I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 262 Attacking Yizhou
Although Li Shimin knew that there was such a Yinping trail, this trail was also extremely dangerous. Deng Ai walked through this trail with untold hardships. the price.It is not an easy task to make a surprise attack. Moreover, Li Shimin's eyes were darkened about the specific route. He only knew the general idea and never walked it.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang had already found this path, and he also found a guide. He had made all the preparations, but what Zhuge Liang was surprised was how Li Shimin knew that there was this path.

Li Shimin was also surprised, but after thinking about it, Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang after all, so it is not surprising to find this path. In the previous life, Zhuge Liang entered Sichuan from Jingzhou and walked the Yangtze River. At that time, Liu Bei was invited into Shuzhong by Liu Zhang. He didn't attack Jiange by force, so it's not surprising that Zhuge Liang can find this path now.

Therefore, under the leadership of the guide, Cheng Lian led [-] elite "mountain troops" to Yinping and started the road of surprise attack.

Li Shimin led the main force to go south from Yang'an Pass, preparing to take Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop.Five days after Cheng Lian's army set off, Li Shimin led the army and officially started fighting in Sichuan.

There are more than 20 troops, together with nearly 30 civilians, there are almost [-] horses, and the army's luggage and equipment stretch for several miles, which is magnificent.

After entering Sichuan, the road began to become rough and difficult. Fortunately, there were large ships escorting most of the grain and grass, and the army was a lot easier. Li Shimin also had to admire Zhuge Liang's foresight in building large ships.

The army is majestic and well-organized, and the momentum is like a rainbow. The two counties of Chaotian and Guangyuan along the way were defeated in one battle. Of course, Liu Zhang didn't actually have a lot of troops stationed in these two counties. Li Shimin won these two places so easily.

Soon Li Shimin walked out of Micang Mountain and arrived in front of Jiameng Pass. According to Baiqisi's information, there were [-] guards at Jiameng Pass. Although there are only [-] soldiers under his command, his combat power is not weak.

In fact, Jiameng Pass is not considered a dangerous pass, and you don’t need to take Jiameng Pass to attack Jiange. You can also bypass it. Of course, if you have a large force advantage, you can naturally bypass it, but if you have limited troops , it is easy to be flanked by Jiange and Jiamengguan, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Although Li Shimin's soldiers are strong and strong, they can completely bypass this pass and directly attack Jiange, but some strange soldiers have already detoured the Yinping trail, and it will take time to cooperate from inside to outside.Secondly, the Jiange is one man's gate and ten thousand men cannot open it. A strong attack can only cause heavy losses and cannot shake the gate. Therefore, Li Shimin planned to fight steadily, which can be regarded as attracting Liu Zhang's attention and covering Cheng Lian's surprise attack.

After the army left Micang Mountain, they set up camp [-] miles north of Jiamengguan. A simple military stronghold has been built, and it seems that the connection between the two levels is to be completely cut off.

Another part of craftsmen used local materials to build siege equipment, because it was not easy to bring in large siege equipment such as ladder carts and catapults, so they had to be built on the spot.

Inside Jiameng Pass, Yang Huai looked worriedly at the Bingzhou Army under the city. Originally, his strength was limited, so he kept his troops on hold and did not go out to fight. What worried him was that the enemy was strong, and he was determined to win Jiameng Pass, so he could still defend Can you live?

General Yang Jian saw Yang Huai's worry, and said angrily, "General, there is no danger to defend this Jiameng Pass. It is already a dead place, so what's the point of guarding an isolated city? Isn't this asking us to die? Being taken advantage of?"

Apparently Yang Jian was dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's order. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jiameng Pass could no longer be held. The key to resisting Li Shimin's army was Jiange. Jiange could hold it. Even if Li Shimin had a million troops, it would not help. Therefore, Yang Jian felt that he was completely "cannon fodder" and completely regarded himself as a victim.

"Don't be presumptuous, our lord's order must be carried out to the letter, how can you question it? If you make such remarks again, you will be severely punished." Yang Huai scolded.

"No!" Yang Jian replied obediently, but with a look of resentment in his eyes, he secretly swore in his heart, "Don't blame me for being unrighteous if you are unkind."

"Come on, pass on the order. All the officers and men of the army should strengthen their vigilance, be careful of the enemy's sneak attack, and mobilize all the strong people in the city to defend the city on the wall." Yang Huai obviously made up his mind to defend Jiameng Pass to the death.

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In Li Shimin's big tent, the main generals of the army gathered together to discuss how to break the Jiameng Pass. Although this pass is far less majestic and Cuiwei than Jiange, it is also high and thick. The difficulty is that there are Jialing River and Bailong River The two rivers flowed from the east and west sides, forming a natural moat, which naturally brought huge pressure from the siege.

All the civil and military personnel in the big tent are thinking hard about countermeasures, thinking about how to win this pass with the least cost.

Li Shimin is also thinking hard, of course, there is no way, he can directly attack from the narrow part of the moat in the north, take a ladder to jump over the water, and at the same time, he has a big boat, and the big boat can climb up close to the city wall. With small casualties, Li Shimin had no choice but to make such a bad move.

However, Li Shimin saw that Zhuge Liang seemed to be holding Zhizhu, and seemed to have a solution in his mind, so he asked curiously: "Kong Ming, do you have a good plan to take down this pass?"

"My lord, after three days, our army will definitely be able to take Jiameng Pass without bloodshed. Please rest assured, my lord." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, very calm and calm.

"Oh, what's Kong Ming's trick?" Li Shimin asked excitedly, becoming interested.Zhang Liao and the others were also very curious, wondering what kind of medicine Zhuge Liang was selling in the gourd.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said mysteriously: "My lord, please wait patiently for a few days, and you will know when the time comes."

Although Li Shimin was very curious, he also knew that people like Zhuge Liang were playing tricks, so Li Shimin had no choice but to resist his curiosity and said, "Forget it, I have always believed in Mr., so we will wait and see."

Naturally, Li Shimin knew that Zhuge Liang would not make false claims, and there must be a way.

For three days in a row, Li Shimin only sent Dian Wei to lead [-] elite soldiers to call for battle, and never started a siege battle.Although Dian Wei used all his powers and scolded tricks, Yang Huai remained unmoved and held up the card of avoiding the battle, just not to fight.

Of course, although this also greatly affected the morale of Liu Zhang's army, Yang Huai was naturally more worried. He knew that procrastination would be even more detrimental to him.

(End of this chapter)