Liu Bei rushed hundreds of miles to Jincheng this time, and planned to occupy Jincheng in one fell swoop, and seize Longxi, so as to threaten Wudu from both sides, and completely disrupt Liu Qi's plan to occupy Liangzhou, but he did not expect Liu Qi's response speed to be far beyond Zhuge Liang's expectations, his reinforcements rushed to Jincheng almost at the same time as Liu Bei's army, and relied on the geographical advantage, rushed to Yunwu City first, and laid an ambush, which caused him heavy losses, fortunately Zhuge Liang suddenly became vigilant when he entered the city, otherwise he was afraid that he would be captured by Liu Qi.

This siege battle can be said to be a mixed blessing for Liu Bei, but happily, Yan Xing died in battle, and the Xiliang cavalry under his command collapsed, which meant that he could completely control the two counties of Wuwei and Hanyang from now on. What is worrying is that in the battle of Tongguò, the elite soldiers under his command lost more than 10,000, which will have an adverse impact on the development of his great cause, and at the same time, Liu Qi bewitched all the 20,000 cavalry of Yan Xing under his command, and since then his strength has increased greatly, so I am afraid that he has to temporarily switch from offensive to defensive, and try his best to defend Wuwei and Hanyang County.

Of course, Liu Bei also understood that if Liu Qi did not capture Hanyang County, only with the remnants of the economy of Longxi and Jincheng, it would collapse sooner or later, and if only grain and grass were transported from Han and Sichuan, the cost would definitely be amazing, so Liu Qi would get these two counties, but it would be a heavy burden, even if it was a problem to survive, let alone send troops from Jincheng to attack Wuwei.

Therefore, in order to change this unfavorable situation, Liu Qi must go all out to conquer Hanyang County.

But where is Hanyang County so easy to conquer? Liu Bei had already received news from Hao Zhao that Huang Zhong led an army of nearly 50,000 to storm Ji County, but was firmly defended by Hao Zhao.

In the world, there are always a few joys and some sorrows, and some people rejoice. Some people are worried, the same thing about Hao Zhao guarding Ji County, Liu Qi's mood is very different from Liu Bei's. Or rather, on the contrary, his original plan was to make Huang Zhong divide his troops to capture Hanyang County. In this way, it not only ensures the safety of Wudu, Longxi and Jincheng counties, but also realizes the supply of grain and grass more smoothly, and is also a key step to realize the transformation of the situation in Liangzhou from defense to offense, but he did not expect that Huang Zhong with nearly 50,000 troops, including Huang Zhong's 30,000 elite push battalion soldiers, could not conquer a small Ji County.

Of course, Liu Qi knew that this could certainly not be blamed on Huang Zhong's incompetence. Because with a strength that is nearly half inferior to the existing strength, Huang Zhong once won successive battles when he captured Yizhou, which played the most crucial role in conquering Yizhou.

Therefore, Liu Qi knew that the reason why the progress was so unsmooth this time was definitely because of the enemy guards.

"Lord Qiqi, the last general has already found out that the chief general of Ji County is a young general who is not famous, this person is a native of Taiyuan, named Hao Zhao. The word Bodao ......"

"What?" Hearing the news reported by Cheng Fan, a spy under Fa Zheng, Liu Qi couldn't help but ask, "Who do you say is the guard of Ji County?" ”

I saw Cheng Fan respectfully salute and said slowly: "This person's name is Hao Zhao." The word Bodao, a native of Taiyuan, was originally a subordinate of Guo Yuan, a high-ranking cadre, and later Guo Yuan died in battle, this person belonged to Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang discovered his talent, and recommended it to Liu Bei, the Duke of Qin, and became the chief general of this Ji County, this person is very good at defense. General Huang suppressed with crossbowmen, but he counterattacked with a thunderbolt. The result did not achieve any good results, and then General Huang adopted many methods such as building earth mountains, digging tunnels, and burning city gates. But they were all resolved one by one by this person, and General Huang repeatedly scolded the formation to lure the enemy, but the other party turned a deaf ear and ignored it, and as a result, until now, our army has lost two or three thousand people, but it has not been able to break through Ji County. ”

Liu Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and his brows furrowed, he naturally knew who Hao Zhao was? In history, this person once guarded Chencang, and even blocked the attack of Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops with more than 1,000 people, but Zhuge Liang was forced to even use the means of persuasion to surrender, and finally had no choice but to retreat, which shows that this person is a generation of famous generals in history, and his defensive talent is comparable to Huo Jun, and even surpasses it, such a general guarding the city is naturally a very big trouble.

"My lord, what should we do? Why don't we all go to Hanyang again? The last general doesn't believe it, we can't attack a small Ji County with 100,000 people? Ma Chao had just killed Yan Xing, and his heart was full of pride, and when he heard about Hao Zhao, he immediately said to Liu Qijian.

Liu Qi shook his head slowly, and said slowly: "Now that our army has been fighting for many days, Jincheng has suffered many wars, and the army and the people are safe, so we should rest and recuperate, General Huang Lao has lost a lot there, and if he continues to fight, morale will inevitably decline, so it is better to return to Longxi for defense, anyway, Liu Beitong has lost a lot of losses in the battle of Yunwu, and the material consumption is even more unsustainable, so he does not dare to fight again." ”

But Jia Xu said: "The lower officials think that the lord's plan is inappropriate, if we withdraw at this time, it will be like giving away the results of the past ten days, if we wait until Liu Bei's vitality recovers, it will be difficult for us to take Hanyang County." And Hanyang is undoubtedly a nail for us to go deep into Liangzhou, and it can threaten the safety of Longxi, Jincheng and Wudu counties at any time, so we have to seize this place no matter what, thinking that although Hao Zhao is strong, it is just a lonely city, as long as we occupy the surrounding areas of Ji County, such as Qidao, Pingxiang, Xianqin, Wangyuan, Shangqi, Xixian and other places, Ji County will become a lonely city, there is no food and grass inside, no rescue soldiers outside, as long as we spend a year and a half, Hao Zhao has no ability, and finally can only surrender. ”

As soon as Jia Xu's words came out, Liu Qi's eyes couldn't help but light up, and the other generals praised them even more.

But I heard Jia Xu slowly say a few words in front of Liu Qi, which made Liu Qi nod and praised: "Wenhe is really my Chen Ping, in this way, Liu Bei must have worked hard for many days, and in the end he can only marry others, I really don't know if Liu Bei, a generation of heroes, will be angry?" ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "My lord, rest assured, Liu Bei has worked hard for more than 20 years to have today's achievements, and he will definitely care very much about life, how can he be angry to death by this trivial matter?" ”

Liu Qi laughed when he heard this, and the depression in his heart was suddenly swept away.

After that, Liu Qi issued an order to Huang Zhong, ordering him to continue to besiege Ji County with 10,000 elite soldiers, and set up an ambush with 10,000 to prevent Hao Zhao from leading his army out of the city to fight, and then used the remaining 30,000 troops to attack Qidao, Pingxiang, Xianqin, Wangyuan, Shangtai, Xixian and other places.

At the same time, Liu Qi secretly ordered to summon Zhang Xiu, who was far away in Yangzhou, to come to Yunwu as soon as possible.

In addition, Liu Qi continued to order Ma Dai to lead an army of 10,000 to defend Yunwu, and led an army of 50,000 with Ma Chao, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Jia Xu and others, out of Yunwu, and attacked Zhangye County from Lingju to threaten Wuwei.

It turned out that when he was under Yunwu City, Ma Dai was deliberately tied his hands in order to paralyze Liu Bei, and was escorted to the rear army by Liu Bei, but later Yunwu City changed suddenly, Liu Bei was anxious to receive Zhang Fei and the soldiers under his command, and he was negligent in guarding against Ma Dai, and was already rescued by those soldiers who "surrendered" Liu Bei in advance.

Shocked to hear the latest movements of Liu Qi's army, Liu Bei couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately urgently found Zhuge Liang to ask about countermeasures.

But seeing Zhuge Liang slowly shook his head, he said helplessly: "In fact, Liu Qi's intention is obvious, that is, to send heavy troops to contain Wuwei, and at the same time send Huang Zhong to slowly encroach on the surrounding areas of Ji County, completely isolate Ji County, and cut off a Qiē connection with the outside world. Wuwei must be Liu Qi's plan, Wuwei is lost, Xijun, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang four counties will inevitably respond to Liu Qi, then the entire Liangzhou, Liu Qi has half of it, therefore, the problem in front of us now is that we can only protect one of Wuwei and Hanyang. ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be silent for a while, and then said in confusion: "What? Before, it was clear that we had a temporary advantage, after all, we occupied a county in Hanyang, and we could pose a threat to Liu Qi at any time, we also had Wuwei, and the counties in Hexi were also obedient, and only Jincheng and Longxi counties were left in the entire Liangzhou. Why did the shape change so much overnight? ”

I saw Zhuge Liang say with a wry smile: "The root cause is that our strength is insufficient, we don't have enough strength to guard Hanyang and Wuwei at the same time, so that Liu Qi was able to take advantage of our loophole in time and rely on strong forces to coerce Wuwei and Hanyang at the same time." Maybe it would be good if we weren't so greedy at the beginning, although Yan Xing may not be completely loyal to the lord, but he is not dead with Liu Qi, and he is actually a good choice to help us resist Liu Qi, and the main force of the lord guards Hanyang and can pose a threat to Liu Qi at any time, so although the situation is not too good, but after all, we occupy the initiative, not as passive as we are now. ”

After a slight pause, Zhuge Liang bowed to Liu Bei deeply, and said with a guilty face: "It's all Liang's poor planning, and as a result, we were first defeated in Jincheng, and now it has caused today's passive situation, and Liang is willing to accept the punishment of the lord." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly helped Zhuge Liang up, and sighed softly: "This is not to blame the military division, it is all blamed on the impatience in the heart of Lonely, in fact, before our soldiers entered Wuwei, the military division built a lone first to recuperate, practice benevolent government, and then send troops after a few years, but Lone was bent on going his own way and did not listen to dissuasion, in fact, it is commendable that the military division can achieve a temporary advantage in the process of competing for Liangzhou with Liu Qi, but we all underestimated Liu Qi's child, I didn't expect this little vertical to be so cunning and react so quickly, which made my great cause unsuccessful, so, The military advisor doesn't have to blame himself, let's discuss whether to protect Wuwei or Hanyang. (To be continued)