Hanzhong is the gateway of Yizhou, and Yangpingguan is the throat of Hanzhong, north of the Qinling Mountains, south of the Hanjiang Bashan, west of the Xian River, extremely dangerous in the world. Yangping Pass, can control Sichuan and Shu in the west, Qinlong in the north, and enter Yizhou from the south of Chencang Pass, Yangping Pass must be taken, otherwise even if Chengdu is conquered, it can only be fearful.

Even if Guo Jia does not have the advantage of crossing people, when he traveled the world in Yingchuan, he had already seen the dangerous pass in Shuzhong, and the weight of Yangping Pass was comparable to the entire Yizhou.

A day later, Guo Jia led the army south from the old road, because Zhang Baiqi was marching at a normal speed, and Guo Jia was marching in a hurry, so when Guo Jia arrived at Fu County, Zhang Bai Cai had just left Fu County, and camped twenty miles outside Yangping Pass to rest.

In the temporary residence of Fu County, Guo Jia looked at the terrain east of Yangping Pass with a lamp in his hand, and Guo Ping stayed silently behind him.

"Guo Ping, pass the order down, and discuss the matter in the account."

Soon, except for Zhang Baiqi, the generals came to Guo Jia in high spirits, and all the ministers also arrived, lined up on both sides.

Guo Jia, who was sitting in the handsome position, had a meticulous expression, and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, Zhang Baiqi will lead the army to Yangping Pass to call for battle, Yangping Pass guards Yang Ang and Zhang Wei, the defenders will not exceed 15,000, on the Dingjun Mountain east of Yangping Pass, Yang Ren has 10,000 garrisons, as long as Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain are taken, the 20,000 soldiers of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong are not to be feared." ”

Xi Zhicai and other strategists all knew it, but the generals were excited, and they couldn't wait to go to Yangping Pass overnight to make meritorious contributions.

After a pause, Guo Jia looked around at the generals and began to issue military orders.

"Zhang Bai cavalry led 5,000 soldiers as a weak brigade, and the battle in front of the pass will definitely lead the Yangping Pass guard to lead the army to attack, Ganning Zhoutai."

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai came out at the same time and hugged their fists and responded: "The end will be." ”

"Order the two of you to lead your troops to wait for the fighter plane ten miles behind Zhang Bai's cavalry, as long as the Yangping Pass guard will lead the army to meet the battle, and after Zhang Baiqi lures the enemy out, you two will immediately lead the army to support Zhang Baicai, remember, face to face, do not besiege the enemy."

"The last will obey." Gan Ning Zhou Tai returned to the queue after the order.

Guo Jia said in a deep voice again: "Gao Shun." ”

Gao Shun, who was not smiling, came out of the queue and hugged his fists to listen to the military order.

Guo Jia then said in a deep voice: "Order you to lead 5,000 cavalry to stand by ten miles behind the Ganning Zhou Tai army, once the enemy army begins to retreat towards the pass, you immediately lead all the cavalry to rush to Yangping Pass, I want you to rush into Yangping Pass at all costs, to ensure that the gate of Yangping Pass will not be closed, for me to drive straight into the army later." ”

"The last general commands." Gao Shun made a loud voice and calmly returned to the column.

The other generals looked at Guo Jia with burning eyes, and their eagerness to fight was obvious.

"Sima Ju, Xu He." Guo Jia nodded again.

The two of them came out of the queue and said: "The last will be." ”

Guo Jia said with a slightly heavy face: "If Yangping Pass falls, Yang Ren of Dingjun Mountain will either lead the whole army to support, or the whole army will stick to Dingjun Mountain to ask Hanzhong for help, I expect that Yang Ren will not support Yangping Pass, but rely on the dangerous terrain of Dingjun Mountain to hold on, as long as our army attacks Yangping Pass, you two will immediately lead all the soldiers and horses under your command to storm Dingjun Mountain!" In this battle, the casualties will definitely not be small, can you two have the confidence to take Dingjun Mountain for me? ”

Facing Guo Jia's majestic and fierce gaze, Sima Ju and Xu He did not hesitate, and immediately hugged their fists to receive their lives.

"The last general will definitely take Dingjun Mountain."

Guo Jia got up and said loudly: "Okay! If you can take Dingjun Mountain and capture Hanzhong, this head is your two! ”

After the military order was issued, Guo Jia's harsh expression became a little lighter, and he smiled lightly: "Let's go down and rest, recuperate, and wait for the big battle tomorrow." ”

The generals who received the combat mission were naturally in a happy mood and prepared to go down with excitement, but Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan, and Xu Chudianwei collectively came out to fight Guo Jia with their fists.

Guo Jia laughed, pointed at the four of them and said, "What's the hurry? Hanzhong is only the first step in the capture of Yizhou, and there are still many big battles waiting for you in the future. Let's all go down. ”

The four generals left with the other generals and ministers sullenly, only Xi Zhicai did not move, and only after there was no one else, he asked Guo Jia with a solemn face: "Lord, dare to ask the generals who attacked Hanzhong, who does the lord plan to send?" ”

Guo Jia guessed what Xi Zhicai was worried about, Hanzhong is the gateway to Shuzhong, and there can be no mistakes, and the generals in Hanzhong must not only be wise and brave, but also loyal to Guo Jia and never rebel.

said a name with a smile, Guo Jia looked at Xi Zhicai's expression of frowning together, and there was a kind of fun of tricking.

Sure enough, Xi Zhicai bowed his hand to Guo Jia and said: "Lord, Zhang Yan's 100,000 soldiers and horses are the main force of our army, if he guards Hanzhong, it will be very unfavorable for our army to go south to capture Chengdu." ”

In fact, the main reason was that Xi Zhicai didn't say it, but Guo Jia knew it and restrained a little smile, Guo Jia said lightly: "At that time, I will let Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan capture Hanzhong together, and then Zhang Yan handed over 50,000 soldiers and horses to Zhang Liao to guard Hanzhong, and Zhang Yan followed me south." ”

Xi Zhicai was stunned for a moment, first knowing that he was being teased by Guo Jia's words, but he didn't care, so he joked with them like before, but he was worried, turned around and left, muttering to himself.

"If Zhang Yan refuses to hand over 50,000 soldiers and horses, everything will be over."

The next morning, surrounded by mountains, the Yangping Pass between the towering mountain roads was closed, and Yang Ang and Zhang Wei looked mockingly at the vast rogues coming in the distance.

Half a year ago, Zhang Lu led the army to capture Hanzhong, called Zili, in fact, under the command and support of Liu Yan, in half a year in order to expand the armament, has increased the army by 20,000, now there are 50,000 soldiers and horses in the whole territory of Hanzhong, 15,000 people in Yangping Pass, 10,000 people in Dingjun Mountain, and 25,000 people left in Hanzhong City.

Seeing that although there were 5,000 thieves who gathered to attack, except for the leader who led the army straddling the horse and wore armor, the other foot soldiers had no armor to defend themselves, Yang Ang and Zhang Wei did not hide the contempt in their hearts at all, and looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Are these thieves too long? Such a vulnerable soldier dares to come to my Yangping Pass? ”

"Hahaha, that's right, come on, send an urgent report to Zhang Tianshi in Hanzhong, saying that there are thieves who have come to invade Yangping Pass."

Yang Ang looked at Zhang Wei incredulously, and said unhappily: "It's just a thief, why do you need Zhang Tianshi to send troops to help?" When I take 3,000 soldiers and horses, I can kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said with a low smile: "If you don't report to Zhang Tianshi, how will Zhang Tianshi know that you and I have killed the enemy in Yangping Pass and made meritorious contributions?" ”

Yang Ang instantly understood Zhang Wei's intentions, which was called asking for help, but it was actually to invite merit and reward.

Hahaha

The two generals looked up to the sky and laughed loudly together.

Zhang Tianshi is Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu's ancestors created the Tao of Heavenly Master, which is one of the originators of Taoism, and the Taiping Tao created by Zhang Jiao has a deep relationship with it.

Zhang Lu, who is now trumpeting the Five Doumi Sect in Hanzhong, has also become Zhang Tianshi, which is the same as Zhang Jiao, who was called a great virtuous teacher back then.

Riding heavily on a white horse, Zhang Bai rode to the front of the pass, and the distance was just enough for the defenders to shoot with arrows.

"Listen to the people who are closed, my ten thousand brothers only came to ask for some grain and grass this time, if you don't want to fight, send ten thousand stones of grain and grass to me quickly."

Yang Ang and Zhang Wei glanced at each other, laughing breathlessly, Zhang Wei pointed at Zhang Baiqi and scolded with a smile: "The little thief is not small, can you eat ten thousand stone grain?" Do you have an army of 10,000? Since you insist on sending you to death, then I will fulfill you, and you wait, and the grain and grass you want will be delivered immediately. ”

After saying that, Zhang Wei was about to lead his troops out of the customs to fight Zhang Baiqi, but Yang Ang, who was eager for meritorious service, grabbed him and said with some flattery: "Such a thief, don't work for the general, so as not to defile the general's sword, or give it to me." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Wei to agree, Yang Ang hurriedly ran down the tower, ordered three thousand soldiers and horses, and then opened the gate, and three thousand soldiers in fine armor followed Yang Ang on the horse majestically out of the gate to meet the battle.

These 3,000 soldiers have 1,000 crossbowmen, 1,000 sword and shield soldiers, and 1,000 pikemen, and they are orderly in charge and kill, and there are crossbowmen in long-range attacks, pikemen in charge and pikemen, and sword and shield soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

Zhang Baiqi was a little miserable here, except that the main general had armor to defend himself, a good sword in his hand, and the five thousand foot soldiers behind him were all yellow and thin, their clothes were ragged, and the weapons in their hands were more like scrap copper and rotten iron.

"Little thief, it's too late to kneel down and kowtow and admit your mistakes, hehehehe."

Yang Ang's momentum was condescending, and he didn't take Zhang Baiqi in his eyes at all.

But Zhang Baiqi scolded with a gloomy face: "It's almost the same to ask your mother to kowtow to me and admit your mistakes, the army behind me is not much more than you, can you kill me?" ”

Yang Ang understands that the thief he met today is mentally ill and doesn't know how to fight at all!

Is it about the number of people who fight? Is it inevitable that more people will win?

Yang Ang, who was extremely angry, drew his sword and waved, pointed it at Zhang Baiqi, and roared: "Crossbowman, release arrows to this general, and shoot this thief who speaks wildly to death!" ”

Behind him, a thousand crossbowmen took a step forward in a neat manner, the sword and shield soldiers were short, and the crossbowmen with bows and arrows released their bowstrings in unison.

Thousands of arrows were fired, Zhang Baiqi was shocked, wielding his sword to resist, and the foot soldiers behind him were killed and wounded, but he still resolutely ordered the charge.

"Rush! Kill them! ”

The foot soldiers behind him rushed at full speed, and the two armies, which were only 100 meters apart, let Yang Ang's army release three rounds of arrow rain before the confrontation, and when Zhang Bai's cavalry rushed into front of the enemy army, they had already fallen a thousand people, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Yang Ang's sword and shield soldiers and pikemen cooperate tacitly, the sword and shield soldiers hold their shields to resist the enemy's close slashing, and the spears frequently stab out from the gaps in the shield.

Yang Ang, who was standing behind the army on a horse, listened to the shouts of killing in his ears, and the scene of the two armies fighting in front of him couldn't help but show his pride.

Although there were 5,000 of them, they had no rules, and they only knew how to go forward and send them to death, and the soldiers under his command cooperated tacitly and killed the enemy.

Seeing that most of the dead and wounded were still increasing, Zhang Baiqi shouted angrily: "Withdraw, come back again." ”

In front of the thieves scattered in a hurry, fleeing backwards, Yang Ang wanted to collect troops and withdraw to the pass, but when he heard Zhang Baiqi say that he would attack again in the future, he immediately became angry, waved his big hand, and roared: "Chase!" Kill them all for General Ben! ”