The Longyou War can almost be said to be coming to an end, but the problems in Hanzhong are still fluctuating.

Especially when the news that Wei Yan had broken out of Micang Road in the southern part of Daba Mountain reached Nanzheng, it caused a huge uproar in the sky.

Especially for Zhang Ze, it was undoubtedly like a thunderbolt struck in front of the soles of his feet, singeing a few hairs and beards along with it.

In Zhang Ze's consciousness, he always thought that the important defense directions should be in Guanzhong and Longxi. Although he had received news about Wei Yan taking Micang Road, Zhang Ze thought that Wei Yan could not arrive so quickly.

, on the other hand, he believed that the Ji and Di people he deployed, even if they could not be defeated, could still hold Wei Yan back...

As a result, Wei Yan suddenly appeared and captured the Nanshan Army Stronghold in one fell swoop! This shocking news seemed to be so exciting that Zhang Ze's own flag kept rolling in the air, as if it was about to fall!

Although Nanshan Military Stronghold is not a very powerful and majestic military stronghold, nor does it mean that Zhang Ze lost all his bargaining chips by losing Nanshan Military Stronghold, but it was enough to give Zhang Ze a headache and ordered him to strictly guard Nanshan.

Zheng, entered wartime martial law.

On the top of Nanzheng City, soldiers are all standing in armor. Archers, shield bearers, and spearmen are all lined up. On the city wall and in the turrets, all kinds of defensive equipment are ready. There are beds that can be taken out at any time.

Crossbows, catapults, and even some deer villages that have been connected together with iron chains can be deployed immediately to fill the gap whether a section of the city wall is boarded or the city gate is breached.

In the entire Nanzheng peripheral defense system, it is still serious and orderly, but in the center of Nanzheng, within Zhang Ze's government office, it is extremely chaotic. Everyone is expressing their own opinions and blaming each other for their responsibility.

, throwing away the blame, no one can come up with a solution anyway, no one has any suggestions, only criticism and endless mutual accusations.

Zhang Ze had a headache.

It seems that from the day the flag of rebellion was raised, things took a completely uncontrollable direction.

Zhang Ze thought he was still young, but in fact he was no longer young. If calculated according to the average life span of a big man, every breath he took now was earned.

Young people are more aggressive because they are not very afraid of failure and are willing to take risks to gain fame. However, older people are more conservative and need to consider more about their family, including themselves and their elders.

Children and other matters, I don’t want to take too high risks...

So before Zhang Ze rebelled, he thought he could still take a chance, but after he really took the risk, he discovered that he was actually no longer young and his risk tolerance was not that high.

Of course, the most critical thing is that Zhang Ze overestimated the benefits of rebellion and selectively ignored the risks...

Zhang Ze is not completely inexperienced in battles. When he was young, he personally went to battle, commanded battles, and even cut off the enemy's head with his own hands. From the arrangement of the defense system on the Nanzheng City Wall, it also reflected

This is true. But Zhang Ze's military experience is outdated.

All of Zhang Ze's military arrangements are based on his past experience. This is not a fault. However, if he relies solely on experience and does not pay attention to new changes, there will naturally be problems.

At the beginning, Zhang Ze dealt with all the county soldiers in the Hanzhong area, and there was not much difficulty. Because these county soldiers did not change much after they originally sneaked into Sichuan and Shu, or in other words, after Huang Cheng

When training mountain soldiers, a wave of outstanding soldiers have been selected. Basically, you can imagine the quality of the soldiers who will remain in the ranks of the county soldiers.

This initial success was hindered by Huang Quan. Logically speaking, Zhang Ze should have been awakened by this incident and knew that the county soldiers under his command were actually very problematic. However, at that time, Zhang Ze was feeling proud of the spring breeze, and he was so excited.

My head was busy cutting and distributing benefits, and I didn't notice this at all.

Only now did Zhang Ze suddenly realize that the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was pitifully low...

And the group of "sticks" under his command...

The ongoing discussion started after receiving the information during the day.

At the beginning, Zhang Ze could sit upright, his voice was loud and clear, and he had a commanding air. However, as the discussion deepened and the wrangling began, the building became more and more crooked, and the time became longer and longer.

At night, although there were a lot of candles lit in the hall, and the light was similar to that during the day, Zhang Ze's energy and spirit were still somewhat declining, and his body could not maintain its original upright etiquette. He could hear in his ears

There was also a buzzing noise in other people's words, as if their thoughts were stuck with something, making it difficult to turn.

"Your Majesty, you should quickly get rid of the soldiers from all over the place and attack the Nanshan military stronghold again. While Wei Wenchang is not yet stable, break through the military stronghold and rush in. Even if you cannot capture Wei Wenchang alive, you can force him back into the mountain!"

"Your Majesty, there must be something fishy about this! There are at least two thousand elite soldiers in the Nanshan military stronghold, but there is no struggle, allowing Wei Wenchang to take them easily. Among them... Haha, I am afraid that someone is in contact with the enemy. If we don't investigate thoroughly,

If the internal thieves are not eliminated, how can we resist the external enemies?"

"Your Majesty, it is difficult for us to know what is going on in the Nanshan Army Stronghold. However, there are changes on the Micang Road in Hanzhong. However, there is no news about the arrival of the people and people of Di. We are afraid of changes, so we must be on guard..."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are some internal countermeasures in Nanzheng City now. It's better to take advantage of the fact that the four gates are closed and conduct a thorough investigation again..."

"Your Majesty, the important point is outside the city, not inside the city! There are many rural people in the city, and it is a lot of inconvenience to close the door. What if the intrusion is too much and a civil uprising is triggered?"

"Your Majesty, the city wall still needs 30,000 arrows to be safe, and the craftsmen still need to be urged..."

"Your Majesty..."

At this moment, most of the people surrounding Zhang Ze are the children of the Zhang family who were promoted by Zhang Ze during this period of time.

Zhang Ze actually knew in his heart that if these promoted children of the Zhang family talked about the Book of Songs, the Analects of Confucius, commented on the quality of drinks, explored the measurements of beautiful women, etc. during normal times, there should not be any big problems, but they had to

Let these Zhang family's children go into battle...

Thinking that it could still be of some use, Zhang Ze had already sent it out. As a result, they attacked Huang Quan for a long time but could not defeat him. He also swore that this was for Zhang Ze's consideration of the overall battle situation. He only needed to besiege to get the best results. It was not necessary.

Spending too many soldiers to capture an "unimportant" Fang Ling...

There are also people like Zhang Shi from Nanshan Army Village...

At first, Zhang Ze thought that with his noble status, his foresight, and his careful planning, he would never reach such a point. The hussars could be attacked by the Di people and responded by the Mi people.

With the support of Cao's army, Zhang Zehe only needs to sit quietly in Hanzhong and enjoy the results, so there is no point in promoting so many big-headed soldiers. It is not as smooth as these own children.

This was indeed the case at first. Of course, these children of the Zhang family focused on how to serve Zhang Ze. Whether they were looking for exquisite utensils or arranging for docile concubines, they always chose the best and most comfortable ones to send to Zhang Ze.

, so it is not surprising that such a wonderful situation appears when we encounter an emergency military situation.

"Report!"

A soldier rushed over, "The remnants of the Nanshan Army Stronghold are coming here!"

The hall suddenly erupted into chaos.

"Ah, ah?"

"What...what does this mean?"

"What remnant soldiers? Is Chief Wei Wen coming to attack here?"

"Wei Wenchang is coming! It's broken! It's really coming!"

"Is this too fast? Is Wei Wenchang crazy?"

"Quiet!" Zhang Ze shouted angrily, pressed his head, and said to the soldiers in the hall, "Come on, tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Only then did the soldiers who reported the news have the opportunity to explain the matter more clearly. It turned out that after Wei Yan occupied the Nanshan military stronghold, he didn't stay long. He immediately stripped the surrendered soldiers of their armor and equipment, drove them out, and then

Set fire to the military stronghold...

These Hanzhong County soldiers, originally Zhang Ze's soldiers, did not have a strong desire to fight. They were stripped of their armor and armor, like hermit crabs with their big pincers removed. They only wanted to find a hole to shrink back.

He would not want to resist, so he followed the instructions and arrived at Nanzheng.

Set fire to the military stronghold?

This is unreasonable...

Normally, shouldn't we seize the military stronghold and then wait for subsequent reinforcements to arrive before attacking? Shouldn't Wei Yan use the Nanshan military stronghold as a stronghold to garrison?

Could it be that something happened that forced Wei Yan to retreat and burn the military stronghold. On the one hand, it could block Zhang Ze's pursuit, and on the other hand, it could prevent Zhang Ze from sending troops to occupy the military stronghold again...

After Zhang Ze thought for a moment, he calmed down a little, and then asked, "So, has Wei Yan and Wei Wenzhang made an advance? Is there any movement at the checkpoints?"

"There are no alarms at the checkpoints along the way." the soldier responded.

Zhang Ze nodded, as if confirming some of his thoughts. He paused for a moment, feeling uneasy, and asked: "Is there any change in the checkpoint? Have you sent someone to inspect it?"

The soldier nodded and said: "All the checkpoints are safe and sound, everything is normal."

Zhang Ze asked a few more questions, and then did not get any special information. He just waved his hand to ask the soldiers who conveyed the information to retreat. Then he frowned and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm afraid there are changes in Sichuan. Wei Wen is tired."

It’s okay to retreat with help..."

After hearing this, there was a sudden gasp in the hall, and many people even showed relaxed expressions, feeling indescribably happy and happy, as if they were surviving the disaster.

"This... Wei Wenzhang saw that our army was magnificent and our army was rigorously run, but there was no chance to take advantage of it. He knew that he was invincible, so he retreated to the mountain road?"

"To know the way forward and retreat like this is a wise general..."

"Haha, now that Wei Wenchang has retired, Hanzhong will still have no worries! Congratulations to the envoy, congratulations to the envoy!"

"We can arrest the remnant soldiers of Nanshan under the city and inquire in detail about the reasons for the fall of the military stronghold to see if there are any internal thieves who are cooperating with others..."

"Is it possible to do such a cruel thing? We must be on guard against others, but arresting and interrogating is a bit too much. I'm afraid it will hurt the morale of the army..."

"For military morale, it's enough to win over some money, but if this traitor is not completely eliminated, I'm afraid there will be another disaster..."

"you……"

Hearing that these guys were tilting the floor again, Zhang Ze couldn't help it. He hit the table with a loud bang, which immediately made everyone in the hall startled. They quickly shut up and lowered their heads, pretending to be fake.

The good baby looks like a primary school student who was ordered to stand by the teacher.

"Send the order!" Zhang Ze took a deep breath, and then ordered, "Gather the remaining soldiers and set up camp outside the city! Also mobilize soldiers from the city, draw 200 heavy armored infantry combat elites, 500 each of swordsmen, shields and archers, and 800 spears

, mobilize another thousand auxiliary troops, with Zhang Zun and Zhang Meng as the main generals, and Wang Xin and Prince Sheng as the assistants, then go to Nanshan, search for Wei Wenchang's traces, and rebuild the Nanshan military stronghold!"

As soon as Zhang Ze opened his mouth, he took out a little more than a quarter of the defenders in Nanzheng. This made the Zhang family's descendants in the hall hesitate again and almost wanted to speak to dissuade them, but under Zhang Ze's serious expression

Then he swallowed his words again.

These children of the Zhang family are not familiar with military affairs at all, and they naturally do not know that the more soldiers the better. If they do not know how to organize, no matter how many soldiers they have, they are just a bunch of cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. The method of using troops is not to simply increase the number of troops and expand the team.
To be continued...