Liu Ye believes it, he has no reason not to believe it, in addition to this explanation, what other explanation can explain Ma Hong's unusualness? And Ma Hong also knows that what Liu Ye needs is an explanation, which is more acceptable than the kind of travel through thousands of years, coming to this era, and becoming a baby.

"Therefore, the heavens descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and benefit what they cannot. Senior brother, you have this experience, and only in exchange for your achievements today, can you compete with the heroes for hegemony, and achieve a great cause. ”

"Senior brother has praised it, Hongneng has done today, thanks to the help of senior brother."

"But junior brother, I suggest that when junior brother makes these things in the future, don't all say that they are yours, you can give this thing to others, and say that it is the credit of others, otherwise, the excessive myth itself will not know what it will bring."

"I understand what senior brother means."

"Senior brother, now Pang Xi is asking for help from you, three months later, he will definitely surrender to you, and when we send troops to Brazil County, we must start a war with Liu Zhang, once the war starts. If we need a lot of money and food support, the development of Hanzhong will stagnate, and Cao Cao will take advantage of the chaos to create trouble for us. ”

"Yes! It's just that now is a great opportunity, I can't give it up, Cao Cao's attack on Hebei was stopped by me, if I attack Yizhou, he will definitely stop me, this is the so-called way to return to the other. ”

"Yizhou is a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is entangled with Liu Zhang, it is necessary to make long-term combat preparations, I think Yongliang may be fine, but Jingzhou will be chaotic over time."

Ma Hong nodded and raised his glass.

In the 11th year of Jian'an, August.

Pang Xi was defeated in Anhan, led the remnants of the army to retreat to Nanchong, and sent an envoy to Ma Hong to express his refuge in Ma Hong. Ma Hong got the news, with Wei Yan and Hu Du as the vanguard, he led an army of 10,000 troops to Langzhong in Brazil County first, and sent Ma to play, Cheng Yi and Zhang Heng led 5,000 troops to attack the Sword Pavilion to the west and harass Zitong County. After that, Ma Hongqin led an army of 20,000 with Liu Ye, Zhang He, Huang Zhong, Wang Ping, and Ma Tan to Langzhong, and stayed in Yanpu to supervise the government affairs of Hanzhong.

In October, Wei Yan and Hu Du repelled Yan Yan in Nanchong State, marched to reclaim Anhan, and held on to Dianjiang with Liu Zhang's main force Wu Yi.

Dianjiang is not a river, it is a county of Ba County, and Dianjiang is the confluence of three rivers: Hanshui, Langshui and Qushui. Dianjiang is the place where Xichuan soldiers must fight, and its special position is destined to be that once Dianjiang is taken, Ba County can be taken in the south, Chengdu can be attacked in the west, and the connection between Ba Dong County and Ba County can be cut off in the east.

In November, Ma Hong's main army entered Pasir County, Ma Hong asked Liu Ye to lead troops to take over the defense of Langzhong, and then ordered Huang Zhong and Wang Ping to lead 8,000 elite soldiers to attack Badong County, and Jingzhou Li Yan and Yang Yi led 15,000 troops from Zigui in Nanjun to Baidi City (Yong'an) in Badong County, and attacked Badong County with Huang Zhong and Wang Ping.

Dianjiang, in front of Dianjiang City.

Ma Hong was on crutches to break the sword, the wind-blown flag was rattling, Ma Jian was a little nervous standing beside Ma Hong, and glanced at Ma Hong from time to time.

"Brother Tan, are you nervous when you first go to the battlefield?"

"Brother Hui, I'm a little nervous."

Ma Hong stretched out his hand and patted Ma Yan's shoulder and said, "At the age of sixteen, it's time to see the world." ”

"Haha! When the lord was sixteen years old, he beat Sun Ce, and Gan Ning Huang shot an army into Jiangdong to defeat Sun Ce, beheaded the three major generals of Eastern Wu in a row, and captured Sun Quan Zhu Ran. ”

Wei Yan, who was standing on the side, patted Ma Yan's other shoulder and smiled.

Ma Tan was speechless for a while.

Wei Yan laughed and said, "It just so happens that you are also sixteen years old this year, and you also have to do a good job." ”

Ma Yan nodded repeatedly.

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said: "Wen Chang, this Dianjiang must be taken no matter what, only by taking Dianjiang can we send troops to lay a defensive line in Dianjiang Jiangxi to prevent Yan Yan of Ba County and Jiangzhou from supporting Badong County, so that Huang Zhong and Li Yan can take Ba Dong County faster and attack Ba County with us and others." ”

"Lord, why don't you send a strange army to cross the Han River, march all the way west, attack Chengdu, and let Meng Da and Fa Zheng of Guangdu and Xindu rise up together and directly besiege Yizhou."

Wei Yan said.

Ma Hong looked at Wei Yan and suddenly remembered the plan he had offered in the Meridian Valley in history.

"Lord, if this plan is achieved, we can capture Chengdu."

Ma Hong rubbed his eyebrows and said slowly, "Is that it?" ”

Wei Yan paused and said, "That's it. ”

Odd, indeed odd. If it succeeds, it can quickly control Chengdu, and Yizhou will become a plate of scattered sand in an instant, but only if Wei Yan's strange army can pass through Guanghan County and then break through the fortified city of Chengdu. This and the historical Meridian Valley conspiracy, which one has a greater success rate, Ma Hong is a person who has walked through the Meridian Valley, and those who have walked through the Meridian Valley know how difficult the Meridian Valley is, of course, the road to Chengdu is much easier than the Meridian Valley, but the checkpoints on the road are ......

"Wei Yanna! Have you thought about it? If there is no seventy percent success rate, will Meng Da and Fa Zheng follow together? ”

"They have betrayed Liu Zhang, if nothing happens, then they have to die."

Ma Hong shook his head and said: "You only think about the result, yes, if you lead the troops to break through, they are very likely to help you, even if you succeed and take Chengdu, they will look down on me in their hearts." Because I, the lord, am gambling with their lives, because once you fail, you will be wrapped in dumplings, if I can't take the river, I can't reinforce the army, once the grain road is robbed, how many days can your army be able to hold it? ”

"Does the lord think that Wei Yan can't succeed?"

Ma Hong sighed, Wei Yan was arrogant, he had fought so many battles with Ma Hong over the years, winning more and losing less, he always followed Gan Ning in the past, and was Gan Ning's deputy general, this time he led the troops alone, and he was eager to make meritorious contributions, after all, Gan Ning, who was also a military general, had already supervised Yongzhou, and he was still a pioneer general.

"General Wei, we are here to take advantage of the situation, as long as we take every step of the way, we can defeat the enemy army, why do we need to take risks." Ma Yan saw that Ma Hong was not good at answering Wei Yan, so he spoke.

"Cao Cao in the north is eyeing him, will Liu Bei in Jingzhou sit quietly and watch us take Yizhou? In a word, if you want to take Yizhou, you have to be fast, and the fastest is to take Chengdu and control Liu Zhang. Wei Yan said to Ma Yan, what he said was still reasonable.

"You don't have to take risks, General Wei misunderstood." Ma Tan said.

"What? You say I misunderstood? I've fought more battles than you've eaten salt, and you're ...... for the first time."

"Wen Chang, Ma Jian is still a child, you don't want to be like him." Ma Hong said to Wei Yan, and then looked at Ma Yan and motioned for Ma Yan to stop.

Ma Jian was a little unwilling to admit defeat and wanted to speak, but when he saw Ma Hong's eyes, he stopped talking.

"Lord, Wei Yan asks for battle." Wei Yan clasped his hands into fists and knelt down on one knee to salute Ma Hong.

Ma Hong sighed and held Wei Yan's arm with both hands, but Wei Yan didn't mean to get up.

"Okay." Ma Hong let go of his hand and said: "Wen Chang, you have been with me for a long time, Gan Ning and you are my most trusted people, this attack on Yizhou, I specially asked you to be the vanguard, just to think that if you can win Yizhou, you should be rewarded for your merits, and your merit should be the greatest, then I can give you a reasonable reward." ”

"Lord, Wei Yan ......"

"Bun Chang." Ma Hong stopped Wei Yan's words, stretched out his hand and dragged Wei Yan's arm, Wei Yan stood up, Ma Hong continued: "I'll show you something, if you want to attack Chengdu after you see it, then I'll give you soldiers." ”

(To be continued.) )