In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, the weather became warmer in spring and February.

Liu Beijun couldn't wait to lead the army out of Chengdu to prepare for the northern expedition to Cao Cao and realize the strategic intention of capturing Yongliang.

In this battle, there were 30,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 infantry soldiers out of Chengdu, leaving only 10,000 infantry soldiers and 30,000 new soldiers stationed in Chengdu.

Prepare to merge with the 30,000 Wudang Fei army in Hanzhong, a total of 80,000 horses and horses will go out of Yangping Pass first, and attack Tianshui, Wudu and other counties by Qishan Road.

"Yeping, this avenue has cleared a great obstacle for our army to go north. The distance of our army out of Sichuan has been reduced by more than half. ”

Kong Ming and Liu Xian walked side by side, looking at the spacious and flat road in front of them, and couldn't help but sigh.

When Liu Xian returned to Shu from Jingzhou, he recruited 5,000 barbarians to join the engineering brigade, which originally had more than 5,000 people.

The more than 10,000 engineering brigades spent more than a year on the "Chenghan Straight Road" from Chengdu to Hanzhong, and now it has finally been repaired.

"Hey, although it has been repaired to Hanzhong, the plank road through the Qinling Mountains has not been moved, and it is still rugged." Liu Xian waved his hand and said casually.

However, the road from Hanzhong to Long cannot be repaired temporarily, after all, it is still in the enemy-occupied area.

The current engineering brigade is to build a road from Chengdu to Jianning County in Nanzhong.

First, the "Shuanglong Strategy" needs to attack Jiaozhou from the south, and the other only needs to succeed and not fail in the northern expedition of Shu.

Don't look at Lao Cao, who has been defeated since Chibi, but his foundation in the Central Plains and Hebei has never moved. And if you fail, it will be a big loss of vitality, and you may even lose the country.

The army did not stop when it arrived in Hanzhong, but went straight to Yangping Pass, where Wei Yan was already waiting with the Wudang Flying Army.

"Yan (the last general, etc.) meet the lord!"

As soon as Liu Bei arrived, Wei Yan and the generals of the Wudang Fei Army closed the door early and waited.

"Okay, Wen Chang, let's enter the customs first!" Liu Bei waved his hand, and the whole army entered the pass without mentioning it.

That night, the congregation will gather in the big tent to discuss the matter.

"My lord, our army currently has 80,000 soldiers and horses. In addition to Cao Cao's hoarding of eight armies in Chang'an, there were also 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed near Tianshui, and what he did was to block our army from going west out of Qishan Road. ”

"The Propaganda Department got the news that Cao Cao's son, Cao Zhang, led the tiger and leopard to the west."

"In addition, there is also the strong end of the king of Wudu, who took refuge in Cao Cao. Since last year, there have been Hui tribes gathering, and there are 30,000 barbarians of the Di tribe. ”

"The king of Xiliang Qiang also served Cao Cao, and his tribe can be described as the strongest tribe of the Qiang people. Not surprisingly, when the war began, its troops could gather at least 50,000 Qiang cavalry to come to help. ”

"In this way, once the war starts, Cao Cao's side will not be less than 230,000 in Yongliang, and more than half of them are cavalry."

Before the meeting, Liu Xian first analyzed the strength of the enemy and us, 80,000 against more than 200,000. And if you have few cavalry, the opponent's cavalry will not be less than 130,000......

It can be expected that the two states of Yongliang will be bloodied this year, and it will be very difficult for their own side to fight.

It can only be said that Lao Liu really started too late, and it cannot be reversed immediately by manpower.

Yizhou's passage of the law was so troubled, which dealt a big blow to the family. Many of the slaves were free, and the rest were sent to the peasants, but there were only 30,000 new soldiers.

These 30,000 new soldiers, now moving to the Yongliang battlefield is almost equivalent to cannon fodder, Liu Xian means to stay and wait for the later troops to be handed over to the state.

"This ......"

Lao Liu actually didn't know Cao Cao's military advantage in Yongliang until now, and even if he heard that he had been on the battlefield for a long time, he couldn't help but panic in his heart.

In fact, what kind of Qiang riding is riding, although Liu Bei was shocked in his heart, he thought that his strategists had Longlin Fazheng and could still accept it.

What really made him panic was the tiger and leopard riding ......

He can be said to have the most dealings with the tiger and leopard cavalry, when he was in Xuzhou, he was defeated by the tiger and leopard cavalry, and he was chased and beaten by the tiger and leopard cavalry in Runan.

finally took root in Xinye, and was directly driven out of Xinye by Cao Cao led thousands of tigers and leopards to ride out, and Changbanpo abandoned his wife.

In the first half of his life, Liu Ran ran ran this reputation, and most of it was due to the tiger and leopard riding.

"Don't worry, Cao Cao's army of more than 200,000 is just a snap of a finger in Liang's opinion."

Seeing Lao Liu's unnatural expression, Kong Ming said.

The words were extremely relaxed, and the time seemed to return to the eve of the original Chibi.

Sure enough, at a critical time, you have to see the bright and bright horse.

"Strategist, please also ask Lonely!"

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt relieved in his heart, and hurriedly asked.

Kong Ming is the only person in Lao Liu who calls the military advisor directly, and his trust and reliance can be seen.

"My lord, in addition to the strong end, there is also a king of Di, Lei Ding."

"After the self-improvement side defected to Cao Cao and annexed the second tribe of the Di people, his prestige was unparalleled for a while. However, Lei Ding and the strong end have long been at odds, and only need to send a person who can speak to win Lei Ding over us. ”

"In this way, when the strong army is raised to help the thief, it is the time for Lei Ding to attack his troops when he dies."

Kong Ming talked and laughed all the way, what is this called? This is called ability.

"As for the Qiang cavalry of the Midang Division, General Meng Qi can go to Yuzhi."

"General Meng Qi is known as a prestige among the Qiang people, and he can be persuaded to withdraw from the army. If it is stubborn, it is enough to block it with Meng Qi's ability. ”

Dealing with the Qiang people, General Shen Weitian is not called in vain, and maybe he can pull the Qiang people to his boat in the end.

"In this way, the danger of the two Qiang tribes will be solved, and the main force of our army can deal with the Cao army with peace of mind."

80,000 against 150,000, with the elite level of his own soldiers, he is not afraid of it.

Moreover, for this Yongliang battle, Kong Ming and Liu Xian have made preparations early, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer at that time.

"Hehe, big brother, what the military advisor said is very true, but the rabble is not afraid of it." At this time, Zhang Fei laughed indifferently.

It is estimated that only Zhang Fei feels that the Cao army is a rabble, and for him, if he gives 10,000 cavalry, he dares to attack the 100,000 army.

After the plan to withdraw from the enemy was tentatively decided, the next step was to discuss the route of the troops.

"There are three feasible roads out of Hanzhong from Yangping Pass, and the plank road of Qishan Road is better, and the exit is Tianshui, but there are 20,000 horses led by Xiahou Shang and Han Hao outside Qishan Road."

"Or out of the slope valley road, attack Chencang. However, Chen Cang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if our army attacks strongly, I am afraid it will be difficult to do anything. ”

Liu Xian looked at the map hanging in the big tent and explained to Lao Liu.

In fact, there are many roads out of Hanzhong, but it is difficult to walk in Duqi District and inconvenient to pass the army, and the best are these two roads.

"The Chinese army division, starting from the Meridian Valley, can attack Chang'an. How can the military advisor not say this? ”

Wei Yan was strange in his heart at this time, and he couldn't help but say something.

During this time, he defended Hanzhong, knowing that he would send troops to Yongliang this year, and he specially analyzed and understood the map.

Yongliang has a key, Chang'an.

As long as Chang'an is defeated, it is like isolating Yongliang from the Central Plains, and Liu Beijun can close the door and fight the dog.

Moreover, Yongliang is barren, and Chang'an must be the logistics headquarters of Cao Cao's army. If Chang'an is captured, the entire Yongliang Cao army will be cut off from supplies.

When the time comes, not to mention more than 100,000 or 200,000 horses, even if it is twice as much, it will have to be reimbursed.

"Haha, Chief Wen wants to attack Chang'an with a strange army out of Meridian Valley?"

"It's just that Yan Zhi has a humble opinion, thinking that if the soldiers come out of the Meridian Valley, it will be in my hands, and Cao Cao will eventually capture me!"

"The Sword Comes"

Wei Yan's personality is like this, he will say whatever comes to mind.