"General, there's movement!"

"Where?"

At the head of Zitong City, Zhang Wei immediately stood up when he heard the sound and looked out.

"Over there!"

In fact, without the fingers of his subordinates, Zhang Wei has already seen it, after all, it is impossible not to see such a large group of people.

"It's just...... How many people are there? Twenty thousand? I'm afraid it's not only two thousand! What about people? ”

Without waiting to take a closer look, the army on the opposite side stopped, and Zhang Wei was even more puzzled. The eyes swept to the flag, although it was not real, but no matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like the word "Ming".

He was puzzled, and Meng Da outside the city was even more puzzled.

Things have to start with leading the troops out of the customs-

After traveling more than 100 miles, it was two days later. At this time, the soldier who had reported to him before came back with a panicked face, bringing very bad news.

"General, the Ming army is gone."

"Gone?" Meng Da was shocked.

"The small trace was tracked for a day, and a mountain col eighty miles away suddenly lost the trace of the Ming army, and I don't know where to go."

Meng Da knew that it would be useless to blame his subordinates, but he still scolded people because of it. After scolding, Meng Da was in a dilemma.

Continuing to Zitong, it is possible that the Ming army will turn back and attack Jia Meng.

Looking back, the Ming army is also likely to continue to attack Zitong, and Zitong still has a king, if there is a ...... Although His Majesty already has a parent, but the king has followed His Majesty for many years, there is no merit and hard work, it is impossible not to be close at all, if something happens, he will definitely not be able to run.

Besides, if the little prince can't succeed in the future, it is not impossible to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. This has happened more than once in the history of the Han Dynasty.

As for the issue of the Ming army dominating the world, Meng Da never thought that it would be a big deal if it really came to that time......

If it doesn't work once, twice, it will always work!

After some thought, Meng Da finally decided to show his loyalty, no, to continue to go to Zitong to support!

Along the way, I arrived at Zitong very smoothly.

"General, Zitong doesn't seem to have a war?"

"No?"

Setting up camp, Meng Da got such news from his subordinates, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then panicked: Wrong? That Jiameng Guan......

However, the matter has come to this point, and Meng Da can't regret it, so he can only go on.

"Let's see!"

Meng Da picked two pro-soldiers with a gloomy face, and quietly touched the edge of Zitong City.

Zitong was very calm, and he didn't seem to have changed anything.

"Is there really not?" Meng Da felt a little hopeless.

"General, will it be the Ming army's plan to lure the enemy?"

Hey......

Listening to the words of the soldiers, Meng Da's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "It's really possible!" With the strength of the Ming army, under the surprise attack, Zitong can be taken in a day or two, and then knowing that we are coming, he deliberately pretends to be ......"

"The general is wise!"

If you don't shoot at this time, when will you wait!

"Let's go, go back." The haze in Meng Da's heart was swept away, and he returned to the camp with his subordinates in high spirits.

After that, the army was killed to Zitong, which attracted Zhang Wei's attention and came to the city.

"Listen to the people in the city, you have fallen into a heavy siege, if you want to open the city gate alive, otherwise when the reinforcements from Fuxian and Sword Pavilion arrive, you will die and have no place to be buried."

Zhang Wei listened to this nonsensical shout, and said in a daze: "It's our people? ”

There was silence for a while, and the little colonel (low-level military attaché, so he won't be named) next to him glanced outside the city, and said with a strange face: "General, it should be." ”

"And what does he mean by that?"

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he didn't wait for his subordinates to reply, and shouted outward: "Who are the subordinates under the city?" Ben will Zitong Zhang Wei is also! ”

"General Zhang?"

The city gave an exclamation, and then ran back, as if they suddenly ran and shouted inexplicable words.

Subsequently, it took a while to resolve the misunderstanding, and Meng Da and Zhang Wei also had a face-to-face.

"General Meng, if there is really a Ming army, I am afraid that Jia Mengguan will be in danger now." When Zhang Wei said this, his face was full of solemnity.

Meng Da smiled helplessly and said, "It's too late to say anything now, the key is to report the news of the Ming army's attack to Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Wei nodded and said with relief: "General Meng doesn't have to think about it, since the Ming army comes, they must be fully prepared, even if you don't get hit, they will have other responses, or attack Jia Meng, or kill Zitong as you expected, or attack Jianmen." ”

The loss on Meng Da's face did not decrease at all, and said: "That is what I said, but the crime of losing the pass can't run away, and what will happen in the end may depend on Your Majesty's mood." ”

Zhang Wei also knew the seriousness of the matter, thought about it, his face sank, and said: "The strength of the Ming army is extraordinary, and if they can suddenly appear behind Jiameng Pass, then they will have a chance to directly take Jiameng Pass, but they still used a plan, which shows that the plot is not small, and it is definitely not only Jiameng Pass." ”

"Huh? That Zitong? Meng Da's heart burst out and said.

Zhang Wei said heavily: "There are a lot of defenders in Zitong, and there is already news from General Meng, and it is not so easy to take it under guard, and the place where the problem is not only Zitong is reached, but also Langzhong and Jianmen." In these two, the importance of the Sword Gate is not lower than that of Jia Mengguan, and even three points higher; And Langzhong is an important town in the north, so His Majesty deliberately divided Ba County into Ba County, which is the case. ”

"If these two places are lost, and the Ming army comes from behind, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not lead the troops to drive straight into Mianzhu Pass, or bypass Guanghan and take Chengdu directly."

Meng Da realized the seriousness of the matter, and a different kind of thought surged in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all, he just nodded, and then asked, "How is the prince now?" ”

Zhang Wei was obviously stunned, waved back left and right, and then said in a low voice: "The prince has wanted to take over Zitong's army several times, but without His Majesty's order, how dare you agree." ”

Meng Da understood, nodded, and did not say anything more.

After that, the army led by Meng Da entered Zitong to assist in defending the city, and Jiameng Pass sent people to understand the situation first. In fact, by this time, none of the people sent before had returned, and the situation had already been explained, but now it can only be done.

Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the road is difficult to travel, and there are obstacles that are slow to transmit information. If it is an ordinary person, if the enemy has already prepared, he may not be able to take the city for a while, even if he takes one place, he will be stopped in the second place, giving the army of Shu a chance to counterattack, but the Ming army is different.

And just when Meng Da was temporarily staying in Zitong, Yinping had been captured, but because of the inconvenience of message transmission, Zitong and Zhang Wei had not received the news until now.

Calculating the time, the time to take Yinping is three days at night compared to Jiamengguan.

At this time, Langzhong was in crisis.

After Liu Ba listened to the words of the little colonel, when he returned to the house, he ordered a strict inspection of the people entering and leaving. And because Liu Ba ordered the sowing in advance, it brought great inconvenience to the people, and made the resentment all over the place for a while.

Cang Cao, as the official in charge of these, quickly sensed that something was wrong and hurried to the former general's mansion.

"General, our people don't need to check, right? Otherwise, it will take an hour for people to leave the city, and how much less work they will have to do! ”

Liu Ba hesitated for a moment when he heard this, but finally insisted: "Now that Jia Meng has been ordered, he may attack the city at any time, and it is even difficult to guarantee that there will be no spies mixed in, and this general is just just in case, so hold on!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Find a way to dispel the grievances of the people, otherwise once the Ming army comes to attack, the instability in the city may be taken advantage of." ”

Cang Cao was dissatisfied with such an answer, but he already knew the seriousness of the matter, and understood that no matter how much he said, there would be no result, so he could only nod sullenly, but he didn't dare to make a guarantee: "The subordinates will do their best, and there is really no guarantee of what will happen in the end." ”

Liu Ba also understood that this was not something that could be eliminated by one or two sentences, nodded, did not say anything more, and waved his hand at him. Cangcao bowed slightly and got up to leave.

Liu Ba pondered in the house for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Someone! ”

"General!"

"Go and invite General Ling."

Ling Bao, the county lieutenant of Brazil, is Liu Ba's direct subordinate. It is full of humanities and weapons, but they are all of the general kind.

Ling Bao came quickly: "General! ”

"How's the spy you arranged?" Liu Ba bowed his head slightly and said bluntly. It's not that he doesn't want to say a few words, it's really that Ling Bao doesn't have a good relationship with him. He also knew why, it was nothing more than that he suddenly became a former general, which caused some thoughts in his heart.

Not only Ling Bao, Liu Ba believes that there are many people who have ideas about this.

But what could he do? Disrespectful?

It would be a fool not to agree!

Fortunately, two years have passed, and Liu Ba has slightly improved the relationship with Ling Bao.

Ling Bao said suspiciously: "I only sent it out yesterday, if you want to have an answer, you have to wait two days before you can do it, and there should be a result tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow." ”

Liu Ba saw his doubts and said: "The general suspects that someone from the Ming army has already mixed into the city, and the Ming army from Jiameng Pass is already on the way here, so I want to ask if there is news coming back." ”

Ling Bao was shocked: "That's why the general will order a strict investigation?" Then he frowned, and said: "But the Ming army has mixed into the city, what is the use of checking at this time?" ”

"That's why Ben came to you!"

Liu Ba smiled and said: "The matter of strict investigation, the Ming army who mixed in must have also seen it, and will definitely deal with it carefully, if someone investigates carefully at this time, there should be something to gain." ”

Ling Bao suddenly said: "Does the general want to go down to investigate?" ”

"That's right!"

"Okay, let's go."

"Don't worry, you ......"