The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 84

At this time, Jiange Road is only called Jinniu Road (it will only be named Jiange Road in the future). The road is steep and rugged. It is the last dangerous road leading to Chengdu. There is no danger to defend between Chengdu and Chengdu.

The importance of this road is self-evident. After decades, Zhuge Liang set up Jianmen Pass here. The Northern Expedition or the defense of the enemy, this road is the most important. The Northern Expedition must be passed, the enemy must be defended, and the natural danger The location is favorable, and Jiang Wei used tens of thousands of horses to stop Zhonghui's 20 army here.

Guo Jia deeply understands the importance of this road. Although one man is the gate and ten thousand men are not open, it refers to Jianmen Pass, but whether it is the future Jianmen Pass or the just won Jiameng Pass, they are actually on the Jiange Road.

Standing on Jiange Road, Guo Jia couldn't help thinking of Deng Ai's surprise attack strategy to destroy Shu. From Yinping County in the west of Hanzhong, take Jinggu Road, you can go straight to Chengdu, or outflank the defenders at the end of Jiange Road. Ka can not be used.

It is true that Liu Yan would not set up defenses on Jinggu Road, because he didn't even defend the old road and Baoxie Road at the northern gate of Yizhou. How could he expect that there would be surprise soldiers on Jinggu Road?
Taking Chengdu from Jinggu Road cannot be said to be a risky victory, but a narrow escape. You need to cross mountains and ridges and overcome all kinds of difficulties and dangers. If there are too many troops, it will delay the marching speed and fail to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. Even if you arrive in Chengdu with few troops, Liu Even if there were only [-] defenders, they would not open the city and surrender like Liu Adou.

Therefore, Guo Jia could not adopt Deng Ai's strategy of destroying Shu. He could only defend the soldiers in the right way, wading through the Jiange Road, and marching to Chengdu.

After receiving the report from the scout cavalry, Guo Jia learned that Liu Yan had sent generals to guard the crossing at the north end of Zitong County at the end of the Jiange Road. There were camps on the mountains on both sides of the crossing. Encountering resistance at the crossing, there will also be condescending defenders on both sides of the mountain. Surrounding the enemy on three sides is a decent statement. sky.

Guo Jia, who was resting at Jiameng Pass for the time being, has stayed here for three days. He stood on the tower of Jiameng Pass in the middle of the night, stroking the stone wall with his hands.

Looking to the south, Guo Jia frowned. How to cross the Jiange Road was a difficult problem. It wasn't that he was worried about storming and losing troops. There is no war without bloodshed. He can accept the high casualty rate, but if he walks out of Jiange Dao with less than 11 soldiers and horses, how can he conquer Chengdu?At that time, it will be a dilemma, and we can only retreat to Hanzhong. Liu Yan will definitely take strict precautions in the future, and be afraid of him a hundred times, and it will be even more difficult to go to Chengdu.

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Xi Zhicai climbed the tower and came behind Guo Jia, saw Guo Jia's expression and knew that he must be worried about Jiange Dao, and said to Guo Jia with a smile on his face: "My lord, I have a plan, I don't know if my lord dares to use it. "

"If it is to send generals to lead the army to take a detour across the mountains, needless to say, Yuan Zhi just offered this strategy in the afternoon."

Xi Zhicai stroked his beard and smiled. After walking behind Guo Jia and whispering a few words, Guo Jia's eyes lit up. After weighing it up, he said, "You can give it a try."

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At daybreak, more than [-] captives in Jiameng Pass had their weapons and armor confiscated, and they were huddled in the southern corner of the pass wearing only coarse linen clothes. For several days, the captives, who did not know what their fate would be, were bloodshot in their eyes, unkempt, and in a state of embarrassment. color.

The soldiers who came to deliver food early in the morning just put buckets filled with clean water in front of the captives, then turned around and left.

"Hey! Why is there only water?"

"Will we only be given water to starve us to death?"

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The prisoners immediately protested loudly, but the soldiers who came to deliver the food just shrugged their shoulders and said casually: "We are almost out of food, so who cares about you?"

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The captives' hearts were cold. They didn't expect that these troops who appeared out of nowhere would run out of rations. According to their guess, not killing the prisoners would be considered as humane and righteous. If they drink a bowl of water and slowly starve to death, they can live for a few more days. However, they How could these more than [-] captives sit and wait to die?

After discussing privately, the captives decided to fight to the death, so taking advantage of the defenders' unpreparedness, they launched a joint attack, seized the defenders' weapons, rushed through the south gate of Jiameng Pass, and fled towards Chengdu.

None of the exhausted captives thought about why the South Gate was hardly fortified, and no one noticed that when they fled to Chengdu, the team of more than [-] people seemed to have at least [-] people.

The chaos at Jiameng Pass stabilized shortly after the captives fled. Standing on the pass and looking at the backs of the captives, Guo Jia said softly, "The whole army will set off in an hour. Gao Shun led the cavalry as the vanguard." , Xu Chudianwei is the general of the Chinese army, and the rest of the generals will join me in the rear. Let Gao Shun always keep a distance of five miles from the fleeing prisoners."

After the military order was issued, Guo Jia murmured softly: "This battle depends on the decision of the general who guards the last gate for Liu Yan."

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Ever since he led [-] soldiers out of Chengdu and came to the north of Zitong County to guard the exit of Jiange Road, Wu Yi has arranged his troops in a regular manner. He sent [-] soldiers to set up ambushes on the mountains on both sides of the road, and he commanded [-] soldiers to block the road. , as long as Guo Jia dares to come, even if Guo Jia's army cannot be stopped, it is not impossible for at least [-] soldiers to kill Guo Jia's [-].

And there are still 40 defenders in Chengdu, Wu Yi dare not speculate on whether they can hold it. After all, Guo Jia claims to have [-] troops going south, and now Jiameng Pass is also lost within a day. How many soldiers and horses does Guo Jia have? Wu Yi didn't know, but there must be more, otherwise Jiameng Pass would not be lost so quickly.

In the evening, Wu Yi, who was in armor, was sitting in the commander's tent reading military books. He was less than 30 years old and had a gentlemanly appearance and the demeanor of a Confucian general, but his actual combat experience was still pitiful. In addition to his achievements in the powerful and powerful era, he has no experience in wars. If he hadn't been the reliable general Liu Yan brought to Yizhou, he probably wouldn't have led [-] troops to guard Liu Yan's last line of defense to Chengdu.

"Report, report to the general, there is a large army coming from the north!"

When Wu Yi heard the news, he immediately rushed out of the commander's tent, summoned the generals to go to the front line, and prepared to meet the enemy.

Riding out of the army formation on horseback, Wu Yi looked at the Jiange crossing in the north with a solemn expression. After a while, smoke and dust rose from the corner of the crossing. This is the first time I have seen such a chaotic army.

Arms raised and lowered, arrows rained down on the mountains on both sides of the crossing like light clouds covering the sun.

The people in front stopped and screamed endlessly. Wu Yi saw their appearance clearly. They were dressed in coarse linen and unarmed. He was even more surprised. Seeing that they did not rush forward, he ordered to stop shooting and asked loudly: "Where is Guo Jia?"

The fleeing crowd were the captives who escaped from Jiameng Pass. They thought they could survive by fleeing to Chengdu, but they didn't expect that the fastest running group died under the arrows, which was terrible.

The people behind didn't dare to rush forward any more. When they heard Wu Yi's question, they immediately shouted at Wu Yi.

"General, we are the defenders of Jiameng Pass!"

"Don't shoot arrows, we are not bandits."

"The bandit army is still at Jiameng Pass."

"Let us go."

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Wu Yi didn't dare to take it lightly, but seeing that they had neither weapons nor armor, and they could only speak authentic Sichuan dialect, they believed eight points, and the generals around him passed by his subordinates to report, and indeed recognized the fellow from there, Wu Yi Yi then ordered the army to get out of the way so that they could pass quickly.

There were only two options before Wu Yi, either let them go back to Chengdu and join the army, or shoot them all right in front of their eyes, Wu Yi chose the former in a flash.

When the prisoners heard Wu Yi's release, they were overjoyed immediately, and they didn't run away in a hurry, and passed the road made by Wu Yi's army in an orderly manner.

Watching the long queue of people passing by his army, Wu Yi suddenly turned pale with shock.

There are only [-] defenders at Jiameng Pass!
Why are no less than [-] people fleeing now?

"stop!"

Wu Yi pointed his sword at the sky, looked down at those who passed through the army, and shouted: "Kill all these people! There are bandits mixed in!"

"General, I'm not a bandit army!"

"General, he is a bandit army!"

"Do not kill me!"

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The [-] captives scrambled to identify the people around them as bandits, and to express their position. No one could tell how many of them were fishing in troubled waters and twisting right and wrong.

Wu Yi's army showed their weapons and began to kill the prisoners. The prisoners rose up and resisted. The originally orderly army began to be chaotic from within. At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from the north of Jiange Road.

Among the chaotic army, Wu Yi was still commanding the army to kill the prisoners, but at least [-] prisoners passed through his army, and there were Guo Jia soldiers hidden among the prisoners in the front, middle and back, from Zhang Yan's unit, making After the confusion, a scuffle ensued.

Gao Shun came rushing forward with five thousand light cavalry. Even though the Jiange Road is narrow, it is enough for twenty horses to walk side by side.

The crossbowmen on the mountains on both sides of the crossing continued to rain arrows, but without Wu Yi's army to stop the enemy at the crossing, they would not be able to ambush all the enemy troops in a short time.

Five thousand light cavalry led by Gao Shun rushed into the battle. Wu Yi's army, which was already in chaos, was vulnerable at this time. Xu Chu and Dian Wei's army charged with all their strength, regardless of the attacks on the mountains on both sides.

When Gao Shun led the cavalry to break through Wu Yi's army blocking the way, the obstacles on Jiange Road no longer existed. To no avail.

Wu Yi was captured. After the [-] army at Daokou lost more than [-] people, the rest all surrendered. The [-] soldiers who set up an ambush on the mountain saw that the commander was captured, and they also went down the mountain and surrendered.

Despite the victory, Guo Jia still lost more than [-] soldiers in this battle.

(End of this chapter)