"Where's Yao Guang? Yao Guang!"

Xiao Chengzhi was furious at this time and wanted to settle the score with Yao Guang, who came with him.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chengzhi learned the bad news again. Yao Guang had led his troops to the south a few days ago.

This means that Xiao Chengzhi's tribe is now in an awkward situation with Helian Ding in the north and Yao Guang in the south.

Xiao Chengzhi, who was flanked from both sides, was a little dizzy at the moment. At the same time, he quickly judged Yang Nandang's intention——

Hanzhong!

Now that Helianding is coming with his troops, Xiao Chengzhi will fight Helianding on the front line even if he has thousands of reluctances in his heart.

At this time, Yang Nandang could sneak attack Hanzhong, which was guarding the empty area, and expand Qiu Chi's power to Hanzhong.

As for what Yang Nandang would do next, Xiao Chengzhi also made a guess.

By capturing Hanzhong and relying on the Yangping Pass, Qiu Chi had the confidence to resist Hu Xia.

At the same time, in order to please Hu Xia, Yang Nandang will also give Helianding a big gift to calm Hu Xia's anger!

What gift could be more pleasing to Helian Ding than a famous Liu Song general and three thousand Song soldiers?

Yang Nandang regarded Liu Song as a tool that could be used from the beginning!

While Xiao Chengzhi was angry, he also realized the most critical thing.

He must first find a way to escape from the prison that Yang Nandang had set for him and the three thousand Song troops.

"Bring me the map!"

A faint flash of inspiration flashed in Xiao Chengzhi's mind, but it quickly disappeared.

He must seize this spiritual light as soon as possible and escape!

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Yang Nandang rode a war horse, wiped the neck of a Song soldier, and looked at the food they had snatched with great joy.

"Without this food, Xiao Chengzhi won't be able to survive for a few days!"

Yang Nandang asked his own soldiers again: "Has the letter to Na Helianding been sent out?"

"Returning to the country, Lord, the letter was rushed to Helianding Military Camp yesterday."

The content of the letter was a request for Helian Ding and Yao Guang to jointly attack Xiao Chengzhi!

Yang Nandang was sure that Helian Ding would choose to attack Liu Song among Qiu Chi and Liu Song!

He was very aware of Qiuchi's status in the eyes of these people. He was nothing more than a small country that could only wag its tail and beg for mercy.

But Liu Song was the real life and death enemy to Hu Xia!

The annexation of Qiuchi only increased the population by tens of thousands. For Hu Xia, who occupied Hetao and Longyou, it was just a tasteless and useless waste.

But among the three thousand elite Song troops there is also General Liu Song, which is a real feast!

Unsurprisingly, Helian Ding would definitely agree to his request first and join forces with Yao Guang to attack Xiao Chengzhi.

During this time, Yang Nan led his army to Hanzhong.

Just as Xiao Chengzhi guessed, Yang Nandang's target is Hanzhong!

"Although the two counties of Wudu and Yinping are our ancestral lands, the terrain there is dangerous and it is not easy for the people to survive. Moreover, they have to face attacks from the enemy from the east and north, so it is difficult to achieve the true cause of overlord!"

“Hanzhong is different!”

"Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei, the great emperor of the Han Dynasty, both relied on Hanzhong to gain a foothold in the world!"

"Even if I can't send troops from Hanzhong to the Three Qin Dynasties to sweep across China like the emperor of the Han Dynasty, I can still go south to capture the Shu land, close up my strength, and protect my people!"

"not to mention……"

What really made Yang Nan decide to attack Hanzhong was Xiao Chengzhi's departure.

Xiao Chengzhi has been in charge of Shu for nearly ten years and has deep roots in Shu. If he were still in Shu now, he would not dare to send troops to kill Yang Nandang.

Fortunately, Xiao Chengzhi is gone!

General Song, who will succeed Xiao Chengzhi, has not yet arrived.

Currently, there is only one King of Chengdu, Liu Yiji, guarding Shu. This vassal king is still young. Yang Nandang does not believe that he is as evil as his brother, the Emperor Liu Song, and can control Shu at such a young age!

Therefore, Yang Nandang has a huge appetite!

First occupy Hanzhong to control Hu Xia.

Seize Shu again to fight against Liu Song.

This is the way Yang Nan has found for himself and for Qiu Chi!

Yang Nandang rushed eastward with all three thousand soldiers of Qiu Chi, and soon came to a pass.

【Yangpingguan】

The prestige of this pass is due to the tug of war between Shu Han and Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. In fact, it is not weaker than Tongguan and other world-famous passes.

Yangping Pass is bordered by the Qinling Mountains to the north and the Han River and Bashan Mountain to the south. It is daunting due to the dangers of the mountains and rivers.

It is almost an impossible task to break through Yangping Pass head-on.

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, Yangping Pass was only attacked from the side three times.

The first time was when Liu Yan, the current Yizhou shepherd, sent Zhang Lu northward from the Jinniu Ancient Road to attack Yangping Pass. Zhang Luna crossed the Han River to the south and took a small road to occupy Dingjun Mountain, and then went north to occupy Tiandang Mountain and killed Su Gu, the governor of Hanzhong at the time.

He began his more than 20-year rule of the "Five Pecks of Rice Sect".

The second time was when Cao Cao led an army of 100,000 men to attack Yangping Pass, but was turned away. Then he used the strategy of pretending to surrender to lure the Yangping Pass defenders out of the pass to pursue them, and captured Yangping Pass in one fell swoop.

The third time was the most familiar Battle of Hanzhong between Liu Bei and Cao Cao.

Like Zhang Lu's attack on Yangping Pass, Liu Bei also secretly sent Huang Zhong south to cross the Han River, and defeated and killed Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain, causing Cao Wei's army to become distraught. In addition, Cao Wei had insufficient food and grass, so he had no choice but to retreat.

Let Liu Bei achieve the achievement of "defeating Cao Cao head-on for the first time in his career".

With the lessons learned from his predecessors, Yang Nandang would naturally not fight the Song army stubbornly at Yangping Pass, but planned to imitate Zhang Lu and Liu Bei and cross the Han River south to capture Dingjun Mountain.

Yang Nandang urged the soldiers to take a detour through the mountain path and arrived at the north side of the Han River, where they were about to build a boat to cross the river.

The water in the upper reaches of the Han River is fast and dangerous, no less dangerous than the middle reaches of the river. If you want to cross the river, you must be careful.

None of the soldiers in Qiuchi had ever walked on such a dangerous waterway. Everyone on the rickety ship had pale faces, silently praying in their hearts to reach the land on the other side as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the ship was built strong enough and did not encounter any undercurrents or whirlpools in the water. The first batch of soldiers were safely sent to the other side. This good first step also made Yang Nandang relieved.

Sudden.

There was a loud noise on the opposite bank of the river, and countless soldiers of the Song Dynasty came to kill from the jungle. The Qiuchi soldiers who were not ready were driven into the Han River by the Song army to feed the fish in a daze.

After the Song army armed with swords and shields cleared an open space, crossbowmen armed with crossbows rushed up and greeted the soldiers of Qiuchi who were still in the middle of the Han River with a dense rain of arrows.

Because of the panic, the Qiuchi soldiers on the boat gradually became unable to stabilize their bodies. After several screams, they and the boat were completely swallowed up by the Han River.

Yuan Huzhi looked at the Qiuchi soldiers escaping hastily on the other side. He dug his ears unconsciously and said with a hint of ridicule: "Who hasn't read "Three Kingdoms"... Can you imagine a sneak attack on Dingjun from the Han River?

Mountain, couldn’t I have thought of setting up an ambush here earlier?”

"Oh."
Chapter completed!