Volume 5: Overlord of the Sea Chapter 575: Great Victory in Hanzhong
With a loud bang, Yangping Pass finally couldn't hold on and "fell down".
Both the Chu army and the Xiliang army breathed a sigh of relief...
It has been four days since the two sides ceased fighting and withdrew from Yangping Pass. They just watched it tilting there, neither of them daring to step forward. After all, no one wanted to be the "unlucky" one!
"Finally" after a heavy rain last night, Yangping Pass could no longer hold out and collapsed directly.
At the same time , the fall of the pass was a signal, and the two sides fought again. The Chu army also fought in the ruins, using the three-three system, each looking for cover points, and small groups of infantry to repel the Xiliang army...
This time, Ma Teng and Han Sui finally understood that these plate armors... were simply "fraudulent"!
It is true that it can block arrows and even has excellent defense in close combat, but in front of the "bullets" of the Chu State's Qi crossbow, it can only be shot through!
Although it is not completely useless, but... a set of expensive plate armor can only be exchanged for the effect of "a certain chance of defense" against the cheap Qi crossbow. Obviously, the loss cannot be greater.
After one battle, the Xiliang army retreated thirty miles, and Yangping Ji was also picked up by Zhao Yun - the pass was not needed, but a border city could be built later and Yangping Ji could be invited to move in.
Afterwards, Zhao Yun actively laid barbed wire covering the valley near the old site of Yangping Pass, dug layers of trenches, and built bunkers in it...
Even without Yangping Pass, this place can still become a "Jedi"!
Even a month later, Sun Ce led his troops southwards, heading towards Bazhong...
Seeing the Chu army so arrogant, Ma Teng and Han Sui launched a fierce attack for five or six days in a row. However, even though they had superior military strength and a large number of Qiang cavalry cannon fodder, they were still unable to defeat Yangping's trenches and bunkers.
Even if Ma Chao enters the divine power mode, he can still be resisted by Zhao Yun, who is also a divine general...
Even though there are only two divisions in the Jingbei war zone now, they can easily block the Xiliang Army from any hope of a breakthrough!
However, Sun Ce and Chen Dao divided their troops and headed south. Sun Ce took the Micang Road, entered Bazhong and settled in Hanchang, and attacked Dangqu. Chen Dao and Fa Zheng went directly south from Yangping Pass and took the Jinniu Road to Jiange - not for a real attack, but to put some "pressure" first.
There are mainly three roads between Hanzhong and Xichuan: two regular roads and one strange road.
One is that Sun Ce is now taking the "Migang Road". As the name suggests, it is a mountain road in Migang Mountain. After entering Bazhong, go south along the Bashui River and you will reach Jiangzhou. If Liu Zhang loses Jiangzhou, Ba County will belong to the Chu State.
However, the Bashui River is not connected to the Han River. It is just a small river originating from the Micang Mountain. Without the advantage of warships, it is not easy to capture Dangqu and Jiangzhou!
The other "right way" is the one that Fa Zheng took, going south from Yangping Pass and taking the Jinniu Road to Jiange...
The Golden Bull Road was built during the pre-Qin period by King Huiwen of Qin who tricked the State of Shu into building it. King Huiwen of Qin wanted to attack the State of Shu at the time and did not want to build the road himself, so he tricked the King of Shu by saying that he had stone bulls that pulled out gold every day and wanted to give the King of Shu five of them. The King of Shu really believed it and built the Golden Bull Road to transport the bulls. Naturally, as soon as the road was completed, the State of Qin destroyed it.
However, it is not easy to take the Jinniu Road now. Not only is the Jinniu Road built in Daba Mountain, it is not easy to walk no matter how well it is built. In addition, the northern end is Yangping Pass and the southern end is Jiange. It is not easy to attack by force...
Fa Zheng had no idea whether Jiange could be demolished. After all, both in terms of architecture and public opinion, it was a higher level than Yangping Pass. But it would be good to put some psychological pressure on Liu Zhang by pressing on it first. The most important thing was to welcome the Western Liang Army into Shu directly at Jinniu Road in order to prevent Liu Zhang from being desperate!
There is actually another road, that is Yinping Road...
The road condition is extremely dangerous. There is a large section where one side is completely cliffy. If you want to go south, you can only carry your luggage on your left shoulder, otherwise the road is not wide enough for walking. Therefore, it is also called the "Left-carrying Road."
In addition to the dangerous road conditions, there is generally no defense along the way...
In history, Deng Ai took a risk and entered Shu, and directly confronted Liu Chan, the governor of Chengdu !
However, now neither Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun, nor Sun Ce have any intention of taking such a risky move.
After all, Chu had great advantages. Shu was dangerous, but there was no need for Chu to go against nature - large-scale troop transport through Yinping Road not only could not carry too much baggage, but also would lose 30% to 50% of its resources on the way!
At the same time, it is already September and the weather is getting cooler...
The goal of the Chu State this year is more to secure its control of Hanzhong and not give the Shu Marquis any opportunity to "collude" with the Western Liang Army.
Moreover, over the past six months, it is not only the Chu State that has achieved remarkable results in Hanzhong!
The situation in Hanzhong certainly concerned most of the world. Han, Chu, and Wei were all eagerly awaiting the outcome of the battle in Hanzhong...
From Ma Chao's breakthrough at Yangping Pass, to Sun Ce's advance against the Han River, to Zhao Yun's invitation to Zhang Lu to surrender to Chu, to his victory over Hanzhong, and finally the "blow-up" of Yangping Pass, every step attracted worldwide attention.
After all, the situation in Hanzhong could determine the future .
However, for the Han Dynasty, which was full of confidence at the beginning, this "result" was a bit disappointing - only when Ma Chao conquered Yangping did the Han Dynasty feel slightly happy.
Then came the blows again and again...
Now it seems that the only result of the battle is the explosion of Yangping Pass on the spot, and the Xiliang Army is still blocked.
Besides, Xichuan is now controlled by the enemy everywhere. Without external help, it is only a matter of time before it is swallowed up.
Besides Hanzhong, another eye-catching place in the world is Liaodong...
Gongsun Kang experienced the worst year of his life!
Didn’t we agree to share Bohai Sea together?
How come when I attacked the port of Chu State, the other side had already anticipated it and was unable to take any action at all, and Wei State suddenly sent troops from land to attack me?
Not only were the cities and strongholds west of Liaoze easily captured by Wei State, but what Bai Tu complained about the most was that he had originally expected Gongsun Kang to use the cold winter in Liaodong and the natural barrier of Liaoze to at least hold off Wei State for two or three years.
Who would have thought that before the first winter, Guo Jia had planned to cross Liaoze, and now Wei had pushed him to the Liaodong County mainland...
Even their most elite plate-armored cavalry were tricked and mostly wiped out in one fell swoop because they believed Tian Yu's words!
When he first heard the news, Bai Tu wanted to immediately transport another batch of military equipment to "repay evil with kindness."
Unfortunately, Liu Bei had already taken action at this time, and Bai Tu's sea route to Liaodong was not very stable, so he had to give up...
At this rate, I’m afraid Cao Cao will be able to take control of the Fried Seafood Peninsula within a year!
At the same time, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu finally received the imperial edict - ordering Liu Bei, Marquis of Qi, to lead troops to support the Hanzhong battlefield!
