After about half an hour, several horsemen came from the west, one of whom was the leader, and after a little conversation with the leader of the caravan, they left the Meridian Valley and headed east.

"It seems that the target of this group of people is really in the east, are they going to raid our army's Tongguan or Chang'an?" Lu Rui touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"Brother Rui, do you mean that their target is Chang'an or Tongguan?" Cao Pi looked at Lu Rui suspiciously.

"It is very likely that since I arrived in Chencang with Uncle Zixiao, all the grain transportation of our army has been changed to water transportation. If this army was from the Xiliang Army, then they would definitely send spies to investigate. Since they knew that our army had changed to a waterway, and if the target was our army's food fleet, they would not continue to march. ”

"Now continue to march, the goal must be to raid the valuable places of our army, except for Chang'an and Tongguan, east of the Meridian Valley, what other valuable places?" "Brother Rui, Chang'an is guarded by Zhong Xuan, and Tongguan is guarded by Guo Junshi himself, can it be that these two places can be raided just by relying on those people just now?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, raiding these two places, isn't he looking for death?

"Second brother, could it be that these are the people who raided our army, don't you give the Xiliang army a large group of men and horses nearby?"

"No, if the Xiliang Army lurked a large number of men and horses nearby, our army's rangers would definitely find out, and the Xiliang Army would have attacked secretly, and the strength of the Xiliang Army would definitely not be much, at most three thousand people."

"Three thousand? Brother Rui, we rushed forward, with the strength of the tiger and leopard cavalry, plus the soldiers and horses of Chang'an and Tongguan. It's not a problem to kill these 3,000 people, and we can go back to our father to receive credit. "Cao Zhang must only have 3,000 people, isn't this a fat meat?

"Nonsense! We have more important tasks ahead of us. Zihuan. You ordered ten people to be divided into two groups. Send letters to Zhong Father, Zhong Xuan, Guo Junshi, as well as the stable Yan Xing, and Cheng Yin from the Northland, informing them of what we have discovered! ”

"No!"

"Let's go, let's continue on our way and enter the Meridian Valley." Subsequently. The four returned to the valley and entered the Meridian Valley with the brigade.

At this time, in the Hanzhong Taishou Mansion, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei were discussing political affairs.

"Second brother, this is Zhang Baiqi's letter, take a look!" After speaking, Zhang Lu handed a bamboo slip to Zhang Wei.

"If the Xiliang army loses to Cao Cao, let's take Ma Chao in?"

"Yes, second brother, what do you think of this?"

"Big brother. Zhang Baiqi's letter is reasonable, and Wei thinks it is feasible. ”

"Brother thinks so too. Now Cao Cao and the Xiliang army are at war, if Cao Cao wins, it will be beneficial to our army and there will be no harm, if the Xiliang army wins, I am afraid that my Hanzhong will be in danger! ”

"What do you say about it, big brother?"

"Second brother, do you know why Zhang Baiqi sent this letter?"

"In order to prevent failure, we have left a back road, I hope we can help for the sake of the Yellow Turban Road?"

"Second brother, you think too simply, Zhang Bai has this intention in riding this letter, but there is another profound intention, you still don't understand."

"What do you mean, big brother?"

"This is a sign of weakness!"

"A sign of weakness?"

"Yes, if the Xiliang army is defeated, this letter from Zhang Baiqi is used to save his life, and if the Xiliang army defeats the Cao army, this letter is a life-saving talisman for our army!"

"Please give me advice!"

At first glance, the words in this letter have already shown the situation of the end of the Xiliang army's strong crossbow, and Zhang Baiqi is ready to fight. If Zhang Baiqi defeated Cao Cao, it would also be a big injury. ”

"When the two armies fight, there will be damage, the Xiliang army fought hard against Cao Cao, even if it wins, it will be a big loss of vitality, what's wrong?"

"Second brother, you look at the problem too superficially, my Hanzhong was originally a small county in the Han Dynasty, and now there are not many Yellow Turban Dao in the Han Dynasty, only the Five Doumi Sect can dominate the Hanzhong, do you know what the reason is?"

"Because our teachings are beneficial to the people, everyone believes in the Five Doumi Sect."

"This is just one of them, what is more important is the population, the population of our Hanzhong is growing with the war between Guanzhong and Xiliang, which is the foundation of our army's foothold in Hanzhong."

"What the eldest brother said is reasonable."

"With the population, we can reclaim the wasteland, and with the population, we can spread the ranks of soldiers, so that we can have strong walls, and abundant grain and grass, and elite soldiers. This is the foundation of my Hanzhong's foothold in troubled times. ”

"Big brother, what does this have to do with the victory or defeat of the Xiliang Army?"

"Of course, it has a lot to do with it, if the Xiliang Army defeats the Cao Army, on the surface, the vitality of the Xiliang Army will be greatly damaged, but in fact, the recovery speed of the Xiliang Army will far exceed that of the Cao Army."

"Please solve your doubts, big brother!"

"Xiliang is a place where Han and Qiang live together, Ma Chao is known as the general of Shenwei Tian by the Qiang people, Han Sui is the loyal god of the Qiang people, the prestige is very high, if the Xiliang army wins, hold Tongguan, you can be based on the Guandong princes outside. In less than three years, Ma Chao and Han Sui will definitely be able to integrate the Xiliang forces, who will be the first to suffer at that time? ”

"What's more serious is that the strength is relative, if the Xiliang army wins, the people who are now exiled from Xiliang and Guanzhong will inevitably return to their homes, and then there will be no more population growth in my Hanzhong?"

"When the time comes, our army will only be slaughtered by the Xiliang army."

"The eldest brother is really far-sighted, but if Cao Cao wins, what good will our army have?"

"The benefits? If Cao's army wins, our army will benefit a lot! ”

"First of all, Cao Jun has no roots in Xiliang, and the people do not know Cao Jun and will definitely not return home. Secondly, Ma Chao and Han Sui came to vote, with their prestige in Xiliang, we can recruit more homeless people. Third, the Qiang people have always opposed the Han people, although Cao Cao united the patriarch of the Qiang part this time, but it was always a minority, after Cao Cao led the Western Liang, it will inevitably take more time to integrate the Western Liang forces. ”

"With these three points alone, it will be beneficial to our army and will not do any harm!" After Zhang Lu finished speaking, he laughed.

"Brother is smart!"

"Well, second brother, you don't have to compliment me. By the way, what I want you to do, how did you do it? ”

"Big brother, don't worry, I have strengthened the investigation at the exit of Meridian Valley, and if there are only suspicious people, I will definitely report to my eldest brother."

"Well, then I'm relieved, you can do this matter yourself, you must not make a mistake!"

"Yes, big brother! Big brother, what are you doing here? ”

"What? Cao Cao's use of troops has always been weird, good at raids, this Tianjun thinks that Cao Cao and the Xiliang army are holding each other, and there will inevitably be surprise raids, my Hanzhong is the best channel, I want to form an alliance with Cao Cao and consolidate my foundation in Hanzhong! ”

"Big brother means that Cao Cao will send someone to borrow the road from Hanzhong to raid the rear of Xiliang?"

"It's just a possibility, whether you do it or not, or whether you are intercepted by our army, this is all unknown, you must step up patrols, and surround them if you find suspicious people, but remember, don't hurt anyone!" (To be continued......)

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