Before the New Year's holiday, at the end of November and early December, the Wei army completed the assembly in Hanzhong and Nanjun.

Before the New Year holiday, Guo Peng rewarded the frontline soldiers with a large amount of beef, mutton, fish, chicken and duck meat to the frontline.

A large number of excellent military chefs tried their best to cook meat for the soldiers during the New Year holiday. While thanking the emperor, the soldiers were full of oil in their mouths.

Guo Peng also sent someone to announce the imperial edict, saying that he would give the soldiers a good weight during the New Year holiday, which would help him better play his physical advantages in the war and earn a lot of military morale.

Compared with the Shu army, which gathered from all over the city of Shu, which was nearly a month late for the Wei army to complete the assembly, the Wei army was simply waiting for labor.

The soldiers were energetic, and the soldiers from other places adapted to the local climate in advance and adjusted their spirits to the best state.

By the end of the first year of Yande, the overall strategy and tactics of the Wei army had been fully formed, and they were reported to Emperor Guo Peng in Luoyang to find out that Guo Peng issued a staff station to verify and then sent it to the front-line troops for implementation.

The staff officer, the left servant Guo Jia, rushed to Nanjun again with the festival to supervise the battle between the troops in Nanjun.

Xun You, who was transferred from Henan Yin to serve as the staff officer, was also appointed to rush to Hanzhong with a ritual to participate in war guidance and supervise the Hanzhong army to participate in the battle.

The position of Henan Yin was taken over by Zhang Zhao, an official from Shangshutai.

At the same time, Pang Xi, who presented Hanzhong to Guo Peng, was transferred from the prefect of Hanoi County to serve as a staff officer, and also went to Hanzhong with Xun You as a staff officer.

The position of prefect of Hanoi County was taken over by Zhang Hong, an official from Shangshutai.

Not only that, Guo Peng also ordered Fa Zheng and Deng Zhi, who surrendered with Pang Xi, to be transferred from the position of county magistrate in the Hanzhong area to the staff officer, and were led by Xun You, and participated in the Hanzhong Front Army's battle against Shu together.

Guo Peng used the surrendered ministers of Liu Zhang to participate in this war, elevating the familiarity of the Hanzhong Front Army's route to the top, allowing a large group of people familiar with the road to serve as staff positions, and avoiding mistakes due to road problems.

In the Nanjun, there are more people familiar with the roads. Guo Peng is not worried. Guo Jia is also a veteran of Lejin. The two of them cooperated tacitly, so there is no problem.

As for Guan Yu and Xun You...

Guo Peng was very worried that Guan Yu's arrogant personality would be weird again. He was dissatisfied with Xun You, who had a stain on his moral integrity, and caused some problems.

So he thought about it. Out of trust in Xun You's desire to survive, Guo Peng chose to grant Xun You Jieyue so that Xun You could forcibly control Guan Yu at a critical moment and that Guan Yu had to obey his orders.

And if such a thing really happens, Guo Peng will definitely settle the score with Guan Yu after the war. He cannot make Guan Yu feel that he is a veteran Yuan Cong and can do whatever he wants.

By mid-1st month of the first year of Yande, preparations for Hanzhong and Nanjun were fully ready, and the logistics mobilization of civil servants and auxiliary soldiers had been completed. Civil servants and auxiliary soldiers from Hanzhong and Nanjun also completed the assembly, and the formal battle could begin.

So, on the 21st day of the first lunar month of the second year of Yande, Guo Peng issued an order to advance and sent the tiger talisman to Hanzhong and Nanjun.

On the 26th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Yande, the tiger talisman was delivered to Hanzhong and Nanjun respectively, and it was connected with Guan Yu and Le Jin's tiger, and the battle officially began.

According to the previous plan, Guan Yu would give up the road to Micang Mountain and only place a side army in Micang Mountain to play a feint. He directly led the main force to go on the Shiniu Road and attacked directly at Chengdu.

Through the introduction of Pang Xi and others, Guan Yu learned that the most important pass on the Shiniu Road is Jiange. If Jiangge can be broken, there will be no obstacles to the road to Chengdu.

If you cannot break through Jiange, the road to Chengdu will be blocked and there is no other more suitable road to go.

The Shu Road is so difficult, and the road to the Chengdu Plain is so difficult. This not only protects the Chengdu Plain, but also greatly limits the possibility of Shu people winning the country.

Having said that, it is not easy for Guan Yu to advance.

Before the army set out, Guan Yu had ordered the scouts to explore forward as usual, and ordered the logistics troops transporting grain to advance first to build a rest point for the army to station troops.

The so-called three armies marched before they could move their food and grass, and marched in places like Yizhou where road conditions were very bad, so the importance of food became even more prominent. It can be said that whether the war can be won depends entirely on the food route.

Before the army attacked, the scout had already explored the road ahead clearly. The Shu army seemed to have given up its unnecessary resistance north of Jiange and concentrated its main force on Jiange.

This is actually a good thing for Guan Yu, because this means that Guan Yu doesn't have to worry about the problem of the grain channel, and can move the grain channel forward in one breath without wasting more time.

Regarding the threat of Guanghan vassal states, Gao Lan, commander of the Wudu County Governor's garrison army, had received a direct order from the staff.

The staff station has obtained information about the alien tribes of Guanghan vassal states preparing for war and attempting to attack Guan Yu's food route. In order to support the advance of Guan Yu's army and ensure Guan Yu's food route, Gao Lan would lead his army into the Guanghan vassal states and suppress many alien tribes in the Guanghan vassal states.

Ensure that they would not attack Guan Yu's food route because of Liu Zhang's bribery, and create conditions for Guan Yu to advance smoothly.

So Guan Yu advanced all the way, but indeed he did not encounter resistance from the Shu army, and the food supply was very safe.

Guan Yu's vanguard Cao Xiu only encountered some Shu army in Baishui. It seemed that it was not for defense, but to confirm whether the Wei army began to attack, and then quickly went back to report, without much entanglement.

When he found that the Wei army was coming towards Jiange, the Shu army immediately began a full mobilization. Wu Yi immediately put on the battlefield and went to the front line to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Shu army's defense near Jiange to ensure that the Shu army's defense was real and effective and would not be easily compromised by the Wei army.

After marching for more than ten days, on the ninth day of the second month of the second year of Yande, Guan Yu had led his army to the vicinity of Jiange.

By observing the nearby terrain and combining with the explanations of Pang Xi and others, Guan Yu and Wei generals found that this was indeed a natural dangerous place where one man could not open a door to ten thousand men.

By climbing the steep mountain, you can see Jiange Pass City from afar. Guan Yu found that the road ahead of Jiange Pass City was very narrow, not enough to allow the army to spread, and it was very convenient for the army on Guane Pass City to defend.

The city of Guan was very high and could not reach the city without a ladder. The Shu army was condescending, using crossbows, rolling oil, rolling wood and stones, and even gold juice, could cause huge damage to the Wei army.

Due to the width and length of the offensive road, the Wei army was unable to exert its advantages in military strength and combat power. The offensive road was locked again, and it was almost a living target for the defenders on the city. It was impossible to launch an attack at all, and its casualty rate must be very high.
Chapter completed!