The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

The battle that took place outside Nanzheng City.

Only half a day has passed.

The news reached Liu Zheng's ears through Liu Zheng's spies.

At this time, Liu Zheng was bringing soldiers and horses to greet Gan Ning.

And Gan Ning happened to lead his [-] troops close to Nanzheng City, wanting to prevent Liu Bei from suddenly launching an attack on Nanzheng and launching a blitzkrieg.

When the news reached Liu Zheng and Gan Ning's ears, Liu Zheng was taken aback and was very surprised.

"What? That guy Guan Yu actually launched an attack on Nanzheng City."

"Doesn't he have only 6 or [-] troops? With this number of troops, he wants to take down Nanzheng City."

When Liu Zheng heard the news for the first time, he didn't quite believe it.

If it was him himself, the same force would not take advantage of it.

But now, the spies in front kept sending the situation outside Nanzheng City to Gan Ning's camp.

Liu Zheng had no choice but to believe it, and at the same time reacted quickly, increasing the ability of the spies to detect intelligence, and at the same time ordered Gan Ning to lead a group of soldiers and horses to approach Nanzheng City quickly.

Chapter 965 Liu Zheng's plan

However, when Gan Ning personally led a small group of troops to Nanzheng, the battle in Nanzheng had already stopped before reaching Nanzheng.

Gan Ning, who was halfway there, was speechless for a moment, unable to move forward, so he could only temporarily set up camp at the same spot, and continue to send scouts to inquire about Nanzheng's news.

On the one hand, it is impossible to approach Gan Ning directly. After all, there are only 2 troops around Gan Ning at this time. If Liu Bei's men give up attacking Nanzheng and suddenly target Gan Ning with only [-] troops, Gan Ning may not be Guan Yu's opponent. .

So the cautious Gan Ning did not act rashly, but turned back and met with Liu Zheng, Huang Zhong and others again.

Liu Zheng was also very surprised when he saw Gan Ning go and return.

"Xingba, why are you back?"

"How is the situation in Nanzheng?"

Knowing that Gan Ning had returned, something must have happened to Nanzheng, so Liu Zheng asked Gan Ning directly.

"Your Majesty, it was already too late when the news from our spies came. The battle on Nanzheng's side has already ended!"

Without ambiguity, Gan Ning directly explained the reason why he returned to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng, Huang Zhong and the others were shocked when they heard Gan Ning's words.

"What, you guys are late? Could it be that the battle in Nanzheng is over, and Guan Yu took down Nanzheng so quickly?"

Huang Zhong was quite surprised when he heard Gan Ning's words, and immediately questioned him.

Huang Zhong thought that Nanzheng City had been defeated by Guan Yu, so he would naturally feel extremely excited.

In Huang Zhong's view, Nanzheng City is still a county seat, and it is not so easy to take it down. Besides, Zhang Lu still has tens of thousands of troops in the city. According to their previous information, even if Guan Yu can take down Nanzheng City, he must at least It takes months of hard work.

It was incredible for Huang Zhong to stop fighting so quickly.

But Gan Ning immediately shook his head.

"General Huang, how could Guan Yu and those troops be so powerful!"

"The battle in Nanzheng City ceased not because Guan Yu had already defeated Nanzheng, but because they took the initiative to retreat and surrounded the city. They seemed to be planning a protracted war to slowly wear down the soldiers in the city."

Gan Ning told Huang Zhong the news he found out. To Huang Zhong, as long as Nanzheng City is still there, it doesn't matter much.

So, a sigh of relief.

"Guan Yu didn't capture Nanzheng City, so it's okay, at least we are not too worried, but our spies said before that Ma Chao led some people and defeated some of Liu Zhang's troops, so Liu Zhang's troops were beheaded by Ma Chao Killed a lot?"

Liu Zheng also heard Gan Ning's words, and he had already grasped some information, so he was not particularly worried about the situation in Nanzheng City at this time.

The only thing he was worried about was whether Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in Nanzheng City could really stop Guan Yu's attack.

However, now it seems that after Guan Yu made no progress after a wave of attacks, Liu Zheng felt a little relieved.

"Looking at the current situation, Guan Yu's idea should be to use the long-term siege to slowly wear down the strength of Nanzheng City, and then force Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in the city to leave the city to surrender."

"Your Majesty, I also think so. It is precisely because the final general sensed the thoughts of these people that he didn't rush forward with his troops rashly, but turned back at this time."

"That's really interesting. Guan Yu and Ma Chao are attacking in Hanzhong. If we send troops at this time to cut off the way for Guan Yu and Ma Chao to return to Chang'an, what do you think will happen?"

Liu Zheng suddenly thought of a plan and became even more excited.

But at this time, Liu Zheng highlighted this plan, but Guo Jia, the counselor beside him, also heard it.

When Liu Zheng said that he wanted to cut off the route for Guan Yu and Ma Chao to return to Chang'an, Guo Jia seemed to have thought of something immediately, and his eyes lit up.

It seems that there is something to say, but smart people know that it is impossible to steal the limelight from the lord at this time, so even if Guo Jia thought of something, he didn't say anything.

He only listened to Liu Zheng after waiting for Gan Ning and Huang Zhong to look at Liu Zheng and take the initiative to ask Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, do you have any plans?"

Gan Ning asked Liu Zheng.

Without saying much, Liu Zheng turned around and walked to the sand table, pointing at it with his hand.

"Come and see."

"This is Hanzhong, and this is Chang'an. There should be five or six hundred miles between them."

Liu Zheng slid back and forth between the two cities of Hanzhong and Chang'an, and showed Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others the distance.

"Five or six hundred miles away, there are mostly mountains. It is difficult for ordinary soldiers and horses to march, let alone the heavy soldiers transporting grain and grass."

During this period of time, Liu Zheng has been paying attention to Zhang Lu, Guan Yu and others in the Hanzhong area.

Liu Zheng knew before that Guan Yu and others were short of food.

It's just that people like Guan Yu were not in a hurry to attack the city before. For Liu Zheng, if there is no war, the food consumption is not considered large, but the situation is different when there is a war.

The consumption of food will become even greater. At this time, if there is a shortage of food and grass, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops stationed near Hanzhong will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

People like Liu Zheng might be able to win without a fight.

"From here to Chang'an, how many stops will there be after passing through several counties? What does Guan Yu's army rely on for food transportation?"

"Once we figure out the news and cut off Guan Yu's food, the Battle of Hanzhong can be declared over."

"What Your Majesty said is very true, but I think it would be very difficult for this idea to succeed."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, Huang Zhong immediately questioned Liu Zheng again.

"Where did General Han Sheng say this?"

Liu Zheng was a little curious.

"Your Majesty, from Chang'an to Hanzhong, there must be at least six or seven transfer stations in the middle of the five or six hundred miles, which are equipped for the transportation team. The road is difficult. Guan Yu and the others must know that the transportation of grain and grass is not easy, so they must be very careful. , our troops want to cut off Guan Yu's food supply, it should be quite difficult, once our troops appear, Guan Yu's people will surely notice."

"It is very possible that our people did not cut off Guan Yu's food supply, but were discovered by Guan Yu's people ahead of time and surrounded our people. At that time, our troops will be lost."

Huang Zhong actually thought about this method early in the morning, but after sending some spies to inquire about Guan Yu's food supply, Huang Zhong had already given up.

Chapter 966 Guo Jia's Supplement

"General Han Sheng's worries are not unreasonable. I think the same thing as you in my heart, but I also thought the same way before. After all, Guan Yu has a lot of soldiers and horses. According to what our current spies have learned, in Hanzhong Nearby, there are at least [-] soldiers and horses."

"With so many soldiers and horses, even if our people want to sneak attack on Liang Dao, it is not easy to succeed. It is very likely that Guan Yu's men will find out."

"But it's different now. Now Guan Yu is encircling Nanzheng City. If this happens, most of his troops will be restrained near Nanzheng City. At least [-] to [-] soldiers will be in Stationed near Nanzheng City."

"In this way, Guan Yu can really mobilize and use it to guard the rear, and there will not be many troops to protect the food road."

"In this way, this is an excellent opportunity for us to attack his grain road."

When Huang Zhong was puzzled, Liu Zheng spoke out his inner thoughts again and told the people present.

Gan Ning and Huang Zhong had some doubts at first, but after Liu Zheng said this, they understood why Liu Zheng proposed to cut off Guan Yu's grain path at this time.

The two of them, who had some doubts at first, understood immediately. According to what Liu Zheng said, there is indeed a great chance to cut off the other party's food.

And once Guan Yu's grain road is really cut off, the situation in Hanzhong will be really interesting.

"What His Majesty said makes sense, and this plan can indeed be tried."

After Huang Zhong thought about it, he still answered Liu Zheng.

"Well, anyway, Guan Yu's troops can't create any advantage in Hanzhong now. Their confrontation between the two armies delayed the time and gave us some time. Immediately let our spies focus on inquiring about the situation of Guan Yu's army's food supply. After the other party's situation, then we will plot to cut off Guan Yu's food."

Now that Gan Ning and Huang Zhong had no objections, Liu Zheng began to issue orders.

"Your Majesty, Fengxiao also thinks this plan is good, but before this plan succeeds, I still have a few words to say."

After Guo Jia, who had never spoken much, spoke at this time, Liu Zheng immediately set his sights on Guo Jia.

After all, as Liu Zheng's chief adviser, Guo Jia's words still have some status in Liu Zheng's heart.

"What's Feng Xiao's opinion?"

"I don't dare to take it as an opinion, but I just want to add a few words behind His Majesty's plan."

"But it doesn't matter."

Liu Zheng said something respectfully to Guo Jia.

"Your Majesty, we can think of the plan to cut off the grain road. Guan Yu, who has experienced many battles and is Liu Bei's most trusted general, will definitely think of this step. Therefore, we will be particularly cautious. If we want to inquire about the news of the enemy's grain road If so, I suggest that instead of letting our spies inquire, instead let some local people here go to investigate, and then we question these people, in this way, we can avoid the chance of being discovered by Guan Yu."

Most of Liu Zheng's spies were from Jiangnan, a few were from Jingzhou, and there were relatively few spies in Hanzhong. Once people from other places appeared in Hanzhong to inquire about Guan Yu's food news, they would easily be exposed because of their accent.

Not to mention the method of pretending to be a traveling merchant, this path is already tortuous and difficult, and traveling merchants would not choose to take this path. Moreover, during the war, the official roads are controlled, and traveling merchants would not choose to take this road at all.

So once a businessman appears, [-]% of them will be arrested and tortured.

Guo Jia's reminder also made Huang Zhong and Gan Ning nod their heads.

"What Feng Xiao said is right, Han Sheng, when you send spies, pay attention to this matter, and don't let Guan Yu's men find out in advance, otherwise our plan will not be able to continue to be implemented."

"Well, the last general takes orders."

"One more thing, Your Majesty, since we have decided to sneak attack Guan Yu's grain road, we must make some noise to attract Guan Yu's attention, so that Guan Yu can divert his attention, so as to give our spies more opportunities. Investigate the grain road."

"Yes, yes, Feng Xiao is right, but how can we get Guan Yu to notice us?"

"This one is also simple. Isn't Guan Yu currently besieging Nanzheng City? We only need to let General Gan Ning lead an army of [-] to approach Nanzheng. If the troops are stationed nearby, there is no need to take the initiative to attack. Guan Yu will definitely be restless. "

"At that time, a large number of spies will definitely be dispatched to General Gan Ning. General Gan Ning only needs to practice soldiers and horses in the camp every day, and does not need to take the initiative to attack. They all pay attention to attracting Guan Yu's attention. And General Huang Zhong can go to inquire about the matter of Liang Dao at this time."

"This plan is very clever."

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Liu Zheng immediately praised Guo Jia.

Although Guo Jia didn't propose any new methods for him, but only helped Liu Zheng improve after what Liu Zheng proposed just now, but such substantive suggestions can make the ideas put forward by Liu Zheng truly go away. Implement it.

With Liu Zheng's approval, naturally everyone next started to get busy.

Gan Ning personally led his troops, turned back again, and headed towards Nanzheng City.

When there were still twenty miles away from Nanzheng City, they stopped, and then chose an open place as a temporary territory. Using a line formation, they arranged camps and built a beacon tower.

Connected end to end, as long as the front camp is breached and the bonfire is lit, the people behind can immediately come to support.

At the same time, it can also inquire about the situation on Nanzheng's side to a greater extent.

On Huang Zhong's side, he immediately went to inquire about the situation of Guan Yu's grain road.

From Hanzhong to Chang'an, the distance is about [-] li.

Guan Yu is now stationed in Chenggu County, which is Guan Yu's frontline base camp in Hanzhong.

Chenggu is also the last stop on the transportation route of the luggage team.

Following this line, it was not difficult for Liu Zheng's spies to judge that the previous stop was Nanxiang County, not far from Chenggu.

However, the current Nanxiang County is not yet a county recognized by the imperial court, but a transit point where some merchants and common people gather here. The more people there are, the more people will settle down, and a large village will gradually form.

Going all the way east, you will pass Hanyin and Xicheng.

This is the inflection point in the west city. When you get here, you will not continue to go east. If you go east, you will be in the Shangyong area controlled by Liu Zheng.

And Guan Yu's luggage team will continue to go north from here to Zhen'an County.

After passing Zhen'an, the road will be better, and you can go directly to Zhashui County, and Zhashui is the place under the jurisdiction of Chang'an.