As the days passed, the entire cavalry battalion was in full swing, training according to the predetermined plan. Ten thousand cavalry commanders have been put in place, and the training plan has been formulated, Ma Chao can finally be a hands-off shopkeeper and idle for a while.

Ma Chao still has a lot to do, in addition to completing the daily study of the art of war and swordsmanship, he also has to practice Xiliang palm and marksmanship, and more importantly, he has to study the materials of Hanzhong to prepare for the attack in a few months!

At this time, the importance of a high-intelligence strategist is reflected, if Ma Chao has a military advisor with an intelligence of more than 90 by his side, he can completely hand over all these detailed tasks to him, and be a happy shopkeeper to do more important things! Ma Chao has always advocated division of labor and cooperation, everyone to efficiently complete what they are best at, like to formulate a good policy, and assign all kinds of practical and detailed work to his subordinates to complete. Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people, this can not only cultivate the ability of your subordinates to block one side, but also make your subordinates grow faster!

Ma Chao has always felt: Zhuge Liang in history was seriously tired and sick in the end, and he deserved to die of vomiting blood, Zhuge Liang must bow to everything, but he likes to grasp all big and small things in his hands, how can a person have so much energy, who is tired if he is not tired?

It's a pity that Xiliang's highest brain is Han Sui, who has an intelligence of 77, and it is too risky to hand over the plan of attacking Hanzhong to him! It's more reliable for Ma Chao to do his own research!

Hanzhong is a famous granary, fertile for thousands of miles, rich in production, densely populated, so Hanzhong is known as "the birthplace of the Han family, the Chinese cornucopia". Hanzhong is a basin terrain, surrounded by mountains, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, since ancient times, it is a place where soldiers must fight!

There are only two roads to go from Tianshui to Hanzhong, the east side is the avenue, the terrain is open, but it is a pity that there is a Xiongguan that is Yangping Pass standing near Hanzhong. In ancient times, the level has always been synonymous with easy defense and difficult to attack, with extremely high durability and non-human ability to break in a short period of time! There is no checkpoint on the south path, but the terrain is dangerous, and it can only accommodate one car (referring to the ancient carriage) to pass, and it can be regarded as a terrain that can not be driven by a husband. As long as an army of 1,000 people is sent to choke the main road in the narrowest place, even a 100,000-strong army will not be able to exert it at once, and it will not be able to attack!

Therefore, when attacking Hanzhong, the news must be strictly blocked, once Zhang Lu gets the news in advance and sends heavy troops to garrison the main road, it will develop a tug-of-war of growth time, and it will not be able to attack for a long time!

Hanzhong Zhang Lu, the word Gongqi, is rumored to be the tenth grandson of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, and the grandson of Zhang Ling, the ancestor of Tianshi Dao (Wudou Midao). Zhang Lu is the third generation of the Wudou Rice Dao Heavenly Master (called the Department Master), and after killing Zhang Xiu, he continued to spread the Wudou Rice Dao in the Hanzhong area, and called himself "Shijun". Historically, Zhang Luxiong was in Hanzhong for nearly 30 years, and then surrendered to Cao Cao.

There were only more than 20,000 garrisons in Hanzhong, and this number of troops was very scarce compared to the abundant grain, grass and wealth in Hanzhong. Zhang Lunengxiong has been in Hanzhong for 30 years, of course, because the terrain of Hanzhong is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack; The more important reason is that Zhang Lu developed the Heavenly Master Dao (Wudou Rice Dao), and is good at controlling people's hearts.

The highest force in Hanzhong is the partial general Yang Ren, with a force value of 75, and the highest intelligence is the military advisor Yan Pu, with an intelligence value of 82. There are no generals in Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu is also the master of a defense, so Hanzhong has no offensive ability; However, the strategy of the military advisor Yan Pu was not comparable to the historical Xiliang Army, and the attack was not enough, and it was more than enough to hold Hanzhong. Therefore, the historical Ma Teng army has the courage of Ma Chao and Pound, and it has never been able to attack Hanzhong, let alone attack Chang'an, the capital division!

The city of Hanzhong is thick and the Yangping Pass is even stronger, and the cavalry siege ability is weak, and the cavalry alone will definitely not be able to attack it, and the chariot will not come in handy. Ma Chao thought of the big killer of the attack level, Jing Yan.

Jing Yan is a kind of climbing and siege equipment invented by the ancient Chinese working people, which was invented by Mozi in the Warring States Period; Slow to move and often easily destroyed, the Well Towers are mobile towers that can be used to attack enemy siege weapons on the city walls. With it mounted, any class can shoot from a distance. Generally, it is built to a height of 3 and a half floors, and a pulley is installed at the bottom, and it moves and strafs condescendingly. It is characterized by a wide range and strong dynamic striking power; The weakness is that he moves slowly and has no ability to fight in close combat. The use of Jingqi to fight can effectively promote Zhang Lu's army to go out of the city to fight, as long as Zhang Lu's army is out of Hanzhong City, the elite cavalry trained by Ma Chao can come in handy!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately went to ask his father Ma Teng to let the armory workshop build two or three wells as soon as possible.

"Meet my father!"

"It's Meng Qi, how are your cavalry training?"

"Back to my father, the child's 10,000 Xiliang Iron Riders are in full swing training, and there is progress every day, please rest assured that my father!"

"Meng Qi, for this cavalry, for my father to emphasize to you again, you must train hard, this cavalry has drained our Xiliang's family and pinned on our Xiliang's entire hope!"

"The child knows the severity, and in half a year, the child will invite his father and Uncle Han Sui to the school for a military parade, so that you can review the training results of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and the child will be satisfied with you!"

"Good! You have always been on the Three Treasures Hall of your father, say, this time, what do you have to do for your father? ”

As soon as he said this, Ma Chao suddenly became embarrassed, as the saying goes, knowing the son is more than the father, Ma Teng really understands Ma Chao. So he said shamefully: "Don't dare to deceive my father, Chao'er does have something to ask his father for: half a year later, when the child's Xiliang Xiqi training is completed, we will attack Hanzhong!" According to the child's understanding, the high walls of Hanzhong City are thick, and Yangping Pass is guarded, and the cavalry alone cannot be used and attacked, so two or three wells must be built to force it out of the city to face the battle! ”

"Although Chao'er's idea is good, but Yangping Pass is dangerous, the road is narrow when it is close to the pass, and only one well can be passed, and the terrain there is uneven, the cavalry can not be used, the protection of the well is extremely limited, once the Yangping Pass guard will go out of the city, it will cause great damage to the well and the battle, and this battle will be protracted! Time can afford to wait for the father, but Xiliang is poor, the money and food are not enough, and the iron horse for Chao'er has been emptied, and Chao'er also issued military salaries to the soldiers, although the military salary is not much, but it is also a lot of expenses over time! Chao'er, you are not in charge yet, you don't know the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the current Xiliang is cut off and cannot provide enough grain and grass to fight a big war! ”

"What my father said is extremely true, the child has already considered that the child wants to deploy 10,000 suspicious soldiers in Yangping Pass to attract Zhang Lujun's attention, and in fact, he personally led 10,000 iron cavalry and two wells to bypass Yangping Pass from the south path and attack Hanzhong City!"

"You're going to take the southern trail? That trail is not easy to walk, the volume of the well is huge, and it is not easy to drive the well to the city of Hanzhong smoothly! ”

"Father rest assured, when the child arrives, he will send a ranger brigade to continuously spy on Hanzhong intelligence, and send people to widen the narrow places in the path, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts!"

"Now that Meng Qi has taken it into account, I am waiting for your good news as a father. It's just that even if you bypass Yangping Pass, the distance is undoubtedly much farther, and the grain and grass consumed on the road will greatly increase; In addition, 10,000 suspicious soldiers must be deployed in front of Yangping Pass, and the total amount of grain and grass needed is still an astronomical amount. Jing Yan can be built as a father, but Xiliang's grain and grass still can't support this war! ”

"My father only needs to build the well on time and prepare as much grain and grass as possible; In a few months, the child will find a way to collect some grain and grass, we just need to insist on Hanzhong City, no need to think about the return trip, as long as we capture Hanzhong City and take the Hanzhong granary, we don't have to worry about the problem of grain and grass anymore! The child has made up his mind, and he will finish his work in one battle, please rest assured, father! ”

"All in one battle? This risk is not small, since Meng Qi is full of confidence, as a father, according to your opinion! After speaking, he sent Ma Chao away worriedly!