Liu Zhang used Yang Huai to guard Jiameng Pass, and personally led an army of 40,000 to lead Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Wei Yan, Wu Ban and other generals to kill Hanzhong. Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was in great distress and ordered his younger brother Zhang Wei to lead Yang Ang, Yang Ren, and Yang
Bai and other generals came out of Micang Road, Yang Ren and Yang Bai guarded Baishui Pass with 20,000 troops, and Zhang Wei led Yang Ang with a total of 30,000 troops to guard the natural dangers of Tiandang Mountain.
Tiandang Mountain and Baishui Pass are the two major gateways in Hanzhong. They are extremely dangerous. It can be said that one man can guard the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it. Liu Zhang adopted Fazheng's suggestion, avoid the strong and focus on the weak. Yan Yan and Leng Bao led 10,000 troops to garrison the western siege of Mount Tiandang.
, led 30,000 soldiers and horses to the stronghold fifteen miles away from Baishui Pass.
The water of Bailong River is endless, and Baishui Pass is located between dangerous mountains and dangerous waters. The mountains are majestic and the landscape is picturesque.
Liu Zhang led Fazheng and Wei Yan's cavalry to the hillside of Guanqian. They immediately rode on the top of the mountain and looked around. Fazheng said worriedly: "In such a terrain, if we get five thousand soldiers, a hundred thousand troops will never even think of crossing the thunder pool. Now the enemy is strong and we are weak.
It’s really not easy to get through.”
Wei Yan chuckled and said disdainfully: "The pass is a good pass, but I don't know what the people guarding it are like. There are no flaws in the pass, but the people guarding the pass have flaws."
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "General Wei is so heroic and heroic, and he may have a good strategy to defeat the enemy."
Wei Yan looked at the flags waving in front of the pass and said loudly: "Let me fight him first."
On the same day, Wei Yan led 5,000 soldiers to the Deguan Pass and beat drums to challenge him, but the Baishui Pass garrison refused to come out. After three days of this, the Baishui Pass garrison became a little tired.
On the fourth day, guard Yang Bai finally couldn't hold it any longer and was about to lead his troops out. Another guard, Yang Ren, came up with several cavalry and intercepted Yang Bai at the gate of the city.
"Brother Bai, are you going to lead the army into battle?" Yang Bai, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang all came from the Yang family in Hanzhong. In terms of seniority, they are brothers, but Yang Bai was born in the direct line, while Yang Ren and Yang Ang were from the side branch.
"So what?" Yang Bai squinted his eyes and glanced at Yang Ren from the corner of his eye.
"General Zhang Wei divided his troops among us, and repeatedly warned us not to go into battle easily. We should guard the pass carefully. Liu Zhang's army is coming from afar, and it will be difficult to transport food. In the long run, we will inevitably retreat."
"Nonsense." Yang Bai scolded: "I think back on when I fought Pang Xi several times, even with a small army and few generals, I was rarely defeated. Now that we have more troops than Liu Zhang, we have to guard the pass. How useless. The war is changing rapidly.
, how can we be restrained by what General Zhang said ten days ago?"
After Yang Bai finished speaking, he was about to lead the army out of the pass. Yang Ren said quickly: "At the beginning, Pang Xi did not attack with a large army, so he was bluffing. Now Liu Zhang has mobilized all the troops in Sichuan. Although the soldiers are small, they are elite and brave. Looking at Fucheng,
During World War II in Brazil, Liu Zhang defeated the masses with a small force, which must not be underestimated."
Yang Bo reined in the horse's head and shouted in a cold voice: "Yang Ren, are you afraid that I will make great achievements on my own?"
Yang Bai had an angry look on his face, and Yang Ren was stunned for a moment. Although Yang Bai had the same position as himself, he was born into a noble family, and his brother was Yang Song, one of Zhang Lu's trusted advisors and the leader of the Yang family. He was extremely powerful and he had no respect for Yang Bai.
There was no choice but to watch Yang Bai leading the army out of the pass. Yang Ren sighed and carefully arranged the pass defense.
Wei Yan was overjoyed when he saw an enemy general coming out of the gate. He raised his sword and shouted, "Does that traitorous general dare to fight against Wei Yan in Yiyang?"
Yang Bai snorted coldly and clapped his horse out: "Young Yiyang boy, let me, Yang Bai, kill you."
"Spouting arrogance."
Wei Yan held his sword and leaped on his horse. The two horses crossed each other. Wei Yan cut off Yang Bai's sword with one strike. Yang Bai was so frightened that he reined up his horse and ran away. Wei Yan shouted: "Where are you going?" Wei Yan drew his hard bow from behind and shot an arrow, hitting the center.
Yang Bai jumped on his horse and fled.
Wei Yanchang's sword was raised, and five thousand soldiers were killed together. Yang Bai endured the pain and returned to the formation. He was filled with anger and took advantage of the large number of soldiers to attack Wei Yan. Suddenly, he heard the sound of drums and suddenly came out of the jungle on both sides.
Two standard troops, one from Wu Ban and the other from Gao Pei, were surrounded on three sides. The Hanzhong soldiers, whose morale was already slack, were besieged again and were quickly defeated. They retreated to Baishui Pass together.
Wei Yan, Wu Ban, and Gao Pei's armies pursued them until they reached Baishui Pass. Yang Bai urgently ordered the city gate guards to lower the suspension bridge switch, but there was no response. Yang Ren walked to close the bridge with a knife.
"Yang Ren, turn the switch quickly, do you want me to die in battle before the pass?" Yang Bai shouted anxiously and angrily.
Yang Ren shouted: "Brother Bai, if you turn the switch on now, the Sichuan army will definitely cover you up and come in, so I have to wrong you."
"This is unreasonable." Yang Bai was furious: "Yang Ren, have you eaten the guts of a leopard? My brother is the number one counselor under Master Jun (Zhang Lu). If you dare to harm me, be careful not to die without a burial place."
"So what if I, Yang Ren, die without a burial place to protect Master Shijun's legacy?"
"You." Yang Bai was so angry that he vomited blood. He was hit by an arrow in the back and rolled off his horse. The Hanzhong soldiers formed a chaos in front of the pass. Wei Yan and other generals came to kill them, killing them. Hanzhong soldiers were killed and injured everywhere.
, the Sichuan army took advantage of the situation to attack the key point, but Yang Ren was tightly guarded and could not move down for a long time, so he had to retreat.
"I am ashamed that I failed to capture Baishui Pass. I ask my lord to punish me." Wei Yan, Wu Ban, and Gao Pei knelt down to apologize.
Liu Zhang waved his hand and said: "Three generals have worked hard. Baishui Pass is a dangerous pass. How can we easily win it? General Wei killed Yang Bai today and defeated nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses of the Hanzhong Army. He achieved a great victory in the first battle. There must be rewards for meritorious deeds."
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"If it hadn't been for Yang Ren'er refusing to admit the defeated soldiers into the city, we would have almost succeeded." Gao Pei stood up and said unwillingly.
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Guanbaishui Pass is well guarded and has calm judgment. This Yang Ren is a talented general. Is it possible that all those with the word 'Ren' in their names are good generals?"
"Hahaha." All the generals laughed together. Zhang Ren's face on the side was calm, but there was a little smile between his brows.
At this moment, a soldier came to report urgently: "Lord, it's not good. General Yan Yan was defeated by the enemy general Zhang Wei in front of Tiandang Mountain. He lost his troops and lost his general."
"What?" Liu Zhang said angrily: "How did Yan Yan lead the army? When dividing the troops, Mr. Fa repeatedly told him to put up more flags to contain the defenders of Tiandang Mountain and prevent them from fighting. Why did Yan Yan disobey orders?"
The soldier said: "General Leng Bao couldn't stand Yang Ang's insults and went out to meet the enemy. He was besieged by Yang Ang's army. General Yan went out to meet the enemy and was ambushed by Zhang Wei. Therefore, he was defeated."
"Pa." Liu Zhang slapped his palm on the table: "Leng Bao is brave but not resourceful. General Wei finally won a battle at Baishui Pass, but this reckless man destroyed it all. Send an order to cut off all the powers of Leng Bao.
Reduced to the rank of foot soldier, awaiting orders."
"yes."
After the soldiers exited the camp, Fazheng stepped forward and said: "Lord, I think Yan Yan, Leng Bao's defeat is not a bad thing. We can take advantage of it and turn defeat into victory."
"Oh?" Liu Zhang frowned: "How to turn defeat into victory?"
"Hide the truth from the sky." Fazheng slowly spit out four words.
"Be specific." Liu Zhang said impatiently.
Fazheng smiled and said: "The situation between the enemy and us is now. We take Baishui Pass as the real one and Tiandang Mountain as the virtual one. The defeats of Yan Yan and Leng Bao have exposed the weakness of our army. The many flags erected are useless, and General Wei
The Hanzhong army was defeated, Yang Bai was killed, and our army in front of Baishui Pass was in full swing.
Looking back at the Hanzhong Army, the defenders of Baishui Pass watched helplessly as Yang Bai's nearly ten thousand troops were destroyed in front of Baishui Pass. Their morale was low and their soldiers were sparse. However, Zhang Wei of Tiandang Mountain had just won a great victory and must have been proud. He also found out that Yan Yan's camp was in vain and Tiandang.
The defense of the mountain must be lax, so why don’t we adjust the direction of attack, abandon Baishui Pass and attack Tiandang Mountain?”
Liu Zhang frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate. Even if Tiandang Mountain's defense is lax, Zhang Wei is not a mediocre general, and the 30,000-strong army is beyond our strength to conquer."
"Exactly." Gao Pei also said: "Mr. Fa said that the morale of Baishui Pass is low and the number of soldiers is scarce. We might as well attack Baishui Pass."
Fazheng chuckled: "Since General Gao Pei thinks we should attack Baishui Pass, then my plan of hiding the truth from the enemy is half successful."