Faced with Sun Jian, of course, he was actively preparing for defense. Zhang Xiu, the gate of Bashu, had already come in, and it was impossible for outsiders to get involved again.

But of course, Zhang Xiu was actively attacking Liu Yan.

Zhang Xiu gave an order in one breath, and after watching Dian Wei leave, he raised his head and looked at Pang Xi politely, and bowed and said, "Sir, I've really helped me."

At this moment, the civil and military officials had already settled down. They were not as enthusiastic as Zhang Xiu. Even Fan Chou was loyal to Zhang Xiu.

People like Pang Xi are very unaware of colds.

Pang Xi also had some feelings about this, but he only cared about Zhang Xiu's attitude. Seeing Zhang Xiu's politeness, Pang Xi was happy and hurriedly bowed and said, "Ming Gong is so serious. I am a subject of the Han Dynasty, and helping the court is my duty."

"Sir, I am a loyal and righteous man." Zhang Xiu said with a smile against his will.

Immediately, Zhang Xiu looked up and said to the civil and military officials present, "Sun Jian will not talk about it for now. Now Yan Yan is entrenched in Langzhong, at the line of Wakou Pass, and resists stubbornly. Zhang Ren is in Luocheng. Are you planning to come out?"

The advisers in Zhang Xiu's tent also have their own characteristics. Xun You has a paralyzed face, often without saying a word, and often hit the nail on the head.

Ju Su has a plan, but he is very decent and does not compete with young people for the limelight. Fa Zheng is an activist and loves to express himself very much.

This time it was the same. But just when Fa Zheng was about to speak, Sima Yi spoke first and then bowed, which was faster than him.

"Ming Gong. I have two strategies, please make a decision."

Fa Zheng's expression was a little disappointed. This kid stole my limelight, but although he was a little petty, he didn't hate Sima Yi because of this matter, so he could only sit quietly.

"Zhongda, come on, come on." Seeing Sima Yi working so hard, Zhang Xiu was reluctant to kill this person. Why didn't he wait to kill the donkey?

On his face, Zhang Xiu showed joy and asked impatiently.

"Since Zhang Ren led his army to retreat from Jiange Pass, as well as Baishui and Jiameng Pass in the rear, guarding Luocheng. Then the two generals Meng Da and Gongsun Kang, the commander of Yangping Pass in Hanzhong, have a place to use their skills. Please ask Gong Ming to whip the horses and order the two generals to Hanzhong to rush their troops south and reach Jiameng Pass."

Sima Yi said this and took a breath. After his breath stabilized, he said seriously and seriously: "One strategy is to attack Yan Yan first, and after the Bazhong is completely pacified, Ming Gong then turned to the northwest and attacked Luocheng from north to south. Another strategy is to order the general to camp 30,000 elite troops in Bazhong, monitor Yan Yan's men and directly attack Luocheng. After breaking through Chengdu, Yan Yan naturally obeyed."

Zhang Xiu was a little disappointed when he heard this, and this was the question of succession.

The so-called Sichuan Basin is divided into two places: Bashu. There is a mountain range across the north and south on the west side of Chengdu, called the Hengduan Mountains.

You cannot enter Chengdu from the east. You need to get to the near Jiameng Pass and then go south to attack Luocheng before you can reach Chengdu.

The advantage of dividing troops to attack Shuzhong is to fight quickly.

The advantage of attacking Yan Yan, who has all his strength first, is to concentrate more troops and attack Shuzhong with more strength.

This is not a strategy to solve the problem, but a strategy. After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiu looked up and said to the civil and military officials: "Concentrate the troops to attack Yan Yan first."

The biggest problem with attacking Bashu from Hanzhong is food, logistics, and more than 100,000 people need to go from Chang'an to Hanzhong and then to Bazhong.

If they take down Langzhong and Wakou Pass first, let Yizhou Governor Yan Pu concentrate on managing Bazhong, they will have military rations after the autumn harvest. The logistical pressure will greatly alleviate.

And now it is not far from the autumn harvest.

"promise."

All the civil and military officials agreed. No matter what Zhang Xiu did, they would agree. The general just needs to obey the order.

The advisers came up with ideas, and Zhang Xiu was the one who made the idea.

"Now, how are the troops in Wakou Pass arranged in Langzhong? Where is Yan Yan?" Zhang Xiu felt a little thirsty. He first asked his personal soldiers to get a bowl of water in and drink it, then raised his head and asked Xu Shu.

Xu Shu arrived first, and knew better about the situation than him.

"Report to the Duke Ming. There are 5,000 elite soldiers guarding Wakou Pass, and the general is Yang Huai. Yan Yan is in Langzhong, with about 40,000 troops under his command."

Speaking of this, Xu Shu showed a solemn look on his handsome face and sighed: "Although the soldiers have done their best, we [moving mountains] has been too long. Yan Yan made sufficient preparations, not only recruited some people to recover, but also stored grain in Langzhong City and various military supplies. I heard that the grain can be eaten for more than two years."

In ancient times, grain storage was at most three years.

The latest food is also the food from last year. No matter how much food Yan Yan has, he can only eat it for more than two years at most.

It is actually quite fast to be able to conquer Bashu within three years. It is not too slow to eat Yan Yan in one year.

Liu Bei attacked Yizhou and took Liu Zhang three or four years to deal with him. But Zhang Xiu thought it was too slow.

After delaying in Bashu for a year, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao and others grew stronger.

"I want to pacify Bashu quickly. Do you have any good plans?" Zhang Xiu raised his head again and asked his advisers for advice.

Although he has been working hard for many years and is very good at fighting, he is not a professional adviser after all, and it is not something he is good at finding ways.

Fa Zheng, who had been prepared for a long time, learned to answer quickly this time. He also learned to Sima Yi to speak first, then bow to salute, and quickly said: "You can use the strategy of being surrounded by enemies."

Everyone knows that it is surrounded by enemies. But how to use it is the key.

"How to be surrounded by enemies?" Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up. Fa Zheng, my favorite minister, was still capable. Fa Zheng, heard this. He immediately raised his head and raised his chest. He looked around for everyone, and then said with a smile: "Liu Yan's status in Bashu is actually not stable. Most scholars are..." Speaking of this, Fa Zheng glanced at Pang Xi, and Pang Xi lowered his head slightly.

"The scholars are all in love with the court." Fa Zheng did not say unpleasant words, but said in a normal manner, and then said: "As for the people, elders, Liu Yan brought wars to them. Only Zhang Ren and Yan Yan supported Liu Yan. The people of Bashu were not from Liangzhou. They were not wary. In this case, Ming Gong might as well summon some fellow villagers from Bazhong and ordered a general to lead 5,000 troops to monitor Yang Huai in the city outside Wakou Pass. He led his army to Langzhong and besieged Langzhong. He asked his fellow villagers to use Ba [sound] outside the city to shout in the city during the day. Let the soldiers in the city lose their resistance. Although Yan Yan had the courage to be inappropriate, he was just a [Zhao Kuo] without the support of the soldiers."

Everyone's eyes lit up, including Zhang Xiu. Everyone sighed in their hearts that Fa Zheng is really a military advisor. What kind of strategy is different in this place.

This strategy cannot be used in Liangzhou, but it is enough in Bashu. The people's customs are different. Moreover, Liangzhou has been separated from the Han Dynasty for decades and has no good impression of the court.

Bashu is different, and Liu Yan has not had a few years of separatist rule. It is so good, who likes war? Zhang Xiu has always had a good reputation, and the court was clear and clear.

Zhang Xiu knew Fazheng's character well, so he quickly praised him and said, "Filial piety is indeed a great idea."

When Fa Zheng heard this, he immediately raised his head and felt very proud. The older he was, the more he loved face.

After giving Fa Zheng a sweet date, Zhang Xiu said seriously to the chief clerk Cai Mao: "Degui. Immediately send someone to Jiangzhou City and order Yizhou Governor Yan Pu to do this."

"No." Cai Mao bowed his promise seriously.

The meeting in the tent ended here. Zhang Xiu first dispatched troops and ordered General Xu Shu to lead 5,000 troops from the headquarters to camp outside Wakou Pass to monitor Yang Huai in the pass.

The army set out tomorrow and headed towards Langzhong City.

Afterwards, Zhang Xiu treated Pang Xi well, was granted General Zhaoming, granted him a title of marquis, and granted him a title of 1000 households. This surprised Pang Xi.

"This is what is called buying a thousand-mile horse bone. Once the news of Pang Xi being a marquis and a general spread, everyone will want to betray Liu Yan."

Zhang Xiu thought proudly in his heart.

Erwuzi is not useless, it depends on how it is used.

...

Langzhong City.

This is a brand new city. When he saw Zhang Xiu's plan to move mountains, Yan Yan destroyed almost all the city walls and renovated a solid, tall and majestic city wall.

There are a lot of grain storage in the city, and countless. There are more than 40,000 armored soldiers, 30,000 old soldiers and 10,000 new soldiers. Yan Yan led the new soldiers with the old soldiers. Although he was definitely not Zhang Xiu's opponent in the field, he was also confident in defending the city.

Of course, there are also hundreds of letters in the city, but they have been ordered to leave without any trouble. The streets are very deserted and there are almost no people.

In the center of Langzhong City, Yan Yan’s mansion hall.

Yan Yan sat in the main seat. Although his hair gradually turned gray and irreversible, Yan Yan had already reorganized his team and sat with a golden sword, with a strong aura. The four generals under his command were all bears and tigers wearing iron armor on their backs, and sat on both sides. At first glance, they looked similar.

A personal soldier walked in from outside and handed Yan Yan a white cloth with words written. After Yan Yan looked at it, he angrily kneaded the white cloth into a ball. He said furiously: "My lord treats Pang Xi well, but this man actually betrayed his lord. He defected to Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu appointed Pang Xi as a general and a marquis. This is to dismantle our people's hearts."

"hateful."

Yan Yanji was smart and was as conscious as watching the fire when Zhang Xiu's sinister intentions. The generals also showed anger and cursed themselves.

But after scolding, it was like this. When the two countries fought, the two and five kids were more. Pang Xi was not the first, nor the last.

Yan Yan took a breath, calmed down his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xiu ordered Xu Shu to monitor Wakou Pass with his troops and horses. He led his own army to attack me Langzhong. This is expected. This is just right. If we stick to it for a longer time, we can make the lord of Chengdu prepare more fully, and Sun Jian is already on the road. There is no way to get rid of it now, and the general is not afraid of death. You can defend one city wall separately, and I will support you in the middle. We will hold on for two years."

"No." The four generals all agreed, stood up and bowed to Yan Yan.

Everyone was very confident that they had such a high and strong city wall and 40,000 people.

This is a battle to defend the city, and it is also the war that Zhang Xiu is most not good at.

It is rumored that Zhang Xiu had been protracted when he attacked Jicheng. If someone had not provided advice, Zhang Xiu would not have been able to defeat Ma Teng.

As long as the general is not afraid of death, he can stop Zhang Xiu for two years.

Two years can make the entire situation change.

Once it is repeated, it is not impossible for Zhang Xiu to perish.

"Yan Ning. Prepare the horse. I'm going to patrol the city wall." Yan Yan was definitely not talking loudly. After the generals left, he immediately called out the door.

"No." A personal soldier with a very similar personal soldier to Yan Yan's long walked in, which was Yan Yan's nephew Yan Ning.

The Yan family is a tyrant from the Bazhong region and has a family tradition. Yan Yan's ability is inherited from the family. There are many children in the clan who join the army.

Not long after, Yan Yan came to the front of the mansion, took the whip from Yan Ning's hand, turned over the horse, and led dozens of personal soldiers to the north city gate.

Yan Yan was appointed as the general of the Bazhong region, which was equivalent to Xu Shu's position as governor of the military in Hanzhong. He was brave and majestic, and was very popular in the army.

The soldiers who were standing guard on the city were all excited when they saw Yan Yan coming, and then they all bowed their heads respectfully and called "General".

As Yan Yan walked through, the morale of the soldiers in the entire North City Gate increased much more clearly.

Another day passed.

At noon, the sun was shining.

Yan Yan exposed her chest and practiced bows and arrows in the yard, sweating profusely. On the target not far away, six or seven arrows were inserted at the red heart.

Yan Yan bent his bow and arrow, and finished it in one breath. After taking a breath, he let go of the bowstring.

With a "dong", the bow string shaking, and the arrow rushed past like lightning, hitting the bull's eye, and the arrow shaking continuously.
To be continued...