Cao Wei sent troops in three directions, one Yongzhou, two Liangzhou, and three Jingzhou. Jingzhou has the strongest troops, but it is far away from Luoyang and Chang'an, and it takes time for news to be transmitted, and it also takes time for Sima Yi to take office, so it is naturally late to send troops; The first to enter Hanzhong was, of course, Cao Zhen and Zhang He on the Yongzhou side, and then the Liangzhou army also went south.

In Liangzhou, Cao Cao's edict to destroy Shu has not yet arrived, and the assignment of Shixun has not yet been decided, Zhang Ji, Su Ze and others have a premonition, and they are ready to fight. Pang De guarded the next division, first heard that Zhang He copied between himself and Yangping Pass, cut off the back road, and then had to report to the Liangzhou army to attack, and couldn't help but sigh. So he personally led the soldiers and horses out of the city and counterattacked the Liangzhou army, with a long hand and a straight lance, and almost took Zhang Derong's life. Fortunately, Su Ze commanded properly and responded in time to save Zhang Ji and force Pang De back to the city.

After this battle, Zhang was frightened, that is, he took the seal ribbon to Su Ze, and said: "I am not as good as Qing to make a decision, and now I will attack the city and entrust Yu Qing." So Su Wenshi immediately commanded the army, surrounded the subordinate regiments, built new thunderbolts, and attacked in turns, for four consecutive days, and the city walls were destroyed. Because of this, the Wei army climbed the city, and Pang De still fought to the death and did not retreat, first shooting the enemy with a bow and arrow, and then the arrows were short-handed. His subordinates persuaded him to surrender, and Pang De raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "I Wenliang will not be cowardly to die to avoid it, and the martyrs will not destroy the festival to survive, today, I will die on the day of my death!" In the end, he was exhausted and was captured by the young general Biqiu Jian.

Zhang both persuaded Pang De to surrender, and Jiang Xu also said: "In the past, the general was in Liangzhou, and Ma Chaoduo was killed, but the general loved the people. Liangzhou people often think about it. Now Liu Bei is dead. Shu should be destroyed. If he is willing to surrender, he will play the Son of Heaven and forgive the old sins. Pang De chirped: "I'd rather be a ghost of the country than a thief." "Because of his prestige, he was afraid that he would be robbed, so he killed him on the same day.

The Liangzhou army seized the next division, divided the troops to Dingwudu counties, and Su Ze and Biqiu Jian led the army to take Yangping Pass. Come and join Zhang He. To say that although the terrain of Yangping Pass is dangerous, after all, there are too few soldiers and horses to defend it, Chen Shi is already a little overstretched to deal with a Zhang He, and suddenly saw the banner of the Liangzhou army, and he couldn't help but be heartbroken, and sent three letters asking for help a day, asking Ma Chao to come back to rescue. It's a pity that Ma Mengqi lacks skills and is difficult to support.

Besides, it was Xun who ordered Lu Meng to be the pioneer, entering the Han from the Bao Slope Road, and reaching the mouth of the Slope Valley. Shu Han built a large fortress near the mouth of the valley. There are more than 10 small barricades, which should be defended by 2,000 people according to the scale. But at this time, there were only about 300 people left. Seeing that most of the small calamities were made of wood, Lu Meng immediately attacked them with rockets, slaughtered them instantly, and then surrounded the big calamities.

Lu Ziming boasted about Haikou in front of Shi Xun, saying that as long as the metropolitan governor you enter Hanzhong, this battle will be won. So he went into battle in person, with a side card in his left hand and a long knife in his right hand, and went up the ladder to help him, and his body was wounded several times without retreating, and finally conquered the fort in one fell swoop.

By the time Shixun led the rear army into Hanzhong, Lü Meng had completely broken through the valley and killed under the city of Baozhong. Seeing that Lu Meng was wrapped in several wounds, Shi Xun couldn't help but stroke his shoulder and said: "I mean that General Ziming is also an extraordinary fighting general, rushing to the arrows and stones, and what the fighting general did, Ziming should not be like this." Lu Meng said with a smile: "In order to make the governor peaceful, he is impatient. However, killing thieves for the country, and getting the wish of the people, what are the generals and fighting generals? ”

Then they rode together to see the enemy city. If you want to say that Xun has entered Hanzhong, he originally planned to pretend to be forced to make a lupine towel four-wheeled vehicle or something, imitating the original historical Zhuge Prime Minister, but after pondering again, most of the dirt roads are not smooth enough, and there is a lack of shock absorption system in these years. To say that Kong Ming's earliest literary image was originally "riding Suyu, Ge scarf, white feather fan, commanding the three armies" - Suyu should refer to the carriage, and that is still the language of later generations. Or the war is not over, if you accidentally do "Zhuge Liang with juice", then you can laugh and be generous.

Therefore, he still honestly put on armor and helmets, rode on horseback, and came to inspect with Lu Meng, Fu Zhi and other staff officers. After looking at it for a long time, he frowned and said: "Baozhong and Nanzheng are only ten miles apart, and they are interdependent, so it is not easy to take them. The suggestion is Xun: "Either the west should be General Zhang's entry into the pass, or the east should be connected with Cao Junhou, first break Ma Chao, and then attack the city." Shi Xun smiled and said: "Now that I have come here, why should the horse not leave?" ”

The position he is in now is very important, and it is also dangerous. Baozhong is about ten miles west of the north of Nanzheng, and the Baoshui flows through the east of Baozhong City and the north of Nanzheng City, and there is a bridge on the river, which is convenient to get through. In addition, Fazheng also built six small forts around the two cities, forming a complete set of defense systems. In other words, no matter what point the Wei army attacked, the rest of the points could respond in time, and all the defenders could condense into a fist and deal a heavy blow to the Wei army.

So what if the army is divided to take each one? It's more than 10,000 people under Xun, and that's really not enough.

From an important point of view, as long as the Wei army is near Chen Bingzhong and threatens Nanzheng, it can cut off the road of support on the east and west sides at any time; From the point of view of danger, the Shu army can also go around to the rear of the Wei army at any time, cut off the valley mouth, and cut off the Wei army's grain route - of course, that must be under the premise of Hanzhong's tight garrison, it is estimated that the current two cities and six garrisons are only more than 3,000, and they are not afraid to take this risk.

Therefore, Shi Xun can ignore the back road for the time being, wave his army to the west, take Huangsha and Chuyang, and cooperate with Zhang He to attack Yangping Pass on both sides, or attack Chenggu to the east to meet Cao Zhen. Once any of the Wei armies on the east and west roads meet with it, tens of thousands of people will have the possibility of storming Baozhong and Nanzheng.

At the moment, Hongfu looked at the map, frowned and asked, "The two Liu are fighting, what is the result?" "No matter which one wins, if you gather all your strength to save Hanzhong, the final victory or defeat is still unknown. Theoretically, the other party is not stupid, and should suspend the brotherly wall and unanimously with the outside world - just like the original history, the Yuan brothers fought in Hebei. But the problem is that the Yuan brothers are just fighting for a general, and now they are fighting for imperial power, who dares to say that the orthodox issue will be put aside for the time being, let's unite with the outside world first? Just like the later Southern Ming monarchs and ministers, they may not all be stupid, but because of the power struggle, the internal strife led to endless internal strife, so that the Qing army could successfully cross the Yangtze River, that is, the Northern and Southern Dynasties could not be obtained.

Lu Meng said that as far as the rumors of the past few days are concerned, it seems that Liu Feng has the upper hand......

The Hanzhong Army led by Liu Fengsuo was originally the most powerful field army in Shu Han. The equipment of the Chengdu defenders may be excessive. On quality, training. and combat experience, but not much. In addition, although Wu Yi used Li Yanji, imprisoned Guan Ping and Guan Xing without killing, and took his two sons as hostages to incorporate Guan Yu's old department, they finally had two intentions and refused to fight to the death - besides, Wu Yi couldn't really trust them. Therefore, in fact, the number of losses on both sides is not too much. The Chengdu army was often defeated when it encountered the enemy, even if it was commanded by generals such as Meng Da and Zhang Ren, it could not be stopped. Soon Liu Feng was killed under the city of Chengdu.

However, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers in Chengdu at this time, enough grain and grass for more than a year. It is said that Liu Feng has promised that as long as he is willing to support him as emperor, he will pardon the sins of Wu Yi, Li Yan and others, only demote his position, and re-seal Liu Chan and Liu Yong. No harm. But there is no news of a response from Chengdu City to this.

In his opinion, Wu Yi is likely to make some concessions. Prompted Liu Feng to go north to save Hanzhong, and we will fight with each other first, then he can reap the benefits of the fisherman. But Liu Feng is not stupid, and it is said that Huang Quan is quite good at scheming, what conditions Chengdu offers to be satisfied, in the meantime, we still have to fold the bottle, and weigh it repeatedly - but there is really not much time left for us.

It was Xunxin who said that if I were Wu Yi, I would give the emperor the jade seal to Liu Feng, and expressed my willingness to support him as the emperor, but the premise was that you could not enter Chengdu City before you broke the Wei Dynasty. People may value this kind of thing very seriously, but in the eyes of Xun, strength should also be put in the first place. Now that the strength is not good, it is meaningless to hold the jade seal, it is better to use this jade seal to lure Liu Feng to the north, so that he can take the opportunity to accumulate strength and reorganize his troops and horses.

It is estimated that the southern and central regions cannot be counted on, so from Chengdu to the south, Qianwei, as well as Liu Bei's newly established Hanjia and other counties, dry up and fish, and can still recruit tens of thousands of soldiers. If Liu Fengzhen and us fight to defeat both sides, Wu Yi will have a chance to defeat Liu Feng with 20,000 or 30,000 people, and even recapture Hanzhong......

However, if the jade seal is not in his hands and lacks the name of righteousness, I am afraid that it will be difficult to guarantee the morale of the army......

It's useless to think about it here, no matter whether Liu Feng can come to the north or not, it is the first thing for his family to accumulate strength first. If Zhang He and Cao Zhen can all be put into Hanzhong, there will be an army of 50,000 or 60,000, how can they fight with the elite of Shuzhong. Does Shu Han have a total of 100,000 troops? Divide everywhere, and then cut out 10,000 people in Chengdu, and it is estimated that Liu Feng's men will die 40,000. If I can gain a firm foothold in Hanzhong, the autumn grain will be harvested soon, and reinforcements from all over the country, including Jingzhou, will also arrive one after another, then Hanzhong will be safe. Even if Shu Han can't be destroyed this time, and Hanzhong can be stabilized, the Shu thieves can be wiped out at any time if the fence is completely withdrawn.

So which direction should I go first? Now the only mobile corps in Hanzhong is in the hands of Ma Chao, and it is fighting Cao Zhen on the eastern front - okay, let's go east first.

That is, set up camp in the back mountain north of Baozhong, do a firm defense, and then order Lu Meng to lead his troops to take the lead to aid Cao Zhen. But then there was good news - Chenggu has been down, and Ma Chao has left!

It turned out that Ma Chao was forced to abandon Chisaka that day and retreat to Chenggu, and Xu Huang did not stay in Chisaka, so he chased after him. Cao Zhen sent people to admonish: "If the soldiers and horses are gathered, they can be forward." Xu Huang didn't listen, and with the excuse of "Ma Chaochu arrived in Chenggu, the foothold is undecided, and it should be attacked urgently, or it can be broken", and struggled forward. Chenggu south by the water, there are seven connected to each other, Xu Huang raised his voice to attack its east, actually take the north, Ma Chao hurriedly sent Ma Dai to lead the cavalry to help, but was repelled by Xu Huang. Ma Dai retreated to the city, and the nine antlers outside the city were moved to put in its activists, but Xu Gongming personally put 200 horsemen under his command into the formation, straight to the city. The Shu army was all shocked, and Sigma Chao heard that it was Xun Jinping, and the road was cut off, so he abandoned the city and left, crossed the water in the south, and wanted to return to Nanzheng.

At this time, Cao Zhen was afraid that Xu Huang would be defeated, and the emergency department sent hundreds of cavalry such as Zhu Gai and Yin Department to help, and Xu Huang joined with him, that is, he attacked the Shu army on the water, killing and wounding many people. Ma Chao was helpless, and he didn't dare to enter Nanzheng anymore, so he was forced to pack up the remnants of his army and withdraw directly from Hanzhong.

At this time, Lu Meng also arrived, and he and Xu Huang were sandwiched into a solid attack, Liu Ning and Du Lu knew that they could not defend it, and they were forced to open the city and surrender. Xu Huang asked Liu Ning: "In Chisaka before, his fortress will fall and the general will not surrender, why should he surrender today?" Liu Ning said: "I don't know the general Tianwei before. Now the siege of the city has been broken, and the defenders are all frightened, but they dare not bow their ears. ”

The good news reached the base camp of Shixun, and when Xun heard it, he felt that the battle was ...... Why is it so familiar? Ah, isn't this the shape of Xu Gongming defeating Guan Yu in Xiangyang and Fancheng in the original history?! (To be continued.) )