From early May of the second year of Yanxing to February of the following year, during these nine-month peaceful days that were finally fought, the Han army did not stop and enjoy a comfortable life. On the contrary, it was actually more hard and busy than during the war.

The busiest one was of course the military production department of the Han army. For more than nine months, the Han army military personnel led by Li Yu had almost no rest for a day. Even the morning of the Three Dynasties Festival were still working day and night, and they only produced armor, swords, spears, bows, arrows, gunpowders for Zhang Zhi, an ambitious man. They also used the army to increase production more than once, and built paper armor that required huge manpower, mined and transported coal, and fed the monster that smelted steel, which swallowed huge fuel.

The people in the southern part of Wei County and Dianchi area were also mobilized as much as possible, constantly making military uniforms, military tents and shoes for the Han army soldiers. Finally, before the New Year of the third year of Yanxing, all the Han army soldiers wore brown and yellow Shu Han military uniforms, allowing all the Han army soldiers to get rid of the poor days of distinguishing the enemy and me by tied red cloth in the neck.

This must also be thanked to Sima Zhao and his son who wanted to emptie the Han army's junk food through trade, and Sima Wang, who covet the rich junk food trade. If they had not opened up exporting various materials to the Nanzhong region, the backward productivity and poor hemp plants and dye production in Nanzhong, even if they were imported from the Eastern Wu, Zhang Zhi would never have been able to let all the Han army soldiers whose troops had been growing in a state of growing strength and wear new military uniforms and thousands of layers of cloth shoes that were much stronger than straw sandals.

Of course, what Zhang Zhi should thank the most is the system girl with a failed figure. If it weren't for her helping to purchase high-end wood and antique cultural relics and sell all kinds of junk food, how could the Sima family openly sell goods and supplies? Zhang Zhi could not afford so many cloths and various military supplies in order to express his gratitude. So in order to express his gratitude, Zhang Zhi took the initiative to wash his feet for the system girl more than once, and even proposed to let the system girl ruin and ravage it. Unfortunately, the system girl not only refused to appreciate it, but also scolded Zhang Zhi so hard that she was bleeding.

During these nine months, in order to collect high-end wood and recruit more soldiers to strengthen the army, Zhang Zhi also took the time to travel to Yunnan County and met Meng Huo's son Menglang. He used his appearance and temperament that was indeed very similar to Zhuge Villageman to trick a large number of high-end wood and soldiers from Menglang. While strengthening the army, he also sold a large amount of high-end wood that was expensive in the 21st century to the system girl and exchanged it for RMB to store it in the space warehouse so that he could exchange various junk food at any time.

During these nine months, the Han army's military strength was constantly expanding. In addition to shamelessly swallowing more than 3,000 Jiaozhou soldiers who were at the end of their journey, they also recruited a large number of new soldiers in the Dianchi area, which is the most densely populated in the southern central China area. In addition, the soldiers recruited in other counties. By the end of the second year of Yanxing, the total size of the Han army's military strength successfully exceeded the 34,000 mark.

More than 34,000 troops seemed to be nothing amazing in the Central Plains. However, in the poor and backward Nanzhong region, it was absolutely unimaginable. So when the senior officials of the Western Jin and Eastern Wu heard that the Han army had exceeded 30,000 troops, they all screamed, "Zhang Zhi's son is crazy? How much grain output is there in Nanzhong? He dared to form an army of more than 30,000? He is not afraid of being eaten up?"

Compared to the food problem, Zhang Zhi's more headache was actually his personal problem. He had long wanted to marry Chen Jiao to get rid of his two-generation virginity, but Chen Jiao was concerned about the feelings of Huo Meng's little girl and refused to agree. Fortunately, after a few months of stalemate, Chen Jiao didn't know how to convince or impress Huo Meng, who obviously had a good impression of Zhang Zhi, and asked Huo Meng to in front of Huo Yi to persuade Zhang Zhi to marry Chen Jiao quickly. Zhang Zhi's dream came true in the late first month of the third year of Yanxing and successfully married Chen Jiao.

In order to reduce the burden on the people, Zhang Zhi and Chen Jiao's wedding was held very simple, but the wedding was very sweet when the wedding night was blooming, which made Zhang Zhi finally know what the happiness of life was. But what made Zhang Zhi more regretful was that the system girl refused to show up that night and did not say even a word of congratulations to Zhang Zhi. When Zhang Zhi asked her if she was jealous, the system girl shouted loudly, "Scum, get out of this system------!"

The United States and China still have shortcomings. Before Zhang Zhi could enjoy his honeymoon, the Jin army took the initiative to spread the news of the southern expedition, and the situation where the Jin army had already set off south on the tenth day of February, the suspense sent by the Han army to Chengdu was reported to Zhang Zhi. Of course, Zhang Zhi heard that the newspaper did not dare to neglect any of it. He could only quickly summon the main civil and military officials of the Han army to announce this situation, order the army to prepare for war immediately, and discuss countermeasures.

By the way, in order to show his selflessness, Zhang Zhi was extremely hypocritical and did not allow his biological father Zhang Rong, who was in this era, to enter the decision-making level of the Han army, so Zhang Rong did not participate in this meeting - of course, his character was extremely unreliable to Su Ding and County Magistrate Su, and he did not have the qualifications.

Zhang Zhi still comforted that even though the Wei army dispatched more than three times the Han army's available forces, the Han army's main civil and military personnel did not look afraid. Cuan Gu, who was second only to Huo Yi and Yan Yu, said confidently: "It's only 90,000, we don't need to be afraid. In the current situation, we are fully capable of fighting them head-on."

The Han military and civil servants nodded and agreed, because the Han military and civil servants present were very clear about the current situation of the Han military soldiers, but the Han military and civil servants present were quite concerned about another important issue and asked: "Governor, how did our detailed works find out the advance plan of Sima Jin thieves? Why did we even find out the news that the Jin thieves were preparing to divide the troops in Huiwu? Logically speaking, such an important secret, we can't find out the detailed works of disguised as merchants?"

"I have asked carefully and said that it was the news that the Jin thieves army took the initiative to spread." Zhang Zhi replied calmly: "Also, Sima Wang sent an envoy to contact Lu Kang and invited the Eastern Wu dog thieves to attack us from the north and south. It was also the news that the Jin thieves army took the initiative to announce. I also suspected that this news was very likely to be true. Old Sima Wang had really done this."

"I also think this news should be true." Yan Yu immediately said: "The character of the dog thieves in the Eastern Wu is really too despicable. As long as you see there is a advantage, neither the enemy nor the allies will be polite. Sima Wang must also know this, so he took the initiative to contact the Eastern Wu while deliberately making noises. The purpose is to induce the Eastern Wu to gather troops on our southern line and force us to prevent the Eastern Wu, so that we dare not concentrate our troops to deal with the Jin thieves with all our might."

"Don't be afraid." Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "There are four thousand people there now, which are enough to defend the storm of the Eastern Wu dog thieves, so that the Eastern Wu dog thieves dare not rashly enter our hinterland. Moreover, the Eastern Wu dog thieves have always liked to take advantage of the situation and never liked to fight tough battles. So as long as there is no problem with our main force, the Eastern Wu dog thieves will definitely not act rashly."

"The key is the news that the two Jin bandits entered Wei County, which is the most important thing." Chen Can took the conversation and said, "The officials suspected that Sima Wang deliberately spread the news, with the goal of luring us to divide the troops in the northern line and preventing his side from going south from Tanglang Road. In fact, he concentrated his troops on the road to Wei County on the road, making it impossible for us to concentrate our troops and be more likely to be at a disadvantage in terms of troops."

"But it may be true." Huo Yi said calmly: "The Jin thieves have tasted the sweetness of sneaking into Chengdu on the Yinping Road. Their available troops are more than three times that of ours. They are in a good way to win. Using the main force to entangle our main force and using the partial army to directly attack Wei County is also a correct tactic."

"As for why we should actively announce this news, Sima Wang should be fearless. He knows that his military strength has a huge advantage, and knows that no matter how we deploy and arrange, the military strength will be at an absolute disadvantage. So it is just made public, making us suspicious and making it more difficult to determine the response tactics. We can only respond passively, let him take the lead and take the lead."

"This may be very big." Cuan Gu said: "If the main force of the Jin thief is just walking south on the road of the Qiongniu Avenue, then it will be too easy for us to deal with it. As long as we guard the Lushui Ferry near Sansou, we can firmly win the chances of victory and be invincible. Only by dividing the troops from two groups can we find it difficult to deal with it and we don't know how to prevent it. Therefore, the last general suspects that the Jin thief will probably really adopt this advance plan."

"Then aren't we going to have a chance?" Zhao Quan immediately said: "The Jin thieves really dare to divide their troops to go south. We will use the partial army to defend the Lushui Ferry to earn time, so that the main force can go north to fight the Jin thieves' partial army, kill the Jin thieves' partial army, and then turn around to deal with the main force of the Jin thieves'!"

"If we choose such a tactic, Sima Wang may be able to wake up in his dreams." Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "I have understood and inquired about Sima Wang's military style. His military habits are just one word - stable! Never fight adventurous wars, and even if the troops are roughly equal, they will never fight in a strait. Unless the troops have an absolute advantage, they will never go into battle. The general's previous northern expedition to the Central Plains was always exhausted by Sima Wang, the old fox, using its military strength advantages."

"So I bet that if the thief army really advances," Zhang Zhi smiled and added: "Then Sima Wang will definitely repeatedly remind his side of the leader of the partial division, so that once his side of the division encounters our main force, he will immediately choose to stick to our side, entangle us, and buy time for his main force. Then, as long as our side of the division makes mistakes, his main force can directly attack Wei County and destroy our main city."

Zhao Quan nodded, then said with a brief calculation: "Then let's do this, use the side troops to go north to block the Tanglang path, block the side troops from the Jin thieves and the side troops going south, and use the main force to fight the main troops of the Jin thieves. After dealing with the main troops of the Jin thieves, you have to run away without hitting the side troops of the Jin thieves!"

"Governor, this tactic is feasible!" Cuan Gu immediately said: "The Xiangshui River in the north of Muma is the throat of the road from Tanglang to Jianning. Not only is there sufficient water, but the terrain is also dangerous and can be held for a long time. We only need to deploy four or five thousand troops there to block the partial army of the Jin thieves for a long time and buy time for our main force to defeat the enemy."

"The best strategy!" Huo Yi, who is also familiar with the terrain of the South Central China, also said: "Xiangshui River is not very far from Mumaha. Our partial teacher's food and grass problem can be transported and supplied by organizing civil servants to carry and provide it. It is suitable for long-term persistence. Tanglang Road is rugged and narrow, and grain and grass transportation is difficult. It is very hopeful to use our partial teacher to waste the thief and the partial teacher to retreat to the Jin Dynasty."

"Two questions." Zhang Zhi raised two fingers and said, "First, the terrain of Nanzhong is very similar to that of Qinling Mountains, with many small roads and corridors. Our sided division guards Xiangshui River. What if the Jin thiefs take other paths around our sided division camp and go south directly? The sided division is in Xiangshui River, and the main force goes to the western front. All places such as Weixian and Muma are empty. How can we reach the attack of the sided division of the bandit army? We have not eaten enough of Yinping's great losses?"

Huo Yi and Cuan Gu were silent, and Zhang Zhize smiled and said, "The more important thing is the second. Even if our side troops stop the side troops of the Jin thieves, the main force will successfully deal with the main troops of the Jin thieves. After receiving the news, the side troops of the Jin thieves will definitely retreat and escape as soon as possible. Then how can we wipe out the invading enemy? All the 90,000 troops sent by the Jin thieves to die were annihilated in Nanzhong?"

The Han army did not say anything, but just quickly considered this possibility. Zhang Zhize smiled and said, "Also, this time, not only did I want to eat all the 90,000 Jin thieves, but I also wanted to take advantage of the empty opportunity of Yizhou after the main force of Jin thieves destroyed, and take our army out of Nanzhong, attack Chengdu directly, and regain the capital of our Han Dynasty!"

"Fight out Nanzhong? Restore Chengdu?" The Han military and civil and military officials finally spoke in an uproar.

"Why? Don't you have confidence?" Zhang Zhi looked relaxed and asked with a smile: "Do you want to stay in this remote place in the south and central China for the rest of your life and eat instant noodles and lunch meat, but don't you want to return to our country to eat better things?"

After asking this, Zhang Zhi said again: "We must seize this opportunity to fight. Now the population potential of Nanzhong has been almost dug by us. No matter how hard we work, the number of troops will not be greatly improved. Therefore, we can only recruit and accumulate enough troops to launch the Northern Expedition and restore the Central Plains! This is a rare opportunity. We must seize it. Otherwise, even if we can defend Nanzhong forever, we will only be the king of the mountain in Nanzhongshan District for the rest of our lives."

The Han generals continued to look at each other, and then Yan Yu spoke, saying, "Governor, although the truth is this, is our strength enough? The first and most important point is that our troops are far from enough."

"It's up to man, we must get a chance." Zhang Zhi replied in a deep voice: "As for the same sentence, the troops we can recruit in Nanzhong are almost at their limit, and the military supplies we can collect are almost the same. If we don't seize the opportunity that our troops and materials are in peak state, we will sooner or later be exhausted by the Jin bandits, and we will always be the king of the mountain in Nanzhong!"

"I admire the governor's ambition." Huo Yi praised sincerely and said, "But the problem is that we don't even have the solution to deal with the attacks of the Jin thieves. How can we consider such a long-term thing?"

"Then let's temporarily delay the negotiations to enter Chengdu and discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Jin thieves."

Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "I have considered it carefully. Although it is indeed very likely that the Jin thieves will choose to divide their troops and advance, so that we can defeat them one by one, with Sima Wang's treacherousness, whether we fight one by one, his main force or partial division will definitely choose to stick to the battle and create fighter opportunities for the Jin thieves army that is advancing on another road. Moreover, even if we defeat one by one, the other by another will definitely escape and do not give us the opportunity to annihilate them all in Nanzhong."

"Since that's the case, we might as well retreat to the end, without division of troops and defense, and without intending to defeat each other, take the initiative to give up the dangerous mountains and rivers that are conducive to blocking the Lushui Ferry and the north, give up the peripheral strongholds such as Guchang, Qin Zang and Muma, and even give up the Dianchi Grain Production Area, concentrate the troops in the Wei County area to wait for labor, and wait for the two bandit troops to join in Wei County and cannot escape on their own. We will then calmly launch a decisive battle and defeat the enemy head-on."

"As long as the decisive battle is successful, the initiative will be completely in our hands." Zhang Zhi continued: "When the time comes, no matter which road the Jin bandits take to retreat, we will resolutely concentrate our troops to pursue them, and constantly weaken the bandit army during the pursuit. We will use the long journey from Wei County to the Chengdu Plain to eat all the bandit army bit by bit, so that the bandit army cannot withdraw to Chengdu to defend the city. Then we can take advantage of the opportunity of empty troops in the hinterland of Yizhou to capture Chengdu in one fell swoop and regain our Han capital!"

"Then how can we fight the thief army?" Huo Yi asked.

"God and fight to the death front!" Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Only by fighting like this, Sima Wang's old fox dares to fight us head-on. Otherwise, no matter what tricks we use, with the cleverness of the old fox, we will definitely not be fooled easily."

Huo Yi didn't ask Zhang Zhi if he was sure of victory, but asked again: "Will the Dianchi Lake area be as solid as the last time?"

"No need." Zhang Zhi said confidently: "If our plan goes well, our main force will probably never return to Nanzhong again, so there is no need to make things difficult for those local officials and let them leave food to prevent it. Nanzhong will have less rain this spring (266 is the year of drought) and grain production is very likely to be reduced, so we have to consider their future. And we will definitely not be stalemate with the Jin thief army for a long time, and we don't have to worry that their food will be completely recruited by the Jin thief."

"What exactly is the governor planning to do?" Huo Yi asked again.

"Simple, except for the army that Qilan and Zhengcheng, all the troops from other places were transferred back and all the troops that could be gathered were gathered in Wei County." Zhang Zhi said lightly: "Let Fu Gong burn all his ships to the thief army, which would make it difficult for the thief army to collect grain. Let Yang Ji transport all the instant noodles and lunch meat from Qin Zangbian market, and call on Qin Zang's merchants to evacuate them so that their things would not be robbed by the thief army."

"In addition, contact Menglang and ask him to be prepared to send troops to reinforce us. Whether he can get a piece of the pie after we go north to Chengdu depends on whether he has the determination." Zhang Zhi said again: "General Cuan Gu, your father's side, you should also go to the letter and persuade him. Don't just think about staying in Nanzhong for the rest of your life. If you have the opportunity to go out, you have to catch him. As long as he sends troops to help us fight Nanzhong and restore Yizhou, I will never treat him badly."

Cuan Gu quickly agreed, and his former Southern Central Emperor Huo Yi and Yan Yu also spoke one after another, saying that they would do their best to persuade other major surnames in Southern Central to prepare for sending troops to reinforce the Han army. Zhang Zhi nodded and said, "Then let's do it this way. Shrink your troops immediately and prepare for war, and prepare for the death battle with the main force of Jin thieves in Wei County!"

The Han army and civil and military officials sang promises together, and they tacitly asked Zhang Zhi why he was so sure of winning the final battle. Then Huo Yi smiled and said, "Governor, it's rare. If I remember correctly, it seems that this is the first time you didn't consider any strange plans before the war, and you were determined to fight head-on with the thief army. When I led the army to talk about fighting you, why didn't you treat me so well? Why did you use bowls of ecstasy soup to make me faint first, and then send troops to kill me off guard?"

"The old general is forgiven for his crimes, because I was too poor at that time." Zhang Zhi replied with a wry smile: "The poor are a strange plan, so I can only rack my brains to find a way to win unexpectedly. But now it is different. I have developed and if I have achieved it, haha."

"So what if I do it?" Huo Yi asked.

Zhang Zhi smiled and sweared in front of Huo Yi for the first time, saying, "You have to ask the veteran general to forgive me. You must say swear words. If you are poor, you will make a brilliant plan. If you are successful, you will be successful..."
Chapter completed!