Cao Jun finally entered Hanzhong City smoothly without any surprises or twists and turns.
In the end, Gao Shun did not fulfill his promise to let Zhang Lu continue to be in charge of the Five Dou Rice Sect, but directly sent a group of soldiers to escort him to Xuchang.
In response to this, Zhang Lu did not appear very angry, but calmly got on the carriage heading to Xuchang. Perhaps he had already expected this outcome.
After taking Hanzhong, the next step is to face the entire Yizhou.
Not wasting troops in Hanzhong can be said to be an extremely good result, but even so, it is still not easy to conquer the entire territory of Yizhou.
The first step to Yizhou is Jiameng Pass.
If Yangping Pass is the gateway to Hanzhong, then Jiameng Pass is the gateway to Yizhou.
Jiameng Pass and Jiange Pass are the two major barriers to Yizhou. If we can win these two passes, Chengdu will be right around the corner.
But it takes a lot of effort to conquer these two passes. In terms of solidity, these two passes are not as good as Hulao Pass, which is the best in the world, but in terms of the steep terrain, it is definitely better than Hulao Pass.
A lot of closures.
The difficulty of the road to Shu is not just an empty talk.
An army of 15,000 men may not be able to conquer either of these two passes.
"How about launching a surprise attack while the Yizhou Army is not fully prepared at this moment?" Gao Shun suggested during the military discussion.
"Jiameng Pass is a dangerous pass and cannot be easily won by surprise attack. Once the surprise attack fails, it will immediately fall into a war of attrition. Our army is small in number, so we must try to avoid casualties. Once we fall into a war of attrition, the situation will be dire.
Come on." Lu Xun did not agree with the suggestion of surprise attack.
Sima Yi nodded, expressing his agreement with Lu Xun.
"Then what should we do next?" Gao Shun asked.
After hearing this, the two military advisors fell into deep thought. After a while, Sima Yi was the first to speak.
"The Yizhou Army and our army attacked Zhang Lu at the same time. Our army has entered Hanzhong. At this time, the Yizhou Army has almost reached the south of Hanzhong. In my humble opinion, it is better to invite the Lieutenant General of the Yizhou Army to enter Hanzhong, and then
Take advantage of his unpreparedness and capture him in one fell swoop. By then, the Yizhou army will be leaderless and will surely become a mass of scattered sand. Our army will take advantage of the situation and kill them. Then, before the news reaches Yizhou, we will put on Yizhou army armor and defraud Jiameng Pass!" General Sima Yi
Tell me the plan you have in mind.
"But will the general of Yizhou Army trust me and enter Hanzhong so easily?" Gao Shun asked. This plan sounds good, but will the general of Yizhou Army enter Hanzhong without any doubt?
"Now our army and Yizhou are allies. The Yizhou army does not know our army's intention to attack Shu and is not deeply prepared for our army. What's more, Hanzhong is also extremely important to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang fought against Zhang Lu
He has formed an alliance with us, but he definitely does not want Hanzhong to fall into our hands, and the generals of the Yizhou Army must also know this. We invite him to enter the city on the pretext of discussing the ownership of Hanzhong, and he will definitely agree."
Sima Yi seemed to be quite confident in his strategy.
Gao Shun turned his attention to Lu Xun, and Lu Xun nodded, seemingly thinking that he and Sima Yi were together.
Of course, this kind of behavior will also lead to some other consequences. Originally, Cao Cao and Zhang Song agreed that before taking Hanzhong and attacking Yizhou, they would notify Zhang Song in advance and ask him to try to escape and then attack with his army. If you press
Sima Yi must have not informed Zhang Song about his plans and actions. When the news of the fall of Jiameng Pass reaches Chengdu, Liu Zhang will definitely know about Cao Cao's ambition to annex Yizhou. Zhang Song, who will be responsible for contacting Cao Cao, will also
He would definitely be killed by Liu Zhang in a rage.
But does all this have anything to do with Gao Shun? Gao Shun already disliked Zhang Song, so it would be nice to be able to kill him with Liu Zhang's help.
In other words, Zhang Song was killed by Liu Zhang, which was Cao Cao's original idea. You must know that the so-called fighter opportunities are ever-changing. If you inform Zhang Song before attacking Yizhou, how much opportunity and time will be wasted? Cao Cao's ambition is not the same.
It's not Kuang Guang. Zhang Song ridiculed and ridiculed him so many times. How could Cao Cao tolerate it? Killing him with Liu Zhang's hands is probably Cao Cao's real wish.
————————————————————————————————The next day, Yizhou Army generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei accepted Gao Shun’s invitation.
Entered Hanzhong City with a hundred guards.
However, Gao Shun suddenly launched an attack after they entered the city and ordered his sergeants to besiege them. One hundred guards could not protect them at all and they all died in battle. Yang Huai and Gao Pei were also successively captured by generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong.
Kill easily.
After the two generals were killed, Gao Shun immediately mobilized his army and attacked the Yizhou Army south of Hanzhong City.
Although the Yizhou Army, which had lost its general, was much better than Cao's Army in terms of numbers, it had no fighting spirit. In addition, Cao's Army was full of elite soldiers and generals, so the situation on the battlefield was complicated.
It was Cao Jun's unilateral massacre.
In the end, Cao's army almost wiped out the Yizhou army with only hundreds of casualties.
Of course, it is impossible for every soldier of the tens of thousands of Yizhou troops to be killed. There will inevitably be a small number of defeated soldiers who flee. They must capture Jia as quickly as possible before they return to Yizhou to spread the news.
Just be cute.
Gao Shundang immediately ordered the soldiers of Cao's army to strip the armor from the corpses of the Yizhou soldiers. After changing the armor, the entire army immediately attacked Jiameng Pass.