In Hanzhong, the camp of the Dingjun Mountain is in the Qin public tent.

Liu Bei sat in the main tent, looking at Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and Qubei, the right virtuous king of the Southern Xiongnu, and others, his heart was full of pride.

In the first few days, after he heard the news of Zhang Fei's defeat, Ma Chao's surrender, and the almost annihilation of the 50,000 army, he was furious in his heart, and under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, he ordered Jian Yong and Sun Quan to sit in Chang'an, but he personally raised 100,000 troops to fight for Hanzhong, he knew that now Liu Qi had just pacified Xichuan and Hanzhong, taking advantage of his people's hearts, Xichuan and Hanzhong were repeatedly destroyed by wars, and when the economy withered, there was still hope for contention.

Now Liu Bei is already a reckless soldier, dry up and fishing, if the difficulty is increased tenfold, it means that he will have no hope of capturing Hanzhong for the rest of his life, let alone Xichuan.

When he saw Zhang Fei, who commanded less than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army, and guarded the Sanguan, Liu Bei really wanted to drag this uncompetitive guy out and behead him directly, and at the same time he was lamenting in his heart: "If Yun Chang was here, I'm afraid Hanzhong would have won the ....... long ago."

But Liu Bei didn't blame Zhang Fei too much, because in the past few years, although his territory has expanded a lot, there are really not many generals available under his command, and there are even fewer who can really be alone.

Despite this, when he heard that Ma Chao first persuaded him to surrender and then released Zhang Fei, he still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart. It is precisely because of this that he ordered Zhang Fei to lead 30,000 horses alone and enter the Kei Valley as a suspicious soldier. After the main army of 70,000 people under his command took Chuyang, he cooperated with the main force to capture Nanzheng.

Because his main army was personally commanded by him, coupled with the fact that there were wise men such as Zhuge Liang, a military advisor, a breakthrough was made. General Zhao Yun led his iron cavalry to provoke Ma Chao under the city of Xiafen, and insulted Ma Chao, but Ma Chao could not be provoked. went out of the city to fight Zhao Yun, but fell into Zhao Yun's ambush plan. At the same time, Liu Bei personally led a large army to attack Xiafen City, but Ma Tie died in battle, and Ma Dai fought desperately to find a bloody road. Rendezvous with Ma Chao and fled back to Linfang.

Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry to pursue, and the army followed Ma Chao to Linfu City, and Ma Chao had no choice but to flee to Chuyang.

After Liu Bei commanded the army to Linfu City, the army attacked Arrow Mountain and Dingjun Mountain non-stop, during which he saw through Fazheng's tricks several times, and took the opportunity to set up an ambush, Huang Zhong had to retreat to Dingjun Mountain first under the loss of troops. Later, he evacuated Dingjun Mountain, came to the city of Weiyang, and confronted Liu Bei's army across the water.

At present, the main force of Liu Bei's army is stationed in the south of the water. The movement of Huang Zhong's army can be directly observed on Dingjun Mountain, which can be said to have taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and Huang Zhong can only helplessly line up in the north of the river, relying on the danger of the water to prevent Liu Bei's army from crossing the river, and then defend the city.

"Hehe, Strategist. Now our army has the advantage, although Huang Zhong is brave. But he could only hold on, just wait for Yide to capture Baozhong, and the army would attack Nanzheng, but the poor unwise Huang Zhong thought that we would attack Chuyang. ”

"Hehe, what did the lord say? However, how do we act this time, but also to see Huang Zhong's actions, if Huang Zhong divides his troops to support Baozhong, then why don't we wave our troops to take Chuyang? Chuyang is the north gate of Nanzheng, as long as this place is lost, Nanzheng will have no danger to defend, when the time comes, we can naturally take Nanzheng, even if we can't take it, as long as we occupy Yangping Pass, we can block the connection between Yizhou and Hanzhong, and then Hanzhong will become a lonely city, sooner or later for the main public. This is the truth that the virtual is the real thing, and the real is the virtual thing, Yide's Keitani army looks like a suspicious soldier on the surface, but it can also turn the virtual into the real, these virtual and real, even if the Fa Zheng knows, there is no way. Zhuge Liang habitually shook the feather fan in his hand, with wisdom in his eyes, and said with a faint smile.

And Liu Bei's eyes lit up even more when he heard this, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he patted the case and said: "The military advisor is really clever, hehe, in this way, are you afraid that Hanzhong will not enter my pocket?" ”

Zhuge Liang didn't have a smug look, he thought silently for a moment, and then said: "The only variable now is Liu Qi, alas, the young general has just been defeated, Shangyong has been lost, Liu Qi's Xiangyang reinforcements can drive straight into Hanzhong, once his army arrives, it will definitely change the current strength comparison, but Huang Zhong can't hold on, obviously waiting for Liu Qi's reinforcements." So. We must find a way to prevent the arrival of Liu Qi's army, as long as Liu Qi's army cannot come, we will definitely succeed. ”

"Then how do we stop Liu Qi's army?" Liu Bei's eyes were also suddenly full of worry, and he asked suspiciously.

But seeing Zhuge Liang sighed, he said slowly: "Liang has also been studying Liu Qi's battle case in the past few years, and he knows that this person is used to taking risks, so if Liang is right, this time Liu Qi will definitely come along the water, and then take back Dingjun Mountain by surprise and cut off the back road of our army, so we only need to quietly mobilize a brigade and set up an ambush under Dingjun Mountain, and we will definitely be able to break Liu Qi." However, it is also possible that this person will directly send troops to help Baozhong to stabilize the morale of the army, and then enter Sanguan to cut off the connection between our army and Guanzhong. ”

Seeing that Zhuge Liang's analysis was accurate, Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded, and asked, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

I only heard Zhuge Liang think for a moment, and then said: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, in order to be safe, we should prepare for both roads, persuade Yide to also set up an ambush under Baozhong City, and send more horses, so that no matter which way Liu Qi comes to help, we can ambush him, as long as we break his army, we can seize Hanzhong with a victorious army, and if it is possible, it is not impossible to even capture Zitong." ”

"The military advisor is clever, really safe, hehe, Liu Qi'er is very treacherous, he likes to take risks the most, this is no different from a gambler, since it is gambling, there will be a loss, this time is when Liu Qi'er loses money, hehe, Liu Qi'er has obtained the benefits from my hands, I will let him spit it out with interest. As for Yide, the military advisor can rest assured that he still doesn't dare to disobey Lone's order, not to mention that there are Zhong Xuan and Zhang Ji in the army, Zhang Fei likes calligraphy, and Zhong Xiang is the most compatible. ”

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he immediately instructed Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and others to arrange the ambush, and wrote to Zhang Fei, Zhong Xuan, and Zhang Ji respectively, asking Zhang Fei to make sure that he was ready to ambush Liu Qi.

In the following days, Liu Bei quietly waited for Liu Qi's army to take the bait, but after half a month, the vicinity of Dingjun Mountain was as calm as water, which made Liu Bei couldn't help but worry, he thought about it for a while, and ordered his own soldiers to invite Zhuge Liang over.

As soon as he heard Zhuge Liang's footsteps, Liu Bei hurriedly greeted him, and couldn't wait to ask: "Military advisor, if it is calculated according to the itinerary, Liu Qi'er should have arrived at Dingjun Mountain a long time ago, but why is it so calm here until this time?" ”

I saw that Zhuge Liang was silent, and followed Liu Bei to the tent, and then said softly: "Liu Qi likes to play tricks and tricks the most, and he is often prone to launch a sneak attack when others are the most lax, Liang thought that this must be Liu Qi's conspiracy, and deliberately refused to move, and waited until the moment when we relaxed our vigilance before suddenly sending troops, so, the lord must not take it lightly, by the way, is there any news from General Yide?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "No, Yide is waiting for the battle this time and set up an ambush, but let alone Liu Qi's army, even if a ghost shadow does not appear nearby, now Yide is a little restless." ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment when he heard this, and then said solemnly: "The more you get to this time, the more cautious you should be, the lord can ask General Zhang to write a book, so that he must always be vigilant, and must not let Liu Qi take advantage of the situation." ”

Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully, and immediately ordered to go down, the army must always be vigilant, and at the same time, he immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Fei, and asked him not to be lazy, and he must not let Liu Qi go.

After another ten days of hard work, there is still no news from Liu Qi, at this time, don't say that it is Liu Bei, even Zhuge Liang felt a little incredible, and muttered: "Where did this Liu Qi go?" He couldn't have gone to the most remote Guanghan vassal country, right? If that's the case, we'll be relieved that we can attack without fear. ”

At this moment, suddenly a sergeant came to report: "The lord of Qiqi, the cavalry sergeant, the report of the horse, found the movement of Liu Qi's army in the subject country of Guanghan, Liu Qi led an army of 30,000, suddenly appeared under Baishui City three days ago, and the Guanghan Taishou Zhang Renli should join forces, and annihilated the thousands of horses of Baimaqiang. ”

"Oh? Liu Qi really appeared in the Guanghan vassal country? This was quite unexpected. Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and said in surprise: "But why did he appear there?" Doesn't he want Hanzhong anymore? Or did they know that we would definitely lay an ambush there, so they deliberately avoided the real and attacked the false? But the problem is that although his rescuers will not encounter danger in this way, they will not help the battle situation in Hanzhong in the slightest, which is really not in line with Liu Qi's consistent style, is there any conspiracy he is brewing? ”

"Strategist, what should we do then?" When Liu Bei heard that Liu Qi had actually arrived in the Guanghan vassal country, he knew that he could not interfere in the battle situation in Hanzhong for the time being, and his face couldn't help but become excited, and he looked at Zhuge Liang with anticipation.

"Now that the matter is over, we will naturally not give up Hanzhong, since Liu Qi is not coming, then we will attack Hanzhong with all our might, but at the same time, we must lead the army to guard Yangping Pass, and at the same time order Fu Jian to defend them tightly, and absolutely not to fight, as long as this is the case, Liu Qi's army will not be able to realize the plan of attacking Wudu or aiding Hanzhong, and we can rest assured that we can attack Hanzhong." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he was still a little uneasy, and added: "Mr. Liang feels that Liu Qi must have a conspiracy, so we must not relax our vigilance against Liu Qi at any time." (To be continued)