Nanzheng.
In the evening, the afterglow of the sunset shone brightly, and the spears shone brightly. The weather was not cold yet, but the wind in the north began to rise violently, blowing the city's military flags. Zhang Fei stood at the top of the city and looked at the teams of soldiers training under the city. Seeing them coming and going from swords and shields to each other, they made a sound, and they felt itchy in their hands.
He sighed heavily and said to Fan Qiang, the deputy general beside him: "Since he came to Hanzhong, he has not had a battle for more than two years. But I don't know if he can have the chance to fight hard this time and have a good time."
Fan Qiang was Zhang Fei's fellow villager in Zhuo County, Hebei. In the second year of Chuping, Zhang Fei was the Sima of the other subordinate of Liu Bei, the prime minister of Pingyuan, and was divided into divisions. Many of his fellow villagers and old friends came to join the army in the border counties, so they came to join. Among them was Fan Qiang. Fan Qiang was in his twenties and was a heroic young man. Now he is almost fifty years old and has become an experienced general.
Zhang Fei's direct subordinates had about 16,000 subordinates. Under the command of the King of Hanzhong, it was the main force second only to Guan Yu's troops. Guan Yu's troops have introduced Jingchu heroes one after another in recent years, such as Chen Feng, the general in charge of the navy, who was the Jingzhou water thief who was promoted by Guan Yu.
However, Zhang Fei was not the case. His subordinates always took the backbone of the Hebei Yuan Cong who had followed the King of Hanzhong and himself for many years. On the one hand, it was because Zhang Fei was a little rough and had to make up for it by the rich experience of the generals in governing the army and fighting. On the other hand, because Zhang Fei was impatient, he was prone to getting angry and clashing with others. When he was anxious, he would either whip or beat him up. Only the old subordinates were used to it and could get along with each other.
At this moment, hearing Zhang Fei say this, Fan Qiang couldn't help but say, "General, why haven't you ever had a fight? In the past two years, we have had a small-scale battle with Cao's army on the deep mountain plank roads everywhere, right? That time, there was no general. You? The senior officials secretly looked at him and fought with others with swords. General, you are..."
Zhang Fei waved his hand and said decisively: "Those are not counted!"
"What doesn't count?" Someone from the city stage intervened.
Zhang Fei glared at Fan Qiang fiercely, laughed and stood up, "Just telling some gossip, is it all a trivial matter? Shi Yuan, when did you come?"
Footsteps sounded in the direction of the ramp, and Pang Tong climbed to the city platform.
"How can Chengdu delay such a major news coming from Yide? I'm so anxious to get to Hanzhong to preside over the situation... I left the night before yesterday and rushed here!"
As the right general, Zhang Fei, the prefect of Hanzhong, was the head of the northern front of Yizhou. But Pang Tong said that he was here to preside over the situation, as if he regarded Zhang Fei as a subordinate. Zhang Fei was not angry, but instead asked with concern: "The night before yesterday? Shi Yuan, did you not rest all the way?"
The road from Chengdu to Nanzheng is winding and has to cross many passes. According to the road marked last year, it is more than 1,300 miles. Pang Tong actually arrived in just three days. Although this is due to the results of road repair, it can be imagined how urgent Pang Tong rushed. This is a great test of energy and physical strength.
Zhang Fei stood closer and looked at Pang Tong's face with obvious protruding cheekbones, and became more worried: "Uh... Shi Yuan, have you eaten?"
"I ate two cakes on the way today, and I'm not hungry now. If there is hot water, I'll drink it." Pang Tong answered casually.
Zhang Fei immediately called his entourage to the ramp, asking them to fetch water, and said repeatedly: "Get some more food, it will be soft!"
Pang Tong thanked him and sat down on the steps. Perhaps because his thighs were worn out by the saddle, his legs were spread apart. He asked, "What's new news in the north?"
Zhang Fei sat down next to Pang Tong and took the skin around his waist: "Shi Yuan first took a few sips of cold water to moisten his throat."
When Pang Tong untied his skin, he rolled his eyes immediately. How could this be water? It was clearly wine! He didn't say much, and took a few sips of Gudong Gudong.
At this time, Fan Qiang was very clever and brought a few pieces of silk book from his entourage: "Military advisor, this is the news from Guanzhong in the past few days."
Pang Tong looked through the scene, but Zhang Fei was afraid that the sky would not be able to see clearly, so he took the torch to illuminate Pang Tong.
When he turned to the second part, Pang Tong paused and his face darkened.
"Ma Chao Jibing Ji County? Did he know?"
Ma Chao's fake Liang Gong regime was never in the eyes of the Cao and Liu families. This regime neither had a grassroots system to govern the local area nor a complete and reliable center. In essence, it was nothing more than a land of four counties for Ma Chao and his allies to eat. However, Ma Chao himself was indeed extremely fierce, and he also had the huge appeal between the Qiang and Hu tribes, and could be a strong enemy.
Therefore, when Chengdu Central discussed and responded, there was an important premise, that is, it was impossible to give this opportunity to Ma Chao. If Ma Chao took the lead in attacking Guanzhong, he would rely on Guanzhong's wealth to recruit surrender, betrayal and collude with foreign races, and in a blink of an eye, he would gather tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of Qianghu army and tie the King of Hanzhong to the south of the mountains.
Therefore, Pang Tong, as a military advisor, was so anxious to arrive in Hanzhong. It was because he was there that he could respond in a timely and effective manner to various situations in Guanzhong and Longyou.
Unfortunately, it was one step slower.
Ma Chao had no connections among the Han scholars and people in Guanzhong, and even the Han scholars and people in Liangzhou hated him. Therefore, he was completely kept in the dark about Cao Cao's serious illness. However, it seems that Cao Pi could not hide such a major event that he led tens of thousands of troops to the east.
This is a problem.
Seeing Pang Tong frowned, Fan Qiang explained: "Two days after Cao Pi led his troops to leave Chang'an, there was another internal strife among the generals in Guanzhong..."
"It's Zhang Heng, right?"
Both Zhang Fei and Fan Qiang showed admiration. Fan Qiang said: "Military advisor Gao Ming, it was Zhang Heng who had a falling out with the others."
In the past, Ma Chao, Han Sui and others gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Guanzhong, and were the leader of Qu and commanders, and were known as the ten generals of Guanzhong. Later, Han Sui believed in the evil of Prime Minister Cao, brought people to fire and Ma Chao, and then led his army south to Hanzhong. As a result, within two years, the once mighty generals of Guanzhong fell apart. Han Sui died himself, leaving only the candidates, Cheng Yin, Zhang Heng and Ma Wan, who were left with the four men, attached to the general Yan Xing, who was suppressed by the bandits.
Among these four people, Nasseng, Cheng Yin and Ma Wan were actually from Hedong. Only Zhang Heng was the oldest and was a local hero in Liangzhou who had been rebelling and rebelling for decades. Therefore, once they learned that there was a change in the Central Plains and Cao Pi was about to advance eastward to seize the throne, Nasseng and others might think of it, and Zhang Heng would immediately think of Ma Chao again and reappearing the grand occasion of the Qiang and Hu army entrenching in Guanzhong.
"Have Zhang Heng gone to join Ma Chao?" Pang Tong asked.
"He fought against Houxuan and others in a bad way, retreated along the Jing River, and now he stationed troops in Qi County."
"Where is Ma Chao?"
Fan Qiang was clumsy and couldn't explain clearly, so he turned to the next military newspaper for Pang Tong: "Please read the military advisor."
Pang Tong saw it and sneered: "This guy is also clever."
It turned out that just two days ago, Ma Chao suddenly claimed with great fanfare that the Qiang and Hu tribes who were dependent on him had scattered into Anding County, and then led thousands of people into Anding to search for the lost tribes. As a result, he confronted the county soldiers of Anding Prefect Suze in the Qingshian area.
"Blueshi Bank?" Pang Tong asked, "It is the one that is west of Jingcheng, the capital of Anding County?"
“That’s right.”
Pang Tong pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Ma Chao led his troops across Long and came to An Ding. He seemed to confront Su Ze's troops, but in fact he could advance and retreat freely. If the whole thing was out of Cao Cao's treacherous plot and Cao Pi immediately returned to the army, he would just find his lost people. If Guanzhong was indeed empty, he could get rid of Su Ze's troops at any time, join Zhang Heng from Qi County, and attack Guanzhong. The candidates, Cheng Yin and Ma Wan have always been fence-bearing and have no moral integrity. Once Ma Chao arrived, they would likely surrender. Then Ma Chao only had to defeat Yan Xing and could break Chang'an before us!"
Fan Qiang couldn't help but say, "Yan Xing is not necessarily very loyal. After all, these Liangzhou bandits broke up and got together, and even if there is a hatred of killing father and son, there is no loyalty at all."
Chapter completed!