However, it is said that the 10,000 former troops led by Deng Ai were all taken together under the Motian Ridge, and under the count, more than 2,000 people fell off the cliff and died on the remaining road, except for the 2,000 pioneers led by Shi Shu and Deng Zhong who killed Benjiang Youshu first, there were only more than 5,000 people left, and most of them were exhausted, which showed that the journey was extremely difficult. was preparing to march overnight, just as Shi Shu and Deng Zhong led the remnants of the army back from defeat, and said that the Han army had been prepared, and there were few of the 2,000 men and horses left.

Deng Ai was shocked when he heard the report, and said: "Ma Miao, the master of Jiangyou's guard, is a useless person, how can he see through the mystery of the old man?" ”

Deng Zhong was also hit by an arrow in his left arm, but fortunately, the crossbow arrow was blocked by the armor, so it was not deep in the flesh, and he heard the words: "Watching the Han army ambush and fight, there is a basis for advancing and retreating, and it is even the essence of the art of war." Therefore, the child thinks that the leader of the soldiers is definitely not Ma Miao himself! ”

"You mean, there are other people in the Jiangyou garrison?"

"The fact that the Han army was able to ambush our army in Shimendao is enough to show that the Han army has already predicted our army's intentions. The child thought that he was afraid that Jiang Youshu's guards had already been replaced by others! ”

"Among the generals of the Han army, those who can lead the troops are all outside with Jiang Wei. Zhang Yi, Liao Hua and others were also transferred to Hanshou and Sword Pavilion, in addition, who else in Chengdu has this insight and can see through my mystery in advance? ”

Deng Ai's surprise is not small. This time out of the Yinping trail to sneak attack Jiangyoushu, I thought that the Han army could not expect it at all, and the gods could go down to Jiangyoushu without knowing it, and then they could use this as a base to drive directly to Chengdu and achieve the achievement of eternal achievements. Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, and such a secret strategy of marching was still detected by the Han army in advance.

Rao is Deng Ai has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it was only after being shocked for a long time that he stabilized his mind. Once the army's morale is shaken, he may let himself and his thousands of sergeants fall into a desperate situation from which he will never recover, after all, he will never let him walk more than 700 miles of dangerous mountain roads again.

"You two will be told to me in detail again, and you must not miss any details!"

Deng Zhong and Shi Yu glanced at each other, and then recounted the ambush one by one. Deng Ai listened quietly, pondered for a long time, and then said: "You mean that our army only launched an attack after half a while?" ”

"Not bad!" Deng Zhong nodded and said: "Our army was suddenly attacked, and in the dark night, I saw that the mountains were full of firelight, and I really don't know how many people and horses the Han army had, so the army was in turmoil and returned defeated!" ”

Deng Ai nodded and said, "In this way, is the Han army bluffing?" ”

"What do you mean by ......?"

Deng Ai waved his hand, turning a deaf ear to Deng Zhong's question, just putting his hands behind his back and slowly pacing back and forth in the tent. After a long time, he suddenly stood still, his eyes flashed, and he smiled: "It must be so!" ”

Turning his head and seeing that Deng Zhong and Shi Yu were confused, he knew that under the fiasco of the two of them, he had already been in chaos, so it was difficult to judge the enemy's situation for a while, so he immediately said slowly: "From what you two said, although the Han army ambushed our army in Shimen, due to the lack of troops, it was unable to completely annihilate the vanguard led by the two of you. It seems that the reinforcements of the Han army have not yet arrived in Jiangyoushu, otherwise you two will only be afraid of your life this time! ”

Deng Zhong said: "But who is the Jiangyou garrison?" ”

"No matter who this person is, it is rare to be able to see through the old man's use of soldiers!" Deng Ai sneered and said: "Despite this, the old man is sure that there are not many Han troops in Jiangyoushu, as long as our army captures this pass before the arrival of reinforcements from Chengdu, it will be a big deal!" ”

The plan was decided, Deng Ai immediately ordered to gather the generals under his command to gather in the big tent, and ordered the armies to advance without retreating, and swore to take Jiangyoushu.

At this time, in the Jiangyou garrison, whether it was the generals or the families of the people in the Guannai, under the command of Chen Lie and Ehu, they were constantly strengthening the city wall, preparing stones and arrows and other items to defend the city. The current situation does not need to be said by Guan Yi, everyone knows very well that the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner, and the more preparation there is, the more certainty of victory.

At the same time that the soldiers and civilians in the customs were racing against time to serve their lives, Guan Yi received a letter of order. However, it was not the heir Liu Chan who sent the order, but the general Jiang Wei sent someone from the Sword Pavilion Pegasus. In the letter, Jiang Wei strictly ordered Ma Miao to strengthen the guard of Jiangyou and strictly prevent Wei soldiers from sneaking into the rear of Chengdu from the Yinping Trail.

Zhuge Wuhou once said that the defense of the whole Shu lies in Yinping. In fact, in the outer defensive front of the Han Dynasty, the northwest is the most important in the Yangping Pass*, Yang'an Pass* and Yinping Qiaotou* in Hanzhong, and the southwest is headed by Yong'an Palace*. Even if the Han was forced to abandon these two peripheral points and shrink their forces to defend in the hinterland, the natural advantages of Baishui Pass, Jiange, Jiangyoushu and Bajun were enough to block the entry of Wei and Wu's army.

Guan Yi read the strike letter and secretly praised Jiang Wei for his precise thinking, worthy of being a pillar of the Han Dynasty. But unfortunately, even though Zhuge Wuhou realized the importance of the Yinping Trail to the safety of the Han Dynasty, since the heir Liu Chan came to power, he withdrew the 1,000 men and horses who were guarding the Tianwei in the Sky Ridge, otherwise how could Deng Ai achieve great success so easily?

Of course, Jiang Wei did not expect that when Deng Ai's lone army went deep into the hinterland of the rear of the Han Dynasty, Jiang You's garrison general Ma Miao would surrender without a fight, and Zhuge Zhan was ordered to go on the expedition, but he was indecisive and fearful, and did not listen to Huang Chong's advice to divide his troops to guard the dangerous passes in Fu County, and let the Wei army enter the Chengdu Plain, resulting in Chengdu having no danger to defend, and directly under the oppression of the Wei army, and finally after the defeat and death of the Mianzhu army, the heir Liu Chan listened to the advice of Qian Zhou, surrendered, and the Han Dynasty perished.

What Jiang Wei didn't expect was that it was Guan Yi instead of Ma Miao who was guarding Jiang Youshu now, and the wonderful arrangement of fate doomed Jiang Wei's worries to not become a reality, and it was also destined that what awaited Deng Ai would be the biggest failure and lingering shame in his life.

Subsequently, Guan Yi replied to Jiang Wei with a letter, briefly describing the current situation of Jiang Youshu, and proposing that after defeating the Wei soldiers who had entered the country, he would immediately play the role of the heir to go north, reinforce the Sword Pavilion, and strike the bell together.

At noon the next day, the Wei soldiers finally appeared under the Jiangyou garrison. Looking down from the city tower, although most of the Wei soldiers were untidy and haggard, the five thousand men and horses were divided into three columns, left, middle and right, and they were gathered under the Jiangyou garrison in black pressure, and there was no mess, and the Yongliang strong team carefully trained by Deng Ai really lived up to its reputation.

After the three-way drum, several members of the Wei soldiers rode out of the school. The person who took the lead, carrying a spear, tall and healthy, more than sixty years old, half-white beard, awe-inspiring and powerful, Guan Yi guessed by feeling that this person must be Deng Ai, a wizard of the Wei army who has fought against the general Jiang Wei for decades without falling behind.

After watching for a while, Guan Yi had a general understanding of the deployment of the Wei soldiers in his heart, and then ordered Chen Lie to defend the city, and he and Ehu led the blood guards out of the pass to meet the enemy. Chen Lie was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly admonished: "General Guan, the Wei soldiers are coming from afar, and the grain and grass are not enough, so we just need to hold on to it, and then send troops to cover it when the Wei soldiers are exhausted and retreat, and we will be able to win a big victory. ”

Guan Yi said with a smile: "The general's words are very true, but the vanguard of the Wei soldiers suffered a defeat in Shimen, and everyone will definitely use their lives when they come this time, and our army just takes this opportunity to kill their sharp spirit, so as not to be ridiculed by the Wei people for being a big man." The general can rest assured, I have my own plans, and the general can hold the pass tightly. ”

Chen Lie saw that Guan Yi insisted on going out of the customs, and knew that no matter how much he admonished, he would not be able to change his mind, so he had no choice but to open the gate and let Guan Yi and the others out of the city.

Deng Ai saw the men and horses coming out, raised his hand to retreat the Wei soldiers a stone's throw away, and when the Han army finished arraying, he stepped forward and shouted: "Who is coming, you can know the name!" ”

Guan Yi slowly came out with a big knife in his hand, and the eighteen cavalry blood guards who were close to him also slowly took a few steps forward, closely watching the movements of the Wei army, while Hu Hu led the rest of the blood guards to wait in five rows.

Guan Yi greeted Deng Ai's bright eyes, remembering the scene when he first met the general Jiang Wei a few years ago, and his heart was still faintly excited. Thinking in his heart, he smiled and said: "I am the Marquis Guan Yi of Hanshou Pavilion, and your Excellency is Deng Aihu, the general of Wei Zhengxi?" ”

Deng Ai was surprised, he didn't expect that the Han general who almost killed his vanguard was Guan Yu, and what was even more rare was that this young man in his early twenties, his face was like a full moon, his eyebrows were like lying silkworms, he was dressed in Mingguang armor, and hung a Xichuan green brocade robe, which was quite like Guan Yunchang, the head of the five tiger generals. Although he is young, he stands in front of the two armies, and he has the demeanor of a general. And the five hundred men and horses behind him are all tigers and bears, and each of them has a cold and shining slashing * saber, and at a glance it is clear that they are all people who have been trained for a long time and are not afraid of death.

"If you know my name, why don't you come down early? If there is any hesitation, when our army breaks through the pass, you will all die without a place to be buried! ”

Guan Yi said with a smile: "The general has been famous for a long time, but how unwise!" Does the general know the danger at hand? ”

At the beginning, Deng Ai saw that although the defense of the Han army on the tower of the city was very tight, he saw that Guan Yi brought only a few hundred men and horses out of the pass, and he firmly believed that the reinforcements of the Han army had not arrived, and he only hoped to take advantage of the situation to seize Jiangyoushu after defeating Guan Yi. At the same time, he wanted to consider whether Guan Yi was really talented and learned, and said: "This is unknown, you can tell me about it!" ”

"The three armies can listen to Guan's words quietly!" Guan Yi cleared his throat and said loudly: "Sima Zhao ordered you, Zhong Hui and others to invade my border in three ways. The duty of the general was originally to be to contain my general Jiang Wei by Di Dao's troops, and Zhuge Xu's march to cut off my general's back road, so that Zhong Hui could take advantage of the situation to seize Hanzhong, and then take Chengdu directly. As everyone knows, Zhuge Xu's incompetent, how can he be my general's opponent? Now, the main force of my general's whole division is guarding the Sword Pavilion, Zhong Hui is tired of attacking, although the Wei soldiers are numerous, but the grain and grass are not continued, if it is delayed for a long time, the army's heart will be chaotic, and the army's heart will be broken by my General Jiang! ”

"As for General Deng, if I expected it to be good, I must have thought that the main forces of our army were all in the Sword Pavilion, and the passes in the rear of Chengdu were defenseless, so he boasted about Haikou in front of Zhong Hui, and led his troops out of the Yinping Trail to sneak attack Jiangyoushu and achieve great achievements. However, people are not as good as the sky, although the general's plan is wonderful, but the sky will not kill my Han, now my army is in the river and the oil is dangerous, even if the general has the ability to pass the sky, how can he pass this pass? ”

"General Deng, it is now the middle of winter, and the lone army is deep into the hinterland of our Han Dynasty, the military strength is exhausted, and the food and grass are not enough, if you can't succeed, you can imagine the fate of waiting for the general and his subordinates. Does the general think so? ”

Guan Yi's intention was to break the desperate situation that the Wei soldiers were currently in and disturb their military morale, so they were full of anger in these words, not only Deng Ai, but also five thousand Wei soldiers could hear it clearly. Sure enough, as soon as Guan Yi's words fell, many soldiers in the Wei soldiers were already talking to each other, whispering, and it was obvious that Guan Yi's words were hitting the seven inches of the Wei army.

Deng Ai frowned, he didn't expect Guan Yi's tongue to be so powerful, and just one word made the morale of his generals plummet. At the same time, Deng Ai was even more shocked by Guan Yi's analysis and judgment, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, there was no mistake in it, could it be that he had a detailed work around him to provide such an important confidential military information to the Han army?

"Although your words are good, but thousands of my Great Wei disciples have been holding the heart of death since they came out of Yinping, even if you are guarding the heavens, what am I afraid of? The fight in front of the army was done by a woman, do you dare to fight with our army? "After all, Deng Ai is an old man, and although he is extremely frightened in his heart, he is as calm as water on the surface, and it is no longer beneficial to fight with Guan Yi, and the most important thing at the moment is to regain morale and recover the decline.

"Since the general is invited, Guan should accompany him!"

Guan Yi snorted coldly, where did he not know Deng Ai's thoughts, although he confessed his situation, he invisibly conveyed his mortal heart to his soldiers. The main generals are not afraid of death, and the soldiers are naturally courageous. In fact, most of the Wei soldiers have already understood that in the case of no way to advance and no way to retreat, if you don't have to fight to the death, there is naturally only one way to die, or disarm and raise your hands to surrender and be willing to be a prisoner.

"Guan Yi Xiao'er, Hugh is the benefit of his tongue, the general Deng Zhong is here, see me hold you this time, with the hatred of Xueshimen!" In the midst of the loud shouting, Deng Zhong rode his horse and rushed straight with a gun, it was the person Guan Yi had seen in the Shimen Sandwich Road.

Guan Yi learned family martial arts since he was a child, and practiced hard in the deep mountains of Zitong County for several years, the battle of Shimen, the prancing horse raised the sword to slash and kill the Wei soldiers as if entering the realm of no one, and his heart increased his confidence in his own martial arts. Who knew that a black shadow around him had already shot out, and he shouted strangely: "Use a knife to kill chickens, the young master is slow, wait for me to meet this person!" ”

Needless to say, just looking at the tower-like body knows that it must be the Ehu who comes out of the horse.

Deng Zhong saw that it was not Guan Yi, he originally wanted to ask his name, the Fang Tian painting halberd made of all iron in the hand of Ehu had already stabbed Deng Zhong in the face door like a lightning bolt by the sprint of the war horse, Deng Zhong was taken aback by surprise, the spear did not have time to block, and he fell backwards in a panic, finally he reacted quickly, and the strong wind passed through the prescription Tianhua halberd can sweep through the door of his head, if it is half a beat slower, Ehu's lightning blow will definitely pierce his head.

In the first round, it was not only Deng Zhong who was shocked into a cold sweat, but also Deng Ai who was fighting in front of the battle, when Ehu's Fang Tianhua halberd stabbed Deng Zhong's head, Rao is he was used to seeing death on the battlefield after a hundred battles, but he still couldn't stop a colicing in his heart, and he almost closed his eyes and couldn't bear to see his beloved son die on the horse.

Over there, after Deng Zhong dodged the fatal blow of the tiger, the two horses passed by in the electric light, and Deng Zhong also took this opportunity to turn over and sit up. Ehu missed the blow, reined back Ma Haha laughed wildly, and shouted: "Come again", after that, Fang Tian's halberd turned up and smashed the shadow of the halberd in the crotch and smashed at Deng Zhong again in the sprint of the war horse under his crotch.

When Zhuge Wuhou marched south, Ehuan, the father of Ehu, led his troops to fight against the Han army, and won many victories, and finally it was Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, and Wang Ping who joined forces to fight before he captured him.

Ehu's martial arts take a fierce route, once the halberd is deployed, a halberd is as tight as a halberd, and it seems to be full of flaws in the big opening and closing, but when Deng Zhong parried and wanted to take the opportunity to enter the time and space, it had disappeared. The tiger is tall and tall, and the whole body seems to have infinite strength, and every halberd stabbed out with a faint thunderous sound, or like a dragon going out to sea or a tiger going down the mountain, extremely fast, when the real person is as its name, the tiger is awe-inspiring.

In fact, Deng Zhongzhi's martial arts are already a rare opponent among the generals of the prime generation of the Wei State, and he fought with Jiang Wei for more than 30 rounds under the Great Wall without winning or losing, which attracted Jiang Wei and a number of Shuzhong generals also secretly praised themselves, plus the perennial battlefield battle, and the experience in the battle is extremely rich.

But Deng Zhong suffered a loss in strength inferior to the Ehu, and lost the opportunity at the beginning, under the pressure of the Ehu's powerful halberd, he actually tied his hands and feet, and his martial arts could not be displayed at all, on the other hand, the Ehu became more and more brave in battle, and was not affected by his physical strength at all. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if he continues to fight, Deng Zhong will inevitably be injured by the Ehu halberd.

The two horses intersected and fought for more than 20 times, and Deng Zhong was already sore, sweating profusely. Although Ehu is honest, but there is an innate sensitivity to martial arts, Deng Zhong's embarrassment at the moment was seen by him without a slight, taking advantage of the moment when the two horses intersected again, the painting halberd swept towards Deng Zhong with a fierce wind, and shouted "let go" in his mouth at the same time.

"Dang" sounded, in the sound of gold and iron, Ehu's Fang Tianhua halberd hit Deng Zhong's gun in front of him, after all, Deng Zhong was still good, and he tried his best to receive a blow from Ehu under the unavoidable situation, although the spear was not shaken away, but he felt that his brain was roaring, such as being struck by lightning, his throat was sweet for a while, and a mouthful of blood was spit out with a "wow" sound, and the mount under the crotch could not bear the weight of Ehu's divine power, and finally fell down with a long hiss after retreating more than ten steps.

Deng Zhong fell off the horse, where was the tiger willing to let go of such a good opportunity, picked up the halberd and stabbed Deng Zhong in the throat, at this moment suddenly heard Guan Yi behind him shouting "Be careful of cold arrows", he was taken aback, he couldn't think about it, and hurriedly lowered his head, lay down on the horse's back, only to hear a "whoosh", a long arrow with a sharp sound of breaking the air swept overhead. At this moment, the opponent had already rushed out of three or four Wei generals to stop Ehu, and several soldiers took the opportunity to rush up and drag Deng Zhonglian back with him.

Ehu secretly screamed that it was a pity, and under the annoyance, he screamed again and again, and he wanted to fight a few Wei generals alone, and Guan Yi behind him shouted: "Ehu retreat!" ”

Although Ehu was unwilling, he didn't dare to disobey General Guan Yi's order, glared at a few Wei generals angrily, and then dragged the halberd back to the battle. Several Wei generals saw that the tiger was as brave as this, and they did not dare to stop it in fright, and they also rode their horses back to the battle.

Note: Yangping Pass, also known as White Horse City, is in the territory of Lianshui Village, Mianxian County, Shaanxi Province; Yang'an Pass, also known as Guantou, is in the territory of Yangpingguan Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province; Yinping Qiaotou, in the territory of Yulei Township, Wenxian County, Gansu Province; Yong'an Palace: also known as Yufu, that is, Fengjie County, Chongqing.