After Han Sui asked Cao's army for help, Wei Kang's troops entered Qishan, and Xiahou Yuan personally led his troops to Chencang and gathered 100,000 troops to attack Hanzhong.

Twice encountered obstacles in the Bao Slope Road, Cao Jun's morale was slightly low, and he was discussing countermeasures with the generals, and he reported to the Malays, Han Sui was beheaded by Liu Qi, and the Xiliang Army was annihilated.

Xiahou Yuan was furious, scolded Han Sui for being incompetent, Xiliang was in a hurry, and Longyou's gains and losses were related to the safety of Guanzhong, so he was busy inviting the general and division Xun Yu from Meixian County to discuss the matter.

Xun You said: "Han Sui is dead, Ma Chao will revive the Xiliang soldiers and horses, and come back, Longyou cannot afford to lose, and send troops to support as soon as possible." ”

Xiahou Yuan frowned and said: "If you divide your troops to support Longyou, how can you capture Hanzhong?" ”

Xun You said: "The terrain of Yangping Pass is dangerous, and now Hanzhong is backed by beneficial states, and the soldiers are fine and the grain is wide, so it is not suitable to enter the army, and the general should take the defense as the attack." ”

Xiahou Yuan was dissatisfied: "What is defending as an attack? ”

Xun Yu said: "Han Sui is destroyed, Liu Qi will try to plot Guanzhong, he will send troops, Qinling Road is difficult, it is extremely difficult to enter and exit the grain and grass, the general can guard the main roads everywhere, wait for work, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack." ”

Han Hao said: "Although the military advisor's plan is safe, if Ma Chao arrives, I am afraid that Longshang will not be guaranteed, so he will be eaten away by Liu Qi step by step, wouldn't he sit still and wait to die?" ”

Xun Youyan said: "Ma Chao is here, at least half a year, at most a year, and the Central Plains soldiers and horses can be adjusted to support." ”

Han Sui frowned and said: "All the people and horses in the Central Plains are not moving, and they are moving their whole bodies, Guan Yunchang is already ready to move, and he easily transfers troops, and the situation is even worse." ”

Xun You was speechless for a moment, Cao Jun seemed to be powerful, but in fact it was like a pool of stagnant water, and he couldn't think of a solution.

Since the rise of Liu Qi, the indomitable Cao army has been repeatedly attacked, Nanyang and Huainan have lost battles, lost troops and generals, and the situation has been greatly unfavorable.

Xun Yu's whereabouts are unknown, Cao Cao's soldiers are out of Mobei, and he has seen that the two have lost their ambitions and seek their own futures.

Cao Cao knew that his time was running out, and he was going north to conquer Xianbei, just to seek fame, such as Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi.

The current situation seems to be in a dead end, and if you want to break the situation, unless Cao Cao returns to Xuchang and rectifies the three armies.

Xiahou Yuan laughed and said: "Liu Qi is a child, but it is just a small victory over Han Sui, I heard that Zhang Fei was injured and could not lead the troops, even if Han Sui did not die in vain, Liu Qi folded a general, this is a godsend, no troops at this time, when will you wait?" ”

Xun You said: "Zhao Zilong's courage is no less than Zhang Fei!" ”

"Why should a military advisor be prestigious?" Xiahou Yuan said unhappily: "If Zhao Zilong comes, I will deal with it, and the rest of the generals don't have to worry!" If the defense is deployed everywhere, there will be no fighting spirit, and the soldiers will have no will to fight, when will the world be swept away? ”

Xun You persuaded: "Liu Qi is no longer what it used to be, in the battle of Nanyang, the prime minister does not dare to underestimate it, please think twice." ”

Xiahou Yuan sneered: "At the time of Nanyang, Liu Qi was just relying on the strategy of Wolong and Phoenix Chicks, now Zhuge Liang is in Jingzhou, Pang Tong is in Xiliang, with the strategy of military divisions, why be afraid of little Liu Qi?" ”

Xun You frowned and said: "It's not that I despise Liu Qi, but this person has always done things unexpectedly, I don't need Xu Shu today, stay away from Wolong and Phoenix, but only stay Fa Zheng as a military advisor, this person must have something extraordinary." ”

"Who is Fazheng?" Xiahou Yuan sneered coldly: "It's just an exile who escaped from Guanzhong, if he really has the ability, Liu Qi should take Yizhou, he should plot for Liu Zhang, trap him in Xichuan, and turn to Liu Qi instead." From a certain point of view, it must be a flattering person, and there is no need to worry. ”

Xun You didn't know what Fa Zheng was capable of, and he always felt that Liu Qi would never act rashly if he made such an arrangement.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "If the general insists on sending troops, he can set up a large camp in Keigu and try to deal with Liu Qi. ”

Xiahou Yuan laughed and said: "The military advisor is reasonable, now everyone is hesitating, and urgently needs a big victory to boost morale, and it is also the time when the Xiahou clan is ashamed of the name, Zixiao and Yuan Rang are humiliated, I want Liu Qi to repay it twice!" ”

Xun You said again: "Hanzhong sent troops, and it is also very convenient to come out from Chencang, and it is necessary to do arming, and we must ask Luoyang to increase troops in Chang'an in case of emergency." ”

Xiahou Yuan said: "If you want to order General Han to lead the troops to Longyou to support, Chen Cang needs to choose another person to guard, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

Sima Guo Huai said: "Hao Zhao, a native of Taiyuan, is brave and calm, and he is competent enough. ”

Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to send a letter to Xuchang, transferred Hao Zhao to Chencang, and prepared grain and grass from all walks of life, and marched to Keigu.

Xun You reminded: "Don't forget to increase the number of troops in Chang'an. ”

Xiahou Yuan said disdainfully: "I went to deal with Liu Qi here, there was no advance or retreat, the praise slope was foolproof, Xu Huang was in Wuzhang Yuan to respond, Chen Cang had heavy troops, and Chang'an was worry-free!" ”

Xun You wanted to persuade again, but he also knew that Xiahou Yuan was short-tempered, and it would backfire if he said too much.

This battle does have no advance or retreat, advance is to break the situation and revitalize the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and defeat is difficult to protect the pass, and the number of soldiers and horses in Chang'an does not seem to have much to do with it.

At this time, Cao Liu's strength was equal, and he was in a period of confrontation, and he urgently needed someone to change the tide of the battle and turn things around.

As the saying goes, the times create heroes, maybe Xiahou Yuan is the person who was born out of nowhere!

The generals went to prepare, and Han Hao secretly discussed with Xiahou Yuan when he left: "The Yang family in Hanzhong is a wealthy family, Yang Song is extremely greedy for money, and he forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, and the last general has sent someone to contact him, if the general can bribe this person, it may have a miraculous effect." ”

Xiahou Yuan frowned and said: "This person is in Nanzheng, it is difficult for our army to cross the Qinling Mountains, and there are heavy guards everywhere in the passes, what is the use of such a villain?" ”

Han Hao said: "Although Yang Song is useless, he can use his power to send more scouts to infiltrate Hanzhong, spy on the military situation, make good use of this person, and use it when the generals enter Hanzhong, it will be of great use." ”

Xiahou Yuan asked: "In the past two months, Hanzhong has lost contact with the fine work, which shows that the investigation is extremely strict, what can this person do to let the fine work in and out?" ”

Han Hao said with a smile: "General don't forget that Liu Qi opened a dart bureau to support the caravan in order to win over the wealthy families in Hanzhong, then Yang Song's subordinates now have more than 500 people, entering and leaving Nanyang and Jiangdong, and arranging a few people to mix in, isn't it easy?" ”

"I see!" Xiahou Ba said suddenly: "Don't worry, Yuanhei, there is an arrangement." ”

The arrangements of all walks of life have been decided, and when Hao Zhao arrived at Chencang, Liu Qi also returned to Hanzhong, and sure enough, he personally led the troops to take Guanzhong.

Tanma reported the news, and heard that Liu Qi actually sent Zhao Yun to Chencang Road, leaving Wei Yan and Zhang Fei to guard Hanzhong, and said in surprise: "The general is out of the house, who is Liu Qi the pioneer and who is the general?" ”

The scout replied: "Huang Zhong is the vanguard general, and Yan Yan supervises the Chinese army." ”

"Oh?" Xiahou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and laughed: "Everyone says that Liu Qi is good at employing people, and if you look at it from a certain point of view, it is just a false name, and this battle will be completely won." ”

Guo Huai asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Xiahou Yuan sneered: "Among the generals in the Han Dynasty, only Zhao Yun can be the opponent, and now Liu Qi actually uses the second old man as the general, isn't this a god-given credit to a certain one?" ”