Not to mention how Zhuge Song planned to recover Shangyong, but said that on the way back to Jiangling after Liu Bei and Zhuge Song separated, although they turned back, they were in a very good mood. Pointing out the scenery along the way, it is quite comfortable.

Pang Tong was on the sidelines, although he was silent at first. In the end, he wanted to show off his talents, so he provoked him with words: "King, now Liu Feng is lost but mediocre, the general of Pingxi is less than 10,000, and he is afraid of more than 10,000 people to fight Mengda, but he didn't see that the lord ordered the messenger to go to Jiangling to transfer troops to help, but he went all the way leisurely, I don't know why?" ”

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "The military advisor tried to guess it." ”

Although Pang Tong knows that the master cannot be guessed, he really has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, but before Kong Ming and Wu resisted Cao in Chibi to break the Wei army, and then Zhuge Songqi planned to take Shu and protect Jiangling. In order to increase his status in Liu Bei's heart, he had to take the opportunity of being by Liu Bei's side to try to get close to Yan to gain support.

Thinking of this, Pang Tong seemed to say to himself: "General Pingxi was born in a small way, and he was only a scholar by Kong Ming's side, but he repeatedly made strange attempts to win Shu Baojing. Although the lord is more than one county with him, Shangyong and Wuling are thousands of miles away, although Zhuge Song didn't say anything, but in his heart and even the generals, he is afraid that he will not be convinced.

Liu Bei restrained his smile and sighed when he heard the words: "Shi Yuan knows his lonely heart. Song'er is going to Shangyong, not alone, it is his voluntary going! Although his talent is good, but the young man has the ambition, he does not know how to converge, if he fills the army alone to help the war, and then reverts to the mediocrity, his merit is greater, and his position can only be under the lonely, so what do the ministers think, how will he deal with himself in front of the lone in the future! ”

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Heaps out of the shore, and the current will be turbulent! Pang Tong sighed and then persuaded Liu Bei: "However, the king has not yet achieved his great cause, Cao Wei is still powerful, if General Pingxi loses, it will actually be detrimental to the revival of the Han Dynasty, I hope the king will think twice!" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "What Shi Yuan said, don't you know that if you don't send troops as soon as possible, it's just because your meritorious service has been too much and too fast!" Lonely is more than half a hundred years old, Song'er is not as old as you and me, honed properly, left to the world can also be used for decades, this is just a small setback to its sharpness, but also to its great benefit! ”

Pang said that Liu Bei wanted to leave Zhuge Song to Liu Chanchang in his heart, and secretly remembered that Zhuge Song was secretly wary of Zhuge Song before, trying to fight with each other, and turned to seeking to wait for the opportunity to see if there was a possibility of an alliance.

Besides, Cao Cao received a secret report from Xu Huang from Xuchang, saying that Meng Da wanted to sacrifice Yong because he had not rescued Guan Yu. was suspicious, so he discussed with Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye.

Cheng Yu said: "In the battle of Jingzhou, Guan Yu did not die, Liu Bei transferred Meng Da back to CD but wanted to demote him to punishment, Meng Da should not worry about his life." At this time, come and surrender, lure me to the soldiers of Wancheng as help, if there is fraud, then Wancheng is in danger! Think twice! ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and then asked Jia Xu: "What about Wenhe's words?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Shangyong is a remote mountain city, the people's livelihood is withering, and it is difficult to tun the army. If you get Hanzhong, you can have heavy troops in Wancheng in Hanzhong, take the mediocrity as the hinterland, connect Wancheng in Hanzhong, and help left and right. Now Hanzhong is owned by Liu Bei, and the gain or loss of this city has nothing to do with the overall situation, so it is better to give up this city and Liu Bei, and wait for the next day to conquer and lead the troops of Hanzhong to help the decisive battle, which is far better than attacking Hanzhong! ”

Cao Cao sighed: "Wenhe's words are reasonable, but Meng Da came to surrender and did not send a single soldier, which is not conducive to recruiting others in the future." The army has just returned to Xuchang and still needs to rest. According to what Gu saw, he ordered Xu Huang to lead an army of 10,000 to respond, if Liu Bei raised a large army to come, take out Meng Da and give up Shangyong, if there is no army, let Meng Da still defend this city, and if the real and false surrender time is long, you will see.

Liu Ye said: "What the king said is very true, Meng Da is a person who is talented and skillful, and he carried Liu Zhang to lead Liu Bei into Sichuan because he could not be reused, and then because of Liu Feng, he was not allowed to go to Yongjun to defend the reason and did not save Guan Yu. This time, it is difficult to distinguish between falsehood, but General Xu Huang should be allowed to act cheaply! ”

So Cao Cao decided not to send a large army to meet Meng Da, and only ordered Xu Huang to act cheaply on his own, and the army in Xuchang City was very at ease for a while.

Xu Huang received Cao Cao's military order from the army because of his slow movement, and the military horses were only 300 miles out of Wancheng. Thinking about Cao Cao's intentions, he guessed that because the shadow of Huang Gai's deception in the past had not gone, he was not in a hurry, and he only traveled fifty miles a day, and only ordered the horse to continue to sentry in the direction of Shangyong.

On the other side, after Zhuge Song camped at night, he wrote a letter to Meng Da, and the book said: "The criminal minister Meng Da Gong Qi Qi: General Xiguan is trapped in Maicheng, and the public has his own personal grudges, watching from the wall, and the sky is angry and people are resentful. However, the king of Hanzhong took the credit of Shu with your help, and he couldn't bear to bear the heavy responsibility, and hoped that you would close the door and introspect yourself, and pay for your sins in the future. But you didn't know what shame was, but you surrendered to Cao. The king of Hanzhong was furious, and ordered me to command an army of 50,000 to take your head. Otherwise, as soon as the army arrives, the jade will be burned and the three tribes will be destroyed! ”

After finishing the book, he handed it to Liu Feng to look at, and said with a smile: "What does the young general think?" ”

Liu Fenglan stood up in shock: "Why is the general like this?" Meng Da has more soldiers and horses than us, and when this letter arrives, he will be furious, and it will not be even more difficult for us to recover Shangyong? ”

Zhuge Song smiled and waved his hand to signal Liu Feng to sit down, and said: "The Shangyong city is strong, and our army has very little siege equipment on this trip, so only by provoking Meng Da to go to war can there be a chance for a quick victory." ”

"Why did the general say in the book that our army has 50,000 people, although Meng Da was angry, but seeing that our army was strong, he would only stick to it and wait for help. Wouldn't it be better if we told the truth and went out of the city to fight in anger! ”

Zhuge Song said with a smile: "Although what the young general said is true, but now the Wei army's reinforcements are uncertain. I expect that the person who will come to the aid must be Wancheng Xu Huang, this person is not a match for me and the young general, so I can only design a retreat, and then Xu Tu will be mediocre! ”

Liu Feng suddenly realized, because Zhuge Song's previous process of recovering Jiangling was too amazing, so he believed that Zhuge Song dared to receive orders in front of Liu Bei this time, and he would definitely be in his chest, so he didn't ask any more questions, and arched his hand and said: "Then the general should rest early, and if he is sent in the future, Feng Zi will do everything!" ”

Looking at Liu Feng's figure leaving the big tent, Zhuge Song muttered: "Everything? Am I really that reliable, dear? ”

The next day, the Japanese army and horses set off, marched for six days, and Shangyong City was approaching. The Tanma sent to the direction of Wancheng finally returned, and the general of Cao Wei's reinforcements was Wancheng Xu Huang, with about 10,000 soldiers, moving slowly, and camping only fifty miles a day, now five hundred miles away from Zhuge Song, and six hundred miles away from Shangyong.

At this time, there was still no news of the Tanma sent to Gangneung, and it must have not met the reinforcements sent by Gangneung. In the past few days, Zhuge Song has repeatedly studied the map near Shangyong with Liu Feng, and when he heard the report, he ordered the army to camp on the road to Shangyong and no longer move forward. When the camp was firmly established, he gathered the people to listen to the orders before the tent.

There is the matter of Jingzhou, along the way, although the generals still believe in Zhuge Song, but there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and the food and grass with the army are not more than a month, and it is inevitable that they spend every day in speculation and anxiety.

Seeing Zhuge Song gathering all the generals today, there must be military orders to follow, and all of them are heartbroken, and they are looking forward to Zhuge Song's clever plan.