One said that Zhang Xiu received Zhang Lu's army to capture the Sword Pavilion. Confronting Yan Yan's army at the foot of the mountains... news, immediately convene the people to deliberate.

After Zhang Xiu told the news, he first asked, "What do you think?" ”

I only heard Huang Zhong speak first: "Shu Road is dangerous, now Zhang Lu's army is blocked in Jiameng Pass, Yan Yan is also a famous general in Shu, he has the ability to use Yang Ang and Yang Pai in Jiameng Pass, although there is a large army that is afraid of quiet, it is not easy to break through the pass into Shu." ”

Among the people, Tai Shi Ci is from Qingzhou, Xu Rong is from Youzhou, and he has been fighting in the Yongliang area for a long time, so he doesn't know much about the situation in Shu, and only Huang Zhong knows a little about the situation in Shu.

Zhang Xiu nodded and asked Li Ru, "What does the military advisor think?" ”

Li Ru looked at Zhang Xiu on the main throne and sighed a lot, Zhang Xiu was Dong Zhuo's subordinate a year ago, and now he is already a prince, and if he can win Hanzhong this time, he is afraid that his power will not be easy to shake. After sighing, Li Ru replied: "Back to the lord, Confucianism thinks that no matter what the situation of the battle of Jiameng Pass is, it will be beneficial to the lord. If Yan Yan can win, Zhang Lu still has the Sword Pavilion in his hands. It only needs to defend the Sword Pavilion, and Yan Yan's army is not easy to attack Hanzhong. If Yang Ang and Yang Pai win, their army will only attack some cities and counties in the north of Xichuan, and there are still a few checkpoints away from Chengdu, and Zhang Lu's army may not be able to conquer again. If it's a stalemate, it's naturally best. Moreover, tackling key problems is not the same, and the losses of soldiers are not counted, and it takes a long time. Shu is dangerous, and some large siege equipment cannot be used at all. Therefore, the battle situation of Jiamengguan is beneficial to the lord no matter what. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said: "Shu is mountainous, although the roads are difficult to pass in some places, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Jian will not make an army climb over the mountains and surprise attack Hanzhong." You may think that Liu Zhang does not have such ability, but there is one in Shu who has such insight and ability. ”

Tai Shi Ci was the most anxious, and after hearing it, he said strangely: "Please speak clearly." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "Zhang Ren." ”

Huang Zhong heard it and said curiously: "This Zhang Ren is just a person from a cold family, he learned martial arts with a stranger when he was a child, and returned to Shuzhong after his marksmanship was completed, and he was appreciated by Liu Yan and promoted to general." Its martial arts are said to be the first in Shu, but it will not be stronger than Lu Bu, even if there is Lu Bu's general martial arts, only Zhongzhong, Ziyi, and Wenyuan can also behead him, and there is no need for the lord to make a move, but it is not known how his military attainments are. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "Zhang Ren's martial arts are naturally not as good as Lu Bu, and in terms of embroidery, it is just slightly better than Zhengfang." Compared with Sun Jian, it is inferior. The last words were said to Xu Rong and Li Ru, because only the two of them were familiar with Sun Jian here.

Xu Rong thought about it secretly for a while, and then said: "Although this Zhang Ren's martial arts are strong, I am afraid that it is also as Han Sheng said, it is difficult to defeat the general of our army, but I don't know how his art of war is." ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and said: "Zhang Ren is to learn the art of war and make martial arts not advance, so Xiucai said, only he in Shuzhong would think of crossing the mountains and attacking Hanzhong." ”

Tai Shici heard it and said strangely: "Listening to the words of the lord, it seems that he is very familiar with this Zhang Ren." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "That's right, this Zhang Ren is Xiu's junior brother and Zilong's second senior brother." ”

Tai Shi Ci heard it and said in surprise: "In this way, with this incense love, wouldn't the lord be able to persuade Zhang Ren to vote?" ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid not necessarily, the second junior brother has a stubborn personality, and when he meets him on the battlefield, I'm afraid he will fight with Xiu endlessly, and it will be very difficult to persuade him to vote." ”

After Li Ru listened to Zhang Xiu's words, he understood what he meant, and said, "Does the lord mean that we should be careful of Zhang Ren. ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Those who know me are also military advisors." Everyone, please remember that Zhang Ren is not an ordinary person, and if you confront him, you should use a dignified teacher to deal with him, and don't take risks. He is familiar with military books and thinks carefully. If the plan is risky, it is easy to be recognized.

If you attack Xichuan in the future, Zhang Ren is a great enemy, the situation is mountainous, if the dangerous plan is recognized, I am afraid that there is no way to escape, you must remember to embroider today's words. ”

When everyone heard this, they responded in unison: "No."

After that, Zhang Xiu asked again: "Military advisor, there has been news from Wenyuan this afternoon that he has taken a small county as a foothold, and planted the banner of Liu Barrier according to the military advisor's words. However, due to the remoteness of the small county, I am afraid that Zhang Lu will not appear so soon, what does the military advisor think at this time? ”

Li Ru pondered for a moment and said: "The lord is definitely going to enter the army at this time, thinking that General Jianyuan has opened the road, it should not be difficult for the army to enter Hanzhong." After a pause, Li Ru continued: "As for Zhang Ren, who only listened to what the lord said after the army entered Hanzhong, he just thought of a strategy. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked, "The military advisor will talk carefully." ”

Li Ru said: "Our army can put on the banner of Zhang Ren and make Zhang Lu think that Zhang Ren is attacking over the mountains, so as to lure Zhang Lu's army out." ”

Seeing everyone looking at him with puzzled eyes, Li Ru smiled and said: "Zhang Lu is a subordinate of Liu Yan, and there should be a lot of Zhang Ren, the general personally promoted by Liu Yan. Chuan, as the lord said. The only person in Shu who can be so brave and willing to lead his troops over the mountains is Zhang Ren. Now the counties in Hanzhong are empty, and only there are thousands of soldiers left in Nanzheng, if Zhang Lu learns that "Zhang Ren" led the troops over the mountains and attacked, he will definitely be unable to sleep and eat. Although the strategists around Zhang Lu are not very outstanding, they should also be able to see that if Zhang Ren leads the troops to attack, there will not be many soldiers with him, and then he will definitely offer a plan with Zhang Lu, and he will send troops to destroy the surprise attack of "Zhang Ren" so that the lord can lead Zhang Lu's army to stay in Nanzheng out, and then use cavalry to exterminate Zhang Lu's troops out of the city, during which General Wenyuan will lead the troops to attack Nanzheng, as long as Nanzheng catches Zhang Lu and others, Hanzhong is in the hands of the lord. ”

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu high-fived and praised: "The military advisor is really clever."

At this time, the experienced Xu Rong asked: "Although the military advisor's plan is wonderful, how should Yang Ang and Yang Ang's department deal with it?" You know, they have an army of more than 40,000 people

Li Ru heard this, and said with a slight smile: "Now there are only hundreds of old and weak in the Sword Pavilion, after General Wenyuan has made a surprise attack on Nanzheng, he will lead the division of troops to attack the Sword Pavilion, as long as the Sword Pavilion is captured, Yang Ang and Yang Pai's department will be trapped and die between our army and Yan Yan's department."

And the Yang family is a Hanzhong family, and the leading general Yang Pai is a child of the Yang family. Although Yang Ang is not a member of the Yang family, but Zhang Lu personally promoted it, if the lord captures Nanzheng, he only needs to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender, and I believe that Yang Ang and Yang Pai's department will surrender to the lord. At that time, the lord has the sword pavilion as the gateway between Hanzhong and Shu, and he is not afraid of the attack of Yan Yan's army, and the lord can firmly occupy the land of Hanzhong.

Zhang Xiu heard it and praised: "The military advisor has a great plan, so our army should go to Hanzhong early tomorrow morning, and then order Wenyuan to pretend to be Zhang Ren's department." ”

Everyone responded in unison: "No."

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiu's 20,000 Jingchi Guang quietly opened, but they did not dare to disturb the people of Shangyong City, in case the news was leaked. Since the road had already been opened up when Zhang Liao led his troops to Hanzhong, the trees on the mountain were cut down and the roads were opened, and some rivers were also built with pontoon bridges. Zhang Xiu's army did not need to repair bridges and roads at all, but only needed to follow the road opened up by Zhang Liao's department.

And along the way, it shows Zhang Xiu's wisdom, although the road has been repaired by Zhang Liao's department, but it is also very rugged. If it had been Xu Rong's troops who had not been equipped with horseshoes and bilateral stirrups, I am afraid that the hooves of many horses on this section of the mountain road would have been injured, making the horses unable to walk anymore. And because of the bumps in the mountain road, the soldiers who sat on the horses without the addition of bilateral stirrups were easily thrown under the horses. Only Zhang Xiu's 20,000 troops equipped with horseshoes and bilateral stirrups could overcome these difficulties.

Xu Rong and Li Ru saw all this, and they were as suspicious of Zhang Xiu's intentions as Jia Xu at the beginning, thinking that he was afraid that Xu Rong's troops would rebel and rebel after they seized Hanzhong, but now it seems that they are obviously overhearted. Along the way, Xu Rong's originally somewhat cold heart also recovered, and Zhang Xiu treated himself like a brother as before, Xu Rong had gradually returned to Zhang Xiu.

Along the way, in addition to Zhang Xiu and Xu Rong restoring their previous friendship, Huang Zhong and Tai Shici, two marksmen, also formed a friendship after several competitions. When Tai Shi Ci came, he heard that Huang Zhong was the number one marksman in the army, and even Zhao Yun couldn't compare to him.

Tai Shici still has some understanding of Zhao Yun's archery skills, at that time, under the Tiger Prison, he and Zhao Yunlian enjoyed the scene of sniping Zhang Xiu with a bow and arrow, and he still firmly remembered that with Zhao Yun's archery skills at that time, even if he was not as good as himself, it would not be too bad. And when he came to the army and heard that Huang Zhong's archery skills could defeat Zhao Yun, Tai Shici couldn't help but have a heart of comparison?

Let's say that when the army Shangtun was stationed near Shangyong, Tai Shici went to find Huang Zhong to compete in archery skills. After the news spread, everyone from Zhang Xiu, Xu Jian, and ordinary soldiers were attracted to watch. How Tai Shi Ci's archery skills are, just look at the performance before the Tiger Prison Pass, you can see that many of the soldiers here have seen Tai Shi Ci's archery skills under the Tiger Prison Pass. And Huang Zhongnai is the number one marksman in the army, and even Zhao Yun is willing to lose, this battle naturally attracts attention.

Let's say that after the two agreed, they competed in the open area of the barracks, and both of them had a pot of thirty feather arrows.

But it was said that Tai Shi Ci attacked first, pulled the bow and arrows, and at the beginning he used a trick to connect arrows, and the three feather arrows were all shot at Huang Zhong's face door in a straight line, which was much faster than when the tiger prison shot Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu knew that Tai Shi Ci had made progress in this period of time.

Huang Zhong saw it, he was not afraid, he raised his hand and took three feather arrows, put them on the hard bow and shot them, after the feather arrows were shot, everyone saw that Huang Zhong was also using a series of arrows. As soon as this technique came out, including Tai Shi Ci and Zhang Xiu, everyone was stunned, it turned out that not only Tai Shi Ci knew how to connect arrows in the world, but Huang Zhong also knew it.