It is precisely because Yangping Pass has its special geographical location that the heroes and giants of all eras have performed a majestic and majestic historical drama here or with Wen Taowu or Jin Ge Iron Horse. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info especially during the Three Kingdoms period, the emperors of Shu and Wei used all their strategies to fight for each other, which made Guyang Pingguan famous all over the world.

Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu stood on the pass, looking at the northern army camp in the river valley in the distance, his expression was solemn and worried.

Zhang Wei and a group of guards stood around him, laughing and talking in a low voice, and there was not much fear between their eyebrows.

There are three major dangers in Yizhou, Yangping, Jiangguan and Baishui, and Yangping Pass is the first. With this Xiongguan to resist the Northern Xinjiang Army, it is foolproof.

"Brother, Zhang Ren's army is on Zoumaling." Zhang Wei pointed to the opposite mountain and said, "He guarded Xingcheng for one day and Xiting for two days, and then ran here in one go." According to my brother's instructions, I didn't switch it, and let him cross the river directly to Zoumaling and garrison the cottage. ”

"How long can the food and ordnance in the cottage last?" Zhang Lu asked.

"At least three months." Zhang Wei said, "There has always been a group of people and horses stationed in Maling Cottage, and there is a year's worth of food. After Zhang Ren led the army into the village, our men and horses withdrew. If the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Maling first, Zhang Ren didn't need to worry, because it would snow soon, and the Northern Xinjiang Army wouldn't be able to hold out for long. ”

Zhang Lu nodded.

Zhang Wei then turned around and pointed to the two mountains in the south and north of the pass, and said to Zhang Lu: "Li Hu led the army to guard Dingjun Mountain, and Yuan Yue led the army to guard Tiandang Mountain. As long as the Northern Xinjiang Army attacks the pass, it will be besieged from all sides. ”

Zhang Lu asked, "Is there any sign of attack on the Northern Frontier Army?" ”

"Not yet." Yang Ang said with a smile, "Yesterday, the Northern Xinjiang Army rushed to Guanxia, went around, and then beat the horse and left, it is estimated that there is nothing to be done." ”

"Don't be careless." Zhang Lu warned, "When I attacked Hanzhong, it was too weak to defend Sugu and underestimate the enemy. First lost Zoumaling, the result was that I broke through the Yangping Pass, firmly controlled the line of the Xianhe River, and then I crossed the water in the south to occupy Dingjun Mountain, and captured Tiandang Mountain in the north, easily occupied Heyang City, and took Hanzhong all. This is a lesson from the past, and you must not repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"Hanzhong is lost, how long can Bashu be kept?" Zhang Wei said nonchalantly, "If Zhang Ren wants to defend Bashu and Liu Zhang, he must defend Zoumaling." In addition......"

He looked around, approached Zhang Lu and asked in a cautious whisper, "Brother, didn't you say that you plan to ...... No news from the north yet? ”

"The Northern Xinjiang Army is now winning consecutive battles and defeating Liu Bei, and it is overwhelming. At this time......" Zhang Lu shook his head and said, "If we want to make sure that we get what we need, we have to be patient now, and whoever can endure until the end will win." As a rule, you remember that no matter when and where, do not leave your fate to others, but take your life into your own hands. ”

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Liu Bei's army quietly crossed the mountains and appeared outside the city of Chuyang, and it was not Liu Xiong who came to greet him, but Shen Tan himself.

"Zhang Lu went to Yangping Pass. As long as the king besieges and kills Zhang Lu in Weiyang, Hanzhong will be at his fingertips. Shen Tan said excitedly, "God-given opportunity, God-given opportunity." How many troops did the king bring? ”

"The mountain road is difficult, more than 100 miles away, and we walked for five days." Liu Bei shook his head helplessly and said, "At present, there are only 3,000 elites here, and there are more than 10,000 people who are climbing over the cliff thirty miles away, and it is estimated that it will take at least a day to get here." ”

"Enough, three thousand people enough." Shen Tan was overjoyed, "Yang Song has already been deployed in the city, just wait for us to kill Zhang Lu and rush to Nanzheng with his men and horses, and he will open the city gate for us." ”

"How to kill Zhang Lu?" Liu Bei was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked.

"Zhang Lu's personal guard army has 1,000 people, and if he forcibly surrounds and annihilates, I am afraid that he will escape from the soldiers and leak the news." Shen Tan said, "I discussed with Liu Xiong, and when Zhang Lu passed through Chuyang, I would leave him to eat and start at the feast." The king led the main force to ambush outside the city, and I took a hundred elite soldiers to ambush in the palace. When the feast began, we killed Zhang Lu and defended the palace, while the king rushed into the city with his army, closed the gates, and killed all a thousand people. ”

Liu Bei discussed it with Jian Yong, Pang Tong and others, and felt that this plan was not very reliable. Once Zhang Lu refused Liu Xiong's invitation, the assassination failed, and he had to prepare for both.

Liu Bei immediately urgently told the main force of the army, which was still thirty miles away, and asked Gan Ning to quickly bring 2,000 troops to Jigu to ambush in case of accidents.

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Zhang Lu instructed Zhang Wei and others to guard the pass carefully, and then hurriedly returned to Nanzheng. He never dreamed that Liu Bei would actually lead the army to Hanzhong.

At noon on the same day, Zhang Lu arrived at Chuyang City. Liu Xiong was warmly invited by Weiyang and invited him to have lunch before leaving. Zhang Lu didn't agree, and without stopping, he walked through the city with a thousand personal guards and went straight to Baozhong.

Liu Bei and Shen Tan called it lucky, hurriedly joined forces, and then chased after them.

At dusk, Zhang Lu was ambushed on the mountain range near the Kei Valley. Gan Ning commanded the soldiers to slash violently, and then Liu Bei and Shen Tan led the army to arrive, and 5,000 people surrounded and killed on all sides. Zhang Lu fled into the mountains under the desperate protection of his personal guards, but the 1,000 soldiers were completely wiped out.

Liu Bei was worried that Zhang Lu, who had escaped, returned to Nanzheng first, crossed the Baoshui River overnight with his army, bypassed Baozhong City, and killed Nanzheng directly under the banner of Zhang Lu.

Yang Song opened the city gate, and Liu Bei led the army to roar in.

The Yang family is a high-ranking family in Hanzhong, when Zhang Lu fought in Hanzhong, Taishou Su Gu's death was directly related to Yang Song, and now he betrayed Zhang Lu again and took refuge in Liu Bei.

The army in the city wanted to launch a counterattack at one point, but Yang Song and Shen Tan came forward to appease and settle the matter. The Yang family and the Shen family are all high-ranking families in Hanzhong, and their protégés and disciples are all over the Hanzhong provinces and armies.

In order to quickly control Hanzhong, Liu Bei made Yang Song the post of Taishou of Hanzhong. He is the king of Qin, as long as Yang Song respects him as the lord of Hanzhong, as long as he has strength, Hanzhong is his, otherwise, his fate is not much better than Zhang Lu.

Nan Zheng got his hands on it, and the next priority was to deal with Yangping Pass, Xicheng and Shangyong's army. Xicheng and Shangyong are far away from Nanzheng and can take a step forward, while Yangping Pass must be solved immediately. If Zhang Wei got the news, turned against him, and put the Northern Xinjiang Army into Yangping Pass, it would be all over.

Zhou Cang led the main army into the city of Chuyang. Yang Song falsely sent an order and asked Zhang Wei to return to Nanzheng to discuss matters. Zhang Wei was defenseless, and rushed headlong into the city of Chuyang and was caught.

Zhou Cang said to him: "You give me Yangping Pass, and I will spare your life." ”

Regardless of whether this is true or not, Zhang Wei has no choice. Zhou Cangbing was bloodless and occupied Yangping Pass. At this time, Yang Song, Yan Pu and others also personally rushed to Yangping Pass to appease the generals. One of the biggest crises that could have led to the instant collapse of Hanzhong has finally been resolved.

Yang Song wanted to kill Zhang Wei, but Zhou Cang resolutely stopped him. He said, "Since I promised to spare him his life, I will never let you kill him." ”

Zhou Cang personally sent Zhang Wei out of the pass and said to him: "You can go to Bashu Liu Zhang, or you can go to Li Yi." If you want revenge, I am waiting for you at Yangping Pass. ”

Zhang Wei wanted to cry without tears, but in the blink of an eye, his family was ruined, there was no way to go to heaven, there was no way to enter the ground, and there was no other way than to surrender to the Northern Xinjiang Army to try his luck.

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Zhao Yun, Yue Yun, Liu Bowen and others led the main force of the army to Yangping Pass.

"Is there any news of Liu Bei?" Zhao Yun asked eagerly.

Yang Ye smiled bitterly, and pointed to the big thread on the pass and said, "Liu Bei has entered Hanzhong." ”

Zhao Yun looked up at the majestic high-rise building from afar, and only after a while did he ask, "When did this happen?" ”

"Yesterday's thing." Xie Xuan said, "I knew you were coming today, so I didn't report overnight." The specific situation, Zhang Wei will tell you later. ”

"Zhang Wei?" Zhao Yun was slightly surprised and asked, "He escaped from Yangping Pass?" ”

"It was Zhou Cang who let him out." Yang Ye said, "All the people of the Zhang family have been killed, and only Zhang Wei and Zhang Zhen are left." ”

Xie Xuan and Yang Ye didn't know that Zhang Lu had escaped under the escort of his own guards, and thought that Zhang Lu had also been killed.

Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "The master of the flying pigeon book, inform me that Zhang Lu was killed and Liu Bei was stationed in Hanzhong." ”

Just when the letter was sorted out and the carrier pigeon was about to be released, Zhang Lu arrived at the Northern Xinjiang Army camp under the escort of several personal guards.

Zhang Lu's sudden arrival surprised Zhao Yun.

Although Zhang Lu had nothing left at this moment, Zhao Yun still received him very politely. Before setting off from Chang'an, the eldest brother Li Yi had privately mentioned Zhang Lu to him, this person did not have much talent in military affairs, but he was a good hand in government affairs, and he could be regarded as a talent. Li Yi said to Zhao Yun that when attacking Hanzhong, he would try to recruit Zhang Lu as much as possible. Now that Zhang Lu has nothing to take refuge in, he can be regarded as getting a talent for nothing.

After learning some about the situation in Hanzhong from Zhang Lu, Zhao Yun ordered: "Summoning the generals, hurry to the big tent military meeting, we must immediately attack Yangping Pass, and take advantage of Liu Bei's unstable foothold in Hanzhong to attack immediately." ”

The terrain of Yangping Pass was too dangerous, and the Northern Frontier Army, under the command of Zhao Yun, continued to attack for ten days without making any progress.

In order to attack Yangping Pass, it is first necessary to capture Zoumaling, otherwise the rear of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be completely exposed to the attack of the enemy army in Zoumaling. However, attacking Zoumaling, the rebels in Dingjun Mountain in the south, Tiandang Mountain and Yangpingguan in the north can attack, which can greatly contain the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army and force the Northern Xinjiang Army to concentrate the main force to storm Zoumaling.

Xie Xuan led two armies of the Northern Xinjiang Army to storm Zoumaling, but Zhang Ren relied on the dangerous terrain advantages and many obstacles such as rejecting horses, deer barricades, and trenches to beat Xie Xuan into disgrace.

In late August, the rebels of Dingjun Mountain, led by Li Hu, quietly crossed the river from the shallow waters of the Chushui River and attacked Wang Zhong's camp. Wang Zhong was caught off guard and was beaten in disarray, losing hundreds of men, and the camp was also burned.

Zhao Yun decisively ordered the attack to be stopped. The army retreated to Xiting, and flew pigeons to send a message to Li Yi, requesting that Wudu County be stabilized first, hoarded grain and grass, reorganized the army, and familiarized with the terrain in order to accumulate strength and fight again next spring.