The five common people in the Ma family have the best white eyebrows.

This is a widely circulated saying in Jingchu that the five brothers of the Ma family and their father Ma She have a high reputation in Jingzhou.

Now, the six Ma family father and son are all working under the Guan family. Ma Liang's three brothers are currently in Xinye and follow Yin Guan as an official.

The three best father and son of the Ma family, Ma She, Ma Liang and Ma Su, worked in Fangling and under Guan Ping.

Guan Ping gave a big mansion in Fangling for Ma Liang to live in. Ma Liang came back to live in the house at night and went to the prefect's house to work during the day.

After Ma She arrived in Fangling, she was also arranged to live in this house.

As for Ma Su, this person was a military officer under the position of General Yang Wu, Guan Ping, and they were basically active in the army.

Currently, under the position of General Yang Wu, there are more than 4,000 soldiers and horses under his post, and Zhou Xiong and Li Fei were led by him. Zhou Xiong got his wish and became Guan Ping's personal soldiers and protected Guan Ping every day.

Li Fei commanded the entire army.

In addition to Guan Ping's personal soldiers, the army was divided into four units and stationed in the military area vacated by the four gates in the city. Among them, the North City Gate was the top priority, so Li Fei and Ma Su were in the North City Military Camp every day.

Li Fei is not Zhou Xiong.

Zhou Xiong regarded himself as Guan Ping's tyrant, and he often acted flatteringly in daily life. He wanted to give Guan Ping a saddle for the rest of his life.

Li Fei is a normal boy, agile.

Because he was paid a heavy responsibility by Guan Ping, he did not dare to slack off in daily life. He learned military tactics every day, trained soldiers, and often practiced riding and shooting.

But unfortunately, Li Fei was already thin and not as strong as Zhou Xiong and Guan Ping. Although he became stronger after entering the military camp, he could not become a strong general due to innate reasons.

Therefore, Li Fei focuses on military research in daily life.

Ma Su is also a teenager and a military madman. The two of them get together and have a good personal relationship.

Being a general in command is not an easy task, especially the general in charge of guarding the city.

Li Fei needs to train his soldiers according to the regulations, practice for eight days and two days of rest, and also need to leave troops to guard the city. Because of this reason, Li Fei must let the battalions take turns to rest so that there are always people guarding the city.

On the afternoon of that day, Li Fei took a few personal soldiers to patrol the city wall. He was wearing armor and pressing the hilt of the sword in his hand. The cloak behind him fell down. There was a cleverness between his eyebrows, but his expression was calm.

After patrolling the city wall, Li Fei returned to the room in the military area. The personal soldiers naturally came up to take off the armor and cloak for Li Fei and untied his sword.

Li Fei put on his coat.

"Sir Sima. My mother in my family is sick and wants to ask you for a month's leave." At this time, a personal soldier from Li Fei suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

Li Fei looked up and saw that the man was named Zhang Jiang, and he was Xin Yanren. In fact, Li Fei's personal soldiers were mostly Xin Yanren.

Li Fei turned around and took a silver cake, stuffed it to Zhang Jiang and said, "It's correct. You can bring this silver with you. If you don't have enough money after going back to Xinye, you will write to me."

"Thank you, Lord Sima." Zhang Jiang took the silver and kowtowed.

Then Zhang Jiang thanked and left, but the personal soldiers around him were not surprised. The Sima under the command of Yang Wu, the commander of the Central Army, had different personalities.

The left Sima Zhou Xiong was brave and fighting, while the right Sima Li Fei was calm and treated the soldiers well, which was quite popular among the army.

All soldiers are willing to serve their lives.

Li Fei was Guan Ping's confidant, and was also a Sima in the army, and received his salary. Guan Ping would reward Li Fei from time to time, but Li Fei often did not spend enough money because most of them were given to his subordinates by him.

Li Fei was really not comparable to Zhou Xiong. He learned Sun Tzu's Art of War and how to lead troops to fight, and learned the essence.

In this military area within the north city gate, soldiers live in rows, Li Fei lives in a large house, and Ma Su also lives here.

After Li Fei sent Zhang Jiang away, he came to Ma Su's study room and walked in. This was a small study room full of bamboo slips.

Of course, the main position is located near the wall to the north. There is a screen between the wall and the main position, but this screen is not an ordinary screen.

There is a wooden frame on the outside, and there is a map made of silk cloth inside.

The map is very simple, including Jingzhou, Yizhou, Guanzhong, and Xudu.

Ma Su was studying something, and Li Fei often discussed it with Ma Su, so he knew.

When Ma Su heard the footsteps, he looked up and saw that it was Li Fei, so he turned around to look at the map.

"But I have thought about it. Do you still have to fight against Nanjun or Hanzhong?" After Li Fei entered the study, he also came to the side of the main seat, knelt down on the floor, and looked at the map.

Ma Su was a military officer, so the matter he studied was naturally a war. The basic foundation of the Guan family was in Xinye. There was no depth in that place, only a city. If a war broke out, it could be defended, but it was definitely not a good place.

So Ma Su suggested that Guan Ping defeat Fangling County, which not only had a way out, but also collected troops, horses, money and grain, and make plans for the next step.

Fangling County can reach Hanzhong through the Han River and Xiangyang in the east, but the land is blocked.

If you go south to cross mountains and ridges, you can reach Zigui, that is, Nanjun, but this is a mountain road that can be marching, but it is difficult to replenish materials.

So at present, the only way to Fangling Group is to attack Xiangyang, Hanzhong, and Nanjun.

It can also be said that there are two ways: fighting Liu Biao and Zhang Lu.

There are only two of the three paths to attack Xiangyang, Nanjun, and Hanzhong. They can only go through: to attack Nanjun and Hanzhong.

Because Liu Biao was stationed in Xiangyang and Fancheng, he could not defeat Xiangfan.

Let alone Xiangfan.

Relying on the troops of Guan Yu of Han Shouhou in Xinye, he could not defeat Fancheng even if he went out to attack Fancheng. General Wen Pin was not a vegetarian.

Wenpin owns Fancheng City and has 10,000 elite soldiers, so defending the city is as stable as Mount Tai.

On Fangling, even after the autumn harvest, Guan Ping recruited new recruits and expanded his army to 30,000 to 40,000 people. He went out in full force, but he could not defeat Xiangyang.

On the contrary, Nanjun is an important place. Jiangling City is a major city with a lot of supplies and many defenders. However, Liu Biao's military forces in the southeast were mostly concentrated in Jiangxia.

Jiangling City can defend itself, but it is not able to send troops. If Guan Ping goes south to attack Zigui, he can seize several cities in Nanjun and slowly erode Jiangling.

At that time, you can also contact Sun Quan in Jiangdong. Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia (Sun Quan failed to attack Jiangxia a few years ago, attracted Wang Wei to go south for nothing and saved Guan Ping). Guan Ping attacked Jiangling. Cut off Jingzhou from the middle and suppressed Liu Biao's power in the Xiangyang area.

Over time, Liu Biao was destroyed.

Although Xiangyang has a large number of troops, a large population, and a prosperous city, it will not last long for a place.

This is a practical way, but the shortcomings are protracted. Moreover, Liu Biao is not a wooden man after all, and Kuai Yue is a plan under his command. Even the general Wen Pin and Wang Wei cannot underestimate him.

Although the plan is done well, the result may be in the opposite direction.

In short, Liu Biao was too powerful. Even if the Guan family and the Sun family united, it would be difficult to eliminate Liu Biao for a while.

With this skill, it is better to fight Hanzhong. Zhang Lu's power in Hanzhong is much weaker than Liu Biao, and is much easier to deal with than Liu Biao.

Only when you conquer Hanzhong is the right strength and have a qualitative overflow, and then take advantage of the situation to attack Bashu. Once you have Yizhou, you can go out to three groups to attack Jingzhou.

All the way, he besieged Fancheng from Xinye.

All the way was to attack Xiangyang through the Han River.

All the way was through the Yangtze River, waterways and attacking Nanjun.

The plan should be the safest way, but after all, the war is not a plan, and even Ma Su doesn't know how the situation will develop.

Ma Su was not so arrogant that he thought he could calculate everything clearly.

"Hanzhong." Ma Su put his hand on the map in Hanzhong, clicked three times, and said.

"But Zhang Lu is not easy to deal with. This man is dominated by Hanzhong for many years and confuses the people with the Five Doks of Rice. He is very popular with the people. His population is 500,000 and 60,000, and he has a lot of contact with the King of Yi in the surrounding mountains. He also relies on the wealth of Hanzhong to trade with Liangzhou and acquire horses. The warship army has to reach Hanzhong from the Han River and sail against the current, and it is very difficult for military transport. It is really difficult to fight Hanzhong."

Li Fei thought about it for a while and said.

"Liu Biao, Zhang Lu chooses one. I choose Zhang Lu." Ma Su said, and then Ma Su said: "There is another important factor. Cao Cao in the north is eroding Hebei step by step. How many years can the Yuan brothers last? The eleventh year of Jian'an? The thirteenth year of Jian'an? If Cao Cao pacified Hebei, he would definitely go south. Relying on Xinye, he could withstand, but he had no power to fight back. What's more, Bai Bai guarded the portal for Liu Biao. If he could attack Hanzhong before this, he would attack Hanzhong. There was a Qinling Mountain in the north and Daba Mountain in the south, which was very conducive to defense. There was a large population and a plain. Relying on our Quyuan Plough and a new water truck, he could continuously supply food and grass on the front line. This is the so-called sufficient troops and enough food. It is truly an attack that can be attacked and a retreat can be defended."

War must be considered from many aspects.

It is definitely difficult to beat Zhang Lu, but it is easier than hitting Liu Biao and saves time.

What the Guan family lacks at present is time.

Cao Cao in the north is really too powerful, almost equivalent to the heavenly time. This heavenly time is still destroying the remnants of the Yuan family and has no energy to go south.

But once you go south, you will definitely have a thunder attack.

Time doesn't wait for me.

Only at this critical moment can one move quickly and grow rapidly.

This step must not be stopped. Once it stops, it is equivalent to destruction.

"It's hard. Now we have less than 20,000 troops and few warships. We need to harvest enough food this autumn to expand our troops. After recruiting new recruits, we need to train for another year. The construction of warships may take more long-term. I'm afraid that it will be possible to send troops at the beginning of the following year. How long will it take to fight Zhang Lu? Maybe two or three years may take."

Li Fei sighed.

Even if the Guan family wants to fight Hanzhong, it will be much more difficult than Cao Cao's fight against Hebei.

Now Cao Cao is unparalleled, like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. A gust of wind blows by, and the Yuan brothers will perish.

The Guan family wanted to attack Hanzhong, so they made a big fortune by making small profits.

Zhang Luke is much stronger than the Guan family and has a geographical advantage.

It's difficult.
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