Fan Chou and Zhang Xiu first continued to pursue the south with their main force, while Jia Xu waited slowly until dawn, and carefully inspected the territory abandoned by Lu Su near Sanguan.

After passing Sanguan, it was only two or three miles away, and it was the relatively open monk's land. It was also the location of the newly established Sanguan County County, which Liu Bei had in the Qinling Valley. However, because it was located in the Qinling Valley, the county town had no additional city walls, and it was right next to the Sanguan wall in front to provide defense.

The size of the county town's settlements does not seem to exceed one thousand households. Even the houses are built on the hillside, and the plains are vacant for farming. The houses are not burned down, but they are almost empty.

After leaving the county town, there were still several narrow terraces on both sides of the mountain road, which stretched for several miles, but were only a dozen to dozens of feet wide, and it seemed that there was no land planted. The wheat straw in the field was cut deep, and it seemed that when Lu Su retreated his troops, he didn't even want to keep more grass for the Xiliang rebels.

After Jia Xu analyzed it, he thought to himself: "It is very thorough to clear the walls and clear the fields. However, I know why Lu Su cannot continue to defend it - this mountain basin called Monk Yuan can only plant a little food, and there must be not many soldiers who can provide.

Lu Su couldn't withstand the supply of Sanguan on more than a hundred miles or even three hundred miles of mountain roads, so he took great steps and stepped back as soon as he cleared the field. He threw the pressure of logistics difficulties on our army, hoping to use the three hundred miles of mountain roads from Chencang Road to Yangping Pass to drag down our army.

In this way, Yangping Pass should still be relatively empty now. The remaining defenders in Lu Su may have marched overnight and retreated lightly to Yangping Pass. It may have been a rest in Hechi County halfway, but the probability is not high.

Lu Su was afraid that we would attack Yangping Pass after catching up, so he must try his best to concentrate all his troops to defend Yangping. In addition, Liu Bei withdrew from the plank road at that time, as well as the civilians who had just recruited recently. After breaking Yangping Pass, the entire Hanzhong will be ours."

There is still the last fierce battle left! If you win, you will have it all! A large base area isolated from the world!

Of course, there is also the risk of the enemy's intentional weakness, and reinforcements coming or even encirclement.

But after Jia Xu looked at the map, there were only a few forks in Chencang Road Canyon. He should pay attention to establishing a camp in the road and not be trampled by the enemy. Pay attention to these matters, at most, he would not break through Yangping Pass by bloody battles. He would have to retreat until the enemy reinforcements came, but there would be no danger of destruction. Therefore, he would definitely have to fight.

Thinking about this, Jia Xu ordered the escort troops around him to speed up immediately and try his best to catch up with Fan Chou and Zhang Xiu who left first.

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"Person Jia, have you seen the situation of the county town that Lu Su gave up? What do you think?" Zhang Xiu still respected Jia Xu and asked about the tactics as soon as he received it.

Jia Xu: "There is no flaw, it is indeed a pure solid wall to clear the fields, shorten the supply and food supply routes and lengthen our army's food routes, so the enemy's reinforcements should not arrive in a short time. The most important thing now is to speed up pursuit. If you can chase Lu Su halfway and wipe it out in the field, then Yangping Pass will only be left with weaker civilians guarding the city than San Pass.

If you can't catch up, then there will be a more tragic battle under Yangping Pass than Sanguan. You must be mentally prepared and willing to sacrifice. Don't be stingy in the soldiers. As long as you break Yangping Pass, Hanzhong, Wudu, Yinping, Shangyong, and the four counties are all ours. One pass determines four counties, and it will be worthwhile to die. Even if Liu Bei's Xichuan reinforcements arrive, you can only look at the pass outside Yangping Pass and sigh."

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth, knowing that he couldn't escape, but he still couldn't bear it and asked a backhand: "If there are too many casualties and injuries, what about our strength?"

Jia Xu: "If the initial battle is unfavorable, I will immediately write a letter, not bad news, and tell Dong Zhonglang about the prospects, and let Dong Zhonglang personally bring reinforcements to serve as the main attack on this war of attrition. Anyway, there are still tens of thousands of people in Chencang City that have not moved."

Zhang Xiu didn't say anything, and Jia Xu also told him not to talk too much with Fan Chou. At that moment, he had another way to persuade Fan Chou to cooperate with him and cheat Dong Yue as cannon fodder.

The group chased after more than a hundred miles with fast horses and whipped. In the middle, three Han army's sluggish walls were broken through, with wood and stone blocking the road, and a small group of ambushing soldiers hiding on the mountain, and they were unable to catch up with Lu Su in the end.

Although Lu Su has mostly infantry soldiers, and the vanguard of the Western Liang Army has many cavalry, the distance caused by running away half a night in advance, and the negative factors such as the difference in speed between horses and infantry on the mountain road is not obvious, when Fan Chou and Zhang Xiu crossed the last ridge in front of Hechi County, he looked up and saw that Lu Su's banner and the last one or two thousand people were swarming into Hechi County less than ten miles away.

"Roar quickly!" The Western Liang army rushed over and took advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate. But in the end, when the cavalry rushed outside the city gate, Lu Su had already entered the city and closed the city gate. The cavalry could not attack the city, and some impulsive soldiers rushed too close and did not hold their feet. They were also killed and injured dozens of people by the crossbows at the top of the city.

"What a pity! I couldn't kill Lu Su in the field!" Fan Chou threw his helmet angrily on the ground.

Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu rushed forward, and Jia Xu said, "It's acceptable, at least because we chased us too quickly, Lu Su knew that he could not run to Yangping Pass, so he hid in Hechi County halfway. In this way, the guards of Yangping Pass must be even more empty. His thousands of people could not support the front battlefield of Yangping Pass.

I looked at the map and saw that there was a fork on the Hechi side. We advanced west along the Western Han River waters and could go to the Wudu County. Therefore, it is best to be able to capture Hechi, and it can also provide our army's military supplies, so that the troops that subsequently attacked Yangping Pass did not need to transport grain from Chen Cang, so that they could be stationed for a long time.

If you can't capture it for a while, as long as you refuse to defend the east bank of the Western Han River, you will not let the enemy troops in Hechi cross the river and advance eastward to stop me from retreating to Chencang's retreat, it will be fine. You can continue to divide your troops south and go straight to Yangping Pass. After taking Yangping Pass, Hechi County will have dead vines and fruits, so there is no need to chew them hard."

Fan Chou's eyes turned: "Who goes south to attack Yangping Pass? Who is the one who divides troops here to guard the important roads and prevents the enemy from cutting off my retreat?"

Jia Xu: "There will be many casualties in the battle, but those who succeed will also benefit greatly. From then on, they can become the local emperor of Hanzhong and be isolated from the world. Captain Fan has always been unwilling to care about the lives of soldiers and is not afraid of casualties. Don't you want this opportunity?"

Fan Chouqi said with a humming voice: "I'm not at ease to leave the back path to someone like you who is insidious and unreliable!"

Jia Xu sighed: "Why do Captain Fan doubt the sincerity of my alliance? I clearly gave you a wealth and honor. Besides, if Captain Fan is frustrated, will I benefit? Let's do this, I will use the head as a guarantee to ensure that you have no worries in your future within ten days.

Moreover, I will write a letter to tell Dong Zhonglang that Hanzhong is about to be pacified and let him lead the army in person. At that time, the Chief Fan felt that there were too many casualties and injuries, so he could give Dong Zhonglang the direct descendants to personally make this great contribution. Although you have lost your first contribution, you may not be able to actually guard You Fufeng and Wudu. After Dong Zhonglang personally conquered Hanzhong, You Fufeng was unable to guard You Fufeng, so you can still take over his position?"

Jia Xu spoke very sincerely and planned an arrangement for Fan Chou that he would not lose any position. The greedy and reckless Fan Chou agreed.

However, he still refused to go south to attack Yangping Pass in the first time, but asked his subordinate Sima to explore the way first with thousands of people. Fan Chou decided to lead the cavalry to supervise the battle, and together with Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, he tentatively attacked Hechi County for one day. Fan Chou was always unwilling to accept it without seeing the reality that Hechi County was "unable to conquer in a short period of time".

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Fortunately, only one day later, Lu Su completely killed his wish.

Because Lu Su used the remaining troops withdrawn from Dasan Pass to defend Hechi County, the defense was only in order, and the Xiliang army did not break through within a day. What made the Xiliang army even more dangerous was that on the evening of the second day after the attack on Hechi, some reinforcements from Liu Bei's camp came from Wudu to the west.

After Jia Xu looked at the banner, he found that it was Yu Fulu, the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu! It was known that there were 10,000 elite cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu!

Of course, Yu Fuluo was actually seriously ill at this time. It was his younger brother Hu Chuquan who took the money worth 50 million yuan from the messenger sent by Li Su, and agreed to lead troops from Dazhong to fight for a month or two, and make a fortune as a temporary worker.

After the Southern Xiongnu cavalry arrived, they camped along the Western Han River further west of Hechi County, blocking the valley to the west, and forming a junction with Hechi County, so that they could raid the Xiliang army in the county at any time.

As a result, the Xiliang army could only completely give up attacking Hechi and instead set up defenses on the east bank of the Western Han River, setting up camps to prevent the Southern Xiongnu cavalry from cutting off their retreat. Fan Chou did not believe in evil at first, and felt that he had many people and had many powers. After all, there were tens of thousands of new forces, and wanted to fight Huchuquan in the field.

But it has to be said that although the Southern Xiongnu had declined, these 10,000 "Shanyu Personal Guards" were the most elite troops after all, and they actually repelled more Xiliang troops in the field. If Hu Chuquan hadn't actually wanted to die too much, they would have wanted to make money to stand and stand, otherwise the casualties on both sides would have been even more tragic.

After Jia Xu's first contact between Fan Chou and Hu Chuquan, hundreds of cavalry each died, he repeatedly advised him: "Don't make many enemies, the Huns will not really work hard for Liu Bei. I know that Li Su likes to spend money to buy the Hu people, which is an old trick learned from Liu Yu. As long as we keep enough troops to intimidate these Hu people, they will have an excuse to fight with us and will not fight too much. Yangping Pass is important!"

Fan Chou figured out this principle and personally took all the remaining people from the headquarters to Yangping Pass.

Unfortunately, the danger at Yangping Pass was obviously even greater than that of Dasan Pass, and the defenses of the defenders were also tighter. Even though the thousands of soldiers who had just emerged from the war and had accumulated some experience in guarding the pass failed to return to defense, relying on the 1,500,500-zhang remnants of Liu Bei and the newly recruited militia, they temporarily guarded the pass.

Fan Chou also knew that this was a decisive battle that concerns the overall situation. He worked very hard and increased the intensity of the attack to the point where he took turns to attack for twelve hours a day, and at least two thousand people died in a day. The Xiliang soldiers were simply fighting up like cannon fodder. After three days of decisive attacks, they actually killed five thousand people but failed to take down their morale.

Fortunately, the war ended in this regard, Fan Chou did not send elite soldiers to engage in a war of attrition. He used a knife to force the newly recruits who had just joined the army to consume and attack. Therefore, the loss of elite soldiers in the direct line was not too great. In this way, because there were too many casualties in cannon fodder, the troops mutiny several times, but they were all crushed by the supervision team composed of elite soldiers in Xiliang behind.

Fortunately, the Zuo Zhonglang General Dong Yue also received a report from Jia Xu's painting of big cakes. He brought 20,000 new forces and more temporary cannon fodder people from Chen Cang, plus a batch of supplies, and rushed to Yangping Pass and attacked Fan Chou at night.

From the fourth day of attacking Yangping Pass, Dong Yue's troops took over the role of the main attacker.

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Seeing tens of thousands of Xiliang reinforcements heading towards Yangping Pass along the valley road east of Hechi County, Lu Su was blocked in the county town, he was also a little worried. He had long known how many times had he cursed Hu Chuquan, a guy who was not working hard.

Fa Zheng was more open-minded and comforted him: "Brother Zijing, please calm down and believe that the lord and the right general can defend Yangping Pass. People Hu Chuquan is also the main reason for using money to intimidate him, not really taking money and losing his life.
Chapter completed!