Liu Bei got up, pulled out the sword at his waist, and said loudly: "I have been recuperating for three years, this time, I must take Yongliang in one fell swoop, rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, and the generals will listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

Liu Bei ordered: "Now our army and horses are all hoarded in Hanzhong in the north, this time I want to lead 150,000 soldiers and horses to the north and go out of the valley!"

Ordered Zhang Fei to go to Hanzhong to meet Zhang Ren, Zhang Fei was the vanguard, Zhang Ren was the deputy vanguard, led 30,000 troops out of the valley first, occupied Wuzhang Plain, and inquired about the news.

Ling Ma Chao, Pang De led 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yangpingguan to respond!

Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Lin Xiao, Ling Bao ......, Er and others all went out with me on the army! ”

"No!" The generals will take the command.

"On this expedition, there are three military advisors with me to give advice!" Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Fa Zheng again.

The three of them gave up their orders: "No! ”

"Li Yan sits in Ba County and raises grain and grass for me!"

"No!"

"The rest of the people stayed in Chengdu to assist my son Liu Chan in governing Yizhou."

"No!" The rest of the civil and military surrendered their orders.

Now Liu Bei has more than 250,000 soldiers and horses.

There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yangpingguan, 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shangyong, 30,000 soldiers and horses in Langzhong, and 80,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu.

Liu Bei sent 150,000 troops to the Northern Expedition, and the main force was 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, 30,000 soldiers and horses in Langzhong, and 70,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu, leaving 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Chengdu.

Due to the turbulent situation in Fufeng County, last winter, Liu Bei began to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and the army of soldiers and horses was transported to Hanzhong, which was already waiting for the day, and Hanzhong also prepared a large amount of grain and grass, which was quite sufficient.

Zhang Fei had already led his troops north to Hanzhong at this moment and joined Zhang Ren.

The next day, Liu Bei also led a large army to Hanzhong in the north.

A month and a half later.

Guanzhong, Chang'an.

The original Chang'an Imperial City has been transformed into Cao Cao's Palace.

In the palace.

Cao Cao, who was supposed to be seriously ill in Yecheng, was sitting in the main hall at the moment.

Your Highness.

On the civilian side, there are Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Zhong Xuan, etc.

There are generals such as Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Xu Chu, Han Hao, Cao Zhen, Cao Zhang, Sun Li, and Xiahou Cheng.

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu and asked, "Wenhe, where has Liu Bei led the army now?" ”

Jia Xu's face was different, and he arched his hand and said: "Lord, the situation has changed, Liu Bei did not leave Qishan, but led the army straight to the valley, and now Zhang Fei's 30,000 vanguard army has approached Wuzhang Plain!" ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao's face sank: "Before leaving Qishan, how is it possible?" ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "It is true that he has not left Qishan, according to the report from the scout, on the side of Wudu, only Ma Chao led 30,000 troops to sit in Wudu, and Liu Bei's army of more than 100,000 has appeared in Xiegu!" ”

Cao Cao's face couldn't help but be a little ugly: "Zhuge Liang, this person, actually knows me so well?" Can you guess my mind? He saw that there was no ambush on Fufeng's side, and the real trap was set in Liangzhou? ”

Liu Chan guessed correctly, Cao Cao has a treacherous personality, and his use of soldiers is false and real, which makes it difficult to guess.

Cao Cao deliberately created the Fufeng Rebellion, allowing Haoqiang to seize the city and tempt Liu Bei out of the valley.

But Cao Cao knew that with the wisdom of Zhuge Liang and others, he should be able to see that something was wrong with Fufeng.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang and them will definitely do the opposite and suggest that Liu Bei go out of Qishan.

Therefore, Cao Cao arranged a net of heaven and earth in Qishan.

Liangzhou had 50,000 soldiers and horses, which were commanded by Guo Huai.

In the past few months, he ordered Guo Huai to secretly transport 30,000 soldiers and horses to Qishan Fort, and ordered Guo Huai to personally guard Qishan Fort.

If Liu Bei came to attack, he only ordered the defender to lead 10,000 troops to resist, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses could not be hidden.

Qishan Fort is close to the mountain, the terrain is narrow, Zhuge Liang has five northern expeditions in history, and he has been out of Qishan twice, but he has not been able to conquer Qishan Fort. During this time, Qishan Fort continued to increase its defenses, and Cao Cao was confident that even if Liu Bei had an army of 150,000, it would be difficult to conquer Qishan Fort in a short time.

In this way, Liu Bei's soldiers must be blocked by Qishan Fort when they leave Qishan.

Therefore, Cao Cao secretly told Longxi, Tianshui, Nan'an and other counties to guard too much, once Liu Bei left Qishan, when Qishan Fort was deadlocked, he led them to pretend to surrender Liu Bei.

When they surrendered, Liu Bei would definitely not be suspicious, because everyone thought that Liu Bei would go out of the valley, and Liu Bei suddenly appeared in Liangzhou, coupled with Ma Chao's deterrence, these people were afraid, and it was reasonable to surrender.

In this way, when Liu Bei learned that these counties had surrendered, he would definitely bypass Qishan Fort, march into the hinterland of Liangzhou, and send troops to take over the counties of Liangzhou.

On the side of Qishan Fort, although Liu Bei will leave a number of soldiers and horses, it will not be much, and it will definitely not exceed the 30,000 troops in Qishan Fort.

After Liu Bei enters the hinterland of Liangzhou, he will definitely send troops to occupy the street pavilion and cut off the road for reinforcements from Guanzhong.

Therefore, Cao Cao handed over the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou to Zhang He and set up an ambush in the street pavilion.

When the time comes, Liu Bei will send to Jieting to cut off Cao's army's soldiers and horses, and as soon as they arrive at Jieting, the whole army will definitely be annihilated.

And Cao Cao had already sent people to contact the countries of the Western Regions last year, borrowed 80,000 troops from the Western Regions Alliance, and now he has secretly arrived in Jincheng County.

Cao Cao secretly arrived in Chang'an, led 50,000 troops to wait for news in Chang'an, and only waited for Liu Bei to divide his troops into Jieting after the defeat of Jieting, and then led his troops to Jieting to join the Western Regions coalition forces to flank Liu Bei.

The defenders of the counties of Liangzhou turned against each other again.

The 30,000-strong army of Qishan Fort appeared, launched a surprise attack, defeated the Shu army left behind in Qishan Fort, and was responsible for cutting off Liu Bei's back road.

Jieting was defeated, the back road was cut off, the Western Regions coalition army came from Jincheng, and Cao Cao personally led his soldiers and horses from Jieting to the south.

In this way, Liu Bei was surrounded on all sides, there was no way to advance or retreat, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army, but also more than half of the loss, and he was powerless to attack north within a few years.

It's a pity that Cao Cao spent more than a year on the exquisitely woven trap, but Liu Bei didn't take the bait!

Cao Cao's face was terrifyingly gloomy.

The well-designed bureau for a year actually failed.

His Cao Cao's mind was actually figured out!

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "King Wei don't panic, now King Wei should quickly send troops to Beiyuan to resist Liu Bei's soldiers." At the same time, he quickly sent people to Liangzhou to summon Zhang He and the Western Regions coalition army to Beiyuan.

Now that the state is merged, Si Li also has 50,000 soldiers and horses to wait for him, and the king of Wei can temporarily sit in Chang'an, wait for Si Li, and the state reinforcements will arrive, and they will go to Beiyuan to respond! At that time, you only need to hold on without a fight and wait for the situation in Jingzhou to erode, and Liu Bei will definitely retreat! ”

"That's all there is to it!" Thinking of the arrangement in Jingzhou, Cao Cao's face relaxed a little, and said with a smile: "Although Liangzhou has not been able to catch Liu Bei, Jingzhou's net will definitely be able to catch Guan Yu!"

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Zhen, Jiang Ji obeyed the order! ”

The two of them arched their hands: "The end will be!" ”

Cao Cao looked at the three of them and said, "Let the three of you lead 50,000 troops to the Northern Plains as quickly as possible, set up camp, and hold on, Miaocai, don't let me down this time!" Zitong, you must manage them well, don't let them fight without permission! ”

The three of them gave up their orders: "We will live up to the trust of King Wei!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "I will ask people to hurry up and go to the street pavilion to recall Zhang He, you only need to hold on for seven days, Zhang He's reinforcements will arrive, and I am here to wait for the state, Si Li's reinforcements, within twenty days, within a month, I will also lead the troops to arrive!" At that time, the Western Regions Alliance will also arrive, you just need to hold on! ”