), and Bei has no friendship with Liu Jiyu (Liu Zhang's character), I'm afraid he doesn't want to take him in!

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: Don't worry, as long as Cao Cao occupies Hanzhong, Liu Zhang will ask the lord to help. At present, Yizhou Liu Zhang is also still shallow. Zhao Wei and others disobeyed Liu Zhang, and sooner or later they would rebel. If there is the help of the lord, Liu Zhang can't ask for it.

As for those local snakes in Shuzhong, if Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong, they would also be afraid that Cao Cao would plot against Yizhou. So rest assured, this matter will be done. As long as the lord makes great contributions in the fight against Cao Cao, he can slowly grasp the military power, and then he will be able to overthrow Liu Zhang!

Liu Bei saw that what Zhuge Liang said was reasonable, and said: Then when will you go to Yizhou?

Don't hurry, it's not the time yet, but you can send someone to Chengdu to spread rumors. It is said that Cao Cao has given up the Central Plains and intends to seize Hanzhong and Yizhou, which will make Liu Zhang suspicious, and as long as Cao Cao takes Hanzhong, Yizhou will be panicked. At this time, goodbye Liu Zhang can take the initiative!

After the spring of next year, Liang plans to go to Chengdu in person, and with his three-inch tongue, he said that Liu Zhang asked the lord to send troops to help!

Good! Just according to the words of the military advisor! Liu Bei said happily.

And Cao Cao in the west city of Hanzhong was also fighting Zhang Lu's idea, Zhang Lu was also shocked to learn that Shangyong let Cao Cao occupy it, if Liu Biao occupied Shangyong, he was not too anxious, because Liu Biao's Jingzhou and Shangyong were already at the border.

But now Cao Cao has taken the mediocrity, which shows that Cao Cao was defeated in the Central Plains, and this is to take Hanzhong as a foundation!

Zhang Jie and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, the Central Plains War, all the candidates in the world are very concerned, and Zhang Lu of course also has information in this regard.

Zhang Lu immediately found Yan Pu and Yang Song to discuss.

Dao: Cao Cao has been defeated by Zhang Jie in the Central Plains, but he withdrew from the Central Plains with tens of thousands of people, but he did not attack Jingzhou, but secretly took our Shangyong.

I guess I'm coming to our Hanzhong. What do you two do?

Yan Pudao: Cao Cao did not fight Jingzhou but won Shangyong, he must have come to Hanzhong, and it is estimated that Xicheng will be the next target, and there are not many defenders in Xicheng. Lord, we must prepare to meet the enemy immediately, although Cao Cao was defeated by Zhang Jie, but his soldiers are all veterans of the battlefield. Don't underestimate your lord!

Zhang Ludao: Why don't we send troops to Xicheng immediately?

Ay! I'm afraid it's too late! And even if he comes to it, he may not be Cao Cao's opponent. However, the lord can send a number of soldiers and horses to reinforce, but not all of them can be pressed to the west city. If Xicheng is still there, let them defend the city and delay time. If Xicheng is lost, return to Nanzheng immediately!

The lord should assemble the army, strictly guard the checkpoints, and order people to closely monitor the Han water, so as to wait for work.

Cao Cao's purpose was the entire Hanzhong, and the lord must strictly prevent Cao Cao from sneaking up on Nanzheng.

Yang Songdao: At present, the army of the lord is still too small, and the army should be expanded. Young men should first be selected from among the congregants to enlist in the army.

Good, I'll leave this expansion to you, quickly!

Then Zhang Lu found his younger brother Zhang Wei and asked Zhang Wei to gather troops and meet the enemy! On the one hand, he sent people to reinforce Xicheng.

When Zhang Lu's 10,000 reinforcements arrived in Xicheng, Cao Cao's front Xiahou Yuan had just arrived in Xicheng. As soon as the two sides fought a battle, Zhang Lu's soldiers and horses stayed in Hanzhong for many years, and there was no war. After Cao Cao's main force arrived, the Xicheng defenders surrendered directly.

After Cao Cao occupied Xicheng, the next step was, of course, Nanzheng.

In the conference hall, Cao Cao said: Now that Xicheng has been down, how should I take Nanzheng next?

Cao Rendao: Ren thinks let's rest in Xicheng for a month or two first! To be honest, I've never walked so far in my life. We have traveled thousands of miles from Xuchang to Xicheng, and the road is difficult, and many soldiers have complaints. And the background is homeless. Some of the soldiers were also sick.

Xiahou Yuan said: What Zixiao said is, let's rest first! O Mengde! Zhang Lu's soldiers are simply not worth mentioning, give me 20,000 people, and I can take Nanzheng, but this road is too difficult to walk, and there are many injuries to the horses. It doesn't matter if you take a month or two off.

Cao Cao said: Fengxiao, Gongda, what do you think?

Xun Youdao: It's the fortunate soldiers who have come all the way, but if they rest in Xicheng, will they give Zhang Lu more time to prepare, and I'm afraid that Nanzheng will be difficult to capture at that time! Also, if you rest here, there will be enough food for so many people and horses!

Guo Jiadao: It has been more than half a year since the first battle of White Horse Mountain, and the soldiers have never stopped. It's time to rest, to be honest, I never put Zhang Lu in my eyes, his soldiers in Hanzhong have never fought and seen blood, compared with us veterans who have fought bloody battles in the Central Plains, it is too far behind.

As long as you are well prepared, you can defeat the opponent with a single charge.

Ka's concern now is that if she waits here too long. First, is there enough food to eat, and there is also a lack of time before the winter will be, is there enough supplies for the winter?

What's more, every day we delay. It is equivalent to one day later than taking Yizhou.

Zhang Jie can still give us a few years! These are all problems, Yuan Benchu, I plan to delay it for a year or two at most!

Zhang Jie knows how he will react after we take Hanzhong? In my estimation, Zhang Jie will be worried that we will send troops from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, so after he captures the Central Plains, he should not go south to take Jingzhou first, but will take Guanzhong first. Just in case the lord takes the pass first!

Cao Cao said: Zhongde, how long can you eat food now? How much grain is there in the granary of the city?

Cheng Yudao: The food we brought can be eaten for more than half a month! However, Zhang Lu is not bad at smelting Hanzhong, the food in this Xicheng is enough for us to eat for about three months!