The Emperor of Han Dynasty visited Hanzhong in person, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Hanzhong.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages.

For Zhuge Liang, how to ensure the safety of the emperor became the most important event above this battle.

The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty handed over such priceless treasures to Wei Yan, which is enough to illustrate his attitude:

If the spies can't find out the situation of Wei Jun, you can help me.

The emperor's safety is more important than anything else.

Wei Yan understood his intention and immediately gathered his men and set out from the southern end of Ziwu Valley to find the Wei army.

In fact, even with the help of telescopes, it is difficult to find out the true and false situation of the Wei army from a distance.

The clouds and mist are steaming above it, and with the help of a telescope, some flags and erected guard towers can only be vaguely seen.

However, Wei Yan was ordered to die by the Prime Minister, and he must find out the situation of the Wei army.

Immediately, he led the people and quietly approached the Wei army's camp, and found a high place close to the Wei army to observe carefully.

This look didn't matter, but it gave him a clue.

He did not dare to neglect, so he climbed two more hills, looked all the way, and finally determined that the Cao thieves had set up banners in many places, but there were no corresponding number of people.

To put it simply, it is just a false flag.

This trick may fool others, but Wei Yan has been leading the army for many years, and just waiting to see clearly the situation inside the opponent's camp, he felt a little weird at first glance.

Then I looked carefully in many places, and I understood this strange thing.

He did not dare to neglect, and quickly withdrew from the valley, returned to Hanzhong, and reported the matter to the prime minister.

"A false promise?"

When Zhuge Liang heard Wei Yan's report, his heart thumped, and he suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Is this serious?"

"How dare the general dare to falsely report such a thing?" Wei Yan replied, "I think the number of Cao thieves is no more than 30,000 at most and as little as 20,000."

"Prime Minister, since we already know the situation of Cao Cao, why not find a way to defeat him?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "It is difficult to travel through Ziwu Valley, it is difficult for thieves to reach Hanzhong, and it is also difficult to reach thieves in Hanzhong. What I am worried about is where is Cao Zhen now?"

Zhuge Liang walked to the sand table and frowned, with a look of worry on his face.

"Could it be that the traitor Cao wanted to carry out the Prime Minister's old deeds and used a suspicious force to attract our attention, but in fact Sima Yi who went up the Han River from Jingzhou was the main force?"

Wei Yan thought of a possibility.

Sima Yi was going upstream along Hanzhong, but Nanxiang had already reported the news.

But now there is heavy rain in Hanzhong and the Han River has surged, making it difficult to sail the boat and the journey is extremely slow.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Impossible. Marching into Hanzhong is a major national event for Cao Cao. It is impossible for Cao Zhen not to come personally."

"And if Sima Yi is the army that invades Hanzhong this time, it will save trouble. In the past, Nanxiang built many forts along the Han River, and our army is next to Nanxiang, so why worry about it?"

The more Zhuge Liang talked, the more worried his face became.

At this time, the sergeant came to report: "Your Majesty has arrived."

Because Chenggu County is right next to Nanxiang, Feng Yong regarded it as the food supply base for Nanxiang Workshop a few years ago.

Therefore, Shuangnan Avenue starts from Nanxiang, first reaches Chenggu, and then reaches Nanzheng.

If you drive from Nanzheng, you can directly follow the highway to Dagu.

Adou and the Queen have long heard of the name of Shuangnan Avenue, and now they can walk on this artificial stone avenue in person, and they can't stop being amazed all the way.

Zhang Xingcai could not enter the military camp, so he stayed in Chenggu City.

"Xiangfu, this Hanzhong looks really better than Jincheng."

When Adou met Zhuge Liang when he entered the camp, he still looked excited and said, "The road is flat, whether it's driving, riding, or walking, it's all smooth."

"I heard that this avenue was built a few years ago. Why not also pave such an avenue in Jincheng?"

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, this road is good, but the cost is also high. The old minister also asked Feng Mingwen to build a road from Nanzheng to Juxian, and he asked for three years of Han Dynasty's tax."

"Three years?!"

Adou was shocked.

Nowadays, the tax of the Han Dynasty can be converted into two million yuan a year. In three years... Adou counted on his fingers. Isn't that six million?

The emperor swallowed his saliva involuntarily and thought to himself that Feng Mingwen was really bold, daring to open such a big mouth to his father-in-law.

"Then...then Xiangfu agreed?"

Adou asked curiously.

During the days he spent in Nanzheng, he certainly knew that there was a highway from Nanzheng directly to Ju County.

Although it is not as easy to walk as Shuangnan Avenue, it is still a rare official road.

"Where did the big man get so much money and food?" The prime minister laughed and said, "Later, the old minister exempted Nanxiang from all taxes and asked him to replace the corvee with an engineering team."

"Finally, I added some money and food, and this was considered completed. It was the same method as the reconstruction of the Jinniu Road from Jincheng to Hanzhong."

"However, because the Taurus Way is related to the livelihood of many people, the government and the public have given full support, and the cultivation has gone smoothly."

After listening to his father-in-law's words, Adou couldn't help but secretly thought:

This Feng Mingwen has a good way of dispersing money, and he also has a good way of collecting it! The Han Dynasty's treasury has become increasingly abundant over the years, no wonder his father-in-law indulges him so much.

Adou was thinking about it when he heard Zhuge Liang ask again: "Your Majesty, the Cao thieves are attacking, and Cheng Gu is very likely to be in front of the formation. Why did your Majesty take the risk yourself?"

"Oh, oh, if you didn't mention it, I almost forgot!"

When he mentioned this, Adou suddenly became excited again. He lowered his voice and said, "My father-in-law, my fourth mother, uh, it was Shang Gong from the palace who sent the news from Longyou."

"Feng Mingwen led the army out of Xiaoguan. He has already sent Guan Suolian to destroy Wushi City and Jingyang City, and is now approaching Anding County."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he suddenly shook his body and shouted out loud: "Is this true?!"

"Of course it's true!"

Adou rubbed his hands, the excitement on his face never disappeared, "I heard that Feng Mingwen still led the cavalry alone to Yuezhi City. I wonder what the current situation is like?"

"If Yuezhi City is destroyed, the Anding County and Linjing will definitely fall into the hands of my Han Dynasty..."

He was talking to himself, but unexpectedly he raised his head to see his father-in-law, only to see that his face was pale and he stood there blankly.

"Father..."

"Cao Zhen...Cao Zhen's intention is Longyou!"

Zhuge Liang suddenly said something that Adou couldn't understand. He turned around suddenly, spread out the map of Hanzhong, and compared it with the Hanzhong sand table.

A Dou looked at his father-in-law and muttered to himself, not knowing what he was talking about.

Then I saw my father-in-law’s fingers moving around on the map with some trembling, and finally focused on a point: “Here, this is it!”

Adou took a closer look and saw the word "Qixian County" above it.

Zhuge Liang raised it and looked at Adou, "Your Majesty, when did this message from Shang Gong come over?"

"When we first set off this morning..."

Zhang Xingyi has always been in contact with the palace, and the news has never been interrupted. Therefore, the emperor got the news from Longyou half a day to a day faster than the news from the official documents of the Longyou Governor's Mansion.

There's nothing surprising about this.

After all, official documents need to be stamped with the seal of the principal's palace first, and then stamped with the seal of the governor's palace in Jicheng.

It's just that Adou didn't understand why Xiangfu's face changed drastically when he heard the news, "Xiangfu, isn't it a good thing that Feng Mingwen defeated the thief?"

"It's a good thing, but it's also a bad thing."

Zhuge Liang's face was still extremely ugly, "Your Majesty, Cao Zhen's threat to march from Ziwu Valley is actually just a suspicious army under his banner."

Combined with the information Wei Yan found out, if Zhuge Liang still can't react, then he will be serving as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty in vain.

"Feng Yong broke into Linjing but did not encounter Cao Zhen. So Cao Zhen is most likely to be in Qian County."

Going west from Qian County, you will enter the Guanlong Avenue of Longyou, where Longguan is the most important pass.

At the same time, in addition to Longguan, there is also a mountain road from Qian County that leads directly to Lueyang.

Although this mountain road is not as easy to walk as the Guanlong Avenue, it can still be used for cavalry.

Zhang He crossed the mountain through this route, which almost caused the Northern Expedition to fail.

If Cao Zhen secretly gathered an army in Qian County, then he would most likely march from Qian County to Longyou.

No news came from Longyou. The only thing that Cao Zhen didn't expect was the continuous heavy rain in Hanzhong.

The surge of the Han River prevented Sima Yi from arriving in Hanzhong in time to hold off the Hanzhong army.

So he is waiting.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang broke into a cold sweat.
To be continued...