"General Yu, how is the situation in Yucheng now?" After appeasing Liu Cong, Pang Tong turned to Yu Ban and asked.

"It is forbidden to observe it from a distance, the ambush force is well-trained, this Ren must not be good at stubble." Yu Ban went to answer Wei Yan, but the result was in vain, and he couldn't get close to Yucheng, Pang Tong asked, and he could only say what he thought.

"Lord, General Yu, there are 40,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and according to Ziqiao, the city is heavily guarded. Coupled with the new defeat of our army, there is no opportunity to take advantage of it. It seems that Zhang Ren should not be underestimated. We should be careful and not careless. "It's rare for Pang Tong to be so cautious.

Pang Tong's daring to take risks contrasts sharply with Zhuge Liang's prudence. From the time he returned to Liu Cong, Pang Tong offered Liu Cong all risky strategies, that is, risky strategies. For example, when Liu Zhang ordered Yang Huai and Gao Pei to imprison Liu Cong, Pang Tong offered three strategies of "upper, middle and lower", and he called "selecting elite soldiers to sneak attack Chengdu" as the upper plan, and the escape as the next plan, which is exactly the opposite of the concept advocated by "thirty-six strategies, going for the upper plan", which shows that Pang Tong is good at taking "dangerous chess".

And Pang Tong also loves to fight for merit, if Liu Cong asked him and Wei Yan to each lead an army to attack Luocheng, presumably Pang Tong would do everything possible to arrive in Luocheng first. But now the situation is different! Because Wei Yan is the general of Jingzhou and Liu Cong's favorite general, the two armies lost the vanguard general as soon as they clashed, and Pang Tong had to temporarily restrain himself and act cautiously no matter how bold and daring he was.

"Wen Ze, how far are we from Ruocheng now?" It took a long time for Liu Cong to come back to his senses, no matter what Wei Yan's life and death were, this battle had to continue. The two sides have already torn their faces, Zhang Ren can't relax his vigilance because of such a small victory, and Liu Zhang can't stop there. Liu Cong was even more reluctant for Wei Yan to die in vain, and only by taking Chengdu as soon as possible could he be worthy of Wei Yan and his dead subordinates.

Yu Ban looked at the map of the army in the tent, and after thinking about it according to his previous situation with Wei Yan, he said softly, "My lord, now our army is still about eighty miles away from Luocheng, if the army is in a hurry, it can be reached in one day, and if only the cavalry goes to one and a half hours, it can be reached." ”

After hearing this, Liu Cong stared at the map with his eyes, frowned and asked, "How many ways are there to get to Luocheng?" It's not that Liu Cong is dazzled, after the topographic map of Yizhou given to him by Zhang Song was rubbed, three words "Luofengpo" were clearly marked here.

Luofengpo, as the name suggests, and Pang Tongya is called the phoenix. Liu Cong was naturally worried about Pang Tong's comfort, there was no Wei Yan anymore, and it would be a big loss to sacrifice Pang Tong.

But in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, it is recorded that Pang Tong was wounded by a stray arrow when he led his troops to besiege the city. However, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there was a description of Pang Tong's death and Fengpo.

On the same day, the order was handed down, and the sergeant made food on the fifth watch, and Pingming got on the horse. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan led the way first. Xuande went on a date with Pang Tong again, and suddenly sat down and lost his eyes before his death, and lifted Pang Tong down. Xuande jumped off the horse and came to cage the horse. Xuande said: "Why did the military advisor take this inferior horse? Pang Tong said: "This horse has been riding for a long time, and it has never been like this." ”

Xuande said: "When you are born in battle, you will miss people's lives." The white horse I ride is extremely tame, and the military advisor can ride it, and it is foolproof. Bad horses, I ride on them. So he changed the horses he rode with Pang Tong. Pang Tong Xie said: "I deeply feel the kindness of the lord, even if I die, I can't repay it." Then every man mounted his horse and took the way. When Xuande saw Pang Tong gone, he felt very unhappy in his heart and walked in a daze.

However, it was said that Wu Yi and Liu Bi in the city heard that they had broken the buds, so they discussed with the public. Zhang Ren said: "There is a small road in the southeast of the city, which is the most important, and a certain army will defend it. The princes will guard the city tightly, and do not gain or lose. "Suddenly, the Han soldiers came to attack the city in two ways. Zhang Ren hurriedly led 3,000 troops, and first came to copy the path to ambush Wei Yan's troops. Later, when he saw Pang Tongjun coming, Sergeant Zhang Ren pointed to the general in the army: "The person who rides a white horse must be Liu Bei." "Zhang Ren is overjoyed, the herald sect is like this.

But it was said that Pang Tong was moving forward, and when he looked up, he saw that the two mountains were narrow and the trees were thick; It was late summer and early autumn, and the foliage was luxuriant. Pang Tong was very suspicious, reined in his horse and asked, "Where is this place?" There was a new sergeant in the number, and he pointed out: "The name of the place here is Luofengpo." Pang Tong exclaimed: "My road is called Fengxiao, and the name here falls on Fengpo, which is not conducive to me." "Ordered the rear army to retreat. I heard a cannon in front of the hillside, and the arrows were like flying locusts, and I waited for the white horse rider to shoot them. Poor Pang Tong died under the arrows. He was thirty-six years old.

Later generations have poems that sigh: "Guxian is connected to the purple and green pile, and Shiyuan has a house next to the mountain kuma." Children are accustomed to calling dove songs, and Lu Xiang has heard of showing talents. It is expected that the three points will be cut flat, and the long drive will wander alone. Who knew that the Tengu meteor fell and did not make the general's clothes back. First of all, there is a nursery rhyme cloud in the southeast: "A phoenix and a dragon, will go to Shuzhong." It was only halfway to the east of the slope when the phoenix died. The wind sends the rain, the rain follows the wind, the Shu road passes when the Long Han is prosperous, and the Shu road is only the dragon when the road is passed. ”

According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Pang Tong died for Liu Bei, because Pang Tong rode Liu Bei's white horse "Lu" who hindered the master. Zhang Ren has been a general for many years, and when he saw the horse, Lu naturally thought that Pang Tong was Liu Bei.

But since Liu Cong crossed over, there has been nothing to do with Liu Bei, and this red rabbit horse and Lu are also purely imaginary, but this Luofeng Slope is very conspicuously marked around the city.

Of course, Zhang Song didn't want to ridicule Pang Tong, since there is on the map, and according to the records, there should be Zhang Ren's ambush soldiers here, Liu Cong not only can't let Pang Tong pass by, but he and Yu Ban and tens of thousands of soldiers have to be careful. Liu Cong is an atheist, but there are too many strange things after coming to this era. The Bai Xiaoqing that Liu Cong met on the way to Xuchang completely subverted Liu Cong's three views.

The so-called following the customs of the locals, coupled with the lessons of the previous car, Liu Cong has to guard against it!

Yu Ban thought that Liu Cong was going to lead the troops to find Wei Yan, so he hurriedly said: "Lord, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the lord must not be too impatient. ”

"Out of the way, let me ask you how many ways do you go?"

"There is a big road in the north of the mountain in front of you, which can go directly to the east gate of the city, and there is a small road in the south of the mountain, which can go directly to the west gate of the city, and it is forbidden to inquire about the local woodcutter, and the big road is about 20 farther than the small road." Yu Ban traveled south all the way to meet Wei Yan unsuccessfully, so he also kept an eye on it and learned about the terrain, which Liu Cong naturally answered like a fluent question.

"There will be ambushes on the small road, take the big road." It is better to go around 20 miles more than to bypass Luofeng Slope. Liu Cong made a decision at the moment! Yu Ban didn't pay much attention, seeing that Liu Cong was no longer in a hurry to avenge Wei Yan, he was also relieved, the two armies were facing each other, and the most taboo boss was uneasy. Of course, Liu Cong also understands that if his mood is slightly wrong at the moment, it will affect the overall situation. Back then, Liu Bei didn't listen to the dissuasion of the crowd and insisted on avenging Guan Yu and raising troops to attack Wu, but what was the result?

"Lord, although it's still early today, don't you go another twenty miles and set up camp?" Wei Yan had no news, and Yu Ban naturally became the vanguard of the march.

"Well, send more sentinels, find out the surroundings clearly, and don't let Zhang Renxiaoer wait for the opportunity to ambush!"

Yu Ban ordered him to walk out, convey Liu Cong's order, and the army slowly moved out again. At this time, about 2,000 of the 10,000 soldiers in Wei Yan's front vanguard battalion fled back, and the rest were estimated to be immortal and wounded, and Yu Ban did not intend to wait any longer.

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"General Wei, the road from Ruocheng to Jiameng is full of enemy troops" In a valley not far from Luocheng, a scout reported to Wei Yan the information he had detected.

Wei Yan immediately understood that these people had been arranged by Zhang Ren a long time ago, and the purpose was to kill himself and the people he brought. Once he leads his subordinates to be discovered by these scouts, there may be thousands of ambushes in a certain direction.

"Wei Yan is ashamed of his trust in the lord, causing the brothers to fall to such a point!" Wei Yan looked at the remaining more than 1,000 people around him and said with guilt, most of these soldiers were wounded after the big battle, and their spirits were sluggish, and now Zhang Ren was fortified everywhere and ambushed everywhere, how difficult is it to break through? After speaking, Wei Yan was about to draw his sword and kill himself.

"Generals must not, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers. Perhaps the lord's army is already on the way to meet us, and since the enemy has not discovered us, this place will be safe, and the lord's army will surely attack the city soon, and then we will go out to join the lord. A personal soldier beside Wei Yan hurriedly stepped forward to snatch the sword, and then hugged Wei Yan.

"Yes, general, what Xiao Qi said is reasonable. What if you die? ”

"General, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers......"

The soldiers persuaded Wei Yan with all their tongues.

"Xiao Qi, let go. Ben would have been fine. Wei Yan looked at this group of pro-soldiers, and was very emotional in his heart, especially Xiao Qi, who hugged Wei Yan tightly, for fear that he would make another move, of course Wei Yan knew his good intentions. After calming down, Wei Yan also abandoned the idea just now, Xiao Qi was right, it was the right thing to find a way to avoid the pursuit of the enemy and lead the soldiers back to the main camp. The lord appreciates himself so much, and it should be up to the lord to decide whether to kill or kill.

"Report to the general, due south an enemy force of about three thousand men has been spotted and is marching in our direction." Wei Yan, who had just calmed down, wanted to take a rest, and a scout came to report in a hurry.

This Zhang Ren is really hateful, and it is just a matter of ambushing for a while, so chasing and fighting fiercely, isn't he afraid of encountering the lord's army? There are only 40,000 defenders in the entire city, could it be that he Zhang Ren filmed all his troops to ambush them? So won't the city become an empty city? It's too risky to be dispatched like this, I hear people often say that this Zhang Ren is a general in Shuzhong, shouldn't he be so hasty?

Wei Yan really couldn't figure it out, starting from Ling Bao to Deng Xian, and then the enemy army appeared several ambushes one after another, it is estimated that more than 20,000 people have been dispatched, and now all the main roads are still full of sentry agents, as if they are ready to continue to launch ambushes at any time.

Since Zhang Ren spent so much effort to block himself, he would continue to fall for Zhang Ren's strategy if he was in a hurry to break through, so it was better to find a way to hide......

"There are enemy troops along the road, and the lord can't go back now, so let's lead the soldiers up the mountain first, and then see the situation of the enemy's pursuit on the other side of the mountain before making the next step." Wei Yan thought of this and said, "The army comes with me." ”

After speaking, Wei Yan led his soldiers and fled to the top of the mountain on the north side.