On the narrow mountain road on the banks of the Danqu River, countless barbarians roared and retreated into the jungle, leaving behind the wreckage of smoking grain bags and boats. Hundreds of soldiers and men transporting grain were killed, and Zhang Fei led thousands of elite soldiers to kill and run back, but they didn't catch a single hair.

Another Han army's food convoy was robbed.

"barbarian chieftain has a kind of don't run, hurry up and fight your grandfather for a day!"

Zhang Fei was so angry that he roared again and again, wanting to let the soldiers enter the jungle to chase and kill, but he was afraid that because he was not familiar with the terrain, he would let the soldiers step on the pit or be ambushed by the poisonous arrow and bamboo mechanism.

Such losses have been suffered two or three times, and Zhang Fei has gradually mastered experience, but it is inevitable that he will still be caught by the surprise attack method of the brute soldiers. So much so that after more than 20 days of marching, even the node of Hanchang County in Bazhong has not been conquered.

Because there was no news about the waterways along the way, Zhang Fei didn't know that the army of the second brother Guan Yu had already conquered the three counties of the Jialing River basin by recruiting Yan Yan, and traced the head to the ditch, Dangshi and other places, which were less than 200 miles away from Zhang Fei's straight-line distance and only 300 miles by waterway.

The remnants of Zhang Lu, as well as some of the barbarian chieftains who stubbornly followed Zhang Lu, and even the Ganning Department that are now employed by Zhang Lu, were blocked on both sides of this 300-mile-long section of the Danqu River, owning the three county towns of Hanchang, Danqu, and Mengtou, plus Xuanhan County on the eastern tributary of the Danqu.

In the land of only four counties, it is necessary to entrench the remnants of Zhang Lu's descendants and Ganning, and the surrounding mountainous areas also have to carry out the barbarian tribe with five surnames, obviously the life of the rebels is not easy, the savings are scarce, and there is a lack of money and food, and only the hunting, gathering, and farming of the barbarian department can slightly subsidize the military needs.

The terrain of the canyon along the ditch is very narrow, and the two sides cannot deploy with large forces, so that when the two armies meet, the battle is very short, and no matter how many people there are, they can only fight as a refueling tactic-

Historically, Zhang Fei and Zhang He fought here, and it was Zhang He who took advantage of this to defeat him, because as long as you can find a fork in the road where you can ambush and intercept the troops, and cut off the rear army after more than half of the enemy army, then only by the speed of contact frontal fighting, the rear soldiers will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness for a while. Later, Zhang He was cut off by Zhang Fei in the ditch to cut off the contact between the rear army and the headquarters, and after all the personal soldiers of the headquarters were dispersed, and Zhang He led dozens of horsemen to escape over the mountain, the rear army abandoned by Zhang He became fat.

It's a pity that Zhang Fei and Zhang He belong to fish belly who don't understand the local terrain, so they can only study while fighting, so they can be regarded as the same running line. But this time, the opponent is a native of Banyu, compared to the familiarity and use of the terrain, Zhang Fei was simply exposed to eight streets, so that it was N times harder to fight these barbarians without famous generals than to fight Zhang He.

When the first time I was robbed of grain, I could say that I was careless, thinking that the front army was advancing all the way and the way behind it was my own sphere of influence, but I didn't expect the barbarians to suddenly go around and kill from the strange mountain.

After learning to be obedient, Zhang Fei took at least two or three thousand soldiers to escort the grain fleet each time, but just like that, because the water upstream of the ditch was too shallow, there were often shallow sections lined with reefs, and the people needed to unload the grain and cross the beach.

As long as the terrain is found and a gap is cut between Zhang Fei's escort troops and the people, Zhang Fei can only be blocked in a narrow place, unable to exert his strength, and watch the rear team being cut and killed, and then the brute soldiers disappear into the mountains again.

Zhang Fei's only gain was to add another stroke on the originally rough map - in this location, there is also a gentle slope of the valley on the side to ambush the troops! Be careful next time you walk here!

It was only after the battle was fought that the two armies fully realized that fighting in the mountains of Brazil, attacking fortified positions, and fighting in the field were not the most painful.

The city here is not strong, the county seat has a slightly two zhang high rammed earth wall is good, some counties do not even have a city wall, only sharpened wooden piles built like a camp wall, if the Han army really concentrates on attacking the city, Hanchang and even the ditch have already been taken.

The most painful thing is only logistics.

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On 15 April, Zhang Fei finally hoarded another batch of grain and went to Hanchang on the front line, preparing to launch a new round of onslaught against Gukou in the north of Hanchang City.

Just before the siege, he waited for reinforcements of about 3,000 men from the rear.

It is not surprising that there are reinforcements, but what makes Zhang Fei panic is that the eldest brother Liu Bei also left Nanzheng, put down the many affairs of the Republic of China in the rear, and came to the front line.

came with Liu Bei, as well as Li Su and Lu Su.

Zhang Fei was embarrassed: "Big brother! You can rest assured, there were few ships and shallow upstream waters, and it was not easy for me to stock grain in batches. Now that I have finally stocked up enough military rations for two months here in Hanchang, I just took down these counties in one go, how can I let you take action in person, look at me! Boya, you too, why don't you persuade the eldest brother a little. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Didn't the eldest brother allow you to spend money casually to buy the five surnamed Ban Yuman and Gan Ning, and also like Yun Chang, he used the evidence of Zhang Lu and Liu Yan's collusion to break the determination of the court officials in these counties to be thieves." Why doesn't it work at all these days?

Three days ago, we received a report from Yun Chang's Kuaima messenger who came back from Ma Mingge Road in Nanzhengdu, saying that Yan Yan, the county lieutenant of Langzhong, had officially surrendered, and promised to help Yun Chang persuade the downstream counties to surrender. ”

Zhang Fei pursed his lips: "Those accusations that say that Zhang Lu and Liu Yan colluded are useless!" I also asked the soldiers to shout and preach the heart, but no one listened to them! On the second brother's side, Yan Yan didn't have the opportunity to confess to Zhang Lu in person, so he would be deceived by your forged secret letter.

I'm here Zhang Lu himself is in charge of the enemy army, won't he clarify it himself? No matter how much you say that you have a nose and eyes, can someone like Zhang Lu have personal experience to refute it in more detail and specificity? ”

Zhang Fei's words also have a certain amount of truth, it seems that he has also used his brain these days.

When Li Su heard this, he no longer refuted and embarrassed him.

The reason why he and Liu Bei had to come to take a look recently was also because he was afraid that Zhang Fei would delay the progress of the battle for too long and affect Li Su's return to Beijing to report on his work - counting the days, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty collapsed almost a few days ago in history. After the death of Emperor Ling, He Jin was in power for only a few months, and Li Su still hoped to report to the imperial court during the window when He Jin was in power.

After all, the reward edict and the edict entrusted to the thief issued by He Jin in the name of Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty are always higher in gold than Dong Zhuofa.

In history, He Jin has only been in power for four months, and he hiccups in August. There is still time to be set aside on the road from Hanzhong to Luoyang, so it is necessary to get Zhang Lu's head within more than two months.

If you miss the window period, in the future, take Dong Zhuo's edict and say "Feng Zhao against the traitor Liu Yan", then Liu Yan will have the confidence to directly say that this is "coercing the traitorous ministers of the Son of Heaven to take their lives", and he will "clear the king's side" to ask Dong.

When Liu Bei fights Liu Yan again, won't he become an "assistant dong"? Such a person cannot afford to lose.

It was useless to forge a letter and plant a false letter, and Li Su was not discouraged, so he further asked why spending money to entrap Ban Yuman and Gan Ning was also temporarily invalid.

Zhang Fei complained helplessly: "Boya, these barbarians have been deceived too deeply by Zhang Lu, they don't know how to count, and they always feel that Zhang Luxu's promise of 'handing over five buckets of rice, and multiple guarantees in the event of a disaster for a lifetime' is more valuable, what can I do?" I think it's better to fight a battle to subdue them first, and then slowly enlighten and teach them to be true. This is different from the second brother's place, and the barbarians who the second brother has wooed over there don't have Zhang Lu's sacrificial wine to drag them around.

As for that Gan Ning, I also tried my best to inquire, I heard that he was extremely light-hearted and murderous, hiding and dying, when he befriended the local officials, he only saw whether the other party treated him solemnly, if the official was willing to solemnly hand over and treat him with courtesy, he would help you go to the soup to do things. But if the officials don't pay attention to it and are disrespectful, he will kill the officials.

At the end of last year, Na Gan Ning happened to commit a big case, and the Taishou of Naba County openly insulted his reputation, and he actually sneaked into Jiangzhou and killed the Taishou directly! So much so that Ba County has not been too guarded so far.

But after Liu Yan entered Shu, he wantonly punished dissidents and killed many famous sons of the four lords of Shu Confucianism. For example, Ren An, the nephew of Ren An, the great sect of Shu Confucian, who was as famous as Dong Fu, and Qianwei County Taishou Ren Qi, was killed by Liu Yan, as well as the Guanghan Taishou of the Zhao family in the Four Valves, and Jia Long, who was engaged in the state.

This Gan Ning killed Bajun Taishou, and he happened to help Liu Yan punish dissidents, so Liu Yan felt that Gan Ning could be used to personally pardon Gan Ning with the respect of Yizhou Mu. This made Gan Ning, who had never seen the world, feel very face-saving, and publicly said that he was willing to die for Liu Yan, and he threw the money we gave into the river, and he used it to show off. If you want to convince him, I'm afraid you will inevitably have to fight first. ”

Liu Bei had never understood Gan Ning's situation before, but when he heard Zhang Fei say this, he felt that this kind of person was not difficult to encompass: "Alas, it's a pity, Liu Yan accepted his heart first, otherwise, what's so difficult?" Isn't it just drinking wine and eating meat with people who are light and inferior, and dividing gold and silver with big scales? Since I started the army, have you ever neglected chivalry? ”

Liu Bei asked himself, he was the best at making friends with underworld figures.

Who let Liu Bei himself, or even Guan Yu...... It's all that kind of background, Liu Yan wants to be a chivalrous warrior with Liu Bei, so it's still tender, it can only be said that Liu Yan is lucky.

Li Su listened to the gags of the Liu Zhang brothers, and gradually made a calculation in his heart.

It's not impossible to surrender, but you must be convinced first, and it is not okay to be greedy for money directly.

If we seek peace through struggle, we will live in peace, and if we seek peace through compromise, we will die peacefully.

He couldn't help but refer to the historical example of Zhang Fei defeating Zhang He in this area, and naturally thought of the tactic of "using the narrow terrain to cut the enemy into several sections, and then destroying the enemy's command structure and causing the rest to collapse".

He couldn't help but remind Zhang Fei: "Yide, you have been fighting here for more than 20 days, why haven't you thought of imitating Ban Yuman, and when you were fighting in a narrow valley, the ambush soldiers cut off the enemy army and broke through each section?" How well did you look at the barbarian robbery? Can't you learn and use it now? ”

Zhang Fei complained bitterly: "I am not familiar with the local terrain, how do I know where the hillside can hide soldiers and where there is a fork in the valley?" If you want to cut off the enemy, you must first ambush the enemy in the waist, right? ”

Li Su unfolded the folding fan and shook it a few times: "Not necessarily, as long as the shallow terrain is combined, the cooperation of water and land can also cut off the enemy army, and there is no need to be familiar with the terrain - for example, the main force is consumed and confronted with the enemy army along the valley, and a small number of elite soldiers are taken by boat, down the river, and when they arrive in the enemy formation, they suddenly rush to the shore and kill horizontally, cutting off the enemy army, isn't it okay?" It's nothing more than a way to break the enemy's way to go up the mountain, and you can walk on the river surface of the ditch. ”

Zhang Fei: "I can't beat Gan Ning when I walk the river!" ”

It is not as familiar with the terrain as it is to take the mountain road, and it is not as good as Ganning to take the river and water battles.

The problem seems to be back.

Li Su considered the difficulty of the two options, and felt that the terrain problem was indeed more difficult to solve, so it was better to find a way to seize the right to control the river.

Now the water battle generals of their own side, whether Guan Yu or Zhou Tai, seem to be inferior to Gan Ning in terms of water ability, and it seems that they have to open a little bit in terms of equipment.