Chapter 384 Mobilize troops to attack the Slope Valley again, and the royal drive will be unified

The above book mentioned that Zhang Hu and Pang Hong led their troops to open the Xiegu Pass.

Seeing that the enemy army was strong, Zhongli knew that he could no longer resist, so he ordered the soldiers to disarm and surrender.

Seeing that Zhong Li led the army to surrender, Zhang Hu and Pang Hong were overjoyed.

Zhongli let the two of them into the government and the city was sealed.

Zhang Hu accepted it, and then asked him where Deng Ai was.

Zhong Li informed the two of them about everything that happened in Wuzhangyuan recently.

When he heard that his father had passed away, Pang Hong was saddened.

Let's talk about Deng Ai and others.

After resting all night, they evaded Huang Xu's search and made a detour to leave Wuzhangyuan.

Even with the remnants of the soldiers who were collected halfway, he could be regarded as gathering nearly 4,000 soldiers and horses.

Before coming to the Xiegu Pass, the soldiers and horses behind him were also small-scale!

However, when he saw the closed flag clearly, he vomited blood.

I saw a huge Chinese character embroidered on the banner on the close, and a Zhang character and a Pang character were embroidered on the two flags next to it.

"Oops! The big thing is not good, the Xiegu Pass was won by the enemy! He groaned and said in pain.

Sima Wang also said blankly: "How can this be good? ”

"Hit! As soon as this pass is lost, this road into Sichuan will be opened! We must take it back. Sima Huang said on the side.

Deng Ai nodded and said, "Yes, this level is indeed not to be lost!" We must take it back. ”

"But how can these soldiers and horses capture this level?" Sima Wang pointed out a very real problem.

Deng Ai looked back at the soldiers under him, and saw that they were hanging their heads one by one, and he also realized this problem.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Let's go back to Hanzhong first, and then make plans!" ”

In this way, they left Xiegu Pass, from the trail, and went back to Hanzhong.

Besides, Huang Xu and others, who were chasing behind, led their troops to Xiegu Pass, and they met Zhang Hu and Pang Hong leading troops out of the city to chase Deng Ai.

"Zihao, Giant Master, Poor Kou Mo Chase!" Huang Xu stopped them.

Seeing that it was Huang Xu, Zhang Hu stopped the team and came to salute: "Zhang Hu has seen the general." ”

"Zihao is exempt."

At this time, Pang Hong came to the front and said, "Hong has seen the general. ”

"Giant master is exempt." Huang Xu helped Pang Hong up, and then said, "The governor is gone, and the giant master will mourn and change!" ”

"Macro knows. He also asked the governor to forgive Hong for a few days and send his father's coffin back to his hometown. Pang Hong said.

Huang Xu replied: "Okay! The governor is gone, and it is not good for us to rush into the army! Take the slope valley now, use it as the boundary, and withdraw the army for the time being! ”

After speaking, he ordered Zhenwei General Zhang Hu to lead 10,000 troops and horses to stay at Xiegu Pass; Hao Fang, the general of the cavalry, was sent as the deputy general, and the vanguard officer Zhang Cun and the general Zhong Li were stationed with the army.

Huang Xu retreated to Chang'an City.

At present, Liu Bei, the emperor of Zhangwu, the son of heaven, sent an envoy to mourn Pang Tong and issued a holy decree allowing Pang Hong to escort his father's coffin back to his hometown.

Due to the death of Pang Tong, the soldiers and horses of Chang'an were temporarily commanded by Huang Xu, the general of Anbei.

Hearing that Pang Tong had passed away, Ma Chao, the general of Liangzhou Zhenxi, sent people to mourn.

Huang Xu learned from the mouth of the people that Ma Chao's troops defeated Han Sui, captured the street pavilion, and the 80,000 troops of Liangzhou approached Tianshui.

The situation in Nishikawa is critical.

Deng Ai retreated to Hanzhong, saw the fugitive general Tian Xu, learned the reason for the loss of Xiegu, and was furious, and immediately disposed of Tian Xu with military law, and showed the public.

The defenders of Hanzhong were Cao Ren's three sons, Cao Tai, Cao Kai, and Cao Fan.

The three of them were deceived by Tian Xu and were depressed.

Hearing that Pang Tong had passed away, they had some smiles on their faces, but they heard Cao Tai say: "Pang Tong has passed away, and no one in the Chang'an army is the opponent of the governor!" Today, I still have more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, why not recapture Xiegu Pass? ”

The strategic position of Xieguguan is naturally very important in Deng Ai's heart!

It's just that he can't be sure which one will lead the soldiers and horses of Chang'an after Pang Tong dies, and who will be stationed in the valley?

He said to Cao Tai: "General Cao, what you said is extremely true. It's just that I don't know the bottom of the slope, and rash use of troops will only damage the soldiers and affect the morale of our army! ”

"It's okay, the last general will send a scout horse to find out the news of the valley." Cao Tai said, and ordered the deputy general to go down and make arrangements.

Back in the house, Cao Kai said a little unconvinced: "This stuttering guy is now angry." Standing on our heads and shouting, I am very unhappy! ”

"Second brother, his defeat in the Slope Valley is enough to show the strength of the Han army in Chang'an! If we insist on seizing power here, once there is another defeat, wouldn't it be you and me who will carry this black cauldron! Cao Tai said.

Cao Fan also said: "Deng Ai is already nominally the governor of Hanzhong, and it is normal for us to be under his control. What's more, as the eldest brother said, this victory or defeat is unknown, so what if he blocks in front? ”

Listening to the eldest brother and the third brother say this, Cao Kai realized.

After the three brothers had eaten, Cao Tai returned to the study and was reading.

Suddenly, Cao Fan hurried over.

"Big brother, there is news from the DPRK that our army has won a complete victory in the first battle of the barbarians. There are more than 100,000 barbarian soldiers entering Sichuan to help in the war! Cao Fan said excitedly.

Cao Tai was overjoyed: "In this way, Wen Lie has made a great contribution again!" ”

"Yes!"

The two brothers were very happy to talk about the information they had received.

The next day, Deng Ai summoned the generals and briefly told everyone the information sent by Sima Yi.

He said: "The Metropolitan Governor won a great victory in the Southern Barbarians, subdued the Southern Barbarian King, and obtained the help of 100,000 barbarian soldiers!" Master Sima sent a letter, saying that in half a month, 50,000 barbarian soldiers would come to help. ”

"Great!"

"I heard that the brute soldiers are brave and unusually ......"

"That's right! In this way, revenge is not far off! ……”

Hearing this, the generals discussed below.

"Smack!" With a bang, Deng Ai picked up the town hall wood and slapped it on the couch, and said coldly: "Quiet! ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, and the generals turned their heads one by one to look at him.

He said: "Yesterday, the horse survey reported that there were more than 10,000 enemy troops in Xiegu Pass, and the defending general was Zhang Hu, the son of Zhang Liao, a former general of the Han Dynasty and a general of Zhenwei. This son is not to be afraid, today a certain royal army of 20,000 soldiers, to conquer the valley pass. ”

Hearing this, Cao Tai stepped forward to dissuade him: "Governor, the reinforcements will arrive in half a month, why not wait for the reinforcements to arrive here before making plans to levy?" "To be honest, entrusting his soldiers and horses to Deng Ai, Cao Tai is really a little unbearable!

Glancing at Cao Tai, Deng Ai understood his thoughts, and couldn't help but smile: "General Cao is too worried." The governor of Pontus has his own plans, and the Ru brothers only need to be stationed in Hanzhong! ”

After finishing speaking, he got up and named Sima Wang, Sima Huang, Wen Sheng, Meng Jian, Du Shu and others as deputy generals, commanded 20,000 troops, and went to Xiegu Pass.

When Deng Ai led the troops out of the city, Cao Tai slapped on the case with a "snap" and scolded loudly: "What a stutterer, he ignores a certain brother so much!" ”

Duting Hou Su Yi persuaded on the side: "General, don't hurt yourself for this!" They are going, the outcome is unpredictable, and when most of the overseers come to help, the general only needs to ......" said, and whispered a few words in Cao Tai's ear.

After listening to it for a long time, Cao Tai's face suddenly showed joy.

Deng Ai blindly recaptured Xiegu Pass, but he didn't know that his snub pushed him into the bottomless abyss!

This trip to the valley will really be unpredictable!

Besides, Pang Tong died of illness, and Zhuge Liang went on a pilgrimage to see him.

He said to Liu Bei, the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, Shiyuan is deceased, Ziheng can guard Chang'an, but he can only enter the army!" The minister thought that Jiang Wei, the general of the rampage, could go to Chang'an to help Ziheng. ”

"Jiang Wei Jiang Boyo? That disciple of yours? Liu Bei asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, you are a disciple of the minister."

"Good! Boyo helped Tanzhi to make great contributions, showing his ability! Yes! After Liu Bei finished speaking, he remembered something again and ordered, "Zhuge Aiqing, Cao Xiu and Sima Yi have completed their campaign against the Southern Barbarians, and it is said that they have attracted 100,000 barbarian soldiers into Sichuan. What do you think? ”

This news has long been known by Liu Bei's spies.

Liu Bei not only knew that 100,000 barbarians went out of the wilderness into Sichuan and Shu, but also knew which tribes these barbarians belonged to? How many people were sent from these tribes, led by a few barbarian leaders......

Being able to do these things is all due to the shadow established by Liu Bei back then.

Now, Zhuge Liang is in charge of intelligence gathering, so he naturally knows about this news.

Seeing the Son of Heaven's inquiry, Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "The minister is about to explain this matter to Yu. Sima Zhongda offered advice in front of Cao Ang, so that the barbarian king Meng Shu led 50,000 barbarian soldiers to Ba County, intending to capture Zhang Xiu and seize his military power in Ba County; Let the general of the barbarian army bring the cave master and others to go to Hanzhong with him to block our army Chang'an! ”

"It seems that Cao Ang is going to make a desperate bet! Zhuge Aiqing, it's time to launch a full-scale attack! Ru quickly sent people to Tong Badong, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren immediately raised troops to Ba County. Let Zhang Xiu's department pretend to cater to the barbarian king Meng Shu! Ordered Ping'er's troops to immediately know that they would take Fang Ling and seize Shangyong! Liu Bei commanded.

"No!" Zhuge Liang wrote them down one by one.

Listening to the arrangement of the Son of Heaven, Zhuge Liang was shocked.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is about to launch a full-scale attack on Sichuan and Shu!

In the past few years of stability, His Majesty the Emperor only paid attention to Sichuan and Shu, but never assigned generals to launch a large-scale war.

It seems that Cao Ang's actions have aroused the anger of His Majesty the Son of Heaven!

Zhuge Liang guessed in his heart.

But the next words of the Son of Heaven made him even more incomprehensible to this master.

After a slight pause, Liu Bei commanded again: "Summoning all the generals to the palace, I want to drive the expedition in person!" ”

What the?

Driving a personal expedition?

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei with a puzzled expression, and was shocked in his heart.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's appearance, Liu Bei smiled and said: "I want to drive the expedition in person, and this battle will be the last battle of my Han family!" The generals of the DPRK and China will definitely be the first to fight, and only by conquering them can they be in peace! ”

"This ......" Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment and persuaded: "However, Your Majesty is old, and he is tired from such a journey, so I am afraid that I will ......"

"Don't persuade me. I ask you, would you like to go with me? ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang quickly knelt on the ground and responded eagerly: "The minister will not give up!" ”

Not long after, Guan Yu and others were summoned by the inner attendant.

Upon learning of the summons of the Son of Heaven, the general Guan Yu, the hussar general Zhang Fei, the chariot cavalry general Yan Liang, the guard cavalry general Wen Chou, the former general Zhang Liao, the left general Zhang Jaw, and the Zhenbei general Wei Yan ...... They all went to the temple to face the saints.