In the Yan army camp, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong looked at the map in front of them, thinking at the same time. After several days www.biquge.info of marching, now that the Yan army has passed Chang'an, it only takes two or three more days to reach Hanzhong. But Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong still haven't come up with a way to deal with Ugong Zhaolie's plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

Guo Jia's plan to Ugong Terulie was really ruthless, using the entire Hanzhong region as bait, causing a fight between Taishan and Yuan Qi, but Yuan Qi and Taishan knew that this was Ugong Terulie's trick, but they had to complete this duel according to Unomiya Terulie's intentions. This is the conspiracy, above board, so that you know the danger, but you can't avoid it. Avoidance, for Mount Tai, means the loss of the gateway to the north, occupy Hanzhong Ugong Zhaolie can calmly march into Yizhou at any time, shake the foundation of Mount Tai; and for Yuan Qi, Hanzhong is the throat of Guanzhong, whether it is Ugong Zhaolie or Mount Tai occupies Hanzhong, I am afraid they will not be in peace, sooner or later they will launch a mutiny, hijacking the Son of Heaven Yuan Xie, who is close to Hanzhong, so Yuan Qi and Taishan can not easily let go of Hanzhong, only to fight with all their might. In this way, it has become the situation that Unomiya Terulie is most willing to see, Umiya Terulie can be left and right, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and let Yuan Qi and Taishan kill you to the death.

Hanzhong is located between Qinling and Daba Mountain, connected to Guanzhong area across Qinling Mountains in the north, and facing Yizhou across Daba Mountain in the south.

Looking at the map at a loss, Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Shiyuan, are we thinking in the wrong direction?" Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion, and asked suspiciously: "Why?" Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and pointed on the map, and the place where he pointed was Hanzhong, and at the same time said to Pang Tong: "Hanzhong is important, and Ugong Zhaolie is obviously using Hanzhong as bait. Come to fish for the two big fish of Big Brother and Taishan, you and I can see through this, presumably the eldest brother has thought very clearly along the way, but he has not stopped marching, which shows that the eldest brother must not want Taishan and Ugong Terulie to occupy Hanzhong, but he does not necessarily want to occupy Hanzhong himself. ”

Pang Tong asked in confusion: "Now there are only three armies near Hanzhong, namely the lord, Yugong Zhaolie and Taishan, and if they don't seize Hanzhong, won't Hanzhong become a borderless land?"

"That's not right!" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, and his finger on the map swung slightly upward. clicked on the location of Chang'an, and said in a low voice: "Here, there is still a group of centaurs." Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in astonishment, and said repeatedly: "Chang'an......? General Zhu Huan's troops, in other words...... Son of Heaven?"

Zhuge Liang nodded, and continued to lower his voice and said: "When our army passed by Chang'an, the eldest brother deliberately went to the city and talked secretly with General Zhu Huan for more than an hour. In the heart of the eldest brother, there is already a countermeasure. Pang Tong lowered his head and thought carefully, if Zhuge Liang's inference was correct, when Yugong Zhaolie pretended to be defeated by Mount Tai. When the defeat was not defeated, Hanzhong was surrendered, attracting Yuan Qi and Mount Tai to compete for Hanzhong, when the two armies were in full swing. Zhu Huan suddenly led an army from Chang'an, and together with Yuan Qi, he took Hanzhong and drove Mount Tai back to Yizhou. In this way, it can not only break the idea of Ugong Terulie sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but also make Taishan lose his rule over Hanzhong, and at the same time strengthen the imperial court's supply and defense of Chang'an, making the capital more safe and sound, which can really be described as a clever plan to kill three birds with one stone.

Stretching out his hand to pick up a cup of Liuyang Snow Tea, Pang Tong sat down comfortably on the chair, and his tone seemed a lot more relaxed: "It must be so, even so, we don't have to rack our brains to think of countermeasures, now, we just need to think about how to deal with Taishan." ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's guess was not wrong, in Chang'an City, Zhu Huan straightened the gray beard on his chin, stretched out his hand to tie the saber around his waist, then turned over on the horse, waved behind him and shouted: "Go!" Behind him, 10,000 elite soldiers were already ready to go, and after receiving Zhu Huan's order, they immediately took steps, followed Zhu Huan's horse, and trotted out of the city gate of Chang'an.

Since taking over the Zhang Ji who died in the battle to guard Chang'an, Zhu Huan has been training all day long, and the 30,000 horses under his command have gradually formed a strong combat effectiveness under his training, and the 10,000 soldiers who followed Zhu Huan on the expedition will be a strange soldier in the battle for Hanzhong, and they will directly affect the final battle situation.

A lieutenant followed Zhu Huan's side, and his appearance was seven points similar to Zhu Huan, and it was not difficult to see the blood relationship between him and Zhu Huan. At this moment, the deputy general whispered with a worried face: "Father, your illness is not good in the first place, and this time you have to forcibly lead the troops to the battle, the child is very worried, it is better for the father to stay in Chang'an, and the child will lead the troops to help King Yan." ”

Zhu Huan looked back at his son Zhu Hao, sighed and said, "King Yan once said that when the country is in trouble, the husband is responsible. As a general, how can you not shrink back from the national disaster when the country is in trouble? You don't need to say any more, just let the father do something for the Son of Heaven while he still has a breath. Maybe it's because he hasn't ridden a horse for a long time, or maybe it's because of his poor physical condition, after saying these few words, Zhu Huan couldn't help coughing violently, and a stream of reverse blood spurted out of Zhu Huan's mouth, Zhu Huan hurriedly reached out and covered his mouth, covering up the spurting of reverse blood, he didn't want his subordinates to worry, he wanted the soldiers to be full of fighting spirit and put into the battlefield. Zhu Huan's action made Zhu Hao feel extremely anxious and bitter, but he was helpless.

After sunset, there is endless darkness, after the darkness, the light is driven down to the world by the rising sun, and the cycle of darkness and light alternately has gone through I don't know how many springs and autumns. Facing the rising sun, Mount Tai finally came to the place of twenty miles outside the city of Hanzhong, riding on the small Lu, Mount Tai built a pergola in his hand, and looked at the majestic city of Hanzhong.

After a while, Tarzan gave an order: "Stop the march, set up camp here, make a fire and cook, wait for the soldiers to have a full meal, and immediately launch a siege!"

Soon after, Fa Zheng came to Taishan with a breakfast, handed it to Taishan, and said, "Lord, let's eat first." Since the loss of Pang Tong, Fa Zheng has become Taishan's henchman and strategist, he is thoughtful, thoughtful, and very favored by Taishan, so his status has risen all the way, and has surpassed Ma Liang, who stayed in Jingzhou with Guan Wei, and became the leader of Taishan's subordinate officials.

"Xiaozhi, this time we poured out of the nest, intending to seize Hanzhong, hoping that the war will go well, otherwise, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in Yizhou. Tarzan sighed with some concern. Taishan's worries are not unreasonable, he has just been in charge of Yizhou for just one year, the situation is far from stable, many of Yuanzhang's remnants have not been cleaned up, if this defeat will inevitably cause Yuanzhang's old department to rebound, then, it is a situation of internal and external troubles, but, in view of the important geographical location of Hanzhong, Taishan can not sit back and let Unomiya Terulie occupy Hanzhong, under the extremely contradictory choice, Taishan still made the decision to fight for Hanzhong.

Fa Zheng smiled slightly, relieved Taishan and said: "The lord can rest assured, the soldiers of Xichuan have been recuperating for a long time, and Ugong Zhaolie has been fighting for many years, and his subordinates are already tired divisions, and our army will definitely be able to conquer Hanzhong and defend the northern gateway." "Fa Zheng still has some confidence in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in Yizhou. Although limited by the geographical environment, the sergeants of Yizhou are not good at cavalry warfare, but they are very good at foot combat, they have walked between the various lofty mountains and mountains in Yizhou since childhood, and have developed a good ability to climb, therefore, the battle can be said to be the best way of fighting for the soldiers of Yizhou.

After taking the breakfast, Taishan looked in the direction of Hanzhong City with deep eyes, and said firmly: "We have no way out, Hanzhong must be taken, otherwise, there will be endless troubles! The order is given, and the first person to board Hanzhong City will be rewarded with five hundred taels of gold! The first person to open the gate of Hanzhong City will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold!"

After a hurried breakfast, the 200,000 troops began to assemble in line amid the shouts of generals at all levels, and then, under the leadership of Taishan, marched in orderly steps and approached the city of Hanzhong! The shouts of the 200,000 soldiers and the thunderous war drums in the army spread far away, showing their determination to take Hanzhong!

"It's finally here, this Tarzan, looking at the posture, he is pouring out. Unomiya Terulie stood at the head of Hanzhong Castle and looked at the approaching Yizhou army with a smile. After a pause, Ugong Zhaolie turned his head and said to Ugong Ren: "Pass the order, stick to the city! Those who take a step back, behead!" In order to make Taishan and Yuan Qi believe it, Ugong Zhaolie can't immediately give up Hanzhong, there is still symbolic resistance, not to mention, the war has begun, but Yuan Qi has not yet emerged, and the moment Yuan Qi appears on the battlefield, it is when Ugong Zhaolie gives Hanzhong to Taishan, before that, Ugong Zhaolie will not let Taishan easily step into Hanzhong half a step.

The drums of war in the Yizhou army formation became more and more urgent, and groups of Yizhou troops began to march out in front of the large army formation, forming three small phalanxes, ready to launch a strong attack on Hanzhong City at any time. Of these three phalanxes, the first 10,000 people are shield bearers, who are responsible for erecting the ladder to ascend the city and hitting the gate of Hanzhong with a ram, the middle 20,000 people are sword and axe men, their task is to climb the ladder to the head of Hanzhong City after the ladder is erected, and launch a strong attack; and the last 20,000 archers, who are responsible for suppressing the firepower of the Ugong army and creating opportunities for the comrades in front to attack the city.

Taishan glanced around at the majestic soldiers under his subordinates, and shouted loudly to the head of Hanzhong City: "Ugong Zhaolie! You raised troops for no reason, causing the people of Hanzhong to suffer the poison of war, today, I want to expel you from Hanzhong on behalf of the Son of Heaven!"