Now, Zhang Fei's mind was filled with the fantasy of marching straight in, capturing Hanzhong in one fell swoop, and then having great glory in front of the generals and his eldest brother.
Therefore, Zhang Fei's orders these days also seem a bit outrageous.
After passing Baishui Pass, they were only halfway through the fifteen hundred miles of Jinniu Road.
Especially after leaving Jiange, the mountain road is dangerous and dangerous. If you are not careful, you may fall to your death at any time.
Liu Bei was a nouveau riche. After taking Jingnan, most of the soldiers and horses in his hands were plundered from elsewhere.
The army that Zhang Fei now has is actually pieced together.
The quality of soldiers cannot be compared with real elite soldiers. The key is that their equipment is still very backward.
Liu Bei was a straw sandal maker. Although not all the straw sandals of the soldiers in the army were made by Liu Huangshu, nearly half of the soldiers wore straw sandals on the mountain roads. Isn't this torture?
Moreover, among their 30,000 soldiers and horses, there were nearly 10,000 light cavalry. The more excited Zhang Fei became, the faster the cavalry moved. After Huo Jun conveyed the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, Zhang Fei said angrily:
"They are all a bunch of drunkards! There are so many mothers-in-law and mothers in the war! If you can't keep up, just stay behind! Several generals - follow me to kill Hanzhong with light cavalry! Huo Jun! Since you like to take your time,
Come on, when I capture Hanzhong City, don’t come to me crying and complaining about your lack of military merit!"
After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he stared with a pair of big round eyes, snorted and immediately raised his spear and charged out.
"General! That's not the case! Before the expedition, the military advisor specifically told you not to underestimate the enemy or to advance rashly! You..."
"Noisy!"
"I!"
"General Huo! Just stay back and watch how we follow General Zhang to break the city! How can Hanzhong, without a master, resist General Zhang's unparalleled courage? As a deputy general, if you can't even do this,
I believe in my own general, General Huo, I think you should go and guard the rear army——"
Liu Xian's words had a strange air of yin and yang, maybe he was expecting too much to achieve success.
When he was in Lingling before, he was annoyed by a petty official named Jiang Wan. When he was fighting with Liu Bei on offense and defense, he felt that he had not exerted his due strength - in the end, he only fell behind in the army.
Cheng's title was even lower than that of Xing Daorong, who had ambushed Zhuge Liang before - Liu Xian couldn't bear this.
After leaving such mocking words, Huo Jun lost his temper.
In the end, I could only watch Zhang Fei lead the army of more than 10,000 cavalry and march away.
"General...what should we do?"
The pawns around me were all dumbfounded. Before the battle started, all their generals had disappeared. The key issue was that the general disliked the slow pace of their infantry?
How can this make sense?
Huo Jun suppressed the grievance in his heart, calmed down, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly said to the person next to him:
"I will write a letter right now. There are still a few fast horses in the army. Find a person with excellent equestrian skills to quickly send the whole story and process to the army behind us. It must be handed over to the military advisor!"
"Yes Yes!"
The soldiers around him responded in panic.
After saying this, Huo Jun actually had no grievance in his eyes, but more worry about Zhang Fei and others - he always had a hunch that if they continued to rush in like this, their whereabouts might have been traced by Cao Jun... If it were the other party.
Coping well, that Zhang Fei...
Huo Jun didn't dare to think anymore and could only urge the army to follow quickly. However... this was not for a faster siege, but to cover Zhang Fei and others as much as possible.
——
After putting aside what he considered to be redundant burdens, Zhang Fei felt increasingly comfortable.
Others may really not know Zhang Fei's mentality during the attack on Hanzhong.
But to be honest, this battle is of great significance to Zhang Fei.
This is the battle in which Zhang Fei may have the best chance to avenge his shame since Red Cliff.
"How far is it from Yangpingguan?"
In a flash of lightning, Zhang Fei asked the lieutenant beside him.
Yang Bai, who is very familiar with Hanzhong, took the lead and said:
"General! It's almost time! If we keep this pace, we can see Yangping Pass in one day!"
"When the villain left the pass before, the defense at Yangping Pass was empty. As long as you can reach Yangping Pass and enter Hanzhong, you will have to march straight in! Taking Nanzheng City is no problem!"
Yang Bai said with a smile - His mood was different from that of Zhang Fei and others. Yang Bai really wanted revenge and wanted to fight back to Hanzhong...
You have to ask why... after all, that is Zhang Lu’s wealth over the past few decades!
Who can remain calm in the face of such a huge amount of wealth?
Not to mention Yang Bai, who had to give up his wealth and choose to run away.
Yang Bai told everything he knew about Hanzhong and definitely helped Zhang Fei solve a big problem. The only thing about Zhang Lu's treasure house that still remained in the city was that he didn't mention it at all.
It is really difficult to see the existence of something called cohesion in an army with such evil intentions.
"In this case! The whole army obeys the order! Everyone should keep enough dry food and water for three days, and throw away all the other sundries! We move forward lightly and must arrive at Yangping Pass before the sun sets today!"
The broken jar is broken! When Zhang Fei gave this order, he never thought that he would fail.
They would never have imagined that at the Golden Bull Road Canyon, which was formed less than half a day away from them, a group of iron cavalry, as dark as night and as silent as night, were already arrayed in the valley.
The wind does not move, the grass does not move, the people do not move, the horses do not move.
But just standing in front of such an army, you can only feel the murderous aura roaring like mountains and seas.
The leader was holding a fire cloud sword with a shiny blade, as if he was already hungry and thirsty.
"General Xu - I will give you five thousand soldiers and horses. Please attack the enemy's vanguard to build up your strength!"
"The enemy general is Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, who is known as the enemy of ten thousand people. Are you sure?"
Before leaving, Jiang Wan asked Xu Chu in this way in front of all the generals.
However, Xu Chu just laughed three times and walked away.
Finally in the valley, under the silence, Zhang Fei slowly said his answer:
"In the name of Sir, I will teach you that there will be no return if you come back!"
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The next day... As the main force, more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, led by Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and others, were still moving forward steadily.
They did not move quickly, mainly because they had to lay a food road behind them - the mountain road was dangerous and difficult. If there was no suitable road where the army passed, they had to fill in the area as soon as possible for the movement of the baggage troops.
In a war, attrition is inevitable.
Because Liu Bei sent troops to help, the covenant between Liu Zhang and Liu Bei was that Liu Zhang would provide nearly 70% of the military rations for this battle - and the remainder would be sent by Liu Bei to garrison Jiangling and transported to Yong'an and into Sichuan.
But even so, there are still many difficulties in this battle.
Liu Bei, who was extremely worried about this, was actually not as calm as he seemed in Chengdu.
"Kong Ming...Do you really have a chance in a battle in Hanzhong?"
If possible, Liu Bei really wants to take Hanzhong.
Jingnan is a treasure land, but this is only in terms of geographical advantages. The land that has always been barren is far less fertile than the Chengdu Plain and the Hanzhong Plain, which are two places called Tianfu.
The fertility of the land is a factor that restricts the development of a party's power.
With Hanzhong, Liu Bei's situation will only be better, not worse.
but…
Zhuge Liang did not speak.
The unexplained heart palpitations made Zhuge Liang a little distracted that day.
"Kong Ming? What's wrong with you? Are you worried?"
