It has been some time since Cao Ren entered Sichuan, and slowly, Man Chong also figured out some things.

For example, at first, he didn't understand why Li Qi's reinforcements arrived so quickly. Later, after careful consideration, he discovered that Li Qi's army was not originally coming for them.

Zhao Yun stationed tens of thousands of troops at Jiameng Pass, so he must have the intention of taking Hanzhong.

Man Chong believed that when Li Qi led his army to the north, he must have been going to attack Hanzhong. It was only when Brazil was in danger that he changed direction and came to rescue Brazil.

Man Chong said to Cao Ren: "If we withdraw our troops at this time, Li Qi will definitely take Hanzhong. By then the entire Yizhou will be in Li Qi's hands, and it will be difficult for us to deal with him. You must know that Li Qi is not Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others

Comparable.”

Cao Ren said: "I don't want to return without success, but now with our lone army, can we defeat Li Qi?"

Man Chong said: "We can first stick to Danqu and report the situation to Xuchang, waiting for reinforcements."

During the discussion, Xun Yu of Xuchang sent a letter to Cao Ren, informing Cao Ren: Zhaodu and Huonu in Youzhou have not yet been pacified, and Wuhuan of the three counties of Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Youbeiping has conquered Kuangping; there are also high-ranking officials in Bingzhou.

The Huns have evil plans. Therefore, they currently do not have enough energy to expedition to Xichuan.

Cao Ren sent a letter to Man Chong and discussed retreating.

However, although Cao Ren defeated Li Dian this time, before leaving, he moved away the Danquyi king Puhu, Du Yi and other tribes. Overall, there was no loss.

After Cao Ren withdrew, Li Qi recovered all the lost land and distributed the fields left by the Puhu and Duyi tribes to the common people and nobles who had been robbed by Cao Ren to reassure them.

In addition, Li Qi erected a monument for Leng Bao on Daba Mountain to show his loyalty.

Li Qidao: "Judging from the fact that Cao Ren climbed over Daba Mountain to besiege Leng Bao, our defense in Daba Mountain is still not strong enough."

Fa Zhengdao: "I really didn't expect that Cao Ren would send troops to Xichuan at this time. Now, we can set up more passes in Daba Mountain and order people to build beacon towers on the tops of Daba Mountain to echo each other."

Li Qi then handed over the matter to Wu Yi and Liao Hua to handle, and sent Meng Da to Langzhong to assist Deng Zhi in rebuilding the fortifications in preparation for any eventuality.

After handling the aftermath of Brazil County, Li Qi quickly sent his troops north to meet Zhao Yun and Cheng Ji at Jiameng Pass.

This campaign against Hanzhong is almost Li Qi's strongest lineup. He has Fa Zheng in mind, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Zhang Ren, Meng Huo, etc. in military force. Zhuge Liang, Li Fu, etc. are also at the rear, vowing to fight in the shortest possible time.

Capture Hanzhong within time.

Although Zhang Lu in Hanzhong defeated Zhang Wei, Yang Bai and other generals as well as 50,000 soldiers, don't forget that Zhang Lu was not an ordinary prefect of a county. He was targeting the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect.

In fact, Leader Zhang himself did not have any major problems except separatizing Hanzhong and bullying Liu Zhang. When he was guarding Hanzhong, he treated the people leniently and had many followers. Countless people from Kansai fled to Hanzhong, making Hanzhong a very powerful branch in the late Han Dynasty.

A separatist force of strength.

Zhao Yun said: "While Yun was guarding Jiameng Pass, he also secretly observed the movements in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu had already guessed that our army was intent on Hanzhong, so he strengthened his defenses, fearing that it would be difficult to break the city in a short time."

Fa Zhengdao said: "The terrain of Jiameng Pass is dangerous, and Zhang Lu will not take the initiative to attack. It will not be good for me if the two armies continue to be in such a stalemate. We can send an army to approach Hanzhong and set up camp to induce Zhang Lu to come out of the city to fight."

Li Qi then, together with Fazheng, Gan Ning and Zhang Ren, led 30,000 elite troops forward and set up camp more than ten miles away from Nanzheng.

Li Qi also wrote some handwritten leaflets, saying that Zhang Lu had betrayed the covenant and therefore conquered it, which had nothing to do with the soldiers or the people. Hanzhong has been an indivisible county of Yizhou since ancient times. In the past, you left your parents, wife and children and followed Zhang Lu to settle in Hanzhong. Could it be that

Don't want to go home?

Indeed, many soldiers in the Nanzheng garrison were from Xichuan.

At that time, Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the governor of the army, and he and Zhang Xiu, the other commander, led troops to attack Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong. After Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again, captured his soldiers, and dominated Hanzhong.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers Zhang Lu brought there had no chance of returning to Xichuan.

Li Qi ordered these handwritten leaflets to be shot onto the city tower with bows and arrows, hoping to disintegrate Zhang Lu's military morale and make him fall into chaos without fighting.

However this is of no use.

Everyone is now a person of "faith" and is committed to following Leader Zhang to the death. Even if a few people are homesick, they can't afford to make waves in the big environment, so they have to give up.

Li Qi held a stalemate outside Nanzheng City for more than ten days, but Zhang Lu refused to come out to challenge.

Li Qi ordered Cheng Yu to bring good wine and meat from Zitong, and he and the soldiers chopped up large pieces of meat all day long. However, Li Qi ordered Gan Ning and Zhang Ren to divide their troops and lie in wait to see when Zhang Lu would be lured out.

But in the city of Nanzheng, Zhang Lu heard that Li Qi was drinking and having fun under his nose. The soldiers felt that this was not very harmful but extremely insulting, so they called for troops to fight.

Yan Pu admonished: "Li Qi saw that we could not come out of seclusion, so he used this trick to seduce us. My lord, please do not come out lightly, otherwise you will be ambushed."

Yang Song was anxious. When Li Qi sent people to send gold and silver to make a good deal, so that Zhang Lu could attack Zitong, he promised a high-ranking official a generous salary. Now that Li Qi has arrived at the city, he can almost see the high-ranking official Houlu waving to him.

He wished that Zhang Lu would finish playing soon and go to Chengdu to enjoy his happiness.

So Yang Song started to play tricks again, saying: "Li Qi has humiliated our army so much. If we don't go to war, I'm afraid the morale of the soldiers will be completely wiped out! Without morale, how can we defend against the enemy when Li Qi's troops attack the city?"

At this time, Zhang Lu's general Chang Qi said: "I am willing to lead an army to rob the camp."

Zhang Lu then allocated 10,000 troops and horses to Chang Qi for a tentative attack.

As soon as Chang Qi left the city, a spy informed General Li Qi.

Li Qi asked: "Who will lead the troops?"

The spy said: "Changqi was originally Yang Ren's subordinate. After Yang Ren died in Jiameng Pass, Zhang Lu asked him to take over Yang Ren's army and horses."

Li Qi's balls hurt. Who is Chang Qi?

There is no such person in the game!

Fa Zhengdao said: "It seems that Zhang Lu wanted to attack our arrogance, but was also worried about being ambushed, so he sent a man like this out to cast stones to ask for directions. My lord, you can report to Gan Ning on flying horse, and Zhang Ren will be the two generals, so tell Zhang

Lu will not come out, and his troops will not move. When Changqi comes to attack, we will abandon the stronghold and run away to be proud of his troops."

Li Qi followed Fazheng's advice and even cooked several large pots of pork for Chang Qi and left a dozen jars of good wine.

That night, Chang Qi raided the camp. Zhou Cang protected Li Qi, and Pei Yuanshao protected Fazheng. They also ordered Meng Huo to retreat, pretending to be defeated and evacuating towards Jiameng Pass.

Chang Qi took over the camp and was very happy to see the delicious smell of pork in the pot and the abundant wine.

While Chang Qi was drinking wine and eating meat, he sent someone to report to Zhang Lu, saying that the Shu army was defeated and countless grain, grass and baggage were seized.

This was Chang Qi's first major victory after leading the army alone, and he was defeated by the hero Li Qi, so he exaggerated and was narcissistic in his report, so he just posted it on WeChat to show off.

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