The road to Jiange is steep and difficult to navigate in the rugged area, but it is the only dangerous road leading to Chengdu from the north.
After exiting the end of Jiange Road, you can reach Zitong County, and beyond Zitong is Fucheng.
As long as Fucheng is taken, there will be only Luocheng as an important town, and then there will be a flat plain, and there will be no more dangerous places to defend here and Chengdu.
The importance of the Jiange Road is self-evident. Zhuge Liang, who rose to be the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty in history, set up the Jianmen Pass here. This road is a top priority for the Northern Expedition or to defend against the enemy. It is not only the only way to go through the Northern Expedition, but also to resist the enemy.
The first dangerous pass of the army, relying on the dangerous nature and favorable terrain, Jiang Wei once used a lone army here to stop Zhong Hui's 100,000 elite soldiers from going south.
In fact, whether it is the Jianmen Pass in history or the Jiameng Pass that was captured not long ago, they are actually located on Jiange Road.
On the march, Lu Yanqing suddenly remembered the surprise attack strategy used by Deng Ai when he destroyed Shu.
Deng Ai took the Jinggu Road from Yinping County in the west of Hanzhong and finally reached the capital city. Liu Chan, the then Lord of Shu, chose to surrender without resistance, and the Shu Han Dynasty finally perished.
Nowadays, although Jianmen Pass has not been established, the Jiange Road is still full of dangers. The miraculous craftsmanship of nature is dangerous and fatal to mere humans.
Moreover, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren, Yang Huai, Leng Bao, Wu Lan and others are leading an army of 50,000 to Jiange Road to intercept them. It will definitely not be easy for Lu Yan and others to get out of Jiange Road smoothly.
The march of Lu Yan's army was extremely difficult. In addition, they also carried heavy weapons such as artillery, and their marching speed could be described as horrific.
But facing the strong cities such as Fucheng and Luocheng in Yizhou, it was necessary to use sharp artillery attacks to break the city.
Otherwise, once the Shu army uses the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, and is unable to attack the city, Lu Yan and his more than 60,000 soldiers will be able to survive for a long time with the little food and baggage they carry now.
Where did it come from and where does it go back...
While Lu Yan and others were struggling to move forward, the army of Wu Yi, Zhang Ren and others quickly arrived at Zitong.
Wu Lan and 5,000 men were left to garrison Zitong.
The four generals Wu Yi, Zhang Ren, Yang Huai and Leng Bao led 45,000 people to Jiange Road and entered the Jiange Road first.
The army led by General Wu Yi was stationed at the entrance of Jiange Road, and the narrow opening was surrounded by water.
There is a small county town in Jiange Road called Dangde County.
After the generals discussed the matter, Wu Yi listened to Zhang Ren's suggestion. He and Zhang Ren would set up an ambush on both sides of the main road thirty miles south of Dangde County, while Yang Huai and Leng Bao were stationed in Dangde as bait.
County, responsible for leading Lu Yan's army into an ambush.
Lu Yan's army continued to move forward, and after going through countless hardships, they finally reached a slightly more open area.
"Where is the front?" Lu Yan asked Zhuge Liang beside him.
Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, and Xu Shu have been studying the geography of central Shu together recently, and they will also find some locals to confirm the locations on the map. They already have a lot of understanding of the geographical location of central Shu, so Lu Yan will ask Zhuge Liang where they have arrived.
What location.
Zhuge Liang took out a densely marked map, checked it, and then replied: "Back to the teacher, not far ahead is a small county called Dangde County. Dangde County is thirty miles south of the dangerous road.
After that, it will be much easier to get out of Jiange Road."
"Is this finally the end?"
Not only Lu Yan, but also Lu Xun, Chen Dao, Huang Xu and others around him couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
But the expression on Zhuge Liang's face not only did not relax, but showed a trace of solemnity and suspicion.
Seeing this, Lu Yan knew that Zhuge Liang might have discovered some clues, so he asked: "Kong Ming, have you discovered anything?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and replied: "The student just felt that the Shu army did not deploy defense on Jiange Road, and felt a little strange and confused."
Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang pointed at the map and said to Lu Yan:
"Teacher, please see, there is a pavilion road between the Big and Small Sword Mountains for thirty miles, and where the Big Sword Mountain breaks off, the wall is as high as a thousand blades, and there is a thin line in the sky.
If you are a student, you will definitely build a pass with rocks here. With the natural danger of this pass, only ten thousand defenders are enough to resist a hundred thousand troops from entering Shu!"
Lu Yan stared at Zhuge Liang dumbfounded, thinking that this guy is indeed as crazy as ever in history!
Once the Jianmen Gate is established, Yinpingdao will send thousands of defenders to guard it. Besides the artillery, who else can take advantage of it?
After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Lu Xun, Xu Shu, and Xia Houlan couldn't help but join in.
"Senior Brother Kong Ming is right! If we build a checkpoint here, there will really be a situation where one man can block the checkpoint and no one can open it!"
"Kong Ming is meticulous in his observations and quick in thinking. He is worthy of being a leader of the younger generation!"
"You are right!"
"..."
Just when Lu Yan's army was about to arrive in Dangde County, a scout suddenly came to report: "Report! Lu Hussar! Enemy troops have been spotted ahead!"
"Finally we met the enemy again!" Taishi Ci's eyes suddenly shot out when he heard this, "No one is allowed to steal from me! His grandma, I can't believe that he hasn't been able to fight a hearty battle after being out for so long!"
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However, Xu Shu tried to dissuade him at this time: "The road here is narrow, and there are mountains and woods on both sides, making it easy to hide troops... General Ziyi must not underestimate the enemy, or he will be ambushed by the enemy."
Xu Shu's words were spoken from the bottom of his heart, and they also expressed the thoughts of Lu Yan, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun and others.
Taishi Ci was not a fool and would not act recklessly, so he finally looked at Lu Yan.
Lu Yan pondered for a moment and said: "The enemy is not a fool, and he will not wait to be captured. In the next thirty miles, I am afraid that there will be a high probability of being ambushed by the enemy."
"Then what should we do?" Tai Shici asked.
The mountain road is narrow, and the 10,000 cavalry brought here will definitely not be able to move.
Once our side falls into an ambush, we may suffer huge losses, especially the slow-moving baggage team.
If it was just an attack from an ambush, it would be easy to deal with it, but if the enemy used rolling stones, bows and arrows or fire to attack, our losses would be heavy. Historically, Pang Tong was ambushed by the Shu army and was shot to death by random arrows. Lu Yan didn't want to be in a sure-shot battle.
He lost a general in the battle.
Lu Yan said to Xia Houlan, "Send more scouts and carefully explore the mountains and forests on both sides. If there is an ambush, come back and report immediately."
"Here, I'll arrange for more brothers!" Xia Houlan accepted the order with his fists clasped and left quickly.
"Ziyi, you lead the Beiwei army to meet the enemy. If the enemy escapes and cannot be pursued, you only need to carefully search the county town to avoid ambushes or things that can cause fire."
"The general will obey your orders!"
There were scouts to open the way, Wei troops to support the enemy, and Taishi Ci was also a wise and courageous general, so there would be no problem.
Lu Yan thought about this and said to the messenger behind him: "Send the order, the army will continue to move forward. When we arrive at Dangde County, we will have a good rest for a day!"
"Young man, go and deliver the order!" The ordering soldier looked a little excited.
In fact, it wasn't just him, the other soldiers couldn't help but cheer up after receiving Lu Yan's order.
After so many days of hard work, I can finally take a good rest! This chapter has been completed!