Through Huang Zhong's story, the steep terrain and the situation of defenders of Jianmen Pass are clearly presented to the minds of the generals...23

This pass is located at the pass at the southern end of Jiange Road. It is embedded with two cliffs, and its shape is like a gate, so it is called Jianmen Pass.

However, although Jianmen Pass has a dangerous terrain, the pass is not large in scale and can accommodate not many defenders.

According to Huang Zhong, the Jianmen Pass is about twenty steps wide and about six hundred steps long. The Guanlou locks the entrance, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is known as "one man should be a pass, but ten thousand men cannot open", and it is the throat of the Shu Road thousands of miles away.

After passing this pass, we head south to Chengdu and enter the Sichuan Basin. There is no more powerful pass similar to Jianmen along the way, and there are few dangers to be used. Therefore, Jianmen Pass is a place that military strategists in history have fought for.

Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others have long known about the terrain of Jianmen. After Huang Zhong’s narration, a wonderful and unique heavenly pass appeared in everyone’s mind.

It is precisely because Jianmen Pass has a steep terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which limits the scale of the pass. Within this limited space, the number of defenders that can be accommodated is also extremely limited, and it is impossible to accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers or tens of thousands of soldiers entering the pass at the same time as Hangu Pass.

Therefore, there are only 3,000 Yizhou troops stationed at Jianmen Pass.

It is worth noting that these defenders were almost all archers, without other types of troops such as cavalry or giant shield soldiers.

After saying this, after a brief pause, Huang Zhong continued: "The general of Jianmen Pass is named Wu Lan, and he is not well-known in the Yizhou army. However, although he is an unknown person, he is a direct general who followed Liu Yan into Sichuan in his early years. After Liu Yan's death, the four generals Wu Lan, Ling Bao, Deng Xian and Zhang Ren resolutely supported Liu Zhang to succeed the throne. He enjoyed the reputation of "Four Generals in Sichuan" in the Yizhou army and was deeply trusted by Liu Zhang. Since Liu Zhang took over Yizhou, he has entrusted important tasks to the four of them. Zhang Ren is stationed in Chengdu, Deng Xian is stationed in Mianzhu, Ling Bao is stationed in Fushui Pass, and Wu Lan is sent to the Shu Road to guard Jianmen Pass.

In addition, it is said that Wu Lan and Wu Yi are of the same clan. Although they are not relatives, they are cousins ​​who have not yet produced five cousins. Therefore, although he has made no achievements and has done nothing in recent years, he still has a place in the Yizhou army. He is still a trusted general who is highly valued by Liu Zhang. "It is not difficult to see from Huang Zhong's words that although Huang Zhong failed in the first battle at Jianmen Pass, he did not find anything. Finally, he found out the situation of the defenders at Jianmen Pass. He even dug out the old truth of the Jianmen Pass Wu Lan.

This is the power of veterans on the battlefield. They are really old and stronger and more experienced; even if they are defeated, they must figure out why they are defeated and who will lose.

When Zhao Yu's expression changed slightly when he heard that Wu Lan, the general of Yizhou, was a clan member of Wu Yi, his eyes flashed with a trace of light. Then he looked up and looked at Ma Chao on the opposite side, and nodded slightly with understanding. He was tacit.

However, Zhao Yun's solemn expression did not diminish at all, and his expression was cold. He frowned and thoughtful, and looked like he was worried. After a while, he looked up at the generals around him. Seeing that they were not talking, he was obviously helpless and had no good plans. Then, Zhao Yun picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to calm his mind. Then he said calmly: "Since ancient times, Jianmen Pass has been one of the few fortresses in the world. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is known as "one man should be a pass without destroying thousands of men". If a military strategist of all generations wants to seize Yizhou, he must first obtain this pass, otherwise there will be no way to attack Yizhou.

Now, the same is true for the difficulties facing us. If we cannot capture Jianmen Pass, our 100,000 troops will stop here, and after both sides are exhausted, we have to withdraw our troops. If this is true, it means that our army will come on an expedition, but in the end we are blocked by Jianmen Pass and return without success. In this way, we not only let our lord down the trust of our lord, but we cannot give it to our lord, but also lose our troops and generals, and consume only money and food. In this way, we are incompetent, ashamed of our lord, ashamed of our soldiers in the army, what is the face of living in the world!"

Before Zhao Yun could finish his words, Ma Chao, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly stood up and continued, "Faced with such a strong pass, as long as the defenders cannot retreat, we will be helpless in it. The only feasible way is to force the attack. Therefore, my opinion is just one word: beat!" As he spoke, he saw Ma Chao's breathtaking tiger eyes glaring at him, and his whole body was full of murderous aura.

After a pause, he saw Zhao Yun's thoughtful expression, Ma Chao added: "The defenders cannot retreat, so we have no choice but to attack the enemy. Instead of waiting for time to pass, it is better to take the initiative and attack the city in large numbers. If we can break through the pass in one fell swoop, it is indeed a pleasure. If we fail to solve the problem, we can also find opportunities in the fight, find out the enemy's flaws, and then capture this pass!"

Compared with the calm and calm Zhao Yun, although Ma Chao is a talented general, he is a irritable person, brave and warlike, and advocates force. In his eyes, strategy is important, but it is still a good word. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is boastful; what really determines the outcome of the war is the bloody battle with real swords and guns, and the soldiers have to rely on the brave battles of soldiers. Therefore, Ma Chao has always advocated force. Although he does not underestimate the strategists, he does not attach enough importance to strategy and does not want to use conspiracies to win.

On this point, Zhao Yun is completely opposite to him. Zhao Yun has always been modest and courteous, respects scholars, and especially admires those strategists who are good at planning and planning, such as Li Li, Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and Xu You. Therefore, he is good at listening to the suggestions of the strategists, and once he recognizes the strategies offered by the strategists, he will firmly implement them without hesitation. Therefore, since he led the army, although he did not dare to say that he had won every battle, he still won more than defeat and had made great achievements.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yu appointed him as the chief general of the Western Army, while Ma Chao and Huang Zhong were deputy generals. This does not mean that Ma and Huang's ability to lead the army and fight is not as good as Zhao Yun, but that Zhao Yun has the spirit of a general that they do not have, calmness and calmness. It must be mentioned that in addition to Ma Chao's irritability, Huang Zhong's military talent is not inferior to Zhao Yun; however, his military achievements and prestige are not as good as Zhao Yun. Therefore, he can only serve as deputy general, temporarily staying under Zhao Yun, assisting from the side and waiting for the dispatch.

In addition, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao have similarities. Both of them are inappropriate bravery, have been through the battlefield for a long time, and have been through many battles, and can be called the most brave Tiger General. Although Huang Zhong is two older than Ma Chao and is about the same age as his father Ma Teng, his strong and upright personality is the same as Ma Chao. He is irritable and angry, and he fights hard at every turn. He is also a warlike person who advocates force.

However, just as far as the battle at Jianmen Pass is concerned, Ma Chao’s words just now are not unreasonable. Although they were forced to do so, they are inevitable and the only way to deal with them.

Facing the Heavenly Set Up Pass Jianmen Pass, since you cannot be able to take your wisdom, you can only attack with your army.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Yun nodded slightly after thinking hard but failed, and said in a deep voice: "What Meng Qi said is not without reason. Since this is the case, we will follow Meng Qi's words."

"Report——!" Just as Zhao Yun made a decision, he saw a personal soldier walking into the tent quickly. He heard it before the sound of the person arrived, and directly interrupted Zhao Yun's words.

Immediately, the personal soldiers jogged in and bowed and said, "Report to General, a scholar outside the camp requested to meet the general, claiming that he had a good plan to defeat the enemy, so he came to offer it to the general!" The personal soldiers were soldiers under Zhao Yun's tent. They followed him for many years. They used concise and concise conversations, conciseness and clarity, and expressed the purpose of the person who was seeking to meet outside the gate and his arrogant and arrogant character.

"Oh? There is such a thing!" Zhao Yun was surprised when he heard the sound, and immediately stood up. He stepped forward to the personal soldiers, pulled his shoulder and lifted him up, and asked anxiously: "What he said was to break the enemy is to capture Jianmen Pass? If so, why didn't you bring him directly to the big tent?"

The personal soldiers were quite tall and comparable to Zhao Yun. Therefore, after being pulled up by Zhao Yun on his shoulder, they were very nervous, but they were not afraid. After all, he and Zhao Yun were from the same hometown and were from the same tribe. They followed Zhao Yun for many years in battles, so he knew very well that Zhao Yun would not punish him, nor would he beat him.

"Report to General, that person is indeed what he said. As for whether it is true, it is unknown if the general is. Now that he has entered the camp, someone will lead him to the military tent later." The personal soldiers responded respectfully.

Zhao Yun nodded slightly, waved his hand to signal his personal soldiers to quickly go to the reception. Then he followed the personal soldiers and quickly walked to the door of the tent, raising his eyes to look at the gate five hundred steps away. He saw a group of three people rushing to the tent of the Central Army. One of the scholars with a sermon in Confucian clothes, who was more than eight feet tall, was walking in front, followed by two soldiers in the gate armor behind him.

At this time, generals such as Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Cao Xing stood up and walked out of the tent, followed Zhao Yun, and stood at the door and watched the scholar in Confucian clothes walk over without any rush.

Seeing the scholar in Confucian clothes walking to the stone steps, Zhao Yun quickly walked down the steps, strode forward, bowed and said, "I am Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong. I don't know where the sir's honorary name came from?"

Seeing this, the scholar in the Confucian robe had a satisfied and complacent smile on his face, and bowed and said, "In the Guanghan Peng Ye, whose courtesy name is Yongnian, has met General Yangwu."

The scholar in Confucian clothes who claimed to be Peng Yi was very young, probably under twenty years old, but he was already tall, with a tall figure and a good appearance. He showed an unconcealed self-confidence between his eyebrows. He looked at his speech and behavior and was probably a person who was a priest. After a little look, Zhao Yun knew that the person in front of him was not from a high birth, but he had been an official very early. Just from his eyebrows and expressions when he looked up, he could see that this person had a low position and should be a minor official at the books. However, this person was quite confident, conceited, arrogant and reserved, and when he first met, he gave people a feeling of lofty ambitions. It was very special and impressive.

In addition, this young man named Peng Yi actually revealed Zhao Yun's position (General Yang Wu, one of the five tiger generals under Li Li), and gave him a respectful title, which shows that he had known the identities of Zhao Yun and others for a long time. This time, he was named as a suggestion, but in fact he came here with a request.

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