Three days later, good news came from the east, and the imposing Cheng Lian personally led 3,000 elite soldiers to climb shirtless and easily take Chuyang County in one fell swoop.

The reason why Cheng Lian chose to join the Xiandeng Army by himself was because he knew that this was probably the last time he would be able to personally participate in the siege battle. As for the next, the sneak attack on the Great Sword Pass, others were a little reckless, but they were not fools, so he would not attack the Great Sword Pass in person.

Jin Jue made it very clear that this raid on the Battle of Dajian Pass was just a tentative battle, and it didn't matter whether it was successful or not, the important thing was that the generals and soldiers guarding the pass knew who was attacking them.

And on this day, Jin Jue, Fu Tong and Yang Ang are also leaving.

During this period, Yang Ang spent two days collecting the defeated soldiers who fled in the siege battle, re-recruiting a batch, and finally gathered enough 10,000 soldiers and 10,000 strong men, plus the 10,000 people led by Fu Tong, escorted a large amount of grain and grass, left Nanzheng City, and marched towards Micang Road.

Micang Road, founded in the late Qin Dynasty, flourished in the Han Dynasty. The easternmost line of Rice Cang Road is also called Hanzhong Ancient Road.

The so-called Hanzhong Ancient Road, that is, the ancient road from Hanzhong County to Sichuan, before the Jinniu Road was opened up, it was the only passage from Hanzhong County to Bashu. This road from Hanzhong through the river, by the water and land can reach Ba County.

It is a very coincidence that Yang Ang was the general of Zhang Lujun stationed in Ba County before, and under the influence of Yang Ren, he had to step down, was relieved of all military duties, and returned to Nanzheng City with his pockets, fortunately, their brothers had a good relationship with Yan Pu. Yan Pu said that Zhang Lucai did not kill their brother or imprison Yang Ang.

If this is the case, why did Jin Jue send Yang Ren and Wei Yan to partner instead of Yang Ang before?

The reasons are complicated, but they're also very simple.

First of all, Zhang Lu fled to Ba County by himself, what role can Yang Ang play if he goes again?

Zhang Lujun was different from other forces, and there were many fanatical followers of the Wudoumi Sect in his army. Therefore, before sending troops, Yang Ren and Yang Ang had roughly screened and sorted out the fanatical believers in the defenders of Nanzheng City in case of a military mutiny.

Second, Yang Ren is more credible than Yang Ang.

At this point, Jin Jue saw that when the two brothers saw him, their attitudes towards themselves were completely different. After Yang Ren saw Jin Jue, he was always in awe, but Yang Ang was always unconvinced between the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Actually, Jin Jue is not too good at probing other people's expressions and looks, but their brother is too obvious and shows all his thoughts on his face. In this era of frequent wars and many talents, the princes and scholars fight for personal force and personal intelligence, how can ordinary people be like Cao Cao, who has had very strong acting skills since he was a child?

Finally, there is the question of repercussions.

Compared with Yang Renxiang, Yang Ang has not lost his sharpness, if he does not have his own restraint and rashly puts him by Wei Yan's side, the two of them are likely to have contradictions, and then conflicts, and these conflicts could have been avoided. Yang Ang relied on his familiarity and geography in Ba County, while Wei Yan relied on the fact that he was Jin Jue's descendant, and the possibility of the two not having a conflict was very small.

More importantly, among the advance troops, the number of defenders of Nanzheng City occupied an absolute advantage.

On the other hand, Yang Ren, after the battle of Luoyang County, he lost some sharpness, and when Wei Yan got along, he would definitely listen to Wei Yan's advice in everything. In fact, Wei Yan himself is not an arbitrary person, if Yang Ren's suggestion is reasonable, he will also listen to it, and at the same time, before the two of them led the troops to go on the expedition, Jin Jue specifically told Wei Yan about this matter.

On the way to the march, there was Yang Ang, an old horse who knew the apprentice, and Jin Jue didn't feel too hard. After all, along the way, he was carried by his guards with a sliding rod.

"Zhong Ming, has there been news from your brother recently?" During the break, Jin Jue called Yang Ang to his side and asked.

At this time, Yang Ang's attitude towards Jin Jue has changed from arrogance when they first met to being happy and convinced. The fanatic believers of the Five Doumi Sect in Nanzheng City, Yang Ang dealt with it himself, and they all felt a big headache, but they were easily eliminated by Jin Jue with a little trick, and he couldn't help but be unconvinced.

Jin Jue's understanding of Zhang Lujun even made Yang Ang afraid, not to mention, he now knew where Jin Jue's army sneaked into Hanzhong County and captured Nanzheng City in one fell swoop, almost all of which were taken from Hanzhong County.

How could ordinary people think of entering Hanzhong County from the eastern part of Hanzhong County?

Not to mention outsiders, even Yang Ang and Yang Ren themselves couldn't think of this at all.

"Young Master Qi, since the last time General Wei sent someone to deliver the letter, there has been no news." Hearing this, Yang Ang shook his head and replied.

Immediately afterwards, he said contemptuously: "However, you can rest assured, Gongzi, although it has been determined from the intelligence that Liu Zhang has sent the general Yang Ren to lead the army into Ba County in advance, but Liu Zhang's pattern is too small, and he actually only gave Yang any 10,000 people to recapture Ba County from Zhang Lu's hands." Hehehe, Gongzi, it's not a subordinate bragging, even if there is no you and General Wei, the generals sent by Zhang Lu to take over are enough to block and even defeat the reinforcements sent by Liu Zhang. ”

Yang Ang is not exaggerating, and Jin Jue also roughly guessed the reason for this.

The Shu soldiers are fragile, and they are not elite soldiers in the first place. It may be strong in mountain warfare, but in Chinese history, the really strong soldiers in Shu are either Hanzhong soldiers or soldiers recruited from ethnic minorities.

What's more, in this special period, there are Dongzhou soldiers established by Liu Yan, and it can be said that the entire Shu soldier system is now divided.

The local forces in Yizhou, headed by Zhao Wei, mainly occupy part of the southern, central and northern counties such as Ba County and Guanghan County, while the outsiders led by Liu Zhang only occupy Shu County.

Zhao Wei supported Liu Zhang, not only because of the trust of the old state pastor Liu Yan, but also because Liu Zhang was cowardly and easy to control.

However, the arrogance of the Dongzhou soldiers is difficult to control, and they have begun to completely disrupt the good situation in the entire Yizhou.

This is also the fundamental reason why Liu Zhang has gathered the strength of a state but has never been able to defeat Zhang Lu, perhaps, this is also Zhao Wei's self-respect.

In short, the current turbulent situation in Yizhou under Liu Zhang's rule gave Jin Jue the opportunity to quickly win the entire Yizhou.

But just as Yang Ang's words fell, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.