Zhao Weiji remembered that before he traveled through time, he had read an article online analyzing the reasons for the failure of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. It was mentioned that an important reason for the failure of the Shu Han was the loss of Jingzhou.

The loss of Jingzhou caused the Shu Han to lose an important route out of Sichuan. Zhuge Liang's six expeditions out of Qishan and Jiang Wei's Eighth Expedition to the Central Plains each time they went north to attack Chang'an were also caused by the loss of Jingzhou.

Li Bai once had a poem about Shu: The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky. From a military point of view, Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The outside army cannot easily come in. But this has produced another problem.

One problem is that the Shu army cannot easily leave.

The middle of Shu is perfect for a local separatist regime. No one from outside can come in, and I won't go out. It would be nice to close the door and become king.

But Li Shun, who was now separatist in Shu, didn't think so. As the rebel army gradually grew, Li Shun also gradually came up with the idea of ​​​​taking out Xichuan and competing with Zhao and Song Dynasty. So how to get out of Sichuan became a question

The biggest problem for the new King of Shu.

Generally speaking, there are two roads out of Sichuan, one is to go north to Hanzhong, and the other is to go down the river out of Yuzhou and then to Jingzhou.

The problem is that Li Shun cannot get out of these two roads now. If he takes Hanzhong, Jianmen Pass is still in the hands of the army, and it will be difficult to capture it due to the heavy rain. If he goes down the river, he will face new problems.

, there are warships over there. Without warships, there is no way to go down the river to capture Jingzhou. Now the Jingzhou garrison has mobilized all its troops to guard the border of Jingchuan, and the rebel army has had several confrontations with the government troops at the border.

They fought, but in the end they were blocked by the army and couldn't get out at all.

In desperation, Li Shun had no choice but to return his gaze to Jianmen Pass. Jianmen had become a pass that he must win, because only by winning Jianmen Pass could his Shu regime have the possibility to advance or retreat.

But Li Shun was not just a man hanging from a tree. While refocusing his forces to seize Jianmen, he also began to build warships. However, building warships took time, so now Jianmen has become

The focus of contention between the two parties.

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"Brothers, hurry up, hurry up, we don't have much time." The person urging the advance army at this time was naturally Li Jiguang, who was leading the leading troops.

Relying on the powerful mobility of the cavalry, Li Jiguang's troops arrived in Hanzhong first. After arriving in Hanzhong, he received news from Jianmen that due to heavy rain in Sichuan, the rebels temporarily stopped attacking.

The arrival of this news made Li Jiguang breath a sigh of relief. Although the leading troops had arrived in Hanzhong, the road ahead was not so easy. There was only a rugged mountain road from Hanzhong to Jianmen. At this time, the cavalry

The advantage of mobility was gone, and all that was left was to move forward like infantry.

At this time, God's help gave Li Jiguang's troops extra time to advance. It must be said that it was God's blessing.

"How far are we from Lijianmen?" Li Jiguang asked the veterans brought out from Hanzhong.

"We still have three hundred miles to go back to the general."

When Li Jiguang heard the veteran's answer, his head was pounding. At the current speed of only fifteen miles a day, it would take at least twenty days to reach Jianmen Pass. He didn't know if the defenders at Jianmen Pass could withstand it.

Liveable.

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Just as Li Jiguang's troops were heading towards Jianmen Pass at full speed, Li Shun's rebel army also began to regroup in Langzhong, and their target was also Jianmen Pass.

But the problem they faced was heavy rain. The continuous heavy rain had been pouring in Shu for more than 20 days. Due to the obstruction of the mountains, the dark clouds that caused the heavy rain did not drift north toward Hanzhong, but kept drifting towards Hanzhong.

I kept wandering around the Chengdu Plain.

Maybe God was really sorry for the drought that lasted for seven or eight months in Shu, so at this time, the Dragon King tried his best to make up for his mistakes. He worked hard and continued to spread clouds and rain, and Shu ushered in the first ten years of drought.

April is the wettest month.

"You idiot, how long will this rain last?" General Zhang Yu of Shu, who was almost driven crazy by the continuous rain, had not stopped cursing God in the past three days.

"Scold, scold, scold, you know how to scold all day long, if you scold so much, just use a hammer." Also cursing at the side was Wang Cormorant, another general of Shu.

"I also know that I don't care about using the ball, but it's been raining for so many days in a row, and I'm almost getting mold on my body. And it keeps raining. When can I send out troops?"

From the conversation between the two generals of the rebel army, it can be seen that they are also anxious here, even more anxious than Li Jiguang. Because they have no effective external sources of information, they have no idea whether the imperial court has sent troops.

To suppress, if so, how many people came and where were they?

Although the rebel army has now taken over almost all of Shu, it is unstoppable and its ranks are constantly growing. The new leader has even established a political power. However, in the eyes of the upper echelons of the rebel army, the rebel army is not as prosperous as it appears.

First of all, there is actually a lot of content in the victory of the official army, not to mention the huge difference in combat effectiveness between the Xiang army and the Forbidden Army. Even the victory of the Xiang army was based on the fact that the enemy was overt and we were covert.

Therefore, although the current Shu regime seems to be prosperous, it is actually blocked in Shu. As they are eager for further development, they must quickly seize the gateway to Shu no matter what.

After spending another five days in the rain, the heavy rain finally showed signs of stopping.

"Old Zhang, hurry up and get ready. The rain seems to have finally stopped." Just when Zhang Yu was still bored in his residence in Langzhong, Wang Cormorant suddenly walked in and said.

"Dear Immortal, the rain is finally going to stop. Let's go to Lao Wang and find all the brothers. We are ready to set off." As soon as he heard that the rain was going to stop, Zhang Yu immediately became excited and immediately pulled Wang Cormorant towards the army.

ran to the camp.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the rain finally stopped, and the two generals of the rebel army gathered up their troops and advanced towards Jianmen Pass without saying a word.

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The other side of Jianmen Pass also learned that the rain in Sichuan had stopped. The generals guarding the pass knew that once the rain stopped, it meant that the arrival of the rebels was not far away.

The only thing he could do at this time was to prepare for war and pray for reinforcements from the court to arrive quickly.

Five days later, the rebel army finally reached Jianmen Pass.

The rebels who arrived at Jianmen Pass immediately launched an attack on the pass, and a flood of soldiers began to rush toward this most powerful pass in central Sichuan.

However, after conducting a round of attacks, the rebel sergeants realized that the most powerful pass in central Sichuan was not in vain.

Jianmen Pass was built in a narrow valley between two mountains. The entire pass completely blocked the valley between the two mountains. The city wall was connected to the mountain without a single flaw.

The mountain is vertical and steep, and it is impossible to bypass Jianmen Pass by climbing the mountain wall.

So this situation where one man is in control and no one can get away with it was formed here.

The narrowness of the valley forced the rebels to attack Jianmen Pass in a long and narrow formation. However, the power of the attack was greatly weakened. The defenders relied on the terrain to easily kill the vanguard. The rebel army's general attack

It seemed like it was being forced into a refueling tactic. The rebels suffered heavy losses.

"Old Zhang, we can't keep fighting like this. Look at how many people in front have died. The people on the city wall can't do anything."

"It makes sense. If this kind of fighting continues, no matter how many people there are, it will be useless. Let the people in front come back first, and we will think of a way."

Seeing that the attack suffered heavy losses, the two men had no choice but to withdraw all the rebels before making plans.

On the other side, although the Jianmen defenders seem to be relatively relaxed, they can actually only be described as strong on the outside and capable on the inside. Although the number of casualties in the battle is very small, one of the biggest problems facing Jianmen now is that there is a shortage of food, grass and arrows.

In the past, Jianmen's material replenishment relied on the support of the Shu region in the south, because the Shu region was rich in products and the road to Jianmen was much more convenient.

However, since the uprising in Sichuan, Jianmen's supply of materials has gradually been cut off, and it has no choice but to rely on Hanzhong to supply Jianmen.

But the problem is that Hanzhong is relatively far away from Jianmen, and the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to pass, so the supplies in Hanzhong are slow and scarce. The reserves in Jianmen can only last for another ten days at most. If Li Jiguang does not lead people forward in ten days,

Come, the final fate of Jianmen is to be lost.

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"Hurry up, brothers, we're already halfway through the journey. Let's work harder. The people from Jianmen are still working hard waiting for us." This is the countless times Li Jiguang has urged and encouraged in the past ten days.

Already.

News of the war on the Jianmen side has already arrived. Li Jiguang doesn't know how long Jianmen can withstand it, but judging from the news from Hanzhong, it is estimated that it will not exceed ten days.

Of course Li Jiguang knew that there was no need to delay, but the army really couldn't speed up anymore, because in addition to the rugged mountain roads and other reasons, Li Jiguang's vanguard was also responsible for the task of supplying Jianmen, and the large amount of food and equipment also slowed down the army's progress.

speed.

"Is there any other way to speed up the march, or another shorter road?" Li Jiguang, who was really anxious, could only ask the veterans in Hanzhong to see if they could come up with some ideas.

"Returning to the general, there really is no such thing. The only road that can allow the army to pass is this road."

Li Jiguang had no choice but to continue urging the team to speed up.

And while he was still marching rapidly towards Jianmen, the rebels launched a second attack on Jianmen. This attack was obviously different from the last one. Jianmen Pass began to feel a little overwhelmed.
Chapter completed!