After Ao Lie led 150,000 Han troops to Xiegu Pass, and Ma Chao brought 20,000 tiger elite and 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry from Xiliang to converge, the total combat strength of the Han army reached 200,000, and Liu Bei, who had returned to Chengdu from Hanzhong, got the news and hurriedly convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs for an emergency council.

The reason why Liu Bei is the last to know the whereabouts of the Han army is because Ao Lie's secrecy measures in the direction of Hanzhong and Yizhou are far stricter than those in other regions, and the Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and the speed of news transmission is of course correspondingly worse than that of other regions, plus the main general who was arranged by Liu Bei to stay in Hanzhong is Huang Quan, Huang Quan is an outstanding internal affairs talent, and leading troops to fight is not his forte, although Liu Bei may also realize this, so let Ling Bao and Lei Tong stay together as deputy generals, but still failed to detect the movement of the Han army in time, until the Han army forced the border, and there were only a few days left in Hanzhong, did they get the news.

At the council, from Liu Bei onwards, everyone had a solemn look on their faces. After all, I just got the news now, it's a little late, even if I immediately gather a large army and go to rescue Hanzhong, I'm afraid it won't be in time, not to mention that to gather troops that can resist the 200,000 Han army, karma is not something that can be done in a moment and a half, it will take at least two days, I believe that by the time Liu Bei gathers enough troops, the Han army has reached the city of Hanzhong and began to attack the city. And the Shu soldiers from Chengdu out of the Sword Pavilion, Ben Jia Meng Pass, to Hanzhong, the road is rugged and difficult, the army to pass at least three or five days, now can only hope that the three Huang Quan guarding Hanzhong, can block the onslaught of the Han army, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

Liu Bei had a gloomy face, glanced around at the ministers around him, and then said: "There is no need for King Gu to say more about the situation, you all know it in your hearts. Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, if Ao Lie takes away Hanzhong. Then the entire Yizhou will be exposed in front of Ao Lie without any secrets, which is a loss we cannot afford. In the autumn of life and death, Fang shows your ability, and this battle depends on your solo talents to help my Han get through this difficulty. Until now, Liu Bei still insists that he is a relative of the Han family, and his prince is the king of Hanzhong, so whenever Liu Bei mentions his country, he will call himself a Han dynasty, which means that he is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, it can also have an encouraging effect, after all, there are still many loyal people who care about the Han now. In order to distinguish Ao Lie's new policy of the Northern Han Dynasty, people usually refer to the kingdom established by Liu Bei as Shu Han.

Fa Zheng stood up and said hurriedly: "King, things have developed to this point, we can't delay any longer, we should immediately gather the army and go to the aid of Hanzhong." At the same time, an elite force should be sent first. Traveling lightly, they rushed to Hanzhong one step ahead to help Gongheng (Huang Quan's character) resist the Han ...... Uh, resist Ao Lie! Fa Zheng was in a hurry. I almost said the wrong thing, in Shu Han, it is not possible to call Ao Lie's new policy of the Northern Han Dynasty Han, but to call Yan. That is, the prince before Ao Lie, this is an unwritten rule, the initiator. Naturally, it is Liu Bei who sits on the throne of the king of Hanzhong, because in Liu Bei's view, there is only one inheritance of the great Han in the world, and that is the Shu Han established by Liu Bei!

Unintentionally correcting Fazheng's language disease, Liu Bei nodded and said, "This is very good, filial piety, who do you think is appropriate to send as a pioneer to rescue Hanzhong?" ”

Fa Zheng sighed and said in a low voice: "King, everyone, it is not that Fa Zheng is angry with others to destroy his prestige, but that the four elites under the command of Ao Lie have all appeared in this battle, and their combat effectiveness is by no means something that ordinary troops can resist, and sending ordinary soldiers to go may not be able to play a role, therefore, the minister suggested that General Shuzhi lead the elite soldiers of Bai Yu to go, and at present, only the elite soldiers of Bai Yu may be able to stop the elite under the command of Ao Lie." The king recruited troops as soon as possible and hurried to Hanzhong, perhaps, he could save Hanzhong. ”

After more than 10 years of growth, after countless cruel tests, this army has gradually developed and grown from the flames of war, until now, there are only more than 7,000 people, less than 10,000 people, this is Liu Bei's heart, or Liu Bei's personal guard, to send this army to be the vanguard, Liu Bei is really a little reluctant in his heart, because Liu Bei, who has been on the battlefield for decades, knows very well that the vanguard often means cannon fodder, he has already lost an elite Jingxiang army, and he can no longer lose the elite soldiers of Bai Yu.

However, the current situation is indeed very critical, and the slightest hesitation will lose the gateway of Hanzhong, so that Ao Lie can drive straight into Yizhou at will, such a tragic result is something Liu Bei cannot bear. Bowing his head and thinking for a moment, Liu Bei knew that now is not the time to be indecisive, the more critical the time, as a monarch, the more he must have to make trade-offs, is he not even as good as Liu Xie's hairy boy? Liu Xie can sacrifice himself to become a benevolent person, and he sends Bai Yu elite soldiers, so what is there to hesitate? Thinking about it, Liu Bei suddenly looked up at Chen Dao, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhi, immediately take the elite soldiers of Bai Yu, and rush to Hanzhong to help first, be sure to cooperate with Gongheng to block the attack of Ao Lie's department, and within five days, the Lone King will lead a large army to help!" ”

Chen Zhi took a step forward, slapped his right fist heavily on his left chest, and replied loudly: "Don't worry, the king is here, Hanzhong is here!" If you want to break Hanzhong, you must step on Chen Zhi's corpse! ”

Hearing Chen Zhi say this, Liu Bei first had three points of dislike in his heart, and it was really unlucky to say such things before he set out on the expedition, but the Bai Yu elite soldiers were brought out by Chen Zhi single-handedly, and only he could give full play to the full combat effectiveness of the Bai Yu elite soldiers.

Besides, if you say what you say, you will splash out the water, Liu Bei, as the king of a country, will naturally have to say what you want, and changing the order will damage the prestige of the king of Hanzhong. Liu Bei slowly stood up, looked at Chen Zhi and said: "In this battle, we must block Ao Lie's time for five days to buy time for the army to arrive, Uncle Zhi must be cautious and not lose!" ”

Chen Zhi replied loudly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Just when Liu Bei was urgently dispatching 100,000 troops, Ao Lie had already led 200,000 Han troops, and after a gallop all the way, he came to a place fifty miles outside Hanzhong City and set up camp, which was two full days faster than Liu Bei expected!

As soon as he settled his subordinates, Ao Lie convened a temporary military meeting. As pioneers, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun took the lead in expressing their views. Lu Bu took the lead and said: "In Bu's opinion, Hanzhong City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and some are not suitable for heavy cavalry combat, if you want to launch a tough battle, the Longxiang army will be in a very embarrassing situation, as one of the four elite Longxiang army, will not get the opportunity to participate in the war, which is unacceptable to the 20,000 soldiers of the Longxiang army." Therefore, Bu suggested that the Long Xiang army not participate in this battle, but gallop behind Hanzhong City to ambush the Shu soldiers who were preparing to come to the rescue. ”

After Lu Bu expressed his opinion, Zhao Yun added: "Wen Hou is right, when surveying the terrain before, he found that the terrain outside Hanzhong City is not flat, and it is indeed not suitable for the impact of cavalry. ”

After listening to Lu Bu and Zhao Yun's opinions, Ao Lie turned his head to look at the two peerless thinkers and asked, "Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, what do you think?" ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong glanced at each other, the two smiled, Zhuge Liang said first: "Wen Hou and Zilong's point of view is very feasible, this battle is good in a quick battle, after Liu Bei's division returned to Chengdu, there are only 80,000 troops in Hanzhong, except for the defenders scattered in various counties, there are only 50,000 people stationed in Hanzhong City at most, it is not difficult for our army to forcibly conquer Hanzhong, the difficult thing is how to minimize the battle damage, after all, after Hanzhong, there are still many tough battles to be fought, Sword Pavilion, Jiameng Pass and other dangerous points, are all difficult problems in front of us. In addition, Liu Bei will never sit idly by and watch Hanzhong fall into our hands, so he will definitely send troops to the rescue, under Liu Bei, now the only one who can be with the four elites of our army can only be his own guard army - Bai Yu elite soldiers, the number of this army is about seven thousand, we can follow Wen Hou's idea, on the road that must be passed after detouring through Hanzhong City in advance, setting up an ambush to defeat Bai Yu elite soldiers in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as a lesson to Liu Bei. However, Wen Hou's trip can only be limited to two days, no matter whether there is a harvest or not, he must rush back after two days, otherwise, I am afraid that he will fall into the encirclement of Liu Bei's army. ”

Pang Tong added: "The commander of the Bai Yu elite soldiers is Chen Dao, this person has good military force and is calm, Wen Hou should be careful when he goes, with Wen Hou's ability, it is not difficult to defeat the Bai Yu elite soldiers, but Wen Hou must be careful, don't let go of a live mouth, especially Chen Dao, he must not let him return to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei can completely understand the situation in Hanzhong, and let us be at our mercy." As for the attack on Hanzhong City, the Tong believes that there is no need to make more arrangements, and the Shu soldiers must not have imagined that we are in such a hurry, since this battle is in a quick battle, then we will launch an attack on the city overnight, according to the usual battle sequence, first put the Shu soldiers in Hanzhong City, make a person panicked. ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's words are all based on the same point of view, a quick solution! This is also the necessary combat policy for this attack on Hanzhong. Time waits for no one, although the Han army rushed all the way and rushed out of the siege time for two more days, but no one can guarantee that the Han army will definitely defeat Hanzhong within seven days, and there will be no unexpected changes during the period, so we must speed up the speed of the attack, increase the intensity of the attack, and must occupy Hanzhong before Liu Bei arrives, otherwise, after Liu Bei arrives, this battle will be difficult to say, and the advantages accumulated in intelligence will also be gone.

Seeing that there were no objections to the others, Ao Lie finally made a decision: "Order the army to dig smokeless stoves, make fires for cooking, and be careful not to let the smoke attract the attention of the Shu soldiers in Hanzhong City, and two hours later, at dusk, launch a strong attack on Hanzhong City!" (To be continued......)