"My lord, maybe Ma Teng is planning to add insult to injury, and Han Sui is too busy to do anything, so he is planning to fight to the death with our army in his lair?"
Pang Tong put forward his idea, which was immediately approved by Xun You and others.
Han Sui's home base of Jincheng County is connected to Wuwei County. If Ma Teng insists on becoming Han Sui's enemy and gathers all his troops at the junction of Jincheng County and Wuwei County, it may really make it difficult for Han Sui to take care of himself.
"Don't Ma Teng know the meaning of lips dying and teeth cold?"
In history, Ma Teng and Han Sui fought against each other several times and reconciled several times. They were completely shameless and completely unfaithful.
Liu Zhang would never believe that at a critical moment of life and death, Ma Teng would ignore the overall situation and choose to fight Han Sui to the end.
"Lord, no matter what, it is a good thing for us that Hanyang County is undefended. As long as this county can be completely wiped out, it can be used as our new stronghold."
The consumption of a hundred thousand troops is too huge. If all supplies can be relocated to Hebei County, it will undoubtedly reduce a lot of pressure on logistics.
"I always feel uneasy..."
Liu Zhang has been on the battlefield for a long time and has a certain sensitivity to the situation. Now it is so foggy that he dare not take the risk.
If Hanyang County is really a huge conspiracy, then Liu Zhang's attack on Hebei County in the future will be like Yuan Shao's attack on Wuchao a few months later!
There was no room for Liu Zhang to neglect the important matter of life and death.
"Why!"
Liu Zhang frowned and sighed heavily.
The problem that was originally thought to be solved by several wars has now developed to this point.
Liu Zhang felt that he was in the open, being watched by Han Sui secretly. However, Liu Zhang didn't even have the slightest information about Han Sui's movements!
"If my lord is really worried, you can temporarily store the materials for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong and let the civilians be responsible for transporting them."
"As for the current situation, let's take over Hanyang County first and then make further calculations."
Liu Zhang nodded and agreed with Xun You's point of view.
"Huang Zhong!"
"The end is here!"
Huang Zhong immediately stepped out of the queue and surrendered to Liu Zhang.
"I order you to lead your troops and conquer the counties in the northern part of Hanyang County."
"As you command!"
"Wait a moment!"
Just as Huang Zhong was about to turn around and leave, he heard Liu Zhang's shout.
"There is a street pavilion in the middle of Longshan Mountain. You only need to conquer the city west of the street pavilion."
"After conquering the counties, you can station troops in Pingxiang and monitor the directions of Yuzhong and Zuli to avoid surprise attacks by enemy troops."
"The last general takes command!"
After Huang Zhong left, Liu Zhang glanced at all the generals and finally stopped at Pan Feng.
"Pan Feng obeys the order!"
"The end is here!"
Pan Feng moved very quickly and was in front of Liu Zhang in the blink of an eye.
"I order you to lead the troops and horses under your command to garrison the street pavilion. Once you arrive at the street pavilion, immediately deploy defensive fortifications."
"Remember, you must not station troops on the mountain!"
Liu Zhang was worried that Ma Su's incident would happen again, so he immediately warned Pan Feng.
"The general will obey your orders!"
Although Pan Feng didn't understand why Liu Zhang arranged for him to go to the street pavilion and why he told him not to station troops on the mountain, Pan Feng, who was accustomed to obeying orders, immediately accepted the military order.
"My Lord, are you worried that there will be a large army in Anding County?"
Lu Su, a monk two feet tall, was confused about Liu Zhang's strategy of guarding against street pavilions.
Lu Su knew about Jieting. It was guarded in the cracks of Longshan Mountain and could be regarded as a dangerous place.
However, the one at Jieting does not seem to threaten the Yizhou Army, because the enemy troops passing by Jieting can only come from Guanzhong or Anding County.
The possibility of Guanzhong supporting Han Sui is slim, and the probability of Han Sui setting up an ambush in Anding is even lower.
Han Sui didn't even want Hanyang County, so how could he place his troops in Anding County instead of the nearby area?
"I don't know, but I always feel that this place, Jieting, is very important to us. Nothing remains the same, it's just a feeling."
Maybe Liu Zhang was too sensitive about the street pavilion, so he chose to waste some troops and horses.
Lu Su said nothing more. There was no harm in sending Pan Feng and his five thousand men at the moment.
Spending five thousand men to buy a peace of mind is absolutely acceptable to the current Yizhou Army.
"Zijing, could you please follow Pan Feng to the street pavilion? I'm worried that he doesn't have much experience in going down to the village."
Pan Feng must not be a general, and letting him act on his own would inevitably lead to oversights. To be on the safe side, Liu Zhang asked Lu Su, who had "Rao Zijing to guard the road", to go to the street pavilion to take a look in person.
With Lu Su's guidance, it doesn't matter how stupid Pan Feng is, he can at least raise the street pavilion's defense to several heights.
"I obey!"
Since Liu Zhang valued the street pavilion so much, Lu Su would not refuse to go to the street pavilion.
"Pan Feng, listen to Zijing's advice on everything. If you can have three of his abilities, you can be on your own!"
If he were a pretentious general, he would definitely feel unhappy when he heard Liu Zhang's words.
Pan Feng would not. On the contrary, he bowed his hand to Lu Su with great respect.
"Master Lu, please give me some advice!"
"Don't dare!"
Pan Feng was humble and polite, and Lu Su was friendly. With the two of them there, Liu Zhang could finally put his mind at ease about the street pavilion.
"Zhang Liao."
"The end is here!"
Zhang Liao, who had just captured Ji County, did not look tired at all. Hearing Liu Zhang's call, his spirit became even more exciting.
"I order you to lead your troops to capture the remaining counties in Hanyang County, and be sure to completely control them!"
"The general will obey your orders!"
By handing over the counties surrounding Ji County to Zhang Liao, Liu Zhang would no longer have to worry about the threat from Hanyang County.
After making these arrangements, Liu Zhang could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
With the three armies of Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao and Pan Feng marching through Hanyang, it was enough to rule out Han Sui's various conspiracies in Hanyang County.
"Gongda, inform the three armies that the troops will start in Longxi tomorrow and target Xiangwu County!"
Liu Zhang didn't believe it. Could it be that Xiangwu County didn't have any defensive force and was just waiting for Liu Zhang to invade at will?
"My Lord, don't you wait until the results of General Huang and General Zhang's armies are known before marching?"
Liu Zhang shook his head, he didn't want to waste time in Ji County.
"Pang Tong is right. The cost of a hundred thousand troops is huge. Even if it is as strong as our Yizhou, the burden will be very heavy. Not to mention that Guanzhong and Yongliang still need to be managed, and the amount of food and grass required is astronomical!"
Liu Zhang could imagine that once the news of his sending troops got out, it would be extremely difficult to go to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to buy grain.
In the future, all grain and grass consumption will depend on the local output of Yizhou. Therefore, it is better to save a little.
"Still leave some of the military guards to guard Ji County, and all the rest will send troops to Longxi County!"
After all the armies were dispatched, the only troops Liu Zhang could mobilize were Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Zhu Meng and other barbarian soldiers.
Of the 100,000 troops used to attack Longxi County, less than 70,000 were used.