Chapter 52: Liu Zhang's Predicament.

Jiameng Pass is the main road of Qinshu traffic, the place where the Jialing River and the Bailongjiang River meet, the land road leads to Hanzhong, down to Chengdu, down the Jialing River, and can reach Langzhong, an important town in Brazil, so its geographical location is very important. www.biquge.info People describe Jiamengguan as "the peak is connected to the jade base, the ground is connected to the Jincheng, the sword pavilion and the Jiameng, the Jialing and the pillow white water, the male of the Chengtian is also." ”

is such a very important place in Shuzhong, Liu Zhang actually relieved Huang Zhong to bring 3,000 soldiers to guard it. Maybe he and Zhang Lu really have too deep hatred, maybe he thought that Liu Bei had a total of 15,000 people and was taken away by Zhuge Song before 5,000, Liu Bei and Wei Yan took away another 7,000, and the remaining 3,000 people were left in Jiameng Pass under the pretext of logistics supplies for the front-line army.

What's even worse is that after Pang Tong arrived at the border of Hanzhong and looked across the river from Zhuge Song, he secretly sent a partial general with 500 people to seal the main road leading to Jiameng Pass from this place, which greatly reduced the probability of soldiers fleeing to Liu Zhang to report the news in last night's battle.

The consequence of this is that Liu Zhang, who was not even far away from Jiameng Pass and was almost at the border of Hanzhong, did he learn the news of Liu Beijun's sudden counterattack, and temporarily stationed in the same place and did not move forward.

Zhuge Song felt that it was likely that he was a little too ruthless against Yang Huai and Gao Pei, which led to the fact that although he had sent someone to inform Zhang Lu of the good news that Liu Zhang's army was trapped outside Jiameng Pass, Zhang Lu used the excuse that Xiahou Yuan was preparing troops and horses in Chang'an again, preparing to attack Ma Chao and then invade Yangping Pass, so he refused to lead the army to leave his current camp and follow Zhuge Song to Liu Zhang's army's garrison! This directly led to the fact that with this little force in Liu Bei's hands alone, he could not defeat Liu Zhang, who was twice as strong as his own, at once. Faced with such a situation, Zhuge Song couldn't help but feel a headache.

Zhang Lu's performance is actually not very unexpected, Liu Bei has always been based on faith and righteousness since the Taoyuan Three Alliances, although there was such a thing as Xuzhou who killed Cao Cao, but also because Xuzhou was originally given to him by Tao Qian and not had a bad reputation.

But this time, in order to seize Yizhou as a base against Cao Cao, although Liu Bei had agreed to lure out the guards of Baishui Pass, so as to take advantage of the situation to attack Baishui Pass and open a channel to attack Chengdu. But after Zhuge Song captured Yang Bai and reached a mutual assistance agreement with Yang Song, for the plan to lure Yang Huai and Gao Pei to rescue Zhuge Song last night, so as to break his army, Pang Tong told Zhuge Song after Liu Bei's army won a big victory that he reluctantly agreed to speak in front of Liu Bei day and night.

Undoubtedly, this has a lot of benefits, after breaking through Yang Huai and Gao Pei's more than 10,000 military horses, Liu Beijun not only had almost no casualties, but also got a large number of enemy prisoners and grain, grass and ordnance, and even Liu Zhang, a big fish, has been trapped by Liu Bei in a treacherous place between Hanzhong and Jiameng Pass, where there is not even a small city that can be stationed!

But there is still an invisible huge loss in doing so, which is credit.

Since ancient times, betraying the alliance is the most despicable, although Liu Beijun now seems to have gained a lot of benefits, but the loss of credit has made it difficult for Zhang Lu, who should be with them now, to fully trust us.

What is obvious is that since Liu Bei can turn his back on Liu Zhang, put Liu Zhang in danger, and seize Yizhou, he can also turn his back on Zhang Lu at some point in the future and seize Hanzhong as well!

Therefore, it is normal for Zhang Lu not to send troops, his current position is very advantageous, dozens of miles behind him is Yangping Pass, once he finds that something is wrong, he can withdraw to the pass at any time. But if you follow Liu Beijun to attack Liu Zhang, not to mention the empty money, not to mention the money, you are likely to be betrayed by Liu Beifang, killed two birds with one stone by Liu Bei, and ended up with no return!

Of course, even if Zhang Lu joins at this time, there is basically no risk, Liu Beijun, a group of more than 10,000 horses, wants to eat Liu Zhang, a big fish from Chengdu, 30,000 elite main forces, no matter how you look at it, let alone turn around and attack Zhang Lu after swallowing Liu Zhang.

Zhang Lu's thoughts at this time were not as afraid of his own betrayal of the alliance as Zhuge Song thought, at this time he was leisurely drinking tea with his generals in the big tent, he said to his subordinates proudly while drinking tea: "Although Liu Zhang has fallen into trouble, but there are still 30,000 elites, as long as we do not send troops, there will be a fight, although Liu Bei has few soldiers, but occupies the terrain, Liu Zhang will definitely storm Liu Bei before the food runs out or leave a part of the troops to resist Liu Bei, and turn around to attack Jia Meng Pass, no matter what, the final victory will be Liu Bei, but it is only a miserable victory, The vitality is greatly injured, and in the future, I can only be friends with my Hanzhong and fight against Cao ****, haha! ”

"The lord is wise!" Yang Song complimented Zhang Lu with the generals in a timely manner, and then said: "But you can't make Liu Bei feel bad because of this matter, the lord still ordered a general to lead 3,000 people to come forward to cheer for Liu Bei, Liu Zhang has a lot of soldiers after all, if he really desperately attacks Liu Bei's camp, the lord can also help appropriately, not only to make a favor, but also not to lose too much." ”

"Yang Song, you have a point! In this way, this favor will be handed over to your brother Yang Bai to send, which is also a lot of money! ”

"Thank you, lord!" Yang Song thanked him and thought to himself: "Liu Bei, with this favor, after the matter is completed, you will always send the 1,000 taels of gold to my house as promised!" ”

The words are divided into two ends, Liu Zhang's army is now temporarily stationed in the same place and has not moved, the reason is that the people who came with the army were pro-Liu Bei's ministers and generals, and those who had always been wary of Liu Bei before were left in Chengdu by Liu Zhang in a fit of anger except for Zhang Ren who had to accompany the army. And these pro-Liu Bei people wished that Liu Zhang would be trapped here, and their own representatives would go to Liu Bei to negotiate, so they did everything possible to obstruct Zhang Ren's proposal that Liu Zhang lead 10,000 people to stay in place to block Liu Bei, and he would take 20,000 people back to the division to capture Jiameng Pass and open up the main road back to Chengdu.

Of course, the suggestion of taking Jiameng Pass first, ensuring that he and the rear are connected and then looking for Liu Bei to take revenge is definitely better than directly forcibly attacking Liu Bei, after all, Liu Zhang's army has limited grain and grass, and Liu Bei only needs to hold on, and the grain and grass captured from Yang Huai and Gao Pei before are enough to hold on until Liu Zhang runs out of food first. Zhang Song knew that it was difficult to stop Zhang Ren from this, and his suggestion was to ask Zhang Ren to stay behind, Liu Zhang personally led the army back to attack Jiameng Pass, Zhang Renming knew that it was difficult for someone to compete with Huang Zhong except himself, if he could not attack for a long time, he would fall into a desperate situation, but he could not clearly say that Liu Zhang was not as good as himself, and he was in a hurry, and Zhang Song also grasped Zhang Ren's point, and did not say that it was broken, so he delayed the time, and under the pretext of sending someone to copy the path back to Chengdu to report that it was most appropriate to attack Jiameng Pass on both sides, and persuaded Liu Zhang to hold on for the time being, so as to buy more time for Liu Bei to plan.

Liu Bei also has Liu Bei's difficulties here, Liu Bei originally wanted to solve Liu Zhang as soon as possible with Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu has been using the excuse that Cao Cao may attack Hanzhong after sending 3,000 people and refuses to send troops with all his strength.

Zhuge Song understands Liu Bei's mood very well, for Liu Bei, he has been a gentleman all his life, but he can make up his mind to be a villain, and he must have to make a big deal to make up for the pain of giving up the gentleman's benevolent and righteous style.

Now that the villain has done it, he can't get a big bargain. Not only can't you get it, but it is also very likely that you will have to cocoon yourself and trap yourself here, but you will be forced to a dead end by Liu Zhang. In this mood, he didn't let the sergeant hang Zhuge Song up now, and it would be good to use a leather whip to ask Zhuge Song to quickly find a way for him!

Zhuge Song was also very depressed, he had always felt that in this world except for Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, any warlord who was the master of his own affairs must be a very stupid and deceitful fool, and even Yuan Shao, who had already owned the fourth and third princes of the ancestors north of the Yellow River, was no exception, so when Zhuge Song made this strategy, he did not consider that Zhang Lu would not cooperate at all.

What made Zhuge Song even more puzzled was that Yang Song's five hundred taels of gold were still with him, even if Zhang Lu suddenly became cunning and let the king of Hanning of his dreams not do it, but Yang Song's nature should be completely accurate? How could he put the five hundred taels and the one thousand taels he promised to him in the future, and sit and wait for Liu Beijun to fall into danger, and Yang Song couldn't get a penny?

However, at this time, Zhuge Song could not go to Zhang Lu's camp to ask Yang Song clearly, if he went rashly, Yang Song would definitely feel that Zhuge Song had exposed him, and he would not give him a good face, and he might even do Zhuge Song directly in order to extinguish his mouth.

In this way, Liu Beijun stayed here for two days under the premise that Liu Zhang's army did not move, and two days later, the horse returned that Liu Zhang's army had pulled out of the village and moved forward, and the direction of its advance was not Jiameng Pass, but went straight to Liu Bei's camp!

Zhuge Song remembered that when Liu Zhang was faced with Liu Bei's strong attack, Zheng Du had advised Liu Zhang to implement a strong wall and clear the wilderness, stick to avoid the battle, and then stand by to counterattack, but Liu Zhang not only did not listen, but also reprimanded Zheng Du. Now that Yang Huai and Gao Pei are still in their hands, Zhuge Song decided to provoke Liu Zhang again, so he went straight to Liu Bei and told him what he thought.

But Liu Bei obviously didn't agree with Zhuge Song's idea, and he said to Zhuge Song: "Song'er, will your idea be a bit risky?" These two people now hate us so much, how can they do internal response for our army and strike a blow against Liu Zhang? ”

Zhuge Song smiled slightly, and said to Liu Bei: "Don't worry, my lord, letting the two of them surrender is actually only the first half of this strategy. I expected that these two people would definitely tell Liu Zhang the truth after they went back, and they would make a plan if they wanted to. The second half of my plan is that our army will not show up at all when we have agreed with the two of us to rob the village, and let them wait for the night, until the sky is light, and the enemy is tired, annoyed and unguarded, and then we will suddenly attack, and we will surely win a great victory!

At this time, Pang Tong also smiled and said to Liu Bei after listening to Zhuge Song's strategy: "Lord, I also think that General Zhuge is a good strategy, but Tong feels that letting Yang Huai and Gao Pei go back this time can only make Liu Zhang suffer a big loss, and it is not enough to completely anger him to make him lose his mind. ”

"Speak quickly!" Zhuge Song saw that Liu Bei's eyes suddenly flashed with a special light, as if a gambler had pressed all his chips, and someone was now telling him that he could replace his last hole card with the one he wanted.