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. People describe Jiameng Pass as "the peak is connected to the jade base, the ground is connected to the Jincheng, the sword pavilion is with the Jiameng, the Jialing and the pillow is white, and 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, I took 5,000, Liu Bei and Wei Yan took another 7,000, and Huang Zhong led 3,000 people to stay in Jiameng Pass in the name of logistics supplies for the front-line army, and it was really impossible to make any trouble.

What's even worse is that after Pang Tong arrived at the border of Hanzhong and looked across the river from me, 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 did not know the news of our army's sudden counterattack until he had already left Jiameng Pass and was almost at the border of Hanzhong, and temporarily stationed himself in the same place and did not move forward.

It is likely that I was a little too ruthless against Yang Huai and Gao Pei, which led to the fact that although I 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 march with our army to Liu Zhang's army's station! Faced with such a situation, I can'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 to fight against Cao Cao, although he 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. However, after I captured Yang Bai and reached a mutual assistance agreement with Yang Song, Pang Tong told me after our army's victory that he reluctantly agreed to the plan of luring Yang Huai and Gao Pei to come to my rescue last night and thus defeat his army.

There is no doubt that this has made great gains, and our army has almost no casualties after breaking Yang Huai and Gao Pei's more than 10,000 military horses, and has also obtained a large number of enemy prisoners, not to mention, even Liu Zhang, a big fish, has been trapped 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 our army now seems to have gained great benefits, but the loss of credit has made Zhang Lu, who should be with us now, no longer trust us.

What is obvious is that since we can turn our backs on Liu Zhang, put Liu Zhang in danger, and seize Yizhou, we can also turn our backs on him at some point in the future and also take away his Hanzhong!

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 our army to attack Liu Zhang, not to mention the empty money, money and food, it is very likely to be betrayed by our side, and you will end up with no return!

But if Zhang Lu does not send troops, it is impossible to eat Liu Zhang, the big fish of 30,000 elite main forces that came out of Chengdu with only more than 10,000 horses and horses of our army. Liu Zhangjun is now temporarily stationed in the same place and has not moved, I think it is thinking about whether to return to the division first to capture the Jiameng Pass and open up the main road back to Chengdu, or to attack the side where Liu Bei and I are first, and have a bad anger of being betrayed by our side.

Of course, if these two choices are to be sensible, how can they choose the first one, take Jia Meng Pass first, and make sure that they are connected to the rear before it is too late to find Liu Bei for revenge. So in the next few days, no matter how Liu Bei sent someone to urge Zhang Lu, when Zhang Lu still used his previous words to prevaricate him, I saw that Liu Bei had begun to become agitated.

I understand his mood very well, for him, he has been a gentleman all his life, but he has made up his mind to be a villain, and he must have to make a big bargain 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 me up now, and it would be good to use the leather whip to ask me to quickly find a way for him!

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

What makes me even more puzzled is that Yang Song's five hundred taels of gold are still with me, even if Zhang Lu suddenly becomes cunning and doesn't let the king of Hanning he dreams of do it, but Yang Song's nature should be completely accurate? How could he put the five hundred taels and the one thousand taels I promised him in the future, and sit and wait for our army to be in danger, and he would not get a penny?

However, at this time, I can't go to Zhang Lu's camp to ask Yang Song clearly, if I go rashly, Yang Song will definitely think that I let him be exposed, and he won't give me a good face, and he may even do it directly to kill me.

In this way, our army stayed here for two days under the premise that Liu Zhang's army did not move, and two days later, the horse was returned, 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 us!

I remembered that Liu Zhang, who said in the book, in the face of Liu Bei's strong attack, engaged in Zheng Du's persuasion of 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 the hands of our army, I decided to provoke Liu Zhang again, so I went straight to Liu Bei and told him my thoughts.

But Liu Bei obviously didn't agree with my idea, and he said to me: "Song'er, is your idea 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? ”

I 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 my strategy: "Lord, I also think that General Zhuge is a good plan, but Tong feels that letting Yang Huai and Gao Pei go back this time will only make Liu Zhang suffer a big loss, and it is not enough to completely anger him and make him lose his mind. ”

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