From the north of the soldiers and horses to the south for more than half a year, from the Yangtze River extended through Jingzhou, and then to Hanzhong, a rumor, now in mid-August, the gathering of the West Route Army 150,000 soldiers and horses officially kicked off the prelude to the Xichuan, among which the poison of 40,000 Black Mountain foot soldiers under the influence of the Heavenly Master Dao, the Di and Qiang tribes as guides, over the mountains and mountains through diving, attacking Jiameng Pass. Guo Yan's expanded 20,000 Western Liang troops marched west from Hanzhong to attack Baishui Pass, opening a passage to the south for the subsequent Fengxiang Army, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and the combined army of Marcus.

After Liu Bei entered the Shu land, the generals and soldiers guarding the northern part of Shu land organized a rebellion, and there were also those who did not want to surrender to the king of Jin in the north as the enemy. It really belonged to Liu Bei's forces, or in these two or three months, the Shuzhong generals who stood on his side began to deploy Chongguo, Zitongguan, Langzhong, Fujian, Mianzhu, Pingyang...... Wait for several cities in the north of Chengdu to form five defenses.

Fa Zheng suggested the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, "Gongsun Zhi's morale is sharp, and most of them are soldiers of a hundred battles, not to face head-on, when the pass is blocked layer by layer, not to mention that the autumn harvest is imminent, if its army is allowed to harvest crops along the way as grain and grass, even if the lord can win this war, it will not take too much advantage, therefore, it is recommended to grab the agricultural affairs, withdraw the people into the city, defend it with high walls, drag it until the cold winter, 150,000 troops are self-defeating, Gongsun Zhi wants to attack Shu again next year, it is impossible to gather such a huge military force, At that time, the lord can accumulate national strength with peace of mind, and then go north to Hanzhong in the next day......."

When the strategy of clearing the wilderness with relatively strong walls was unfolded in the area of Mianzhu and Zitong, Yu Poison Army dived out and advanced to the southwest. On the mountain to the west, Guo Bi broke through the Baishui Pass in one day, and the guard general Wu Lan retreated south with 2,000 routs, burning the crops in the fields along the way.

"-If you want to blame it, go and blame that Gongsun Zhi!"

In September, the sky was filled with black smoke, and he looked at the burning fields and said softly, crackling and burning crops, splashing sparks in the air, and all kinds of shouts, pains, and scolding came from between the ridges, and the woman cried and wanted to grab the crops in the field, and was desperately hugged by her husband, and the two-year-old child sat next to him and cried in fright. There were countless figures standing on the edge of the fields and beside the road, watching the rice fields disappear in the fire, the old man in ragged clothes knelt on the edge of his field and kept kowtowing to the soldiers who came over, and his son and daughter were knocked to the ground, covered with blood.

"The 150,000 troops in the north are going south, and you can't take these crops with you, and they won't take them away, rather than the enemy, it's better to burn them down, and when the enemy retreats, the new Yizhou Mu is incomparable, and he will definitely compensate you!"

The old man who kowtowed cried and pounced, hugging the thigh of a captain who was holding up a torch: "Please..... give our family of four a way to live...... The soldiers and horses of the Northland have not retreated, and our family will starve to death...... Please don't set fires......"

The lieutenant kicked him away: "Hunger will not die!" When the time comes, you can go south to Chengdu, and the officials along the way will still help you. After speaking, the torch was thrown on the paved hay and dead branches, and the flames were ignited, and soon, the whole field was in the fire, and the autumn wind howled, rolling up the fire and swallowing the past farther away, and then ignited the two nearby mountains, blocking the road below, and at the same time delaying the time for Xiliang Tie to ride south, the fields and crops were destroyed, and a large number of people around Zitong, Baishui, and Jiameng began to move south, congested between the roads.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, at the beginning of September, the northern part of Yizhou fell under the threat of a huge military front, and countless people who fled across the roads and mountains and forests, as well as many scouts with various news rushed back and forth in the north and south directions, and from time to time there were also small-scale scout battles broke out between the hidden foothills, and then sent to the direction of Baishuiguan.

On the 11th of September, the foothills had turned a little yellow, and the autumn rain fell from time to time in the mountains, and the roads were slippery and muddy, even though the signs of such a large march still spread from here.

The rain gradually stopped, and the sound of apes could be heard in the woods.

In the long procession, the cavalry came and went, and the sound of shouting made the marching center pause for a moment. Not far from a big rock, Gongsun stopped his horse, and while eating some dry food, he and the generals studied the map, and made adjustments to the deployment through the information gathered, "From the perspective of Baishui Pass, the resistance is very low, Liu Bei may think that Baishui Pass is too close to Hanzhong County, and the strength and baggage distance are too far, so it should be that the heavy troops should be deployed in the northern part of Chengdu." ”

"I'm afraid that Ma Chao's Xiliang Ride is going to show his majesty." Pan Feng shouted, flapped his horns and stood up.

"Probably not, there are quite a few capable people in Shu, so they should think of how to limit the play of cavalry."

While he was talking, Li Ke, who had gone to the distance to give orders, rode back, pushed away Pan Feng who was blocking in front with an excited face, and handed over a piece of plain silk: "Chief, the news from Jingzhou, Lu Bu took Xiangyang, captured Guan Yu alive, and the generals under his command, and now Wen Chou, Zhang He and other generals are continuing to go south to power Changsha and other counties, it seems that it will not be long before the entire territory of Jingzhou is the leader." ”

"And this Shu land." Pan Feng squeezed in, "Then what are you waiting for, finish the fight early, go back early......" When he said this, he turned his head embarrassedly, and his voice was broken: ".....I miss my golden lotus......."

When everyone laughed at Pan Wushuang, Gongsun Zhi leaned against the rock with the information, looked at the handwriting on it word by word, and then put it down and handed it to Li Ke to put away, "Go and find Han Long." Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the generals who were laughing stuffed the dry biscuits in their hands into their mouths two or three times, and ran away, leaving only Pan Feng with the water bag a little confused: "What are they running ......?"

Then, when he saw a figure in green gauze and brown pants carrying a long sword coming over here, the words stopped, and he waved his hand to Dian Wei: "There is something in the Benhou army, so I won't rest." ”

It's not that the generals are afraid of Han Long who comes here, but once this person comes, he will have to do something confidential, and now that Gongsun has a prince, this time the rules are stricter and must not be leaked, and if they know too much, they will not feel safe when they sleep in the future.

"What's the matter with the king calling the dragon?" Han Long walked up to Gongsun Zhi and half-knelt down. He has come all the way from his teenage years in Montenegro, and he has done everything without leakage, and there are many famous people who have died at his hands.

"The overall situation of Jingzhou has fallen..... but the end is not clean."

Gongsun Zhi stretched out his hand and raised it falsely, and after letting him get up, his voice lowered: "Liu Bei's family escaped from Jingzhou by luck, judging from the intelligence, it should be in the Wuxian area, you bring some subordinates with fast feet, they intercept in front, and if they can't catch them alive, they will all be killed." ”

"Yes!"

Han Long nodded in comprehension and summoned his subordinates to the rear. The gloomy sky clouds gradually dispersed, the autumn sun shone down, the Chinese army set off to the south again, under the mountain, close to Jiameng more than 50 miles, it was difficult to see people on the way, more or acres of scorched black fields, the nearby villages were damaged and collapsed, and there were even one or two mountains mottled and burned black traces, from the news from the former army, Gongsun Zhi knew that the northern part of Yizhou was implementing the strong wall clearing.

"Benevolence and virtue are unparalleled, Liu Xuande .......hehe...... The walls are clear, and I am afraid that more people will die when the time comes, than if they come on a lone march...... Hypocrisy......"

Half an hour later, information came from the south, and Gongsun Zhi threw the silk to the ground, "Order Zhang Ren to spread to the cities along the way, just say that anyone can be orphaned, and the official position will remain the same, but Liu Xuande can't!" ”

On horseback, Gongsun Zhi glanced down at the intelligence that was trampled under the horse's hooves, and his eyes narrowed: "....... Southern barbarian reinforcements? Lone wants to make them afraid of the Han people all their lives, and order Yu Poison to speed up the offensive! ”

This was the most angry thing in his many pieces of information in the month - Meng was out of the South Barbarian and went north.