Chapter 1493 Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the sky
Chapter 1493: The road to Shu is difficult, it is difficult to reach the sky
Since Zhao Yun left, Chen Dao has gradually taken Zhao Yun's place.
For Zhuge Liang, this does not have a great impact - he just needs a good cavalry commander who abides by the rules and has a certain ability to mobilize troops, who can perform some special tasks that he intends to reverse the situation of the war at specific times.
Chen Dao is particularly suitable for this point, although compared to Zhao Yun, his strength is slightly lacking.
But he obeyed Zhuge Liang's orders without any possibility of questioning.
This is why Zhuge Liang felt almost no distress when he later handed over Zhao Yun in exchange for Pang Tong and Wei Yan.
Zhao Yun already had the intention of contradicting Zhuge Liang. What's more important is that Zhao Yun is more thoughtful than Chen Dao. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has the talent to be a commander.
How can such a person obey his own advice all his life?
Once you have a conflict of ideas with him, the consequences will most likely be difficult to deal with.
The only problem may be that Chen Dao himself has never truly led an army alone in a large-scale battle, right?
This time when they marched into Yizhou, Chen arrived at Huang Zhong's front army configuration, which was quite strange——
Since the recapture of Changsha, the situation of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan can be described as one in the sky and one on the earth.
It's not that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang didn't trust Huang Zhong, it was actually that during this period, the various situations they faced did not allow them to send a veteran like Huang Zhong on the field.
If something goes wrong, it will most likely be irreversible.
So even though Wei Yan made mistakes again and again, Zhuge Liang still asked him to follow Liu Bei and the army to carry out some particularly dangerous tasks.
But this time, there is an unexplainable reason why Zhuge Liang arranged it this way.
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"Brother! Brother, listen to me! My body has recovered a long time ago. Not only is it as good as before, I even feel that after being blown up by the bomb, my whole mind has become much clearer. But look at the arrangement of the military advisor.
...Commander Chen and General Huang are the vanguard - I'm not saying that, we have fought together for so many years, so in which case was it not me who took the lead?
I know that the military advisor values that boy Chen Dao more, but what about General Huang?
How old is Old General Huang, and you still want him to be the vanguard to attack the city? I really can't understand this."
At this time, the army has not really left for Badong...
On top of the city wall, Zhang Fei came here at some unknown time and specifically found Liu Bei to talk about his thoughts - actually expressing his dissatisfaction.
Liu Bei stood next to Zhuge Liang, looking at his third brother with an embarrassed expression, wanting to tell him that this was all Zhuge Liang's arrangement, but Zhang Fei obviously would not accept such an explanation.
"Third brother, please listen to me first. It's not that the military advisor and I don't trust you. It's just that you haven't recovered from your injuries for a long time. This march to Yizhou is a long way... I'm really afraid that you won't be able to bear it."
Liu Bei was telling the truth. Zhang Fei's injuries were one thing: even though he had an amazing physique, the doctor thought he would not be able to survive the bomb injury. However, it took more than a month for him to return to battle.
He even saved everyone who was besieged in Wancheng at that time.
But the reason why Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang put Zhang Fei in the rear was another matter -
Thinking back to those days, when they took advantage of Yizhou to fight for Hanzhong, they thought that the big thing was done. After Zhang Lu's death, Hanzhong was just a group of rabble. Who would have thought that they would encounter a counterattack by Jiang Wan and Cao Cao's army there.
In fact, even if the Battle of Hanzhong was defeated, the situation for Liu Bei and others would not be that difficult.
First of all, Liu Bei obtained grain and grass from the cities around Yizhou - Liu Zhang was quite kind at first in this regard.
Liu Zhang completely opened Jiayin Pass and Baishui Pass to Liu Bei, which was considered to have high hopes for Liu Bei to capture Hanzhong.
But at that time, Liu Zhang did not expect that the original purpose of Liu Bei and others was not Hanzhong - as mentioned before, Baishui and Yuwei were the two most important passes in Yizhou.
At that time, Liu Bei occupied the area from Baishui to Jiayin. He could advance, attack, retreat or defend. It was like a stubborn stone, firmly embedded near Liu Zhang's heart.
According to Zhuge Liang's plan at the time, once Hanzhong was defeated, they could directly turn around and capture Fu County, then seize Luo County and march south to besiege Chengdu.
Since Zhang Lu was away, there was no need to worry about attacks from the rear. This plan was flawless.
However, the only variable appeared - General Xing Daorong, a double agent of the Wei Dynasty, who turned the tide of the battle, rushed thousands of miles, went directly in front of Liu Bei, and told Liu Zhang in advance about Liu Bei's intention to rebel.
Later, Liu Zhang purged Chengdu, detained Zhang Song, and Fazheng Mengda, Li Yan and others defected. Liu Bei had to take a long way around and returned to Jingnan in despair under the obstruction of Liu Zhang.
Yizhou has always been a more important place in Liu Bei's heart than Jiangdong.
Not being able to love makes Liu Bei go crazy...
Even when he later went to war with Sun Quan, he still returned to Yizhou after going through such a big circle.
In order to capture Yizhou this time, Liu Bei could be said to be extremely cautious.
——Unlike the previous attack that could be launched from the opponent's back, Liu Bei chose the most difficult path to attack Yizhou from Jingnan.
It took them a full month just to mobilize the army. However, if they wanted to fight all the way from Yidu to Guanghan and Langzhong, this journey of thousands of miles would not be easily tolerated by ordinary people.
After breaking up with Jiangdong for so long, Jingnan was already in a state of loss. If he hadn't captured a large area of Jiangxia at the beginning and plundered that area fiercely, Liu Bei would have lost his pants now.
You can definitely say that Liu Bei and others are fighting a last-ditch battle, and in this case, Zhang Fei will definitely not be able to join the battle early.
Not to mention Zhang Fei, you see, although Wei Yan regained control of the army, he only acted as a feint attacker on the right - stability, this was the first factor Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei considered.
"Brother, do you look down on me?"
There was a trace of displeasure on Zhang Fei's face.
What people like Zhang Fei hate most is that others worry that they can't hold on.
A mere journey of thousands of miles took place in the blink of an eye for Zhang Fei.
After listening to Liu Bei's explanation, Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "If you don't let me lead the front army, I won't leave today."
"Third brother, where are you talking about?
I know your bravery best, third brother, but this time, we really have no chance to make mistakes."
Zhuge Liang kept his back to the two of them, as if he didn't want to participate in this discussion.
He knew that he could not convince a stubborn person like Zhang Fei, so he could only sigh.
until……
Until Pang Tong appeared next to everyone.
His words also made Zhang Fei's mood relax a little.
