April, Jiangzhou.

Zhuge Liang browsed the battle report from Hanzhong, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was particularly eye-catching.

Seeing this, Deng Zhi asked curiously: "Military advisor, what is the war in Hanzhong?" But a big victory? ”

Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Deng Zhi and said with a smile: "Huo Du rushed to Hannan from Dongba Road and seized Hanshan. Xiahou Yuan's overseer army met the battle, but was killed by General Huang Lao, and Cao's army was defeated and fled to northern Han. Today, the rice cangdo has been dredged, and General Xingba led 10,000 people into Hannan to join the army. ”

Cao Jun promoted Ma Chao as the commander, retreated and camped, retreated as advance, and prevented Huo Du from crossing the river. Today, our army occupies the dangerous point of Hannan and has relieved the siege of Chuyang. ”

Deng Zhi read the letter, suddenly admired, and said: "In the battle of Hanzhong, Kou was in danger and difficult to rescue. Unexpectedly, Huo Du served Changping the old things, sent the soldiers of the people, the danger of Yueba Mountain, attacked Hannan, beheaded the enemy general Xiahou, and covered the use of soldiers, and there were few people in the world who could match them. ”

Zhuge Liang got up and stroked the fan, recalled Huo Jun's layout before and after the battle, and said with emotion: "Sun Tzu said: 'All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Therefore, those who are good and surprising are as infinite as heaven and earth, and inexhaustible as rivers and seas. 'Huo Du is good at moving the enemy, Qi is blending together, causing the enemy to his own, the strength of the army is like a falcon, and he destroys the knot with one blow, covering the essence of the art of war. ”

Sun Tzu's Art of War has only thirteen articles and 6,000 words. In the tactical chapter, Sun Tzu spends a lot of pen and ink talking about tactics, but if you refine Sun Tzu's core viewpoint, eight words are enough to sum it up, that is, 'to people but not to people'.

What does it mean to 'cause others but not to others'?

Without it, that is, to seize the initiative in the war, to mobilize the enemy, not to be mobilized by the enemy. Later generations emphasized the destruction of the enemy in the war of movement, and this was the intention.

Whoever holds the initiative in the war has a greater probability of winning.

As for how to grasp the initiative in the war, it is a very broad topic, and a series of subjective and objective factors, such as terrain, sergeants, commanders, and logistics, will affect the ownership of the initiative in the war.

Since Huo Jun crossed over, perhaps his military talent has been lit up, and his ability to capture fighters is exceptionally strong, and his understanding of war is also extraordinarily deep.

Military affairs is a science, and through diligent study, you can reach an ordinary level, but you also need talent to become a commander in command.

Deng Zhi put down the letter and said: "Military advisor, Hou Yuan was beheaded this Xia, the Cao army in Hanzhong panicked, and the siege of Chuyang was relieved. In this way, Cao's army may soon withdraw! ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang looked at the scenery outside the hall, sighed melancholy, and said: "Xiahou Yuan died in battle, I am afraid that the Cao army will not withdraw, but will send more troops!" ”

"Sending more troops?" Deng Zhi was slightly surprised, and said, "The military advisor said that Cao Cao would personally lead the army into Hanzhong?" ”

"The present situation is in favor of the enemy and not in my favor."

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan lightly and said: "Our army crossed the Yangtze River to fight, cut down the grain of Shu, walked thousands of miles of grain into Shu, and transferred it to Yizhou. ”

"Liu Zhang is trapped in Shudi, and our army's strength is divided into two, separated by thousands of miles, so it is inconvenient to dispatch. Using the soldiers of Hanzhong to dominate the soldiers of the Central Plains alone is a taboo for soldiers. ”

Saying that, Zhuge Liang looked worried and said: "Cao Cao is good at using soldiers, and with the current situation, and hearing that Xiahou Yuan was beheaded, he will personally lead the soldiers to the south to conquer Hanzhong." ”

"According to the words of the military advisor, Cao Cao personally conquered Hanzhong, and now he should benefit the army in Hanzhong, so that Huo Du can command the army to resist the enemy!" Deng Zhi suggested.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, and said: "If you want to fight in Hanzhong today, where do the soldiers come from?" Where does the grain and grass come from? ”

"Hanzhong lives in the mountains, and the grain of ten stones is transferred to Hanzhong, and I am afraid that there is one stone left. And the army of food and grass needs to be sent to the people for conscription. At the beginning of the Ranba land, it was not easy to transport grain for Huo Du. What's more, benefiting soldiers and Hanzhong, and making civil service a lot? ”

In the Yibing Hanzhong, how can Zhuge Liang not know?

The core is that there are no soldiers and horses to be adjusted in Badi, and the transfer of troops to reinforce Hanzhong also requires people to transport grain. In a mountainous terrain like Hanzhong, it is not too much for one soldier to be paired with three people.

In history, Liu Bei defeated Bashu and rested for three years before he went north to Hanzhong. But the battle of Hanzhong, which lasted for half a year, finally won the Shu Han men and the women to be lucky, and took Hanzhong from Cao Cao.

Today's plane, Shu has not been down, and Badi has been attached at the beginning. If it weren't for the Yangtze River connecting the three prefectures of Yi, Jing, and Yang, and the convenient water transportation, relying solely on Badi to supply the two armies of Huo Jun and Guan Yu to fight, the logistics would have collapsed long ago.

At present, even if there are soldiers and food, there is a lack of people to transport food for the army, and if the people of Badi are forcibly requisitioned on a large scale, it will inevitably cause a large-scale rebellion.

Fighting in that place in Hanzhong is really torturing each other, the logistics are full of difficulty, and whoever fights is suffering.

"This~"

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Deng Zhi also made a difficulty.

Zhuge Liang paced in the hall and said: "Although the situation is not favorable to our army, our army is not helpless!" ”

"Please show me!" Deng Zhi said.

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said with a smile: "Zhang Lu now lives in Jiangzhou, and there is Lao Bo Miao Dai Liang to invite him." ”

Deng Zhi's eyes lit up slightly, as if he understood something, and said with a smile: "The military advisor is wise!" ”

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang looked at the mountain scenery outside the window, holding a fan and thinking, thinking about how to coordinate the war between the west and the north.

The war in the west, that is, the three armies of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao took Shu. Guan Yu took Guanghan County, and took Baishui and Jiameng Erguan into the bag, and now the soldiers and horses have passed Mianzhu, and they will meet Zhang Fei in the near future.

Zhao Yun surrendered to Jiangyang to guard Chengji, and then conquered Qianwei, and the troops entered Chengdu. Li Yan has taken office in Nan'an, and Qianwei is the Taishou. Zhang Fei broke through the Three Gorges of the Tuojiang River, and because of the lack of soldiers, he stayed in the new capital and waited for Guan Yu's soldiers and horses.

The three armies converged into a capital, and Liu Zhang contracted his forces; Huo Jun was based in Hannan, and Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong......

However, I don't know how long it took, the attendant reported and said, "Military Division, General Zhenxi has arrived outside the hall." ”

"Come with me!"

Zhuge Liang gathered his mind, tidied up his clothes, and took him out to greet Zhang Lu left and right.

"Liang has seen Zhang Gong!"

"There is a labor division to greet you!"

Zhang Lu entered the hall with Zhuge Liang and asked, "The military advisor asked Lu to invite him, I don't know what is important?" ”

Zhang Lu's positioning of himself is also clear, after he surrenders to Liu Bei, in addition to being a mascot, he can also play a role in Han and Ba. Now Zhuge Liang invited him to the state capital, there must be something to find him.

"Zhang Gong is quick to talk!"

Zhuge Liang invited Zhang Lu to the table and said: "When I lived in Hanzhong for 20 years, Liang was confused, I don't know if the public can solve a certain doubt?" ”

"Please!"

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said sadly: "Huo Duqi attacked Hannan, killed the enemy general Xiahou Yuan, and has relieved the siege of Weiyang. However, when Cao Cao heard that Xiahou Yuan had died in battle, he was furious and wanted to lead a large army to conquer him. ”

"Now Hanzhong is outnumbered, and the army is deep in Shu, Liang wants to persuade the lord to give up Hanzhong, and orders Huo Du to retreat to Shu Road. After Bashu is stabilized, the soldiers of the south will be revived, and then Hanzhong will be conquered. I don't know what happened to Zhang Gongyi? ”

"This?"

Faced with Zhuge Liang's question, Zhang Lu was a little caught off guard. He never thought that Zhuge Liang would consult on this issue.

"Please Zhang Gongjiaoliang!"

Zhang Lu pondered for a long time and said: "Kong Ming wants to give up Hanzhong and take Chengdu, which is not a wise move. Hanzhong, the throat of Bashu. Although the mountain road is rugged, Bashan is difficult to be a natural danger, so there is no obstacle in Bashu without Hanzhong. ”

"And Cao Cao's personal expedition to the south is not to take Hanzhong, but to take Shuer!"

"If Cao Cao is based in Hanzhong, he will raise heavy troops to attack Bashu. Bashu was shocked three times a day, even if Liu Gong came here, he couldn't reassure people's hearts! ”

"Liu Zhang, the dog who guards the household, when he sees Cao Cao coming to help, he will strengthen his heart of guarding. Heavy soldiers can't conquer the city, outnumbered soldiers can't stop the enemy, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang echo the surface, and Yizhou is difficult for Liu Gongzhi to own! ”

Therefore, as Lu Zhi sees, Hanzhong cannot be allowed, and there is no Bashu without Hanzhong. If the disaster stops at the door, the people of Bashu will be safe. ”

Zhuge Liang poured tea for Zhang Lu and asked: "What Zhang Gongzhi said, the epiphany of enlightenment!" However, there are few soldiers in Hanzhong, and today Liang wants to increase the number of soldiers, and there are no soldiers available. ”

"And even if there are soldiers available, but at the beginning of the Badi, it is difficult for the people to attach, so they transfer grain and grass, and requisition and distribute people, tens of thousands. If it is not handled well, the people will be changed, which is what Liang is worried about. ”

Zhang Lu's face was slightly straight, and he said in a deep voice: "Fang Jin's matter, Bazhong has no distinction between Hanyi, men should fight, women should be lucky, and the north will aid Hanzhong, don't hesitate!" ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and said: "Zhang Gong is famous in Bazhong, can you help Liang." ”

"Since it is the words of the military advisor, how dare Lu disobey?" Zhang Lu responded.

"Good!"

Hanzhong is so important, how could Zhuge Liang not know?

He used the excuse of abandoning Hanzhong's words to test whether Zhang Lu was willing to help Liu Bei. But if Zhang Lu has the heart to help Liu Bei, with his knowledge, he will definitely persuade Zhuge Liang not to give up Hanzhong, and desperately intercept Cao Cao in Hanzhong; If Zhang Lu was unwilling to help Liu Bei, he would agree with Zhuge Liang's suggestion to abandon Hanzhong.

This temptation is a must, if there is no Zhang Lu's sincere help, Zhuge Liang will have to go up a few steps in the difficulty of fighting in Hanzhong.

Sure enough, Zhang Lu had the heart to help Liu Bei, pointed out the importance of Hanzhong to Bashu, and said that he would send Bazhong Hanyi to help the front line fight. In this way, Zhang Lu passed the test and was able to get Zhuge Liang to accept him into the palace.

As for Zhang Lu's words, he surrendered to Liu Bei, and the whole family was in Wuhan. In fact, he had little choice but to help Liu Bei.

If he didn't help Liu Bei, causing Liu Bei to be defeated and Hanzhong to be lost, it would mean that he would lose what he had gained by surrendering before. The sunk cost was too great, which left Zhang Lu with little choice.

Using his identity as a celestial master to support the battlefield among the Han Yi people in Faba is the only thing he can do at the moment.

Zhuge Liang exchanged a few words with Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu said goodbye and left.

Deng Zhi took the opportunity to ask: "There is Zhang Lu in Hanzhong to help, and he can send conscripts to transport grain." However, Han Zhong has few soldiers, how will it be good? ”

Zhuge Liang pondered a little and said: "The three armies have attacked Shu, and most of the Shu land has been captured by our army, only Chengdu and several counties are not defeated. Today's onslaught on Chengdu is not worth the loss, why not send troops and horses to reinforce Hanzhong, and leave some soldiers and horses outside Chengdu. ”

Deng Zhi looked puzzled and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "It's better to be tight than loose, our army gathers troops to besiege the city, if Chengdu is stubborn, it will be difficult to break the city in the short term." Why not reduce the number of troops and leave 20,000 troops outside Chengdu, not only to aid Hanzhong, but also to find an opportunity to defeat the enemy and take advantage of the situation to take the city. ”

"The military advisor is wise!" Deng Zhi praised.

If Liu Zhang does not surrender, even if it is surrounded by heavy troops, most of Chengdu will not be able to defeat it, so it is better to send troops from Shu to reinforce Hanzhong. Leaving 20,000 soldiers to confront Chengdu, its troops are neither more nor less.

If Liu Zhang saw that the troops in Shu were decreasing, he ordered someone to lead the army to battle. At that time, if Liu Zhang was defeated, the hearts of the people in Chengdu would be in turmoil, and Liu Zhang generally did not have the idea of sticking to it, and most of them would surrender.

If Liu Zhang does not come out of the city, this is equivalent to helping Liu Bei. When Cao Cao's troops retreated and held Hanzhong, Liu Zhang himself surrendered.

Of course, what is more important is that the number of soldiers and horses in Shu is reduced, so that the soldiers can eat in the Shu counties on the periphery of Chengdu without the supply of Jiangzhou. The saved grain and grass can be invested in Hanzhong to ensure the logistics of Hanzhong.

Zhuge Liang rearranged the priorities of resources according to the progress of the war on both sides. After all, there are only so many resources that you can't do both.

In the early days, Zhuge Liang tilted resources to the Shu army, so that they could take Shu as soon as possible.

Now Liu Zhang only has one city left, Chengdu City and the surrounding county seats, and he is stubbornly resisting there. The war in Hanzhong intensified, and once Cao Cao got Hanzhong, Bashu would not exist. Therefore, it is necessary to transfer the resources that were previously invested in Shu to Hanzhong.

(End of chapter)