Summary of the previous chapter: The letter written by Ma Xiaoquan to Xiahou Yuan was actually written by Ma Xiaoquan according to the description of the source, and Ma Xiaoquan did not know the purpose of the source, but fortunately, Xiahou Yuan saw the true content from the first word of each column of the letter

+++++++++++++++++++ Cao Cao really wanted to see the letter, but unfortunately he didn't bring it with him when Xiahou Yuan sent someone to report it.

"Hmm~~" Cao Cao rhythmically tapped lightly on the table, thought for a moment, raised his head and said, "Let's put this matter aside for the time being~~" After saying that, Cao Cao immediately ordered to send troops to aid Yangping Pass.

When Cao's military aid department arrived at Yangping Pass, it was already evening, there was no way, the terrain along the road to Yangping Pass was very uneven, and the horses could not move forward well, so they had no choice but to advance on foot, so several soldiers died on the way.

On the other hand, Liu Beijun, because there are many precipitous places in Shuzhong, and Liu Beijun's current soldiers account for more than half of the Shu army. A natural danger like Yangping Pass is as terrifying as a behemoth in Cao Jun's eyes, but it is much kinder in Shu Jun's eyes.

Of course, in the face of Yangping Pass, which was guarded by the Cao army, the Shu army still couldn't take it. In fact, there are several roads leading to Longzhong, and compared with Yangping Pass, other roads are even more difficult to walk, and it can also be said that they cannot be walked at all.

The battle lasted until late at night, and there were several times when they reached the gate, but they were all blocked by more than 20 people inside the door.

Raising his head, by the light of the torch, Liu Bei squinted his eyes and sighed helplessly: "This Yangping Pass, it is really Xiongguan, it is really a husband and a man, and it is not open~~"

Fa Zheng saw what the lord meant, and Jian yì temporarily retreated and then made plans, and Liu Bei agreed.

The Shu army began to retreat in an orderly manner, and Xiahou Yuan, who was standing on the pass, couldn't help but be amazed when he saw this scene.

After the Shu army completely retreated, Xiahou Yuan let down his vigilance a little and hurriedly asked, "How is General Xu Huang at the gate?" ”

One of his subordinates replied: "General Qiyu, among the more than 20 people led by General Xu Huang, several have already died. ”

"Oh?" Xiahou Yuan asked again, "Guan Nei is logically safe, but this can also die?" ”

The subordinate said: "Two people suddenly broke out and killed several of their companions, and the rest reacted and killed one of those two people."

"What about the other one?"

"The general ran away with another one~"

The subordinates looked at Xiahou Yuan in horror, and their hearts were ready to be scolded. Xiahou Yuan clapped his hands twice, stood up and helped the subordinate with a smile: "You did a good job, go down!" ”

"General? I"

Xiahou Yuan stretched out his hand and said, "Needless to say, you did a good job!" ”

The subordinate nodded flatteredly: "Yes!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded, watched his subordinates leave, and then he took out the letter that Ma Xiaoquan gave him from his arms, opened it and read it carefully

At the gate of Yangping, Xu Huang and a few soldiers were cleaning up the mess inside the door in an orderly manner.

Xu Huang kicked a male corpse in front of him, squatted down, and saw that the male corpse was wearing a ring on his finger.

Xu Huang didn't say a word, took out the dagger with a knife, cut off the finger of the male corpse with the ring, and then peeled off the bloody ring from the severed finger.

"Hmm~~" Xu Huang took the ring and looked at it carefully a few times by the light of the torch, and then said to himself: "It seems to be really the kind of ring that Lord Shangxian said, uh-huh, although I haven't seen it, but it looks like that, uh-huh~ This ring is left for Lord Shangxian to look at"

Xu Huang didn't mind taking the blood ring into his arms, raised his head and asked, "The other guy who ran away, which of you noticed where he ran?" ”

"Back to the general's words, it should be out of the pass."

"Flip out?" Xu Huang smiled, "It's the middle of the night, it's not a little brave, hum, okay, no matter, you guys keep it well!" ”

"Yes!"

The Shu army's siege of Yangpingguan this time did not receive good results, which made Zhao Yun, who had sworn by the ticket before tackling the problem, a little embarrassed.

Liu Bei didn't mean to complain about Zhao Yun, after all, Zhao Yun was not a general in his heart, and to put it bluntly, Zhao Yun was a miscellaneous general.

Zhao Yun in history is not as brave and valued as written in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", on the contrary, Liu Bei has never been very interested in Zhao Yun. As for the allusion of Changbanpo throwing children to buy people's hearts, Ma Xiaoquan has never heard of it since he came to this era, of course, whether it is or not, Ma Xiaoquan was not by Liu Bei's side at that time, and there is no way to know.

"Okay, since it doesn't work to close the fence, then let's think of other ways, hum, this Yangping Pass, I must take it! No one can stop me from taking Hanzhong! ”

Liu Bei looked into the distance with his eyes like torches, as if he had broken through Yangping Pass and taken Hanzhong.

"Lord~~" Fa Zheng called several times in succession before calling Liu Bei back.

Liu Bei blushed a little and hurriedly nodded: "Filial piety, but have you thought of other countermeasures?" ”

Fa Zheng frowned and asked, "Lord, is the letter that the Immortal Lord you said wrote to you still there?" ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Yes, I've always thought it was very strange, I saw it at the beginning" As he spoke, Liu Bei took out a somewhat yellowed letter from his arms.

Before the confrontation between the Cao and Liu families, Ma Xiaoquan wrote a letter to Liu Bei and Xiahou Yuan respectively, and Ma Xiaoquan did a special treatment for Liu Bei's letter, and used the more expensive paper nowadays, while Xiahou Yuan cut corners and used bamboo chips.

At this time, Liu Bei was holding the letter given to him by Ma Xiaoquan and dangling in front of everyone.

Fa Zheng took the yellow paper from Liu Bei's hand, glanced at the dim torch light, and suddenly made several oooh sounds, and then brought the yellow paper to the torch.

"Hyozhi, what are you doing?"

Fa Zheng smiled slightly: "I think that since the Immortal Lord can write such a magical letter to the lord, then there are naturally other words in this letter" Fa Zheng said, bringing the paper closer.

Liu Bei looked at Fa Zheng's actions in surprise, he wanted to stop it, but he couldn't find a suitable reason. After all, the Immortal Lord and himself hadn't seen each other for many years, so why was he so ambitious because of a letter? What if the soldiers under your command are not satisfied? What should he do as a master?

"There is~~" Liu Bei was hesitating, and Fa Zheng shouted.

"Huh?" Liu Bei stepped up.

Fa Zheng pointed to a few marks on the paper and said, "Lord, if I guess correctly, these marks should be what the Immortal Lord wants to tell you the most!" ”

Liu Bei nodded, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring sesame oil.

Spraying sesame oil on the paper, a few large characters immediately appeared on the originally empty paper.

Although Huang Zhong is old, his eyes are very good, which has a lot to do with his continuous practice of archery. Liu Bei dealt with the big characters, and before everyone could react, Huang Zhong had already seen it.

"Yangping Pass is lost, what kind of mess is this?"

Yan Yan stepped forward, stared at the paper in the master's hand, and shook his head incomprehensibly: "I don't understand, I don't understand at all." ”

Zhao Yun did not contribute to the Hewei Yangping Pass, and he was in a hurry at the moment, and when he saw that Huang Zhong and Yan Yan didn't understand, the two old generals hurriedly went up.

Although he was not reused by Liu Bei, Zhao Yun was still loyal to his duties, and after pondering for a moment, Zhao Yun said: "Lord, can these five words be understood as our uninterrupted attack?" ”

"Non-stop assault?"

Zhao Yun nodded: "The last general thinks that if we don't take Hanzhong this time, it will inevitably cause a situation where Cao thief will win Longwangshu in the future."

Zhao Yun suddenly paused at this point.

Liu Bei nodded and motioned for Zhao Yun to continue, and Zhao Yun continued: "The last general thinks that no matter how much we pay this time, we will take Hanzhong and the Yangping Pass in front of us, in addition to a strong attack, there is only a strong attack!" ”

Zhao Yun's last sentence was very firm, and this momentum inadvertently reflected Liu Bei.

Liu Bei Rong has been a horse for half his life, and it is easy to have a base and get Longwangshu? This was something he could not tolerate.

"Good!" Liu Bei stood up suddenly, "Then attack!" Pass my order, ask for help from Chengdu, whether it is food or people, you can use it! ”

All the generals bowed their hands in unison: "Yes!" ”

At the same time that the Shu army asked Chengdu for help, the Cao army also began the next step of deployment.

Cao Cao was on the way to Chang'an at the moment, but his heart was always thinking about Yangping Pass.

Although Xiahou Yuan and other generals had successfully resisted Liu Bei's attack before, the number of soldiers in the pass was limited, and one was killed less than one, and Liu Bei's main force was not far from the pass.

Cao Cao believes that Guanzhong and Hanzhong are only based on Yangping Pass, and if Yangping Pass is lost, Guanzhong will inevitably lose contact with Hanzhong, and if Liu Bei's army attacks it, Hanzhong will definitely be in danger

Cao Cao's prediction was not wrong, after Liu Bei's order was conveyed to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang immediately adopted the strategic policy of "men should fight, women should be lucky", so that Liu Bei, who was originally superior in troops, doubled in numbers.

In Yangping Pass, the Cao generals saw that the momentum was not right, and they persuaded Xiahou Yuan to retreat.

Xiahou Yuan is not a reckless man, facing the Shu army, which is several times the number of his own, he is not stupid enough to have the idea of fighting with the other party to the bone.

After opening his jaw to petition the mat, Xiahou Yuan said a few words of cherishment, and then evacuated in a hurry.

Faced with the pressure of Liu Bei's army, Zhang Jaw only made a simple resistance and fled.

Since then, Yangping Pass has been lost.