Morning.

The spring rain is like silk, very annoying.

There was a dead silence at Yonekura Pass, and the soldiers wearing straw raincoats were silent. Compared with the past, they seemed to have lost their energy.

Inside the gate of Yonekura Pass, Yan Yan led the generals to look at the black-faced corpses on the ground in silence.

There were obvious signs of stitching between his head and body, and his black face was slightly pale and without any blood.

And last night, he was still a living person.

"General Wang." Yan Yan's eyes were slightly red and he sighed softly. Wang Shan was promoted by him and was loyal, righteous and brave.

After a battle last night, I knew that things were not possible, but I still wanted to win over the building. I led 3,000 troops to attack Lingxi Mountain, but my body and head were different.

"I ordered someone to send his life back to his hometown and have a grand funeral." Yan Yan sighed for a long time, and then ordered.

"No." A personal soldier responded to the promise and immediately took Wang Shan's body away.

"General. Zhang Xiu is indeed prepared. Even if we go out all our troops to fight Zhang Xiu, we will probably die for a lifetime. It is better to retreat to Langzhong and guard the Wakou Pass."

A general with a bear waist and tiger back pressed his sword with his left hand, and his waist bent slightly, saying very sincerely.

The other generals looked very sad. The Yonecang Pass was newly renovated. The site was very good. I thought I could rely on the Xiong Pass to block Zhang Xiu's army outside the mountain. I didn't expect that it would be broken like a piece of paper.

If they retreated to Langzhong and Wakou Pass, and Zhang Xiu's army of more than 100,000 people entered Bazhong, Bazhong would inevitably collapse. Shuzhong was afraid that it would be difficult to support it.

Yan Yan lowered his head and pondered, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist tightly with his left hand. His fingers turned white and blue veins were exposed because he tried too hard.

For generals, it is a long-cherished wish to wrap the body in the horse and leather.

If so, he would rather send troops to fight Zhang Xiu in a decisive battle. But if he died here...

After a long time, Yan Yan's face turned pale and said, "Of course we need to withdraw our troops, but not now. We are staring at Zhang Xiu's opening mountains and filling the river. We will retreat again when his construction period is approaching. We will order Bazhong to prepare, strengthen the defenses in Langzhong and Wakou Pass, and hoard enough money, grain and weapons."

"promise."

The generals understood and agreed.

Retreat is a time-consuming opportunity. If they withdraw now, Zhang Xiu can drive straight in. Zhang Xiu will take at least three or four months to complete the construction period.

In the past three or four months, Zhang Xiu opened mountains and built bridges, which greatly consumed the soldiers' physical strength and a lot of money and food. On the contrary, they could make sufficient preparations in Langzhong and Wakou Pass.

Since Yan Yan made a decision, the subsequent war would be mediocre. Zhang Xiu still took Zhao Yun as his defense and ordered the army to make every effort to clear the mountains and clear the way.

Yan Yan held his troops without moving and hung up the battle sign.

According to Zhang Xiu's estimate, this mountain road will take at least three months to open.

But the construction period was delayed.

There is a lot of rain in spring and summer in Shuzhong. Although some places can work in the rain, some places really don’t work.

Zhang Xiu opened this mountain road for five months.

It is now June of the sixth year of Jian'an.

Before Zhang Xiu’s mountain road was opened, within Micang Pass.

Yan Yan had already made sufficient preparations to withdraw his troops within the pass, and all kinds of food, equipment, etc. were not wasted at all, and they were transported back to Bazhong.

Only the army has not yet begun.

That morning, Yan Yan stood above the pass, pressed his sword with his left hand, and looked at Zhao Yun’s military camp ahead. Today was a good weather and the sun was shining.

But Yan Yan's mood was like the cold wind of winter. His figure was still upright and his face was still fierce, but his hair under his helmet had some gray spots.

He always knew that it was not easy to stop Zhang Xiu. How many heroes have been defeated in the hands of this person, let alone Yan Yan?

But how can a general not defend the king? If he is not up to the court, who can up to this huge Bashu?

Now that Micang Pass has been broken, even if it is guarding the Langzhong line, its future is still confused.

"Oh!" Yan Yan sighed, then put away his thoughts and regained his momentum. After a big step, the personal soldiers had already prepared the horses. Yan Yan turned on the horse, pulled the reins, and ordered: "Retreat."

With Yan Yan's order, the defenders in the pass had been prepared and retreated south in an orderly manner. This time, they returned to Bazhong to continue fighting.

At this moment, there are only two days before Zhang Xiu opens the passageway.

And Yan Yan's huge movement. Zhao Yun was not a deaf and blind man, so he naturally found out the situation.

Inside the large tent of Zhao Yun’s military camp.

During this period, Yan Yan never passed the test again, but Zhao Yun was very cautious and was prepared during the day and night.

Zhao Yun himself is relatively free, either studying or practicing marksmanship. Although he was in a military career, he was not at all haggard and he became a little fatter.

After reporting to Xiahou Lan, the Sima of the camp, after entering the tent, Zhao Yun was not surprised, but put down the book and looked up to Xiahou Lan and said, "Send a brave man to check the situation in the pass. If the situation is true, report to the Grand Sima directly."

"No." Xiahou Lan responded to the promise and immediately turned around and went down.

"It's probably true. If Yan Yan doesn't retreat, and wait until the mountain road is opened, blocking Yan Yan from front to back, Yan Yan will be unable to fly."

Zhao Yun smiled, then stood up and moved his body a little, and ordered: "Come on, prepare me for armor and order the entire army to prepare for entry into the pass."

Not long after, Zhao Yun led his troops into the pass. A Jingqi of the character "Zhang" was hung on the Micang Pass. Zhang Xiu, who was in another camp, of course, also received news.

Like Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu always reads books and practices guns when he is fine, and he becomes a little fatter.

When the news came, Zhang Xiu was practicing a gun. After receiving Dian Wei's report, Zhang Xiu hit the gun and landed on the ground.

"Yan Yan ran away. He ordered the soldiers, civilians, and craftsmen to not have to open the way. The army returned to the camp to assemble, entered the pass in turn, and chin in the south. He ordered the advisers to come to assemble in the tent."

Zhang Xiu laughed and issued this unfinished order.

The meaning of opening up the mountains and clearing the road is to bypass Micang Pass. Since you can enter the pass, you don’t have to finish the construction period for the remaining few days.

Anyway, no one will take that road in the future.

"No." Dian Wei's face, which had always been silent, also showed a little smile. Ma Dai was also a little happy.

Although he is honest, he is also a young man and has a lively side. It is really unbearable to stay in the military camp for half a year.

Zhang Xiu turned around and entered the tent to sit down. Soon after, the great counselors living nearby gathered together. After the ceremony, they sat down.

Zhang Xiu told the advisers that Zhao Yun had entered the pass, but none of them were surprised.

Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice: "Yan Yan abandoned the pass and left, which was expected. After he withdrew his troops, he would definitely defend Langzhong and Wakou Pass. Now we want to seize the hearts of the people of Bazhong."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu's tone became more serious, and his eyes fell on Yan Pu, the governor of Yizhou. This man was still the same, very calm. Seeing Zhang Xiu's eyes falling on him, he corrected his sitting posture and his face became more serious.

"I know my army. I will definitely not be offensive to the people. The next thing is your business. Yan Yizhou. After entering Bazhong, you will first go to Jiangzhou City on the south side to establish the Yizhou Governor's Office. Send envoys to various counties to recruit surrendered county magistrates. Isolate Langzhong and Wakou Pass. Then issue a list of people to rest assured that the people are not robbers, but royal troops."

"promise."

After the plan to move the mountain was implemented, everyone knew that Yan Yan would run away. These were plans that had been prepared long ago. Yan Pu was not surprised when he heard this and just gave in.

After that, Zhang Xiu still took Wu Yi and the Wu Ban brothers as the vanguard and led a large army of 10,000 people into and out of the pass and headed south.

The other army marched in turn, with more than 10,000 Dasima's personal soldiers led by Zhang Xiu.

Although the Micang Pass was broken, there were still many roads in the Micang Road after that, and many mountain roads and plank roads were destroyed by Yan Yan.

As the vanguard, Wu Yi and the Wu Ban brothers did not defeat an enemy, but started to build bridges and pave roads, which was very hard.

Another month passed. In mid-July, Wu Yi and Wu Ban walked through the seemingly endless mountain roads and entered the Bazhong area.

Wu Yi and Wu Ban's spies were also able to find out the situation in Bazhong. Zhang Xiu and the great counselors expected that Yan Yan was in charge of Langzhong and Wakou Pass, and gave up all the other cities.

Under the protection of a few soldiers, Yan Pu went to Jiangzhou City to establish the Yizhou Governor's Office to coordinate civil affairs.

Wu Ban and Wu Yi set up camp in front of Wakou Pass, waiting for Zhang Xiu's subsequent army to arrive.

In early August, Zhang Xiu arrived at Wakou Pass.

Zhang Xiu is a fan of the Three Kingdoms. He had traveled to various ancient sites in Sichuan in his previous life. The rumor of this Wakou Pass was the place where Zhang Fei fought against Zhang He.

The Wakou Pass that Zhang Xiu saw in modern times is different from the Wakou Pass that stood in front of him. The cities and passes in the Han Dynasty were all rammed earth structures, which seemed to be natural.

After Zhang Xiu pulled his horse to the nearby area, he had no time to carefully look at the Wakou Pass. He was introduced to the long-established Central Army Camp Panheng by Zhao Yun.

"Ming Gong. Some scholars who claimed to be Pang Xi, Henan, wanted to report the news in Shu."

Everyone rode their horses on the camp road together. Zhao Yun, wearing black armor, turned his head and said to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu was a little surprised. This man named Pang Xi was not Liu Yan's confidant. He was an important figure among the scholars in Dongzhou?

However, this person is not very capable and has a little ambition. In history, Liu Zhang and Zhang had a feud with Zhang Lu. Liu Zhang divided Ba County into Ba County, Brazil and Badong, and appointed Pang Xi as the prefect of Brazil. This man fought with Zhang Lu several times but never won. Later, he recruited scholars and was very powerful, and was suspicious of Liu Zhang.

After thinking of this, Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Even this man has betrayed Liu Yan. Liu Yan's major affairs are gone."

After saying that, Zhang Xiu rode a horse and whipped it, and led his followers to the Central Army camp with great enthusiasm. Before he arrived at the tent, Zhang Xiu saw a magnificent, tall scholar standing outside the tent.

"Pang Xi, a native of Henan, has met the Grand Sima Minggong." Pang Xi raised his head and looked at Zhang Xiu, then bowed and bowed, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

He is also a person who has seen the world and is not afraid of this scene. Zhang Xiu is also very reputable. As the first person to surrender, he believes that he will get the treatment he deserves.

Although this person is an incompetent person and a rebellious boy, Zhang Xiu was still Zhang Xiu, with a smile on his face, and he smiled and turned over and dismounted. He grabbed Pang Xi's hands and said enthusiastically: "It turns out to be Mr. Pang. I have heard of Mr. Pang's name for a long time. There are rumors in Luoyang. Mr. De, but Mr. De, but Yizhou. Now that I have Mr. De, why worry about Yizhou?

Pang Xi is a person who has seen the world and knows the famous quote of Zhang Xiu [Zhou Gong Tupu, the world is back to the heart]. However, Zhang Xiu still felt unable to bear it when he caught his hands. He sighed in his heart.

"It's better to see it at first sight than to hear it. Zhang Xiu's respect for the wise and the inferiors was so polite. No wonder he won the hearts of the people, [submitting the emperor to order the emperor to be the one who is a minister], has a stable position and is named [Mr. Liang]."

After a greeting, the host and guests were very happy.
To be continued...