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That night, Gou Jian secretly ordered the generals to spread the message to the soldiers of the whole battalion, ordering them to prepare and retreat north at any time.

At the same time, in order to induce the potters to be deceived, Gou Jian released rumors, claiming that he was afraid of Hanzhong's mistakes, and the soldiers panicked, so they had to abandon the Sword Pavilion and flee to Yangping Pass overnight.

Not long after the news came out, Gou Jian abandoned the Jiange Pass in the middle of the night two days later, led less than 10,000 Shu troops, and retreated all the way to the north.

The Sword Pavilion was closed, the Shu army retreated, and the next day before dawn, the potter received information.

The pottery merchant was waiting for today, and Gou Jian abandoned the Sword Pavilion Pass, which meant that Han Xin's plan to smuggle into Yinping was completely successful, and he really took the Sword Pavilion without wasting his efforts.

So, the potter immediately ordered the whole army to go out and conquer the Sword Pavilion.

At dawn, the royal flag of the Great Wei Dynasty has been set up high in the sky above the Sword Pavilion Pass, and the deafening cheers of the Great Wei soldiers echoed inside and outside the city.

Sword Pavilion, the key to Yizhou, the world's first Xiongguan, the key to connecting the north and south of Yizhou, was finally conquered by pottery merchants.

This means that the gateway to Hanzhong has been opened, and as long as the potters capture the last Yangping Pass barrier, Hanzhong will have no danger to defend and easily step on the iron hooves of the Great Wei.

This also means that Shu is only one step away from extinction.

"King, Liu Zhang has fled in a hurry, so what are we waiting for, immediately pursue with a light army, and destroy him in one fell swoop before the dog mongrel escapes into Yangping Pass." Fan shouted excitedly.

Su Qin also arched his hand and said: "King, my Jinyi Wei has sent news that Zhang Song had left the north of the Sword Pavilion Pass in advance earlier, and the minister estimated that most of the people were Liu Zhang desperate and went to Cao Cao for help, and we should immediately pursue Liu Zhang's defeated army, and completely destroy Shu before Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived." ”

One article and one martial arts, the two important ministers both advocated the pursuit of Liu Zhang with all their might.

The rest of the Great Wei soldiers were even more enthusiastic and high-spirited, shouting that they wanted to pursue and kill Liu Zhang in one fell swoop.

In the closed city, the sound of killing was loud, and the sound of war rang out.

"Gou Jian, you finally can't hold it anymore, are you going to invite Cao Cao......" The potter muttered to himself, and there was a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

He wasn't afraid of Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao forced Xiqiang to surrender and his strength exploded, even if he came with the army of the country, plus Liu Zhang's remaining soldiers and horses, he may not have many soldiers and horses of his own.

What the potters were afraid of was the terrain of Hanzhong and the danger of Yangping Pass.

In the wilderness, the pottery merchants were naturally full of confidence in defeating Cao Cao, but if Qin and Shu's 100,000 allied troops were to defend a Yangping Pass, it would not be easy to do.

At that time, even if the potters exhausted the troops of the whole Wei Dynasty, they might not be able to capture Yangping Pass.

Once the attack is unfavorable, it is bound to retreat and return to the south, and Hanzhong has not been obtained, and Yizhou has always been unstable, not only can not be a help for him to destroy the Qin State in the north, but may become a burden.

Hearing the generals shouting for war, the pottery merchant was also a little infected, but as the king, he still maintained his due calm, looked at Zhang Liang, and wanted to hear his opinion.

Zhang Liang shook the feather fan lightly, but said calmly: "Liu Zhang fled north, we naturally have to chase it, otherwise how can we take Hanzhong, but how to chase it remains to be discussed." ”

"The ovary has something to say." The potter waved.

Zhang Liang continued: "Liu Zhang is indeed defeated, but don't forget that he and Zhang Ren's troops still have 20,000 soldiers and horses available. And the terrain to the north of the Sword Pavilion will only become narrower and narrower, although we have a lot of soldiers and horses, but we may not be able to deploy it, if we bury our heads in pursuit, but fall into Liu Zhang's ambush plan, but what should we do? ”

In a word, the fierce fire of the generals was suppressed, and the city began to quiet down.

The potter also nodded slightly, and said with a flick of his hand: "The ovary is reasonable, continue to speak." ”

Zhang Liang continued: "Liang believes that we must pursue, but we must pursue steadily, and we must not rush forward lightly, so as not to fall into Liu Zhang's ambush, lose our troops in vain, and damage morale. ”

A sentence made the potter's eyes suddenly brighten, and there was no need for Zhang Liang to explain it, and the potter had already understood it in his heart.

At that moment, the potter ordered the whole army to immediately open the Sword Pavilion Pass and follow the soldiers of the Shu army to pursue, but they had to follow behind the enemy army, step by step, steadily approaching the enemy, so that Liu Zhang could not play an ambush plan.

Under the royal order, on the evening of the same day, nearly 70,000 forward troops, under the leadership of the pottery merchants, opened the Jiange Pass, followed the Shu army, and pursued all the way in the direction of Yangping Pass.

As Zhang Liang expected, the Shu army did not collapse and fled to Yangping Pass in one breath, but fled and stationed, traveling only more than 70 miles a day, as if waiting for the Wei army to catch up.

In addition, on the road from Jiange to Yangping Pass, the armor left behind by the Wei army could be seen everywhere along the way, which also created signs of demoralization.

The potter was not fooled, although Gou Jian's performance was hard, it made him see through at a glance that Gou Jian was deliberately creating the illusion that the army's morale was collapsing.

The reason is also very simple, although Gou Jian acted enough, but the most critical link did not do it, that is, the pottery merchants pursued along the road and did not encounter many deserters of the Shu army.

According to common sense, if the Shu army collapses, not only will they lose their armor, but they should also flee one after another.

And the pottery merchants did not see a few deserters along the way, but proved that the morale of the Shu army was still there, and the people's hearts had not collapsed, so what they saw on the surface of those who lost their armor and abandoned them could only be interpreted as Gou Jian's deliberate actions, so that the pottery merchants mistakenly thought that the hearts of their soldiers were broken, so they could rest assured and bold, and unscrupulously sent troops to chase after them.

Seeing through this, the potter is even less anxious, let you Gou Jian how to perform, I stand still, only follow step by step, just don't let go of my hands and feet to chase.

Gou Jian retreated all the way, played all the way, and retreated for hundreds of miles, and he was not fooled by the potters, so he had to stop retreating less than 100 miles away from Yangping Pass.

Gou Jian finally saw that the trick that Fa Zheng offered him to lure the enemy had been seen through by the potters, and people would not be fooled by him at all.

When he retreated here, Gou Jian didn't dare to retreat any further, and if he retreated, he could only retreat to Yangping Pass, guarding the only barrier in Hanzhong, and his delaying plan would be in vain.

In desperation, Gou Jian could only camp on the spot, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

A day later, the pottery merchant led 70,000 troops in front of the Great Wei Dynasty and chased them to a place seven miles south of the Shu army, and they set up camp in danger, forming a threatening situation.

At this time, the position of the two armies was already located in the northeast of Yinping City, which meant that the territory south of Yinping had fallen into the hands of Great Wei.

And the 7,000 defeated troops of Shu led by Zhang Rensuo have rushed to the Gou Jian Mission, which makes the pressure faced by Han Xin disappear.

At this time, Han Xin left Wu Yi to lead the army to continue to defend Yinping City, so as to prevent the Qin army from Longxi from entering Shu through Yinping in the future, and he himself went straight to the camp to meet the pottery merchants.

Han Xin was a great hero, and when he heard that he was coming, the potter set up a banquet in the king's tent early in the morning to treat this new star of the Great Wei Dynasty.

When the wine was drunk, the potter immediately issued an edict to promote Han Xin to the general of Pingbei and eat thousands of households, in order to show his great merit of smuggling Yinping, seizing the Sword Pavilion for himself, and opening the door to Hanzhong.

"Thank you, Great King!" Han Xin hurriedly got up, bowed to the end, and thanked the potter.

"Han Qing, hurry up, you don't need to be so formal." The potter personally went down the stairs and helped Han Xin up with a smile.

After pouring a glass of wine for Han Xin in person, the pottery merchant sat back on the throne and asked with a smile: "Han Qing, right now the Shu army is seven miles away, what strategy do you have to break the enemy?" ”

Han Xin drank the wine in the cup, and said proudly: "At present, the Shu army is panicking, no matter the number or morale, it is not the opponent of our army, the minister thinks that at this time, there is no need to play any more conspiracies, tonight the whole army will be exhausted, and the Shu Kou will be leveled in one go, and the army will go straight to Hanzhong!" ”

Han Xin's bold words ignited the fighting spirit in the hearts of the potters, which was also in line with his intentions.

"Okay, according to Han Qing's plan, come here, and quickly spread the message that the generals will come to the king's tent to listen to the order." The potter also drank a cup and gave a bold order.

Not long after, the generals of Wei were urgently sent into the king's tent.

The generals who arrived in a hurry could feel the fierce fighting spirit emanating from the potter's body, and they had a premonition that a great battle was about to begin.

Seeing that the crowd was coming, the potter stood up as soon as he patted the case.

The generals' nerves immediately tensed, the hunting intent burned in their chests, and their blood veins boiled.

Eagle eyes swept the generals, Tao Shang took a deep breath, and said proudly: "Liu Zhang wants to retreat step by step, delay the time for this king to attack Hanzhong, and drag it until Cao Cao leads the army to help, how can this king give him a chance, this king has made up his will to fight, tonight the whole army will be exhausted, and all the thieves in Shu will be wiped out!" ”

The thunderclap-like sound of the order echoed in the big tent, instantly igniting the raging battle intent in the chests of the generals.

"Wang, you just give the order, Lao Fan, I will screw off Liu Zhang's dog thief's head for you tonight!" Fan Hao was the first to shout excitedly.

The rest of the generals also stood up one after another, generously asking for battle, all of them willing to act as vanguards, break through the enemy camp first, and strive for miraculous feats.

Looking at the generals with a raging fighting spirit, the potter nodded slightly, a look of relief appeared between his eyebrows, and suddenly his eagle eyes froze, and he shouted: "Fan Xu, Cao Shen and the two generals will listen to the order." ”

"Obey orders!" In front of the tent, Fan Xu and Cao Shen were two generals, and they all came out together.

The potter waved his hand and pointed to the north, and shouted: "This king orders your second general to lead an army of 20,000 people, and in the early hours of the morning, look at my beacon order, divide the troops into two routes, and attack the east flank of the enemy camp together, without breaking the enemy camp, and come to see this king!" ”

"The last general obeys!" The second general took the order with emotion.

The potter's eagle eyes swept away again among the generals, locked on the two generals, and shouted: "Huaxiong and Ma Yuan listen to the order." ”

"The end will be." The two generals marched out in unison.

The pottery merchant ordered sharply: "This king will also give you 20,000 troops to attack the right flank of the enemy camp from the west!" ”

Hua Xiong and Ma Yuan, the second general, arched their hands in unison and said: "The minister has an order!" ”

Immediately afterwards, the potter's eyes shot at Chen Qingzhi again, and he said sharply: "Chen Qingzhi listens to the order." ”

"The minister is here." Chen Qingzhi stood up tremblingly, and gave up his hand, although his voice was not as loud as the rest of the generals, but he still concealed his pride in hunting.

The potter threw the arrow in his hand at Chen Qingzhi, and said sharply: "This king orders you to lead 10,000 white-robed soldiers to act as a vanguard, attack the Shu camp from the front, do not break the enemy camp, and never take a step back!" ”

"The minister will not live up to the king's trust." Chen Qingzhi took the arrow, his voice trembling slightly, showing the excitement in his heart.

In the end, the pottery merchant's eyes swept to Xiang Yu, Wu Zixu and other other generals, and shouted: "You and others each ordered their own soldiers and horses, and set out with the king, but when they saw that the three-way army broke through the enemy camp, they all went out, leveled the enemy camp in one fell swoop, and wiped out the Shu thieves!" ”

"Break through the enemy camp—"

"Break through the enemy camp—"

In the king's tent, Xiang Yu and other generals raised their arms and shouted wildly, and the mountains shouted like a tsunami, almost overturning the big tent.