"Twenty thousand, ten thousand gone, ten thousand left, damn it." Liu Zhang pounded the table hard.
Fazheng was greatly puzzled. Why did Liu Zhang get so angry when he had left ten thousand people behind? Just as he was about to ask, a female voice from outside sounded: "Let me in, I want to see you, sir."
Liu Zhang looked over and saw that it was the girl from the Western Regions who signaled the soldiers to let her in. As soon as the girl came in, she said angrily: "Sir, are you going to break your promise? You promised me that after the war, you would give me money and let me go.
, this has been over for more than ten days, why don’t you let me go?”
Liu Zhang asked Fa Zhengdao in a low voice: "Have you found out the details of this girl?"
Fa Zheng shook his head: "The convoy of the Princess of Shache State passed through Chang'an and was dispersed by the rebel army. No one knows what the princess looks like and how to start the investigation. However, according to people in Chang'an, someone was indeed chasing the princess at that time, and
Cut the princess."
"Then we are inseparable." Liu Zhang was determined and said to the girl from the Western Regions: "That's it, girl, you are the daughter of Hu Shang, and I am planning to establish business, so I will take you back to Chengdu for a few days.
Not only do we have a look at the local customs in Shu, but we also wait for your father to arrive and discuss cooperation matters.
You don’t know, we have many good places in Xichuan, including Mount Emei, Mount Qingcheng, Mount Taipeng, Jiuzhaigou..."
"I don't want to see any scenery." The girl shouted, and then said in frustration: "Okay, I have heard from the female general named Guan that you are just a penniless guy, I don't want to bother you, I will go on my own."
The girl turned around as she spoke, Liu Zhang signaled, and the two guards immediately raised their spears.
The girl turned her head angrily: "You...you want to hold me hostage? How can we talk about cooperation with you like this? I will definitely tell dad and ask him to tell all the merchants in the Western Regions, sir, you have no loyalty, let's see who will buy and sell your Sichuan products."
"
"No, how could I hold a girl hostage? I am..."
At this moment, a soldier rushed in and said loudly: "Xiliang is reporting urgently. Xiliang Han Sui led his eight cavalry and gathered the Yongliang 47th Route warlords, Liu Bei, and Xia Houyuan for reinforcements. A total of 200,000 people were there.
Tianshui vowed to attack Sichuan, and he will rush to Hanzhong to kill him soon."
"What?" Fazheng was shocked.
Liu Zhang smiled at the girl and said: "Look, the war is not over yet, you still have to stay."
"I..." The girl was speechless.
"Okay, I still have military affairs to attend to. Someone comes and takes the girl down to rest."
A soldier came in: "Girl, please."
The girl waved her hands fiercely, feeling that she was a reliable enough person, and there was actually someone more trustworthy than herself in the world, so she strode away proudly.
"My lord, Han Sui's 200,000-strong army is not an idle one." Fazheng said solemnly, looking at Liu Zhang who was smiling.
Liu Zhang thought for a moment and asked the soldier: "Has Ling Qiang ever sent troops before?"
"Out, all thirteen tribes of Xiqiang, except Qingyi Qiang and Baima Qiang, have sent out troops."
"How much was paid out?"
"About ten thousand."
Liu Zhang frowned and said: "If we all come out, doesn't it mean that the old camp is not safe? What should we do if the Qingyi Qiang Xi Fengchi leads an army to attack?"
The soldier reported: "Now the allied forces of the Tsing Yi Qiang Xi Fengchi and the Baima Qiang are confronting the Xian Ling Qiang in the grassland. The Xian Ling Qiang also divided their forces to control the Tsing Yi Qiang's old camp. Now Xiliang is united as never before. Except for the Tsing Yi Qiang and Baima Qiang
, Xian Ling Qiang has no foreign enemies."
"Okay, God help me." Liu Zhang was overjoyed.
Fazheng frowned slightly, waved his hand for the soldiers to go down, and said to Liu Zhang: "My lord, actually I have seen it a long time ago. My lord has been waiting for Han Sui to go south, or hoping that Han Sui will go south. Why? This time Han Sui will go south."
Ma Teng has gathered an army of 200,000, and we have to sacrifice it. It will not be good for us to recuperate and recuperate, and the Xiliang army will also be weakened. The one who is cheaper is Cao Cao."
Liu Zhang said softly: "Han Sui's approach is menacing, but the threat is not great.
This 200,000-strong army is different from Ma Chao's previous 80,000-strong army. Although Ma Chao's 80,000-strong army was patchwork, they were united because of Ma Chao's power and enforced orders and prohibitions. No one dared to disobey Ma Chao's orders.
Use your fingers and arms like a complete army.
As for the current 200,000-strong army, half is Han Sui, one-third is Ma Teng, and one-third is other warlords. Each one has their own evil intentions. I am afraid that the only ones who want to fight are Han Sui and Cao Jun. The former wants to establish prestige through battle, and the latter
If the enemy wants to weaken us, even Ma Teng won't be willing to fight.
Ma Teng only had so few troops left. I don't believe he was so sacrificial for others, weakening himself and letting Han Sui take Xiliang alone. Ma Teng was the same, not to mention other warlords, and the Xiqiang. In the previous battle, the Xiqiang suffered heavy losses.
Without Ma Chao to intimidate them, what benefits can they gain?
Xianling Qiang now only wants to pacify the Qingyi Qiang in one fell swoop and establish his position as the overlord of the Western Qiang. The Qiang people who are with Xianling Qiang will not be enthusiastic about this war.
Xiaozhi, do you remember when the eighteen princes at Hulao Pass attacked Dong? The princes had an army of 500,000 people, but they fell short. If Cao Cao alone led 200,000 troops, or even less, I believe that the battle of Hulao Pass would not have happened.
In such unbearable condition, Dong Zhuo never thought of returning to Chang'an.
Today's Xiliang army of 200,000 has his own agenda. It looks like a lot, but in fact it is scattered. Even though Han Sui is the leader of the alliance, he can't command many troops. He is even more worried that his foundation will be defeated. The threat is not as good as Ma Chao's 80,000 army.
It’s coming big.”
Fazheng frowned and thought for a long time, then nodded: "My lord is right, the Xiliang army cannot unite. As long as we act cautiously, there is nothing to worry about if we separate and collapse. However, my subordinates still don't understand why my lord expects the Xiliang army to go south."
?Even if we want to eliminate the threat from Xiliang, we can't annihilate all these 200,000 people."
"Haha." Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Killing one thousand enemies will cost us eight hundred. How many Sichuan soldiers did we sacrifice in order to defeat Ma Chao's 80,000 men? Of these 200,000, I, Liu Zhang, don't have that much appetite."
"What do you mean, lord?"
"I told you, sneak attack on Tianshui." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice.
Fazheng frowned, then relaxed his brows and said feebly: "My lord, it's already this time, you should tell the truth to your subordinates, otherwise I won't know what to do."
Liu Zhang smiled and nodded: "Okay, anyway, you have a heavy task this time."
Liu Zhang took out a large piece of white paper from behind the desk, which was full of paintings of mountains, rivers, and important strongholds.
Liu Zhang spread the white paper flat on the table and said to Fa Zheng: "Xiaozhi, have you seen it? This is the thirteenth map of the Western Qiang. In the past few days, I have called hundreds of people from various tribes of the Western Qiang.
Asking about the geography of the Qiang region means drawing a topographic map."
Fazheng was shocked when he looked at the complicated mountains and rivers geography. He picked it up and looked at it, frowning and said: "No wonder my lord has been asking Qiang soldiers for questioning these days. It turns out that he has a plan for a long time, but even if it is just asking, how can he draw it?"
With such details, my subordinates cannot share the worries of the Lord and the fault of the ministers."
Fa Zheng bowed to Liu Zhang. At this time, Fa Zheng felt extremely ashamed. As a military advisor, he even asked his master to draw a map.
Nowadays, all the people in the Sichuan Army, whether it is Fan Lixiang, Li Yan, Jiang Wan, Wei Wen of Jingzhou, or Huang Quan, Wang Fu, Dong He of Yizhou, are all working hard. It can be said that these people are busier than officials in other states and counties in the world, and they do not lose weight every month.
He weighs only seven or eight pounds and is too embarrassed to see anyone.
Of course, including the protagonist Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang didn't listen to the doctor's advice, and stayed up early and stayed late, busy with government affairs. Sometimes Fazheng felt heartbroken when he looked at it. But having said that, even if he asked Qiang people to question him, he couldn't draw such a detailed map.
Fa Zheng thought to himself that he would not be so lazy in the future, otherwise he would be really incompetent as a military advisor, at least in the Sichuan Army.
"Don't worry about it, Xiao Nao. If the military affairs were not entrusted to you, would I have time to draw the map?"
Liu Zhang smiled. In fact, Liu Zhang was not that stupid. He had to draw a map by himself, which was a very tiring job.
After Liu Zhang asked the Qiang soldiers, he learned about the main mountains, rivers, camps, Qiang villages, horse farms, pastures, and plank roads of the Western Qiang. These are the points one by one. When organized, they form the outline of the thirteen tribes of the Western Qiang.
But just having an outline is not enough, you must also have an overall grasp. Just like you know that in a certain vegetable market, there are carrot sellers and cabbage sellers, and you also know the approximate location, but you cannot grasp the overall distribution. When you walk into the vegetable market, you still
Confused.
Each Qiang soldier is only familiar with his own tribe, and who knows the overall trend of the map pieced together? The direction of the river, the specific position of the mountains, these all need to be supplemented.
In his previous life, Liu Zhang only visited Gansu twice, once for internship and once for travel, which was also a mistake. However, the geographical knowledge of later generations and the pictures taken by satellite are much simpler and clearer than those in ancient times. I am afraid that at a glance, they are better than those who have lived in the Qiang land for many years.
The overall perception of people is slightly better.
Liu Zhang was not a geography fanatic, but he also knew that Gansu, which is now Liangzhou Qiang, is located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where mountains are undulating and rivers crisscross the area. Qiang villages are built along the mountains, and grasslands and horse farms are divided by mountains.
It is an ecology mixed with mountains and grasslands, and from north to south, there are more and more mountains.
With this general understanding, the points informed by the Qiang people, including mountains, rivers, camps, Qiang villages, horse farms, pastures, and plank roads, were gathered together to form a relatively complete map.
However, Liu Zhang was not sure how different it was from the truth, and Liu Zhang felt that his strategy did not require a detailed map. He only needed to use all possible means to determine a location, and then he was done, that is, to zero in on the old Qiang camp.
Liu Zhang pointed at the map and said to Fa Zheng: "Xiaozhi, I'm waiting for Han Sui to go south, not because I want to fight the Xiliang army, but because I want to wait until the old camp of Xianling Qiang is empty and seize the opportunity to capture all the Xianling Qiang's cattle, sheep, and people.
If it’s completely destroyed, what do you think will happen next?”
Fa Zheng was startled and replied: "Nowadays, the Western Qiang have many Xiangchuan tribes, but our cavalry is the weakest, so we choose to rely on the powerful Han Sui. If we can capture the Xianling Qiang, the Qingyi Qiang will definitely surrender, and the others will waver."