The fire in Jiameng Pass, which burned for two days and two nights, was finally extinguished, and Ma Chao sent people into the blackened Jiameng Pass to carry out those Qiang people who died in this fire, and made some statistics, this fire actually burned 7,896 Qiang people, and more than 200 people escaped in time when the fire broke out, so that there were only some minor injuries.

According to the custom of the Qiang people, Ma Chao held a funeral for the Qiang people who died in the war and buried them.

After the funeral, Ma Chao gathered the leaders of the Qiang people and briefly explained his opinion, these people died because of him, he will definitely be responsible for these Qiang people, and he will also kill the murderer and avenge the dead Qiang brothers.

In addition, Ma Chao even promised a generous pension for the Qiang people, and told the prison army Pang Tong about the pension.

Zhang Fei took the initiative to give up Jiameng Pass, and set fire to Jiameng Pass, which made Pang Tong a little unexpected, he never dreamed that Zhang Fei would actually go off the rails and do such a thing. However, it can be seen that Zhang Fei is also helpless, but as long as he can hold the Jiameng Pass, it is estimated that he will not give up so lightly.

You must know that Jiameng Pass is an important pass to enter Shu, as long as the Jiameng Pass is opened, it is equivalent to opening the door to Shu, so the army can drive straight in.

However, this is not the case, nor is it as Pang Tong imagined, the terrain of Shu is complicated, and the road to Chengdu is not all smooth sailing.

When Ma Chao was dealing with the funeral of the Qiang people, Pang Tong had already inspected Jiameng Pass with Xu Huang and stood on the city wall of Jiameng Pass. Pang Tong and Xu Huang looked at the past, but what greeted them was continuous mountains and rivers. Not far away, there is a fast-flowing river, and I know it. The whole Jiameng Pass is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and is protected by rivers on three sides, and the only road leading to the depths of Shu is winding, rugged, and the most important thing is that the road is not a wide avenue, but a path that can only be walked by about three or four people side by side. And on both sides of the road are either cliffs or abysses.

The most hateful thing is that although Zhang Fei gave up Jia Mengguan. But it was not withdrawn, on the road west of Jiameng Pass, you can see the military flags planted on the mountain peaks fluttering in the wind everywhere, which shows that Zhang Fei is ready to play a protracted war with them, relying on the dangerous terrain of Shu Road, to fortify layer by layer, and block the advance of the army.

In this way, even if the Han army has no matter how powerful the siege weapons are. It can't be used here, even if the soldiers are strong and strong, they can't come in handy, so they can only rely on force little by little to get through this crooked sheep intestine path.

On the road one mile west of Jiameng Pass. Zhang Fei had already ordered his subordinates to pile up boulders, blocking the way forward, and setting up ambushes not far away. The Sichuan soldiers in the entire mountain road can be seen everywhere, densely packed. If you want to break through layer by layer, I am afraid that it will be more time-consuming and laborious.

The official office in Jiameng Pass has already been burned to pieces by a fire. After Pang Tong and Xu Huang entered Jiameng Pass, they ordered someone to simply arrange this place and become a temporary command post.

Pang Tong is the supervisor of this army and also a military advisor, and he lost nearly 8,000 people at once in Jiameng Pass this time, and he also bears unshirkable responsibility.

Now, Pang Tong is lying on a temporary bookcase, holding a brush, and is writing on the paper. He had to write down all the situations and losses he encountered here and report them to Zhang Yan.

Because, the battle of Shu has exceeded his expectations. And he also bears the key responsibility, because he has not been to Shu, let alone understood the terrain of Shu, he just blindly let Ma Chao rush to kill in front, but he forgot the significance of this crusade against Zhang Fei, and he can't afford any failure.

Pang Tong was still writing the recital, and Ma Chao rushed over from outside, he already knew about Zhang Fei's blockade of the road to the west and the fortification in the mountains.

"Strategist!" As soon as Ma Chao entered the door, he shouted loudly.

Pang Tongyi asked while writing the folds, "Is there anything wrong with General Ma?" ”

"I just wanted to ask, what does it mean that the military advisor sent people to guard the west gate and prevent anyone from passing through guò?" Ma Chao said angrily.

Pang Tong put down the pen that was writing the folds, raised his head and glanced at Ma Chao, but saw that Ma Chao's eyes had a trace of resentment and viciousness, so he said: "Although Zhang Fei took the initiative to give up Jiameng Pass, he did not withdraw, his army was hidden in the mountains and forests west of Jiameng Pass, and set up layers of defenses there, basically five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, and the road was blocked. The most important thing is that this rugged mountain road is very narrow, and it is not suitable for the army to move forward, although our army has many people, but it cannot be used, and can only make breakthroughs layer by layer, but if it continues like this, it is obvious that it will increase the number of casualties of our army, and it will also make our army fall into this quagmire of war. Therefore, I decided not to fight Zhang Fei for the time being, and first recuperated in Jiameng Pass for a period of time, and when I had a good way, it would not be too late to attack. ”

"The soldiers are fast, and the military advisor should understand this truth. If we delay the time like this, when will we be able to hit Chengdu? Besides, what defenses Zhang Fei arranged, in my eyes, are all bullshit, even bullshit, I have selected a team of elite soldiers, ready to let them break through this layer of defense with me, but when I led the troops to the West Gate, I was stopped and did not let me pass, saying that this was the meaning of the military advisor. Strategist, please order those people to be removed, let me go, and I will take people to knock on Zhang Fei's defenses, and in a day's time, the army can continue to advance. If he blindly delays, he is afraid that Zhang Fei will be ready at the next pass, and it will take a lot of effort at that time. Please also ask the military advisor to complete! Ma Chao said angrily.

"General Ma, I hope you can understand that hard fighting is not the best solution, only by using here to take Yizhou with the least casualties is the most correct." Pang Tong said.

"That's your idea, not mine. In my opinion, it can only be solved by force. As long as you remove those people and let me go, I promise that in a day's time, the road to Chengdu will be opened. Ma Chao said.

Pang Tong sneered and asked, "Then how many people are you going to take?" ”

"A hundred is enough."

"Huh, a hundred? Do you really think you can open this road with a hundred people? Pang Tong said, "Tell you the truth, this is Zhang Fei's method of agitation, he has set up a lot of ambushes on the road, and the defenses he has set up can support each other, you rush forward, only to die." ”

Ma Chao frowned for a moment, and said to Pang Tong: "Since the military advisor is unwilling to let go, then I can only use my way to forcibly pass Guò, in case someone dies under my knife, I also ask the military advisor to understand what I am doing at this moment." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao turned around and walked outside, without looking back.

Pang Tong was afraid that something would happen to Ma Chao, so he hurriedly sent someone to inform Sima who was guarding at the West Gate and let Ma Chao leave Jiameng Pass, lest Ma Chao do something out of the ordinary and cause death.

After Ma Chao went back, he immediately gathered a hundred elite soldiers, these hundred elite soldiers are all brothers who followed him from birth to death, all of them are strong in martial arts, skilled in bows and horses, and can be used to fighting, which can be described as the best in Ma Chao's army.

Ma Chao came to the West Gate with a hundred elite soldiers, at this time the guards of the West Gate had been ordered by Pang Tong, Ma Chao wanted to go out of the city, he did not have any obstacles, and directly released Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao walked to the door with a hundred elite soldiers, Pang De chased after him from behind and shouted directly: "General, please stay!" ”

Ma Chao turned his head to look at Pang De and asked, "Do you have something?" ”

"General, let me go with you, shall you?" Pound Road.

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "If you leave, who will command those Qiang people?" You stay, take charge of the army, and when I open the passage, I will send someone to call you, and then you and your people can pass through here, and we will gather together and march towards Chengdu together. ”

"But the general ......"

"There's nothing more to say, my word is an order, you can do it. Besides, I am strong in martial arts, except for Zhang Fei, who will be a little tricky, I don't care about the rest of the people, those Sichuan soldiers who are fortified layer by layer, in my eyes, it is like inserting a bid to sell the head. Ma Chao said confidently.

Pang De knew that Ma Chao was superior in martial arts, but he was never worried about Ma Chao, but what Ma Chao said was also very reasonable, if he also left, then who would restrain those Qiang people?

The Qiang people only recognize Ma Chao, but for Pang De, the first general under Ma Chao, they are also a little afraid, because Pang De's force is not much weaker than Ma Chao, although the Qiang people don't say it, they all know it.

And Pang De also led the Qiang people for a period of time instead of Ma Chao, so the Qiang people also admired Pang De.

"Well, since the general is unwilling to let me go, then I will stay here and wait for news of the general's triumph. However, I still hope that the general will be careful in everything and not be careless......"

"Hehe, my horse is super lifed, why won't he die here, and he will do a great career vigorously in the future." Ma Chao patted Pound's shoulder and said with a smile.

The two of them didn't say more, and Ma Chao left Jiameng Pass with the people, all the way to the west, and walked forward along the rugged path.

These 100 people are carefully selected by Ma Chao, the three of them are in a row, walking together, but they keep a distance in the middle, far away, in case something happens, there is a good response before and after.

Pang De climbed the wall of Jiameng Pass and watched Ma Chao leave with the team of soldiers, and he couldn't help but be a little worried. But after a while, he felt that his worries were unnecessary, because those Sichuan soldiers arranged on the road could not be Ma Chao's opponents at all. (To be continued......)