In the Jiamengguan camp, Zhuge Liang's hands trembled and he almost lost his feather fan.
"How is it possible? There are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses at Baishui Pass, and there are still 3,000 vine armor soldiers to assist. How can it be breached in just one day?"
"Returning to the military advisor, Cao Jun sent troops to attack shortly after Deng Guanwei took control of Baishui Pass.
Deng Hu was killed by Cao's general Huang Zhong when he was not on the battlefield. Later, King Zhiwu Dai attempted a sneak attack. He did not want to encounter a fire attack by Cao's army after crossing the Bailong River, and the three thousand Tengjia army was wiped out. Cao's army threatened with an arrow formation, and Bai Huwen approached the battle.
After defecting and killing Lieutenant Deng Guan, he raised the pass and surrendered. Now Cao Jun has occupied Baishui Pass."
"oops!"
Zhuge Liang couldn't help being furious.
Deng Tong was reminded again and again not to act rashly, let alone to take the initiative.
He needed time to set up a defense line at Jiameng Pass. Who knew that Deng Tong was so young and energetic that he wanted to sneak attack Cao Peng.
As everyone knows, Cao Peng is best at attacking by surprise!
How could someone like him be so unprepared?
As a result, the Jiameng Pass defense line has not yet been stabilized and will face an attack by Cao's army. Zhuge Liang is also quite worried.
"Explore again!"
After a long time, Zhuge Liang shouted in a deep voice.
No matter how nervous he was inside, he couldn't show any worry.
Otherwise, the morale of the 20,000-strong army at Jiameng Pass will be shaken. Fortunately, the defenses at Jiameng Pass have been properly arranged. As long as they hold on, Cao's army will not last long. After all, an army of more than 100,000 people consumes a lot of food and pay every day, and the road to Hanzhong is difficult to pass.
, once Yizhou is invaded, the grain road will definitely be in trouble. The most troublesome thing for Zhuge Liang now is the warehouse in Micang Mountain. Cao Jun stockpiled hundreds of thousands of grains and grass in Micang Mountain, and he must have been prepared.
And this arrangement was exactly made by Cao Peng.
It seems that Cao Peng had already started to deal with Yizhou when he evacuated Guanzhong two years ago.
Zhuge Liang was unconvinced, but he had to praise Cao Peng's foresight.
"Invite Meng Huo to come!"
"Here!"
Zhuge Liang now has no choice but to defend Jiameng Pass.
It will take some time for Liu Bei to arrange things in Chengdu. He can delay it as long as he can now, just take it one step at a time.
Meng Huo is from the Yi ethnic group.
The Meng family was in Jianning, so they were a common surname and were powerful in the area.
Meng Huo was a generous man and was respected by the local Han barbarians. After Liu Bei entered Nanzhong, he heard Meng Huo's name mentioned. He first recruited Meng Huo, then divided Yong Kai and collected them one by one.
Meng Huo was over 30 years old and had great martial arts skills. He was known as the best warrior in Nanzhong.
It was precisely because of Meng Huo that Liu Bei quickly established a foothold in Nanzhong. This time Zhuge Liang went out to control Jiameng Pass, and Meng Huo, as his deputy general, accompanied him.
Zhuge Liang sent Meng Huo to camp in the mountains and forests outside Jiameng Pass.
Meng Huo's men were mostly barbarians from the south and were good at mountain warfare. Outside Jiameng Pass, the mountains were rolling and there was only one road that could pass through. By then, Zhuge Liang and Meng Huo could echo each other and cooperate with each other.
Even if Cao Peng is powerful, it is not that easy to deal with Meng Huo in the mountains.
After planning, Zhuge Liang made up his mind.
After the 20,000-strong army got into position, they waited for Cao Peng to attack.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for three days, there was no movement from Cao Peng.
He reorganized his troops and horses at Baishui Pass, and arranged for local people to carry out spring plowing. At the same time, he mobilized manpower to build roads, and prepared to open a highway between Mianyang and Baishui Pass, which seemed to facilitate the transportation of grain in the future.
When Cao Peng made no movement, Zhuge Liang was a little unsure!
So Tan Ma kept going to Baishui Pass to investigate, and the news he got was that either Cao Peng was resting or building roads.
After another five or six days, Zhuge Liang couldn't sit still!
So he sent people to Baishui Pass to write a letter, intending to invite Cao Peng to fight.
But Cao Peng ignored him.
In fact, Cao Peng was not particularly interested in the war in Yizhou, and even felt a little disinterested.
After learning about Liu Bei's situation from Bai Huwen, Cao Peng discovered that this was simply an unequal war.
Regardless of military strength, equipment, or people's livelihood...
After Liu Bei took over the mess in Yizhou, he was also very anxious.
The people's hearts are unstable and their hearts are floating.
Prices soared and materials were in short supply... Li Ru spent nearly eight years making Xichuan so miserable that the people were in dire straits and almost collapsed. When Liu Zhang was alive, Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others were able to stabilize the situation, but if he wanted to
Recovery is not an easy task. In fact, Liu Zhang has been in contact with Cao Cao since the beginning of last year, trying to introduce Jian'an Chongbao and abolish the five-baht coin to stabilize the soaring prices in Xichuan.
This involves a currency issue.
Jian'an Chongbao, for this era, is no different from the U.S. dollar and pound in later generations, which is a hard currency.
The five-baht coin, after the impact of Li Ru's bad coins, has become difficult to circulate in the market.
Liu Zhang once issued a hundred and five baht, but the effect was not obvious.
Xichuan's credit has been shattered, and even issuing currency cannot restore the situation. The best way is to introduce Jian'an Chongbao to stabilize the economic situation. But the problem is that once Jian'an Chongbao flows into Xichuan, Xichuan will inevitably come under Cao Cao's control, and it will only be under the control of Cao Cao.
Sooner or later, Liu Zhang himself was hesitant and difficult to make up his mind. In this case, he sent someone to ask Liu Bei to come to discuss countermeasures, but he didn't want to...
After Liu Zhang died, Liu Bei took over Chengdu.
This further destabilized the situation in Yizhou, and the newly stable economy and people's livelihood were completely thrown into chaos.
Under such circumstances, there was no big obstacle for Cao Peng to attack Yizhou.
Even if Zhuge Liang is extremely capable, it will be difficult to save Yizhou from its current crisis.
It is only a matter of time before Yizhou is conquered.
After Cao Peng understood the situation, he lost interest in competing with Zhuge Liang. Everyone was not on the same level. Xichuan was now in chaos, and contending with Cao Jun was tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone. If Liu Bei had no other choice, he probably would not have fought with Cao Jun.
Fight hard. In other words, no matter how tough Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are, they are just trapped beasts still fighting. They will be destroyed sooner or later, so Cao Peng is not worried.
All he had to do was drag Zhuge Liang to Jiameng Pass to ensure that Cao Zhang could achieve his first success.
"Father, why don't we work together to capture Yizhou?"
Sun Shao couldn't help but asked Cao Peng.
After the initial discomfort, Sun Shao had become accustomed to Cao Peng's new identity. In addition, he had no objection to Cao Peng, so it was natural for him to become Cao Peng's son.
Cao Peng climbed to the top of Baishui Pass and smiled slightly.
"Now Baishui is in my hands, and the door to Yizhou has been opened.
Although Jiameng Pass is strong, it can be broken easily. Before I came to Xichuan, an elder said to me: When the water is full, it will overflow.
Now that I think about it, I have a general understanding.
This battle is not about me, nor is the main purpose of attacking Xichuan. This battle is a battle to establish the prestige of Prince Zhang! I have a general understanding of the king's thoughts, and now I am afraid that he is more interested in Prince Zhang.
But Prince Zhang’s military exploits are not enough to deter the world, so the king asked me to cooperate.
As long as Crown Prince Zhang can take one step ahead of me and invade Chengdu, it means that his ability is higher than mine. For him, it will be logical for him to take over the throne in the future. What I did today is to help Prince Wen establish his authority."
In other words, the real role of Cao Peng's battle is to serve as a reference.
Everyone knows that Cao Peng is good at fighting and has been victorious in all battles since he was born. You see, Cao Zhang had a long journey, but in the end he captured Chengdu before Cao Peng. Doesn't it mean that Cao Zhang is brave and not inferior to Cao Peng?
Cao Cao wanted Cao Peng to be Cao Zhang's stepping stone.
Of course Cao Peng didn’t refuse!
In his heart, of course he hoped that Cao Zhang would succeed to the throne... Besides, Cao Zhang's son passed from Cao Peng. Cao Peng would not mind whether it was public or private, just being a stepping stone for Cao Zhang.
"However, it would not be good for Zhuge Liang to be too leisurely at Jiameng Pass."
Cao Peng pondered for a moment and suddenly said to Sun Shao: "Bo Wen, are you interested in playing a few games with this great guy?"
"ah?"
Sun Shao was startled at first, then became excited.
The next day, Cao Peng ordered Guo Huai as the chief general, Deng Aisun Shao Qinlang as the deputy general, and then Hao Zhao as the rear army to launch an attack on Jiameng Pass.
Cao Peng wanted to borrow Zhuge Liang's hands to train a new generation.
Not only for Cao Zhang, but also for Cao Rui to polish these future famous generals into talents.
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In March of the 16th year of Jian'an, the war at Jiamengguan broke out.
At the beginning, Zhuge Liang won several battles in a row, which also doubled his confidence. But as the war progressed, by May, Zhuge Liang found that the opponents on the opposite side were becoming more and more difficult to deal with. Meng Huo's attacks could no longer have an effect, and even several times
The sneak attack resulted in heavy losses. However, Cao's army became more and more fierce in the battle, which doubled Zhuge Liang's pressure.
The most terrifying thing is that from beginning to end, Cao Peng never appeared.
Zhuge Liang didn't notice it at first, but gradually, he discovered Cao Peng's intention...
Cao Peng, this is treating him as a whetstone!
The little boys on the opposite side were jerky at first, but gradually became more and more sophisticated. Guo Huai was calm, Deng Ai was eccentric, Sun Shao was fierce, and Qin Lang was changeable. Coupled with the iron-walled general Hao Zhao supervising the battle, Zhuge Liang entered May.
Some felt it was too much. The 20,000 barbarian soldiers under his command gradually became uninterested in fighting anymore.
As the war progressed, the morale of the military wavered a little bit...
At the same time, Zhuge Liang became more aware of Cao Peng's true intentions.
He had a feeling that Cao Peng was not too eager to capture Chengdu. He was probably leading the troops this time to provide cover for Cao Zhang.
They wanted to evacuate, but were held back by Cao Jun.
In mid-May, Meng Huo attacked Cao's army secretly, but Deng Ai planned a counter-attack. As a result, Meng Huo's 6,000 barbarian troops were wiped out. Meng Huo was even among the rebels, and was killed by Sun Shao. He lost his life.
With Meng Huo's cover, the pressure on Jiameng Pass increased sharply.
It was at this time that after two months of arduous negotiations.
Liu Gao of Brazil officially announced his surrender to Cao Cao.
Immediately, Yan Yan, the governor of Bajun, also announced his surrender. Cao Zhang marched in and occupied Bajun without even using a single soldier.
Liu Bei was also shocked when he got the news.
He quickly ordered Zhang Fei to go to Langzhong, trying to use the Western Han River as a barrier to block Cao Zhang's advance.
But before Zhang Fei arrived in Langzhong, Zhang, Ren and Lengbao took the lead to attack and occupied Langzhong...
Zhang Fei had no choice but to retreat and occupy Zitong for defense.
At the same time, Liu Bei urgently summoned Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops, trying to unite his forces and hold on to Zitong.
However, Zhuge Liang tried to retreat with his entire army several times, but was discovered by Cao's army. Cao Zhang's advance went smoothly, which also made Cao Peng relieved. After Cao Zhang's troops approached Langzhong, Cao Peng finally showed up and led the army to attack Jiameng Pass.
Five hundred eight-niu crossbows were urgently mobilized from Hanzhong and launched continuous attacks on Jiameng Pass.
After holding on for three days, Zhuge Liang finally couldn't resist. He took only less than ten thousand people with him and evacuated Jiameng Pass in embarrassment. After occupying Jiameng Pass, Cao Peng no longer hesitated. He ordered the three armies to pursue and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei must not be reunited.
.Zhuge Liang left in a hurry. When he was defeated and retreated to Deyang, he was overtaken by Cao Peng and besieged the city.
At this time, Cao Zhang took Lingling Prefect Wei Yan as the vanguard and Zhang Ren Lengbao as his deputy to attack Zitong.
After Zhang Fei held on for two days, Zitong City was defeated.
If Chen Dao at Fuling Pass had not rescued him in time, Zhang Fei would have died in the battle against Zitong. After the remaining defeated soldiers joined Chen Dao, Zhang Fei was just about to rest and regroup when Cao Zhang's troops came to the city.
In June, Fa Zheng ordered Samoko, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi and three others to walk through the Yinping Trail, capture Jiangyou, and approach Mianzhu.
This is Cao Peng's unique army.
Fa Zheng offered his plan for the Yinping Trail, and Cao Peng handed over all his unworthy flying troops to Fa Zheng.
The Mianzhu defenders only held out for two days before surrendering with the city.
After Mianzhu was defeated, Zhuge Liang, who had previously ruled Deyang, became a lone army. Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly ordered Zhang Fei to lead his troops to recapture Mianzhu. However, as soon as Zhang Fei set off, Yan Yan, the governor of Bajun, came
, the news of the capture of Jianwei County. The four counties in Nanzhong surrendered their entire city, and most of Yizhou was lost.
Liu Bei is really anxious now!
Chengdu was in chaos, and the powerful families who had just expressed their submission began to be at odds with each other again, and their attitudes were hard to figure out.
At the end of June, after holding the Fuling Pass for 20 days, Chen Kuhou's reinforcements failed to arrive, so he had to surrender at the pass.
Cao Zhang treated Chen Dao favorably, promoted him to the rank of general of Han Dynasty, and regarded him as a confidant.
Fuling Pass was lost, and Chengdu was no longer in danger of being defended.
Zhang Fei violently attacked Mianzhu for more than ten days without success. Faced with Yan Yan's army stationed in Wuyang, and the troops were directed towards Guangdu, he had no choice but to return to Chengdu.
In July of the 16th year of Jian'an, Cao Peng gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack the old government of Deyang, and the city of Deyang was destroyed.
Zhuge Liang wanted to commit suicide, but he did not want to be stopped by his own soldiers and became a prisoner of Cao Peng. At the same time, Zhang He's left army had already arrived at Mianzhu City, joined forces with Fa Zheng, and headed towards Chengdu.
Liu Gai sent Zheng Du to take the letter and send it to Guangdu.
The Guangdu garrison, who was originally a nephew of the Zhengdu clan, knew that the situation was over after receiving Liu Gai's letter. So he immediately expressed his willingness to dedicate Guangdu. Yan Yan immediately came with troops and occupied Guangdu.
At the same time, after Cao Zhang prepared his troops at Fuling Pass, he captured the new capital Pixian County in one fell swoop.
Cao's army was encircled on three sides and surrounded Chengdu.
At this time, Liu Bei had become a caged bird. Cao's army was approaching the city outside, and people in Chengdu were panicking inside.
When Chen arrived, Zhuge Liang continued to lose. He surrendered and captured prisoners, and it was impossible to give Liu Bei any help.
What's even more frightening is that the local powerful people in Chengdu have shown strong hostility.
If Liu Bei didn't still have 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he was assisted by Zhang Fei, Wu Yi, Fei Guan and others, I am afraid that these Chengdu tycoons would have launched an army to cause chaos. But even so, it also made Liu Bei panic...
After two consecutive days without sleep, Liu Bei described himself as haggard.
On this day, he managed to take a nap when he suddenly heard someone report outside the house: "Your Majesty, something bad happened... The Zuo family in the city, together with several powerful families, gathered 3,000 people, took the North Gate by force, and opened the city to surrender.
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Liu Bei suddenly woke up.
He stood up from the bed with a cry, reached out and picked up a pair of male and female swords hanging on the bed rail.