Early the next morning, when the Jingzhou army attacked the city again, it found that it was much more difficult to attack the city, and yesterday it was still possible to rush to the city wall from time to time, but today's soldiers defending the city were high-spirited, and the troops were dispatched everywhere, without the slightest sense of color.

Odd!

Chen Gong raised his head and looked at the city, even if Cui Geng succeeded in seizing power, the generals of Nanyang should have a resistance to him, and his combat power would only be weaker, and it would be impossible for him to see this situation.

Didn't he be killed or failed to seize power, and was imprisoned? Cui Geng shouldn't be so incompetent.

It seems to have miscalculated.

Chen Gong looked at the battlefield ahead, although Wen Ping and Wang Wei had tried their best to attack the city, but the morale of the Jingzhou army was not high, and they failed to rush to the city after several attacks, which made the morale of the Jingzhou army even lower.

The battle situation in front of him was diametrically opposed to his expectation, which made Chen Gong, who was originally quite confident in his strategy, a little more worried, but what made him even more helpless was that when the siege was at a loss here, news came from the east that Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses had arrived at the border of Hengshan, which was only a hundred miles away.

"Lord, tell the three generals that no matter what, you have to stop that Zhang Liao!" Chen Gong found Liu Bei and said with a serious face.

"Hmm." Liu Bei naturally knew that the matter was urgent, if Zhang Liao came to the vicinity of Wancheng, it would definitely be a great boost to the morale of the defenders of Wancheng, and he passed the book to Zhang Fei at the moment, so that Zhang Fei must stop Zhang Liao, and after doing all this, Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and said: "Gongtai, then this Wancheng ......"

"Fight, order the two generals Wenpin and Wang Wei to do their best to attack the city!" Chen Gong gritted his teeth, Zhang Liao had already returned, there was not much time left for them, and he sensed that his plan seemed to have a problem in which link, if he waited any longer, maybe the plan had not yet succeeded, Zhang Liao had already killed him, which was unacceptable to him.

Liu Bei nodded, and immediately ordered someone to send an order, asking Wen Ping and Wang Wei to attack the city as soon as possible...... At all costs.

He may not be as resourceful as Chen Gong, but his years of experience in fighting tell Liu Bei that this may be the last chance for this war, and if it can't be broken, Nanyang won't be able to take it.

"Gongtai." Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong and pondered: "This battle should be made some other preparations, I intend to move the people of these counties to Xiangfan, what does Gongtai think?" ”

Chen Gong was a little bitter, which meant that Liu Bei began to distrust himself, although he didn't show it, maybe Liu Bei was just planning for the future, but from this sentence, it was obvious that Liu Bei had lost confidence in himself.

Nodding silently, Chen Gong said, "What the lord said is good. ”

Liu Bei patted Chen Gong on the shoulder, signaling him not to think too much, turn his head, and let Liu Pan supervise this matter, even if he can't get the final territory, but the population will get it.

……

On the other side, Juan Cheng, located at the foot of Heng Mountain, where Zhang Liao and Wei Yan's army had already arrived, and at the same time converged the men and horses sent by Zhu Sheng to report.

"This Liu Bei is so bold!" After Wei Yan learned of this, his face sank, and he said to Zhang Liao: "General, I'll meet him!" ”

"Don't be impulsive." Zhang Liao waved his hand, signaling Wei Yanmo to be impulsive, and muttered: "Liu Bei is attacking the city, and the messenger of our army can still come out, then Liu Bei obviously did not besiege the city, according to the information sent by General Cui before, Liu Bei sent troops this time, there are 50,000 people, these soldiers and horses, even if they can't besiege the city, they can also block the main road, but according to what the messenger said, they were not blocked when they came." ”

Wei Yan was not stupid, looked at Zhang Liao and said, "Could it be that there are ambush soldiers?" ”

"Try it and you'll know!" Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Order the scouts in the army to investigate, and our army will continue to move forward, first explore the surrounding layout." ”

"Whoa!" Wei Yan agreed, turned around and went to An Yi to investigate.

The army continued to move forward, and by evening, it had reached the area of Duyang, and at the same time the scouts who had gone to investigate also sent back news.

"General, Bowang went to the area of Western Hubei and found a large number of scouts, and there is indeed a large army." Wei Yan hurried to Zhang Liao's side and bowed.

"Xi'e?" Zhang Liao pondered for a moment and said: "This place is the only way for our army, if there is an ambush, it will be here!" ”

He has been running Nanyang for many years, when Lu Bu was in Nanyang, Nanyang was taken care of by him, for the terrain around Wanxian County, Zhang Liao has long been familiar with it, and there is no other way to return to Wancheng, but it is suitable for the army to march, only Xi'e, take other roads, it is easier to be ambushed, and if the enemy sets up a checkpoint, it is more difficult for them to force their way through.

Therefore, Zhang Liao in Western Hubei must go.

"Wen Chang, do you remember Bowangpo?" Zhang Liao looked at Wei Yan and smiled.

"Remember, this place is surrounded by hidden mountains in the south and the White River in the west, and it is known as a place where soldiers must fight." Wei Yan nodded and said, the so-called Bai River, originating from Qinchuan, flows out from Guanzhong, and intersects with the Han River.

"Hurry tonight, rush here overnight, I will set up an ambush here, you go to explore the road early tomorrow morning, try to lure out the thief army, lure it here, and we will ambush it here!" Zhang Liao said with a smile.

Wei Yan understood, nodded and agreed, and the officers and men of the three armies did not rest, rushed to the area of Bowangpo overnight, and after setting up an ambush, Wei Yan led a part of the vanguard in the early morning of the next day and rushed to explore the road in the area of Western Hubei.

On the other side, Zhang Fei and Ji Ling had already gotten the news when Wei Yan appeared, and Zhang Fei couldn't help but scold: "How did this Zhang Liao come back so quickly?" ”

"It must have been ordered." Ji Ling said with a smile: "General, it seems that the soldiers and horses on this road should be the pioneer of the enemy's pathfinder, do you want to do it?" ”

"Why don't you move?" Zhang Fei stood up with the snake spear, walked out of the tent and said, "Just after defeating it, let him lead the way for us and find the main force of Zhang Liao!" I want to see what Zhang Liao is capable of! ”

"Third general, the lord only asked me to wait to guard against that Zhang Liao, and did not let me wait to attack!" Chen Zhi frowned and said, Liu Bei's order was to stop Zhang Liao, not to take the initiative to fight Zhang Liao.

"Afraid of what?" Zhang Fei smiled: "If you can defeat it, isn't it just a defense?" When that Zhang Liao gathers troops and horses again, I'm afraid I'll have already broken through Wancheng! ”

"Three generals, we should focus on the overall situation, I can't afford to lose right now!" Chen Zhi looked at Zhang Fei and said solemnly.

"Uncle Zhi is so boring." Zhang Fei glared at Chen Zhi a little impatiently, thought for a while, and said, "In this way, I will leave 5,000 soldiers and horses for you to answer, if there is really an accident, you can answer us at any time, how about it?" ”

Chen Zhi frowned when he heard this, five thousand soldiers and horses sounded like a lot, but if Zhang Fei was really defeated, where could he stop it?

But Zhang Fei has made up his mind, although Chen Zhi is steady, but he can't stop it, in the entire Liu Bei army, there are only two people who can stop Zhang Fei, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, but now Chen Zhi can't go to Liu Bei to make a decision, he can only watch Zhang Fei and Ji Ling point out of the camp with their troops and horses, Chen Zhi can only order the scouts to closely check the battle ahead, and be ready to respond at any time.

On the other side, not long after Zhang Fei and Ji Ling left the camp to cross the river, they saw Wei Yan leading his men and horses towards this side.

"You go to fight him first, if you are not defeated, take the horn as the trumpet, I will lead my troops to kill him, and kill him on his back!" Zhang Fei looked at the dust over there from afar, worried that he would scare the opponent away as soon as he appeared, and looked at Ji Lingdao beside him.

"Whoa!" Ji Ling nodded in agreement, took a group of men and horses, and went away to kill Wei Yan.

The two sides met quickly, and they didn't say much, Wei Yan saw that the other party's soldiers and horses didn't seem to be more than himself, and knew that this was a temptation of soldiers and horses, so he didn't say much at the moment, and directly waved his troops to kill.

Ji Ling also commanded the Jingzhou army to kill forward, the two teams fought in one place, the Jingzhou army was obviously not as brave as the Guanzhong army, and when the battle was not long, it had been defeated, Wei Yan was in the chaos of the army, while commanding the battle, while taking his own personal guards to constantly look for the enemy's elite troops to attack, after the two sides fought back and forth like this, Wei Yan found Ji Ling's general flag, at this time the Jingzhou army formation has been defeated, Wei Yan even if he took his own soldiers to kill, went straight to Ji Ling's general banner.

Ji Ling's side was still trying to maintain the battle formation, and suddenly saw a fierce man and horse rushing towards this side, his heart was startled, and when he looked up, he saw a general with a face like a heavy jujube, holding a long knife, clashing back and forth in the chaotic army, and wherever he passed, there was no general.

"General Yun Chang!?" The moment he saw Wei Yan, Ji Ling's eyes widened, and his brain was a little confused, how did Guan Yu run into the formation of Guan Zhongjun!?

Soon, Ji Ling reacted, although the characteristics of the two sides were very similar, Wei Yan was still a little less powerful than Guan Yu, more than brave, but not powerful enough, and did not have Guan Yu's breathtaking momentum.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then Ji Ling was furious, and the three-pointed knife in his hand pointed at Wei Yan and said, "Bold thief general, dare to pretend to be General Yun Chang, take your life!" ”

"Huh?"

Wei Yan was a little confused by Ji Ling's scolding, but seeing Ji Ling killing him, it was exactly what Wei Yan wanted, and he immediately danced his knife to fight.

The generals of the two sides fought together, and the two guards were worried that their generals would be besieged, so they each came up and fought in one place.

In the field, the main generals of both sides were frightened.

Wei Yannai is a young generation leader in the Guanzhong army, although the record is small, but the martial arts are not bad, and Ji Ling, as the first general under Yuan Shu in the past, has fought with Guan Yu, although defeated, but can also live dozens of rounds undefeated, these years with Liu Bei's side, although the body has passed its peak, but the martial arts are becoming more and more proficient, in addition to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi, few people in the army can fight against him, but now he is killed by a young general is inextricably linked, which makes Ji Ling a little unhappy.

The two fought inseparably, but the Jingzhou army was defeated faster without Ji Ling's command, Ji Ling hurriedly glanced at it, and saw that his own soldiers had begun a large-scale rout, and he was surprised by the combat strength of the Guanzhong army, and he did not dare to continue to entangle with Wei Yan.

"Woo~"

In the desolate sound of the horn, dense footsteps sounded in the distance, Wei Yan raised his eyes, but saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and a large number of Jingzhou troops rushed towards this side.

"There are ambushes, withdraw!" Seeing that the goal was achieved, Wei Yan was no longer entangled, and without waiting for Zhang Fei to lead his troops to arrive, he took the men and horses to withdraw first, so that Zhang Fei, who was coming with great momentum, pounced.