Sure enough, as Wei Yan expected, by the evening of the next day, Zhang Wei learned the news that Liu Cong had captured Chengdu, which made Zhang Wei embarrassed. At the beginning, he boasted about Haikou in front of Zhang Lu, and went to Chengdu in half a month. It's just that he never expected that more than 10,000 people in Baishuiguan would actually block his 50,000 elite soldiers for more than a month, and Yang Ren's reinforcements would be able to arrive in Baishuiguan the next day when Zhang Wei got the news.

So early the next morning, Zhang Wei led the army to launch a fierce attack on Baishui Pass, hoping to capture Baishui Pass before Yang Ren arrived, so that the vanguard of Shu was still her Zhang Wei's. Unexpectedly, the defenders of Baishui Pass seem to have received information, and their defense is also very tenacious! After charging several times and leaving behind more than 3,000 corpses, Zhang Wei reluctantly withdrew his troops, but Yang Ren arrived as scheduled!

"General Zhang, the lord was sent to help in the war this time, I don't know the battle situation of Baishui Pass?" Although Yang Ren is the main general of the second road, in the end, Zhang Wei is Zhang Lu's younger brother, and when he arrives in the camp, he naturally has to accept Zhang Wei's command. Yang Ren had fought against Liu Cong's troops, so he was not surprised that Zhang Wei had not made progress for a long time.

"I'm ashamed...... It has been more than a month since the guards led their troops to attack Baishui Pass, but the defenders on Baishui Pass seem to be increasing more and more! ”

Seeing that Yang Ren asked about the war, Zhang Wei was not easy to hide, so he had to give Yang Ren a brief introduction to the current situation.

"The general doesn't have to be discouraged, this Wei Yan is the general of Jingzhou, Liu Cong's henchman, and he naturally has something extraordinary. , now that our army is numerous, Ren suggested dividing troops to attack the two flanks of Baishui Pass......"

"It's a pity that the general came one step late, and Liu Cong had already captured Chengdu two days ago......"

"What? This matter must be revealed to the lord immediately! So what's the general going to do next?"

Yang Ren asked Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei actually didn't know, today's daytime onslaught was completely ineffective, presumably the defenders in the pass were inspired by Liu Cong's capture of Chengdu, and their morale increased greatly, so Zhang Wei paid much more casualties than usual. Since the attempt failed, the only thing left is to make a decision to Zhang Lu, please ask Zhang Lu to decide.

At the same time that Zhang Wei and Yang Ren were helpless against the defenders of Baishui Pass, another gateway in Shuzhong, outside the Sword Pavilion, there was also a fierce battle for several days. One of the two warring parties is Jin Ma Chao, the young master of Liangzhou. One is the famous general Guan Yu.

Unlike Wei Yan, who stubbornly defended Baishui Pass, Guan Yu has constantly sent troops to attack Ma Chao since Ma Chao appeared in the Yizhou territory. Due to the difficulty of the mountain road from Xiayi to Jiange, Ma Chao deliberately selected 10,000 infantry to accompany him. Ma Chao relied on the strong attack power of the Liangzhou cavalry, and he had a good martial arts, so he didn't pay attention to it at first.

But who is Guan Yu? In terms of the use of soldiers, Ma Chao was afraid that he would not have a chance to lift his shoes, if it weren't for Liu Cong's repeated orders before leaving, he would stick to the Sword Pavilion and use Baishui Pass as horns. Guan Yu will definitely go to Xiayi to give Ma Chao a head-on blow. Considering that Baishui Guan might need support at any time, Guan Yu did not come out of the nest. But even this made Ma Chao suffer.

waited until he fought with Guan Yu two or three times, Ma Chao knew that his bravery was relative to Cao Cao, and in front of Guan Yu, Ma Chao took no advantage. So after being ambushed by Guan Yu several times and losing five or six thousand people, Ma Chao also became cautious. Even as time went by, Ma Chao felt that he had fewer soldiers and horses.

At the beginning, Ma Chao wished that Baishui Pass would firmly block Zhang Wei's advance, so that if she broke through the Sword Pavilion, she would be able to drive straight in. If he can take the important cities in Ruocheng or the surrounding areas, Ma Chao even considered moving the base camp to Shuzhong. But after nearly a month of fighting, Ma Chao even transferred another 10,000 infantry. But there is still no way to take Guan Yu!

At this time, Ma Chao even hoped that Zhang Wei could quickly break through the Baishui Pass, so that Guan Yu would face internal and external pressure. In the end, he and Zhang Lu are still allies. As long as they can enter Shu together, the advantage of the cavalry in the Chengdu Plain is not comparable to Zhang Wei's infantry. But it backfired, what he had been hoping for didn't happen, and what he feared the most happened!

Liu Cong captured Chengdu! Huang Quan still didn't hold it after all! At the beginning, Huang Quan swore in his letter to Ma Chao that Chengdu had high walls and deep pools, and there was no problem in insisting for two or three months, as long as Ma Chao could lead his troops to continue to attack the Sword Pavilion, he would definitely contain most of Liu Cong's troops. Now that everything has come to naught, you must know that Ma Chao's army has taken a huge risk to attack Shu!

Ma Chao successively participated in the battles of breaking Su's dock, attacking Han Suixiang, and breaking Guo Yuan. Ma Teng entered Beijing, and Ma Chaotong led his subordinates to divide the three auxiliaries. Later, he united with Han Sui and others, marched into Tongguan and Cao Cao, and was defeated in Weinan. After that, Ma Chao led the people to join Qiang and annex Longyou, killed Shi Weikang, the assassin of Liangzhou, and proclaimed himself the general of Zhengxi, the pastor of the state, and the military of Liangzhou.

Because Cao Cao wanted to conquer Guanzhong, Ma Chao rebelled, and Cao Cao had already taken Ma Tengyi to the three clans! And although Han Sui and Ma Chao are allies, they are not worthy of Ma Chao's trust! If this attack on Shu fails, Ma Chao may face Han Sui's seizure of power when he returns to Liangzhou, or even Cao Cao's sneak attack! So while Ma Chao was attacking Guan Yu, he always paid attention to the movements in the rear!

Unlike Zhang Wei, Ma Chao heard that after Liu Cong captured Chengdu, he retreated overnight! He knew that Liu Cong's entry into Yizhou was a foregone conclusion, and his 30,000 or 40,000 people couldn't even help a single Guan Yu, so why fight with Liu Cong? If you go back late, the old nest will be miserable if you are served by Cao Cao!

And Ma Chao's retreat naturally couldn't escape Guan Yu's eyes.

From the moment he received Liu Cong's report, he made people pay close attention to the movements of Ma Chao's army! Now that the lord has won a great victory, how can Guan Yu let Ma Chao escape easily. It was to leave Zhang Song to lead 5,000 people to garrison the Sword Pavilion, and he took the rest of the troops to pursue Ma Chaoxi all the way.

In this way, the two sides were entangled all the way to Xiayi, and Ma Chao finally escaped and returned to Liangzhou with 5,000 cavalry. Guan Yu also immediately returned to the Sword Pavilion.

The veteran Huang Zhong led his troops to aid the northern front, and when he heard that Guan Yu was chasing Ma Chao, he went straight to Baishui Pass without stopping.

And Zhang Wei and Yang Ren of Baishui Pass continued to attack Baishui Pass after receiving Zhang Lu's reply. In fact, Zhang Lu and other Shuzhong chaos have been waiting for more than ten years, since Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong and called himself Hanning Taishou, he continued to learn Zhang Jiao and began to develop the Wudoumi sect.

This is also due to the special geographical location of Hanzhong, which determines that Zhang Lu does not dare to sit back and relax. Cao Cao in the north was fighting in the east and west, but in the south was a feud with Liu Zhang, so when Liu Cong launched a war against Shu, Zhang Lu keenly smelled the opportunity. sent his younger brother Zhang Wei as the vanguard to attack Baishui Pass, and even allowed his ally Ma Chao to enter Shu through Xiayi. Zhang Lu also hopes that Ma Chao can contain part of Liu Cong's strength.

In Hanzhong, it is a county guard, if you can capture Chengdu, it is the pastor of a state, a prince, such a temptation has a great temptation for Zhang Lu, who lacks territory. Therefore, after hearing that Liu Cong captured Chengdu, he still asked Zhang Wei and others to continue to attack Baishui Pass. In Zhang Lu's opinion, Liu Cong took so long to capture Chengdu, and he must have lost his troops, which is a great opportunity!

However, soon he regretted it! With the rout of Ma Chao, Huang Zhong successfully arrived at Baishui Pass. Soon Guan Yu also came to Baishui Pass. The total strength of Zhang Wei and Yang Ren was only seventy or eighty thousand, while the defenders of Baishui Pass also reached forty thousand. According to the news, Liu Cong is still on his way!

Zhang Wei 50,000 against Wei Yan 13,000, but he didn't take Baishui Pass. Now after Ma Chao's defeat and retreat, Zhang Wei is even less confident.

Although he boasted about Haikou in front of Zhang Lu, he and his subordinates knew that he was too far behind Ma Chao. At the beginning, Ma Chao killed Cao Cao in Guanzhong and abandoned his robe and cut his beard, which can be regarded as a powerful side, but he was killed by Guan Yu and was defeated!

The main general has no self-confidence, and the morale of his soldiers is even less!

These days, they have experienced boiling water, gravel, rolling logs, and casualties have skyrocketed. When some veterans heard that Guan Yu was coming, they directly anointed the soles of their feet! In this way, it was originally a four-party scuffle, Ma Chao and Zhang Lu were fishing in troubled waters, and the situation of Cao operating on the wall was quickly broken.

Cao Cao heard that Liu Cong captured Chengdu and Ma Chao was defeated, so he knew that the opportunity had come!

Immediately ordered the general Xiahou Yuan to lead his troops to attack Liangzhou, trying to prevent Ma Chao from going back! At the same time, he ordered all the soldiers and horses to prepare to go south, and only waited for Zhang Lu and Liu Cong to divide the victory and defeat before killing Hanzhong. In this way, the melee of the princes will slowly develop in the direction of the duel between the two powers.

Of course, not everything went the way Cao Cao envisioned. At least Liu Cong was not as he wished, and Liu Cong also arrived at Jiameng with 20,000 horses on the fifth day after Huang Zhong led his troops to Baishui Pass. At this point, the attacking sides inside and outside the pass began to approach in terms of the number of troops, and Guan Yu, Wei Yan and others successively asked to go out of the pass to attack Zhang Wei.

In the eyes of these two people, Zhang Wei's husband couldn't withstand a shot from them, so he didn't say that the two joined forces to save one of the people in the city, and they would definitely be able to defeat Zhang Wei in order to avenge Zhang Lu's robbery by fire. , but Liu Cong was not allowed, so anxious that the two tiger generals screamed!

In fact, it's not that Liu Cong is timid, according to the current morale, no matter whether Wei Yan or Guan Yu comes out, Zhang Wei will definitely be defeated! But what Liu Cong thought about was what would be good for him after Zhang Wei's defeat and retreat. Fa Zheng, Pang Tong, Zhang Song and others quickly understood Liu Cong's deep meaning.

Liu Cong is determined to prepare in Jiameng. Now that Liu Cong has taken most of Yizhou, Hanzhong is his buffer zone with Cao Cao.

Zhang Lu and Ma Chao are here, Cao Cao will definitely not dare to attack Jingzhou or Yangzhou with all his might! Zhang Lu and Ma Chao died, and Liu Cong had to confront Cao Cao on the border of thousands of miles. Liu Cong asked herself that with her current strength, she would definitely lose if she had a hard fight with Cao Cao! So it's okay to intimidate Zhang Lu, and it's okay to attack Ma Chao, but you can't quickly eliminate the two!

So Liu Cong not only didn't let Guan Yu and Wei Yan attack. On the contrary, he sent the envoy Zhang Song to Hanzhong again to prepare for peace with Zhang Lu! As long as Zhang Luken will set up troops on this, Liu Cong promises not to pursue or pursue! Of course, if Zhang Lu is willing, he is even willing to form an alliance with Zhang Lu! In these years, it is really a waste that such a natural meat shield is not well used!

Because of Liu Cong's decision, the situation in the northwest and southwest of the Han Empire began to quietly change again......