At this moment, a blood guard scout strode to the big tent and said in a loud voice: "General Yu, there are countless Wei soldiers under the Qipan Pass, and their vanguard troops have entered the pass and are heading in the direction of Hanzhong!" ”

Guan Yi's heart jumped, he stood up suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Say it again!" ”

"The small one can really see it, the vanguard of the Wei soldiers has entered the pass."

"Okay, let's explore again!" Guan Yi was ecstatic, Zhong Hui still came in the end, but it caused him, Fu Yi and others to waste a long time of thinking.

"No!" The Blood Guard scout bowed and strode away.

Guan Yi's eyes were like torches, he glanced at Fu Yi and the others, and said with a faint smile: "You can follow me to see the reality of Wei Jun!" ”

Fu Tong and the others were originally ready to return to Yang'an Pass, but at this moment, when they heard that the Wei army had retreated to Qipanguan, they were naturally overjoyed, and they all secretly thought in their hearts that the Wei army had come in time, and they did not run in vain, and Guan Yi naturally obeyed under the order, in addition to leaving Chen Lie and Ehu to guard the big tent of the Chinese army, counting Shi Feng and two personal blood guards, a group of six people came back to the side of the mountain that had previously investigated Qipanguan, and watched the situation of the Wei army from afar.

But seeing that on the avenue under Qipanling, the dust was flying, people were shouting and neighing, and countless Wei soldiers were swarming towards Qipanguan. Looking at it from a distance, the Wei army was like a long dragon, stretching endlessly, and the momentum was extremely amazing.

Fu Yan used his hand as a pergola, and after looking at it for a long time, he said: "The Wei army does not raise its flags, the formation is scattered, and there are many wounded soldiers in the team, it seems that it has indeed experienced a big defeat!" ”

Guan Yimi looked at it and said: "If the general knew that the Wei army was retreating, he would naturally not let go of such a good opportunity, and I expected that Zhong Hui would inevitably suffer a big loss." It's just that what puzzles me is why the Wei army retreated so slowly? There was a difference of three days. ”

Zhuge Shang said with a smile: "The road in Shuzhong is narrow and difficult to travel, and the Wei army has 100,000 people, which is not conducive to the march of the brigade of men and horses, and it is entangled by the general's troops, so the marching speed is naturally slow. ”

Guan Yi nodded and said, "That makes sense." But Zhong Hui is very good at using troops, how can he not know that a rash retreat will definitely lead to the danger of the destruction of the whole army? If I were Zhonghui, I would inevitably lay down the elite soldiers on the way to retreat, so as not to be killed by our army. ”

Fu Yan said with a smile: "Although Zhong Hui is very good at using soldiers, the general is also a hero in the world and has excellent knowledge, so he must have seen through Zhong Hui's ambush plan." If the last general's prediction is good, the general's soldiers and horses must have defeated the ambush of the Wei army, and it is estimated that they are following behind the Wei army. ”

Guan Yi nodded, and Fu Yi made a lot of sense. Since the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the Great Han Dynasty has taken possession of the land of Jing and Yizhou, with hundreds of thousands of armor, the country is rich and the people are strong, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, although the strength is not as good as Cao Wei, but it is not much different. However, since the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, in 219 AD, Guan Yi's grandfather, Yun Changgong, carelessly lost Jingzhou, and in the second year of Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, in 222 AD, Emperor Zhaolie defeated Wu and was defeated in Yaoting, the situation of the Three Kingdoms immediately changed dramatically, and the Han Dynasty became the weakest of the Three Kingdoms in the blink of an eye, and the territory was only Yizhou and the wild land of Nanzhong.

Despite this, the Han Dynasty has never given up the dream of reviving the Han dynasty in the Central Plains during the Northern Expedition. Back then, before the Second Northern Expedition, Zhuge Wuhou said to the heir Liu Chan that throughout history, those who want to divide themselves cannot be defended for a long time. After decades of war, Yizhou is remote and narrow, the national strength is insufficient, and it is no longer the rich and dangerous country of abundance, so it should be attacked instead of defended, trying to occupy Yongliang, and use this as the foundation to restore the Central Plains and revive the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, it will change for a long time, and sooner or later it will be annexed by Cao Wei or Sun Wu.

Subsequently, Zhuge Wuhou did his best, died before leaving the school, and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. Jiang Weiqilin's assets, outstanding courage, since Jiang Wan and Fei Yi led the three armies, the Han can use the power of a state to fight against Cao Wei for more than 20 years without being annexed, all of which are Jiang Wei's strength. Although a group of civil and military ministers in the imperial court, led by Zhuge Zhan, believed that Jiang Wei was reckless in military force, which led to the withering of the Han Dynasty's national strength, they forgot that the reason why Jiang Wei repeatedly sent troops to the north to attack Cao Wei was to revive the Han dynasty and implement the basic national policy of Emperor Zhaolie that "Han and thieves are not separated, and the royal industry is not partial". At the same time, it is also because everyone is short-sighted and does not see the simple truth that those who are in a corner of peace will not be able to stand on their own for a long time.

Otherwise, not only Jiang Wei, but even Zhuge Wuhou and even Emperor Zhaolie would not have become sinners who destroyed the foundation of the Han Dynasty?

No further ado. Let's say that Guan Yi saw it really on the ridge, and after the Wei army retreated to the Qipan Pass, it did not stop, but went straight to Hanzhong. A large banner with the word "Zhong" was erected in the ranks of the Wei army, and the flag was there, and it was obvious that Zhonghui was in the army. Guan Yi knew in his heart that the reason why the Wei army did not stop was because although the Qipan Pass was steep, because it stood on the Qipan Ridge, the area in the pass was not large, and it was difficult to accommodate 100,000 people, not to mention that the Wei army had lost all its grain and grass, and would never dare to delay too long in the heart of the Han Dynasty, otherwise once it was entangled by the Han army, the consequences could be imagined.

Less than two hours after the Wei army left Qipanguan, I saw that on the way of the Wei army's retreat, there was another group of people shouting and neighing, and a team of soldiers and horses galloped over.

The sunshine in the mountains is short, it is already night at this time, and it looks extremely spectacular under the cover of the night and the mountains, although it is not real in the night, but everyone knows that there is no doubt that this army is Jiang Wei's pursuer.

Guan Yi thought in his heart, beckoned a blood guard, and ordered him to rush back to the camp to inform Chen Lie and Ehu to gather men and horses, and immediately start after Jiang Wei's army broke the fortification, and joined forces with Jiang Weili to capture Qipanguan.

The blood guard was ordered to leave, but when he saw that the vanguard of the Han army had gathered at Qipanguan, he lit his torches, stood on the mountain and looked at it from afar, only to see the stars dotted and formed two irregular phalanxes, and it seemed that there were about three or five thousand people. Guan Yi knew that this was because the terrain of Qipan Pass was undulating, so the Han army could only adapt measures to local conditions and make reasonable use of the terrain to gather troops and horses. It seems that the Han army is really preparing to attack the pass, but I don't know who the vanguard of the army is.

At present, in the establishment of the combat troops of the Han Dynasty, the Han army commanded by Jiang Wei is the elite team of the Northern Expedition left by Zhuge Wuhou, known as the Hubu Army, which has always had strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness. In addition, it is the 3,000 Qingqiang soldiers trained when Guansuo Town guarded Nanzhong and the 3,000 soldiers under the command of Yongan Luo Xian who have been inherited from the Baiwei soldiers as the foundation, and the soldiers stationed in the other counties and counties are mostly reserve troops, and their combat effectiveness is not strong. Even the 50,000 Yulinwei who guarded Chengdu, because they had not experienced a battle for many years, their combat effectiveness was uneven, far from being comparable to Yulinwei when Zhuge Wuhou was in power.

From this, it can be inferred that the vanguard of the Han army is either Guan Suo's Wudang Fei Army, or the Hubu Army under Jiang Wei.

As I was watching, I could only hear the drums of the Han army, whistling and echoing among the mountains. Immediately afterwards, dozens of fireballs were thrown by the stone thrower, and they shot out from the front of the Han army and smashed towards Qipanguan.

In addition to throwing stones to kill and deter the enemy, it can also throw ignited oil canisters, which can not only kill and injure the enemy, but also burn the protective facilities on the city wall. In normal times, the power of these stone throwers would be increased several times, but at the moment it is not ideal. Guan Yi can see it really on the ridge, although most of the fireballs fall on the earthen wall of Qipanguan, but because the terrain of Qipanguan is extremely high, the stone thrower is in a state of upward fire, so when the fireball flies to the wall, it is already at the end of the strong crossbow, and the explosion degree is limited when it lands, and Qipanguan is built of a mixture of earth and stone, except for a very small number of wooden fences that were ignited by the fireballs, it did not cause substantial damage to the Wei army.

It is estimated that the leading Han general also found that the stone throwing machine could not exert its due power, so the stone throwing machine only threw five rounds in a row and then stopped. Subsequently, the Han army's formation began to move, and the Han soldiers let out a burst of "ho-ho" sounds in the firelight, and quickly moved closer to Qipanguan, obviously the Han army was preparing to launch a full-scale attack.

Guan Yi knew that the Wei army never thought that there would be a group of hundreds of elite soldiers and horses hidden in their vital parts, and once the vanguard of the Han army broke through, the Wei army would inevitably transfer all the troops guarding the pass to the back of the pass to defend, and it would be the time for Guan Yi to take action. made up his mind, and immediately did not delay any longer, led Fu Lie and others back to the camp, and ordered Chen Lie to lead a hundred blood guards as the rear response, and since Fu Tuo and Zhuge Shang and others were the front army, they went down the mountain and went straight to Qipanling, preparing to take the pass.

The situation was as Guan Yi expected, the brigade of men and horses under the cover of night has been sneaking to a hundred steps in front of Qipan Pass, but after hearing the pass, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and sometimes mixed with the screams and shouts of soldiers wounded by arrows, but there was silence in front of the pass, looking at it from a distance, there was no other movement on the original wall of the pass wall with swords and guns except for two Wei soldiers on duty.

Guan Yi observed for a long time, and after confirming that the Wei army was defenseless at all, he was about to order Ehu to solve the two Wei soldiers on duty first, but when he turned his head, he saw Zhuge Shang holding a horse sabre and eager to try, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "I have heard that the little general's archery skills are good for a long time, can you take a look at it today?" ”

Zhuge Shang raised his eyebrows slightly, Guan Yi was testing himself, but he was bold, but he didn't hesitate to think about his hand, took off the treasure carving bow on his back, and said lightly: "The general has an order, how dare he not obey, and let the last general shoot down these two Wei soldiers, and talk about the intention of the last general." ”

After speaking, Zhang Bow and arrow, glanced at the Wei soldiers on the wall, and shouted "on", but seeing the bowstring sounding sharply, the long arrow castrated like a meteor catching the moon, and one of the Wei soldiers was in the middle of it.

The change was sudden, and the other Wei soldier had not yet reacted, and only felt that his chest was like a lightning strike, and when he looked down, he saw a feather arrow inserted into his chest, and he opened his mouth to say "lotus" twice in severe pain, but he didn't say a word, and then like a harvested wheat stalk, he slowly collapsed on the ground.