"Mohou!" Meng Da came to Liu Yi's side, bowed down and said, "30,000 soldiers and horses are already in place, I don't know when we can send troops?" ”

"Go to Wuguan first, send out a detailed work, find out who the Hangu Pass guards are, how many troops are there, and how many garrisons are there in Hongnong, martial law along the way, send a message to the prince, from Shangyong to Nanyang, martial law in all cities, checkpoints everywhere, no one is allowed to enter and exit!" Liu Yi put down the matter for the time being, looked at Meng Da and said, "You are responsible for these things!" ”

"Whoa!" Meng Da bowed down and took the order.

"Liu Feng!" Liu Yi looked at Liu Feng and said solemnly.

"The last general!" Liu Feng took a step forward and bowed.

"You are responsible for putting grain and grass behind our army, Shangyong's side must prepare enough grain for me to turn over in January, and in addition, if there is a delay in the delivery of grain and grass in the rear, you can leave evidence for future checking." Liu Yi said in a deep voice.

"Sir, what are you ......" Liu Feng looked at Liu Yi and said in surprise.

"Li Zhengfang, I can't believe it!" Liu Yi said indifferently, although he has been in Nanzhong for a long time, but before Fa Zheng died, he had given himself a letter, although he did not say it explicitly, but he had already implied Li Yan, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang also let themselves beware of this person, although it was said that the rear was presided over by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang at the moment, it should be very safe, but Liu Yi still felt that he had to keep an eye on it, although he did not fight, but in this position now, there are some things that you can't fight if you want to.

Liu Feng was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly bowed to Liu Yi and said, "Mo Hou rest assured, Feng knows what to do." ”

Liu Yi nodded, didn't say more, after handing over the military affairs, he led the army to leave, he didn't take the lead this time, so the troops were not fast, after martial law in the direction of Wuguan, the 30,000 army slowly set off.

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Chang'an, the General's Palace!

"This time the Han army took the opportunity of the death of the first emperor to attack blatantly, and now that Chen to the army out of the valley, breaking through the Wuzhang Plain, the front of the army pointed directly at Yixian, I have ordered Gongming to lead the army to the town to defend, but the Han army this time to attack, I am afraid there is more than one way!" Cao Zhen stood in front of the map, looking at the deployment map of Chang'an, and said worriedly.

Over the years, Cao Zhen has been running the Yongliang land, this time Cao Pi is critically ill, Cao Zhen feels that something will happen, after Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, Cao Zhen immediately went to Cao Rui, hoping to come back to guard Chang'an, in case there is a change, when he was still in Yecheng, he had already sent someone to come to Guanzhong with a whip, and sent Xu Huang to guard here, but it was still a step late, when Cao Zhen came back, Xu Huang had already handed over to Chen Zhi.

But according to the news from the front, Chen Zhi only has 30,000 soldiers and horses here, Cao Zhen does not believe that Liu Bei has been preparing for so many years, only these 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack, there must be soldiers and horses, Chen to this army of soldiers and horses, I am afraid it is just a bait to attract Cao Jun, so Cao Zhen did not rush to increase the troops, but summoned the generals in Guanzhong to come to discuss the matter.

"General!" Guanzhong general Yang Ding came out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "The Han army came to attack this time, it has been planned for a long time, it will be thunderous, there are 100,000 troops in the pass, the last general is not worried, but if Nanyang Guan Yu waves his troops into Luoyang at this time, our army will become a lone army, the last general thinks, when the time to send someone to Yecheng, please Your Majesty to increase the troops in Luoyang, one can guard against Guan Yu to attack, and the other if Liu Bei is powerful, you can also rush to help Guanzhong." ”

Cao Zhen nodded, he also had this intention, although Cao Zhen himself was not afraid of Liu Bei, but Liu Bei since the battle of Nanyang, dormant in Shu for ten years, this time the attack, the momentum must be fierce, although there are 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, but to defend the four sides, can not gather troops in one place, if Liu Bei really transferred the soldiers and horses in Shu to pour out, I am afraid that it is not easy to stop, no matter how confident he is, he has not yet reached the point of conceit.

Over the years, the older generation of talents on Cao Wei's side has been falling, but there is no news of the fall of the veteran on Liu Bei's side, and if they are allowed to occupy the advantage of troops, Cao Zhen has no confidence that they can completely stop it.

Turning his head and looking at Du Xian, Cao Zhen asked, "Zixu, why don't you say anything?" ”

Du Zhen is Cao Zhen's military advisor, quite capable, Cao Zhen has something to decide, and he will also discuss with Du Zhen.

"I'm thinking about it, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are allies, how will Sun Quan react when Liu Bei sends troops this time?" Du Xun said in a deep voice.

Cao Zhen was silent when he heard this, one Liu Bei is enough to make Cao Wei's head bigger, if Sun Quan comes to mix in at this time and fights on two fronts, Dawei is afraid that he will not be able to bear it.

"If Sun Quan also sends troops at the same time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the imperial court to gather too many soldiers and horses to support for a while." Cao Zhen sighed and said.

Although Wei had many soldiers, there were also many places to defend, such as Xianbei in the north, the Xiongnu in Hetao and the Qiang people, all of which had to use troops.

Cao Zhen suddenly found that the impact of the death of the first emperor this time was greater than imagined, Liu Bei had been dormant for so many years, waiting for such an opportunity, if it was not difficult, it would be difficult, and now it was suddenly difficult, it must be thunderous, Chen Dao's soldiers and horses are probably just the beginning, and the really powerful ones are probably still to come.

"Although the imperial court can't find reinforcements, it's not without reinforcements!" Du Xun smiled.

"Oh?" When Cao Zhen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Du Xun and said, "Zixu, what is the best plan?" ”

"The road to Shu is difficult, there are millions of soldiers in Shu, and the number of troops that Liu Bei can mobilize is only one-twelfth of tenths, and it will not last!" Du Xi bowed and said.

The traffic situation in Shuzhong is notoriously difficult, difficult to enter and difficult to get out, and the supply of grain and grass is the biggest problem, so he can be sure that Liu Bei's dispatch of troops this time must be with the intention of a quick battle.

Cao Zhen nodded when he heard this, and did not rush to ask where the reinforcements were, he knew that since Du Zhen had spoken, he must have already made a plan.

"It is not easy to defeat the Han army, but it is not difficult to retreat from the Han army, you only need to clear the wilderness and defend city by city, even if you lose some cities, it doesn't hurt, exhaust the spirit of the Han army." Du Xun then said with a smile: "As for the reinforcements, the Nanban in Shu is not on good terms with the Han people, so you can send a lobbyist to sneak into the land of the Nanban to lobby the Nanban to rebel, so that Liu Bei's rear is not peaceful, in addition, General Zhang He has been guarding Xiliang for many years, and those Qiang people are heavy-profited, so that people can persuade the Qiang people to send troops with gold, silver and cloth, so that our army not only has an additional support army, but also the soldiers and horses defending the Qiang people in the west can also be transferred back. ”

In this way, if the Qiang people are counted, Cao Zhen can mobilize an additional 350,000 soldiers and horses, and the pressure will naturally be greatly relieved.

Cao Zhen applauded when he heard it, and in this way, Liu Bei seemed to be fearless.

"It's just that now that the two countries are at war, over the years, Liu Bei has closed himself off from the country, and he wants to send people to the land of Nanzhong, I'm afraid it's not easy." Yang Ding frowned.

If it were really that simple, Cao Wei's intelligence acquisition of Shu over the years would not have been so difficult, not to mention that it was a Wei person, that is, a wealthy merchant from Jingzhou who wanted to enter Shu had to go through layers of investigation.

"General rest assured, I have my own methods, too many people can't do it, but it's not difficult to just be a lobbyist." Du Xun smiled.

"Then this matter will be handled by Zixu!" Cao Zhen was relieved a lot when he heard this, and got up and smiled at Du Xian.

"General rest assured." Du Xun hurriedly got up and smiled at Cao Zhen.

"Report~" Just as Cao Zhen was about to leave, he suddenly saw a dusty soldier walking in quickly, and said to Nan Yili: "General, in the area of Chencang, a large number of traces of the Han army have been found, and it seems that they want to seize Chencang!" ”

"Chen Cang!?" Cao Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly looked at the map, Chen Cang was not far from Wuzhang Yuan, only about seventy miles, but now Xu Huang was fighting with Chen Zhi, and he was obviously unable to raise troops to save Chen Cang.

"Do you know how many soldiers and horses the other side has?" Cao Zhen frowned and said, the distance between the two places is too close, if the Han army is really trying to attack the west, it shouldn't be so close, that is to say, this army is likely to be a virtual army?

"The other party is well guarded, and our army can't get close to the horses, and we can't find out the truth and reality, but from a distance, there are flags all over the place, and I'm afraid that there will be no less than 30,000 people."

Thirty thousand is not a small number, Cao Zhen frowned, there are 60,000 people on both sides, according to Du Xian's calculations, Liu Bei has to worry about the supply of grain and grass in the rear, and the soldiers and horses that can be sent out are up to 100,000, if these two places are virtual soldiers, even if Liu Bei still has a backhand, it is only 40,000 or 50,000 people, and the main force is only these?

And that's all there is to the road out of Shu, Xiegu and Chencang, and then it's to take Yangpingguan to bypass Wudu to attack Xiliang, only these people and horses, Zhang He can completely deal with it.

What was Liu Bei's idea?

Cao Zhen looked at Du Xian with a bit of inquiry.

Du Xun was also a little surprised, and when he saw Cao Zhen's eyes, he silently shook his head and said: "The way of the art of war, the truth is false, the real and the real, and I can't see it clearly, but Chen Cang must be on guard all the way, lest General Gongming fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and ...... in addition"

"Report~" I wanted to say something, but I saw another soldier rushing in, still with blood stains on his body, quite embarrassed, as soon as he entered the door, he knelt on the ground, and said hoarsely: "General, General Xu was defeated in Yixian, and now he has withdrawn to Wugong, please send troops to rescue quickly!" ”

"Gongming is a famous general in the world, and he has the benefits of the city, how could he lose to that Chen Dao so easily!" Cao Zhen was shocked when he heard this, and Huo Ran got up and said.

Although Xu Huang did not have as many soldiers as the other party, he also had 20,000, plus there was a city defense, he didn't understand why Xu Huang was defeated so quickly.

"Back to the general, that Chen Zhi has a strong army under his command, can climb the city with his bare hands, the night before suddenly entered the city, our soldiers were not ready, the other party broke through the city, General Xu took the soldiers to fight desperately out of the siege, but the city has been broken, can only retreat to the martial arts to re-arm, only 8,000 soldiers and horses left!"

Cao Zhen slapped the table and closed his eyes, Xu Huang's defeat caught him a little off guard, and the soldiers and horses who climbed the city with their bare hands? How can there be such an army in the world?

"Quick, quickly order Guo Huai to lead the army to the rescue!" At this moment, Cao Zhen can't care so much, let's save Xu Huang first, these are the only two veterans left in the Wei State today, and they can't afford to lose.

"That Chen Cang's soldiers and horses ......," Du Xi frowned.

"Order Hao Zhao to guard!" Cao Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Remember, be more vigilant, especially at night. ”

The devil knows if the other party has this kind of soldiers and horses who can climb the city with their bare hands!