After the soldiers opened the map, Liu Bei led Xu Jing to the map, and then pointed to Yizhou on the map and said to Xu Jing:

"Wenxiu, this is Yizhou, now, there are 2.5 million people in Yizhou, and the grain and grass are enough for 300,000 troops to fight for several years!"

Xu Jing suddenly realized when he heard this, and then muttered: "I see, I see!" ”

At this point, the soldiers told Liu Bei that the dinner was ready, so Liu Bei took Xu Jing's hand and entered the banquet together.

Although this was a banquet for Xu Jing, Liu Bei invited all the generals and ministers and strategists who accompanied him to come over for dinner. and then introduced them to Xu Jing one by one.

And Xu Jing saw that Liu Bei had so many soldiers and famous generals in Nanzhong alone, and he fell into a deep shock!

During the banquet, Xu Jing slowly recovered from the shock, and after thinking for a long time, he asked, "Is Ming Gong going north now to storm Sangguan?" So as to gain a foothold at the entrance to the south-central south? ”

Liu Bei replied while eating: "That's true, but Bei wants to attack Nanzhong from Jinsang Pass."

However, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack when entering Sangguan, and there are 20,000 troops stationed in it, so there is no good way to do it for the time being, so you can only take one step at a time! ”

Although Liu Bei said so, he was still somewhat sure of the capture of Sangguan!

"Ming Gong, there was no war before, there were 20,000 troops in Sangguan, and at this time, there must be at least 50,000 troops in Sangguan!" Xu Jing heard Liu Bei's words, but shook his head and said!

Liu Bei was extremely surprised when he heard this, thought about it for a while, but began to be shocked again, and then said, "Why is this? Although my march was large, I was always on guard against the other party's scouts! No anomalous findings! ”

At this time, Xu Jing said as a matter of course: "Ming Gong doesn't know, these Southern Barbarian Heavy Clansmen have all grown up in the mountains and forests, and they are especially good at running and hiding in the mountains and forests.

And a few years ago, Zhicai attacked Jiaozhou, and there were already scouts lurking in this mountain forest in Sangguan, always paying attention to the direction of Jiaozhou.

Now that the Ming Duke led the army to march in such a big move, it must have been noticed by the other party, so naturally there will be reinforcements arriving at Jinsang Pass at this time, and even the Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu has already learned that the Ming Gong army is coming! ”

After saying this, Xi Zhong and Xun You showed a trace of worry, if it was really as Xu Jing said, this attack on Sangguan was really extremely difficult, and the loss was definitely not small.

If it is not handled well, it is very likely that this attack on Nanzhong will stop the troops outside Jinsang Pass!

However, when Liu Bei heard Xu Jing say this, Xu Jing seemed to be holding a wisdom pearl when he spoke, and Liu Bei knew that maybe Xu Jing would have a way to attack Sangguan.

Then Liu Bei thought about it, and then asked: "Wen Xiu is hidden here, but I don't know if I want to go out of the mountain?" ”

Xi Zhong and Xun Yu knew that Liu Bei loved talent, but they didn't expect that Liu Bei would recruit Xu Jing at this time!

When Xu Jing heard this, he was also slightly stunned, although he didn't expect it, but he could also figure it out. And talking to Liu Bei this time, Xu Jing also agreed with Liu Bei, and more importantly, Xu Jing knew that Liu Bei dared to tell himself such a big secret as Yizhou, which was his ambition.

Even Xu Jing can imagine that once a male lord like Liu Bei knows Liu Bei's secret and does not obey Liu Bei, then what awaits him!

Therefore, Xu Jing only thought about it slightly, then got up and left the table, and then bowed to Liu Bei: "A certain Xu Jing greets the lord!" ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and helped Xu Jing up when he came out of the table, and then said: "I have Xu Wenxiu, and I will add wings to the tiger!" ”

After Liu Bei waited for Xu Jing to sit down again, he said to Xu Jing again: "What Wen Xiu said before was also our negligence, but since Wen Xiu raised this matter, he must have made up his mind, right?" ”

Today, Liu Bei was surprised and shocked by Xu Jing, but the most shocking thing was these words, because only Xu Jing knew the strategy of breaking into the Sangguan barbarians, and Xu Jing never revealed it, but Liu Bei broke it with a word, which really surprised Xu Jing a lot!

"Lord, Jing has some information to tell the lord!

There is a trail for one person to pass on the mountain three miles west of this Sangguan, and this trail can lead to the back of Nanzhong and Sangguan, and can also lead to the peak of the right book of Sangguan!

In this way, if the lord arranged for two generals to lead the two armies from the trail to the back of the Sangguan, and from the high mountain to the Sangguan through the rope.

In this way, the front and back are flanked, and there are people in the pass who respond internally, and entering the Sangguan is not a place where the lord can get it at his fingertips? ”

Everyone in the tent was overjoyed when they heard Xu Jing's words, and finally, Liu Bei opened his mouth to confirm: "Is there really such a path?"

The Southern Barbarian soldiers know that I want to attack Nanzhong, so they won't send troops to garrison me, right? You must know that such a path is also a dangerous place, and there is a danger that one husband and one man will not be able to open it! ”

Don't worry, this road is a mountain road that I have opened up in this mountain over the years, although it is a small road, but it is also dense with jungle, and you still need to rectify it if you want to pass! "Xu Jing is quite confident!

"I see!" Everyone was stunned.

Liu Bei has a capable minister, the right to break the good strategy, so he was overjoyed, beckoning everyone to feast and drink, this night is naturally the guest and the host are happy, that night, Liu Bei stayed in Xu Jing, the two of them slept together!

Early the next morning, Liu Bei ordered Xu Jing to be the official in front of the tent and serve Liu Bei, and Zhao Yun, who went to look for water, was also chased back by the scouts sent by Liu Bei.

After that, Liu Bei ordered the army to continue to move forward, and the army led by Chen Zhi was still the vanguard of the army.

Moreover, after Liu Bei ordered the army to camp ten miles outside the Sangguan, he ordered Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi and other generals to lead troops to the pass day and night to fight!

However, in the Sangguan, because the Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu did not arrive, he was also conscientious and guarded the Sangguan, and did not pay attention to the generals who challenged outside the pass!

At this time, Liu Bei, accompanied by Xu Jing, led Zhao Yun and Guan Yu to explore the path on the mountain west of Sangguan that Xu Jing said!

It's not so much a path as a long hole in a tree that only allows one person to pass through in the forest, and the path is winding, and although it is in the mountains, there are very few ways to climb it!

A day later, Liu Bei and his entourage arrived at the mountain west of Sangguan as Xu Jing said. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the entire guard in the Sangguan can be seen, although it is nearly fifty meters high, but for the elite of the army, it is not a big problem!

Liu Bei was also very excited about this. Then Liu Bei went to Nanzhong and went to the back of Sangguan to have a look, but under the persuasion of Xu Jing, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun and a group of personal soldiers, he gave up, and finally Zhao Yun and Guan Yu escorted Xu Jing to Nanzhong to investigate!

This time, after Liu Bei learned about the amazing jungle ability of the Nanban soldiers, he was also very careful, not only sent a large number of scouts to observe whether there were Nanban scouts in the trees and tree holes in the forest, but also sent the scout warning distance to two miles away!

Five days later, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun accompanied Xu Jing back and brought the details of the trail.

Therefore, Liu Bei ordered:

Ordered Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 trapped troops, and Ting as the deputy general, and arrived directly behind Jinsang Pass through the path.

Ordered Guan Yu to lead 5,000 trapped troops, and Ma Chao as the deputy general, and fell down the Guanzhong on the mountain peak west of Jinsang Pass, and the inside should be combined with the outside!

The remaining 85,000 troops were personally led by Liu Bei, and a group of civil and military forces fought in Jinsang Pass!

The three armies attacked together on the eighth day, attacking from three sides into Sangguan!

In this way, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and the generals went down to prepare!