Zhang Xiu led 10,000 personal soldiers to serve as the last soldiers, and the followers were Dian Wei, Ma Dai, and Wei Shi's great counselors. Three days later, Zhang Xiu left Luoyang, first went to Chang'an, then walked on Baoxie Road, and entered Hanzhong.

Although the passages entering Hanzhong are currently in the hands of the court, it is winding and difficult to move, causing a lot of trouble to the march. Some soldiers may even fall from the cliff due to accidental accidents. Without fighting, they will also lose their troops.

However, because General Zhao Yun, the Zhennan, was able to repair it with cement, Zhang Xiu's army also enjoyed the convenience brought by technological progress.

The difficulty of marching is much lower than before, and the speed of marching is a little faster than before.

The craftsmen in the imperial court were not that good yet, so they could only use cement to make pieces of cement boards and then pave the roads.

Or use cement to create cylinders with steel bars, instead of the original wood, insert them into the cliff, and form the foundation of the plank road.

Cement can be used for many years, while wood will be damaged by rain, which greatly extends the service life of the plank road and is not prone to accidents and increases safety.

In short, technology has brought about progress.

At the end of the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu led his troops to Nanzheng. The city walls of Nanzheng Wei'an were erected, and the military camps outside the city continued endlessly and countless flags were numerous.

However, although there are many large armies, the generals of each unit try their best to restrain their soldiers, with strict military discipline and no offense to the people, which has a sense of a people's soldiers.

Although Zhang Xiu was an outsider, he had really won the hearts of the people after reigning Hanzhong for the years he had ruled Hanzhong. The people of Hanzhong came to the court.

This is also conducive to military operations. Military and civilians are all right.

In the hall, Zhang Xiu sat with a big horse with a golden sword behind him. Dian Wei stood on the left, and on the right was a young man with a head and a treacherous head, standing with his eyes down, and on the right was a man with a stern face. He stood with his eyes down, Nama Dai.

Since surrendering the Ma family and son, Zhang Xiu loved Ma Dai for ten minutes and often kept him by his side. He also deliberately cultivated him. Such a big scene made him stand with Dian Wei.

On the left side of the command are civil officials and on the right side are military generals. Among them, the heavyweights are numerous, and the most prominent one is of course General Zhennan, Zhao Yun, who is the general of Yizhou military affairs, is the leader of the military general.

"Brother. When I arrived in Nanzheng, more than 100,000 troops were very disturbed. Liu Yan must have made arrangements. What is the situation in northern Bashu now?"

Zhang Xiu put his hands on his knees and sat very upright. He had been traveling through time for a long time and had become completely accustomed to kneeling.

"Report to Gong Ming. Liu Yan stationed heavy troops on the Taurus Road and the Micang Road respectively. On the Taurus Road, Zhang Ren was the general and the commander-in-chief army. On the Micang Road, Yan Yan was the commander-in-chief army. The number of soldiers was unknown, but the two armies would not be less than 100,000."

Zhao Yun was in charge of Nanzheng, and knew the military situation in front of him. He calmly replied. There were only these two roads to enter Bashu from Hanzhong. Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "I heard that Jiange Pass was steep, and then there were Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, etc., and more than ten passes of all sizes. Although our court's troops were strong, they were still difficult to fly. If you want to attack Bashu, you need to walk on the Micang Road."

"Just talk about Yan Yan, what arrangements did he make?"

Jiange Pass was repaired by Zhuge Liang in history, but now it was brought out by Zheng Du, which surprised Zhang Xiu a little. But no matter who built it, Jiange Pass was a man who was the pass, and it was really a matter of ten thousand men. If you want to attack forcibly, you can only lose your troops and generals.

In fact, there is another road called Yinping Ancient Road. Yes, it is the road that Deng Ai took. But Zhang Xiu couldn't walk.

First of all, this road is very steep and difficult to move forward, and you can advance but not retreat. If you send a general over there, you will feel heartbroken if you lose it.

Zhang Xiu also heard that Zheng Du was very powerful and had troops stationed at Jiangyou Pass at the exit of the Yinping Ancient Road, which was not that easy.

And even if he arrived in Chengdu, Liu Yan was not Liu Zhang or Liu Chan. He might have organized troops and trapped the elite soldiers who smuggled.

In short, the risk is very high.

Then the rest is to take the Micang Road and head south into the Bazhong area. That is, the land of the ancient Ba Kingdom, and then take the road to attack Chengdu, Shu County.

Moreover, Taurus Road is a stubborn road, and the Micang Road has many forks, which is more conducive to advancement and is more difficult to defend.

"The Micang Road is not easy to walk." Zhao Yun showed a solemn look on his face, and then replied: "Yan Yan repaired Micang Pass on the necessary road to Micang Road, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. He also learned from the Qishan Fort we repaired when we pacified Wudu. On the way to Micang Pass, we stationed troops and grain, with the purpose of tampering our grain road and blocking our advance. If we want to attack Bazhong, we need to break Micang Pass. To break Micang Pass, we must strip these fortresses and villages on the steep side."

Zhang Xiu nodded gently. In the past, he pacified the Wudu and Yinping the two counties. He used Wu Yi and Wu Ban to guard the Qishan Fort and raided Ma Chao's grain road, playing an important role in blocking Ma Chao.

Now Yan Yan is picturing the cat and using it as soon as he uses it, which has become an obstacle to stop him from going to Bazhong.

but........

Zhang Xiu nodded slightly when he heard this, "Brother said it is reasonable. But..." At this point, Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Although Emperor Gaozu had Zhang Liang's plan, he also needed Han Xin's army and Fan Kuai's courage to defeat Xiang Yu. Otherwise, there would be nothing but a plan and no one would execute it. In the battle of Wudu, I let Wu Yi and Wu Ban brothers guard Qishan Fort. Although the two generals were young, they were all good generals. Is it okay to have the generals under Yan Yan's command?"

"It's just a thorn in your hands, just scrape it off with a knife."

Wu Yi was quite cunning, but Wu Ban had a lively personality and a brave young man. After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Wu Ban was excited and stood up from the seat and bowed to Zhang Xiu and said, "Ming Gong. I will be willing to lead the troops of my brother to clear the obstacles for Ming Gong."

Wu Yi had no choice but to go out with his brothers. The Wu brothers are going forward and back together.

Zhang Xiu smiled on his face. Compared to Wu Yi, he still liked Wu Ban more. Zhang Xiu raised his thumbs up and said with a smile: "Okay. A real young hero. I will let you lead the troops there."

"Thank you, Mr. Ming." Wu Ban was overjoyed, and then, with his brother Wu Yi, led two people to the headquarters to 10,000 people. As a pioneer, he went south to Micang Road to clear the [counterfeit] and [fortress] arranged by Yan Yan, and cleared the obstacles for the army.

The civil and military officials here all showed kind-hearted smiles. Ma Dai was a little envious. Wu Ban looked no older than him, and had already led 5,000 troops.

Then he glanced at the Grand Sima Minggong Zhang Xiu, and then got up honestly again.

Before leaving Luoyang, Ma Teng specifically told him to be honest and honest.

Zhang Xiu also felt a little emotional in his heart. He glanced at the generals in front of him, Xu Shu, Zhou Yu and others, and also remembered Meng Da and Gongsun Kang who were in charge of Yangping Pass and guarding the western gate of Hanzhong.

Cultivation is a poison that makes him deeply trapped in it. Now seeing that the young players of the past have grown, he feels full of satisfaction.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu turned to look at Ma Dai, thinking, "This kid will be able to use it in a few years. Then he will be appointed as a military officer and start his career as a lieutenant."

"Wu Yi, although Wu Ban is young, he is brave. As the vanguard, they will surely succeed. All the generals sent troops to the Micang Road in turn. We will compete with Yan Yan at the same time."

Zhang Xiu stood up and stood with his sword in his eyes, his tone was extremely sharp and his tone was extremely serious.

"promise."

The civil and military promised with a loud bang.

................

Liu Yan was still very sensible. He appointed Zheng Du as the prefect of Shu County to build a defense in the north of Bashu. He also appointed Yan Yan to governor Ba Army and Zhang was appointed as the governor of Shu Army.

Not to mention Jiange Pass, this Micang Pass is also located between two mountains. One man is a pass that cannot be opened. There is no small path around. If you want to attack Bazhong, you need to break through Micang Pass.

At present, Yan Yan has 50,000 elite troops, of which 30,000 were stationed in Micang Pass. The remaining 20,000 were broken into pieces, and they were guarded by dangerous places on the Micang Road, setting up clans and fortresses, like spiders, scattered densely, raiding Zhang Xiu's grain road.

The city walls were newly built, and they were very strong. The flags of the word "Yan" hung on the top of the city, flying in the wind. The soldiers on the city, wearing armor and holding spears, were also considered strong and powerful, and were elite soldiers in Ba.

Zhang Xiu's army arrived in Nanzheng one after another. Yan Yan was not blind and deaf, so he naturally learned about it. Today, Yan Yan received the news that Zhang Xiu arrived in Nanzheng in person.

Yan Yan summoned the generals in the hall of Guanling Mansion in the city.

Yan Yan was wearing a black armor and a sword hanging around her waist. She sat on the stool. The tiger's eyes were bright and energetic.

The six generals under his command are outstanding generals promoted by Yan Yan in recent years.

The troops of Bashu were weak, and Liu Yan did nothing in recent years. He had elite soldiers and generals, and his combat effectiveness had been improved.

"I heard that Zhang Xiu arrived in Nanzheng. This person is known as [invincible in the world], but I, Yan Yan, are not afraid of him. Besides, most of Zhang Xiu's power comes from cavalry. Our Bashu Mountains are dangerous, and he only brought the infantry. The power is greatly reduced. I am Micang Pass, and one man should be the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it."

"The country of Tianfu is behind, with food and grass, and new recruits will be sent to support us."

"In short, when Zhang Xiu arrived in our Bashu, he was a lame horse. He would definitely be broken by us."

Yan Yan's face was strict and resolute, his voice was like a bell, and his momentum was even more powerful. His words were half true, half false. Their advantage of Bashu was real, and Zhang Xiu's power was greatly reduced after losing his cavalry.

But he did not say that Zhang Xiu's infantry was also very capable. In short, in order to enhance our morale, Zhang Xiu must be a paper tiger.

As the saying goes, the storm is about to come and the wind fills the building. Although the six generals under Yan Yan are all Bashu elites selected by him personally, compared with the generals under Zhang Xiu, they are also incomparable to the jackdaws.

What's more, in the Chengping of Bashu, these generals rarely experience battle formations and lack experience in fighting. I suddenly heard that Zhang Xiu arrived in Nanzheng and was a little panicked.

That was Zhang Xiu, an invincible person in the world. He had many famous generals and heroes who were defeated by him and died in a bad life. He was close to him and Ma Teng and Han Sui.

One surrendered and one was killed.

However, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and Yan Yan's morale is extremely boosted, the generals immediately became motivated.

"promise."

With a promise, it was like a mountain collapse and a crack in the ground. It seemed like Zhang Xiu in front was just a paper tiger, which could be broken at any time and at will.

If Zhang Xiu is defeated, they will be famous all over the world.

Yan Yan smiled a little when he saw this, but then he returned to seriousness. He said, "Although we have our advantages, we must be strict and not make any mistakes. The most basic thing is that the soldiers are not afraid of death, and the generals are not afraid of horses and corpses. He will strengthen his guard and guard the mountain villages they are in, fortresses, and the soldiers in Yoicang Pass. In addition, nothing else is real. It is real to eat and drink. Take out all the pigs, sheep and wine we have collected, and I want to reward the soldiers."

This is to underestimate the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically. Although Yan Yan did not do much in history, he was already an elite in Bashu and a general who could fight.

Moreover, Yan Yan is now in his prime and has abundant martial ethics.

"promise."

The generals agreed again, bowed to Yan Yan with a serious expression, and turned around.

After the generals left, Yan Yan's expression changed slightly. She sighed softly, and a little worry appeared on her face.

But then, Yan Yan became excited again.

"Although Zhang Xiu is powerful, I, Yan Yan, have been kind to me by my lord, and I am definitely not a villain like Gan Ning. I dare not say that I will win, but I must block Zhang Xiu's way and protect me from worry-free Bashu."

"For the generals, they will be loyal and safe."

Yan Yan suddenly stood up and shouted loudly. "Get my big knife."

"No." A personal soldier outside the door responded to the promise, and then two personal soldiers walked in with a black sword.

Yan Yan carried a big sword out of the hall and began practicing sword techniques in Guanling Mansion.

Yan Yan is a hero of Bashu, and Bashu is naturally isolated from the Central Plains. His sword skills are all the way and are very powerful. His sword is very heavy, but in Yan Yan's hands, it is like straw, and it dances very easily. After the drill of a knife technique was completed, Yan Yan ordered his soldiers to get his treasure bow. A hundred steps away, he placed the target. Yan Yan bent his bow and arrows, sinking his energy into the Dantian, and then let go of the bowstring.

With a "dong", the bow string vibrated, and the target a hundred steps away immediately had an arrow still shaking.

After exercising his muscles and bones, Yan Yan's qi and blood surged, his face was rosy, and his eyes were even more brilliant.

"I, Yan Yan, can do it." He said in his heart.

As the saying goes, the general was brave and the three armies were revived. Liu Yan appointed Yan Yan as the general and commanded 50,000 elite soldiers in Bazhong. The general was so brave that his soldiers were naturally very morale.

As Yan Yan's military orders were strictly rectified and the orders were clear, the soldiers were rewarded. The 30,000 elite soldiers in Micang Pass immediately became more and more motivated. Everyone was brave enough to stop Zhang Xiu, the [invader], and defend the safety of Bashu.

Although Zhang Xiu regarded Bashu as his own treasure and Liu Yan as a dry bone in the tomb, these Bashu elites were by no means vegetarian.
Chapter completed!