Originally, Li Yue listened to Song Yuan's suggestion and asked for the important task of sitting in Zitong, with Li Shou in front, he only needed to take care of the defense of Motianling and Jianmen Pass, and his small life was very nourishing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, there was soon unfavorable news coming, first Ankang and Chenggu were lost, then the entire Qianhu cavalry was annihilated, the Yan army broke through the Qinling defense line, and finally Nanzheng was besieged and Hanzhong was in danger.

A series of dazzling changes in the military situation made Li Yue feel that he was a little unable to react, and now he was looking at the letter of help sent by Li Shou on the case and hesitated. With no choice, he habitually threw this problem to Song Yuan, and now Li Yue has developed the habit of asking Song Yuan for advice on everything.

"Yuan'er, do you think General Ben should send troops?"

"It stands to reason that the general should not sit back and watch Hanzhong fall, but at present, the Yan army is strong, the general only has 30,000 soldiers in his hands, and he still needs to guard the two dangerous places of Motianling and Jianmen Pass, how can there be more troops to support Hanzhong?"

"Yes...... But if the general did not move, my father and the court would probably not let me go easily, and even Li Ban might fall into the ground. Of course, Li Yue was reluctant to send troops to rescue Hanzhong, but he was worried that this move would annoy Li Xiong.

"Hehe, the general is too worried! Now that Li Shou is surrounded in Nanzheng, the loss of Hanzhong is inevitable, and whether the general sends reinforcements or not has little impact, but ensuring the safety of Jianmen Pass and Motianling is the top priority. ”

"Jianmen Pass is the throat of Hanzhong through the Golden Bull Road into Shu, once the Jianmen is lost, Fucheng will be in no danger to defend, and the Yan army can drive straight into Chengdu directly. Even if His Majesty punishes him in the future, the general can also report it according to the truth, and I believe that His Majesty will not only not blame the general for not saving Hanzhong when he sees death, but may also praise the general for his vision. ”

"In addition, to put it mildly, almost all of the troops trapped in Hanzhong today are the general's enemies or potential enemies, so what good is it to save the general? It seems that Li Shou has always stayed out of the matter and does not participate in the battle for succession, but in fact, he has secretly prepared to take advantage of the fisherman. ”

"Now the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, with the help of the Yan army, you can not only remove one of Li Ban's arms-Kui'an, but also eliminate Li Shou's danger in the bud, and the general can rely on the record of blocking the Yan army under the Sword Pavilion to start his reputation, so why not kill three birds with one stone, why not do it?"

After listening to Song Yuan's plan, Li Yue was overjoyed, and immediately threw Li Shou's letter for help aside, and only ordered his subordinates to guard the Tianhai Ridge and Jianmen Pass to prevent the Yan army from detouring south to Fucheng and Chengdu.

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The Yan army surrounded Nanzheng to shock the entire Hanzhong, first Ji Tang commanded the army to conquer Baogu, the army approached the city of Nanzheng, and the two partial divisions of Jia and Xue converged, so far the left army has exceeded the task given by the Privy Council.

With the Yan army entering Hanzhong in a big way, and Yangping Pass, which originally served as the western gateway of Hanzhong, suddenly became isolated.

At this point, the Qinling defense line carefully deployed by Cheng Han completely lost its effect, and the Yan army fully crossed the Qinling Mountains to the front line of Hanzhong, and the front line of the troops pointed directly at the front line of Daba Mountain.

Standing under the city of Nanzheng, Beigong Chunzhi was complacent, looking at Gao Kai, who came alone, and couldn't help but joke: "It seems that my left army has made great contributions to the capture of Hanzhong, so that Shijie has no face to come to Nanzheng." ”

"Back to the Dudu, Xie Dudu is leading the army along the Yinping Trail to try to bypass the Jianmen Pass, so there is no time to come here, please don't be surprised!" At this time, Gao Kai, the general of the sailor who came to meet Xie Ai, hurriedly stepped forward to explain one or two.

Beigong Chun waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "The senior commander is too worried, I don't mean to blame Shijie." After all, the capture of Hanzhong is only the first step in pacifying Chenghan, and the next capture of Chengdu is the key. If you want to capture Chengdu, you must either follow Deng Ai's example and bypass the Jianmen Pass and take Fucheng directly; Or go south along the Golden Bull Road and break through the Sword Gate. ”

"From the current point of view, these two roads are full of difficulties, and the next task of your middle route army is not light."

"I wonder what the governor plans to do next?" Gao Kai didn't care much about the difficulties that the Central Route Army faced next, but asked about the plan of the Left Route Army with concern.

"What? Is the High Commander worried that we will compete with you? Don't worry, the Left Route Army will not have the idea of hitting the Taurus Road next, and our goal is Yonecang Road. ”

"Yonekura Road?" Gao was happy and moved, and suddenly it became clear that too! In the case that Nanzheng was already in the bag, the Micang Road completely opened the door to the Yan army, and along the Micang Road through the Daba Mountain, it would go directly to Jiangzhou (now Chongqing), the important land of Shu.

"That's right! The task given by the Privy Council to the Left Route Army was to capture Jiangzhou, and then the army would follow in the footsteps of Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie, and Cen Peng, the general of the Han Dynasty, to attack Jiangzhou first, and then advance to Chengdu. Do you want to compare the high commander to see if your middle route army will capture Chengdu first, or our left route army will take Chengdu first. ”

"This ...... This general doesn't dare to call the shots, but I will relay the words of the governor to the governor! ”

As soon as Hanzhong was lost, the door of Shu was opened. There are two passages from Hanzhong to the south of Shudi: Jinniu Road and Micang Road.

The Golden Bull Road was first opened by King Qin Hui and Shu, and the Sword Pavilion was its southern throat.

Historically, Zhong Hui attacked Shu Han, Wei Chi took Liang Yizhou, Guo Chongtao attacked Qianshu, Northern Song Dynasty Pinghou Shu, and Mongolia attacked Southern Song, all of which had marched from here.

Yonekura Road is named after the Mt. Yonekura. From Nanzheng to the south along the mountain range through the Xishen Dam, crossing the Bayu Pass, after crossing the mountain range along the Nanjiang River valley to Bazhong, it is the rice cang road.

From Hanzhong to Sanba, this is a shortcut.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao begged Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu fled south from Micang Road to Bazhong. After Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu, he stayed in Xiahou Yuan to supervise Zhang Tai and Xu Huang to Tun Hanzhong.

Xiahou Yuan once sent Zhang He to lead the army from Micang Road to Zhengbazhong, and marched to Danqu (now Quxian County, Sichuan), but was defeated by Zhang Fei.

In the eighth year of Mongolian Meng Ge Khan, Meng Ge personally led the army to attack the upper reaches of Sichuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the main force went to the Sword Pavilion from the Golden Bull Road, and sent the king of the sect Mu Ge to lead the division from the Micang Road to Bazhong.

In order to eliminate the separatist forces of the Cheng and Han Dynasty, the two armies of the left and central routes will go south from Jinniu Road and Micang Road respectively. Since the political center of gravity of Chengdu and Han is in Chengdu, it is more convenient to go south from Jinniu Road than Micang Road.

However, this is not to say that it is meaningless for the Left Route Army to move south along the Micang Road, the Yan army marched from the Micang Road, went straight to Sanba, and approached Jiangzhou, not only to threaten Chengdu from the southeast, but also to find an opportunity to occupy the southeast of Shu and cut off the connection between Chenghan and Jiangdong.

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The importance of Hanzhong is self-evident, Hanzhong is in danger, so that Li Xiong, who is sitting in Chengdu, can no longer maintain his composure.

In order to cope with the changes, Li Xiong convened the high-level leaders of Chenghan to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the strength of the Yan army in Hanzhong, the key to the defeat is that Li Yue, the general of the chariot cavalry guarding Zitong, sat back and watched Nanzheng being surrounded, but did not send a single soldier."

As soon as Li Ban came up, he criticized Li Yue verbally and in writing, and the Qianhu cavalry lost all their lives, which almost made Li Ban crazy. For so many years, he has been a man with his tail between his legs in Chenghan, isn't it because of his lack of strength. Even if Li Xiong made it clear that he wanted to make him the crown prince, he did not dare to show the slightest ambition for the throne.

finally got Kui'an's allegiance, so that he mastered a strong army, and originally wanted to rely on the other party to make some contributions, so that he could compete for the prince's capital more. Who knows, but it was folded in Hanzhong overnight, how can this not make Li Ban annoyed?

Li Xiong listened to Li Ban's accusation, and couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied with Li Yue, the eldest son of Mingzhe who protected himself. Although Li Yue had made it clear that he would not come to the aid of Hanzhong in the compromise, Li Xiong was still a little unhappy about Li Yue's large army, but he was still a little unhappy to see Nanzheng being besieged.

Prime Minister Fan Ben saw that Li Xiong's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, what General Pingnan said, Weichen doesn't dare to agree. At that time, Hanzhong was no longer protective, and it was the safest way for the general to keep the sword gate safe without the motivation of the soldiers. If he took the liberty to come to the aid of Hanzhong, who could guarantee that he would not be ambushed by the Yan army? ”

"Okay, let's stop talking about these things anymore, or what to do next to stop Yan Jun?"

Seeing that his favored heir was arguing with the ministers of the imperial court again, Li Xiong couldn't help but have a headache. After he revealed his desire to make Li Ban the crown prince, the political situation in Cheng Han was no longer calm as before, and all parties were faintly formed into several factions around the dispute over the prince.

"What else can we do today? We can only strengthen the defense of Jiange and Jiangzhou, as long as Jiange and Jiangzhou are not lost, Chengdu will be safe. (To be continued.) )