Chen Xu's army finally arrived at the Sword Pavilion after a lot of hardships. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Sword Pavilion was built in the middle of two cliffs, isolating Shuzhong from the outside world.

Before the arrival of the army, Marshal Li Jing of the Vanguard Army had already carried out several tentative attacks, and apart from the loss of a few soldiers, he had nothing to gain.

Due to the delay of the army on the road, Huang Quan and Pang Xi have made a lot of preparations. The walls were filled with boulders, and countless pieces of wood and oil were stored in warehouses close to the walls.

The walls were covered with a thick felt cloth to prevent enemy attacks with rockets. Not only was the gate reinforced, but even a huge boulder was piled up behind the gate. Obviously, Huang Quan and Pang Xi planned to defend the Sword Pavilion and completely block the road to the Sword Pavilion.

The two of them also did even more extraordinary things. They took advantage of the arrival of Chen Xu's army to cut down the trees near the Sword Pavilion in order to slow down the speed at which the other party could use local materials to build siege equipment such as ladders.

In order to keep the Chang'an Army out of the Sword Pavilion, the two of them took great pains.

They stood at the head of the city, looking at the dense Chang'an military camp, and showed a smug smile. Under this tight defense, the Chang'an army wanted to break through the Sword Pavilion unless they could fly over.

Chang'an Army Battalion.

Zhang Liao and Li Jing sat opposite each other, silent.

In the end, it was Zhang Liao who broke the silence, "Marshal Li, what do you think we should do now?" You can't always be like this, with no action except for a few tentative attacks, right? ”

Li Jing said slowly: "Isn't this good? Huang Quan and Pang Xi cut down the nearby trees, and we had to go to the distance to search for timber and make siege equipment such as ladders and chariots, which would take a lot of time. ”

"You mean, we're just here and doing nothing, and we're going to drag on like this?"

"Well, that's what the old man meant. Could it be General Zhang, do you want to storm the Sword Pavilion? ”

Zhang Liao shook his head, "Judging from the current situation, there is no use in storming the Sword Pavilion except for letting the soldiers go to death. ”

Li Jing clapped his hands, "That's right, since it's useless, why do we have to do useless work?" Just take a good rest here and make it look like you're hurrying to make siege equipment. ”

The reason why the two are so leisurely is because Chen Xu himself is not here.

The 80,000-strong army stationed in the Sword Pavilion was nothing more than a front to attract attention. As early as ten days ago, Chen Xu led 20,000 elite troops to change the route, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Chengdu from another line.

Just as the two were chatting leisurely, a soldier came in to report that a person outside claiming to be Liu Zhang's envoy came to see the lord.

"Liu Zhang's envoy? Let him in. Zhang Liao looked at Li Jing, "Marshal Li, what do you think Liu Zhang's purpose is in sending an envoy at this time?" ”

Li Jing laughed, "It's hard to say, I guess I just want to delay the time by seeking peace and negotiating." Wen Yuan, the lord is not here, so you can pretend to be the lord. ”

Zhang Liao smiled bitterly, "Alas, that's the only way." ”

In order to be able to completely confuse the enemy, Chen Xu secretly led his troops away. The vast majority of the army didn't know that he was no longer here. Before he left, he instructed that if anything happened, Zhang Liao and Li Jing would discuss and decide.

After a while, Zhang Song, who looked extremely obscene, walked in with the attendant.

Zhang Liao sat on the bed with a golden sword, and Li Jing stood by the side with a sword.

"Who are you, what is the matter with Liu Zhang sending you?" Zhang Liao's eyes stared straight at each other, and his whole body was full of might.

"Don't drive Zhang Song in Xia Yizhou, come from Shuzhong, and want to see the general's demeanor." Zhang Song is neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhang Liao and Li Jing nodded secretly, Zhang Song didn't look very good, but this calm and unhurried bearing was very rare.

"A glimpse of General Ben?" Zhang Liao smiled slightly, "Then what do you think of General Ben's demeanor?" ”

Zhang Song raised his head at this time, and looked at Zhang Liao carefully up and down.

The other party was tall, with a resolute expression, and a faint killing aura on his body, obviously a person who had been in battle for a long time. Compared with Chen Xu's deeds, it is also very consistent. It's just that Zhang Song always feels that something seems wrong.

"The general is General Chen himself?" Zhang Song blurted out.

Zhang Liao's eyebrows raised slightly, "Hmph, what do you mean by this?" Even if you are Liu Zhang's messenger and dare to anger me, there is only one way to die. ”

Zhang Song smiled, he was already convinced that the person in front of him was not Chen Xu. He couldn't say the exact reason, it was just an instinctive feeling.

He carefully took out a scroll from his bosom and handed it over with both hands, "Zhang is here to defect to General Chen." Two generals, please see, this is Zhang's sincerity. ”

Zhang Liao's result scroll slowly opened, and what caught his eye was a very complete map of Shuzhong. The map not only shows the roads between cities and counties, but also the soldiers, horses, money and grain, and approximate output of some major cities.

Li Jing also carefully looked at the map on the side, compared it with the information he knew, and the result was completely consistent. He couldn't help but sigh that with this map, all the situations in Shu were under control.

Zhang Song opened his mouth and said: "Two generals, this map was drawn after spending several years and taking advantage of his position to consult a lot of relevant information. I have already shown sincerity, can the two generals introduce them on their behalf? ”

This map is indeed full of sincerity.

Zhang Liao immediately realized the importance of Zhang Song, and said enthusiastically: "Since Your Excellency is so sincere, then I might as well say that the lord is actually not in the army. ”

"Not in the army?" Zhang Song asked subconsciously.

I see!

What did Chen Xu rely on? It started by raiding Chang'an.

When everyone's eyes were all on the battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he unexpectedly attacked Chang'an and occupied a place among the princes.

This time, he played another trick. Using the army to draw everyone's attention to the Sword Pavilion, he himself led a part of the elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Chengdu from another road.

No wonder the news of Chen Xu's army marching into the Sword Pavilion spread in Chengdu City; It is no wonder that the route of the Chang'an army from Hanzhong to Yizhou is clearly known to everyone; No wonder Chen Xuming knew that the Sword Pavilion was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but he still chose to enter Shu from the Sword Pavilion.

It turned out that all of this was Chen Xu secretly fueling the flames, in order to hide his true offensive line.

So, where did Chen Xu and his elite troops go?