Liu Bei triumphantly took Zhang Fei from Bajun to Sichuan to respond to Liu Zhang's invitation to defend Yizhou from Zhang Lu, but it was actually occupied by Lu Peng. At the beginning, the road went smoothly, and the army drove straight in, and all the states and counties along the way accepted it, and provided Liu Bei with the military supplies and grass he needed.

However, the army continued to go up the river to Jiangyang, but did not see the door open to welcome, and Liu Bei's army was greeted by a chaotic arrow. Fa Zheng and Meng Da Li Yan, who were standing at the head of the city, announced loudly to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, who were still in the circle under the city: "You are not welcome in Yizhou. ”

Jiangyang City is backed by steep mountains, leaning on the turbulent Yangtze River, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the defenders have clear goals, and have become the Yizhou soldiers under the command of the Tang King, so they naturally want to defend the place for the Tang King, so they are united as one, although they are attacked by Liu Bei's 100,000 troops in turn, they are still immovable, so that Liu Bei's progress is blocked here, and Zhuge Lianglong's biggest goal is out of reach.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Bei was at a loss, so he had to fly to Zhuge Liang and ask Zhuge Liang to lead reinforcements.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, handed over the defense of Luoyang to Ma Chao Wei Yan, personally took Guan Yu and 50,000 horses, traced the river, and joined Liu Bei, strengthened the strength of the attack, and prepared to capture Jiangyang in one fell swoop. Jiangyang, below is the Bashu Plain, and Yizhou is also in hand.

Just when their two armies met and were confidently preparing to attack Jiangyang again, Zhao Yun and Pang De also arrived. He brought not only soldiers, but also equipment.

Zhao Yun and Pang De came to Jiangyang Pass, and they didn't play the banner of Lu Peng at the beginning, according to the meaning of Fazheng, first confuse the enemy, let the enemy continue to attack themselves for a while, and then consume and consume the other party, and when it is really in danger, then take out the banner, block Liu Bei's mouth, and say a word of conscience, that is, to prepare to pit Liu Bei ruthlessly.

In fact, the news that Lu Peng has occupied Chengdu has reached the ears of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, which makes Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang quite entangled and disappointed, Lu Peng has occupied Chengdu, and the original civil and military officials in Yizhou have fallen when they heard the wind, which officially announced that Yizhou is no longer someone else's Yizhou, but Lu Peng's Yizhou.

Now there are only two choices, continue to fight or withdraw?

Continue to fight, it seems that it is not advisable, first with strength, for the time being, I can't beat Lu Peng, there is a very critical problem, because now I have just stabilized Jingzhou Sili and part of Yuzhou, and is actively developing and accumulating strength, I must not provoke Lu Peng, now I have been surrounded by Lu Peng on three sides, really provoked him, he gave himself a three-sided attack, he is absolutely difficult to deal with.

Another point is that Cao Cao is now recuperating, implementing military cantonment, and carrying out a vigorous self-sufficiency large-scale production campaign, which has eased Lü Peng's economic sanctions against him to a certain extent, and now he is starting to be ambitious again.

As a result, Cao Cao is not a stupid person, he has already learned Lu Peng's fist, obediently implements the inherent bullying of the weak and afraid of the hard of human beings, and obviously points the finger at Sun Quan and himself, if Cao Cao launches an attack on himself, he also needs Lu Peng's strong support, if Lu Peng is provoked, not only does he not support himself, but he unites Cao Cao to deal with himself, then his hard-earned strength will be wiped out in a blink of an eye, which is absolutely undesirable.

However, Longzhong's grand blueprint for dividing the world has been torn to pieces by Lu Peng, the original Guanzhong has been occupied by Lu Peng, and now Yizhou is exclusive to Lu Peng, so Longzhong's pair is almost equal to a painting cake in the sky, and it is difficult to realize his lofty ideals and ambitions.

"Instead of attrition with the enemy, we will hold Bajun as a bridgehead for the future attack on Yizhou, and then make peace with Lu Peng, turn around, and deal with our biggest enemy Cao Cao together." This is Zhuge Liang's decision.

"Sir, that's a mistake." The proud Guan Yu immediately stood up against it, Yizhou is in front of us, we have spent twenty or thirty thousand soldiers, and we have already hit his doorstep, how can we give up easily? At least we have to capture this Jiangyang Pass, and then compete with Lü Peng for Yizhou, at least when Lü Peng is struggling to deal with the soldiers and officials who are unwilling to surrender in Yizhou, and when Yizhou's foothold is not stable, we will take half of the Yizhou Plain and become our stable rear grain base, so that we can continue to fight for hegemony in the world. ”

It is rare for Guan Yu to have such a strategic vision, and at this time, Jiang Wan also stood up, highly affirmed Guan Yu's strategic vision, and supported Guan Yu's decision.

Jiang Wan is the person Zhuge Liang admires the most, but he is unhappy about his opposition to him, because the so-called strategic vision of these people is actually a false proposition, and the price paid and the gains achieved cannot match. So Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is unwilling to Yizhou, especially when he hits here, let himself go back obediently, how do you look at it, how can it be a faceless thing. So Liu Bei cautiously said to Zhuge Liang: "The prime minister's decision has a certain amount of truth, but the second brother's statement is not wrong, if the prime minister is worried that we take half of the Bashu Plain will directly fight against Lu Peng, causing the rupture of our relationship between the two sides, and the overall situation of the world is harmful, then we should take Jiangyang Pass at a minimum, and then rely on Jiangyang Pass to keep Bajun, when the time comes, it can be attacked and retreated." ”

Seeing that his lord was so decisive, Zhuge Liang was helpless, and everyone still knew who was in charge of the group.

In that case, let's go on the offensive.

As a result, when he attacked again, he found that the situation had changed dramatically, and what was shot down on Jiangyang Pass was the kind of giant arrows that everyone was familiar with, as well as terrifying fire oil bombs.

After this attack, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei discussed: "Now it seems that the guards of Jiangyang Pass have surrendered to Lu Peng, and they have obtained Lu Peng's full support. ”

Although the matter was not clarified, everyone already knew that the strategic plan proposed by Guan Yu could not be realized at all.

So the frustrated Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang unwillingly: "We have worked hard all the way to kill, if we retreat like this, we are really unwilling, what should we do if the prime minister takes a step?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently, we have already occupied Ba County, how can we spit out what we eat in our mouths? Therefore, we will build another pass on the opposite side of this Jiangyang Pass, according to the mountainous terrain, and leave General Zhang to guard here at that time, so that Ba County will be included in our control. ”

This proposal immediately received a huge response, it is this method, we don't have all of it in Yizhou, but we have a rich Ba County is also gained, and when everyone settles down, then talk about war and peace.

(End of chapter)