There are three Shu roads leading from Bashu to Hanzhong since ancient times, from east to west they are Jinniu Road, Micang Road, and Meridian Ancient Road (Lychee Road).

Jinniu Road, from Chengdu, Fucheng, Baishui Pass, over the mountains and mountains, to the west of Hanzhong, that is, outside Yangping Pass. Historically, Liu Bei took the Golden Bull Road to the north of Hanzhong, went to Yangping Pass, adopted the suggestions of Huang Quan and Fa Zheng, crossed the mountains to Hannan, occupied Dingjun Mountain, and defeated Cao Cao.

Rice Cang Road, starting from Langzhong and Hanchang (Bazhong) in Ba County, climbs over Rice Cang Mountain, and arrives at Hannan. Historically, Zhang Lu was defeated by Cao Cao, gave up Nanzheng, and retreated south to Bazhong, which was to take the rice cang road. At the same time, Zhang He's southern plundering of the people in Ba County was defeated by Zhang Fei, and he also took this path.

As for the Meridian Ancient Road, it is divided into two sections, the northern section is located in the lofty mountains of the Qinling Mountains, and the southern section is located in the south of Hanzhong, crossing the Daba Mountain to Linjiang (Zhongxian).

Shu Road is steep, except for the Lychee Road that can flourish in the Tang Dynasty, the only roads that can march on a large scale are Micang and Jinniu, and the terminals of these two roads are not in Liu Zhang's hands.

Zhang Feijun went to Fucheng, met with Liu Xun, and feasted for more than 30 days. However, Zhang Fei didn't just drink and ignore affairs. During his stay in Fucheng, Zhang Fei sent people to listen to the movements of Ma and Han Jinjun. Knowing that Han Sui took the Qishan Road to conquer Hanzhong, Zhang Fei decisively gave up the Golden Bull Road and instead took the Micang Road to enter Hanzhong.

Taking the rice cang road into Hanzhong, Zhang Fei led the sergeants from Fucheng to the west, first to Hanchang in Ba County to rest, and met with Yan Yan, the general of Ba County.

Yan Yan, a local warrior in Ba County, relied on his qualifications and past exploits to become the defender of Ba County. Now Liu Zhang saw Zhang Fei's active northern expedition, and set off from Micang Road to the north to fight Hanzhong, and temporarily transferred Yan Yan into Zhang Fei's army as a military guide to help him in the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Zhang Fei carried a gourd and poured wine into his mouth, and the veteran Yan Yan accompanied him.

Yan Yan was very enthusiastic about Zhang Fei's arrival. Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong and Bazhong for a long time, and Yan Yansi has made contributions to quelling the chaos. It's a pity that Liu Zhang is weak and can't please the thief. Now that Zhang Fei can come, Yan Yan is overjoyed and leads him directly to the city, pointing out the road to Micang Mountain.

"General, please see, from Hanchang to the north, along the ditch water (now the Ba River) up, this is the Micang Mountain Avenue. In the meantime, the river valleys are staggered and circuitous, and it is difficult to pass. However, fortunately, on both sides of the canal, there is a feasible army on the riverside. ”

"Hundreds of miles over the mountains and mountains, when the ditch water arrives, that is, to Hanping Pass. Hanping Pass was built on the Micang Mountain and was built by Emperor Gao. It was previously controlled by our army, but it was seized by Zhang Lu and has lost all of Ba County. ”

Lu Xun asked for an opportunity: "How is the garrison of Hanping Pass?" ”

Yan Yan shook his head, sighed and said: "Don't hide it from you, the demon Dao Zhang Lu, the five buckets of rice sect he has done are powerful, and many people in Bazhong are bewitched by it." A few years ago, Zhao Taishou (Bajun Taishou Zhao Zhen) summoned generals to recapture Hanping Pass, and Zhang Lu summoned people to fight. The soldiers were brave, defended according to the danger, the arrows rained down, the sergeants were killed and wounded, and the cover could not be broken, and finally withdrew and returned. ”

Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Yan Yan opened his arms and compared the paintings, and said: "If you cross the Hanping Pass and cross the Micang Mountain, you will go to Hanzhong." However, Hanzhong is vast, and there are three roads in the east, middle and west of the rice cang road, the middle road to Nanzheng, the west road to Chenggu, and the east road to Chuyang. To Hanzhong, and want to Guanzhong, there is the Qinling Mountain Road, which is difficult and dangerous. ”

"Wuding opens the mountain, Shu Dao passes, Qin army arrives, Shu dies!" Pang Tong said with emotion: "The mountains of Bashu are steep, if there are no Shu people to open the way, outsiders can enter it!" ”

Lu Xun touched the corner of Pang Tong's clothes with his hand, signaling not to be so suspicious when speaking.

Pang Tong also seemed to know that his words were wrong, so he pulled out a few legends and anecdotes about Shu Dao and skipped this topic.

Yan Yan, a martial artist, didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "Master Pang knows me very well!" ”

"Micang Avenue, up to Qinlong, down to Canglang. Hanping Pass is steep, people are wings, control the mountain road, it is not easy to break! ”

Pang Tong looked at Zhang Fei and asked, "General Yide, what is the plan to break through?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Zhang Fei. Yan Yan also looked at Zhang Fei with expectant eyes, hoping that Zhang Fei could surprise him.

Zhang Fei took a sip of wine and said bluntly: "Since it is a big mountain, are you afraid that there will be no way?" Find a small road to bypass, take advantage of its unpreparedness, attack back and forth, and break the Hanping Pass. ”

"This~"

Yan Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "What General Zhang said is a strategy. However, I am afraid that Zhang Lubu has heavy soldiers, and there are sergeants on the trail. And the people are good at mountain marching, for Zhang Lu's wings, Hanping Pass garrison, I am afraid that there are a lot. ”

Zhang Luneng was by no means an extraordinary person, he seized Hanzhong, and took the opportunity to go south to attack the mountainous areas in the north of Ba County, and through religious brainwashing, he was supported by the people. This is also the reason why Cao Cao was able to move the people north after getting Zhang Lu.

"Haha!"

Zhang Fei raised his head and laughed, and said: "General Yan doesn't know that Zhang Lu is already difficult to protect himself, according to the scout's report, Han Sui's troops went to Yangping Pass, Ma Chao went south on Qinling Avenue, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in all departments. How many soldiers and horses can Zhang Lu have? 30,000, or 40,000? Divide the troops to resist Ma and Han, how many people can be left behind at Hanping Pass? ”

Yan Yan's eyes lit up, and he said: "The most sergeants under Zhang Lu's account are only twenty or thirty thousand horses, and even if there are people to help, there are less than forty thousand sergeants. Divide the troops to guard Yangping Pass, and according to the horses are more than Qinling Shu Road, there must not be many people left behind in Hanping Pass. ”

Zhang Fei took a sip of wine, and boasted to Lu Xun and Pang Tong: "Who said that I have no plan, this time I went north to Micang Mountain and entered Hanzhong, when you and I made contributions!" ”

Zhang Fei has fought for so many years, and he has gradually practiced it. The soldiers in this world cannot be said to be comparable to Guan Yu and Huo Jun, but against ordinary generals, it is not a problem to defeat and win.

"The general is wise!" Pang Tong praised.

Lu Xun saw Zhang Fei drinking again, frowned and said, "General Yide, why are you drinking again!" ”

In Fucheng, Zhang Fei and Liu Xun feasted for thirty days and drank darkly. Lu Xun and Pang Tong advised Zhang Fei not to drink excessively and not to forget the words of the military order. Zhang Fei said that if this is not the time to march and fight, if you don't drink now, how can you drink in the future. Therefore, Lu Xun and Pang Tong did not stop Zhang Fei's drinking in Fucheng.

Zhang Fei laughed a few times, threw the gourd in his hand into Lu Xun's hand, and said with a smile: "Is this wine?" ”

Lu Xun took the gourd, took off the cork, took a sip, and said in surprise: "General Yide drank not wine, but cold water. ”

Zhang Fei was afraid that he would be greedy and wanted to drink, so he filled the gourd with water that he had filled with wine all year round, and when he wanted to drink, he mixed it with mountain spring water to quench his hunger.

Zhang Fei put his hands on his belt and said, "Since you promised the lord and the military advisor not to drink, how dare Fei drink again." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Fei pointed to the north and said with a smile: "In the middle of the broken Han, Fei and you will drink for three days and three nights, and you will not return if you are not drunk!" ”

"General Zhang is arrogant!" Yan Yan said with admiration.

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Hanzhong is bordered by Guanzhong in the north, Bashu in the south, Longyou in the west, and Shangyong in the east. Being in the midst of the mountains and mountains, the mountain road is rugged, the Shu road is hundreds of miles, the environment is closed, and it can be a place of refuge during the war.

However, the mountains on all sides are intricate, and the environment is closed. Now there are enemies from three sides, Ma Chao marched south from Guanzhong, Han Sui fought from Qishan Mountain, and Zhang Fei went north from Bajun, each with tens of thousands of horses, and a contract of 100,000 people, enough to break his turtle shell.

Hanzhong, Nanzheng.

When Zhang Luwen heard that the three families were attacking at the same time, he was terrified, and summoned his cronies to discuss the survival plan.

Zhang Lu looked sad and said: "Lonely in Hanning for more than 20 years, I think I am helping the people, but now I am suffering from a military disaster, how to deal with it?" ”

After a pause, Zhang Lu said: "Ma and Han are the soldiers sent by Cao Gong, and they want to sacrifice their land and surrender, what is it? ”

During the reign of Zhang Lu, Hanzhong County was changed to Hanning County, and the prefecture governed Hanzhong and Bazhong. Later, some subordinates wanted to respect Zhang Lu as the king of Hanning, but Zhang Lu hesitated and refused.

Zhang Wei, who was in charge of the military, advised: "Shijun sits on Hanchuan, and there are 100,000 households in Hanchuan under his rule, with fertile wealth and fertile soil, and there are people to help, why should he abandon his decades-old foundation and easily surrender to Cao Cao." ”

"Han Sui dominates Longyou, and now he is the forerunner of Cao Cao, how can he do his best. Wei thought that Han Sui was afraid of the difficulties and dangers of Yangping Pass, and did not dare to attack the city easily, so Shi Jun could send some generals to increase the troops of Yiyang Pingguan. ”

"Zhang Fei came from the Micang Daoxing army, but there is a Hanping Pass in Micang Mountain, and the division commander ordered the general to lead the army south to reinforce, and recruited Du Hao, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and other leaders to lead the clansmen to fight, which is enough to prevent Zhang Fei outside the pass."

Saying that, Zhang Wei talked eloquently and said confidently: "Although Ma Chao is brave and a good soldier in Guanxi, the slope is steep and difficult, which is not conducive to the riding of war horses. Brother Wei knows a little about the military, and now he is willing to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, garrison and defend the danger, confront Ma Chao, stick to it without fighting, and force Ma Chao to retreat for the master. ”

"If Ma Chao retreats, Han Sui will retreat. The soldiers and horses of the two roads retreated, and Sergeant Zhang Fei was not worried. Brother and Hanzhong's soldiers, increase the Han Pingguan, can solve this soldier difficulty for the master! ”

Zhang Lu still hesitated and said: "Ma Chao and Zhang Fei are both great generals in the world, and Han Sui has been in the northwest for decades, I am afraid it will be difficult to meet the meaning of the public rules." ”

Zhang Wei was displeased, and said emphatically: "Shijun, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Hanning today, and there are steep mountains. Kansai soldiers, I don't fight with it, I defend against danger, why can't I retreat from the enemy? ”

"Wangshijun Zhun Wei will fight!"

The Wudou Rice Sect founded by Zhang Lu, as well as the divided Hanzhong County, is not his own strength. His younger brother Zhang Wei made a great contribution to it, so Zhang Luqiang couldn't twist his younger brother Zhang Wei, who wanted to fight.

Zhang Lu hesitated for a moment and said: "Since this is the case, Xiangyangping Guan will benefit 8,000 soldiers, and Yang Ren will be in charge; Yang Ang led 8,000 people to increase the Han Pingguan in the south, and let Bazhong Du Hao, Pu Hu and other people lead their troops to help; Ma Chao in the north, led 12,000 men and horses by Gong Ze to fight, defend the praise, and not let Ma Chao enter Hanzhong. ”

"No!" Zhang Wei, Yang Ang, and Yang Ren gave up their orders.

I have to say that Zhang Weineng is in charge of the Hanzhong military, his ability is not weak, and his knowledge is also good. Han Sui did not contribute to the work, and in the name of the southern expedition to Hanzhong, he went deep into Wudu and stopped outside Yangping Pass.

According to Cheng Gongying's suggestion, Han Sui watched the situation in Hanzhong, and if Ma Chao broke Hanzhong, he would enter Hanzhong in the name of Yizhou Assassin Shi and divide the money of Nanzheng with Ma Chao. If he can't break it, he will loot the private capital of Wudu, annex Wudu, be strong and handsome, and strengthen his own minions.

Liangzhou assassin Shi Weikang secretly complained, and the only way to do this was to let his subordinates send a letter to Cao Cao to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

Ma Chao, who went south from the Bao Slope Road, walked for more than a month, experienced hardships, tired people and horses, and finally praised his mouth. However, when he met Zhang Wei, who was guarding against danger, Ma Chao secretly complained to himself, thinking of his ambition to make contributions, and finally held on. Find a place to set up camp, find a way to lure Zhang Wei out of the camp, and defeat Zhang Wei.

As for Zhang Fei's department, under the guidance of Yan Yan, he traveled a long distance and finally reached the Hanping Pass. According to the strategy discussed before, while luring the enemy into battle, while looking for a path to detour.

Under the fierce attack of these three armies, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei's eyes were all attracted to the past, and all the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong came out, thus ignoring Pang De's troops who were struggling to move forward in the Meridian Valley.

In the summer, it rained heavily for more than ten days, washing down the plank road, or rolling down the rocks, and Pound ordered his subordinates to build a bridge. If the road is really impassable, they will go over the mountains and mountains and go around the long road. Compared with the thirty days of heavy rain that Cao Zhen encountered, Pang De was much luckier.

And there are only 3,000 elites under Pang De's account, which is not like Cao Zhen's army. Because of the long detour, and thus the lack of military baggage, Pound killed the horse to satisfy his hunger. Even so, the number of non-commissioned officers under Pound's account was quite large, with two or three hundred dead and wounded.

When Zhang Wei divided his troops to defend against the three armies, Pang De was still walking on the road. Three thousand elites, it took more than 40 days, four or five hundred war horses were lost, and the baggage was exhausted, before they got out of the difficult and difficult Meridian Valley Road.

Pound was lucky to be able to get out of Meridian Valley. Zhang Lu was only in Hanzhong, and there were only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, and under the siege of the three-way army, they barely divided their troops to resist. It was difficult to take care of the Meridian Valley in the east, and Pang De led his elite troops to smuggle across the valley road.

Of course, what is even more fortunate is that although there is a Meridian Valley Pass in the Meridian Valley, it has been in turmoil all year round, and there is no one to defend it.

As for why Zhang Lu didn't stick to the Meridian Valley Pass, because the Meridian Valley Pass was close to Guanzhong. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang ordered the repair of the Meridian Valley Road and placed the Meridian Valley Pass.

"How far is it from Hanzhong?" Pound asked.

Pound, who has always been known for his heroism, is now in rags and his hair is messy. Sitting on a rock, eating cooked horse meat.

"General Pang, we are still two or three hundred miles away from Hanzhong, and there is a golden garrison seven miles away, and there are Hanzhong sergeants stationed there. Or because the general went south from the Bao Slope Road, there were only a few hundred old and weak people in the siege. The scout said with a happy face.

Although the Meridian Valley is far away from Hanzhong, the road is difficult and dangerous, but Zhang Lu can not be unguarded, in the past he ordered people to set up a golden garrison in the east of Hanzhong, to meet the people of Guanzhong to go south, but also to guard against the attack of thieves. However, due to the fighting on the front line, there are not many soldiers in the Golden Garrison.

Pound was first frightened when he heard someone guarding it, and then he exhaled when he heard that the sergeants were scarce. If there are soldiers and horses waiting for him now, he will be defeated!

After chewing a few bites of horse meat, Pound jumped on the boulder, looked at the exhausted Kansai soldiers, drew his sword and shouted, attracting the attention of the soldiers.

Although he was embarrassed, Pound's eyes revealed murderous aura, and he shouted: "After going through hardships and dangers, we have now arrived in Hanzhong." I heard that there was a camp seven miles ahead, and the camp had hot water, fine rice, and broth. ”

Looking at those hungry eyes, Pound shouted violently, "And the beauty!" ”

As he spoke, Pound threw away the horse meat in his hand and shouted. "Horse meat is hard to eat, and if you want to enjoy fine rice, broth, and beauty, who wants to go with me!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

More than 2,000 hungry and thirsty Kansai soldiers raised their swords and spears and shouted.

Seeing that the morale was available, Pound picked up his lance, turned over his horse, and led the group of wolf-hungry soldiers to the Golden Fortress.

The war horse galloped, Pang De's soldiers arrived, took the lead, broke the gold, and slaughtered it.

The next day, Pound led his troops westward, enveloping thousands of people, and broke into a solid. More than 10,000 soldiers and civilians entered the mouth.

Hanzhong is shaken!

ps: Lumbar muscle strain recurred, the pain was too bad, and I had to go to massage. Today is a change for the time being, if it gets better, tomorrow three changes.

The Golden Fortress was built in the Zhanglu period, and the Golden City was built in the Zhuge Liang period. Yesterday's Qiyue City, also known as Xiakou City, was there in the Huangzu period, and it was mentioned in my Jiangxia plot.

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