Although Meridian Valley has discovered the enemy's traces, at the moment, Yangping Pass is the main battlefield.

On the second day of Ma Chao's attack, the imaginary attack did not come, Wei Yan stood on the top of the dougong and looked at the Ma Chao military camp from afar, but saw that the Xiliang army did not send troops, but was actively building the camp, looking ready to fight a protracted war with Wei Yan.

It shouldn't be!

Wei Yan got down from the dougong, frowned and thought, as far as he knew, Ma Chao's situation was not good, and this attack on Hanzhong was also to expand his living space and face the threat of Cao Jun at any time, so it was impossible for Ma Chao to have time to fight a protracted battle with him, but to fight quickly.

"General!" A junior colonel suddenly ran over, came to Wei Yan's side, bowed down and said, "There is news from the mountains that the traces of the Xiliang Army have been found. ”

In the mountains?

Wei Yan was stunned, and then reacted, when Liu Yi came to Yangpingguan, he did not change much about the design of the city defense, but made elevators on both sides, because there was no water power available here, so the elevators made by Liu Yi were lifted by manpower, and the two elevators were on the cliffs on both sides of Yangpingguan.

The rocks on both sides are steep and inhuman, and the nearby hunters rarely know the path up the mountain, Wei Yan naturally didn't expect that Ma Chao had just arrived, so he began to calculate the mountains on both sides.

Wei Yan looked up at the mountains on both sides, if the mountains on both sides were occupied, then this Yangping Pass would not only be seen through by the enemy, but also face a death crisis every day, God knows if a stone would be smashed on his head.

"Order a team of people and follow me up the mountain!" Thinking about this, Wei Yan directly took the people and horses and took the elevator up the mountain, this elevator is more like a cable car, and a pulley group is specially made on the top of the mountain, which can carry ten people up the mountain at a time, and there are rollers below, as long as three people walk in it, they can pull the pulley on the mountain to bring the elevator up, which is quite convenient.

Wei Yan also had to admire Liu Yi's vision at that time, and saw the weakness of this Yangping Pass at a glance, and built a sentry post on the top of the mountain, if the enemy army wanted to occupy the mountain, this side could be discovered at the first time.

After the elevator reached the top of the mountain, Wei Yan came out, and then ordered the elevator to continue working, there are not many places on the mountain, it can accommodate two or three hundred people at most, Liu Yi also involved in the construction of a small cottage here, which stores a lot of crossbows and arrows, there are five people guarding here all the year round, standing here, not only Yangping Pass has a panoramic view, Ma Chao's camp is also unobstructed.

"General, look there!" A soldier in charge of guarding the mountain took Wei Yan to the top of the dougong, and pointed to a low-lying area below, where a group of Xiliang soldiers was looking in the direction of the top of the mountain, and seemed to have found the stockade here, and was running here, looking at the number of people, there were thirty or fifty people.

"Go, tell them to hurry!" Wei Yan's face turned a little dark, he could see clearly that the person who was the leader was Pang De, and the other party obviously wanted to seize this place, at this time, Wei Yan's side and the soldiers in charge of guarding on the mountain were only fifteen people, and they were condescending to occupy the position, but the enemy was many.

Why is he everywhere?

Wei Yan was a little depressed, he was about the same level as Pang De, he had already fought once before, and he was not equal, but now that he faced each other again, a scuffle was inevitable!

Pound obviously had similar thoughts, and when he saw that he had missed his whereabouts, he didn't talk nonsense, and rushed to the top of the mountain with people.

The cold arrow cluster shot through the body of the Xiliang army, Pang De pushed down the soldiers beside him, avoided the arrow clusters, and at the same time took out a throwing gun from his waist, looked at the window of the small walled building, shook his hand and shot out, and the two Shu army soldiers were directly strung together by the throwing gun.

Wei Yan's eyes flashed with anger, he took three arrows in one hand, exhaled and spoke, and the three Xiliang soldiers fell in response.

The two sides did not have much time to fight in the air, Wei Yan's side of the four Shu army soldiers were killed, Pang De led people to rush to the front, the soldiers around him fell twelve, but Wei Yan's side of the second group of people and horses have been sent up through the elevator, as soon as the door is opened, I saw the Xiliang army, one by one brandishing weapons, rushing up and cutting, Wei Yan ordered two crossbowmen to continue shooting on the walled tower, personally led people to rush down, and the Xiliang army into a group.

This time is different from the last time, Pang De wants to seize the mountain, while Wei Yan wants to hold the mountain, both sides have reasons not to retreat, but this time the killing is extremely fierce.

Between the battles, Pang De saw that the strange elevator sent ten Shu soldiers up, and his heart moved, leaving Wei Yan behind, he wanted to rush up and cut the cable, Wei Yan saw this, where was he willing to give in, a few steps on the wall, the knife was cut down, and at the same time pulled out a ring head knife from his waist, taking advantage of Pang De's blocking, he cut it with a knife.

Pang De had to give up the idea of cutting the cable immediately, and fought with Wei Yan in one place, and at the same time burst out: "Cut that cable!" ”

He had already seen that the reason why Wei Yan was able to set up a guard here was because of the strange fighting energy that kept sending the Shu army below, and if he could destroy this elevator, even if all the people he brought this time died, it would be worth it.

The Xiliang army still has a numerical advantage, but it is not too obvious, the two Xiliang soldiers broke free from the battle group, and they were about to step forward to cut the cable, Wei Yan saw this, turned around and wanted to stop, where was Pang De willing to let go, the long knife in his hand was as ruthless as a knife, and he was completely a lifeless fight, Wei Yan was furious when he saw this, but he was helpless, he didn't check for a while, and there was an extra knife on his back.

"Crunch~"

Before the two Xiliang soldiers arrived, they saw the elevator come up again, and the ten Shu soldiers opened the door and ran out, facing the two Xiliang soldiers who stepped forward to cut the cable.

The two Xiliang soldiers were also brave, seeing that there were many people on the other side, it was too late to escape, without saying a word, they slashed with knives, and suddenly two people were cut down by the other party, after the Shu army came to their senses, the swords fell, and the two Xiliang soldiers let out two screams, and then they were silent.

At this point, the strength and weakness of the two sides on the mountain are basically equal, but Wei Yan's side is constantly pulling people up through the elevator, Pang De saw that there was no chance, and shook Wei Yan away with a knife, turned around and seemed to want to leave, Wei Yan hurriedly pulled out his feet to pursue, but saw Pang De suddenly turned around and stabbed, which startled Wei Yan and hurriedly turned sideways to avoid.

But Pang De didn't want to deal with Wei Yan, he turned around and slashed, after scaring Wei Yan away, his body spun suddenly, and the knife in his hand flew out directly with the force, spinning in the air and slashing in the direction of the cable.

Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this, but he wanted to block it at the moment, and when he roared, he was about to take the opportunity to kill Pang De, Pang De laughed, rolled on the spot, and laughed to avoid Wei Yan's knife.

"Zi~"

In the tooth-aching friction sound, Wei Yan and Pang De subconsciously looked towards the cable, but saw that the knife was slashed on the cable, but it only cut into some of it, not even half of it, and then the knife was bounced out.

Pound's eyes straightened, although this knife was hastily forced, but the force was not small, why was the cable so tough?

"Hahaha~" Wei Yan saw this, but he was greatly relieved, as long as it was not cut off immediately, there would still be a chance, Liu Yi specially ordered someone to make a few more cables in Guanzhong, just to avoid losing the favorable terrain of the mountain once the cable was broken.

Pang De was furious, picked up a knife from the ground, and wanted to repeat the old trick, but Wei Yan was already prepared this time, how could he succeed?

Without waiting for Pang De's knife to be thrown again, Wei Yan had already swung the knife to grab it, and the fierce knife was slashed at Pang De one after another, Pang De had no blade to take advantage of, so he could only keep blocking, he was stabbed in the shoulder, and he had no strength to continue fighting, seeing another batch of Shu troops coming up, Wei Yan knew that it was hopeless to cut off the cable today, and after changing a wound with Wei Yan before the other party was encircled, he cut several Shu soldiers in a row, and went straight down the mountain with the remaining dozen or so Xiliang soldiers.

Wei Yan led people to shoot indiscriminately with bows and arrows, and shot three more people, only then did he sit on the ground with palpitations, looking at the direction that Pang De left, and seeing that another group of people came up, Wei Yan hurriedly ordered a soldier to follow, and asked the lower ones not to send people up again, bring up the cable left by Liu Yi in Guanzhong, and let the craftsman replace the cable first, and then continue to transport troops up.

This cable is broken in half, and the ghost knows how many times it can be pulled, if it is broken halfway, Wei Yan and the others will have to be trapped on this mountain.

With this lesson, Wei Yan didn't dare to ignore the defense of this mountain top anymore, and after replacing the cable, he continued to send more soldiers and horses, and filled the small village established by Liu Yi on the top of this mountain with soldiers and horses, and after a full 300 people guarded the mountain, he took the elevator back to Yangping Pass.

On the other side, Ma Chao was in the camp, looking at Pang De, who came back in embarrassment and had many colors on his body, Ma Chao couldn't help frowning and said, "Why is Ling Ming like this?" ”

Pang De smiled bitterly: "Then Wei Yan has been prepared, made a rope ladder on the mountain, but it is not short to transport soldiers up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain, the last general wanted to destroy the rope ladder, but the other party found the traces, then Wei Yan personally went up the mountain to stop it, and fought with the last general, and finally failed to cut the rope ladder, please surrender the lord!" ”

Ladder?

Ma Chao looked at the steep cliff when he heard this, and then looked at Pound, with his understanding, Pound is a responsible person, and he will not make up lies to deceive himself in order to shirk responsibility, but he ......

The cliff is ten zhang away from Yangping Pass, to say the least, how did Liu Bei build a rope ladder in such a place?

"Lord!" While asking the doctor to help him deal with his wounds, Pang De said to Ma Chao: "That Wei Yan is not an idle person, now our army has lost the opportunity, Yangping Pass has enough soldiers and horses, and our army is eager to break through, it is better to ......"

"How?" Ma Chao turned his head and looked at Pang Dedao.

"The rear of our army is unstable, our army attacked Yangping Pass, but Cao Jun turned a blind eye, the last general always felt that Cao Jun was cheating, it was better to form an alliance with Liu Bei and join forces to resist Cao!" Pang De said solemnly at Ma Chao.

"Try again......" Ma Chao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, now is the time when Hanzhong is empty, if he gives up this opportunity, only relying on the land of the three counties of Longxi, let alone fighting against Cao Cao, he can't feed these soldiers and horses under his hands: "If you can't break the Yangping Pass within a month, you will withdraw the army." ”

The grain and grass in the army are only enough to support one month.