With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhao Yi opened his arms and took the night crow in his arms, while the latter was quite submissive.

"My good wife, have you brought me good news?"

Night Crow, who had changed into a little woman, said with a serious face: "Yes, husband, the people who were lying in ambush outside the city successfully tracked down the enemy we deliberately let go, and the direction of his escape was Hanzhong. ”

"Hanzhong ......?"

Zhao Yi touched his chin and muttered, "Isn't Hanzhong Zhang Lu's territory?" Could it be that he will also have a leg with the world? This old boy, I didn't bother him, he started my idea...... Your husband never suffers, what do you think we should do? ”

Night Crow looked at Zhao Yi with big eyes and said, "Husband, we also heard that there is a lot of friction between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang of Xichuan on the border, and the former seems to be interested in entering Sichuan and replacing him. ”

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "That master of the Five Doumi Sect has been in Hanzhong for decades, and now the separatist side can no longer satisfy him?" Well, our chance is coming. ”

The conflict between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang would directly lead the latter to ask Liu Bei for help, which would be the best time for them to enter Sichuan.

"Thank you my little lady, let your people continue to monitor and report at any time, by the way, the first batch of carrier pigeons in Zhongchang has been trained, I will let him allocate some to you today, and it will be more convenient and faster to pass on the news in the future, the next thing we have to do is wait."

Although the battle of Xiangyang City was not known to outsiders, the Tianxia Association was greatly damaged because of it, and it did not come to Zhao Yi for trouble for a long time, or they were accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity, and brewing a bigger conspiracy.

Time passed, and Zhao Yi trained recruits while perfecting his intelligence network.

He used the Killing Courtyard Guardian Sect as his team to spread these people to major cities and important passes.

Most of them appear as foot traders, while others will buy properties and establish contact points in important cities where they have been stationed for a long time.

The carrier pigeons and hunting dogs that are often bred by Ma Zhong have been put into use in batches, and the results are quite good.

It's just that carrier pigeons are sometimes hunted by birds of prey on the way to deliver letters, and hunting dogs will also delay the delivery of letters due to various accidents on the way, but overall it is still much more efficient than before.

"Nakaro will ~ Nakaro will ~~~"

On this day, Zhao Yi got up in the morning and was exercising in the courtyard, when he heard a call gradually approaching from outside the courtyard.

After a while, a sweaty Ma Tan broke into the courtyard with an unconcealable excitement on his face.

"What's the matter, stinky boy? How many times have I told you to be calm in case of trouble, but you are still so composed, and today you will be punished for running ten more laps in the school field. ”

The smile on Ma Yan's face froze for a moment, then he straightened up and said, "General Zhonglang, I know it's wrong, but there is really good news!" ”

"What's the good news?"

"Just now, just now, the scouts outside the city found a herald sent by the lord! He's supposed to be there soon, Admiral, guess what order he brought? ”

"Herald sent by the Lord? Let me guess, it won't be a letter of help from Xichuan Liu Zhang, right? ”

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Ma Yan's expression immediately fell, and he covered his face and said, "Zhonglang will ...... You are worthy of being a disciple of the gods, you can indeed pinch and calculate, this has been guessed by you, yes, Zhang Lu gathered an army of 50,000 to attack Xichuan, Liu Zhang was defeated, and sent someone to send a letter to the lord to ask for assistance~! ”

"Zhang Lu's old boy has finally made a move, our chance has come."

Zhao Yi thought in his heart, and heard someone outside the hospital report: "Zhonglang will ~~~ the main messenger to ~~~!" ”

Zhao Yi walked a few steps quickly to greet him, only to see a person with a hurried expression, his chest heaving, and seeing Zhao Yi running a few steps and kneeling down on one knee and saying: "Zhonglang General, the lord has an order, and the Zhonglang General will order all the people and horses to surround Hanzhong to solve the danger of Xichuan, and there is also a letter from the military advisor here." ”

The herald took out two letters and handed them to Zhao Yi respectfully.

"Very good, hard work brother, young Chang, treat this brother well for me, rest first."

"Yes, General Zhonglang."

Ma Tan took the soldier down to rest, while Zhao Yi sat at the stone table in the courtyard with two letters, opened them and read them.

He first took a quick look at the letter written by Liu Bei, the content was not far from what he guessed, it was Liu Zhang who sent someone to ask for help, and Liu Bei also adopted the middle strategy of his previous three strategies for westward expansion, and decided to take this opportunity to find a large rear base for himself.

Zhuge Liang's letter is a more detailed plan for westward expansion, in which Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yi, and Liu Bei himself will lead four troops into Sichuan respectively, in the name of helping Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu, quickly occupy the major passes, and trap Liu Zhang in Chengdu surrounded on all sides, and then slowly plot it.

Among them, Zhao Yi was assigned a route similar to the siege of Wei to rescue Zhao, and his men and horses would first feint to attack Hanzhong, forcing Zhang Lu to enter Sichuan with all his strength, and then enter Sichuan through the pass in the northeast.

As for how to retreat from the enemy and occupy the northern part of Xichuan, it depends on Zhao Yi's own means and ability.

In a word, slowly trying to drive away Zhang Lu and encroach on Liu Zhang, this major strategic direction was originally proposed by Zhao Yi, and he was not surprised at all.

It's just that there is one item in this military transfer document that surprises Zhao Yi, that is, after he receives a new task, Xiangyang City will be taken over by Guan Erye.

Zhao Yi knew why Guan Yu died, and originally thought that he could avoid this matter to the greatest extent by stationing in Xiangyang City, but now it seems that the trend of history has suddenly returned to its original position, which is a little difficult to do.

After Zhao Yi finished reading both letters, he raised his head and found that Night Crow and Lu Lingqi were standing not far away, and they seemed to have noticed something.

Zhao Yi gave him a color, tapped the surface of the stone table with his finger and said, "It's time to act, after a stick of incense, see you on the school field." ”

After a stick of incense, on the school ground of Xiangyang City, 5,000 soldiers stood there quietly and neatly, like lifelike statues.

Zhao Yi looked at the training results of these soldiers and nodded with satisfaction.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise soldiers and use them for a while, and now, it is time for you to make contributions and glorify the lintel~! Listen to the generals! ”

After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he looked around at everyone, and then said loudly: "Lu Lingqi, Sha Moke, Ma Liu, and you each have a thousand elite soldiers, and they are marching towards Hanzhong from three different directions at the same time, remember, the speed should not be too fast, but the momentum should be up." ”

"The last general obeys!"

"Wei Yan and Ma Yan, you two will lead the remaining soldiers with me, send troops to the Sword Pavilion, and support Liu Zhang!"

"Yes!"

"The whole army has ~~~ departure!"