The reason why Hua Fei and Xu Shu are so worried about the safety of Jiameng Pass is because this pass is not only a necessary city connecting Chang'an and Chengdu in this era, but also because it is located in Jialing.

The Jialing in this refers to the Jialing River in later generations, and the Baishui is the Bailong River. If the enemy army passes through Jiameng Pass, follow the Jialing River down, you can go straight to Langzhong, an important town in Yizhou, without taking the steep Golden Bull Ancient Road, you can go straight into the Shuzhong area.

It also means that if you want to ensure the stability of Shuzhong, you must at least hold on to Jiameng Pass. When Xu Shu heard that Dong Fu of Zitong County was unwilling to surrender that day, he talked about the origin of this pass, which frightened Hua Fei.

It is precisely for this reason that Hua Fei was urged to recover the main road of Zitong County when the situation in Shuzhong was just stable, and then urgently seized Jiameng County and occupied this Xiongguan.

At that time, Gan Ning, who was eager to make a name for himself, came to offer advice, and said that there was a branch in the Fushui called Zitong Shui, which could go directly to Zitong County, the seat of Zitong County, and he asked for the order to lead an army to follow the water and go directly to the place to attack Dong Fu.

Hua Fei heard that there was such a way, but after plotting with Xu Shu and others, he made a situation where he led the army by himself, and pretended to be the main force of the whole army approaching the pass, attracting Dong Fu to defend with heavy troops, in order to strive to draw out the defensive forces of Zitong County.

However, Gan Ning led the seven hundred Jinfan brothers under his command to go to Zitong County first by water. Hua Fei ordered him to take down Dong Fu in one fell swoop, carry out the beheading operation, and take down the Zitong County soldiers without blood.

On the other hand, Wu Xu was urgently transferred to lead the army to guard the ditch for Yan Yanzhen, but Yan Yan was ordered to lead 5,000 troops to respond to the actions of Gan Ning's troops. Hua Fei knew that if he wanted to avoid too many casualties, Gan Ning's beheading operation was the top priority.

That's why he led the army to do it, and he threatened to repair Mianzhu, and suddenly appeared at the pass to fight, surrender and other things. Its purpose was to make Dong Fuxin think it was true and send the army of Zitong County to the pass.

On the 15th of May, Gan Ning led 700 brothers under his command who were good at fighting and hurried to Fujiang overnight, and five days had passed by this time.

At this time, he had already reached Zitong County for a long time. And Yan Yan's 5,000 army, which had also been sent and followed, as well as the guards who were ambushed in Zitong County, were all smoothly connected.

When He Man led the army out, Gan Ning was secretly looking at the hidden place, and the water passed through the county at night, Zitong County shaped like a saddle.

At this time, after two consecutive transfers of troops to the pass, Zitong County had only 5,000 troops left to defend the county seat. Gan Ning inherited Huafei's command, and tried not to die if he could not die. After looking at the terrain, I have made a decision in my mind.

He immediately summoned his subordinates to make specific tactical arrangements, and ordered the guards to contact people to inform the guards in the city to prepare for the response.

He ordered someone to hurry to inform Yan Yan and prepare to take action. After everyone knew what they were going to do, with Gan Ning's order, the seven hundred brothers quietly started to act.

At the third watch of the night, the southeast wind was cool, the sound of insects chirping, and Dong Fu, who was worried about the tiredness of the day, fell asleep with the fragrant fragrance of flowers.

He felt as if he had only squinted for a short time, and then he could hear the crisp sound of gongs in the city, and then hundreds of people shouted: "Oh no! There is a fire at the south gate, everyone hurry up and put out the fire......"

"What?" Dong Fu was shocked when he heard it! He turned over and sat up sharply, and scolded loudly, "A bunch of hateful bastards, they don't even know how to put out the torches when they sleep, and they make most of the night restless." ”

Bian hurriedly put on his clothes and went out of the room to watch, but he saw the fire in the south, and he thought that the fire was not small. Nai hurriedly raised his voice and shouted, "Someone! Quickly go and order the army to go to the south gate to help put out the fire. ”

It was the night when the soldiers and the people were shouting and shouting, fetching water to extinguish the fire. It took nearly an hour to finally put out the fire. Dong Fu came to the scene in person and saw the smoke rising, which was still blazing.

He thought to himself: "At the moment, the county is peaceful, and there are no enemies on the left and right, and it is not easy to clean up the mess under such circumstances. "And when he saw that the army was tired, he commanded that they should rest first, and that it would not be too late to repair the wall after daybreak.

So Zitong County, after a long time, once again restored tranquility. Dong Fu and everyone went back separately and continued to sleep on the pillow.

Unexpectedly, Dong Fu had just squinted for a while, and suddenly heard the guards shouting: "Wake up, lord!" The big thing is not good, and the fire is raging at the north gate. ”

"What? Is it on fire again? Dong Fu jumped up from the bed in surprise and asked angrily. I suspect in my heart that someone in this city must have done something bad and offended the god of fire. Otherwise, how can there be a reason for two fires in one night?

"It's not!" Just when Dong Fu was wondering if he was going to put on the footsteps of the Mianzhu in Zitong County, he suddenly heard the guards say loudly, "It's outside the north gate, and suddenly a gang of thieves came." ”

"What, the thieves are here?" Dong Fu was even more surprised! Nai thought to himself in his heart, "In the past, Zitong County was very peaceful, and as soon as my army left tonight, why did there still be thieves?" ”

Thinking about it, Nai Liansheng asked urgently: "How many centaurs are there, where did the thieves come from, and what do they want to do?" ”

"Back to the lord's words!" The guards replied in a loud voice, "In the dead of night, the enemy is coming, and the army only knows that there are countless torches outside the city, but it is difficult to know how many men and horses the other side has. ”

"Bastard thing!" Dong Fu scolded and walked out of the door, and while leading all the guards to the north gate, he scolded angrily, "I won't even ask, but what's the use of me waiting?" Even if the thieves don't answer, then at least count the torches, and you can roughly know how many enemy troops there are, right? A bunch of useless ......"

While scolding, he led the guards to the north gate, but saw that the city was already full of soldiers, and the outside of the city was even more ablaze. Dong Fu was on the edge of the battlement, and when he looked down like this, he almost blew up all his lungs.

But I saw that there were about five or six hundred torches scattered outside the city, and under the torches stood three or four thieves, and they were gathering together in the east and the west to look at the city.

Dong Fu, who didn't sleep well, was furious in his heart, and secretly hated his subordinates for being incompetent, so he secretly scolded: "A bunch of useless turtle sons, the other party is just such a little person, and they also made a fuss to wake up Lao Tzu." ”

On the top of the city, the halberd pointed at the city, and scolded loudly: "Ah! Who are you thieves? There are only a few hundred people, and they dare to come to Zitong County, where the old man Dong Fu is located, do they really know whether they are alive or dead? ”

"Ann?" Someone in the city shouted in surprise, and then shouted and scolded, "Old thing! You don't pretend to be a ghost for Lao Tzu there, Lao Tzu already knows that the new Yizhou Mu Huafei leads the army to the border, and you are only afraid that there are no three or two birdmen left in this county, right? ”

"Haha...... It's just that this old immortal is still bluffing there......"

"Yes or Sa, brethren, let's prepare to take the city......"

"That's right! Let's cut off the head of this old dog, so that we can go to Na Huafei to change his official position......"

The troops under the city immediately shouted loudly one after another, and Dong Fu was so angry that his face was flushed.

He trembled his right hand, pointed outside the city and scolded: "Okay, good, you want to take the old man's head to ask for credit, right?" If there is a good thief, you will leave and wait for the old man! ”

After speaking, he turned his head and ordered in a loud voice: "All the troops listen to the order, open the city gate for the old man and rush out of the city, and kill all the bastards who don't know whether they are alive or dead in the city." ”

"Whoa!" The army was ordered to shout loudly, and the sound shook the night sky. Then he turned around and went down the tower, opened the city gate, and rushed out with the shouts of each soldier with a torch.

Under the light of the bright red torches, the people outside the city saw countless armies pouring out like a tide, and they shouted in a panic.

"The ancestors are stilted! How can there be so many officers and soldiers? Run......"

"Gangwa'er, you turtle egg! actually reported the military situation indiscriminately, saying that there were no soldiers in the city? I'll pick you up when I go back, and I'll be ......."

"Brethren! The enemy army is outnumbered, the wind is tight, and it is ...... quickly."

Amidst the shouts, hundreds of people rushed towards the Dong Fu soldiers who poured out under the city gate, throwing torches and quickly scattering and fleeing.

Dong Fu saw that at this time, it was the time when the sky was about to light and not bright, and it was the darkest. I also saw that the thieves were scattered in all directions, and it was difficult to chase them in the dark. I was worried that once the city was empty, God knew so much about the night, if something else would happen.

It is an urgent order to all the relatives and guards, Mingjin to withdraw the troops. At this time, Dong Fu, who had never slept all night, saw that a farce should not end, but he felt that his eyelids were heavy, and he was already very sleepy.

So he ordered ten guards to stay at the head of the city to clean up the mess, but took the remaining nearly 300 guards to the house, ready to seize the time, and go to make up for the cage sleep first, and then make plans when the spirit is sufficient. (To be continued.) )