After the battle of Qingzhou, Zhao Yun led the five main forces of the Yan army to rest and prepare, and Liu Yi, the king of Yan, personally led the iron cavalry battalion of more than 100,000 cavalry soldiers to suppress the friendship of Ji Yan, and there was a great tendency to destroy the city with dark clouds. On the bright side, the Yan army and Cao Jun are fighting against each other, and secretly Yangzhou Liu Bei is also planning to wait for the Yan army to attack Yanzhou on a large scale, and he also wants the army to cross the river for his own profit, and Pang Tong saw the movement of Yangzhou and offered the initiative to the king of Yan, Lang Sheng thought about it, and ordered his henchmen and advisers Jia Xu to go to Xiapi to discuss the details of the battle with the second general Gan Ning and Pang Tong Xu Shu and others. At the same time, the Central Plains Yan, Henan, and Xu were all covered with war clouds, and the undercurrents were surging.

Liu Xin, the second son of Liu Yi, showed a very high strategic literacy, and his words were unanimously recognized by Jia Xu, Ganning, Pang Tong and others in the war in Hanzhong, and his son was still like this, how to mention Liu Yi, who had experienced a hundred battles, the battle of Hanzhong, the Cao army was pressing step by step, Zhang Hu retreated to Hanzhong and guarded the city, the two places are one, but they are very different from each other! But the quiet Langsheng in the Central Plains is also deliberate, firstly, to make sufficient preparations to sweep away the leaves in the autumn wind, and secondly, Cao Cao hopes that the war in Hanzhong can be distracted, and how can Langsheng, as an old opponent, be satisfied with Meng De!

Of course, the so-called Hanzhong and focus on the Central Plains does not mean that they ignore the situation here, although the situation is extremely favorable to the Cao army at this time, but the Yan army is not without a chance to counterattack, in Liu Yi's view, as long as Zhang Hu resists the seemingly indomitable offensive of the Cao army according to the Hanzhong Fortress City, the battle situation will usher in a turnaround, it must be known that in the past two years, the Cao army has even been under the Jingzhou Yizhou two places, during which there has not been much adjustment, and the material aspect may also be due to the richness of the two states will not be stretched, and the long-term continuous war will have a huge impact on the combat strength of the soldiers. At this time, it seems that the smooth sailing has a lot to do with its victory and Cao Cao's super control ability, but he also knows his weaknesses in his heart, so the Cao army in the first battle of Hanzhong is the pursuit of speed regardless of casualties, once the Yan army drags the weakness of the opponent's enemy army, it will gradually appear, in addition to the existence of Zhang Hehu's guard.

Since the princes discussed Dong, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Son of Heaven, Si Li, Yanzhou, Liu Yi and Cao Cao have never stopped fighting for the open or dark, on the whole, although Lang Sheng's power is constantly expanding, but in the head-to-head confrontation with the old opponent does not occupy an obvious advantage, the two of them have a deep understanding of each other's advantages and customary tactics, Liu Yi always makes good use of the advantages of the cavalry to make it difficult for the attacker to use all his strength to attack the city, after Cao Jun took a short rest, the first thing the army pushed forward was to clean up the Ma Chao Sizhou camp on the side of Hanzhong City, Cao Cao's purpose was extremely obvious, not to annihilate the enemy, but to drive him away from Hanzhong and monitor it, and use the advantage of his strength to attack him on all sides.

During this period of time, Zhang Lu and Zhang Hu have been extremely careful about the control of rumors in the city, but the rumors that King Yan gave up Hanzhong in order to fight the enemy in Yanzhou are still irrepressibly promoted, and the siege of the Cao army without attacking with this method of attacking the heart has formed a joint force, that is, Zhang Hu is quite difficult to deal with, the key is that the hearts of the people in Hanzhong are not as united as Yandi, even if Zhang Gongqi can put his heart into him, it is difficult to ensure that his generals do not have different hearts. Zicai knew in his heart that it was the best solution to crack Cao Jun's method and get a big victory, but at the moment this was almost illusory, Cao Mengde outside the city was hoping that he Zhang Zicai would lead the Yan army out of the city to fight, maybe it was possible to ease the situation by waiting for Zhang Hehu's guards to arrive.

The cavalry has an overwhelming advantage over the infantry on the plain, but this advantage is not absolute, when the previous march Cao army marched hand in hand with a stable formation and strong troops, forcing Ma Chao to retreat slowly, and now the first step in attacking Hanzhong Cao Cao is still drawing a gourd in the same way, and the problems faced by the Sizhou battalion at this time are even more severe than at that time. Although the goal is not to annihilate the enemy, if the Sizhou battalion shows flaws, how will the opponent be polite? It is obviously a good idea to use cavalry soldiers to stick to the camp, and if Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu and others go out of the city to respond, they are afraid that the city will be empty, and once the Yan army goes out of the city in a big way, the rumors will appear more powerful, and the gains will outweigh the losses for the defenders.

The key to today's battle situation is the loss of Micang Mountain, Cao Hong's army can outflank the Yan army led by Zhang Hu from the flank, which poses a great threat to it. Of course, there is no point in talking about these now, and after consulting with Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu and other generals, and then talking with Zhang Lu all night, Zi took the seemingly stupidest method, sat in Hanzhong, and turned a blind eye to all the actions of the Cao army, and when he besieged Xiongcheng, the rumors that King Yan wanted Zhang Hu to withdraw from the army would be self-defeating, in the final analysis, the Cao army always had to make a frontal attack on the fortified city, and no matter how clever the plan was, the city wall would not be moved.

The military division will make Ma Chao not hesitate, simply give up the camp and leave, with the combat power of the Sizhou battalion can be involved in the Cao army is not a few, there is no double the number of people of the other party plus the cooperation between the formation, if Meng Qi finds a gap, the Sizhou battalion iron cavalry will not lose the fighter, if necessary, the cavalry can also be divided into two into three, while maintaining a strong impact to enhance the containment of the Cao army's troops, it seems that this is the only place that Ma Chao can take and help defend the city.

Of course, Ma Chao and Pang De have long led the cavalry to be proficient in various tactics, even if the Cao army wants to force it back with the advantage of strength and the strict formation of the formation, it is not a day and a night's work, a see-saw situation has been formed between the two sides in the west of Hanzhong City for several days, Sizhou Iron Cavalry is doing everything possible to find the loopholes between the Cao army's formations, and Ma Chao also returned the opponent to a move without fighting, although it also maintains a strong impact deterrence at any time between the slow retreat, so that the enemy does not dare to take it lightly for a moment, This tug-of-war lasted for four days, and the Sizhou battalion withdrew a hundred miles away.

When the infantry and the Sizhou battalion were in a tug-of-war, Cao Cao did not launch a substantial attack on Hanzhong City, but divided his troops to occupy various key points and roamed around Hanzhong with a group of subordinates every day, trying to find out the city's weaknesses in defense for future siege battles! And Zhang Hu was not simply waiting for the enemy to attack in the calm before the war, and while constantly strengthening the city defense, he also had to parade in the city with Zhang Lu almost every three or five times, inspecting various key places, and it was also a means to stabilize the people's hearts. Naturally, the necessary propaganda was also carried out rapidly during this period of time.

At this time, if you walk through the city of Hanzhong, you will have a very fresh feeling for the slogans and pictures everywhere, "stick to Hanzhong, swear not to retreat", "the army and the people are united, its profits and gold" literate people can understand the meaning and can also spread it as a kind of excitement, and those pictures that reflect Cao Cao's massacre of the people in Xuzhou are even more shocking, I am afraid that Cao Mengde and his subordinates will not think that the actions of more than ten years ago are used by the Yan army today. And it also played a huge role in resisting the spread of rumors.

The simple text does not have much shock for many people, but the pictures and texts plus the explanation will make people feel immersive, and even the survivors of Xuzhou said it in person, looking at the shocking scars on their bodies, the credibility of these slogans and pictures has risen significantly. Zhang Lu and the generals of Hanzhong did not understand Yan Jun's move from the beginning to the later great appreciation, but they didn't know that this was Zhang Zicai's clever dead horse as a live horse doctor, and after the effect, they had a deeper understanding of the propaganda war proposed by King Yan that day!

This kind of propaganda is not new in the Yandi, but it is mostly used in the administration rather than the military affairs, the innovative farming methods of the agricultural office and the drinking method of many improved agricultural tools are through this method to publicize and educate the people, and the promotion of the cultural knowledge of the whole people is a century-old plan, so that the tens of millions of people in the territory can read and learn words even for Liu Yi is a huge project, and it still needs years of accumulation, but the easy-to-understand posters can soon be accepted by the people, Used in the administration, the officials quickly felt the benefits, and after some government decrees were publicized in this way, the people were soon able to put them into practice, and this kind of propaganda for the improvement of the administrative efficiency of the entire Yandi can be called a great contribution!

This is another successful example of Liu Yi using the successful experience of later generations in this world, all powerful countries will be without exception to the strong control of propaganda mouthpiece, every day under the influence of the people will also unconsciously make this way, and the popularization of Liu Lang paper is also one of the most important premises, without it as a basis there will be no these neat and vivid slogans and pictures, the appearance of this thing can also be called Liu Yi for the development of the entire era of extremely key tools to promote the development of the times.

In Lang Sheng's mind, there is the existence of the propaganda team in the establishment of the new army, and the main force of the Yan army has also taken shape, they do not need to be able to recite poems and write elegant styles, but everything they write and draw must be understood by many illiterate people at a glance. At this moment, any Hanzhong people can see a lot of such propaganda slogans and pictures as long as they go to the street, and then they will feel a sense of peace of mind when they hear the sound of the Yan soldiers' daily drills in the city.

The propaganda of these slogans and pictures is invisible to Cao Cao outside the city, after all, he is limited by the times, and it is difficult for him to imagine that there is such a method that can be used by the Yan army in actual combat, and the previous polemics were mostly verbal and written criticism between celebrities and scribes, and now the Yan army has become more and more capable of people's war. However, even if Meng De saw the scene in Hanzhong City at this time, he was afraid that he didn't have the heart to think too much, and what was currently on his mind every day was how to break through the city.

Zhang Hu's response is very honest, even a little dull, just waiting to be beaten, once he is determined, no matter who it is, it is difficult to use any strategy to show the enemy weakness, in the division of the place for seven or eight years, the prestige of the military adviser in the hearts of the soldiers is second only to King Yan! As Zicai expected, at the end of the battle, Cao's army was bound to attack this fortified city, and after solving Cao's rumors by propaganda means, he became even more determined to hold on to Hanzhong.

Cao Jun adopted the method of besieging three missing one for the siege of Hanzhong City, which is also a method often used in the siege, leaving a way for the enemy to retreat, so that they will always have the idea of breaking through in their hearts, which can reduce their decisive heart to a certain extent and thus reduce the difficulty of attacking the city, which is even more critical in this Hanzhong place, after all, the city is by no means a full Yan army! But Zhang Hu's response to this was more resolute, in the northern city where the Cao army did not set up a formation, he ordered the Yan soldiers to completely block the city gate with sandbags and boulders, and once again showed his determination to survive with the Han Dynasty this time!