The Jinniu Road in Shu is the Sword Pavilion, and the magnificent and magnificent. One man is at the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

This pass was guarded by Tian Yu, the general who led Liu Bei from Youzhou to Yizhou, and stationed 15,000 troops. Even if there were 100,000 troops, it would not be able to capture Jiange.

Jiange can also obtain reinforcements from Shu County and Ba County.

However, the Xia army led by Chu Tian bypassed Jiange from the Yinping Ancient Road, causing Jiange to be attacked from both sides.

When Chu Tian captured Jiangyou Pass, the news of the loss of Nanzhong reached Jiange, and the 15,000 Shu soldiers in Jiange were in panic.

At Baishui Pass in the north of Jiange, the commander of the Baishui Army Yang Huai was attacked by Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou of the Xiliang Army.

Yang Huai stood at Baishui Pass and looked down at the Xiliang army under the pass.

The Xiliang army had about 50,000 troops, bypassed Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, and directly attacked Jiange.

The Western Liang Army and Guanzhong Army were strong and strong, and they restrained Hanzhong troops, so the partial army of Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou could enter Shu unscrupulously.

The entire Yizhou was stirred up by the troops entering Shu and fell into pieces.

As Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's former subordinate, Yang Huai was in charge of the Baishui Army and guarded Baishui Pass.

Baishui Pass was originally the front line of the battle between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu.

The difficulty of Shu Road lies in breaking through Baishui Pass, as well as Jiameng Pass, Jiange, Zitong, Fuxian and other passes to block it.

Chutian is located in Fu County, while Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou are in Baishui, and there are also Mengguan, Jiange and Zitong in the middle.

The soldiers of Baishui Pass were extremely panicked and said to Yang Huai: "General, our family is all in Chengdu City. I heard that the Xia army entering the southern middle and the barbarian soldiers of the Southern Barbarian tribe marched towards Chengdu City. If this continues, our family will be captured by the Xia army sooner or later."

Yang Huai looked carefully at the Xiliang army below the city. The Xiliang army had an astonishing number of horses. The Xiliang army, which had 50,000 people, had at least 80,000 to 90,000 horses.

Only the Xia army had such a big deal that a single legion could take out tens of thousands of war horses.

Tens of thousands of war horses were already a considerable strategic material for the Shu army.

"There seems to be no difference between surrendering to Liu Bei, or Chu Tian."

Yang Huai was hesitant when facing the Xiliang army.

"Sir, Ma Yuan from the Xiliang Army wants to enter the pass and talk about it!"

"Let him come in and see me."

Under the guardians of the Baishui Army, Ma Yuan came to Baishui Pass and negotiated directly with the Baishui Army commander Yang Huai.

After gaining the advantage in military use, we can basically combine hardness and softness, and divide the enemy through various means.

Ma Yuan knew that Baishui Pass was difficult to capture in a short period of time, so he tried to adopt negotiation methods to win Baishui Pass.

"The King of Xia has taken over the three counties of Nanzhong. The troops and horses of Nanzhong marched into Chengdu. It will take a year and a half to attack Chengdu City, and it will take a three or five years to slow down. But no matter what, Shu cannot defend. Without the natural danger of Qinling Mountains, how can Shu defend it?"

"I was ordered to defend Baishui Pass, how could I be shaken by your words?"

"When Liu Bei entered Shu, you were both the guardians of Baishui Pass, so why did you surrender?"

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Yang Huai remained silent.

Liu Bei entered Shu because Zhang Song and Fa Zheng Xiancheng were the city. Yang Huai, as the Baishui Pass guard at the border, did not react at all. Chengdu City had been conquered, and Yang Huai's family also fell into the control of Liu Bei, Wang Meng and others.

As a guard outside, he is powerless.

However, Liu Bei did not treat these people.

"The situation is over. If you use less than 20,000 troops to block the imperial court, this is unfaithful. Chengdu is about to fall, but you cannot protect your family. This is unfilial. If you are not loyal or filial, how can you gain a foothold in your life?"

Seeing that Yang Huai was shaken, Ma Yuan stood on the commanding heights of morality and accused Yang Huai.

After Chu Tian annexed Guanzhong, he used the emperor to command the princes and under the banner of the court, which had a considerable deterrence to the generals in Shu.

Yang Huai's face kept changing and he was struggling. He finally said unwillingly: "Forget it, if you fight for the world with Shu, who can succeed in the world? As long as you treat the people in Shu well, I will bear the blame."

In September of the 16th year of the lord's reign, Yang Huai, the commander of Baishui Pass, led 12,000 people, opened the door and surrendered to Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou's Western Liang army.

In September, after Yang Huai, the guardian general of Baishui Pass, surrendered, Fei Guan, who was stationed in Jiameng Pass, also surrendered to the Xiliang army entering Shu.

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou had one soldier and one soldier who had not died. He took down Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass, and arrived at Jian Pavilion in October.

Yang Shihou's Silver Spear Evil Army did not fight, and he easily won two dangerous passes, which made Yang Shihou deeply surprised: "Everyone says that the Shu Road is difficult, and it is more difficult than going up to the sky. In my opinion, there is no difficulty in Shu Road except Yangping Pass, which Liu Bei personally guarded. If this continues, we can take Chengdu in less than three months."

Ma Yuan said: "If people's hearts gather, the road to Shu will be difficult. If people's hearts disperse, the road to Shu will be easy."

In Jiange, the defender Tian Yu had a deep relationship with Liu Bei, but he did not intend to surrender.

Ma Yuan learned that the guard of Jiange was Liu Bei's old subordinate when he was in Youzhou. He did not enter the tiger's mouth to persuade him to surrender, but instead sent a letter of encouragement to surrender into Jiange and divided the defenders of Jiange.

As Liu Bei's old subordinate of Youzhou, Tian Yu may not surrender, but this does not mean that other defenders of Jiange will not surrender.

The Southern Barbarians marched towards Chengdu, which had already caused the spirit of the Jiange army to shake, because many of the Jiange defenders' families were in Chengdu.

Ma Yuan's letter of persuasion was shot into Jiange, and the defenders of Jiange were privately discussing and in an uproar.

In the letters that persuaded surrender, Ma Yuan promised not to blame the Jiange defenders for the past and that his family would be protected. As for the surrendered generals, they would be restored as appropriate and would not be suppressed.

Otherwise, once Jiange is captured, the defenders and family members of Jiange will be executed.

The contrasting conditions forced the Jiange defenders to consider their own position.

If they defended themselves, once the Xiliang army broke through Jiange, they would be fish on the chopping board, and the Xiliang army had no negotiating.

"I handed over all the letters to persuade the surrender of the Xiliang Army. Anyone who discusses surrender in the army will be killed without any hesitation!"

Tian Yu was unwilling to betray Liu Bei, so he took tough measures to confiscate the letters shot into the pass by the Xiliang army.

As long as one pass is guarded, it will be difficult for the enemy to enter the Chengdu Plain.

Even if Baishui and Jiameng Pass are lost, there is still Jiange to stop it.

However, Tian Yu's methods did not fully play a role, and the sky above Jiange was covered with clouds.

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou were blocked by Jian Gong for five days. Ma Yuan did not attack, but instead put invisible pressure on the Jian Gong defenders.

There are Ma Yuan in the north of Jiange, Yang Shihou's 50,000 Xiliang army, and Chu Tian's army to the south.

On the seventh day, the defenders of Jiange finally couldn't help but feel homesick, and mutiny occurred. Under the leadership of several Shu generals, they surrounded Tian Yu's camp.

In the eyes of the Shu army, Tian Yu, as a general of the Youzhou faction, was just an outsider.

"General, I'm sorry!"

Several generals took Tian Yu hostage, opened the city gate of Jiange, took the Jiange defenders out, and surrendered to the Xiliang army.

Fifty thousand Xiliang troops lined up below the Jiange, Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou rode war horses to accept the surrendered Shu army.

Many Jiange defenders stood on the edge of the city wall, waiting nervously for the result.

Surrender is risky.

In the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army surrendered to the Qin army and was killed by the Qin army.

During the Battle of Julu, the Qin army surrendered to the Chu army and was killed by the Chu army.

An important premise for the surrender of the Jiange defenders was that after the surrenders of Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass, Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou did not do anything to them.

Yang Shihou, the chief general of the Silver Spear Evil Army, looked at Jiange, which was so majestic that it was impossible to raise the desire to attack, and couldn't help but sigh: "If it is a strong attack, ten thousand defenders can stop 200,000 troops."

Tian Yu was betrayed by the Jiange defenders, tied up and sent to Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou.

Yang Shihou said to Tian Yu: "Do you know why they betray you? Because the situation is hopeless, you are just resisting stubbornly. Good birds choose trees to live in, and wise ministers choose masters to work, so why don't you surrender to our master?"

Tian Yu remained silent.

"This person has an old friend with Liu Bei. If Liu Bei does not surrender, he will most likely not surrender and imprison him. Taking down the three passes and capturing Zitong, you can open the teleportation array. The troops in Xiliang can easily enter Shu and join the lord. In Shu, we seem to only occupy three points, but in fact we have already seven points."

Ma Yuan's insight into the situation was amazing, and he had already seen that the Xia army had absolute initiative in Shu and attacked Yizhou, but sooner or later.

Several generals from Jiange looked at the two generals of the Western Liang army, as well as Yang Huai and Fei Guan who surrendered to the Western Liang army, hoping that Yang Huai and Fei Guan could help them speak.

Yang Shihou comforted the people of Shu: "Don't worry, we are not trustless yet. You will lead your troops to follow us into Zitong and Fu County."

Ma Yuan and Yang Shihou easily captured the three passes, leaving three thousand Xiliang soldiers to guard each.

As for the 40,000 Shu troops guarding Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Jiange, they became the vanguard of entering Shu and immediately attacked Zitong County.

The Fourth Corps of the Xiliang Army is only one county away from Chutian's camp.

The three powerful passes on Shu Road surrendered without fighting. The news spread to Zitong County, Mianzhu, Fu County, Chengdu, and all the civil officials and generals in Shu were in an uproar!

This news even caused the Yizhou family to be more frightened than the capture of the three counties in Nanzhong by Huo'an and Mu Ke.

Wang Meng and Wu Han held on to the three counties in Nanzhong for several months, and the proud Shu Road surrendered without fighting, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Shu army.

Not only that, the Sanguan Guards also assisted the Xiliang Army in attacking Zitong County, which had a teleportation array.

Once Zitong County is lost, the Xia army will continue to enter Shu through teleportation arrays, and its troops may even reach a huge amount of one million.

Fu County, Meng Gong, the defender who advocated the stability of the walls and clearing the fields, was also in a dilemma at this time.

Zitong is north of Fu County and has to be rescued.

"At this time, you can only go out of the city to fight. If you win, you can still repel the Xia army and recover Jiangge and Jiangyou Pass. Otherwise, it will only be just postponing the day of destruction for several months."

Meng Gong judged that the time of the decisive battle was coming.

Chu Tian invested millions of troops to attack Shu, and his troops were divided into different ways. The Shu road, which was originally regarded as a natural danger, was full of holes.

Li Yan, Wu Yi and other military generals from Shu gritted their teeth.

They went out of the city to fight against each other, which was equivalent to being forced into a desperate situation by gamblers and betting on everything.

The Wu army and the Shu army were planning a decisive battle with the Xia army almost at the same time.
Chapter completed!