In the midsummer of the fourth year of Jian'an, the army of the imperial court conquered Yangping Pass in one fell swoop, Sun Ce, the chief general of the Sun army, was seriously injured, and the generals Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Wu Jing and others were all killed, the generals Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, Wu Lan, Lei Tong and other generals surrendered, and the main generals of the Yizhou army, Liu Bi, Yang Huai and others were killed.

The capture of Yangping Pass is equivalent to the loss of the gateway in Hanzhong, and the army of the imperial court can drive straight into Nanzheng!

Yangping Pass can be said to be the first checkpoint in the north of Hanzhong, Yangping Pass was lost, although Nanzheng is dangerous, but it is not difficult to overcome, with the morale and combat power of the current northern army, if you want to defeat Hanzhong, it will not be too much hindered.

After Liu Jian gained a foothold in Yangping Pass, he immediately dispatched Zhang Fei, Lü Bu, Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Ma Chao, Cheng Yin and other generals, under the leadership of Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, Wu Lan and Lei Tong, to subdue the counties of Hanzhong County.

Zhang Ren didn't mention it, but Yan Yan's reputation in Yizhou was very high, and he went out to lead the generals of the imperial court to subdue the various ministries and counties, and there were not many soldiers and horses in each county, and the local officials heard that the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court were led by Yan Yan, and they immediately trembled with fright, and the officials of the county immediately came out and surrendered.

On the Nanzheng side, Sun Ce was seriously injured after returning and could not straighten out the soldiers and horses, and the other generals were also leaderless, facing the gradually losing county seat, the main force of the Yizhou army in Nanzheng City suddenly fell into a panic.

At this time, they didn't know whether they should continue to stick to Nanzheng and fight with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, or withdraw their troops to Jiameng Pass and abandon Hanzhong County.

But Liu Jian won't give them this opportunity to think.

All the soldiers and horses attacked Nanzheng City from all sides, and the momentum was monstrous, almost like thunder!

Nan Zheng's soldiers and horses were powerless to block the opponent's attack without a main general, so they could only retreat quickly and give way to Nan Zheng.

In this way, in less than 20 days after conquering Yangping Pass, Liu Jian fully occupied Hanzhong County.

……

At this moment in Mianzhu, Yuan Yi is singing wine and singing poems and wine with a group of literati and scholars in Shu.

As a child of the Yuan family, compared with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Yuan Yi's temperament is relatively weak, or compared to competing for dominance in the world, he hopes to live a life of poetry, wine and songs.

The person he longed for the most in his life was actually the Kansai Great Confucian Ma Rong.

The Confucian who is a celebrity and a celebrity, but has lived an extremely luxurious life all his life.

It's a pity that when Yuan Yi wanted to live such a life, the times had changed, and it was too different from back then.

At this moment, Yuan Yi did not show any panic, in his opinion, although Liu Jian's army is strong, but Yizhou has accumulated a lot of generals over the years, and coupled with the danger of Yizhou's landform and mountains and rivers, it is by no means an ordinary army can enter, even if it is a god descending to earth, between this large area of mountains and mountains, it will also be blocked.

It's no wonder that Yuan Yi is so confident, and feels that his soldiers will be able to block the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court, mainly because over the years, Yuan Yi has not been living in vain in Shu!

Not to mention anything else, he relied on his ability to defeat Liu Yan in one fell swoop and consume Liu Yan alive.

Now, Liu Yan's son is hiding in Nanzhong with a group of defeated soldiers and living with a group of southern barbarians.

This made Yuan Yi feel very confident in his abilities.

Moreover, Zhang Lu has also been subordinated to him and has become Yuan Yi's subordinate, with the Heavenly Master Sect as his right-hand man, Shuzhong has become easier for Yuan Yi to control.

After Yizhou fell under his rule, Yuan Yi once led his troops to inspect the north, and inspected the mountains and rivers such as Yangping Pass one by one.

Then Yuan Yi was surprised to find that the passes in Shuzhong were so steep, it was simply a godsend, there was such a male pass, even if there were 300,000 elite soldiers, he was afraid that he would not be able to pile up the corpses, and this Shuzhong was simply a treasure given to him by God.

Although he does not necessarily have the most powerful army and the most warlike generals in the world.

However, he has the most difficult foundation and pass in the world.

As long as he doesn't make any fatal mistakes, surviving here for decades is not too difficult for him.

So as time passed, Yuan Yi's heart became less radical.

He didn't care about the prestige and prospects of the Yuan family in this world, anyway, no matter how he fought, the father-in-law of the Yuan family would not fall on his head.

In that case, why not end up at ease?

Of course, Yuan Yi did not give up his contact with Yuan Shao because of this, after all, Shu is lonely and weak, and he is also surnamed Yuan after all, now Liu Jian dominates the world, even though Yuan Yi has mountains and rivers to be dangerous, but he still has to maintain close communication with Yuan Shao and others.

In this way, he is equivalent to having two hands ready! There is not only the strong foreign aid of the Yuan family, but also the mountains and rivers of the state, as a blessing to save life. If you want to live this life in Yizhou in style, it doesn't seem to be a difficult thing.

As for what should happen to his descendants after he dies?

Ay? Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, even if he wants to break his head, there are some things that he can't manage, just arrange yourself to understand first.

And it was this year that Liu Jian achieved victories in Nanyang and Huainan, and Zhang Fei in Liangzhou also established immortal achievements, which made Yuan Yi a little frightened.

It's not that he's too timid, it's that this matter is really not a good thing for him.

First of all, Yuan Shao was beaten to Nanjun by Liu Jian, which means that his power has shown a state of shrinkage.

In the future, once there is a crisis in Shuzhong, then Yuan Shao can give Shuzhong support, but I am afraid that there may not be much.

And Zhang Fei has made a major achievement in Liangzhou, which is not a good thing for Yizhou, after all, the imperial court has no worries in the northwest, so the pressure of the entire Guanzhong will be pressed to Yizhou, although there is a Chongguan mountain in the north, but this also makes Yuan Yi's heart worried, but things have come to this point, what can be done?

Liu Jian became the overlord of the world, and this matter has become an established fact.

Yuan Yi could only accept it helplessly.

In order to make Shuzhong safer and more stable, Yuan Yi borrowed Sun Ce from Yuan Shao to enter Shu, and after Sun Jiajun entered Yizhou, Yuan Yi was quite stable in his heart.

He let Sun Ce be the main general in Hanzhong, and fought against the strong enemy in the north with Liu Bi, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and others.

Yuan Yi thought about it, he felt that with Sun Ce's ability, coupled with these generals in Shuzhong, although they were not as powerful as Liu Jian's, they could rely on the steep pass to keep the other party out of the house, which was enough for Yuan Yi.

He can live his life in peace.

But he never thought that today he got bad news.

After the scouts on the front line reported the battle to him, Yuan Yu, who was painting with a group of Shu Chinese Yashi, was suddenly stupid.

He looked at the scout who was kneeling there and reporting to him in a daze, and then said, "You say what you are suitable for and say again?" ”

The scout hurriedly said: "Returning to the envoy, the northern army has broken through Yangping Pass, entered Nanzheng, all the counties in Hanzhong have surrendered, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren and others have surrendered to the northern army, General Liu Bi died in battle, Sun Ce was seriously injured and retreated to Jiameng Pass, Sun's army lost seven or eight, the front-line soldiers and horses have been defeated, and the commander of Jiameng Pass asked the envoy for help......"

"Smack!"

Yuan Yi sat on the spot, and the pen in his hand fell directly on the table, splashing a piece of ink.

His own hands were shaking from nervousness.

"I, me! How does this work? What to do? ”

"Once Hanzhong is lost, the northern army will go south, and it will be unstoppable, Yan Yan Zhang Ren and other thieves will surrender to Liu Jian, and the soldiers in Shu will be terrified...... What should I do? ”

The group of people under Yuan's command were also looking at each other at the moment, at a loss.

At this time, he saw Qin Mi standing up and saying to Yuan Yi: "Envoy, in this situation, you should immediately entangle the great heroes in Shuzhong, jointly send people, and jointly defend various checkpoints with the officials and armies of various states in Shuzhong, and block Liu Jian's army from going south." ”

"In addition, the generals who failed to defend Yangping Pass this time are held accountable to save the morale of the officers and men of the three armies and boost the morale of the army, so as not to be broken by Liu Deran's army."

What Qin Mi said was indeed quite reasonable.

It's not that you have to punish a person, but you can take the opportunity to discipline a person to shift the blame onto that person.

After all, the morale of the Yizhou army is too low now, and there is no doubt that the person who is blamed must be Sun Ce, who Yuan Yi has just appointed as the chief general of Hanzhong.

Are many heroes in Shu satisfied with Yuan Yi's appointment of Sun Ce as the chief general of Hanzhong? They are, of course, very dissatisfied.

Sun Ce is an outsider to them.

Yuan Yi was respected by many friends in Shuzhong to secure this position of Yizhou Haoyou.

Therefore, according to these Yizhou Haoyou's thoughts, Yuan Yi should give all the benefits of Yizhou to the locals of Yizhou, even if Liu Jian's soldiers pressed the border.

In the hearts of Yizhou Zhuhao, there is no problem in using Sun Ce, but Sun Ce must not be the main general of Hanzhong.

Even if it is necessary to fight against the Northern Army under the command of the generals recommended by Yizhou Haoyou, this is common sense, but Yuan Yi supported Sun Ce as the main general, which made Yizhou Haoyou have always been quite unconvinced.

In fact, the Yizhou Haoyou also understood in their hearts that Yuan Yi took advantage of this incident to support Sun Ce as the chief general of Hanzhong, and wanted to use him to help him divide the power of the Yizhou Haoyou.

Yuan resides in the center, left and right, and presides over justice in the center, which can maximize his power.

Aren't the emperors of the Han Dynasty willing to exercise this strategy?

Yuan Yi's thoughts are understandable, but Yizhou Haoyou's thoughts are not so.

You say that if you find someone to check and balance, we will check and balance us? I'm sorry, but that's not possible.

Now it happened to take advantage of the loss of Hanzhong and Sun Ce's loss of troops and generals, so that Yuan Yi could punish him and rebalance the interests of those who originally belonged to the Yizhou Haoyou.

Subsequently, many representatives of Yizhou's friends expressed their opinions to Yuan Zhi, hoping that Yuan Yi could punish Sun Ce this time, and take back his authority as the main general, and hand it over to the generals elected by the Yizhou Haoyou.

The thoughts of the people of Yizhou Yuan Yi are very clear in his heart, although he is angry that these people have fallen into the well, and he still wants to fight for their interests at this time, but there is no way to refute it now, after all, the next thing to keep Yizhou depends on these people to contribute people, efforts, and wealth.

The situation is already very critical, and Yuan Yi must make a decisive choice.

In this case, Yuan Yi could only come and sacrifice Sun Ce.

……

Soon, on the Yizhou side, the wealthy families elected Yizhou Haoyou Gao Pei as the new commander of the army, and led the Yizhou Haoyou to jointly raise funds to form elite soldiers and strong generals, and went to Jiameng Pass to resist Liu Jian.

However, before Gao Pei's troops arrived at Jiameng Pass, there was news that Jiameng Pass had fallen.

Liu Jian's troops still moved very quickly.

He knew that Shuzhong must be in a panic now, but with Yuan Yi's experience in Yizhou for so many years, he must be able to settle down the panic as quickly as possible.

Therefore, before organizing a strong hold in Shuzhong, first lay down the Jiameng Pass.

Taking the Jiameng Pass is equivalent to opening the door to the south, and even if Yuan Yi sends the Shu army to come again, he will not be able to stop the footsteps of his elite generals.

This time, Liangzhou's general Pang De asked for orders to be the vanguard death squad and led the elite troops to rush to the pass.

Pang De is now extremely good, he led the five hundred Liangzhou athletes as the vanguard force, and made a good start for the large army.

(End of chapter)