After hearing Zhao Tong's words, Ma Di had an epiphany!

Cooperate with Wei Yan's troops in Hanzhong to harass the Chencang line, put military pressure on the Cao family in the Guanlong area, and complete the king's instructions.

It turns out that this is not his final plan at the moment.

The purpose is to send a small number of troops to Wei Yan's troops in Hanzhong County to create a stronghold of Chencang that they want to attack, attracting Cao's army's attention and reinforcements.

This is the "Mingxiu Plank Road" on the surface.

But in fact, Zhao Tong took the main force and various troops to invade the counties of Liangzhou again along Longxi, in order to catch Cao's army off guard.

However, Ma Su guessed his next plan, but he still did not expect that his general would have such great ambitions.

"Of course, it may not be appropriate to describe this strategy as building a plank road in the open and crossing to Chengcang secretly. It would be much better to attack Chencang in the open, cross Longxi secretly, and attack Liangzhou in the north. But that's the meaning, and it doesn't matter how you interpret it.

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After saying these words, Zhao Tong's face suddenly became serious and he said: "What You Chang just said is indeed true. I will indeed personally lead the main force to attack Liangzhou. That's why I ordered you to stay and defend in person."

"It's just to keep an eye on the surrounding war situation and make overall plans."

"In this way, I will feel at ease when I go to war!"

After finishing his sentence, Ma Su raised his head and looked up, and suddenly noticed that Zhao Tong looked at him with such trusting eyes.

He couldn't help but be deeply moved for a moment.

"General, please rest assured that I will protect the peace of the two counties and will always pay attention to the situation in Chencang."

He was so excited that he quickly accepted the offer.

Seeing him respond to this matter with an extremely solemn face, Zhao Tong looked a little relieved, and then continued to describe his plan:

"However, since we have decided to send troops to attack Liangzhou, we should not be too petty."

"If you want to do it, just do it directly. Let the generals of the Cao family stationed in Liangzhou know who will be the king who dominates the Kansai region!"

As soon as he said this, he looked carefully at the faint expression on his face.

His expression was so determined.

He is also very domineering in his words!

When Ma Su first heard it, he seemed to feel a surge of blood in his chest, and his fighting spirit arose spontaneously.

He began to look forward to the next words.

If your general wants to completely disrupt the situation, how exactly does he want to do it?

After all, nowadays, the soldiers under his command plus Ma Zhong and other troops from Qiang Dao are only more than ten thousand soldiers and horses.

If you want to cause trouble, you also need the army, right?

"Then how are you going to make a big fuss, general?"

After pondering for a while, Ma Su raised his hands and asked.

Hearing this, Zhao Tong smiled and said softly: "Call the Qiang soldiers to fight!"

Although he only said a few words, he spoke with great emphasis.

So much so that Ma Su seemed to be able to feel the importance in his heart.

"Is it too much to call the Qiang tribes to attack the counties in Liangzhou?"

Ma Su thought for a moment and asked this question.

"Youchang, you still don't fully understand the actual situation in the northwest region today?"

After hearing this, Zhao Tong just smiled slightly, but he was determined to cultivate it, and then patiently explained: "Liangzhou counties have been surrounded by various Qiang people since ancient times, and the Di tribe has inhabited them."

"When Guangwu revitalized the Han Dynasty and reestablished the order of the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people had already multiplied and developed in Liangzhou."

"Previously, with the successive conquests by Han Taiwei Duan Qi, and later Liangzhou Sanming, Huangfu Song and other good generals of the Han Dynasty, the large tribes such as the Eastern Qiang Xianling and other entrenched tribes gradually declined."

"A few years ago, the Cao thieves sent Xiahou Yuanping, who was beheaded by General Huang Lao, to attack Guanlong, where he wiped out many Qiang tribes in Liangzhou, further weakening their strength."

"But to this day, there are still white horses, Shaodang, ginseng wolves and other Western Qiang in the west of Liangzhou. I heard that there is also a Western Qiang king in Linqiang who imitated my Han Dynasty and established the Western Qiang Kingdom.

It would be good for the Cao family to form an alliance."

The words slowly fell here, and he paused for a moment to allow Ma Su to absorb them.

After waiting for about half a while, Zhao Tong continued to maintain a solemn tone and said, "It can be said that although the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou has gone through many rounds of purges, it can no longer cause too much trouble."

"But the surrounding tribes are still surrounded by tribes."

"Whether it is the Cao family or we, if we want to establish ourselves completely in Liangzhou, we cannot do without the dependence of the Qiang people."

"I want to take advantage of this opportunity to call on the White Horse and the Wolf Qiang people to join the battle, so as to scare the Qiang tribes in Liangzhou from wanting to assist Cao's army."

"If anyone helps, they will be killed even though they are far away!"

Zhao Tong suddenly said these extremely solemn words with great gravity.

But from his face, we can also see that he has a strong look of perseverance.

"Does the general want to use the white horse and join the power of the wolf and Qiang to intimidate the Qiang tribes in the counties of Liangzhou?"

When Ma Su heard this, he instantly understood why he wanted to cause trouble.

"Yes!" After saying this, Zhao Tong quickly nodded in agreement, "This time Cao Cao oversteps his authority and declares himself king, which violates the etiquette of the Han Dynasty."

"With the king's nature, he will definitely not sit back and wait for death!"

"We are ordered to raid the border areas, but this is just the beginning. If the general's prediction is correct, Chengdu is already gathering a large army, and the Northern Expedition has already begun."

"In addition to intimidating the Qiang people of various tribes in Liangzhou, they also had the intention of launching an attack first and exploring the way first."

A very striking and resounding word,

Zhao Tong's words slowly revealed what was in his heart.

After hearing this, Ma Su thought about it for a short time, and then he quite agreed with this strategy and did not refuse it.

This policy was decided so quickly,

Next, under the leadership of Wudu County, Ben became busy.

The officers and soldiers from various departments in the military camp are slowly gathering.

Ordnance, food and fodder are also being carefully prepared.

There seems to be a tendency to move forward!

Wudu is only a mountain away from Guanlong in the north, so naturally this news cannot be hidden from the Cao family's garrison north of Qinchuan.

Longyou, Hanyang County [Tianshui].

The capital is Ji County and the governor's office.

At that time, when Cao Cao appointed Zhang Ji as the governor of Liangzhou, he considered that he was a native of Liangzhou and had a deep understanding of the local topography and culture.

Therefore, when he was given full authority to take charge of the government affairs of the entire Liangzhou region, he also had to be fully responsible for guarding against the Shu army entrenched in Wudu County.

This means that when the scouts learn about the current movements of the garrison in Xiaben, they will immediately send the general report to Jicheng, not to Chang'an in Guanzhong, and hand it over to Du Ji, the governor of Guan and Liangzhou.

Zhang Ji checked the battle report on the first day of the year, but his expression was still calm.

Since Huo Jun and Zhao Tong took office in Wudu, they have taken the initiative to invade the border areas one after another.

Almost every time they had to send troops to guard against it.

Now, even if I hear that the enemy is planning to invade Chencang again, I have already become accustomed to it!

Especially this time, the Prime Minister received the emperor's edict and held a grand king-conferring ceremony on the bank of the Zhang River south of Yecheng. He was established as the King of Wei and Yecheng was used as the palace of the Wei King.

Then add Jiuxi, use the emperor's ceremonial guard, and go in and out just like the emperor!

Such a prominent honor can be said to be a violation of the ancestral precepts of the Han Dynasty and a violation of the taboos of foreign ministers.

How could this point not be attacked by Liu Bei, who always claimed that he wanted to revive the Han Dynasty?

It is most reasonable and reasonable to send troops to raid your own territory.

If not, even Liu Bei, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, remained silent, wouldn't it mean that he was acquiescing to the decline of the Han Dynasty?

Then what's the point of revival?

The existing Wudu garrison intends to attack Chencang, which does not seem that surprising to Zhang Ji!

However, he still sneered in his heart, "You want to attack Chencang? With the garrison in Wudu, is it too fanciful?"

Having said that, he was a little dismissive, and immediately went to mobilize a garrison to assemble and stand by, ready to support Chencang at any time.

Since both sides had fought many fierce battles,

Each has more or less penetration and exploration of the enemy's strength.

Zhang Ji knew very well that the troops garrisoned by the xiabian headquarters were only about 7,000.

With the steep terrain of Dashan Pass and the strength of Chencang, unless it is completely undefended, there is no risk of losing even if the enemy has a hundred thousand strong soldiers.

As a good politician, Zhang also maintained a very clear mind regarding the incident of his prime minister proclaiming himself king. As long as Liu Bei had not personally launched his army to go north, he would be able to send troops garrisoned in Wudu and Hanzhong at most.
To be continued...