When Xu Chu came to the foot of Jianmen Mountain, the sky was still bright.

The scouts he sent out returned to the army before they even had an hour.

From the scout's departure to the time they returned, the time it took them should have been just wandering around the woods at the foot of the mountain.

Night is falling.

Xu Chu ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot and block the only way from Jianmen Mountain to Langzhong.

He didn't know that Jiang Wei had led the Yizhou army to quietly block the only way up the mountain from behind.

Li Yan was ordered to lead 2,000 soldiers and touched up from the path behind the mountain.

The two thousand soldiers were all lightly moved, and with the cover of night, they touched the place where Jiang Wei was stationed.

As he was walking, Li Yan stopped.

He raised his arm and stopped the advance of his soldiers.

"Alert!" He has also led troops for a few years, and he has some battlefield experience, and he has already realized that the situation is not too right.

The night in the mountains and forests is very quiet, and it is precisely because of the tranquility that it is easier to startle the birds.

At first, when they entered the mountain, they did alarm many birds and animals.

However, the closer to Jiang Wei's station, the birds and beasts disappeared.

Li Yan ordered to be on guard, and the soldiers raised their weapons one after another.

At this moment, a fire suddenly lit up on the hillside, and an unknown number of Yizhou troops appeared in front of their eyes.

Standing in front of the Yizhou Army was Jiang Wei.

He shouted to Li Yan: "Li Yan, I asked you to lead troops to intercept the enemy army, but not only could you not do it, but you were captured by the enemy army." Do you still have the face to attack your former comrades? ”

Facing Jiang Wei's questioning, Li Yan swallowed his saliva.

He shouted to Jiang Wei: "General Boyo, I met Fa Gong, and I also heard him say why he joined the Great Wei in the First Battle of Hanzhong. At the beginning, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were pampered and arrogant, and they didn't pay attention to Fagong's plan at all. The two were captured, and Fa Gong thought that he would die if he returned to Yizhou, so he could only take refuge in the King of Wei. He didn't plan to rebel against Yizhou, but Shu Han killed his family. If you are anyone, how can you not avenge the murder of your relatives? ”

"After listening to the words of Fa Zheng, you came to crusade against your former comrades, and now you dare to speak like a reed here, how can I spare you?" Jiang Wei ordered behind him: "Release the arrow, kill Li Yan for me!" ”

The archers of the Yizhou army, who had been prepared for a long time, opened their bows and arrows and shot a rain of arrows at the Wei army led by Li Yan.

Arrows rained down on the heads of the Wei soldiers.

The Wei soldiers held shields to shield themselves from the rain of arrows flying from above.

The arrows struck the shield with a crackling sound.

Li Yan also hid behind several soldiers, not even daring to raise his head.

At the foot of the mountain, Xu Chu was about to sleep, and the guard reported outside the tent: "General Qiyu, there is a fire on the mountain!" ”

Hearing that there was a fire on the mountain, Xu Chu hurriedly walked out of the tent.

Looking up the hill, he saw a lot of fires lit up.

There was a fire, maybe there was a fight over there, Xu Chu hurriedly ordered: "Soldiers, follow me up the mountain!" ”

Eight thousand soldiers followed Xu Chu up the mountain.

The place where the fire was lit was not close to the foot of the mountain.

Climbing a hill is not the same as walking on flat ground.

By the time Xu Chu arrived at the place, there was no shouting of killing.

The fire was faint, not as faint as he saw it at the foot of the mountain.

The closer he gets, the more wrong Xu Chu feels.

All he heard were wails and moans, apparently a large number of wounded.

When he arrived at the path that Li Yan had been ordered to outflank, Xu Chu saw many soldiers lying on the mountain road.

Several soldiers sprang out from behind him and stepped forward to inspect them.

One of the soldiers turned around and ran back: "General Qiyu, they are all soldiers of our army." ”

"Where is Li Yan?" Xu Chu asked.

"Haven't found it yet." The soldier replied.

Xu Chu quickened his pace and walked forward, and as he walked, he shouted, "Where is Li Yan?" ”

The mountain roads along the way were full of wounded and dead Wei troops.

The lightly wounded were taking care of the seriously wounded, while the dead Wei Jun had not yet been heeded.

"Buried the bodies." Xu Chu shouted behind him and continued to look for Li Yan.

"General Xu, I've found General Li!" As he was walking, he was confronted by a soldier.

"There?" Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Xu Chu hated to blow Li Yan's head with one punch, and when he heard that he had found him, he urged the soldiers to lead the way in front.

The moment he saw Li Yan, Xu Chu's clenched fist loosened.

Several bloodstained soldiers were taking care of Li Yan.

There were a few arrows stuck in his body, and Li Yan was already dying.

"General Li, what's going on?" Squatting down to support Li Yan's shoulder, Xu Chu asked.

"We were ambushed...... Li Yan replied weakly, "I can't live with Fa Gong......"

"Don't talk about that, go back first." Xu Chu ordered: "Take General Li and the wounded soldiers and go down the mountain as soon as possible!" ”

When they went down the mountain, Jiang Wei did not give any obstruction.

Xu Chu returned to the army, and Fa Zheng, who had already received the news, came out.

Seeing Li Yan who was carried down the mountain by the soldiers, he frowned: "Take General Li down to rest." ”

The soldiers carried Li Yan away, and Fa Zheng asked Xu Chu: "General Xu, what's going on?" ”

"I don't know." Xu Chu said: "According to the instructions of the Fa Gong, I led the soldiers to camp at the foot of the mountain, and only waited for the fight on the mountain to fight before covering up. It wasn't until midnight that there was no movement, and there was still a report from the guards, that I noticed that there was a fire on the mountain. When we went up the mountain, we became like this. ”

"Bring a soldier who was there." Fa Zheng instructed the guards behind him.

The guards departed, and soon arrived with a lesser wounded soldier.

Fa Zheng asked the soldier, "What happened?" How did it come to this? ”

"Back to the boss." The soldier replied: "General Li took us up the mountain, and when we got to the place, he ordered the soldiers to stop. Before we could understand what was happening, Jiang Wei appeared on the mountain road with someone. They had a lot of bows and arrows, and we couldn't rush them. ”

"The two sides are not engaged?" Fa Zheng frowned.

"Nope!" Thinking of everything that happened on the mountain road, the soldiers were still a little afraid: "The sky is full of arrows, and if the shield is slightly off, you may be shot on the spot!" ”

"I see!" Fa Zheng waved his hand: "You go and rest." ”

The soldier retreated, and he said to Xu Chu: "Jiang Wei is deceitful, he must have seen our army's plan." Jianmen Mountain can't be taken down for the time being, so he can only wait for the good news from General Ma's side. ”

"Good Jiang Boyo, sooner or later I will catch him and screw his head off his neck!" Xu Chu clenched his fists and said, "Today's matter must not be left like this!" ”

"As long as General Ma can break through Bashan, the battle will still be easy to fight in the future." Fa Zheng said to Xu Chu: "Victory or defeat is common, General Xu doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

(End of chapter)