Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhuge Liang returned to Xicheng County, almost front and back, and Pang Tong and Zhao Zilong also returned.

Because, according to the detailed report, Zhang Lu finally couldn't bear to move his troops in advance.

Zhuge Liang quickly understood Zhang Lu's abacus.

It is true that before the autumn harvest, Zhang Lu did not have much grain and grass; But in Nanzhengcheng, Zhang Lu still has 350,000 stone grain and grass. With such a little grain and grass, it is indeed impossible to support a war of tens of thousands of troops for a month or two, but there is no problem in supporting it for ten days and half a month, right?

With a buffer of ten days and a half months, the troops on the front line can continue to fight, and the grain and grass for the autumn harvest will also be delivered to the front line one after another.

This may be Zhang Lu's plan.

After all, everyone would think that he, Zhang Lu, would move troops after the autumn harvest.

But Zhang Lu wanted to move troops in advance, and seemed to be ready to hit Uncle Liu Huang by surprise.

When he guessed this, Zhuge Liang only had "hehe" in his heart.

At present, Uncle Liu Huang is well prepared, just waiting for Zhang Lu's counterattack.

After nearly two months of training, plus military salaries and rewards, the 20,000 surrendered soldiers are already worthy of a war.

Of course, they can only defend the city, or fight a good fight.

However, Zhuge Liang originally did not expect that the 20,000 Han Chinese troops could serve as the main force.

Because, Mi Zhu has already recruited 30,000 recruits for Uncle Liu Huang in Jingxiang counties. These 30,000 recruits have been stealing beams and changing pillars in Zhuyang Pass one after another, and when they arrived in Xicheng County, these 30,000 recruits have all become veterans.

This also made the 20,000 surrendered soldiers have no careful thoughts.

Many people also subconsciously said "sure enough" in their hearts.

It must be known that when Yang Bai said that he would surrender them, he said that Uncle Liu Huang still had Liu Jingzhou's support behind him.

Originally, when Uncle Liu Huang attacked Shangyong and other places, there were thousands of Jingzhou soldiers under his command, and now from the direction of Zhuyang Pass, another 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers have been transferred.

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"Lord, how is the situation, where is Zhang Lu's army?"

Just returned to Xicheng County, Zhuge Liang didn't have time to take a breath, and found Liu Bei and asked about the military situation directly.

The current battle is related to whether Uncle Liu Huang's small group can gain a foothold in Hanzhong, and it is also a prerequisite to test whether the strategic plan set by Zhuge Kongming when he first came out of the mountain, and Zhuge Liang is not cautious.

"Three days ago, Zhang Lu's forward had already passed through Dingyuan County, and at this time, I was afraid that he had already arrived near the Meridian Valley. As for the exact location of Zhang Lu's army, this will not be known until the return of the sentinels sent out yesterday. ”

Liu Bei stood in front of the map and did not speak, but Pang Tong answered.

After all, Pang Tong Zhuge Liang returned to Xicheng County two days earlier, and the movement of Zhang Lu's army was noticed by Pang Tong and Zhao Yun when they returned.

"Sure enough, Zhang Lu is not a mediocre person!"

"In other words, Zhang Lu also has capable people!"

Zhuge Liang said in his heart.

Zhang Lu wanted to be caught off guard, so he naturally had to be fast. From Zhang Lu's dispatch of troops to the arrival of the army near the Meridian Valley so quickly, it only took such a short time, and it hasn't arrived in a month!

Moreover, from Nanzhengcheng to Xicheng County, these more than 800 miles of land are almost all mountainous.

Although there are galloping roads here, they are all mountain roads.

Zhang Lu's tens of thousands of troops can travel nearly 400 miles in three days?

Meridian Valley, from Xicheng County, there is only one hundred and fifty or sixty miles left!

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In front of the map, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong communicated in a low voice, discussing strategies to defend against the enemy.

In fact, the main strategy of defending against the enemy is to defend around Xicheng County, to brake quietly, and when Zhang Lu's army shows its flaws, it can thwart Zhang Lu's counterattack with a thunderous blow.

On the battlefield, anything can happen, and this is the best way to deal with the enemy before the war.

What Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are discussing now is to improve this strategy to defend against the enemy, so that Zhang Lu can expose his flaws as quickly as possible.

Of course, the idea of taking the initiative to attack and fighting Zhang Lu's army in a ravine seems to be very good?

Actually, that's not the case.

Not to mention today's Xicheng County, there are 20,000 surrendered troops out of 50,000 troops. These troops may be useful when defending the city, or when fighting a good battle. But let it go and fight with Zhang Lu's army in the ravines and ravines of 800 miles, can these soldiers not flee?

Moreover, the other 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers were not familiar with the terrain at all, and they were playing hide and seek in the ravines and ravines with Zhang Lu's army, who was familiar with the terrain.

Therefore, when the strategy to defend against the enemy was decided, it was mainly to defend Xicheng County and conduct offensive and defensive battles with Zhang Lu's army.

After a long time, Liu Bei, who was staying in front of the map, came back to his senses.

"Kong Ming is back!" Liu Bei smiled, stretched out his hand, and asked Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to speak.

At this time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Wen Shuo also entered the hall.

The big war is imminent, and the military division has returned, and these generals have also come to listen to the strategy of defending against the enemy.

"Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, when I just looked at the map, I found that there was a Phoenix Mountain about five miles outside Xicheng County; The mountain road from the direction of Nanzheng is just about to pass at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. ”

"Can we set up a military village on Phoenix Mountain?"

"In this way, if Zhang Lu's army wants to attack Xicheng County, it must be uprooted by the county to uproot the military fortress on Phoenix Mountain."

After everyone sat down, Liu Bei asked.

After so many years of running around, Liu Bei still has a strategic vision.

For example, in Xicheng County, the city is high and the pool is deep, even if Zhang Lu leads an army of 100,000 to attack, it will be difficult to overcome.

But what if Zhang Lu besieged and didn't attack?

Xicheng County is not short of soldiers, horses, grain and grass, the autumn harvest of more than 20,000 stone of grain, as well as Jingzhou's support of 200,000 stone of grain, at this time almost all concentrated in Xicheng County, enough to support the whole city of the army and civilians for half a year.

But autumn is already halfway over, and winter is not far away, what about the firewood for heating in the city?

One or two months can support it, but what about three or five months?

Therefore, Liu Bei also hopes that Zhang Lu can show his flaws this morning.

Phoenix Mountain outside Xicheng County, Liu Bei felt that he could make use of it.

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Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled.

When they communicated just now, they knew that this Phoenix Mountain could set up a military village.

The map in Liu Bei's hand was contributed by his Zhuge Liang. The memory of the original owner's previous life, coupled with some geographical knowledge in later generations, this map drawn by Zhuge Liang can be called a masterpiece. The mountains and rivers of Hanzhong, the cities and passes, are all in the map.

So, how could Zhuge Liang forget Phoenix Mountain?

Phoenix Mountain, the peak called Phoenix Mountain all over the world, may be too numerous to mention; But in terms of the boundary of Hanzhong, there is only one Phoenix Mountain, which is a small peak on the edge of the Daba Mountain Range, only about five miles away from Xicheng County.

This mountain is sparse with grass and trees, strange rocks, and the terrain is quite steep, which is quite easy to defend and difficult to attack.

What's more, the gallop road from Nanzheng happened to pass at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Containing Phoenix Mountain, if Zhang Lu wants to attack Xicheng County, he must first lay down Phoenix Mountain.

However, Phoenix Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, Zhuge Liang just discussed with Pang Tong in the sea area, and placed a few of his Pang Tong brand trebuchets on Phoenix Mountain, and Zhang Lu's army could smash him to a pulp as much as he could.