Although the Shu army attacked, the Zhao army in Hanzhong did not panic. Yang Wangqing ordered the county magistrates and civil officials of Hanzhong counties to post notices to appease the people, and at the same time began to check the information coming from the south.

"Hmm...... The Shu army is coming, and it is also an opportunity for us who are stretched thin on money and food. Listening to the situation in Hanzhong reported by the officials below, Yang Wangqing couldn't help muttering to himself.

Subsequently, the Hanzhong government posted a new notice, saying that because the Shu army was coming, the army needed to wave its army to meet it. Therefore, the distribution of some money and food that was originally intended to subsidize the people was postponed in areas where the situation was not urgent. In addition, the Shu army's northern expedition has a great intention of revenge, if the Shu army enters, the people of Hanzhong, regardless of status, will suffer a catastrophe. Therefore, it is hoped that the people of Hanzhong will have money to contribute money and grain to assist the Zhao army in defeating the Shu army.

Unexpectedly, in this way, Zhao Jun was not only able to temporarily save some of the food that originally needed to be distributed, but also got a lot from the people of Hanzhong. Especially those squires who have cooperated closely with the Zhao army, in order to prevent the Shu army from attacking Hanzhong and making them suffer, they even donated a lot of money and food.

Yang Wangqing didn't care about these at the moment, he was already preparing to counterattack the Shu army at the moment. However, it is not due south of Hanzhong, but the line of Yinping Mansion in the west. The northern part of Yinping Mansion in the north of Yizhou and the northern part of Wenshan Mansion were raided and occupied by the Zhao army long ago, and it was Zhang Yuanjing who coordinated the overall situation at this moment. After learning that the Shu army was going north, Zhang Yuanjing, who was in Luoyang, had already rushed to the south of Liangzhou to prepare for the Zhao army in Hanzhong.

"Yangpingguan? Dadu Governor, our Shu army is now heading north along Brazil and the Nanjiang River, even if it is an attack, it should be to the south, why does Dadu think about going west? Hearing the latest arrangement that Yang Wangqing said, Zhao Kang and Qin You were puzzled for a while.

"The west of my Hanzhong, from north to south, are the three checkpoints of Lüyang, Yangping Pass, and Baishui Pass. As long as I occupy this place, I will be safe in the central and western part of Han. After that, we can attack from here at any time and attack the territory of Yizhou to the west. Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that we occupy this place, which is linked to the garrison of Liangzhou in the north. By that time, the garrison of Liangzhou had moved south, and the Shu army in Yizhou had to guard against the northwestern prefectures and counties. By that time, the pressure on Hanzhong would have been reduced by half. And the Shu army in Yizhou did not dare to go north easily, so they were about to start guarding against us going south. ”

"General Zhao and General Qin, the two of you, one needs to be responsible for the defense of Baishui County in the south, and the other needs to raid Yangping Pass. In the past, this place was taken by the Shu army from the Han army, and now we have to take it back. ”

Zhao Kang said in a deep voice: "But the Metropolitan Governor, this Yangping Pass is a dangerous pass, and if you want to break through, I'm afraid it will be very difficult." It's basically impossible to take this place in a short period of time. Here in Yangping Pass, the Shu army has deployed more than 7,000 people, which is enough to resist the attack of three times the army. ”

Yang Wangqing said in a deep voice: "I naturally know this, and the person in charge of the defense line of Yinping Mansion and Wenshan Mansion is He Qingzhang, the Dingbei general of the Shu army. This person has good abilities and is extremely good at guarding. The last time the Liangzhou garrison went south to raid the northern part of Yizhou, it was blocked by it. Even if we rely on all our advantages, we can only seize the northern regions of Wenshan Province and Yinping Province from their hands, and it is difficult for us to go south. And here is the key point for the Shu army to attack our Hanzhong from the west and defend the northern Liangzhou garrison to the south, how can he not deploy heavy troops to defend. Even the Han army in the past only arranged 3,000 men and horses here, which could stop the Shu army from outside. If it weren't for the opportunity of the Shu army to support Xiyongzhou, it forcibly occupied Hanzhong City and the southern part of Hanzhong City, and broke the defense of Hanzhong City from the inside. I'm afraid that if the Shu army wants to enter Hanzhong, it is really not easy. ”

Qin You was surprised: "Since this is the case, then the Metropolitan Governor will ......."

Yang Wangqing said with a smile: "It is naturally difficult for us to attack from Hanzhong alone, and our Han army does not have much time to consume, because our grain and grass materials will drag down our long-term confrontation situation." Therefore, I have already sent a message to Zhang Yuanjing in southern Liangzhou. When the time comes, let the garrison in the north go south and pull out the guards of Yangping Pass, while we raid and break into Yangping Pass. ”

"Look, two generals." Yang Wangqing pointed sideways to the map beside him and said in a deep voice: "The terrain of this Yangping Pass is short in the west and high in the east, if you attack from the east, it will be more difficult than attacking from the west. In other words, Yangping Pass, a dangerous pass, is also used by Hanzhong to defend against foreign enemies. After the Han army was stationed here, the king of Hanzhong also repaired many of them, making it more difficult to attack in the west of this pass, but the east was ...... So, it's not as difficult as we think. ”

"We have serious logistics problems in Hanzhong, which is also very clear to the Shu army. It is also because of this that the Shu army will continue to fight back after this defeat. We have dismantled nearly 20,000 troops into various parts of Hanzhong and turned them into local government soldiers, county soldiers and patrol inspectors to reduce the consumption of grain and grass materials for the army. Presumably, these situations are also extremely clear to the Shu army. In addition, the general situation of our army's preparation for local defense must be equally clear to the Shu army. ”

"Therefore, the Shu army will not believe that we will send another army at this time. Although Yangping Pass is a key point to guard against us, it is also a key point to guard against our army in the north. Therefore, when Lord Zhang Yuanjing launched an operation, the energy of the defenders of Yangping Pass would move north. Where would Zhang Yuanjing send a team of men and horses to force the white horse in the northwest of Yangping Pass to attract the Yangping Pass guards to fight. And you, from here. As he spoke, Yang Wangqing pointed to the map.

"Dingjun Mountain?"

"That's right, a few days ago, I asked people to go west to investigate the situation on the front line of Yangping Pass. On the southeast side of this Yangping Pass, there is a mountain named Dingjun Mountain, this mountain is the necessary place to pass through the Micang Mountain trail to Baocheng in the south, although this mountain is not as important as Yangping Pass, but if it occupies this mountain, then the east can enter Baocheng, threaten Hanzhong City and Nanzheng County, and the west can threaten the side of Yangping Pass, it is also an extremely important point. ”

The eyes of Zhao Kang and Qin You focused on the three words "Dingjun Mountain", and their expressions were a little surprised.

"Similarly, here, after the defeat of the Han army in the past, the Shu army stationed manpower, however, because we have never entered the west, there are only less than 1,000 defenders here to garrison, if our army crosses the water in the south, through the Micang Mountain Trail, and unexpectedly occupies Dingjun Mountain, it will cause great deterrence to the enemy of Yangping Pass, and half of the guards in the city will go out of the city to assist Baimashu to meet the northern army, and half of the guards are worried that after our army attacks it, they will divide their troops to fight for this place, at that time, all the way to the army will suddenly attack Yangping Pass from the east, because this official guards the west, Therefore, attacking from the east, taking it by surprise, in the case of insufficient defenders, it is bound to fight down. ”

Zhao Kang said with a smile: "This method is very good, let the northern army attack first, first attract a part of the guards, and then we will raid and occupy Dingjun Mountain, coerce the rear of the enemy army, force the enemy army to divide the army, and then raid Guancheng." In fact, we can do without the help of the Northern Army. ”

Yang Wangqing said in a deep voice: "The terrain of this Yangping Pass is dangerous, so since we occupied Hanzhong, He Qingzhang, the general of the Dingbei of the Shu army, has come here to defend it. If there is no assistance from the Northern Army, it will not be easy to transfer the defenders in the Guannai. Even, even if we let them divide our troops, we won't be able to take this place. In addition, after taking here, we in Hanzhong will become one with the north. At that time, we need the garrison of Liangzhou to advance southward, forcing the Shu army to defend the western part of Yizhou and stop the attack on Hanzhong. With the assistance of the Liangzhou garrison, the Shu army wants to bear more pressure and attack, but I am afraid that it is impossible. ”

"General Qin is responsible for resisting the northward advance of the Shu army in the south, so this raid on Yangping Pass will be handed over to General Zhao. After taking this place, the battle of Hanzhong basically stopped. ”

Zhao Kang said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor will definitely win this pass." However, in order to prevent the Shu army from finding out the situation in detail, the last general requested the mobilization of the defenders of Baocheng. ”

Yang Wangqing nodded and said, "It's okay, there are 7,000 troops in Baocheng, and General Zhao can send 5,000 to participate in the operation." Come to think of it, there should be no problem in taking this place. ”

After solving the situation in the west, Qin You said loudly: "Metropolitan Governor, according to what we have discussed, among the Shu army that attacked Baishui County this time, there is a leading general Jiang Poyun, should we contact him and give the Shu army a ruthless one?" ”

"Jiang Poyun? He's south too? This shouldn't be! Hearing this, Yang Wangqing couldn't help but be stunned.

"Governor, what shouldn't you?"

"Jiang Poyun was the former general of Zhenbei and was in charge of the war in Hanzhong, but he was defeated and returned. In any case, Situ Che, the king of Shu, will punish him and will not let him appear in this war again, how can he become a leading general now? What is Jiang Poyun's position this time? Yang Wangqing asked in a deep voice.

"It seems to be a general, leading 5,000 people. However, according to what we have investigated, Jiang Poyun did receive the punishment of the King of Shu and was demoted to a general. You must know that in the past, he was the general of Zhenbei and the high-ranking of the Shu army. Qin You replied, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Yang Wangqing shook his head and said, "No, there is a problem here." He is the general of Zhenbei, how could he fall so low and appear here again. In this battle, the Shu army actually has little chance of winning. Even if he wants Jiang Poyun to make meritorious contributions, he will not choose this time. If it were a punishment alone, he would not have been made to be the commander of the 5,000 men. Yang Wangqing naturally didn't know that the original Shu King Situ Che asked Jiang Poyun to serve as a thousand-person general, but later, in order to tempt Zhao Jun, he would let him serve as a general, and he would command more than 5,000 people. However, the true Allah of these 5,000 will indeed have someone else. At this moment, Jiang Poyun also knew that he had been suspected by the King of Shu, in fact, Jiang Poyun was also worried about whether Zhao Jun would send someone to contact him at this moment.

"Qin You, you can act once, but this time you will fail, and moreover, you will be defeated in the hands of Jiang Poyun. As for the reason, you can provoke him in the name of the former defeated general, and be defeated by him. Yang Wangqing said with a smile.

"Why is that?"

"I'm worried that someone will see that the defeat of Hanzhong has something to do with it, so this time I want it to seduce us, and moreover, I want to get rid of this person who has a relationship with us. It's just that they don't have full evidence, and Jiang Poyun's action this time is also to attract us to secretly contact him. Therefore, I need our army to fail once, buy a good one for him, so that he can continue to exist with the Zhao army. Of course, this is also my suspicion, even if it is fake, it can allow Jiang Poyun to gain a battle merit, so that he can re-establish a high position in the Shu army. Yang Wangqing explained with a smile.

"Don't worry, general, the last general knows what to do." Qin You said in a deep voice.

Nanzheng County, north of Nanjiang, Shu Army Commander Xu Zizhen had a dull face. The army attacked, it has been five days in a row, and when Xu Zizhen first came here, he attacked Nanzheng County for several days. Unfortunately, the defenders of the city have repelled their own attacks many times. Although the Shu army suffered little damage, it deeply affected the morale of the army. As the commander of the Shu army, the annoyance in his heart naturally goes without saying.

"Damn, when did this Zhao Jun become an old turtle, and he didn't fight! Lord Huo, what should I do now? In desperation, Xu Zizhen could only ask Huo Yun for help.

Huo Yun's face was also bitter at the moment, the current situation is that whether he is attacking or luring the enemy, or agitating generals, the Zhao army is defending the city to the death, and the people of the surrounding towns and villages are all gathered in the city, together with the defenders of the Zhao army, according to the city to defend the city, so that the Shu army up and down, there is no good way. Of course, on the surface, Huo Yun was in charge of the military restructuring of the army that attacked this time, but Xu Zizhen knew that Huo Yun was here to assist him. Xu Zizhen knows very well his ability, and it is okay to lead the army to fight, but when he needs to use his brain, he is far inferior to the other party. Especially like now, when the attack has not been conquered for a long time, it is necessary to have military and division-type talents to come out.

Huo Yun, who was also dull, suddenly thought of the task that the king had arranged for him, that is, with the help of Jiang Poyun's hand, he calculated Zhao Jun once to solve the dilemma in front of him. Huo Yun immediately spread out the map and began to look at it.

"General Xu, at the moment, we are only afraid that it will be very difficult to advance here, so why don't we send a group of people to intersperse between Nanzheng County and Baishui County, enter Baishui County in the west or attack the flank of Nanzheng County, so as to pull out the defenders of Nanzheng County." After a while, Huo Yun said in a deep voice.

"Oh? Master Huo has an idea? Tell me, how do we act? Xu Zizhen suddenly came to the spirit, in this battle, he Xu Zizhen is really the boss, if there is a record, he Xu Zizhen is naturally the first achievement.

"Let the people and horses cross the Badao River, cross the Yuan Dam, and attack the flank of Baishui County. Even, you can go around to Nanzheng County behind the back to raid Nanzheng County. At the very least, after this area, we can carry out a surprise attack on the northern townships under the jurisdiction of Nanzheng County. I don't believe that if we attack the people here, he Zhao Jun can do it. Didn't the king let us win over the squires from all over the world, and Zhao Jun would watch us do this? If they do not move, even if their rule over the land gradually collapses, the people here will return to our hands. The worst ...... The worst can also force the people of Hanzhong to attack the city together. As he spoke, Huo Yun's face turned cold.

"Good! This will be arranged! "Xu Zizhen doesn't care if there is morality in using the people to attack the city, what he needs now is to win this battle.

Huo Yun said with a smile: "I heard that the former general Zhenbei also served in the army this time, and the king hopes that he can make meritorious service for his crimes, so let him go." In the past, the general of Zhenbei, this time he went out to the army, and the Zhao army in the city would also be despised because the other party was a defeated general. If we can pull Zhao Jun out, it will be a good thing for us. Huo Yun naturally won't let Xu Zizhen arrange it, what he needs is not a small victory, but to be able to pull out part of the Zhao army's army to annihilate it.

Xu Zizhen was stunned, although Jiang Poyun served under him, but because of Jiang Poyun's former identity, Xu Zizhen had never used the other party as an ordinary general. After all, even the king didn't blame the other party, how dare he easily underestimate the other party. However, Huo Yun is a close confidant under the command of the king and an important minister in the center of the Shu Kingdom, so he is naturally more powerful than these leading generals, and Xu Zizhen naturally has no problem when they speak.

Five thousand soldiers attacked, and Jiang Poyun, who was with the army, suddenly felt big. He knew that there were people above who needed him to show up, and even more people who needed Zhao Jun to show up. Looking at the several restructured generals' personal guards around him, Jiang Poyun began to pray secretly, praying that Zhao Jun would not really send someone to contact him at this moment.

And after Qin You in Nanzheng County learned the news, he couldn't help but smile. The opportunity he was waiting for came, and he also knew that Yang Wangqing's guess might be true nine times out of ten. Otherwise, if someone doesn't attack well, it's Jiang Poyun's way. Moreover, it is also convenient for the Zhao army to send troops to intercept it.

However, Qin You naturally wanted to follow the other party's intentions. However, he did not contact the other party, but sent the battle merit to the other party. Among the soldiers under the command of Qin You, those who were from Yizhou among the defenders of the former Shu army in Nanzheng County gathered and let them participate in the operation. Of course, the leaders and some of the soldiers were the soldiers of the Zhao army. Zhao Jun promised them that if they were victorious, Zhao Jun would let them go.

The three thousand Zhao troops quietly left Nanzheng County, and launched a surprise attack on Jiang Poyun's troops before Yuanba Pass. Or because Jiang Poyun's main general wanted Zhao Jun to better send someone to contact, so he was defenseless. Or they didn't expect the Zhao army to send a large army to raid at all.

Therefore, when the three thousand Zhao troops suddenly appeared in front of the Shu army on this road, the five thousand Shu troops were at a loss, especially their main generals, and they panicked for a while. Until the army arrived, they stepped on Jiang Poyun's assistance and began to counterattack.

As a result, after paying more than 1,000 casualties, the 5,000 Shu army was able to withstand the surprise attack of the Zhao army, and then fought against the Zhao army. However, it didn't last long, and a considerable number of Zhao soldiers began to surrender to the Shu army, which in turn affected other Zhao soldiers, and not long after, the rest of the Zhao soldiers also shouted "fooled" and left.