"The baggage grain and grass are ready, and they can be transferred to Hanzhong at any time!" Zhang Su, who was in charge of preparing the grain and grass baggage, got up, bowed down and said: "The Shengong Battalion has been making carts day and night in March, and over the years, all the main roads in Shuzhong have been widened and reinforced, and the baggage, grain and grass can be mobilized to Hanzhong within two months. ”

As the Taishou of Shu County, these deployment work is done by Zhang Su, although the ability is not big, but the ability to do things is not low, he can handle many things in an orderly manner with the help of his subordinates, which is also the reason why Ye Zhao attaches great importance to it, although he lacks assertiveness and flexibility, but his strong execution and efficiency make him too suitable to be the Shu Army or the future Jingzhao Taishou.

"Very good, how many troops can our army mobilize now?" Ye Zhao nodded and looked at Xi Zhicai.

"Now under the rule of our army, there are 160,000 standing troops, in addition to the county guards who maintain law and order in various counties, a total of 40,000, in addition to the 50,000 soldiers and horses brought back by the lord from Nanzhong and 20,000 stationed in Nanzhong, a total of 270,000, 160,000 standing troops and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Nanzhong can go out at any time."

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and said: "However, if the 210,000 army is exhausted, at least 800,000 people need to be requisitioned, and logistics, economic operation and farming will be greatly affected. ”

Ye Zhao nodded, although there are now nearly 10 million people in Shuzhong, but all of a sudden, even the soldiers and horses with the people and the people to levy one million, the load is not small for Shuzhong, and it is not necessary, this is Shuzhong, there are not many places that need to be heavily defended on all sides, otherwise, if Ye Zhao is in Cao Cao's position, even if there are 270,000 in his hands, at least 200,000 soldiers and horses are needed to garrison the Quartet, and only 70,000 can really be taken out.

After pondering for a while, Ye Zhao said: "Guanzhong Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji have been scattered, like a plate of scattered sand, although Guanzhong plus Xiliang soldiers and horses, no less than 200,000, but it is not one, there is no need for 200,000 troops, 60,000 should be enough to deal with this battle!" ”

Among the generals in Guanzhong, only Li Dao and Guo Yan soldiers and horses have almost this number, and 60,000 is calculated according to Li Dao and Guo Yan's respective soldiers and horses, and Ye Zhao also has Li Ru and Hua Xiong, who are quite prestigious in the Xiliang army, and they can collect some of them, in Ye Zhao's opinion, 60,000 soldiers and horses are enough for him to subdue Guanlong.

"If it is 60,000, it is necessary to levy 200,000 people, but the minister thinks that 60,000 soldiers and horses are too variable, when 80,000 to 100,000 shall prevail, and 300,000 people will be levied.

Today's Shuzhong, can fully support a 100,000 soldiers and horses scale of the battle, and it will not excessively affect the livelihood of the people in Shuzhong, and can ensure the normal operation of Shuzhong after the expedition, in this case, why bother to calculate carefully to the limit, 200,000 troops will consume national strength, but 100,000 can fully afford to fight, in order to win, it is not necessarily a bad thing to calculate the strength of the army.

"The minister thinks so too!" Li Ru bowed down and said: "Our army has enough troops, and please ask the lord to put his own safety first!" ”

"The ministers seconded it!" Xu Rong, Guan Yu and other generals stood up and bowed to Ye Zhao.

"It's good!" Ye Zhao thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "I'm afraid of being poor, I like to be careful in my work, this battle, I'll be extravagant once!" In addition, mobilize enough officials, this attack on Guanzhong, what I want is a complete Guanzhong rather than a wasteland, the city under it, must do a good job of reassuring the people, in addition to the Shengong battalion accompaniment, the new flying boat to mobilize a hundred, don't make it short! ”

"Whoa!" The generals commanded in unison.

"Xi Zhicai stayed in Chengdu, transferred Guan Ping, Gan Ning, and Zhang Ren back to Chengdu/Capital, with Zhang Ren as the left-behind general, and Gan Ning and Guan Ping went out with the army, there must be no mistakes!" Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai, he needed someone who could coordinate the overall situation for him in the rear, Li Ru had to use it in this expedition to Xiliang, so Ye Zhao decided to leave Xi Zhicai to take care of the rear for himself.

"Don't worry, lord!" Xi Zhicai got up to take the order.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Ye Zhao worshiped Li Ru as a military advisor and swore to go on the expedition.

The roads in Hanzhong have been locked, and the news is closed, so this time, Ye Zhao did not choose a pioneer, and went to Hanzhong first to meet Ji Ling.

"Tanzhi, Xingba!" In Hanzhong, Nanzheng Taishou Fuzhong, Ye Zhao took out two arrows and looked at Guan Ping and Gan Ning.

"The last general!" Guan Ping and Gan Ning hurriedly stepped forward, but they didn't expect that Ye Zhao was the first to find them.

"The two of you stay in Hanzhong, this time to conquer Guanzhong, Lu Bu Ruo, you don't need to take the initiative to fight, you just need to guard the pass." Ye Zhao looked at the two of them.

"Whoa!" Hearing that they were just staying behind, Guan Ping and Gan Ning suddenly lost their spirits like frosted eggplants.

"Hanzhong is about the back road of our army, this matter must not be careless, Lu Bu is also a battlefield tiger general, his bravery is the best in the world, not to be taken lightly!" Guan Yu saw Guan Ping's decadent face, and couldn't help but say angrily.

Back then, Lu Bu couldn't even bear him, Guan Yu's sword technique has become more and more prosperous over the years, and he also has the heart to compete with Lu Bu again, but he doesn't think that Guan Ping and Gan Ning are Lu Bu's opponents, and when they see that the two of them don't care, they can't help but be angry.

"Whoa!" Guan Ping shook his head and hurriedly said solemnly.

"The army enters the pass, the path is difficult, easy for the enemy to detect, I plan to take the Yangpingguan Avenue to attack Longyou, I need a general to lead the division to go out of the valley to do the north attack Yixian, lead the generals of Xiliang, the main force is to attack Longyou, I don't know who is willing to lead this important task?" Ye Zhao spread out the map and pointed to the location of the slope valley, this place is not suitable for the march of the army, but Yixian is connected to the important town of Guanlong, once it is broken, it can divide Guanlong into east and west, and at the same time it is close to Chang'an, which can deter Sanfu.

However, once it is defeated, it will inevitably make Li Dao and Guo Yan uneasy, so that the two will join forces, so this battle is only a deterrent rather than a direct attack on Yixian, in order to attract their attention rather than a real attack, and the real purpose is to cover the real purpose of the main force.

The generals frowned slightly when they heard this, this journey was a little thankless, it was not a hard battle, it was just a threat.

"The last will go!" Seeing that no one came out, Zhao Yun thought about it and took a step forward and bowed.

"Zilong goes, I'm also relieved." Ye Zhao saw that Zhao Yun was willing to go, nodded and smiled.

Zhao Yun is humble, does not fight for merit, is not radical, and has been making up for the art of war in Shuzhong over the years, although there are no outstanding achievements in the conquest of Nanzhong, but the leader of the troops is decent, not greedy for momentary achievements, and is indeed the best candidate.

At that moment, Ye Zhao ordered Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the valley to lure the enemy.

The next step is to attack Longyou.

Li Ru pointed to the map and said: "Tianshui, Nan'an, Longxi, Anding, Guangwei are the five counties of Longyou, and they are also the first battle of our army's expedition this time. Then you can get the land of the five counties of Longyou, thinking that our army is the foundation of Guanzhong. ”

Looking at the generals, Li Ru smiled and saluted Ye Zhao: "Therefore, the minister thinks that the battle of Tianshui must be fast, before Li Xian reacts, take Tianshui and enter Longxi!" ”

"Who ......" Ye Zhao was about to general, but saw an officer coming in a hurry and said to Ye Zhao: "See the lord." ”

"Presumptuous!" When Ji Ling saw this person, he couldn't help but say angrily: "This is the time to discuss the military plane, you dare to trespass!" ”

"What?" Ye Zhao was a little displeased, when discussing the military plane, how could outsiders be allowed to come in easily, since Ji Ling had spoken, he didn't want to blame him anymore, he just asked.

"Back to the lord, more than a dozen caravans in my Shu were robbed by Li Xian, the Taishou of Longxi, a large number of goods were taken away by Li Xian, and these merchants were ransomed with hostages, and now more than a dozen caravans are suing outside the house, hoping that Taishou can administer justice for them." The officer bowed and said, "The last general thinks that this matter may be useful to our army, so he reported it without authorization." ”

"What's the use?" Li Ru's eyes lit up, and he wanted to speak, but he was stopped by Ye Zhao, and looked at this officer with interest, he was not very old, seventeen or eighteen years old, but his bearing was extraordinary, he should be a general under Ji Ling, in the army of Shuzhong, Ye Zhao had never seen this person.

The most important thing is that Ye Zhao can perceive the surging ambition and self-confidence in the heart of this young general from this person's expression, ambition is not a bad thing, Ye Zhao has always believed that only when a person has ambition can he have the motivation to progress, but this point of view is contrary to today's mainstream consciousness, if it is someone else, seeing the performance of the young general, I am afraid that he will not be treated.

"Back to the lord!" Seeing Ye Zhao's inquiry, the young general couldn't help but be overjoyed, bowed down and said: "The last general can lead an elite, disguised as a merchant to ransom people, the lord can send an elite to lie outside the city, and when the last general enters the city, take the opportunity to seize the door, ambush the army, and break through Longxi in one fell swoop!" According to the end of the general secretly investigated, the Longxi garrison is only 3,000, with the elite of our army's soldiers, only 800 ambush soldiers need to cooperate, you can capture the city, then the lord will lead the army to capture Tianshui, then the right place of Longxi, can be returned to the lord! ”

"You're teaching me to wait for war?" Xu Rong glanced at the young general with an unkind face, although it was clearly organized and indeed feasible, but the performance of this young general was too flamboyant and unpleasant.

Not only Xu Rong, but the generals in the tent were also dissatisfied with the performance of this young general, and looked at him with unkind faces, is this saying that we are incompetent?

"The last general will not dare!" The young general's face changed, and he hurriedly bowed his head.

"It's a good strategy." Ye Zhao waved his hand to stop everyone: "If it can be done, it only takes more than 1,000 people to take Longxi, then Li Xian himself is guilty, and he can't complain about us, if he can succeed, he can save half a month's work." ”

"What the lord said is very true!" Xu Rong and the others bowed.

Youngster: "......"