Grand Sima's Mansion, in the hall.

Zhang Xiu sat in the main seat in a black dress with a big horse sword. Although he had not used force for a long time, his power was increasing day by day.

This power did not come from his invincible martial arts, but from the power of the Grand Sima who mastered the power of the world.

As the last Shi Guangyuan walked in from outside, sat down after greeting Zhang Xiu. The important civil and military officials and soldiers in Chang'an City gathered together.

Everyone's faces were extremely serious.

The news has been returned, and everyone knows the situation. However, it was the first time that Zhang Xiu summoned everyone, and there must be a major discussion.

"You have seen the news feedback from the front line. The generals and soldiers of various departments gathered together, but there was no trouble. The more than 100,000 troops in Qinzhou were controlled by Pang De, so you can definitely fight."

"Before this, we believed that 90% of the three Qiangs who were likely to participate in the war had already made it clear that they would participate in the war. The opponents we were going to face would be more than 200,000 Qiang, Huhan and Han."

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, he looked around the crowd and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, do you have any ideas?"

Most of the advisers were silent, of course they had ideas, they were doing this. But their ideas were not yet mature.

After waiting for a while, the chief clerk Cai Mao bowed to Zhang Xiu and said, "Ming Gong. Judging from the information obtained by General Hu's westward entry into the Qiang, in order to rescue Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the Three Qiang did not leave too many troops on the land of the Qiang. We can enter the Qiang westward and break through the land of the Three Qiang. This will cause chaos in the army of the Three Qiang. We have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Zhang Xiu was helpless and said, "What should I do if I eat and grass? This matter has been discussed before. Our cavalry and infantry army is rampant in the Qiang, of course it is OK. But how to supply grain and grass? When we go deep into the Qiang, the three Qiang will definitely lead the light cavalry to raid our grain road day and night. Once the food and grass are lost, the army will collapse immediately."

Cai Mao had a solution, and Zhenxiu said: "You can send General Hu, General Hua, Qiang, Hu and Han cavalrymen, 50,000, with three horses, and bringing enough food. You can travel day and night, coming and going like the wind."

Zhang Xiu sighed again, "The Qiang people have been in Liangzhou for a long time and are semi-nova. They have Tucheng. Han cavalry, so it is okay to let them attack the city. But what about the Huns cavalry? The Huns will not die. Besides, the cavalry do not have heavy equipment, so can they attack the city with ladders?"

Cai Mao couldn't help but speak, and then his expression became disappointed.

Zhang Xiu had no choice but to do anything about this brother-in-law. He was good-looking and could speak, so he could be a chief clerk.

I just don’t interfere in military and national affairs, but I don’t know myself.

"Brother, order your personal soldiers to carry the [sand table] in. Let's deduce it." Zhang Xiu no longer cared about Cai Mao and said to Dian Wei outside the door in a deep voice.

"No." Dian Wei Yingnuo said and went down immediately.

Not long after, several personal soldiers carried the large and heavy sand table in, including Zhang Xiu, and stood up and gathered near the sand table. Zhang Xiu took the small wooden stick from a personal soldier, pointed at the sand table.

"According to the information tentatively, Ma Teng and Han Sui have a total of about 250,000 Ma infantry and infantry. And we have more than 100,000 people in Qinzhou and 50,000 in Chang'an. Two hundred and fifty thousand are not much different."

Really, this is not a big difference at all.

Since ancient times, they won by a few, and they won by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. But this time they were only about 100,000 troops, which was considered a small one.

While speaking, Zhang Xiu pointed at Xiaweicheng on the sand table and the route that detoured the west, and said, "There are now three routes of advance. One is the intensity of the Wei River, and the battle with Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiawei is extremely risky."

"The second is to detour the West and attack Jincheng. The grain road is very long."

"The third is to detour the West and attack Qiangzhong, which is also a problem of grain routes."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu raised his head and looked at everyone, with a little smile between his eyebrows and eyes, and said, "It seems that every road is difficult to walk, but I saw some of the opportunities. I believe you are the same."

The advisers all nodded slightly, only Cai Mao was a little confused. Fa Zheng held the big sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, pointed at the sand table with his right hand, and said, "Ming Gong. Although we have all kinds of difficulties, it is also difficult for Ma Teng and Han Sui. They have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to guard the two lines. This time, General Hu Cheer entered the Qiang west, and they also saw it. If we assemble a large army next time, they might have set up heavy troops in Xiaweicheng on the surface, but in fact the elite ambushed the Qiang. Maybe they would use tricks."

Speaking of this, Fa Zheng raised his head and said sincerely to Zhang Xiu: "This is a good breakthrough point, we can use the trick."

Zhang Xiu nodded with a smile and said, "Same as I think. Hu Cheer led tens of elite soldiers and walked around the Qiang so easily, and brought back more than ten thousand Bai Qiang people. The three Qiangs could not help but mutter. After all, it is true that Han Sui was rescued by Ma Teng, but he could not ignore his own nest. In response to this, they might use strategies to plan."

"They are different from the court. Our rear is stable, with money, grain, and troops and horses that can continuously support the front. The so-called [small soldiers, grain]. Ma Teng and their land are barren and their food is limited. It is not good for them to confront us for a long time. They will strive to find opportunities and destroy us. In other words, if they are eager to achieve success, they may go the wrong way."

Let’s take Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi as examples.

Sima Yi had a strong national strength, so he defended the dangerous place without seeking merit, but only wanted to repel Zhuge Liang.

Because Zhuge Liang could not capture the passes guarded by Sima Yi, he had a long confrontation and was short of food and grass. He was eager to fight in the field and decided the outcome in one battle.

But Zhuge Liang was very steadily leading the troops and showed no flaws.

Ma Teng, Han Sui, can you add Yang Fu?

In mobile warfare, in mutual calculations, whoever reveals his flaws first will be done.

After analyzing and discussing with the civil servants, Zhang Xiu pinched his wrists left and right, and said with great enthusiasm: "I ordered the generals of all departments to step up preparations and send troops on the 20th day of the first lunar month next year. I will defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui in the fifth year of Jian'an. I will get Liangzhou (Hexi counties), and go back to my hometown, Wuwei County."

"promise."

Everyone responded with a loud promise, then scattered and left. Zhang Xiu's order also conveyed to the ears of the generals inside and outside Chang'an City through the cavalry in the mansion.

This time it was no longer a fake shot, but a real move.

Various preparations were launched, and Chang'an City was in a hustle and bustle.

And the time soon arrived at the fifth year of Jian'an, the 20th day of the first lunar month.
Chapter completed!