Compared with closing Chen Zhi and Cui An, Wu Anguo's side is really much easier. Because he directly led people to kill the rest place of Jia Mengguan's guards, as a result, these people have always let Ling Bao order them to rest, so Wu Anguo let them surrender obediently without blood.

Although it was already very late at this time, after Chen reached the end of the Jiameng Pass, Ma Chao still took the remaining thousands of people into the Jiameng Pass. The victory did not come too late, and everyone was finally relieved at this time. In other words, the most pressure is actually Ma Chao, he is relieved. Why do you say this, it is because Ma Chao actually doesn't like to face Jia Meng Pass the most, so he would rather attack ten cities, but he doesn't want to attack this Jia Meng Pass.

But fortunately, the guard of Jia Meng Pass will be Ling Bao, and Ling Bao has been too careless these days, which gives him an opportunity, so if it is Zhang Ren or Yan Yan and others, Ma Chao feels that Jia Meng Pass may not be able to break through-

Chen Zhi had already sent people to clean up the battlefield, and Ma Chao, Wei Ping, Jia Xu and Guo Jia led their troops into Jiameng Pass. Although it was very late, Ma Chao still gathered everyone, and after everyone arrived, he said: "It all depends on you tonight, so our army can enter Jiameng Pass." I would like to thank you all in advance! ”

Everyone hurriedly humbled themselves, how could they let their lord be so polite to themselves, but Ma Chao waved his hand, and then continued: "Okay, there is no need to say much about this!" And our army rested for two days at Jiameng Pass, and then the troops sent to Zitong! ”

"No!"

Everyone agreed, but they didn't know if Zitong was stationed with the Yizhou Army at this time. If it is beneficial to the state army. It's really hard to take down, but if you don't, your chances of winning are still very good. It is true that Zitong is a big city, but it does not mean that Liu Zhang will definitely send troops to defend it. And everyone still had the original idea, Fuxian County is better than Zitong's topography, and it is more critical, and Jiameng Pass is now lost, so Liu Zhang's reinforcements may retreat there.

Ma Chao glanced at Chen Zhi after the most reluctance, and then said to him: "As for Jia Mengguan, it all depends on Uncle Zhi." I will leave you with three thousand men. Be sure to keep the Jiameng Pass, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"No! Lord, please rest assured! Don't lose it when you get to the Dingbao Jiameng Pass! ”

As for what his lord said, this was actually in Chen Zhi's expectation for a long time, but in fact, thinking about it, it seems that only he is the most suitable to guard the palace in Jiameng Pass. Although Chen to more. He wanted to go to Zitong with his father-in-law. But he also knew that Jia Meng Pass must be guarded by heavy generals. There is no room for error. In fact, this is not the trust of his lord in himself. If the lord is not at ease with himself, how can he give himself such an important pass?

And Chen Zhi also knows the importance of Jiameng Pass, which can be said to be the gateway to Guanghan County. With this Xiongguan in hand, even if his side loses in capturing Yizhou this time, then next time he can still send troops from Nanzheng and capture Yizhou again. Attack Chengdu.

Jiamengguan - Zitong - Fuxian - Mianzhu - Yuxian - Chengdu, this is the most important line from Nanzheng to attack Chengdu. The first five are all places in Guanghan County, and the last Chengdu is the place of Shu County. And the first Jiameng Pass can be said to be the most difficult pass to break, so the significance of winning Jiameng Pass is for your side. That's big, big and big. Similarly, if Jia Mengguan is lost again at this time, then the consequences will be even more serious. Now that his own people are still in Guanghan, so Jia Mengguan can't be lost.

In fact, Chen Zhi thought well, Ma Chao meant that. Needless to say, Wei Ping is not suitable for leading troops at all. And Jia Meng Pass is such an important place, Ma Chao will not be able to hand it over to Cui An and Wu Anguo to guard it no matter what, if it is really handed over to one of the two of them, then Jia Meng Pass will be lost sooner or later.

So only Chen Zhi is the most suitable person, Jia Mengguan is handed over to him, and Ma Chao is quite relieved. As long as you don't encounter a particularly strong opponent, generally speaking, you really don't want to get a bargain from Chen here. Ma Chao still has this confidence, and there are at most more than 3,000 guards left after Jia Mengguan, so Ma Chao feels that the 3,000 soldiers of the Liangzhou Army can definitely suppress them.

In fact, it is still the same sentence, and the soldiers are afraid that someone will incite them to take advantage of them. But now Ling Bud is dead, so Ma Chao feels that as long as Chen Zhi sees these people, then just relying on these thousands of guards, Ma Chao feels that they still can't afford to make big waves. Can you expect them to be, in fact, no. Besides, the soldiers of the Yizhou Army guarding the palace in Jiameng Pass are at least a group of wall grass, Ma Chao also understands, but if no one instigates and uses them for the time being, they will definitely not go to the lord to stir up trouble.

So just leave everything to Chen Zhi, Ma Chao won't worry about these anymore. And as soon as he heard that Chen Zhi was left to guard the Imperial Jiameng Pass, Cui An was happy, fortunately it was not himself, but fortunately, it was okay. In fact, he didn't want to think about it, could Ma Chao rest assured that he would hand over Jia Mengguan to him. But obviously, Cui An still can't think of this, all he thinks about is how to improve his martial arts and kill the enemy well, or it's a matter of what to eat-

On the way to Jiameng Pass, Tan Ma came to report, "Report to the general, Jiameng Pass has been lost, General Lingbao was killed by the enemy, at this time, please decide!" ”

When Gao Pei heard this, he almost didn't fall off the horse, and said that he would not be long before he arrived at Jiameng Pass, but at this time, Tanma actually told himself that Jiameng Pass had been lost, which he really couldn't accept. This is the gateway of Guanghan, so I lost it, and Ling Bao died. It seems that now this Jia Mengguan will definitely not be able to go to it, Gao Peixin said. He didn't think he had the ability to take Jia Mengguan back from the hands of the Liangzhou Army, he thought to himself, but he didn't have that ability.

Gao Pei waved his hand at Tanma and said, "Okay, I know how to go, you go down!" ”

"No!"

After that, Gao Pei ordered that the army return to Zitong and no longer need to go to Jiameng Pass. Moving forward, I am looking for death, and the sheep is in the tiger's mouth. What is the Liangzhou Army, he Gao Pei still knows a little bit, for fear that he is not an opponent of others. Gao Pei only thought at this time that he had taken on a tricky errand, he was only thinking about his lord's trust before, but now he was about to face the Liangzhou army. If I had been in Jiameng Pass before, I wouldn't have thought much about it, but now I have lost Jiameng Pass. Where else can I go?

It can only be two places, turn back to Zitong, or retreat to Fuxian. However, after weighing it, Gao Pei still chose to return to Zitong. For what he chose this, because Gao Pei thought. Ma Chao may not necessarily enter Zitong, because Zitong can actually be spared. It's just going to take a little longer. And now Ma Chao has won the Jiameng Pass. So I shouldn't be afraid of delaying any longer. So it's likely to take a detour, in that case, you have to cross the Zitong water, and then you can go to Fuxian, so you know what to do with the road at this time-

Ma Chao's Liangzhou army rested at Jiameng Pass for two full days, and then led the troops out of Jiameng Pass with Cui An, Wu Anguo, and Wei Ping. Towards Zitong.

When Ma Chao led his troops to the city of Zitong, the army was stationed here.

Tan Malay reported, "Report to the lord, Gao Pei of the Yizhou Army led troops to camp on the southwest bank of Zitong Water. About 20,000 horses! ”

"Let's go down, and explore again!"

"No!"

Ma Chao said in his heart when he heard this, Gao Pei is guarding himself. 20,000 horses are stationed on the southwest bank of Zitong Shui, isn't it just that they are afraid that they will cross Zitong Water and then take Fu County directly. However, Ma Chao laughed secretly in his heart, Gao Pei did something wrong, and Zitong has now become a city that he must take. So I won't go around, cross the Zitong water, and go to Linfu County.

Gao Pei also got a report from Tanma at this time, "Report to General, the Liangzhou Army has been stationed under Zitong City!" ”

"I know it!" Gao Pei waved his hand and said.

"No!"

Gao Pei said in his heart at this time, could it be that he really made a mistake in judgment? Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi are not going to cross the Zitong River directly, but to take Zitong, and then attack Fu County? This is not impossible, although Gao Pei doesn't know Ma Chaoqi very well, but he has dealt with him in Hanzhong before. When he thought about it, it wasn't impossible. But he can't just retreat to Zitong City, if that's the case, Ma Chao is crossing the Zitong River, and he won't be able to catch up with him.

In this way, Gao Pei was stationing on the southwest bank of Zitong Water. Guarding against Ma Chao's crossing of the water, and at night, it is also strictly guarding against Ma Chao's "surprise and unpreparedness" enemy attack. But now his Gao Pei's Yizhou army is stationed on the southwest bank of Zitong Shui, and Ma Chao is under the city of Zitong, I don't know how Ma Chao can attack him, and I don't know what Gao Pei thinks. Ma Chao crossed the water to attack the enemy? If this is going to be like that, then it is not certain who will attack whom at that time.

Ma Chao finally knew that Lu Dao was what Lu Dao was, and everyone felt that Liu Zhang would not send heavy troops to defend this place in Zitong. It has something to do with its geographical location, because it can indeed bypass Zitong and go straight to Fuxian. Therefore, if Liu Zhang sent heavy troops to garrison Zitong, then he crossed the Zitong River and rushed to Fuxian, and Zitong's garrison would be of little use. So if you want to defend yourself in Zitong, you must station heavy troops on the southwest bank of Zitong Water and in Zitong City, but Liu Zhang obviously didn't do that.

Tanma reported that there were only 10,000 soldiers in Zitong City, and these were the local guards, not the soldiers of the Yizhou army. And Gao Pei led the decent Yizhou Army, but Ma Chao knew that it was Gao Pei who was stationed there to guard against himself.

In fact, Ma Chao did not say that Zitong was a must-win before, and it was indeed a must-win place in Jiamengguan before, but Zitong was really not. Don't look at the initial route of the army, it is said, but it does not mean that it cannot be changed. However, when he saw Gao Pei's garrison on the southwest bank of Zitong Water, Ma Chao had already made up his mind to take Zitong. (To be continued......)