Yangping Pass is just a pass, not a city, so after Liu Bei's 20,000 soldiers and horses entered the pass, it was definitely impossible to live in the pass, but was stationed in Chuyang County for the night.

It is located on the north bank of the confluence of the water and the Han water, and is located about ten miles east of Yangping Pass.

Because it is too close to Yangping Pass, there is no need to build fortifications in the county seat since ancient times, and the city wall is only more than one zhang high, which is almost an ornament, and most of the materials needed by the defenders of Yangping Pass are also hoarded here.

The army that has always broken through Yangping Pass can basically take down Chuyang County without bloodshed, and this time is no exception. After Yang Ang ran away, there were only a few hundred ghosts here in Weiyang, and when he saw tens of thousands of troops coming, he surrendered directly.

Liu Bei asked Lu Su to count the household registration books in the city and reassure the people. With more than 14,000 households and a population of more than 60,000, it is the third largest county among the nine counties in Hanzhong.

The largest, of course, is Nanzheng, with more than 20,000 households; followed by Nanxiang, about fifteen thousand or six thousand. There are more than 10,000 households in the remaining Baozhong and Chenggu, and there are only a few thousand households in each of the remaining four counties.

There are a total of 73,000 households and more than 346,000 people in the entire Hanzhong County, and the barbarians are not included in the statistics.

Hanzhong is also one of the few places where the population is more than that of Emperor Huan during the Dynasty, because of decades of war in Liangzhou, there have been people who have fled south across the Qinling Mountains one after another. Emperor Huan had 280,000 in the early years, and now it has risen to 340,000.

After Liu Beijun entered the city, he did not disturb the people, after all, this place will be used as his own rear base camp in the future, and it must be built well, so he did not commit any crime against the people's property, but only took over Zhang Lujun's treasury.

Of course, the counterfeit property of those big sacrificial wines and sacrificial wines at all levels must be confiscated, and the mansions are also temporarily occupied by the generals of the Han army.

Laughter and celebrations.

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Zhang Fei did not participate in the Battle of Yangping Pass, and after entering Chuyang, he was also assigned the best house to live temporarily, not because of his merits, but because he needed to recuperate from his injuries to be treated so favorably.

At this moment, Zhang Fei was covering his head with the quilt in pain, trying to fall asleep as soon as possible.

In the courtyard of the deep house next door, the noise of the celebration banquet and the smell of wine always had to come over, which made him irritable.

"These thieves and birds are still so noisy after eating, they can't be quiet!"

Zhang Fei was so angry that he almost wanted to go out and beat someone. If it weren't for the eldest brother's care, saying that he was injured and not allowed to drink alcohol during the recuperation period, would he be able to hold back so badly?

In Zhang Fei's opinion, just 20 days ago, Yan Xing's shot, the cut wound had already healed, and he still raised a bird.

Just when Zhang Fei couldn't hold back, there was a noise outside the door, it seemed that a guest was visiting, Zhang Fei hurriedly got up and looked out of the door, it was Liu Bei.

"Big brother, when you are celebrating tonight, don't go to celebrate and comfort the generals, come to my unfortunate place to do something." Zhang Fei couldn't help but blurt out.

Liu Bei clapped Zhang Fei's palm: "How is Brother Xian's injuries in the past few days?" ”

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up: "It's been good for a long time, big brother, you see that I can eat and sleep well......"

He wanted to say that the Zhangba Snake Spear could rotate as usual, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered that he hadn't settled down recently and hadn't rebuilt the Snake Spear.

I had to sigh wryly, and instead picked up the copper hammer that was usually used as a short weapon for self-defense, and waved it a few times to show that it was strong.

Liu Bei patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, it's good, all the generals have been busy recently, and they really can't draw people to lead the troops. Although it is not as important as taking Yangping Pass, it is also important. ”

Zhang Fei jumped up excitedly: "Oh? Big brother talk quickly, these days I have been holding back my bird's breath. If I win, can I drink and celebrate with you? ”

Liu Bei: "If you are really healthy, it doesn't hurt to drink a little, but it should not exceed two liters a day." ”

Zhang Fei's mouth had already faded out of the bird, and he shouted again and again: "Two liters is fine, tell me where to take it." ”

Liu Bei: "Go south to cross the Han River, and then go east for thirty miles, along the south bank of the Han River, there is a mountain called Dingjun Mountain." This Dingjun Mountain is the commanding height of the Hanzhong Basin, and forty miles to the west is the county seat of Nanzheng.

In the past, there may have been two or three thousand defenders in the city, but I asked the prisoners in Yangping Pass, and said that more than 1,000 people were urgently transferred to Yangping Pass by Yang Ang to assist in guarding, and now there are at most more than 1,000 defenders left on the mountain. However, Zhang Lu's reinforcements in the direction of Nanzheng, according to the original marching speed, will definitely arrive at Yangping Pass before tomorrow evening.

Calculating the distance, tomorrow morning will definitely pass by Dingjun Mountain first. If you bump into the retreating Yang Ang in the middle of the road and turn directly to Dingjun Mountain, it will come faster. Therefore, I would like to ask the third brother to take the top of Dingjun Mountain before dawn tomorrow. This is a night battle for mountaineering, you can't ride a horse, and you don't have to use your snake spear, just take this copper hammer and round shield to supervise the formation, and I will temporarily allocate all the Danyang soldiers who are good at attacking mountains to your commander. ”

"Big brother, don't worry, I can't take the Dingjun Mountain before sunrise tomorrow, and I am willing to set up a military order." Zhang Fei picked up his weapon and prepared for the attack, but he was not a reckless man, so he couldn't help but ask with more concern, "I didn't expect that the generals were all available, so it was my turn - where did the second brother go?" Didn't he work hard today? ”

Liu Bei: "Yun Chang didn't come back in the afternoon, he sent a team of henchmen to tie up Zhang Wei and send him back." They also asked them to bring a message, saying that when they were torturing Zhang Weijun's captives, they heard that Zhang Wei had left 2,000 banyu barbarians in the depths of Mamingge Road and by the Jialing River, besieging Boya in the mountains, wanting to die of thirst. Yun Chang was afraid that Boya would lose, so after disarming the prisoners, he immediately led the cavalry to the rescue.

You don't have to hold it up, it's already the time of the sea, and you rush to Dingjun Mountain in a hurry to get afraid that it will be ugly in the second half of the night, so you must be careful when attacking the mountain in the dark. ”

Liu Bei was not worried about the speed of the march, although Zhang Fei temporarily brought the Danyang soldiers, but everyone could ride a horse to hurry, but at the foot of the mountain had to get off the horse and climb the mountain to attack.

Zhang Fei hurriedly made preparations, so that the troops only brought one meal of dry food, and then rushed straight to Dingjun Mountain, and sure enough, they arrived at the expected time.

The westernmost sections of Dingjun Mountain are actually less than 20 miles away from Chuyang County, but this mountain stretches all the way along the south bank of the Han River, and there are 12 consecutive peaks connected into a ridge. The highest main peak is more than 30 miles away from Chuyang, and the mountaintop Dazhai that Zhang Lujun has always set up is also here.

Zhang Feijiu has been in the north for a long time, and he has not fought mountain warfare for many years, and now he feels quite unaccustomed to picking up a copper hammer and shield. But twenty years later in his history, he helped Liu Bei enter Sichuan, took Langzhong and Tangqu all the way to Hanzhong, and defeated Zhang He, which shows that he still has the talent for mountain warfare.

Today, Liu Bei sent him to Dingjun Mountain, which seemed to ignite a latent talent in Zhang Fei's blood.

More than 3,000 Danyang soldiers, with Zhang Fei's order, although their bodies were still a little tired, their morale was extremely high, and they rushed up the mountain bravely in the dark.

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Yang Bai, the general of Dingjun Mountain, has also been worried recently, and early this morning, Yang Ang, the guard of Yangping Pass, asked him to transfer 1,000 reinforcements to guard the pass, and he only had half of his troops left. I was worried for a day, and I didn't know how long Yangping Pass could hold out, and whether Zhang Wei could lead his troops to escape back to the pass.

He waited cautiously until midnight, and then Yang Bai fell asleep, and when he was sleeping, he secretly thought in his heart: Yangping Pass is so steep, and it will be fine to hold on for another day or two and wait for the Nanzheng reinforcements to arrive. I'm afraid that Zhang Wei, the younger brother of Shijun, won't be able to live, I heard that the scale of the Han army is huge, Zhang Wei took the initiative to go out to chase and kill the Han envoy, and was blocked in the valley to fight in the field, how can Zhang Wei survive with his little ability?

I hope that Shijun will not be angry with other generals because of his brother's death, and it is good that other generals do not come to the rescue.

Go to bed!

As soon as he slept until the end of the ugly hour, that is, at about two or three o'clock in the morning, Yang Bai was suddenly awakened by a beeping flame. Hurriedly got up and went out to look, but before he had time to put on his armor, he found that several fences in the camp had been hooked down and knocked down, and dozens of tents at the gate of the camp had been lit by torches thrown in.

"Oh no, it's the Han army robbing the camp!" Ordinary rice thief soldiers have been in chaos.

Yang Bai was shocked, because he didn't know when Yangpingguan was lost, and of course the quality of sleep was good.

"Yang Ang is damn good! I couldn't hold Yangping Pass, and I didn't even send someone to report it! How could the Han army rout faster than the fleeing army? Could it be that Yangping Pass is completely annihilated? Yang Ang was also killed in battle, so he couldn't report the news? ”

A lot of thoughts flashed through Yang Bai's mind, and he hated it, but he could only immediately pick up his weapon, hastily put on his helmet and went to the battle.

In this case, the enemy is twice as numerous as the rice thief soldiers, and the combat skills are also more elite, and the situation is obviously one-sided.

"Don't mess around! Don't mess around! Leaning against the east wall! Yang Bai reluctantly set up a few iron maces of Danyang soldiers, and his arms were already sore.

Those blunt instruments that rely on weight and inertia to slam in, even if they are blocked, are very uncomfortable, and each time is a severe test of every muscle and bone from arm to shoulder.

And many of the ordinary ghost pawns around Yang Bai would vomit blood and fall back after the hammer blow.

In the chaos of the army, Yang Bai's shouting and martial arts performance were so conspicuous that Zhang Fei finally set his sights on him.

Since stabbing each other with Yan Xing, Zhang Fei has always held his breath, but Yan Xing's lesson also made Zhang Fei a little more cautious, and he was no longer as confident in his personal heads-up martial arts as before.

It's okay to forget the pain of the scar, but it's just getting better now, no matter how bad Zhang Fei's memory is, he has to be cautious about the shelf life of a year and a half.

"Good time!" Zhang Fei took out a more focused attitude than dealing with Yan Xing, picked up the copper hammer and rushed forward, the large iron shield with a diameter of two and a half feet rushed forward, and after the meeting, the copper hammer slashed a semicircle and greeted Yang Bai's head.

"Poof-" Yang Bai was also carrying a shield, and after his shield was collided head-on with Zhang Fei's iron shield, he already had a mouthful of blood in his chest, and his qi couldn't be slowed down.

Just as it was dark in front of him and the sky was spinning, the hammer head of a copper hammer weighing more than a dozen pounds hit Yang Bai's helmet with a ball speed similar to that of a baseball ball machine.

The helmet was completely recessed, and a small amount of brains splashed out five paces away, but more brains were like a bowl of tofu soup, and the deformed helmet was in it.

All the soldiers around Yang Bai were so frightened that they sat on the ground, and some even foamed at the mouth.