Leaving Fazheng's tent, Li Yan and Zhang Wei walked side by side.

"Fa Gong wants us to lead the troops up the hill from the path, what do you think?" Li Yan suddenly asked Zhang Wei.

"I also helped Yizhou fight before, and I will actually lead troops to fight my own family again." Zhang Wei sighed: "In the troubled times, there is really nothing that is permanently stable. ”

"It's good to be alive in troubled times." Li Yan said: "Yizhou is just a small land, and there are not many adjustable soldiers and horses, once Bashan and Jianmen Mountain are lost, the battle of Langzhong should be over." ”

"We both know very well that there is only one way in front of us." Zhang Wei said: "At the beginning, Liu Xuande ordered Fa Gong to crusade against Shouchun, but it is said that Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide disobeyed the military order, so that Fa Gong had no way to retreat and had to surrender to Dawei. Even so, Liu Xuande still killed his entire family. In my opinion, he is indeed a villain with little kindness, and we don't need to die for him! ”

Li Yan nodded: "What General Zhang said is that the Fagong gave us a chance to live, and we can't give it up at will." ”

"I wish the general a victory!" Both of them agreed with each other to follow the law, and Zhang Wei arched his hand to Li Yan.

"I also wish the general a victorious start." Li Yan returned the salute.

The two discussed whether they should follow Fa Zheng with all their hearts, and Ma Chao and Xu Chu also walked out of the tent.

"I thought I would have to wait here for a long time, but I didn't expect a battle to be fought so soon." Xu Chu said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi has made great achievements before, but my eyes are very hot. ”

"Jianmen Mountain and Bashan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, I will fight Bashan, and the general will attack Jianmen Mountain, it is better to try and see who can break the enemy first." Ma Chao replied.

"Okay!" Xu Chu once fought with Ma Chao on the battlefield, neither of them could win against anyone at that time, they cherished each other, Ma Chao proposed a competition, of course he agreed.

"Do you think Li Yan and Zhang Wei can be trusted?" Ma Chao asked suddenly.

Xu Chu frowned: "This kind of thing can be said, Fagong wants us to lead the troops to wait at the bottom of the mountain, and once there is a shout of killing on the mountain, we will immediately lead the army to rush up and kill." It can be seen that he believes in the two of them. ”

"No one is perfect, although Fa Gong is wise, but he is just a person after all." Ma Chao said: "We have to be careful when attacking Jianmen Mountain and Bashan." ”

"Is it possible that Meng Qi is afraid?" Xu Chu asked with a smile.

Ma Chao's face turned cold: "Afraid? Who can I be afraid of? ”

"I'm also thinking that with Meng Qi's ability, he shouldn't worry about this." Xu Chu said: "Before setting out on the expedition, the lord had specially instructed that he must obey the orders of the legal prince no matter what. Didn't Meng Qi get a lot of benefits from obeying orders before? ”

"It's true that I was ordered to collect grain and grass, and it was Yang Dezu's strategy to intercept the enemy army." Ma Chao said: "Yang Dezu is really a bit capable. ”

"If he didn't have the ability, the lord wouldn't have deliberately let him go out with the army." Xu Chu replied: "The specific things can be considered when we get to the bottom of the mountain, and what we have to do now is to select soldiers and horses to prepare for battle." ”

Ma Chao and Xu Chu said goodbye to each other, and the two returned to the army to select people and horses.

The army brought by Fa Zheng was 50,000 people, and the two of them each ordered 8,000 and led the soldiers to Jianmen Mountain and Bashan.

And Li Yan and Zhang Wei also got 2,000 soldiers and horses respectively, and only waited for it to be dark before setting off at night.

Fa Zheng planned to attack Jianmen Mountain and Bashan first, and Ma Chao and Xu Chu led the soldiers and horses to the expedition respectively.

Jiang Wei, who was stationed on Jianmen Mountain, received the news, and his face was very ugly.

Sitting on a large rock, Jiang Wei looked into the distance.

From where he was, he couldn't see the enemy troops who were rushing to fight, but Jiang Wei felt that what he was about to face must be an extremely difficult battle.

"Someone!" Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he shouted.

A soldier ran not far away, and Jiang Wei ordered: "Pass the order, let the soldiers prepare for battle, and use the terrain to repel the enemy army." Arrange some more men to ambush on the road to the back mountain, beware of enemy troops touching from behind. ”

The military order was issued, and the officers and men of the Yizhou Army, who had been stationed on Jianmen Mountain for several days, immediately moved.

The Wei army had not yet appeared, and the Yizhou army on the hillside had already taken precautions.

It was Xu Chu who attacked Jianmen Mountain.

Led 8,000 soldiers to the foot of the mountain, he looked up at the endless hills, and said to the little colonel beside him: "If I set a fire, do you think you can burn Jiang Wei out." ”

"I'm afraid it won't burn out." The little colonel replied: "Jianmen Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and we don't know where Jiang Wei is hiding. If a fire is set off, I don't know how many days it will burn. If he escaped from the other side by the fire, it would be difficult to find him again. ”

Turning his head to look at the little school, Xu Chu smiled: "You have a brain, why didn't I think of this?" ”

The colonel replied: "It's not that the general didn't expect it, it's just that the general has a big thing in his heart, how can he take care of such a small thing?" ”

"It's still a good thing to say." Xu Chu grinned and patted Xiao Xiaoxiao's shoulder gently: "You are very likable." ”

"It is my honor to be appreciated by the general." The colonel replied again.

"Give the order to go down and let the soldiers rest in place, we will wait here." Xu Chu got off the horse and immediately ordered the little colonel.

The colonel passed his military order and asked him, "General, don't send scouts to investigate the situation on the mountain?" ”

"It's the same whether you send scouts or not, since you mentioned it, let's send a few to the mountain." Xu Chu replied casually: "Tell them that it doesn't matter if you find the enemy or not, the important thing is to give me back alive." ”

Although he was confused, the little colonel still arranged for several scouts to go up the mountain according to his instructions.

Xu Chu came to the bottom of the mountain, and Jiang Wei on the mountain had already seen them.

Seeing that Xu Chu was stationed at the foot of the mountain, as if he had no intention of ordering an attack at all, Jiang Wei was also puzzled.

It stands to reason that since he is here, even if he does not attack immediately, Xu Chu should send more scouts into the mountain to investigate the situation.

However, Jiang Wei, who was watching from afar, did not see that Xu Chu had sent many scouts, and only saw a few people walking out of the Wei army's barracks.

Those few men burrowed into the mountains and forests, and soon disappeared into the vast jungle.

Jiang Wei frowned, and suddenly his eyes opened and shouted, "Not good!" ”

The Yizhou soldiers who were very close to him all turned their heads to look at him.

Realizing the gaffe, Jiang Wei immediately ordered: "Order, let the soldiers follow me to the back mountain path, the enemy army should go up the mountain from the path!" ”

The order was issued, and the Yizhou army reacted immediately.

Except for a few soldiers who were left to watch, everyone else followed Jiang Wei to the path.

(End of chapter)