Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, and Yangping Pass is the throat of Hanzhong. It is adjacent to the Qinling Mountains in the north, the Bashan Mountains of the Hanjiang River in the south, and the Xianhe River in the west, which is extremely dangerous in the world. With Yangping Pass, you can control Sichuan and Shu in the west and Qinlong in the north. You can go south from the Chencang Roadkou to Yizhou. Yangping Pass must be taken down, otherwise even if you conquer Chengdu, you can only be worried every day.
Even if Guo Jia did not have the advantage of traveling through time, when he went out of Yingchuan to travel around the world, he had already seen the dangerous pass in Shu and the heavy weight of Yangping pass was comparable to the entire Yizhou.
One day later, Guo Jia led a large army to the south from the old road. Because Zhang Bai's cavalry was marching at a speed and Guo Jia was marching in a hurry, so when Guo Jia arrived in Ju County, Zhang Bai's cavalry had just left Ju County and camped and rested twenty miles outside Yangping Pass.
In the temporary residence of Ju County, Guo Jia held a lamp in his hand and looked at the terrain east of Yangping Pass. Guo Ping was silent behind him.
"Guo Ping, pass on the order and discuss matters in the account."
Soon, except for Zhang Baiqi, the other generals came to Guo Jia in high spirits, and all the advisers arrived and stood on both sides.
Guo Jia, who was sitting in the commander's position, expressed his meticulous expression and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow morning, Zhang Baiqi will lead his army to Yangping Pass to Yangping Pass to challenge the battle. Yang Ang and Zhang Wei, the defenders will not exceed 15,000. On Dingjun Mountain east of Yangping Pass, Yang Ren garrisons will have 10,000 troops. As long as Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain are captured, the 20,000 troops in Hanzhong Zhang Lu will not be afraid of."
Xi Zhicai and other advisers knew it well, but the generals were very excited and were ready to go to Yangping Pass overnight to kill the generals and make contributions.
After a pause, Guo Jia looked around the generals and began to issue military orders.
"The five thousand soldiers led by Zhang Baiqi are weak brigades. The battle before the pass will surely lead the Yangping Pass to lead the army to attack, and the Ganning Zhou Tai."
Gan Ning and Zhou Tai went out at the same time and clasped their fists and replied: "The last one will be there."
"I ordered you and the two of you to lead your troops to wait for the fighter plane ten miles behind the Zhangbai cavalry. As long as the Yangping Pass guard leads the army to fight, and after Zhangbai cavalry lures all the enemies out, you and the two of you immediately lead the army forward to support the Zhangbai cavalry. Remember to confront each other head-on and do not siege the enemy."
"I will obey the order at the end." After Gan Ning and Zhou Tai got the order, he returned.
Guo Jia said in a deep voice again: "Gao Shun."
The serious Gao Shun went out to wait for the military order with his fists.
Guo Jia then said in a deep voice: "I ordered you to lead the five thousand cavalry under your command ten miles behind the Zhoutai army in Ganning. Once the enemy starts to retreat into the pass, you will immediately lead all the cavalry to rush into the Yangping Pass. I want you to rush into Yangping Pass at all costs to ensure that the gate of Yangping Pass will not be closed, so that my army will then drive straight in."
"The last general takes the order." Gao Shun made a loud voice and calmly returned.
The other generals looked at Guo Jia with scorching eyes, and their desire to fight was obvious.
"Sima Ju, Xu He." Guo Jia pointed at the top again.
The two of them came out and responded: "The last one will be there."
Guo Jia said with a slightly heavy expression: "If Yangping Pass is lost, Yang Ren from Dingjun Mountain will either lead the entire army to support, or the entire army will hold the entire army to ask for help from Hanzhong. I think Yang Ren will not support Yangping Pass, but will rely on Dingjun Mountain to be dangerous and unable to defend the terrain. As long as our army attacks Yangping Pass, you and the two of you will immediately lead all your troops and attack Dingjun Mountain! In this battle, casualties will definitely not be small. Do you have the confidence to capture Dingjun Mountain for me?"
Facing Guo Jia's majestic and fierce gaze, Sima and Xu He did not hesitate and immediately clasped their fists to take the order.
"The last general will definitely take Dingjun Mountain."
Guo Jia slapped the table and shouted: "Okay! If you can take down Dingjun Mountain and conquer Hanzhong, this is yours, the two of you!"
After the military order was issued, Guo Jia's harsh expression became a little relaxed, and he smiled lightly: "Everyone goes down and rest, and accumulates his energy and wait for tomorrow's battle."
The generals who received the combat mission were naturally very happy and kept preparing with excitement, but Zhang Liao, Zhang Yan, Xu Chu and Dianwei went out to Guo Jia to hold his fists and ask for battle.
Guo Jia laughed and pointed at the four people and said, "What's the hurry? Hanzhong is just the first step to conquer Yizhou. There will be many big battles waiting for you in the future. If you want to not fight, I will have to deal with it with the military law. Let's go down."
The four generals followed the other generals and advisers in a depressed mood. Only Xi Zhi did not move. He asked Guo Jia with a serious expression until there were no one else, "Lord, if you dare to ask the generals who will attack Hanzhong, who will the lord send?"
Guo Jia guessed what Xi Zhicai was worried about. Hanzhong is the gateway to Shuzhong and there should be no mistakes. The generals in Hanzhong must not only be both wise and brave, but also be loyal to Guo Jia and never rebel.
He said a name with a smile. Guo Jia looked at Xi Zhicai's expression with frowning together and felt a sense of pleasure in success.
Sure enough, Xi Zhicai bowed to Guo Jia and said, "Lord, Zhang Yan's 100,000 troops are the main force of our army. If he guards Hanzhong, it will be very unfavorable for our army to go south to capture Chengdu."
In fact, Xi Zhicai did not say the main reason, but Guo Jia knew it well and smiled a little. Guo Jia said lightly: "At that time, I will let Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan conquer Hanzhong together, and then Zhang Yan handed over 50,000 troops to Zhang Liao to guard Hanzhong, and Zhang Yan followed me to go south."
Xi Zhicai was stunned. He first knew that he had been teased by Guo Jiayan, but he didn't care and joked with them like they used to. But he looked worried and turned away, muttering to himself.
"If Zhang Yan refuses to hand over 50,000 troops, everything will be over."
The next morning, Yang Ang and Zhang Wei looked at the bandits coming from the distance with mocking faces on Yangping Pass, surrounded by mountains.
Half a year ago, Zhang Lu led his army to capture Hanzhong, called self-reliance, but in fact he was instructed and supported by Liu Yan. In order to expand his military equipment in half a year, he has increased 20,000 troops. Now there are 50,000 troops in the entire territory of Hanzhong, 15,000 troops, 10,000 troops on Yangping Pass, 10,000 people on Dingjun Mountain, and 25,000 people left behind in Hanzhong City.
Although the bandits gathered to attack were 5,000, except for the leader who was leading the army on the horse, the other infantry had no armor to defend themselves, Yang Ang and Zhang Wei did not hide their contempt in their hearts and laughed to the sky.
"Does these thieves feel that they are long-lasting? Such vulnerable soldiers dare to invade my Yangping Pass?"
"Hahaha, that's right, I'm here, I'll send an urgent report to Zhang Tianshi of Hanzhong, saying that a bandit was coming to Yangping Pass."
Yang Ang looked at Zhang Wei incredibly and said unhappily: "A mere thief, why do you need Zhang Tianshi to send troops to help? When I lead three thousand soldiers, I can kill them without leaving them."
Zhang Wei smiled and said in a low voice: "If you don't report to Master Zhang, how can Master Zhang know that you and I will kill the enemy in Yangping Pass to make meritorious contributions?"
Yang Ang instantly understood Zhang Wei's intention, called seeking help, but actually seeking credit and reward.
Hahaha
The two generals laughed loudly together.
Master Zhang Tian was Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu’s ancestors created the Taoist Tao of Heaven, and he was one of the founders of Taoism. The Taoist Tao created by Zhang Jiao has a deep connection with it.
Now Zhang Lu, who is promoting the Five Dogs of Rice Sect in Hanzhong, has also become Zhang Tianshi, and is similar to Zhang Jiao who was called a great wise teacher back then.
Zhang Bai, who was fully armed on the white horse, rode a horse to the front of the pass, and the distance was not enough for the defenders at the pass to shoot arrows.
"Listen to the person who is closed, my ten thousand brothers came here this time to ask for some food and grass. If you don't want to fight, you will send me the ten thousand stones of food and grass quickly."
Yang Ang and Zhang Wei looked at each other and smiled so hard that they were out of breath. Zhang Wei pointed at Zhang Baiqi and scolded: "The little thief is not small. Can you eat ten thousand stones of grain? Do you have a army of ten thousand? Since you insist on dying, then I will help you. Wait, and the food and grass you want will be delivered immediately."
After saying that, Zhang Wei was going to lead his troops out of the pass to fight Zhang Baiqi, but Yang Ang, who was eager to make contributions, grabbed him and said with some pleasing words: "If you don't need the general to take action, you won't be able to destroy the general's sword. Let me give it to you."
Before Zhang Wei could agree, Yang Ang hurriedly ran down the city tower, lit three thousand soldiers and opened the door, and three thousand soldiers in fine armor followed Yang Ang who was riding on the horse and went out of the pass to fight in a majestic manner.
These three thousand soldiers had one thousand crossbowmen, one thousand swords and shield soldiers, and one thousand spearmen. The rushing was in an orderly manner. There were crossbowmen from afar, there were raiders from a long distance, and there were raiders from a close fight, and there were swords and shield soldiers from a close fight, which was all in full.
Zhang Baiqi was a little miserable. In addition to the main general who had armor and good sword in his hand, the five thousand infantrymen behind him were all pale and thin, with ragged clothes, and the weapons in his hand looked more like scrap copper and iron.
"Little thief, it's still time to kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake, hehehe."
Yang Ang's momentum was condescending and did not take Zhang Baiqi seriously at all.
But Zhang Baiqi scolded with a gloomy face: "It's almost the same to ask your mother to kowtow to me and admit her mistakes. There are so many troops behind me than you. Can you kill me?"
Yang Ang understood that the bandits he met today were ill and didn’t know how to fight at all!
Is war comparing the number of people? Will there be a lot of people and a lot of power to win?
Yang Ang, who was extremely angry and laughed, drew his sword and waved it, pointed directly at Zhang Baiqi, and shouted: "Boundist, let me shoot the thief who said crazy!"
A thousand crossbowmen behind him took a step forward in a neat manner, and the sword and shield soldier had shortened his body, and the crossbowmen with bows and arrows were neatly released their bowstrings.
Thousands of arrows shot towards him, and Zhang Baiqi was shocked and waved his sword to resist. Many infantry soldiers behind him were killed and injured, but he still resolutely ordered a charge.
"Run! Kill them!"
The infantry behind him ran at full speed. The two armies, which were only a hundred meters apart, asked Yang Ang's army to release three rounds of arrow rain. When Zhang Bai's cavalry rushed into the enemy's formation, thousands of people had fallen down and blood was flowing all over the ground.
Yang Ang's sword and shield soldiers cooperated with the spearmen. The sword and shield soldiers held up their shields to block the enemy's close-range slashing and slashing. The spears frequently stabbed out from the gaps in the shield. Although Zhang Bai's cavalry had many people, the one who kept falling down was also Zhang Bai's infantry.
Yang Ang, who was standing behind the army, listened to the shouts of killing in his ears, and the scene of the two armies fighting in front of him made him look glorious.
Although there were five thousand bandits, they were completely out of order and only knew to come forward and die. The soldiers under his command cooperated and killed the enemy with tacit understanding.
Seeing that most of the casualties and casualties were increasing, Zhang Baiqi shouted in anger: "Retreat, come again next day."
Chapter completed!