Zhuge was reborn, killed the old thief Sima

Chapter 339 The Cao family’s background in Yongliang (second update)

Su Ze, the governor of Anding County, appointed General Hao Zhao as the captain, and Wei Ping from Jingzhou and Dai Ling from Guanzhong as the generals.

Several fortresses were stationed in Anding County to prevent Ma Mengqi from leading his troops to sneak attacks.

Liang Kuan raised food and grass to appease the wealthy families in the county, while he personally inspected various cities in Anding County to ensure that people's morale was stable and that prices did not rise.

On the other side, Tianshui County directly began to make a large number of appointments. Many wealthy families in Tianshui County stood up at the same time and were willing to accept the court's arrangements. At the same time, with the acquiescence of Zhong Yao and Yang Fu, they recommended their own children.

For example, Yang Fu's younger brother Yang Mo joined the army as a general with his family's private soldiers. Yan Wen, a native of Xicheng, Tianshui County, personally stationed in Shanggua to assist Xia Houyuan in his position of special command.

Jiang Xu, a native of Ji in Tianshui County, directly entered the army to guard Licheng.

At the same time, the Tianshui Jiang family and the Yang family have been married almost for generations, and most of the younger members of the family are cousins.

Jiang Ji of the Jiang family was stationed in Jicheng and became the commander-in-chief of the county.

Jia Kui, a famous general from Hedong, was transferred to Chang'an to assist in guarding Ziwu Valley.

You Chu, the magistrate of Puban County in Hedong Province, was recommended by Zhang Ji to Chang'an to assist Zhong Yao in mobilizing troops and supplies from various places.

Tianshui Yin Feng has always been cautious and resourceful, stationed at the junction between Wudu and Tianshui, in case Zhuge Liang led his army to break into Wudu's army.

The Di king Qiang Duan directly entered Wudu to garrison, on the one hand to suppress and conquer the remaining Di people, and on the other hand to serve as a second line of defense to protect the road into Hanzhong.

In Nan'an County, local wealthy families such as Zhao Qu and Pang Gong assisted the new Nan'an County Governor Xing Yong in guarding Nan'an.

The last road to Liangzhou was also directly blocked.

In addition, Xun You also left behind such as Hu Zhi from Shouchun, Cao Zhen, the adopted son of Cao Mengde, and Cao Xiu, the clan son, who strictly guarded the entrances of the rear.

The 2 army directly left [-] people and handed it over to the generals to guard these key places entering Hanzhong.

Ensure that their rear will not be attacked by Zhuge Liang.

For a time, the huge land of Yongliang was really full of talents.
After all these talents, Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao were left with bouts of headaches.

"Xun You, this is to make the most of the four words "many soldiers, generals and wide areas".

Zhuge Liang, who had retreated back to Huaili, joined Zhou Buyi who had finally escaped and returned, holding the lists gathered from all over the place, his head was also tense.

None of these names looks familiar.

And Zhou Buyi didn't forget to add trouble to him at this time.

"Sir, although we were pretending to lure you this time, we also tried it in Tianshui, although there are many families who did not wholeheartedly serve Cao thief.

But at this time, they obviously will not secretly help us."

"Of course Liang knows!"

One sentence made Zhuge Liang even more headache.

And battle reports from the other side kept coming.

"After Ma Mengqi surrendered the Qiang and Hu, he wanted to forcefully attack Anding County to open the road to Liangzhou.

But Hao Zhao, the captain of Liangzhou, is sticking to the secret place. Although the secret place is not a critical place, Hao Zhao is quite a good guard.

An 18th level Ju Maluzhai was set up outside Yinmi City to tightly restrict the Qiang and Hu under Ma Chao's command.

In addition, he previously moved all the people in the southern part of Anding County, burned all the farmland, and cleared the country so that General Meng Qi did not get any food.

After guarding the secret for several days, Xia Houyuan's surprise attack finally arrived. Ma Chao was almost defeated again in a battle that left him unable to care about each other.

But even so, the losses were considerable, and some Qiang and Hu subordinates began to defect."

"Hao Zhao." Zhuge Liang heard a familiar name again, "If it weren't for Xia Houyuan, then Hao Bodao would not be Meng Qi's opponent.

If you want to break the situation, you must find a way to kill this beast." Zhuge Liang knew very well that although Hao Zhao was very capable, like Huo Jun, good defense required sufficient time and location.

If it were on the plains, he might not be Meng Qi's opponent.

In this regard, they are far inferior to Cao Zixiao.
But I couldn't help but now, in addition to where these people were stationed, there was also Xia Houyuan, a general on the right side of Hubu Pass, guarding the place.

No matter where Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao attack, as long as they are delayed by the opponent for a few days, Xia Houyuan will lead his troops directly to the rear.

By that time, they will be in a dilemma
Zhou Buji looked at the map in front of him and Cao Mengde's distribution of generals and schools, and finally turned his attention to the position behind them.

"Sir, what do you think it would be like if I were to launch a surprise attack on Chang'an at this time?"

"Surprise attack on Chang'an?" Zhuge Liang couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this sentence, "How did you think of such a method?"

"Sir, please forgive me. Now that our way forward has been blocked by Cao's army, it is very difficult to enter Wudu or break into Liangzhou.

In this case, I might as well go back to Junjingzhao directly, and I’m afraid Zhong Yao won’t even think of it.”

"Do you know what a long memory is?" Zhuge Liang looked at the disciple in front of him and slapped him on the forehead with a feather fan, "That's Zhong Yuanchang, not an ordinary general.

This battle seems to be a fight between Ma Mengqi and Xia Houyuan, who we helped.

In fact, I'm afraid it was the uncle and nephew of the Xun family who took action. There are very few people in the world who are so in charge of the overall situation.

Xun Yu is unparalleled in the overall situation, and Xun You is good at fighting on the battlefield. Do you think Jingzhao County will be empty after the matter planned by the two of them? "

"This"

"Besides, you must not forget that we did not injure Cao Mengde in the Battle of Nanyang, although we lost many of his generals.

But those generals are mostly old, and Cao's new strength is still well protected.

Just like Su Ze, Zhang Ji, Hao Zhao, Cao Zhen and others, these are all newcomers to the Cao family.

Cao Mengde understands this better than me.

If Liang's expectations are correct, there may already be heavy soldiers waiting in the land of Jingzhao Chang'an, if I wait to send troops.

Then the next step is to really be trapped and die there. "

Zhuge Liang's words shocked Zhou Buyi for a while, and then he fell into a long silence.

"But I can't wait here to defend Fufeng all the time. Although the battlefield here is wide and convenient for me to roam around, it will definitely wear down the morale of the soldiers after a long time.

Moreover, this food and grass is extremely insufficient.”

"Hey!"

Faced with these words, even Zhuge Liang could only sigh.

At this time, he looked at the Yongliang map in front of him, laid out all the battle reports on the table in front of him, and finally gave the order directly.

"Tell Meng Qi to return to the army immediately and stop entangled with Xia Houyuan."

"gentlemen."

"Go quickly!" Zhuge Liang didn't have time to explain anything to Zhou Buji. There was only one thing he could do now, and that was to break the deadlock in Yongliang as quickly as possible.

"General Lingming!"

"The general is here!" After hearing Zhuge Liang's call, Pang De jumped out of the formation.

"Are you afraid of death?"

"Sir, what kind of joke are you talking about? Why should the people of Yongliang be afraid of death?"

(End of this chapter)