It is said that it is a new weapon, but in fact, it has been used before.

When the battle of Guandu fought Yuan Shao, the thunderbolt car used.

Wang Xiao himself was very interested in this long-range weapon, so he processed and improved it.

The increased range strengthens the structure and simplifies the weight and steps.

Of course, just by throwing stones with a thunderbolt, there is no way to smash the pass of Luoyang.

Wang Xiao stopped throwing stones this time, and threw the fire oil in the clay pot instead.

Huaxia oil is not small, and there are also those that can be directly exploited.

After distillation to obtain gasoline and diesel, there is no technical difficulty for Wang Xiao.

When dozens of thunderbolts kept throwing clay pots filled with fire oil onto the pass and cracked and ignited, the pass lost its usefulness.

No defender could hold the city in the midst of the fire. The Luoyang Pass, which was considered to be insurmountable, fell into Wang Xiao's hands when the fire was extinguished.

Taking Luoyang is equivalent to opening the passage to Hanzhong.

Zhang Fei, who was ordered to garrison Lüyang, heard that his hair and beard were all gone.

He was defeated by Wang Xiao one after another, and he was so angry that he couldn't wait to enter the Cao army single-handedly.

The sudden loss of Luoyang made Liu Beijun, who had moved his troops to the slope, very frightened.

Because Wang Xiao took another step forward, he would be able to cut off their retreat.

Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to withdraw his troops and abandon the Hanzhong Hui army to hold Yangping Pass to block Wang Xiao's attack.

To put it simply, it is to abandon Hanzhong and defend Yizhou, the fundamental place.

Yizhou is closer to Hanzhong, and once Wang Xiao retreats, they can come back at any time.

Liu Bei was unwilling, but the current situation forced him to make a choice.

In the end, Liu Xuande sent Ma Chao to lead Lei Tong, Wu Lan and others to support Zhang Fei to resist Wang Xiao's march.

As for himself, he quickly retreated to Yangping Pass with the main force of soldiers and horses to guard the gate of Yizhou.

Xiahou Yuan was deceived by Zhuge Liang's suspicious tactics and did not dare to seize the opportunity to pursue. By the time he got the news, Liu Beijun's main force had already retreated.

Zhang Fei, who received support, stationed troops to fortify the mountain. Prepare to copy Wang Xiao's back road grain road.

Wang Xiao was unaffected, and directly concentrated his forces to attack him.

Zhang Feima's more than 10,000 troops and horses, facing the onslaught of Wang Xiao's army of 70,000 or 80,000, were quickly defeated.

Lei Tong, Wu Lan and others died in battle, and Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fled again.

I have to say that they have already run out of experience.

In Hanzhong, Liu Xuande, who was hurrying to transport supplies, also complained about Zhang Fei in his heart after receiving the news.

Compared with Guan Yu, who can take charge of himself, Zhang Fei, who has been defeated repeatedly, is really much worse.

It's just that he has been a sworn brother for many years, and Liu Bei can only give up many materials in Hanzhong and lead the troops to meet Zhang Fei's rout.

Wang Xiao entered Hanzhong, and Liu Beibing retreated to Yangpingguan.

Everyone thought that this was the end of the war. Wang Xiao has to go back after staying here for a while, and the following is the stage of friction and battle between Liu Bei and Cao Jun stationed here.

"Your Majesty, no."

After listening to Wang Xiao's next battle plan, Yang Xiu staggered out and persuaded bitterly, "Don't be in danger!" ”

All the generals were all surprised, and even Xiahou Yuan, who had always been known for running thousands of miles, was very shocked by Wang Xiao's plan.

Because Wang Xiao proposed that the main force of the army be commanded by Xiahoudun and others, and storm Yangpingguan to contain Liu Bei's main force.

And he himself pretended to withdraw from the army, but in fact he took an elite detour to the west, crossed the Western Han River and Baishui, and rushed into the vast mountains to reach Yinping.

Then go south from Yinping, attack the river along the Fujiang River and go straight to the Jiange Pass through Deyang.

To the south of Jiange Pass is Fuxian County, which is Fuling mustard, and then to the south is Mianyang and Chengdu.

To the north is the northern section of the Jinniu Road, the line from Zhaohua Guangyuan to Yangping Pass.

The road is full of mountains and water, and some areas are not even walked by people.

"Pacifying the world, where can you do it by sitting at home."

Wang Xiao is naturally not afraid to take risks. This is a route that has been verified by the historical Deng Ai.

Except for the fact that I didn't go directly to Chengdu when I finally arrived at Jinniu Road, the routes were exactly the same.

Deng Ai can do it, there is no reason why Wang Xiao can't do it.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is willing to go." Xiahou Yuan, who was good at surprise attacks, ran out and was ready to grab it and do it himself.

"Pacify Liu Bei and fight here. How can you retreat from the battle? ”

Wang Xiao waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me again." What you have to do now is to congratulate me on my success. ”

Following Deng Ai's route is just to change the final goal from Chengdu to Jiange Pass.

The reason is that the Golden Bull Road from Jiange Pass to Yangping Pass is very steep, and Li Taibai once said that it is difficult to go to the blue sky here.

This side blocked Yangping Pass, and that side took the Sword Pavilion to cut off the grain road. The main elite under Liu Bei's command will be trapped alive and dead in this lofty mountain.

Tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, and taking Yizhou was a trivial matter.

"Your Majesty." Everyone else stopped talking, but Yang Xiu still couldn't help but run out and shout, "You are so young, your son is still young." If something happens to you with your own risk, then your throne, wife, children, and everything will be taken care of by Nanpihou. ”

Wang Xiao closed his eyes and calmed his breathing.

No wonder Yang Xiu will be killed in the end, this guy is too bad at talking.

And even if you want to tell the truth, you'll have to wait until the right time to tell it.

Now say it in front of so many people, if Wang Xiao listens to you and doesn't go, won't it leave a reputation for cowardice.

"Dezu." Wang Xiao took a deep breath: "You go with you." ”

Wang Xiao selected 5,000 elite soldiers, each of whom carried as much food rations, medicines and other materials as possible.

First, he held high the banner of the honor guard and retreated to Hanzhong from under the Yangping Pass. Then he retreated from Hanzhong to Bao Chuan Road.

It seemed that he was going to retreat back to Guanzhong, but in fact, after entering the lofty mountains, he immediately turned to march westward.

All the way over the mountains and mountains, wading across the river has experienced difficulties. Finally, we arrived at the Yinping Trail.

Whether it was Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang, no one thought that Wang Xiao would go around so far to drill the mountain.

Before Wang Xiao detoured the Qishan Road in the west, he had already reached the limit of their imagination.

At the very least, the Qishan Road can still pass through the army, but the Yinping Trail is too remote here. Only a small number of Shu troops were stationed as a vigilance.

Wang Xiao's 5,000 elites drilled out of the mountains and swept away the local garrison of only a few hundred with lightning speed. Then he quickly embarked on the Yinping Ancient Road and quickly went south.

Yizhou is known as the land of abundance. There are Qinling Bashan in the north, Wushan in the east, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the southwest. The entire fertile basin is surrounded by lofty mountains.

There are only two ways to enter Shu, the east is from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and goes up the river, passing through Qutang Pass.

From the north is from Hanzhong through the plank road to the south, Hanzhong into Shu there are two roads, Jinniu Road and Micang Road.

The Golden Bull Road is more convenient, you can go directly to Chengdu through the Jianmen Pass, and it is a road to enter Shu.

From the south chin of Yonekura Road, it can approach Langzhong, threatening the communication line between central Sichuan and the southeast.

Whether it is the Golden Bull Road or the Rice Cang Road, these two roads are based on the Sword Pavilion as the gateway.

In other words, as long as the surprise attack occupies the Sword Pavilion Pass, it is equivalent to kicking open the door of Chengdu.

The Yinping Ancient Road is inaccessible, and there is basically no road. There are only trails taken by mountain hunters.

The mountains here are high and the valleys are deep, and it is a dream to collect grain and grass. You can only rely on the food you carry with you.

The hardships on the road are hard to put into words.

There is no road in front of the mountain, so just dig the road out of the mountain.

If there is a cliff that cannot be crossed, then build a bridge and fly over.

The most dangerous place is in the Sky Ridge. The slope in the north of the ridge is gentle, and the cliffs in the south are cliffs, and there is no road at all.

After climbing the hillside from the north, Wang Xiao fell down with the long rope he carried all the way.

The elite soldiers and horses of 5,000 people, from the departure to the bottom of the Sky Ridge, only more than 4,000 people remained.

The food he brought with him had already been eaten, and the army had been out of food for two days when he went down to Motianling.

If it weren't for the carefully selected elite, if it weren't for the fact that there was really no way out here, this army might have collapsed and scattered.

After the Sky Ridge, walk through the South Heavenly Gate. Opposite is Jiangyou Pass.

The defenders stationed at Jiangyou Pass were dumbfounded. In any case, they did not expect that a large number of Wei troops would come out of the mountains and mountains and come in front of them.

Without even the most basic resistance, Wang Xiao took Jiangyou Pass with a single charge.

After occupying Jiangyou Pass, the first thing the sergeants did was not to chase and kill deserters, but to collect food in the pass and eat Haisai indiscriminately.

"Dezu, do you still think it's not feasible to go to Yinping and enter Yizhou?"

Looking at Yang Xiu, whose face was full of scruffy beard and tattered clothes and armor like a beggar, Wang Xiao looked at him with a leg of mutton in one hand and a wine jug in the other.

Yang Xiu, who was gobbling up, put down the dishes and chopsticks and solemnly saluted Wang Xiao.

"Your Majesty has a strong heart and a unique wisdom. He died in a desperate situation, and killed Liu Bei by surprise. Minister, deep respect. ”

Wang Xiao laughed with satisfaction: "This is the will of heaven!" Liu Bei Zhuge didn't expect me to go this way, so I just want to go here. Now that the overall situation has been decided, they can't turn the sky upside down. ”

In fact, Zhuge Liang once suggested that Liu Bei arrange a team of soldiers and horses here in Chengdu to guard the rear.

It's just that the Wei army in front of Yangping Pass attacked very fiercely, especially the thunderbolt car throwing fire oil brought huge pressure.

Liu Bei was reluctant to disperse his forces at this time, and he did not believe that the Wei army would be able to travel thousands of miles from the distant 100,000 mountains to Yizhou. So I refused.

And Zhuge Liang also subconsciously thought that it was impossible for anyone to fly across with the army, so he didn't insist.

So when Wang Xiao's divine soldiers descended from the sky to attack Jiangyou Pass, the soldiers broke through Deyang Pavilion, and the news of the night attack on Sword Pavilion Pass came to the army. Liu Xuande sat directly on the ground, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

Zhuge Liang hung his feet and slumped his chest, and tears fell.

Zhang Song shook his head, as if he was drunk and didn't want to wake up.

The main force of the Shu Kingdom, with Wang Xiao's assault on the Sword Pavilion Pass, was sealed in the narrow and rugged Shu Road between the Sword Pavilion and the Yangping Pass.

Moreover, with the loss of the Sword Pavilion Pass, the grain route behind them was cut off.

In a desperate situation, he was also deprived of food.

The loss of Yizhou has become a foregone conclusion.