Twenty miles outside Yangping Pass, the camp of the Xiliang Army.

In the evening, more than 25,000 horses rode into the camp, and the camp leaders Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng and Huang Zhong, who had already received the news, greeted them at Yuanmen.

At this point, all the soldiers and horses of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong were assembled by the Xiliang Army, and the army of 100,000 was declared to the outside world.

After dinner, a group of generals gathered to discuss the battle in front of them.

This time, Li Li did not occupy the magpie's nest to occupy Zhou Yu's main general's tent, because Huang Zhong deliberately left two big tents when he camped here. One is the military tent of Zhou Yu, the chief general of the Western Front, which is relatively small, and the other is the extremely atmospheric tent in the middle of the big camp is Li Li's marshal tent. It had been vacant before, but now it was finally used, and when the Li Li Department arrived at the camp, the tent was immediately activated, and the account was raised.

After a little greeting, the generals took their seats. The first on the left is Anbei general Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, and the rest are more than ten generals above the rank of general such as Zhao Yun, Qubei, Ma Dai, and Ma Xiu. The first person on the right is Fa Zheng Fa Xiaozhi, followed by Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, and the rest are more than ten generals such as Chen Dao, Cao Xing, and Ma Tie.

The main seat of the upper echelon is as usual, Li Zhi, the commander of the guards, stands behind the left of the handsome position, and Li Li is in the handsome position, sipping tea leisurely with a smile on his face.

It is true that Li Li's lineup of generals in this expedition to the west is extremely strong, there are only three of the five tiger generals, and there are more than 30 generals above the Zhonglang general, and then Zhou Yu and Fa Zheng lead the war planning. Therefore, Li Li is indeed more relaxed and leisurely, when Zhou Yu led his troops to confront Zhang Lu in front of the pass, he was happy in the Qiang Dao camp until he sent a secret report. The Yizhou reinforcements had already set out and arrived in Hanzhong five days later. At this time, Li Li was not in a hurry, and his mind was all on Mengxin. It wasn't until after Mengxin left that he set out from the village, came to the Yangping Pass camp, and personally commanded the army to fight.

At the beginning of the meeting, Fa Zheng briefly stated to Li Li the siege of the city in the past month or so. During the confrontation with the Hanzhong army at Yangping Pass for more than a month, Zhou Yu commanded the army to attack Yangping Pass five times, but all of them were tentative feints. attacked the city tower three times, killed more than 3,000 enemies, and lost more than 4,000 soldiers. None of them were able to capture the pass.

Nowadays, there are three cavalry battalions and two infantry armies assembled in the camp, namely: Zhou Yu's headquarters Shuofeng battalion, Zhao Yun's unparalleled iron cavalry and 10,000 Jinqiwei cavalry, a total of 50,000 cavalry (the previous lost cavalry has been replenished). The two infantry battalions were: the Qin Gong battalion under Huang Zhong's tent and the 10,000 county soldiers under Teng Yu's tent stationed in Longxi (originally 15,000 people. After several sieges, the army was left with 10,000 infantry troops). A total of 80,000 soldiers and horses were mounted on foot. Zhang Lu's army, which was twice as large as that of Yangping Pass, had good military strength and high morale.

After Fa Zheng finished talking about the previous battle, Zhou Yu reported respectfully: "Just now the scout reported that when the lord led the army to the camp, a reinforcement also came from Yangping Pass, with a lot of soldiers and horses, enough 50,000 people. The origin of this support army is self-evident. It is the soldiers and horses under the command of Liu Zhang of Yizhou, and its lord will be Shi Zhaowei, the governor of Yizhou. Adjutant generals Wu Yi and Zhang Ren, 5,000 soldiers and horses, 5,000 cavalry, the rest are all infantry troops, complete armor, and sufficient ordnance and baggage. Menacing, strength not to be underestimated.

The Yizhou army immediately took over the defense of Yangping Pass, and it is said that Zhang Lu also sent 30,000 soldiers and horses from the pass back to Hanzhong to garrison the city of Nanzheng County. Obviously, Zhang Lu has completely handed over Yangping Pass to the Yizhou Army for defense, and these two once hostile forces are now cooperating very tacitly, sharing the same hatred and hatred, and it seems that they are very confident in holding Yangping Pass, as if they did not take our Xiliang Army in their eyes. Therefore, the last general Jianyi will go out to fight the Yizhou army tomorrow, test the generals and combat strength of the Yizhou army for a while, and then plan to break the enemy. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

"Hehehe!" Li Li bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Yizhou Liu Zhang couldn't help being lonely after all, and he actually took the initiative to send troops to participate in the war, obviously he came prepared!" Since he took the initiative to make a move, I should accompany him, otherwise he would have thought that after two years of recuperation, I, Li Li, would no longer be as brave as I used to be. Therefore, the Yizhou army is coming from afar, how can we show weakness and fight with the whole army tomorrow! ”

Before the words fell, Li Li restrained his smile slightly, and continued: "Speaking of which, our army and Hanzhong Zhang Lu have clashed several times, but I haven't met him yet, it's time to meet him." Otherwise, when Yangping Pass is captured and the army captures Hanzhong County, he doesn't know who to ask for surrender, so he will laugh and be generous! ”

"Hahaha??????" The generals laughed. Immediately, the atmosphere of discussion in the tent was very lively, and the generals expressed their tactical opinions one after another, and then debated with each other until their opinions were relatively unified.

During this period, Li Li was not like a coach, but more like an audience or a mediator between the generals, always controlling the atmosphere of the proceedings and leading the direction of the deliberations.

An hour later, the meeting was over, and the generals left one after another, inspecting the armaments overnight, only to go out to fight the Yizhou army after dawn.

Seeing the generals leave, there were still five people left in the big tent, including Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, and of course Li Li and Li Zhi were also in the tent.

Li Li got up and walked to the bottom of the hall, sat on top of Zhou Yu, and said with a smile: "Yangping Pass is not a dangerous pass, but our army has many war horses and few infantry troops, and we are not good at attacking cities, so it is not suitable for our army to attack the pass." Does Gongjin have a good plan for this? ”

After Zhou Yu heard this, he glanced at Fa Zheng and said with a smile: "What the lord said." For more than a month, the last general and Xiaozhi have also been thinking about how to capture Yangping Pass, originally we were ready to seize the high mountains on both sides of Yangping Pass, condescending, so that we could capture this pass. However, on the high mountains on both sides, 1,500 unique warriors under Zhang Lu's tent were stationed, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if they forcibly captured the peaks, they would inevitably cause huge casualties. For this reason, Takashi and I could not make up our minds for a long time, and planned to find another way to defeat the enemy, and then attack the high mountains on both sides when we had to do so. However, now that the Yizhou army is stationed at Yangping Pass and joins forces with Zhang Lu's army to garrison the pass, this has brought us an excellent opportunity to break the enemy. ”

"Oh?" Li Li was a little surprised and asked: "After the Yizhou army entered the pass, the defenders in the pass were twice as large as before, there were 70,000 people, why did Gong Jin think that this was a good opportunity to break the enemy?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this: "My lord, this method of breaking the enemy was the first to come to mind by Xiaozhi, so you might as well explain it in detail by Xiaozhi." ”

Li Li bowed slightly, turned his gaze to Fa Zheng, and a smile of approval appeared on his face. Seeing this, Fa Zheng nodded happily and said loudly: "As the lord said, Yangping Pass is located at the key point of the two mountains, and although Chengguan is not a Xiongguan, it is better than the terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, if you think of it as a birdcage, it is a different matter. There was only one bird in the cage before, this is Zhang Lu Dajun, if it doesn't want to fly out by itself, and the cage is very strong and not easy to break, it will be difficult for us to catch it. But now, another bird flew into the cage, and the two birds were in one cage, and they were already suspicious of each other; In this way, it leaves us with opportunities to take advantage of.

According to the detailed report, after the Yizhou army entered Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu immediately dispatched 30,000 soldiers and horses back to defend Nanzhengcheng, nominally because the county guard was empty, but in fact he was on guard against the Yizhou army to turn against him and cut off his Hanzhong nest. It can be seen from this that Zhang Lu is both used and defensive against the Yizhou army, and the two forces are not as tacit and intimate as they seem, but wary of each other and distrust each other. In this way, we only need to take advantage of the gap between them to break through Yangping Pass and break these two forces in one fell swoop. ”

Li Li's eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth showed a beautiful arc, and he said with a smile: "Two birds are locked in a cage, but they are not a male and a female, but hostile forces that have a gap between each other, this metaphor has some meaning." It seems that filial piety is already in the chest, I don't know how to implement it? ”

"Wechen is about to ask the lord for help." Fa Zheng answered the channel.

"Asking for help?" Li Li looked stunned: "Whatever Xiaozhi needs, just open your mouth, as long as I have what I have, you can take it." ”

Fa Zheng waved his hand and said respectfully: "Thank you for the trust of the lord, Weichen will swear allegiance to the lord, and he will not give up." This time, Weichen wants to ask the lord for a person, plus some wealth. ”

"Wealth is not enough. I don't know who filial piety wants? ”

"Yang Ang, the general of Hanzhong who was captured alive by General Zhao Yun in the Qiang Dao Rebellion." Fa Zheng said without thinking.

Li Li's expression changed slightly, his mind turned sharply, and then a thick smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "Yang Ang has some talents, and he can be regarded as one of the best generals under Zhang Lu's account in Hanzhong. In the Qiangdao melee, if he hadn't desperately protected Zhang Lu to break through, I was afraid that Hanzhong would have been captured by us. However, if Xiaozhi wants to persuade him to surrender, or let him rebel against Zhang Lu, I am afraid it will not be easy. This person is quite loyal to Zhang Lu and is willing to repay him with death, not to mention that the Yang family is also a big family in Hanzhong, and there are many clansmen. Therefore, unless Zhang Lu is destroyed and Hanzhong is occupied by us, he will not automatically surrender. ”

Fa Zheng nodded happily: "What the lord said is extremely true. Yang Ang is quite a general, before leading the troops to confront our army in Wudu County for more than a month without missing the slightest flaw, if it were not for Zhang Lu with the defeated army rashly called to open the city gate, I am afraid that Qiangdao City will not be captured by our army so quickly. However, I did not ask the lord for this man to persuade him, but for other purposes. There are two major clans in Hanzhong County, one is the Zhang family, and the other is the Yang family, the Yang family is second only to Zhang Lu in power, and Yang Ang is the leader of the Yang family, and is the leader of this generation. Therefore, this person is very useful, if a qiē shun lì, the breakthrough to break through Yangping Pass and even the entire Hanzhong is on the Yang family. ”

Li Li and Fa Zheng looked at each other for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Since Xiaozhi is so confident, then this matter will be handled by you with full authority." I brought the generals and scribes of Hanzhong captured last time, and you can go with Zicheng to get them later. In addition, if you need manpower, you can just find Zicheng directly, Jin Yiwei is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and there are many strange people and righteous people. Hehehe! ”

"Thank you for the success of the lord, Weichen will definitely live up to the high expectations of the lord and win Yangping Pass!" Fa Zheng said respectfully.

"The big thing is over, the hour is not early, everyone go and rest, raise your spirits, and compete with the Yizhou army tomorrow." As Li Li slowly got up and waved his hand with a smile, Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun and others retreated. Compared with this kind of stratagem, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong are more concerned about the battle between the two armies tomorrow, which is the main battlefield where they can show their talents.

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