Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 1122
Dingjun Mountain fell.

Nanshan, where Zhuge Liang was located, was exposed to the front of the Qin army.

For Liandiyang Pingguan, Tiandang Mountain, and Dingjun Mountain, everyone was frightened and advised Zhuge Liang to retreat.

But Zhuge Liang was hesitant. He once boasted that he went to Haikou to take Hanzhong, but he ended up like this.Although there are many situations, but as the coach, he is inevitably to blame.

"Our army still has Micang Mountain!" Zhuge Liang said.

Everyone paled.

Fazheng hurriedly said: "Military Master, Dingjun Mountain has been lost, and Micang Mountain cannot be defended. You should quickly send a message to the three generals to retreat. If not, something will happen."

"Report..."

At this time, a messenger soldier came in panic and shouted: "Military Master, something is wrong. Micang Mountain has fallen, and the three generals have been defeated."

Before the words were finished, Zhang Fei entered the tent with a disfigured face and blood all over his body, his eyes wide open.

Zhuge Liang was taken aback, got up and asked, "Third General, what happened?"

Zhang Fei sighed, "Meng Da instigated some people, they set fire to the camp and opened the gate..."

"I'll go..." Zhuge Liang collapsed to the ground, a stream of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

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In 202 AD, Zhuge Liang retreated to Jiange, and King Qin regained the Hanzhong area.The people of Hanzhong, singing and dancing, cheered happily.

Zhuge Liang's defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong almost wiped out the elite main force of the Shu army.With the liberation of the Hanzhong area, the Qin army attacked the core area ruled by Liu Bei from the north and the east.

The king of Qin basically pacified the world, Liu Bei could only rely on the natural dangers in the middle of Shu to defend passively. With the loss of the elite forces in the middle of Shu, he also lacked enough troops to organize an effective defense, so he completely lost the power to counterattack.

Following the surrender of Shu generals such as Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong.This made Liu Bei and others continue to suspect the Shu people, and internal conflicts began to become prominent and further intensified.The battle between the Jingzhou faction and the Shuzhong faction is becoming more intense.

The folks in central Shu believed that King Qin's unification of the world was a foregone conclusion, and Liu Bei was just dying.The common people secretly cheered, the gentry in central Shu were shocked and panicked, and even the generals who commanded the troops thought their future was hopeless.

Liu Bei, who was surrounded by enemies, had no choice but to adopt a strategy of retreating in such a situation.He issued a letter of guilt, shouldered all the responsibilities, and then closed his doors to think about his mistakes, and handed over the general and political power to Zhuge Liang, but in fact he commanded everything remotely behind the scenes.

Liu Bei's single-handed approach has won some support.The gentry in central Shu felt that their fate would never be better than that of Liu Bei after failure, so they generously donated war supplies and funds.

Half a century of stability in central Sichuan has made the wealth hoarded by the nobles from all walks of life huge, appalling.

With the support of the gentry, Liu Bei once again integrated a certain amount of power, and began to use the mountains on the outskirts of the Sichuan Basin as barriers in the two directions of Jiange and Berkshire to strictly guard against Shuzhong.

Zhuge Liang personally guarded the Jiange, so he sent Guan Yu to Bajun to guard the gate of the east of Shu with Yan Yan.

on the other hand.

King Qin regained the whole territory of Hanzhong, which brought a new turning point in the military situation of pacifying Shuzhong.The Qin army severely damaged the Shu army here. From then on, there was no need to worry about the counterattack of the Shu army, which created favorable conditions for the subsequent battle in Shu.

The recovery of Hanzhong dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the gentry in central Shu headed by Liu Bei, and seriously shaken the ambition of Liu Bei's group to help Liu Xinghan.At the same time, the morale of the Qin army was soaring, which greatly increased the confidence of the Qin family to dominate the world.The victory of this battle marked the disintegration of the era of heroes competing for the throne after the crusade against Dong Zhuo, and laid a solid foundation for the Qin army to enter Shu to fight.

The Battle of Hanzhong was a decisive battle.The victory in the Battle of Hanzhong basically stabilized the world, which is of great significance to the acceleration of King Qin's unification of the world.

Although the Qin army and the Shu army had been in a stalemate in the Hanzhong area for half a year, they did not suffer any losses. Instead, they surrendered many soldiers of the Shu army who were familiar with the situation in central Shu.Moreover, the Qin army obtained a huge amount of materials under Zhang Lu's management for many years, and after defeating Zhuge Liang, he obtained a certain amount of materials.

This made the Qin army's momentum like a rainbow after the victory, and the food and supplies were also sufficient.

Therefore, King Qin made a decisive decision and immediately chased Zhuge Liang's defeated soldiers and attacked Jiange.

Jiange, also known as Jianmen.Jianmenguan is an important gateway in northern Sichuan. It is connected to the three plank roads in the north, which are Jinniu, Miicang, and Yinping. Among them, Jinniu Road was built the earliest and is relatively easy to walk. In addition, Jinniu Road leads directly to Chengdu, the center of the Sichuan Basin, and Jinniu Road attacks Chengdu from Jinniu Road. The most convenient, so the Jinniu Road is particularly important in the defense of northern Sichuan.And Jianmen Pass is the gate guarding the Taurus Road.

Jinniu Road is also called Stone Niu Road, and its name comes from the story of "stone cow dung gold, five Dings open the way".The story of stone cow dung gold happened during the period between Zhou Xian Wang Bian and Zhou Shen Liang Wang Ding. In the ninth year of Gengyuan (316 BC), King Qin Huiwen felt the barrenness of the Yongliang area and coveted the land of Shu. The richness of the country, want to seize the land of Shu.

However, at that time, thousands of mountains were blocking the fertile basin, and a single team could enter Shu with difficulty. It was wishful thinking for a large number of troops to enter Shu.So the king of Qin thought of a way, he cast a golden bull and presented it to the king of Shu.After the king of Shu learned about it, he felt very honored, but the big Taurus couldn't get in, what should we do?Ever since, the king of Shu sent soldiers Ding Minfu to open mountains and build roads.

The road was repaired, and the Taurus came in, followed by the Qin army. From then on, the Qin State seized the rich Shu land.King Qin Hui, the ancestor, laid a solid foundation for the future descendants of Qin Shihuang to unify the world.

From then on, there was finally a road to enter Shuzhong from the north.

Later, the kings who ruled in the middle of Shu in the past dynasties began to build Jianmen Pass in order to guard this necessary road.

Jianmenguan is located 15 kilometers south of Jiange County, between Dajian Mountain and Xiaojian Mountain.

Most of Jianmenguan is naturally formed, formed in the Cretaceous period, and it is a rare 'city wall' conglomerate cliff Danxia landscape in the world.There is a line of sky between the two mountains, and the natural pass at the narrowest point of the bottom is only 50 meters, which is the first natural pass in the world.

Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty built stones here to strengthen the defense of the pass, which was called Jiange or Jiange Pass, and it was often called Jianmen Pass after Tang Dynasty.

Because of its steepness, Jiange Pass enjoys titles such as "Jianmen is the hero of the world, and Jianmen is dangerous", "The No. [-] pass in the world" and "Gateway of Western Shu".The praise of Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, in "The Road to Shu is Difficult", "Jianmenguan is towering and Cuiwei, one man guards the gate, ten thousand men cannot open it", made Jianmenguan more famous all over the world.

this day.

In front of Jiange Pass, the Qin army formed an formation, and there was one person in front of the formation, riding a white horse, wearing golden armor, and holding a golden gun.And on the Jiange, amidst the creaking and twisting sounds, a small cart was rolled out, and a man in a Confucian shirt and a scarf held a feather fan.

The man with the scarf waved his feather fan, chuckled, and said, "My sword pavilion is dangerous, and it cannot be taken by manpower. Your Excellency is a traitor, you have come here to seek your own death!"

The Shu army is quite imposing from top to bottom, which comes from the tyrannical pass, which gave the Shu army confidence.

(End of this chapter)