Compared to the southern and central parts of Guanzhong, which traditionally have denser populations and cities, the cities in northern Guanzhong appear to be much sparser.

Suyi is not only the seat of a large county on the edge of the Luoshui River, but it is also located in the northern part of Guanzhong, which further highlights its importance.

As a rare county seat in northern Guanzhong, it is also a natural gathering point for large armies.

If Guan Ji really wants to lead her army from Xia Yang and advance westward, Suyi will be one of her destinations.

If she were to march south, she would also have to pay attention to whether the enemy would come from Suyi and threaten her flanks and rear.

Therefore, although Suyi is not close to Xia Yang, it is one of the locations that Guan Ji must focus on.

Guo Huai withdrew from Qiaoshan and only rested for one day in Suyi. One day later, Guan Ji already knew this important information.

Of course, Guo Huai is equivalent to passing under Guan Ji's nose, and there is another most important reason, and that is the secret chess.

Having continued to penetrate Guanzhong for more than ten years, it must be an exaggeration to say that Guanzhong is like a sieve to the big man.

After all, Sima Yi has been strengthening his control over Guanzhong over the years.

But before Sima Yi came, various transactions in Guanzhong were prosperous, and many chess pieces were buried at that time.

Except for a very small number of special personnel, they were sent directly by the Han Dynasty.

Some of the rest are rangers. After all, the name of the leader of the martial arts alliance cannot be sealed.

If you don't know Feng Langjun in your life, even if you call him a hero, it's in vain.

They have wide connections and extraordinary skills, and their identity is the best cover for gathering intelligence.

The other part of the hidden chess players are local aboriginals, ranging from powerful to powerful, as well as green-skinned players.

After all, the man was rich and easy to get money. He didn't need to do anything on weekdays. He just asked around when he had something to do and lived his life as usual.

Anyone with a little bit of courage would dare to take this money.

There are also people like Zhao Ma who had a deal with Governor Feng back then and handed over the remaining connections in Fufeng, the Ma family's ancestral home.

General Guan was able to discover Guo Huai in Suyi in time, and the secret chess arranged in Guanzhong played a vital role.

"It's just that the thief came down from Qiaoshan. How could he take this road?"

Guan Ji frowned slightly.

Zhao Guang said impatiently:

"Does this need to be said? Of course, we are afraid that we will cut off our escape route, so we are anxious to meet up with Pu Banjin's thieves. General, we can't let him escape!"

Guan Ji glanced at Zhao Guang, held a long whip in her hand, and drew a straight line in the void between Qiaoshan and Chang'an.

"So why didn't he take the Qinzhi Road? Isn't that more convenient and safer? Besides, if he withdraws, can Uncle Jiang go straight to Chang'an along the Qinzhi Road?"

Jiang Boyue has more than 10,000 people in his hands. We really want him to rush to Chang'an City...

Guan Ji narrowed her eyes.

Chang'an City was not only the core of Guanzhong, but also probably the rear area of ​​the Wei thieves. It must have accumulated a large amount of grain, grass and baggage.

According to Alang's deduction in the staff department before the war, the most likely possibility for Sima Yi is to lead a large army to station in Yicheng to stop the prime minister.

Now Sima Yi takes the initiative to let go of Qiaoshan and lets Jiang Bowei go straight to the rear?

So the Great Sima of Wei State has been instigated by Alang to rebel?

"Maybe Sima Yi has sent people to guard Chang'an in advance, so he asked the thieves on Qiaoshan to support Xian Yufu."

Zhao Guang explained.

Guan Ji shook the whip vigorously, and blue veins sprouted slightly on the back of her hand. This guy wanted to fight and make meritorious deeds. He was crazy!

"Since Sima Yi has the ability to send troops to guard Chang'an, why not just send these troops to support Xian Yufu?"

"If we have to let the thieves on Qiaoshan go to support, doesn't that mean we give up Qiaoshan voluntarily? Is Sima Yi scared to death?"

"What if Sima Yi's army is in Chang'an?" Zhao Guang touched his head and continued to think.

Guan Ji finally couldn't hold back her anger, and whipped her head and face with the long whip!

"Sima Yi is in Chang'an, so why doesn't the traitor go directly to Chang'an? To support Pubanjin, it is better to defend Wuguan!"

Isn't Wuguan much closer to Chang'an than Tongguan?

With the ferry lost and the road to Tongguan no longer safe, Wuguan became extremely important and related to the life and death of the Wei army.

Zhao Guang was whipped so hard that he screamed and screamed, but he didn't dare to hide, so he could only hold his head and shout:

"General, I was wrong. General, I was wrong... General, please tell me..."

Guan Ji slapped him bitterly to relieve her suffocation, and then turned back to look at the sand table.

She just thought about it for a while, but she couldn't come up with any clues.

But General Guan suddenly ordered:

"Give me the staff's pre-war drills!"

Soon a staff officer delivered a small box.

General Guan used a special key to open the box, and what was placed inside was a stack of documents.

This stack of documents records the various possibilities deduced by the Liangzhou Army Staff Headquarters before the war, as well as possible ways to deal with it.

There are not only purely military considerations here, but also supplemented by political considerations by Zhang Xiaosi and others.

It can be said to be the crystallization of the wisdom of the elites of Liangzhou Governor's Office.

This box is mutually supervised and jointly kept by two or more confidential advisers.

It can only be opened if General Guan or someone above General Guan is present.

Skipping most of the documents, General Guan took out the last one and flipped through it casually, hoping to see if the staff's deductions after the extradition could be of some reference.

Zhao Guang hid in the corner and did not dare to say anything. The only sound left in the handsome tent was the sound of General Guan flipping through documents.

After a while, General Guan threw the documents back into the box, lowered his head and continued to look at the sand table, and suddenly asked:

"Tell me, what would Sima Yi do if he knew that Guanzhong would be lost?"

No one can answer.

Because this issue is related to the gains and losses of the three states, the survival of hundreds of thousands of troops, and even the balance of strategic forces between Han and Wei.

Not to mention the other people in the tent, even General Guan himself seemed to be somewhat powerless.

but……

At this time, General Guan was obviously not alone.

Behind her is the entire Liangzhou Governor's Mansion.

She seemed to have expected that no one could answer this question, so she continued on her own:

"The best strategy is to preserve strength first and plan later; the middle strategy is to stay in Guanzhong and rely on dangerous areas to wait for changes; the worst strategy is to fight the big Han to the death."

The current situation is already obvious.

Having lost the ferry to Hexi, Sima Yi was destined to be completely unable to protect Guanzhong.

But judging from the current situation, he still seems to have no sign of withdrawing from Guanzhong. Otherwise, the Wei thieves on Qiaoshan would not have appeared in Suyi, but would have retreated directly to Chang'an.

The 200,000-strong army will not go through Wuguan, which is not threatened, but through Tongguan, which is always under threat from opponents, unless Wei's Grand Sima is really incited to rebel by Alang.

As the saying goes, if you save land and lose people, you will lose both people and land.

The truth is very simple, but not everyone has the courage to make such a decision, not to mention that Cao Rui, who is behind Sima Yi, may not let him withdraw from Guanzhong in vain.

Therefore, based on this deduction, Sima Yi most likely adopted the middle strategy: find a dangerous place, wait for changes, and wait for an opportunity to reverse the situation of the battle.

Guan Ji's eyes fell on the sand table, and she waved:

"Erlang, come here."

When Zhao Guang heard this, he immediately trembled:

"General, I didn't say anything just now!"

These words immediately made General Guan tighten his whip again.

Seeing that his sister looked wrong, Zhao Erlang, who had been beaten severely since childhood, tightened his scalp and immediately shut up and stepped forward obediently.

Unexpectedly, General Guan did not hit him, but picked up the small blue flag next to the sand table and said: "Stand on the opposite side."

"Oh, it's a sand table deduction. This can be done and this can be done!"

If you can't win the battle, you can use the sand table to deduce it, which can be regarded as a relief.

Zhao Guang immediately sat down happily.

Seeing Guan Ji holding the blue flag representing the main force and planting it in Chang'an, Zhao Guang suddenly shouted:

"Ah... er, general, didn't you just say that Sima Yi wouldn't be in Chang'an?"

"you shut up!"

General Guan shouted.
To be continued...