In Wugong County, Zhang Xi, Liu Yin, and Gao Xiang got together, cooking the fire and discussing at the same time.

Feng Xi's injuries still haven't healed, but he finally woke up, but his body is very weak and needs to recuperate in peace, so Zhang Xi decided to wait until the beginning of spring to recover, and then send Feng Xi back to Chengdu to recuperate.

This injury, basically no half a year or a year of recuperation, is not to think about recovery.

Therefore, in Wugong County, there are only three generals left: Zhang Xi, Liu Yin, and Gao Xiang.

Originally, heavy snow fell from the sky to close the road, but this winter, Liu Yin and Gao Xiang both felt that there should be no war, even if they wanted to fight, at least they had to wait until the snow melted in spring.

Although it is a bit of a waste of fighters, if you don't cooperate with the time, there is no way to do it, so I plan to be stationed in Wugong County with peace of mind and spend this winter.

Speaking of which, in terms of heating, compared with the people of Wugong County, the conditions of the Northern Expeditionary Army are better.

The anthracite produced by Qiqi County is now a royal industry and an important logistical material for the Northern Expeditionary Army, which leads to the fact that even in winter, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army can still huddle in tents and live on charcoal fires.

This treatment is better than the treatment of the big families in Wugong County, after all, these people can only rely on charcoal to survive, and before from Wuzhangyuan to Wugong County, there were wars along the way, and there were almost no caravans coming and going.

Originally, even Liu Yin and Gao Xiang didn't think that they could still use soldiers in the winter.

But on the contrary, Zhang Xi made a fuss, and really came up with a means to transport grain in the snow, which solved the problem of logistics transportation and supply.

This made Liu Yin and Gao Xiang look at it with a burst of surprise and admiration - otherwise they are geniuses in the world and famous generals in the world.

How come there is everything in this head?!

As long as the problem of transporting supplies can be solved, then the biggest obstacle to the use of troops in the snow will also be solved. The use of troops in winter naturally becomes possible.

Therefore, the three of them got together to discuss the matter of sending troops to Zuo Fengyi.

If there is no special purpose, it is better not to use troops in winter for the sake of military morale.

One of the simplest and most straightforward reasons is that the soldiers are unwilling.

In the winter of this year, not only was the weather much colder than in later generations, but the soldiers' means of keeping warm were also limited, and cotton was still lying in the Western Regions, not to mention down jackets.

In this kind of weather, there is no need for the people not to go out, and if you let the soldiers go to the army to fight in this weather, it will definitely affect the morale of the army.

In those years, the right to speak of grassroots non-commissioned officers was indeed like that, but when something obviously defied common sense and caused large-scale complaints in the army, you have to think about what the consequences of the mutiny in the army were.

For this point, Zhang Xi didn't dare to be too self-assertive, and invited Liu Yin and Gao Xiang to discuss together, how to find a suitable reason, so that these soldiers could launch a winter battle without complaining.

In fact, in this era, there is really no special way, just two words - reward and punishment.

Reward is to give higher rewards to the soldiers, the so-called "there must be brave men under the heavy reward".

Punishment is to strictly enforce military discipline in the army, restrain the soldiers with military orders, and deter the possible complaints of the soldiers.

You expect to rely on the slogan or goal of "reviving the Han Dynasty" to make these soldiers work hard, this is impossible, these soldiers only have themselves in their heads, and people with a little brain will think of their own families, that's all.

The revival of the Han Dynasty, for them, is a rumor, a slogan, and has no practical meaning at all.

You really can't expect much consciousness and dedication from the soldiers of this era.

Therefore, Liu Yin, who was familiar with the details of the army, and Gao Xiang, who was familiar with the needs of the grassroots people, proposed to Zhang Xi to increase the share of land rewards in the military merit system, and at the same time let the army strengthen the enforcement of military law, so as to stimulate the morale and desire to fight of the army sergeants.

Zhang Xi immediately adopted.

Originally, Zhang Xi has always emphasized the importance of military discipline and military law in governing the army, and the army is enforcing the law and has always been strict, so as long as Zhang Xi is the commander, the military discipline and military law in the army have always been good.

As for this reward issue, I owe a lot anyway, and it is not a problem to owe some more this time, everything is covered by Zhuge Liang, a wizard in internal affairs, Zhang Xi is really not worried about this problem.

In this way, Zhang Xi re-issued the military order according to Liu Yin and Gao Xiang's suggestions, and while strictly enforcing military discipline, he increased the amount of military merit rewards, so as to observe the reaction of the army sergeants.

It's okay, there will inevitably be a few words of chatter, but compared to this, the non-commissioned officers obviously have more discussions about military merit rewards than complaints about sending troops in winter.

Well, the military heart is still available for the time being.

Since there is no problem in the army's mind, the remaining thing is to formulate a battle plan.

This has to be a headache for the three generals.

Since Zhang He withdrew his troops from Zuo Fengyi, Zhang Xi also sent scouts to Zuo Fengyi to contact the detailed work of Sanfu in Guanzhong to understand the detailed deployment of Zuo Fengyi.

After more than 20 days of hard running back and forth of the scouts, Zhang Xi finally got the information, Zhang He led the troops to withdraw to Zuo Fengyi, because of his injuries, was sent to Luoyang to recuperate, and now Zuo Fengyi's leading general is the original Zhang He's deputy general Wang Chang.

This person. Although it is not easy to deal with, compared to Zhang He, Zhang Xi suddenly has a lot more confidence.

In addition, when Wang Chang led the troops back to Zuo Fengyi, there were only about 6,000 soldiers, and with Zuo Fengyi's local garrison, it was only a little more than 10,000 people.

It is definitely unrealistic to sprinkle this amount of troops in such a large area as Zuo Fengyi.

Therefore, Wang Chang chose the strategy of focusing on defense, and deployed troops in Changling, the important town of Fengyi, and Weicheng, to defend the northwest flank of Chang'an City.

The southwest flank of Chang'an City was led by Cao Zhen and Guo Huai to garrison Zhihuaili in Youfufeng County, leading the Wei army withdrawn from Meixian County to unite with the remaining county soldiers in the Youfufeng area, with about 20,000 people, deployed here.

Theoretically speaking, the distance from Wugong County to Huaili in Fufeng County is shorter, and it is more suitable to directly enter Chang'an, as long as you break through the Huaili defense line and cross Weishui, Chang'an City will be behind you.

But the problem on Zhang Xi's side is that he doesn't even have 15,000 people on hand, and he has to arrange soldiers to guard Wugong County and take over Liu Bei's main army in Mei County behind, so he can only go out with about 13,000 soldiers.

And Guo Huai and Cao Zhen are defeated, but those who can retreat are basically the central forbidden army, and the combat effectiveness is there, and the number is superior. If Zhang Xi crashed headlong in the direction of Huaili, he would have to hit his head and break the bloodstream.

Therefore, Zhang Xi pondered and pondered, and felt that he should do his old job as a partial teacher, cross Weishui, and march to Zuo Fengyi, that is, to attack the northwest corner defense area of Chang'an.

First, it can attract the attention of the Wei army, so that the Wei army mistakenly thinks that the main offensive force of the Shu army is in the direction of Zuo Feng Yi, so as to mobilize Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, who are in the right Fufeng, to lead troops to rescue Zuo Fengyi.

Two. Zhang Xi thinks that compared to Cao Zhen and Guo Huai, Wang Chang is better to bully.

As for Huaili, who is on the right side of the wind, he will hand it over to the main army of the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty behind him, and he has just harvested the main force of the Northern Army of the Great Han Dynasty by the Weishui in Meixian County.

Over there, there are not only Liu Bei's personal expeditions, but also Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Wu Yi, Huang Quan and many other famous generals and strategists.

Therefore, Zhang Xi discussed with Liu Yin and Gao Xiangyi, and the three reached an agreement, and then Zhang Xi wrote to Liu Bei.

There is no need to wait for Liu Bei's reply, Zhang Xi has the right to make a decision on the spot, as long as he thinks it is appropriate, he can naturally lead the troops directly.

Therefore, after Zhang Xi finished writing the book, he immediately began to prepare for crossing the river to attack Zuo Fengyi.

And Zhuge Liang, who is in Meixian County, at this moment, really wants to beat Zhang Xi.

Well, it was not easy to calm down His Majesty's impatient mood, and as soon as Zhang Xi's letter and battle report arrived, His Majesty was immediately anxious to send troops.

It's not that Zhuge Liang is against sending troops at this time.

There are indeed a lot of concerns about sending troops on a snowy day, but as long as the problem of grain and grass transportation can really be solved, sending troops on a snowy day will have a surprising effect.

Zhuge Liang, who is familiar with the art of war, will certainly not oppose sending troops because of this.

Zhuge Liang's main concern is that His Majesty is so impatient to enter the army, if there is a thoughtless person, or someone catches his impatient mentality and ambushes or something, it is easy for His Majesty to fall into danger.

Your Majesty's personal expedition is absolutely inmissible.

Zhuge Liang didn't understand, with Zhang Xi's cautious character, why didn't he consider this possibility? !

But Zhuge Liang still can't persuade him.

One, Liu Bei is now anxious to recover Chang'an, and seeing that he can march into the army, he is naturally unwilling to wait and is bent on going east.

The second one is Pang Tong. Pang Tong, the mastermind of this Northern Expedition, strongly agreed with Liu Bei's strategy of marching at this time.

Pang Tong's use of soldiers has always been to pay attention to the right and the odd victory. The use of soldiers on a snowy day is absolutely unexpected, Guo Huai and Cao Zhen and others would never have thought that the Han army could have a means to transport grain on a snowy day.

In this way, it may even be that Guo Huai and Cao Zhen and others will not have time to take precautions, and the Han army will already be in the city.

Before Pang Tong helped Zhuge Liang persuade Liu Bei not to be impatient, that was because Pang Tong had no way to march in the snow, although Pang Tong used troops to use risky strategies, but Pang Tong pursued high risks and high returns, not knowing that it was not feasible, but to send him to death.

Now, since there are conditions, if you don't try it, you won't be Pang Tong.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Pang Tong have reached an agreement, and the matter of entering the army on a snowy day is basically a foregone conclusion.

It's hard for Zhuge Liang now.

Who asked Zhuge Liang to be in charge of the logistics supply in the entire Northern Expedition military camp, this matter of making sleds should be handled by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's depressed Zhang Yuanchang specializes in pitting people.

You have more than 10,000 people on hand, and there are only so many grain and grass transportation vehicles, so it is not too much trouble to build this sled, but on my side, there are more than 60,000 people.

With the mentality of the lord who is eager to enter the army, he can leave a few days to build these sleds for himself!!

Self-destructed, there is a paragraph in the middle of the front, and the position of the left Feng Yi and the right Fufeng is wrong, and as a result, Zhang He's garrison jumps back and forth between the left Feng Yi and the right Fufeng, and now I have to go back and change it, there are too many chapters involved, and I can't change it.

Therefore, although it is a bit out of line with the logic of war, but the bug has been formed, then grieve Zhang He, a famous general, and go around in a circle from Zuo Feng Yi to the right to fight, and then run back to Zuo Feng Yi.

Now I understand why Luo Guanzhong is a geographical idiot.

I have a mother to check and often write mistakes, not to mention Luo Guanzhong, an unlucky strategist in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River.

(End of chapter)