Hanzhong Zhang Lu learned that Zhang Fei broke the land of Sanba. Then he gathered the crowd to discuss: "Liu Bei annexed Liu Zhang, occupied Yizhou, and ordered Zhang Fei and Huang Quan to annex the land of my Sanba and garrison troops in Brazil, and his ambition is not small. ”

Yang Ang said: "Lord, General Ma Chao has the courage of ten thousand people, why not take the opportunity to break through Zhang Fei and occupy Yizhou." ”

Zhang Lu was overjoyed and asked Ma Chao: "What does General Ma think?" ”

Ma Chao also wanted to make a contribution and immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, Zhang Fei is no more than a dog slaughterer, and I can break it in a blink of an eye." ”

Zhang Lu allocated 20,000 horses to Ma Chao, Ma Chao came to attack Zhang Fei, Yan Pu persuaded Zhang Lu to leave Pang De, in case Cao Cao came, Zhang Lu followed, left Pang De, so Ma Chao only led his brother Ma Dai to march together.

Zhang Fei laughed when he learned that Ma Chao was coming: "I have heard of Ma Chao's reputation for a long time, since I came to fight with him." ”

Huang Quan persuaded: "The general is the chief general of the three armies, and he should not take risks easily. ”

Zhang Fei said: "I have a plan, I want to fight Ma Chao well." ”

The shilling generals were not allowed to resist, and then retreated to Patong County, where they let their horses go straight in. In this way, Ma Chao successfully entered Brazil County, and Zhang Fei returned to Langzhong, the seat of Brazil County, 200 miles away, relying on the dangerous terrain and holding on to it.

Ma Chao reported the good news to Zhang Lu. As everyone knows, this is Zhang Fei's deliberate. Ma Chao drove straight in, far away from Hanzhong. The corresponding grain and grass transportation routes are also long. And Zhang Fei's back to Langzhong, the natural grain road is short. This is exactly what Zhang Fei wants!

Ma Chao set up a big camp and came to challenge, Zhang Fei was in battle, and the two fought for dozens of days without winning or losing, but Zhang Fei only fought with Ma Chao personally, and never fought with the whole army.

Secretly, Zhang Fei took advantage of being familiar with the terrain Du Hao, Pu Hu and Huang Quan, and the deputy general Lei Tong to intercept the horses and super grain and grass.

Huang Quan and Lei Tong were intercepted four times before and after, and Zhang Fei rewarded all of them to the soldiers. Ma Chao strengthened his defense, Lei Tong was cut off and burned, Ma Chao ordered Ma Dai to personally take the grain, and Lei Tong harassed and delayed the speed of grain transportation.

Ma Chao was in a hurry because of the grain and grass, and scolded Zhang Fei for being a thief, but Zhang Fei just ignored it.

The two sides confronted each other for two hundred days, because Ma Chao suppressed Zhang Fei. Yang Ang and the others were afraid that Ma Chao would take away their status too strongly, so they slandered: "Ma Chao and Liu Bei are in private contact, so they don't enter the army." ”

Zhang Lu didn't believe it at first, but after a long delay, Zhang Lu began to doubt. Under the continuous progress of Yang Ang and others. Zhang Lu urged Ma Chao to take down Badong within a month, and at the same time only gave Ma Chao a month's grain and grass.

Ma Chao couldn't advance or retreat, he was depressed in his heart, and he even thought that Ma Chao was determined to take revenge, Zhang Lu was a person with no ambitions, and he was not worth discussing big things with him.

After Zhang Fei found out that Zhang Lu did not transport grain to Ma Chao, he sent someone to Chengdu to report to Liu Bei: "Within two months, I will definitely break Ma Chao!" ”

Liu Bei said strangely after getting the report: "Zhang Lu ordered Ma Chao to attack me but didn't give me grain and grass?" ”

After hearing this, Fa Zheng inquired in detail, and immediately judged that the situation had changed: "Lord, it seems that Zhang Lu has become suspicious of Ma Chao!" At this time, Ma Chao is in a dilemma, and he can send someone to say that if he falls, Hanzhong can go down. ”

Liu Bei said: "If that's the case, it's exactly what I want." Who is going to shoot? Wait for me to think about it! “

Liu Bei thought for a while and suddenly said: "I remembered a person who sent Li Hui to lobby Ma Chao." ”

Fa Zheng said: "Lord, you have to wait until Ma Chao's grain and grass are exhausted, and you will get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

Liu Bei agreed, and sent someone to call Li Hui and give him some advice. Li Hui received the order.

Li Hui arrived in Zhang Fei's army and informed Zhang Fei of the matter, and Zhang Fei listened: "How can this be done?" Did I run away with a big credit? Big brother is really. ”

Huang Quan said on the side: "General Zhang, compared with the great cause of the lord, it doesn't hurt to win more battles and less than one. Besides, there will be opportunities in the future! ”

Zhang Fei smiled: "I know, I just said and played." I, Zhang Fei, will not listen to my eldest brother if I don't listen to anyone's words. ”

A smile appeared on everyone's faces. A month later, Zhang Fei inquired and understood that Ma Chao only had less than five days of rations left to eat.

Li Hui went to Ma Chao's military camp to persuade him to surrender! Li Hui said skillfully that Ma Chao was moved, and Ma Chao agreed to surrender, and secretly wrote to Liu Bei to ask for surrender.

After Liu Bei received the letter, he consulted with everyone. Fa Zhengdao: "At this time, when Hanzhong is not taken, Yizhou is newly determined, and the soldiers and horses have not yet been integrated, so it is better to ask Ma Chao to enter Wudu and Yinping to convene Qiang Di and cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Hanzhong."

At the same time, Hanzhong was used as bait, and Cao Cao had to go through the sloping valley when he came to attack, but he could rely on the dangerous terrain to break it. What's more, Ma Chao's family is still in Zhang Lu's place. It's not good to surrender openly! ”

Liu Bei sent Li Hui as an envoy here to inform Ma Chao of the plan, and Ma Chao naturally happily agreed, and secretly made an appointment with him to break the Hanzhong together.

A few days later, Zhang Fei attacked Ma Chao, who abandoned the army and fled to the Wudu tribe with 2,000 soldiers and horses. Zhang Fei collected all the horses and horses.

Liu Bei was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and informed Fa Zheng and Pang Tong, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng said together: "Congratulations to the lord, so Hanzhong is already in the bag." ”

Liu Bei said: "Not bad. ”

Pang Tong said: "Should we consider the next step, after taking Hanzhong, once the time is ripe, we will inevitably go north to Guanzhong, our army only has infantry, I am afraid that when we encounter the cavalry of the Cao army, we will be in a disadvantageous position." ”

Liu Bei said: "Shiyuan is very much, once the cavalry charges in groups, its momentum is magnificent, and the infantry can only organize effective resistance if they are well-trained and battle-hardened.

But the cavalry can continue to entangle, consume the physical strength of the infantry, once there is a flaw, it will inevitably collapse, and the best weapon for the infantry to break the cavalry is a strong bow and crossbow, but the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, if you retreat, the infantry can not catch up at all. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "What the lord said is extremely true, so in order to resist the cavalry, one must train soldiers and horses, and the old and weak soldiers must be eliminated, otherwise the elite soldiers and horses will be dragged down." Second, it is necessary to build weapons, and third, it is necessary to organize the drill of the formation, which can maximize the role of the soldiers, horses and weapons. ”

Liu Bei praised the goodness and asked: "The formation diagram is exquisite, I'm afraid it is not easy to arrange." Can Shiyuan be proficient in this? ”

Pang Tong smiled and said: "My lord, but the unification will not be proficient. But we have Wolong! ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "How did I forget, Mr. Jingzhou Shuijing once told me the subtlety of Kong Ming's array. ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Shiyuan, you are afraid that Kong Ming will have few things. ”

Liu Bei said: "So there is Lao Kongming, Shiyuan and Xiaozhi will assist from the side. Shi Yuan, filial piety to grasp the whole, I Guan Shu soldiers and horses are quite resilient, but neglect training, I am ready to transfer Zhang Ren to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, training to be able to entangle the enemy cavalry, so as to drag down the consumption of the enemy cavalry, and the rest of the soldiers and horses take the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the enemy. ”

The two said: "I will live up to my lord." ”

Liu Bei sent Zhang Ren to Zhuge Liang for another reason, Zhuge Liang did not participate in the Battle of Pingyizhou, and Zhang Ren could resist less. Moreover, Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness will also impress Zhang Ren.

Liu Bei continued: "I'll go to Kong Ming in person in a while. ”

Pang Tong said: "My lord, I heard that the soldiers and horses in Nanzhong are brave and aggressive, they have lived in the mountains for a long time, and they are vigorous. In this way, it must be the best soldiers in the world. ”

Liu Bei said: "It is a good idea to recruit troops in Nanzhong, Nanzhong has not been convinced for a long time, so that there are not only soldiers, but also stability, killing two birds with one stone, what Shiyuan said is very good." ”

Fa Zheng sighed: "There are heroes in the south, I'm afraid it will be obstructed." ”

Liu Bei said: "This matter was handed over to Deng Fang, the governor of the capital of Yu, by the way, Li Hui is a native of Nanzhong, and this time he made a meritorious service and sent him to Nanzhong to assist." The duo is in charge of the camera. It's really not good, the soldiers and horses can be mobilized! Pang Tong agreed.

A few days later, Zhang Song drew up the conditions for recruitment: all those who joined the army in Nanzhong would become an independent army from Nanzhong, and the meritorious service of killing the enemy would be rewarded with officials like other soldiers and horses, and all their families could move to Shu County, be given houses and fields, and be treated like ordinary people. The first three years are exempt from taxation, the second three years are halved, and those who do not want to relocate are exempted from paying taxes for one year and halved for two years.

Zhang Songjiao and Li Hui, Li Hui came from Nanzhong, and Deng Fang, the governor of the capital of Yu, Jianning was too guarded by Zhengang, and Yongchang was too guarded by Lu Kai and others to recruit the barbarians in Nanzhong according to the order.

Jianning Haoqiang Yongkai secretly sent people to resist, Zhu Bao also responded negatively, Yue Yunyi Shuai Gaoding rebelled directly, killed the Taishou conscription envoy, and surrounded Xindao County, Taishou Gong Chen couldn't resist, Liu Bei sent Li Yan to attack it.

Fa Zhengdao: "If the lord wants to recruit troops, he must kill Gao Ding Liwei, otherwise the commander of Nanzhong Yishuai will definitely be lucky, so Nanzhong is uncertain." ”

Liu Bei then ordered Deng Fang, Li Yan, and Li Hui to besiege Gaoding, and defeated Gaoding, Gaoding only led more than 100 people to flee across the mountains, and all his troops moved into Shu County, and then ordered to continue to recruit troops.

Gaoding was defeated, Nanzhong Yi Shuai did not dare to move, Deng Fang raised 2,000 barbarian soldiers, no one moved inward, Liu Bei organized them into an army, the number was Wudang, the name was Feijun, and Li Hui was the commander.

After training into an army, Liu Bei ordered Li Hui to lead his troops into Wudu and Yinping to contact Ma Chao.

Zhuge Liang was ordered to summon Chengdu's skilled generals to build weapons, rehearse the formation diagram, and train 12,000 soldiers and horses with Zhang Ren. Military discipline was formulated, and the old and weak soldiers who had been laid off were organized to go to Tuntian.