At the same time, Huang Zhong, the deputy governor of Zhengnan, received an order from Liu He, asking him to take advantage of Guan Yu's army to storm Baishui Pass and lead his army to capture Yinping County.

"Although Yinping borders on the land of our army, and the defense is also very weak, it is easy to capture it, but I have never heard of a road to Shu there, what is the use of attacking it?"

Huang Zhong said that he did not understand Liu He's order, but whether he understood it or not, the order was an order, and Huang Zhong could only carry it out with all his might, so after receiving the order, Huang Zhong did not dare to slack off, and explained Liu He's order to the main general Guan Yu, and immediately led 5,000 soldiers under his command to set off for Yinping.

The Yin Ping guard of the Shu army is named Zhang Yi, who is also a general in Shu, a young general of the Dongzhou Army, and a young handsome man who Zhuge Liang vigorously promoted, Zhuge Liang arranged Zhang Yi here for the purpose of making him a rear, ready to support Baishui at any time, and must pass through here It is only less than two hundred miles away from Baishui Pass, if you act quickly, you can arrive in three days at most, and I didn't expect the Shu army to attack there.

Even Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the Shu army would attack Yinping, and Zhang Yi naturally didn't expect it, but fortunately, this person was cautious, and sent people to patrol under the city gate day and night. Quickly report the name. If you don't have the lord's order, you dare to act without permission, and you will be killed. ”

At this time, Zhang Yi didn't think that the person who came was the enemy, and he even thought that it was the reinforcement sent to him by Zhuge Liang. That's why I say that.

Of course, Zhang Yi can't be blamed for this, because attacking here is really useless, not only is it useless, but it will lead to Liu He's division of troops to defend it, which is not conducive to the next move, but he never thought that there was a big secret hidden under his rule.

However, the head of the city answered him with a feather arrow, he originally just wanted to ask the identity of the other party, and he didn't expect that he would be attacked at all, so when Huang Zhong shot an arrow, he didn't have any precautions in his heart at all, and in this case, he was killed by Huang Zhong with a strong bow and an arrow.

It wasn't until the moment before he died that Zhang Yi realized that the original person turned out to be an enemy army, and he couldn't help but feel deep remorse, because he was defenseless, not only did he pay the price of his life, but I am afraid that it would bring ruin to Shu.

"Light the beacon." These were the last words Zhang Yi said before he died, and he hoped to remind Zhuge Liang of this.

However, Zhang Yi's order was given too late, and when the soldiers of the beacon tower reacted, they were immediately sniped by the elite archers of the Destroying Battalion under Huang Zhong's command.

Huang Zhong is a good archer, and many of his own soldiers are good archers, these people's archery skills are very accurate, the only difference between them and those famous archers is their strength, and later after Huang Zhong was canonized as the bow god, the combat power of these archers under his command has been strengthened, and now they can easily shoot the strong bow in their hands to a hundred and twenty steps away, and keep the damage and accuracy will not shrink.

In this case, all the soldiers guarding the beacon tower were shot dead, and the rest of the people did not dare to approach again.

Due to the death of the guard general Zhang Yi, the soldiers guarding the beacon tower were also sniped, and the Yinping defenders were in chaos.

Huang Zhong was deeply used under Liu Bei's account, especially his archery, known as the first person in the Shu army, when he was competing with Guan Yu in Changsha, he once shot Guan Yu's helmet with an arrow, which was still Huang Zhong repaid Guan Yu for his kindness because he lost his front hooves and did not kill, otherwise, this arrow was enough to shoot Guan Yu.

After hearing the news that the enemy's main general under the city turned out to be Huang Zhong, many defenders did not hesitate anymore, and immediately threw down their weapons, opened the city gate, and surrendered to Huang Zhong.

In this case, Huang Zhong easily broke through Yinping by shooting Zhang Yi to death and sniping the guards of the beacon tower.

In order to be able to keep it as secret as possible, Huang Zhong ordered his army to surround the city, not let anyone go, and strictly seal the news, until half a month later, Zhuge Liang found that Yinping did not report safety to him as agreed, and he had a faint guess in his heart, and later got detailed and accurate information.

"What? Yinping was lost, Zhang Yi was killed, and he didn't even have time to call the police from the beacon tower? How so? Zhuge Liang was shocked after hearing the news, and when he heard that the other party's siege master turned out to be Huang Zhong, his heart was even more shocked, and he immediately thought that he must have a major secret in Yinping, and at the same time, it can also pose a fatal threat to the Shu army, otherwise Liu He would never have sent a heavyweight like Huang Zhong to personally lead the army to attack Yinping.

"We must do our best to find out the secrets of Yinping, otherwise our army will definitely be defeated!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang immediately looked for all the civil and military officials who had served in Yinping and asked them if there was a road from Yinping to Shuzhong.

At this time, I saw Dong He step forward and said: "Xiaguan once heard that there is an ancient Yinping road in Yinping, which is based on Yinping, and can bypass the Sword Pavilion Shu Road and go directly to Jiangyou, it seems that Liu He has this idea, but Xiaguan has also sent people to visit before, but he has not found the relevant road, even the nearby villagers are not clear, so it is difficult to determine whether this news is true." ”

"Yin Ping Ancient Road? Bypassing the Sword Pavilion Shu Road? After hearing the news, Zhuge Liang was immediately shocked, and hurriedly said: "It must be because of this that Liu He ordered Huang Zhong to occupy Yinping County, whether the news is true or not, we must also defend against it." ”

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said to a young general: "Zijun, I immediately ordered you to be the chief general of Jiangyou Pass, allocate 3,000 troops to you, and let you defend Jiangyou Pass, I don't know if you are willing to go?" ”

The young general's surname is Wang, his name is Ping, and his words are Jun, he is a newly promoted general by Zhuge Liang, although the big character is not one, but he has a calm personality, rich combat experience, and is humble to learn, he is a general, Zhuge Liang admires him very much, and he was originally going to stay by his side to cultivate well, but now that the war is coming, I feel that it is a good opportunity to train him, and of course I also feel that Wang Ping is fully capable of this responsibility, so I sent him forward.

When Wang Ping saw Zhuge Liang say this, he immediately arched his hand and said: "Thanks to Mr. Trust, even if Ping is broken bones, it is difficult to repay the kindness, please rest assured, Mr. Ping will definitely live and die with Jiangyouguan!" ”21019