"No!" The generals who were excited in their blood responded in unison.

The order was passed, and at dawn the next day, Yuan Fang began to fight against Jianmen Pass.

Zhang Fei, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Pang De and other powerful generals led their troops to launch a series of attacks on the Cao army at Jianmen Pass.

The Cao army at Jianmen Pass now has less than 40,000 left. Yuan Fang just relied on the large number of people to fight with Cao Cao.

When the troops attacked the city, Yuan Fang set up a sharp weapon like the Thunderbolt chariot in front of Jianmen Pass, and used stone rain all over the sky to bombard the enemy city.

In addition to the Thunderbolt Car, Yuan Fang also moved more than 300 bed crossbows, such a super-long-range strike weapon, to the front of Guancheng.

The crossbow arrows of one person, like the spear of the god of death, are shot at the enemy city day and night, and two or three people are stabbed, which is so terrifying.

Strong soldiers took turns to attack the city, and the stone rain fell like a meteor on their heads. The terrifying crossbow arrows would be killed at some point...

Under this high-intensity, endless, cruel "torture", the Cao army of tens of thousands were in fear all day long.

In addition, Jiangyou was lost, and Xiahou Dun's troops who went to fight for could not retake Jiangyou. The soldiers were worried that the rear would be raided and were even more worried all day long.

The morale of Cao's army is rapidly disintegrating.

What Yuan Fang had to do was to set up a case in front of Guancheng, taste a pot of wine, taste a few pots of side dishes, sit and watch his army, and torture Cao's army wildly.

...

The sword gate is closed.

While Yuan Fang was tasting wine leisurely, Cao Cao on Guancheng frowned and couldn't think of food and food.

It was already night. I heard the loud sound of the stone bullets slamming the city outside the pass, and the screams of soldiers from time to time. Cao Cao's heart was filled with a strong disgust, and this disgust made him have no appetite at all.

Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi, with a little resentment hidden in his eyes.

At the beginning, Cao Cao listened to Sima Yi's suggestion and transferred all the troops south of Jiange, including his direct troops, to the Jianmen Pass line. This created a void behind him.

If it weren't for this, how could Yuan Fang's surprise troops easily capture Jiangyoucheng?

Cao Cao certainly had resentment towards Sima Yi.

Sima Yi in the wheelchair pretended to be calm, coughed a few times, and said with a smile: "Lord, Mo Worry. Yi has been thinking hard recently and has thought of a weakness of Yuan Fang. We may be able to start from here to disturb Yuan Fang.

The morale of the army will make him in trouble without fighting."

Yuan Fang’s weakness?

Cao Cao's face was originally flashing with a resentful face, and suddenly became excited. He hurriedly said, "What is Zhongda's plan? Come on."

Sima Yi raised his lips and smiled, and he said his plan in a daze.

A trace of light burst out from Cao Cao's narrowed eyes.

After hearing Sima Yi's plan, Cao Cao pondered for a while. He slapped the table suddenly and sneered: "Okay, let's follow Zhong's plan. Yuan Fang is arrogant and has only won Guanlong for a while. He took Hanzhong south and Hanzhong has not yet stood.

I will attack Yizhou again, so I will take advantage of his weakness."

...

A few days later.

North of Jianmen Pass, Qi army camp.

"Master, Liang has some military information and wants to report to Master alone." Zhuge Liang, who entered the tent, had a strange expression.

Yuan Fang glanced at him, then held his left and right back, waved his hand and said, "What military information is so mysterious, tell me quickly."

Zhuge Liang moved his seat closer and said in a low voice: "That's right. Recently, there have been rumors in the army that Ma Mengqi and Pang Lingming and other surrendered generals in Xiliang were dissatisfied with their masters and had secretly colluded with Cao Cao, wanting to

The inside and outside cooperated with each other and defeated our army. After the mission was completed, Cao Cao won Hanzhong and used Ma Meng to raise a group of surrendered generals in Western Liang to take advantage of the situation to seize Liangzhou."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Yuan Fang frowned slightly.

"The king appointed many Guanlong people and served as local officials in Liangzhou. These people have more or less had some contact with the Ma family. Now Ma Mengqi's younger brother Ma Ziyue is also in Longxi to guard against the Qiang people.

Although the rumors have not been verified yet, Liang believes that with the existing forces of our army, the master still needs to pay attention to it."

Zhuge Liang's hint is already very obvious. He is hinting that Ma Chao and other surrendered generals in Xiliang may have different intentions.

"Where did you hear this rumor?" Yuan Fang asked.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "It's circulating everywhere in the army, and the soldiers have been talking about it privately. Liang was afraid that it would affect the morale of the army, so he had to remind his master."

"Are the rumors in the army..."

Yuan Fang thought something, but was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion.

"division……"

"Report to the king, Fa Xiaozhi is looking for a visit outside the tent."

Zhuge Liang wanted to wait for another word, but was interrupted by Yicong's report.

Yuan Fang waved his hand: "Chuan Xiaozhi, come in."

When Fa Zheng entered, Zhuge Liang had to keep silent because although Yuan Fang believed in Fa Zheng, Fa Zheng and Ma Chao were fellow villagers, and theoretically belonged to the Xiliang branch.

"King, the king has been circulating everywhere in the army recently, saying that we surrendered ministers in Guanlong are dissatisfied with the king and have secretly understood Cao Cao and intend to seize Liangzhou. I think this must be a rumor that Cao Cao secretly spreads, and want to

If you want to alienate the trust of the ministers in Guanlong, please let the king know clearly and never fall into Cao Cao's treacherous plan."

Fa Zheng was straightforward and reported the rumors without any hesitation, and directly pointed out that this was Cao Cao's plan.

Zhuge Liang's expression moved and he quickly looked at Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang pondered for a moment, suddenly laughed and said disapprovingly: "I think Xiaozhi is in a hurry to see me. What is the important thing? It turns out that it is for this small matter. Does Xiaozhi think that this king will easily fall into Cao Cao.

Will you distrust your plan of separation and distrust yourselves and Meng Qi?"

Yuan Fang had previously guessed that this rumor was a plan for Cao Cao to alienate. As Fa Zheng reminded him like this, he was even more convinced. In order to make Fa Zheng feel at ease, he immediately expressed his attitude.

"I will feel at ease with the trust of the king."

Fa Zheng was relieved, and then changed his mind, but said, "Although the king trusts us, there are tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers in our army. If we don't try our best to break this rumor, these Xiliang soldiers

I will inevitably feel uneasy in my heart. If this continues, it may affect the unity and morale of our army."

Fazheng's words reminded Yuan Fang and attracted his attention.

In the previous period, Ma Chao surrendered Yuan Fang with 20,000 Ma family troops and defeated Han Sui and Zhang Xiu, Yuan Fang recruited another 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers from the Western Liang army.

These soldiers from Xiliang were all powerful soldiers of the ages and were familiar with the terrain of the Qinling Mountains. Since they surrendered, Yuan Fang simply took them to the front line.

Now, if these more than 40,000 Xiliang soldiers were anxious and worried, they would certainly affect the morale of the entire army.

"This is also a problem. Does Kojima have any way to stop the rumors?"

"In fact, it is not difficult to disintegrate the rumors in the army and break Cao Cao's plan to alienate him..."

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Fa Zheng's face, and he slowly told his solution.

"This method, ahem."

Yuan Fanggan coughed a few times, and his expression suddenly felt a little embarrassed. For a moment, he seemed to have no idea how to respond to Fazheng's proposal.

Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside him, smiled, "Master, Liang thought that Xiaozhi's method was feasible, it was a beautiful thing to kill two birds with one stone. What else can I hesitate about with Master?"

"Sir, how can you, a child, interrupt me? Let's go there." Yuan Fang glared at him and took out his master's name.

Zhuge Liang flattened his mouth and stepped aside, but the strange smile on his face still remained.

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Fang said: "Your proposal is indeed a good way to disintegrate rumors. It's just that I act openly and never want to force others to do so."

"This king is relieved." Fa Zheng smiled, "In fact, before I came here, I had already communicated with Meng Qi, and he was willing to do so."

Yuan Fang said, "Of course there is no reason why Meng Qi is unwilling to do so. I am talking about Miss Yunlu. Have you obtained her first plea in advance for this matter?"

"This..." Fazheng was speechless for a moment, obviously not.

"Okay, on Miss Yunlu, I will personally seek her opinions. Although Yuan Fang is the King of Qi, I am a powerful person and rely on my power to suppress others, but it is not my style. If she doesn't want to, this matter will be given up.

”

Seeing that Yuan Fang was determined, Fa Zheng didn't want to say anything more, so he just sighed inwardly and left.

As soon as Fa Zheng left, Zhuge Liang immediately restrained his strange laughter, lowered his voice, and said seriously: "Master, although this matter is suspected of Cao Cao's disagreement, does Master really trust Fa Xiaozhi so much? Ma Mengqi

Are they?"

"Ma Chao, Fa Zheng, Pang De and others are all heroes of the times. They definitely know who is the wise ruler who deserves their loyalty. A Liang, you don't doubt people, and you don't need this reason. You have to be good.

Understand it is."

Yuan Fang confidently explained his reasons and taught his disciple a lesson.

He knew very well that Zhuge Liang in history actually had a great suspicion. Otherwise, he would not have been worried about his subordinates. He would have taken care of everything in detail, causing him to die of hard work.

Now, of course, Yuan Fang has to correct Zhuge Liang's flaws and cultivate him into a true commander.

After hearing Yuan Fang's words, Zhuge Liang's body shook, a trace of enlightenment flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly bowed: "Disciple understands, thank you for your teachings."

After seeing Fa Zheng off, Yuan Fang was about to send Ma Yunlu to meet him. After thinking about it, he got up in person and went to her camp.

The bright moon was hanging high, and in the empty tent, Ma Yunlu was still not sleeping. She was leaning on the leather couch, rubbing her thick braids with her hands, dazed intent, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Miss Yunlu, are you inside?"

Yuan Fang's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent. Ma Yunlu was shocked and jumped up suddenly. Her pretty face was full of panic. She quickly tidied up her clothes in a hurry.

Just as he was busy, Yuan Fang had already lifted the curtain and entered.

Ma Yunlu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. A smile was barely piled up on her snow-white face. She gave a blessing and said softly: "The king is here so late, don't you know what urgent matters?"

Yuan Fang smiled faintly and looked at her and said, "Miss Yunlu, I came to see you today. I want to ask for your opinion and ask if you are willing."
Chapter completed!