Meridian Road, is an important valley road leading to Hanzhong in Guanzhong, because it starts from Chang'an southward section of the road is due north and south direction and is named Meridian Road, the north mouth is called Zikou, the south mouth is called Wukou, the total length is 660 miles, its terrain is precipitous, the road is narrow and difficult to travel.

Compared with the Bao Slope Road and Chen Cang Road, the traffic capacity of the Meridian Road is indeed very poor, but it is not enough to compare with the snow-capped mountains and grasslands that Liu Yin's army has walked, and even the Yinping Trail that Deng Ai walked is also very different, because although the Meridian Road is difficult and dangerous, at least it still has a road, and the Yinping Trail can no longer be called a road, and Deng Ai needs to dig the mountain to open the road and build a bridge pavilion, and the snow-capped mountain meadow is completely a primitive and wild land, and there is no road at all.

Compared with the Yinping Trail and the Snow Mountain Meadow, the Meridian Road is not a steep and difficult road, not to mention that when Zhonghui entered Shu two years ago, it was from the Meridian Road, Fu Luo Road, and Bao Slope Road, and won Yang'an Pass in one fell swoop. At this moment, Liu Yin chose to march from the Meridian Road, which was to follow the pace of Zhonghui, and it was not a risky move, the reason why he chose to march from the Meridian Road was mainly due to the time relationship.

From Xun Kai's mouth, Liu Yin learned that the defense system of the Wei army in Hanzhong did not point in the direction of Guanzhong, but only besieged the three cities of Han, Le, and Jinjin, and there was not much strength on the periphery. Thinking about it, this is also a very normal thing, after all, Guanzhong is the base camp of the Wei army, it is the rear base, and the Wei army in Hanzhong has no reason to fortify the base camp, even if the Shu army has now conquered Chang'an, but presumably the news has not yet reached the ears of Zhong Hui in Shu, and the defense adjustment of the Wei army in Hanzhong is not something that Li Fu can do in Hanzhong. It is necessary to wait for the order of the Zhong Hui.

Now Liu Yin is marching in. It's this time difference. The soldiers were quick and unexpected, taking the enemy in Hanzhong by surprise, and marching from the Meridian Road was in line with this line of thinking.

The army left Chang'an and marched due south, and within forty miles, it arrived at the north mouth of Meridian Town. Chang'an Ion Afternoon Road is so close. It is no wonder that Wei Yan would have a strange plan back then, and when the troops came out of the Meridian Valley, he could unexpectedly attack Chang'an City in one fell swoop, if the Wei army was unprepared, the probability of success of this strategy was still quite high.

The Shu army marched in the Meridian Valley, and in order to speed up the march, Liu Yin divided the troops into two parts, with the light infantry at the front, and the cavalry and baggage logistics troops at the back, when the Wei army passed through the Meridian Valley two years earlier. The valley road has been repaired, and now the Shu army is coming. It's also relatively easy, at least it saves a lot of repair time.

The meridian valley ditch is deep and dangerous, many places are cliffs, only one person and one horse can be allowed to pass, the valley is deserted, only the towering ancient trees are lush, from the bottom of the ditch to the top of the mountain, the mountain is full of greenery, the pedestrian mountain road, such as into the green lane.

The most difficult thing in the meridian valley is not the road, but the climate, the Qinling Mountains are the watershed of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and also the dividing line between the north and the south, the special geographical environment has created a different climate here, because the ditch is deep and the peak is high, often the mountain is already the spring of a hundred flowers blooming, and the top of the mountain is still snow-capped winter, for a moment it is still in the sky, and after a moment, it is lightning and thunder, and the rainstorm is like a note.

The unpredictable climate has added a lot of difficulties to the pedestrians walking in the Meridian Valley. And Zhuge Liang was already like a god, and sent troops to block the Xingshi north of Chisaka, and in the first battle, he beat Xiahou Ba, who was a pioneer officer at the time, with a disgraced face. Just when the ambitious Cao Zhen was ready to rely on the superiority of his troops to launch a strong attack, he encountered more than half a month of continuous rain, and the Wei army was trapped on the rugged mountain road, with no shelter from the rain and no food to wrap around, and the final result could only be a hasty withdrawal.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Cao Wei thought that their opportunity had come, so the general Cao Shuang raised 100,000 troops to attack Shu, still taking the Meridian Road and Fu Luo Road. Cao Shuang took advantage of the excitement to come, but under the refusal of Wang Ping, the general of Shu, and the troubles of the weather, he returned in disappointment.

Twenty years later, due to the change of Jiang Wei's defense strategy in Hanzhong, Zhonghui was able to take advantage of the opportunity, and Zhonghui's three-way army came out together, broke through the Meridian Dao natural danger, and was able to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop.

And this time Liu Yin's march seems to have God's blessing, the heavens are beautiful, except for a few drops of rain occasionally on the way, all are eye-catching days, it only took ten days, the new battalion led by Lu Xun has arrived at Xingshi Mountain, leaving the Qinling Ancient Road far behind.

Although the Meridian Road road is steep and difficult to walk, it does not form an obstacle to Lu Xun at all, and under the leadership of Lu Xun, the new battalion passed through the Meridian Valley at the fastest speed and reached Hanzhong.

Returning to the land of Hanzhong, Lu Xun greedily breathed the moist and mild air, and preferred the warm and humid climate of Hanzhong to the dry and windy spring in Guanzhong. This is a land that he is familiar with and can no longer be familiar, he doesn't need to open his eyes to see, Lu Xun also knows very well that the opposite side of Xingshi Mountain is the golden city of the Golden Valley on the bank of the Hanshui River.

Jiang Wei's original plan to gather troops in the valley did not include the Golden City, and his overall defense plan was carried out around the two important towns of Hanzhong, Hancheng and Lecheng. However, as the Golden City is an important town bordering Weixing County in the east of Hanzhong, Jiang Wei still sent the veteran Liu Yin to serve as the Golden Governor, responsible for guarding the east gate of Hanzhong.

Liu Yinzi Xiuran, a native of Shu County, Chengdu, once served as the Yamen General, the Bajun Taishou, and the Governor of the Cavalry, and when he served as the Golden Governor, Liu Yin was already a veteran who was over seventy years old.

This can't help but make people feel that there is no general in Shuzhong, Liao Hua is a pioneer, not only Liu Yin, but also the generals who are over 70 years old in Shuzhong and serve as generals fighting in the front line, as well as Zongpre, Liao Hua, Zhang Yi and so on.

Of course, this is related to the fact that Shu is only in Yizhou, and the population base is small, and in the late Shu Han Dynasty, the talent withered, and veterans like Liu Yin also had to come out to take on important responsibilities.

Liu Yin really lived up to expectations, with only a thousand defenders of the Golden City, he blocked the attack of Cao Wei's army, and in the past two years, the Golden City stood tall and never lost. (To be continued.) )

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