It is said that the difficulty of the Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and the Jiameng Pass is firmly guarded on the throat road of Hanzhong into the Sichuan, and if the Jiameng Pass is not taken, the army in Hanzhong is a person and a rider can not pass the Shu Road, so Zhang Wei attacked very urgently in the north of the Jiameng Pass, but he did not know that the Jiameng Pass has quietly changed.

Due to the narrow and difficult road in front of Jiameng Pass, Zhang Wei's army of 50,000 could not be deployed at all, Zhang Wei adopted the method of small forces attacking in turns, launching round after round of attacks on Jiameng Pass, and has maintained a high-intensity offensive momentum, in a vain attempt to use crowd tactics to drag down the Sichuan army defending the city. In the battle of fortifications, the general besieging side pays a greater price than the defending side, and the casualty ratio is generally one to two or even one to three, but Zhang Wei doesn't care, the Hanzhong army occupies an overwhelming advantage in troops, even if it is a desperate consumption, he is not afraid.

This is already the fifth consecutive day of siege of the Hanzhong army, Zhang Wei obviously felt the fatigue of the defenders, even the number of arrows shot was three or four percent lower than usual, Zhang Wei couldn't help but be excited, it seems that Fei Guan has reached the end of the crossbow, he decided to carry out a general attack on Jiameng Pass today, and he completed his work in one battle, and won Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop.

Zhang Wei personally came to the front line to command, just led the troops to kill under the Jiameng Pass, he faintly felt that today's atmosphere was a little wrong, just when he was still stunned, the city gate of the Jiameng Pass suddenly opened, a group of men and horses roared out, facing the Hanzhong army and killed. Zhang Wei couldn't help but be taken aback, since he led his troops to attack Jiameng Pass, the Sichuan army is like a turtle with a shrunken head, let the Hanzhong army scold the battle so much, life or death is not to fight, the Hanzhong army has been attacking for many days, seeing that Jiameng Pass is already unable to hold, but the defenders abandon the pass, which is contrary to the common sense of soldiers. Zhang Wei couldn't help but wonder.

The Hanzhong army originally planned to attack the city, and did not expect that the Sichuan army defending the city would go out of the city to fight, so the Hanzhong army did not discharge the field battle formation, and most of the soldiers still carried the ladder to push the rushing cart, while the defenders were ready to attack, and as soon as Fang left the city, they launched a fierce attack on the Hanzhong army. The Hanzhong army was taken by surprise by the defenders. They were all defeated.

Zhang Wei was furious, and he slashed two deserters with his own sword, and ordered the Hanzhong army to reorganize the formation and prepare for a counterattack.

Adjutant General Yang Ren said: "General Zhang, the situation is a little bad, these don't seem to be Fei Guan's army, the Sichuan army has no such strong combat power, isn't it Liu Ze's Jing army has already been killed?" ”

Zhang Wei felt a chill in his heart. Although it is not easy to distinguish the army that came out of Jiameng Pass without a banner, its strong combat ability is indeed very different from the Sichuan army they have fought for a long time.

This is the result that Zhang Wei is most worried about, the reason why he does not care about the troops to storm Jiameng Pass is that he is afraid of the reinforcements of the Jing army to Jiameng Pass, which was originally easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Fei Guan gets Liu Ze's support, Zhang Wei wants to conquer Jia Meng Pass again. It's out of reach.

Zhang Wei did not guess wrong, and the leader of the army was Huang Zhong, the veteran governor of the Eighth Army. The road in front of Jiameng Pass was narrow, Huang Zhong deliberately dispatched a group of elite soldiers, and as soon as the city was opened, he launched an attack on the Hanzhong army with lightning speed, and crushed the front of the Hanzhong army in one fell swoop.

Huang Zhong took the lead. Wielding a big knife, he cut down a number of Hanzhong soldiers one after another, and saw Zhang Wei under the handsome banner from a distance, urging the sweaty BMW under his crotch, and his four hooves were like clouds and fog. In the Hanzhong army formation, it was like chopping waves, and it was killed directly towards Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei was frightened, and he had no intention of fighting anymore, so he turned the horse and went back, where did Huang Zhong allow him to escape, the sweaty horse hooves were flying, and in just a moment, he had chased Zhang Wei behind him, and the knife fell in his hand, cutting Zhang Wei under the horse.

The Hanzhong army was in great chaos and was defeated one after another, Yang Angyang couldn't help it, and they also expected that it would be difficult to resist the enemy, so they had no courage to fight again, and led the remnants of the defeated brigade to retreat north. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan led their troops to cover up the slaughter, and the Hanzhong army was defeated.

Just retreated ten miles, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren led the army to kill on the left and right roads, Yan Yan beheaded Yang Ang, Zhang Ren picked Yang Ren with a gun, and the 50,000 army in Hanzhong was wiped out under the front and rear flanking attacks of the Jing army, and the siege of Jiameng Pass was easily solved by the Jing army.

Liu Zeer then waved his army to the north and marched towards Hanzhong. Originally, after Liu Ze took Yizhou, he was ready to attack Hanzhong, Hanzhong was the barrier of Yizhou, and the second was the pedal for entering the Central Plains.

The news of the fiasco reached Nanzheng, Zhang Lu was shocked and painful, the 50,000 troops led by his younger brother Zhang Wei accounted for nearly half of the Hanzhong army, and it was gone all of a sudden, this kind of blow was undoubtedly the heaviest for Zhang Lu.

General Yang Bai said generously: "Liu Ze will go north from Jiameng Pass, and he will take Yangping Pass, and the last general is willing to lead an army to guard Yangping Pass, and discipline Liu Ze not to step into Hanzhong for half a step." ”

Zhang Lu was overjoyed and allocated 20,000 horses to Yang Bai and asked him to guard Yangping Pass. After Yang Bai arrived at Yangping Pass, he immediately refused to defend by risk in order to block the Jing army.

Xu Rongyan, the vanguard of the Jing army, was ordered to march northward, all the way to the mountains, to build bridges when encountering water, and arrived at Yangping Pass.

After entering Yizhou, the Seventh Infantry Division and the Seventeenth Infantry Division of the Sixth Army Corps, which originally belonged to the Fourth Army Corps, had been returned to the Jianyuan Army Corps, and Chen Zhi had also been transferred back from Yizhou. Liu Ze attacked Hanzhong this time, and mobilized all the troops of the first, eighth, and ninth army corps, totaling 150,000 troops. When Xu Rong led the vanguard troops to Yangping Pass, Liu Ze's army was already on the road to Hanzhong, and it was only a hundred or ten miles away from Yangping Pass.

Fa Zheng said to Liu Ze: "Yangping Pass is north of Qin Yan, south of Bashan, easy to defend and difficult to attack, since ancient times there is the throat of Shu, Hanzhong Gateway is called, predecessors often sigh 'the most dangerous in Han is as bad as Yangping', before Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu fought troops, several times the soldiers committed Yangping and were blocked, not an inch in. As long as the lord takes Yangping Pass, the Hanzhong Plain will be in full sight and at his fingertips. ”

Liu Ze smiled and said, "Is there a good way to be filial piety?" ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Yangping Pass is dangerous, but it is not impregnable, the minister entered Shu from Hanzhong, walked Yangping Pass, as far as the minister knows, there is a mountain in the south of Guannan, called Jigong Mountain, because the male is like a rooster and gets its name, Jigong Mountain is only according to Guancheng, although facing the cliff of Guancheng this side is dozens of zhang high, but its southeast direction can still be climbed, the lord only needs to secretly send an army to attack Jigong Mountain at night, you can seize the commanding heights. ”

Liu Ze asked: "Then why didn't the Sichuan army adopt this strategy when they attacked Yangping Pass?" ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Due to the long distance from the top of the mountain to the city, although it is still within the range of the bow and arrow, the end of the strong crossbow will not do much damage to the city. But the lord can use firearms to attack, as long as Yangping Pass falls into a sea of fire, our army will attack from the front, there is no reason to break it. ”

Liu Ze smiled and said: "Xiaozhi can see the wonderful use of firearms, and his eyes are really poisonous. ”

Fa Zheng followed Liu Ze to fight in Sichuan, several times saw the power of firearms, especially the Jing army bombardment of the White Emperor City, Fa is vivid, although the Shu road is difficult, it is impossible to transport the bronze artillery to Yangping Pass, but the Jing army still has a large number of light firearms, these weapons to attack Yangping Pass, it is more than enough, as long as you can occupy Jigong Mountain, condescending, Yangping Pass will only be beaten, the power of firearms is not only that it can effectively kill targets within a certain radius, At the same time, it can also create fires, and there are many wooden buildings in Yangping Pass, once a fire is caused, no matter how strong Yangping Pass is, it will not help. (To be continued......)