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When the sun is rising, the spring flowers are blooming.

On the upper floor of Chencang City, Li Li, dressed in a Confucian robe, stands at the head of the city, and there are rolling mountains everywhere in sight.

Chencang City, not so much a city, is more of a pass blocking the exit of the mountains, and it is a throat fortress in and out of Hanzhong and Chang'an.

In fact, Chen Cang was originally only a county under the jurisdiction of Fufeng County, but it became famous all over the world because Han Xin outwitted Chang'an when Chu and Han fought for hegemony; This is the origin of the famous classic battle example of "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang".

After this battle, Gaozu Liu Bang took the lead in attacking Chang'an and was named the "King of Han", laying the cornerstone of Liu Bang's leaders in one fell swoop, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent unification of the world.

Since then, Chencang has transformed from a small county located in the deep mountains to an important town in Xiongguan, guarding the throat of Chang'an to the southwest.

At this time, standing at the head of Chen Cangcheng and looking at the towering mountains that could not be seen at a glance, Li Li couldn't help but shake his head slightly, sighing infinitely. In the annals of later generations, a generation of famous ministers and Wuhou Zhuge Liang was repeatedly frustrated under this Chencang City, and his six trips to Qishan were in vain, so that he finally died of vomiting blood in this vast mountain range. It is no wonder that later poets sighed: "Die before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears." ”

Fortunately, at this moment, Chen Cang was in his hands with Li Li, and Zhuge Wuhou, who had been famous for thousands of years, was still a junior at this time. As long as this western expedition can seize Hanzhong, there will be no more tragedy of six out of Qishan. Once Hanzhong is in hand. Within three years, Li Li vowed to seize Xichuan and go straight to Chengdu. Turning Yizhou into the rear of the Xiliang Army is also the lifeblood of the money and food of the Xiliang Army to pacify the world subsequently.

For Hanzhong and Yizhou, Li Li can be said to have coveted for a long time, as early as the pacification of Yongliang and Liangzhou, he was worried about the country of abundance - Yizhou. Why, at that time, Xiliang was initially decided, and his foundation was unstable. There is an urgent need for a period of transition to consolidate the foundation; In addition, Hanzhong Zhang Lu blocked in the middle, once the Xiliang army moved slightly. Yizhou Liu Yan must be prepared early. In view of this, under the constraints of many unfavorable factors, Li Li had to hold his mind even if he coveted Yizhou. Set aside for now. Wait for the time to be ripe before you can send troops to Hanzhong and seek to capture Xichuan.

Therefore, Li Li has always been in no hurry to send troops to the Central Plains, and what he really thinks about is Hanzhong and Yizhou. Because, although the states and counties of the Central Plains are vast and rich, they are all together, and the forces of all parties are staggered. The situation is complex and volatile. And in contrast, in terms of geography and population. Once Hanzhong and Yizhou are captured, then the Western Liang army will also occupy half of the world, and the population and territory area will be doubled on the existing basis, and it will be invincible before leaving the Central Plains. From a strategic point of view, after seizing Hanzhong and Yizhou, the Xiliang Army has a broad strategic depth, which can be attacked, retreated and defended, even if it encounters a major defeat, as long as the territory is not lost, it can fight again after two years of rest. In contrast, the states of the Central Plains have no way to retreat, except for Youzhou, which is adjacent to Liaodong, and Jiangdong, which borders Jiaozhou, the other states have become saturated, and there is no way to retreat except to flee overseas.

This is the fundamental reason why the north is strong and the south is weak since ancient times. Strategic depth determines war potential, and the more protracted the war, the more the side with the vast strategic depth will highlight its tremendous war potential, and thus win the war in the end. This is an unbreakable truth in thousands of years of war, both in ancient times and in the future thousands of years later, and it is a key factor in determining the final victory of war.

As a person of later generations, Li Li saw this point very thoroughly and was convinced. Therefore, in the previous battles, he did not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, nor did he care whether the Central Plains were eliminated one after another; What he really cared about was the gains and losses of population, money, food, and strategic locations. As long as these strategic points that determine the success or failure of the war are not lost, and there are no heavy losses in population, money, and food, it is only a matter of time before the Central Plains is directly captured. Once the time is ripe, whether it is Yuan Shao in Jizhou, or Cao Cao and Liu Bei and other heroes, they can be captured in one net; Even if it was a protracted war with the princes of the Central Plains, Li Li could afford to fight and hold on. No matter how bad it is, sit and wait for death, Li Li will also kill these powerful princes.

Because of this, Li Li personally led the army west to Hanzhong, because he valued the land of Hanzhong very much. As long as Hanzhong is captured, then Yizhou is a piece of fat on the side of the mouth, even if there is a natural danger in Shudao, it will not be able to withstand the temptation and beating for many years. Once the Shu army is slightly relaxed, the Xiliang army can take the opportunity to attack Yizhou and seize the entire territory of Yizhou in one fell swoop.

Therefore, the purpose of Li Li's expedition to the west was not to swallow Hanzhong and Yizhou in one go, but to seize Hanzhong, pry open the gateway to Yizhou, and then gather heavy troops here to look at Xichuan.

At the same time, another plan that Li Li had been planning for a long time would follow. In order for the plan to be carried out, he had to leave Chang'an, because his departure from Jingshi would be tantamount to removing a sharp sword hanging over the heads of many people with bad intentions, so that they could unleash their courage and show their strength.

"Zilong, blindly defending is not the way, you must take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, Zhang Wei's army will not move and defend the valley, what can I do? ”

On the city tower, Li Li looked in the direction pointed by Ma Teng, and saw that there were faint flags flashing in the valley more than ten miles away, and curling smoke rising, which was where Zhang Wei's troops were located.

As of today, the Hanzhong army, with Zhang Wei as the main general, Yang Bai as the deputy general, and Yang Song as the military division, has been camped in the valley 20 miles away, and it has been more than half a month. At first, Zhang Wei's department only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and after storming Chen Cang for more than ten days, tens of thousands of horses were lost, and then Zhang Lu mobilized 35,000 doumi sect members to replenish it, so Zhang Wei had 50,000 soldiers and horses under his account. Since learning that Li Liqin led a large army to go on the expedition, Zhang Wei led his troops to withdraw, but he did not withdraw to Hanzhong, but set up a large village in the valley twenty miles outside Chencang City, blocking the road for the Xiliang army to attack Hanzhong, and confronting Chencang City from afar.

I have to say that this Dazhai and Chencang City have the same thing. Chencang City is in the north, Zhang Wei Dazhai is in the south, the Hanzhong army can't break through Chencang City, and the Xiliang army doesn't want to attack Hanzhong. It can be said that it is to repay the other in their own way, and no one in the two armies should think of taking advantage of it without suffering losses.

At this moment, the generals standing beside Li Li were the main generals of the western expedition, such as Li Zhi, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Ma Teng, as well as Cao Xing, Chen Zhi, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and other deputy generals and generals of various battalions.

After hearing Li Li's words, Zhao Yun thought for a while and said respectfully: "What the lord said is extremely true. Zhang Wei's army has been stationed in the valley for more than 20 days, and not only has no sign of withdrawing troops, but has strengthened the camp every day, clearly confronting our army for a long time, until we return without success and withdraw from the army. Therefore, it is imperative to take the initiative, otherwise we will only be able to hold on to it, and we will not be able to advance an inch. It's just that?????? The enemy's camp is quite high, and it is very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we are mostly war horses this time, and we are not good at attacking fortifications. Therefore, the last general could not think of a way to break the enemy for a while. ”

After speaking, Zhao Yunjunlang's cheeks rarely showed a bit of embarrassment, looking very embarrassed and at a loss.

It is true that if it is said that Zhao Yun is in charge, Zhao Yun is definitely the one who will not give in. Even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he dared to lead the army to charge and fight, without frowning at all. However, in front of him is a high base of the camp, surrounded by lofty mountains and cliffs, and the war cavalry has no place at all, rushing forward, but it is just to send it to death, and it is not even difficult to get close to the camp of the enemy army, and it is even difficult to get close to the camp.

Li Li bowed slightly, turned his head to look at Fa Zheng beside him, and asked softly, "Is filial piety a good way to break the enemy?" ”

Fa Zheng squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Zhang Wei Dazhai, and pondered: "My lord, forgive me." When our army first arrived here, they did not know much about Zhang Weijun's combat strength and strength, so they did not dare to rashly offer advice at the moment, so as not to mislead themselves and the army. In view of the current situation, Weichen Jian sent troops to probe and feign a strong attack on the camp to see how Zhang Wei and other enemies would respond, and then discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

Li Li nodded lightly after thinking for a while, and immediately ordered Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng led 10,000 Qin bow battalions and 3,000 infantry troops out of the city to feint and attack the camp, Ma Dai led 5,000 war cavalry and then pressed the formation, Xiaozhi and I went to watch the battle in front of the battle, and inspected the terrain nearby. Zilong stayed in the city and could not slack off. ”

"No!" Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Fa Zheng and Ma Dai bowed down to receive the order and immediately left the city tower.

After the generals left one after another, Ma Teng walked to Li Li's side and whispered in a difficult voice: "Why didn't Wenchang let the old man accompany him, didn't he really think that the old man was useless?" ”

"Father-in-law, don't think about it, I don't mean that."

Seeing that Ma Teng was so serious, Li Li was a little surprised, and immediately smiled apologetically: "This time, Yunluo came to Fufeng County with me, and the purpose was to visit his father-in-law. Your father and daughter haven't seen each other for a few days, if your father-in-law goes out with me, won't you let Yun Luobai run away? What's more, this time, Wan'er and Zou Jing and more than ten of their female dependents also came together, and they are not familiar with the place, so I naturally have no time to take care of other things in my military affairs, so I can only work hard and need my father-in-law to take care of them. In addition, my father-in-law also saw that there are quite a lot of generals in our army, and they should be given more experience so that they can be of great use in the future. Therefore, you should return to the county guard mansion as much as possible, so as not to make a mess of the backyard of the county mansion by Yunluo and them. Hehehe! ”

"Ugh! That's ??????." Ma Teng was stunned when he heard this, and looked back at the backs of the departing generals, and also felt that these generals were very extraordinary, all of them were magnificent, as if they were all brave and good generals. Even Huang Zhong, who is the same age as himself, is also imposing, and he is also the new General of the Five Tigers, obviously with super strength that is not inferior to Ma Chao.

As soon as he thought of this, Ma Teng suddenly felt that compared with these generals, he was really old, and it was really not his turn to charge into battle, and perhaps the duty of being too obedient was the most suitable for him.

"Well, the old man will go back ?????? now."

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