Chapter 527 Sneak across Yinping and attack Shu Han directly!
The reason why Shu has a relatively isolated terrain is that it is surrounded by many mountains and high peaks, forming a huge independent basin inside. Such terrain has created very favorable military conditions for Shu. As long as the few roads leading into Shu are occupied, external threats can be easily suppressed.

The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to heaven. A line of poetry by Li Bai of later generations explained everything.

As for Jiange in the north, as long as there are only a small number of troops guarding the Jianmen Pass, no matter whether you are elite or heavenly soldiers, you will have to stop in front of this dangerous pass.

This is the natural advantage of Shuzhong. No matter how bad the situation is, as long as it is managed properly, at least you can retreat to Shuzhong and seek stability.

However, there is no unbreakable fortress in this world. Since Jianmen Pass is difficult to pass, people will naturally try to find other roads. Even if these roads are difficult and dangerous, they may not be useless at certain times.

Now, a group of 20,000 elite Yellow Turbans led by Wuli are doing exactly this.

The deep mountains and old forests of Motianling should be a place where few people go, but now there is quite a movement. A long army can be seen marching slowly in the dense forest.

The altitude here is nearly 3,000 meters, and there is not even a decent mountain road. The soldiers can only march while clearing the way with swords and axes in their hands.

Some places were even blocked by cliffs, and the army had to dispatch a large number of manpower to dig passages on the spot, and often had to build trestle bridges. Only in this way could the army pass under extremely dangerous conditions.

Before they even entered Shu, nearly a hundred soldiers had fallen to their deaths along the way.

Fortunately, although the journey was dangerous, they gritted their teeth and persevered, and finally got through the most painful stage. After crossing the Motianling Mountain, they entered the interior of Shuzhong, and the rest of the journey became much easier to travel, and the marching speed became faster and faster.

It is about 600 to 700 miles to enter Shu through the Yinping Trail. If it had been a normal march, it would have been completed long ago. However, more than half a month has passed and only most of the distance has been covered.

After another five days of marching, the 20,000 Yellow Turbans finally approached their primary target of attack - Fucheng!
But at this time, the Yellow Turbans stopped and took a final rest before launching an attack. They also sent out many scouts to spy on the surrounding situation in order to formulate a battle plan.

In a town a few dozen miles away from Fucheng, the Yellow Turbans took advantage of the situation and took down a stronghold of local tyrants, then stationed there to rest, using the supplies in the manor to replenish the army's consumption and spend the night there.

The night was very peaceful. Apart from maintaining basic guard duty, there was no movement in the temporary camp of the 20,000-strong army. The soldiers needed as much rest as possible to be adequately prepared for the next battle.

After daybreak, the soldiers did not receive the signal to prepare and were still in deep sleep. Xun Chen and Wu Li, who were patrolling the camp together, did not interrupt the soldiers' sweet dreams.

While patrolling the camp, they could see that many people had various scars on their bodies, and their clothes were badly worn. If they randomly took a look at the soles of a soldier's feet, most of them were rotten. Everyone exuded a foul odor, and they slept in a very deep state, unresponsive to the outside world.

Xun Chen and Wu Li looked at each other, and tacitly kept quiet and walked to a secluded place in the camp.

"It was not easy along the way. Although the lord had told us that the Yinping trail was difficult to pass, I didn't expect it to be so difficult. Fortunately, we finally made it out. It's worth the suffering to be able to enter Shuzhong. It's better than fighting them to death at Jianmen Pass."

Xun Chen came under a rock, patted his clothes and sat down, unable to help but let out a sigh.

Seeing the soldiers' appearance, he thought of the difficulties along the way. The plan of sneaking through Yinping to attack Shu Han was a good one, but the pain of execution was also extraordinary. Xun Chen felt that this was the most difficult road he had ever taken in his life. Wu Li also sat down and looked to the south.

Compared to the emotional Xun Chen, he is more like a cold-blooded war machine.

No matter how difficult and hard the journey was, he had no intention of expressing any emotion. At this moment, he only cared about the subsequent battle plan.

"Our army is here, and Fucheng must have heard the news. Although the soldiers are very tired, they don't have much time to rest. If we delay for one more day, Fucheng will have one more day to prepare. So at noon today, I will immediately attack Fucheng!"

As Wu Li spoke, he looked around the camp. He knew that just one night was not enough for the soldiers who had been on their arduous journey to get a good rest, but now was not the time to really rest.

Turning back, he said, "I think Liu Bei will definitely come back to help Shuzhong after receiving the news. There will be battles to fight later. If we take Fucheng first, we will at least have a place to stay. The soldiers can really rest for two days, and our army can also replenish its supplies better."

Xun Chen nodded after hearing this, and then took out a map, which showed the routes and towns in Shuzhong. "After taking Fucheng, our army can retreat to attack Jianmen from both sides, or advance to Chengdu directly. As long as the Shu army does not return in full force, our army can move freely, and this major event of attacking Shuzhong can be successful!"

After saying that, Xun Chen handed the map to Wu Li, and a look of joy could not help but appear on his face.

Although the journey was hard, it was definitely worth it. This Yinping Trail eventually helped the Yellow Turbans enter Shu. When the Shu army went out to fight and the rear was empty, 20,000 vigorous Yellow Turbans were enough to wipe out Shu. Victory was at hand.

He couldn't help but recall the scene when Xu Chen proposed the tactic of sneaking into Yinping when the military was drawing up the plan. Now it seems that this plan is so weirdly correct.

The Yinping Trail is more of a path than a trail. In fact, many of the routes that cross mountains and hills are not even paths, so they are not real routes at all.

Before this, no one thought it was ok to march here, but only because Xu Chen acted arbitrarily against all opinions did the military have to agree.

Despite this, many people are skeptical about this matter, and Xun Chen is no exception.

But who would have thought that this path could actually be taken? No matter how difficult it was, the facts proved that it was indeed feasible. Xun Chen had to admire Xu Chen's incredible predictive ability.

Wu Li also looked at the map for a while, then pondered: "What do you think, should we take a short break and attack Jianmen from both sides, or should we just go all out and take Chengdu?"

Xun Chen thought for a moment and said, "If we want to be safe, we should first attack Jianmen Pass to support Zhang Lu. Although their 80,000 troops are average in combat power, they are at least a force. We should open up Jianmen Pass and let them enter Shu, so that we can truly take over this place."

Wu Li nodded: "Then let's do it this way. This time we must raid Liu Bei's lair and make it difficult for him to take care of both ends!"

(End of this chapter)