One day later, the rain will stop.
On the long muddy road in Kezhou, a Northern Chongqing scout rode hurriedly back to the camp.
"Report——"
"Report to General Jiang! Qingfeng of Western Shu, lead his troops and head straight to the direction of Chenshui Pass!"
This piece of information instantly made the entire Beiyu generals and staff in the Central Army tent turn pale with shock.
"Old General, if Qingfeng captures Chenshui Pass, it will be equivalent to blocking our retreat. By then, we won't be able to transport even food and grass! Please, Old General, rescue the pass as soon as possible!"
Jiang Meng was calm and composed. In his opinion, Qingfeng's step was undoubtedly extremely dangerous. You know, Changsheng's little military advisor is preparing to invade Kezhou with his hidden army.
When the time comes, this Xishu Qingfeng will be trapped and die in Chenshui Pass with her retreat route cut off. Of course, it is very likely that his more than 30,000 Eastern Route Army will also face reinforcements from Western Shu. After all, in this case, it is impossible to enter Shu without warships and Miaotong on the river.
"It's interesting. I cut off my own retreat, and Qingfeng also cut off his own retreat." Jiang Meng narrowed his eyes. In the current situation, both sides have completely let go.
"General, what are you really going to do?"
"Of course we have to do it. Our previous mission was to block Qingfeng's way back to Shu. It's better now. He went directly to Chenshuiguan. There is no point in staying in the Jiangan area. Chenshuiguan is not well defended. It’s too late—”
"Pass my military order, the army rushes to the dense forest outside Chenshui Pass and sets up camp. Just like now, block Qingfeng's retreat!"
"Within one month, I, Jiang Meng, will slaughter the phoenix in Kezhou!"
…
Kezhou, Chenshui Pass.
However, the thousands of guardsmen all looked horrified after seeing the Shu army appearing in front. The signal of enemy attack did not take long and quickly spread throughout Chenshui Pass.
Huang Daochong raised his head and looked into the distance with some nostalgia, looking at Chen Shuiguan in front of him. He had previously supervised the construction of this gate. Over the years, we have experienced too many wars and hardships.
"Send the order and work together to capture Chenshui Pass!"
This lone army of less than 20,000 people at this time, led by Huang Daochong, headed straight towards Chen Shuiguan without any pause and with a clear goal.
Thanks to the familiarity with the terrain of Kezhou, there was no detour at all, and the troops were already at the city gate.
Standing next to Huang Daochong, General Ma Yi of Yuncheng was worried.
"Military advisor, even if we capture Chenshui Pass, we can't survive with only five days of dry food."
Huang Daochong smiled.
"Ma Yi, do you know why I dare to gamble? Dare to come and knock on Chen Shuiguan?"
"Military advisor, I don't know."
Huang Daochong's eyes were calm, "I have an old friend... He had buried several grain cellars in the Kezhou area. The grain cellars contained not only old grain, but also baggage."
"Military advisor, are you serious about this?"
"I can still lie to you." Huang Daochong smiled, "That's why I dare to come to Chenshui Pass. There is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass. All we need to do is capture Chenshui Pass and block Jiang Meng's retreat. When our reinforcements from Western Shu attack from behind, Jiang Meng will surely perish, if nothing else!"
"Oh my God... no one would have thought that the military advisor in Kezhou would actually have food stored there."
"There are even old ginseng." Huang Daochong said with a smile. Because of the persecution of the Liang Wang and others, and not wanting to become an enemy of Xishu, he had no choice but to give up Kezhou. But that doesn't mean he left rashly.
When he left, he had hidden a lot of food, grass and luggage in Kezhou in case of emergency. Moreover, not far from Chenshui Pass, there is a grain storage place.
No one with two or three skills really thought that he would just cross the river like a fool.
"Tackling key problems——"
After listening to Huang Daochong's words, Ma Yi at this time, without any hesitation, personally commanded the army and began to rush towards Chen Shuiguan in front of him.
The time was tight and the vehicle was simple, so they could only use the improvised city ladder and the rope hook they carried as a weapon to attack the city first.
"Hold on, hold on for me!" The general at the gate of the city roared and ordered his troops, trying to block more than ten times more Shu soldiers.
If there are 5,000 people, it is possible to distribute defensive positions and guard every corner, blocking 50,000 people. But if there are only a thousand people, it is not enough to dispatch. As the city closes, there are more and more gaps that cannot be filled.
The Shu soldiers who ascended first were extremely brave. They roared and raised their swords, and fought in close combat with the defenders on the top of the city.
In less than two hours, the city was already filled with Shu soldiers. The Beiyu Pi general who was holding on to the defense roared several times unwillingly, raised his knife and killed himself.
Huang Daochong stood at the top of the city, looking around silently. Just now, what he said to Ma Yi was more of a comfort.
In fact, even if there is food and baggage, it is not optimistic. Soon, there will be a huge reinforcement force from Beiyu to the north of Chenshui Pass.
…
Tread.
At first glance, there was nothing surprising about a group of southbound merchant carriages. But in fact, these seven or eight carriages have been traveling for several days. Along the way, I don’t know how many horses were changed and how many men drove the horses.
At the end of the cavalry, two men in disguise sat directly on the roof of the car like ordinary traffickers.
"Little strategist, the information just came."
Chang Sheng, disguised as a trafficker, silently received the information. After leaving Hezhou, he has been very careful, even the team of horse drivers are also people from the iron execution platform.
Of course, he even left a substitute in Hezhou.
After holding the information and looking at it for a long time, Chang Sheng frowned.
"Little military advisor——"
"Call me Brother Li." Chang Sheng said in a deep voice, "Over there in Kezhou, the fighting situation is getting more and more chaotic, which is a bit beyond my expectation."
"Xiaojun...Brother Li, did the old general lose?"
"It's almost a tie. But Qingfeng defeated Chen Shuiguan. If I'm not wrong, he wanted to drive a nail into my side of Beiyu. And in this way, even Jiang Meng will be blocked."
Yan Pi looked shocked.
"Brother Li, what should we do?"
Chang Sheng crumpled the letter, and Yan Pi next to him hesitated, opened his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.
"It's very simple. The passage is blocked. Just open it."
Chang Sheng already has a way to clear the blocked road. He suddenly felt that this changing general trend could really attract the lame man or King Xu Shu. If so, this can truly be regarded as killing two snakes with one stone.
He had already said it when he handed over the military advisor's ribbon. When he avoids the sight of the lame man and comes back again, he will definitely give the entire Xishu a heavy blow!
