Wei Yan led his subordinates to hide in the mountains and forests until dawn the next day.

"General, the scouts sent by Zhang Ren everywhere have all retreated."

"Well, is this guy trying to trick me? Have you ever been in contact with the lord? ”

"The general has led a large army to the west and attacked the city along the main road."

"It's so good, Wei Mou, as a pioneer, was defeated in an ambush, and if it affects the lord, he is even more uneasy. Quickly send someone to report to the lord, and we will continue to stay here to contain the enemy. ”

Wei Yan was relieved when he heard that the lord Liu Cong led his army to march west along the main road. At least he is not useless at all, although he used nearly 10,000 horses to remind the lord that the eastern path is treacherous, and it is easy to set up an ambush and the cost is greater, but it is better than the whole army being ambushed. Now that Wei Yan heard that Liu Cong had gone west, he understood why Zhang Ren suddenly removed the scouts in the vicinity.

Presumably, that Zhang Ren also thought that he had escaped and returned to the camp, and this time he was focused on dealing with the lord. Wei Yan felt that he should make some moves at this time to attract Zhang Ren's attention. But what can this team of less than 2,000 people do? Despite being exhausted, Wei Yan insisted on leading his people towards the city, and then stopped on a hill ten miles away from the city.

Standing on the top of the mountain, looking up, there is a magnificent and vast city in the distance. The water flows through the north of the city, through the mountains and plains, and rushes to the east. To the south of the water is the open field, which stretches under the walls of the city. If the lord wants to attack the city, he must cross the river, and it seems that the speed cannot be fast.

The fortifications of the city were mainly concentrated in the east, and there was a majestic checkpoint five miles east of the city. The checkpoint is repaired between the two mountains, and it is the only way to the east of the city. If you want to attack the city from the east, you must first break this level!

It seems that Zhang Ren, who is stationed in Luocheng, is really not an ordinary person. It wasn't entirely a matter of luck to set up an ambush to defeat yourself in the previous attempt.

Wei Yan looked further south, the south of the city was much flatter, but it was not easy to go around the east of the city to the south. It turns out that the city is the main road to Chengdu, this road is not a straight to the south as soon as the city is out, but first turn to the east, between the two mountains winding for five or six and then turn to the south, cleverly use the two mountains in the southeast direction of the city, so that although this avenue is spacious but not flat.

If the enemy attacks from the south, it will need to detour between the two mountains, which is the best place for the defenders to set up an ambush.

Such a former state city, such a construction has to say that the Shu people are smart. In the distance, flags could be faintly seen fluttering on the Xiongguan Pass directly east of the city, and it was obvious that Zhang Ren had also placed defenders here.

Although the city has entered the Chengdu Plain, the guards here have made it into a situation where there is a water barrier in the north and Xiongguan in the east, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it weren't for the Yizhou governance in Chengdu, I am afraid that there will be a Xiongguan on the south side of this city, then this city is really a mountain in the west, and the other three sides are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack!

Well, you have to hurry up and join the lord, although the lord has a topographic map of the state, but Zhang Ren is very cunning, maybe he will set up ambushes everywhere, and he can't let the lord go to the east and bump into Xiongguan. That's equivalent to attacking the city twice, and the cost is not ordinarily large!

Wei Yan's subordinates heard that Wei Yan had finally decided to go back to find the lord, so they cheered up again to keep up, they were afraid that Wei Yan would be angry again, and they were eager to find Zhang Ren for revenge, and they were the ones who starved and suffered.

"Report ...... Reporting to the lord, a team of about 1,000 people appeared in the rear, as if it was ...... It seems to be a Wei flag! Liu Cong's large army set off at dawn towards Luocheng, and the troops that suddenly appeared in the rear had no food and grass, which made the sentry very surprised and hurriedly reported.

"Wei Ziqi? Could it be the chief? Wen Ze quickly led the troops to check! "Liu Cong didn't meet Zhang Ren before he had any news of the pioneer general Wei Yan. At this time, he asked Yu Ban to take someone to check, if Wei Yan returned with the remnants, it would be good, if the enemy wanted to sneak attack, he would intercept it!

Yu Bande Ling led 2,000 men and horses to meet the direction when he turned around. When the two sides walked in, Yu Ban saw that it was not Wei Yan, who was it? Wei Yan was also overjoyed to see Yu Ban, and those subordinates were even more excited.

"Wen Chang, is it really you? Quick, come with me to see the lord, the lord is worried about you! ”

As soon as Yu Ban mentioned Liu Cong, Wei Yan immediately lowered his head, he was ashamed in his heart. Especially in front of Yu Ban, after his death, he is young, and his martial arts may be better than Yu Ban, but when it is the turn of the march to fight, Wei Yan has not heard of Yu Ban's previous brilliant achievements. But Lord Yu insisted on making himself a pioneer general, ten years older than himself, and Yu Ban, who was experienced in combat, could only be his deputy.

This is a great respect and trust for the lord Liu Cong in himself, but what about himself? First, he was robbed by Bu Liuming's thousands of people in Shangyong, and this time he was ambushed by Zhang Ren in the mountains and forests, and suffered heavy losses! Wei Yan is really ashamed in front of the masters.

"Brother Wen Ze, I'm ......"

"Hey, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you go with me to see the lord as soon as possible."

Wei Yan, accompanied by Yu Ban, rode his horse to catch up with Liu Cong in front. Liu Cong was overjoyed to see Wei Yan return safely, and completely forgot about Wei Yan's defeat yesterday, which made Wei Yan even more ashamed.

"Lord, Yan is incompetent, he was ambushed by the enemy, resulting in heavy losses to the forward, please surrender to the lord!" Wei Yan thought of the strict requirements for all the soldiers in his usual days, and he would take the initiative to ask for guilt after meeting.

"Wen Chang, your mistakes will be left until the capture of the city. The enemy generals stationed in the city are not simple, you have fought with them, you can tell me about the situation. ”

"Yes, my lord. Yesterday ......" Wei Yan told how he was stimulated by Ling Bao and Deng Xian yesterday, and how Zhang Ren set up ambushes everywhere.

"Well, it seems that this Zhang Ren is really not simple." Liu Cong couldn't help but worry, the two armies were facing each other, and this Zhang Ren won a lot against Wei Yan.

"My lord, today I am looking at the heights...... This city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, our army has this little bit of soldiers and horses......" Wei Yan looked at the city from a distance, Zhang Ren had 40,000 defenders, and at this time, Liu Cong's troops were a little more than 40,000 after yesterday's battle. Zhang Ren occupies a favorable location, and it is really not an easy thing to break through the city.

Liu Cong was even more worried when he heard Wei Yan being so cautious. Wei Yan is proud by nature, and there are really not many people who can be looked at by him.

Now Wei Yan praised Zhang Ren and praised the fortifications of Yucheng. This also confirms his worries from one side. The middle policy, in the end, is the middle policy, Liu Cong remembered Pang Tong's three strategies. But now that the choice has been made, it can only be gradually improved and revised. This battlefield is not an acting, let alone a game, and you can't start over.

"My lord, this city is on the west side of the mountain, and it is difficult to march. There is Xiongguan in the east to guard, and the south is to go around for dozens of miles, and it may be ambushed and attacked by Chengdu and the north and south of Luocheng, and there is only one way to cross the river and attack the north gate when attacking Luocheng. Pang Tong on the side listened to Wei Yan's brief introduction and concluded as such.

"Order Fa Xiaozhi and Zhang Ziqiao to come to the front army quickly." Liu Cong was about to say, you are a military advisor, but after thinking about it, Pang Tong is not familiar with this place. Hurriedly asked two local think tanks to come to discuss.

After Zhang Ren and others returned to the city in victory, the morale of the city was greatly boosted. The soldiers of Yizhou asked Liu Cong that the Jingzhou soldiers led by Liu Cong were extremely brave. But today's battle only killed Wei Yan's subordinates and abandoned their armor, and they were not happy!

"General Zhang is like a god with his soldiers, and a little trick will make the enemy lose his troops and lose his generals, and the last general will be convinced" After returning to the city, Deng Xian said happily to Zhang Ren.

"Although the vanguard of the enemy army was broken today, Wei Yan still escaped, and in the coming day, Liu Thief will definitely lead the army to come, so you can't be careless," Zhang Ren said. Zhang Ren knew that he might not be as good as Zhao Yun in terms of martial arts. Now Liu Cong is even more with the help of Fazheng and Zhang Song, and it is far from the time to be proud.

"The enemy army is only more than 40,000 people, and I have more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and there are dangerous barriers on all sides, and General Zhang is guarding Xiang Tian," Leng Bao said. In Ling Bao's opinion, although Wei Yan, the vanguard general of the enemy army, was brave and unscrupulous. Now that the number of soldiers is equal, and there is a natural barrier on his side, or a steady stream of support from Chengdu, the odds of winning are very high.

Zhang Ren listened to Ling Bao's words, did not answer directly, but stared at the map, and said sadly for a long time: "Hey, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is unwilling to cooperate with our army to drive wolves together." This south-central region is barbarian and chaotic, and often harassed. If they heard that Liu Cong was attacking the city, would they raise barbarian troops to attack Jianning and Chengdu? If that's the case, it's troublesome. Moreover, if our army and Liu Cong are both defeated here, what if Zhang Lu takes advantage of the situation to enter? ”

General Zhang was far-sighted and worried about the admiration of the last general of Yizhou, but the last general thought that only Liu Cong was a big trouble, and Zhang Lu and Nanban were not worried. These barbarians only know how to leave after looting and looting, and they don't know anything about siege, only ringworm of the skin. As long as a general is sent to defend the city, the Nanban will soon be able to retreat. As for Zhang Lu, he is a busy man, he has no ambitions, and it is enough to be in a corner of peace, he will not have the heart to sneak attack, otherwise Liu Cong will not see him move if he occupies several counties. Deng Xian said.

"What General Deng said is reasonable, and I am not worried about Zhang Lu and Nanban. The current situation of our army is a bit insufficient, but it is indeed enough to defend the city, but it is not easy to defeat Liu Cong, and I am not too worried here. What I'm worried about now is Jia Meng, I heard that Liu Cong is deeply supported by the local people, if Liu Cong can't attack for a long time, camp on the spot, and then repeat the old tricks to win public opinion, if so, Chengdu is in danger, Yizhou is in danger. Zhang Ren listened to Deng Xian's words and said.

Ling Bao stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly said with a happy face, "General Zhang will have a plan at the end, if it can succeed, Liu Cong's army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and our army can take advantage of its defeat to recapture Jia Meng, and even drive it out of Yizhou." ”

"What is General Leng's clever plan to retreat from the enemy?" Hearing this, Zhang Ren hurriedly asked. Driving Liu Cong out of Yizhou is a problem that these Yizhou generals think about day and night, Yang Huai and Gao Pei are like this, and Zhang Ren and Ling Bao are no exception.

Leng Bao pointed to a point on the map and said, "General Zhang, look, the west side of the city is close to the mountain, and it is almost impossible to move an inch. There is a Xiongguan in the east, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The southern avenue runs through the mountains and connects Chengdu, and Liu Cong will not dare to attack from the south. Aside from these three, there is only the north side. If our army can lure Liu Cong's army to come, and then dig up the water of the Luo River to flood it, then Liu Cong's army can be broken, and Yizhou is worry-free! ”