In the lobby of the Hangu Guanzhi Office, Zhang Langgao sat on the top and listened to the scout's report, "General Qiyu, Yuan Shao has led the army north to Youzhou, leaving behind an army of 200,000 to garrison Luoyang. ”

Zhang Lang sighed: "Sure enough, Wen He got it." He smiled, "Okay, let's finally take a break!" ”

The next day, Zhang Lang handed over the responsibility of guarding Hangu Pass to Ma Teng, and he led the army to the division.

Chang'an, General's Mansion, Study.

Diao Chan leaned on the bed, reclining on the jade body, dressed in a light veil, soft, sexy and charming, gently shaking the fan for Zhang Lang. Zhang Lang leaned into Diao Chan's arms, enjoying the warm fragrance of nephrite jade while flipping through the report on the war that Jia Xu had just sent.

In this battle, Zhang Lang suffered heavy losses, with a total of more than 80,000 dead and wounded, and also lost the five counties of Yunzhong, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yanmen, Dingxiang, and most of Xihe County, and lost countless money and grain. Yuan Shao's loss of troops is more than 100,000, not including the loss of the Xianbei people, but Yuan Shao has obtained almost the entire state, the strength has risen sharply, at present Yuan Shao is attacking Youzhou, Youzhou Gongsun Zan and Yan Rou are already a lose-lose situation, Yuan Shao to seize Youzhou There is almost no suspense, if you take Youzhou, Yuan Shao's strength will be further enhanced, and it will become the most powerful force in the north.

Zhang Lang frowned.

Seeing this, the empathetic Diao Chan leaned over to pinch his head and asked softly, "Husband, is there anything troublesome about you?" ”

Zhang Lang smelled the wonderful fragrance that was refreshing, and most of the boredom in his heart miraculously disappeared. I couldn't help but turn my head and kiss the sexy red lips, and smiled, "It's nothing." patted her cheek, which was more delicate than a flower, "You go back first, I still have something to discuss with the military advisor!" ”

Diao Chan hummed obediently, got off the couch, and walked outside, her posture was graceful and gentle, and the fragrant wind was pleasing to the eye.

Diao Chan walked to the door and glanced back at Zhang Lang, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, with a shallow smile, which made Zhang Lang's index finger move. Diao Chan smiled charmingly and walked away quickly.

Zhang Lang smiled, called the female guard, and ordered him to summon the military division to come to discuss the matter. Female guards, the guards who are responsible for guarding the backyard of the General's Mansion, as the name suggests, these guards are all women, and it is Dong Ying who leads them, the reason why these female guards are responsible for the security of the backhouse is mainly because of the requirements of the women, they feel that it is always inconvenient for the male guards to move around in the backhouse, so Zhang Lang let Dong Ying's female soldier team take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the backyard.

After a while, Jia Xu hurriedly followed the female guard into the study, and the female guard retreated.

"General." Jia Xu clasped his fists and saluted. At this time, Zhang Lang was looking through the money and grain report, and he found that the money and grain in hand were much more abundant than he imagined.

Glancing up at Jia Xu, he pressed the money and grain book, "Wenhe, I plan to expand the army!" This battle makes me feel that our strength is far from enough! ”

Jia Xu nodded, frowned, and said, "Needless to say, Yuan Shao of Guandong has even Cao Cao has an army of three or four hundred thousand!" The expansion of the army is imminent! He smiled, hugged his fists and said: "Fortunately, Dong Zhuo has left a large legacy, and it is not a problem to expand the army!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled and glanced at the money and grain book in front of him, "I plan to expand the army to 400,000!" What does Wenhe think? ”

Jia Xu pondered: "Guanzhong and Xiliang are far less rich than Kanto, and they can only support 250,000 troops at most!" Glancing at Zhang Lang, "The general wants to expand so many troops, I'm afraid it's not for self-preservation, right?" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "Wenhe is Wenhe in the end, I only said one point, and you will understand the meaning of three points." Yes, I do have other considerations! Standing up and walking to the map, Jia Xu hurriedly walked over.

Zhang Lang pointed to the Xichuan region in the west of Guanzhong. Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and he clenched his fists excitedly and said: "The general is wise, and his subordinates are also about to build a general to attack Xichuan!" ”

Zhang Lang looked at the map and thought: "Instead of being entangled in the Central Plains with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, it is better to find another way!" ”

Jia Xu nodded sympathetically, "Xichuan is the country of abundance, rich in resources, with a large population, and has not been affected by ** in these years, if Xichuan is taken, the general will have a reliable logistics base!" Enter, you can compete with the heroes of the world in the Central Plains, retreat, you can close the retreat and wait for the times to change! The general can be invincible according to this! After a pause, "What's even more gratifying is that Liu Zhang, the assassin of Sichuan, is weak and incompetent, and the army in Sichuan does not repair the army, and the soldiers are lazy and weak. ”

Then he frowned, "But if you want to attack Xichuan, you must first take Hanzhong." Hanzhong Zhang Lu has been guarding against our army, when our army and Yuan Shao fought before, Zhang Lu was ready to move, the terrain of Hanzhong is steep and abnormal, and it is not easy to capture Hanzhong! However, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have a blood feud, and we may be able to make a fuss about this. Zhang Lang frowned and said, "Wen He's meaning, is it to wait for his two families to fight?" It's good to be like this, but looking at their current appearance, I'm afraid it's unlikely that they will fight in a short time! We can't afford to wait, can we? ”

"No, the general misunderstood me." Jia Xu's face showed an unfathomable evil smile, which was a unique expression when he calculated others, and those who knew Jia Xu knew that once Jia Xu showed this expression, someone must be unlucky.

Zhang Lang smiled, "Wenhe, don't sell it!" What's the trick to talk about! ”

Jia Xu revealed his strategy and discernment.

Zhang Lang laughed, "Good! You go to Hanzhong! ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly.

The next day, Jia Xu left Chang'an with a team and rich gifts and headed for Hanzhong.

Jia Xu sent an envoy to Hanzhong, and Zhang Lang wholeheartedly began the work of expanding the army and reorganizing it, and all the affairs of government affairs were handed over to Cai Yong.

Late at night, Cai Yong dragged his tired body back home, followed by two servants, each holding a large pile of official documents that had not yet had time to be approved, and Cai Yong planned to take these official documents home to continue to review.

As soon as Cai Yong came back, he plunged into the study.

Cai Yan personally prepared ginseng soup and sent it to the study. Seeing his father's attentive and meticulous appearance, he was both relieved and distressed. stepped forward, put the ginseng soup in front of his father, and said softly, "Father, don't be too tired!" ”

Cai Yong glanced up at his daughter, picked up the soup bowl and took a big sip, let out a long breath, and said with emotion: "The sage said, 'Those who are confidants die'!" The general values his father so much, how can he not repay his father with his death? ”

"Father, what have the generals been busy with lately? I haven't seen him in the past few days when I went to the General's Mansion! ”

Cai Yong buried his head and continued to review the official documents, and said while reviewing the official documents: "The general is busy expanding the army!" Don't talk about you, I haven't seen anyone else in a few days, and I heard that he lives in the barracks these days! ”

Hearing this, Cai Yan felt a little better.