Su Zhe's concerns were indeed correct.

The war has reached this point, and it is no longer when Su Zheqi attacked Hu County, and Liu Bei has not been able to complete the comprehensive monitoring of the Wei army.

At present, near the Wei army, there must be dense Han army eyeliner, not to mention 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is the transfer of 3,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that there will be no way to escape Liu Bei's eyes and ears.

Once Liu Bei learned that Su Zhe had sent soldiers and horses to the front line of Pubanjin, he would definitely guess Su Zhe's intentions, even if he gave him 10,000 guts, he would not dare to transfer soldiers and horses from Pubanguan to Tongguan.

At that time, this surprise attack plan will also be useless.

How to hide from Liu Bei's ears and eyes, and unknowingly increase troops to Pubanjin is the most critical to Su Zhe's plan.

"Well, forgive the foolishness, I really can't think of any good way for a while." Deng Ai shook his head helplessly.

Su Zhe didn't ask him anymore, tilted his head and poured a glass of wine, the corners of his mouth swept into a playful smirk.

Deng Ai looked at Su Zhe's eyes, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Could it be that Your Majesty has a clever plan, can you hide Liu Bei's ears and eyes, and unknowingly increase troops to the front line of Pusaka?" ”

"I don't just have a clever plan, I have been secretly implementing my plan a month ago." Su Zhe no longer concealed it and revealed the news to Deng Ai.

A month ago?

Deng Ai and Huang Zhong glanced at each other, their expressions were shocked and dazed, and their faces were confused.

They vaguely remembered that a month ago, the two sides were still facing each other in the area of Shaanxi County, and they didn't remember at all that Su Zhe had issued a holy decree to transfer troops and horses to Pubanjin.

"The minister doesn't understand what His Majesty means, please make it clear to Your Majesty." Deng Ai had to ask.

"Deng Shizai, in the past month, have you carefully counted the number of our army?" Su Zhe suddenly asked.

Count?

Deng Ai was stunned for a moment, and said: "Our army has 280,000 troops, and in addition to the casualties and attrition, there are at least 275,000 men and horses. ”

"Wrong!" Su Zhe loudly denied it and sneered: "To be precise, we only have 245,000 men left. ”

Two hundred and forty thousand?

Deng Ai's expression was shocked, and his eyes were even more confused: "How can there be more than 30,000 people missing?" Where did the more than 30,000 people go? ”

"I have transferred them to Hedong County, just waiting to deliver a fatal blow to Pusaka Pass." Su Zhe replied.

Deng Ai was taken aback and said hurriedly: "How is this possible, Your Majesty has transferred more than 30,000 troops, how can the minister not know anything about it?" ”

"That's because I transferred them in batches."

Su Zhe no longer concealed the truth at the moment, and unhurriedly told Deng Ai about his method of troop transfer.

It turned out that Su Zhe had already increased his troops to Hedong when he was besieging Shaanxi County.

His method is also very simple, only five hundred people are transferred at a time.

Since there are at least three to five thousand people who carry grain from the ferry grain camp to and from the big camp every day, these grain transportation teams are the best cover.

Su Zhe mixed 500 people with the grain transportation team every time, returned to the ferry in a grand manner, and then calmly sent these 500 people to the front line of Pubanjin in the name of transporting grain.

So, just these 500 people at a time, every day, in the past two months, he has successively transferred nearly 30,000 people to Pubanjin to Xu Huang.

Only Xu Huang and him knew about this matter, and no one knew about Huang Zhong and Deng Ai and other generals.

As for the Han State on the periphery, they would only pay attention to the movement of the large army, how could they carefully notice the movement of only 500 people, and naturally they would not notice it.

So, Su Zhe took advantage of the accumulation of a lot, and unknowingly, he transferred the 30,000 soldiers and horses in the army to the northern front.

At this moment, the number of troops commanded by Xu Huang on the front line of Pubanjin has reached nearly 80,000 people, just waiting for the Han army on the other side to be transferred, and they can launch a fatal blow to Pubanguan.

After listening to Su Zhe's explanation, Deng Ai and the veteran Huang Zhong were both stunned in place, their mouths slightly open, and their faces were occupied by amazement.

After a while, the veteran Huang Zhong came back to his senses and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be so far-sighted, and he transferred away 30,000 troops without knowing it, and the ministers didn't even notice it, it's really wonderful!" ”

Deng Ai also sighed: "Your Majesty's farsightedness is extraordinary, and the ministers are beyond the reach of the ministers, and the ministers are so admired that they throw themselves to the ground." ”

Su Zhe smiled, waved his hand and said: "Okay, you don't need to shoot the sycophants first, Shizai, I will work hard for you to go to Hedong County now to convey my will to Xu Gongming, and the two of you cooperate with each other and prepare to act according to the plan." ”

Deng Ai gladly received the order, and on the same day, he mixed in the grain transportation team, went to the Dutou grain camp, and then transferred to Hedong County north of the Yellow River, where he went to meet Xu Huang.

……

Tongguan.

The main force of 60,000 Han troops, as well as nearly 20,000 Xiqiang defeated troops, finally successfully withdrew to Guancheng.

On the city, Liu Bei stood stiffly on the city tower, his face gloomy, looking down at the demoralized army below.

Although his 60,000 main force did not suffer much damage and was lucky to withdraw to the city, the material losses were extremely serious, and the loss of grain and grass alone amounted to more than 200,000 yuan.

The economy of Yongliang and the two states is weak, and in order to scavenge grain and grass, Liu Bei has already scraped three feet of the ground, almost to the point of forcing the people to rebel, so that he can barely survive.

Now, nearly one-third of the grain and grass have been lost all at once, and such a heavy loss is even more painful than the death and injury of thousands of soldiers.

The most important thing is that the main force of the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry was wiped out, the Qiang King Cheriji was missing, the general Yadan was killed in battle, and Liu Bei's killer weapon was wiped out, which made his hope of attacking the Central Plains also shattered.

From now on, Liu Bei can be said to have no hope of turning the tables, only blindly defending, hoping that Su Zhe's side may make mistakes, so that he can seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Unfortunately, the likelihood of such a is almost zero.

And according to the current situation, Su Zhe has to kill him in one go, and he will not give him the opportunity to wait.

"Alas~~" Liu Bei let out a long sigh and silently turned around and went down to the city.

Back in the main hall of the palace, the generals also arrived one after another, and the hall was filled with an atmosphere of defeatism.

"I didn't expect that the Xiqiang Iron Cavalry could be restrained by that Su thief, I really didn't expect it......" Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed.

Liu Bei was embarrassed to look at Zhuge Liang.

After all, Zhuge Liang advocated sticking to Tongguan at the beginning, not to fight, but Liu Bei was too confident and had to fight.

Now that he has returned from defeat, although Zhuge Liang has not said anything, how can Liu Bei not be ashamed in his heart.

"How can the Qiang people be so useless! Didn't that Cherrigi pat his chest before, claiming that his iron horse was invincible! ”

Guan Yu did not complain about Liu Bei, but poured all his anger on the Qiang people.

Yue Ji under the stairs couldn't help but change his face slightly, and his eyebrows showed a little embarrassment.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Brother Qiang has done his best, who would have thought that the Su thief would be able to create a weapon like a hook and sickle to restrain the iron-locked chain cavalry, and he failed again and again, no wonder they are." ”

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang also secretly glanced at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's understanding was busy, and he said: "The prime minister is reasonable, this is all because of the treachery of the Su thief, it is not the fault of the Qiang people, the Qiang soldiers can fight for me in blood, I am very moved, I swear, I will definitely avenge the dead Qiang soldiers." ”

Liu Bei's words were obviously said to Yue Ji.

After all, although the main force of the Qiang people has been destroyed, there are still more than 20,000 Qiang horsemen still in Tongguan, and these people are a considerable force that must be encircled.

Sure enough, after Yue Ji heard Liu Bei's words, his face improved slightly, but he secretly glared at Guan Yu and didn't make a noise.

At this moment, Wu Ban hurriedly entered and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, our fine work has inquired about the news of King Jincheng. ”

Yueji looked shocked and immediately stood up.

"What about the King of Jincheng?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked.

Wu Ban sighed and said silently: "Back to Your Majesty, the King of Jincheng was captured by the Su thieves, and he was killed by the Su thieves with a thousand knives not long ago, and his body was also hung in the head of Shaanxi County. ”

Liu Bei's body was shocked, and he was speechless for a while.

Yueji was taken aback, and sat down on his seat, falling into a state of lost soul.

Wu Ban continued: "The Su thief not only killed the King of Jincheng, but also beheaded the thousands of Qiang brothers who were captured at the same time, and hung their heads all the way on Hongnong Avenue. ”

There was an uproar in the temple.

Yue Ji was as angry as fire in an instant, jumped up, and scolded: "Su thief, you brutal dog thief, you killed our king, killed so many of our brothers, I Yue Ji must kill you and break your body into ten thousand pieces!" ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Bei again.

Liu Bei immediately pretended to be angry, and said loudly: "The Su thief is so brutal, it is really hateful, Yue Ji, you will take the rest of the Qiang soldiers and continue to fight against the Su thief with me, and when you repel the Su thief and avenge Cheriji, I will ensure that you will be the king of Jincheng!" ”