A few days later, the news of the defeat of Hanzhong reached the ears of Cao Hong and Cao Zhen, who were rushing to Hanzhong, and the leader of the reinforcements was Cao Hong, the general of the capital, who began to follow Cao Cao when Cao Cao raised his army. www.biquge.info When Cao Cao crusaded against Dong Zhuo, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong, and Cao Cao's war horse was also lost.

After Cao Cao returned from Hanzhong, he immediately ordered Cao Hong, Cao Zhen and others to lead the army to aid Hanzhong, and now the reinforcements have just passed Chang'an, ready to cross the valley into Hanzhong, and received the news that Hanzhong was defeated and more than half of the troops were lost. After learning the news of the defeat, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen discussed, at first they planned to let the soldiers rest well before the army entered the valley, and then cross the valley when they were full of energy, but now time waits for no one, they must rush to Hanzhong as soon as possible, so as to ensure the safety of Hanzhong.

The inclined valley, because it has two mouths, the south mouth is called Bao, the north mouth becomes oblique, so it is also called Bao Slope Valley, it is located in the South Mountain of the end of SX Province today, the total length is 470 miles, and the mountains on both sides are very steep. The most famous time in history is the Three Kingdoms period, at the end of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was many times out of the valley, soldiers to Wuzhang Plain, the last time Zhuge Liang died in Wuzhang Plain, leaving a very famous poem "Die before leaving the division, and make the hero full of tears." ”

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The cold winter has quietly left, spring has come, and the branches of the laurel trees in Pujia Pass are also full of small shoots. The osmanthus tree is also the city of Han Gui, according to legend, in the early Han Dynasty, Xiao He had planted a few osmanthus trees in the South Zheng Shengshui Temple, every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the osmanthus blossoms three times, showing red, yellow, white three colors, there are four to more than ten petals on each flower, when the flowers bloom, the fragrance floats for several miles, and it is famous in all directions.

After Shiyuan received the news of Cao's reinforcements, he immediately sent someone to inform the generals in Pujia Pass to discuss the military situation in the council hall. A few hours later, the generals came to the council hall one after another, and after the generals arrived, Shiyuan told everyone the news of the reinforcements, and everyone naturally had a heated discussion after hearing it, and some people said that it was useless to come to the reinforcements, and we would destroy as many as they came; It is also said that if the enemy fails once, it will be more difficult to defeat and destroy the enemy again; Some people also said that before the reinforcements arrived in Hanzhong, it was better to send troops to attack Hanzhong first, and strive to take Hanzhong.

Shi Yuan saw that everyone kept arguing like this and couldn't get any results, so he waved his hand, and after everyone quieted down, Shi Yuan told the generals present the news that Zhang Fei led 10,000 troops to garrison Brazil County, Huang Zhong led 20,000 troops to capture Wudu County, and some things discussed with Li Hui.

Now in the land of Hanzhong, the army that Shiyuan can deploy is mainly the 40,000 troops in Pujia Pass. The last victory captured a total of tens of thousands of enemy soldiers, but because the hometown of these soldiers is mainly in the Central Plains, Shi Yuan did not dare to rashly incorporate these people, otherwise if these people defected on the battlefield, it would be a big incident, and later Shi Yuan issued a notice among these surrendered soldiers, that is, those who are willing to follow them in the army can stay, and those who do not want to stay and want to go home can be released. After this notice was issued, about half of the soldiers finally took the initiative to stay, so that the number of soldiers in Pujia Pass is still about 40,000, and the number of soldiers who died during this period of time is basically made up. As for Zhang Fei, who was in the land of Brazil, and Huang Zhong, who captured Wudu County, Shi Yuan was not sure that he could command them at this time.

Regarding the current situation in Hanzhong, Shi Yuan thought carefully after learning the news of Cao's reinforcements. After the last fiasco, the enemy army will definitely become more cautious, if you want to use the same strategy again, it will definitely be very difficult, in this case, Shi Yuan thought of taking the initiative, before the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements, seize some easy to defend and difficult to attack places, oppress the enemy's activity space in Hanzhong, force the enemy out of the city, so that there is a chance to destroy the enemy.

After everyone finished speaking, Shi Yuan looked at the people in the council hall, and then said:

"To the north of Pujia Pass, there is a pass, called Baishui Pass, which is the place where the Wei army must pass through in the south, there is a city called Guancheng between Baishui Pass and Yangping Pass, also known as Yang'an Pass, these two places are built with dangerous mountains and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. During this period of time, I have ordered the scouts to explore these two places in detail, after the enemy's heavy defeat, the enemy shrinks his forces to defend Hanzhong and Nanzheng, so at present, these two places are only guarded by a small number of Wei troops, and if these two places are not in our hands when our army and Cao's army are decisive battle, it will inevitably have a great impact on our army's march, so I am ready to take advantage of this period of time to attack these two places, I don't know what the generals' opinions are? ”

After Shi Yuan finished speaking, after a while, Wei Yan, who was standing on the side, spoke:

The military advisor is very correct in what he said. I came to Pujiaguan this period of time to Hanzhong around the area also have a detailed understanding, from Hanzhong to attack Chengdu there are two flatter roads, one is the rice cang road, one road is the golden bull road, from Hanzhong through the rice cang road can reach Bazhong, Brazil and other places, the rice cang road has nothing to do with the card can be defended, so from the rice cang road can go directly to Bazhong, Brazil and other places, but the road is farther; And to capture Chengdu from Hanzhong, if you take the Golden Bull Road, you will inevitably pass through Guancheng, Baishui Pass, Pujia Pass and then arrive at the Sword Pavilion, so the military division proposed to capture Guancheng and Baishui Pass, I fully agree. ”

At this time, General Ma Chao on the side also spoke:

"I fully agree with this proposal. It's just that Baishui Pass and Guancheng are both easy to defend and difficult to attack, I was in Hanzhong when I was in these two places to observe, there is really a husband when the pass, ten thousand people do not open, if it is a strong attack, not to mention the loss of soldiers, if the thief knows the intention of our army, it is bound to increase the defensive strength of these two places, and if we want to take these two places again, it can be said that it will be even more difficult. ”

After listening to Wei Yan and Ma Chao's words, Shi Yuan smiled on his face, waved his arm, and said:

Wen Chang and Meng Qi are both reasonable. These two places can only be outwitted, not stormed. I wonder which of the generals is willing to take on this important task and lead the army to take these two places? ”

As soon as Shi Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, and Ma Chao all rushed to say that they were willing to go. These three people are all generals who can be in charge of one side alone, Shi Yuan can command these three historical generals, and he is very happy when he thinks about it, but now the three of them are scrambling to attack these two places, and no one will be happy in their hearts if they don't let anyone go, hey! This may be the phrase that people often say in later generations, "the troubles of happiness"!

"General Wei Yan, why don't you bother to go and take these two places?"

"Yes." Wei Yan couldn't be happier when he heard that the military advisor let him go, as could be seen from the excited face on his face. Thinking about it, the last time they defeated the enemy, the two of them were in the limelight, and they made some efforts at the end, so they were naturally a little depressed in their hearts. This time, the military advisor let him go, and he was naturally very happy.

As for why Shi Yuan let Wei Yan go, he also had his own ideas. Historically, Wei Yan has been guarding Hanzhong for more than ten years, and he must have a set of defense, and after capturing these two places, the enemy will definitely send troops to attack these two places, which requires a strong army in defense, and Wei Yan is just right.

"Wen Chang, I have two tips here, which indicate the method of attacking these two places, and you will open them after you set off with your army. In addition, I will give you the twenty profit and loss repeaters, and you may be able to use them later. Gong Heng, as the deputy general of the chief of the text, you will go with the chief of the text, and you must remember that you two have to discuss more after the incident. ”

The next day, Whitewater Pass.

After Cao's army captured Hanzhong, there were 2,000 troops stationed in Baishui Pass, but after the last rout, Xiahou Yuan transferred half of the defenders of Baishui Pass in order to defend Hanzhong with all his might, and now there are only 1,000 troops in Baishui Pass. Now the guard of Baishui Pass is a native of Nanjun, also surnamed Cao, and is a school captain, but this Cao school captain is not of the same clan as Cao Cao, but only surnamed Cao. Today, Captain Cao didn't know what the wind was pumping, and he actually came to the city head of Baishui Pass, you must know that he usually either stayed in the barracks all the time, or went out to drink flower wine, basically he would not come to the city wall, and today Captain Cao came to the city wall to surprise the soldiers on the city wall.

Captain Cao walked from one end to the other along the wall of Baishui Pass, talking and laughing in the middle, occasionally reaching out to pat the soldiers on the side, and then telling the soldiers to guard the city well. After walking through, Captain Cao saw that there was nothing, so he was about to return to the barracks, and just as Captain Cao was about to leave, a soldier suddenly shouted.

"Look, a group of people have been locked up."

After Captain Cao heard it, he also hurriedly lay on the city wall and looked down, there is really a group of people, and most of these people are young and strong, I heard that the generals above have been looking for people and then sent to other places some time ago, if they can arrest this group of people and hand them over to the generals above, they may not be promoted, but there will definitely be some rewards! Thinking of this, Captain Cao's heart suddenly blossomed, thinking that God was really good for him!

"Hey! What do you do, people below? What are you doing here in Baishuiguan? Captain Cao shouted loudly to the bottom.

"General, we are the people of Hanzhong, Hanzhong has been fighting for a while, our homes have been destroyed, and Hanzhong can't stay anymore, and then we heard that you are now moving the people to a place where there is no war, so now we are here on purpose, hoping that the general in the city can bring us poor people to a place where there is no war."

"Haha!" Captain Cao laughed loudly. This is really a blessing from heaven, and you can't take it if you don't want to!

"Good. Wait, and I will send for you to open the gates of the city, and let you in. ”