—180 A.D.——

Before the encounter at the mouth of the valley, Liu Bei had already judged the purpose of those people, and they obviously intended to go to Yizhou through the 'valley road'.

Due to the emperor's wanton accumulation of wealth and the change of the imperial order, the lives of the people everywhere are gradually becoming chaotic, even in the relatively rich Central Plains, there are a large number of people gradually migrating to places far away from Sili, although the main reason is affected by the plague of Sili, but most of them also want to escape from the emperor's means of making money.

Although Liangzhou was not wealthy, it was plagued by war, so it was normal for them to migrate to the land of Bashu, which had been called the "land of abundance" since the Qin Dynasty.

As for why these people were chased and killed by the rebels, oh, it was hunted, and Liu Bei also learned the details from the mouths of those people who were rescued by him.

As the name suggests, although it is a pass, it is also a storage place for the circulation of goods in the Guanzhong Plain, the Loess Plateau, and the land of Bashu.

The name of the person stationed in Chencang is "Li Wenhou", but he is neither surnamed Li nor Wenhou, this name is like "Beigong Boyu", which is based on the homonym of his Qiang name, and the two of them are in charge of a "mountain horse" called "Huangzhong Yicong", which is not slowing down in the mountains and forests, and the cavalry that does not reduce its speed in the mountains and forests is also the capital and reliance of their dare to enter Kou Sanfu.

After Li Wenhou invaded Liangzhou, he learned of the existence of "Fu Shui", so he wanted to use it as military resources, but at that time, when the imperial court announced that Taiping Dao was the source of the plague, and many altars were evacuated.

Due to the rule that the great sage and good teacher had the rule that "the law should not be passed on lightly", all the talismans that were directly snatched by Li Wenhou were invalid, and even if the Taiping Taoist was forced to paint on the spot and confirmed that it was effective for other Taoists, it still had no effect when he turned his face to use it for others.

In the end, after Li Wenhou reluctantly paid the money, he found that it seemed that because of his robbery and coercion, although the talisman he bought with money could be effective on the rebels of the Xiliang Han people, his mountain riders were still completely unaffected, and in a fit of rage, he imprisoned all these Taoists.

Recently, due to a group of volunteers called the "trapped camp" in the rear of the rebel-occupied area, invading the rebels in the already under-defended county town, so that those Qianghu tribes who are not strong in combat and only want to come to the Central Plains to make a fortune and run away have begun to retreat and slip away, Li Wenhou himself is a Qiang people, but he has a duty to not let them evacuate without authorization, and finally made a large number of Qiang people stranded in Chencang, which gave these Taiping Taoists and ordinary people who had not been taken seriously a chance to escape, and those cavalry who came to pursue them only coped with things. Unexpectedly, it hit the copper wall directly.

Gongsun Zhan's army tent.

"Although it is a straggler, there are 50,000 people?" Gongsun Chan furrowed his brows: "The surprise attack has become a siege battle...... This is to be informed of the commander of the friendly army, General Cao Mengde. ”

"Meng De already knows, from the master of this Taiping Dao branch altar." Liu Bei pointed in the direction of Cao Cao's military camp: "Those stewards who were questioned by us said that after the master of the altar had already entered the valley, he said that this was a good opportunity to mix up with the official body, so he brought people back. ”

"Official?" Gongsun Zan raised his eyebrows: "Let's count it too, why did you go directly to Cao Cao?" ”

"We don't have a father who is Jiuqing, although Da Si Nong is not very powerful, but he is more familiar to the people than the three dukes," Liu Bei said: "If you ask them, what are Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ doing, most of them don't know, if you ask Da Si Nong......

"Responsible for tax collection," Guan Yu replied, "My father and ancestor were engaged in the county government, and the highest-ranking court official he had contact with was the Great Si Nong. ”

"To be precise, it's a 'normal' tax collection," Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and said: "If the 'normal' emperor has flowers, he is also looking for Dasi Nong, but ......"

"Don't go far, this is not Master's house." Gongsun Chan interrupted.

Indeed, at this time, although the three of them are nominally the boss, their subordinates are all matched by Huangfu Song in the face of Lu Zhi, even if they are side branches, they are all the children of official eunuchs.

"Then this altar master, according to other Taoists, has a bad character." Liu Bei changed the subject.

"Character?" Gongsun Chan was puzzled.

"Taiping Dao has been using Fu Shui to treat diseases and save people for several years, and then although the Jiuhua Yulu Pill with a better effect has been developed, it is still mainly used to heal injuries and diseases, but that altar advocates absolutely, but with some kind of peculiar 'Wushuang' Fu Shui has transformed Fu Shui into a weapon," Liu Bei said: "It's not poison, but through the healing effect of Fu Shui, it makes other people's old injuries repeat or hidden diseases attack early, and there are very few people who have never been injured or have no hidden diseases now." ”

"The extremes of things must be reversed." Gongsun Chan agreed, "Of course, this kind of style is disliked by fellow disciples. ”

"But until now, he hasn't come out to join those Taoists, and most of them Meng De likes it." Liu Bei said.

"......" Guan Yu seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

"I have many similarities with Meng De, such as both hoping that the Han will be better, and hating the things that infringe on the people," Liu Bei seemed to say to Gongsun Zhan and Guan Yu: "The style or means of acting are only small sections, and the real difference is that he intends to give the people [what they want], and I hope to give them [what they need]." ”

"For example, if a person is thirsty, Cao Cao will carry a jar of water for him, and you will dig a well for him?" This time, Gongsun Chan understood.

"When there is little difference between the two, it is still possible to cooperate, for example, if I dig a well, Meng De will pick up the water," Liu Bei directly used this metaphor: "If it reaches the point of going far from the other...... Let's hope it won't come one day. ”

"Regarding the attack on Chen Cang, what plan does Xuande have?" Guan Yu spoke up to stop the two senior brothers from pulling the topic farther and farther away.

"If the teacher is here, it is like a bag to capture a county town with 50,000 defenders with less than 20,000 infantry and cavalry," Liu Bei said: "But at present, all I can think of is to ask Brother Bogui to lead the team in front to attract attention, and Yun Chang and I will lead the elite into the city from the side, create chaos, and cut the lock." ”

"Qianghu can't give birth to a 'peerless general', this plan is quite feasible," Gongsun Chan said, "unless there is some accident that causes those Han rebels to rush back early." ”

"Bian Zhang, Han Sui, hmph, I want to use these two Han thieves to try a certain long knife." Guan Yu replied proudly.

"If we act quickly, we shouldn't be able to attract the main force of the rebels back, but if we encounter the fierce generals of the Xiliang or Qiang tribes, we really need to grow a horse," Liu Bei said: "Of course, we are not alone now, it is better to discuss with Meng De what to do, I heard that he has a son of the 'Xun Eight Dragons' there, who is resourceful." ”

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The Combine Army Makes a Big Tent.

"That's not the right plan." After listening to Liu Bei's plan, Xun Chen said directly.

"Bei already has this self-awareness," Liu Bei spread his hands: "It's too much to want to occupy a city with personal martial arts—"

"I'm not referring to the inappropriate plan to infiltrate, but to say that the choice to lure the enemy is inappropriate," Xun Chen said: "Chen Cang sent a part of the people to chase after the Taiping Dao Altar Dao and did not return, but we are rushing from that direction to put on a siege posture, if the defender has a little wisdom, it is impossible to send troops to attack, but will close the city gate, strictly investigate the spies, and seek help from the Lord of Fufeng." ”

"Oh...... We will be considered to have premeditated to meet those Taiping Daoists. Liu Bei nodded.

"If you want to defeat the strong with the weak...... Xun Chen looked at the generals in the tent, and changed his words: "Excluding the unequaled generals, defeating the strong with the weak in terms of troops, we must let the enemy divide the troops due to arrogance, and our side will form a local trend of fighting more and less, gradually eliminate the opponent's combat strength, reverse the trend of strength and weakness before it wakes up, and even directly win the victory." ”

"I want to hear about it." Gongsun Chan arched his hand.

"We know from the mouths of the people that the 'trapped camp' that has invaded the front line of Fufeng to Chencang has not appeared for many days, and if they suddenly appear in Chencang and try to attack this strategic point, it is not strange that their movements have always been irregular," Xun Chen said: "I heard that their number is more than 5,000, but less than 10,000, and now our infantry is roughly the same number." ”

"Oh!" Cao Cao said directly as if he had realized something: "Such an army that has been in the rear for a long time, but has not been caught, must have a high reward within the rebels." ”

"I want to ask General Guan and Dian Wei to pretend to be the commanders of the trapping camp, Lu Bu and Gao Shun, and lead 5,000 infantry to attack and capture the rebel scattered cavalry of the Taiping Daoists." Xun Chen said.

"Pretend?" Guan Yu frowned.

"There is no one left?" Yuan Shao wondered.

It seems that the rumors are good, and the Yuan family's sister-in-law is a little ...... Geng was upright, and Xiang relied on Cao Cao to "get close to Zhu Zhechi", but the effect was not great.

"We don't know exactly how Lu Bu is, just show the momentum of riding alone and going anywhere in the world," Xun Chen explained, and then said: "If the horses of the Qiang people can't be tamed for a while, they can take our army's own and only put on their equipment." ”

"General Gongsun and General Liu led 3,000 'Qiang cavalry' to escort the 'people' back to Chencang, and Dian Wei and General Guan led the 'trapped camp' to attack it halfway, the two generals could make the people flee, and led the Qiang cavalry to flee to the city, at this time, Meng De, Ben Chu and Xiahou brothers led the 'rebels' 10,000 to detour to the east, and made a situation of getting information to return to the aid to drag the 'trapped camp', Chen Cang will definitely send troops to help, the army outside the city will surround and exterminate it, and the army in the city will suddenly control the Chinese army," Xun Chen paused, and after the generals in the account understood the order, he said:" Since it is not known whether Li Wenhou will attack in person, the two sides are equally important, whether it is to destroy his reinforcements but fail to occupy the city gates, or the battle outside the city is unfavorable, we can only defeat and flee - if there is no other opinion, it will be carried out in this way. ”

No, if the strategy fails, the "unparalleled generals" present can only enter Chen Cang by personal force...... Liu Bei looked at the coalition generals who showed a lot of confidence, and suddenly an idea popped up: Maybe he should also find a similar strategist?