Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 399 Entering the Jiameng Pass (2)

"What you said is very true! However, Cao Ang's troops are comparable to ours now. I have already ordered the Pegasus Society Xuchang to mobilize troops. It will take some time before we attack." Li Song who came said.

Liu Ye saw that Li Song had made up his mind!It's useless to persuade him again, so he added: "Even if Mr. Tang doesn't go out to fight in Shu, he must first capture Jiameng Pass before it's too late."

"Okay! I'll send Xiang Shaoyu as a general with [-] troops to take the pass." Li Song agreed.

So Li Song ordered Xiang Yu to be the chief general, with Pei Yuanqing, Yu Wenchengdu, and Wanyan Zongbi as assistants, and led [-] troops to He Yujin to attack Jiameng Pass.

After Jiameng Pass was closed, Cao Zhen, Meng Da, and Huo Jun stood on the top of the city, looking out of the city, Li Song's army of [-] soldiers could not see the edge at a glance, they stopped outside Jiameng Pass mightily, banners fluttering in the wind.

On a hillside, Xiang Yu and others waited and watched. Xiang Yu pointed his whip at Jiameng Pass in the distance and said, "Is that the Jiameng Pass?"

"That's right! General Xiang, the pass in front of us is Jiameng Pass, which is the main road of transportation in Sichuan. The place where the Jialing River and the Bailong River meet, leads to Hanzhong by land and goes down to Chengdu. If you go down the Jialing River, you can reach Langzhong, an important town in Brazil. , location is very important.”

"From Chengdu to Chang'an, one must enter through the west gate of Jiameng and exit through the east gate of Jiameng; from Chang'an to Chengdu, one must enter through the east gate and exit through the west gate. Jiameng County is an important pass connecting Bashu and the Central Plains."

"As long as we capture Jiameng Pass, our army will be able to drive straight in, directly approaching the city of Chengdu, and entering Shu is like entering a land without people."

"Conversely, if Jiameng Pass is not captured, Cao Ang's army will take Hanzhong. It couldn't be easier." Yu Jin explained the importance of Jiameng Pass to Xiang Yu.

After Xiang Yu heard this, he realized how important Jiameng Pass is. As long as Jiameng Pass is captured, he will have the initiative in the battle of Yizhou. No wonder Duke Tang urged him repeatedly before sending troops.

"Now, how many soldiers and horses are there in Jiameng Pass? Who is the guard?" Xiang Yu asked again.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to victorious battles. If you don't even know the opponent's military deployment and who the leading general is, it is a foolish behavior to attack with all your troops.

Xiang Yu, as a military thinker, one of the four military forces, and a military strategist who is a representative of the military situation, would not make such low-level mistakes.

"Jiameng had 5000 troops, originally it was only [-]. Later, Lingming and I led the troops, and Cao Ang sent [-] troops led by Cao Zhen to guard the pass. Now the leader of Jiameng Pass is Cao Zhen. , the assistant generals are Huo Jun and Meng Da." Yu Jin said.

"Jiameng Guanfeng connects to Yulei, the ground connects to Jincheng, the sword pavilion leads to Jiameng, and the Jialing mausoleum rests on the white water. It is a hero created by nature."

"It's getting late now. Order the army to retreat [-] miles away from Jiameng Pass, find a suitable place, and set up camp." Xiang Yu raised his head and glanced at the sunset on the western mountain. It was getting dark, so he ordered the messenger order.

After ordering the soldiers to ride away, Pound stepped forward and asked, "General, there is still some time before dark, why don't you directly send troops to attack, instead order to withdraw the troops?"

"Nowadays, our army has been running all the way, and the men and horses are already exhausted. It is better to rest for one night, and it will not be too late to send troops to attack Jiameng Pass tomorrow." Xiang Yu said.

"Yes! The general was negligent!" Pound said.

The army got the order to retreat, retreated slowly, retreated twenty miles away, and set up camp.

"Why did Li Song's army change from the front team to the back team and withdraw after forming a formation outside the customs?" Huo Jun asked suspiciously, shouldn't it be normal to take advantage of the situation to launch a wave of attacks and try the depth first!
"It's getting late now, and the most important thing is that Li Song's army has been running all the way, and they are already exhausted. The enemy general wants to wait until he has recharged his energy before launching an attack." Cao Zhen looked at the outside of the city like a tide, slowly receding The enemy army looked up at the sky and smiled.

Directly pointing to the root of the problem, and revealing the reasons for the enemy's retreat and weather factors, Cao is really a qualified general.

"General, the enemy army is exhausted now, and our army is just the opposite. Why don't you take the opportunity to go out of the city and launch an attack on the enemy army." A partial general asked.

"When the enemy retreated, they were quite organized. If our army rushed out of the city, it would be very likely to be trapped in it. One bad move would cause heavy losses." Meng Da said, pointing to the retreating army outside the pass.

"General, the enemy will definitely launch an attack on Jiameng Pass tomorrow. Next, what should we do?" Huo Jun said. After all, Cao Zhen is the chief general of Jiameng Pass, and he asked Cao Zhen first about how to arrange it.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to defend the Jiameng pass alone. Meng Da, send someone back to Chengdu quickly and report to the lord, and ask the lord to make a decision." Cao Zhen told Meng Da who was on the side.

"No!" Meng Da took the order and left, ordering a flying horse to report to Chengdu.

"Huo Jun, go and get everyone ready right away. Prepare more wood, rolling stones and other things to defend the city overnight. There will be a cruel and fierce battle tomorrow." Cao Zhen ordered.

"No! I'll make arrangements now." Huo Jun immediately took the order and led the troops to prepare all kinds of things needed to defend the city.

At night, a bright moon hangs high above the sky, dotted with cold stars, weaving a beautiful ink painting of the night sky.

Li Songjun's camp, Xiang Yu, Pei Yuanqing and others gathered together to watch Jiameng's topographical map and discuss tomorrow's attack plan.

In Hanzhong, in the Hanning prefect's mansion, Li Song and Sima Yi were playing chess in the backyard of the prefect's mansion. After some "fighting", Li Song won the victory with difficulty, and Sima Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Chess is really "not easy".

"Zhongda, you let me win again!" Li Song looked at Sima Yi, how could he not know that he let go again, so the word "win" accentuated his tone, implying something.

"It's all because Tang Gongqi is superior, and Sima Yi's skills are not as good as others, ashamed and ashamed!" Sima Yi pretended not to understand, and said nonsense in a serious manner.

"According to the time, Shaoyu should have arrived at Jiameng Pass! I just don't know how the battle is going there?" Li Song put down a chess piece in his hand and said.

Xiang Yu and the others had indeed arrived at Jiameng Pass, but they did not launch an attack in a hurry, but retreated twenty miles away to discuss the plan to break through the pass.

"Duke Tang, you don't have to worry! With General Xiang's ability, capturing Jiameng Pass is not easy." Sima Yi said.

Come to think of it, who is Xiang Yu?The overlord of Western Chu is also!He was a well-known military strategist, so a mere Jiameng was no problem. Li Song wasn't worried about it at all.

"I'm not worried about Shaoyu, but about Cao Angjun and Zhuge Liang," Li Song said.

"Mr. Tang is worried about what strategy Zhuge Liang will use, which will not only stop our army's advance, but may even severely damage our army?" Sima Yi asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)