Due to his limited military strength, Wang Ping could only focus his defense on a few fortresses in Hanzhong, and basically gave up on the rest of the areas, including major transportation routes.

Therefore, the road from Seoul to Yangpingguan is completely smooth. Not to mention that there are no Shu troops stationed there, there are not even ordinary checkpoints and sentries. The Yueqi battalion ran a long distance and did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

obstacles.

Yangping Pass is a dangerous pass on the way out of Hanzhong in the west. The road from Seoul to Yangping Pass is relatively flat and easy to walk. Therefore, after riding through the camp overnight, you can see Yangping just before dawn.

Close the towering city wall.

Cao Liang ordered the Yueqi battalion to stop advancing, rest in place, and hide themselves. This place was already very close to Yangping Pass. If the defenders accidentally discovered the whereabouts of the Yueqi battalion, Cao Liang's surprise attack plan would probably be ruined.

Soup.

After settling in the Yueqi camp, Cao Liang and Deng Ai Shibao went to Yangping Pass to check the situation on the spot.

At that time, the sky was just getting brighter, and Cao Liang climbed up a hill and looked towards Yangping Pass.

Yangping Pass connects the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains to the north and the Daba Mountains to the south. It is the choke point from Hanzhong to Sichuan. It connects to Lueyang to the north, Baishui to the south, Wudu to the west, and Hanzhong to the east. Its geographical location is very important. Since ancient times, Yangping Pass has

Guanbian is the most dangerous place in Hanzhong.

Cao Liang looked to the west and saw that to the south of Yangping Pass, there was an extremely steep mountain with tens of thousands of walls, like a knife and an ax chiseling. It must be the Jigong Mountain depicted on the map.

To the north of Yangping Pass, there is a wide river with high mountains and canyons. The current is so fast that boats cannot cross it. This big river must be the Jialing River, but it is not called Jialing River at this moment, but the West Han River.

The Yangping Pass of the Han Dynasty and the Yangping Pass of the Three Kingdoms are not the same place. The Yangping Pass of the Han Dynasty is at the intersection of the Baima River and the Han River, not far from Dingjun Mountain, while the Yangping Pass (Yang'ankou) of the Shu Han Dynasty is located in Ningqiang County.

In the northwest, there are still dozens of miles away from Yangping Pass in the Han Dynasty.

Personally speaking, Cao Liang feels that the location of Yangping Pass in the Shu Han Dynasty is more pragmatic than the location selection of Yangping Pass in the Han Dynasty. This must be Zhuge Liang's masterpiece. Such a dangerous pass lies between dangerous peaks and rapids. It is really a single pass.

, Ten thousand people should not attack. If it is a frontal attack, let alone the 700 people from the Yueqi camp, even if Xia Houxuan brings an army of 70,000, it is probably unknown whether they can get through this pass.

It was obviously impossible to attack such a dangerous pass from the front, so Cao Liang could only follow the original plan and use a sneak attack to attack Yangping Pass.

However, if you want to sneak attack Yangping Pass, you must first find out how many defenders there are in the pass and who the defenders are. More importantly, you must first understand the defense situation of the defenders in the city. Based on this map, you can accurately determine

Know how to behave.

Now that the city gate of Yangpingguan is closed, it is difficult to enter with wings, which makes Cao Liang a little worried about what good method should be used to find out the situation inside the pass.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. Now Cao Liang is completely unfamiliar with everything in Yangping Pass, which is obviously very disadvantageous for this surprise attack.

This was the first battle of the Yueqi camp, so Cao Liang naturally had to be extremely cautious.

"Shizai, what do you think?" Cao Liang knew that Deng Aina was quick with words and quick with actions, and had many fantastic ideas about marching and fighting, so Cao Liang simply went to ask Deng Ai directly.

Deng Ai said: "If you want to sneak... attack Yangping Pass, you must... take advantage of it when it is unprepared, but first... you must... find out the situation of the defenders in Yangping Pass... so that you can...

…with sufficient assurance.”

"Then how can we find out the status of the defenders in Qingguan?" Cao Liang asked again.

"It's simple... we can send... people to ambush in front of the pass. As long as... someone comes out of the city, we can capture... and capture them, and then we can find out... the situation inside the pass." Although Deng Ai stuttered.

, but his speech was also clear and logical.

Cao Liang thought about it, and it was right. Now Yangping Pass is still quite far away from the Hanzhong front line. At this time, probably no one would suspect that the Wei army would come to attack Yangping Pass. Therefore, Yangping Pass cannot be defended in isolation. It must be

People will be allowed to pass. When the time comes, we will arrest a few people who come out of Yangping Pass and torture them. Then we can naturally get the news inside the pass.

Now Cao Liang does not need to know the top secret information of the Yangping Pass defenders. He only needs to know the basic information about how many defenders there are in the city, how the defense is deployed, and who the defenders are. Therefore, the person captured does not necessarily have to be Shu.

People in the military, even civilians can do it.

So Cao Liang sent Deng Ai to lead a group of Wei soldiers to ambush in a forest in front of Yangping Pass. As expected, as expected by Deng Ai, at sunrise, the city gate of Yangping Pass slowly opened.

The Shu soldiers guarding the city came out of the city gate in twos and threes, carried out their horses, and placed them on the road in front of the gate.

In the early morning, there were not many people coming and going, and a few Shu soldiers seemed to be doing nothing.

Liang Min is the chief clerk of Yangpingguan. His salary is only twenty-seven dendrobium a month compared to a minor official of two hundred stone. Yesterday, his wife had a difficult delivery. The midwife worked all night and the baby was not born. Liang Min had to go eight miles outside the city after dawn.

Poe looked for the doctor and hurried to the city gate.

"Hey, this is Liang Zhuji. What kind of baby did your mother-in-law give birth to, a boy or a girl?" the soldier guarding the city asked with a smile.

"We haven't given birth yet, so don't ask the doctor." Liang Min was sweating, and left Guancheng in a hurry without saying anything more.

No wonder Liang Min was anxious. To put it bluntly, dystocia would mean one corpse and two lives. I heard that the doctor in Balipo outside the city was very famous. Liang Min borrowed a horse from his colleagues and rode out of the city.

Go straight and head towards Bali Slope.

When they reached a dense forest not far from the city, two figures suddenly emerged from the dense forest. Before Liang Min could understand what was going on, they had already been pulled off his horse and dragged.

Arrive in the forest.

Robber? Robber? Liang Min was immediately confused. There are no peaceful days these days. Robbers and bandits appear erratically. However, according to past practice, these bandits rarely rob officials. They are probably afraid of causing trouble.

But how could this happen today?

"I have no money!" Liang Min said with a grimace.
Chapter completed!