Jiang Wei was shocked when he heard this. He had stayed in the Mianyang Tuntian District for a long time. Deng Ai's tens of thousands of villagers could pick up knives after losing their hoes. Indeed, they would not be easily manipulated by outsiders. Yizhou's strategic depth is so deep

It is so big that even if the road is at the end of the road and settled in a corner, it can still maintain a political power in Shu.

At this time, Jiang Wei thought of Liu Zhang. If he hadn't taken the initiative to invite Liu Bei to Sichuan, maybe someone else would be competing with Cao Wei and Sun Wu for the world now?

Looking at Pang Tong, Ma Chao, and Jiang Wei next to them, they completely gave up the idea. Liu Zhang did not have any great talents or strategies. Now he has lived in Lingling for ten years under the rule of Lantian, enjoying his old age and preserving his descendants. If he really competes with those strong men.

The world may end up similar to Tao Qian, Liu Biao and others.

When Liang Qian saw Jiang Wei bowing his head in thought, he also clasped his fists and offered his advice: "My brother is now living in Tianshui Gongcao. If the generals have the intention to attack Ji County, Qian is willing to find a way to contact him and make an internal response."

"General Liang, don't be anxious. There is a place where we can use you. At this time, we can just hold Shanggui. Later, we can slowly explore Longyou. You and Bo Yue have to hide now. If you boldly contact your relatives in Ji County, you may

Instead, let your family suffer..." Pang Tong stopped him in time.

"Uh... General, I think it's simple, but it's better for the military advisor to think carefully..." Liang Qian clasped his fists in thanks.

Jiang Jiong was the previous Tianshui Gongcao and was closely related to the current Gongcao Liang Xu. Jiang Wei had been taken care of by the Liang family when he was a child. Shanggui was easily captured because of Jiang Wei's persuasion to surrender. He had deliberately surrounded Gong before and failed to do so.

Attacking was all Pang Tong's plan to confuse Cao Zhen.

The topography of Shanggui is similar to that of Chencang, with the Wei River to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south. However, the city is not as strong as Chencang.

Pang Tong adopted proactive defense, which was completely different from Zhang He's passive defense. In addition to deploying city defenses in Shanggui City, he also asked Zhang Fei to camp on the mountain side of Shanggui in the south, creating a dichotomy between the county town and the wild camp.

Cao Zhen was shocked when he learned that Fei Yao had "surrendered to the enemy" and Shanggui fell. He gathered troops from nearby Ji County and headed for Shanggui. When he saw the formation deployed by the opponent, he knew he had encountered a master.

After some scouting and reconnaissance, they found out that it was Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's combination, and Cao Zhen suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Zhang Fei was the representative of the ten thousand enemy, and Pang Tong was Liu Bei's mastermind. Cao Zhen had no confidence in front of them, and instantly lost confidence in supporting Chen Cang.

During the confrontation at Shanggui, Cao Zhen launched several tentative attacks. Due to the limitations of the narrow terrain of the Wei River, although Cao Zhen's force was more than twice that of Zhang Fei, he still failed to exert his advantage.

Zhang Fei relied on Shanggui County to turn against the enemy, and the Weishui grain route was cut off by Liu Bei's army. The Wei army was reduced to a lone army standing in the wilderness. The grain and grass supplies had to be transported from the Longyou land route. Cao Zhen's good home battle was suddenly replaced by Pang Tong.

It was an away game, and only the generals of the Wei army knew the uncomfortable feeling in their hearts.

Yin Shang, the chief secretary of Tianshui, saw that the two families were at a stalemate, so he sent out a suggestion: "General, Zhang Fei's troops are in Shanggui now and he has given up the Qishan Road. Why don't we divide our troops in Qishan? Take the opportunity to destroy Zhang Fei's Qishan camp and intercept and kill the opponent.

The food team will make it less easy for Zhang Fei to leave Qishan again in the future."

"Divide troops into Qishan to destroy Zhang Fei's empty camp? What's the point of doing this? Liu Bei is attacking Chencang with all his strength at this time. They can use the Wei River to transport grain. Where is there a grain of grain in Qishan?" Cao Zhen shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"But we are at a stalemate with Zhang Fei here. It is difficult to break through the Shanggui line of defense in a hurry. If we continue to stand at each other for a long time, we will only waste money and food. If we don't find other ways to break the situation, we may fall into Pang Tong's trap..." Yin Shang said

I mean, don't just sit around and wait for death. It's better to find something to do than to waste time here.

Cao Zhen held the root of the mountain with his left hand and gestured back and forth on the map with his right hand. He had already read the battle report from Luoyang. At this time, he finally discovered Liu Bei's purpose. There were fierce battles all over the country, and the opponent's center of gravity was actually on his own.

Yongliang.

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong used 30,000 troops to contain the main force of Wei State Yongliang. Cao Zhen was not willing to be led by the opponent. Once Liu Bei captured Chencang Fortress, the entire Guanzhong would never have peace.

With a dark face, Cao Zhen punched the table with his fist, making a banging sound that made all the generals in the tent tremble.

"Zhang Fei, Pang Tong likes Gui, let them stay here to celebrate the New Year. Governor Ma, order the generals of each battalion to immediately clean up their troops and return to Hebei County at dawn tomorrow." Cao Zhen made a bold decision.

Ma Zun clasped his fists and asked, "Zhang Fei... doesn't care?"

"Of course not." Cao Zhen shook his head and said, turned around and told Zhao Yu: "I will leave five thousand men and horses for you. We must keep the current number of camps unchanged. Remember that even making fire and cooking must be spread out as much as possible, and use bluff to contain Zhang Fei.

These people.”

"You also want to detour from the street pavilion to Longshan Road?" Zhao Yu seemed to have some understanding.

"That's not entirely true. Liu Bei has a big plan this time. I'm afraid Chen Cang is not his ultimate goal." Cao Zhen raised his eyes.

"You mean Chang'an..." Ma Zun thought of Xia Houmao and thought that he was unreliable. Moreover, there were only twenty or thirty thousand people in Chang'an. He might encounter Liu Bei's army and abandon the city and escape.

Cao Zhen replied: "It's not impossible. Xiahou Junlin (Xiahou Ru) has 20,000 people. I'm afraid it won't be enough. I have to bring some myself."

"Chen Cang, Chang'an is a fortified city. It is understandable for the general to worry about the loss of Guanzhong, but if Zhang Fei takes the opportunity to attack Tianshui and Longyou, what can be done?" Chen Cang, whether Chang'an is impregnable is not within the scope of Ma Zun's consideration.

The prefect of Tianshui only worried about his own comfort.

Cao Zhen said with a solemn expression: "Prefect Ma, you can rest assured. Chen Cang, Chang'an should be fine for a while. I will not leave Tianshui immediately, and I will leave enough defenders behind."

"It won't be a big deal." Ma Zun nodded with satisfaction.

At dawn the next day, both sides of the Wei River were quiet, and Cao Zhen quietly retreated toward Ji County.

On the way, Cao Zhen sent many messengers. Some of them went south to Wuwei to find Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou, some went to Anding County to mobilize troops and go south to Chang'an, some sent to Chang'an to warn Xiahou Mao, and some rushed to Luoyang to ask for help from Cao Pi.

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At this time, a small loss of face is a big deal, not to mention that Cao Zhen was facing the elite of Yizhou, and he was under pressure beyond his own load.

Cao Zhen stayed in Ji County for more than ten days. It was estimated that Zhang Ji had led his troops southward at this time, so he led 40,000 elite troops to Jieting in the northeast.

At this time, the battle against Chencang had become intense. With the assistance of a large number of siege equipment, Liu Bei's army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in twenty days. Although the battle scene was extremely tragic, it still failed to defeat Chencang.

Fazheng used the plan of diversion of water to irrigate the city twice, but the effect was not as powerful as expected. The Wei River in winter is in the dry season. When the water level is not that high, diversion of water to irrigate the city requires cofferdams to form a drop impact, and in winter
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