Liu Bei already had a faint foreboding in his heart, and he, Pang Tong, and Wei Yan kept cheering up the soldiers under his command along the way, promising many benefits after conquering Yizhou.

Suddenly, the scouts of the Jingzhou army came to report that an infantry was found in the front, with more than 10,000 people, and it was the Yizhou army in costume.

Liu Bei, Pang Tong, and Wei Yan came to the front army, and sure enough, there was a Yizhou army, and tens of thousands of infantry were running.

When he got closer, he could already see that the general leading the army was Yan Yan.

Liu Bei looked around, but he didn't see Zhang Song, which was very strange.

Yan Yan approached, "I've seen Xuande Gong and tell you bad news, Zhang Ren, the Taishou of Ba County, has already demoted Lu Bu, and Lord Zhang Song has been detained by them." ”

"Lord Zhang Song ordered me to go out of Jiangzhou to deliver a letter to you, where to go, I have to get an idea from Xuande Gong!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he said in his heart that he was really afraid of something, this Lu Bu started too quickly, he hadn't arrived in Jiangzhou yet, but he arrived first.

He turned his head to look at Pang Tong on the side, Pang Tong pondered for a moment, and then took out the topographic map of Bashu presented by Zhang Song and examined it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, he asked Yan Yan, "General Yan Yan, we are now located in Fuling, from here, is there a small road to bypass Jiangzhou and go to Chengdu?" ”

Yan Yan also leaned in front of the map and glanced at it a few times, "Mr. Hui asked, there is really a road from Nanchuan to the west Qijiang, Yongchuan, Rongchang, Han'an, Zizhong, you can reach Chengdu." ”

"By taking this path, you can bypass the cities of Jiangzhou, Deyang, and Guanghan, which are probably already controlled by the armies of Zhang Ren and Huang Quan. However, most of the counties along the Nanchuan Road are guarded by my protégés and old subordinates, and they are very safe. ”

Pang Tong was overjoyed and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, since there is this small road leading to Chengdu, we will go to Chengdu from the small road, as long as we reach Chengdu in front of Lu Bu and control Liu Zhang, we will have the qualifications to take over Yizhou." ”

"Yizhou is full of dangers, the land is vast and sparsely populated, we can share Yizhou with Lu Bu even if it is not good, and then we can immigrate from Jingzhou to Yizhou for development and construction. At that time, we will lay down Jiaozhou again, and the land of the three states will be connected together, which will be enough to protect ourselves. ”

Liu Bei was moved by Pang Tong's words, and the gambler's character came up, so he stomped his foot violently, no matter what, if he was seeking wealth and danger, he would give it a fight!

At present, Yan Yan's army and Liu Bei's army are combined, and there are more than 60,000 people.

The whole army no longer marched westward, but followed the Wujiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, first to the south and then to Nanchuan in the southwest.

Although the road is narrow and rugged on this road, because the whole army is infantry, it can pass smoothly, and Pang Tong and Wei Yan have been following the team along the way, and they don't know what they are doing.

The defenders of Nanchuan and Qijiang on the way, sure enough, after Yan Yan came forward, surrendered one after another, joined Liu Bei's army, and went on the road together.

Unimpeded, and in a hurry, I walked to Yongchuan in a few days.

Yongchuan County is located in the southwest of Jiangzhou, as long as Yongchuan is passed, it is completely far away from the control of Jiangzhou.

Just when it was still twenty miles away from the county seat of Yongchuan, the scouts reported that the enemy army was found blocking the road ahead.

To identify clothing and flags, it should be the Central Army.

When Liu Bei heard the news, it was as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts, he was so careful that he detoured from the path, but he still didn't dodge.

Pang Tong was much calmer, and he asked the scouts, how many troops does the enemy have?

The scout replied that it was difficult to count the exact number of the central army, which was hidden in the dense forest and some occupied the hills, but there were at least 10,000 central troops blocking the main road and the hills on both sides in the middle.

When Pang Tong saw Liu Bei's expression, he guessed what he was thinking.

Pang Tong persuaded Liu Bei that it was best to fight a battle with the Central Army, and if he withdrew without saying a word, the Central Army did not know what it would look like, and it would also affect the morale of the Jingzhou Army and the Yizhou Army that surrendered.

Liu Bei was a little master of the six gods at this time, and he listened to what Pang Tong said, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to continue to search and advance.

Waiting outside Yongchuan City, it was the Special Operations Division, the First Garrison Division, and the Rong First Division led by Lu Bu himself to greet Liu Bei's army.

This time the time was relatively rushed, and the Central Army did not dig any trenches, but only occupied the hills and woods on both sides of the road, forming a defensive line.

Seeing the Central Army blocking the way, Yan Yan took the initiative to ask Liu Bei for battle, and his subordinates went down to test the reality of the Central Army.

Yan Yan has not fought head-on with the Central Army, and it doesn't count if he breaks through Jiangzhou.

And the last battle of Hanzhong was ten years ago, not to mention that Yan Yan had not personally participated in it.

I've never heard of how powerful the Central Army is, but I haven't learned it yet.

He was clever enough to avoid the hills on the left and the jungle on the right, opting for the middle of the attack.

The middle road was a narrow official road, farmland and hills, but what he didn't expect was that the special operations division with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Central Army was guarding the middle road.

Guarding the front of Yan Yan's offensive were the 1st and 2nd Special Brigades of the civilian army, while the 3rd Special Brigade was in reserve in the back row.

Each brigade was divided into four platoons in the front and rear, each with 1,500 men, according to the method of firing in turns.

That is to say, in front of Yan Yan's attack, there were three thousand flintlock pistols waiting for him.

Yan Yan, who had no idea, led his more than 10,000 Yizhou Army infantry and bravely charged forward.

The Yizhou army had no crossbowmen or hoplites, but light infantry wearing iron armor or chain mail, armed with spears or long knives, and bravely charged the musketeers.

They have no experience in fighting with all-firearms armies, and they are still lined up in a dense formation, after all, these Yizhou troops usually suppress bandits, and they have no actual combat experience after training.

The Central Army is naturally familiar with dealing with this kind of cold-weapon army.

The mortars endured until the first flintlock salvo, when the shelling began.

For a time, the sound of gunfire was loud, and the battlefield was immediately filled with gunsmoke, filled with the pungent smell of burning gunpowder.

Yan Yan was naturally in the queue of the charge, although he had heard that the Central Army had been equipped with a large number of firearms, such as mortars, grenades, and muskets, but today was the first time he really understood.

Among the 3,000 muskets of the Central Army, there were also hundreds of snipers, who specifically aimed at the officers in the Yizhou Army and others.

At that time, the armies of the various princes, the attire and armor of the officers were significantly different from those of ordinary soldiers, which was a happy thing for snipers.

Yan Yan was shot in the arm, and he fell off his horse in pain, which saved his life, because only officers in the Yizhou army could ride horses, and all those who rode horses were the priority of the snipers.

(End of chapter)