After Liu Bei Group occupied Mianzhu Pass, it was not in a hurry to go south, but Mianzhu took a short rest.

This is the joint suggestion of Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, and Zhang Xi.

Since the army started from Jiameng Pass, Liu Bei has fought smoothly from Jiameng Pass to Mianzhu Pass, as long as he breaks through the city on the south side of Mianzhu Pass, he can approach Chengdu and force Liu Zhang.

It seems to be going well, but in fact, the current crisis of Liu Bei Group is actually not small.

First, although Liu Bei traveled smoothly along the way and occupied Zitong County in less than a month, the local armed forces and families in Zitong County were not all sincerely obedient, and many people chose to surrender because they were dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, or forced by military affairs, for fear that their own interests would be harmed.

Once Liu Bei encounters a certain degree of setback, these people may rebel and return to Liu Zhang's side in minutes.

Second, although Mianzhu Pass surrendered with the people, the 30,000 soldiers brought by Li Yan were private soldiers from the Chengdu family.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of these private soldiers, loyalty is a big problem.

Liu Bei originally only had more than 30,000 soldiers, Li Yan surrendered with 30,000 people at once, these 30,000 surrendered soldiers, if he mutined on the battlefield, then Liu Bei really didn't even have a place to cry.

Therefore, Liu Bei must re-disrupt the deployment of the 30,000 surrendered troops brought by Li Yan and disperse them under the tents of the generals, and at the same time he must stay at Mianzhu Pass for a period of time, strengthen the whole training, and screen and meticulously work, so that he cannot launch an offensive for the time being.

Third, although Liu Bei's march was smooth, but after all, it was a county to fight a state, and the opponent Liu Zhang was not an incompetent person who only relied on the favor of his father to ascend to the throne, even if he hit the city of Chengdu, if Liu Zhang insisted on it, or retreated to Jiangyang County in the southwest, or even went to the farther Nanzhong region to continue to resist, then Liu Bei would take a lot of effort to pacify Yizhou.

Whether it is Zhang Xi, a traverser, or Pang Tong, a local wise man like Fa Zheng, can see such a problem.

Therefore, the opinions of the three people were very unanimous, and they asked Liu Bei to postpone the attack and rectify the combat strength of the army and horses.

Zhang Xi strongly suggested that Liu Bei write a letter to Zhuge Liang, who was left behind in Jingzhou, and asked Zhuge Liang to lead troops into Sichuan to support.

On the one hand, to bridge the gap in military strength.

On the other hand, it was for Zhuge Liang to attack other states and counties in Yizhou from the southeast, and finally join Liu Bei under the city of Chengdu to completely surround Liu Zhang.

Although Liu Bei felt that Zhang Xi was a little too cautious, the current situation could not be said to be too smooth, and after thinking about it again, he still accepted this suggestion.

In the romance, it was because Pang Tong was killed in battle and Liu Bei was beaten by Zhang Ren that it was difficult to move an inch, so Jingzhou troops were transferred to Sichuan to support.

But in history, there is nothing to do with Pang Tong, at least Pang Tong is still alive and well at this time, it was Liu Bei who attacked Yucheng and was blocked by Liu Xun in the second half of the city, so he thought of writing a letter to let Jingzhou soldiers enter Sichuan to support.

Zhang Xi thinks that just relying on these people now, even if he really captures Yucheng and approaches Chengdu, after all, the battle is being carried out on the north side of Chengdu, if Liu Zhang really wants to run south, Liu Bei can't stop it at all.

You can't pin everything on the so-called line of romance and history, and it's better to do it in advance.

This is the reason why Zhang Xi insisted on suggesting Liu Bei, let Zhuge Liang enter Sichuan half a year in advance, and attack the southern counties of Yizhou, maybe he could pacify Yizhou as soon as possible, so as to free up his hands to guard against Jiangdong.

And at this time, the confrontation at Qingnikou ended with Guan Yu slowly retreating and Lejin "repelling" Guan Yu.

As early as the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao had arrived at the mouth of the water, and Sun Quan sent the pioneer Gan Ning to lead 4,000 troops, horses wrapped in cloth, and people to attack Cao Cao's camp.

Yes, the incident of Ganning's "Hundred Cavalry Robbing Cao Ying" did not occur in the Second Battle of Hefei, but in the First Battle of Wet Beard.

At this time, Sun Shiwan hadn't let Zhang Babai play a psychological shadow, it was the time to be in high spirits.

After that, Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu to re-lead the troops, and led the Jiangdong Navy to completely defeat Cao Cao's newly trained sailors, and Cao Cao could only be held on the shore.

However, the Jiangdong Army's land combat capability was still stretched, coupled with the lack of troops in the end, Sun Quan was also unable to attack, and the two sides entered the stage of confrontation.

In April, with the arrival of the rainy season in Jianghuai, Cao Cao could not attack, and Sun Quan was unable to expand the results of the battle, and finally Sun Quan wrote a letter of "softness", and by the way, he attached a small note of "If you don't die, I can't be safe", Cao Cao left the famous sentence "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou", he took the initiative to withdraw from the army.

Because the two families of Sun Cao confronted each other in the mouth of the river for several months, and they needed a period of recuperation after each other's retreat, the pressure on Jingzhou was suddenly reduced, and Jingzhou naturally could free up their hands and enter Sichuan to meet Liu Bei.

Therefore, in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang personally commanded the troops, with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun as the vanguard generals, and led the army to enter Sichuan along the Yangtze River waterway. Leaving Guan Yu to guard Jiangling, Wen hired to guard the public security, and Xu Shu rushed to Wuling to take over the defense of the four counties of Jingnan, the governor of Zhao Yun.

After making these arrangements, Zhuge Liang led the Jingzhou army into Sichuan from the Yangtze River waterway.

At the same time, on the Yizhou side, Liu Xun entered the city and began to renovate the city defenses, purge the armaments, and prepare for defensive battles.

Through the results of the previous battles and Zhang Ren's narration, Liu Xun judged that Liu Beijun's combat strength was far above that of the Yizhou soldiers, so Liu Xun didn't think about fighting a field battle with Liu Bei at all.

Liu Xun planned to defend the city to the death and play the city attack and defense battle with Liu Bei.

How difficult it is to fight the offensive and defensive battles of the city in these years, those who have been on the battlefield know it, which is also the main reason why Liu Xun looks down on Zhang Ren.

But as long as Zhang Ren can watch Mianzhu Pass, with this Xiongguan in hand, Liu Bei will not be able to enter Shuzhong if he is killed.

As for whether Liu Bei's group will besiege the city, Liu Xun has also thought about it when Liu Xun's grain and grass are exhausted, but he doesn't care.

Liu Xun didn't think that he would be able to go back alive when he guarded the city this time, his purpose was to delay Liu Bei's time as much as possible and prepare for Liu Zhang's mobilization of various forces to defend Chengdu.

Liu Bei is in Yizhou, basically a lone army, and the only supply line is Jiamengguan and Zitong County behind him, and he only has one county.

And Liu Zhang, there are also Badong County, Ba County, Qianwei County, Jiangyang County, Guanghan County, and even those wealthy families in Nanzhong.

As long as the forces in these places are given enough benefits, these people may send troops to aid Chengdu, and at that time, there is no need to fight, as long as they fight and consume, Liu Bei will only have a dead end.

In a sense, Liu Xun is much stronger than his old man, and the most important thing is that Liu Xun is very calm, and he knows very well what he has to do.

By the time Liu Bei had sorted out his army, digested the Mianzhu soldiers, initially formed combat effectiveness, and began to attack Luocheng, it was already June of the eighteenth year of Jian'an.

And Liu Bei also found that this time he seemed to have hit an iron plate.

At first, Liu Bei Zhen didn't take Liu Xun in his eyes, after all, Liu Xun was just Liu Zhang's son, a son-in-law, Liu Bei Zhen didn't think that such a person could have any ability to defend the city.

Liu Bei believes that this is just Liu Zhang's dying struggle.

Therefore, at the beginning, Liu Bei sent Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, two generals, to launch a fierce attack on Yucheng.

Although Zhang Xi repeatedly reminded Liu Bei that this Liu Xun is not easy to mess with, he must be cautious.

But because of Zhang Ren's previous incident, Liu Bei didn't take it to heart to some extent.

As a result, after a month of siege, Liu Bei's army suffered five or six thousand casualties, and he was stunned that he didn't even attack a wall.

Liu Bei suddenly realized that he might have really touched the iron plate, this Liu Xun is really hard to mess with.

Hurry up and withdraw the siege troops to rest and rebuild, rebuild the siege equipment, and then call everyone for a meeting.

Not only the strategists had to have a meeting, but also the generals.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were the two people directly responsible for the siege, and their opinions were important.

And these two people, the evaluation of Liu Xun is very high, thinking that Liu Xun is quite familiar with the way of city defense, and he has fought several times, but the siege equipment has been destroyed by Liu Xun, and in the end he can only be attached to the siege of the city, and in the end it is inevitable that the casualties will be a little large.

Liu Bei also saw this, but now what Liu Bei wants to discuss is not how powerful Liu Xun's defense of the city is, but whether he has any flaws.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan thought about this for a long time, and finally shook their heads slightly and sighed silently.

When it comes to defending the city, Huang Zhong feels that he is not fighting against a young man in his twenties, but against a city defense master who is older than the military formation.

The generals can't help it, so what about the strategists. Liu Bei turned his face and looked at the trio of strategists.

The trio of strategists are also worried, this Liu Xun is a bit tricky.

The siege of the city is nothing more than a little means.

After all, the casualties of the siege are too large, and if the strong attack cannot be carried out, the morale will be low, and it may even be counterattacked by the other side, resulting in the rout of the army.

Besides, Luocheng is just an appetizer, and Chengdu in the back is a big dish, you are full of appetizers, how can you eat big dishes?!

So, it's not advisable to storm it.

The second is to use strange tricks.

This Fa Zheng and Pang Tong are actually quite good at it, and these two people are also thinking about it.

But the city of Luocheng, is the last barrier in front of Chengdu, although it is not a military pass, but the geographical location is also very dangerous, the city is built in the middle of the avenue, only the north and south gates are facing the road, the east and west gates are close to the mountains, quite steep, the military formation can not be opened at all, and there is no way to run over the mountains and mountains to the south gate to carry out the north and south pinch.

Therefore, Yucheng really only needs to guard a north gate to block Liu Bei's footsteps to the south.

But Fa Zheng and Pang Tong's strange plan should really be on this mountain and mountain crossing.

Fa Zheng said that when he traveled around the city in the past, he knew a path that could lead directly to the south gate of the city from outside the north gate.

Then Pang Tong felt that he could use this path to raid behind the city, and attack from the north and south, maybe he could break the city in one fell swoop.

After all, all Liu Xun's attention now is on the north gate to defend Liu Bei, and it is impossible to think that there are still people who can cross the mountains of Bashu, and this time he suddenly appeared at the south gate to attack, and the probability of success is very high.

Liu Bei felt that there was some truth in this matter, and was about to agree, but Zhang Xi hurriedly stopped the idea of Pang Tong's death.

Good guy, I thought there was nothing to fall into Fengpo, as long as I was optimistic about Pang Tong and didn't let him go to the front line to supervise the battle, I could avoid this big-faced plate from dying by himself.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I went around and around, and this Mr. Feng Xiao still found Luo Fengpo, and he insisted on breaking in.

(End of chapter)