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When Chen Daofu received the bad news that the outer defense line was lost, the reinforcements he led had just arrived at the Sword Pavilion.

This made Chen Daofu feel a lot of pressure, and he knew very well that once there was no outer defensive line, the Hexi army could drive straight in.

As a result, Yangpingguan, Nanzheng, Chenggu, Chuyang and other places will all face threats, and the entire Hanzhong may fall.

As soon as Hanzhong is lost, the Shu army may only have one way out of the Sword Pavilion.

This time, the Hexi army was menacing, and Chen Daofu did not dare to be careless, so he was busy gathering generals in the Sword Pavilion to discuss countermeasures.

However, not everyone can recognize the difference in strength between each other like Chen Daofu.

Due to the historical division of the forces in Shuzhong, there have been many times to repel the attacking enemy.

So much so that some Western Shu generals naively thought that they could also emulate their predecessors and not take the tens of thousands of Hexi troops in their eyes.

The younger brother of the king of Shu, Chen Mingzi, was one of them, and I saw him tear open his throat and arrogantly declare.

"The soldiers will block, the water will come to Tutun, Shuchuan is dangerous, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and there is no need to be afraid of Hexi."

For such stupid words, Chen Daofu directly ignored them, he squinted his eyes and asked Hou Hui: "I don't know what General Hou thinks?" ”

A hint of cunning flashed in Hou Hui's eyes and said: "The art of war is cloudy: fiction is real, reality is virtual!" ”

"Don't look at the current Qinling line, there is a lot of trouble, but the last general is sure that this must be a trick of the Hexi Army."

"Its purpose is to attract the attention of us and others, so as to cover his deviation from the teacher to follow Deng Ai and re-follow the Yinping Ancient Road."

"What General Hou means is that this time the Hexi Army will follow the strategy of Jin to destroy Shu back then?"

"That's right!"

Hearing this, Chen Daofu was thoughtful, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that what Hou Hui said was not unreasonable, and the current situation in Shuzhong was similar to when Jin destroyed Shu.

At the end of the Shu Han Dynasty, when the general Jiang Wei held the military power of Shu, he gave up the original idea of comprehensive defense, but adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth.

In short, it is to reverse the previous idea of preventing the Wei army from entering the Hanzhong Plain, abandon the outer defense line of the plank road, let the Wei army enter, and retreat to the two cities of Han and Le.

Focusing on holding the Yangping Pass, the Wei army was locked up in the Hanzhong Plain, and then the fortified wall was supplemented by guerrilla warfare.

When the Wei army ran out of food and retreated, it attacked in one fell swoop and annihilated the Wei army.

At present, due to the surprise attack of the Hexi Army, Xishu passively gave up the outer defense line and had to retreat to the second and even the third line of defense.

However, Jiang Wei smashed it back then, and directly destroyed Shu Han.

After all, there is a huge risk in letting the enemy into the hinterland, and if you are not careful, you will be eaten by the enemy.

If he had a choice, Chen Daofu would definitely not take such a risk, he would rather stick to a few plank roads and fight a war of attrition with Hexi.

But now he has no choice, and the outer line of defense has been lost, so he is forced to follow the same path as Jiang Wei.

Chen Daofu thought carefully about the current situation, and he found that the key to this battle was Yangping Pass and Yinping Xiaodao.

Yangping Pass is like a key, if the Hexi Army fails to overcome the storm, it will be locked up in the Hanzhong Plain.

If Yangping Pass is lost, the door of Shu will be opened, and Hanzhong will lose its barrier significance, and the situation will no longer be able to be managed.

And the Yinping trail is like the back door, as long as the back door is not lost, the Sword Pavilion will be safe, and the Sword Pavilion will be safe and worry-free.

"If the Hexi Army is really as General Hou said, then our army only needs to defend itself according to the danger and wait for work, and then it can break the enemy."

Hou Hui's judgment was deeply in line with his heart, and Qian Daofu glanced at the generals and secretly made up his mind.

"General Hou listens to the order!"

"The end will be."

"This time, the general ordered you to go to Yangping Pass immediately, you must guard the pass, can you have confidence?"

"There are Shuzhong athletes guarding Yangping Pass, and the Hexi Army will be sad."

Hou Hui did not shirk and resolutely accepted the order.

Chen Daofu focused his defense on Yangping Pass, Jiange, and Motianling, in order to prevent the Hexi army from moving south to Shu.

As for Chenggu, Nanzheng, Chuyang and other cities in Hanzhong, they have been completely abandoned by him.

Chen Daofu was also forced to give up Hanzhong, and now that the Hexi army had moved south, he simply did not have the strength to hold on to various places or drive the other party out.

Rather than wasting troops, it is better to just give up.

From this point of view, Chen Daofu is a decisive person, and he can afford to let go.

However, he still underestimated Wang Maide, and even forgot that the art of war was false and real, how could he copy the ancients?

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Since the beginning of the war, the coach Wang Mai Dedeyong has been assigned to sit in charge of martial arts and coordinate the overall situation.

Originally, he thought that Hu Fan, Zhu Lingshi and others would be fledgling and would have a lot of trouble.

Unexpectedly, soon there will be good news from the front line, first Baocheng, Xingshi, and then Hanzhong, Chenggu.

Within a few days, the Hexi Army had broken through the Qinling line on all fronts, and it seemed that the capture of Hanzhong was just around the corner.

Seeing that the war was going well, Wang Maide could no longer sit still, and immediately set off for the south.

By the time he arrived in Hanzhong, the Hexi army had conquered the cities of Chuyang, Chenggu, and Nanzheng, leaving only Yangpingguan isolated and helpless.

At this point, the Hexi Army had fully crossed the Qinling Mountains, and the front of the troops was directed to the south of Daba Mountain.

Under the city of Nanzheng, Hu Fan and Zhu Lingshi were full of ambition, straightening their bodies among the generals, looking proud and proud.

Huan Zhen, Li Xun, Mao Dezu and others faintly showed a hint of admiration in their eyes, and they didn't dare to underestimate them anymore.

At noon, Wang Maide hurried to Nanzheng and successfully joined the generals.

"The last general and others greet the governor."

"There is no need for politeness to make you wait! Let's go, let's go into the city and talk. ”

In the former Liangzhou Assassin's Mansion, Wang Maide held a military meeting with the generals to arrange the next military action.

Wang Maide looked at Hu Fan and Zhu Lingshi with a smile, and praised them: "It is worthy of being a talent valued by King Yong, it is really amazing!" ”

"The governor has been awarded, this is all the help of colleagues, the courage of all the soldiers, and the last general will not dare to be greedy."

"Huh! Dao Xu was modest, and Er's performance was reported to King Yong by the envoy of the prison army. ”

"It won't be long before you will be as famous as Daoquan and Dezu."

After praising the two young men, Wang Maide said solemnly: "Everyone, the capture of Hanzhong is just the first step in the destruction of Western Shu. ”

"The next thing to take Chengdu is the key, and to capture Chengdu, you can either follow Deng Ai and bypass the Jianmen Pass and take Fucheng directly."

"Either break through Yangping Pass, go south along the Golden Bull Road, and go straight to the Sword Pavilion."

"However, from the current point of view, both paths are difficult."

"Qian Daofu has already sent people to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass and Motianling, basically blocking the road for our army to go south."

"I wonder what the Governor is planning?"

In the face of the generals' inquiries, Wang Maide said with a hint of mockery on the corner of his mouth: "When the people of Xishu saw our army going south with great fanfare, they must have thought that we would follow the old plan of Deng Ai and Zhong Hui and take the Yangping Pass and smuggle the Yinping Trail. ”

"As everyone knows, the Privy Council had expected this."

"Next, we won't fight the idea of Taurus Road, the real goal is Yonecang Road."

"Yonekura Road?" Hu Fan's heart moved when he heard this, and he suddenly understood.

Also! In the case that Hanzhong is in the bag, the Micang Road has completely opened the door to the Hexi Army, and along the Micang Road through the Daba Mountain, it will go directly to Jiangzhou (now Chongqing), the important land of Shu.

"That's right! Next, the strategic focus of our army is to seize Jiangzhou! ”

"In that year, Cen Peng, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the south, pacified Shu for Emperor Guangwu, first attacked Jiangzhou, and then advanced to Chengdu."

As soon as Hanzhong was lost, the door of Shu was opened.

And from Hanzhong to the south of Shudi, there are two passages, namely the Golden Bull Road and the Micang Road.

The Golden Bull Road was excavated at the earliest, which was opened by King Qin Hui when he cut down Shu, and the Sword Pavilion was its throat road.

Historically, Zhong Hui attacked Shu Han, Wei Chi took advantage of Liang, Guo Chongtao attacked Qianshu, Northern Song Dynasty Ping Hou Shu, and Mongolia attacked Southern Song Dynasty, all of which were marched by Jinniu Road.

Micang Road is named after the Micang Mountain, from Nanzheng to the south along the mountain range through Xishen Dam, crossing the Bayu Pass, after crossing the mountain range along the Nanjiang River valley to Bazhong, it is the rice cang road.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao begged Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu fled south from Micang Road to Bazhong.

Later, Zhang He led his army from Micang Road into Zhengbazhong, marched to Danqu (now Quxian County, Sichuan), and was defeated by Zhang Fei.

It is said that the importance of Micang Road is no less than that of Jinniu Road, why would Xishu ignore it?

This is related to the fact that the political center of Xishu is in Chengdu.

For Xishu, Chengdu can be taken directly from the south of the Golden Bull Road, so the Golden Bull Road is far more important than the Micang Road.

To put it mildly, even if the rice cang road is lost, it is just a threat to Samba.

Chengdu is not as stable as Mount Tai, but it is not more serious than the loss of Sword Pavilion.

In addition, as long as Langzhong is still in the hands of Xishu, Micang Dao is almost foolproof.

In addition, it is also related to the treacherous conditions of the rice cang road, which is different from the golden bull road, which was dug by the government and specially designed for the passage of the army.

The Rice Cang Road is a spontaneously formed trade route, and for thousands of years, it is the Tea Horse Gang that has created the prosperity and prosperity of the Rice Cang Ancient Road.

But for the Hexi Army, under the unbreakable Sword Pavilion, they could only choose to go south on the Micang Road.

From the rice cang road, you can go straight to Samba and go to Jiangzhou.

As long as it goes well, it can not only threaten Chengdu from the southeast, but also find an opportunity to occupy the southeast of Shu to open up the situation from the side.