Pang Tong no longer spoke.

He put several pieces of information in front of him, leaned over and looked at them one by one, and sometimes fell into deep thought.

The night wind gradually rose on the city tower, and the silk was about to fly. Zhang Fei quickly took off his waist and patted his thighs, pressed one; he poked out his arms, spread his five fingers, and held two.

Zhang Fei's physique is as majestic as a mountain, his arms are thicker than ordinary people's thighs, and his face is full of curly beards standing upright like a halberd. Even if he sits on the side, he is like a entrenched black bear, with a thick and powerful aura that is about to attack and devour people. But he is also very careful in his actions towards Pang Tong, as if a scholar and a teacher are facing each other.

Because of this attitude, many people have recently complained behind their backs that Zhang Fei loves and respects gentlemen but does not care about villains. Zhang Fei has heard of such rumors, but he has no intention of defending him.

To say that he does not care about villains is nothing more than saying that Zhang Fei is harsh and ruthless to his soldiers. But Zhang Fei thinks that he is prone to furious and even beats his soldiers because of this, it doesn’t matter at all. The soldiers don’t care about whips or fists. In such troubled times, do the soldiers want gentle, kind and kind generals? No, what the soldiers want is a general who is fierce and brave enough to lead them to win battles and survive in troubled times.

He puts it in love and respect for a gentleman... Zhang Fei has been traveling around the north and south for so many years with the King of Hanzhong, and he always has a basic vision. He can see clearly what kind of person can help the King of Hanzhong's great cause. Isn't it good to give some extra respect to such great talents? Even the King of Hanzhong is respectful to the wise and the nobles, can't I, Zhang Yide?

At this time, a soldier brought the food box to the top of the city. It was probably rare to see Zhang Fei like this. He couldn't help but take a few more glances. Zhang Fei glared at them, was about to scold him, and lowered his voice: "Take it over!"

The soldiers quickly placed the food box in front of Pang Tong.

Zhang Fei opened it and saw that there were cakes, dishes, hot soup and meat sauce in the food box. He nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand to let the soldier go down. He turned around and saw Pang Tong waving the small fan at hand. He was just thinking about it, so hesitated for a moment and closed the lid of the food box again.

Pang Tong did not notice Zhang Fei's attentiveness at all. He only had these words on silk in front of him, and what was tossed and turned in his mind was continuing the calculations in the Chengdu water pavilion.

After the seventeenth year of Jian'an, the Cao and Liu families maintained a general peace for three years. In that battle, the Cao family invested nearly 300,000 troops in three battlefields in Jianghuai, Jingxiang and Hanzhong, and suffered losses of more than 100,000. It is another huge setback after Chibi.

Although Duke Xuande won Hanzhong and won the battle, he actually won the tragic victory and forced the victory. The loss of his own soldiers was close to 30,000, and for a moment, he almost emptied the mobile forces that Jingyi and the two states could mobilize.

The loss of troops is ultimately a number, but the losses of experienced generals and schools at the grassroots and middle-level levels are heartbreaking. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang have repeatedly calculated. The more they calculate, the more they know that the generals and schools who died in battle are all elites that Xuande Gong has been engaged in for decades and cannot be easily filled by Jingyi.

That's why there was peace for three years. This is because the King of Hanzhong has made every effort to prepare the armies in the past three years and there is no possibility of launching another Northern Expedition.

But after waiting, I was worried about waiting.

Cao Cao occupied the vast territory of the Central Plains and Hebei, and was rich in population. Their troops were abundant, and they must be faster and easier than the Jingyi states. The longer the time was delayed, the more difficult it would be to fight the Northern Expedition.

That is why the Central Master cares so much about the situation in the Central Plains in front of him. If Cao Cao was indeed seriously ill or died, if his descendants really began to fight in internal conflict and seize the throne, this is the excellent opportunity given to the King of Hanzhong to the King of Hanzhong! How can such an opportunity be missed? If he gave it to Ma Chao in his lifetime, wouldn’t it be as the old saying goes, if God does not take it, he will suffer the consequences; if he does not do it at the right time, he will suffer the consequences?

The central government had always had doubts before, worried that this was Cao Cao's treacherous plan, and there must be some schemes behind it. But now I think about what kind of scheme can hide the generals of Guanzhong together? What kind of scheme can make Cao Cao pay the price of the turmoil in Guanzhong and the price of Ma Chao's advance eastward advance?

Although he was in Hanzhong and had discovered the latest trends, Pang Tong still couldn't figure it out.

If you can't figure it out, do nothing?

Of course not.

Thinking of a way to deceive Ma Chao and let him retreat to Hanyang? This is very difficult. Ma Chao is like a wolf and tiger. Since he sends troops, he must bite a few flesh and blood to satisfy him. He is not so easy to deceive.

If we cannot hold back Ma Chao's pace, we can only speed up our own pace. The process of fighting for the world is originally a step-by-step and dangerous step. We have the confidence to win, but we cannot have the confidence to win. As the ancients said, trembling, as if we are on the abyss, walking on thin ice.

We have to try it before Ma Chao.

Pang Tong made up his mind.

He came to his senses and felt that his back was sore because he leaned over and stared for too long. He spread his arms, stretched his waist and asked, "Where is Wen Chang?"

Zhang Fei said: "Chang Wen led three thousand troops and is now stationed in Chenggu."

Pang Tong nodded, took the food box, and started to eat and drink.

While eating and drinking, he said, "A while ago, Chief Wen proposed a plan. Do you remember General Yide?"

"That is the plan to divide the troops into two groups, the side troops pass through Jigu, Xigu goes north, take Mei County, attract the main force of the Cao army in Chang'an, and use elite troops to leave Ziwu Valley, and directly take Chang'an, and take Guanzhong in one battle?" Zhang Fei said: "I remember that the king praised Wen Chang's heroic spirit at that time, and then put the plan on hold."

"I thought, I might as well give it a try now."

Zhang Fei was surprised: "The military advisor means..."

"Ma Chao has taken the lead, so we can't wait. But we must also beware of Cao's other tricks and lead us into the sect. Therefore, we might as well march according to the planned route, but make some adjustments in the primary and secondary order."

"How to adjust?"

"I will go to Chenggu tomorrow, first join Wenchang's troops, and then pretend to be the main force of the Hanzhong army, and go straight to Chang'an through Ziwu Valley. General Yide led his headquarters, marching after marching, passing Jigu, and heading north to Xigu, taking Jixian County."

"Chang'an is a strong city after all. With the 3,000 Wenchang people, no matter how unexpected they are, they are afraid they will not be able to take them down, right?"

"Of course, I can't seize Chang'an." Pang Tong replied: "No matter what the situation of Cao Cao is, Cao Pi will never easily abandon the Guanzhong capital he had managed for many years. While he led tens of thousands of people eastward to seize the throne, he would definitely leave enough troops to defend him."

"So……"

"But the troops under the control are insufficient. They can no longer control Guanzhong completely, and they can calmly face the threat of Ma Chao in the stability and the enemy from Ziwu Valley. Therefore, once Wen Chang and I arrived, they will definitely shrink their control with all their might and narrow the control range to the line from Chang'an to Tongguan. At this time, Yide, your opportunity will come, and you must do your best to take down Mei County!"
Chapter completed!