After waiting for more than two months, in the golden autumn of September, Weizhou was ready to stop and immediately wave his army to attack Shu, and Li Bao, as the lord of Weizhou, led the army to conquer in person. The Weiyuan Fifth Army and the Sixth Army set off from the capital Chang'an in turn and went straight to Shu.

Since ancient times, if you want to cut down Shu, you must first occupy Hanzhong, Hanzhong is a springboard for attacking Shuzhong, and Li Bao, the lord of Weizhou, seized the opportunity early and occupied Xingyuan (Hanzhong) early, so that the front station of Shuzhong has already been laid.

At the same time that the Weizhou army was advancing rapidly, Chen Jinghuo in Shuzhong summoned Yang Shili, Niu Miao, Luo Yuangao and other henchmen to discuss how to deal with the attack in Weizhou.

Chen Jinghuo's face was sad, he knew that the Weizhou Ji Wang Army was powerful, and Shuzhong had been under pressure from the Weizhou side for so many years, and the inability to resist was forced by the strong military might of the Weizhou Army. At present, his brother Tian Lingzi has been beheaded by King Ji, and he can't avenge him, and now that Weizhou is attacking, he is powerless to resist.

Yang Shili is still the envoy of Dongchuan Festival, Niu Miao, Luo Yuangao and others are also under the command of Xichuan Chen Jinghuo, and the most they do on weekdays is to eat, drink and have fun, and they have never thought about resisting foreign enemies. Now that the army is pressing, they really can't think of a way to resist the enemy, and when they see Chen Jinghuo's crying and mournful face, their hearts are even more bottomless.

Chen Jinghuo looked at the people in the hall and was silent, he also knew that if he asked about eating, drinking, and having fun, they would definitely be more capable than himself, but when it came to leading troops to fight, they were more than a bear. But at present, the attack of Weizhou is imminent, and how to defend against him as the head of the crowd must come up with a charter.

So Chen Jinghuo coughed and said: "You think that Weizhou is coming to the enemy, how should we deal with it, what strategies do you have to teach so?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they really didn't know how to reply. However, as Chen Jinghuo's diehards, they also wanted to shield all the enemies from Weizhou outside the mountains and rivers in Shuzhou, but they understood that today's Shuzhong was basically a half-naked beauty, just waiting for the enemy from Weizhou to be ravaged.

Since ancient times, the guard of Shu must first hold Hanzhong, and now the barrier in Shuzhong is occupied by Weizhou first, and the barrier in Shuzhong has been broken, although the road in Shuzhong is rugged but it does not mean that it cannot be passed. Since the pre-Qin period, Shuzhong has been attacked by foreign enemies countless times, and the reason is that it is in virtue and not in danger.

Yang Shili is the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, he is more sad than Xichuan, he looked at the people who were full of frustration: "Weizhou is coming this time, it is bound to win, although it is useless, but there is still a lot of blood, and Dongchuan will not fall, if Dongchuan loses Ambassador Chen, there is no need to blame it, and it can be regarded as repaying Ambassador Chen and Lieutenant Tian for their kindness." ”

After speaking, Yang Shili saluted Chen Jinghuo, and then walked out of the lobby quickly, and then immediately got on the horse without stopping, and rushed back to Zizhou (now Santai County, Sichuan), where the Yamen of the Dongchuan Jiedu Envoy was located.

Zizhou is not far from Chengdu Mansion, where the Xichuan Jiedu Yamen is located, only more than 100 miles away, and you can come and go in one day. And Yang Shili was originally a general of the Shence Army, and in the past, Tian Lingzi was powerful, and then took refuge in Tian Lingzi, and was Chen Jinghuo's horsetail. Now that the catastrophe is coming, he has shown his manly spirit and wants to resist Weizhou and die.

Niu Miao and Luo Yuangao, who are also Chen Jinghuo's subordinates, seemed to be watching the aliens' eyes watching Yang Shili go away, and they were thinking about another thing in their hearts, I heard that King Ji was kind-hearted, and he loved to turn back to the rebel generals on the shore, and Cao Jiedu of the Patriotic Army first resisted and then surrendered, and now he has become a rich man in Weizhou, eating, drinking and having fun is still free, so Yang Shili is really stupid.

The strength of the Weizhou army had already swept the entire northwest and southwest borders, and even the Tibetans, with the assistance of a battalion of the Weizhou army, broke through the heavily defended city of Lhasa (Lhasa) by Yongdan Zampu. Coupled with the legend that King Ji is the reincarnation of the God of Thunder that has been ingrained in their hearts over the years, they can't afford to be hostile to King Ji.

The two of them were only thinking for a moment, so the two looked at each other and immediately knew what they were thinking about each other. But now in the hall of this Jiedu Mansion, they can't say what they think in their hearts.

Chen Jinghuo looked at Niu Miao and Luo Yuangao, and sighed: "Now we are all unable to protect ourselves, I heard a report from northern Sichuan yesterday that the Tubo and Tuyuhun people have already reached the border of Chen Bing's Yak Road and the Chanan Ancient Road." Now that they are invading Shu, it seems that they are setting off at the same time as King Ji of Weizhou, how can this be good? ”

When Niu Miao and Luo Yuangao heard this, they were even more determined to surrender in their hearts. Now this Ji king not only occupies Hanzhong, but also contacts the Tubo and Tuyuhun people, attacking Shuzhong on three sides, and Shuzhong will be attacked on three sides, how can he resist it. It is better to dedicate the city early to support King Daiji into Shu, and it is the right thing to do.

So the two didn't answer Chen Jinghuo's words, and after they looked at each other, they said to Chen Jinghuo: "A certain is willing to follow Yang Dajiedu's envoy to serve Chen Dajiedu's work as a dog and horse, and I just hope that Ambassador Chen can rest assured." ”

Chen Jinghuo heard the two henchmen say this, where did he still feel at ease, so he said to the two: "I don't know how the two of you want to work?" ”

Niu Miao immediately said: "A certain is willing to be the guard of Jianmen, after all, the most direct passage into Shu is the Golden Bull Road, which is the widest and smoothest, and there is a natural danger of Jianmen Pass, and a certain is willing to do his part for Ambassador Chen in Jianmen." ”

Luo Yuangao saw that Niu Miao finished speaking, and he continued: "A certain is willing to be the imperial envoy of Chengdu Mansion, if it is impossible to do anything in the future, a certain is willing to shed blood for Ambassador Chen and desperately defend the city." ”

When Chen Jinghuo heard that the two were so loyal, his tears were about to fall, so he immediately issued an order to appoint Niu Miao as the guard of Jianmen Gate, and Luo Yuangao as the imperial envoy of Chengdu Prefecture, specializing in the defense of Chengdu.

The two of them immediately thanked each other, and after getting out of the palace, the two looked at each other and smiled. Then Niu Miao said to Luo Yuangao: "Luo Fang, it's better to go to the cold house with the younger brother to discuss the plan." ”

Luo Yuangao lowered his head and smiled, "I have this intention, and I also ask Brother Niu to lead the way." ”

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"It is difficult to go to Shu, it is difficult to go to the blue sky!" Looking at the steep mountains and rugged narrow roads on both sides of the road, Li Bao felt very tired riding on his horse.

Since ancient times, attacking Shu will first take Hanzhong, and now Hanzhong has been in his own hands, he has wasted a lot of effort in attacking Shu, facing the three passages into Shu: Jinniu Road, Lychee Road, and Micang Road.

The Jinniu Road starts from Guyang Pingguan (near Mianxian County, Hanzhong, not today's Yangping Pass), climbs over Micang Mountain, reaches Guangyuan, Sichuan, and then passes through Jianmen Pass, reaches Zitong, Mianyang, and finally arrives in Chengdu.

The Micang Road starts from Hanzhong (Nanzheng), crosses the Micang Mountain, leads directly to Bazhong in Sichuan, and then continues south from Bazhong to Chongqing.

The northern end of Lychee Road starts from Ziwu Town in Hanzhong, passes through Xixiang and Wanyuan, and finally reaches Dazhou, and then continues south to Chongqing. When Yang Guifei ate lychees, Tang Xuanzong sent people from Sichuan to Chang'an, the so-called "riding the red dust concubine laughing", took this road, so it was called "Lychee Road".

These three roads are the most important passages from Hanzhong to Shuzhong, and the traffic between the two places is basically completed through these three roads. Among them, the Jinniu Road summarizes the Chencang Road and the Bao Slope Road in Hanzhong, and leads directly to Chengdu in Shuzhong, so it is the most important of the three roads.

In addition to these three main roads, there is also a Yinping trail that crosses the Motianling Mountains from Wenxian in Longnan, Gansu Province, crosses Longmen Mountain, and finally reaches Jiangyou. This is a small road, the march is difficult, but it often plays the role of a surprise soldier in the war, when the Three Kingdoms was Cao Wei's Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, and the direct capture of Chengdu is a typical example.

In order to save time, Li Bao naturally chose the most wide and easy-to-pass Golden Bull Road march, although it is already September golden autumn but the weather is still relatively hot, during this time the Weizhou army is in a hurry in the morning and evening, noon time to camp and rest, one is Li Bao cherishes the generals, the other is to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, so as not to be attacked by the enemy, after all, now has entered the Shu realm and has to act carefully.

However, now that they have been in Shuzhong for half a month, they have not really encountered the resistance of the Shuzhong army, which makes Li Bao very worried. So he kept sending a large number of scouts to the front to investigate, for fear that he would fall into the encirclement of the enemy army.

The terrain in Shuzhong is steep and the mountains are continuous, once you fall into an ambush, it will inevitably cause your own morale to be low, although you have advanced weapons, but in the unfavorable environment the performance of the soldiers will still be affected, and is not conducive to the prestige of the Weizhou army and their own strategic goals of quick victory.

Seeing that the sun was getting hotter, Li Bao waved his hand and motioned to Zhang Qingping and Ouyang Hui: "Let's march here today, and wait until the temperature drops in the afternoon before marching." ”

Zhang Qingping looked up at the sky, then wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then nodded. Ouyang Hui immediately shouted an order to the team.

Hu Sanbao got off the horse early, came to Li Baoma, and helped him dismount.

Li Bao told Hu Sanbao several times that he didn't have to do this, everyone was very tired from this mountain march, and he didn't need to be so diligent, Hu Sanbao didn't hear it, and then Li Bao had to let it go.

Li Bao got off the horse, and Hu Sanbao immediately handed over the water bag, which was a poured mountain spring, which has now become warm water. In the face of the future, Li Bao has relatives.

Li Bao took a sip of water, and then asked, "Where did the Weiyuan Fifth Army and the Sixth Army march?" ”

After Hu Sanbao took Li Bao's kettle, he took a sip of water before replying: "Qian De'an, the commander of the Weiyuan Fifth Army, has already sent someone to deliver a letter yesterday, and they have already come to Dasanguan five days ago. ”

Thinking that the Weiyuan Fifth Army and the Weiyuan Sixth Army were only five or six days away from his side, Li Bao felt a lot more relieved. However, he has not yet fought with the Shuzhong army, and he is still a little uneasy in his heart.

When Zhang Qingping wanted to say a few more words, a message came from the outpost of the army, as if there was some important news, and the hearts of Li Bao and the others immediately lifted.