Hanzhong, Nanzheng.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhang Lu frowned, handed the letter to Gong Cao Yanpu beside him and said, "Then what does Liu Xuande mean by this?" ”

Yan Pu took the letter, quickly skimmed through it, and said with a smile: "Shijun, then Liu Bei's desire to return to Jingzhou is fake, and his intention to capture Yizhou is true!" ”

Zhang Lu stroked his beard and nodded, Liu Bei led the army to Jiameng Pass for almost a year, at the beginning, Zhang Lu was still nervous, but Liu Bei has not moved, just in Jiameng Pass to carry out construction, training soldiers, Zhang Lu once recruited people to discuss why Liu Bei is like this, at that time there was already a conclusion, Liu Bei came here, not to help Liu Zhang, but to seek to seize the land of Yizhou, so this time Yan Pu said so, Zhang Lu also felt that this was the case, probably that Liu Xuande found an excuse.

Hypocrisy!

Snorted coldly, Zhang Lu felt that Liu Bei's set was quite hypocritical, do you want to fight it, and you still have to pretend to be a good person in front of yourself? That's why Liu Zhang's idiot still treats you as his own.

"What did he mean by writing to me?" Zhang Lu glanced at the letterhead and frowned.

"If Liu Bei wants to return to the army to capture the land of Bashu, I'm afraid that Jiameng Pass will not leave too many soldiers and horses, I should be worried that we will take advantage of the weakness to attack." Yan Pu said this, and suddenly frowned: "It's not right, this move seems to be deliberately telling me that the garrison of Jiameng Pass is empty, and I want our army to attack." ”

People over there don't think they're stupid, do they?

This letter seems simple, but Zhang Lu couldn't figure out what Liu Bei was going to do for a while?

"Send someone to closely monitor Liu Xuande's movements!" Yan Pu summoned a general and said solemnly, he always felt that there was something wrong with this, it is said that if you really want to counterattack Liu Zhang, go quietly, even if you can't hide it, with the current state of both sides, it will take a while for you to get the news here, and now this letter is sent over, don't you know how to let yourself attack?

But the question is, can you think of such a simple question yourself, but the other party's strategists can't think of it? Then Liu Bei has a lot of people under his tent now, how could he not think of this?

Yan Pu felt that there was fraud in it, could it be that Liu Bei really wanted to go back to Jingzhou? So what's the point of this letter? Or, is he going to attack Hanzhong?

As far as I can think of, Liu Bei only has these three ways to go, and Yan Pu is worried about the last one, but if this is the case, sending this letter is also a scare to the snake, not the work of a wise man.

His brain was a little messy, Yan Pu was pacing back and forth in front of Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu was not annoyed, he was also thinking about this question, what did Liu Bei want to do?

……

The mighty army pulled out the camp to prepare to withdraw from Jiameng Pass, in fact, it was indeed to withdraw from Jiameng Pass, Pang Tong formulated a plan, withdraw from Jiameng Pass to confuse Zhang Lu, and then the soldiers and horses detoured from the mountain, although this road is much more detouring than Jiameng Pass directly hitting Nanzheng, and the road is more rugged and difficult to walk, but it is better than there are basically not many people along the way, and you can go out of the water without the other party being aware of it.

In Pang Tong's plan, Wei Yan led the army to capture Chuyang first, attracting Zhang Lu's main force, and the real army could directly attack Nanzheng after coming out of the water.

I don't know how many people have used this routine throughout the ages, but the reason why it can always make a difference is to be surprised, find the opponent's blind spot and attack quickly.

In this kind of matter, Liu Yi himself knows that he actually doesn't have much right to speak, the previous battles were either defensive, or the opponent was not good, and it really came to the game between the two big forces, and his own level, I am afraid that he is not even a second- or third-rate commander, so don't run out to show his presence in this regard, with Pang Tong as a professional, what do you care?

"Why should I go?" Liu Yi pulled Huo Jun and looked at Pang Tong and said, "Actually, I think that Zhong Miao and I are here to defend the city and wait for Shiyuan and the lord to return triumphantly." ”

The road is not easy to walk, and it is a long journey, and he is not a general who commands the army, this is not a sightseeing tour, the army is chaotic, the mountains are high and the water is dangerous, and he has nothing to do to make a bad sin?

"If you can't fight down and break through Nanzheng, you still need Bo Yuan's sharp weapon to help." Pang Tong said with a smile, Liu Yi's ability He had heard Liu Bei say that in the first battle of Jiangling, the power of the warship that broke the city, Pang Tong had long wanted to see it, not to mention that the camp established by Liu Yi usually had a magical effect, marching and fighting, it was too useful, how could he let it go?

Liu Yi was a little helpless when he heard this, he wanted to say that he had done a good job here, and they would bring it over, but he just thought about it, the road he chose this time was not easy to walk, it was good to be able to transport grain and grass, and if he brought large siege equipment, he still wanted to carry out a surprise attack?

"In this way, I will bring people over first, survey the terrain, and prepare materials, but you need to tell the lord to send Hansheng and Tanzhi to protect me." Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong and said seriously, since he has to go, his own safety must be sufficiently guaranteed, Huang Zhong and Guan Ping are the fierce generals that Liu Bei is currently around, plus an elite team, it should be more than enough to protect himself, Liu Yi didn't think he would be so unlucky, so he crashed into the other party's heavy encirclement.

"This is not difficult, I have asked the lord for five hundred elite soldiers, all of whom are transferred from Jingzhou, and they can be handed over to you for dispatch, as for Hansheng and Tanzhi, and wait for me to explain to the lord." Pang Tong was obviously prepared and had already arranged it for Liu Yi, but it was just that the generals in the army were dispatched, and Liu Bei still needed to nod and give an order.

Liu Yi nodded, patted Huo Jun with a helpless face, and said, "I wanted to discuss more military strategies with Zhong Miao, but now it seems that I can only stay next time." ”

"Take care, sir." Huo Jun clenched his fists and saluted.

Pang Tong turned around to ask Liu Bei for someone, Liu Yi touched it from his arms, took out a piece of paper, handed it to Huo Jun and said: "After the army leaves, carry ten broken army crossbows we made last time and put them here. ”

It's a pity that there is no automatic circulation system like Yueyang City, and it can't automatically fill the crossbow stones, but even so, these ten broken army crossbows take advantage of the terrain of Jiameng Pass, and when the time comes, Liu Zhangjun will be enough for them to drink a pot.

"Thank you, sir." Huo Jun nodded and bowed.

"This is not the rear, once our army turns against Liu Zhang, you must be prepared to hold Jiameng Pass for at least two months." Liu Yi pointed to the paper and said, "Last time, I arranged some institutions in the city by the way, and you should keep in mind that I can help you when necessary." ”

"Thank you, sir, Jun remember his teachings." Huo Jun saluted again.

"That's all." Liu Yi thought about it, there was really nothing to explain, waved his hand at Huo Jun, turned around and prepared to go to Huang Zhong and Guan Ping, these two people must follow him, otherwise they have no sense of security, and at the same time, the back road must also be guaranteed, Huo Jun's character, he has cooperated before, he is a very serious person, and he has not seen how big his ability is for the time being, but he is not a radical like Wei Yan, he is more stable, and he will hand over the rear to this kind of person, Liu Yi can rest assured, after all, it is about his own life and death.

Regarding Liu Yi's request for Huang Zhong and Guan Ping to protect his safety together, Liu Bei did not hesitate, after all, Liu Yi is also a pioneer to a certain extent this time, and Liu Yi cannot be expected to charge into battle, so naturally he should be accompanied by one or two powerful generals.

If you go directly to Nanzheng from Jiameng Pass, it is about three hundred and fifty miles, but if you follow the road drawn by Pang Tong, from Jiameng Pass to Hanshan and then to Shuishui, there will be more than 700 miles, and the road is doubled, and the road is bumpy and difficult, the preliminary estimate is that even if Liu Yi is a small army, it is not much to carry grain and grass, and it will take ten days to march urgently, and if the large army is a large army, even if it is light and simple, it will take a month, in order to facilitate the camp of the army, the five hundred people brought by Liu Yi have to set up camps along the way to let the army rest, Therefore, Liu Yi will set off in advance, and Liu Bei's army will be here for two days, firstly, to make a gesture to show Zhang Lu, and secondly, to see the reaction of Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu.

"Sir, the main force of the lord is only 15,000 people, and your camp can accommodate 5,000 people at most." Three days later, in the reckless mountains, Guan Ping came back after arranging the sentry, looked at Liu Yi who was lying on a straw mat and was reading, and couldn't help asking.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Bei's army was only 5,000 people when it set off from the public security, and it was known as 10,000 to the outside world, and then the 4,000 soldiers and horses when Fa Zheng and Meng Da greeted Liu Bei also returned to Liu Bei, and then after the banquet in Fuxian, Liu Zhang gave Liu Bei 3,000 soldiers and horses, and there were already 12,000 soldiers and horses.

When he arrived at Jiameng Pass, the 3,000 garrisons around Jiameng Pass were also incorporated by Liu Bei, and then Liu Bei used various reasons to ask for 5,000 soldiers and horses from Liu Zhang in a year's time, and now, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses in Yizhou are 20,000 soldiers, the necessary defense and the 3,000 men and horses led by Wei Yan and after removing the 500 elites on Liu Yi's side, Liu Bei now has 15,000 men and horses in the main force in his hands.

"Then what can be done, this mountain road is difficult to walk, the troops must be pulled away, the troops in front come in, the troops in the rear may still be in the last barracks, set off here, the follow-up troops will follow, we will build at least twenty camps along the way, one has no money, and the other is not so much to do if there is money, these camps may not be used once, why build so much? It's really not good, let's get together. Liu Yi put down the bamboo slip, looked at Guan Ping, and said earnestly: "This war is actually a fight for money and food, as a general, you have to learn to live, this life is not like you, like you, Cao Cao can be eaten poor by you." ”

"There is some truth in what the gentleman said." Guan Ping thought about it, more than 10,000 people lined up, and they also had to consider logistics issues, so if they were calculated, it was really as Liu Yi said, there was no need to build the camp too big, just enough for the soldiers to rest.

"Go to work, these 500 elites can become migrant workers after they go out." Liu Yi waved his hand and couldn't help but complain, who knew that he would have to take care of this march and camp?

"Whoa!"