Mianzhu Pass is located in Lutou Mountain, west of Mianyuan River, and Mianzhu County across the river, the terrain is precipitous, it is the northern gateway of Shudu, and it is also the only way for the Shuzhong Plain to communicate with the outside world, as long as it guards here, the north of Shu County will be worry-free.

When Liu Yan first entered Shu, he was subject to the surname Haoqiang in Shuzhong, and the governance office could only be located in Mianzhu County, and because of this, he was more aware of the importance of Mianzhu Pass, even if Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu to lead the army to attack Hanzhong, the danger of three passes in Shu was enough to resist any invading enemy, but there were still 800 elite garrisons in this Mianzhu Pass.

A ragged rout army rushed from a distance, and soon attracted the attention of the defenders of Mianzhu Pass.

"Close the gates!" The general guarding the pass frowned and looked at the rout, and waved his hand.

"General, it seems to be my military horses!" An adjutant general looked at the general in embarrassment.

"How can there be a rout here? The situation is unclear, don't be careless! "This person is the captain of Mianzhuguan, and he is also the cronie who followed Liu Yan into Shu at the beginning, and it is Wu Yi, who is a native of Chen, and he is also Liu Yan's confidant, who was arranged by Liu Yan to be stationed at this throat place, and he has won Liu Yan's trust in both ability and loyalty.

"Whoa!" The adjutant general was unimpressed, but nevertheless carried out the order, quickly closing the city gates and retracting the drawbridge.

Seeing that the rout army was approaching, Wu Yi waved his hand, and the two archers stepped forward, stretched their bows and arrows, and shot at the foot of the rout, Wu Yi stood on the female wall, and shouted loudly: "Who are the soldiers and horses under the city!" Why is it here? ”

Under Mianzhu Pass, in the midst of the rout, a horse galloped out, and said to Wu Yi: "General Wu, the last general is Gu Cheng, the commander of Zitong Pass, under the command of General Tao Ran, Zitong Pass was attacked by the Hanzhong army, General Tao Ran was killed, and only we fled here!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the soldiers in Mianzhu Pass changed greatly, and if the Zitong Pass was broken, it would only take a few days for the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong to come here.

"How can Zitong Pass be broken?" Wu Yi frowned, and scolded sharply: "Don't mess with our army's heart." ”

"It's true!" Gu Cheng said hoarsely: "Nearly two months ago, Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments led the crowd through Zitong Pass, three days ago, suddenly someone claimed that Zhang Xiu's account under the rout of the army fled back, General Tao opened the city to let him enter the pass, was about to ask, who knew that the rout army was actually the Hanzhong army soldiers pretended, the outbreak of trouble, General Tao Ran was defenseless, was killed on the spot, Zitong Pass soldiers were in chaos, was taken advantage of by the thief army, resulting in the fall of Zitong Pass! ”

Gu Cheng pointed to the soldiers behind him and said: "We waited hard to fight hard to find a bloody road, resulting in eight hundred defenders of Zitong Pass, and now only I am left waiting for these people!" Ask the general for mercy and let me and others enter the customs! ”

"General?" A partial general looked at Wu Yi.

"First send someone back to Chengdu/Dudu to report to the lord." Wu Yi shook his head, no matter what the identity of the other party is, if he appears here, he is afraid that the three passes will not be guaranteed.

"Then these people ......"

"Let them be stationed outside the city first, and then let them enter the customs after their identities are verified." Wu Yi said indifferently, just based on the other party's words, he can't prove his identity, especially since the three passes have been broken, and he knows that these people were not sent by the Hanzhong army to defraud the city.

"Whoa!" The adjutant general nodded, stepped forward and said to the soldiers under the city: "Wait and find a place nearby, wait for your identity to be verified, and then let you enter the customs!" ”

"General, what should I do?" Beside Gu Cheng, a soldier leaned over and whispered: "There are not many people in Mianzhu Pass, is it a strong attack?" ”

The special operations battalion is not an ordinary army, although the Mianzhu Pass is steep, but it is not majestic in itself, the height of the city is only two zhang, with the ability of the soldiers of the special operations battalion, with the help of the surrounding mountains and rocks, can also forcibly break in.

"Don't act rashly, and do as he says, after dark, send someone to inform the lord to postpone the siege, first let these people think that we are waiting for the truth, and when their defensive heart gradually disappears, I will not be too late to do it again!" Gu Cheng shook his head, the losses of the strong attack will be huge, the special combat battalion is the elite trained by Ye Zhao from the elite, each of them is a report, on the day of the army, Ye Zhao once said, first save your life, and then kill the enemy.

"Whoa!"

Gu Cheng took two steps forward and said to the defenders in the city: "General Wu, it's okay for me to wait here to be stationed, but I have been running like this for three days and have never eaten a full meal, can you wait for me some food to keep me satisfied?" ”

When Wu Yi heard this, he looked down at the city, but saw that these soldiers did have spicy faces and were described as haggard, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and said to the deputy general beside him: "Let people hang the food down in hanging baskets for them to eat." ”

There are only about 100 people around the left, and Mianzhuguan can afford it.

"Whoa!" The adjutant general hurriedly agreed, turned around and ordered someone to prepare a meal.

Until someone hung the food from the hanging basket, the soldiers defending the city did not have the slightest intention of relaxing, so that Gu Cheng, who originally wanted to take this opportunity to break the city, had no choice but to give up this plan.

"This man is cautious!" While gobbling up the food in his mouth, Gu Cheng looked at Mianzhu Pass, and after drinking a large sip of water and sending the food down, Fang shook his head, it is impossible to break through the pass today, the Hanzhong army has now sent troops from Zitong Pass, and it will arrive soon, because the terrain of this Mianzhu Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the special combat battalion will go first, to see if there is a chance to raid and break the city, and now it seems that it will not be possible in a short time.

However, this battle is extremely important to the special operations battalion, the special operations battalion training and the food and salary on weekdays are several times that of ordinary troops, but there is no official number, although it is known as the trouble-relieving army, but it is also the number given by Ye Zhao in private, and it is not established, this battle of Shu is also the battle of Yang Ming of the special operations battalion, if there is not enough meritorious service to shut up the rest of the army, even if Ye Zhao gives them a number, for the soldiers of the special operations battalion, they are all deserved, only with a Zitong Pass's merits, it is not enough, The special operations battalion is the most elite soldier in the army who has been specially trained by Ye Zhao, and it is natural that it should be the best in the army!

This is the arrogance of the soldiers of the special operations battalion, as the commander of the special operations battalion, Gu Cheng naturally hopes that his special operations battalion can become a powerful force in the world.

"General, are you camping?" A general came to Gu Cheng's side and asked.

"Just build a few shelters from the wind, don't let the enemy see the flaws, remember, we are a broken army now." Gu Cheng shook his head, the special operations battalion has been specially trained on how to set up camps, but ordinary armies don't have this ability, especially when the main general is not there, if a well-made military camp is set up, and the enemy generals are cautious, it is inevitable that there will be flaws, and the rout army should have the appearance of a rout.

"Whoa!"

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"What are they doing?" An hour later, Mianzhu closed, looking at the rout army that had nothing to do after casually erecting a few grass huts, the adjutant general frowned.

I saw that the hundreds of rout troops gathered together in groups of three or five, some hid in the grass hut to sleep, some simply lay on the ground, or gathered together to chat and fart, the originally serious and tidy open space in front of the pass, but at the moment it looks quite a sense of black smoke and miasma.

"That's how Tao Ran led the troops!" Wu Yi looked at these people and snorted coldly: "No wonder Zitong Pass will be broken so easily!" ”

Although this is the case, Wu Yi himself didn't notice it, looking at the appearance of this group of 'defeated troops', he believed a lot about their identity.

"Why don't you put it in the city? If the Hanzhong army attacks, these people are also considered a combat force? The adjutant general looked at Wu Yi cautiously and suggested.

"What's the use of these rabble?" Wu Yi snorted disdainfully, turned around and walked towards the city, and the voice came from afar: "Strengthen your vigilance, once a thief army comes to attack, immediately light the beacon fire!" ”

"Whoa!" The adjutant general agreed, glanced at the 'routed army' outside the city, shook his head and sighed, this general from other places does not care about the life or death of our Shu people.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he ordered someone to take some clothes to avoid the cold, and ordered someone to use a hanging basket to go to the city, Wu Yi strictly forbade the opening of the city gate, and he did not dare to help these people open the city against the wind.

Night gradually fell, Gu Cheng leaned against the grass hut, his eyes were firmly fixed on Chengguan, and a general beside him said: "It's the third time that the guard has changed, and I'm afraid that there are no less than eight hundred guards in Mianzhuguan!" ”

Gu Cheng nodded silently, took a branch and drew it on the ground, shook his head and said: "This Wu Yi is quite cautious, and the scheduling is also quite perfect, I want to break the city tonight, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult, where are the rest of the people?" ”

"It has arrived outside Fu County, and the army of the Lord has also left Zitong, and it will arrive in Fu County the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Fu County to Mianzhu Pass is less than 100 miles, with Ye Zhao's marching speed, if you march in a hurry, you can arrive in one day.

"Rest well tonight!" Gu Cheng glanced at the city wall and said: "Attack the city at night the day after tomorrow, send someone to tell the lord, please send a light cavalry first, once the city is broken, immediately lead the army to break in, occupy this choke point, this battle is easy!" ”

"Whoa!"

In the next two days, Gu Cheng stood still, continued to pretend to be a rout, and had nothing to do all day, only waiting for the city to put down the grain and grass with a hanging basket before he would set off to get it, and Wu Yi, who was watching, frowned.

On the evening of the third day, when a large army under the banner of Ye Zi appeared in sight, the rout army under the city was suddenly chaotic.

Gu Cheng ran to the moat with a crawl, knelt on the ground with a pop, and said in a wailful voice: "General, help, we only have a hundred people, but we can't stop the thousands of troops and horses in Hanzhong, beg the general to have mercy, let us enter the customs, and I will swear allegiance to the general!" ”

"General, let's put them in the gate first!" Seeing that Wu Yi was still hesitant, the adjutant general's voice became a little harsh, and he said loudly: "Could it be that the general treats my Shu lieutenant generals so harshly!?" ”

When Wu Yi heard this, his heart jumped, now Liu Yan's position in Shuzhong has just been stabilized, although their henchmen, Dongzhou scholars and wealthy families in Shuzhong are temporarily safe, but if they are crowned with this name, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to gain a foothold in Shuzhong in the future.

"Let them hurry!" looked at the enemy army, there was still some distance, enough for them to let these more than 100 people in and pull up the suspension bridge again, and immediately gritted their teeth.

After two days of observation, although there has been no news from Shuzhong, it has been basically determined that these people are the Zitong rout.

"Crunch~"

The heavy suspension bridge slowly fell, Gu Cheng was overjoyed when he saw this, thanked him repeatedly, and rushed to the city gate with people, and someone had already begun to open the city gate.

"General, the person sent to Chengdu/Capital has returned." A soldier came to Wu Yi's side with a scout horse and bowed.

"How?" Wu Yi stared at the approaching army in the distance and asked casually.

"General Hui, it has been determined that under General Tao Ran's account, there is no general with the surname Gu, and he has specially asked the names and surnames of all the officers under General Tao's command, and there is no such person as Gu Cheng!" Tanma bowed.

"Hmm." Wu Yi nodded habitually, then his face changed, and he turned his head to look at Tanma and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Under General Tao Ran, there is no such person as Gu Cheng, at least among the generals, don't say Gu Cheng, even if there is no person surnamed Gu."

"Quick, close the gates, don't let them in!" Wu Yi's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly yelled at the soldiers under the city!