Guo Jia continued: Because, Liangzhou has no other strength except General Ma, and Zhang Jie does not need to spend tens of thousands of horses to occupy these places. In fact, a few thousand are enough. So it can only be to go to Qiangdi.

Cao Cao said: Zhang Jie went to the Qiang land, how long will it take to pacify the Qiang people?

Guo Jiadao: It's hard to say, judging from Zhang Jie's ruthless temperament towards foreign races, it shouldn't be too fast!

General Meng Qi, how many people are there in the Qiang? You should be clear, right? Guo Jia asked.

Ma Chaodao: The Qiang people are all tribes, and the largest group is Xianlingqiang, with a population of nearly 100,000. There are about forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses! And then there is the burning of Dangqiang. But the Qiang people are not monolithic, and they often fight internally.

Cao Cao said: Since Zhang Jie has gone to Qiangdi, let's take Wudu first! But the speed must be fast, and our grain and grass transportation is troublesome. It must be taken as soon as possible.

Not long after, Cao Cao and Ma Chao came to the next division again.

He couldn't figure out Cao Cao's situation. but ordered the gates to be closed. Call Ju Yi, Gao Lan, and Zhang He to discuss.

Frustrated: Zhongda, how many men do you say Cao Cao can have?

Sima Yi said with a smile: After Cao Cao was defeated by Liu Bei, there were only 40,000 people under him. No matter how much Cao Cao tosses, how many people can he conjure up in a county in Hanzhong? Up to sixty or seventy thousand people.

He still has to leave 10,000 or 20,000 people to guard Hanzhong, right? The number of people who come here will not exceed 50,000. We have nearly 30,000 people guarding the city walls, what are we afraid of?

Zhang Hedao: I'm afraid that there will be insufficient grain and grass! We don't have much food right now! And there was little bread for the people of the city. Ma Teng does not know how to govern the place at all. There is no place in Liangzhou that is not short of food.

Sima Yi said: We are short of food, Cao Cao will also be short, he is hundreds of miles from Hanzhong to Xia, and the Qinling Mountains are not easy to walk! If the grain and grass are consumed, Cao Cao will not have too many advantages.

Yi suggested that the war horses should be killed first, and each person should have half of the grain and half of the horse meat for each meal, and supply them in rations. Save some food, you should be able to last for about three months.

Ju Yidao: What? Killing horses? No, no, it's a pity, what a horse!

Sima Yi said: General Ju, when did you become so young? Is our lord short of horses? If the lord has enough horse feed, he can gather 100,000 good horses from Youzhou and Bingzhou at any time. Most of the horses in the world are in the hands of the lord.

Now Cao Cao is outside the city, we have few people and can only defend the city, as long as we defend the next division, Cao Cao will not be able to enter Liangzhou.

When the lord determines the land of Qiang, he will definitely send troops to fight Cao Cao.

Now that our horses are all in the city, where can we find so much forage to feed? It's better to just kill it. The weather won't be bad. Eat his horse meat for a month first. Hehe, let Cao Cao's soldiers freeze outside the city!

Ju Yidao: That's the reason, but I'm just distressed! Besides, what if Cao Cao gave up attacking Xia Zhi and went directly to Tianshui, Longxi and other places?

Sima Yi smiled: It would be better if that was the case. If that really happened, Cao Cao wouldn't be able to return to Hanzhong. Cao Cao went to Longxi, and we went out of the city to cut off his way back. As soon as the lord and Xu Huang's men and horses arrived, Cao Cao, tens of thousands of horses, went deep into the hinterland of Liangzhou alone. With no reinforcements and no food and grass, he never wanted to return to Hanzhong. At that time, we will take it with Hanzhong.

Frustrated: Hey! We have no choice but to kill the horse. That's the only way to do it first, let's kill!

Zhang He, you are responsible for defending the city, and no one is allowed to open the city without my order.

Promise!

Ju Yi, your crossbowmen take turns to rest, and you must pay attention to the four gates of the city wall, and the city should be opened in defense. Ma Chao's father and son have been under the distinction for many years, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are no henchmen in the city. Therefore, you must remember to guard the four gates, and it is best to let the brothers from Hebei guard the door.

Promise!

Ladies and gentlemen, we don't want to defeat Cao Cao, as long as we let him return in vain. To deal with Cao Cao, let the lord talk about it!

Promise!

And Cao Cao saw that the city gate was closed, and he couldn't wait to slap Ma Chao a few times, how good it is for you to stay in the city honestly, Lao Tzu sent troops to fight with you inside and outside. Now how can Lao Tzu attack the city if he is defending the city?

Cao Cao came to the city gate and shouted, is the city frustrated?

Frustrated teaching: General Cao is polite, and the old man is frustrated. I wonder what happened to General Cao?

Cao Cao said: Now Cao has joined forces with General Ma. The city is not solid, the army is weak, and it cannot be defended. Why don't you Cao give way and let the frustrated brother withdraw to Ji County?

Frustrated and smiled: General Cao's kindness is appreciated by the old man. However, the old man was ordered to act and hold on to the city. If you give up the city without a fight, won't you make the world laugh?

For example, General Cao didn't want to embarrass the old man, so it was better to give up the disagreement and go directly to Tianshui and other places. The old man will never send people to pursue.

Cao Cao thought to himself, are you stupid for me? Lao Tzu will go directly to the army if he doesn't take it down, and then you cut off Lao Tzu's way back, isn't that looking for death?

Ju Yi shouted loudly: Cao Mengde, I thought you were a hero, but after the Central Plains War, you robbed Zhang Lu's Hanzhong. Even my father-in-law said that Liu Jiyu is not your opponent, and Yizhou should let you take it.

But you are so disappointing that even a mat weaver can't deal with it. I made a wedding dress for nothing. Now, with the idea of tens of thousands of Sichuan rat soldiers, they also want to fight Guanzhong. Do you think that all the soldiers such as us are Zhang Lu's generation?

A certain persuaded you to go back to Hanzhong and think about how to deal with Liu Bei! Don't think about it anymore in Guanzhong, it's not a certain underestimate of you, even if you take advantage of my master's unpreparedness and succeed in a sneak attack, as long as my lord's army arrives at you, you can't hold it.

Let's go back and think about how to surrender to my lord! Thou art a friend with my lord, and my lord will not be troubled with thee. Didn't Brother Yuan Tan go to Hanzhong well? If my lord really wants to put him to death. How can you let him go back to Hanzhong?

Cao Cao, hearing Ju Yi shout like this, he wanted to scold his mother very much, but he really had nowhere to reason for a while. Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, and he regretted this matter.

Xiahoudun said: Mengde, it's better to attack the city directly, why waste your tongue.

Zhang He took a step further and shouted: Can General Cao still recognize so-and-so?

Cao Cao knew Zhang He when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo. Zhang He can be said to be the first general under Zhang Jie.

Cao Cao arched his hand and said, "How can General Cao not know?"

Zhang Hedao: I heard that General Meng De once said that it is enough to hope that General Zhengxi can be engraved on the tombstone after his death!

But now, the alien races in the north are all conquered by my lord. When I attacked Xianbei in the past, everyone was worried that Meng De would send troops to attack my Hebei, but only my lord firmly believed that Meng De would not take the opportunity to attack my Hebei. Because my lord feels that dealing with foreign races is a matter of national righteousness, and you are all the way.

Now that my lord is in Qiangdi, Meng De wants to take the opportunity to attack Guanzhong, which is a bit out of Meng De's original intention!

The Han Dynasty has been in turmoil for a long time, but the Huns did not dare to commit the border, if it wasn't for my lord to destroy Wuhuan Xianbei in advance, I'm afraid it won't be this result, right?

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