"Map!" Zhuge Liang turned over and dismounted, came to a stone pile on the plain and sat down, and instructed Deng Ai beside him to take the map.

Deng Ai took the map and unfolded it on the stone, and said, "Da Sima, we are now out of Qishan and are already within the sphere of influence of Tianshui County of Wei. To the east are Guangwei County, Anding County, and Guanzhong Sanfu.

To the west, there are Nan'an, Longxi, and Liangzhou. However, there are Liupan Mountains in Guanzhong and this place, and the street pavilion is located on the border of Guangwei County, as long as the hand holds the street pavilion, the Wei army reinforcements in Guanzhong can not easily pass. ”

Yongliang is actually a general term, which includes two states, one is Liangzhou, and the other is Yongzhou.

Because it belongs to a defense area, it is called Yongliang.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the division of Yongliang was not the same as it is today.

In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, that is, in 213 AD, Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao at that time, and after obtaining Liangzhou, he redivided Yongliang.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liangzhou was very large, with ten counties under its rule, including Wudu, Longxi, Jincheng, Hanyang, Beidi, Anding, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Dunhuang.

Yongzhou, on the other hand, is the Guanzhong region, which is very small, which is commonly known as Sanfu, with only three counties: Zuo Fufeng, Right Feng Xu, and Jing Zhaoyin.

And the number of counties in Liangzhou can also be subdivided, just like Jingzhou, there are Jingnan and Jingbei.

In addition to Wudu, which belongs to Shu Han, Longxi and Hanyang in the east are more prosperous. These counties are located between Longshan and Liupan Mountains and are known as Longyou.

And the west of Jincheng, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Dunhuang close to the Western Regions, many deserts, many Qianghu, relatively barren, is Liangzhou in a broad sense, known as the bitter cold land.

And Cao Cao's redivision of Yongzhou is actually to include Longyou, which belongs to Liangzhou, into Yongzhou.

Today, Yongzhou has Longxi, Tianshui, Guangwei, Nan'an, Anding, Beidi, Xinping, plus Sanfu, a total of ten counties,

In Liangzhou, there are now only six counties, including Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei, Xihai, Xiping, and Jincheng.

Among them, the new Guangwei, Nan'an, and Tianshui in Yongzhou, plus the original Longxi and Anding, are collectively known as the five counties of Longyou.

Among them, Nan'an, Guangwei, and Tianshui are actually the original Hanyang, and stability is divided into two.

However, although the Wei State included the land of Longxi into Yongzhou, there was a moat between Longyou and Guanzhong Sanfu, that is, Liupan Mountain.

Liupan Mountain is connected with Qinchuan, stretching for thousands of miles, dividing Yongzhou into two, and to the east of Liupan Mountain is Sanfu plus Beidi, Xinping, and a total of five counties.

To the west of Liupan Mountain, there are five counties of Longyou, such as Tianshui, Nan'an, Guangwei, Longxi, Anding, etc., and as for Liangzhou, it is further west.

The mountain road between the two places is dangerous, and it is very difficult to pass, and the road that is slightly easier to walk is the street pavilion!

Zhuge Liang left Qishan and arrived at Qishan Fort, which was already regarded as entering Tianshui County of Wei.

If he can hold the street pavilion and block the reinforcements from the Wei State from Guanzhong Sanfu and Yongzhou in the east, then Zhuge Liang can slowly take the five counties of Longyou in Yongzhou and the entire Liangzhou.

Zhuge Liang looked at the map for a while, and muttered: "Twenty miles north of this place is Xixian, and further north is Shangbang and Ji County!" And Ji County is the seat of Tianshui County. ”

Zhuge Liang pondered, looked at Ma Chao and asked, "Meng Qi, what is the situation in Yongliang now?" ”

Ma Chao replied: "In the Yongliang land west of Liupan Mountain, there are a total of 40,000 Wei soldiers and horses stationed, of which 10,000 are guarded in Jincheng, Liangzhou, where there are many Qianghu, and Xiahou Yuan, the son of Xiahou Yuan, is called the town.

Qishan Fort has 10,000 troops, and the remaining 20,000 Wei troops are mostly distributed in Tianshui, Longxi, Guangwei and other counties to guard against our army. And Tianshui Taishou is Ma Zun, according to the scout's report, such as today Shui Taishou Ma Zun is following Yongzhou Thorn Shi Guo Huai to inspect the place. ”

Although Sima Yi wrote to tell Zhang He and Guo Huai to take strict precautions, it was already mid-July at that time, and Zhuge Liang had already set off for the north.

And it will take a long time to get from Luoyang to Liangzhou, and Guo Huai is out on patrol, and he has only just received Sima Yi's letter, but Zhuge Liang has already arrived, and it is obviously a little late to arrange defenses and gather troops and horses to meet the enemy.

"Great!" Zhuge Liang was very excited when he heard the news: "Yongliang's soldiers and horses are scattered all over the place, and Guo Huai is patrolling outside, this is a great opportunity to seize Yongliang, our army will go to Xicheng first!"

Liu Yin, you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses here to watch the Wei army in Qishan Fort! ”

"No!" Liu Yin gave up his hand.

Subsequently, Zhuge Liang led his troops to Xicheng, which was located twenty miles north of Qishan Fort.

Zhuge Liang led his troops to the city.

The county commander did not expect Zhuge Liang to suddenly lead troops to attack, and the west city was short, there were only a few hundred defenders in the city, and it was impossible to defend.

The army entered the West City.

Zhuge Liang convened the generals to discuss the next strategy of using troops.

Zhuge Liang said to the generals: "Our army came suddenly, the Yongliang defenders were defenseless, and Guo Huai was patrolling outside, so our army only needed to divide the troops to take Nan'an and Longxi to the west, and send troops to the east to attack Guangwei and settle down."

First take the five counties of Longyou, so that the west of Liupan Mountain is my Han land! ”

Da Sima Mansion's subordinate officer, Yang Yi, who joined the army, heard the words and said: "Da Sima, in this way, it is necessary to divide the troops into three routes, our army has now divided 10,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed under Qishan Fort, if it is in the division of troops in three ways, I am afraid that the enemy army will be broken one by one." ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said: "The enemy's troops are scattered, our army will come, it will definitely panic, Guo Huai is patrolling outside, the dragons are leaderless, how dare you be the enemy of our army?"

Now General Zhang Ren is out of the valley to attract soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, as long as our army guards the street pavilion, the reinforcements in Guanzhong will not be able to enter.

Meng Qi, Yide is my Han Five Tiger General, powerful in the world, and Meng Qi is a person from Liangzhou, known as the general of Shenweitian, if he is allowed to divide the five counties of Longyou, Wei Junyan can resist? ”

When Ma Chao and Zhang Fei heard this, they immediately gave up their hands and said, "Da Sima, we are willing to lead troops to pacify the five counties of Longxi." ”

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay, there are two generals out of the horse, why worry about Liangzhou?" Meng Qi, you will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the west to attack the two counties of Nan'an and Longxi, and Yide, you will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the east to attack Guangwei and settle the two counties. ”

"No!" The two of them surrendered their orders.

Immediately, Ma Chao groaned: "Da Sima, if the two of us lead the army outside, who will guard the street pavilion at that time?" ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Jieting is located in Guangwei County, and now Guangwei County is not down, and it is difficult for soldiers and horses to go to Jieting to guard." Even if the two of you are not there, I will choose to guard the street kiosk! ”

Zhuge Liang said, his eyes slightly glanced at Deng Ai, the apprentice he had trained single-handedly.

Ma Chao laughed and said: "I forgot that General Deng is a great Sima Gaotu, Lankouju defeated Lu Xun in a battle, Wen Ping, and guarded a street pavilion, what a way!" ”