Hanzhong is a barrier in Shu, but this barrier is not impossible to bypass, Lu Xun studied the terrain of Shuzhong before sending troops, according to the topographic map drawn by the military aircraft, to attack Shuzhong, there are two ways to go. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first is to take Nanzheng first, then take the Sword Pavilion, and finally attack Fucheng directly from the Sword Pavilion, Fucheng is a little bit, and Shuzhong is close at hand.

The most difficult part of this route is not to take Nanzheng, but to attack the Sword Pavilion, which is a natural danger, and there are two roads in Hanzhong to Shu: the Golden Bull Road and the Micang Road. The Golden Bull Road is more convenient, you can go directly to Chengdu through the Jianmen Pass, and it is a road to enter Shu. From the south chin of Yonekura Road, Langzhong can be taken to threaten the line of communication between Kawanaka and the southeast.

There is Jianmen Mountain in the north of the Sword Pavilion, also called the Great Sword Mountain, and there is the Little Sword Mountain in the east thirty miles. The two mountains are connected, the mountain is extremely dangerous, the flying pavilion is thoroughfare, and it is called the sword pavilion. The big and small sword mountains stretch for more than 200 miles, stretch like a city, and there is a pass road under it, which is called the sword pass. Because it is sandwiched between the two mountains, such as the door of the open, such as the sword of the plant, so it is called the sword gate.

The danger of Jianmen Pass is "one man is the pass, ten thousand people are not open", the north of Jianmen Pass is Lizhou, there is Mianzhu in the south, and Mianzhu is an important stronghold in the north of Chengdu and Du. When entering the river, you must go to Mianzhu.

Attacking the Sword Pavilion, you can also spare Nanzheng, without passing through Hanzhong, that is, from Tianshui to the south, go straight to the Sword Pavilion, similarly, this road also has to pass through the Sword Pavilion, not the best way.

Before Lu Xun set off, Su Chen gave him another route, which was to smuggle Yinping.

"Yinping" is a strange road from Longshang to the hinterland of Shuzhong, in fact, strictly speaking, this is indeed not a road during the Three Kingdoms, but a "path" that can reach Chengdu theoretically, which is an "evil path".

"Smuggling through Yinping, take the left Dan Road from Fucheng to attack Mianzhu", this is another route that Su Chen told him, this is a route that can avoid the Sword Pavilion, once successful, the heavenly soldiers will descend on Shuzhong, and they will definitely be able to quickly break through Shuzhong.

If you want to take the Yinping Road, you must have a general, Lu Xun convened the important generals and strategists in the army to discuss the military situation, and told the matter of the Yinping Road.

"General, does this Yin Ping Dao really exist? If so, it's a shortcut. ”

"Of course it is!" Before Lu Xun could speak, Xun You, who joined the army, explained: "This Yinping Road was originally proposed by His Majesty, and in the past three years, we have sent scouts to walk through this road, although it is very difficult, but it has been confirmed that this road is feasible, but it is very difficult. ”

"How hard?"

Xun You sighed and said: "The Military Aircraft Department has sent several groups of scouts, totaling more than a hundred people, but there are only less than ten people who can really reach Fucheng from Yinping Dao, you can imagine." ”

"Hiss!!"

Hearing Xun You's words, everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, where is this shortcut, this is clearly a dead end.

Now the Yan State is divided into two armies to attack Bashu, even if they can't break through the Sword Pavilion, as long as the Eastern Route Army can break through Jiangling, the passage into Shu can also be opened from Bajun, and this road is the real road.

It's just that, in this way, the main force of entering Shu has become the East Route Army, and the West Route Army is doing nothing, which is not in line with Su Chen's original intention, Lu Xun, as Su Chen's son-in-law, of course knows that the East Route Army is just to give Su Jin a place to brush up on prestige and military exploits, otherwise, to take a Nan Zheng does not need him to go out in person, Su Chen sent Lu Xun into Shu, and also gave him a shortcut to Yin Ping Road, obviously hoping that he could break through Shu first and reduce the pressure on the East Route Army.

There are only two roads into Shu, the east is from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River up the river, through Qutang Pass. But this road will definitely be heavily guarded, although Su Jin has Cai Mao's army, but Shuzhong is not short of generals who can fight well, once the army is based on the city, it is very unfavorable for the Eastern Route Army.

The two main forces of the Western Route Army, namely Gao Shun and Guan Yu, both of whom were the first to follow Su Jin, Guan Yu has not yet been named the Duke of the Kingdom, which is a big regret in his heart, after all, he has not participated in too many battles over the years except for guarding and annexing the state.

With this great achievement in front of him, Guan Yu couldn't help it, and took the initiative to ask: "General, the last general will ask for war and smuggle through Yinping." ”

"Oh?" Hearing that it was Guan Yu who took the initiative to ask for battle, Lu Xun was very surprised and very happy, he respected Guan Yu very much, and to carry out the plan of smuggling Yinping, Guan Yu was indeed the best candidate.

"How many soldiers and horses does General Guan need?"

Guan Yu knew that Yinping Road was very difficult to walk, and the cavalry was useless, so he thought about it and said, "The last general only needs 30,000 soldiers and horses. ”

30,000 soldiers and horses, according to the previous battle damage, in the end to see if there are 5,000 soldiers left, but there are 5,000 heavenly soldiers who suddenly descended on Mianzhu, which is enough to break through Shuzhong with lightning speed, you must know that although there are 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Shuzhong, not all of them are stationed in Shuzhong, and how the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in Shu is the opponent of the Yan army, and the most important thing is that once Guan Yu arrives in Mianzhu, there will be a strange soldier to respond, this strange soldier is none other than Ju Yi and Ju Yan's uncle and nephew. They have 5,000 elites in their hands, and 10,000 soldiers and horses are enough to control Shuzhong.

"Okay, General Guan is brave, this time it's all up to General Guan, this time it will all depend on General Guan, this commander will break through Hanzhong as soon as possible, attract the attention of the defenders of the Sword Pavilion, and reduce the pressure on General Guan."

"No!"

Before leaving, Lu Xun ordered the grain and grass officer to send Guan Yu a special military ration, which can be kept for more than ten days, which is the military ration specially made by Su Chen's Tiangong Academy for the battle of exterminating Shu, and at the same time, Guan Yu's army also carried a large amount of jerky.

Guan Yu had to go south from Tianshui and enter Yinping Dao from Yuzhong, so Lu Xun had enough time to capture Hanzhong.

Lu Xun sent Gao Shun to lead 50,000 vanguards, soldiers in Yangping Pass, and Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei battled, defeated Zhang Wei in Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu heard that Zhang Wei was defeated, and he already had the intention of surrendering, after all, the Yan army was menacing, and Zhang Lu was really unable to resist.

At this time, Zhang Lu's advisor Yan Fu said: "Now that you are forced to meet, you will definitely not be reused by the imperial court, it is better to go to Puhu to resist first, and then pay tribute to Yan State as a minister, so that you will be reused by the imperial court." ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, he felt that Yan Fu's plan was feasible, and before leaving, the people around him wanted to burn all the treasures in the warehouse, Zhang Lu said: "I have the will to submit to the imperial court, but this will has not been known to the imperial court." We left today just to avoid the edge, and we had no other intentions. The treasure warehouse should be owned by the imperial court. So he hid all the treasures before leaving.

After Gao Shun's army broke through Nanzheng, he immediately sent troops to recover Hanzhong, and at the same time received Jingzhou soldiers and horses from Shangyong into Hanzhong.

He asked Huang Zhong to send troops from Xiangyang to capture Hanzhong, and he personally led the army, with the assistance of the Jingzhou Naval Division, along the river and directly took Ba County.

Huang Zhong and Gao Shun joined forces and continued to attack Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu took the opportunity to surrender at this time, Lu Xun really did not embarrass him, after playing the imperial court, Zhang Lu was named the general of Zhennan, and Hanzhong was too guarded.

As we all know, the Yan State implemented the separation of military and government, and the people in charge of the army everywhere were the metropolitan governors or Yingyang Zhonglang generals, and some official positions in the Han Dynasty gradually became virtual titles. The appointment of Zhang Lu as the Taishou of Hanzhong actually deprived Zhang Lu of his military power.

But Zhang Lu didn't care, after all, he had a high reputation in Hanzhong, and he also made the best use of his talents to govern the place, after Zhang Lu surrendered, Pang De naturally surrendered, Pang De was a general who had been fighting with Liu Zhang, Gao Shun appointed Pang De as the vanguard, and attacked Liu Bei of Jiameng Pass.

Jiameng Pass is not easy to fight, after Pang De and Liu Bei fought several times, they did not make any contributions, Lu Xun personally sat in Nanzheng, and asked Huang Zhong to assist Gao Shun in attacking Jiameng Pass and attracting the idea of the Shu army.

Sure enough, after Huang Zhong arrived at Jiameng Pass, the number of Yan troops soared again, and there were already 100,000 soldiers stationed in Jiameng Pass, while Liu Bei's army was no more than 30,000 when it was full.

Liu Bei hurriedly sent a sentinel to Shuzhong to report the emergency, and after Liu Zhang received Liu Bei's distress letter, the army was divided into two factions, one faction naturally responded positively, and asked Liu Zhang to send reinforcements to assist Liu Bei, because as soon as Hanzhong was broken, Jiameng Pass bore the brunt.

However, the other faction was afraid that Liu Bei would take the opportunity to become bigger, among which Huang Quan and other loyal Liu Zhang's old ministers were the mainstay, and they strongly opposed the increase of troops to support Liu Bei, and proposed to send the veteran Yan Yan to replace Liu Bei to defend Jiameng Pass.

Yan Yan is an old minister left by Liu Yan to Liu Zhang, loyal to Liu's father and son, Yan Yan is not very kind to Liu Bei, Huang Quan asked Yan Yan to replace Liu Bei, it is indeed the best policy.

However, Liu Zhang just couldn't make up his mind, at this time, Zhang Song took the opportunity to say: "Lord Wang, General Yan is the Taishou of Ba County, and now General Leng is stationed in Ba County, and his level is higher than that of General Yan, the two will inevitably have disagreements, which is very unfavorable for the war situation, it is better to transfer General Yan Lao to Jiameng Pass and assist General Liu to guard the pass, so that it can be regarded as the best of both worlds." ’

"Who's going to be the one to blame?"

"There is no distinction between primary and secondary, General Yan has a very high prestige, I believe that General Liu will definitely give a few thin faces, although he is at the same level, but in fact he must be the main General Yan."

Hearing Zhang Song's words, Liu Zhang nodded, feeling that this matter was feasible, and the rest of the people knew that this was indeed a balancing act, and they all spoke out in support.

Only Zhang Song sighed in his heart: Yan Yan is the Taishou of Ba County, stationed in Ba County all the year round, and is very majestic in Ba County, he is gone, it seems that Ba County is dominated by cold buds, eliminating the controversy, in fact, the combat effectiveness has definitely dropped by three percent, which is definitely good news for Yan Jun, and the most important thing is that as soon as Yan Yan leaves, Leng Bao does not know much about the power of Ba County, which is more convenient for him to act, and should accept the Yan army into Bashu.

In fact, as Zhang Song expected, after Yan Yan left Ba County, he couldn't smooth the decrees. There was also a problem with the supply of grain and grass, Su Jin seized this opportunity, defeated Leng Bao, forced Leng Bud to retreat to Jiangzhou, and the Yan army finally occupied Fuling and laid a foundation in Ba County.