The peak is connected to the jade base, the ground is connected to the Jincheng, the sword pavilion is with the budding, the Jialing and the pillow white water, the male of the Chengtian is also!

This sentence describes Jiameng Pass, this Xiongguan fortress is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is said that a husband should not open it, there is no exaggeration!

Since Liu Bei led his army into Bashu in May last year, he ordered Zhang Fei and Fa Zheng to be the vanguard, and successively conquered the rich lands of Zitong, Jiangzhou, and Langzhong, gaining a population of more than 2 million, and expanding the total number of troops under his command to 150,000.

But in the face of the natural danger of Jiameng Pass, the 60,000 army led by Liu Bei was stubbornly resisted by the Shu generals Zhang Ren and Wei Wentong, since the beginning of the attack on the pass in February this year, after three months of delay in attacking, more than 10,000 lives were filled under the pass, and it is still difficult to cross the thunder pool.

Jiameng Pass is the gateway to Chengdu, and if you can't take Jiameng Pass, you can't take Chengdu. Chengdu is the soul of Bashu, Chengdu is the essence of Bashu, and if you can't take Chengdu, you can't count yourself as having Bashu.

Just when Liu Bei was at a loss, Zhang Song, a native of Chengdu, came to secretly ask for a meeting, presented the "Topographic Map of Bashu", and built a general Liu Bei sent a general to lead the army north, and bypassed Jiameng Pass by a small road from Yinping County, so that he could advance all the way to the south for 300 miles, approaching the city of Mianzhu Pass, and killing Liu Zhang by surprise.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he rewarded Zhang Song and stayed under his subordinates.

He repaired another book, sent a messenger to return to Hanzhong quickly, and ordered his cousin Liu Yu to send the general Fu Youde to lead 15,000 troops out of Yangping Pass. According to the description of the topographic map, enter Yinping County to the southwest, look for this hidden path, and go south to attack Mianzhu Pass. Forcing Zhang Ren and Wei Wentong, who were defending Jiameng Pass, to return to help, then the Shu army could not take care of each other.

With Zhang Song's topographic map. Liu Bei was no longer in a hurry to attack, and ordered the whole army to retreat ten miles back and set up camp.

Attack the key points. Especially a Xiongguan moat like Jiamengguan is simply a bottomless pit. watched his soldiers fall in pools of blood one after another. Liu Bei's heart is like a knife, not because he feels sorry for people's lives and is as cheap as mustard, but because he feels sorry for his own troops and has been reduced again. When the princes of the world are getting stronger and stronger, they must continue to expand their forces in order to get a place!

Looking at the whole world, the strongest person is the Eastern Han Emperor Liu Wei of the Dingdu Jinling, who has 700,000 soldiers after several years of conquest, and has a cloud of strategists under his command. Generals are like rain. After sweeping Yuan Shao, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and parts of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou were included in the bag, and half of the country has been started.

In this world, no prince was able to stand alone against Liu Wei's Eastern Han court, not even the Luoyang court, which also claimed to be emperor in the name of righteousness. With the support of the Yang and Zhu families, and with the assistance of the Lu Bu Army, the Liu Xie Group currently has 300,000 troops; However, the territory is small and lacks strategic depth, so it is difficult to look at the Eastern Han Dynasty for the time being.

In addition to the two imperial courts of Jinling and Luoyang. The most powerful of the princes in the world occupied the Central Plains, and took the entire annexed state, as well as most of Jizhou, across both sides of the Yellow River. Cao Cao, who had 250,000 troops.

In addition to Cao Cao, who rose strongly in the cracks, Sun Ce, who occupied most of the land in Jingzhou, had 150,000 troops; After accommodating the remnants of Yang Xiuqing's Taiping Road, the total number of troops was expanded to 200,000. In terms of strength, it is slightly inferior to Cao Cao. But in the face of the north-south attack of the two major armies of Yue Fei and Huo Quzhi, the shape was already precarious.

Under Sun Ce. counted Liu Bei, who had 150,000 soldiers. A little weaker is the three princes of Ran Min, Gongsun Zhan, and Ma Teng, each with a military force of about 100,000. As for the trapped Jiangxia. Liu Biao, who only has 50,000 horses left in his hands, has already regarded him as a dry bone in the grave. I heard that Liu Biao has been sick from hard work recently and is bedridden, and under the pressure of Yue Fei's soldiers, I am afraid that Liu Biao's army will not be able to support it even in the autumn.

As for the Xiongnu who rose on the steppe, Shan Yu Temujin, had 70,000 cavalry and 30,000 foot soldiers under his command. Then there is Li Tang, who rose strongly in the Goguryeo Peninsula, although he has suffered a big loss at the hands of Liu Wei recently, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and his strength is still not inferior to any prince except Liu Wei.

However, Liu Bei thinks that these are not things that he should consider, and the heavy task of resisting foreign humiliation should be completed by the two imperial courts in the east and west! His top priority should be to gain a firm foothold and control the entire Bashu first, so that he can achieve the cause of the Five Hegemons in the future.

As for dominating the world like his ancestor Liu Bang, Liu Bei is not without this idea in his heart, but watching Liu Bi rise strongly in Jiangdong, he also knows that there is not much hope for this. What is more realistic is to be able to establish a feat like the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants, and it is not a vain life to tear the soil and seal the king!

"Report ...... Outside the door there was an ugly-looking man who asked to see him. ”

The weather was getting hotter, Liu Bei was shaking a fan in the tent to cool off, and the soldier suddenly came to report, saying that someone was asking to see him outside the door.

"Ugly?"

Liu Bei frowned slightly, but he was embarrassed to judge people by his appearance, so he could only think to himself in his heart: "I'm about to go out to inspect it, so let's stop by and see what this person looks like?" ”

Liu Bei pretended to pass by the gate of the camp and secretly glanced at the Confucian scholars waiting outside the door.

I saw that this person was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his height of about seven feet was quite high; But the appearance is really a bit stumbling, with thick eyebrows and nose, black face and short hair, as ugly as you want.

"Just send a lieutenant to take this person in!"

Even though Liu Bei prides himself on benevolence and righteousness on weekdays, in the face of Pang Tong's appearance, he really can't be a corporal of courtesy. Quietly give an order to the soldiers behind him, turn around and leave.

Hearing that he was going to be adopted as a soldier, this ugly-looking young man turned around and left without saying a word. refused to say a word, so that the soldiers who passed the word were a little confused.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and it was Liu Bei's chief strategist Fang Xuanling who returned from inspecting with his own soldiers. Seeing this ugly-looking young man hurrying with his head stuffed, with an expression that he had never met with talent, he couldn't help but pat his thigh and turn over and dismount.

"Could this young talent be Xiangyang Pang Shiyuan?" Fang Xuanling gave a salute and blocked Pang Tong's way.

Pang Tong looked at Fang Xuanling with a little hostility: "Who are you?" How did you know my name as a mountain villager? ”

Fang Xuanling apologized: "It was Brother Ru Hui who wrote a letter to me, saying that Xiangyang Pang Shiyuan had the talent to pass through the heavens and latitudes, so he wrote a letter of recommendation to him, and ordered him to come to Bashu to serve the lord." I wrote to me again to pay more attention, I didn't expect to really bump into Mr. Shiyuan today, what a blessing for three lives! ”

Pang Tong laughed and said: "I think Mr. Ruhui thinks Pang Tong is ugly, and he knows that Uncle Liu Huang looks down on me, so he let Mr. Xuan Ling say a few kind words, right?" ”

It turned out that Du Ruhui assisted Guan Yu to guard the Shangyong area, and happened to meet Pang Tong when he was looking for the opposition. After some chatting, Du Ruhui admired the young Pang Tong, so he recommended it to Guan Yu. Seeing Pang Tong's appearance, Guan Yu was very disdainful, so he arranged a county official for him, and with Pang Tong's heart, he naturally turned around and left.

Du Ruhui hurried all the way to catch up with Pang Tong, and said a lot of good things before Pang Tong changed his mind. wrote another letter of recommendation and handed it to Pang Tong, telling him to come to Bashu to seek refuge with Liu Bei. Who knew that Pang Tong traveled thousands of miles to find Liu Bei's army, and he actually had a closed door again, wanting to let himself be a pawn in the army. Pang Tong almost didn't have a crooked nose that was difficult to see, so he didn't even take Du Ruhui's letter out, turned around and left, but was unexpectedly recognized by someone.

Fang Xuanling knew that anyone with character was a capable person, not to mention Du Ruhui's strong recommendation, so he held Pang Tong's shoulder and refused to let him go, and said a lot of good things before he got Pang Tong into Liu Bei's handsome account.

After listening to Fang Xuanling's narration, Liu Bei looked surprised: "Oops...... Why didn't Mr. Shiyuan say it earlier? If you knew that there was a letter of recommendation from Mr. Ru Hui, you must come out to greet you in person. It's all to blame the sergeants guarding the door for judging people by their appearance, and they have not reported to me, so come, give me twenty sticks each, to set an example! ”

Several soldiers guarding the door were beaten with military sticks for no reason, and they could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood, making a punching bag for Pang Tong.

Listening to the sound of the "crackling" military stick outside the tent, Pang Tong finally spit out some evil breath in his chest, and then took out Du Ruhui's letter and handed it to Liu Bei to read.

Du Ruhui is Fang Xuanling's old friend, and he was also recommended by Fang Xuanling, and last year he assisted Guan Yu to win the western region of Jingzhou, and Shangyong and Hanzhong were connected together, so Liu Bei was very important to Du Ruhui.

After reading Du Ruhui's recommendation letter, Liu Bei asked suspiciously: "Ruhui praised Mr. Shiyuan in the letter, saying that if I get the 'phoenix', I can settle the world, I don't know if Mr. has any clever plan to help me win the Jiameng Pass?" ”

Pang Tong bowed his hand and said modestly: "Mr. Ru Hui praised it falsely, Feng Xiao is just a name that Pang Tong took in his spare time, how can he deserve the three words 'peace in the world'?" But to win the Jia Meng Pass, I think it's as easy as a snap! ”

"I wonder what Mr. Feng Xiao's plan is?" Liu Bei was overjoyed, took Pang Tong's hand and asked cordially.

Pang Tong said confidently: "Tong has been in Bashu since two months ago, but he is not in a hurry to see Uncle Huang. Instead, he sneaked into Chengdu first, and he felt much worse about the behavior of the guards at Jiameng Pass. Although Zhang Ren, Wei Wentong, and Wu Sangui, the three guards, were good at using their troops and fighting bravely, they still had a way to break through. However, it needs to be assigned to Pang Tongren Tiger General, and I will be at my disposal, so that I can take the Jiameng Pass! ”

Liu Bei immediately sent someone to recruit Zhang Fei and said to Pang Tong: "Mr. Feng Yan, I will assign Yide to you for dispatch, what do you think?" This is the tiger general who is prepared to be side by side with Yun Chang? ”

Pang Tong stared at Zhang Fei with a smile: "I don't know if the three generals mind letting me, an ugly-looking guy, command you?" ”

Zhang Fei patted Pang Tong's head heavily: "If you are a little white face, this slap can slap your head into your neck!" But you look ugly and ugly, it's really pitiful, I'll fulfill you once, and see what skills you have to break through the cuteness? (To be continued......)