In the second year of the first peace, on the ninth day of the first month, the new year is still in the festivity, but the cold winter has not passed, although the wind and snow between heaven and earth are much smaller, but they are still there, and even the air is surrounded by a chill.

Yizhou, Shu County.

Outside the city of Chengdu.

Since Jia Long's rebellion and occupation of this city, the army outside the city has besieged the city for more than several months, and the morale of the Yizhou army that held Chengdu has become more and more low.

At the end of last year, Jia Long's general, Qianwei County Taishou Renqi was defeated repeatedly, encountered a mutiny by his generals, and was beheaded on a snowy night, and thousands of Qianwei county soldiers were taken over by the general Zhao Wei.

The general Zhao Wei is the representative figure of the Yizhou Shi clan, the eldest son of the Zhao family, which means that the Yizhou Zhao clan will break away from the alliance of the Yizhou Shi clan where Jia Long is located and throw himself under the command of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.

This is a big blow to Jarlon.

Jia Long was angry and copied the Zhao family, but the Zhao family had already prepared, the family moved small, and only one empty house remained, which was burned by Jia Long under the anger.

The Zhao clan represents a part of the Yizhou clan, and as a result, Jia Long not only lost an arm, but also lost the support of the clan, and his momentum is not as good as before.

As for Jia Long's second arm......

Jia Long's cousin Jia Hu, led the government of 8,000 soldiers, out of Ba County, wanted to seize Ba County as the foundation, abandoned Shu County and carved up the land of Ba Shu, but Jia Hu soldiers to Jiangzhou City, but by the Ba County Governor Yan Yan poured out the soldiers and horses of Ba County, and completely annihilated the city.

As soon as the two arms are gone, the Yizhou clan is reversed, as the largest clan in Yizhou, the Jia clan is also in danger, Jia Long is even more anxious, Chengdu City suddenly surged down, although there are still tens of thousands of Yizhou troops guarding, but the situation is already precarious.

Of course, although the city is chaotic, it still occupies the city.

The days outside the city that are caught in the wind and snow are really difficult.

This year's wind and snow are fierce, Yizhou also escaped the disaster of heavy snow, the soldiers of the garrison in the wilderness outside the city, shivering with cold, under the frostbite, many people fell ill or died, so that the morale of the soldiers is not high.

However, Liu Yan's heart to take Bashu is as firm as iron, and in this weather, he never returns to Mianzhu, lives and suffers with the soldiers, but stabilizes the morale of the army, and waits for the beginning of spring, and will directly attack Chengdu City.

Baibo military camp.

The Baibo Army is a pastoral army, and Liu Yan borrowed soldiers and horses, of course, the Baibo Army can exert a lot of strength, whether it is from Bajun all the way in, or attacking Chengdu City, they have fought well, and they are considered a strong pawn.

Liu Yan is not the Liu Zhang in history, as a cattle man who created the foundation of Bashu, he may not have great courage, but he definitely has the ability to know people, win people without using it, he is a person who attaches importance to talents, whether it is Huang Zhong, Xi Zhicai, or Bai Bojun, he has made up his mind, there is no loan or repayment.

Therefore, the supply of the Baibo Army is okay, not treated equally, although it is not as cared for as the Dongzhou soldiers, but there is no shortage of catties and shortages, and the soldiers' food, grass and winter clothes are taken into account, and it is really a lot of military hearts.

However, the general Huang Zhong is a dead-eyed person......

On the school grounds.

"Break the army!"

"Annihilation!"

"Slash!"

“……”

Huang Zhong was wearing a thin robe, he was practicing martial arts, his sword skills were like gods, but the long knife was more than a monstrous momentum, the knife was three feet away, and within ten steps, he could cut off people's heads.

"Bang Bang!!"

Xi Zhicai walked over, clapped his palms and said: "General Han Sheng is worthy of being the first fierce general under the lord, and his martial arts are immeasurable!" ”

"Haha!"

Huang Zhong put away the knife, threw the long knife to a personal soldier next to him, walked over, and said with a smile: "Zhicai has worked, within ten miles, I can control it as one, but ten miles away, I need Zhicai to strategize!" ”

He knows his strengths and weaknesses, on the battlefield, he may be able to charge into battle and control the soldiers and horses, but if you want to say that you can win a thousand miles, ten of him are not as good as a drama talent.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and then entered the tent.

Huang Zhongpan sat down, took a breath of hot tea, moistened his throat, and then asked, "What is Zhicai looking for me?" ”

"It's just a little thing, but seeing that the general is so focused, it's a little disturbed, the general has such martial arts, but he can still practice hard every day, and he admires Zhicai very much!"

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and said.

People in the world, as far as he can see, no one can still suppress Huang Zhong in martial arts, but Huang Zhong's realm is like this, martial arts are superb, but he practices hard every day, it is conceivable that this martial arts are not easy to come by.

"Those who practice martial arts need to persevere, if you don't practice for three days, you won't see the swordsmanship, if you don't practice in March, you won't see martial arts, and if you don't practice for three years, it's like a horseman!" Huang Zhong said in a deep voice.

It is difficult to practice martial arts, but if you want to stabilize, it is even more difficult, you need to practice diligently, and you can't relax for a moment.

"It's like reading a book, and the truth is the same!"

Xi Zhicai smiled, reviewing the old and learning the new, not to say, reading also needs to be persistent.

After the greetings, let's get to the point.

"General Hansheng, it's time for us to go!"

Xi Zhicai's face was solemn, his eyes burst with a gleam, and he said in a low voice.

"It's time to go?"

Huang Zhong's eyes lit up and asked, "Now?" ”

"Last year, the lord's attack on Hanzhong was unfavorable, if we don't come out, it will be difficult to break the city of Nanzheng, and if it drags on, I'm afraid we will have to make wedding dresses for others!" Xi Zhicai knows the battle situation in Hanzhong well, and Jing Wusi reports every three days, and the situation is in the palm of his hand.

"Making a wedding dress for someone else?"

Huang Zhong's eyes widened, and his eyes were as murderous as a knife: "The lord has been planning for a long time, and he has worked hard, and I have waited for my son to fight so hard and paid a lot, who wants to come and pick peaches?" ”

"Naturally, it's the Chang'an Imperial Court!" Xi Zhicai sneered and said: "Chang'an stares at us, it's not a matter of one or two days, if you have the opportunity, how can you pick peaches, now Chang'an has sent troops, and the troops have entered Yangping Pass, once they enter Nanzheng, then Chang'an's troops will continue to enter Hanzhong, and it will be difficult to collect the water!" ”

"Dong Zhongying, shameless enough!"

Huang Zhong shouted angrily: "He doesn't leave a trace of life to the lord, and he doesn't leave tens of thousands of sons and daughters of our herdsmen!" ”

"The enemy of life and death, how can you be soft, this fang is a hero, we must not give them the opportunity to enter Hanzhong, so we must go north as soon as possible, with the momentum of internal and external cooperation, attack Nanzheng, control Hanzhong, and the right way!"

"But how are we going to leave now?"

Huang Zhong was a little worried: "Not to mention Liu Yan's courting of us these days, now the Dongzhou Army is keeping a close eye on us!" ”

Since he had a decisive battle with Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren couldn't raise his head after fighting, and Zhang Ren didn't have much face against him, but the Dongzhou Army monitored the Bai Bo Army no less, and there were many people who were not at ease with Bai Bo.

"I'll figure it out!"

Xi Zhicai said: "You just need to be ready!" ”

He spread out a marching map: "I already have a general idea of the road to the north, but I still have to deduce it well to ensure that nothing goes wrong, after all, we can't afford to lose this battle!" ”

"Are you sure you want to go to the Sword Pavilion?" Huang Zhong looked at the red line on the marching map and asked with squinted eyes.

Sword Pavilion is dangerous, and it is not inside but outside.

But there are as many as 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the Sword Pavilion, these 10,000 soldiers and horses are the Yizhou Army, and the main general is Pang Xi, Pang Xi is a scholar himself, but he is not very good with the Jia family.

"Only in this way can we be surprised, otherwise whether it is going north from Ba County, or detouring to the west, entering Hanzhong will cause trouble!"

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice: "As for Pang Xi, it's easy to deal with, after all, we are still dressed in the coat of Liu Yan's general, as long as the speed is fast, it is not a problem to hide from him, and when we enter Hanzhong, we have no scruples!" ”

"Now that Zhicai has an idea, a certain family believes you!"

Huang Zhong pondered for a while and nodded, he was convinced of Xi Zhicai's advice.

"I'll go see Liu Yan, and after half an hour, you go and ask for battle!"

Xi Zhicai stood up and straightened his robe.

"Fight?"

Huang Zhong was a little surprised: "This Chengdu city has thick walls, although some soldiers in the city are scattered, but it is not easy to fight at all, if we fall in, how can we get out!" “

"Don't worry, you just need to use an attitude at all costs to ask for battle, this battle, nine times out of ten, it will not be your turn!"

The pearl of drama wisdom is in hand.

……

A quarter of an hour later, the main camp of the Chinese army.

"Subordinate Xi Zhicai, meet the envoy!" Xi Zhicai entered the camp.

"Zhicai is here!"

Liu Yan smiled slightly and said, "Look!" ”

"Just stand!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "Make the monarch the master, and we are the servants, how can we lose our manners!" ”

"You're just too particular!" Liu Yan shook his head, not reluctantly, he looked at a painting on the bookcase, and said, "Zhicai, how is my picture of the country?" ”

The map of the rivers and mountains is not something that ordinary people can draw.

And Liu Yan's picture of the rivers and mountains is good at first glance, but if you look at it seriously, the beautiful mountains and rivers lack a trace of grand ambitions, and only the land of Bashu is not as majestic as the ancestor swallowing the world.

"Lord Jun, the country is the picture, why Danqing!"

Xi Zhicai walked up, stared for a while, and only after a half sound, did he speak.

"What does that take?"

Liu Yan asked seriously.

"To paint the country, the male soldiers should be the ink, and the city should be the line!"

Xi Zhicai gave his hand: "Today's subordinates came to have a strategy, which can attack Chengdu and dedicate it to the envoy!" ”

"You have a good plan, but you can break Chengdu?" Liu Yan's eyes lit up slightly, although the victory was in hand, Jia Long would undoubtedly lose, but the longer it dragged on, the more it hurt Yizhou's heritage, he didn't want to take down a Jia Long, he wanted the entire Yizhou.

"The hearts of Chengdu people are in turmoil, and now they can be attacked!"

Xi Zhicai nodded: "As for the method of siege, it is not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say that it is easy!" ”

"Now?" Liu Yan shook his head: "It's still in the cold winter now, wouldn't the siege of the city make the sons suffer more from the cold and increase casualties!" ”

"How long do you think that if Chengdu is stubborn, how long can they hold it?" Xi Zhicai asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

Liu Yan thought for a while and said: "Chengdu has been a big city in Shu County since ancient times, there is a lot of grain stored in the city, and the Yizhou army also has elites here, the Jia family has been operating for many years, although Benjun cut off his reinforcements outside and trapped him here, but if he resists desperately, it will be difficult to get out of the city within three or five months!" ”

"That's why now is the best opportunity!"

Xi Zhicai said.

"Why?" Liu Yan didn't understand: "After the beginning of spring, it's not better to attack!" ”

"Lord Envoy, if you are ready, they will not be ready, under the hard encounter, they will not be able to win or lose without bloodshed, but now, it is to hit them by surprise, and it has not yet opened spring, they must think that we will not be Miyagi, they have been trapped in the city for a long time, and they have already broken their hearts, as long as they are caught off guard, they will be defeated and scattered!"

Xi Zhicai arched his hand and said: "At that time, the lord will be able to take Chengdu without destroying it!" ”

"Zhicai's words are unreasonable!"

Liu Yan's eyes lit up, but he was still a little worried: "But today's weather, under the strong attack, will definitely cause countless losses to the soldiers!" ”

"Lord Envoy, if I can let the White Wave Army break through the city as the vanguard, can you accept a condition from me!"

"Say!"

"Whoever gets a prisoner can be the main force, how?"

"This ......"

When Liu Yan heard this, his eyes squinted at Xi Zhicai, although he wanted to win over Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong, but the two of them did not surrender to him for a day, he could not trust, this battle will definitely attack the Yizhou army, if the Yizhou army is allowed to take the Baibo army, wouldn't it be in vain to increase strength, once the Baibo army is out of control, how to be good.

In an instant, countless considerations had flashed through his mind.

"After letting the generals come to discuss in advance, they are making a decision, okay?" Liu Yan did not explicitly refuse, but used a drag, but his attitude was already obvious, and he didn't want Bai Bojun to become bigger.

Soon, all the generals gathered under Liu Yan's command.

"Guys, I'm going to attack Chengdu!"

Liu Yan cleared his throat and said.

"Attack Chengdu now?"

"It's early!"

"Chengdu is not so easy to fight, now that the ice and snow have not melted, if you force an attack, the damage will be miserable!"

The congregation will disagree.

"Envoy, who proposed this?" Dong Fu didn't rush to object, but asked.

"This is what Zhicai proposed!"

"Xi Zhicai?" Dong Fu's eyes glanced at Xi Zhicai, and after bowing his hand, he asked, "I don't know why Zhicai proposed this?" ”

"Master Dong, it is urgent to attack Chengdu!"

Xi Zhicai said calmly: "You are all going to attack after the beginning of spring, have you ever thought that when we are fully prepared, you have already prepared the best defense in the city, and finally fight, isn't it also a tough battle, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred?" ”

"This is the reason!"

"If you start a war now, you can really catch them off guard!"

"But if they react, they won't be desperate in the end......"

Some are for and some are against.

"Since Mr. Xi thinks that he can attack at this moment, I don't know if there is a good way to break the city!" Dong Fu pressed his hand, let the generals calm down, and asked again.

"It's not difficult to break the city!"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "Lord Dong, the so-called attack on it is not prepared to take it by surprise, the so-called, it is nothing more than the sound of the east and the west, we want to break the city, the reason is the same, although Chengdu has high walls and thick walls, there are many defenders, but the people's hearts have been chaotic, its master has been defeated, as long as it is chaotic, it can break its city!" ”

"It's easy to say!"

Someone said coldly, looking down on a scholar who was making nonsense in the camp.

"Please also ask Mr. Xi to speak carefully!"

Zhang Ren glared at his subordinates, he stepped forward and said to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai's words, in the eyes of some people, are empty talk.

But in the eyes of those who are familiar with military affairs, it is the word of breaking the city.

"If I attack Chengdu, I will make 10,000 soldiers and horses attack the north city first, and then 10,000 soldiers and horses, attack the east city, storm for three days, withdraw along the way, and then attack the west city gate, storm for two days, turn south and attack, a few days later, the defenders in the city, back and forth, will be confused!"

Xi Zhicai was not afraid at all, and he could talk about it: "Then will be the time for my main force to attack!" ”

"Where?"

Zhang Ren asked.

"Why?" Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"Got it!"

Zhang Ren is worthy of being a person who is familiar with military affairs, and he immediately understood: "What Mr. Xi means, as long as you mess with his mind, you can mess with his deployment, and at that time, if we want to drive straight in, we can attack at will!" ”

"It's not far, but it's still a little close!"

"What's missing?"

"On the day of the attack, one person needs to enter the city and lobby the Yizhou scholars in the city, and the inside and outside should be combined, and in less than ten days, Chengdu will be broken!" Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice.

One is foreign war, and the other is civil strife.

With a two-pronged approach, Chengdu's current situation cannot be stopped at all.

He was sincere in his advice, but he chose a good time and hid an unknown selfishness.

"Mr. Xi, what you said is very true!"

Dong Fu nodded, approving Xi Zhicai's words: "In this way, Chengdu will be chaotic, Jia Long will be chaotic, and it will not take much effort to destroy Chengdu to capture it!" ”

"Liu Envoy Jun, a certain Huang Zhong, has to make Jun treat, but he has not contributed a single penny, and even ashamed, please fight now, for the vanguard, attack Chengdu, do not break Chengdu, come to see you!"

Huang Zhong suddenly knelt down and shouted for battle.

"Hansheng has this heart, and it is very comforting!"

Liu Yan's eyes looked at Huang Zhong, looking at Xi Zhicai, how did he think that the two of them came to offer advice after discussion, nothing more than wanting to swallow these soldiers of the Yizhou Army and strengthen the strength of the Baibo Army, this is an impossible thing, if it is the credit of the Baibo Army at that time, he has to respond, then it will be difficult to ride a tiger, so he must not agree to this matter: "However, the Baibo Army has traveled a long distance and is not familiar with Chengdu, so it is better to wait for a few days, this battle, or let the Dongzhou Army attack first, the Baibo Army will press the formation, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will wait in formation!" ”

"Zhang Ren!"

"In!"

"I order you, at noon tomorrow, lead 10,000 troops to attack Chengdu!" He didn't have to ask Huang Zhong to fight here

"No!"

Zhang Ren received the order.

After Zhang Ren received the order, Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong both showed a trace of disappointment one after another, which made Liu Yan more sure of his conjecture.

……

When the crowd dispersed, Dong Fu stayed behind and asked, "Lord, why don't you let Bai Bo fight!" ”

"Do you know what kind of request Xi Zhicai made for Bai Bo's war?"

"What requirements?"

"They want the prisoners of the Yizhou army!"

"Want the Yizhou Army?"

Dong Fu's eyes widened: "They have such a big appetite!" ”

"Whether it is Huang Zhong or Xi Zhicai, they are all talents, but they are still unstable in their hearts, they can't give him a chance to strengthen their strength, if the strength of the Bai Bo Army is strong, I am afraid that they will be out of our control!" Liu Yan sighed and said.

After he sighed, he asked Dong Fu: "Is there a strategy for drama Zhicai?" ”

"The strategy is decent, but it is feasible, and Xi Zhicai is right, this time is the best time, we can't wait until the city is also ready, attack, we have to take a surprise, and also, he messes with his mind externally, and responds to the soldiers and horses internally, he is also right!"

Dong Fu thought for a while: "But I guess he may have a better plan in his heart to attack the city, but he ......"

After thinking about it, he stopped talking.

"It seems that he is still heading towards the Mulong Map!"

Liu Yan knew what Dong Fu was going to say, and he sighed helplessly, it was not easy to recover a person for his use, especially if they had a master.

"As long as the lord stays him here, slowly, he will not be able to get out of the lord's control, and when the lord frees up his hand in the future, he will summon Mulong Tu to Chengdu, and after being imprisoned, he can accept his loyalty!" Dong Fu suggested.

"Hopefully!"

Liu Yan nodded, with such a hint of expectation in his eyes, he could see that whether it was Huang Zhong or Xi Zhicai, if they wanted their loyalty, they only needed to take Mu Jing down.