Chapter 14: Ghosts and Spirits Come First

In fact, the Yizhou army can completely make Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu's troops unable to set foot in the middle of the river, the reason is that the Lu Bu army enters the Sichuan through Chencang, and must take the Chencang plank road that is dug on the steep rock wall, only six feet wide, but two hundred and twenty miles long, although Chen Cangcheng is in the hands of Dong Zhuojun, but the plank road is controlled by the Yizhou army Most of the part, just burn this plank road dug from the Qin Dynasty, then Dong Zhuo's army has tens of thousands of heroes, and there is no way to look at the mountain.

As early as when formulating the plan to annex Yizhou, Kang Peng, Jia Xu and others took this into account, so before instructing Wei Yan and others to make trouble and provoke in Yizhou, Kang Peng arranged the strength of Lu Bu's troops in advance to the area of Chencang.

Time back to the second day of the ninth month of the third year of the Han Dynasty, after Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu separated from the main force, they set off in the direction of Chencang for less than ten miles, Zhang Xiu found Lu Bu who was warming with Diao Chan, and proposed to him: "Wen Hou, the soldiers are fast, the key to our army's entry into Sichuan is whether we can control the ancient plank road of Chencang, so the last general suggested that Wen Hou should ride a red rabbit horse first, lead three thousand light horsemen out of Sanguan, and seize the plank road before the Yizhou army knows the movement of our army. ”

Although Lu Bu felt that Zhang Xiu's suggestion was very good, he saw his wife Diao Chan holding ** in the car, and he felt not very relieved, Lu Bu was hesitating, Diao Chan saw Lu Bu's thoughts, and said softly: "Wen Hou, the big thing is important, General Zhang's suggestion is reasonable, you should focus on the military, and the slave family can take care of themselves." Zhang Xiu also said: "Wen Hou, please rest assured, the villain will protect the safety of his wife, Wen Hou does not have to worry about it." ”

Diao Chan and Zhang Xiu both said so, Lu Bu was embarrassed not to agree, and told Zhang Xiuqian to take care of Diao Chan, Lu Bu then led a few guards to rush to Chencang, the red rabbit horse ran like the wind, less than two days, Lu Bu rushed from Chang'an to Chencang, but Lu Bu's guards, their mounts were not as perverted as Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, they were all thrown off by Lu Bu, so they had to rush to Chencang, and failed to arrive at Chencang with Lu Bu.

After Lu Bu arrived at Chencang, he did not rest, and directly selected 3,000 Xiliang iron cavalry who could fight well, ordered the army to wait for Zhang Xiu, and led the iron cavalry straight out of Sanguan, and the Yizhou army guarding the plank road at this moment did not even know the news that Dong Zhuojun had fought with the Yizhou army.

On the fifth night of the ninth month of the third year of the Han Dynasty, Lu Bujun arrived at Sanguan, and Lu Bu wanted to rush overnight, but the Sanguan guard persuaded him, thinking that Lu Bujun had just arrived, and he was not familiar with the terrain, and the plank road was complex and dangerous, and the road was full of cliffs, and it was impossible to rush at night, so he finally let Lu Bu agree to rest for one night. The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Lu Bu couldn't wait to gather the soldiers and set foot on the plank road full of difficulties and obstacles.

Chencang plank road, also known as Chencang road, began in the Qin Dynasty, from the north of Sanguan, south of Mian County, is the Qin Dynasty era Xianyang to connect the throat of the West Shu, the ancient technology is backward, the Qin Dynasty in order to build this plank road in the cliff to dig holes to build the road, the cost of manpower and material resources is incalculable, and for hundreds of years, this plank road has been several wars, there are many dilapidated, Liu Yan is the excuse of the collapse of the plank road and the center of the Han family to cut off contact, stop paying tribute to the Han family, in a vain attempt to stand on its own in Shu, naturally will not take the initiative to repair this plank road, Kang Peng, who only has wolf ambitions, has used the excuse that trade is not all over, and in the past two years, he has bribed the officials and soldiers of the road with the hands of businessmen, quietly repaired the damaged road, so that the plank road was reopened, and Dong Zhuojun also had a way into Sichuan. Rao is like this, and the light cavalry led by Lu Bu is still difficult to travel on the plank road, and the speed is slow.

Replaced on flat land, the 220-mile road is only half a day's journey for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but on this narrow and windy plank road, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can not be forced, the narrow road makes the Iron Cavalry unable to relax, and the occasionally broken plank road can only be passed after Dong Zhuojun's soldiers repair, from early morning to noon, Lu Bu's troops only advance less than forty miles.

"Quick!" Lu Bu pointed to the badly damaged plank road in front of him with Fang Tian's halberd and ordered: "Hurry up and repair it, not many people will collapse if you pass by like this." ”

Although Dong Zhuojun's soldiers quickly paved the road with thick wooden planks they carried with them, Lu Bu still felt that it was too slow, and only urged vigorously, "Quick!" Fast! The soldiers are fast, and they are not allowed to drag! ”

"Wen Hou." Lu Bu's deputy general Hou Cheng came over, "The sergeants have done their best, our speed is not bad, according to the last general's understanding, ordinary people to cross this plank road, at least five days, according to our speed, we will be able to complete the plank road within three days, and if Liu Yan has an order to burn the plank road, it will take five days to send it to Mian County at the earliest, our army has plenty of time, and it can completely rush to seize Mian County." ”

"You know what? Three days is too late! Before noon tomorrow, be sure to rush to Mian County! Lu Bu viciously reprimanded Hou Chengyitong, and said in his heart that Cicada and my daughter are still waiting for me to go back to take care of them, if I don't hurry up, won't it delay my time with Cicada? But these things about the love of children naturally can't be used as an excuse to teach his subordinates, Lu Bu wanted to break his head, and finally came up with a reason, "According to the distance calculation, Chengdu's order naturally can't be sent to Mian County so quickly, but don't forget Zhang Ren stationed in the Sword Pavilion, he is as brave and resourceful as Ben Hou, and he dares to act, even Ben Hou's father-in-law is scruples about him, if he takes it upon himself to order the plank road to be burned, our time will not be enough, understand?" ”

"Yes, yes, understood, understood." Although Hou Cheng was not convinced, he knew Lu Bu's character very well, and at this time, he dared to contradict just looking for death, so he had to agree and urge the soldiers to step up the repair of the road. Lu Bu looked at the blue sky from afar, as if he saw the beautiful shadow of Diao Chan in the sky, Lu Bu raised the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart: "Cicada, don't worry, my husband will be able to pick you up soon." ”

Lu Bu didn't expect that he made up an excuse in order to return to Diao Chan's side earlier, and actually guessed Zhang Ren's mind by mistake, after Wei Yan provoked Lei Tong's troops in Guangyuan, Lei Tong ordered someone to send the news to Chengdu quickly, and when passing through the Sword Pavilion on the way, the messenger deliberately reported the news to Zhang Ren, the general of Sichuan, according to Lei Tong's instructions, just as Lu Bu guessed, Zhang Ren immediately judged that this was a signal that Dong Zhuojun was preparing to attack Yizhou in an all-out way, and he didn't care about asking Liu Yan's consent, and immediately sent an envoy to inform Deng Xian, the general of Yizhou who was guarding Mian County, ordered him to immediately burn the Chencang plank road, so as not to face the pressure of the direction of Chencang in the future. At this moment, Zhang Ren's envoy was less than half a day's journey away from Mian County.

The night was twilight, and the sky suddenly began to rain heavily, Lu Bujun still did not rest, but ate some dry food on the rain, and continued to walk on the narrow and dangerous plank road with torches, the rain drenched the bodies of every Dong Zhuojun soldier, but under Lu Bu's loud urging, none of Dong Zhuojun dared to retreat, and they all moved forward desperately to gain precious time.

At the same time, Zhang Ren's envoy sent the letter to Deng Xian, the Mianxian guard who was in the concubine's warm bed, Deng Xian reluctantly and urgently met with the envoy, but Deng Xian read the book, and couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhang Ren's envoy: "General Zhang is too embarrassed for the general, Chencang plank road is the throat road between Sichuan and Yong and Liang three states, not only related to the people's livelihood, but also related to the grain and salt trade between our army and the three states. Deng Xian didn't finish this sentence - Chen Cang plank road is also related to his Deng Xian's pocket, whenever a business traveler passes through the plank road, he Deng Xian can make a lot of money from it, the past taxes, the filial piety of businessmen and the bribery of Dong Zhuojun's officials, this is a business that makes money every day, Deng Xian is willing to give up easily.

Zhang Ren's envoy was in a hurry, "General Deng, General Zhang has already said in the letter that Dong Zhuojun's public provocation proves that they have wanted to attack Yizhou, and the plank road is not burned, it is undoubtedly an opportunity for hungry wolves to enter Sichuan, time is urgent, General Deng should not hesitate anymore, give an order quickly." ”

Deng Xian shook his head and said, "No, without the lord's order, I can't give this order." ”

Seeing that he couldn't say that he could not move Deng Xian, Zhang Ren's envoy took out a document from his arms and handed it to Deng Xian: "General Deng, this is a military order jointly signed by General Zhang Ren and General Yan Yan. The envoy added, "If the general does not burn the plank road and causes Dong Zhuo's army to enter Sichuan from the plank road, then all the consequences will be borne by General Deng." ”

Deng Xian was furious and was about to have a seizure, but after thinking about it carefully, it was just a matter of teaching and even killing this messenger who dared to threaten him, but Zhang Ren and Yan Yan were old things that they could not provoke, not to mention that they were more valued by Liu Yan than themselves, but they were doing it in private, and there was still a certain gap between their own martial arts and these two guys.

After thinking about it, Deng Xian finally compromised and said: "Okay, since there are two generals as guarantees, then the general will order the plank road to be burned tomorrow." ”

Zhang Ren's envoy said hurriedly: "General, the soldiers are fast, it's better to give orders now." ”

"Don't you see it's raining heavily?" Deng Xian replied viciously: "The plank road is narrow and dangerous, the night is dark, and I will never risk the lives of my soldiers." Besides, can Dong Zhuojun fly? They want to complete the 220-mile narrow plank road in Quqi, at least three or four days! ”

At the moment Deng Xian ignored Zhang Ren's envoy, and went back to the room to make love with the concubine, his new concubine was born as beautiful as a flower, nineteen years old, is a pretty widow in the state, last year to the strategic place in central Sichuan Mian County to find relatives did not meet, alone in Mian County helpless, very pitiful, by chance and into the throat of the throat of the Mian County guard Deng Xian chance encounter, self-recommended pillow mat became Deng Xian's concubine, although the character is virtuous and docile, and not greedy for money and favor, there are almost no shortcomings, but curious by nature, I like to ask Deng Xian about various matters to satisfy her curiosity, and I naturally want to ask him what he is going to do tonight, Deng Xian didn't pay much attention, and told the concubine about the truth and the process of the matter, which is also very strange, Deng Xian's concubine is usually proficient in sexual affairs, but she doesn't like to take the initiative to make love with Deng Xian.

The next day, Deng Xiancai crawled out of bed tired under the repeated urging of Zhang Ren's envoy, and went to the barracks to arrange the burning of the plank road, but Deng Xian just went out, his sleepy concubine suddenly came to the spirit, hurriedly freshened up and went out to Chang'an Ai's family in Mian County's business, less than a pillar of incense, a white pigeon flew out of the store, Chang'an Ai's shopkeeper in Mian County took a large number of gold beads to the military camp to find Deng Xian, said that he had a batch of goods to be shipped to Chang'an, hoping that Deng Xian could open a road guide and let the caravan pass through the plank road. Deng Xian agreed to the shopkeeper's request for the sake of money, but asked the caravan to set off before noon.

The shopkeeper of the Ai family doesn't seem to be very good at doing business, and he is not very good at organizing, noon has arrived, his caravan is still grinding to load goods, so he has to sprinkle money on the Yizhou soldiers guarding the plank road, hoping that the soldiers can travel conveniently, the Yizhou soldiers are actually reluctant to burn this road to make a fortune, and the hands of people are short, and they are also preparing to follow the grinding, and they are not in a hurry to destroy the plank road.

If it weren't for Zhang Ren's envoy to the plank road to find that the plank road had not been burned, the shopkeeper of the Ai family business could almost drag on for a whole day, Zhang Ren's envoy was furious, and immediately negotiated with Deng Xian, Deng Xian issued the second urging order, and the Ai family business set off slowly, and the Yizhou army also carried the fire oil forward, preparing to burn the plank road for twenty or thirty miles.

At the same time, Lu Bu's army was already less than fifty miles away from Mian County, and although Dong Zhuo's soldiers were very tired, Lu Bu promised that as long as he could take Mian County today, then each soldier would be rewarded with 100 gold coins, which immediately raised morale and increased his speed a lot.

While he was marching, Lu Bu suddenly found that there was a fast horse rushing in front of him, and he rushed straight to the front of his army, and immediately the man rushed to Lu Bu and knelt down on one knee, "The Dark Moon Group No. 65 reported to Wen Hou, Deng Xian Xiao'er was already preparing to burn the plank road, and the No. 64 of the Dark Moon Group and the No. 61 Swallow Group were trying to delay, but it was estimated that it would not last long." ”

Lu Bu was shocked, and immediately ordered: "Hou Cheng, you lead the army to speed up, and Ben Hou will go to seize the road first!" With that, Lu Bu slapped the red rabbit horse and rushed forward first.

Hou Cheng immediately shouted: "Brothers, the dog thieves in Mian County are going to burn the road, hurry!" The big girl and little daughter-in-law in Mian County are still waiting for us, and we can't let them down! Dong Zhuojun's Eighth Master Qiu laughed wildly and sped up one after another.

Lu Bu took the lead, the speed of the red rabbit horse he rode was unparalleled in the world, and it was extremely spiritual, and when he encountered the twists and turns of the road, he could turn and jump on his own without waiting for Lu Bu to make it, and after a while, he left the rear army far away, Lu Bu did not care that he was only single-handed, just galloping wildly with Fang Tian's halberd, on the steep and rugged plank road, only one person and one horse were left in the wind and lightning.

"Push the truck off the boardwalk, stand against the wall, and give way!" The shopkeeper of the Ai family, that is, No. 64 of the Dark Moon Group, saw the fiery red horse and the golden crown and silver armor from a distance, as well as the Fang Tian painting halberd that was more than a zhang long, and immediately understood who was coming, and immediately asked the man to push the cart down the mountain and make way for the road. As soon as the Ai family business guys pushed all the trucks off the cliff, Lu Bu passed by them like a bolt of lightning, and the people of the Ai family didn't even see what he looked like, and a guy asked the No. 64 of the Dark Moon Group curiously: "Shopkeeper, who is this person?" It's faster than the wind! ”

The sixty-fourth of the Dark Moon Group proudly replied: "The number one military general in the world!" Wenhou Lu Fengxian! ”

"Death to those who stand in my way!" Lu Bu roared wildly, like a huge thunder, which shook the eardrums of the Yizhou army soldiers who were splashing fire oil, and before the Yizhou army soldiers could see the people clearly, they had already been knocked off the cliff by a mountain of divine power, screaming and falling into the abyss.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The speed of the red rabbit horse did not decrease at all, Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd waved left and right, and with the momentum of the horse and manpower, the soldiers on the plank road were knocked down the cliff one by one, without the slightest stagnation, only to hear the screams of the Yizhou soldiers, one person and one horse shuttling and relaxing.

"What the hell!" A soldier of the Yizhou Army saw countless companions falling into the abyss like raindrops of rocks from a distance, rolling in the air and screaming in front of the god of death like the wind blowing and falling leaves, and couldn't help but feel terrified, without waiting for Lu Bu to get closer, he jumped off the cliff first, and it was better to fall half dead than to die in the hands of that devil, and others followed suit, Lu Bu had not yet approached, and most of the soldiers of the Yizhou Army had already taken the initiative to jump off the cliff.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Lu Bu's whole body was already stained red with blood, and one man and one horse were like a jumping flame, looking at the thousands of troops and horses in front of him as if they were nothing. Within half an hour, Lu Bu ran out of the plank road and directly entered the territory of Mian County.

At the entrance of the plank road at this moment, Deng Xian was also looking at the strange scene in front of him in amazement, his soldiers were tumbling and falling, but a flame was shuttling on the plank road, Deng Xian took a long time to react, "Prepare the bow and arrow, just one person came, shoot him into a hedgehog!" ”

Deng Xian's order was executed several times in a row, and the frightened Yizhou army hurriedly pulled the bow and arrows, but under the fright of Lu Bu's might, their hands trembled, most of the arrows lost their accuracy, and most of them didn't know where to shoot, and the very few that shot in front of Lu Bu were also easily dropped by Lu Bu, and they didn't even play a role in interfering with Lu Bu's forward speed.

"Ghosts! Run! Seeing that Lu Bu was getting closer and closer, the Yizhou soldiers who were so frightened that they didn't know who took the lead in shouting, threw down their weapons and turned around and ran, completely forgetting that it was only one person who came. Only Zhang Ren's envoy stood with his sword in his hand and shouted, "Who is coming?" But before his words fell, Lu Bu had already rushed in front of him, and before he could raise his sword to meet the enemy, Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd had already cut off half of his head like lightning.

"I'm Wenhou Lu Fengxian!" Lu Bu shouted: "Death to those who stand in my way!" Whoever descends to me lives! ”

Who has never heard of Lu Bu's prestige, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army heard that the person who came was Lu Bu, who was known as the god of death on the battlefield, and they were all frightened, and they all threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender, only Deng Xian was a little bold, hiding among the soldiers and shouting in a trembling voice: "Lu Bu is a thief, why did you kill my sergeant?" ”

Lu Bu glanced at Deng Xian, knowing that he was the main general, and did not answer, but mentioned Fang Tian's halberd, opened his eyes angrily, and killed directly to the enemy formation, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army were like waves splitting, and they scattered one after another, Lu Bu went straight to Deng Xian and shouted, "The traitor is killed!" "Fang Tian's painting halberd obliquely split, it is a halberd that breaks the mountain and breaking the stone, Deng Xian was so pressed by Lu Bu's power that it was difficult to breathe, he barely raised his gun to meet the halberd, the halberd and the gun intersected, making a sound of gold and stone, Deng Xian was shocked to spit blood, the spear flew away, Lu Bu immediately cut off his head with a halberd, and the soldiers beside Deng Xian were already stunned, either running away or kneeling and surrendering.

Lu Bu raised Deng Xian's head, and shouted: "The thief will already be, if you want to live, you must submit to me, otherwise this is the end." ”

"We surrender, we surrender." The Yizhou army no longer had the courage to look at this super fierce general who was extremely perverted, and they all fell to their knees, and they didn't even have the courage to look at Lu Bu. At this time, Hou Cheng also led the army to rush to the crossing, quickly collected the weapons of the surrendered troops, and together with Lu Bu, he entered the already chaotic county seat of Mianxian County, and easily occupied this throat of Sichuan.

After the big event was decided, Lu Bu did not rest, and directly instructed Hou Chengdao: "Hou Cheng, you and Song Xian take good Mian County, guard the plank road, and I will come when I go." After that, Lu Bu slapped his horse again and ran, running towards the plank road entrance.

Hou Cheng was in a hurry and shouted at Lu Bu's back: "Wen Hou, you have been tired for two days, and you are going there without resting?" ”

Lu Bu's happy voice floated from afar, "I'll pick up the cicada and tell her the news that I won the battle!" ”