Zhang Meng pointed to the map and looked at it, and said: "These three counties are each other's horns, Nan'an County is the closest to us, first send a group of scouts to investigate the military situation of Nan'an County, and the scouts sent to Tianshui Anding are also sent out at the same time. In addition, we immediately prepared food and grass vehicles, and we did not have to wait for the scouts from Nan'an County to return, so we acted later, received information from the scouts on the way, and made a battle plan at any time. ”

Zhang Bao Guan Xing listened to it and made arrangements for the bill.

At this time, Zhang Meng sat down, recalled what he had experienced after crossing over, and finally concluded to himself: "Oh, I have long been looking forward to being reused by Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, and today, it has been reused." ”

Zhang Meng said to himself that his heart was full of joy for a while, and he immediately solemnly got up and told himself: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, now, I have just written a handful of eight characters!" There are so many generals in the whole army, Prime Minister Zhuge only arranged for me to recover the three counties, this battle, can only succeed and not fail, if it succeeds, all my ideals will be slowly realized with his support.

Well, on the contrary, if it doesn't work out, I'm sorry, and things won't be easy to do in the future. Oh, if it really comes to that point, I look forward to inciting wings after becoming a butterfly to achieve the effect of unifying the Three Kingdoms, Prime Minister Zhuge will not support me, go to the side and hang out! ”

Zhang Meng muttered to himself, gritted his teeth and swore: "Don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint Prime Minister Zhuge or let myself down!" Also, Gao Ling, I won't let her down! Speaking of Gao Ling, Zhang Meng began to plan for her: "I gave her enough time, a month, a month to recruit hundreds of female soldiers, and can also carry out short-term training, a month to organize a team of female soldiers and medical officers, anyway, time is enough."

However, now, in three or four days, we will set off, we will go to attack Nan'an County, there will definitely be wounded, there are a few old medical officers, I will take these tens of thousands of horses and horses to go on the expedition, there are only a dozen old medical officers, how can this be done?

Gao Ling didn't recruit female soldiers, well, there was no way, so I had to do this, just go to fight like this, let's talk about it in a month. ”

Three days later, Zhang Meng finished arranging the military affairs, bid farewell to the prime minister, and led the troops on the road to conquer Nan'an County.

Starting from this old camp to march in the direction of Nan'an County, all the way are rugged barren mountains, said to be barren mountains, but only a few sparse shrubs and wild grasses, and can not cover the ground, so as far as the eye can see, both sides of the zigzag mountain road are up and down the dark yellow ground, when the cool breeze rises, the dust is raised to cover the charming eyes.

Such an environment is really desolate and miserable. Zhang Meng saw it and said to Guan Xing: "General Guan, you see, we are used to living in the south, and when we see such an environment, we really have a bleak feeling in our hearts, what about you, do you have this feeling?" ”

Zhang Bao spoke over there: "Oh, Lord General, I have never seen such a ground, in the south, where there are trees in all seasons, there is such a desolate place.

After walking so far and leaving the old camp for dozens of miles, I haven't seen a few families, so I suspect that there is still Tianshui in Nan'an County, can there be people living in the city?

It's just someone, what to eat and what to wear? The ——, is full of loess, where can I get the firewood and grass for cooking? ”

Zhang Meng couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and before he could speak, Guan Xing said: "Hey——, Zhang Bao, a piece of water and soil raises a piece of people, here is more sparse than the south, but the population is sparse, but there must be people living."

Well, Tianshui Anding these places are all traffic arteries, and there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going, and some people rely on business to make a living······ Besides, you see, aren't there people herding sheep in the distance, and there are people farming? ”

The three of them were chatting while marching on horses, and suddenly a soldier in front of them rushed over to report, saying that the mountain road was too cramped, and a few ox carts in front of them overturned and rolled down the valley, startling other cattle and horses, and the vehicles and horses were crowded on the road, making it difficult to march for a while.

Guan Xing listened to it and wanted to squeeze over to check. When Zhang Meng saw it, he looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun was about to set, so he ordered: "Guan Xing doesn't have to go over!" After speaking, he ordered: "Throw away the vehicles that roll down the hillside, immediately clear the road, and strive for half an hour for the whole army to go down the mountain, and after going down the mountain, camp and stay on the water!" ”

After that, urge the people in front: "Hurry up and go!" ”

The order was passed back and forth, and the long snake-like procession marching on the mountainside immediately accelerated into action.

The sun soon set on the side of the mountain, the sky gradually darkened, and the mist also surged up in the mountains, at this time the team had all come to the bottom of the mountain, and were busy or setting up tents, building stoves to boil water and cooking, at this time, the scouts who went to the detectives came back, Zhang Meng saw them, and hurriedly met them, and listened to their reports on the military situation.

The two scouts reported that there was not a single Wei soldier within a hundred miles ahead, and they inquired about the locals, and they also said that they had not seen the Wei soldiers move, "It seems that the Wei soldiers in Nan'an did not notice our army coming, and they can continue the march tomorrow." ”

Zhang Meng listened and asked where the rest of the scouts were at this time?

"We all went to the front, and when we came back, we had already divided into three actions, and those two roads went to the direction of Tianshui Anding."

Zhang Meng listened and instructed them to continue to reconnoiter tomorrow. So, after dinner, after Zhang Meng and some of his generals checked the sentry, they went into the tent to rest.

Zhang Meng's team marched this desolate and rugged mountain road, and inevitably stayed overnight until the evening of the sixth day, when they came to a flat place with water and grass, and looked ahead, not far from the north was a slippery hill, and there was a mountain road that crossed the hill and extended to the north.

The scout came back and reported that it was over this hill, and it was also a flat land, and there was a hill behind the flat land, and in front of the hill was Nan'an County, "General, Nan'an County is built on the mountain, and the city is very strong.

The name of the Taishou of Nan'an County is Yang Ling, and there are 4,000 men and horses in the city. It is said that Taishou Yang Ling is a civil official and has no martial arts.

He has two generals, one named Han Chong and the other Meng Rushan, and their kung fu is very good. However, Yang Taishou is a very strategic person, he usually doesn't like to talk, he doesn't leak anything when he talks and does things, and the officers and soldiers respect him very much. ”

When Zhang Meng heard this, he was not very interested in Yang Taishou, but he was quite interested in the two generals under him, so he asked the scout: "Han Zhan and Meng Rushan are very good at kung fu?" Tell me what kind of kung fu you have? ”

The scout couldn't answer, saying that he didn't know what they were doing, but he had just heard the people in the city say this. The people in the city also said that Yang Taishou heard that our army was coming, and closed the city gate two days in advance, so we couldn't enter the city to investigate, so we had to come back like this to report.