On the map of Xiyang County Government, Zhuge Liang placed flags on it, which represents the current offensive and defensive positions of the enemy and us in Nanyang County.

If Cao Mengde and his counselors saw this map, they would probably be shocked and speechless on the spot.

Because in some places, even Cao Mengde’s orders have not yet been conveyed.

For example, the seven-way transport of grain and soldiers...

"Sir, the news is here!"

Zhou Buyi's voice came from the door, and the smile on Zhuge Kongming's face continued.

"How is it? General Guan is here?"

"According to Sir's plan, General Guan fought and marched and now he has reached the vicinity of Queshan, and the next step is the Runan border of Yuzhou!"

"Okay!" Kong Ming nodded slowly, "Cao Mengde deceived me because I have few soldiers, so I will introduce the war into Yuzhou. Then I will see how this war develops."

"Sir, should we start to fight back now that things have come to this..."

"Wait a moment, don't worry!" Kong Ming waved his hand gently, looking at the map in front of him with a smile, and then asked Zhou Buyi to step forward and look at the battle map in front of him with him.

"If Mr. Prime Minister Cao saw this arrangement, he would probably be shocked..."

"Cao Mengde is not you. The most he would say after seeing it is that talents are rare, so he is not surprised." Zhuge Liang chuckled and said to Zhou Buyi, and then clicked directly on the map.

"Now, all the generals under the command of General Liang have been dispersed, either fighting in the field with Nanyang County or garrisoning the city. This leaves the choice in the hands of Cao Mengde, who has many soldiers and will divide his troops to invade.

At this point, the plan I was waiting for can be started."

"Sir, your methods are very clever. Now that Cao Mengde has become the boss, I'm afraid he doesn't even know it..."

"It's just a game with each other. There is no such thing as joining in." Kong Ming chuckled and did not accept such words. "Although we are fighting separately, we are stationed in the place and there is no problem behind it.

But after all, Cao Mengde led his troops to attack us. With our strong walls and clear country, they must continue to escort food and grass.

Although Cao Meng has attracted Ma Teng and restricted Ma Chao in Guanzhong, he cannot let it go. Xiahou Dun and Zhong Yao are sitting in Guanzhong. This is the opportunity we have been waiting for.

Liang let Gan Ning form an army alone, thereby breaking the situation!

Cao Mengde now has many cavalrymen under his command, but most of the cavalrymen are newcomers, so they will certainly not divide all the cavalrymen under his command.

In this way, as long as Xingba is careful, he can be wiped out one by one. This is the way to support war with war."

"It's good to replace General Zilong with Gan Xingba and disrupt Cao's army's food supply, but how can we win?"

"...." Kong Ming was silent for a while, then shook his head silently, "There is no way to win!"

"Sir, are you so unsure..."

"This has nothing to do with confidence, but this battle is different." Kong Ming sighed helplessly, then nodded towards the corner, "Go and get the two maps in the corner."

One of the maps covers the entire southwest of Han Dynasty, including Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, Yizhou and Yangzhou.

The other one is a map of Hanzhong and its surrounding areas.

"Did you see it?"

"Hanzhong..." Zhou Buyi looked at the two maps and quickly understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts, "Sir, initially you wanted to place the battlefield above Hanzhong?"

"Indeed, the best battlefield in Liang's heart is Hanzhong." Zhuge Liang also looked helpless at this time, "As the saying goes, Hanzhong is where success is, and Hanzhong is where failure is.

There is a huge difference in strength between the lord and the thief Cao, and this cannot be equalized by clever planning.

Cao Cao has many talents under his command. Even if there are many problems in the rear, he still takes his time. There are only two ways to defeat him.

The first is to cut off their food and grass and force them to retreat.

Second, defeat his troops head-on, and force them to retreat due to the plague and chaos.

But it’s very difficult in Nanyang..."

Zhou Buyi also understood, looking at the map and nodding silently, if we defeat it head-on, we must abandon Jingzhou, and then join forces with Jiangdong to exploit our strengths and avoid weaknesses on the Yangtze River.

Moreover, the right time, right place and right people are indispensable.

But if this happens, Jingzhou will be lost, and we can’t do this.

To cut off its food routes, only Hanzhong can be done. The lord only needs to use Jingzhou and Yizhou as the foundation and fight decisively with Hanzhong to clear the country.

It is much easier to transport grain from Yizhou to Hanzhong than from Yongliang to Hanzhong.

At that time, the Wudu Earth Dragon turned over and completely destroyed the waterway from Hanzhong to Yongliang, leaving only a rugged mountain road.

Once Cao Mengde's first batch of food and grass is used up, every day of delay is a suppression of Cao Mengde's foundation.

It can take as long as three years or two years, or as short as more than a year, it can force Cao Mengde to retreat..."

After Zhou Buji said this, he couldn't help but sigh, they couldn't do this!

"Nanyang is located in a flat area, with Guanzhong and Yuzhou behind it. Zhong Yuanchang from Guanzhong, and Xun Wenruo who is now in charge of Xudu again, none of them are rare heroes in the world.

Yuzhou in Guanzhong was managed in an orderly manner by them again, and slowly began to regain its vitality. The roads for transporting grain were extremely smooth, and they could continuously transport grain and grass.

Once the stalemate continues, we will only have Jingzhou and half of Jiaozhou as supplies, but they will have the entire Central Plains as supplies.

Drag, we are no match for them."

"Is that why you have been holding back and left the war to other military advisors, while you are living in Jiangxia and waiting for opportunities?"

"As a general, you must not be greedy for merit and rush forward, let alone go your own way.

Now the lord has Shi Yuan, Xu Yuanzhi, Gong Yuan and others under his command to help, and in the rear there are Yuan Guang, Gong Yan, Gong Wei and others to handle the place.

Jingnan surrenders, Jingbei surrenders, and they will definitely not lose to Cao Mengde in a short time.

But even if we win this battle, we will never achieve temporary stability, let alone a temporary victory!

What Liang wants is the last chance..."

"Where does the opportunity come from?"

"Still waiting!"

"..." Zhou Bujie looked at the heavy-faced gentleman Zhuge Kongming in front of him and was speechless for a while. In this strange and pressing situation, how could he, the gentleman, be so calm?

But then I thought about it, wasn't this the feeling that Zhou Buji was looking for...

"I, Zhou Buyi, am a genius. Anyone who can make me, Zhou Buyi, admire me and be willing to be taught, must have this ability!"

"Sir, where do you think General Gan Ning is now?"

"Should...the general Zhang Xi under Cao Cao's command has been killed..."

Zhuge Liang slightly estimated the time and felt that it should be almost the same time. At the same time, he also thought of the next thing.

"If Liang and Xingba exchange identities, they should go to meet the lord at this time, but... Xingba should give up on the lord completely."

"...Is General Gan Ning so courageous?"
Chapter completed!