"Who is coming? Get your name in! Why do you want to go to my Mianzhu Pass? Whose order was it given? Above the castle tower, a captain guarding the city shouted. The soldiers around him were also like great enemies.

Jiang Pu drove a few steps forward and yelled urgently: "Blind your dog's eyes, see who I am?!" Hurry up and report to General Li Hui, saying that Huaiyang has fallen, and the enemy is about to attack, so let him prepare for battle quickly. ”

"Huh?"

The captain of the garrison held a torch and took a closer look.

Jiangpu has been to Li Hui many times, and although the relationship with the captains guarding the city is not very good, they all know each other. After seeing Jiang Pu's face clearly, the captain of the city guard shouted: "General, I will report to General Li Hui immediately." ”

"Wait"

"What else is the matter with the General?"

Jiang Pu's expression froze, and he said coldly: "Since you know me, open the door." The enemy is about to be killed, do you want to see me wiped out outside the city? ”

"General Jiang, it's not that I won't let you in. It was General Li Hui who had just given the order that no one was allowed to open the city gates. I hope General Jiang will forgive me, and the last general will go to inform you. ”

The lieutenants did not dare to offend Jiang Pu, let alone disobey Li Hui's orders, so they had to explain with good words.

"Go, go, let him prepare the food and drinks." Jiangpu pretended to be calm. In fact, I was already nervous. What if Li Hui became suspicious and didn't open the city gate?

Besides, the relationship between Li Hui and him is not so good. Only because of the close distance between Mianzhu and Huaiyang, there have been several meetings. Now that Huaiyang is lost, will Li Hui still take care of himself as usual?

These questions swirled and turned in Jiangpu's mind

"General Jiang."

The lieutenant who went to report to Li Hui had returned, and Da Sheng shouted, "General Jiang, later, I will open the city gate."

Jiangpu couldn't believe it.

That's what you promised?

"Okay."

Jiang Pu trembled all over, and replied in a somewhat stiff tone.

Click

The gates were opened, the drawbridge was lowered and laid over the moat.

Jiang Pu was overjoyed and shouted: "Kill in, kill in!" ”

More than 20,000 soldiers behind him poured in like a tide. Step over the suspension bridge over the moat and rush into the city of Mianzhu. The captains guarding the city also reacted in an instant, but it was too late.

"Kill!"

Following Jiangpu, Pei Yuanqing's five thousand elites also appeared.

They were more powerful than the Shu army in Jiangpu, their steps were brisk, and their roars carried a confidence of victory. They entered the Mianzhu City with neat steps, and easily controlled the city tower and the city gate.

"General Pei, my troops have all rushed in. However, Li Hui was able to mobilize nearly 60,000 Shu troops, and it was difficult to compete with him with my strength alone. "After Jiangpu dispatched troops, he came to ask Pei Yuanqing for help.

"What's the hurry? Li Jing and Yang Lin came right away. I am only responsible for controlling the towers and gates. Your troops will go and occupy the castle first. It would be best if Li Hui could be caught. ”

"Yes"

Jiang Pu went back and fought Li Hui.

If you want to say that his luck is really bad, if you put it in normal times, Pei Yuanqing would have gone to help him a long time ago. But today, Pei Yuanqing just destroyed more than 40,000 enemies, and he was so tired that he didn't even want to move, so he still had the heart to fight.

thereupon

More than 20,000 people in Jiangpu faced Li Hui's 60,000 troops, and the battle was very fortunate.

Li Hui is extremely cunning. He knew that after the city gate fell, it would be difficult to resist the joint efforts of Jiangpu and Li Jing. He divided his army into twenty squads of 3,000 men each, and ambushed them in the city.

By the night, hide your figure.

Gangpo's troops entered the streets and were ambushed again and again.

Whoosh

The sudden rain of arrows shrouded the sky and smashed all on the body of the Jiangpu army. They were caught off guard, poorly equipped, lacked combat experience, and suffered heavy casualties for several rounds in a row.

"Withdraw! Remove! ”

Jiangpu suffered a big loss and did not dare to take a step forward.

There were more than 10,000 people left, and all of them retreated to the streets of Beicheng to line up.

"General Pei, General Pei"

Jiangpu ran back to the gate of the city, wanting to ask Pei Yuanqing to make a move and kill him. It's just that when I got to the city tower, Pei Yuanqing slept like a dead pig, and I wanted Pei Yuanqing to make a move, but I was afraid it was impossible.

"General Jiang doesn't need to be in a hurry, General Li and General Yang will be here soon, and the enemy can't escape." Pei Yuanqing's personal guard commander said.

"Hmm."

Jiang Pu looked outside the city and had already seen Li Jing and Yang Lin's soldiers and horses.

Soon came to the city.

Jiang Pu explained the general situation.

Li Jing said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, as long as the city gate and the city gate building are in our hands, Mianzhu Pass is ours." Li Hui's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses didn't last long. ”

"General Lee. So how exactly do you break the enemy? ”

Jiangpu is still more anxious.

He was a general, and he was always under suspicion. Although he does not hope to be promoted and make a fortune, he must also protect the lives of himself and his family. Now he has a family of more than a dozen, all of whom are in Huaiyang. The battle at Mianzhu Pass was again blocked. If Mianzhu is not occupied as soon as possible, the situation will be even more critical if Shu troops from other places are attracted.

"As I said just now, as long as the city gate building is in our hands, Mianzhuguan is ours. Why rush for a while? The order was sent down, and all the troops were stationed in the camp to rest, and after dawn, they would occupy Mianzhu. ”

"No."

The accompanying herald went to give the order.

Li Jing looked at Jiangpu and ordered, "Your troops are guarding the streets of Beicheng. If there is any situation, report it to me immediately. ”

"No."

Jiangpu reluctantly turned back and stayed in the camp.

He knew that Li Hui was the Taishou of Shu County and another driver. When Liu Bei first entered Sichuan and Shu, he stood up to help Liu Bei and seize the power of Sichuan and Shu, which was to gain Liu Bei's trust. Later, Liu Bei conquered Nanzhong, and Li Hui went with him and made many meritorious achievements.

Therefore, Li Hui is loyal to Liu Bei.

He knew this very well, and he never intended to persuade Li Hui to surrender.

Then to occupy Mianzhu, a big war is indispensable.

After thinking of Mianzhu, there is Chengdu, where Liu Bei's elite troops are stationed. Jiang Pu's heart was very uneasy.

The next day at noon.

Li Hui's tens of thousands of troops were still lying in ambush on the streets.

Li Jing convened everyone to discuss a strategy to break the enemy.

Pei Yuanqing slept all night and got up, in good spirits, and said very boldly: "Let me take the lead, only 5,000 elite soldiers can drive Li Hui's 60,000 troops out of Mianzhu." I don't believe that his tens of thousands of recruits can still stop our more than 20,000 elites? ”

"General Pei, as well as my more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, are also ready to be dispatched at any time." Jiang Pu arched his hand and said.

"Yours don't count."

Pei Yuanqing didn't take Jiangpu's army seriously at all.

"Ugh"

Jiangpu was a little embarrassed.

He is also a general, and he has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his hands. I didn't expect to be so despised by Pei Yuanqing.

"Ahem"

Li Jing coughed twice, and pulled back the topic: "Li Hui's tens of thousands of troops are desperately defending these streets, and if we attack them, we will pay a lot of price." I decided to send a surprise army to-night, go behind them, and take the south gate. The south gate is the main road to Chengdu, and once we conquer it, Li Hui will have no way to retreat. I suspect he'll be desperate to retake the South Gate. In this way, we have the hope of occupying these streets. ”

(End of chapter)