With such a dangerous terrain, it is no wonder that Yizhou failed to conquer Hanzhong despite many attacks.
"Mr. Takanao, why don't we deploy our troops and attack the city today?"
Liu Bei looked at Fazheng standing aside.
Fazheng thought for a while, nodded and said,
"My subordinates have no objections."
Zhang Lu was unwilling to surrender, so he had no choice but to go to war.
Although Yangping Pass is strong and dangerous, we still need to test it first to see if we can win it.
Seeing Fazheng nodding in agreement, Liu Bei did not hesitate and immediately asked Zhang Fei, Huo Jun, Wu Yi, Deng Zhi and others to deploy their troops and prepare to launch an attack on Yangping Pass.
Although the city wall of Yangpingguan is not high, there are soldiers and horses from Hanzhong in the north and south mountains.
If it were a forceful attack, I'm afraid there would be heavy casualties.
Therefore, after Liu Bei's army deployed its military formation, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao were responsible for attacking Beishan, while Wu Yi, Deng Zhi and others were responsible for attacking Nanshan.
Looking at Liu Beijun approaching step by step, Zhang Lu, standing on the top of Yangpingguan City, sneered disdainfully,
"Today, let this big-eared thief know how powerful we are! Send the order and tell the soldiers and horses in the north and south mountains to guard it!"
"Here!"
The men immediately took the order and left.
In a short time, Zhang Lu's order was conveyed to Yang Song, Yang Bai and Yang Ang on the north and south mountains through flag language.
At this time, Liu Bei's army also advanced to the vicinity of the camp.
"Fire the arrow!"
Following the orders of the generals of the Hanzhong Army, arrows fell like raindrops in an instant.
Although the Yizhou soldiers held their shields high, they still suffered a lot of casualties under the dense arrows.
Although Zhang Fei was extremely brave, holding up his shield and rushing to the base of the village wall, he was helpless in the face of the village wall that was as tall as one person.
Fortunately, the Yizhou Army also followed up and leaned the simple ladder against the wall of the village.
They climbed up the ladder towards the wall of the village.
The Hanzhong army guarding the wall kept waving their swords and smashing stones.
Their camp was very strong, and they defended it from a high position.
In just a moment, Liu Bei's troops and horses suffered heavy losses!
Seeing that he couldn't win it successfully, Fazheng said,
"Lord, you might as well withdraw your troops first."
"That's fine. Send the order and withdraw the troops."
From today's battle, it is not difficult to see that the Hanzhong Army's will to resist is extremely tenacious.
It is almost impossible to capture Yangping Pass in one day.
Liu Bei did not insist, but agreed to Fa Zheng's proposal.
Seeing Liu Beijun leaving the corpses on the ground and receding like the tide, Yan Pu smiled and said,
"Master Shijun is really commanding like a god. Liu Bei didn't take any advantage at all."
"That's natural. Our army is strong and occupies natural dangers. If Liu Bei takes the initiative to invade, he is asking for death!"
Zhang Lu said with a proud smile on his face.
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In the next few days, Liu Bei still sent people to attack Yangping Pass.
But facing the Hanzhong Army, which was united and had geographical advantages, they could not get any benefits.
A rough calculation showed that two to three thousand soldiers and horses were killed or wounded.
On the other hand, the Hanzhong Army on the opposite side suffered almost negligible casualties!
Under such a situation, Liu Bei inevitably wanted to retreat.
On this day, the Yizhou Army once again suffered hundreds of casualties. After retreating, Liu Bei couldn't hold himself back and looked at Fa Zhengdao.
"Mr. Xiao Nao, we can't go on like this. I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer Yangping Pass even if we put all the troops in."
Fazheng also had a headache.
Not to mention the situation of the Hanzhong Army, the valley outside Yangping Pass is extremely narrow, and Liu Bei has tens of thousands of troops, but he cannot spread out.
This is also the reason why they have the advantage in strength but cannot take Yangping Pass.
"My lord, why don't we send people to search the nearby mountains? Maybe we can find a path to avoid Yangping Pass and go straight to Hanzhong."
Fa Zheng suggested.
"That's fine!"
Liu Bei nodded.
However, before he could give the order to send out the scouts, he saw a messenger running over in a hurry.
"Reporting to my lord, Mr. Kong Ming sent a letter from Chengdu!"
Liu Bei felt anxious and quickly took it. After looking at it carefully, his expression changed slightly.
Seeing that he looked wrong, Fazheng asked softly,
"Lord, what happened in the rear?"
"Mr. Kong Ming said that there are rebels near Chengdu who are revolting."
Liu Bei said in a deep voice.
Although Liu Zhang had been imprisoned, Liu Bei's time in occupying Yizhou was still too short.
Many people with evil intentions took advantage of Liu Bei's expedition and rebelled under the guise of revenge for Liu Zhang!
"ah?"
Fazheng was taken aback and asked quickly,
"How's it going?"
"Thanks to Mr. Kong Ming's strategizing, the rebellion was quelled."
Liu Bei introduced.
After hearing what he said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"But despite this, we have to consider withdrawing our troops."
Jian Yong reminded from the side.
Now that Yangping Pass has been unable to be captured for a long time, there is danger in the rear.
The wisest thing is to retreat first to stabilize the situation in the rear.
When the time is right, we will attack Hanzhong again.
"What do you mean, Mr. Takanao?"
Liu Bei looked at Fazheng again.
Fazheng pondered for a moment, nodded and said,
"That's fine, let's withdraw our troops first."
After some deliberations, Liu Bei finally decided to withdraw.
Seeing the Yizhou army returning without success, everyone in Hanzhong on the city wall laughed.
"The so-called Uncle Liu Huang is nothing more than that!"
"Master is still too powerful!"
Listening to their compliments, Zhang Lu couldn't help but smile proudly.
However, he could only be proud for three seconds when he saw a soldier running up in a hurry.
"Reporting to Master, Cao Wei's 100,000-strong army launched a surprise attack on our army from Baoxie Road and Tangluo Road!"
"What?"
Not to mention Zhang Lu, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically!
Compared with Liu Bei, Cao Wei is their strong enemy!
"Didn't I say that Cao Wei just had a coup? Why did they attack us so quickly?"
Yang Ang said with some fear.
"In any case, I would like to ask Master to go back and take charge of Hanzhong first."
Yan Pu advised.
Now that Cao Wei's army is approaching and Liu Bei has retreated, Zhang Lu must return to Hanzhong to deal with Cao Wei's attack!
"Okay, let's leave immediately!"
Zhang Lu nodded, and then told his younger brother Zhang Wei and general Yang Ang,
"You two stay here and be careful!"
"The last general takes command!"
Zhang Wei and Yang Ang cupped their fists and said.
Zhang Lu no longer hesitated, left Yangping Pass with Yan Pu, Yang Song and others, and hurried back to Hanzhong.
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the other side.
After returning without success at Yangping Pass, the morale of Liu Bei's army was somewhat low.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Bei ordered to set up camp on the spot.
As soon as the army started to bury pots for cooking, Fazheng hurriedly found Liu Bei.
"Lord, I just received some good news!"
"What good news?"
Liu Bei said doubtfully.
"Cao Wei has sent troops to attack Hanzhong!"
