Liu Zhang's military defense was mainly a way to hold the defense of the main road.

The Shu army carried out targeted defense on the three roads of the Wei army into Shu.

The targeted defensive line structure of the Micang Road, the Shiniu Road and the water channel into Shu was carried out, trying to block the road for the Wei army to enter Shu, making it difficult for the Wei army to enter Shu, and when the army ran out of food, it would naturally retreat.

It has to be said that such a method is very self-explanatory, but often the more self-explanatory the way, the more useful it is.

When the Wei army was not ready to attack, the Shu army was ready to defend first, and the armies from all walks of life were quickly dispatched, showing that Liu Zhang's control over Shu was far greater than Liu Cong's control over Jingzhou.

In this regard, at the imperial military meeting held by Guo Peng, staff officer Ling Xizhong made a specific speech.

"The Shu people sent troops to defend the Sword Pavilion, which is known as the throat of the Shiniu Road, blocking the Shiniu Road, and sent troops to garrison in Hanchang, Brazil County, blocking the Micang Road, and garrisoning troops in Yufu in Padang County, blocking the Shu Waterway with both land and water armies, forming an all-round targeted defense against our army."

Guo Jia, who rushed back from Jingzhou, also made a speech on this.

"The Shu people realize that this is the last battle, and it is not unexpected to do their best to defend it, for our army, this is something that has long been clear, and now, what our army needs to do is to react to these three lines of defense, try to break these three defenses, and march into Shuzhong."

Guo Jia clearly believed that it was normal for the Shu people to defend desperately, and it was basically impossible to expect the Shu people to give up resistance like the Jingzhou people, who were strategically unsafe.

There are too many dangerous passes that Yizhou can guard.

And so the targeted discussion began.

What is certain is that none of the three roads into Shu is easy to walk.

Whether it is Shiniu Road or Micang Road, it is difficult to take a difficult mountain road, it is not easy to transfer grain, and it is very difficult to deal with the Shu army's defense in key and dangerous places.

The road into Shu in Jingzhou is not easy to walk, and the location of Qutang Pass and White Emperor City where the throat of the Shushui waterway is located is very dangerous, and Qutang Pass can even be compared with the Sword Pavilion.

However, compared with the Micang Road and the Jinniu Road, at least there are abundant waterways that can be used, and it is far more convenient to transport grain by water than by land, and it can carry more troops into Shu.

Zhuge Liang took Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to take this road into Shuzhong to meet Liu Bei.

The Shu army also attaches great importance to this road, the Shu general Yan Yan and the Shu general Wu Ban led the army to garrison here, or the water and land armies are stationed together, there are a lot of people, and the defense is tight, if it is not easy.

The Wei army's inland water division was weak and did not have an advantage, but fortunately it got a complete Jingzhou water division and Jingzhou sailors, which made up for the shortcomings of the water division, which was enough to fight with the Shu army water division in Badong County.

In terms of the army, the Wei army naturally did not worry about not being able to defeat the Shu army, but the Shu people relied on the superior terrain and condescended, forming a topographical suppression of the Wei army, which was quite unfavorable for the Wei army.

Therefore, it is necessary to be led by people who are familiar with the terrain to reduce casualties, and to increase the use of trebuchets, which can annihilate the Shu defenders in the fastest situation, break through from Badong County, enter the Chengdu Plain, and attack Chengdu.

For this route, Guo Jia recommended Gan Ning, the general of Jingzhou, he thought that Gan Ning fled to Jingzhou by this road, and he was quite familiar with the terrain of this road and could be of great use.

Jingzhou generals Wen Ping, Huang Zhong and others made contributions in the battle of suppressing thieves in the four counties of Jingnan and proved their ability, so Guo Jia thought that they could also be used in the battle of Shu, so that they could give full play to their abilities and increase their sense of identity with Wei.

Guo Peng affirmed Guo Jia's idea, expressed his appreciation for this matter, and decided to reuse the Jingzhou generals in this battle, use them as pioneers, and let them make meritorious contributions, so as to increase the recognition and sense of belonging to the Wei army.

And Guo Peng further affirmed that the army under the command of Lejin is the main force to enter Shu, the main factor in whether the Wei army can occupy Shu, and undertake the most important offensive task, there is no doubt about it.

It's not that Guo Peng doesn't trust Guan Yu's ability, Guan Yu and they are also very good generals, but compared to the offensive route of the waterway, the difficulty of breaking through the Shiniu Road and the Micang Road is significantly higher.

Especially the Stone Cow Road.

Shiniu Road is a marching road built by the Qin army when attacking Shu and Ba, which is relatively flat and easy to walk, and it is also the only way to march to Chengdu at present.

If you don't take the Shiniu Road, there is no other road for tens of thousands of troops to reach Chengdu directly, and those mountain trails simply cannot carry the passage of tens of thousands of troops and the transfer of grain and grass.

The Yinping Trail is too dangerous, it is Deng Ai's dangerous move when Zhong Hui has no way to do it, and the sword is on the wrong side, which is a real helpless move.

Zhong Hui just wants to gamble, Deng Ai is also gambling, they are all betting, you must choose one to lose or win, and Guo someone, who has the overall situation in hand and only wins and does not lose, will not choose that path at all.

Therefore, it is necessary to take the Stone Ox Road.

If you want to walk the Stone Ox Road, the natural danger you must face is the Sword Pavilion.

The sword pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, a husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open, and the guards or bandits are turned into wolves and jackals.

This is the danger of the Sword Pavilion presented by Li Bai's personal experience and artistic rhetorical techniques.

On top of artistry, from a historical and military point of view, Zhong Hui led more than 100,000 troops, after breaking through Yangping Pass, under the situation that the hearts of the people in Shuzhong were shaken, he was stunned that he did not break through the Sword Pavilion under Jiang Wei's persistence.

That's an army of 100,000, not mixed with water, such a huge number, occupying an absolute advantage in troops, 100,000 people can't conquer a pass, Zhonghui is almost in a desperate situation, the army's morale is shaken, and there is no food and grass.

At that time, there were still three strongholds of the Shu army in Hanzhong, and Zhonghui hurriedly went south before taking those three strongholds, making the Wei army's march unstable and like a thorn in the back.

Zhong Hui wanted to fight quickly and quickly enter Chengdu through Shiniu Road, but Jiang Wei drifted away Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu with a move, and forcibly marched to the Sword Pavilion to block Zhong Hui, so that he could not move forward an inch.

In that case, once he retreated, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, and Liao Hua were in front, and Liu Yin, Jiang Bin, and Wang Han were in Han.

At that time, if it weren't for Deng Aiou's success in smuggling through Yinping, and Zhuge Zhan's name did not match his name, and he made a lot of tricks and gave up the important town of Fucheng in vain, then it was still a question whether the battle to destroy Shu could be fought, and Shu Han would be able to survive for a few more years, or even longer.

It can be seen that the danger of the Sword Pavilion is absolutely unimaginable.

It's not that Guo Peng can't take out 100,000 troops to storm the Sword Pavilion, but he feels that this is of little significance, and in the case of mastering Jingzhou, the difficulty of entering Shu from Jingzhou is obviously lower than that of entering Shu from Hanzhong.

This is also the reason why his strategic guiding ideology of attacking Jingzhou first and then taking Yizhou was formed.

Therefore, he arranged 30,000 troops on the Hanzhong side and 50,000 main forces on the Jingzhou side, in order to set up a suspicious array in Hanzhong and disperse Liu Zhang's forces, so that they could not arrange more troops and horses to guard against the main force of the Wei army in Yufu.

Liu Zhang's army suffered serious losses, and if he hadn't advanced into Hanzhong, maybe he would have been able to come up with more troops.

However, after the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang lost 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, and a few years of cultivation were not enough for him to recover.

Now Liu Zhang's ability to take out these more than 60,000 troops is already very reluctant, and now although he is still continuing to expand the army, the efficiency is debatable, and it is also debatable whether the expanded army can take on great responsibilities.

Overall, Liu Zhang's side is not that no one thinks that the Wei army in the direction of Yufu is the most dangerous, so the Shu army in Yufu is the most, a full 30,000.

But despite this, in the face of 50,000 Wei troops, it is still slightly insufficient, once the Yufu County side is broken through, the natural danger of Sword Pavilion and Micang Road will also lose its greatest significance.

Comparatively speaking, the Wei army in Hanzhong was only 30,000, which was only on par with Wu Yi and Zhang Ren's troops.

With the strength of the Shu army in Yufu, it is obvious that it cannot compete with the Wei army, so the breakthrough in Yufu has become the main breakthrough direction of the Wei army.

Guo Peng did not expect the Hanzhong Front Army to break through the Micang Mountain and the Sword Pavilion Heavenly Danger.

As long as they can play a role in distracting Liu Zhang's forces, it will be fine.

And Liu Zhang's resistance is also very much in line with Guo Peng's wishes, at least there is a reason to clean up the wealthy clans in Shu, and then inject the genes of the Wei Empire into Shu in a grand manner.

It also lays the foundation for the future development of Nanzhong to obtain more rich mineral resources.