Getting the news of Yang Bai's defeat, the entire Hanzhong high-level was a little shocked.

It stands to reason that the enemy army attacked Chuyang through the trail, there could not be too many soldiers and horses, just the transportation of grain and grass was a problem, even if Yang Bai's ability was limited, but if there was a huge difference, with the outnumbered, and the enemy was out of the city to fight, it should not be defeated so quickly or even impossible to lose.

"How many people are there in Chuyang?" Zhang Lu looked at the several generals who fled from defeat, frowned and asked, the other party actually went out of the city to fight, which made Zhang Lu a little incredible, didn't he miscalculate?

"There are a lot, just this time with our army, I'm afraid there will be no less than 5,000 people!" The general bowed his head and said, in fact, he didn't see how many people there were on the other side, but there should not be five thousand, but the eight thousand army was defeated by the enemy who didn't even have half of his own troops, although the main responsibility was Yang Bai, but they couldn't get rid of it.

"Five thousand?" Yan Pu frowned and looked at the generals, and Yang Ren beside him frowned and thought: "Then Wei Yan still has to defend the city, and there will definitely be defenders left in Weiyang, so this time, the thieves in Weiyang are afraid of no less than six thousand!" ”

If 6,000 men and horses defend the city, it will not be easy to break.

Yang Ren raised his head and looked at Zhang Lu and said: "Shijun, the last general thinks that now we don't know anything about the enemy situation in Nayang, instead of rashly sending troops, it is better to find out the truth of the enemy army first." ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, he nodded silently, he thought that there were few people in Chuyang, and he did take it for granted, if he could know that Chuyang was real and false, he would not bear such a defeat, not only did he break Yang Bai, but the eight thousand army now came back only more than 4,000 people, and nearly half of it was lost.

At the moment, Zhang Lu sent a large number of scouts to the area of Chuyang to listen to the truth, and at the same time sent people to Guanzhong to recall Yang Ang who supported Ma Chao, but since Ma Chao was defeated, he sent people to ask Zhang Lu for help, Zhang Lu sent Yang Ang to lead an army of 10,000 to support Ma Chao, and now Hanzhong is facing a strong enemy, and they have already hit the hinterland, can no longer continue to support Ma Chao, take care of their own family first.

In the next two days, there was constantly information sent back from the direction of Weiyang, Liu Beijun appeared in a steady stream from the valley road, entered the city of Cangyang, and in two days, there were already five or six thousand people entering the city, the four gates of the city were blocked, and fortifications were done outside the city, looking like they were ready to use Cangyang as a base.

"Master!" Zhang Song was worried about his brother's safety, and persuaded him: "Then Liu Bei must want to attack Nanzheng directly from Chuyang, and now there are still few thieves, so please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

When Zhang Lu heard this, he nodded silently, looked at Yan Pu, Yang Ren and other generals and said, "What do you think?" ”

Yang Ren bowed and said, "The last general is willing to lead the troops!" ”

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhang Lu nodded and said: "This time, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, you must force the thief army to retreat!" ”

20,000 soldiers and horses, but directly drawn from Nanzheng, is more than half of the troops near Nanzheng, Hanzhong is just such a place, Zhang Lu's troops are only about 50,000, 10,000 sent to support Ma Chao, Jiameng Pass, Baishui Pass and Shangyong, Fangling, Yangping Pass also need to be stationed in the area, the strength of Nanzheng is not enough for 30,000, and 20,000 troops are sent at once, and Nanzheng's family is almost hollowed out.

This time the movement of the army was naturally not small, Wei Yan naturally got the news, Wei Yan once again personally led the scouts to watch the enemy's situation, but before he got close, he was almost discovered by the sentinel sent by Yang Ren, Wei Yan had to lead the guards to hide on a distant hill to watch, but saw that the army was neat and orderly, compared with Yang Bai, it was a world of difference.

didn't look at it anymore at the moment, and went straight back to Chuyang with the guards.

"General, how's that?" The deputy general stepped forward, looked at Wei Yan and smiled.

Last time, Wei Yan broke eight thousand with two thousand, but his own loss was less than five hundred, which was a big victory, and it also made this deputy general quite convinced of Wei Yan.

But this time, Wei Yan's expression was quite solemn: "I haven't approached yet, I was almost discovered by the other party's scouts, although I don't know who is the general this time, but looking at his military appearance, I'm afraid that he will be able to reach the city tonight, this person flew far away that Yang Bai can be compared, and immediately ordered the whole army to return to the city, block the four gates, and prepare to defend the city!" ”

Zhang Lu sent troops according to the enemy's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but in fact, after the last battle, Wei Yan's side is only more than 2,000 people now, how can there be tens of thousands of troops, the city wall of Weiyang is low, I am afraid it is not conducive to long-term defense, and now Wei Yan can only expect Liu Bei's main army to arrive in time as agreed, and go straight to Nanzheng, even if it can't be broken, it can make this Yang Ren's army advance and retreat.

Seeing the solemnity of Wei Yan's words, the adjutant general felt a pang in his heart, and hurriedly took the order to arrange for someone to notify the scouts and suspicious soldiers who were outside to return to the city and prepare to engage in battle.

As Wei Yan said, in the evening of the same day, Yang Ren had already led the army to arrive near Chuyang, and saw that the four gates of Chuyang were closed, and the city was full of flags, and the defenders were waiting for it, and there was no chance, and he was not in a hurry to attack at the moment, but ordered the soldiers to camp and lead his own guards to explore the enemy's situation near Chuyang.

Wei Yan saw a small group of people coming from the other side, and knew that the other party was coming to investigate the enemy's situation, so he immediately ordered the whole army to go to the city, make a statement of sufficient troops, and at the same time bring his own personal guards to open the city to meet the opponent.

Yang Ren saw that the enemy army opened the door and went out of the city, his heart was cold, and he hurriedly took the guards to prepare to evacuate at any time, but seeing that the other party was just a small group of people, his heart was a little relaxed, but he didn't dare to be careless, while ordering two guards to hold shields in front of him, and on the other hand, he ordered the guards who were proficient in archery to be ready to go, if there was a chance, kill a general of the other party, but it was not bad.

Wei Yan did the same, when he was in Changsha, he didn't forget how Liu Yi dealt with Han Xuan, on the battlefield, the generals who were shot by cold arrows were never less, and they also experienced the scene at the beginning, and shot Huang Zhong with his own hands, since then, Wei Yan has attached great importance to his own safety, after all, Huang Zhong's ability is more than him, what about himself.

At the same time, Wei Yan also arranged for a good shooter, ready to see the opportunity to give the other party a shot.

When the two sides met, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned when they saw the same formation as themselves, and they both understood each other's plans, and after each secretly scolded the other party for being shameless, they waved their hands to let the good shooter not work in vain.

"In Xia Weiyan, I don't know that the general under Zhang Lu is on the other side?" Wei Yanlang said.

Wei Yan's name is no longer unfamiliar in Hanzhong, Yang Ren didn't expect to meet Wei Yan as soon as he came, and immediately arched his hand and said: "In Xia Yang Ren, why did General Wei invade my city and kill my soldiers?" ”

Wei Yan said with a smile: "This Hanzhong originally belonged to Liu Yizhou, when did it become that Zhang Lu?" ”

"Ridiculous!" Yang Ren said angrily: "That's the case, it's time for Liu Zhang to come, what do you have to do with Liu Bei?" ”

"Huh." Wei Yan sneered: "My lord and Liu Yizhou have the friendship of the same clan, this world is still the world of the Han family, my lord led the army to help, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Ren sneered: "I'm afraid that your lord Liu Bei wants to encroach on Yizhou, right?" ”

"Yes or no, this is all an internal matter of the Han family, Zhang Lu, as a Han minister, does not think about loyalty, but cuts the land and stands on his own, what is the reason?" Wei Yan snorted coldly.

"Liu Zhang killed my lord's mother, how should this be counted?" Yang Ren said angrily.

Wei Yanhe smiled: "As far as I know, it is the mother of your family who misbehaves, right?" ”

Back then, Zhang Lu's mother had some peace with Liu Yan, and this matter was not a secret in Yizhou, but now that Wei Yan said it in public, it was a little humiliating and admitted, Yang Ren was furious when he heard this, and pointed the gun in his hand at Wei Yan and said: "Piff, since you are a general, can you dare to come out and fight with me alone?" ”

While speaking, Yang Ren quietly gestured in a place where Wei Yan couldn't see, and the two archers silently opened their bows and arrows, and shot Wei Yan as soon as he came out.

On the other side, Wei Yanlang said: "Why don't you dare, I also want to see, what is the ability of this Hanzhong general?" ”

At the same time, he secretly made a gesture, as long as Yang Ren came out, he would immediately release the arrow.

Yang Ren saw Wei Yan agree, sneered secretly, picked up his gun and slapped the horse out, Wei Yan also slowly stepped forward, but the speed of the two of them was not fast, and they moved to the middle of the battlefield little by little, looking not like a fighting general, but as if they were ready to go to greet.

The distance was almost there, and Wei Yan and Yang Ren slowly raised the weapons in their hands at the same time, with inexplicable smiles on their faces.

Almost at the same time, the archers arranged by the two fired clusters of arrows at the generals of both sides at the same time.

Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this, but he didn't expect the other party to plan the same, so he leaned back on the horseback and dodged the arrows.

That Yang Ren was about to take the opportunity to go up and shoot Wei Yan, but suddenly heard the sound of breaking the air, his complexion changed, and he didn't care about rushing forward any longer, his body slid to the side of the horse's back, and he dodged the dark arrow that came from it.

Wei Yan got up first, and saw that Yang Ren was dodging the arrow, so without saying a word, he slashed with a knife.

Yang Ren hurriedly raised his gun to stand it, and at the same time stabilized his body with strength.

"Despicable!" The two of them were entangled in one weapon, wrestling with each other, looking at each other at the same time, and scolding.

After a moment of silence, the two simply stopped talking, although the tradition of fighting generals had begun to decline as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but occasionally there were, and the two sides are now so close, they are worried that the other party will sneak attack them, so they simply use their martial arts and fight together.

Wei Yan's martial arts are already good, he was able to fight with Wen Ping at the beginning, but now he is in the prime of life, and his strength is at his peak, and Yang Ren is the first general in Hanzhong, and his martial arts are not bad.

The shooters on both sides were also afraid of injuring their own generals by mistake, so they didn't dare to shoot arrows at will, and Wei Yan and Yang Ren were both the main generals of the first army, seeing that the other party's skills were similar to their own, they didn't want to take risks easily.

"Hahaha~" After a while, Wei Yan and Yang Ren suddenly burst out laughing, without saying more, they each led their guards back, this is the first battle after the two armies met, and it can be regarded as an outcome without winning or losing, but then, it is up to each to rely on his own ability.