The news of the loss of Yangping Pass reached Nanzheng on the third day of the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Although it is still a festive day for the New Year, Shijun Zhang Lu is already with a blue face. Yangping Pass is the gateway to the south of Hanzhong, and once Yangping Pass is lost, the most important areas of the entire Wudou Mijiao, the four counties of Calanyang, Baocheng, Nanzheng, and Chenggu are completely exposed to Li Shengjun. Hanzhong is mountainous, only these four counties are plains, which have always been the anointed places of Hanzhong, and they are the places where the Hanzhong army eats.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The south has come from the north, and now Yangping has been conquered, which has opened the door of my Hanzhong. Needless to say, Li Sheng is here to destroy us, and we really can't sit idly by. Therefore, there is no need to say much about surrender, and now I can only fight. I want to make Zhang Wei the general, and Yang Ren and Yang Ang are the deputies, and lead 50,000 troops to defend Calanyang. What do you think of the unknown columns? In the main hall of the palace in Hanzhong, Zhang Lu's burning gaze swept to the courtiers standing under the palace.

"Fight, you must fight." This was Zhang Lu's quick reaction after hearing the news of the loss of Yangping Pass. Because Li Sheng had no reputation, and his army was not as famous as the armies of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, Zhang Lu did not look down on Li Sheng at all. "It's just a child like Liu Zhang. How dare you come to attack my Hanzhong? Hmph, I'm going to let you go and never go back! Zhang Lu thought dissatisfiedly. The anger in his heart was directly reflected on his face, but it made his face even more iron-blue and his gaze more fierce.

battle, fought with Li Shengjun, and drove Li Shengjun out of Hanzhong. This is the tone set by Shijun Zhang Lu, and naturally no one will object. Although there are not many generals in Hanzhong, there are still many generals who are old in the army such as Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang. As generals, they have a strong and courageous spirit, and of course they are not willing to surrender. What's more, Li Sheng killed Yang Bai, an old friend who had worked with them for more than ten years.

At that moment, the three of them gave up their hands in front of Zhang Lu, and they were about to go out of the palace to order troops. Suddenly, the military advisor on the side flashed out: "Master, slow down!" You can't send troops so quickly. ”

"How?" Zhang Lu raised his eyebrows a little unhappily when he heard this, "Bo Yuan wants me to surrender Li Shenghu?" Zhang Luzheng was so angry by the news of Li Sheng's sudden attack on Yangping Pass that he regarded all the people who stood in front of him and did not allow him to send troops as his enemies. He looked deeply at this Yan Pu with a murderous gaze, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, waiting for Yan Pu's answer. Although he had always valued Yan Pu very much, if Yan Pu answered badly at the moment, he would still immediately order Yan Pu to be beheaded. For he does not need to dare to disobey his courtiers.

"Don't dare! It is the duty of my courtiers to serve the country but the enemy, how dare I persuade the lord to surrender to the enemy? Yan Pu shook his head heavily.

"What did Boyuan tell me to stop?" Zhang Lu didn't persuade Yan Pu to surrender, the look on his face suddenly improved a little, and he looked at his military advisor and asked in a deep voice. (Bo Yuan is the word of Yan Pu)

"Shijun, I don't think sending troops to resist Li Sheng at the moment is not the best way to defeat Li Sheng." Yan Pu said to Zhang Lu with a solemn expression.

"Oh? How do you say that? Zhang Lu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and asked Yan Pu with a smile.

"Shijun, Li Shengqi attacked Yangping Pass, and did not suffer much loss, and its momentum can be described as great. If we rush over and fight Li Sheng like this, I'm afraid there will be a bitter battle. Yan Pu analyzed the situation of both the enemy and us to Zhang Lu, and then suggested to Zhang Lu: "I think it is better for us to give up Calcium, clear the wilderness, put the battlefield in Baocheng, and use the defense of Baocheng to deal with Li Sheng." You must know that Li Sheng came here on an expedition, and its advantage is to make a quick decision, not to fight for a long time. Therefore, once we have a stalemate with our new city, it will not be able to hold on for a long time, and it is where we will win. ”

"Do you want to put the battlefield in Baocheng?" Zhang Lu was slightly stunned, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and nodded: "Heavenly Master is above, this intention is very good, very good!" He immediately ordered Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang: "You should go to Baocheng and garrison." Remember, you have to defend the city, and you can't attack without my orders. Zhang Lu was afraid that the people below would be eager to fight and make these three people embarrassed, so he directly gave the three of them a death order on top of this hall.

"Master Jinzun's order!" Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang didn't know that Zhang Lu had taken part of the responsibility for himself, and they were suddenly moved one by one, so they immediately left the hall and began to prepare.

As soon as they left, there were not many people in the main hall. After a hasty discussion, Zhang Lu cursed Li Sheng loudly, and the military meeting in this hall ended. Zhang Lu went to cultivate his own Taoism, Yang Song still went back to the house as before to calculate how much income he could have today, and the military advisor Yan Pu looked at the snowflakes that were flying from the sky and the sun outside the main hall and sighed heavily. He didn't go home, but went to find Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang.

"To be honest, I'm worried about this fight with Li Shengjun." In the barracks, after Yan Pu met with Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang, they sat down with each other, Yan Pu took a sip of yellow soup, and directly expressed his worries without much politeness.

"What are you worried about? Li Sheng is just a kid. Zhang Wei shook his head aggressively, he looked down on Li Sheng like his brother.

"Boy? This kid has always won more with less. Yan Pu was very dissatisfied with looking down on the enemy for no reason: "Even if he is really a boy, we must treat him as an adult." You must know that the 50,000 soldiers in your hands are the most elite troops in our Han Dynasty. If something happens, Shijun won't be able to do it even if he doesn't descend. ”

"Quack......! It's not that serious. Look at the strategist, you are saying as if we are going to lose. In fact, if we defend the city according to your arrangement, and Li Sheng attacks the city, it will be a tough battle that cannot tolerate any falsehood. For such a hard-fought duel, with our 50,000 against Li Shengjun's 30,000, I'm afraid there will be no problem. Listening to Yan Pu say that, not only Zhang Wei was unwilling, but even Yang Ren and Yang Ang, the two cautious people, couldn't listen to it, they all felt that Yan Pu thought too highly of Li Sheng, too high.

"A boy is a boy, how can you see him as an adult?" Zhang Wei shook his head again and again.

"Li Zixu was twenty years old when he first served as the Xiyang Order, and he swept away the thieves in the four counties of Xiyang with 500 to 5,000. In the second year, he fought against Runan, and with 1,000 to 10,000, he swept away the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the south of Runan. Later, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun made a rebellion, and he broke 20,000 to 20,000, and then moved to Changsha Taishou, and pacified Shanyue with 8,000 to 20,000, forcing Shanyue to surrender. In the later Battle of Chibi and the pacification of Jiaozhou, his troops were inferior to the enemy, but he was able to win them one by one. How can we underestimate such a character? Yan Pu counted several battles since Li Sheng came out of the mountain, and couldn't help but sigh: "In fact, Li Sheng played in Jing and Jiaozhou, and his strength was far above our Hanzhong. It was only because he had come here on an expedition that he did not have many soldiers and horses with him that we had a chance to defeat them. Now he is lightly armed, which is good for field battles and short for siege. That's why I have asked you to guard the city, to frustrate their spirits, and to use the delay of time to drag down their food and grass, and to make them fall under the fortified city. Originally, this plan was best to set the battlefield in Nanzheng and use the height of Nanzheng City to accomplish all this. But now it's New Year's Day and New Year's Day, and Nanzheng is the capital where Shijun is located, so there can be no mistakes, so I have to set the battlefield in Baocheng. However, Baocheng, the city is low and in disrepair, which is very unfavorable to your defense, therefore, I hope that you can quickly repair the city after you arrive in Baocheng, do all the defensive work, and be sure to firmly stop Li Shengjun under this Baocheng. ”

"I see." Yang Ren nodded understandingly, but asked a little puzzled: "Since Bo Yuan said that Li Sheng is good at field battles and weak at siege, then Bo Yuan is not afraid that this Li Sheng will bypass Baocheng and not attack, and go straight to Nanzheng?" ”

"Unlikely!" Yan Pu waved his hand and said.

"Why? Most of the people who are good at defeating the strong with the weak are good at using strangeness. Is the military advisor so sure that he will not use a surprise soldier at this time? Yang Ang was very puzzled by this.

"Li Sheng is good at winning more with less, and making good use of strange soldiers, but strange soldiers are tricky after all, but they can no longer be used. Li Sheng has been like this several times since he used his troops, can it be said that he completely relies on strange soldiers? Not really. Li Sheng mainly relied on regular soldiers, and the so-called surprise soldiers were nothing more than the fierce attacks he was able to seize the fighters in time and target the enemy's weaknesses when he was using them. Seven points of caution and three points of boldness, this is Li Sheng's style of using soldiers. Yan Pu calmly explained: "At present, he is on an expedition far away from the base area, and his battle damage will definitely not be able to make up for it. Therefore, although Li Sheng wants to decide Hanzhong in one breath, when it comes to the real battle, he will consider all aspects. Attacking Nanzheng around the city can certainly achieve the greatest results in a short period of time. But the risks are also very high. If he couldn't take Nanzheng City in a few hours like he did in Yangping Pass, then he would most likely fall into the power of a two-sided attack. You must know that after Shijun allocated 50,000 soldiers and horses to you, there are still 20,000 defenders in this Nanzheng City. ”

"I see." The three of them nodded understandingly, admiring Yan Pu even more.

"Strategist, then we are going to Baocheng, but is there anything else we need to pay attention to?" Zhang Wei humbly asked Yan Pu for advice.

"Well, there is something to be paid attention to." Yan Pu nodded: "First of all, we must prevent someone from seizing the city, I heard that Yangping Pass was easily captured by someone pretending to be our army, this point needs to be noted." Secondly, we need to be careful of the enemy's retreat, which means that when the enemy retreats, we can't go out of the city to pursue, because we don't know at all whether the enemy is really retreating or luring the enemy. In short, you should be cautious and cautious in Baocheng, as long as you hold the city, and do not go out of the city to meet the enemy, because if it drags on for a while, the enemy will collapse without a fight. Yan Pu said earnestly.

"Understood. Please also rest assured. The three of them nodded and assured Yan Pu loudly.

The order was issued, but after half a day of preparation, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang went to Baocheng with 50,000 ghost soldiers. It took them six days to arrive at Baocheng, and then they received the latest information: Li Sheng used the defeated pawns of Yangping Pass as the lead, attacked and broke through Calgyang, and collected nearly 10,000 defenders of Calgium, only a few more than 1,000 people under the leadership of a certain sacrificial wine, saw the opportunity early, retreated first, and then escaped Li Sheng's pursuit.

"This Li Sheng is really bold, the same scheme was used twice for him, and it was successful?" Yang Ang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this detailed information. If he said that in Nanzheng, he didn't know much about Li Sheng, so he despised Li Sheng. So here, in this Baocheng that was selected as the battlefield, he had a lot of soldiers, as well as the reports of some ghost soldiers, and after having a further understanding of the strategies used by Li Sheng's army to attack the city, he didn't dare to underestimate Li Sheng at all: "Fiction and reality, reality and fiction, Li Sheng really has a plan of gods and ghosts, which is difficult to prevent." In his opinion, to use the same stratagem against the same target is either to be unskilful or to anticipate the enemy's arrangement in advance and to be convinced that the enemy will take the bait. Obviously, judging from Li Sheng's past performance, he is not a person with poor skills, and the reason why he dares to use repeated tactics must be good at calculation, taking into account what the defenders of Calcium-Yang will think.

"Well, in the face of such a person, we can only respond to all changes with inconvenience." Yang Ren thought for a while and suggested to the chief general Zhang Ren: "General, I think we should order the closure of the city and prohibit anyone from entering and leaving Baocheng to prevent spies from getting in." At the same time, we must requisition the people of the city and let them help us strengthen the walls of Baocheng. ”

"Well, that's the time to do it." Regarding what Yang Ren said, the general Zhang Wei naturally nodded again and again: "Not only do I want to requisition the people and let them help me repair the city, but also choose the strong ones from these people and let them help us defend the city." Judging from the fact that Calcium Yang defended Yangping Pass in less than five days after Li Sheng captured it, it is very likely that Li Sheng will come to the city in this day or two. We need to be prepared quickly. "Zhang Wei's talent is average, but he is quite clear-sighted, and he is the best at summarizing and expounding the opinions of his subordinates, so in the eyes of ordinary outsiders, he Zhang Wei is the number one general in this Hanzhong.

"What the general said is very true, and we have to hurry up and make arrangements now." Yang Ang and Yang Ren nodded yes again and again, and quickly went down to prepare.

Baocheng was quickly mobilized. Most of the people in the city were followers of the Wudoumi Sect, and they had a high degree of recognition for Zhang Lu's rule. At that moment, they heard that Master Shijun needed to defend himself against foreign enemies, and they happily participated one by one, as if they were not going to participate in a major event of life and death, but to participate in a grand celebration. However, within two days, a team of 50,000 migrant workers and a 20,000-strong civilian army joined Zhang Wei's command. The consolidation of the city defense of Baocheng naturally began with their accession.

Not long after Zhang Wei and the others strengthened the defense of Baocheng City, a team with the Taiji Bagua Banner all the way slowly came from the west. They were disheveled and unrecognizable, and their weapons were in disarray, many of them with bare hands, except for one man dressed in sacrificial wine who came on horseback, and the rest were foot soldiers. When they came to the city, they naturally shouted loudly for the defenders of the city to open the gates. This incident quickly alarmed Zhang Wei and the other three.

"Is it a scam from the enemy?" Zhang Wei, who rushed to the city tower, looked at the team below that was scattered like sand, and first doubted. The two cities of Yangping and Calcium-Yang both fell into the enemy's trick to deceive the city, so naturally Zhang Wei and their hearts were the most important about this.

"I don't think so! They have too few weapons. It looked like a team of more than a thousand people, but in fact there were less than a hundred men with blades. This face covered with smoke and dust, and the appearance of torn armor does not look like a fake. Yang Ren carefully observed the situation below and said.

Hearing Yang Ren say this, Yang Ang, who was also looking at the situation below, casually summoned a ghost pawn and asked, "Have you talked to them?" Can you hear where their accents are? ”

"Qiqi sacrificial wine, most of the people below have the accent of Nanzheng. Well, there are also a lot of calcium-yang accents. It's just a mix of these two accents, anyway. The ghost soldier thought for a moment and replied.

"Oh? Do you have the local accents of Nan Zheng and Cal Yang? Yang Ang smiled when he heard this, and he said to Zhang Wei and Yang Ren: "Both, the matter can already be confirmed." The people below must be the enemy's troops in the city. ”

"Huh? How do you say that? Zhang Wei and Yang Ren were very surprised that Yang Ang was so sure of coming to such a conclusion.

"Both, have you forgotten how our ghost pawns were recruited? Except for the sparsely populated place in Yangping Pass, all of our ghost pawns were recruited from the local area and garrisoned locally. Since the people below said that they were the defeated army of Calcium Yang, but the defeated army of Calcium Yang, how could anyone use Nan Zheng's accent? Except for us, there are no other teams from Nanzheng coming out of Shijun. Yang Ang explained with a smile.

"I see." Zhang Wei and Yang Ren were stunned, "You dare to lie to us." Hmph, if it weren't for the order of the military advisor, I would have rushed out of the city to show you a good look. Zhang Wei and Yang Ren were very angry that the enemy had used such the same trick again, and they both felt that they had been underestimated.

"How? Do you want to open the gates? Yang Ang asked Zhang Wei and Yang Ren with a smile.

"Open the gates? Do you still want to let them in? Zhang Wei's eyes couldn't help but widen.

"I have a plan to make these people have no place to be buried." Yang Ang smiled, his eyes shining gloomily.

"What's the strategy?" Zhang Wei hurriedly asked.

"Whatever is planned!" Yang Ang sneered and motioned for Zhang Wei and Yang Ren to come closer: "We can do this...... So ......" he detailed his plan and whispered it in the ears of the two: "How? In this way, it just lets Li Sheng know that there are capable people in our Hanzhong. ”

"Is this okay? The military advisor let us not open the city gates to defend against the enemy no matter what. Yang Ren was still cautious about this, and there was a slight hesitation between his words.

"Wrong, the military advisor is not letting us go out of the city to defend against the enemy, not letting us not open the city gates. Besides, I think Aang's plan works. Now that the fighter plane is in front of you, it would be a pity to miss it like this. Therefore, I think we should act according to Aang's strategy, and it is absolutely impossible to destroy the enemy under the city. Zhang Wei said viciously: "This is also good for Li Sheng'er to have a color." ”

Hearing Zhang Wei, the main general, say this, Yang Renzi was not good at objecting to anything, so he went down to the city to arrange it without mentioning it, leaving Zhang Wei and Yang Ang, two colleagues on the city tower who "came back after a lot of hardships". Although it has always been said that the people of Shuzhong are very powerful, at this moment, Zhang Wei and Yang Ang are not much worse than the people of Shuzhong. They chatted with nothing to do, delaying the time to give Yang Ren, who was arranging in the city, a chance.

An hour later, Yang Ren ran up panting. Zhang Wei didn't listen to what he said, only to see him nod heavily, and he understood that all the ambush soldiers had been arranged. "In that case...... a sinister smile lifted from Zhang Wei's mouth, and he shouted loudly to the city, "Since you are indeed the brothers of our army, then I will open the city and let you in." If the master is to blame, I will bear it with all my might. Zhang Wei said this with a righteous face.

"Thank you!" The sacrificial wine under the city seemed to be moved by Zhang Wei's words, and he hugged Zhang Wei gratefully.

"Ka...... Chirping...... Ka...... Chirping! A heavy voice sounded, and the drawbridge at the south gate of Baocheng was slowly lowered, and the city gate slowly opened, revealing a quiet avenue leading to the city.

"Enter the city!" With a gentle wave of the gun under the city, the remnants of the soldiers under the city walked in crookedly with the footsteps of jingling bells, as if the real rout soldiers had no strength.

"It's quite similar!" Zhang Wei, who witnessed this scene, had a smile on his lips that was almost mocking.

The team slowly entered the city, and Zhao Yun, who followed the team in the middle and back positions, inadvertently felt a little frightened. He always felt that something bad was going to happen, but he couldn't say where it happened. I always felt a little bit strange, giving him a sense of nervousness.

"Am I being too sensitive?" Zhao Yun was thinking like this, when he heard a drum sound in front of him, followed by the sound of arrows breaking through the air, and the miserable howls of the soldiers in front of him. Something happened in this instant. Looking at Baocheng, which was calm just now, but now it has become noisy, Zhao Yun finally knew where the uneasy feeling in front of him came from, "It's too quiet ahead, and there is no sound at all—in this case, can there be any other explanation besides the enemy's ambush?" I'm afraid not! I'm damned! Zhao Yun complained to himself, thinking that it was entirely because of his ignorance of the situation that he and his subordinates were in such a dangerous situation.

But in such a situation, no matter how much you blame yourself, it is useless. At the moment, Zhao Yun said that there was only one thing he was thinking about, and that was to bring back the soldiers who were still alive as much as possible.

The arrows slowly became sparse, not because the Hanzhong army deliberately let go of the demoralized Li Shengjun, but because the Hanzhong army's foot soldiers had already pressed over with spears and neat and dense formations. They will soon engage the advance of Li Shengjun's army. In order to avoid accidentally injuring the bows and arrows of the defenders of Baocheng, they did not exert the power of their volleys again.

This was the right thing to do, but for Zhao Yun, there was an opportunity in it: the arrow was stopped before the two sides were docked, although the enemy's foot soldiers were already very close to their side, but after all, they had not completely melee together, so they still had a few breaths to borrow. If he can quickly launch an attack in these few breaths, trap the enemy in the melee one step earlier, and crush the opponent's team in this way, then there may be a possibility that the matter can be reversed - as far as Zhao Yun himself estimates, there are at least three points of certainty in this matter.

"Kill it!" Zhao Yun shouted, swung his spear up, the long blade of Zhangba, the three-foot-long Qingfeng, waved in his hand like a bright light, there was not much gorgeous between a stab and a sweep, but the casualties brought to the enemy were real. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen ghost soldiers howled miserably to cover the vital points on their bodies and fell to the ground and died. Wherever the blade goes, no one is an enemy, as long as Zhao Yun rushes to, the enemy where he enters the arms of death.

Zhao Yun's martial bravery made Li Shengjun, who was in a desperate situation, calm down a little. Witnessing the invincible heroism of the Lord, the unwillingness in their hearts burned violently like ignited gunpowder. "Kill it!" They echoed Zhao Yun's roar, and the war knives in their hands swung fiercely towards one of the nearest enemy soldiers. In the eyes of Zhang Wei and the others in the city, they have no weapons, they don't have iron in their hands, but their iron is a short blade hidden under their clothes. Although sharp, it is only suitable for melee short blades. Therefore, after they launched, they quickly forced up the pikemen to form a melee situation. This is exactly what Zhao Yun wants to see.

Li Shengjun's soldiers were strictly trained tiger warriors, and those who followed Zhao Yun to carry out this deceptive city mission were even more heroic heroes in this tiger camp: there were 500 Li Sheng's personal guards in the 1,000 troops, and 500 good men in the mountain battalion. Although the front was taken by surprise and suffered heavy losses, it was only in the case of being caught off guard. Once they have come into contact with the enemy and started their battle, the combat power they display will definitely drag the enemy into the depths of death. "We are the strongest!" They have been instilled with this all along.

However, they are very strong, but it seems impossible to stage a big reversal under this Baocheng. Because the Hanzhong army that fought against them was not a weak one. Although they were not comparable to Li Shengjun in terms of personal combat strength, in terms of their will to fight, they made Li Shengjun's soldiers feel a little terrifying.

The people who were arranged by Zhang Wei to fight here were all the Southern Zheng soldiers of the Hanzhong Army. Nanzheng is the nest of Zhang Lu Panheng, and most of the residents in it believe in the Wudou Rice Sect, and the team convened in Nanzheng is completely composed of religious believers. They are not afraid of death, and it seems to be their glory to die for Shijun Zhang Lu. Although the weapons in their hands were too long and the enemy was approaching too quickly, they were really not able to turn around satisfactorily, but they still used their fists, their teeth, and their blades that had long been broken under the enemy's slashing to deal with them. Under Li Shengjun's fierce offensive, they used their lives and bodies to fight to the last moment of their lives. Their eyes turned red as they struck, as if they had gone mad.

The battle situation is in a state of stalemate.

For such a situation, Zhang Wei, Yang Ang, and Yang Ren are very unwilling to see it. Standing in the city, they had already seen the battle situation in the city clearly, and naturally understood that all that was happening now was provoked by Zhao Yun and the result of the strength of those soldiers under Li Shengjun. As far as the current situation is concerned, it is obviously the most correct way to send someone over to destroy Zhao Yun. After all, Zhao Yun is the head of Li Shengjun's bunch of people, once he is destroyed, then Li Shengjun's people will definitely fall into a state of low morale like they did at the beginning.

However, there is a question - "Who will kill Zhao Yun?" ”

It is a fact that there are no generals in the Hanzhong army. Whether it was Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, or Yang Ang, they all had to admit in frustration that they were really inferior to Zhao Yun.

"What then?" The three of them pondered this point, looked at each other for a moment, and the thoughts in their minds flew around, but they invariably spit out a sentence: "Raise the suspension bridge and surround it with thick soldiers." ”

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