Zhang Xiu turned his head and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiaozhi, the plan to attack Jiangyou failed, then the focus of the attack on Yizhou will be shifted to the side of Ba County, our army has now occupied the northwest of Ba County, what do you think should be the next step?" ”

Fa Zheng thought for a while and said: "The lord has long played a discord between Liu Zhang and Zhang Ren, and from the situation over the years, Liu Zhang actually doesn't trust Zhang Ren too much, but due to the lack of generals in Shuzhong, and the military generals in Chengdu as a guarantee, Liu Zhang's cowardly personality will continue to keep Zhang Ren in Zitong. But this time Zhang Ren privately sent troops to ambush General Taishi, although he made a contribution, but I am afraid that Liu Zhang will not like it, plus the previous lord asked General Xu Rong to reinforce the front line of Sword Pavilion and Jia Mengguan, and sent spies to cooperate with the shadows of Chengdu to spread rumors, Liu Zhang will definitely let Zhang Ren stay in Zitong, and Zhang Ren's pressure in Chengdu has to be obeyed. In this way, General Hansheng should be able to enter Langzhong in the west, as long as Langzhong is in hand, the defense of the first line of the Sword Pavilion and Jiameng Pass will be useless, and our army can attack Zitong from Langzhong and the West at any time, and our army can use the strength of the confrontation between Jiange and Jiameng Pass to contain Zhang Ren's department, so it is not impossible to break through Zitong. ”

After a pause, Fa Zheng continued: "General Hansheng attacked Zitong all the way to the west, and the lord thought that he should go south to take Jiangzhou. Although the cities of Padang are rich and do not have many troops, it should not be difficult for the lord to take them. But now the lord does not have many troops, if the army goes to take Badong, Yan Yan, who is stationed in Jiangzhou, comes north to attack Xuanhan, then our army must withdraw the army back to defend Xuanhan even if the entire Badong is captured, and then the Badong family will naturally help the Yizhou army to recapture Badong, so it is just a waste of troops, it is better to break Jiangzhou in one go, this place is the nest of the Ba County family, if Jiangzhou is in hand, the Lord can control the entire Ba County. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "What Xiaozhi said is reasonable, Langzhong is not far from Hanchang, although they are all mountain roads and may have to climb over the mountains, but the march should be able to reach in January, plus Zhang Ren should not have expected that our army would break into Ba County, it should not be difficult for Hansheng's army to take Langzhong, even if it can't be conquered, it should be able to rush back to Hanchang before winter." But Xuanhan is far away from Jiangzhou, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, I don't know if there is a plank road along the way, our army will definitely have to rush to Jiangzhou for more than a month, and now it is the end of June, if you send troops at this time, to Jiangzhou at least August, if you succeed in capturing Jiangzhou, it's okay, but if you can't break it within half a month, our army must retreat, otherwise the heavy snow will cover the mountains even if our army has tens of thousands of troops will freeze to death or starve to death in the mountains, but with the Jiangzhou city and the old man of Yan Yan, it may not be possible to capture Jiangzhou within half a month, And if Yan Yan leads the troops to stop the troops a little when our army retreats, delaying the time for our army's retreat, then the situation of our army will be worrying. ”

Fa Zheng heard it and asked, "Does the lord mean that he will not take Jiangzhou this year?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded helplessly, and said: "It's not that I don't want to take it, but the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers are in the hands of this general, at this time it is too dangerous to take Jiangzhou, our army has been in Ba County for more than half a year, Yan Yan may not know, he only needs to strengthen the defense in Ba County, our army cannot use large-scale siege equipment, Yan Yan is invincible first." It is rare for our army to gain a foothold in Ba County, and we would not have wanted to lose all this victory by taking risks. After the end of the battle of Yuan Cao next year, it is not too late to transfer a large army into Ba County, and now it has entered the hinterland of Yizhou and gained a firm foothold. And the general didn't think that one of the parties between Yuan and Cao would be destroyed within one or two years. ”

Fa Zheng heard this and asked, "How is the lord preparing at this time?" ”

Zhang Xiu recalled the battle of Guandu in history, although now due to his arrival, the battle of Guandu has changed slightly, but what has not changed is that the key to Cao Cao's victory in this battle is grain and grass. Although Cao Cao now follows Zhang Xiu's example of using Quyuan plough to reclaim, and the grain output has increased, Cao Cao's territory is not as large as he was in history, and the average between the land and the output makes Cao Cao similar to the history in terms of grain and grass. Yuan Shao, on the other hand, did not follow Zhang Xiu's example of using the Quyuan plow, so it is no different from history.

If Cao Cao wants to win, he still has to burn all of Yuan Shao's grain and grass at once after Yuan Shao's autumn harvest is over, so that the four states of Hebei will immediately fall into a grain shortage, and Cao Cao can reverse the disadvantage in one fell swoop. It is now the end of June, and the autumn harvest will begin to enter in July, and the autumn harvest will end before the end of September, and October is the key month of the Battle of Guandu.

Whether Cao Cao can grasp this opportunity or not, Zhang Xiu must go back to Chang'an. If Cao Cao could not burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass, Cao Cao himself would fall into a food shortage, and then Cao Cao would be defeated without a fight, and Zhang Xiu would have to take action to prevent Yuan Shao from annexing Cao Cao's territory, or to grab land with Yuan Shao and reap the benefits of the fisherman. If Cao Cao can burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass as in history, Zhang Xiu must also take action to rob Yuan Shao's place, which is also to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Guo Jia offered advice in the hope that Yizhou could drag Zhang Xiu into the quagmire of war, but he overestimated Yizhou's reaction and strength, especially under the leadership of Liu Zhang, the cowardly lord, Yizhou could only contain part of Zhang Xiu's troops.

Of course, Guo Jia's calculation is not wrong, in Guo Jia's budget, Yizhou should react immediately after Zhang Xiu invaded Ba County, so as to drag Zhang Xiu and prevent him from successfully withdrawing, but Yizhou did not do it. In this way, if Guandu wins or loses one point, Zhang Xiu can be a fisherman.

However, Guo Jia's plan is not temporary, but long-term. Yizhou may not react in just one or two months, but it is impossible that there will be no response for a year, as long as Yizhou reacts and sends troops and expells Zhang Xiu, then Guo Jia's strategy will become. Although the attack on Yizhou did not use cavalry, it could drag most of Zhang Xiu's grain and grass, so that Zhang Xiu could not use it if he had soldiers, and Cao Cao could calmly collect the land of Hebei.

What Guo Jia's plan is behind is not known for the time being, but his first step of the plan is obviously a failure, Zhang Xiu is now calmly occupying the northwest of Ba County, while Yizhou has not yet reacted.

These thoughts flashed sharply in Zhang Xiu's mind, and then replied to the law: "Ben will prepare to tune Ziyi to garrison Xuanhan, and then return to Chang'an." ”

After hearing this, Fa Zheng immediately understood Zhang Xiu's intention to go back, nodded and said: "It is indeed better to have the lord go back to Chang'an to sit in the town and dispatch, just thinking that this time to reap the benefits of the fisherman, the lord must take down the land with the power of thunder, and when Yuan Cao reacts, our army has already occupied the place, so they can't help it." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "This matter will be understood, the order will be sent to Han Shengxi to attack Langzhong, and Ben will transfer Ziyi again, Chang'an is far away, and filial piety is a literati who will stay in Yizhou to collect intelligence, so as to be used in the next year." ”

Fa Zheng heard this, nodded and replied: "No! ”

……

Zhang Xiu turned back to Chang'an, but on the way back to Zhengcheng in the south to make arrangements, so that Xu Rong and Gao Shun could recruit 30,000 recruits for training in preparation for the attack on Yizhou in the coming year. With Xu Rong and Gao Shun, two major military training masters, there is not a big problem in training 30,000 foot soldiers. Especially Gao Shun, if he is willing to come up with six costs, he is afraid that it should not be a problem to train these 30,000 foot soldiers to exceed the combat strength of the original soldiers of the Hanzhong Corps.

Among them, Zhang Xiu's greatest hope was that Gao Shun could re-train a trap camp for him, especially when Zhang Xiu returned to Nanzheng, he received the news of Xu Huang's failure to kill Liu Bei and Chen Zhi trained a rabble for Liu Bei into an army in just a few months. and when besieging Ma Chao's white-eared elite soldiers, Zhang Xiu was even more eager to trap the camp.

Although the current Blood Blade Battalion is strong, it is based on the individual combat strength of the soldiers themselves, and they are far inferior to the white-eared elite soldiers and the soldiers in the camp in terms of cooperation, they all have a unique set of cooperation combat methods, which is the real ability of Chen Zhi and Gao Shun. However, no matter how Zhang Xiu persuaded him, Gao Shun did not agree, and Zhang Xiu did not want to force Gao Shun too tightly, in fact, the current situation is much better than in history, Gao Shun followed Lu Bu's last wishes and took care of his descendants, and Lu Bu's daughter was also engaged to Ma Chao, and she only got married as soon as the filial piety period passed. Although the two sides are still using each other, the situation is getting better and better, and Zhang Xiu believes that one day he will be able to make all of Lu Bu's old generals return to their hearts.

A month later, Chang'an City, the hussar general's mansion.

Chen Gong was reporting the situation of the first battle of Runan to Zhang Xiuyu on the throne, and after Chen Gong explained the process of the battle in detail, he said: "Lord, this battle captured the enemy Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Chen Zhen three people, Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan shot Liu Bei's adviser Jian Yong, and the families of Liu Bei's three brothers were captured, among which Zhang Fei's wife Xia Hou is Xiahou Yuan's niece, and has been brought back to Xuchang by him, and the rest are all under house arrest in Chang'an City. The palace failed to assist General Xu in completing the task of killing Liu Bei, and the palace could not escape the blame, so please punish the lord. ”

After Zhang Xiu heard this, his face was gloomy as water, and he failed to kill Liu Bei and let him escape to Jingzhou, which was the worst news that Zhang Xiu felt, and Cao Cao swallowed all of Yuan Shao's four states. Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, like a dragon in the abyss, brewing and transforming, as long as the time comes, he can immediately turn into a dragon and turn the clouds and rain in the south.

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and asked, "The arrangement of Gongtai Yanru has been seen through?" ”

Chen Gong nodded solemnly and replied: "Gong has always had this premonition, so after coming back, he immediately asked Jia Changshi to send someone to Jingzhou to inquire about the news." ”

Zhang Xiu immediately turned around and asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, what news did you find?" ”

Jia Xu bowed his head slightly and said: "It is rumored that Liu Bei visited Jingzhou celebrities from time to time after arriving in Jingzhou, and they seemed to be inquiring about one person, but Liu Bei couldn't inquire about all the scribes in Jingzhou. ”

After hearing this, Chen Gong said with a solemn expression: "Sure enough, there are people!" Then he said to Zhang Xiu: "Lord, this person has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and he saved Liu Bei's life, so he must have a good impression of him." The main official must find it out before Liu Bei, and then kill it, if this person goes to help Liu Bei, I am afraid that this trouble will be even deeper. ”

Zhang Xiu just nodded, did not answer, but continued to ask Jia Xu: "Wenhe, how old is this person, handsome or ugly?" ”

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu with some surprise, such a question reminded Jia Xu of the magic of Zhang Xiu's unpredictable prophets before every major event, so he replied: "It is reported that this person has just passed the age of the weak crown, and his appearance is not ugly, and there is only so much news. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu lowered his head and muttered: "In the year of the weak crown, his appearance is not ugly, could it really be him?" Seeing that everyone looked at him with puzzled eyes, Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "I asked Ziyu to bring his family to Chang'an before, what happened to this?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "Xu once sent someone to Jingzhou with Ziyu's letter to find his two younger brothers, but when he arrived at the place reported by Ziyu, the building was empty, and the matter was over." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and didn't speak again, but made a strange gesture to Jia Xu's left hand, and everyone in the hall didn't notice it. At the same time, Zhang Xiu said in a loud voice: "And bring Chen Zhen, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang up one by one." ”

Not long after, Chen Zhen was first brought to the front of the hall, and when Zhang Xiu saw Chen Zhen, his body, arms and legs were bandaged, obviously suffering a lot of arrow wounds. Zhang Xiu still has some impressions of Chen Zhen, but I don't know how it is, seeing Chen Zhen coming to the front of the hall, Zhang Xiu immediately said: "Mr. is frightened, and look at the seat." ”

Chen Gong had told him earlier that Chen Zhen was originally Yuan Shao's person, and the time he followed Liu Bei was extremely short, and Zhang Xiu's subordinates were extremely lacking.

Chen Zhen was still apprehensive about seeing Zhang Xiu, but when he entered the hall and saw Zhang Xiu being very polite to him, his original hanging heart was also relaxed. After Zhang Xiu exchanged a few words with him, he asked: "Liu Bei is a thief who is despicable and shameless, and he dares to hold Mr. hostage." I'm really sorry that my subordinates accidentally injured Mr. in order to kill Liu Bei. Ben will apologize to Mr. now, and ask for his forgiveness. ”

Chen Zhen heard this, and was surprised in his heart, he had been to Yuan Shao, and he had also voted for Liu Bei, both of them were the heroes of one party, Yuan Shao was a man who was wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he was indecisive. Chen Zhen was also not very optimistic about Yuan Shaocai's defection to Liu Bei, and he was also impressed by Liu Bei's ambition and indomitable spirit of repeated defeats.

Now that I have seen Zhang Xiu, it has given him a completely different feeling. First of all, Zhang Xiu is not as brutal as rumored, in the eyes of the people of Kanto, the people of Kansai are muscular and simple-minded. But Zhang Xiu's first impression of him was that he was a polite person, not worthy of his title as the world's number one general, but more like a Confucian general. And Zhang Xiu spoke politely, apologized to him at the beginning, and in front of everyone, it is obvious that Zhang Xiu is a large number of people, this is not Yuan Shao can be compared, that is, the frustrated Liu Bei will do this. Liu Bei's situation is far from being comparable to Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei is just a down-and-out person, although he is known as the emperor's uncle, but how can his identity be compared with Zhang Xiu, the lord of Guanxi personally apologized to Chen Zhen, which made Chen Zhen's good impression of Zhang Xiu soar in his heart.

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