On the morning of the third day of Zhang Meng's return to the barracks, Zhuge Liang convened the generals to arrange the work tasks for the next period of time.

In the back of the big tent, there is a screen, the screen is hung with a combat map, on the left bracket of the screen, Zhuge Liang's Shang Fang sword is hung, and there is a tall case next to it, Zhuge Liang's prime minister's official seal is placed on the case, at this time Zhuge Liang is sitting in front of the screen, holding a goose feather fan, and there is a long case in front of him, and the case is placed with the four treasures of the study room and a large pile of letters and documents. Not far from the case are several wooden office cases of civilian officials, and behind them are weapon shelves, full of knives, guns, swords, and halberds······ The big tent is full of a smashing and solemn atmosphere.

Seeing that all the generals had already arrived, Zhuge Liang put on a straight face, coughed lightly, and began to speak: "Our army sent troops to attack Cao Wei this time, won the first battle, defeated more than 300,000 Cao soldiers, killed more than a dozen Cao soldiers Xiliang, and captured Cao Nan, the governor of Cao Bing, it can be said that it has achieved an unprecedented victory. The victory in this battle made the officials and generals of the Cao Wei Manchu Dynasty tremble, and they did not dare to despise our army from then on. ”

When Zhuge Liang said this, he looked around at the generals and praised: "This major victory is all won by the generals who fought bravely to kill the enemy. It's good, it's good. ”

Zhuge Liang continued: "Here I would like to give special praise to Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi, the two of them led 5,000 men and horses to take the lead in breaking the enemy and made the first contribution.

Also, this Zhang Bao Guan Xing, who led his troops to meet the old general Zhao Yun, killed the enemy bravely and made great contributions, which is also recorded in the meritorious record.

The other generals have made great efforts for this victory, so they will not be praised one by one. I hope that in the future battles, you will continue to carry forward this spirit of fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and continue to make greater contributions to the extermination of Cao Wei and the revival of the Han dynasty. ”

Next, Zhuge Liang focused on introducing Zhang Meng to everyone, "Everyone, there is a new young general in our army's camp, and Nuo ——, is this, well, Zhang Meng!" Said this and instructed Zhang Meng: "Zhang Meng come here",

Zhang Meng listened, stepped out of the ranks, came to the left side of Zhuge Liang's body, stood with his crossed hands, and responded: "What does the prime minister command?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Introduce you to everyone first, do you command?" More on that later. ”

At this time, all the generals looked at Zhang Meng, only to see that this young general was fifteen or sixteen years old, although he was young, he was above Zhao Yun, his body was thick and stocky, his demeanor was steady, and his two eyes were like electricity, which made people dare not look at each other. I couldn't help but secretly applaud and didn't dare to despise it.

Zhuge Liang saw it and said with a smile: "This is Zhang Meng, the general of Xiaonian, everyone has seen it, a good general, the future is limitless!" ”

Then, Zhuge Liang introduced how Zhao Yun discovered Zhang Meng, how he listened to his predictions, and how he sent him into battle to kill the enemy, and then reversed the conversation and said: "Of course, General Zhang Meng still needs to further hone in the war and grow in the struggle. In the subsequent work, the generals should help Zhang Meng and help him grow rapidly, so as to make greater contributions to the country. ”

When Zhang Meng heard this, he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to everyone and said, "Thank you Prime Minister for introducing the last general to everyone." The prime minister's praise made the last general really panic - when he first went to the battlefield, he won by chance, which was all achieved with the help of the generals, and it was not enough to worry about.

In the future, I hope that all the generals will give more guidance and carry Zhang Meng to make greater contributions to the country. Thank you! ”

Zhang Meng spoke with such a body, such a peaceful mentality, and such earnest words, which suddenly won the favor of the generals, so everyone applauded unconsciously.

Zhuge Liang was very happy when he saw it, picked up the goose feather fan and waved it at everyone, signaling everyone to be quiet.

After the applause stopped, Zhuge Liang praised Zhang Bao Guan Xing and other young generals, and then got up and issued a military order: "Order Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to turn back and march towards the Kei Valley, and after arriving at the Kei Valley, choose a key place to garrison troops to ambush to prevent Cao soldiers from attacking our army's Hanzhong from the front from the Meridian Valley, the Oblique Bao Valley, the Yugu Valley and other roads." ”

Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi took the order. Zhuge Liang also instructed: "Keigu is the key point that chokes the above roads leading to Hanzhong, after the garrison, without receiving my order, you must not move the soldiers and horses at will, in case the Cao soldiers sneak attack." Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi took the order and left.

Zhuge Liang also instructed: "Wang Ping Liaohua and a group of more than 30,000 people, from now on, will move to the middle of the road, and after arriving, immediately start to work in the tuntian, where the terrain is flat, the water source is abundant, and it is just right to farm." When you have arrived, you should reclaim the land, divert water for irrigation, establish a base for tuntian, and store grain and grass for a long time. Wang Ping Liao Hua took the order and left.

Then, Zhuge Liang ordered: "Zhang Meng and Zhang Bao Guan Xing listen to the order!" The three generals listened and came out of the queue at the same time.

Zhuge Liang ordered: "After our victory in Fengming Mountain this time, Cao Wei's strength has disappeared in this area. However, around Qishan, mainly in the north, there are still three counties of Anding, Nan'an, Tianshui have not come to recover, and now I order Zhang Meng to be the main general, Zhang Bao Guan Xing as the deputy general, each leading the headquarters of the people, unified by Zhang Meng's command, to the north to conquer the above three counties. The three of them listened and shouted in unison.

Zhang Meng asked, "Prime Minister, when will you leave?" ”

Zhuge Liang instructed: "Prepare immediately out of the tent, prepare and set off at any time." When the three men heard this, they took the command and departed.

Then, Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan, Ma Dai, Ma Yan, Yang Yi and a group of civil and military officials, "The Chinese army is stationed here, in case of receiving and adjusting the people and horses of all roads." When the generals heard this, they took the command and departed.

The military situation was urgent, and after accepting the order, Zhang Meng did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately beckoned Zhang Bao Guanxing to come over and study the action plan in his big tent.

Zhuge Liang didn't use the full camp of capable soldiers, but only used Zhang Meng and Guan Xing Zhang Bao a few young generals, other generals would naturally understand Zhuge Liang's intentions, and Zhang Meng was the same, knowing that this was Zhuge Liang exercising himself and Guan Xing Zhang Bao.

Although the task of recovering the three counties of Nan'an and Tianshui is not very complicated, it is a trivial matter in the army, so Zhang Meng considered it very carefully, the first step is to send effective reconnaissance scouts to find out the military deployment, troop allocation, terrain and customs of the three counties, etc., and the second step is to formulate a combat plan according to the reconnaissance situation.

As soon as Zhang Meng put forward his idea, Zhang Bao Guanxing rushed to lead the scouts to investigate.

Zhang Meng saw it and instructed, there are too many miscellaneous things in the army, and if you are not careful, you will make mistakes, and if you make a mistake, you will often lose everything. As the main generals in the army, the two of you can't leave the barracks easily, "So, hehehe, it's not the first time for the two of you to fight, and the scouts must be sent out, but it won't be either of the two, you have your own professional scouts to investigate." ”