Chapter six hundred and ninth giving up and reluctance
Sima Yi advised Yuan Shang to give up Hanzhong. Yuan Shang had thought about this, and in history, Cao Cao did this when he was in charge of Liu Bei.
To be honest, giving up Hanzhong has a great influence on Liu Bei and Yuan Shang. First of all, in terms of geographical location, giving up Hanzhong not only means the confrontation between himself and Liu Bei, but more importantly, Hanzhong is close to Shangyong's counties in the east. Because Shangyong is adjacent to Jingzhou, once Liu Bei conquered Hanzhong and conquered Shangyong again, it means that his snobbery with Guan Yu can go north in a continuous and consistent manner.
Of course, once that situation really forms, the Eastern Wu will not sit idly by and they will definitely turn their fingers towards Jingzhou. After all, for Sun Quan's position, except for the battle of Xuzhou, he did not have much celebration with him, and there were no differences or contradictions in his position. The Eastern Wu really needed a balance of snobbery. If Liu Bei rose too much, it would be of no benefit to Sun Quan.
Therefore, the next thing is a choice for Yuan Shang!
If you stay in Hanzhong, the snobbery in the south will be consolidated and will not be easily broken.
If Hanzhong is lost, Sun Quan will inevitably plot against Jingzhou, but it will also bring certain difficulties to his northern front defense.
You cannot have both fish and bear's paws, so what should you do?
Sima Yi obviously saw Yuan Shang's concerns, and then comforted him: "The gains and losses of Hanzhong are all pros and cons. The lord cannot think carefully every day. Let's hurry up and rush over to help Zhao Yun. As for Hanzhong, the lord can make a decision based on the battlefield situation!"
Yuan Shang sighed, nodded, and agreed.
Some things are too much to do in the future and cannot be made overnight. You have to give yourself some time and make a long-term plan.
With the rapid horses whipping, Yuan Shang and his group entered the Hanzhong territory. They first went to Guangshi and met Ma Dai who was responsible for guarding there.
Seeing that Yuan Shang came to Hanzhong in person, Ma Dai was overjoyed and hurriedly led the generals to greet him. Yuan Shang did not politely ask him about the situation in Hanzhong.
Although Ma Dai also followed Zhao Yunchu to Hanzhong, he worked very carefully and made the situation in our enemies and us clear over the past period of time.
After the failure of Dingjun Mountain, Zhao Yun and Zhang Wei refused to defend the Han River and fought against Liu Bei's troops. Pang De guarded Ma Ming Pavilion in case of the unchanging change, while Ma Dai himself was in charge of Guangshi.
Logically speaking, Xiahou Yuan lost in Dingjun Mountain and Zhao Yun refused to defend the Han River. Ma Dai should have sent troops to help, but he thought about it over and over again but did not do so, because if Liu Bei divided his troops to conquer Guangshi, there would be no geographical location in Hanzhong. At that time, there would be no way to retreat, and the defense would be even more difficult to sustain. Therefore, although Ma Dai wanted to help Zhao Yun, he did not dare.
After hearing Ma Dai's concerns, Yuan Shang nodded and said, "You are right. Guangshi's location is important and cannot be lost. The matter of rescuing Zhao Yun is just for me..."
"Report~~!"
Before Yuan Shang could finish his words, he saw the scout in the tent and reported: "Report to the lord, Zhang Fei, the general under Liu Bei, led Wenpin, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Ren Kui and other generals to station him in Gushan, which seemed to be taking over our Guangshi and cutting off our army's retreat."
Yuan Shang was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled at Ma Dai and said, "It seems that Ma Dai, you are not moving to guard Guangshi, and you are right not to rescue Zhao Yun. Isn't that Zhang Fei here?"
Ma Dai bowed and said, "The lord and Mr. Sima can go to the Han River to assist Governor Zhao. Zhang Fei will have his last general to block him!"
Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "Originally, I planned to go to the Hanshui River to help Zhao Yun, but since Zhang Fei has come here, I can't let it go. I will come here first, clean up Zhang Fei, and then go to the Hanshui River to assist Zhao Yun. With Zhao Yun's ability, I will hold Liu Bei in the Hanshui River for a moment, and I guess there is no problem."
When Ma Dai heard this, he hesitated and said, "Lord, Zhang Fei is extremely brave. I heard that when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he made many outstanding achievements. If the lord wants to defeat him, if it is unfavorable, the relocation will be delayed for a long time, I am afraid that Governor Zhao will not be able to stop Liu Bei."
Yuan Shang shook his head and said, "I am secretly lurking here. I wish Liu Bei would not be able to find out for a while. Zhang Fei must have thought that you are the leader guarding Guangshi. He will inevitably relax and catch him off guard."
After saying that, Yuan Shang stood up and said, "This matter is settled, there is no need to say much. I will go to the schoolyard to order troops first. Ma Dai, tell Sima Yi some military affairs in Guangshi, and then formulate a marching route. Don't wait for Zhang Fei to come, let's go to Gushan to beat him first!" After that, he left the camp without looking back.
Yuan Shang walked out of the camp, and Ma Dai looked at Sima Yi and grinned, "Lord insisted on fighting Zhang Fei here. Why don't you persuade him, Mr. Sima?"
Sima Yi smiled and said, "I can't help but persuade me."
Ma Dai said strangely: "Why?"
Sima Yi sighed: "Xiahou Yuan was seriously injured by Liu Bei. The lord's character is to take revenge. What's more, Xiahou Yuan is Mrs. Juan's uncle. Treat him like his father, and he is determined to make an angry voice for him. However, now Liu Bei is very strong and Pang Tong and others are supplemented by him. I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything for the time being. Now that his third brother Zhang Fei is here, I am afraid that Zhang Fei will bear this anger for him."
Ma Dai was silent for a while after hearing this, and said, "Mr. Na Yi, when will the lord attack Zhang Fei?"
Sima Yi shook his head and smiled, "I don't know, but it won't be too long. Maybe it's tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, maybe...even tonight."
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Sima Yi is worthy of being the worm in Yuan Shang's stomach. He hit the spot with one blow. Yuan Shang did not delay. That afternoon, he convened a general who discussed an offensive meeting and planned to attack in the evening, and discussed Zhang Fei's plan.
Before the court discussed, Yuan Shang first asked: "Zhang Fei stationed his troops in Gushan and spoke out that he wanted to cut off our army's retreat. According to your opinions, what is the reason?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but Sima Yi smiled and said, "If Zhang Fei really wanted to cut off the retreat of our army, he should naturally use ambush troops. Now he has made great efforts and released rumors. It is obvious that the troops he led are not enough. He is waiting for the joining of the troops. Now he is taking advantage of Zhang Fei's failure to join the troops, and it is the right time to attack him."
Yuan Shang nodded, without saying anything, but admired Sima Yi's vicious eyes. In Sima Yi's eyes, Zhang Fei's behavior seemed like a three-year-old naughty boy, hitting the nail on the head.
Yuan Shang pointed to Pitu in Gushan and said, "Reward, Zhang Fei's main army was stationed in the main street of Gushan, with two side camps on the left and right. One side camp was Shu general Wu Lan and Lei Tong, and the other side camp. The other side camp was quite stubborn. The leader was Wen Pin. This person was a general under Liu Biao's tent and ranked among the top nine counties in Jingxiang. It is definitely not an idiotic! If you want to break Zhang Fei's Gushan main camp, you have to first eliminate Wen Pin. Wu Lan and Lei Tong's two snobbery, which is equivalent to breaking Zhang Fei's arms!"
Ma Dai grinned when he heard this. Yuan Shang said it was simple, but in fact it was indeed full of difficulties.
Hanzhong garrison Du Xi hesitated for a while and said, "But lord, even if we can defeat these two snobbery, if Zhang Fei sticks to the mountain and fails to come out, he is condescending and we forcefully attack, but we can't fight."
Yuan Shang laughed and said, "Why do we have to attack? We will not be able to surround us but not attack for a long time."
"Oh?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and surrounded him without attacking him. Why is this for?
Yuan Shang smiled and explained: "Liu Bei is a very powerful man, but he has a fatal weakness. This weakness is his brother! We must surround some of the supporters! If Zhang Fei can be surrounded by us, Liu Bei, as his brother of life and death, will definitely not sit idly by and send reinforcements to support him. In this way, it will indirectly reduce the pressure on Zhao Yun in the Hanshui. If we don't attack Zhang Fei, we will only attack Liu Bei's reinforcements. We will find the advantage that Zhang Fei cannot gain from other places. If we fight the Sichuan Army a few times, the tacit understanding between Liu Bei and Zhang Fei will be confusing. If we formulate a strategic attack, we will definitely win a complete victory!"
Everyone took a deep breath when they heard this. The lord was the lord. The way he came up with was different, at least it sounded very feasible!
The generals stood up one after another and said, "The last general and others are willing to serve the lord's death!"
"Very good!" Yuan Shang nodded and smiled, saying, "Now Zhang Fei doesn't know that I'm here, so in his impression, our availability will be limited to everyone in Hanzhong, so..."
After a meal, Yuan Shang turned to look at Gan Ning, Xu Huang and the others, and said, "If you want to surprise Zhang Fei and others, it will depend on you this time!"
Xu Huang's face was as deep as water and he didn't say anything. Gan Ning laughed and stood up and said, "Don't worry, lord! Look at me killing a few more enemy generals tonight!"
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Zhang Fei was ordered to come to Gushan. He lived on the mountain and divided Wu Lanlei Tong and Wenpin into two parts, one on the left and the other on the right, to display it on both sides of the mountain to form the right arm.
I have to admit that Zhang Fei is a rough person and a meticulous person. His arrangement is ingenious, but no matter how exquisite the arrangement is, there are flaws. Once someone catches the flaws, all the precise arrangements will become very ridiculous.
On the left side of Gushan are Wu Lan and Lei Tong, the former generals under Liu Zhang. They are both considered generals in Sichuan. This time they followed Liu Bei to fight for the purpose of becoming famous.
The nights in Chuanzhong are very cool and comfortable, so people don’t want to sleep, they just want to drink.
Wu Lan and Lei Tong followed Zhang Fei. At first, they didn't dare to drink, but they found that Zhang Fei kept drinking every day, so they didn't care much about these two.
That night, the two of them arranged wine and food in the coach's tent, and they had some drinks, but they didn't drink much, but they didn't have much.
However, they were happy to drink, but they did not expect that someone outside the camp had already set their sights on their necks. This person was no one else, but the Yangtze River thief Gan Ning.
Chapter completed!