Chapter 1305: Qin Tian makes a move
Lu Bu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, Baishui Pass is an important checkpoint in Yizhou, if the soldiers do not capture Baishui Pass bloodily, it will greatly encourage the morale of the army.
"Jia Meng guards Meng Da, can Commander Qin know?" Lu Bu asked.
"My lord, when my subordinates were in Yizhou, I had contact with Meng Da, this person attaches great importance to interests, if he can't pay the benefits that make him excited, I'm afraid this person will not take refuge easily." Qin Tiandao: "And Meng Da is very likely to have taken refuge in Liu Bei, so it is even more difficult." ”
"If Commander Qin goes out in person, I don't know how sure he will be able to convince Meng Da?" Lu Budao.
"Less than 30 percent."
"Less than thirty percent, after the Qin commander saw Meng Da, he told him that after taking refuge in Benhou, he was the Guanghan Taishou." Lu Budao.
"In this way, the grasp is much greater." Qin Tiandao.
"Without further ado, the affairs of Hanzhong will be handed over to Qin Yan to deal with, you go to Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass, and Ben Hou will lead the army to set off in three days." Lu Budao said that after Liu Bei learned that he had pacified Hanzhong, he would definitely have greater precautions against Jia Mengguan, and at that time, it would be much more difficult to persuade Meng Da.
Meng Da is a military general, and he is easier to persuade than a literati, after all, Lu Bu has a great reputation among military generals.
Three days later, 50,000 troops gathered in Yangping Pass, including 10,000 Hanzhong's army, Lu Bu naturally did not worry about letting Hanzhong's army stay, otherwise once these people rebelled, it would mean that Hanzhong, which was hard to capture, was lost, and Zhang Lu was in Lu Bu's army.
"Zilong led an army of 5,000 as the vanguard, and he inquired about the enemy's situation along the way, and he must not slack off." Lu Budao.
"Whoa." Zhao Yun hugged his fists.
Before leaving, Lu Bu specially summoned Zhang Wei, at this time Zhang Wei was still the guard of Yangping Pass, and there were nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command in Hanzhong, but there was no need to worry that Zhang Wei would cause chaos in Yangping Pass.
After telling Zhang Wei, Lu Bu led the rest of the army and headed towards Baishui Pass, he knew that this time he went to Baishui Pass, if he could not successfully break through Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass, it would inevitably make the princes' army have other ideas, and the 60,000 army he led was the elite of the army under his command, and the speed of breaking through Hanzhong was very fast, so that the princes did not have time to react from the war, once they attacked Jiameng Pass, they would let the princes see the opportunity.
Cao Cao may not really attack Hangu Pass, but to a certain extent, he restrained Chang'an's troops, although Jizhou has 30,000 troops, Yuan Shao is in Pingyuan County 60,000 troops, obviously Jizhou is not small, among the princes at this time for him the greatest threat is Yuan Shao.
The same thing is put on Lu Bu's body, he will not be willing to see Jizhou fall into the hands of others, the army under his command is fighting in Yizhou, it is a golden opportunity, as long as he grasps this opportunity, he can get back what he originally lost, and in this matter, Cao Cao must support Yuan Shao, a strong Yuan Shao is safer than a powerful Lu Bu in Cao Cao's opinion.
The news of the transfer of soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, as Lu Bu expected, once again gathered the attention of the princes on the danger of Yizhou, there is no doubt, as long as you can get Yizhou, it means that you have a foundation among the princes, why Liu Bei is eager to get Yizhou is this reason.
And at this time, the princes would rather Liu Bei get Yizhou, than see Lu Bu grow again, over the years, Lu Bu gave too many surprises to the princes, especially to Yuan Shao, although Yuan Shao has always attached importance to Lu Bu, but did not really put Lu Bu in the position of the opponent, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, protégés and former officials are all over the world, and Yuan Shao himself is the leader of the princes' alliance, how high his prestige in the world, but it is such a person, defeated in the hands of Lu Bu, and even lost the land of Jizhou, The elite soldiers under the leadership of Lu Bu have created one impossible after another, faintly, the princes have put Lu Bu in a very important position, this is not only a strong means, but also a prince with strong strength.
Liu Bei's mind of leading troops to help Yizhou defend Lu Bu, as long as a person with wisdom and resourcefulness can see the clues, but Liu Zhang's authorities were confused, mistakenly believed Zhang Song's words, and did not have enough vigilance for Liu Bei, so Liu Bei succeeded in Yizhou, but at this time Liu Zhang still had the strength to fight against Liu Bei, and Luocheng was an important defense line in Chengdu City, as long as Luocheng was still there, Liu Zhang could continue to mobilize troops and horses to Luocheng to resist the Jingzhou army.
No one wants to lose the power in their hands in vain, Liu Zhang's character is weak, and he is no exception, there is too much gap between becoming a prince in charge of one side and becoming Liu Bei's guest, and the latter is in danger of his life at any time.
Baishui Pass is an important checkpoint in Yizhou, in order to guard Yizhou against threats from Liangzhou and Hanzhong, although Zhang Lu's strength in Hanzhong is strong, Liu Zhang is not worried, whether it is Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass or Sword Pavilion, it is a dangerous place, and it is extremely difficult to enter Xichuan from these roads.
Liu Bei was also opportunistic, and suddenly made a difficult move to occupy Fucheng, otherwise, even Liu Bei led 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he did not want to easily attack Fucheng, these three dangerous places, as long as they are properly operated, are enough to cause 30% casualties of 100,000 troops.
Baishui Pass is known as the gate of Yizhou's blessing and misfortune, holding Baishui Pass, Yizhou can be stable, and losing Baishui Pass means that Yizhou will fall into turmoil, and Fa Zheng gave Liu Bei a plan, it is to let Liu Bei take it by surprise and seize the middle position of Fucheng, thus threatening Yizhou, once Chengdu City is broken, it will be a big deal.
The Guan Wei of Baishui Pass is Dou Zheng, and Dou Zheng is also a famous general in Yizhou, but he is more greedy and not liked by others, but Dou Zheng has a certain ability, so he was appointed by Liu Zhang as the Guan Wei of Baishui Pass, responsible for the defense of the gate of Yizhou's blessing and misfortune.
After Meng Da secretly took refuge in Liu Bei, he led the army into Jiameng Pass, and Dou Zheng, the commander of Baishui Pass, naturally did not dare to slack off, and secretly promised many benefits.
Seeing this, Dou Zheng said that he agreed, after all, Liu Bei had the upper hand at this time, after Liu Bei became the lord of Yizhou, he took refuge in Liu Bei, and he could also get credit, if Liu Bei was defeated, he would continue to be a general under Liu Zhang, as for the rhetoric, Dou Zheng had already thought about it, although Baishui Pass was important, Jiameng Pass was even more important to get the geographical location.
After the movement of the Hanzhong army reached Baishui Pass, Dou Zheng had a bad feeling, Dou Zheng was confident when facing Meng Da, but in the face of Lu Bu, he was not so confident.