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Shortly after Shi Ai's departure, Li Zhao also led his troops to leave Nanzheng. Ordered Wang Yankai to lead 8,000 soldiers and stay in Nanzheng. At the same time, nearly 20,000 young men were urgently trained to assist the Zhaowu army in defending the city.

Thinking that the Qi army would not give up Hanzhong, the city had already prepared all kinds of armor to defend the city, as well as sufficient grain and grass.

Li Zhao had a whimsical idea and installed an iron fence as high as one zhang on the Nanzheng city wall, which increased the difficulty of the Qi army's siege. Even if the Qi soldiers climbed the city wall, they still needed to think about the iron fence in front of them. If you want to cut or climb over the fence, the Showu soldiers can quickly stab the enemy with their spears behind the fence.

For Li Zhao, all other cities in Hanzhong could be lost, but the capital Nanzheng could never be lost. There is not only the Weapons Division in the city, but also a large amount of money and food that Li Zhao has accumulated. Without Nanzheng, the Zhaowu army will have no foothold. gave Wang Yankai a death order, if the Qi army attacked the city, no matter how difficult the situation was, it must be held for at least two months. If you do, you'll be done. If it can't be done, it will be dealt with by military law.

In order to cope with the upcoming Qi army, the Zhaowu army set up two military camps. Li Zhao led his troops to camp sixty miles east of Nanzheng City, near Hanshui, with about 30,000 troops. Qi Jingyun led another 20,000 troops to monitor Jianmen Pass. Chen Zhe has been doing well recently, and Li Zhao sent him to assist Qi Jingyun in preventing the Qi army from sending troops from Jianmen in a big way. The terrain of the two military camps is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and deep trenches are dug outside the military camps, and they are full of antlers and other things.

Li Zhao was still waiting for news from the scouts, and he was also worried that Shen Tianbing would split into two ways. Shi Ai's lone army entered Shu, and his troops were already insufficient, so if he encountered the Qi army sent by Shen Tian during the attack on Chengdu, how should he deal with it?

Three days later, a scout hurriedly reported that Shen Tian had taken a ship to the west, with nearly 1,000 ships of various types and no less than 200,000 troops. Among them, 100,000 have entered Qutang Pass, and another 100,000 are about to arrive in Hanzhong.

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. Li Zhao's heart sank, how could it be an army of 200,000! The news that Du An came before was not a total of 100,000 troops? Jiang Ningxian actually looked up to the Zhaowu army so much.

Although the last general did not dare to conclude, this news was eighty percent false. Shen Ning said suddenly.

"What do you say? Li Zhao hurriedly said.

Shen Ning calmly analyzed: "First, Shen Tian, as a famous general of Qi State, before coming to Hanzhong, it is impossible not to have a detailed understanding of the situation of the Zhaowu Army, and have a general understanding of the strength of the Zhaowu Army. He must know that a hundred thousand Qi troops are enough to form an advantage in terms of strength, let alone two hundred thousand troops. If I were Shen Tian and really had an army of 200,000, I would kill Hanzhong directly with the power of thunder. Once the troops are divided, the battle time will be extended, which will not only give the Zhaowu army time to deal with, but also increase the consumption of grain and grass, and the 200,000 army is not a small number. Second, the court of Qi has always despised our army, and in their opinion, 100,000 people is enough. What's more, Jiang Ningxian is suspicious and has always attached great importance to military power. Even if Shen Tian asked for 200,000, Emperor Qi would not give it to him. Third, it is possible that Shen Tian deliberately showed it to the scouts in order to intimidate our army and rebel against our army. And the scouts are only watching from the shore and can't get on the boat. I don't know the specific situation inside the ship, and it is difficult to calculate the accurate strength of the Qi army.

After listening to Shen Ning, Li Zhao breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and looked at the scouts who came to report, "You can pay attention to the draft of each boat." "

Under ....... , did not pay attention. The scout was ashamed.

"I'll spare you this time, but only this once, not again. Continue to monitor the Qi army, I want to know their every move. "

Obey the order.

After the scout left, Yang Zhi said: "Marshal, the last general thinks that Shen Tian's move is not only to put pressure on our army, but also to conceal his true intentions.

"You mean, Shen Tian did divide his troops? Some of the Qi troops entered Shu.

"That's what Huang Jinyun did last time, while confronting the Qi army, he secretly let Han Qing sneak attack Tianze Mountain from behind. It is very likely that Shen Tian will send a strong general to take Nanzheng from Jianmen Pass. Yang Zhidao.

Li Zhao smiled: "Although what you said makes sense, all this is just conjecture. Let's not mention that the high walls of Nanzheng City are thick, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, don't forget, Shi Ai is also in Shu. "

When it comes to sending Shi Ai to attack Chengdu, most of the generals still have doubts, after all, there is no precedent for this matter. felt that Li Zhao was too risky, and he was prepared for failure in his heart. When Yang Zhi analyzed just now, he directly ignored Shi Ai. As a native of Hanzhong, he knows very well how dangerous the road Shi Ai took was. Once you encounter the Qi army on the road, it is very easy to annihilate the whole army. Moreover, Shi Ai's army was less than 20,000 people, so even if he succeeded in occupying Chengdu, what could he do. If the Shu Qi army is besieged, because there is no reinforcement, it is difficult to trap the lone army in Chengdu.

"The great commander is extraordinary, but I don't know what the situation is on General Shi's side. Yang Zhi said worriedly.

"You don't have to worry, you must know that there is no road in the world, and when there are many people walking, there will naturally be a road. "

Dashuai's words are really even reasonable. Everyone had admiring expressions on their faces.

Li Zhao smiled slightly, and silently thanked Mr. Lu in his heart.

He didn't know where Shi Ai had gone now, no matter how anxious he was, he could only pretend to be calm and calm the nervous emotions of the generals.

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The Zhaowu army guessed correctly, Shen Tianling's fierce general Feng Yunsong led 20,000 elite soldiers from Qutang Pass into Shu.

Feng Yunsong once defeated the rebels of Qi and also participated in the Battle of Lingnan. Shen Tian understood Feng Yunsong's ability, and did not assign him a clear task, but let him judge for himself. Feng Yunsong will also integrate the Qi army in Shu, and after joining forces with 40,000 troops, he will go out of the Sword Gate. If the two armies were in a bitter battle at that time, they could support Shen Tian to attack the Zhaowu army, and if Nanzheng had the opportunity, they could also directly attack Nanzheng.

Shen Tian led the remaining 80,000 Qi troops and entered the Han River. Seeing that there were several iron chains set up by the Zhaowu army on the water, blocking the Qi army fleet. He ordered his corporal to sit on a raft, doused the chains with oil, and set them on fire. When the burn is almost complete, use the great axe to cut off the chains.

Li Zhao's iron lock across the river did not play much of a role, at most delaying the march speed of the Qi army.

The Qi fleet continued its march and soon reached the border of Hanzhong.

After getting off the boat, a scout came to report, "General Qiyu, twenty miles away from here, there is a large camp of the Zhaowu Army, and the leader of the thieves, Li Zhao, should be in the camp."

Shen Tian said to one of the generals under his command: "Yang Xu, you choose a place to camp nearby, and I'll go over and take a look." "