Zhang Xiu took the customs clearance seal letter sent by Gu Cheng with a disgusted face, and when he thought that this thing had been touched by Tao Ran, who was suffering from malaria, he felt uncomfortable, and threw it into the skin bag without looking at it carefully, and said to Gu Cheng: "Now, can General Ben pass the customs?" ”

"The last general has ordered someone to open the gate, and the general can pass the gate at any time." Gu Cheng bowed and said.

"Very good, the military situation is critical, General Ben must pass the customs immediately and visit General Tao another day." After Zhang Xiu dealt with it simply, he took the horse around Gu Cheng and hurried to Zitong Pass, as if Gu Cheng also had malaria.

Taking the opportunity of the army crossing the city, Gu Cheng secretly arranged for someone to count the number of Zhang Xiu's department, and this time Zhang Xiu actually brought 10,000 troops.

After Zhang Xiu's army left the city, Gu Cheng quickly imposed martial law, blocked the city gate, and expelled all the people in the city from the city.

"Ten thousand?" Ye Zhao, who had already arrived at Jiameng Pass, got the information sent by Gu Cheng a day later, and tapped his finger on the handrail and said: "There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses, it should be the vanguard, and I am afraid that there are still a large number of soldiers and horses in the rear." ”

10,000 soldiers and horses, it sounds not small, if there is no arrival of Ye Zhao, a Hanzhong County, it is already good to be able to raise 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it is the idea of a surprise attack, but Ye Zhao is here, Liu Yan cannot only send 10,000 soldiers and horses to annex Hanzhong, so Ye Zhao concluded that Zhang Xiu's 10,000 soldiers and horses should be just a vanguard, and he wants to take advantage of the raid and seize a few important places in Hanzhong first.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead the air force to take the lead!" Guan Hai came out of the queue and said to Ye Zhao with some excitement.

"This air force has used it a lot, and it is easy for people to figure out how to deal with it." Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "The Air Force should be used as a surprise soldier, if everything has to be done by the Air Force, then what is the use of other troops?" ”

"How will the Air Force cope?" Guan Hai did not believe.

"There are many ways." Ye Zhao shook his head, this flying boat is actually a variant of a hot air balloon, with many shortcomings, although the balloon is replaced by animal skin, it is still fragile, not to mention that it can be shot with a giant crossbow, many times he can give himself a point, and the cost is expensive, and the flight wear and tear along the way is not low, which is also the reason why Ye Zhao is not ready to make it on a large scale.

But in front of so many people, he can't expose himself.

"I'll set up an ambush at Jiameng Pass!" Ye Zhao thought about it, if he went out of the city to set up an ambush, he didn't have enough time, and he was not familiar with the surrounding roads, so it was easy for people to see the clues in a hasty arrangement.

"Jiameng Pass to the north, there are cliffs on the left and right, order people to arrange stones on the cliffs on both sides, and after the Zhang Xiu passes, it will be put immediately, Guan Hai and Ding Li each lead a group of men and horses to ambush on the left and right sides, and when the Shu army is in chaos, the ambush is exhausted, and others don't care, kill that Zhang Xiu as soon as possible."

In fact, Zhang Xiu also has a huge influence in Ba County, but he doesn't want this kind of influence, it's not that Ye Zhao rejects religion, it's just that when religion and political power are combined, it is a huge threat to the political system, and this Zhang Xiu is obviously not a person who is willing to be the leader of his own sect, otherwise he would not join Liu Yan's forces.

In Ye Zhao's concept, the Wudou Rice Sect can exist, and religion is a thing that is better than sparse, but the choice of the sect master must be cautious, at least people like Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu who have a deep influence, but involve politics and military, Ye Zhao has no intention of letting things go.

"Whoa!" When the generals heard this, they received orders in unison and went to deploy.

Zhang Xiu arrived at Jiameng Pass six days later, because he had been blocked in Zitong Pass for a few days before, this time Zhang Xiu sent someone in advance with a letter to inform the defenders of Jiameng Pass to switch and release, and also saved Ye Zhao from making excuses, after all, there were problems with the guards in two dangerous passes, which inevitably aroused suspicion, although it was impossible for Zhang Yi to come forward to meet Zhang Xiu, but the gate of Jiameng Pass was wide open, what should the soldiers in the city do, as usual, but also let Zhang Xiu just slander a few words This Zhang Yi does not understand the etiquette.

After all, Zhang Yi is Liu Yan's old subordinate, trusted by Liu Yan, and has never dealt with him much, so it is normal to behave like this.

The army went straight out of the city along the official road, and the rear army had just left the city gate, but saw the city gate slamming shut, and an arrow with a sharp whistling sound tore through the air and shot into the sky, and the sharp whistling sound spread far away.

Zhang Xiu, who was walking in front of the army, hurriedly turned around when he heard the sound, but he saw that the gate of Jiamengguan was tightly closed, and he suddenly knew that something was wrong in his heart, and then he heard a rumbling sound, and countless rocks fell from the cliffs on both sides.

Stones the size of a grinding disc fell from the sky, and the soldiers below dodged in a panic, but so many people were crowded together, how could there be room to dodge, Zhang Xiu watched countless stones fall down, and in the dust that flew all over the sky, sharp gravel splashed everywhere, like small sharp arrows shooting through the bodies of countless Shu soldiers.

In just a moment, the land in front of Jiameng Pass has been stained red with blood, and countless soldiers have been smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, and the unlucky ones have even been directly smashed into meat paste, and many soldiers have fallen to the ground, mourning all over the field.

Zhang Xiu looked at this scene in a daze, his cheek was left with a long blood mark by a flying stone, and it hurt hotly, but compared to the shock in his heart, the pain of the wound could not hide the horror in his heart.

"What does Zhang Yi want to do!?" Zhang Xiu suddenly raised his head, looked in the direction of Jia Mengguan, and roared angrily.

The surrounding Shu army soldiers hid in panic, and a large number of archers appeared on the cliffs on both sides, and began to pour arrows at the chaotic Shu army.

Zhang Xiu's roar was like a signal, and before his words fell, behind the shorter mountains in the distance, suddenly a gong sounded, and the two teams of men and horses fought out together, directly attacking the chaotic Shu army.

"Hanzhong soldiers and horses!?" Zhang Xiu was stunned when he saw these suddenly killed ambush soldiers, and then suddenly realized that this Jiameng Pass had been broken by Ye Zhao without the Shu army noticing...... Or rather, that Zhang Yi defected to the enemy and defected!?

"Don't panic! Don't panic and gather to defend against the enemy! Zhang Xiu picked up the spear in his hand, looked at the chaotic fleeing soldiers, opened his mouth and shouted angrily, and gathered the scattered soldiers, as for whether Zhang Yi defected to the enemy, he couldn't care about it at the moment, and it was the key to solve it first.

While speaking, Guan Hai and Ding Li had already led a team of men and horses to kill, shouting the slogan that those who surrender will not be killed, like two sharp daggers to cut off the already chaotic Shu army.

Screams and terrible cries resounded outside Jiameng Pass, and at the same time, the gate of Jiameng Pass opened, and Dian Wei also led a group of men and horses out of the city, stepping on gravel and coming out, roaring and killing the chaotic Shu army.

Many of the officers and soldiers of the Shu army didn't even know what was going on, so they were beaten and dizzy, and they could only follow the chaotic troops, swaying like headless flies, and some smart ones rolled into the corners, threw away their weapons, and knelt on the ground to surrender, but more of them were crowded with each other, colliding, and crashing like headless flies, and many people died in the hands of their own soldiers.

Zhang Xiu took his personal guards and gathered some people, but under the chaos of his own soldiers, it was difficult to form a formation, so he could only rush forward with people without his life.

Zhang Xiu didn't know where to go after the breakout, but it was better than staying here now and waiting to die.

In a desperate situation, people's potential is also the easiest time to explode, but seeing that Zhang Xiu's hand is impenetrable with a spear dance, extremely ruthless, where he passes, there are few enemies of the three, and the Shu army soldiers who followed behind him saw that their generals were so brave, and they also regained some morale, and followed Zhang Xiu to rush out.

However, Zhang Xiu was so eye-catching that he quickly attracted the attention of Ding Li and Guan Hai.

Guan Hai asked Ding Li to continue to lead the army to clear Zhang Xiu's subordinates, and he brought his personal guards and went directly to Zhang Xiu with a knife.

A military marquis stopped in front of Zhang Xiu, raised his spear and rode his horse, and killed Zhang Xiu, but was stabbed off the horse by Zhang Xiu, and the horse hooves that followed him trampled off the thigh of the military marquis.

Guan Hai was furious when he saw this scene, and shouted: "Bold Zhang Xiu, dare to kill my soldiers, and don't leave your head behind!" ”

This is a bit unreasonable, on the battlefield, either you die or I live, if you don't kill the enemy, you will be killed by the enemy, at this moment, how can Zhang Xiu have the kung fu to reason with Guan Hai, seeing Guan Hai rushing over, he didn't think much about it, shaking his hand was like a shot that went straight to Guan Hai's chest.

At this time, he was forced out of his potential, and his hand was smooth, and this shot was stabbed, but it was also quite exquisite, if he met an ordinary soldier, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist, but unfortunately, he met Guan Hai.

"Look for death!" Seeing the gun coming, Guan Hai didn't dodge, a knife slashed out, Zhang Xiu only felt that the gun in his hand trembled, and then it was light, and when he looked at it, he was shocked to find that the spear in his hand had been cut off.

Just as he was frightened, Guan Hai had a round of big knives in his hand, and the second knife had already been cut.

Zhang Xiu's complexion changed greatly, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly pushed the gun in his hand up, wanting to hold the knife.

"Snort~"

The barrel of the gun made by Jianmu was cut off by Guan Hai with a knife, and the knife momentum did not stop, falling towards Zhang Xiu, in a hurry, Zhang Xiu could only tilt his body, avoiding his head, and the blade cut the armor on his chest, thanks to the previous parry, the sharpness of Guan Hai's knife was removed, otherwise, even if there was armor protection, this knife would be enough to disembowel him.

"General, move slowly, Zhang Xiu is willing to surrender!" Seeing that Guan Hai slashed again, and Zhang Xiu was already unavoidable, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said loudly.

"Poof~"

The sword light swept in Zhang Xiu's angry gaze, blood splattered the head and rose to the sky, Guan Hai in the frightened eyes of the Shu army soldiers, indifferently put away the knife, and swept the fierce gaze to the Shu army soldiers: "The thief has been executed, you will not surrender!" ”

Even Zhang Xiu hung up, how could the rest of the people still have the heart to continue fighting, and one by one they threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt down to ask for surrender.

In the distance, the battle on Ding Li's side was also coming to an end, the Shu army was panicked, the killed could not be defeated, how could there be a stubborn resistance, most of them surrendered, and a small number of recalcitrant resistors were also quickly killed, so far, the vanguard troops sent by Liu Yan to sneak attack Hanzhong were all wiped out, and even the main general Zhang Xiu was killed, and Ye Zhao's road to Shu has been completely opened.