Why did Pang Tong enter Sichuan at this time? Xu Ji couldn't figure it out for a while, but he knew that in the final analysis, this matter was only related to him, and it was his policy towards Jingzhou that changed the historical details very drastically.

Jia Xu looked at Xu Ji suspiciously, and said, "Has the lord heard of this person's name?" Xu Ji sighed and said to everyone: "How do I know his name is not the point, it's just that Wen He is right, this person is very difficult to deal with, Xun Yu under my account is one, and Sun Ce's right-hand man Zhou Yu is also one, ......well, Yuan Zhi may be more male and one for a while, but it is definitely more defensive than attacking, Deng Ai's kid is on par with him when he grows up, and now it seems that he is only afraid of being tender, as for the others in the eyes of this Pang Tong, they are insignificant." ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in shock. I didn't expect Xu Ji to have such a high opinion of a little-known person. Jia Xu saw that Xu Ji's tone was full of remembrance, and mistakenly thought that Xu Ji had old acquaintances with this person, so he didn't continue to talk about this topic at the moment, after all, exploring the unexpected secrets of his boss was the easiest to lead to death.

At the moment, he just nodded and said: "My subordinates completely agree with the lord's statement, in my Yanzhou, whether the lord is still there, Fengxiao or Yuanzhi has always pursued the perfection between strategy and tactics, and hopes to use politics to influence the war, and use war to promote politics, but this Pang Tong in front of him is obviously also a master in this way, because in this struggle, the biggest beneficiary is Liu Bei, whom he supports." Everyone was chilled when they heard Jia Xu's words, playing strategy in front of everyone in Jia Xu's strategy, and it really made Jia Xu suffer a dumb loss. On the other hand, he completely destroyed Xu Ji's Hanzhong strategy, which is really powerful and a little concerning.

Zhang Xiu sighed on the side: "This Pang Tong is amazing. Wen He has exhausted all his organs in the past two days, and the day and night attacks cannot shake the position of the Hanzhong army. In turn, he also ran to General Li Yan to rob the camp, but fortunately, General Li Yan was prepared. Otherwise, I won't be able to hold my ground in all three places. ”

Zhang Liao said with a solemn face on the side: "All along, I have been puzzled by my defeat in Shenling, and I am even more unconvinced. Now after Mr. Wenhe's analysis, I Zhang Liao is convinced. Xu Jizhi was very surprised by this matter and asked: "Wen Yuan, according to the intelligence, I know that you blocked the meridian pass in Shenling, and the main forces of the Hanzhong army and Liu Beijun were not allowed to come out, why was it only one day before the other party broke through?" Zhang Liao said dejectedly: "That's because a large number of Xiliang troops suddenly poured out from Xiegu Pass. Before that. Although the attacks of Liu Bei and the Hanzhong army were fierce and constantly harassed day and night, I knew that Liu Bei and Zhang Lu did not invest all their forces, so I always thought that Liu Bei's army was just a feint to break through the valley, and constantly sent scouts to Luogu and the valley and Yicheng. Just in case, at that time, I thought that the other side was at most a sneak attack force of a small valley, and as long as I paid more attention, I would be safe, and I even hoped to use the enemy's army to make a feint in order to counterattack. Who knew that the enemy's sneak attack troops had indeed come out of the valley and the city. It's a pity that it's a large group of people, and it's the Xiliang army that I never imagined. In particular, the Xiliang cavalry in Yicheng caught me off guard. As soon as the armies in these two places appeared, the Hanzhong Army and Liu Bei's Army immediately devoted all their forces to break through the Meridian Valley, and the three sides were attacked. That's why it's defeated. Only then did Xu Ji understand how Zhang Liao was defeated.

That Xiliang army now seems to be of course Ma Teng's. Judging from the location of his troops, it must have been more than a month ago, when Zhang Lu opened the two passes of Sanguan and Shangbang. Ordered the Ma Teng soldiers in Tianshui to march in two ways, one through the Wuzhang Plain and out of Yicheng.

The other branch crosses the mountains and crosses the slope valley and goes out of the slope valley pass. and then fought together with the armies of Hanzhong and Liu Bei in the Meridian Valley and defeated Zhang Liao. Relocation of places. If you change yourself, this is the end. Because he didn't know that there would be another secret discussion between Liu Bei and Ma Teng. Jia Xu said on the side: "It is precisely because of the defeat of General Zhang Liao that I guessed the inside story and key of the other party's layout in Chang'an and Hanzhong, hum, this Pang Tong made me almost have the trust of the lord, I will not let him go!" ”

Although Pei Yuanshao on the side was reckless, he was quite self-aware. was frightened by Jia Xu's analysis, and said worriedly: "But the enemy is now menacing, if you follow Mr. Jia Xu's analysis, Pang Tong really has the ability to penetrate the world, and I am afraid that this battle will be protracted and unpredictable." Everyone nodded, now although there are many people on their side, but the other party is not worse than themselves, and even more so, it is not easy to win completely, and the enemy is still relying on Xiongguan, the end is to attack and retreat, even if it is to win in front of him, the enemy can go out of Hanzhong to Chang'an everywhere Xiongguan troops, can send troops to harass Chang'an at any time, and it is a situation where soldiers are coming to the city at any time, which is really a headache.

What's more, the other party still has Pang Tong, a peerless strategist, under him, and it is not suitable to be an opponent. Seeing this, Xu Ji's heart sank, all along, the Yanzhou army had been fighting too smoothly, so that everyone had an illusion, thinking that there was no opponent in the world, but they didn't know that the real enemy had never encountered it.

Pang Tong in front of him gave everyone a lesson, so that these subordinates knew what it means to have people outside the world and heaven outside the sky, in this sense, this is a good thing.

But now that the enemy is present, everyone is demoralized because of the great power, and the gains outweigh the losses. It is certainly good to wake up from arrogance, but it must not turn into inferiority. The enemy still needs to be calm, and Jia Xu is also aware of this, of course he has a way to resolve it, and the wise man of the world immediately shook his head slightly and said: "Although Pang Tong is powerful, he has not yet had the ability to threaten Chang'an, I don't expect that in a few days, the armies in Hanzhong and Xiliang and other places will definitely retreat." Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and they all looked at Jia Xu with many questions.

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "After a few days of fighting, I see that Pang Tong is familiar with the art of war, Xiaochang military, and the art of war is cloudy: 'If you win for a long time, the blunt soldiers will be defeated, and the siege will be bent, and the long-term violent division will be insufficient for the country. Therefore, the soldiers heard it quickly, and they did not see the coincidence for a long time. Those who have been in the country for a long time have not been able to do so'. Pang Tong should know that if he does not withdraw his troops, there will be a protracted tug-of-war with us, although they are in charge. Don't worry about the back, but the supply of grain and grass is a problem......" Zhang Xiu frowned on the side and cut off: "Wenhe." If you talk about the other party's supply of grain and grass. There are three channels, one of them. The land in Hanzhong is abundant, the grain is sufficient, and the supply of grain and grass should not be a problem, second, the area controlled by Li Dao Guo Yan is also abundant in grain and grass, and third, although Ma Teng and Han Sui don't know the situation there, they won't be worse somewhere, right? ”

Everyone nodded. Jia Xu laughed and said: "The little general only knows one thing but doesn't know the other." You must know that it is a long way to transport grain from Xiliang or Hanzhong, not to mention that transporting grain from Hanzhong and Tianshui has to cross mountains and mountains. However, transporting grain from Li Dao Guo Yan is easy for us to sneak attack on the grain route, therefore, 'those who make good use of the soldiers, no longer serve in the army, and the grain is not used for three years, but is used for the country, because the grain is for the enemy, so the army can have enough food.' The frequency of the country is far from the teacher. If you lose far away, the people will be poor', this truth should be understood even more. On the other hand, our army. Chang'an is close at hand, and the supply of grain and grass is more borne by each locality, although it is said that 'those who are close to the teacher are expensive to sell.' If you sell it, the people will be exhausted, and if you are exhausted, you will be anxious to serve. But as far as I know, the lord's policy in various parts of Yanzhou is to value merchants. The means of transportation have been changed, so food and financial resources are definitely not a problem. This our army is victorious, and the enemy has to retreat. Xu Ji nodded and said, "So." I then ordered the defenders of Jingyang, Gaoling, and Feng Xu to send troops to Chiyang. Feint to attack Qinchuan in the northwest, so that it will lose sight of one and the other. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with Xu Wei being idle now. ”

Jia Xu smiled at Xu Ji and said, "Why doesn't the lord give Lu Bu, who is stationed in the north at the moment, a reassuring pill in the name of the saint, and ask him to advance west in the north and directly attack Li Dao Guo Xi's rear Anding and Shicheng?" ”

Xu Ji was stunned when he heard this. immediately understood Jia Xu's intentions, and smiled at Jia Xu: "Wen He's great plan!" After a moment's thought, everyone immediately understood. Jia Xu said coldly: "The reason why I have this suggestion is precisely based on the second reason that is not conducive to the enemy, although the enemy is numerous, but it is a four-party cooperation: Ma Teng Han Sui, Li Dao Guo Yan, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, Xiaoxiong Liu Bei each has its own interest center, this kind of alliance has the hope of success in a short period of time, after a long time, it will be self-defeating, on the verge of dissolution, not to mention that Li Dao Guo Yan Han Sui is not greedy enough, Zhang Lu Liu Bei is even more ambitious, when cooperating, it is natural that each other is guarding against each other's calculations, Dealing with this kind of alliance is the most suitable to use a discordant strategy, Pang Tong is such a smart person will of course take precautions, as long as we pretend to contact all parties, before revealing it to others, they will definitely be suspicious, if they turn against each other and then retreat, the morale of the army will inevitably be too damaging, Pang Tong will definitely try his best to avoid this situation, and will definitely withdraw when the anger is the most domineering. This Pang Tong must retreat from the army. Zhang Liao was convinced on the side: "This is the story of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the six countries were defeated by Qiang Qin, and the reason is that the six countries have their own ghosts and cannot always work together." Now the enemy really has this problem. From this point of view, Pang Tong must retreat. ”

Xu Ji laughed and said: "It's much easier to divide the enemy, we might as well start with Li Dao Guo Yan, Li Dao Guo Yan doesn't really want to get an amnesty order from the imperial court?" I, the big boss, took their request into account. ”

The crowd laughed. On the one hand, he secretly attacked the rear of Li and Guo Yandi, and on the other hand, he made good relations with Li and Guo Yan, which could indeed make Li and Guo Yan suffer from gains and losses, behave in a disorderly manner, and play a role in confusing the army.

Jia Xu said: "Lord Mingjian, Lord Mingjian's words also said the third factor in front of us that is beneficial to us, we have the emperor's order in hand, Pang Tong is now attacking our army is threatening the saint, you know, Pang Tong and Zhang Ren are most afraid of the thing now is that Liu Bei, the new master of Yizhou, has a bad reputation, and the reason why the family of Yizhou gave up Liu Yan is not because Liu Yan has a rebellious reputation?" Therefore, as long as we tell the other party the news that the saint has returned to Chang'an, Pang Tong will naturally withdraw from the army out of Liu Bei's reputation, not to mention that this war with our army is because of cooperation with Wang Yun, and now that Wang Yun has died, he has become a rebel, and Pang Tong has lost the reason to continue to fight with our army. The third is that it must retreat. Xu Ji said with a smile: "That's right, I still have the saint's reward for Brother Zhang Xiu and Wen He, ha, now Brother Zhang Xiu and Wen He are great loyal ministers in the eyes of the saint." ”

Jia Xu said indifferently: "Don't worry, lord. In the future, I will definitely repay this kindness to the Holy One, and I will be inseparable from the Holy One. ”

Xu Ji was stunned, and immediately understood that Jia Xu had already understood his responsibility to ask him to spy on Liu Xie. Wei Yan had already respected Jia Xu like a god at this time, but he still had questions: "But, Mr. Jia Xu." It's been some time since the saint returned to Chang'an, and Pang Tong and they should already know the news, if they want to withdraw their troops."

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Wen Chang is too honest. Pang Tong can be deduced from the time of war. I didn't receive this decree to the world, so I did. What can you do about it? ”

Wei Yan suddenly realized, and then a new question arose: "Then." When will Pang Tong retire? At least he should know that the lord has occupied Chang'an. Could it be that he has been rampant to the point of not taking the lord seriously? Jia Xu sneered: "The crux of the matter is that Pang Tong does not know the latest development of the situation in Chang'an City now, although Han Sui and Li Dao Guo Yan have already completely mastered the military power of Chang'an because the lord has completely mastered the military power of Chang'an, and they want to retreat from Chang'an, but this news should not have reached Pang Tong, and Pang Tong of course still thinks that the strength of the lord in Chang'an is not strong." Moreover, he has not yet figured out the identity of General Li Yan, who only arrived here last night, and thinks that this is just a reinforcement sent by Chang'an. Of course, he had nothing to fear. Anyway, as long as he snatches the saint into his hands, he can explain whatever he wants, for example, he can be said to have defeated me, conquered Chang'an, and drove away the lord before he was really sure that the saint had returned to Chang'an. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. Jia Xu paused. He added: "From the point of view of seeking Yizhou. Pang Tong has won a complete victory for Liu Bei, and now Pang Tong wants to see if he can get some additional victories, this extra victory is whether he can defeat me Jia Xu in the shortest possible time, if he can defeat my Jia Xu, he can directly attack Chang'an, hold the Holy Lord in his hands, and take the Holy Shang back to Yizhou, 'coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes', and it is even more justifiable to clean up Liu Yanlai. Until then. The lord lost the excuse to attack Yizhou. On the contrary, Liu Bei can borrow the name of the Son of Heaven. ”

Xu Ji felt a chill behind him. Jia Xu really didn't expect this point, it seems that this Pang Tong is indeed a good hand at layout, and he has such a keen grasp of the world's major events, and he actually thought of Liu Bei's future development while winning in Hanzhong. Jia Ling sneered: "Therefore. Pang Tong's offensive posture in the past few days will be so fierce, if you want to defeat me, it is fake, I am afraid that it will be true to enter Chang'an! ”

Zhang Liaochang took a breath and said, "I'm still wondering. Since Wang Yun died. Why did Pang Tong attack so actively, was it because he didn't believe the news that Wang Yun had died. Think we're alarmist? It turns out that there is such a deep intention, which is really amazing. ”

There was a pause. Zhang Liao snorted coldly: "Since that's the case. Why don't we take advantage of this to calculate Pang Tong in turn, pretend to be defeated in luring the enemy into depth, and kill Pang Tong in one fell swoop? Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Where would Pang Tong be easily fooled?" And when we arrange everything, I'm afraid that Li Urging Guo Yan and Han Sui have already sent him the news that the two armies of the lord have entered the customs area, where will he still come to chase us? Although Pang Tong wants to take the opportunity to defeat our army now, as long as he reaches the real power of the lord in Chang'an and understands that it is no longer possible to hold the Holy Lord in his hands, Pang Tong will immediately withdraw his troops, and he will definitely retreat. Standing up, Jia Xu said coldly: "What's more, if you want to force Liu Yan to give up your current position, you must use both soft and hard, Liu Bei and Pang Tong will definitely rush back to Yizhou with Liu Zhang's three brothers and Zhang Ren to do this matter in person, hmph, in the name of Liu Bei's uncle, forcing Liu Yan to rebel, Liu Bei is naturally fame and fortune, why not?" This is the fifth of the retreats. With these five, why should we be afraid? Now is the right time to brainstorm as soon as possible and formulate a foolproof plan for how to seize Hanzhong and Shanzhou in the future. ”

Everyone nodded, convinced. Jia Xu turned his head to look at Xu Ji and said, "But for now, we still have a fierce battle with Pang Tong. ”

Xu Ji also stood up and shouted: "Okay, since Pang Tong is retreating, then I will send him off and give him a surprise!" ”

Everyone responded with enthusiasm. At this moment, there was a shouting of landslides and cracks outside, obviously the enemy was fighting the enemy and scolding the array, everyone looked at each other, they didn't expect that they hadn't found them yet, they came to the door first, it seemed that it was really as Jia Xu analyzed, it was really anxious.

The morale of the generals was greatly boosted by Jia Xu's analysis, and they all stepped forward to ask for battle, Xu Ji smiled and said: "Wait for this Sikong to face the battle in person!" How boring life is without an opponent, Pang Tong can be regarded as adding some embellishments to our lives, and we should thank him. ”

The crowd laughed, and their morale was lifted even more. Immediately, he smiled and said: "But let's first announce the Shengshang's commendation to Brother Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu to the whole army, we can't bully the king like Pang Tong and them, and don't take the Shengshang's orders seriously!" At least let the soldiers know that Master Ben is personally supervising the battle, right? ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

This is indeed a good way to raise the morale of the whole army in an instant. Jia Xu smiled beside him, his analysis just now was to cheer up the anxious generals who had returned to the battle situation and Zhang Liao's defeat in the past few days, and now Xu Ji was using Liu Xie's praise for himself and Zhang Xiu to boost the morale of the whole army.

With the emperor's decree and awards, the great Sikong personally supervising the battle, and the inspiring army and generals, it is difficult to win this battle.

After the mobilization of Xu Ji and others, the morale of the whole army on the front line was like a rainbow, and after a while, Xu Ji led the generals and 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and 5,000 shadows out of the camp to meet the enemy. Looking at the army with various flags on the opposite side, Xu Ji's heart was full of pride, from this moment on, he lived in Chang'an and peeped into Hanzhong, and then occupied Yizhou and competed for the hegemony of the world!

And what about Pang Tong? What about Liu Bei? Let the horses come! (To be continued......)