In the past six months since the troops from the north moved south, they extended from the Yangtze River through Jingzhou and then to Hanzhong, and then in mid-August, the gathering of 150,000 troops of the Western Route Army officially kicked off the attack on Xichuan. Among them, the 40,000 Heishan infantry in the Du Du was under the influence of Tianshidao, and the Qiang tribes served as guides, crossed mountains and crossed ridges and dived, and attacked Jiameng Pass. The 20,000 Xiliang troops expanded by Guo Si went west from Hanzhong to attack Baishui Pass, and opened a passage for the subsequent Fengxiang Army, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and Markuus's joint army.

After the changes after Liu Bei entered Shu, the generals guarding the northern part of Shu had organized resistance, and the King of Jin, who was unwilling to be strong in the north, surrendered to the enemy. In the past two or three months, the generals in Shu who stood on him began to deploy several cities in the north of Chengdu, including Zitongguan, Langzhong, Fuxian, Mianzhu, Pingyang, etc., to form five defenses.

Fa Zheng proposed a strategy to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. "Gongsun Zhi's army and horses are fierce, and most of them are war-torn soldiers, so they should not face each other head-on. When using passes to block the destruction, not to mention that the autumn harvest is imminent. If his army is about to harvest crops along the way as food and grass, even if the lord can win this war, it will not be too advantageous. Therefore, it is recommended to rush to harvest farms, withdraw the people into the city, and defend them with high walls. It will be delayed until the cold winter. If 150,000 troops are defeated without attacking, Gongsun Zhi wants to attack Shu again next year, he will no longer be able to gather such a huge military force. At that time, the lord can accumulate national strength and go north to Hanzhong again in the future..."

The strategy of clearing the fields was relatively strong in Mianzhu and Zitong area, Yu Poison Army dived to advance southwest. On the mountain to the west, Guo Si broke through Baishui Pass in one day. The guard Wu Lan and two thousand defeated troops retreated south, burning the crops they encountered along the way.

"If you want to blame me, go and blame Gongsun Zhi!"

The light of the September sky was filled with black smoke. He looked at the burning fertile fields and said lightly, "The crackling sound of crops burning, the splashing of sparks rose in the air." There were also various shouts, pain, and scolding from the ridges of the fields. The woman cried and wanted to steal the crops in the fields. She was hugged by her husband. The two-year-old child was so scared that she cried. There were countless figures standing beside the fields, watching the rice fields disappearing in the fire. The ragged old man knelt on the edge of his own fields and kept kowtowing to the soldiers coming. His son and daughter were knocked to the ground, and his head was covered with blood.

"The 150,000 troops from the north are heading south. You can't take them away if you keep these crops. You will be taken away by them. Instead of helping the enemy, it is better to burn it up and wait for the enemy to retreat. The new Yizhou Mu Ren and righteousness will definitely compensate you and others!"

The old man who kowtowed cried and rushed over, hugging the thigh of a captain who raised the torch: "Please... give our family of four a way out... The soldiers and horses in the north have not retreated yet, our family will starve to death... Please don't set fire..."

The captain kicked him away: "I can't starve! If you go south to Chengdu, the officials along the way will still help you." After that, he threw the torch on the paved hay branches, and the flames ignited. Soon, the whole field was in the fire. The autumn wind whistled, rolling up the fire and swallowing it further away, which ignited two nearby mountains, blocking the road below, and also delayed the time when the Xiliang Iron Cavalry went south. The destruction of the fields and crops also caused a large number of people around Zitong, Baishui, and Jiameng to begin to move south, congestion between the roads.

In the 16th year of Jian'an, in early September, the northern part of Yizhou was threatened by huge soldiers. Crossing the road, countless people fleeing in the forest, and many scouts with various information were running back and forth between the north and south directions. From time to time, small-scale scouts broke out between the hidden foothills and then sent to Baishuiguan.

On September 11, the color between the foothills has become a little yellow. From time to time, autumn rain will fall in the mountains, and the roads will be slippery and muddy. Even though such a large number of signs of march still spread here.

The rain gradually stopped, and the sound of monkeys cried out from the forest.

There were cavalry coming and going between the long teams, and the sound of shouting made the marching midfielder temporarily stop and rest. Not far below a large rock, Gongsun Zhi dismounted and studied the map with the generals while eating some dry food. Through the gathered information, he made arrangements. "From the Baishui Pass, the resistance is very low. Liu Bei may think that Baishui Pass is too close to Hanzhong County, and the distance between troops and supplies is too long. He should have arranged heavy troops in the northern area of ​​Chengdu."

"Then Ma Chao's Xiliang Rider is probably going to show his might." Pan Feng shouted, slapped his horn helmet and stood up.

"It shouldn't be true. There are many capable people in Shu, so I should think of how to limit the performance of cavalry."

While he was speaking, Li Ke, who was sending orders from afar, rode back on a horse, pushed Pan Feng away in front with excitement, and handed over a piece of Subo: "Chief, the news from Jingzhou, Lu Bu took Xiangyang and captured Guan Yu alive, and his generals. Now Wen Chou, Zhang He and others are continuing to go south to power Changsha and other counties. It seems that it will not take long for the entire Jingzhou area to be the leader."

"There is also this Shu area." Pan Feng squeezed in, "What are you waiting for? After finishing the fight, you will go back early..." When he said this, he turned his head embarrassedly and his voice was broken: "...... I miss my golden lotus..."

When everyone laughed at Pan Wushuang, Gongsun Zhi held the information and leaned against the rock, looked at the handwriting word by word, then put it down and handed it to Li Ke to put it away, "Go and find Han Long." The generals who were joking saw that the atmosphere was wrong, stuffed the dry cakes in their hands into their mouths in two or three times, and ran away, leaving Pan Feng with the water bag a little confused: "Why are they running..."

Then, when he saw a figure wearing green gauze brown trousers coming towards this side with a long sword, he stopped and waved to Dian Wei: "If you have something to do in my army, I won't rest."

It was not that the generals were afraid of Han Long coming here, but that once this person came over, they would do some confidential things. Now that Gongsun Zhi has a king, the rules are even more strict and they will not be exposed. If they know too much, they will not feel safe when they sleep in the future.

"What's the matter with the king calling the dragon?" Han Long walked to Gongsun Zhi and bowed half-kneel. He had been walking all the way in Heishan as a teenager, doing things without leaking, and there were countless famous people who died in his hands.

"The overall situation in Jingzhou has fallen...but the ending is not clean."

Gongsun Zhi stretched out his hand and asked him to get up, his voice lowered: "Liu Bei's family escaped from Jingzhou by chance. According to the information, it should be the area around Wuxian. If you bring some subordinates who are quick to intercept them, they will not catch them alive, so they will all be killed."

"yes!"

Han Long nodded in understanding and summoned his troops to the rear. The gloomy sky clouds gradually dissipated, and the autumn sunlight shone down. The central army set off again to the south. After going down the mountain, it was more than fifty miles away from Jiameng. It was difficult to see people on the way. More of them were acre of charred fields. The nearby villages were damaged and collapsed, and there were even one or two mountain traces of mottled and burned black. From the news from the former army, Gongsun Zhi knew that the northern part of Yizhou was implementing a solid wall and clearing the fields.

"Liu Xuande... Hehe... Hehe... Hehe, the walls are clear and the country will die. At that time, more people will die than those who march alone... hypocritical people..."

Half an hour later, information came from the south. Gongsun Zhi threw the silk to the ground, "I asked Zhang Ren to spread it to the cities along the way, and said that anyone could be demoted to the orphanage, and his official position remained unchanged, but Liu Xuande could not!"

On the horse's back, Gongsun Zhi looked down at the information being trampled under the horse's hooves, and narrowed his eyes: "......Southern barbarian reinforcements? Gu wants to make them afraid of the Han people all their lives, and he will order Yu Du to speed up the offensive!"
Chapter completed!