After repelling Fa Zheng's attack on Jiange Pass, Wang Xiao did not send anyone out of the pass to pursue him.

When the surprise attack on Jiange Pass, there were only less than a thousand defenders stationed in this extremely important pass.

Moreover, there was a convoy transporting food and supplies to Yangping Pass and was very relaxed in entering the pass.

Wang Xiao sent people to lurk near the raid, and seized the pass in one fell swoop, and also seized a large amount of materials stored inside.

After that, Wang Xiao stayed here, eating Yizhou's food and waiting for the troops in Yizhou to disperse themselves.

When Deng Ai walked on Yinping Road in history, Shu Kingdom was already in a state of festering, and defenders from all over the country were surrendered.

He said that he was cleansed up Liu Chan and said that he was smart. Why didn’t he see him favoring eunuchs and bullying loyal and kindness, and even forcing Jiang Wei to stay away from Hanzhong, causing the door to open until his country was destroyed?

But now, the Shu army has a high fighting will.

Fa Zheng, who was stationed in Chengdu, was responsible for the rear of the country, and in a hurry, he formed a strong and young man who rushed to Jiange Pass to fight back.

Fa Zheng has great abilities, but unfortunately the troops recruited from his hands are extremely poor in combat effectiveness.

Moreover, time is tight. If you cannot break through Jiange Pass in a short time, then Liu Bei's army, which was blocked in Yangping Pass, will be all over.

Fa Zheng attacked for several days, with heavy casualties and severe injuries, resulting in defeat and no longer able to attack.

"It's almost the same time."

Standing at the top of the city, Wang Xiao looked at the mountains in the distance, and Yangping Pass was on the other side of the mountain.

The news was passed to Liu Bei, and it was logical that the decision had been made now.

Liu Bei now has three choices.

First, we went north to defeat the main force of Cao's army in Hanzhong, and seized the food and grass of Cao's army into Guanzhong.

The second is to go south to break through Jiange Pass and return to Chengdu to obtain logistics support.

The third is to go east and go along the Han River to Jingzhou along the Shangyong area.

As for the road to the west to enter the mountains and then detour the river from the south to return to Chengdu, you will definitely not choose.

Liu Bei now has an army of 60,000 to 70,000, not 60,000.

With so many troops entering the mountains, the daily logistics demand is a huge number. There is no supply in the mountains.

Before they could walk out of the mountains, they all starved to death.

And when Wang Xiao came to the raid, he caught him off guard.

Under the current circumstances, how could Wang Xiao give Liu Bei the chance to catch him off guard?

Think from the perspective of others, if Wang Xiao was in Liu Bei's environment at this time, he would have chosen the entire army to go south and break the Jiange Pass before the military rations are exhausted.

Because after coming out of the vast mountains, there will definitely not be too many soldiers.

Yangping Pass is solid, leaving a single army to defend against the attacks of the main force of the Wei army in Hanzhong.

The entire army went south and fought to the death with the power of a mourning army. It might not be impossible to break through Jiange Pass when attacking reinforcements from Chengdu.

Wang Xiao expressed his understanding of Liu Bei's plan.

After all, compared to the other paths, this is the shortest and easiest one.

However, Jiange Pass is not that easy to fight.

Jiange Pass is located at the interruption of Jianmen Mountain, with cliffs on both sides, reaching the sky.

The peaks and mountains lean against the sky are like swords, and the cliffs are broken and separated. The two walls are opposite each other and look like doors, so they are called sword gates.

This is the rare Danxia landform of the city wall-like conglomerate cliff in the world. The vertical height is nearly 300 meters and the narrowest part at the bottom is only 50 meters. It is the world's number one pass naturally.

If you want to attack such a dangerous place, the only way is to use your life to fill it. If you use all the arrows and equipment, you can only break it if you fill it up after all the defenders are killed in battle.

As for climbing over the cliffs three hundred meters high on both sides, a strong messenger can climb over, but tens of thousands of troops cannot get through.

"Your Majesty, Liu Bei's army is here."

When Wang Xiao was thinking about his thoughts, Yang Xiu, who had already matured through this long-distance marching, stepped forward and pointed at the north. "It turns out that as His Majesty thought, they still chose to come and fight Jianmen Pass."

In the canyon in the north, a long dragon composed of flags and sergeants winds up. The number is so large that there is no end to see at a glance.

Wang Xiao rubbed his chin that had no time to take care of his beard, "blocked the city gate. Even if the sky and the earth were broken outside, he would not be allowed to leave the city."

Zhuge Liang is resourceful, and has good law and wisdom.

At this critical moment, these two people will definitely use any strategy to lure Wang Xiao out of the city at all costs, so as to seize the Jiange Pass.

Wang Xiao was not sure whether he could see through all the traps, so he simply chose to block the city gate directly and strictly ordered no one to go out.

If you make a brilliant plan, I just don't move.

The Shu army went south and came to Jiange Pass for a little repair. The next morning, it launched an attack.

A large number of Shu troops rushed upwards to Chengguan step by step on the steps made of stone.

First, welcoming the rain of arrows, and when we reach the city wall, we rolled stones and rolled wood, and the gold juice bottles were smashed down.

The terrain here is too steep and heavy siege equipment cannot be transported at all.

Moreover, the pass is very narrow, and each time I die, I can only have a small wave of soldiers siege the city, and the others can only watch from behind. There is no way to exert their strength.

The only option is to fill in with your life.

The tentative attack was quickly repelled, but in the next few days, the Shu army had such tentative offensives, as if they were not in a hurry at all.

"Your Majesty, what are Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang doing?" Yang Xiu was impatient and began to become suspicious.

"What else can I do? I'm thinking about getting the best of my achievements in one battle."

Wang Xiao stood on the city wall and saw clearly that the Shu army was cutting down trees and building siege equipment. He must have sent envoys to cross mountains and ridges to contact Fazheng.

In the past two days, I will definitely fight to the death to attack the city at all costs.

Seeing Yang Xiu worried, Wang Xiao smiled and joked, "Dazu, are you scared? If you are afraid, you can be an envoy to stay where Liu Bei will stay for a few days."

Yang Xiu smiled awkwardly, "I am indeed a little scared. But since I have come, I will definitely fight to the end. Even if I die, I will die by Your Majesty's side."

This flattery was so good, Wang Xiao was happy, "You have military achievements. After the battle is over... Bah! I will be named a marquis for you after I destroy Liu Bei and go back. It is hard to say about Lehou, but the marquis of the village marquis is still fine."

Yang Xiu was overjoyed and immediately bowed.

No matter what Liu Bei and the others wanted to do, Wang Xiao would sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

As long as you keep guarding Jiange Pass, it doesn’t matter how you act outside.

Three more days later, Wang Xiao guessed that the Sichuan army's rations should be almost exhausted. He ordered the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance and the enemy was coming soon.

Sure enough, early the next morning, a heavy fog suddenly spread in the valley. A large number of Shu troops rushed towards the city wall with the cover of fog.

"Zhuge Kongming, you are really a master of military yin and yang." Wang Xiao looked at the heavy fog that filled the sky and the earth, and felt in his heart that Zhuge Liang had really used astronomy and geography to the extreme.

During the Battle of Red Cliff, I borrowed the east wind and now I waited until today to fog.

Not to mention anything else, if Zhuge Liang did a weather forecast, he would definitely be a powerful figure.

Dozens of stones flew over and hit the city, and suddenly became in chaos.

It turned out that the Shu army used the heavy fog and the cover of the city-striking dead soldiers to push many Thunderbolt vehicles to within range.

When they were in Yangping Pass before, the Shu army was smashed and burned by the pili chariot. In the end, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others fought to the death, not only destroyed a group of pili chariots close to the city wall, but also seized a lot of parts.

Of course, there are also prices. The few cavalry were almost consumed. Even the general Zhao Yun was also banned for it, and his injuries were not light.

Zhuge Liang invented the wooden ox and flowing horse, invented the Zhuge crossbow, invented the Kongming lantern, invented the bun, etc. He can also be regarded as a figure of military skills.

Through the restoration of the components and the observations in daily life, he quickly figured out the structure and principles.

However, he did not have tincture oil, and he didn't understand why the jar thrown by Wei Jun caught fire.

Now, although it is not as good as the original one, at least one can be used if it is quickly made.

The defenders screamed in pain, and the city soon fell into chaos.

At the same time, on the side of Xiahou Yuan guarding the city, a large number of soldiers also rushed to the city, and thunder chariots threw stones.

Faced with all this, Wang Xiao was unmoved.

He stood on the steps of the city wall with his sword in his hand, commanding the reserve teams in the city to come up to replace the front line.

A sharp whistling sound came from above. Wang Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked up, and saw a ball of burning fire breaking through the thick fog and falling into the city.

This is someone climbing up to the top of the cliffs on both sides, igniting the balls woven with straw ropes and throwing them down.

This thing has little lethality, and its biggest function is to dampen morale and increase panic.

After all, when the fog is filled, the fire from the sky is indeed quite scary.

Moreover, the people on the top of the mountain cried and howled, making shrill and strange screams. Not to mention being afraid, it was quite disgusting.

Not until this is over, a group of Shu troops suddenly broke out in a warehouse in the city.

Because of lack of defense, the nearby Wei army formation was immediately dispersed.

In the past few days, the Shu army has not had time to eat.

In the blind spot of Chengguan, they dug a mountain and dug a hole, and dug a passage close to the edge of the mountain and entered Jiangeguan.
To be continued...