Zhang Ren heard the drums outside the pass shaking the sky, and the sound of killing was like a tide, knowing that the pass was lost, and fled to Xingcheng Pass with a large army. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xingchengguan is located on the north bank of the West Han River, only 60 miles away from Fucheng. After the southeast of Fucheng, a hundred miles is the West Pavilion, and from the West Pavilion to the south dozens of miles is Yangping Pass.

Zhang Ren rushed to Xingcheng Pass out of breath, and sent eight hundred miles of fast cavalry to urgently tell Liu Zhang, the king of Shu, that Hanzhong was too guarded by Zhang Lu, and that Xianren Pass was lost, so please quickly strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass and Jinniu Mountain, and block the road for the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Hanzhong and Bashu.

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The red morning sun rises, and the lush mountains are hidden in the white mist, like a fairyland.

Zhao Yun and Xie Xuan stood on the city tower, looking at the beautiful morning light, as if they were drunk.

Zhao Yun said to Xie Xuan: "Youdu, you lead the army to fight Xingcheng Pass, and I will handle the matter here." We need time, we need to lay down Yangping Pass before Liu Bei and enter Hanzhong, otherwise Hanzhong is likely to become Liu Bei's bag. ”

Xie Xuan asked in a low voice, "Han Sheng has asked clearly, is there indeed a path that can be climbed into the mountains to go straight to Fucheng?" ”

"Yang Fu and Zhao Ang were born in Wudu and are very familiar with the terrain of Longnan, so there will be no mistake." Zhao Yun said, "According to Yang Fu, after Liu Bei arrived in Fucheng, if he could find a guide, he could follow a secret path on the north bank of the Chushui River and kill Heyang City in Hanzhong. As long as someone in Chuyang City picks up Liu Bei, Liu Bei can pass through the Kei Valley to Baozhong City, and then surprise into Nanzheng and capture Hanzhong. ”

Xie Xuan sneered: "Zilong, I'm leaving." If I can occupy Fucheng before Liu Bei, he will die. ”

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The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Zhu Ling and Pang Xi couldn't believe it. Liu Bei actually fled, and unbelievably escaped from the encirclement of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"What do you want to tell me?" Zhu Ling was silent for a long time and asked expressionlessly.

"I want to tell you that although Pang Xi helped us capture the Immortal Pass and made meritorious contributions, if you are treacherous and run away without permission, Pang Xi's head will not be able to be saved, and Yan Yan, Deng Xian, and Leng Bao will not be able to keep their heads. As for the more than 12,000 soldiers, they will also be buried with you. Zhao Yun smiled and said slowly, "Brother Wenbo, can you swear that you will never turn your back on your brother again?" ”

Zhu Ling was furious, his eyes were wide open, and he was murderous.

Pang Xi was startled, subconsciously grabbed Zhu Ling's arm, and persuaded: "Brother Wenbo......"

Zhao Yun looked leisurely, stared at Zhu Ling's red face, and asked word by word: "Are you loyal to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, or loyal to Liu Bei?" Are you willing to die for more than 12,000 brothers, or are you willing to die for Liu Bei alone? What is loyalty? What is righteousness? ”

Zhao Yun gradually raised his voice and said loudly: "Death for the Han is called loyalty." To die for more than 12,000 brothers is to be justified. ”

Zhu Ling's expression was sluggish, his murderous aura dissipated little by little, and his face was full of confusion. Is my integrity wrong? Am I right to surrender? Of course I should be loyal to the Great Han, loyal to the Son of Heaven, of course I should die for the Great Han, for my brothers, but why am I so miserable? Why so desperate?

Pang Xi looked at Zhu Ling, who was in chaos, shook his head helplessly, and said to Zhao Yun: "General Zhao, what are you going to do with us?" ”

"Temporarily stay in the camp of Hechi, waiting for the holy decree of the imperial court." Zhao Yun said calmly, "If nothing else, General Zhu is going to Northern Xinjiang, and General Yan Yan is also going back to Northern Xinjiang to heal his injuries, and you may stay in the army to command the troops." ”

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In early August, Liu Bei led a large army over the mountains and mountains to Fucheng. At this moment, Zhang Ren was fighting with Xie Xuan in Xingchengguan.

Li Jun said goodbye and left. Liu Bei was grateful and gave him a generous gift, but Li Jun did not accept it and floated away.

According to Liu Bei's order, Pang Tong found the messenger sent by Shen Tan in the small city.

After the messenger saw Liu Bei, he asked for the map that Shen Tan handed to Liu Bei, and said: "Five days later, we will arrive at Chuyang, and the Weiyang Order will prepare grain and grass for the army. ”

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Zhao Yun personally led the troops back to Hechi.

Wudu County Taishou Wei Duan, Don't drive Yan Wen and others came to visit. Zhao Yun said good words to appease, and asked them to rush to the north with a guilty form, and the merit and punishment were determined by the imperial court.

Accompanying Wei Duan was the king of Di, Yang Servant.

The Di people are also an ancient ethnic group in Western Xinjiang, according to the "Shang Song Yin Wu Chapter", the Di people are the descendants of the Pan Gu, and they have dealings with the Shang Dynasty when they were in Shang Tang. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Wudu County in Liangzhou, they lived here and lived with the Han people for generations, learning to farm while raising animal husbandry, and learned the language and etiquette of the Han people. After hundreds of years of changes, they are hardly much different from the Han Chinese.

In the past, many people lived in Hanyang, Longxi and other places in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and later because of the turmoil in the community, some small tribes moved back to Wudu and Hanzhong one after another. More than half of the population of Wudu County are Di people, so if you want to gain a foothold in Wudu, you must have a good relationship with Di people.

Compared with the Qiang people in Western Xinjiang, the strength of the Di people is weak, but in the place of Wudu, the strength of the Di people is not small. The Di people of Wudu County are very docile and rarely rebel, perhaps because of the poor geographical location of Wudu, Wudu is between Guanzhong, Longxi, Bashu and Hanzhong, if there is a rebellion, in the absence of support, a dead end. It may also be because the Han officials in Wudu did not exploit and bully the Di people as unscrupulously as the officials in other counties and counties in Liangzhou did for their own interests. In short, except for the poison of repeated wars during Wang Mang's rebellion, this place has been very stable at other times, including now.

After Liu Bei occupied the Wudu, he rewarded Yang Servant, the king of Di, in the name of the Son of Heaven of Xiangyang. Yang Fu did not dare to disobey, and while helping Wei Duan stabilize the situation in Wudu, he raised money and food for Liu Bei's army.

Now that Liu Bei is gone, Yang Fu is worried about retaliation from the people of Chang'an, and he was very frightened for a while, and he trembled when he saw Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun was unceremonious and scolded Yang Servant severely. You are a foreign king, deeply favored by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and you dare to help the rebellion and endanger the society, and the sin is unforgivable.

Yang Servant was so frightened that he was drenched in a cold sweat, and he kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy.

Zhao Yun sneered, I know the difficulties of your people, but at the critical moment of the Han Dynasty, you are treacherous and will bring disaster to the whole clan, and I can't save you.

Yang Fu begged bitterly: "General Zhao, the Di people are weak, if you want to survive, you can only accept it, there is really no way to survive, these years, there is Han Sui's oppression first, and then there is Liu Bei's threat, it is a miracle that the Di people can survive." If the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty must be condemned, I am willing to bear it with all my might. ”

After Zhao Yun pondered for a while, his tone slowed down, and he said in a cold voice: "When the crime is meritorious, the lord of my family may be able to forgive the sins of the people." ”

Yang Fu was overjoyed and full of promises.

"Your people's money and food have been robbed by Liu Bei, how will you spend this winter?" Zhao Yun said, "My family master is just on an expedition against the Qiang people, and the imperial court's financial resources are tight and cannot be relieved. In this way, you will be able to solve the problem of eating, and you will be able to make meritorious deeds. Of course, if you can show the way for the army to attack Hanzhong and Bashu, then the credit will be even greater. ”

Yang Fu was pleasantly surprised and grateful.

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After sending Wei Duan and King Di away, Zhao Yun convened the generals to discuss the matter.

Now that the army has captured Wudu, if Zhang Lu in Hanzhong can fulfill his promise to blockade Yangping Pass and block Liu Bei's retreat, then our goal of recovering Wudu and Hanzhong by the end of September will be achieved.

On the contrary, if Zhang Lu was unguarded and let Liu Bei sneak into the hinterland of Hanzhong from the small road and lose Hanzhong, it would be difficult for the army to conquer Hanzhong.

The first snow of this winter is getting closer and closer, leaving less and less time for the army to attack, and whether Hanzhong can be taken now depends not on the strength of the force, but on the luck of the good or bad.

Zhao Yun therefore suggested that Yue Fei, the general of the expedition to the west, lead the First Army and most of the people to return to Chang'an to reduce the consumption of money and food on the battlefield of Wudu.

"I have already said to the king of Di just now, the matter of sending the grain and grass from the river to the front line of Yangping Pass will be handed over to the Di people, so that we can solve the problem of the survival of the Di people, and we can also help the imperial court alleviate the financial crisis." Zhao Yun looked at Yue Fei and said with a smile, "If Brother Peng Ju agrees, you and I will play together." At present, the defensive strength of Guanzhong is extremely thin, and it is better for the First Army to return quickly. ”

Yue Fei has always been worried about the safety of Chang'an and Guanzhong. If the war in Wudu drags on for a long time, and the army stays in Longnan and cannot return to Beijing, who dares to guarantee that Chang'an will not have an accident? He didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.

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In mid-August, Li Yi's letter was conveyed through carrier pigeons, agreeing to Zhao Yun and Yue Fei's request to let Yue Fei lead the First Infantry Corps back to Chang'an. Wei Duan, the former Wudu Taishou, and Zhu Ling, the rebel general, rushed to Chang'an with them.

Li Yi ordered Zhonglang to lead Wang Chang to Wudu Taishou and guard Wudu County.

Zhao Yun, Yue Yun, Zhao Zhao and others immediately led the army to the front line of Yangping Pass.

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Guyang Pingguan, also known as White Horse City, Dukou City, was founded in the Western Han Dynasty, north of the Qinling Mountains, south of the Han River and Bashan, west across the Xianhe River and the Zhanglu City on the Zoumaling far away, located in the west of the Jinniu Road crossing of Bashu and north to the Qinlong of Chencang Road. It is the western gateway of the Hanzhong Basin, and it is also the northern frontier of Bashu leading to Guanzhong, and the geographical location is very dangerous.

Yangping Pass can be attacked, retreated can be defended. Zhang Hui of the Jin Dynasty "Southern Han Chronicles" contains: "Shu has three passes: Yangping, Jiangguan, Baishui ......", and the "Book of Sui" geographical chronicles describe the military strategic position of the ancient Yangping Pass in more detail: "The west controls Sichuan and Shu, the north passes Qinlong, and the back is Yijingshan, the front towers the Dingjun, Zhuobi, the right is on the white horse, the golden bull, the left arches are cloudy, hundred, Han, black, and embers are wrapped in the water, and the world is extremely dangerous." If Shu is above it, he can overthrow the enemy and respect the royal family; It can encroach on Yong and Liang, and expand the land; The next can stick to the key points for a long-term plan. ……”

Therefore, Guyang Pingguan has been regarded as "the throat of Shu" and "the gateway of Hanzhong" since ancient times, and it has the sigh of "the most dangerous in Han" is as good as Yangping!