I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 326

The mountain road was difficult, and the cavalry had no speed advantage over the infantry at this time, but because they were still walking on the road and marched all the way, they finally arrived at Jianmen Pass two days after leaving Yanting.

"It's true that one man is the gate and ten thousand men can't open it." Although he had already walked through Jianmen once when he entered Shu, Fu Jinchuan felt that this evaluation was no exaggeration to describe the danger of Jianmen Pass.

"When the former famous general Zhang Te entered Shu, he led his army all the way into Hanzhong, went south to Yangping Pass, and drove directly to Jiange. It was here that Shu general Chen Yao blocked him and could not advance an inch. It was Liu Zhigui who led the army to take the Yinping Road and broke through Shu."

Shiro on the side also said: "I remember that when the dynasty entered Shu, King Wuning led the army to attack Jianmen head-on. The ancestor King Zhongwu led the army to take the Yinping Road. Will the Red Lotus Army also follow the Yinping Road?"

But Fu Jinchuan shook his head and said: "Yinping Road leads to Longshang. Longyou is a frontier area where Hu and Han live together. The folk customs are strong and there are elite frontier troops stationed there. It is unwise to go to Longyou."

The two brothers entered Jianmen Pass while saying this.

The gateway to northern Sichuan is nothing like a Jiange.

There are two passages between Shuzhong and Hanzhong, Micang Road and Jinniu Road.Among them, Jinniu Road was the first choice for those who broke Shu in the past dynasties, and most of them entered the army from this.

Jinniu Road starts from Mian County, Guanzhong in the north, and ends at Dajian Pass of Jiange in the south. The highest peak in the middle is Chaotianling, and Jiange is its gateway.

Within 25 miles of Jiange, there is Jianmen Mountain, also known as "Dajian Mountain". Thirty miles east of it is Xiaojian Mountain.

The big and small sword mountains stretch for more than 200 miles.

Because the cliffs of the mountain are interrupted, and the two cliffs are inlaid with each other, it is like opening a door and planting a sword, so it is named Jianmen.

Li Bingquan, the military envoy of Jianmen Pass, accompanied Jie Shuai and his party to the pass wall, and stood cautiously by his side.

"Is there any movement near Jianmen Pass these days?"

Hearing Jieshuai's question, Li Bingquan hurriedly said: "Return to Jieshuai, since receiving the military order, Jianmen Pass has been closed, and the guards are on duty every day and dare not relax their vigilance. There are also scouts patrolling around. There are bandits, but the number of these bandits is not too many, the general thought that the sword gate was closed in the narrow road, and even if the Red Lotus Army wanted to gather, they would probably choose near Jiange County."

Being able to serve as the envoy of soldiers and horses at Jianmen Pass, such a very dangerous position, Li Bingquan naturally has some skills.

Fu Jinchuan looked at the lofty mountains inside and outside the pass wall, noncommittal, but he didn't know what he was thinking about.

Walking quickly to Jianmen Pass, I was afraid that something might go wrong here.

But as long as the people guarding the Jianmen Gate are not fools, and only a few hundred elite soldiers are needed, and the food, grass and weapons are sufficient, conventional methods will not be able to attack the Jianmen Gate.

unless?

Two great masters join forces to raid at night?
This is a method that has to be guarded against.

But at present, the Red Lotus Army is broken into pieces, and they will definitely gather in one place before leaving Shu, and then leave Shu together.

Among the several tunnels in northern Sichuan, because the center of gravity of Sichuan is in the Chengdu area, it is the most convenient to enter and exit through Jinniu Road.Therefore, Jinniu Road is the key point of Sichuan and Shu, and Jiange is its gateway, which has been valued by successive dynasties who attacked and defended Shu.

In the middle of the south of Micang Road, it can directly drive Kuizhou, threatening the connection between Sichuan and Shu and the southeast.

Yinping Road is remote and sinister, and it is easy to be ignored, so it is more hidden.Attacking Chengdu from this can often have miraculous effects.
So someone said: "The danger of Chengdu is not in the suburbs, but outside the four borders."

Those who occupy Shu must occupy Jiangling in the east, because by occupying Jiangling, they can fully occupy the danger of Wushan Mountain, and defend Hanzhong in the north, because by defending Hanzhong, they can fully occupy the danger of Daba Mountain.

What if you do the opposite?
Now that Zhao Fubai led the army in Puzhou, blocking the way Fang Qiu's troops wanted to return to Shuzhong, the Red Lotus Army on the south road was not within the scope of Fu Jinchuan's consideration.

As for the road to the north, they scattered to the north at first, and then vaguely regrouped in the first generation of Jianzhou.

Let the court think that they are going north to Sichuan, but in fact they are regrouping and heading south to Fucheng?

Fucheng is an important stronghold to the south of Jiange and north of Chengdu. The two routes of Jiange, Yinping and Ping to Chengdu must pass through Fucheng.

Moreover, Fucheng strangles the upper reaches of the Fujiang River, and can directly reach Chengdu by controlling the waterway.In the past dynasties, there are many examples of Jianmen being breached and the separatist forces in central Shu retreating to Fucheng and being preserved.

Could it be that the red lotus rebels still have ideas about Chengdu?Want to go south to attack Fucheng and take Chengdu?

But there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Chengdu, and the elite soldiers from Songzhou can go south at any time, with nearly [-] elite soldiers.

Unless it is crazy, it is impossible to have intentions for Chengdu at this time.

"Is there a path or other way around here that can bypass Jianmen Pass?"

Jianmen Pass is in power, regardless of the north and south, it is an extremely dangerous pass. If you want to attack such a pass head-on, it is impossible with the current ability of the red lotus rebels, unless you want to detour?

But Li Bingquan said, "Hui Jieshuai, there is really a way. There are many mountains on the east of Yiguang River, and there is a narrow path called "Laisu". Twenty li to the south of Guannan, to Qingniandian, which joins the official road, and if you enter the army from here, you can't rely on the danger of Jianmen."

Upon hearing this, Fu Jinchuan immediately said, "Send a guide and take me to have a look."

But Li Bingquan said: "Jieshuai, it's already past noon today. When the place is already evening, are you going to wait for tomorrow? The people on this road are exhausted, are you going to take a rest?"

Fu Jinchuan thought for a while, and the dental soldiers under his command were indeed traveling all the way, a little tired, and then said: "Order 300 people in your department to have a full meal, and bring dry food for a few days, and go with me. Set off in time .”

Upon hearing this, Li Bingquan immediately responded, "No."

After Fu Jinchuan learned that there were other routes nearby, he immediately decided to check it out himself.

So less than an hour after entering Jiannan Pass, Fu Jinchuan led dozens of personal guards and three hundred Jianmen guards out of the city again after only a meal, and at the same time took a photo of a messenger to inform the guards of Jiange and Fucheng The army is on strict alert.

On the other side, Changping Town in Jiange County, the originally dull town is indeed full of fireworks at the moment.

The people in the town fled to the death, looting and burning the Honglian bandits who occupied here wantonly.

Pang Zhigu was also very dissatisfied with the current situation, even Marshal Fang Jiao was not satisfied.

But there is nothing they can do to stop it right now.

Because of traveling fast all the way, crossing mountains and ridges, enduring hunger and cold, and the pursuit of officers and soldiers, they have been able to survive until now, and they all have a beast in their hearts.

Now that the beast is out of the cage, it's going to be hard to put it back in the cage.

As if seeing that the faces of the two were a bit ugly, Luo Xiao, one of the leaders, changed the subject and said, "This place is not far from Yinping. In my opinion, wait for two more days at most. As many people as can be gathered, the others can't." Wait, waiting for the officers and soldiers to catch up. It's not far from Chengdu. It won't be long before the officers and soldiers rush over on the official road. The marshal met Fu Jinchuan in Yanting. Kill our way out of Sichuan, this time he has been tricked by us, and he can be regarded as winning back."

After listening to Luo Xiao's words, Fang Jiao shook his head and said, "What do you mean by pulling back a city? Those who are chased away are like rats crossing the street. They dare not go on the official road, so they can only endure hunger and go across mountains and ridges. When we can win a battle with him face to face, that will be called a victory."

(End of this chapter)