Yizhou, Ma Mingge, near Baishuiguan.

However, seeing the banner hunting and the crowd was boiling, Deng Xian hastily gathered 15,000 troops in the counties around Chengdu, including many of the old, weak, sick and disabled.

The reason why Deng Xian gathered the army here was also completely according to Meng Da's arrangement.

According to the "Zhaohua County Chronicle": "Ma Ming Road is fifty miles north of Zhibei, on the shore of white water. That is, on the east bank of the Bailong River, the west crosses the Baishui Pass, that is, the Wuliya of Yonghong Township, Qingchuan County, and the south reaches the Jiameng Pass, which is the Zhaohua Town of Yuanba District, which is about 120 miles long. According to the official history, Zhuge Liang cut the Central Plains, military exchanges, all passed by Ma Ming Road, there is a pavilion on the bank of the Bailong River, and the name is Ma Ming Pavilion.

In order to pass through this place, the people of Yizhou chiseled holes into the boulders on the edge of the ditch and the ditch, erected wooden beams, and then "clothed the board wood" on the wooden beams, and laid the wooden planks, so that people and horses and vehicles could pass. But the young and strong young men who passed on this wooden bridge were all trembling with fright, and their legs were weak, and those who sent 100,000 anxious "chicken feather letters" would inevitably fall off the bridge on fast horses. So the people installed guard boards on both sides of the erected wooden plank bridge and covered the roof, which became a bridge and trestle road to shelter from the wind and rain. Because horses often neighed in horror when passing by, the bridge was named "Ma Ming Pavilion" after it was repaired.

Deng Xian, who led the army to pass by Ma Ming Pavilion for the first time, was also frightened.

Baishuiguan is located on the Yizhou transportation line, with Qinlong in the north and Jiameng in the south; The waterway can go up the Bailong River to get Gannan, down to Bayu, and even Jingxiang, which is an important military pass.

Baishuiguan was first seen in the annals of history as the Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Volume 13 Gongsun Shu Biography": "Shu then made the general Hou Dan open the Baishui Pass and guard the South Zheng in the north."

It is precisely because of the important geographical location of Baishui Pass, since the Qin and Han dynasties, all dynasties have set up passes and built villages, sent troops to fight for Baishui Pass, and there are frequent wars here.

316 BC. The army of Qin attacked Shu, and its army was from southern Shaanxi along the Liujia River to Baishui Pass, and then from Baishui Pass along the Bailong River to Jiameng and the king of Shu decisive battle.

10,000 people guarded Baishui Pass, and another 5,000 people guarded Ma Ming Pavilion, and after Deng Xian was properly arranged, he quietly waited for Wang Meng and Zhao Yun's army.

It is said that after Wang Meng, Zhao Yun, led the army to sweep the land east of Baishui in Yizhou. The army was in full swing and marched south.

The unprecedented victory made Wang Meng and Zhao Yun feel that taking Chengdu was just around the corner. However, when they gathered the army in the area of Ma Ming Pavilion and Baishui Pass as planned, an "accident" happened.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, but seeing Wang Meng and Zhao Yun were both frowning.

Wang Meng said: "Then Liu Zhang's courage is really big!" Dare to send 5,000 cavalry to attack Hanzhong, we really underestimate him! ”

Zhao Yun said: "A few days ago, when Zhao sent soldiers to check, there were not many soldiers guarding Ma Mingge and Baishui Pass, but in the blink of an eye, there were actually an army of one or two hundred thousand gathered in this area. Could it be that Liu Zhang has the help of a master? ”

Wang Meng looked at the map and said: "If you can take these two places, you will undoubtedly choke Chengdu's throat, and it will be easy to enter Chengdu again!" But at the moment, it's still quite difficult! I wonder if General Zhao is willing to lead a team of men and horses back to Hanzhong and wipe out Liu Zhang's army? ”

In fact, when the army came here, Zhao Yun and Wang Meng both wanted to take Chengdu in one go and establish immortality. And both of them understood that although Yang Fu sent someone to say that the situation in Hanzhong was critical. It was urgent for one of the two of them to lead his troops to help, but the two of them didn't know that Liu Zhang's 5,000 cavalry in Hanzhong was purely "troublemaker". The aim was to disperse the forces of their large army.

Zhao Yun saw that Wang Meng was the first to speak, and he couldn't refuse, so he just smiled and said, "According to General Wang's opinion, how many people should Zhao bring back?" ”

Wang Meng thought for a moment and said: "In order to prevent Liu Zhang from sending troops to attack again, General Zhao must bring an elite back to Hanzhong to guard Nanzheng and the surrounding counties, according to me. At least eight thousand! ”

Zhao Yun also agreed with Wang Meng's analysis, but he was worried about Wang Meng, after all, after he took away 8,000 soldiers, there were about 10,000 elites under his command. It is still very difficult to take Ma Ming Pavilion and Baishui Pass.

Wang Meng seemed to see Zhao Yun's thoughts, and said with a smile: "General Zhao, isn't he worried that these people under the command of General Ben will not be able to win Baishui Pass and Ma Ming Pavilion?" ”

After seeing Zhao Jun nodded, Wang Meng said: "General Zhao has been thinking a lot, Wang has already sent someone to inquire, the armies of Baishuiguan and Ma Mingge are both commanded by a person named Deng Xian, who is an unknown junior. And the more than 10,000 soldiers under his command were also put together temporarily, which is not enough to worry about at all! ”

Zhao Yun said: "Although this is the case, General Wanwang Wang is careful in everything. Liu Zhang suddenly used these two tricks, and there is definitely a master's guidance! ”

Wang Meng laughed and said: "Wang must remember General Zhao's words, after Wang takes Baishui Pass and Ma Ming Pavilion, he must wait here for General Zhao to return and capture Chengdu with this general, and establish immortal achievements!" ”

After Zhao Yun nodded, he didn't dare to delay, and directly rushed to Yangping Pass with eight thousand elites day and night. After he arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhao Ang came out of the pass to greet him: "I finally looked forward to you!" Originally, I wanted to lead my troops to Hanzhong to destroy the rampant Huang Quan, but the men and horses of Yangping Pass had already been sent out to guard the city that had just been captured, and the troops were very limited. And I heard that Huang Quan was very brave, and Wang Zheng was also seriously injured by him! If you deal with him, it must be General Zhao! ”

Zhao Yundao: "Does the general know who this Huang Quan is?" I don't think I've ever heard of this person before! ”

Zhao Ang shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it!" I really didn't know that there were such fierce generals in Yizhou! ”

Zhao Yun snorted lightly and said, "No matter who he is, General Ben must personally destroy him this time!" ”

In Zhao Ang's "cherished" voice, Zhao Yun didn't even rest, and continued to lead the army forward. However, when he arrived in Nanzheng, Yang Fu said that there had been no news of Huang Quan since yesterday.

Zhao Yun said with a puzzled expression: "Could it be that they still disappeared out of thin air?" ”

Yang Fu said: "Yang has ordered each county to send additional people to find it, but one thing is for sure, they haven't left Hanzhong yet!" ”

Zhao Yun said angrily: "Since he didn't go out of Hanzhong, then he will never want to go out of Hanzhong!" General Ben will lead his troops to look for it now, if he is found by General Ben, General Ben must break his body into pieces! ”

Yang Fu hurriedly stopped: "The general marches day and night, he must be extremely tired, and if he leads the army forward like this, it will be unfavorable to the general, if he doesn't rest in Nanzheng first, and after he has their news, it will not be too late to lead the troops to pursue!" ”

After Zhao Yun heard him say this, he had to temporarily suppress the anger in his heart and wait for the news...... (To be continued.) )