Just when Ma Chao moved his troops and entered Guanghan, Chengdu was already boiling the pot. Because although some people did expect that Liangzhou Shepherd and Chaoma Mengqi might take advantage of the fire to rob Yizhou, and also admonished Liu Zhang in front of him, Liu Zhang didn't listen to it at all. As a result, as soon as he heard that Ma Chao had entered Guanghan, he stopped eating, drinking, and having fun, and went to enjoy it, so he directly gathered everyone and hurriedly discussed, so that he could send troops to resist Ma Chao's Liangzhou army.

And according to the time of today's intelligence, Ma Chao should have been fighting under Jiameng Pass for several days, but he definitely hasn't broken the barrier yet.

As soon as Liu Zhang saw everyone, he hurriedly said: "Everyone, now that Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi have led troops to attack my Yizhou, I don't know what strategy you have to retreat from the enemy?" ”

When everyone heard this, a few people couldn't help but say, "Offend me Yizhou?" It's not been a day or two since Ma Chao and Ma Meng attacked Yizhou, isn't Hanzhong the boundary of Yizhou? But now it has not been occupied by him Ma Mengqi for almost a year, and at this time he led troops to attack Guanghan, and he wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, which was really too deceitful.

Zheng Du hurriedly spoke out at this time, "Lord, now the top priority is to send troops to Jiameng Pass to support General Lingbao, and fight against the Liangzhou army!" ”

Although there are already 5,000 people in Jiameng Pass, and there are still Lingbao guarding, everyone still agrees with Zheng Du's words, if Ma Chao can be blocked from Jiameng Pass and the enemy is outside the pass, it will naturally be better.

Liu Zhang nodded hurriedly, "What Mr. said is good, then follow Mr.'s words!" ”

Then he looked at Gao Pei, and he said to Gao Pei: "Gao Pei, I order you to bring 20,000 troops to support Jia Mengguan!" ”

"No! Subordinates receive orders! ”

Gao Pei was happy when he heard this, after all, the new lord trusted him more than the previous Liu Yan, so Gao Pei was in a good mood.

To say that Liu Zhang doesn't have much ability, it's not bad. But he's not stupid. In the past, his father didn't pay much attention to the people he valued, and the people who were depressed were okay, and he felt that he could trust them and reuse them. Because of this, they will be grateful to themselves and will die for themselves. It's not like some people, but now it seems that they have a different heart, and they also ignore themselves. It's not that Liu Zhang doesn't understand this, he knows everything. It's just that there's nothing to do.

Now there are more than 120,000 Yizhou troops, which is more than Ma Chao's Liangzhou soldiers, so taking out 20,000 people is not much, but for Liu Zhang, there are actually a lot of people. In fact, Liu Yan time. Liu Zhang of the Yizhou Army only had about two-thirds of the men, and the remaining one-third was in the hands of Zhang Ren and Lei Tong. Zhang Ren is not bad. At least he is quite loyal to Liu Zhang. So although he held part of the military power, Liu Zhang didn't worry much about him.

But Lei Tong is different, Liu Zhang feels that Lei Tong just doesn't look down on him, but he has no way to take him. But fortunately, there are only a little more than 10,000 people in his hands, so of course Liu Zhang will not be afraid of him. After all, Liu Zhang's command of the Yizhou army also had nearly 80,000 men, so he took out 20,000 people at this time and handed them over to Gao Pei. Actually, it's not too little, a quarter is a little more.

And Zhang Ren has a lot of people, nearly 30,000, so Liu Zhang attaches great importance to Zhang Ren. And he is also very important, which is also because Liu Zhang knows that Zhang Ren is a loyal person. Before his father died, he said that Zhang Ren was a trustworthy person, and he had to trust him. Liu Zhang's ability is not big, but he firmly remembers his father's words.

Later, there was news that Zhao Yun led troops into Ba County, and when Liu Zhang heard it, it was "one head and two big", and he said that he Ma Chao Meng Qi returned the army to take his own Yizhou in two ways? It may not be possible to do it all the way, and he still marches into the army in two ways? Although Liu Zhang is afraid that Ma Chao is good, he is also more confident in the advantages of the topography of Shudi, after all, the danger of the two rivers in Shu is not blown. So don't look at the fact that he Ma Chao Meng Qi can capture Hanzhong before, but he may not be able to take the whole of Yizhou.

After dealing with Zhao Yun, Liu Zhang sent Lei Tong and Deng Xian. To be honest, even if the two of them are not allowed to go, the two of them will have to fight at this time, after all, Lei Tong has been holding his breath before, just like avenging the previous humiliation. He Lei Tong has been in the army for so many years, and it is the first time he has been insulted like this. So Lei Tong has been thinking about how to take revenge, but now there is an opportunity.

Hearing that his lord asked him to deal with Zhao Yun with Deng Xian, Lei Tongle was broken. Although he also knew that his lord wanted to use this to weaken his power, Lei Tong didn't care about this, as long as he could repay the humiliation he had suffered before, then even if he was left alone, he would admit it.

However, Liu Zhang actually treated them equally, and he gave the two of them 10,000 horses to deal with Zhao Yun. However, Liu Zhang made it clear that if Langzhong has been lost, then if he loses it, he will lose it, depending on where Zhao Yun is going next, you will go where he goes, and you will strictly guard against it, and you must make it difficult for the Liangzhou sergeant led by Zhao Zilong to move an inch.

As a result, Lei Tong and Deng Xian also took the order and left, taking more than 20,000 Yizhou soldiers to the west-

And Liu Zhang's side first sent Gao Pei to lead the troops to Jiameng Pass to support, and then Lei Tong and Deng Xian went to deal with Zhao Yun, but they still didn't know what to do.

Ma Chao first led the troops to Jiameng Pass, and the news here has already been investigated, Jiameng Pass has five thousand guards at this time, and the guards will be the original Liu Yan's account under the bud.

However, for Ling Bao, Ma Chao doesn't have much information here. What I only know is that Ling Bao has been the guard of Jia Mengguan since the time of Liu Yan. As for why Liu Yan wants this person to guard Jiameng Pass, it is because this person is a person who is good at guarding the city. And Ling Bao's martial arts are actually not good, and his ability is not very big, but what is brilliant is that he is good at defense, so he can be regarded as making the best use of his talents, Liu Yan put this person in Jia Mengguan after the most recklessness. Of course, the most fundamental thing is that Ling Bao is reliable. Of course, he is loyal to Liu Yan, and now he is very loyal to Liu Zhang-

After the soldiers came to the city of Jiameng, Ma Chao was not in a hurry to tackle the problem, after all, although he was a little anxious, but it was not enough to go to the attack without rest after the army arrived, at least Ma Chao would not do that.

Let the army be stationed under Jiameng Pass first, and then Ma Chao asked the soldiers to rest here, and talk about the matter later.

Ma Chao took a few turns around here in Jiameng Pass, and he was familiar with the terrain. He was thinking a lot at this time, Jia Mengguan. It seems that this place has a deep connection with you, right? I remember that in the romance, "Ma Chao vs. Jia Mengguan", this is the place where he fought at the beginning, and it is said that he fought with Zhang Fei and Zhang Sanye here, and the two fought really darkly. The sun and the moon are without light. I don't know how many rounds of the battle have been, and it's still a dead end.

At that time, I was also tackling key problems on my own. However, it was Zhang Sanye who guarded the pass. Now it is Yizhou's Lingbao who guards the pass, which is too different. Zhang Sanye could still come out to fight alone at that time, but Ling Bao didn't even let him go out of the customs and fight alone, he wouldn't even open the door, he was guarding the door and didn't let himself have any chance.

After Ma Chao came back from his inspection. When he returned to the big tent, he invited Jia Xu, and he said to Jia Xu: "Sir, today Chao will not let the army attack the fortifications." Sir, do you think it is good? ”

Jia Xu nodded, "The lord's proposal is very good, I think that the soldiers came from afar, they are very tired, and it is indeed not suitable to join the war immediately." Therefore, Xu also thinks that the soldiers should be allowed to rest and rest first, after all, Jiameng Pass can be captured in one or two days, so for our army, it has to be a protracted battle! ”

Ma Chao had already made up his mind about this, but he still had to ask Jia Xu, but he also knew that Jia Xu would inevitably agree with what he thought. And the first time I tackled the problem, it was just a temptation. Test that the defense of that place is relatively weak, test the combat power of the enemy's defenders, test the level of the opponent's generals defending the city, etc., so this test doesn't matter much even if it's late.

The main reason is that their own soldiers are too tired, although the journey from Nanzheng to Jiameng Pass in Guanghan is actually not too far, but the key is that now they have come to Shudi. Since ancient times, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, so the road in this place can be said to be the most difficult to walk, and there are many mountain roads, and their soldiers from Nanzheng to here, this is not too far, and the result is that the soldiers are so tired. Ma Chao didn't know that if he walked a little farther, maybe he hadn't waited yet, and his own soldiers might not be able to walk anymore.

In the past, it was a little better in Hanzhong, although there were also mountain roads, but it was not as much as Shudi, and now after such a comparison, I know that compared with the real Shu county, Hanzhong is really a small thing. There is another point, that is, here in Shudi, the cavalry is almost useless. In the plains, the cavalry is the king, but it is all a mountainous place, and the cavalry can not play a big role. However, horses are quite useful, after all, horses are also means of transportation, so cavalry is useless, but horses have to be said to be very useful, it is quite important foot power.

"Okay, since Mr. also agrees to this, then Chao will pass the order to go, so that the soldiers can rest and rest!"

Jia Xu smiled and nodded, so the thing that made the soldiers very happy came, that is, his lord (state pastor) asked everyone to start to rest, when to rest, when to go to tackle key problems again.

If you want to say that the soldiers of the Liangzhou army are waiting for this sentence, they have never been to Shuzhong before, and they don't know how to go, who can only walk so far, and they are tired like this. Shu Dao is difficult, the ancients are really right. Some of the soldiers are considered to know some things about the dispute between Chu and Han back then, and they know that Lu Dao is what the overlord wants to bring Gaozu to this place.

If you look at this road, you can actually understand, like the Han army walked out of Lu to Guanzhong from this road, then I don't know what Lu Dao will be tired of. Therefore, since it can consume the enemy's soldiers in this way, it is of course a great thing for the Chu army. (To be continued......)