Under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Guo Huai did not have a trace of stage fright, his face as white as a crown of jade, exuding a temperament called self-confidence, which is also the reason why Pang Tong is extremely optimistic about him, self-confidence is not conceited, if a person does not even have self-confidence, his future, basically nothing, this, Pang Tong, who was once labeled as "proud", knows better than anyone that self-confidence brings positive effects to people.

Guo Huai obviously had thoughts in his heart, but he heard him say aloud: "The previous General Staff has already said that Zhang Lu will not surrender easily, this cannot be questioned, since Zhang Lu will not surrender, will he obediently stay in Nanzheng and wait for our army to go to encircle it?" ”

"Definitely not"

Guo Huai said confidently: "Since Zhang Lu is unwilling to surrender, and Nanzheng is not a strong city, if he is the last general, he will definitely abandon Nanzheng, transfer all the baggage and soldiers and horses to the strong city, and use the strong city as a stronghold to clear the wilderness until our army has no choice but to retreat." ”

Pang Tong's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and he said indifferently: "Go on." ”

Guo Huai nodded, and continued: "Although Nanzheng is not a strong city, however, Chuyang is different, Weiyang has Yangping Pass, and the north is based on the Qinling Mountains, the south is bordered by the Han River and Bashan, Dingjun Mountain, Tiandang Mountain is the horn of each other, its importance is naturally needless to say, if Zhang Lu is unwilling to surrender without a fight, it is the first choice to transfer the soldiers and horses and materials of Nanzheng to Chuyang, and we will take the first step, before Zhang Lu, first capture Chuyang, at that time, even if Zhang Lu does not surrender, Hanzhong will also fall into the hands of our army. ”

"Papa~"

But he heard Pang Tong clapping his palms and appreciating: "The truth is not difficult to understand, but many people can't see through it, and it is not easy for Boji to see through seven or eight points." Very good. Very good. ”

Zhang Liao also looked at Guo Huai, who was nearly ten years younger than him, with emotion. If he can't see the reason for this, then he doesn't deserve to be valued by Yuan Shang, Pang Tong, Tian Feng and others, it's just that he is cautious and doesn't say much, while others, similar to Guo Yuan, are leading troops to fight. The field of vision was relatively narrow, but in the end, it was fulfilled that Guo Huai made him perform well in front of Pang Tong.

"The General Staff has praised it, and the last general is just a random guess." Guo Huai said modestly.

Pang Tong smiled and said nothing, but he looked at Guo Huai a little higher in his heart.

"The troops have to speed up their march."

Pang Tong suddenly said: "If the prediction is good, Zhang Lu will leave for Chuyang in one day at most, and we don't have much time." ”

The generals were concerned, but Zhang Liao frowned and said: "As far as the last general knows, there are three major dangers in Chuyang, Zhang Lu is not a mediocre person, how can he not have a large number of soldiers and horses stationed in the three passes?" I'll wait for 50,000 soldiers and horses. If you want to conquer three levels in one fell swoop, it will take you one day. Isn't it too short? ”

After Pang Tong dispersed from Chencang, except for the first day of the march was a little slow, and the next three days, all of them were semi-fast, and now, although they have not seen any city, however, the report of the spies is only dozens of kilometers away from Nanzheng, and it is not far from Nanzheng, according to this speculation, there is no big problem in reaching Canyang in the near future, the key is that how to capture Canyang is the key.

Zhang Liao is a brave and good fighter, rich combat experience, so he has doubts about the timing of the attack and the estimated time to take the city, as a general, before the troops to understand the enemy and the terrain of the battle, this is a compulsory course for every general before the battle, and because of this, he knows more clearly the difficulty of capturing the three passes of Weiyang in one day.

There are three passes in Chuyang, all of which are the Xiongguan that cannot be opened, although it is not as good as Tongguan, Hangu Pass, Yanmen Pass, these Xiongguan, with the topography of Hanzhong, but it is also extremely difficult to break, Dingjun Mountain, Yangping Pass, Tiandang Mountain three passes achieve the momentum of the corner, not only control the main road into Xichuan, but also guard the military important place of Chencang South Pass, such an extremely dangerous place for soldiers to fight, Zhang Liao does not believe that Zhang Lu will slack off and disregard, if the three passes each have more than 20,000 defenders, the tiger and wolf army commanded by Pang Tong wants to capture them one by one at the fastest speed, The key is that after the 50,000 soldiers and horses are divided, their offensive is naturally a lot more fragile, and it is really difficult to break through the three passes built on the top of the dangerous mountain in one day, which is also Zhang Liao's concern.

What Zhang Liao said is indeed a realistic factor, and the remaining dozen generals also frowned, and the information of the three passes of Chuyang appeared in their minds, although everyone was very confident that they could take it, but the time was still too rushed, if they wanted to attack, they would have to sacrifice the soldiers under their command, and they were more likely to be taken advantage of by the other party because they were anxious.

"Let's go to Chuyang first."

Pang Tong didn't say much, let the generals under his command worry, and waved the whip in his hand, urging the 50,000 tiger and wolf fierce army to speed up the march.

"Whoa"

Zhang Liao, Guo Huai, Guo Zhun Bayun and other generals all responded loudly, seeing Pang Tong's appearance, they must have already planned in their hearts, and it was inconvenient for them to say anything, and then the sound of the horn suddenly changed, and the speed of the march of the 50,000 tiger and wolf fierce army increased by a few points.

And Nanzheng, not far from Chuyang, with Zhang Lu's order, tens of thousands of believers who garrisoned Nanzheng quietly gathered outside the city, led by Yang Ang Yang Songzhang, practiced outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the baggage.

Under Yan Pu's suggestion, Zhang Lu prepared to put the center of defense in Chuyang, and there were three dangerous passes as a stronghold, and under the condition that the soldiers, horses, and materials were complete, Zhang Lu was still sure to hold it for ten days and half a month.

Although Zhang Lu and Yan Pu were not very clear about how much grain and grass the enemy army carried into Shu, it would definitely not last for ten days, and under Zhang Lu's strategy of clearing the wilderness, it was obviously extremely difficult for Yuan Shang's 100,000 soldiers and horses to enter Shu to eat on the spot.

"Ten Days"

Yan Pu patted his chest and assured Zhang Lu: "At most, in ten days, Yuan Shang will definitely send someone to get in touch with Shi Jun, and at that time, Shi Jun will definitely be able to get enough attention from Yuan Shang with the momentum of victory." ”

Zhang Lu's heart was moved, but his heart was not to surrender to Yuan Shang after defending Chuyang, but to wait for Yuan Shang's 100,000 soldiers and horses to leave Hanzhong, and then become the emperor of Hanzhong again, but before he had time to be happy, Yan Pu had already poured him another basin of ice water to completely extinguish his delusions.

"Yuan Shang will not give up Hanzhong"

Yan Pu sneered: "One defeat is nothing, what about the second and third times? Does Shi Jun think that he can successfully drive out Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses again and again? ”

Before Zhang Lu could answer, Yan Pu had already said helplessly: "Moreover, this method can only be used once, when Yuan Shang comes with troops for the second time, he will definitely not do the same thing again, and if the city is broken again, Shi Jun will be in danger." ”

Zhang Lu heard that he gave up, and the little bit of caution in his head disappeared, indeed, compared to the menacing Yuan Shang, how could he resist a small prince in a place, even if he succeeded once, and succeeded again the second time, it was only three things, but in the end it was his net worth and life, and after figuring this out, Zhang Lu handed over all the power to Yan Pu and Yang Ang, and he simply couldn't see it.

The relationship between Yan Pu and Yang Ang has always been okay, at least, there is no hostility, so there is no gap in cooperation.

"Yang Sacrifice Wine, how are the supplies prepared?" Yan Pu stood on Yang Ang's left hand, and the two looked at the soldiers who were moving in a hurry like ants, and asked softly.

Under the rule of Zhang Lu, there were no officials, ordinary soldiers and believers at the lowest level were called ghost pawns, and the higher level of loyal believers was sacrificial wine, and like Yang Ang's sacrificial wine Zhang Ren Yang Song, the rulers of the county power and military power in Hanzhong, were all big sacrificial wines, and the difference between the status of the first two was naturally heaven and earth, so on weekdays, Yan Pu and Yang Ang, who were of equal status, called each other with sacrificial wine, which was like the mutual name between the secretaries and secretaries of later generations, probably so.

"I am already supervising the operation of materials in various counties, but the more remote ones will not be able to be transported out before the sun sets tomorrow, and the enemy army will not go all the way to the remote counties to grab grain." Yang Ang groaned.

"That's fine"

Yan Pu nodded slightly: "Even if you really go to a few remote counties to grab grain, it is a drop in the bucket, and the consumption of 100,000 soldiers and horses is not enough to feed with a few hundred stones." ”

Yang Ang smiled when he heard this: "Except for some people who are really unwilling to temporarily move to Chuyang, most of the rest are still very loyal to Shijun, and the news from the major sacrificial wines is also good." ”

"That's good."

Yan Pu breathed a sigh of relief, he was worried that the people were unwilling to move to Chuyang, you know, in the past thirty years, Hanzhong has been relatively less affected by the war, and the people have more surplus grain in their hands, and it doesn't matter if one or two are there, but those big families are unwilling to follow, and then a family of a few hundred stones will continue, and more than a dozen families will have thousands of stones.

The two discussed some details in detail, the city was a little busy, the two were busy with one thing and one more, but no one knew that the tens of thousands of troops with the banner of horse characters were less than thirty miles away from Nanzheng, and the flag was fluttering, so lively. (To be continued......)