Starting from Chang'an, Guanzhong, crossing the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain, and finally arriving at the land of Hanzhong.

This road is actually not the true Shu Road. Because the real sense of Shu Road refers to the Jinniu Road, Micang Road, etc., which go from Hanzhong to Chengdu.

The Golden Bull Road is what Li Taibai said that the Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.

This road will not be used until after the Hanzhong is laid, so I won't talk about it for the time being.

Wang Xiao went to Hanzhong, and the Meridian Road must not be able to go.

Liu Bangming repaired the plank road to darken Chen Cang, and what he repaired was the meridian road that was burned by himself. After the success of the Darkness Chen Cang, the Meridian Dao was burned again.

On this road, there are cliffs and winding mountains. Below is the deep valley and abyss, and the waterfall rushes straight to the water.

The roads are muddy and mossy in the flats. The mountain road is full of thorns and rocks. Walking to a dangerous place, it is like walking on the tail of a tiger, and it is difficult to travel with empty cars and fast horses. Poisonous snakes and beasts are often infested.

The most terrible thing is that even large livestock can't get along the meridian road, which is more than 600 miles long. The goods can only be carried by people.

Wang Xiao brought so many soldiers and horses with him, if he entered the Meridian Road from Ziwu Town, Chang'an County, it was estimated that they would all starve to death inside.

After seeing the Meridian Dao with his own eyes, Wang Xiao understood why Brother Pig did not accept Wei Yan's proposal to attack Meridian Valley.

The terrain here is simply not suitable for large army operations.

In addition to Wei Yan's refusal of Brother Zhu, there is another famous thing in Meridian Dao, that is, Yang Guifei wanted to eat lychees, and she was sent to Chang'an through this road. That's why it's also known as Lychee Road.

Wang Xiao left Zhong Xuan to guard Chang'an City, responsible for transporting grain and grass materials to the front line.

He divided the army into two, led by the general Xiahou Yuan, a group of soldiers and horses, starting from Meixian and crossing the Qinling Mountains along the Baochuan Road, and finally pointed directly at Baocheng.

Wang Xiao himself led the main army through Meixian County, and continued westward to Tianshui through Chencang. After that, it went south from Tianshui, went to Luoyang in Huixian County through the Qishan Road, and finally arrived in Mianxian County near Baocheng.

That's right, it's the Qishan Road where Brother Pig came out of Qishan Mountain.

Compared with the distance of six or seven hundred miles in Hanzhong on the Meridian Road, the distance of Chang'an Road in Hanzhong is more than doubled. Nearly 1,500 miles away is indeed too far.

And the reason why Wang Xiao chose the same path as Brother Zhu is the same.

That's because the mountain trails that cross the Qinling Mountains from Guanzhong Dao and Hanzhong are not suitable for large armies to travel and fight.

Even if it is the best Praise Slope, to support the death is to support the actions of Xiahou Yuan's troops.

The huge corps was crowded in a narrow and difficult valley, and the logistics were in short supply, and it was impossible to defeat anyone in front of them.

The mountains on both sides are high and densely forested, and the river roars. No commander would be stupid enough to do that.

And here on Qishan Road, it is basically equivalent to avoiding Qinling and taking Longyou Road instead.

Longyou Road here is the gateway to the north of Guanzhong Xiaoguan, to the south is Qinling, to the east is Guanzhong, and to the west is the Qishan Valley.

Crossing the street pavilion, under the heavenly water. Heading south along the spacious Qishan Avenue, you can reach the Hanzhong Plain directly.

The road on this road is wide, and the 100,000 troops can be placed in a decisive battle.

Although the follow-up route for the transfer of materials was very long, because of the good roads, the materials could be sent to the front line in time and in full.

Wang Xiao mobilized 100,000 troops to conquer Hanzhong in person, and it was impossible for Liu Bei to have no news here.

With such a big move, and having been gathering soldiers, horses, food, and grass materials in Chang'an City for several months before, Liu Bei's side had already made preparations.

Liu Bei looked down on Wang Xiao a little, thinking that Huangkou Xiao'er dared to take the initiative to attack him, and he simply didn't know the height of the sky.

He admits that Wang Xiao is brave in martial arts, but fighting is not fighting, and no matter how high your force value is, it is impossible to fight against a whole army.

For Wang Xiao, the puppet emperor in his mind, Liu Xuande was ready to defeat him in a battle. Then take advantage of the momentum to enter the customs and seize Chang'an City, the natural capital of the Han family.

Liu Xuande sent a small force to harass Guanzhong from Meridian Road, Luo Dao and other small roads. Then let Zhuge Liang lead a group of soldiers and horses to block Xiahou Yuan in the Bao Slope Road.

He himself personally led the main army north to Tianshui, preparing to defeat Wang Xiao in Qishan and fight all the way into Guanzhong.

Brother Pig was a little worried, Wang Xiao in his eyes was by no means an idle person.

It's just that Liu Bei is very confident and thinks that Wang Xiao is just a yellow-mouthed child.

The reason for this view is mainly that although Wang Xiao beheaded his face and punished him for his ugliness, he did not have any achievements in military strategy.

When pacifying Hebei, Wang Xiao was just giving Cao Cao a hand.

When he conquered Jingzhou in the south, although Wang Xiao killed Liu Bei in Changbanpo was embarrassed, he had the advantage of strength and situation.

Playing Ma Chao is strong, and the opponent is too weak.

Xiaoyaojin's defeat of Sun Quan was Zhang Liao's credit, and Wang Xiao only shared his reputation.

From this point of view, Wang Xiao is nothing remarkable.

Liu Xuande, who thinks that he has fought all his life, looks down on him as a matter of course.

Of course, it is unknown whether Sun Shangxiang was given to Wang Xiao by Sun Quan, causing him to be embarrassed and angry.

At the same time, he also sent a letter to Guan Yu in Jingzhou, asking Guan Yu to go north to Xinye Wancheng and attack Xu Du as a containment.

Both sides are in full force, and a big war is about to break out.

When Wang Xiao led his soldiers and horses along Weishui through Chencang to the north, and arrived at the Longshan Pass along the Longyou Road of Liupan Mountain, Liu Bei's forward soldiers and horses had also arrived at Jieting.

Street Pavilion, called Jiequan County in the Western Han Dynasty, and called Jiequan Pavilion in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then simply called Street Pavilion directly.

The county is a small town with an ancient well in the town. This is where the name comes from.

Liu Bei, who has always been troubled by his weak strength, finally has a large army in hand this time.

Because the Battle of Yiling did not break out and suffered a heavy blow, the army that followed him along the Longyou Road was as many as 50,000 or 60,000 horses.

For Liu Bei, who has only a few thousand but tens of thousands of horses around him all the year round, when there are too many people, he is a little confused.

Knowing that Wang Xiao's army had arrived at the Longshan Pass, Liu Bei urgently ordered his sworn brother Zhang Fei to be the vanguard, and Huang Quan to join the army, leading the light troops to enter the street pavilion in advance to guard.

Because Liu Bei's army carried a large amount of supplies, it would take several days for the main army to arrive here.

And Zhang Fei, like Liu Bei, looks down on Wang Xiao, who will only mix up his reputation.

He ordered Huang Quan to lead a group of soldiers and horses to be stationed in the Jieting City to lure Wang Xiao to attack the city, and he himself led the main force of the vanguard to ambush on the South Mountain outside the city, preparing to ambush Wang Xiao.

Huang Quan bitterly persuaded him, "General, our army should mainly defend the street pavilion. Don't go out and fight lightly. ”

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and he scolded Huang Quan and said, "Don't you know how to fight?" When I followed my eldest brother to exterminate the yellow scarf, you didn't know where it was. Defending the city is the most taboo to defend to the death, and Cao Jun is exhausted when he first arrives. just took the opportunity to give them a head-on blow, and they were so confused that they didn't dare to step forward. When they recovered, the eldest brother arrived. Needless to say! ”

In addition to wanting to frustrate the enemy's spirit, Zhang Fei still had a thought in his heart that he didn't say.

When he was in Changbanpo, Zhang Fei was beaten by the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Wang Xiao until he collapsed.

At that time, he fled in embarrassment, escaped to the boat, and fell into the river because of the bad water quality, and drank a full stomach of water.

This humiliation Zhang Fei has always kept in his heart.

Now that he finally has the opportunity and strength to truly fight face-to-face with Wang Xiao, he chose to take revenge without hesitation!

Huang Quan and the others tried to persuade to no avail, so they could only watch Zhang Fei take the soldiers and horses out of the city and go up the mountain to hide.

It's not easy to ambush this kind of thing.

Especially when the army is fighting, it is even more difficult and dangerous.

Because any army will have scouts, that is, scouts.

Except for places that are really impossible to reach, as long as there is a dangerous place, the scouts will go to investigate.

The South Mountain outside Jieting City is not the cliff of the upper valley, Zhang Fei took thousands of people to hide on the mountain, and it was impossible for the beasts and birds to fly without being discovered.

When the news reached Wang Xiao, his first reaction was to think of Ma Yan.

Unlike Liu Bei, Wang Xiao, who is also rushing for time, personally brought the forward light soldiers here to kill. It's just less than a day late.

If the tiger and leopard cavalry were still there, or Xiahou Yuan's fast army was by his side, Jieting would have been taken first.

"Are you sure it's an ambush on the mountain, not a suspicious soldier?" Wang Xiao came back to his senses and asked for details about the horse.

The difference between an ambush and a suspicious soldier is huge.

If it was an ambush, Wang Xiao would immediately go to beat him. But if it is a suspicious soldier, then you have to carefully check what the other side wants to do.

Those who can be selected to explore horses are the most elite and spicy old fritters in the army. There is no mistake in their vision and judgment.

"It is indeed an ambush, at least four or five thousand."

Wang Xiao laughed, he was still having a headache about how to attack the street pavilion. I didn't expect a big gift to be sent directly from the other side.

If you don't accept this, you'll be so sorry for yourself.

"Xu Huang, Cao Zhen."

"The end will be."

"The two of you lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to block the street pavilion and cut off the connection between the city and the mountain."

"Command."

Wang Xiao's gaze swept over the many generals in the military tent, and directly stretched out his hand and drew his sword.

"The generals will listen to the order and follow me to surround the mountain and kill the enemy!"

"Wow!!"

The number of forward light soldiers personally led by Wang Xiao is not large, that is, more than 10,000 people.

Compared with Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses, it is twice as much.

Xu Huang and the others cut off the reinforcement road in the city, and Wang Xiao blocked the road down the mountain. Then he felt the direction of the downwind, and then without hesitation, he directly ordered the mountain to be set on fire.

There is no problem with Zhang Fei's strategy, but the problem is that the other party easily sees through your strategy.

And he didn't have a plan for what to do in the event of such a thing. When the fire broke out, the morale of the soldiers on the mountain suddenly collapsed.

Zhang Feiqi scolded angrily, but unfortunately it was useless. In the end, he could only escape from the weak point under the escort of his own soldiers.

Most of the Shu army on Nanshan was captured when they fled down the mountain, and the Wei army, whose morale was high, immediately besieged Jieting.

Huang Quan in the city only had 1,000 soldiers and horses, and he couldn't withstand the strong attack of more than 10,000 Wei troops.

Before nightfall, Wang Xiao's army broke through the street pavilion. Most of the defenders below Huang Quan were killed in battle.

The first battle was won, and the morale of the army quickly climbed to its peak.