Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Article 452 Yu Xianji
He immediately gained the allegiance of Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, and Yang Yanzhao, the Yang goalkeeper star, and gained a lot. Liu Xie was still very happy.

Although Li Shimin is a huge trouble that cannot be ignored, he is far away in Guanzhong, and Liu Xie doesn't need to worry too much about it now.

What's more, for a person like Li Shimin, his rise is destined to be unstoppable. Instead of doing useless work and limiting him to him, Liu Xie might as well manage his own land of three states first.

After all, being stronger is equivalent to weakening the enemy.

However, unlike Liu Xie, who was still calm and calm, Cao Cao was still attacking Yizhou.

After Cao Cao took Jianmen Pass, he didn't celebrate much. Instead, after the soldiers repaired, they continued to capture the pass and seize the village along the Shu Road, attacking the city and plundering the land.

Cao Jun took advantage of the victory and attacked with momentum like a rainbow, winning consecutive battles.

And those Shu generals who got the news of Yan Yan's death in battle and Zhang Ren's surrender had no fighting spirit, and either fled or surrendered, and soon lost a large area of ​​Yizhou's territory.

Along the way, the aristocratic families in Shudi cooperated with each other from inside and outside, and donated their family wealth to support Cao Cao's entry into Shu. It can be said that they have made great efforts to show their attitude.

This is why Cao Cao treated Zhang Ren preferentially after he surrendered, making these Yizhou family gentry feel that Cao Cao is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, and it is not bad to surrender to him.

But Cao Cao didn't have time to be happy for too long, and Wang Xuance's Dongzhou Corps and Liu Bei's army rushed to another crucial barrier in Yizhou-Mianzhuguan!

Jiangsuo Shuanglongtai, Guanxiong Wumahou.Yizhou is like the lungs, but the throat is small here.

Mianzhu Pass controls the ancient Sichuan-Shaanxi Road, and the terrain is majestic, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Lutou Mountain, where Mianzhuguan is located, reaches the Wenjiang River at the east foot of Naluojiang County, and touches the Mianyang River at the west foot, facing Mianzhu City across the water. The plains surrounded by water form the Tuojiang River. Because of this, the meandering mountains are defined by the world as the boundary between the east and west rivers because of the different directions of the rivers on both sides. The unique location makes it the gateway to the north of the capital of Shu.

Historically, Sima Zhao ordered Zhenxi General Zhong Hui, Zhengxi General Deng Ai, and Yongzhou Inspector Zhuge Xu to attack Shu in five ways, and Jiang Wei led the Yizhou Army to fight against him at Mianzhuguan.

It's a pity that in the end, the eunuch Huang Hao delayed the battle opportunity on the grounds that "requesting ghosts and witches, saying that the enemy will not be self-inflicted, and the officials will not know about it." As a result, Mianzhu was destroyed, and Jiang Wei was unable to recover. The Shu Han regime also soon declared its demise.

It can be said that Mianzhu Pass is the last key barrier to defend Yizhou.

If Wang Xuance and Liu Bei can't resist Cao Cao here, there is no danger to defend the land of Yizhou, and there is no need to defend it any longer.

Cao Cao had excellent knowledge and naturally knew that Wang Xuance and Liu Bei would definitely defend Mianzhu Pass and then wait for opportunities to counterattack him.

Although Cao Cao had already made psychological preparations, he was still careless after all.

The two sides soon started a fierce battle at Mianzhu Pass, but this was destined to be a difficult and protracted battle like getting stuck in mud.

Therefore, the morale of soldiers is very important, which is directly related to who can persevere to the end.

Cao Cao came to attack with heavy troops, and Yizhou was a last-ditch battle. No matter which side's morale showed signs of fatigue first, it would easily be completely defeated, and the other side would continue to amplify this weakness to affect the overall situation.

After days of fierce fighting, the two sides lost troops and lost generals, and they fought evenly, each winning or losing.

Of course, Cao Cao's losses must be greater as the party that attacked the city.

The successive defeats made all the generals of Cao Ying frown, and they had an intuitive impression of the strength of Liu Bei and Wang Xuance.

They originally thought that Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shao and Liu Xie successively, and that he was an incompetent person with a reputation of benevolence and righteousness but no knowledge of war.

And Wang Xuance is just an exaggerated guy who is not well-known in Sichuan, and it will take a long time to even pacify the Nanman.

But after the fight, they discovered that there is nothing worthless under the prestigious name. Liu Bei and Wang Xuance are prudent and resourceful, and they complement each other well, which is very troublesome.

In Cao Jun's camp, Yang Xuangan looked angry and said angrily: "Mianzhuguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Liu Bei and Wang Xuance are like turtles who can't hold on. If we continue to consume like this, we will only lose! Military division, military division, you should find a way!"

Yang Xuangan had never fought such a frustrating battle. The two sides fought fiercely for so many days, during which he personally led his troops to rush through the gate many times, but he was never able to rush up to the tower.

Even at the dangerous Jianmen Pass at the beginning, he could use the ladder to walk smoothly.

I never thought that when I arrived at Mianzhuguan, I would be so restricted by Liu Bei and Wang Xuance.

With a strong general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stationed on the Guanlou, and Wang Xuance's meticulous method of dispatching troops, Yang Xuan felt that he couldn't use his force, depressed and aggrieved, so he could only ask for help from the military adviser Cheng Yu next to him.

Although the other generals did not speak, their expressions were equally helpless and bitter.

All of them had drooping faces and felt a little dejected. The strength of Mianzhuguan was beyond their imagination.

Cheng Yu's complexion was also not very good, and he was a little anxious.

He knew that if the stalemate continued like this, regardless of whether the soldiers still had the confidence to continue fighting, the generals who commanded the troops would probably start to get tired of war.

"For the current plan, there is no surprise to break the deadlock. If you can't win by surprise for the time being, you can only maintain your invincibility first."

Cheng Yu sighed slightly in his heart, a rare feeling that his intelligence was stretched.

But after all, he was very resourceful and soon had a countermeasure.

"Although there are strong generals like Guan Zhang under Liu Bei's command, there are even more generals in our army. As long as we set up a formation under Guan and invite them to fight, with the bravery of the generals, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and boost the morale of the army. Those who can wait for the opportunity to kill the enemy will create a fighter!"

Cheng Yu spoke eloquently, and as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Xuangan's eyes sparkled, and he couldn't help but shouted "Hello". He was so belligerent that he had long wanted to fight Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
But Cao Ren, who was standing next to him, asked worriedly: "Although the strategist's strategy is good, if Liu Bei and Wang Xuance still hide in the pass and challenge us to fight, we still have nothing to do with them."

After the generals listened, the excitement just now stopped, and the atmosphere became depressed again.

"Zhongde's strategy is a conspiracy. If Liu Bei and the others dare to ignore our provocation, then the morale of the city guards will be weakened first. They are going to fight to the death, and morale is very important. Once Breaking up is like a mountain collapsing, irreversible, even if Liu Bei and Wang Xuance want to get together again, it will be extremely difficult."

Cao Cao, who had been dozing silently all this time, suddenly opened his eyes with a frightening light, and slowly opened his mouth to explain to the generals.

Cheng Yu's strategy may not be a way out, especially now that Cao Cao himself has no better way, he is still willing to adopt this strategy.

(End of this chapter)