What made Jiang Poyun, the general of the Shu army in Hanzhong City, feel suspicious and 'confused' was that after the Zhao army outside the city was persuaded to surrender, it retreated ten miles from the north of Hanzhong City that afternoon, and after that, the Zhao army did not move.

Zhao Jun's silence made Jiang Poyun feel very worried. Now the Zhao army is in an advantageous position, and the Shu army is at a disadvantage, and moreover, it is still a serious disadvantage. Especially after the persuasion, I don't know where to start in Hanzhong City, and a series of rumors spread. Among them, Zhao Jun wanted to reduce taxes and reduce taxes, which was very attractive to the people in the city.

Even the soldiers of the defending army began to have a lot of 'commotion', although it was not to say that there was a problem, but the morale of the soldiers and the courage to fight to the death have been greatly reduced. It was Xiao Yuanlin and other Hanzhong City guards who were also with a heavy 'color' on their faces at the moment, and the changes in the city had exceeded his expectations.

Zhao Jun's movements suddenly became the most important thing for Jiang Poyun to know. Because the Zhao army retreated, Jiang Poyun couldn't know what the Zhao army was doing for a while. For this reason, it can only send additional scouts out of the city to investigate. However, Zhao Jun's silence has been weighing heavily on his heart, making him feel very uneasy.

While probing the situation around Hanzhong City, Jiang Poyun ordered the city to recruit young people and prepare for a defensive battle to the death. The Zhao army outside the city is gathered, and there are all kinds of armor and equipment, if the other party attacks the city, it will definitely be a lot of pressure on the Shu army defending the city. If you can't be prepared, it is not impossible for Zhao Jun to forcibly break the city.

To be honest, for the current Jiang Poyun and the Shu army, they naturally hope that the Zhao army outside the city will act as late as possible, because the longer the time is delayed, the more reinforcements will come. Of course, year-on-year, the reinforcements of the northern Zhao army will definitely be more. However, there are not many places that the Shu army needs to defend, far less than the Zhao army, so when the strength reaches a certain level, Jiang Poyun is not afraid of the threat of the Zhao army outside the city.

Of course, this is not in line with the purpose of Situ Che, the king of Shu, to completely defeat and expel the Zhao army. However, Jiang Poyun knew very well that it was impossible to completely defeat the Zhao army and expel it from the land of Hanzhong. What he hopes to do most now is to share the land of Hanzhong with the Zhao army, just like the Han army. In other words, in the future, the three parties will jointly occupy the land of Hanzhong, and one party will occupy a corner. In fact, many important ministers in the Shu army hoped that the purpose of the land of Hanzhong could be achieved like this. They also knew very well that it was impossible to completely defeat Zhao Jun. Therefore, if Jiang Poyun can maintain such a situation, under the advice of the ministers of the Shu army, the king of Shu will not blame him.

However, this idea is very good, however, the Shu army is the passive side, and the Zhao army is the active side. The initiative will not do what he wants. Therefore, Jiang Poyun and the others began to train the soldiers and regain their confidence while waiting for the details. At the same time, they began to recruit young men and train them to supplement the current lack of defenders.

"The Zhao army in the two towns, so to speak, the total strength of the Zhao army is as much as 50,000, in addition to the garrisons stationed in various places and the northwest of Yizhou stationed in the west of Luoyang, guarding the 'yin' Pingfu line, the Zhao army can dispatch about 30,000 troops. If our reinforcements arrive, we will have more than 40,000 troops in the southern part of Hanzhong. In terms of troops, we are already stronger than the Zhao army. Even if the soldiers are slightly inferior, our numbers can make up the difference. ”

"In addition, we can also recruit nearly 10,000 young people from the local level, and we can replenish our needs from the south at any time. However, Zhao Junxin entered the northern counties of Hanzhong, and if he wanted to stabilize here, he was afraid that it would not be easy to recruit young people immediately. In particular, Zhao Jun's tax reduction and exemption has already allocated fields, restricted land and rent, and collected taxes at different levels, and it is not easy to completely stabilize the land he occupies. It's just that I don't know how to deal with the Zhao Jun Metropolitan Governor on the other side. Why didn't they attack immediately? ”

Jiang Poyun sat on the chair and closed his eyes gently, he had been speculating about the situation on both sides of the battle. The land of Hanzhong is quite important to the Shu army. If the Zhao army occupies this place, the situation of the entire Shu army will take a sharp turn for the worse. Occupying Hanzhong is a great threat to the entire Yizhou, Ningzhou to the south of Yizhou, and the entire Shu army is fundamentally threatened by the Zhao army. In the past, Hanzhong was in the hands of the king of Hanzhong, after all, the strength of the Han army was much weaker than that of the Shu army. But if it falls into the hands of Zhao Jun, it will be very different.

Situ Che, the king of Shu, has always wanted to take back Hanzhong, not only to fight the Han army, but more importantly, for his own safety. Only when this land of Hanzhong is in his own hands can the entire Shu army's old nest Yizhou be considered safe. It's just that in the past, Situ Che wanted to seize it from the king of Hanzhong, and the Zhao army had been eyeing the north, so he had been opposed by the important ministers of the Shu army. However, Situ Che, the king of Shu, and the generals under his command have always insisted on doing it directly. Needless to say, the King of Shu wants to act, so he will naturally act.

"The three counties in the south of Hanzhong must be under our control, if they fall into the hands of Zhao Jun, the whole of Yizhou will be in danger. The entire Shu army needs to deploy heavy troops to guard against the Zhao army in Hanzhong. That would be very bad for us. Jiang Poyun's mind once again remembered what those ministers had said to him 'privately', "As long as the three southern counties are in our hands, it will be nothing if the northern ones fall into the hands of Zhao Jun." When the time comes, as for the stalemate with the Zhao army, an armistice agreement can be reached with the Zhao army. In addition, after a stalemate with the Zhao army, we will contact the king of Hanzhong and work with him to fight against the Zhao army in the northern part of Hanzhong. Xu Zhili let him join us in attacking the Zhao army in northern Hanzhong. ”

"Alas...... It's easy to say, but it's not easy to start! Jiang Poyun couldn't help frowning, "Now that Zhao Jun doesn't attack, what do they want to do?" Stirring up internal instability in us? Zhao Jun often does this. However, in doing so, he can't take any land in a short time. ”

Jiang Poyun had always been thinking about the purpose of the Zhao army outside the city, he didn't expect that the Zhao army would attack Baishui County in the west and Nanzheng in the south. However, if the Zhao army wanted to attack Baishui County, it had to face a three-sided attack from Hanzhong City, Nanzheng, and Guangyuan County in Yizhou in the south. The same is true of the attack on Nanzheng County, which is surrounded by mountains on one side and water on the other, and only the west and north sides are flat land for the army to march. To the north of Nanzheng is Hanzhong City, to the west is Baishui County, and to the southwest is the jurisdiction of Yizhou. Therefore, in addition to being the most suitable for Zhao Jun to attack Hanzhong City in the northernmost part, it is extremely unfavorable to attack any of the other two counties.

The chaotic situation made Jiang Poyun feel a little heavy, sitting there, he could even hear his own heartbeat, he could feel his fingers a little numb, and he could feel the earlobes hot. Holding the existing territory of the Shu army and attacking the Zhao army after defeat is very important to the Shu army and how important it is to him, he himself knows very well. The ending of the seal is still in front of him, if one is not good, he will become the second seal, or even as good as the seal. After all, Feng Yanzhang made great contributions in the battle of the Shu army attacking the Han army and capturing Hanzhong. And he, Jiang Poyun, if he is defeated, the situation will be even worse, because he is not only a general of the Shu army, but also has followed Lin Shiwen for a period of time......

"General! The Scout is back! Taishou Xiao Yuanlin and the other officers rushed in. Jiang Poyun opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yuanlin and the others rushing together, and felt that the situation was a little bad. The scout who accompanied Xiao Yuanlin was sweating profusely, panting, and had a dignified 'color' on his face.

"What did you find?" Jiang Poyun asked in a condensed voice.

"Returning to the general, our scouts who went out of the city encountered countless Zhao cavalry blockades five miles out of the city, and more than half of the scouts were 'shot' by the Zhao cavalry. So, we probe the situation and its difficulties. However, now we have detected Zhao Jun's movements. In the Zhao army camp in the north of the city, there were only a small number of Zhao soldiers. The army of the Zhao army was divided into two routes, and they attacked to Baishui County and Nanzheng County respectively, and the Zhao army had been away for more than a day. ”

Jiang Poyun frowned, stared at the scout, and said in a deep voice: "Have you ever found out how many Zhao soldiers are in the Zhao army camp in the north of the city?" How many people did the Zhao army rush to Baishui County and Nanzheng County? ”

The scout said bitterly: "Back to the general, we can't get too close to the Zhao army camp in the north of the city, but, as far as we can see, the number of people they are active in the camp has been greatly reduced. In addition, we have already found out that the Zhao army that went west to Baishui County had no less than 10,000 troops, and the Zhao army that went south to Nanzheng County also had a team of no less than 10,000 people. The brothers below saw the team of 10,000 people moving with their own eyes, although they were not sure whether these nearly 10,000 people were all soldiers of the Zhao army, but it was indeed an army of 10,000 people. ”

Waving his hand to let the scout leave, Jiang Poyun suddenly felt troubled. According to the scout, there are now more than 20,000 troops around. However, it stands to reason that the Zhao army gathered in the north of Hanzhong City at this moment should only be about 20,000. If all the reinforcements of the Zhao army arrived, then there would be more than 30,000 mobile troops. However, now Zhao's army should not have all arrived.

Xiao Yuanlin saw that Jiang Poyun didn't speak, and said hurriedly: "General, the Zhao army has already divided its troops to attack the two places, should we support immediately." If these two places are attacked, our Hanzhong City will become an isolated city. ”

Jiang Poyun said in a deep voice: "Support? Where is the support? With only 5,000 soldiers here, a total of more than 13,000 defenders? In addition, yesterday afternoon, the Zhao army retreated, as far as we know, the strength of the Zhao army outside the city is only nearly 20,000, so why did the scout say that the Zhao army that divided the troops to attack Baishui County and Nanzheng County has more than 20,000? Could it be that the north of the city is an empty camp? Who can be sure that this Zhao army is really going to attack the two places? ”

"Baishui County and Nanzheng County are more difficult to attack than here. The reinforcements from the south, the forward has now arrived in the Guangyuan area, so even if these two places are attacked, as long as they are not broken by the Zhao army, the two places should not worry. Now we need to be sure that Zhao Jun really attacked these two places? Or maybe Zhao Jun just wanted to mobilize the defenders in the city. ”

"Immediately check how many troops the Zhao army has in Hanzhong now, and let the detailed work in various places take action."

After most of the people and horses in the Zhao army camp, the camp seemed to be much empty. But even so, the Zhao army in the camp did not have the slightest worry about it. The patrol of the patrol, the out-of-camp probe of the out-of-camp probe, the whole battalion seems to be rational and orderly.

"Back to the Grand Governor, the defenders in the city show no signs of going out." The soldiers who were monitoring Hanzhong City reported the current situation of Hanzhong City.

Yang Wangqing and Qi He, the deputy general of the first town of the forbidden army, were playing chess in the tent, and when they heard the report of the soldiers, they said lightly: "It seems that the new general of Zhenbei of the Shu army is still 'quite careful'!" ”

Qi He smiled: "It's a good thing to be careful, but here in Dadudu, being too careful is not a good thing. I don't know if the two generals can fortify Baishui County and Nanzheng County, and whether they can make the defenders of the three places unable to help each other. ”

Yang Wangqing put down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "The new general of Shu Army Zhenbei may be extraordinary, but the guards of the other two places are not necessarily like this. In addition, these two places are in the rear of Hanzhong City, and they did not expect that our army would suddenly attack them, let alone that we had the seal of the general of the Shu army in our hands, and they would not have thought that our soldiers would cross Hanzhong City and not take it, but attack them behind Hanzhong City. ”

"Metropolitan Governor, the guards of these two places won't see any problems, if the new general of Shu Army Zhenbei has given any secret orders to the guards of the two places, then it will be ......" Qi He said with some worry.

Yang Wangqing said with a smile: "We have always been very concerned about the Shu army, and the south sent a new general, so we naturally paid attention all the way." What is the purpose of sending troops to 'force' near Hanzhong City at the beginning, and gradually increasing? It is not that he wants to attract the new general directly to Hanzhong City at once, so that they have no direct contact with the other two places. The new general of Zhenbei took over the position of Feng Yanzhang, and this official position has not changed. The general's seal ribbon will naturally not change much. They wouldn't have thought that we have here the seal left by the seal and the 'private' letter for the seal. ”

"Besides, we don't need to worry too much, as far as we know, the Shu army in the three southern parts of Hanzhong is dissatisfied with the Shu king's handling of the Fengyan Seal, and moreover, the new general Zhenbei is also dissatisfied. They didn't know what the new Zhenbei general was about them, so the success rate of this matter was extremely high. ”

"Originally, we wanted to make the defenders in the city move, and our army in ambush also moved, so that the defenders knew that our purpose was only them, so that they could not think that our purpose was really the two counties behind them, so as to prevent them from making other moves. It's just that I didn't expect that this new general of the Shu army was more careful than I expected. Careful enemies are generally not easy to deal with. Yang Wangqing's face looked a little dignified. In fact, it is not easy to deal with any cautious enemy, especially if it is 'crossed' head-on.

Qi He saw that Yang Wangqing's face was solemn, and said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Governor doesn't need to worry, after all, the enemy is careful this time and does not move, which is still beneficial to us." In addition, when the careful enemy faces a huge contrast in strength between the two sides, it is also powerless to turn things around. ”

Yang Wangqing smiled: "You're right, now you just need to seal the connection between them and the two southern counties." By the way, it is also necessary to give the defenders in the city a little peace of mind and give them a little doubt, so that it can be delayed for a longer time. For the cautious, they will not be taken lightly when the situation is uncertain. Immediately, he sent another order to the 4,000 volt troops who were ambushed in the south to appear and return to the camp north of the city.

In the south of the city, the Zhao army ambushed the army, and at this moment has returned to the north camp of the army. When the scouts outside the city risked being 'shot' by the cavalry of the Zhao army to send the information into the city, all the generals in the city couldn't help but be overjoyed. And Xiao Yuanlin was even more relieved, because the appearance of the Zhao army's ambush army also showed that the Zhao army's previous attack on Baishui County and Nanzheng County was fake, and the purpose was to attract the defenders in the city to fight, and then ambush them.

"General, thanks to your previous blockade, otherwise, this time you would have lost your troops. didn't want to fight, the Zhao army outside the city actually set up an ambush when they had an advantage. Xiao Yuanlin said to Jiang Poyun with a smile.

Jiang Poyun didn't have the slightest 'color' of joy, but fell into doubt, he always felt that something was wrong. Even if these ambush troops appeared, the number of ambush troops outside the city could not reach the number of Zhao troops who left. Moreover, since Zhao Jun is moving, it will never be simple. What made him feel the most heavy was that until now, he didn't know how many people there were in Zhao Jun on the other side.