"Naturally, it's from Hanzhong!" Zhao Feng said loudly, seemingly completely unaware of the different expressions of the defenders in the city. If you want to say that he can't be wrong, he is indeed from Hanzhong. It's just that he said this, it seems to mean that he fought all the way from Hanzhong to here, and Shenma Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass asked him to clean up.

Fei Guan and the Yizhou army at the head of the city obviously thought so, and after listening to Zhao Feng's words, almost all of them changed their faces and began to exchange their opinions one after another. There was no need to listen, Zhao Feng knew that they were already scared.

"General, I have always respected the general, and now that we are on the battlefield, we have no choice but to meet them. Please also ask the general to remember the old feelings, don't embarrass me and wait! After Fei Guan reacted, he began to carry out an emotional offensive, but this made people feel that he was begging for mercy.

"I know that the Duke of Shu is also deceived by the annihilation, so this will make it difficult for me. This time I marched into the army, just to destroy those evil villains. Bin Bo is an old man, and Zhao doesn't want to meet your excellency. As long as Bingbo opens the city, Zhao promises that he will never harm the soldiers and civilians of Mianzhu. Otherwise, I'll have to attack the city with a large army! "Zhao Feng is soft and hard. I have to say that this guy is bluffing now, and he only has 5,000 people on hand, of which half of them are still surrendered. There are more than 10,000 defenders in Mianzhu, no matter how poor the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army is, no matter how Fei Guan can't fight, his chances of attacking the city are slim.

However, Fei Guan was already frightened, looking at the Hanzhong army that suddenly appeared in front of him, Fei Guan took it for granted that all the previous passes had been thrown away, although there were only 5,000 Hanzhong troops under the city now, but the army would continue to drive over. Thinking of this, Fei Guan's confidence in resolutely resisting is not too sufficient.

Looking at the soldiers around him who were talking about it, Fei Guan said with some difficulty: "If we wait for the city to surrender, I don't know if the general can restrain his subordinates and not disturb the people in the city?" "For surrender, Fei Guan's mental obstacle is not very large. He is Liu Zhang's brother-in-law, even if he surrenders, he will not embarrass his family, and his worries are gone.

"This is nature, the military discipline of our army, don't you know it yet?" As soon as Zhao Feng heard that there was a door, he hurriedly made a promise. Fei looked at the soldiers on the head of the city, and they were all looking at him expectantly, and the eagerness in their eyes was more obvious.

"I'm waiting for my wish to surrender!" Using all his strength to say these words, Fei Guan ordered the city to surrender, Zhao Feng's 5,000 men and horses were stationed in the city, and the original more than 10,000 defenders were quickly absorbed. In order to prevent mutiny, Zhao Feng even collected more than half of the Sichuan army and directly disbanded them and went home. Of course, the result of this is that within a few days, Zhang Ren of Luocheng and even Liu Zhang of Chengdu all learned the news of the loss of Mianzhu from the mouths of these stragglers. This blow to their morale is really big enough.

"Mianzhu Pass has been lost?" In the middle of the city, Zhang Ren looked at the dozens of disarmed Sichuan soldiers who had just run in front of him, and asked in disbelief. After getting the same affirmative answer, Zhang Ren was also stunned for a long time, and then waved his hand to signal these people to retreat, and there were a cadre of people waiting to settle them.

"How did Zhao Feng kill Mianzhu directly? Could it be that Jiameng Pass, Jiangyou, Fushui Pass, and Jianmen Pass have all been lost? General Ma Yan said in disbelief, not to mention him, even Zhang Ren was speechless for a while. A group of Sichuan army generals discussed a lot, but they didn't know the point.

"Just half a month ago, General Leng Bao of Jiamengguan also sent people to urge for grain and grass, and Jiamengguan was still in the hands of our army at that time. What kind of skills did Zhao Botao use to calm down so many passes in half a month? Liu Han carefully recalled the events of the previous few days and suddenly remembered this question. Zhang Ren settled down and hurriedly took the map to check.

"Strange, where did the Hanzhong Army come from?" Zhang Ren muttered in his mouth, but finally his eyes were staring at the Wenshan area on the map. "Could it be that they are walking on the Yinpingguan plank road?" Zhang Ren said suddenly.

"Yinpingguan Plank Road?" The rest of the people didn't know about this way, and they asked one after another. Zhang Ren motioned for everyone to stop the discussion, and then spoke: "The plank road of Yinping Pass has been abandoned for a long time, and I can't imagine that Zhao Feng will go there and bypass Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass. ”

"Governor, then let's quickly send troops to recover Mianzhu and Jiangyou, and expel the surnamed Zhao from Xichuan?" Xiang Cun listened to Zhang Ren's words, and hurriedly suggested. Zhang Ren was very hesitant when he heard this, now he didn't know anything about the situation in Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass, and it was very inappropriate to rush into sending troops. But if he doesn't send troops, then once Zhao Feng attacks inside and outside, or cuts off the grain route, it will only be a matter of time before these passes are lost.

"Xiang Cun, Fu Ban, I and your 20,000 horses will go to recapture Mianzhu!" Although he knew that there was little hope, Zhang Ren was unwilling to retreat to Luocheng. He knew that if he couldn't open the situation here, then he could only count on Yan Yan on the Brazilian side. However, what Zhang Ren didn't expect was that even Yan Yan, a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time, actually suffered a big loss in the face of Lu Xun, a newborn calf.

"What, the Hanzhong army retreated, or retreated south along the Dianjiang River to Deyang?" In Langzhong City, Yan Yan was also shocked when he heard that Tanma had come to report like this. Wu Ban on the side frowned when he heard this: "If the Hanzhong army wants to retreat, it should also retreat to Nanjiang or Tangqu, why do you want to go to Deyang?" ”

"It's not good, they're going to attack Zhang Dudu!" Yan Yan unfolded the map and looked at it, and suddenly exclaimed. After Zhang Ren retreated to Guanghan, Deyang had been occupied by Zhang Fei. Once Lu Xun goes south to Deyang, he can attack Zhang Ren from both sides, and even cross the Dianjiang River to attack Chengdu on the side. Thinking of this, Yan Yan was also shocked into a cold sweat.

"Old general, what should we do?" Wu Ban also suddenly realized when he heard Yan Yan say this, and then asked anxiously. Yan Yan was thinking about countermeasures, and it happened that an emergency military situation arrived at this time.

"Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass found the Hanzhong Army?" Yan Yan hastily looked at the military situation, thought of Lu Xun's abnormal behavior at the moment, and immediately understood: "Zhao Botao divided his troops to take Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass, and the remaining troops were insufficient, but he could only go south to join Zhang Fei. I said why hasn't he besieged the city all these days, I see! What Yan Yan didn't know was that Zhao Feng wasn't here at all now.

"Old general, what should I do?" This is the second time Wu Ban has asked, and Yan Yan still needs to make an idea in this case. Yan Yan thought for a while, and finally spoke: "The defenders of Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass are not less than 10,000 people, and Zhao Botao divides his troops to take them, and it is difficult to succeed." We have an army of 50,000 and have nothing to do here, and Zhang Dudu will inevitably be tight. It is safest for us to go south to destroy Zhao Botao's men and horses first, and recover Bajun to cut off Zhang Fei's return route. ”

"But by the orders of the old general!" Wu Ban also felt that Yan Yan's strategy was more clever, and at the moment Yan Yan left 5,000 defenders to garrison Langzhong, and he and Wu Ban led more than 40,000 troops to pursue Lu Xun in the south, and by the way, recovered Ba County.

"General, are we chasing too quickly, be careful of an ambush!" Wu Ban saw that Yan Yan tried his best to urge the army forward, and couldn't help but propose with some concern.

"Hehe, Yuanxiong, you don't know, the old man knows this road, and there is no danger to set up an ambush. Even if Zhao Feng wanted to set up an ambush, the lack of troops would only backfire! Yan Yan said confidently.

"Strange, old general, why did they run along the Dianjiang River?" Wu Ban suddenly found a problem, this road is too close to Dianjiang, but it is only a little more than a mile away.

"I think they have prepared the raft and want to go down the river to Deyang as soon as possible!" Yan Yan guessed. What he didn't know was that Lu Xun was indeed prepared, but it was definitely not for the sake of running away.

"General, there is an enemy ambush ahead!" At this moment, the sentry cavalry suddenly came to report, and sure enough, a group of about two or three thousand soldiers and horses suddenly killed from both sides of the road, and went straight into the middle of Yan Yan's army. Yan Yan was not in danger, and with a sneer, he commanded the army to counterattack. Indeed, as Yan Yan expected, this ambush came very unhelpful. The number of people was small, and the place was too open, and it was pressed and beaten by the Sichuan army not long after the battle, so he had to flee south in a hurry.

"There's no need to chase it, just in case there is fraud!" Yan Yan stopped Wu Ban, who wanted to continue the pursuit, anyway, this place was not far from Deyang, and he was not afraid of what flowers they would turn over. At that moment, Yan Yan ordered the army to march slowly and steadily, and it was not until evening that it was stationed in an open field.

"Old general, why don't you march at night and rush to Deyang as soon as possible to make a plan?" Wu Ban asked in some surprise. But he heard it sternly: "Our army is very tired from marching. There is only one day away from Deyang here, so it is better to rest for a night to recover, and then attack Deyang and respond to Zhang Dudu! ”

"That's right!" Wu Ban also agreed with Yan Yan's steady approach, and the army was stationed on this wide river beach. Although he wanted to take a good rest, Yan Yan didn't dare to be too careless, and sent the scouts more than ten miles away, and reported as soon as there was any trouble.

"General, everything is as you expected, Yan Yan will set up camp there tonight!" More than ten miles upstream on the opposite side of the Dianjiang River, Chen Shi reported to Lu Xun.

"That's fine, Captain Chen, inform the soldiers upstream that they will dig the embankment and release the water in the middle of the night!" Lu Xun said lightly. Chen Shi knew that as soon as this water was released, he was afraid that the 40,000 Sichuan troops would be killed or wounded at least half.

Half a month ago, at the moment when Lu Xun divided his troops, he made this plan to flood Yan Yan. He knew that once he led his army south, Yan Yan would inevitably come after him. But his own army is short of manpower, even if he sets up an ambush, it will not help. The only thing that can be borrowed is external force.

Lu Xun sent people to carefully reconnoiter the terrain of this section, and now the area where Yan Yan garrisoned is relatively low, and once the water level of the Dianjiang River soars, it is likely to be submerged. Therefore, half a month ago, Lu Xun sent people to build a dam in a hidden place upstream, store the river water, and just wait for Yan Yan to come here, and then release the water to flood people. This year's rain is relatively sufficient, although Xichuan and Hanzhong have not been flooded, but the water level of the Dianjiang River is still much higher than in previous years. Once the water is released, it is enough to drown Yan Yan's army.

In order to lure Yan Yan to be stationed here, Lu Xun also took great pains. This area is very open, and it was originally a good place to camp. The ambush was to slow down Yan Yan's march and let him arrive here near evening. Lu Xun knew that Yan Yan was cautious and rarely marched at night, so Yan Yan would inevitably choose to camp here. As long as the Sichuan army was finished, he used a beacon fire to notify the soldiers upstream to dig up the embankment and release water to flood Yanyan.

So that night, when the Sichuan army was asleep, it seemed to hear the sound of thunder in a daze. Since it was already summer, thunder was normal, and no one paid attention to it. It's just that Yan Yan listened to the thunder for a long time, so he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly put on his clothes and went out of the village to take a look. Seeing this, Yan Yan was stunned for a moment.

(To be continued)