Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

The quick attack strategy formulated by Gu Rubing was indeed very effective.

Under Zhuge Liang's command, it took less than three days to capture Mianzhu, Guanghan and other places in Guanghan County, but Zhuge Liang's offensive was soon blocked.

Gu Rubing looked at the map on the table and frowned.

Zhuge Liang said nothing, with his eyes closed as if he was thinking about something.

"My lord, military advisor, we can't continue fighting like this. We have wasted too much time on Yinping Road."

Pang De and others on the side immediately wanted to challenge for a fight.

Now everyone is trapped in one place, that is Jianmen Pass on Yinping Road, also called Jiange.

Where Jianmen Pass is located, there are smooth cliffs on both sides and a small path in the middle that can only accommodate three people side by side. The huge Jianmen Pass is at the end of this road.

As long as we pass the Jiange Pass, the entire Guanghan County will no longer be indefensible.

Before, although this place was a bit dangerous, there was no Jianmen Pass. Gu Rubing didn't know when Cao Cao had rebuilt Jiange.

"Military Advisor, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head. He had been thinking about this for a long time. The attack on Jianmen Pass had lasted for two whole days. The troops lost in these two days were as high as 20,000, while the enemy lost less than 2,000. This gap had severely suppressed the confidence of the Lie Army, which was always known for its super high standing strength.

"My Lord, the Sword Pavilion is dangerous. We cannot break through it for the time being. Perhaps we really need the help of the old general and Ling Ming."

Gu Rubing also wanted to do so, but when attacking Jiange, Gu Rubing clearly saw the shadows of Cao Zhang and Miao Moqing there, which meant that the other side had even prepared legendary generals. It was obvious that they were preparing to completely stop their 100,000-strong army in Jiange.

The reason why Cao Cao was able to make such preparations was thanks to a person under his command, Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui had made great contributions before, but he did not receive any reward from Cao Cao. He was always just a centurion. It was only after the efforts of the Xiahou brothers that he was barely able to get the position of a thousand-man captain.

However, Zhong Hui was just a little disappointed and did not want to leave Cao Cao.

When Gu Rubing was still in Liangzhou, Zhong saw that there was no movement on the front line, and guessed that Gu Rubing must have other ideas.

Alone in the military camp, he looked at the map for a long time and finally guessed that Gu Rubing's next target would definitely not be Yulin County, but to enter Yizhou. After all, both sides had stationed hundreds of thousands of troops in Yulin County, and it would be impossible to achieve any results in a short period of time. But as long as they entered Yizhou from Ba County, they could achieve the effect of catching the enemy off guard.

It even forced Cao Cao to withdraw the troops supporting Yulin County, which also reduced the pressure on Zhuge Liang's front line.

Thinking of this, Zhong Hui immediately rushed to Cao Cao's tent and told him his guess.

After hearing this, Cao Cao's first reaction was "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Gu Rubing had been planning in Yulin County for so long, with 200,000 soldiers, including nearly 100,000 elite soldiers, and countless famous and legendary generals. How could he change the direction of attack just like that? Moreover, Gu Rubing's elite soldiers were all in Yulin County. Even if he wanted to attack Yizhou, what could he use to attack Yizhou?
Although he felt it was impossible, because of Zhong Hui, the Xiahou brothers had told him countless times that they wanted to promote Zhong Hui, and they even had a quarrel with him because of Zhong Hui.

But Cao Cao always felt that Zhong Hui did not have any great abilities, he was just lucky. It would be a good choice to find an opportunity to transfer Zhong Hui away.

So Cao Cao directly transferred Zhong Hui to Guanghan County to cooperate with Cao Ren there to defend Guanghan County.

When he first arrived in Guanghan County, Cao Ren did not believe the risks that Zhong Hui mentioned. But after all, what Zhong Hui said was not completely impossible. So when Zhong Hui asked for the location of Jianmen Pass as a defensive base, Cao Ren gave it to him without thinking.

It was precisely because of Cao Ren's choice that Guanghan County was saved from the fate of being captured by Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang in a quick attack.

When Cao Ren discovered that Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang were actually attacking Guanghan County, he resisted a little, then led all the remaining soldiers into Jianmen Pass and reported the situation there to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao only asked Cao Zhang and Miao Moqing to come for reinforcement, and at the same time sent another 20,000 people to Jianmen Pass, while he returned to Chengdu.

Now that Yizhou was attacked, he had to defend his territory and could no longer stay in Yulin County. However, he still left the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang on the front line of Yulin County.

The two legendary generals were extremely fast and reached Jianmen Pass in less than a day. However, the 20,000 reinforcements were slower. Jianmen Pass had been attacked by Zhuge Liang for two days, but the 20,000 reinforcements had not arrived yet.

However, Zhong Hui and Cao Ren were not panicked at all.

There were 20,000 defenders at Jianmen Pass. Although the number was not large, Zhong Hui had prepared sufficient defense equipment when rebuilding Jianmen Pass. Among them, kerosene, rocks and logs filled nearly ten warehouses. As long as the siege equipment was there, they were confident that even if Zhuge Liang had an army of 200,000, he would not be able to break through Jianmen Pass.

Just when everyone was fighting fiercely in front of Jianmen Pass, Deng Ai led 20,000 people and quietly bypassed the Yinping Road and took a small road.

"General, we are so lucky. The path is so dangerous. When we came here, I was thinking that if we were ambushed, we would be wiped out. After all, it is very difficult to retreat from this path."

The deputy general standing beside Deng Ai was flattering him.

Deng Ai looked at him and smiled helplessly.

"It's not that we are lucky. The reason why we can get here safely is because our lord is leading a large army along the Yinping Road to attack Jianmen Pass, which has attracted everyone's attention to Jianmen Pass. That's why no one noticed us."

"So that's how it is. Then, General, what should we do next? As long as we go down the mountain road ahead and walk for a few days, we can get around to the back of Jianmen Pass. As long as we attack from both sides, we will definitely be able to take Jianmen Pass."

Looking at the location pointed out by the deputy general on the map, Deng Ai frowned.

He did have this idea. After all, as long as Jianmen Pass was lost, the entire Guanghan County would belong to them.

But soon, Deng Ai rejected this idea.

Gu Rubing made such a great sacrifice, letting him lead 20,000 people on his own, and not caring about what they did along the way, completely giving power to him. Was it as simple as letting him cooperate with the army to capture Jianmen Pass?
Looking at the map in front of him, Deng Ai suddenly had a bold idea.

Now Cao Cao's army is divided into two places, one is the front line of Yulin County, and the other is the location of Jianmen Pass. The total strength of the two places is as high as about 150,000. According to Cao Cao's strength, this is almost all of his troops.

This also means that Chengdu, where Cao Cao was located, might not have many troops guarding it.

"We won't go to help the lord. We will take the small road directly, take Wen County, cross Motianling, go through Qingxi Town, then Nanba Town, and finally Wudu, Jiangyou, and Mianzhu."

Deng Ai didn't finish speaking, but was looking at the map.

But the deputy general understood it.

What does it mean to take Wudu, Jiangyou, and Mianzhu? It means we will go straight to Chengdu.

Two thousand men, going deep into Cao Cao's territory and taking Chengdu directly, let alone whether they dare to do it, they would not even dare to think about it.

"General, do we really want to do this? Along the way, if we want to pass through Cao Cao's important towns or spies, we must take the small roads. But these small roads, let alone us, even the locals dare not take them casually." "Once we take the main road or are discovered by Cao Cao's spies and are ambushed, we will be dead."

"I know."

Of course he knew what the deputy general said, but he didn't care.

Deng Ai believed that as long as he cut a path through the mountains and built bridges over the rivers, and took routes where no one else would go, there would be no way that Cao Cao's spies would be able to discover him.

If 20,000 people want to capture the three big cities of Wudu, Jiangyou and Mianyang in succession, they must do one thing, and that is speed.

Deng Ai knew this clearly, so he ordered everyone to speed up and rush on regardless of the losses.

The journey was extremely dangerous, with frequent encounters with cliffs and swamps, but under the command of Deng Ai and the help of the commander-in-chief's swift strategy, they arrived at the first county they encountered on the road, Wen County, with only the loss of more than a thousand people.

At this time, the defense of Wen County was extremely lax.

The news that Jianmen Pass had stopped General Gu Rubing and his men had already spread throughout Yizhou.

In the eyes of the people in Wen County, Gu Rubing's men are all in Jianmen Pass, so who would come to their remote place?

As a result, some people really came, and not just one person, but a full 20,000-strong army.

The soldiers left behind in Wen County were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were only a few hundred of them. They were all wiped out by Deng Ai's charge.

After taking over Wen County, the first thing Deng Ai did was to seal off the city.

All the people in every household were locked up in their homes, and locked out from the outside with locks.

Deng Ai knew that this kind of thing could not really trap the people here, but it could buy them enough time.

After breaking through Wen County, Deng Ai did not continue to attack the next city, but entered the mountain path again.

Deng Ai's appearance lasted only a moment, which was completely unimportant for such a huge battlefield. After all, no one could have imagined that 20,000 people without the leadership of a famous general would dare to aim for Chengdu.

However, Zhong Hui at Jianmen Pass felt something was wrong.

He had not received any news about Deng Ai, but he simply felt that something was wrong.

Who is Gu Rubing? He is an extremely shrewd person. How could Zhuge Liang, the only legendary strategist, not see that Jianmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is impossible to break through in a short time.

Zhong Hui could understand Gu Rubing's tactics, which was to save time and designate a quick attack strategy.

But the current situation can no longer be resolved by a quick attack. Given the shrewdness of Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang, they should have changed their strategy in time. It is absolutely impossible for them to launch such a fierce attack on Jianmen Pass.

Zhong Hui looked at the map in front of him and fell into deep thought. He was a little confused about what Gu Rubing was going to do.

Cao Ren walked in from outside.

During this period of time, it was the easiest city defense battle he had ever fought in his life.

As the commander-in-chief, he didn't even have the chance to go up to the city wall to join the battle.

"Shiji, what's wrong? You're still looking at the map. Do you have other plans?"

Cao Ren now admires Zhong Hui very much. He completely guessed Gu Rubing's plan and built Jianmen Pass despite everyone's dissatisfaction. Cao Ren thought he could never do this.

Even if I guessed Gu Rubing's thoughts, I would never insist if the people around me did not support me. After all, these are just guesses.

"General, it's not that I have any plans, but I'm thinking about what Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's plans are."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Zhong Hui told Cao Ren all his thoughts.

Originally, Cao Ren didn't notice anything, but after Zhong Hui said this, he also felt something was wrong.

Continuously attacking Jianmen Pass is a dead end, there is no need to continue fighting.

Moreover, after observing for a period of time, Cao Ren discovered that Gu Rubing's siege frequency was decreasing, and the number of troops involved in each siege was also decreasing. It seemed like he was just going through the motions of siege.

"Does Liu Bei have any other preparations?"

Cao Ren muttered softly.

However, when Zhong Hui heard this sentence and looked at the map for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"I understand. Jianmen Pass is just a decoration. Liu Bei's goal is Wudu."

After saying this, Zhong Hui marked out most of Deng Ai's marching routes on the map.

Seeing this, Cao Ren immediately waved his hand.

"Shi Ji, you really guessed wrong this time. The route you mentioned is impossible to take. Even locals can't get out of this road, let alone outsiders like Liu Bei. Moreover, attacking Wudu with hundreds or thousands of people is impossible. If there are tens of thousands of people, taking such a small road, wouldn't that be courting death?"

Cao Ren said this as he walked out. This time, he still chose not to believe Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui didn't care about this at all. Not to mention that Cao Ren didn't believe it, Zhong Hui was also shocked by his own idea. If he had really guessed it, Liu Bei would go straight into the heartland, shake the foundation of King Wei, and even cause a complete defeat.

Thinking of this, Zhong Hui looked at the defenders at Jianmen Pass.

The 20,000 reinforcements sent by Cao Cao have arrived. At the Jianmen Pass now, the number of defenders alone is as high as 40,000. In addition to the natural barrier, let alone Gu Rubing's 100,000 troops, even if another 300,000 came, they would not be able to pass the Jianmen Pass.

Zhong Hui hesitated for a moment, and immediately ordered Yu Jin, who was participating in defending the city, to rush to Wudu with 10,000 people.

However, just as Yu Jin was about to leave, Cao Ren discovered the wine cup and stopped him. (End of this chapter)