Fa Zheng also noticed a small loophole in Cao Wei's Yongzhou defense system, but he had a different understanding from Pang Tong, and felt that this kind of small loophole was not worth digging out - "The meridian road is narrow, if there is a surprise army, it cannot exceed 10,000, and it will win food with pawns." If Xiahou Nan abandons Chang'an, he may have a chance of winning, but although Nan is incompetent, Chang'an is a heavy land, and An dares to leave? And Zhang Derong, Wei Zhiliang's officials, will gather troops and defend them. When Zhang He and Xu Huang come, the army will be overthrown. Although the main force can praise itself and come out, but when it hears that the division is overthrown, morale will be depressed, and the thieves will respond in a big way, and it may be difficult to gain a foothold. The army is defeated and the thieves are heeling, but I am afraid that the Han cannot defend it! ”

The conclusion was: "Please don't listen to this dangerous plan!" ”

The "Meridian Valley Strategy" was originally a risky move, and since it was an adventure, of course, the negative reasons were easy to find, and it seemed to be more sufficient. Fa Zheng analyzed it like this, and Liu Bei also felt a little unreliable...... I can gamble, but what's the benefit if the odds are too small?

So the next day, the court continued to quarrel, and Liu Bei was still undecided. Pang Tong hinted to Liu Bei many times, have you made up your mind about the plan I offered to you last night? Even if you can't announce it in front of everyone, you can give me a little bit of wind - but Liu Bei had a gloomy face, just didn't understand what Pang Shiyuan said.

In the afternoon of the same day, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were training outside the city, rushed back to Chengdu, and Liu Bei summoned them to the inner court, told the courtiers what they said, and also slightly revealed a little Pang Tong's strategy to seek the opinions of the second general. The two generals tend to replace defense with offense - just defending, being forced to fight, it's too embarrassing - but for the soldiers out of the Meridian Valley, Guan Yunchang shook his head again and again, saying no. Zhang Yide's eyes lit up: "This plan may be feasible!" ”

As a result, the second general immediately argued in front of Liu Bei. Each has its own opinions. No one can convince anyone. Liu Bei had no choice but to say that you have just returned to the capital, and you are tired, so you should go down and have a good rest first, think about it carefully, and then participate in the discussion of the court meeting tomorrow.

Guan and Zhang retreated, and Pang Tong came again to ask Liu Bei's decision. Liu Xuande replied expressionlessly: "I am afraid that it is not feasible for me to use this plan. Pang Shiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Do you have to say your majesty directly?" ”

Liu Beixin said that the two of you should not love and kill each other so much. Seeing that the other party has fallen from the bottom, they refuse to get along with each other...... One of my left arm, one of my right arm, but whoever is willing to take a step back, I will inevitably press the other one not to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and fight the royal family together, then Cao Cao is not afraid?

Pang Tong followed Liu Bei before he was attached to the Fazheng, and he was a monarch and minister for many years, and he knew Liu Bei's temperament very well - even if you were expressionless, I could see what you were thinking! Immediately, Zhengse said: "Your Majesty thinks." The minister came up with this scheme, specifically for the filial piety? Solidity and filial piety are not harmonious. However, they dare not harm the public with their own interests. Hanzhong is really undefensible. If His Majesty wants to be reluctant, he can ask for ministers to Wei, such as Zhang Lu and Sun Quan, and they can protect their heads. If His Majesty refuses to share this day with Cao Cao, why be afraid of using strangeness? ”

Liu Bei replied: "I would rather die, I will not submit to the Han thief!" However, the soldiers are out of the meridian, the plan is dangerous, the chance of victory is slim, and Shi Yuan is thinking about it. ”

The two originally sat facing each other, Pang Tong heard this, immediately got up from the table, knelt down in front of Liu Bei's side with a "plop", his waist was straight, and he arched his hand: "Sun Ziyun: 'Throw into the land of death and then survive, fall into the place of death and then live.'" 'Now that the country is in danger, if you dare not die, how can you say anything?' Please lead a division out of the meridian to Chang'an for Your Majesty, and you will die, and you will contain the thief army for Your Majesty for 20 days! ”

Liu Bei hurriedly got off the house, stretched out his hand to help, and said Shiyuan, why are you so angry? You are an important minister of the country, the respect of the three princes, how can you take such a risk?

Liu Bei pulled up, but Pang Tong shrank back, and at the same time urged: "Although the thief neglected the meridian road and guarded it by the road, if Xiahoudun was still in Chang'an, the minister would not dare to do this risky plan." This summer, Hou Dun returned to Luo due to illness, and Zhengtian took this opportunity to fund His Majesty! The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again - if Xiahou recovers from his illness, or Cao Cao sends another governor to Chang'an, then there is no gap in the pass, and there is no gap to take advantage of, wouldn't you regret it? Your Majesty, please! ”

Then he stiffened his neck: "If the minister is in danger, His Majesty may be safe; If the envoy lives in Chengdu and watches the building overturn, how is it different from death? And humiliate the ministers! Now Your Majesty listens to the ministers, and the ministers should do their best for Your Majesty to break this situation, and Anhan Sheji; Your Majesty doesn't listen to the ministers, the ministers are just dead, how can you bear to see the Han Sect being ruined by the traitors?! ”

Liu Bei frowned and asked if there was no such risky plan, would there really be no other way? Pang Tong replied: "If filial piety can defend Hanzhong, it must not be the strategy of the minister's attack, but I don't know where to attack...... Fa Zheng also agrees with the defense instead of attacking, but he can't find a suitable direction of attack, it can be seen that he is not too sure of sticking to Hanzhong and retreating from Cao's soldiers-"Today's situation, such as the former Emperor Gao between Xingyang and Chenggao, that is, the Son of Heaven is also dying instantly, why should the minister worry about his own body? Please Your Majesty be Emperor Gao, and please be Ji Xinye! ”

Thinking that Liu Bang stuck to Xingyang back then, in order to reject Xiang Yu, the soldiers were exhausted, and he saw that the city was about to be broken, so the general Ji Xin stood up and pretended to be Liu Bang to go out of the city and surrender, so that Liu Bang could evacuate safely. After Xiang Yu knew that he had been tricked, he was furious and burned Ji Xin alive. So Pang Tong said, now that the situation is as dangerous as an egg, I am willing to sacrifice my life to create an opportunity for Your Majesty to go out of Nanshan and disturb the enemy Yongzhou, it is better than accompanying you to defeat and die in the future.

When it came to this, Liu Bei couldn't help but be moved, he had always been moody, and even his eyes were slightly red. So he finally approved Pang Tong's plan, and sent Pang Tong to lead Zhao Yun, Liao Chun, Fu Wei and other generals to lead 7,000 elite soldiers and steal out of the Meridian Valley; At the same time, Guan Yu and Wu Ban went out of the Bao Slope Road, Zhang Fei and Feng Xi went out of Fu Luo Road, Wu Yi and Deng Zhi went out of the Ancient Road, and Ma Chao highlighted the Wudu and interfered with Cao Wei's deployment in Yongzhou and Liangzhou. Liu Bei himself also moved from Chengdu to Hanzhong and was ready to respond at any time.

Let's say that the elite soldiers of the Shu Han Dynasty are mostly in Hanzhong, so Pang Tong first went north from Chengdu to ask for troops and horses from Hanzhong Taishou and Northern Governor Li Yan. Li Zhengfang got Fa Zheng's secret letter and wanted to obstruct it, but unexpectedly, as soon as Pang Shiyuan made a look, Zhao Yun rushed forward and pulled Li Yan off the ground like catching a chicken, and then grabbed his talisman. In this way, Pang Tong was able to gather 7,000 elites in Hanzhong, and first took a boat up the river to Shiquan.

Shiquan is just the south entrance of the Meridian Valley, this is a small town, under the jurisdiction of Xicheng County in the east, Liu Bei captured Hanzhong and migrated from Ba County to enrich it, and built a new county. Pang Tong led the army to rest in Shiquan City for three days, made all preparations, and then rushed into the Meridian Valley without stopping.

Pang Shiyuan was afraid that he would have long nights and dreams, and he would be thwarted by Fa Zheng again, so he acted very quickly. He had already entered the Meridian Valley here, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had just arrived in Nanzheng, Hanzhong County. Fa Zheng ran to cry to Guan Yu, Guan Yu was too lazy to pay attention to him, and then looked for Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide had always saluted the doctor, so he soothed with kind words, and jointly played a joint game to impeach Pang Tong - Liu Bei was repaid in Chengdu and ignored it.

Besides, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and the others will spend a full eleven days finally getting out of the rugged and narrow Meridian Valley, and when they go to the seventeen tuns set up by Lu Zhao at the mouth of the valley, they will launch a fierce attack. There are only more than 5,000 people in the Lu Recruitment Department, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the old general Lu is not energetic. Of course, the most important thing is that he didn't expect the Shu army to dare to attack the Meridian Valley, and the sentry had just received a report from the sentinel here, and the armor was not yet fully dressed, and the Shu army had already broken through three tuns in a row and rushed to the front of his camp.

Lu Zhao went into battle with a gun, and the command headquarters was facing the battle, and a small colonel pulled his horse halter: "General, you need to report to Chang'an urgently!" Only then did Lu Zhao react - but the enemy had already arrived in front of him, and he didn't have time to write a letter, so he immediately took off the general seal and paid this little colonel: "You can take my seal letter to Chang'an to report to the master's son-in-law." ”

The battle was fought from the beginning of the afternoon to dusk, and it was less than two hours after the afterlife, and the road was defeated, and the loss of the department was no less than a thousand, and the rest were scattered, and he himself was also stabbed off the horse by Zhao Zilong in the final desperate counterattack, and the second lance resulted in his life. After the victory, Pang Tong did not clean up the battlefield, nor did he stop for a while, just searched for the head of the road move, and then went straight to Juxian. There weren't many defenders in the county—all of them were camped at the mouth of the valley with Lu Zhao—and the night was falling, and it was dark that I couldn't see how many enemy soldiers there were, but I saw that under the light of the torches, I raised the head of General Lu...... The people in the city were scattered, and the Shu general Fu Wei was the first to take the arm, and the county changed hands in an instant.

Besides, the little colonel took the seal letter of the road move, hurried to Chang'an, and finally arrived outside the south gate after nightfall—roughly at the same time that the Shu army attacked Juxian. But the south gate has been locked, no matter how he shouts and roars, the guards just won't let you in—you have to have a military order to open the city gate for you temporarily, just holding a general's seal, who dares to put it in? It's not in accordance with the system.

finally survived until dawn the next day, and the small school was finally able to enter the city, so he urgently reported to Xiahou Nan. But the Xiahou horse was hugging Xinna's side room, sleeping soundly, and no one dared to disturb him. In desperation, the little school had no choice but to change his goal and pass through most of Chang'an City to report to Zhang Ji, the assassin of Yongzhou. Zhang Derong was shocked, and hurriedly took a car to find Xiahou Nan, and finally pulled the other party off the couch.

Xiahou Nan was still wearing heartfelt clothes, and before he had time to freshen up, his hair was scattered and he was called out of the bedroom by the servants, and he asked Zhang Ji sleepily: "Why did the envoy call me?" "Could it be that something has happened in Chang'an City? Zhang presented the seal letter of the road recruitment, and hurriedly said: "The thief came out of the Meridian Valley to attack the camp of the general of the road, and the general of the road did not have time to write the letter, but sent the colonel to report the seal." Then he ordered someone to bring the little colonel up, and waited for the emperor's son-in-law to question.

Xiahou Nan played with the seal letter of the road move, yawned twice, and didn't listen to the little school's statement, but said to Zhang Ji with a smile: "The Shu thief 'if the fish swims in the kettle, the breath must be in the ear', dare to escape from Hanzhong? Even if it comes, General Lu's general, how can he not write a letter and stop at the police with a letter? Then he glared at the little colonel who was kneeling on the ground: "This must be a thief and a thief, stealing the seal, and wanting to mess with my ears!" "Say hello, drag me out and cut it!

Zhang Ji was about to stop him, but he suddenly heard a report outside the door: "The Shu thieves have seized Ju County, and the county order abandoned the guard and fled into Chang'an, and I came to meet the general to ask for guilt!" ”

Xiahou Nan was dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )