Liu Yi continued to expand the camp and prepared to welcome Liu Bei's main force. On the other hand, Yang Song returned to Nanzheng, but did not immediately request to leave Zhenyang Pingguan.

"Mr. Master, the minister is incompetent, so I can only persuade Liu Bei to postpone it for seven days." Yang Song came to Zhang Lu and said with a shame.

"Seven days?" Zhang Lu was not too frustrated. After all, it was a good thing to get seven days. He nodded and said, "Bo Nian does not need to blame himself. It will be better if seven days are seven days, and it will be better for a day."

The people from Nanzheng were actually not afraid of Liu Bei's use of troops. What was most uncomfortable was that Liu Bei's army stopped there, and he didn't fight or retreat, which made people worried all day long. On the side of his side, Zhang Wei went to inquire about the news last time, but an old soldier was sent by someone to almost shoot him and came back in a mess. Not to mention the morale of the army, few people were willing to take the initiative to fight as the generals alone.

Now that he has received the seven-day promise, he takes it for granted that Liu Bei will launch an attack in seven days, which also made the generals subconsciously think that in seven days, when Liu Bei's army is sieging the city, he relaxes and begins to actively prepare for war. If these large armies in the city are well prepared, it is still fine to defend the city.

In the next few days, it was calm. Liu Yi outside the city used this time to expand his camp and prepare for siege equipment. However, at the call of Zhang Lu, the military and civilians of Nanzheng kept transporting wooden and rocks to strengthen the city defense. It looked like it was not like a battlefield about to start a war, but like two construction sites.

"Sir." On this day, Liu Bei's army had arrived in a steady stream of sleep. Huang Zhong came down from the bracket and looked at Liu Yi with some concern and said, "Although he has been peaceful for several days, Zhang Lu has been continuously strengthening the city walls over the years. It will be even more difficult for Nan Zheng to break through."

The troops of the two sides were actually almost the same, and Liu Bei was even slightly less. Zhang Lu had the advantage of a strong city, so it was not easy to conquer it.

"This is a problem, but it's a headache for the lord and the military advisor. I don't care about this." Liu Yi felt much more relaxed now. After all, Liu Bei's troops were coming in continuously, so Liu Yi didn't have to worry about how to deceive Zhang Lu. As for how to conquer Hanzhong, this kind of thing would make Liu Bei and Pang Tong a headache.

Huang Zhong was speechless when he heard this. What is the operation of asking someone else to fill in the pit you dug?

Liu Yi didn't care about those things. His work has been basically completed now. Even if Liu Bei wanted to attack, the ladders and catapults he made were enough to make up for the shortcomings in the geographical advantage. Jing Jin Liu Yi had thought of a new one recently and had not started yet. He just took this opportunity to do the Jing Jin he had imagined.

"How is Wen Chang's injury?" Liu Yi remembered something and turned his head to look at Huang Zhong.

Wei Yan came back a few days ago, but he was infected with wind and cold, and the sores on his shoulders also showed signs of purulentity. Liu Yi has been going to see it every day these days, but Liu Yi is not sure how he recovered.

"The wound has scabbed, it's no problem." Huang Zhong said with a smile.

"Oh, it's not going well!" Liu Yi sighed. The battle in Hanzhong was more troublesome than I imagined. I don't know why Zhang Lu surrendered Cao Cao so easily in history, but now he refuses to surrender Liu Bei.

...

On the eighth day of the 17th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's army finally arrived at the camp outside Nanzheng City. Liu Yi led Guan Ping, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan out to greet him.

"Lord, I'll be guilty!" Wei Yan was still wearing a bandage on his shoulder. When he saw Liu Bei, he apologized immediately. If he hadn't been too urgent in this time, the plan that had been perfect in advance would not have failed.

"This matter has nothing to do with Wen Chang." Liu Bei stepped forward and helped Wei Yan up. Liu Bei liked this general who looked a little similar to his second brother, especially this time, although the plan to attack the east and west was not realized, the ability shown by Wei Yan in this battle made Liu Bei like it even more. He looked at the bandage on Wei Yan's shoulder with concern and said, "How is Wen Chang's injury?"

"It's no longer a problem!" Wei Yan stood up with some emotion.

"Boyuan, what's the situation now?" After appeased Wei Yan for a while, Liu Bei pulled Wei Yan and Liu Yi into the tent together and asked Liu Yi with a smile.

"Basically stable, I have started some plans. How to improve them requires the lord and Shi Yuan to do it." Liu Yi smiled.

"Oh?" Liu Bei asked with a smile, "But I don't know what the plan is?"

"The younger brother of Yang Song, Yang Bai, was captured by Wen Chang. Now in our camp, Yang Song came to join us a few days ago in the name of an envoy. I asked him to go back and try to help us seize Yangping Pass. At that time, Wen Chang will cooperate. It is best to arrest the ten thousand troops that Yang Ang is about to return, and then block the pass. At that time, he will be able to catch the turtle in the jar."

"Catch a turtle in the jar?" Liu Bei was stunned, then understood, shook his head and smiled, "Bo Yuan can always speak some novel words, but this is appropriate."

Yangping Pass is a throat fortress from Hanchuan to resist foreign enemies from the north. If Yangping Pass can be included in his palm, Liu Bei could continue to ask for troops and food from Yizhou in the land of Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu was trapped here and was indeed catching turtles in a jar.

"This plan is quite applicable." Pang Tong nodded, groped in his beard under his skeleton, and looked at Liu Yi and said, "How to use it in detail."

"Don't be on you." Liu Yi sat on his mat with his expression of optimism about you.

Pang Tong was speechless. After thinking carefully for a while, he looked at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, Bo Yuan's plan is quite wonderful, but it is still unknown whether Yang Song can go to Yangping Pass. If you have the chance, I want to have a while with Yang Song."

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded and looked at Liu Yi.

"This... depends on God's will. I only agreed with him how to see me when he came out. As for when he came out, it's hard to say." Liu Yi said helplessly.

If Yang Song can be used well, he will definitely be a magician, so Liu Yi has to consider his safety. When two armies are in a battle, the two sides will still disappear if they can disappear.

"The chief has a plan. Since Nanzheng Chengjian is in charge, he can send a general to attack Chenggu and make plans to make Xu Tu. Zhang Lu must be worried that our army will bypass Nanzheng and cut off the retreat route of Yangping Pass. At that time, Yang Song will have the chance to play." Pang Tong said with a smile.

"What if it wasn't Yang Song in the end but someone else?" Liu Yi said curiously.

"Destroy it!" Pang Tong said domineeringly. Although he would suffer huge losses when he took the initiative to attack the city, Liu Bei's army was not afraid if he fought in a field battle: "In addition, the food supply between Jiameng Pass also needs to be cleared, so General Han Sheng led a unit to pick up General Liu Feng."

Liu Feng used food and grass to transport food and grass all the time, and bypassed the Hanzhong Army and walked by small roads to pass by, which was quite inconvenient. Now that the army has arrived, there is no need for the Hanzhong Army to exist between the army and Jiameng Pass. It is not possible to attack the city, but if it is just an attack on a camp, it is not difficult for Liu Bei's army today.

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded and said, "Since Shi Yuan's words, Han Sheng?"

"The last one is here!" Huang Zhong took a step forward and said loudly.

"For you two thousand soldiers, capture this camp as soon as possible and clear the food route of our army." Liu Bei smiled.

"Here!" Huang Zhong took the order and left without saying a word. Apart from scaring Zhang Wei that day, there was basically no battle to fight in these days, and he had long been a little bored. Although it was not a big battle now, it was better for Huang Zhong.

"The old general is quite anxious." Liu Yi looked at the direction where Huang Zhong left and said with some amusement.

"Although it was not possible to fight Hanzhong, it might not be a bad thing." Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi and smiled and said, "Boyuan knew that Liu Zhang had agreed to send 8,000 more troops to our army, with another three million yuan in money and 100,000 stones of food and grass."

"So little?" Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong unexpectedly. Not to mention 30,000 or 50,000, there must be 10,000 or 20,000, right?

"This matter should be done slowly. Now that Hanzhong has not been sent, if Liu Zhang is forced to force him to get out of his army's logistics, it will be more costly." Pang Tong explained with a smile: "If you want this little bit, it will make Liu Zhang feel more at ease. When our army gets the land of Hanzhong, it will be better to turn against Liu Zhang."

To put it bluntly, it’s just a dull knife that cuts the flesh, fattenes yourself first, and then lifts the table to shine. Liu Yi doesn’t care much about this, but Liu Bei’s face is a little dark. Is it really good that you two discuss this kind of thing in front of me?

"Lord, don't blame me. Shi Yuan is like this, and he doesn't matter to the occasion." Seeing this, Liu Yi quickly turned the fire out, which was not my business.

Pang Tong: “…”

"Boyuan thought Nanzheng could not be attacked?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi and asked.

If you can conquer Nanzheng directly, it would be much easier for Liu Bei. When he attacked Jiangling last time, Liu Yi's weapons, armor and siege ships made extraordinary achievements, and his power also opened Liu Bei's eyes.

"It's not easy. The two sides are almost the same in terms of force. Although the siege equipment has been made, it is still a little insufficient to reverse the disadvantages of our army if we want to rely on these." Liu Yi shook his head. The most important thing is the soldiers' armor. He doesn't have so much time to build it. Now there are only more than two thousand people in the army wearing Liu Yi's armor. It's considered the elite under Liu Bei's command. If there are eight thousand elites like when attacking Jiangling, there will be no problem. But now, Liu Yi is not sure, so he dare not pat his chest to guarantee it.

At that time, Liu Yi spent several months equipping Liu Bei with sufficient materials. Now there are no conditions at that time and there are not enough time.

"It's not difficult to obtain the rest of the cities. We can take this opportunity to consolidate our foundation, and we can show our kindness in this Hanzhong area, win over the hearts of the people, and prepare for our army to counterattack Shu." Liu Yi smiled and used Liu Zhang's money to build his own territory. Although the money was sooner or later, it felt different, not to mention that it was equivalent to weakening Liu Zhang in disguise. Why not do it?
Chapter completed!