The embroidery was discussing with Fa Zheng and Hua Xiong how to deal with the horse enemy and Pang De's salary, and the personal guards suddenly came to report: "Report to the lord, General Zhao sent a messenger and is waiting outside." ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and said happily: "Spread quickly." Not long after, a junior colonel entered the hall under the leadership of the guards, and bowed when he saw Zhang Xiuna. Zhang Xiu smiled: "Let's get up, what is the situation on General Zhao's side now?" ”

The little colonel gave a brief explanation of the situation and handed over Zhao Yun's letter. Zhang Xiu crushed the wax pills, and after watching it carefully, he was smiling.

Let's say that when Tai Shi Ci led his troops out of the Xiegu Valley and captured Meixian County, Zhao Yun on the other side also led the army to Chencang City at about the same time, and the time could be calculated so accurately, but it was Li Ru who set the time for Zhao Yun to send troops, so that Zhao Yun and Tai Shi Ci could cooperate well with the two armies, so that Zhang Xiu over there could calmly arrange according to the situation.

Zhao Yun did not lead many troops, only 10,000 foot soldiers and 5,000 cavalry, but Zhao Yun suddenly sent troops to capture Sanguan, but he was caught off guard by Ma Teng. Fortunately, there was a slowdown in the pass, so that Chencang City was prepared, and Ma Teng knew the importance of Chencang City, and the defending troops sent a lot of elite Xiliang troops and there was no shortage of materials in the city, otherwise Zhao Yunci would attack and capture Chencang City.

Chen Cangcheng temporarily withstood Zhao Yun's attack. Immediately sent a letter to Ma Teng of Tianshui to ask for reinforcements. Ma Teng successively received the urgent report from Tuozhong and Chencang, and heard that Taishi Ci's soldiers went out of the Xiegu Valley, the troops were stationed on the south bank of Weishui, and Zhao Yun's soldiers were out of Chencang.

Originally, there was always news that Zhao Yun was in Zhang Xiu's army, but now that Zhao Yun suddenly sent troops from Hanzhong to attack Chencang City, Ma Teng was stupid. knew that he had fallen for Zhang Xiu's scheme.

The horse mansion of Tianshui City.

Ma Teng paced back and forth in the hall, thinking quietly, now that there was no one to discuss with his subordinates, only one son, Ma Tie, was still a little hairy child, and Ma Teng knew that it was impossible to ask him anything. Looking at the map hanging aside, Ma Teng hesitated, and the red dots marked on it were Zhang Xiu's army. The current situation is that Zhang Xiu's army has formed an encirclement of Ma Teng's troops in Guanzhong, in addition to the inner encirclement of Tai Shici, Zhang Xiu's headquarters, and Huang Zhong's three armies, there are also Chang'an City and Zhao Yun's troops to encircle the outer layer.

Now Guanzhong Ma and Pang De's troops are going to capture Chang'an City, and it is possible to turn things around by defending Chang'an City, but this possibility is very small. Then you can only retreat. The encirclement of Wuzhangyuan is okay, the terrain over there is complicated, and there are not many Taishi Ci's troops, so the army of Ma and Pang De can completely detour to the west. Although many soldiers would be left behind and pursued by Zhang Xiu's troops, they would suffer a lot of losses, but they would still be able to escape. But it's difficult to do it on Chen Cang's side. Even if Chen Cangcheng can be defended, Zhao Yun has already occupied Sanguan, and the south bank of Weishui is controlled by Zhao Yun, blocking the way back to the west of Ma He and Pang De's army. As long as they cross the Weishui in the south. Then it is a dead end, as long as Zhang Xiu's blockade is broken through in the north of Weishui, it is possible to successfully escape westward, but it is impossible for Ma and Pang De, who were blocked by Zhang Xiu, to receive so much news.

Ma Teng looked at the map again, gritted his teeth, and muttered: "Second brother, Meng Qi, and Ling Ming are trapped, if they are not rescued, even if they keep the 20,000 army, it will be useless, and they will not last long." Zhang Xiu. It's really powerful, the offense is ring after ring, interlocking, and it doesn't give people any chance at all. If you take the wrong step ahead, you will fall into your trap, and all you set up is a conspiracy. People know that there is a trap in front of them, and they have to step on it. ”

Sighing helplessly, Ma Teng immediately took the pen and paper, wrote a letter with a "brush", and found a confidant to instruct: "Send this letter to Cheng Gongying in Jincheng." Ma Teng didn't expect Han Sui to send troops anymore, but he knew that the only one who would send troops to save him now was Cheng Gongying. Zhang Xiu's previous discordant plan had been known to Ma Teng after Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were put back by him, but he couldn't. Because the object of Zhang Xiu's plan is Han Sui. Even if he said a thousand words, he couldn't dispel Han Sui's doubts, and later Zhao Yun married Ma Yunlu, which made the relationship between the two families fall to the bottom. Therefore, the only one who will send troops to rescue him now is Cheng Gongying, who can understand the overall situation.

After Ma Teng finished writing the letter, he immediately ordered 15,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Ying Chencang, leaving only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Tianshui. And Ma Teng's front foot net left Tianshui, and Xu Rong's 20,000 cavalry had already crossed Qishan Avenue and attacked Longxi County. In just a few days, the county seat in the south of Longxi County was taken, regardless of the situation in the north of Longxi County. Immediately waved his army east and attacked the empty Tianshui County.

How could these three armies in the south cooperate so closely and seamlessly, and give Ma Teng no chance to take advantage of it. The real arranger is naturally Hanzhong, who guards Li Ru too much.

As soon as Tai Shici's army entered the valley, Li Ru already knew it in his heart and calculated the time for Zhao Yun and Xu Rong's army to send troops. Although Zhao Yun was not very interested in Li Ru's character, he also knew that he was extraordinary, so he heard Li Ru's proposal to send troops to him, and Zhao Yun should go. And Xu Rong has cooperated with Li Ru for a long time, so he naturally obeyed Li Ruyan. It is because of Li Ru's arrangement. As soon as the southern army attacked, Ma Teng was cornered. Of course, this is because Zhang Xiu's earlier plan was clever, and he had to cooperate with Zhang Xiu's army, and Li Ru was just one of the promoters, arranging scheduling from it, so that the army would be cool, so that Zhang Xiu's plan would not show flaws and let Ma Teng escape.

Obviously, thanks to Li Ru's arrangement, at the moment when Ma vacated the troops in Tianshui, Zhang Xiu's net of heaven and earth could finally be said to be completed, and all that remained was how to catch turtles in the urn, which depended on the performance of the front-line generals.

In the hall, Zhang Xiu handed the letter to Fa Zheng. Then he waved his hand and told the colonel to withdraw. Fa Zheng read: "General Ziyi and General Zilong attacked Meixian and Chencang almost at the same time, and the arrangement was so seamless. I think it should be from Li Taishou's means. ”

Zhang Xiu replied with a smile: "There can be such a means, I think only Wen He, Wen Wei, Ziyu and Xiaozhi you, now two of the four people are by Xiu's side, Ziyu is in Nanyang, who else is not Wen Wei's shot." ”

Fa Zheng suddenly asked: "Lord, since General Zilong has already arrived at Chencang City, Ma Teng should have already sent troops at this time, should this water plan be implemented?" ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, was silent for a while, and said: "It's okay, but inform Wenhe and ask him to reduce the water storage." ”

Fa Zheng heard this, frowned and said, "Lord." The water meter hurts the heavens and the earth. Although the water storage will be reduced. But the fertile land of the people along the Weishui will also be washed away. The Lord is so forbearing. ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said, "It really hurts Tianhe. But if the water plan is not carried out, so that Pang De's army and Ma Teng's army have such a large army in hand, Ma Teng can break through the blockade and return to Tianshui, and the water plan has to be done. Now that the power of the water meter has been reduced, in order to kill and injure the enemy more and reduce their morale, Pound's army may not be able to break through the blockade of Ziyi's department. Moreover, Nanyang and Hedong are still under the enemy's front. If the war here cannot be ended as soon as possible, once Hedong or Nanyang is lost, more people will suffer. Therefore, the water meter has to be done

Fa Zheng saw that Zhang Xiu's eyes flashed with murderous aura when he talked about Hedong, and knew that Zhang Xiu was very concerned about the death of the two thousand Blood Blade Battalion, and what Zhang Xiu said was also reasonable, so he didn't dare to guarantee that he would not be defeated. Now the situation in Nanyang and Hedong is walking a tightrope, and the two places will fall if there is a slight difference, and the only way to solve it is to solve Ma Teng's side as soon as possible. Then he returned to Nanyang and Hedong.

Thinking of this, Fa Zheng nodded and said, "Lord, I understand. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, immediately reorganize the army, and wait for Pang De to act in Xianyang City, Pang De is sad face, he is not worried about Huang Zhong's department under the city, but the small colonel sent by Fang Cai Ma, preparing to wish the defeat of the city, and the city was captured by Zhang Xiu, so there is only one Pang De left in the entire Guanzhong, trapped in the lonely city of Xianyang."

Pang De paced back and forth a few times, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he ordered: "Order, the whole army prepares, and then except for the necessary defenders, the rest will be given to Ben General to go back and rest, and prepare for the big battle tonight." The little colonel responded. Take the command and go.

Huang Zhong under the city knew that the focus of this battle was no longer his department before the war, so except for trying to storm the peace of Xianyang City at the beginning, he had always stationed troops under the city, occasionally moving some night attacks or attacks, etc., such as taking Pang De's troops to train more than like a big battle.

In Huang Zhong's account, Wu Ban asked Huang Zhongdao: "General." We have been stationed here for more than three months, and the total number of large and small battles has only been more than ten times, and the soldiers are already a little lazy at this time, and they are not serious about training.

Huang Zhong smiled and put the letter on the table: "We don't need to attack." Pound will naturally give up the shame, and then we will take over.

Wu Ban took the letter and read it carefully, and the more he read it, the more surprised he became, and finally he gasped for breath a few times before asking: "Okay, what a powerful strategy, interlocking, our army is here in March." The lord has already divided and surrounded Ma Teng's army, and dares to ask the general, who came up with this plan? ”

Huang Zhong smiled slightly and said: "This plan is the best strategy in the peace policy of the lord and the righteous prince when Beigong Boyu rebelled for the first time after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It's a pity that the imperial court can't use this strategy, but now it has been slightly changed by Mr. Jia, so this policy was thought by the lord and perfected by Mr. Jia

Wu Ban heard it and sighed: "The lord is really powerful. If the imperial court was willing to use the lord's policy back then, how could the Qiang disasters come one after another, how could Dong Zhuo sit on the big and finally cause trouble to the court, and how could Ma Teng and Han Sui become princes at this time

Huang Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, Ben Jiang always felt that it would be right to use the lord's policy to calm the troubles. Nowadays it is used to level the horse. I think it's overkill

Wu Ban said with a smile: "Since the lord has a plan, Ma Teng. Naturally, there are Ceping, Han Sui and the Qiang people.

Huang Zhong smiled: "That's a good point. Yuanxiong has been practicing these days, and the lord's letter said that Pang De should abandon Xianyang City in these days, and the lord and Mr. Jia and Mr. Fa will calculate together. There shouldn't be anything wrong with that

Wu Ban listened and said, "No! ”

After nightfall, in the city of Xianyang, Pang De led 25,000 soldiers to quietly open the south gate, and fled west after leaving the city from the south gate. Pound did not take all the soldiers in the city away, but left more than 2,000 soldiers in the city as suspicious.

Pang De's department quietly abandoned the city and left, Huang Zhong only found out in the morning, he originally thought that with Pang De's calm character, he would not risk escaping after receiving the news, but would hold on for a while, and put on a posture of defending the lonely city to confuse Huang Zhong before leaving, how did he know that Pang De was so decisive and abandoned the city. With 2,000 soldiers as suspicious soldiers, coupled with the cover of night, Huang Zhong's army was confused all night, and it was not until dawn in the morning that Huang Zhong's scouts showed that there were many fewer defenders in the city, and only then did they come to report to Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong immediately led his army to attack Xianyang, and the army reached the city, and the defenders in the city surrendered. After asking, I found out that it was Pound himself who said that as long as it was dawn, he could surrender.

Hearing what the defenders who surrendered said, Huang Zhong knew that he was following Pang De's way, but he looked down on Pang De while smiling bitterly. knows that Pound has a calm personality. The methods are also very old and spicy, not at all like a young man in his twenties who has just taken charge of the army. However, when Huang Zhong thought of Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun, he was not surprised, but Huang Zhong also secretly admired that Pang De would definitely become a general in the future.

Although Huang Zhong was calculated by Pound. But there was no loss, so after arranging the defense of Xianyang City, Huang Zhong led 20,000 elite cavalry to chase Pang De, and let Wu Ban lead 20,000 foot soldiers back to Chang'an City to strengthen the defense of Chang'an, Huang Zhong knew the importance of Chang'an City, plus Zuo Fengban's Xu Huang army and Han Sui's army were at war again, and last time they suffered the loss of Chang'an being captured, so they were very concerned about the situation of Chang'an City, and saw that the war was progressing well here, so he first let Wu Ban lead the troops back to strengthen the defense.

Here, Huang Zhong led the troops to chase for more than 30 miles, and felt that the nearby trees were cut down, Huang Zhong was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly called the scout captain. He commanded: "Let your subordinates know the water quickly." Cross the Weishui River to the south and check the other side for signs of the army. ”

Seeing that Huang Zhong was in a hurry, the scout captain did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered dozens of subordinates who knew water. took off his clothes and armor, and jumped into the Weishui with a few "poof, poof, poof". Half an hour later, despite being soaked, the scout captain immediately came to Huang Zhong, who had been suffering for a long time, and reported: "Return to the general." There are indeed traces of a large army walking on the opposite bank, and there are many abandoned logs, which should have been used by the enemy to cross the river. There was a lot of horse manure left on the opposite bank, and there was still some residual warmth, and the general thought that the enemy had just crossed the Weishui and walked shortly after