Doctor Su Ding and Su, who had won many battles in the diplomatic battlefield, finally suffered a defeat this time. He failed to persuade the Jin army in Liangzhou, led by Su Yu, to surrender, and could only return to Guanzhong in shame to report.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhi not only did not blame Doctor Su for his incompetence, but also comforted him: "No wonder, the Jin thieves still have seven states after all, and their overall strength is still far superior to our Han army. The Jin thieves in Liangzhou feel that they still have hope, so of course they will not surrender to us easily. You can't blame you for failing to persuade them to surrender, don't take it to heart."

"Thank you, General, for your understanding." Doctor Su quickly thanked him and said, "There is one thing you need to report to you. Although Su Yupeng and others refused the surrender of the surrender, they still thanked us repeatedly for the assistance of food and supplies. In addition, the Jin thieves in Liangzhou also liked to eat the food we sent, so they were very friendly to the surrender. If the time is right in the future, the surrender would like to persuade the surrender again, and the surrender would be willing to go to Liangzhou again."

"Haha, it's rare for Doctor Su to volunteer. It seems that the Jin soldiers from Liangzhou are really good to Doctor Su." Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Let's wait for the matter of persuading surrender again. The most important thing for us now is to quickly digest Guanzhong thoroughly, and then consider persuading surrender or directly revive Liangzhou by force."

The Han army did take time to completely digest the Guanzhong area and expel the main force of the Jin army to the east of Tongguan. Although under the coercion and temptation of the Han army, Fengyi, Beidi, Xinping and Anding and other counties changed their flags and returned to the Han Dynasty, allowing the Han army to basically control the Guanzhong area in terms of reputation, but it immediately exposed the weakness of the Han army's insufficient military strength and insufficient talent reserves, forcing Zhang Zhi to allow most of the local officials of the Jin court to remain in office. While these people were seriously insufficient in loyalty, the Han army's control over the grassroots level was also greatly affected.

In view of this situation, Zhang Zhi was forced to stay in Linjin, Fengyi County, for a period of time. While using force to warn Fengyi officials and local tyrants who were forced to surrender, he expanded his army in Fengyi, who had not encountered wars for decades, and also dispatched troops in Pubanjin to monitor the Jin army in Hedong. Then, he replaced Fengyi's prefect with the old Han army he brought from Yizhou. After Zhang Zhicai brought the main force of the Han army and the newly promoted Fengyi prefect who was not in Yongzhou to take charge of the overall situation.

Fortunately, bullying the weak and fearing the strong will always be human nature. After seeing the ferocious Han army expelling the Jin army from the Guanzhong area, most of the Guanzhong rich families who had family members chose to cooperate with the Han army. In addition to offering a large number of people to help the Han army expand their troops and prepare for war, many children of Guanzhong families also took the initiative to surrender to the Han army to request inclusion, allowing the Han army to gain many civil and military talents, including some good seedlings worth cultivating.

During this period, even the aristocratic families in the Central Plains were quietly involved. Seeing that the Han army had basically controlled the Guanzhong area, some of the aristocratic families in Hedong, Henoi and Sili had quietly ran to Guanzhong to join the Han army, including the Xun family in Yingchuan, the Yang family in Hongnong and the Pei family in Hedong. Although they were all just concubines and could not truly represent the position of these aristocratic families, they also proved that the famous families in the Central Plains had begun to secretly place bets on both sides to prevent them.

Even the Wang family in Taiyuan was no exception. When the Han army was in full swing in Guanzhong, a Taiyuan Wang family named Wang Xiang, who was Wang Hun's far-off cousin, quietly made a special trip from Taiyuan to Chang'an to surrender to the Han army, and also brought Zhang Zhi an important information - the Xiongnu proprietor Liu Yuan had already returned to Bingzhou with Sima Yan's edict, mobilizing the subordinates of the five Xiongnu tribes to form an army, preparing to go south to assist the Jin army in attacking the Han army.

Zhang Zhi also attached great importance to the meeting gift given to him by the Wang family in Taiyuan. He made the matter public at the military meeting that day. When the Han military civil servants heard this, they were furious and cursed: "Shameless Jin thief, the Chinese civil war actually attracted the help of the Huns, which was like attracting wolves into the house and opening the door to greet thieves."

"No wonder, the Sima family has always been courteous, righteous and honest, without the last word." Zhang Zhi mocked casually and said: "If there is no big accident, the next time the Jin thieves will send troops to attack Guanzhong, they will definitely advance in the two directions, and at the same time, they will advance from Tongguan and Pubanjin. They may even mobilize the troops from Liangzhou to participate in the attack on us, making it difficult for us to consider the beginning and end. Regarding this, I wonder if everyone has any good advice?"

"There is no need to worry about the generals. The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to cover the enemy." Zhao Quan said confidently: "Tongguan and Pubanjin are the natural dangerous cities and the other is the Yellow River Ferry. They can be held for a long time. If the thief army comes to fight, we will use the side troops to block one of them first, use the main force to kill one of them, and then turn around to kill the other. As for Liangzhou, please ask Brother Cuan to block it temporarily, and help them when we can free up our hands."

The Han army and civil and military officials agreed, all of whom believed that each defeated tactic should be adopted to deal with the two attacks of the Jin army. Zhang Zhi smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, we should adopt each defeated tactic to treat the two attacks of the bandit army. But everyone, have you considered this issue? If the Jin thieves see through our tactical intentions, adopt the tactics of using one way to restrain our main force and let the other way to attack our partial divisions, what should we do?"

Zhang Zhi asked the civil and military officials of the Han army. Yan Yu also said: "We have to be careful of this. Although our Guanzhong army has now expanded to more than 90,000, more than three of them are either surrendered soldiers or new recruits, and the combat effectiveness is difficult to guarantee. If the bandit army adopts the tactic of restraining our main force and attacking our partial divisions at the same time, our partial divisions will indeed be difficult to deal with."

The Han army was trying hard to figure it out, and then Yang Ji said, "Hou General, can this be done? The terrain of the siege west of Tongguan is narrow and not conducive to cavalry fighting. The Jin bandit army came from afar, and it takes time to resist our strong attack. Since that is the case, why don't we take the initiative to leave the pass when the bandit army came and fight the original bandit army in the Central Plains halfway?"

"It's very difficult." Zhang Zhi shook his head and said, "Seeing that we took the initiative to leave the customs, the Central Plains thieves will definitely understand that we are eager to fight, and will definitely set up a camp on the spot immediately and establish a strong camp to resist our attack, making it difficult for us to get the opportunity to fight quickly."

"And," Zhang Zhi added: "I understand and tell you, in fact, I really want to kill the Xiongnu Zahu from the northern part of Bingzhou first, because if we deal with the main force of the Central Plains of the Jin thief first and give the grassland robbers the opportunity to take the opportunity to enter Guanzhong, it would be like putting a group of hungry wolves into our home, and the consequences would be unimaginable."

The Han army nodded one after another, and Yan Yuze said again: "Hou General, you are the best at strategy. Since you want to kill the Xiongnu Zahu first, can you think of a way to force the Xiongnu Zahu to advance on the voluntary force and fight a decisive battle with us in Pubanjin. That battlefield is very suitable for half-crossing attacks."

"General Yan, aren't you making things difficult for me?" Zhang Zhi replied with a wry smile: "I'm not a god, how can I come up with a way out of thin air to force the Xiongnu Zahu to advance the troops?"

"Later General, try hard." Yan Yu encouraged: "The Jin thief and the Xiongnu Mihu are definitely not a solid piece of iron. The Jin thief leads the wolf into the house and asks the Xiongnu Mihu to help, and must have the intention of letting us fight with the Xiongnu Mihu to lose both sides. Forcing the Xiongnu Mihu to take the initiative to advance will also be beneficial to the Jin thief. As long as we seize this point, we will not be unable to think of a solution."

Zhang Zhi was indeed good at strategy. After listening to the ideas provided by Yan Yu, he felt that they were reasonable. After careful consideration, a ghost idea suddenly appeared in Zhang Zhi's mind. After Zhang Zhi expressed his ideas, the Han military and civil servants also applauded immediately, saying that this plan was feasible, and Zhang Zhi immediately started to arrange the matter and quickly made it right.

Then, after the discussion was over, the Han army and civil and military officials dispersed, Zhang Zhi left Yan Yu alone and ordered him: "Old General, you are responsible for the matter in Hedong. You should quickly arrange a secret envoy to Hedong to contact Zhuge Xian, who had already joined us, and tell them the news that the Jin thieves had borrowed troops from the Xiongnu Zahu, and ask them to postpone the uprising. It would not be too late to consider taking action after the Xiongnu Zahu arrived in Puban."

"The latter general was extremely worried that he could not urge Zhuge Xian and the others to take action now." Yan Yu immediately understood what Zhang Zhi meant and nodded and said, "The Xiongnu Zahu will soon move south. If Zhuge Xian and the others were upset too early, they would not only have almost no hope of success, but also give the Xiongnu Zahu to kill them to make meritorious contributions to the Jin thieves. Only when the Xiongnu arrived at Puban and then took action can they have hope of success and help us cut off the Xiongnu's food route."

"The old general knows my heart." Zhang Zhi praised, and then urged Yan Yu to send someone to contact him immediately, so as not to delay major events.

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A few days later, a striking incident suddenly happened in Chang'an City. Yan Yu, the general of the Han army, actually led a guard of honor to a guard of honor and came to an inn in Chang'an City with drums and drums. He invited a man dressed in a Hun Hu out of the inn, and then took a float with him to return to the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion to meet Zhang Zhi. Zhang Zhi also went out to welcome the arrival of the Hun Hu, and politely invited the Hun Hu into the Governor's Mansion to sit in.

This abnormal situation of course immediately attracted the attention of the Jin army. In order to find out the identity and purpose of the Hun Hu people, the Jin army sent a spy to Chang'an City immediately started to collect information everywhere and quickly found out the truth through various channels - this Hun Hu people was actually the envoy sent by the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's troops to contact the Han army! And it was also said that he was the confidant of Liu Yuan, the son of Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Xiongnu!

As for why Liu Yuan sent people to contact the Han army, the Jin army did it in detail but could not find out the news no matter how they inquire.

But this is enough. After the Han army captured Hanzhong, it was not far from the residence of the five Xiongnu tribes. The five Xiongnu tribes have always been an irregular time bomb in Bingzhou. So even though we didn't know that the Jin court had borrowed troops from the Xiongnu, the Jin army did everything we could to quickly send this important situation back to Sili, and sent it to Yang Hu, Wang Hun and others stationed at Hongnong City. The relationship between time and distance, Sima Yichang, the King of Dongguan, had not had time to take office at Hongnong.

"The plan of disagreement! It's obviously a plan of disagreement!"

Zhang Zhi's trick was seen through by resourceful Du Yu and Wang Jun, and was also seen through by Liu Yuan's godfather Wang Hun. Then Wang Hun also promised Yang Hu: "Don't worry, Yang Mansion Lord, I know Liu Yuan's character. He has always been loyal to our Jin court. It is impossible to send someone to contact the pseudo-Han thief army in private. This is clearly because Zhang Zhi's thief is bluffing and framed Liu Yuan. Besides, if Liu Yuan really sent someone to contact Zhang Zhi's thief secretly, Zhang Zhi's thief would definitely block the news. How could he deliberately make a sound and let us know this important news?"

"It's hard to say, it's also possible that Zhang Zhi's thief was deliberately forcing Liu Yuan to rebel."

Although his surname is Hu, Hu Lie has always been more vigilant and hatred against the Hu people (historical facts), pointing out: "There is another possibility that Liu Yuan really sent someone to contact Zhang Zhi's thief in secret, intending to reach a private deal. Zhang Zhi's thief did not want to be used by Liu Yuan, but in turn wanted to use Liu Yuan to restrain our Bingzhou army and create opportunities for him to seize Hedong, so he deliberately made the news public to let us know about this. Zhuge Villageman also used this trick to use Meng Da."

"Old Hu, don't talk nonsense!" Wang Hun was anxious when he heard this and quickly said, "Don't listen to the wind and rain, guessing randomly, you have to believe me, Liu Yuanhai is really loyal to our Great Jin and can see the sun and the moon."

"Xuanchu, I can trust you, but I can't trust Liu Yuan."

Hu Lie answered very directly, and Yang Hu smiled bitterly and said, "General Wang, General Hu, don't fight anymore. We should report to the court and the King of Dongguan first for this matter and ask them to make a decision."

"Can't report it." Wang Hun was anxious when he heard this and said without hesitation: "Our Majesty is already suspicious. If he hears this news..."

"Cough, cough."

Yang Hu quickly coughed and reminded Wang Hun to pay attention to Sima Jun and Sima Lun who were beside him. Wang Hun woke up and quickly closed his stinky mouth. Sima Jun smiled and said, "It is said that Wang Xuanchu treats Liu Yuanhai as his nephew. Now it seems that the rumors are true."

Wang Hun quickly apologized, while Sima Jun turned to Yang Hu and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important. Liu Yuan is a foreigner and has also recruited five soldiers to participate in the fight against the rebellion. He is about to hold military power. It is best to report such a major event to the court."

"Of course." Yang Hu agreed with a smile, and then said in his heart: "Liu Yuanhai, you are unlucky and are targeted by Zhang Zhi, the traitor. You will have a good life in the future."

Wang Hun said that Sima Yan was suspicious and did not wrongly accuse Sima Yan. After receiving the news that Liu Yuan sent a secret envoy to contact the Han army, Sima Yan, who was still a little alert, immediately became suspicious. In addition to deciding to send a military supervisor to Liu Yuan, he also explained to Sima Yi, who had just arrived in Luoyang:
Chapter completed!