——Baishuiguan

Baishui Pass is an important place to junction with Guanghan County and Hanzhong County. It flows under Hanshui Pass and leads directly to Wudu.

After passing Baishui Pass, it is the Taurus Road, and the end of the Taurus Road is the Hanzhong throat Yangping Pass. The Yizhou Army and the Hanzhong Army cannot do anything to each other because of these two natural dangers.

When Baishui Pass goes back, there is Jiameng Pass. After passing Jiameng Pass, there is Jiange, and then there are Zitong, Fucheng, Mianzhu, Luocheng and other important places, and finally you can enter Chengdu.

It can be said that this journey is full of dangers and is the essence of Shu Road! Anyone who walks it once will understand what it means to be difficult to reach the sky.

It is also because I know that it is too difficult to cross this Shu road to attack Chengdu. In recent years, the war between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang has basically been verbally dependent on words and there is no big fight.

According to the Peishui Alliance, Yizhou should provide money and grain supplies to the Hanzhong army, while the Hanzhong army would go out to Qishan to attack the territory of Guanzhong and Liangzhou Ma Teng, occupied by the Hebei army.

There were indeed continuous grain ships in the Han River, but in Baishui Pass, there were soldiers gathering with murderous aura, so there was no way to just provide money and food.

"Pang Gong, Yang Huai's troops have arrived, and our army has all 50,000 troops and horses. We can kill Hanzhong at any time!"

A general walked in front of Pang Xi, but he was Liu Xun, one of the four major generals in Yizhou.

In terms of seniority, Liu Yan was considered Liu Zhang's uncle. He was brought to Yizhou by Liu Yan in the past. He was loyal to Liu Yan and his son. Liu Yan and his son believed in him. He always held heavy troops and was stationed in Guanghan County.

The four major generals of Yizhou were Zhao Wei who was guarding the Jingzhou army in Qunin, and served as the second echelon in Jiangzhou while guarding Yan Yan in Nanzhong region, and then Wu Yi who was in Chengdu for a long time.

These four generals of the Central Army had almost all the troops in Yizhou. In order to cooperate with Pang Xi's attack on Hanzhong, Liu Zhang not only asked Liu Xi to obey Pang Xi's orders, but also asked Wu Yi to lead his troops to Zitong, Yan Yan led his troops to Dianjiang for support, and also transferred many troops from the other three generals to Guanghan County to attack Hanzhong.

It can be said that Liu Zhang still trusts Pang Xi very much.

After all, this is the one who rescued him from Chang'an.

When Pang Xi heard Liu Xi say that Yang Huai had arrived, he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, then let's beat the drum and pass the general. Just now, news came from Hanzhong. Yang Song had accepted the bribe. When he arrived at Yangping Pass, his brother Yang Ren would turn on and surrender. Our army would win in this battle!"

After hearing what Pang Xi said, Liu Xun couldn't help but feel irritated in his heart.

Do you rely on the surrender of the enemy in war?

What if Yang Song doesn’t surrender?

"Pang Gong, Yang Song is a treacherous person. If it weren't for him in the past, Zhang Lu would not have accomplished anything. How could such a person believing him?"

Pang Xi smiled disapprovingly and said, "It is precisely because he is greedy that he is used for us!"

He is now the county magistrate of Hanzhong. Unless Zhang Lu dies, he can no longer climb up. But even if Zhang Lu dies, there are Zhang Wei and Zhang Xi, what does it have to do with him?

It’s different for us to surrender now. I gave him the post of Hanzhong County Magistrate on behalf of Duke Ming. How could he not be moved?

OK, don’t say anything more, hurry up and pass on the generals to come!"

Liu Xu also felt it was reasonable after hearing this. After all, Yang Song was greedy and everyone in Shu knew about it. Zhang Lu could not give Hanzhong to him too, right?

The drums were ringing three times, and the generals gathered. Pang Xi looked down, but saw that everyone was full of energy and full of fighting spirit.

The most promising generals gathered here in Shu, from Liu Xuan's deputy general Zhang Ren, followed by Ling Bao, Gao Pei, Deng Xian, Yang Huai and others.

"The land of Yizhou, Hanzhong, is the land of I, and the rice thieves are intimidating the public and harming the country. Now is the time for us to conquer the lost land!

This battle can only be won, but not defeated. The generals must strive to move forward and kill the rebels, but not slacken with it!"

"promise!"

After saying a few words, Pang Xi began to formally order that he, in accordance with Liu Xi's previous suggestions, sent Zhang Ren and Ling Bao to lead 5,000 troops to pretend to be a grain team as the vanguard, and led a large army of 10,000 to follow the Central Army. Liu Xi led 10,000 troops as the third team, leaving Yang Huai's 5,000 troops to guard Baishui Pass to prevent accidents.

At the same time, due to the difficulty of transporting grain from Taurus Road, Deng Xian was asked to lead the remaining people to transport grain for full-time, and he could also act as a new force at critical moments.

Here we will talk about a lake that has disappeared from the Han Dynasty for almost four hundred years - the Great Lakes of Heaven and Earth.

Many people in later generations wondered why Liu Bang went out of Hanzhong to fight Guanzhong so smoothly, but it was so difficult to get to Zhuge Liang?

The difference between opponents is naturally one of the reasons, but another big reason is that in the past four hundred years, the geography of Shuzhong has undergone a major change.

Four hundred years ago, when Liu Bang came out of Hanzhong, the Western Han River that passed Baishui Pass was actually connected with the Han River in Hanzhong. At that time, the Western Han River passed Baishui Pass and the Han River, and the Jialing River converged into a piece in Wudu County, forming a large lake, called the Tiandi Daze. This large lake is like a natural reservoir, which makes the water levels of the Western Han River and the upper reaches of the Jialing River rise, the water flow rate slows down, and also connects the Qishan Road and the Chencang Road with the Hanzhong Plain.

Later generations knew that the plank road was built openly and crossed Chencang secretly. There were some specialties in this ferry, and there was really a river that could directly reach Chencang from Hanzhong.

Twenty years after Liu Bang left Hanzhong, a major earthquake occurred in Wudu, which broke the connection between the three waterways. Not only did the sky and earth disappear, but the remaining waterways also became narrower.

Once the waterway is narrow, the water flow becomes fast, and it is difficult to transport food as a food channel. This is also the reason why it is so difficult for Zhuge Liang to leave Hanzhong.

It is difficult to get out of Hanzhong, and it is also difficult to enter Hanzhong.

There is no waterway, so you can only take the land path and use a car to push people to transport food and grass. Whether it is livestock or humans, you have to eat. This time, you can transport ten kilograms and get five kilograms.

Pang Xi wanted to use the excuse of difficulty in transporting grain, so that the soldiers would disguise themselves as Lao Fu, who transported grain, to sneak attack Yangping Pass.

"Hurry up, I'm going to set out in half an hour, move quickly!" Zhang Ren looked around and shouted urging words.

"Zikan, come here."

Zhang Ren turned around and saw that it was Liu Xun, so he hurriedly walked up to him and clasped his fists and said, "General!"

"This time I went to Hanzhong, I was always a little worried. Pang Gong's plan was good, but... whether it could be successful or not is all up to Yang Song, it's too dangerous..."

"What does the general mean?"

"You have always been very wise. This time I asked you to be the pioneer, so that you can carefully investigate the reality of Hanzhong. I am very worried if this is the trick of Zhang Lu and Yang Song."

"Don't worry, General, I understand the humble position!"

Liu Xun nodded. He still believed in Zhang Ren's ability. If Zhang Ren had not been from a low-class background, it would be nothing wrong to be a general of the Central Army.
Chapter completed!