Shudi Golden Bull Road, Sword Pavilion, Zhengrong Cui Wei, one husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open.

This pass was guarded by Tian Yu, the general brought by Liu Bei from Youzhou to Yizhou, with 15,000 troops stationed, and even if there were 100,000 troops, they could not capture the Sword Pavilion.

The Sword Pavilion can also get reinforcements from Shu County and Ba County.

However, the Xia army led by Chu Tian bypassed the Sword Pavilion from the Yinping Ancient Road, leaving the Sword Pavilion to suffer from the enemy.

The news of Chutian's capture of Jiangyouguan and the loss of Nanzhong reached the Sword Pavilion, and the fifteen thousand Shu soldiers in the Sword Pavilion were panicked.

At Baishui Pass in the north of the Sword Pavilion, Yang Huai, the commander of the White Water Army, was attacked by the horse aid of the Xiliang Army and Yang Shihou.

Yang Huai stood on the Baishui Pass, looking down at the Xiliang Army under the pass.

The Xiliang army had about 50,000 soldiers and horses, bypassed Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, and directly attacked the Sword Pavilion.

The Xiliang Army and the Guanzhong Army are strong and strong, and they contain the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, so Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou, a partial division, can enter Shu unscrupulously.

The whole Yizhou was stirred by soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and it was scattered.

Yang Huai, as the old department of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, was in charge of the Baishui Army and guarded the Baishui Pass.

Baishuiguan was originally the front line of the battle between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu.

The difficulty of Shu Road lies in breaking through Baishui Pass, and there are passes such as Jiameng Pass, Jiange, Zitong, and Fuxian.

Chutian is located in Fuxian, while Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou are in Baishui, and there are Mengguan, Jiange, and Zitong in the middle.

The Baishui Guan soldiers were extremely flustered, and said to Yang Huai: "General, our family members are all in Chengdu City, I heard that the Xia army and the barbarian soldiers of the Nanban tribe who entered Nanzhong are marching to Chengdu City, and if this continues, our family will be captured by the Xia army sooner or later." ”

Yang Huai carefully looked at the Xiliang army below Guancheng, the number of war horses in the Xiliang army was amazing, and the Xiliang army of 50,000 people had at least eighty or ninety thousand horses.

Only the Xia army is so generous, and a random legion can come up with tens of thousands of war horses.

Tens of thousands of war horses are already a lot of strategic materials for the Shu army.

"Surrendering Liu Bei, or Chu Tian, it doesn't seem to make a difference."

Yang Huai faced the Xiliang army and fell into hesitation.

"My lord, the horse aid of the Xiliang Army wants to enter the customs to talk!"

"Let him come in and see me."

Ma Yuan, under the guard of the Baishui soldiers, came to the Baishui Pass and negotiated directly with Yang Huai, the commander of the Baishui Army.

After gaining the upper hand in the use of troops, it is basically possible to combine rigidity and softness and divide the enemy army through various means.

Ma Yuan knew that Baishui Pass would be difficult to capture in a short period of time, so he tried to negotiate and take Baishui Pass.

"King Xia has taken the three counties of Nanzhong, and the soldiers and horses of Nanzhong have marched into Chengdu, and it will take a year and a half to conquer Chengdu City, and it will take three or five years to take it slowly. But in any case, Shu could not be defended. Without the Qinling Mountains, how can Shu hold on? ”

"I was ordered to defend Baishui Pass, how can I be shaken by your words?"

"When Liu Bei entered Shu, you were also the guard of Baishui, why did you surrender?"

“……”

Yang Huai was silent.

Liu Bei entered Shu, because Zhang Song and Fa Zheng dedicated the city, and Yang Huai, as the border guard of Baishui, did not react at all, Chengdu City had been conquered, and Yang Huai's family also fell into the control of Liu Bei, Wang Meng and others.

As a guard outside, he has a weak heart.

However, Liu Bei didn't do anything about these people.

"The general trend has gone, and you are disloyal to block the imperial court with a single level of soldiers, less than 20,000. Chengdu will fall, but you will not be able to protect your family, this is unfilial. If you are disloyal and unfilial, how can you stand on a human stand? ”

Ma Yuan saw that Yang Huai was shaken, so he stood on the moral high ground and accused Yang Huai.

After Chutian annexed Guanzhong, he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, under the banner of the imperial court, and had a great deterrent effect on the generals of Shudi.

Yang Huai's face kept changing, and he struggled, and finally said unwillingly: "That's it, fight for the world with Shu, who in the world can succeed?" As long as you treat the people of Shu well, I will bear the blame. ”

In September of the 16th year of the lord calendar, Yang Huai, the general of Baishui Pass, led 12,000 people, opened the gate and surrendered to the Xiliang army of Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou.

Also in September, after Yang Huai, the guard of Baishui Pass, surrendered, Fei Guan, the guard general stationed at Jiameng Pass, also surrendered to the Xiliang army that entered Shu.

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou did not die a soldier, took Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass, and came to the Sword Pavilion in October.

Yang Shihou's silver spear army did not have a big battle, and easily won two dangerous passes, so that Yang Shihou was deeply surprised: "The world says that Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, in my opinion, except for the Yangping Pass guarded by Liu Bei himself, there is no difficulty in Shu Road." If this continues, we will be able to take Chengdu in less than three months. ”

Ma Yuan said: "If the people's hearts are gathered, the Shu road will be difficult, and if the people's hearts are scattered, the Shu road will be easy." ”

In the Sword Pavilion, the guard general Tian Yu had a deep relationship with Liu Bei, but he did not intend to surrender.

Ma Yuan learned that the defender of the Sword Pavilion was Liu Bei's old department when he was in Youzhou, and he did not persuade him to surrender, but asked people to shoot the letter of persuasion into the Sword Pavilion to divide the defenders of the Sword Pavilion.

Tian Yu, as Liu Bei's old department in Youzhou, may not necessarily surrender, but this does not mean that the other guards of the Sword Pavilion will not surrender.

The march of the Southern Barbarian army to Chengdu has caused the heart of the Sword Pavilion army to be shaken, because many of the families of the defenders of the Sword Pavilion are in Chengdu.

Ma Yuan's letter of persuasion to surrender was shot into the Sword Pavilion, and the defenders of the Sword Pavilion privately discussed and were in an uproar.

In the letter of persuasion to surrender, Ma Yuan promised not to blame the defenders of the Sword Pavilion in the past, their families were protected, and as for the generals, they would be reinstated as appropriate and would not be suppressed.

Otherwise, once the Sword Pavilion is breached, then all the defenders and family members of the Sword Pavilion will be executed.

The contrasting conditions forced the defenders of the Sword Pavilion to consider their own position.

If they hold on, once the Xiliang army breaks through the Sword Pavilion, they will be fish on the chopping block, and the Xiliang army will have no need to negotiate.

"Hand over all the letters of persuasion to surrender in the Xiliang Army, and anyone in the army who talks about surrendering will be killed!"

Tian Yu was unwilling to betray Liu Bei, so he took tough measures to collect the letters that the Xiliang army shot into the pass.

As long as one pass is held, it will be difficult for the enemy army to enter the Chengdu Plain.

Even if Baishui and Jiameng Pass are lost, there is still a sword pavilion to block.

However, Tian Yu's methods did not fully work, and the sky above the Sword Pavilion was cloudy.

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou were blocked by the Sword Pavilion for five days, and Ma Yuan did not attack, but put invisible pressure on the defenders of the Sword Pavilion.

To the north of the Sword Pavilion there are 50,000 Xiliang troops of Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou, and to the south there is Chutian's army.

On the seventh day, the defenders of the Sword Pavilion finally couldn't hold back, and the defenders were homesick, mutinied, and surrounded Tian Yu's camp under the leadership of several Shu generals.

In the eyes of the Shu army, Tian Yu, as a general of the Youzhou faction, is just an outsider.

"General, I'm sorry!"

Several generals took Tian Yu hostage, opened the gate of the Sword Pavilion, and came out with the defenders of the Sword Pavilion to surrender to the Xiliang Army.

50,000 Xiliang troops lined up in front of His Excellency Jian, and Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou rode war horses to accept the surrendered Shu army.

Quite a few Sword Pavilion defenders stood at the edge of the city walls, nervously waiting for the result.

Surrender is risky.

In the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army surrendered to the Qin army and was killed by the Qin army.

In the Battle of Julu, the Qin army surrendered to the Chu army and was killed by the Chu army.

An important premise for the surrender of the defenders of the Sword Pavilion is that after the defenders of Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass surrendered, Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou did not do anything to them.

Yang Shihou, the commander of the Silver Spear Army, looked at the Sword Pavilion that was so majestic that people couldn't arouse the desire to attack, and couldn't help but sigh: "If it is a strong attack, 10,000 defenders can block 200,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Tian Yu was betrayed by the defenders of the Sword Pavilion, tied up with five flowers, and sent to Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou.

Yang Shihou said to Tian Yu: "Do you know why they betrayed you?" Because the tide is gone, you're just resisting. Good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose the lord to do things, why not take refuge in my lord? ”

Tian Yu was silent.

"This person has an old friend with Liu Bei, if Liu Bei does not surrender, he will most likely not surrender, just imprison him. The three levels are taken, and Zitong is captured, and the teleportation array can be opened, and the Xiliang soldiers and horses can easily enter Shu and join the main gong. In Shudi, we seem to only account for three points, but in fact we have seven points. ”

Ma Yuan's insight into the situation is amazing, and he has already seen that the Xia army occupies the absolute initiative in Shu and attacks Yizhou, but it is not too sooner or later.

Several Shu generals of the Sword Pavilion looked at the two generals of the Xiliang Army, as well as Yang Huai and Fei Guan who surrendered to the Xiliang Army, hoping that Yang Huai and Fei Guan could help them speak.

Yang Shihou reassured the hearts of the people of Shudi: "Don't worry, we won't be untrustworthy." You led your troops and marched with us to Zitong and Fuxian. ”

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou easily won the three passes, leaving 3,000 Xiliang soldiers to guard each.

As for the 40,000 Shu troops guarding Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Sword Pavilion, they became the vanguard of entering Shu and immediately attacked Zitong County.

The Fourth Army of the Western Liang Army was only one county away from Chutian's camp.

The three Xiongguan of Shu Road surrendered without a fight, and the news spread to Zitong County, Mianzhu, Fu County, and Chengdu, and the civil and military generals in Shu were all in an uproar!

This news even frightened the Yizhou family even more than the three counties of Nanzhong being captured by Huo An and Mu Ke.

Wang Meng and Wu Han held on to the three counties of Nanzhong for several months, and the proud Shu Dao surrendered without a fight, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Shu army.

Not only that, but the defenders of the three passes also assisted the Xiliang army in attacking Zitong County, which had a teleportation array.

Once Zitong County is lost, the Xia army will continue to enter Shu through the teleportation array, and the number of troops may even reach a million.

In Fuxian, Meng Heng, the defender who advocated a strong wall and a clear field, also fell into a dilemma at this time.

Zitong is north of Fu County and has to be saved.

"At this time, you can only go out of the city to fight. If you win, you can still repel the Xia army and recover the Sword Pavilion and Jiangyou Pass, otherwise, it will only postpone the date of destruction for a few months. ”

Meng Heng judged that the time for the decisive battle was coming.

Chutian invested millions of soldiers and horses to attack Shu, and the troops divided the road, and the Shu Road, which was originally regarded as a natural danger, was riddled with holes.

Li Yan, Wu Yi and other Shu generals gritted their teeth.

They went out of the city to fight against the war, which is equivalent to gamblers who have been driven to a desperate situation, making a desperate bet.

The Wu army and the Shu army were brewing a decisive battle with the Xia army almost at the same time.

At this time, Wu Qi's Central Plains Army, Zhang Dao's Shangyong Army, and Wei Qing's Youzhou Army attacked Fancheng north of Hanshui to a fever pitch.