At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Fazheng told Liu Zhang about this famous battle example, and immediately helped Liu Zhang understand the importance of the land of Longyou to the land of Shu.

Liu Zhang felt a little bit suddenly enlightened.

Seeing Liu Zhang's moved face, Pang Xi hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

"If you take Liangzhou, you will be able to watch Guanzhong from the upper reaches of Guanzhong. If he comes to attack, our army will guard Longdi closely. If he doesn't come, after our army annexes Liangzhou and garrison Longyou, and is fully prepared, we can attack Guanzhong from both sides.

Unless Guo Zifeng advances in two directions, once he advances, our army can follow him to attack his rear. He has to leave the army to guard the defense. How many invading troops can there be?

And now that Guo Zifeng has just finished this battle, it should be when the army is exhausted, and when he is unable to attack, occupy Liangzhou first. Isn't it very simple to do something? "

After Pang Xi finished speaking, Fazheng continued: "Longyou is not only victorious in form, but also has horses. Longyou is rich in horses, and Longyou cavalry is famous all over the world. If our army can win Longyou, we can spend time training a powerful cavalry team. , you don’t have to worry about Guo Zifeng’s cavalry, but you can compete with them on the battlefield.”

Pang Xi's strong support and Fazheng's strong eloquence made Liu Zhang's inner balance gradually move closer to Fazheng and Pang Xi.

After much deliberation, Liu Zhang decided to follow the advice of Pang Xi and Fazheng, concentrate his forces to march from Qishan Road, go north to Longyou, take down Longyou, and then occupy Liangzhou completely, and then map Guanzhong.

Although there are still people who are admonishing him, Liu Zhang's determination has been made.

When Guo Peng was busy rectifying Guanzhong after his victory, he took down Liangzhou. After he got Liangzhou, even if Guo Peng accumulated food and grass to occupy Guanzhong, he could not continue to threaten Liu Zhang.

Otherwise, it would be two enemies, which is perfect.

Liu Zhang looked at the future marked on the map with a smile, and felt that his life could be guaranteed.

One's own foundation will surely be successful, so in the future, it seems that it is not impossible to plan a little bit, work a little bit, and become an emperor, right?

In the middle and late April of the fifth year of Xingping, the Shu army under the command of Pang Xi had already begun to prepare for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong. At that time, Liu Zhang returned to Chengdu on purpose to deploy various resources to support Pang Xi.

With the strong assistance of the Dongzhou people, a large amount of resources from the Shu region were mobilized and all were sent to Hanzhong. Some of them belonged to the government treasury, and the rest were naturally a temporary increase in taxes from Yizhou.

Taxes raised to support the Northern Expedition.

In the end, I decided that it was not enough, so what should I do?

borrow.

Of course, this borrowing has to be put in double quotation marks. It's really hard to say whether it was willingly handed over or forced to hand it over.

Anyway, in the eyes of Dongzhou people, Yizhou people are willing to hand in food and supplies.

One car after another was sent to the north, and there was an endless stream of cars and horses on the road from Chengdu to Hanzhong, all of whom were transporting supplies to and from the past.

In this way, with the efforts of the Dongzhou people, Liu Zhang assembled the supplies and troops needed for the Northern Expedition, basically having the foundation for the Northern Expedition.

In mid-to-late June, news of Guo Peng's victory and Liangzhou people's defeat reached Hanzhong, confirming Fazheng's previous speculation.

So Liu Zhang arrived in Hanzhong again. After some debate, he decided to take the Qishan Road again. After that, Liu Zhang held an oath meeting in Hanzhong, and ordered Pang Xi, the former general of the Kingdom of Shu, to be the commander-in-chief of the whole army. Create further meritorious service for the Kingdom of Shu.

The Northern Expedition to Liangzhou is confirmed!

Everyone, beat the dog in the water!

set off!

At Pang Xi's order, the [-] Shu army began to march.

Chapter 567

In order to cooperate with the advance of the [-] Shu army, Fazheng has long been in charge of the advance of the logistics troops.

The so-called three armies go first without using food and grass. Half a month before the army set off, the food and grass logistics troops began to set off first to clear the way for the army.

The lives of soldiers must be wasted on the battlefield, not in unnecessary places.

On the way to the army, the soldiers are the masters, and the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands are the nourishment. They must burn themselves to protect the soldiers.

Therefore, the believers of the Five Dou Rice Sect in Hanzhong all fell into bad luck.

In order to eradicate Zhang Lu's influence on Hanzhong, Pang Xi forced the people of Hanzhong to give up their belief in the Five Dou Rice Religion.

Then Pang Xi mobilized the people of Hanzhong, encouraged each other to inform each other, and found out those who still missed Zhang Lu and hated the Kingdom of Shu, which made Hanzhong go crazy for a while, and also accumulated a lot of manpower for the Northern Expedition.

This time, a total of [-] auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands were conscripted to deliver food and grass. Of course, most of them were believers in Hanzhong.

But even so, before the official march, after the logistics troops set off first, Pang Xi and Fazheng still felt why the road to Shu was so difficult to reach the blue sky.

Going by yourself is really not the same thing as leading an army, and leading a vanguard of more than 1000 troops is not the same as leading an army of tens of thousands of main forces.

Fazheng and Pang Xi made use of the waterway that roughly coincided with Qishan Road in the flow direction, and used the waterway to transport grain and fodder, trying to reduce the burden on the auxiliary soldiers and civilians, but the facts told them that even water transportation was not as convenient as imagined.

Because the amount of water in these rivers is not much and the carrying capacity is limited, large ships cannot be used, and small boats can only be used to transport them bit by bit, otherwise they will not be able to move forward.

But in this way, the carrying capacity cannot meet the requirements of the Shu army to advance.

Human transportation also encountered a lot of troubles, such as difficult roads, potholes, many mountain roads, many narrow places, and many steep places. News from people kept coming.

As a result, the logistics troops naturally complained, and Pang Xi had no choice but to order the troublemakers to be severely punished, beheading a number of heads, and managed to calm down the situation.

Having said that, the logistical conundrum won't be solved.

Every time you advance a certain distance, you have to pay a huge price for this, which is really too difficult for the advance of the Shu army.

Although many assumptions have been made and a lot of data has been explored before, there are still some differences when we actually take action.

After deliberation, Pang Xi and Fazheng had to relatively slow down the advancing speed of the army, in order to slightly coordinate with the advancing of the logistics troops.

To prevent the person in charge of the logistics force from coming to them every day and crying and telling them how many people died here, and how to force them to death. Facing such a gesture, Pang Xi and Fazheng were extremely annoyed.

The Shu army on Qishan Road moved slowly because of this, often stopping and going, in order to cooperate with the food transportation of the logistics troops, this is about to become the norm.

Under such circumstances, Pang Xi and Fazheng had nothing to do.

The waterway along the road is not wide, the water level is not deep, and the carrying capacity is too limited. The army needs a lot of food and grass to move forward, and the road is not easy to walk. The speed of progress is far lower than expected.

In order to match the reality, Fazheng had to relax, relax, and relax again and again the time required for progress, and the demand for food was getting bigger and bigger.

This is all impossible.

But things had to be done, and the Northern Expedition had to be carried out. Everyone could only grit their teeth and move forward, bearing the risk of [-] and baldness, and contributing their hearts to the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Fazheng racked his brains to find a solution to the problem, but after much deliberation, he still couldn't do it in the face of the mighty power of nature and the limitations of human science and technology.

He didn't know that decades later in another time and space, a person with ideals, aspirations and talents like him would march northward step by step with such difficulty, with repeated defeats and repeated defeats.

He was very smart, very capable, and very powerful, and he concentrated all his energy on accomplishing great things. Even so, he couldn't solve the problem of the bumpy road of the Northern Expedition.

Had it not been for the rough roads of the Northern Expedition, perhaps history could have been rewritten.

It's a pity that nature doesn't play with you.

The geniuses born in this era, try their best, can't reverse the disadvantages brought by nature.

The Shu army walked forward step by step.

Around the first ten days of July, Guo Peng got the news of the advance of the Shu army. According to accurate information, Guo Peng learned that the route chosen by the Liu Zhang Group was not to go straight to Guanzhong, but to go straight to Liangzhou.

Take the road of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition and the fourth Northern Expedition.

The main force of the Shu army, [-] troops, took the Qishan Road and marched towards Hanyang County in Liangzhou along the route of Hanzhong, Wudu and Hanyang.

As for Guanzhong, they took a defensive position, guarding the major entrances to Shu and blocking the roads, making it impossible for Guo Peng's army to attack even if they wanted to.

Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, and Ziwu Road, these three important roads that Guo Peng sent people to strictly survey, all detected the Shu army's operations to destroy the roads.

The already difficult road has now become even more difficult.

In response to this, Guo Peng immediately held a military meeting in Chang'an, attended by Crown Prince Guo Jin of Wei State, to discuss this important information.

Xun You and Chen Gong immediately pointed out Liu Zhang's intentions, and judged that Liu Zhang had an expert around him.

"The land of Longyou is the most powerful place in the world. When Emperor Guangwu was at the time, Kai Xiao rebelled and separatist Longyou. Emperor Guangwu sent a large army to attack Longyou, but he could not win for four years. The small land on the right of Longyou was used to contend against Emperor Guangwu's powerful army for four years. It can be seen that Longyou The terrain on the right is dangerous."

Chen Gong pointed to the map for analysis.

Xun You analyzed the movements of the Shu army.

"The Shu army went out of Shu and took Longyou directly. It is bound to want to capture Longyou, cut off the Long Road, and hold on to Longdi to counter our army, so that our army cannot enter Long, can't capture Longyou, and enter Liangzhou. The Shu people can farm in Longyou.

Farming in Longyou can solve the problem of difficult delivery of Shu grain, and can occupy Longyou to raise horses to train cavalry. After a few years, the national power will rise sharply, and Longyou cavalry will come out of Long and run rampant in Guanzhong. The situation is no longer what it is today. look like. "

Lu Su said: "Liu Jiyu has capable people around him. He didn't want to compete with our army for Guanzhong. Instead, he seized the opportunity and entered Longyou. Judging from the fact that the Liangzhou generals have separated many lands and scattered sand, the Liangzhou generals are extremely powerful. If there is a possibility that they cannot compete against the Shu army, then Longyou will be acquired by Liu Jiyu, and the Shu people will be able to open up the situation."

From a professional point of view, the counselors suggested that Guo Peng should respond to this matter immediately and make arrangements in advance to prevent the Shu people from getting Longyou, relieve the trapped dragon, and soar to the nine heavens.

Otherwise, the situation will become very difficult to deal with.

If necessary, grit your teeth and send troops to Longyou, trying to occupy Longyou before the Shu people occupy Longyou.

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Guo Peng took a deep breath and felt that he needed to think carefully.

Because his own existence disturbed the world, Liu Zhang, who had never been out of Shu, had such a change in his power. I have to say that the trend of the world is getting more and more interesting.

If Liu Zhang really got the land of Longyou, occupied the world, won the land for horse production, and could farm the fields for food, then he would really solve the situation of the dragon in Xishu.

That's definitely not a good thing for me.

The generals in Liangzhou are scattered. If Guo Peng wants to attack, he can use political means to divide them, causing fierce conflicts among them and attacking each other.

There are countless such means.

But Yizhou is different. There is a unified ruler. Dispersion and unity are undoubtedly easier to deal with. It is better to let the generals of Liangzhou win than to let the Shu army win.

The lesser of the two evils is the lesser of the two evils. At this moment, it is really not suitable to launch the next war. Guo Peng decided to help the generals of Liangzhou, let them get the news in advance, guard Hanyang County, and block the way for the Shu army to leave Shu. Seal the Shu army in the mountains.

As long as you can't get out of the mountain, you can't solve the trapped dragon situation. The Kingdom of Shu will always be a trapped dragon until you die!

Guo Peng immediately sent people into Liangzhou and told Ma Teng and Han Sui the news.

Tell Ma Teng and Han Sui that Liu Zhang sent troops to invade Liangzhou, the goal is to take over Liangzhou and get rid of them. I hope they will make preparations early and stick to the two counties of Shu Wudu and Hanyang, so as not to give the Shu army a chance to go out of Shu.

The news was quickly sent to Liangzhou by fast-paced messengers, and handed over to Ma Teng and Han Sui, so that Ma Teng and Han Sui could prepare early.

When Ma Teng was the first to learn, he was shocked and immediately told Han Sui the news. Han Sui looked pale and frowned.

"is this real?"

Ma Teng didn't dare to judge casually.

"Will Guo Zifeng deceive us with this kind of thing?"

Han Sui shook his head: "The number of marches is marked, which means that Guo Zifeng has spied accurate information and told us that he doesn't want the Shu people to get Liangzhou, so as to prevent the Shu people from becoming bigger and endangering himself. If you don’t want Shu people to get Liangzhou, you must choose to join us.”

After thinking about it, Ma Teng thought it was right, so he became even more worried.

"Our two armies combined have less than 2 soldiers and horses. There is a shortage of soldiers, food, and supplies. If we really want to fight, we can't even get the equipment for [-] people. Can this battle really be fought?"

After the war, Ma Teng and Han Sui made their own statistics and found that their troops suffered heavy losses, especially Chang'an, and soldiers kept fleeing on the way back.

After returning to the base area, it was equivalent to a trip to Guanzhong for nothing, and almost all the gains were lost.

Although their alliance is still the strongest force, due to the defeat, they lost some vigor and a large amount of supplies and food. They have no number of people and cannot be armed. Armors, shields, spears, ring-headed knives, bows and crossbows are all broken. The damage is serious and it is difficult to replenish for a while.

There are many separatist warlords in Liangzhou. There are dozens of people, large and small. The larger ones include Zhang Meng, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and others. They are not under the alliance of Ma Teng and Han Sui. It is an independent small kingdom, and there are foreign forces.

It just means that Ma Teng or Han Sui have the qualifications to become the leader when encountering certain things.

Right now, it seems that this is the time.

If they could not get the help of other Liangzhou warlords, Ma Teng and Han Sui really did not have full confidence in resisting the attack of the Shu army.

The exhausted army that has just been defeated lacks strength, weapons and equipment, food, and fighting spirit. Such an army cannot compete with the victorious Shu army.

So Ma Teng and Han Sui each contacted the warlords who were better with them, asked them for help, stated their interests, and made an appointment to fight against the Shu army together.

These warlords, large and small, are not fools. If the matter is true, they will certainly weigh it carefully. If Ma Teng and Han Sui are finished, they will be finished too. When facing foreign enemies, the warlords of Liangzhou are actually all prosperous. Lose all.

But is this really true?

They sent people to inquire about the news.

So the Shu army was marching hard in the mountains, and the Liangzhou warlords were still wondering whether this matter was true. Ma Teng and Han were anxious to prepare for the war, and Guo Peng was watching a show.

But this show is not for nothing.