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Now Kong Ming is in Jingzhou, and Pang Tong is the first army division for Liu Bei in the army, so Liu Bei asked Pang Tong's opinion on my thoughts. Pang Tong's opinion was that Yangping Pass was extremely steep, our army's military strength was limited, and Hanzhong was anxious and difficult, and a rash attack was likely to cause our side to be unable to advance or retreat. And now that Ma Chao has been defeated, even if our army takes Hanzhong, it is likely to directly face the blow of Cao Cao's army at any time, and it is likely to be very difficult to defend Hanzhong at that time, let alone take Yizhou, it is better to leave Zhang Lu in Hanzhong as a barrier to block Cao Cao, first set Shudi, connect Jingyi and Yizhou, strengthen the military strength of our army, and then Xu Tu Hanzhong.

Pang Tong's words are undoubtedly strategically correct from the current situation, and Liu Bei is obviously more inclined to Pang Tong's proposition, after all, now Liu Zhang in Yizhou has Zhang Song, Fa Zheng, and Meng Da as internal responses, and it is much stronger to devote energy to the direction of Chengdu than Zhang Lu, who is difficult to conquer quickly on an expedition.

I was also quite helpless to see that my opinion was not adopted. After all, I am "still young", and the reason why I was able to come to Yizhou this time was mostly because Liu Bei wanted to balance the emotions between Kong Ming and Pang Tong, and the weight of speaking in front of Liu Bei would definitely not let Pang Tong. But I am not willing to be so irreversibly moved forward to the place where the trajectory of history should happen, my idea is based on knowing the importance of Hanzhong in the future, although Liu Bei and Pang Tong also know the importance of Hanzhong, but it is impossible for them to know how much trouble Hanzhong will bring them in the future.

It's just that how can Liu Bei agree to send troops? For the next period of time, I meditated and thought about it, and there was no good way. In this way, the time slowly came to the first month of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, that is, in 212 AD, Ma Chao, who had been defeated by Cao Cao in Tongguan and fled back to Liangzhou, united with the Qiang people to attack Longshang County, Zhang Lu also sent the general Yang Ang to send more than 10,000 troops to help Ma Chao, and besieged Liangzhou Assassin Shi Weikang in Jicheng. I can be said to be very happy after receiving this news in Jiamengguan, although Zhang Lu's military strength is about 50,000 according to the information provided by Liu Zhang, and sending 10,000 soldiers does not affect the overall defense of Hanzhong, but what makes me feel happy is another thing.

I rushed to see Liu Bei, told him about it, and once again put forward the idea of sending troops to attack Zhang Lu. Liu Bei was very surprised that I also asked him to send troops to fight Zhang Lu, he said to me: "Song'er, now Ma Chao and Zhang Lu are united to besiege Jicheng, dealing with Cao Cao, a traitor, if it weren't for the matter of my benefit to the state, I want to send troops to help them, but you proposed at this time that I want to send troops to fight Zhang Lu, isn't this a favor to Cao Cao?" ”

I was not in a hurry to tell Liu Bei what I thought, but asked Pang Tong, who was sitting on the side: "What does Master Pang think?" ”

Pang Tong shook his head with a smile and said, "Song'er, you better tell the lord what you think!" Kong Ming is good at tricking the mysteries, and you also learn to play dumb riddles with the lord! ”

Because I also thought of this idea suddenly, and I was afraid that I would forget Liu Bei's appetite for a long time, so I told Liu Bei what I had thought about before why I had to send troops and the follow-up actions I took after sending troops.

Liu Bei looked overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Pang Tong and said: "I always told Kong Ming that he, a scholar, has a lot of ideas, and many things are not according to common sense, does Mr. think Song'er's idea will work?" ”

Pang Tong squinted his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a long time, he said to Liu Bei: "Lord, this child taught by Kong Ming is really weird, it is better to say that he is Kong Ming's scholar than to say that he is my scholar!" He laughed.

I was very surprised by Pang Tong's evaluation, but I also smiled when I thought about it carefully, indeed, compared with Wolong and Feng Xiao, Kong Ming is better at using the right way, everything but seeking stability, and likes to use regular soldiers to assist the appropriate strategy to win logically, while Pang Tong was overjoyed, no matter the method, only to use the most effective and concise means to defeat the other party.

Pang Tong's statement is equivalent to admitting in disguise that my plan is feasible, and agreeing that Liu Bei asked me to send troops. So on the second day, I took Zheng Liang, Jiang Xiaoyu and 5,000 soldiers directly under me out of Jiameng Pass and marched north.

I think that the matter of me leading the troops out of the customs will definitely be reported to their lord by the spies arranged by Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu nearby. I guess Liu Zhang will be happy when he learns this news, 5,000 people say that it is not too much, and it is not too much to say less, my attack will definitely be regarded as a pioneer by Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei's follow-up troops will definitely follow up as soon as possible in his opinion. In this way, those people in Shu who previously suspected Liu Bei's ulterior motives in Shu will also have nothing to say, Liu Zhang will be more convinced of his own judgment and relax his guard against Liu Bei, as for Zhang Lu, it is difficult to say whether he will panic, after all, his troops in Hanzhong are still far superior to Liu Bei's 20,000 people in Sichuan, not to mention that I will definitely be regarded as the vanguard of a mere 5,000 people.

Therefore, although the 5,000 soldiers led by me drove out of the Jiameng Pass and marched all the way to the north, the march was relatively slow, and the scouts were sent to guard the front along the Jinniu Avenue. When our army drove to 30 miles outside Yangping Pass, I ordered the soldiers to camp hastily and rest, the camp was extremely simple, and there were not even simple antlers outside the camp, it was completely like a simple marching station.

After eating enough, he ordered Jiang Xiaoyu to take 1,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and personally took Zheng Liang and 4,000 soldiers to Yangping Pass. The war drums rumbled, and I saw that Yangping Pass was really dangerous and abnormal, closing the flag like weaving, swords and guns like a forest, but seeing that the handsome chess was a big Zhang Zi, an old man who was slightly blessed was looking at me under the support of several generals.

I guess that person is Zhang Lu, and I am secretly glad that the situation is really developing in the direction that is best for me. After a while, he actually walked down the city wall with a few generals, leaving only a middle-aged general in the city to command the guards, and the general was also a Zhang Zi, which was expected to be Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei.

Soon the city gate was opened, and thousands of horsemen and several generals surrounded Zhang Lu from the city, Zhang Lu looked anxious, and asked me as soon as he stopped his horse: "Who are you under Liu Bei?" I have no grudge against Liu Bei, why did I invade my borders and invade my territory? ”

I think there should be, at this time, if you pull hard to annoy Zhang Lu directly and fight with me, with my subordinates this little estimate will not take dark to be beaten back to Jiameng Pass, then Zhang Lu arched his hand and said: "In Xia Zhuge Song, just the pioneer of my lord's account, I came here today just to check the terrain, and I don't know what my lord's true intentions are, if you want to fight, my lord's father-in-law will come to the next day, and then it's not too late to fight with Shijun!" He just looked at him with a smile and waited for his reaction.

Since my 5,000 troops sent reconnaissance infantry to scout the surroundings after leaving Jiameng Pass, and did my best to expel the enemy spies in the direction of Hanzhong, I guessed that even if there were still Zhang Lu's spies in the vast territory of Jiameng Pass, it would definitely not be as easy to deliver accurate news to Zhang Lu as before. I believe that the area that Zhang Lu's spies are investigating will definitely get smaller and smaller as my 5,000 soldiers get closer and closer to Yangping Pass, that is to say, the current Zhang Lu must not know that in fact, the 5,000 troops under Yangping Pass this time are all the troops that Liu Bei used to attack him!

He must have felt that Liu Bei would personally lead the main force to rush here in the next few days to join me and attack Yangping Pass again!

So what I said to Zhang Lu was also trying to guide him to continue to speculate in this regard. Generally, those who are in danger will not easily come out to fight the enemy in the field, because then it will be too much of a loss for the side that can be defended, and anyone will want to make full use of the advantages of their own side.

But now it is different, we only have 5,000 people, and I estimate that Zhang Lu's troops concentrated in Yangping Pass will not be less than 30,000, and I have just revealed in my words that the main force led by Liu Bei will be able to arrive here to join me in a few days.

I saw that Zhang Lu's face was cloudy, but in the end, I stopped the generals who were trying to fight with me and pretended to be relaxed and said to me: "Okay, you and I will go back first, and when Liu Bei comes here, I will ask him in person!" Then he led the troops back to the pass.

I did not pursue them, but when they had finished entering the city, I closed the gates, and led my troops back to the camp. The whole army, including Zheng Liang, was a little confused, and some of the small leaders told me that they should cut down more trees to strengthen the defense around the camp, and I smiled and promised them, but I did not tell anyone to do it. At dinner, I called Zheng Liang and Jiang Xiaoyu to my big tent, looked at Zheng Liang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and asked him with a smile: "Do you think Zhang Lu will send someone to rob our camp tonight?" ”