Liu Feng appointed Li Yan as the vanguard of the front on the spot, a decision that somewhat surprised the generals.

After all, Li Yan is just a new general in the final analysis, and many people will feel uneasy about entrusting him with such a heavy task.

Liu Feng didn't have the slightest worry, you know, what he is best at is daring to use generals, and all the generals under his command, except for Wei Yanchen and Chen, are almost all from generals, even Huang Zhong is no exception.

Liu Feng is very accurate in grasping people's hearts, if Li Yan wants to take the opportunity to betray himself, then he will not offer such an important pass as Wuguan.

What's more, Wuguan has been reached, and Liu Feng's 100,000 army can smoothly advance into the pass, even if Li Yan betrays in battle, it still can't change the certainty of Liu Bei's demise.

Li Yan is not that stupid.

It turned out that the generals' worries were superfluous, and everything was under control.

Li Yan rode 5,000 steps, marched west along Danshui in the starry night, all the way to Keshang County and Shangluo important places, and after crossing the Zunling Mountain, the soldiers approached Lantian County.

Lantian County is located in the southwest of Chang'an, only more than 30 miles away from Chang'an City, this city falls, the last barrier of Chang'an City will collapse.

However, at this place, Li Yan had to stop his advance, because Liu Bei's reinforcements had already arrived.

A few days ago, when Liu Bei received Li Yan's 100,000 urgent letter for help, he was shocked to realize that he had once again fallen for Liu Feng's strategy, that hateful boy was really insidious, and his ultimate goal would be Wuguan.

Awakened, Liu Bei hurriedly transferred men and horses from Pubanjin and Tongguan, and ordered all the troops bound for the Qinling Valley to be transferred back, gathered nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed to Wuguan all night and night.

However, just when Liu Bei was still on the way from Tongguan to Wuguan, Li Yan surrendered to Liu Feng, and the news of Wuguan's failure gave him another heavy blow.

Liu Bei, who was furious, had to speed up the march, trying to rush to the front line of Shangluoshang County before Liu Feng's army advanced into Guanzhong, although these two counties are not as steep as Wuguan, but at least there is still danger to defend, as long as they can arrive in time, there is still hope to block the footsteps of Liu Feng's army to the west.

However, what made Liu Bei so angry that he wanted to vomit blood was that Li Yan not only betrayed him, but also acted as Liu Feng's vanguard, using his identity as the first-line commander of Wuguan to force down the guards of Shangluo and Shangxian without blood.

When Liu Bei's 40,000 soldiers and horses hurried to Lantian, Li Yan's army had already entered the vast Guanzhong Plain, and a large number of Liu Feng's army would follow.

Guanzhong, there is no danger to defend.

Liu tried to rely on a brief advantage in strength to defeat Li Yan's corps first, and then seize Tsukaling Mountain, and use the only remaining bit of terrain to defend against Liu Feng's army.

Li Yan was very smart, he knew very well that he was not Liu Bei's opponent, so after detecting the situation of the enemy army in Lantian, he decisively retreated dozens of miles, and preemptively went down to the village in the area of Zunling Mountain, waiting for Liu Feng's backup.

If the attack failed, Li Yan was still confident, and he used 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend it, and resisted the attack of Liu Bei's 40,000 army for two days.

Two days later, Liu Fengsuo led a large army of reinforcements to arrive one after another.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Liu Bei had to retreat his soldiers and horses to Lantian side, and 40,000 soldiers and horses camped east of Lantian to form a horn with the city.

Liu Feng's 100,000 soldiers and horses, successively crossed the Zunling Mountain, slowly approached the Lantian side, a few days later, the 100,000 army camp for several miles, the formation of Liu Bei army pressure situation.

After the camp was completed, Liu Feng wrote a letter of war with Liu Bei, wanting to meet Liu Bei for a decisive battle.

Lantian Daying, when Liu Bei looked at this challenge letter, his hands were trembling slightly.

Indignation, remorse, shame...... At this time, Liu Bei couldn't say what mood he was in, but he was sure of one thing, that is, fear.

For the first time in so many years, he was afraid of Liu Feng.

Even when he was trapped in Yizhou and homeless, even if Hanoi was defeated and almost did not escape from the ascension to heaven, Liu Bei was never afraid.

Because Liu Bei firmly believes that the rampant of the villain is only a temporary scenery, and he is not his opponent after all.

But now, when Liu Feng's 100,000 army was at the door of his house, and the mouth of the blood basin had been opened, intending to swallow his final destination, Liu Bei could no longer hold on to that self-deceptive self-confidence.

He's afraid, he's deeply afraid.

In his mind, it seemed that he had already surfaced the scene of his defeat and capture, and at that time, how would he face Liu Feng's lofty eyes.

Between his foreheads, cold sweat was rolling down silently.

There was a deathly silence in the tent, and all the generals were silent, and even Fa Zheng, who had always prided himself on being resourceful, was silent at this moment.

The matter has come to this point, and it is beyond the wisdom of man to undo it, and there is nothing he can do about it.

"Liu Feng has already placed a challenge, what do you think?"

After being silent for a long time, Liu Bei asked weakly.

"The enemy is strong and I am weak, it is difficult to fight with one, according to my opinion, if I abandon Chang'an, the army will all retreat to Liangzhou, and in the future, with the power of Qianghu, or it can rise again."

After a while, Fa Zheng finally spoke, but there was not much confidence in his tone.

Liu Bei did not respond, and he vetoed Fazheng's suggestion with silence.

It's no wonder that Liangzhou is already a remote place, and the Qianghu people helped him Liu Bei before, that is, to see the princes on his side, there are benefits to be given to them.

If he abandons Guanzhong now, then he Liu Bei will be of no use to the Qiang people who forget their righteousness, and at that time, these barbarians will only abandon him for profit.

If you retreat to Liangzhou, you will only die more miserably, besides, throughout the ages, how can there be a place in one state to compete with the whole world.

The atmosphere in the tent became more and more bleak, as if everyone's fighting spirit was declining.

At this time, Ma Chao suddenly stood up and said sharply: "You are all men with blood surnames, it's just a big deal to die on the battlefield, why are you so depressed." ”

Ma Chao tried to use such an agitated tone to boost the morale of the generals, but the effect was obviously not very good, and the fighting spirit on the faces of the generals was still passing rapidly.

It was Liu Bei, but his spirit was slightly lifted.

He looked at Ma Chao and asked, "Meng Qi is so proud, can he have a way to break the enemy?" ”

Ma Chao snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Although Liu Feng's soldiers and horses have 100,000, they have a fatal weakness, and in my opinion, we may not be invincible." ”

This sentence really made Liu Bei's heart move, and he hurriedly asked, "Meng Qi continues." ”

Ma Chao continued: "The Wuguan area is not conducive to cavalry warfare, so although Liu Feng has 100,000 soldiers here, the cavalry is less than 3,000, and I have 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry under my command, as long as it can be used properly, it is not impossible to defeat Liu Feng's 100,000 army." ”

Xiliang Iron Ride! Yes, I still have 10,000 iron horsemen.

Ma Chao's words were like giving Liu Bei a shot of chicken blood, and his gray face instantly flashed a little bright.

(To be continued)