When Zhang Ren and the four of them saw Ma Chao, the dignified general of the Five Tigers, they actually attached so much importance to them, and they were emotionally moved for a while, and they all stepped forward to help each other up.Immediately, Ma Chao ordered a deputy general to stay, and he took Ma Tie and Ma Dai to lead Zhang Ren and others into the city, and as for the 20,000 soldiers and horses that came with Zhang Ren, they were handed over to other deputy generals to be introduced into the barracks, rested for the time being, and prepared rich and delicious food.As soon as they entered the general's mansion, everyone began to hold a banquet and talk at the same time.During the period, Ma Chao took the lead in speaking: "This time, Your Majesty is bound to take the entire Hanzhong and Yizhou in one fell swoop, but I don't know why I only saw four generals this time, and I didn't see Your Majesty Long Yan" After hearing Ma Chao's words, Zhang Ren hurriedly bowed to him and said: "Back to General Ma Chao, this time Your Majesty is driving in person, with a total of more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, except for my four generals."
There are also Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, Gao Shun, Wenxing, Pang De, and many other deputy generals, and among the ministers, there are Sima Lord Guo Jia and Prince Taishi Xu Shu, plus Shaofu Lord Lu Xun, a total of three.In addition, His Majesty also brought the crown prince and King Qin together to fight together, and it can be said that the morale of the entire army is like a rainbow. ”"This time, there are many people in the army, and after His Majesty led the soldiers and horses to Wudu City, Lord Lu Xun began to make arrangements.When His Majesty heard about the Yangping Pass, he immediately ordered us to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to come forward one step ahead to assist General Ma Chao. ”After Zhang Ren finished speaking, Ma Chao couldn't help but be excited, even Ma Tie and Ma Dai, who were a piece, were also excited.The three of them never thought that His Majesty's personal expedition would bring so many troops and a powerful camp this time.At that moment, I only heard Ma Tie say excitedly: "More than 300,000 troops, plus at least more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, that adds up to nearly 500,000 soldiers and horses."
With so many soldiers and horses, I'm afraid that Liu Bei's entire Yizhou soldiers and horses combined, are less than half of ours. ”Ma Dai on the side was also excited: "Don't say it's Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, I'm afraid this time it's in addition, the Wei army soldiers and horses hiding in Yizhou don't have as many people and horses as ours."
What's more, in addition to these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, there are also Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Yan Liang, Gao Shun, Wenxing, Pang De, Zhang Ren, Liu Xuan, Deng Xian, Ling Bao Several generals, plus the five brothers and sisters of our Ma family, this is the sixteen generals, in addition to Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Lu Xun three military advisors, such a powerful civil and military alliance, I am afraid that Shu Wei this time, even if there is a heavenly soldier and god will help, it will be difficult to escape death. ”After Ma Tie and Ma Dai finished speaking, Ma Chao also glanced at the two, and then added: "What surprised me even more Ma Chao was that His Majesty not only led so many soldiers and generals this time, but also brought the crown prince and King Qin together.With His Majesty's father and son personally supervising the battle, I am afraid that the morale of our soldiers will be unstoppable, and when the time comes, it is not a dream to take down the entire Yizhou in one go. ”When he finished speaking, he saw Ma Chao looking ahead and muttering: "Cao Pi, Liu Bei, I didn't expect that this time, I, Ma Chao, would have the opportunity to see the destruction of your Shu and Wei kingdoms at the same time, which is really the will of heaven, and it is not in vain that my father is in the spirit of heaven."
Father, mother, and all the dead people of my Ma family, look at it, I, Ma Chao, will avenge you. ”After venting his feelings, Ma Chao instantly returned to his previous state, looking at Zhang Ren and the others: "Generals, this time you have brought troops and horses to help, which can be said to have greatly solved Ma Chao's current problem."
Although it is said that His Majesty has arrived in Wudu County, Liangzhou, this time, if you want to enter Yizhou, you must first open up the land of Hanzhong.Therefore, Ma Chao has a matter that needs your help. ”After hearing Ma Chao's words, Deng Xian hurriedly bowed to him, and said quite seriously: "General Ma Chao is really too polite, this time I and the four of us led troops and horses to this place, which was ordered by Your Majesty, and Your Majesty also specially explained that after the four of us resisted Yangping Pass and met General Ma Chao, General Ma Chao was responsible for all actions for the time being.So in other words, General Ma Chao is the chief general of our army at Yangping Pass this time, if General Ma Chao has any orders, just say yes, we will definitely do our best to assist the general. ”Immediately, the other three generals also gave the same smile to Ma Chao.Seeing the appearance of the four generals, Ma Chao was very grateful in his heart, and said without hesitation: "When Your Majesty came before, I heard the military advisor Lu Xun say that Your Majesty's secret march this time is to take the enemy by surprise.Moreover, before you came this time, Ma Chao had fought with the enemy army, and in the actions of those enemy troops, Ma Chao also seemed to be aware that the enemy army did not know about His Majesty's personal expedition for the time being. ”"If, if Your Majesty leads troops and horses this time, it will definitely cause the enemy army in Hanzhong to panic.At that time, in the face of our tiger and wolf army, those enemy troops will only have to defend behind closed doors, so Ma Chao plans to take advantage of the fact that the enemy army is defenseless this time, and when His Majesty has not led the army to come for the time being.Join forces with the generals to send troops to capture the second pass of Hanzhong, Nanzheng, which is known to you as Hanzhong County.As long as we can take this Hanzhong County, it is equivalent to temporarily living in half of Hanzhong, and when Your Majesty's army also happens to come, it can be regarded as us opening up a passage for Your Majesty to open up half of Hanzhong, so as to facilitate the rapid dispatch of troops in the future. ”After Ma Chao finished speaking, he looked at the four generals and asked again: "I don't know what you think" Hanzhong Nanzheng, the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty belonged to the Qin State, until the death of Qin in 206 BC, Xiang Yu named Liu Bang as the king of Han.Wangba, Shu, Hanzhong 31 counties, the capital of Nanzheng.During the Western Han Dynasty, Nanzheng was a county of Hanzhong County and belonged to Yizhou.In the second year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, changed Hanzhong County to Hanning County, and governed Nanzheng.In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, and Hanning County was changed to Hanzhong County again.Later, Liu Bei captured Yizhou, invaded Hanzhong, and established himself as the king of Hanzhong, and Nanzheng was classified as Shu Han.Hanzhong County is far from Yangping Pass, it is in Hanzhong, if it occupies the land of Nanzheng in Hanzhong County, it is equivalent to occupying the throat of Hanzhong, and it can be attacked and retreated.Although Hanzhong County was very important, the Shu army did not care about it, just because Fa Zheng and others were familiar with Ma Chao's troops in Yangping Pass.Moreover, in Hanzhong County, Fazheng has already arranged three garrisons, each of which has at least 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus Hanzhong County itself has 20,000 soldiers and horses.Once Hanzhong County is in danger, with the dispatch of troops from the three garrisons, it will definitely be able to encircle and eliminate the enemy army in one fell swoop.At that moment, Zhang Ren said to Ma Chao: "Although the four of us have been living in Jizhou with Your Majesty, but before that, we have been living in Yizhou.At that time, there was always a gap between the old master and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and there was a small battle between the two sides for a few days, a January clothes war.For the topography of Hanzhong, Zhang Ren can be said to be very clear, Hanzhong County is an important territory in the east and west of Hanzhong, if Hanzhong County can be taken, it can be used as a station for the advance and retreat of our army. ”"At that time, it will be beneficial for our army to have a minister in charge of the supply of the rear here, as well as the mobilization of the large army.It's just that the terrain around Hanzhong County is dangerous, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is particularly difficult to take Hanzhong County. ”After Zhang Ren finished speaking, Ma Chao's eyes couldn't help but light up, obviously expressing his approval of Zhang Ren's explanation, and then Ma Chao also spoke: "It's really worthy of General Zhang Ren, although it has been so long, I still know so much about the terrain of Hanzhong."
That's right, the entire Hanzhong can be said to be composed of Yangping Pass, Hanzhong County and Xicheng, and our army has been stationed and guarded after taking Yangping Pass this time.Although during this period, the enemy army came to harass many times, but was repelled by our army, and it was fortunate to save the place of Yangping Pass, the gate of Hanzhong. ”Later, according to the outpost sent by Ma Chao, the main camp of the Shu and Wei armies in Hanzhong was in the Xicheng area, and Hanzhong County was an important pass set up by the Shu army.There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and in the nearby mountains and forests, there are several garrisons, which become alliances with each other.Once one corner is attacked, the rest of the Triangle soldiers will immediately come to the rescue. ”In this way, it will be difficult to break through, and if you want to take Hanzhong County, you can only rely on the assistance of four generals.Assist me Ma Chao to send troops at the same time, and take down all the Hanzhong County and the three garrisons in one fell swoop, so that there is a slight chance of winning. ”Liu Xuan said without hesitation: "Okay, I am willing to listen to General Ma Chao's orders, if there is any plan and dispatch, General Ma Chao just has to say it." ”Ma Chao hurriedly said: "Three days later, I would like to invite four generals to lead the soldiers and horses to accompany me Ma Chao to attack Hanzhong County and the three Shu army camps respectively. ”After hearing this, Ling Bao couldn't help but say: "Why do you need three days to attack the enemy, you can set off tomorrow." ”Ma Chao couldn't help but respond: "Ma Chaoguan The four generals came here this time, and it was very hard to travel all the way, so I want the four generals to repair a little, and when they are rested, it is not too late to set off together." ”Deng Xian said eagerly: "As a general, since I joined the army, I was born to fight on the battlefield.This time it was just a march, and it was not a coolie, so why did it take three days to repair.If you talk about rest, it is only enough for one night today, and you can directly lead the army to the expedition early tomorrow morning.Speaking of which, since I Deng Xian followed His Majesty and joined forces with General Ma Chao to fight against Cao Wei's army in Yanzhou, I have never led an army to fight.This time, after General Ma Chao said this, I only felt that the blood in my body was constantly stirring, and I couldn't wait to drink the enemy's blood with a gun now. ”: