Yizhou, Jiamengguan!

Liu Bei led his troops into Sichuan in the winter of 211 AD, and it is now November 212 AD, and it has been nearly a year since he sent troops to Yizhou.

Yizhou has the danger of mountains and rivers, and Jiameng Pass is a city pass on the road between Sichuan and Hanzhong. If you want to enter Hanzhong from Sichuan Shu, or enter Sichuan Shu from Hanzhong, you must go through Jiameng Pass.

Liu Zhang's original intention of inviting Liu Bei into Sichuan was to attack Zhang Lu.

Therefore, Liu Bei went north to resist Zhang Lu, and naturally he was stationed in this Jiameng Pass.

In the past year, Liu Zhang has successively increased thousands of troops for Liu Bei, presented countless money and food, and repaired Liu Bei many times, asking him to attack Zhang Lu.

However, Liu Bei did not attack Hanzhong, but did not move at Jiameng Pass, befriended and attracted local scholars and people, established kindness, bought people's hearts, and prepared for the attack on Yizhou.

Liu Bei's behavior naturally aroused Liu Zhang's vigilance, but let Liu Bei attack Zhang Lu, Liu Bei didn't listen, and let Liu Bei lead his troops to leave Yizhou, which was a bit too much.

Therefore, at the suggestion of the advisor Huang Quan, Liu Zhang reduced the grain and grass given to Liu Bei in order to force Liu Bei to withdraw from the army. Liu Bei led his troops into Sichuan, and Liu Zhang provided all the money and food, as long as Liu Bei had no food and grass, he could only lead his troops to leave.

Jiamengguan is located in the middle of the mountains, the mountain wind blows, the cold is biting.

Guanzhong Mansion, in Liu Bei's study.

Liu Bei and Pang Tong sat opposite each other, and in the center of the two of them was a fire pit, the carbon fire was burning, the flames were beating, and the room was very warm.

There was a flask hanging on the fire, and the wine was hot, steaming, and full of wine.

At this moment, Pang Tong was holding a paper book "Analects" in his hand, and he was reading it with great interest.

Mrs. Gan, who was in Jingzhou, would repair books to report to Liu Bei every month on family affairs, and this "Analects" was sent by Liu Chan by the way.

"Okay, good, lord, with this thing, the corporal of the world must be devoted to the lord, as long as Yizhou is taken at that time, the soldiers and horses are strong, why worry about not recovering the Han Dynasty." The little boy is so young, he is really a genius, and he actually drummed up this kind of strange thing! ”

"Hmph......" Liu Bei snorted coldly and said: "This kid is really not worry-free, he went out without a guard, resulting in being robbed to Xiangyang, if it wasn't for the military advisor's plan, I am afraid that I would have already given my life at this moment." I only know how to play tricks all day long, and I don't know how my studies are! ”

After Liu Chan returned to Jiangling from Xiangyang, many soldiers in the army knew the news that Liu Chan was robbed, although this news was forbidden to circulate, but after all, paper could not contain the fire, and in September, Mrs. Gan finally knew about it, so she told Liu Bei about Liu Chan.

However, how can Jingzhou gather Jiamengguan for thousands of miles? This letter was sent out in September, and it was not received by Liu Bei until early November.

Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "The lord doesn't have to be angry, didn't the prince come back safely?" What's more, Kong Ming also won Xiangyang, and Xun Lingjun also became Gongzi's teacher, Xun Lingjun's ability to study is better than Kong Ming, and now Xun Lingjun teaches Gongzi, Gongzi's studies must not be pulled down, this is a blessing in disguise! ”

"I hope so!" Liu Bei shook his head, took the wine jug from the fire, and poured himself and Pang Tong a glass of hot wine.

Liu Bei fumbled with the wine glass in his hand, thought of the current situation, sighed and said: "Shiyuan, Liu Zhang sent someone to deliver grain yesterday, which is 3,000 yuan less than last time, he wants to use grain and grass to force me to withdraw from the army." ”

Pang Tong took a sip of hot wine, put the wine glass on the table, and muttered: "It has been a year since the lord entered Sichuan, but he has been establishing his envy in Jiamengguan for the past year, but he has not led his troops to attack Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang should not be able to sit still!" ”

"Shi Yuan has a plan to deal with it?"

"My lord, now Liu Zhang has reduced the supply of food and grass for our army, and wants to use this to force the lord to withdraw from the army. Your lord, you can't advance or retreat, in my opinion, we only have to do it! Pang Tong's expression became colder, and at the same time he made a killing gesture, this understatement of words, but it seemed to put people in the cold winter wax moon, like falling into an ice cellar.

Liu Bei was silent for a while when he heard this, and then shook his head and said: "I have only been in Yizhou for a year, and there is no kindness to the people, so I am afraid that it will be ...... to do it at this time."

Pang Tong persuaded and said: "My lord, if you are constantly decided, you will be in chaos, I hope to make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "I don't know this truth, it's just that now I'm in Yizhou, once something goes wrong, I will die without a place to bury." Besides, half of the money and grain given by Liu Zhang, I used it to show kindness, and when the war is together, the grain and grass will be tight, which is quite unfavorable to our army's actions! ”

Pang Tong smiled faintly and said: "As long as the lord has the heart to seize Yizhou, what is the money and grain, I can still send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the lord for Liu Zhang!" ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this: "What is Shiyuan's clever plan, teach me quickly!" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The lord only needs to write to Liu Zhang, saying that Kong Ming took Xiangyang at the beginning of the year, and now Cao Cao in the north is already fighting his troops, and he has the intention of leading the army south to recapture Xiangyang and attack Jingzhou, so Kong Ming asked the lord to quickly return to Jingzhou."

The lord is asking Liu Zhang for money, food, soldiers and horses by the way, and Liu Zhang is now wishing that the lord will leave Yizhou, and he will definitely allow it. When the time comes, you will have the money and food of the soldiers, horses, and your strength will increase greatly, and Liu Zhang thinks that you are going to leave Jingzhou, you must be negligent in your precautions and take the opportunity to raid the CD, so that the great cause of the lord can be achieved! ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he didn't hesitate any longer, and agreed to Pang Tong's plan in one bite: "Okay, just do it according to Shiyuan's wishes!" ”

Subsequently, Liu Bei took a letter of resignation and sent someone to the CD in the starry night.

And dozens of miles north of Jiameng Pass, there is also a checkpoint called Baishui Pass.

Jiameng Pass is the only way from Hanzhong to Sichuan, and the same is true of Baishui Pass.

And Jiameng Pass is only a checkpoint on the road from Hanzhong to Sichuan, while Baishui Pass is a bridgehead and the gateway to Sichuan and Shu.

From Hanzhong to Sichuan, the first to bear the brunt is Baishui Pass, through Baishui Pass, and the south is Jiameng Pass.

The general guarding Baishui Pass is a famous general in Sichuan and Shu, Yang Huai, and Gao Pei, the governor of Baishui. These two have been responsible for sitting in Baishui Pass to prevent the invasion of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

At the beginning, Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to enter Sichuan, but he was strongly opposed by Yizhou civil and military, and it was only because of Zhang Song and Fa Zheng that Liu Bei was able to enter Sichuan.

After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he arrived in Peicheng first, Liu Zhang led his troops to meet him in Peicheng, at that time, Pang Tong wanted to take the opportunity to directly kill Liu Zhang to seize Yizhou, so he sent Wei Yan to dance the sword at the banquet to assassinate Liu Zhang, but Liu Zhang's side had a military general who was alert and proposed to dance the sword together, and even had a weapon fight, which led to the failure of Pang Tong's plan.

When this kind of thing happened, Liu Zhang's subordinate Wenwu naturally advised Liu Zhang and asked him to be wary of Liu Bei to prevent Liu Bei from plotting for Yizhou.

Under the advice of these civil and military forces, Liu Zhang sent an additional 10,000 soldiers and horses for Yang Huai and Gao Pei.

Baishui Pass is the gateway to Sichuan, there have always been 20,000 heavy soldiers, in order to guard against Liu Bei, Liu Zhang sent 10,000 more soldiers and horses, and the strength of Baishui Pass reached more than 30,000 people.

Baishui Pass is north of Jiameng Pass, if Liu Bei mutinies and wants to attack Sichuanzhong, Yang Huai Gaopei, the guard of Baishui Pass behind Jiameng Pass, can lead his troops to attack Jiameng Pass and cut off Liu Bei's back road.

And Yang Huai and Gao Pei are famous generals in Sichuan and Shu, and Liu Bei bought people's hearts in Jiameng Pass, and both of them saw it in their eyes.

In addition, the two of them were in charge of guarding against Liu Bei in Baishui Pass, so the two sent scouts to keep an eye on Jiameng Pass at all times to prevent Liu Bei from using troops.

The messenger of Jiamengguan went out of the city overnight and rushed south to CD, and was discovered by the scouts sent by the two, and when the scouts saw this, they hurriedly flew to Jiamengguan to report back to Yang Huai and Gao Pei.