"I see, you go down and rest first."

Jiang Wan agreed first, sent the messenger to the pavilion to rest, and gave the following a good hospitality.

As soon as the messenger left, Jiang Wan opened the bag left by Kong Ming, and there was indeed a secret letter inside.

After Jiang Wan read the secret letter carefully, his expression suddenly changed with admiration, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Kong Ming's military master is really like a god, I can't enlighten it, it's hard to enlighten it." ”

Early the next morning, Jiang Wan sent the messenger on the road, ordering him to quickly report to Meng Da who was on the way to Wuxian, saying that he was ready to resist Liu Feng's army, and asked Meng Da to come to the rendezvous with the defeated army, and the two joined forces to increase the garrison of Jianping County.

At this time, Meng Da, the soldiers and horses had entered Jianping County and were on the official road to Wu County.

After receiving the messenger's reply, confirming that Jiang Wan was not on guard, Meng Da was very happy, and on the one hand sent someone to deliver the letter to Liu Feng, who followed later, and on the other hand, urged his 5,000 soldiers and horses to speed up the march.

Jianping County along the Yangtze River, is a long and narrow terrain distribution, this Wu County is located in the westernmost part of Jianping County, the east end still has Xinling and Zigui two counties.

Meng Da pretended to be a defeated army, deceived the city gate of the two counties, and seized the two counties with lightning speed, and after leaving it to the subsequent Liu Feng's army to occupy, some of the 5,000 soldiers and horses disguised themselves as fleeing people, along the mountain road along the river, towards Wuxian County night and night.

Two days later, Meng Da and his mixed army of "military and civilian" arrived in Wuxian County.

Meng Da put 1,000 soldiers first, followed by the rest of the 4,000 soldiers in disguise, and once he was able to successfully deceive into the city gate, the army would rise up and enter the county seat in one fell swoop.

"Jiang Wan, hmph-"

Looking at Zhuma from afar, the gray city head of Wuxian County is close in front of you, you can't see the banner waving, you can't see the soldiers, you can't see the soldiers, so you see, Wuxian is calm.

Urging the horses forward, a thousand soldiers and horses arrived in front of the city in an instant.

"We are the soldiers and horses of General Yidu Meng, quickly open the door and let us enter the city." The soldiers shouted to the defenders of the city across the moat.

At this moment, Jiang Wan was already waiting at the head of the city with his armor and sword, and when he heard the shouts of the soldiers, he said loudly: "Where is General Meng?" ”

Jiang Wan is cautious, and of course he will not open the door without seeing himself.

Meng Da drove forward, reached the river, raised his head and shouted, "Gongyan, it's me, open the city gate quickly." ”

Jiang Wan put his hand on the canopy, glanced carefully for a long time, and recognized that the general under the city was really Meng Da.

He did not order the opening of the city, but continued to ask: "Zidu, the terrain of Yidao is dangerous, and the city is strong, how can you let Liu Feng break through the city?" ”

Meng Da looked helpless and sighed: "It's a shame to say that Liu Feng attacked the city very fiercely, it was my momentary negligence, he broke through a city wall, tens of thousands of troops poured in, I could not resist, so that Yidao was lost." Gongyan, quickly open the city gate and let me enter the city, Liu Feng's army is chasing after me. ”

The corners of Jiang Wan's mouth hooked slightly, and he sneered: "Okay, Zidu, you wait for a while, I will order Kaicheng to let you in." ”

Jiang Wan said that, and disappeared.

Meng Da thought that Jiang Wan had gone down to the city, and was ready to open the city to welcome him in, so he inadvertently touched the waist sword and sword, and when he was about to meet, he suddenly made a difficulty, killed Jiang Wan in one fell swoop, and forced the army to surrender without blood, and took Wuxian.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly, a cannon rang out from the city.

When he looked up in a hurry, he suddenly saw the originally ordinary city, and suddenly countless soldiers appeared, and the arrows flashing with cold light were aimed at the army under the city.

Suddenly there was a sudden change, and Meng Da was taken aback.

Jiang Wan did this because of Zhuge Liang's secret plan.

Zhuge Liang said very clearly, Yidao City is the key to defend into Shu, this city is located between the mountains, exposed to the enemy's attack surface is only hundreds of zhang wide, even if the enemy has 100,000 people, it is difficult to expand in front of the city, 3,000 soldiers defend this city, although the enemy of thousands of troops and horses can not be overcome.

Meng Da has a talent, as long as he is willing to stick to it, Yidao City is impregnable.

Zhuge Liang is absolutely assured of Meng Da's generals, but he is not at ease with his surname and personality, if it weren't for Liu Bei's extreme respect for Meng Da, so that he should be too guarded, Zhuge Liang would have wanted to transfer him out of this important place.

It's just that now that Jingzhou has been lost and Yizhou has not fallen, the hearts of the people within Liu Bei's group are shaken, and at such a special moment, if Meng Da is transferred out of Yidu, it is very likely that he will be suspicious and rebel.

Therefore, under all kinds of scruples, Zhuge Liang did not persuade Liu Bei to change people back to defend Yidu, but Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Wan to garrison in Wuxian County in order to prevent accidents, on the one hand, as the second line of defense, and on the other hand, it also has the intention of monitoring Meng Da.

Zhuge Liang made it clear in his plan that as long as Meng Da loyally defended the city, with his ability, Yidu would be as stable as Mount Tai, and if Yidu County was lost, it would definitely be Meng Da's rebellion and surrender to Liu Feng. At that time, Meng Da would definitely offer a plan, vainly trying to deceive Jianping, thinking that Liu Feng would be a gift of surrender.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Wan will have this deployment.

"Jiang Gongyan, why are you doing this?" Meng Da knew that the plan had been discovered, but he still had a glimmer of hope, and pretended to be innocent and asked sharply.

Jiang Wan in the city reappeared and shouted at Meng Da: "Meng Da dog thief, you betrayed the lord and intended to deceive my city, your plan has already been seen through by Kong Ming's military division, and what kind of face is there to be crazy here." ”

Hearing this, Meng Da was frightened, and suddenly understood the intention of Jiang Wantun's army here, it turned out that Kong Ming had long been uneasy about himself, and specially arranged this road of soldiers to take precautions.

Shocked, Meng Da didn't have time to think about it, turned around and fled. As soon as the main general moved, a thousand soldiers and horses were also flustered, and then they dispersed.

"Shoot these traitors!"

Jiang Wan gave an order, and arrows rained down on the city.

At this time, most of the 1,000 Mengda troops were crowded by the moat, and at such a close distance, it was not easy to form a formation to resist the arrow attack, not to mention the chaotic situation under the retreat.

The soldiers who ran behind the city were completely exposed to the vision of the enemy archers, and more than 1,000 people became the targets of the opponent's practice, and under the dense rain of arrows like flying locusts, like ant colonies that had been swept away by the flood, they fell to the ground one by one.

Meng Da fled quickly, but at such a close distance, how could he be spared, only to hear the arrow wind whistling in his ears, just ran out of more than ten steps, only to feel a sharp pain in his shoulder, and a sharp arrow had already pierced the bone.

Meng Da was so painful that he gritted his teeth, but in this line of life and death, he didn't care about the injury, but he leaned his body to the side of the horse's belly, and with his excellent riding skills, he fled away desperately.

After a while, he finally escaped from the range of the enemy's rain of arrows.

Meng Da climbed onto the horse with difficulty, looked down, and a thin trail of blood stretched from the city to his feet, all of which were his own blood.

Looking behind him, almost half of the more than 1,000 soldiers died under the enemy's arrows, and the remaining defeated soldiers were all embarrassed, fleeing like rats crossing the street.

Meng Da's eyes were like blades, bursting with the fury of hunting, staring at the city, gritting his teeth and scolding: "Okay, you Jiang Wan, this arrow revenge, I, Meng Da, will definitely ask for it in the future!" ”

Xinling County.

Just one day after Meng Da's soldiers and horses left, Liu Feng's army took over the easternmost county seat of Jianping County.

After the arrival of the army, the westward advance was temporarily halted.

Due to the battle of Jingxiang, countless money and grain were consumed, and the theory made Liu Feng not suitable to launch a westward expedition at this time. However, once the heaven-sent opportunity is missed, if Liu Bei is allowed to take Yizhou, if he wants to go west again at that time, it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

In order not to miss this unique opportunity, Liu Feng could only start the westward expedition in a hurry when there was a shortage of grain and grass and the war was not long over.

In this case, the supply of grain and grass for the Western Expeditionary Army naturally became a problem, so Liu Feng did not dare to stretch the supply line too long in a short period of time, and after entering Xinling, he only dared to continue to advance westward until the latest batch of grain and grass raised by Jiangling arrived.

On the other hand, Liu Feng was also waiting for the news of Meng Da's conquest of Wu County, and at the same time collecting grain and grass from the surrounding villagers on the spot.

In the early morning, it was estimated that Meng Da's soldiers and horses should have arrived in Wu County, and if everything went well, it would not be long before Meng Da's good news came back.

However, until the afternoon, Liu Feng did not wait for Meng Da's good news, but waited for another urgent letter.

"My lord, Mr. Shiyuan has a letter delivered." Ma Jian personally presented the letter to Liu Feng.

Meng Da's surrender, Yidu's success, and Meng Da's plan to defraud Jianping, Liu Feng wrote a detailed letter to Jiangling in the starry night. As the first strategist in the Zhennan General's Mansion, although Pang Tong was unable to follow Liu Feng on his westward expedition due to the need to sit in Jingzhou, Liu Feng still needed to listen to his opinions at any time when he encountered important matters.

Pang Tong's letter was about Meng Da's proposal, but the content of the letter surprised Liu Feng.

Pang Tong made it very clear in the letter that Yidu is so important, and Jiang Wan's 3,000 soldiers and horses should be stationed in Yidu and defend this place with Meng Da, but it is unreasonable to garrison Yu Jianping, which shows that Liu Bei is wary of Meng Da.

Meng Da stubbornly defended Yidu for several months and could not go down, and now Liu Fengfang is on a westward expedition, Meng Da is defeated and flees westward, such an abnormal move will most likely arouse suspicion.

Therefore, Pang Tong speculated that Meng Da's so-called plan to defraud Jianping would most likely fall under Wuxian County.

Since Liu Feng and Pang Tong met, this phoenix chick can be said to have no last resort, and it is not unreasonable for Liu Feng to think about the things speculated in his letter.

After the letter was presented to Ma Yan, Ma Jian was a little suspicious: "Mr. Shiyuan's speculation is also somewhat reasonable, but I think it seems a little too ......."

Before the words could be spoken, the soldiers hurried in and reported a shocking news.

Mengda was defeated.

And the defeat was very miserable, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and he was seriously wounded.

After hearing the news, Ma Jian had to swallow back the words that had come to his mouth, and what a surprise and exclamation appeared on his face.

"Lord, I didn't expect it...... I didn't expect to really say that Mr. Shiyuan guessed correctly. Now that Meng Da has been defeated, Wuxian has been on guard, if you want to be as easy as Yidu, I am afraid that it is impossible, it seems that we have a tough battle to fight. ”

Ma Yan's concerns cast a shadow on Liu Feng's heart, but when he finished reading Pang Tong's letter, the shadow suddenly dispersed, and a trace of treacherous pride quietly appeared between his eyebrows.

(To be continued)