Zhang Baiqi was sitting here. When he heard that Liu Bei broke into Hanzhong, he immediately began to assemble the army of Chang'an City to prepare to attack Hanzhong's grain, grass and weapons, because he knew that the court would not be able to watch Liu Bei easily obtain Hanzhong. Sure enough, not long after, Xu
Wei's order was issued to Chang'an City, and Zhang Baiqi was asked to assemble an army in Chang'an City, command the army to attack Hanzhong, support Liu Shi's army, repel Liu Bei and capture Hanzhong County!
After receiving Xu Wei's order, Zhang Baiqi immediately summoned his generals to discuss the attack on Hanzhong!
"The road to Shu is difficult to walk, especially when marching with a large army, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky. Everyone knows this, but now we have to find a way to invade Hanzhong from Guanzhong. No matter how difficult it is, we must do it."
Then Zhang Baiqi continued: "There are only four roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, namely Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Fanluo Road, and Ziwu Road. Let's discuss which road we should take when we attack Hanzhong!
Hu Zhen thought for a while and said: "Chencang Road is guarded extremely tightly by Zhang Lu, and now it is Liu Bei who is in Hanzhong. After thinking about it, he understands the importance of Chencang Road better. It is impossible not to send heavy troops to guard it! With Chencang's danger, our army
Even with 100,000 troops, it will be difficult to invade Hanzhong!"
After Hu Zhen and others joined the Daqian Army, because they were from Xiliang and familiar with Xiliang and Guanzhong affairs, they were arranged to become Zhang Baiqi's subordinates!
Among the four passages from Hanzhong into Chang'an, the most famous is undoubtedly the "Chencang Road". This is because the famous battle "Secret Chencang" in which Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, conquered the Three Qin Dynasty from Hanzhong took place here. But just because of this,
After Da Qian occupied Guanzhong, Zhang Lu, in order to guard against Da Qian's army, began to defend the city at the entrance of the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong, which was invaded by Da Qian's army.
At the same time, he not only sent many sentinels on various roads leading to Guanzhong, but also built fortresses in dangerous places. It was extremely difficult to open up the several hundred miles of mountain road between Chencang and Baocheng!
Zhang Xiu said: "Why did the general sacrifice the near for the far and attack Hanzhong from Ziwu Valley Avenue? This road is only more than 600 miles away. As long as our army marches fast, we will definitely be able to invade Hanzhong before Liu Bei can react. The Hanzhong army has low combat power, and Jingzhou
Although the army is powerful, it only has 3,000 people. It is impossible for this number to stop us from marching into Hanzhong!"
When Hu Zhen heard this, she immediately stopped and said: "Ziwu Valley has cliffs and countless plank roads. The mountains are dangerous and the roads are bad. It is difficult for the army to move. If Liu Bei sends 3,000 defenders to station in dangerous places, even if we have 100,000
It is difficult for a large army to break through the Han army's defense line, and even if you are not careful, the entire army may be annihilated! This road is too dangerous, and the general cannot take it!"
Zhang Meng also followed up and said: "There are four roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. The Xiegu and Old Roads can be used to march a large army. The Ziwu Valley and Chencang Roads are extremely dangerous and are not suitable for marching."
Zhang Meng's father is Zhang Huan, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He has two elder brothers who are famous calligraphers in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Zhi is known as the "Grass Sage" and Zhang Chang is known as the "Asian Sage". He is the only one who has learned from his father.
The heir to the Art of War, in history, he rose to the rank of Governor of Wuwei, and was later killed by Han Sui. But in this world, he joined the Da Qian Army and saved his life.
Zhang Baiqi thought for a while and said: "These four roads are extremely dangerous. Liu Bei is also a man who knows soldiers. It is impossible to relax his guard against the four roads, but we are not without a chance of winning. Liu Bei has too few soldiers around him. Now Liu Shi's 30,000 troops are attacking Yangping Pass, so Liu Bei must station a large army to guard Yangping Pass. If Liu Bei also wants to guard the other four roads, Hanzhong's troops must be insufficient to make up for it, especially the lack of elites in Liu Bei's hands."
"So my general's idea is to recruit 100,000 troops in Chang'an City, and then divide the troops into four groups to attack Hanzhong at the same time. Let's see what Liu Bei can do to stop my large army from entering Hanzhong!"
"Xiegu and Chanluo Road are the easiest to take. I and Zhang Xiu will lead 30,000 troops to attack Hanzhong respectively. You will lead 20,000 troops to attack Ziwu Road and Chencang Road respectively. Your two armies are mainly to contain Liu Bei. Soldiers, so be careful on this journey. Don’t seek merit but seek no faults. You must protect the army!
All three of them nodded: "No!"
Ten days later, Sili's 100,000-strong army was divided into four groups and set out separately! The 100,000-strong army flooded all the roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. In order to confuse Liu Bei, Zhang Baiqi falsely claimed that the 100,000-strong army occupied 400,000. The offensive was so overwhelming that the whole Hanzhong was shaken for a while.
When Yang Song and others heard that Da Qian had launched an army of 400,000, they felt like the sky was about to fall. If they had known that welcoming Liu Bei would make Da Qian's army take Hanzhong as their main target of attack, they would have been willing to support Zhang Lu and become the leader of Hanzhong. Lord, it's a pity that it's too late to say anything now.
Even if they want to escape now, they can't do it, because Liu Bei has integrated all the young men in Hanzhong into the army, and all his three thousand Jingzhou Army have become grassroots officers to command these young men. And Yang Song and the others not only have to contribute their The disciples helped Liu Bei resist the passage of the large army, and also contributed food and grass to support the front line. After all, Liu Bei came to Hanzhong with only 3,000 troops. The food, grass and weapons of his army had to be supported by Hanzhong clan officials. Now he has to recruit 100,000 troops. The food, grass, money, and even weapons and equipment consumed by these armies all need to be provided by the powerful noble families in Hanzhong!
Of course, Liu Bei also gave them a little guarantee, saying that these weapons, equipment, and grain were all borrowed by him. Liu Bei also did it very formally. Not only did he write a debt note in front of them, but he also stamped it with his general's name. Seal, and then said to them: "As long as Bei is still a general and the Han Dynasty is not destroyed, the court will definitely recognize this debt!"
Yang Song and the others were helpless about such a thing. Liu Bei only brought 3,000 troops to Hanzhong. In this situation, they were the ones begging Liu Bei. After all, if Liu Bei escaped in this situation, they would really be in trouble without even a single person to rely on. No one can be found.
If they want Liu Bei to repel Da Qian's army, they can only support Liu Bei, and Yang Song and other wealthy nobles also know that they have offended Da Qian. If Da Qian's army invades Hanzhong, they will definitely not be able to save their money, food and grass. Why not let Liu Bei come and arm the army to repel the army now? As long as Hanzhong is saved, their glory and wealth will be saved. Not to mention that Liu Bei still paid an IOU. With Liu Bei's reputation, he shouldn't default on it, right?
Regardless of whether they figured it out or not, Yang Song and the others could only open the occupied warehouse and let Liu Bei lead the people to move everything! At the same time, he comforted himself: "As long as we repel the big army, it will all be worth it!"
Just looking at these supplies, Yang Song still felt like his heart was bleeding!