Counting from the arrival of Guan Ping's army in Chenggu, this surrender of Kaicheng to the defenders only lasted three days, and the time for the real battle was only one day.

For Guan Ping, this is not the first time he has experienced victory, but he is extremely happy, because from command, coordination to acceptance of surrender, he completed it alone, without the help of anyone else, and the sense of accomplishment is not comparable to the victory fought by Guan Yu's side in the past.

"Sir, thanks to your siege engines." Guan Ping found Liu Yi and said with a smile, personally commanding this battle, Guan Ping could more clearly appreciate the strength of those siege equipment.

"It's not me who you have to thank, if it weren't for Han Sheng and Wei Yan driving away the reinforcements, this Chenggu wouldn't be so easy to break." Liu Yi pulled his lunch and said casually: "This is solid, you have to be on guard against reinforcements from the direction of Shangyong at all times, and I should go back." ”

He came here, mainly because Liu Bei was not worried that Guan Ping led the troops to fight for the first time, and now Chenggu has been down, even if there are reinforcements from the direction of Shangyong and Fangling, with Guan Ping's ability, the city can still be defended, and Liu Yi will also return to Nanzheng.

Guan Ping smiled: "I'll send someone to escort Mr.!" ”

"Of course." Liu Yi nodded as a matter of course, it has been very chaotic these years, and it will be very insecure to travel without bodyguards.

At that moment, Guan Ping helped Liu Yi arrange a team of 300 guards to escort Liu Yi back to the Nanzheng camp, from Chenggu to the Nanzheng camp, which could be arrived in half a day.

"What happened?" Liu Yi saw that Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Huang Zhong, Liu Feng, Wei Yan and others were there, and after greeting Liu Bei, he sat down with some curiosity and asked.

"Then Yang Song has been sent to Yangping Pass." Pang Tong said with a smile: "Yesterday I sent someone to send a letter, hoping that we would send someone to take over as soon as possible, but now I am worried about whether Yang Song is sincere and who to send to guard the pass?" ”

After all, Yang Song is Zhang Lu's person, if this is a fraudulent surrender, then if he really sends someone over, he will have to lose his troops.

"There were 800 defenders in Yangping Pass, but now that Yang Song has brought 800 soldiers, there are two schools of men, who to send and how many men and horses should be sent in?" Sun Qian touched his beard and sighed.

This is not just a matter of seizing the military power of Yangping Pass, not long after, Yang Ang led the army back, and according to Liu Yi's intention before, Yang Ang's men and horses had to be taken together.

When Liu Yi heard this, he frowned and pondered, although Yang Song did have the heart to vote, and his brother Yang Bai was also in his hands, there was no reason to defect, but people's hearts are separated from each other, and many things are not changed according to personal will, and this kind of thing, he is not good at packing tickets.

"Lord!" Wei Yan stood up suddenly, bowed to Liu Bei and said, "The last general is willing to give it a try!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked at Wei Yan and asked, "If Yang Song surrenders, what should Wen Chang do?" ”

"Behead and take the level!" Wei Yan's voice was sonorous and powerful.

If Yang Song directly refuses to let Wei Yan enter the customs, then there is no way, it is naturally better to be sincere, but if Yang Song wants to play any tricks to trick Wei Yan into the customs and then assassinate him, Wei Yan is not a fool, as long as he is allowed to enter the customs, then it will not be up to Yang Song to decide.

"I think I can give it a try!" Liu Yi looked at Wei Yan, hesitated for a moment and said: "Yang Bai is still here, if Yang Song takes into account brotherhood, he will not dare to take Wenchang as well, if he is sincere, Yangping Guan will start, and Hanzhong will take half of it." ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he also nodded, he thought about it more comprehensively, not only Hanzhong, Yangping Pass is also related to the safety of the rear when Liu Bei counterattacks Sichuan and Shu in the future, so no matter what, this risk is worth taking.

Liu Bei saw that Pang Tong and Liu Yi were both in favor, and the others did not speak, so he nodded and said, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Wen Chang needs?" ”

"Three hundred is enough!" Wei Yan bowed and said: "If there are too many soldiers and horses, I am afraid that Yang Song will have a mustard, and he will not want to let me and others enter the customs, if he has to guard against three hundred people, then it is not a sincere match." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded and smiled: "It seems that Wen Chang has a plan, since this is the case, it is convenient for you to have three hundred elites to go and join Yang Song, if you can win Yangping Pass, you only need to stick to it, and you must not rush into battle!" ”

"Whoa!" When Wei Yan heard this, he bowed, took the general order handed over by Liu Bei, and personally went to select people and horses to prepare to go to Yangping Pass.

Seeing Wei Yan leaving, Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi and said with a smile: "This time Chenggu has been captured by our army, cutting off the eastern part of Hanchuan, this is all the work of Boyuan." ”

"In addition to providing siege equipment, this battle is commanded by one person, whether it is overall planning or military orders, and I really dare not bow." Liu Yi waved his hand and said, he didn't want to take the credit of Guan Ping.

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked at Liu Yi with some surprise when he heard this, Guan Ping's level, Liu Yi knows, he has been by Guan Yu's side all the year round, and it is good to have rich combat experience, but he lacks courage and decisiveness, which is also the reason why Liu Bei is not at ease to let Guan Ping take charge alone, he is a good deputy, but he does not have the ability to take charge alone.

Liu Yi smiled and said the Chenggu offensive and defensive battle, including Guan Ping's various arrangements, in fact, compared with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who have distinct personalities, Liu Yi appreciates Guan Ping's more down-to-earth and heavy-hearted generals who can take all aspects into account, after all, like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they rely on talent and are difficult to copy, while Guan Ping can be cultivated as long as he is willing to put effort into it and give him opportunities.

Although there are no too strong advantages, there are no obvious shortcomings, and you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about getting things done.

Liu Bei's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly, the offensive and defensive battles of thousands of people in the Battle of Chenggu are actually nothing too worthy of attention, after all, although Liu Bei's life has been bumpy, but he has experienced a lot of winds and waves, the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi have participated in two battles, this kind of small city offensive and defensive battle, for Liu Bei, is not worth mentioning, what surprised him was Guan Ping's growth during this time.

Seeing this, Liu Yi smiled and said: "Actually, General Guan has rich combat experience, but he has been under the command of the second general for a long time, although he has enough knowledge, but it has also invisibly worn out his sharpness and courage. ”

Liu Bei nodded with a smile when he heard this, this way of employing people, he is better than Liu Yi, and naturally knows what Liu Bei means, this is not just about Guan Ping, but about the cultivation of the younger generation, which is also the reason why Liu Bei did not bring Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other famous generals into Shu this time.

Now it seems that the effect is good, Wei Yan and Guan Ping have shown their abilities one after another, at least they don't have to worry about the future that no one under Liu Bei's command will be available.

Next, the problem of Nanzheng was discussed, basically the same line of thought, Nanzheng did not have to rush to attack, now they have time, they can afford to spend it, but they can try to send people to persuade Shangyong, Xicheng, Xixian, Fangling and other counties to surrender, now Chenggu is broken, Hanzhong is cut off from the middle, if these guards can be persuaded to surrender, Liu Bei can take half of Hanzhong without blood.

There are as many as 100,000 households in this Hanchuan people, and in this troubled era, it can already be regarded as a wealthy county, just sending people to lobby, no need to move troops, if it can succeed, Liu Bei can have thousands more people here.

On the other side, Wei Yan got Liu Bei's general order, selected three hundred elite people, and rushed to Yangping Pass in the starry night.

"General, will Yang Song really come?" The gate was not opened, and a team leader asked softly.

"It should come." Wei Yan nodded, no matter what Yang Song's idea was, he would definitely come out, otherwise there would be no need to run to Yangping Pass in person.

After staring for more than half an hour, I saw someone in the distance dancing with a torch, and if I didn't know the code, I would probably think it was a fool playing with torches there in the middle of the night.

"Bring him here!" Wei Yan waved his hand.

After a while, a scribe came over, looking at the dark night, surrounded by figures, I don't know how many people came, and felt a little chill in my heart: "I don't know which one is General Wei Wenchang?" ”

"I am." Wei Yan came closer, looked at the scribe in front of him and said, "You are that Yang Song?" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Song nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "The general came just in time, and you need to ask the general for help if you have something." ”

"Oh?" Wei Yan looked at Yang Song unexpectedly and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Yangping guard has no intention of surrendering, in the past few days, I have hinted several times, but he took away the military power, and asked the general to take action and kill him!" Yang Songyin said ruthlessly.

Originally, I thought that the Yangping guard would be a person who knew how to advance and retreat, and it was not difficult to convince him, who knew that Yang Song had hinted several times, not only did he refuse with righteous words, but instead robbed him of his military power, if it weren't for the fact that the person guarding the city was his old man, I am afraid it would not be easy to even come out to see Wei Yan tonight.

"How?" Wei Yan frowned, if Yang Song let him enter the city alone, Wei Yan would already be ready to cut him with a knife.

"I wonder how many men and horses the general brought this time?" Yang Song asked.

"Three hundred!" Wei Yan stared at Yang Songdao.

"Only three hundred?" Yang Song hesitated a little, he didn't understand military affairs, but the gap between the two sides was too big: "The guard general took my soldiers and horses, and now there are two schools in Yangping Guanzhong, and the general only brought three hundred people, is it a little ......?"

"Three hundred is enough." Wei Yan didn't bother to explain to the other party.

"The general defending the city is my former general, but when you open the city gate, the general can take advantage of the night to enter the city, first take the head of the guard, and then help the general to persuade the generals in Guanzhong, if there is anyone who does not follow......" Yang Song looked at Wei Yan and made a movement to wipe his neck.

Wei Yan: "......"

Zhang Lu has such a subordinate, in fact, it is quite sad, this is more ruthless to his own people than to the enemy!