After the news of the defeat of the invading enemy in Liangzhou spread, the dissident people in Nan'an County finally became honest under the power of the Han army's Lien Chan and Lianjie. After the army returned to the city, many wealthy and powerful people came to work for the army.

Yang Qing did not explain the vacillation of some of them, but after some words of comfort, the scholars and the people were at peace.

After learning about this, You Chu of Longxi County finally realized that the Han army did not have any reinforcements brought by Liao Hua. Instead, reinforcements sent by Liangzhou came, and Yang Qing had to devise a plan to force him to surrender.

Although he felt regret in his heart, now that Liangzhou's troops had been repulsed and he had indeed surrendered to the Han army, he could no longer turn back and had to follow the Han army to the end.

Longxi has descended and Nan'an has been secured. The army only rested for one day at Bidao and then headed towards Shanggui. Yang Qing received Zhuge Liang's order to rush to Shanggui. It turned out that Cao Wei General Zhang He had already led 50,000 infantry.

Riders galloped over from Longshan Road on a starry night and killed them.

A few days later, Yang Qing led his army to Shanggui. At this moment, a large army gathered outside Shanggui City. In addition to the soldiers of the Guanxing tribe who had swept away Guangwei County and those who had not returned and guarded the recovered city, the main force of the Han army, more than 40,000 people, was here.

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"See you, Prime Minister." Yang Qing entered the commander-in-chief's tent and bowed in obeisance.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "No need to be polite, just take a seat."

Yang Qing thanked him, and then bowed his hands to Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Gao Xiang and others in the tent. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of a familiar face in front of him on the left, winking and smiling at him. He was shocked and muttered: "Why is Youchang here too?"

Where?"

It turned out that this person was Ma Su. After Meng Da entered the court, he came from Hanzhong day and night, and actually caught up with Wang Ping, who had set off first. So the two of them led the army to Shanggui two days ago.

Yang Qing was speechless for a while. He finally managed to get Ma Su away. Unexpectedly, this man appeared on the Longyou battlefield before Zhang He and his troops arrived. Is this the fate of history?

"Since Youchang is here, Wang Ping must have led the Wudang Fei Army back to Jian."

After he sat down, he saw Wang Ping sitting opposite.

Yang Qing said again: "Prime Minister, Qing was ordered to go and recover Longxi County. Now that Longxi has been recovered, I would like to give an order to Prime Minister."

"Well, this battle in the Ming Dynasty was fought very well. It not only forced You Chu and other officials and people in Longxi to surrender, but also wiped out the enemies in Liangzhou in one fell swoop, so that Xu Miao and others did not dare to come eastward in a short time to concentrate our Han army.

The troops are focused on the enemy in the east and the worries are relieved. I will remember you for your great contribution." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile.

Yang Qing cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister."

"Everyone, now the four counties of Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui, and Guangwei have almost been recovered, and most of the Anding County east of Longshan has responded to our army. The situation seems very gratifying, but this is just the result of Cao Wei's empty troops in Longyou.

Even though we have gained the land, the Wei army still has two nails in Longyou, Qi Mountain and Shanggui. If these two nails are not pulled out, our army will not really regain Longyou."

Wei Yandao: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. Not to mention Qishan Fort, Shanggui is actually an important town in Longyou. If the city is not broken, the Wei army will have a chance to make a comeback. What's more, Cao Wei's reinforcements are on the way to Shanglong. Once

If we let him succeed in ascending to Long, our army will be attacked from both sides."

"The article has hit the mark." Zhuge Liang nodded, looked at the crowd and said, "Therefore, our army's next combat mission is to defeat Shanggui, and the second is to stop Zhang He.

The city of Shanggui is strong and Guo Huai defends it very well. It will be difficult to break the city in a short time. Therefore, the most urgent task now is to send people to resist Zhang He's 50,000 troops and buy time for our army to conquer Shanggui."

"Mr. Wei, please tell everyone about the latest situation of Cao Wei's reinforcements."

Yang Yi responded, stood up and said: "Everyone, the puppet emperor Cao Rui has sent General Zhang He and 50,000 elite infantry and cavalry to rescue Longyou, and the puppet emperor himself will also go to Chang'an to take charge. According to the latest intelligence reports, Zhang He's troops It’s the Longshan Road.”

"The Chencang Wei River Road is narrow and is not conducive to the passage of tens of thousands of troops. It is reasonable for the Wei army to take the Longshan Road." Ma Di looked at the map behind Zhuge Liang and nodded.

Yang Qingdao: "Mr. Wei, I wonder how many days have passed since Zhang He's departure?"

Yang Yi replied: "It's been about eleven or twelve days."

"On the 11th and twelfth..."

Yang Qing lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his hands and said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, Luoyang is 1,700 miles away from Longyou. It will take Zhang He and his army to travel day and night for about a month, but if he leads the cavalry one step ahead, it will only take ten On the 7th and 8th day, eleven and twelve days have passed, so Zhang He will arrive at Longyou in five or six days at the earliest."

"This..." Yang Yi said: "Zhang He may not abandon the infantry and baggage and take the first step, right?" Then he asked Wei Min: "Wei Zhonglang, has You Wei obtained such information? ?”

Wei Min shook his head and said: "No, we only found out what day Zhang He's troops set out and the Longshan Road they took. As for the specific details of how the Wei army marched, we haven't got exact information yet."

"In this case, we cannot rule out the possibility that Zhang He will lead the cavalry and come first." Yang Qing cupped his hands and said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, if Zhang He will go to Longkou in five or six days, our army will not have time to defend Longkou now. The Wei army was blocked."

"Well, Mingzhi has thought carefully and reminded you rightly." Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "However, I did not intend to send troops to block Longkou. There are many road crossings in Longshan and our army is insufficient. If we guard Longkou separately, not only It cannot be defended, and such a spread of forces will give the enemy a chance to break through."

If Zhang He's army wanted to go to Long, there were four crossings: Fanxu Road, Wating Road, Jitou Road, and Longdi Road. At this time, the Han army was unable to defend all four crossings due to lack of troops.

Yang Qing heard this and asked: "What does Prime Minister Yi mean?"

Zhuge Liang stood up and walked to the map behind him, pointed at it with his feather fan and said: "Look at this place, the old city of Lueyang County in Guangwei County, that is, Jieting, is the choke point. Whether the Wei army takes Fanxu Road, Wating Road or Both Jitou Road and Longdi Road will pass through this place when going south, so as long as the street pavilion is defended, Zhang He's army cannot go south to join Guo Huai."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone nodded, and Yang Qing also thought to himself: "So it turns out that the street pavilion is not a pass on Longshan Mountain, but the intersection of the roads going south on Longshan Mountain. As long as this place is defended, Zhang He can only take down the street pavilion honestly, and only then can he dare to go south with confidence."

Zhuge Liang sat back down and looked at everyone and asked: "Who dares to lead troops to guard the street pavilion?"

Ma Su was about to respond when he suddenly heard a person next to him answer first: "I would like to go." Ma Su turned his head and saw that the person speaking was Yang Qing. Seeing that it was him asking for orders, he naturally couldn't argue anymore.

When Yang Qing saw Ma Di looking over, he gave him a bright smile and said to himself: "Youchang, Youchang, although you still rushed to the Longyou battlefield, for the sake of the success of the Northern Expedition, I still have to leave the street pavilion. The mission of the First World War is taken away from you."

"I am also willing to go." Wei Yan, Wu Yi and other generals from the opposite side also responded.

At this time, someone asked for help, so Ma Su felt free to speak, and then said: "Prime Minister, I am also willing to go."

Although Zhuge Liang was very happy that everyone was eager to fight, he knew that Wei Yan and Yang Qing were the only two people present who could stand alone in blocking Zhang He.

Originally he thought Ma Su could do it, but after the battle of Dongsanjun, Ma Su's weakness of lack of experience in battle has been exposed. There is no room for failure in the battle of Jieting. Now Zhuge Liang will not choose Ma Di to guard the street pavilion.

"Well, I'm very relieved that you guys have such a fighting spirit, but Shanggui is also an important place, and everyone can't go to the street pavilion."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on Yang Qing: "Mingzhi obeys the order."

"The last general is here." Yang Qing was overjoyed when he heard this. Knowing that Zhuge finally ordered his general, he immediately stood up and responded.

Zhuge Liang said: "I order you to lead the 10,000 useless flying troops to guard the street pavilion."

"Take orders."

Ma Su, Wei Yan and others saw that Zhuge Liang had chosen Yang Qing to guard the street pavilion. Although they were unwilling to accept it, Yang Qing's performance since the Northern Expedition was one of the best among the generals, so everyone still had no objection to Yang Qing's choice.

Zhuge Liang said to Yang Yi again: "Wei Gong, please send an order to Guan Xing again and order him to be the deputy general and lead the troops to help the Ming Dynasty."

"promise."

"It is clear that there is a city in the street pavilion. Although it is dilapidated, it can still be used as a basis. Therefore, after arriving at the street pavilion, you must go down to the stronghold on the way and do not allow the Wei army to cross." Zhuge Liang warned.

Yang Qing nodded solemnly: "Prime Minister, don't worry, please remember this carefully." After saying that, he added in his heart: "I will not make the same mistake as Ma Su again in this life."

Zhuge Liang then ordered Gao Xiang: "General Gao Xiang, there is a city between Jieting and Shanggui, named Liucheng. It guards the remote mountain roads and can garrison troops. I ordered you to lead your troops to this city to garrison, but Jieting If it is in danger, you can use troops to rescue it, but if the enemy is overstepped, you can use troops to stop it."

In order to prevent Zhang He's or Shanggui's Wei troops from connecting behind the trail, Zhuge Liang took another insurance policy and asked Gao Xiang to meet him at Liliucheng.

After hearing this, Gao Xiang immediately stood up and clasped his fists in response: "General, I will obey the order."

"Everyone, as long as we can hold off Zhang He and defeat Shanggui in this battle, we can gain Longyou and achieve full success in the Northern Expedition." After the military order was deployed, Zhuge Liang said excitedly.
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