Wu Lan is indeed worth it! Not only did he get a whole box of gold, but he also got Liu Cong's promise that as long as Liu Cong was still alive, he would make his family rich and safe! Of course, Liu Cong has more practical actions, which is to promote Wu Lan to Zhonglang General, lead Chengdu Lieutenant, and assist Zhuge Liang and others in governing Chengdu! became the third Yizhou veteran after Zhang Ren and Fa Zheng to be really reused by Liu Cong.

Of course, Liu Cong is not stingy, Wu Lan brought him fifteen boxes of treasures, and rewarding one box of Wu Lan is also to inform all the people, as long as he finally will be trusted and reused.

After rewarding Wu Lan, Liu Cong immediately asked Liao Hua to invite Zhuge Liang and handed over the remaining treasure chests to Zhuge Liang to count them one by one.

In Liu Cong's view, one of the unique things about Zhuge Liang is that Zhuge Liang's heart is in Wang Zuo and he is determined to be a generation of powerful ministers. The so-called king, the minister, is not lustful, not greedy for money! They crave power! That state of power is their lifelong dream! Therefore, Liu Cong said some treasures and handed them over to Zhuge Liang to deal with, which was very reassuring. Of course, I also picked a few exquisite pieces of jewelry from them, and I will coax Han Yi later, as well as Cai Lin and Wen Rui and others in Xiangyang, who are far away, it is indeed a bit of a pity for them to come out for so long......

Although Liao Hua briefly described the situation tonight to Zhuge Liang all the way, he was still stunned for a while when he really stood in front of these treasure chests!

"Heaven help the lord, heaven help the lord!" After Zhuge Liang came back to his senses, he repeatedly congratulated Liu Cong. Let Zhuge Liang be well-informed, this matter is indeed too interesting, especially that Wu Lan, who will actually take the initiative to give away the treasure......

"Well, sir, this is indeed God's help. I'm going to leave tomorrow, and I'll have trouble with these treasures. Gold can be purchased for food relief first. And then gradually enrich Chengdu's defense. There are a lot of rich people in Chengdu who have these boxes of jewelry and gold, and you can imagine a way to exchange them for a high price......"

"Liang understands, Liang understands!" Zhuge Liang's most direct identity is Liu Cong's housekeeper in internal affairs, and the housekeeper is most worried about how to spend the money, and the money is not enough to spend! This has just taken Chengdu, and it is necessary to appease the people, and to recruit new troops, there are really a lot of places to spend money, with these treasure chests, Zhuge Liang's waist board has suddenly hardened a lot!

"Oh, by the way, these jewels...... Let's pick some for my cousin and second sister. ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhuge Liang is Liu Cong's subordinate, but Liu Cong wants to send some jewelry to Liu Cong's cousin, his wife and second sister, Zhuge Liang naturally has no reason to object.

Later, Liu Cong told Zhuge Liang about the promotion of Wu Lan, but Zhuge Liang reminded Liu Cong to draw inferences from one another, this Huang Quan will bury treasures, what about the others? What about Liu Zhang? What about Wu Yi...... Liu Cong naturally couldn't take care of it, and handed over these matters to Zhuge Liang to deal with, because tomorrow he will lead the army north! After all, Wei Yan and Guan Yu could both be broken through by the enemy.

Of course, before Liu Cong left, Wu Lan still interceded for Huang Quan. Liu Cong did not promise Wu Lan to release Huang Quan immediately this time, but continued to be detained until he repelled Zhang Lu and Ma Chao! This Huang Quan blocked Liu Cong's army from entering the city for nearly a month, lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and forced Liu Cong to burn Chengdu, he must not let him go because he exchanged his treasure for his life, that is he exchanged with Wu Lan, it has nothing to do with himself!

Speaking of the northern front, Wei Yan of Baishui Guan and Guan Yu of Sword Pavilion are in completely different situations at present. Since Guan Yu led 20,000 troops, the neighboring Zitong County could get the most powerful support. And Guan Yu took advantage of the infantry to start ambushes everywhere a hundred miles outside the Sword Pavilion Pass, slowly consuming Ma Chao, so so far Ma Chao's loss of Sun Ran is not big, but the march is very slow, and he has not yet arrived at the Sword Pavilion.

However, Baishui Pass is a different scene, because Zhang Lu has always been at odds with Liu Zhang, and Cao Cao wanted to conquer Hanzhong in the south, so Hanzhong can be said to be a national borrower. In addition, when Liu Cong entered Shu, he captured Shangyong and other places, and when Zhang Lu heard that Liu Cong was in a stalemate in Chengdu, he kept urging Zhang Wei to take Baishui Pass, if he wasn't worried about Cao Cao's sneak attack, Zhang Lu would even have to conquer in person.

Zhang Wei led 50,000 elite soldiers to arrive in front of Baishui Pass at the same time as Liu Cong attacked Chengdu. And Wei Yan only had 15,000 people in his hands. Fortunately, Liu Cong has been in Jiameng for nearly a year and has a high reputation, Wei Yan and Pang Tong and others have also benefited from this, and the veteran Yan Yan is also a famous general in Yizhou. After the battle was tight, Wei Yan asked Yan Yan to go to Jia Meng to recruit new soldiers for emergencies.

But even so, the defensive pressure on Baishui Pass is still unprecedented, and after so many wars, Wei Yan has also begun to mature. In addition, Liu Cong warned first, and Pang Tong reminded him on the side, so far there has been no mistake. The whole army held the Baishui Pass and did not attack rashly.

Baishui Pass is the main road of Qinshu traffic, the place where the Jialing River and the Bailongjiang River meet, the land road leads to Hanzhong, down to Chengdu, down the Jialing River, and can reach Langzhong, an important town in Brazil, and the geographical location is very important. Historical data describe Baishuiguan as "the peak is connected to the jade base, the ground is connected to the Jincheng, the sword pavilion is with the budding, the Jialing is located and the pillow is white, and the male of the Chengtian is also." "It lies in the south of Zhaohua in later generations.

In ancient times, from Chengdu to Chang'an, you must enter from the west gate of Zhaohua and exit from the east gate of Zhaohua; From Chang'an to Chengdu, you have to enter from the east gate and exit from the west gate. The ancient city of Zhaohua is an important pass connecting Bashu and the Central Plains, before the establishment of the city in Zhaohua, the roads of Chengdu and Chang'an have been connected, that is, "there is a road first, and then there is a city". Before the city of Zhaohua was built, there was a pass here, called "Baishui Pass".

After the completion of the city, "Baishui Pass" still exists, it is the west gate of the ancient city of Zhaohua, that is, "Linqing Gate"; Linqing Gate is the west gate of the ancient city, and it is also the pass of "Baishui Pass". Experts have verified that the "city" is the pass of the "pass", which is the only one in the country, and the "city" and "pass" in other places are set up separately.

Legend has it that King Qin Huiwen was worried that there was no way to enter Shu, so he made people make five stone oxen, saying that they could gold, deceiving the king of Shu, and the king of Shu sent five strong men to open the way to lead him, so that there was a road between Qin and Shu. People call this road "Golden Bull Road", also known as "Stone Bull Road", Baishui Pass is one of the passes on this ancient road.

Now Zhang Lu wants to set foot in Shuzhong, and this Baishui Pass is also the only passage, so after Zhang Wei led his troops here, he continued to launch fierce attacks. Fortunately, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu had a bad relationship in the past, so this pass between one state and two counties is also very important, and it is repaired every year, which can be said to be a little stronger than Chengdu.

But even so, Wei Yan was still worried, Zhang Wei kept shouting outside the gate, and his subordinates were decreasing day by day. Wei Yan is very Wiener, if he was in Jingzhou, he would have asked Liu Cong for help. But he deeply knew that the lord Liu Cong was in a stalemate with Huang Quan's subordinates in Chengdu, and he would definitely not be able to cause chaos to the lord at this time. Because the military advisor Pang Tong persuaded him several times, he flatly refused.

What worries Wei Yan the most is that Zhang Lu may increase his troops. After half a month of confrontation, Zhang Lu's 50,000 army lost nearly 10,000 people, and Wei Yan was also counted as three or four thousand, but Yan Yan had already recruited nearly 3,000 recruits in Jiameng County, and he would be able to garrison the pass after a while. If Zhang Wei didn't increase his troops, Wei Yan would be less worried. But the spies outside the gate didn't care to report, Zhang Lu had already prepared troops and horses in the city, and the army used was as much as 50,000.

If there are more reinforcements, let alone 50,000, it will be 30,000 or 20,000, which will form an overwhelming advantage over Wei Yan's troops, and Zhang Wei can take the opportunity to continue the onslaught while quietly looking for other roads to enter the pass, and then Wei Yan will not be able to parry even if he has three heads and six arms!

"General, the enemy army has begun to storm again today, and our army has suffered heavy casualties!"

"General, this is an intelligence ...... from spies outside the gates."

"General, Ma Chao led the troops to the Sword Pavilion, I'm afraid General Guan will have no time to take care of himself......"

"General......

Listening to the unfavorable news one after another, if it weren't for Wei Yan's strong heart, I am afraid that he would have collapsed long ago! Now Wei Yan has only one belief, that is, to persevere, even if he insists on one more day, the lord will definitely take Chengdu, and he will definitely support him as soon as he takes Chengdu. If it really doesn't work, you can only let Yan Yan lead the recruits into battle! If you can't hold it anymore, you can only retreat step by step, first go to Jiameng County for a few days, and then retreat to Zitong, and then hope that Guan Yu can give a response!

"General, I heard that Zhang Luxin sent 30,000 troops to help, and he will arrive in ...... in about ten days."

"What??" Should it come, is the worst fear finally coming? Wei Yan looked at Pang Tong, and Pang Tong was also anxious.

"Wen Chang, if you don't ask the lord for help, Chengdu can slow down the attack, and Baishui must not be lost!"

"But...... The lord has entrusted me with this important task, why have I, Wei Yan, repeatedly failed to live up to the trust of the lord? ”

"If it weren't for the general's fault, the number of our army was already small, and the casualties were sharply reduced by five or six hundred every day. Even if Zhang Lu doesn't shoot reinforcements, our army won't be able to support it for a few months. ”

"Hey...... Let's hold it for a few days first, if Zhang Lu's reinforcements arrive, let General Yan Yan bring people over, and then ask General Guan for help, so that one more day can last! ”

"However, Wen Chang, once the Baishui Pass is lost, Zhang Lu's army will enter Shu and the Chengdu defenders will form a north-south attack on the lord's army!"

"I, Wei Yan, will never let this happen, definitely not!"

Seeing that Wei Yan was so persistent, Pang Tong only sighed and shook his head, after all, Wei Yan didn't want to shake the military heart of the lord's army, if he blindly asked for help, it would only make the siege soldiers upset. It's just a letter from myself to the lord, and I don't know what the lord thinks. Pang Tong decided that as long as Zhang Lu's reinforcements arrived, Pang Tong must ask the lord for help. This white water pass must not be lost!

"General, Zhang Wei challenges under the city, say ......"

"Say what?"

"Say the general is a turtle with a shrunken head!"

"Hmph, let's make him proud for a few days!" In the past, Wei Yan had already fought with a spear, but now in this situation, even if he defeated Zhang Wei, he would only kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800. Even if it's one for two, Wei Yan doesn't think it's cost-effective! So let Zhang Wei shout outside the pass, Wei Yan just commanded the soldiers to continue to strengthen the city defense inside the pass! In Wei Yan's opinion, there are hard battles here every day, although there is a possibility that the enemy army will climb the wall!