After Cao Zhen retreated, Zhao Shu led his troops to the city of Mianchi, surrounded the city, and attacked day and night. Seeing that the Han army was strong, the guard general Le Qi asked the deputy general Zhang Xiong to discuss it, and said: "The Han army is strong, Your Majesty and the general have moved the capital to avoid its edge, why don't we abandon the city and leave, go to Luoyang to join forces with General Pang Lao, and then make plans?" "Zhang Xiong is anxious to avenge his father, where is he willing to lead his troops to retreat? scolded loudly: "Isn't it ashamed that your father and son have received the grace of the country in the world, but they refuse to fight to the death to serve the country?" Le Qi was scolded by him and was silent, so he had to retreat sullenly. That night, he set fire to the city, opened the city gate with his family, and defected to the Han army.

Zhao Shu was overjoyed and ordered the three armies to take advantage of the situation to attack, and the Wei army in the city knew that the main general had surrendered, where was he willing to resist with his heart? Either they scattered and fled, or they also abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Zhang Xiong couldn't stop drinking, and only took his own henchmen to resist as much as he could, how could he compete with Zhao Shu's army? In the midst of the chaos of the army, Zhao Shu took pity on his loyalty and bravery, and ordered someone to collect the body and send it to Tongguan to be buried next to his father's tomb.

After taking possession of the pond, the army rested for two days and then continued its eastward advance. When he arrived at the Hangu Pass, Le Qi said: "This pass guard general is Li Zhen, the son of Li Dian, a famous general of Cao Wei, who has always been friendly with the last general, and is willing to go to say surrender." Zhao Shuran said that he promised the two high-ranking officials and sent Le Qi into the customs.

Li Zhen listened to the joy of asking to see him in the pass, guessed his intention, and after making a little arrangement, he ordered someone to open and turn in. After meeting, Li Zhen hugged his fists and asked with a smile: "I heard that General Michi Zhang died in battle, but how did General Le escape from the encirclement?" Le Qi's face was slightly red, and he sneered: "Brother Li, don't make fun of it, how can the little brother be able to defeat General Zhao's 100,000 elite soldiers?" ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen asked knowingly, "How did General Nale come to this pass?" Le Qi had no choice but to say: "The Han army is powerful, General Zhao is like a god, and the imperial court is forced to move north. Li Zhen nodded, and asked again: "Why don't you know why General Le is here?" Le Qi then said: "The younger brother was ordered by General Zhao to persuade Brother Li to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. ”

"Abandon the darkness and turn to the light?" Li Zhen suddenly smiled: "It's for you to persuade you to surrender, right?" Le Qi also smiled: "Exactly, Brother Li is an understanding person, so the younger brother won't say much." Li Zhen nodded, but asked again: "May I ask who is General Le's father?" Seeing that Li Zhen's face had changed, Le Qi's heart suddenly tightened, and he reluctantly smiled: "Brother Li said that he was laughing, who is the father, Brother Li still doesn't know?" ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't know." Then he slapped the wooden case in front of him and said loudly: "General Le Wenqian is such a hero, how could he give birth to a son like you?" Someone, arrest this evil obstacle who has forgotten his origin. Suddenly, several wolf-like sergeants came in from outside the tent and tied up Le Qi. Le Qi hurriedly shouted: "Brother Li......"

"Shut up." Li Zhen shouted categorically: "I, Li Zhen, am a dignified man, how can I call you a brother and a brother?" Knowing that begging for mercy was useless, Le Qi turned to say, "Good, good." You Li Zhen is a big hero, a big hero. The two armies are fighting, and if they don't kill them, doesn't General Li understand this truth? Li Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Killing you is just like killing a dog's ear, how can the messenger say it?" Without waiting for Le Qi to say more, he ordered the sergeant to push him out and behead him, and hung his head on the closed door for public display.

Zhao Shu waited for news from Leqi in the camp, but he had to report that his head was hung out, and he understood that Li Zhen refused to surrender, so he was furious, so he personally led his troops to the pass to challenge. Li Zhen saw it clearly at the close, and called out to Zhao Shu to come forward to answer, but when Zhao Shu was unprepared, he secretly sent a person who was good at shooting to suddenly release a cold arrow. Zhao Shu couldn't dodge, and was hit in the left shoulder, Ye Feng and others hurriedly stepped forward to rescue. Li Zhen took the opportunity to lead his troops out of the pass, but the Han army was too late to meet the battle and returned to the camp in defeat. Since the Northern Expedition, Zhao Shu has never been defeated, but today he was defeated in the hands of a junior, and he was wounded, and after pulling out the arrow, he couldn't help but say fiercely: "I swear to kill this person." Next to him, Zhang Wei came out and said: "The last general will lead his troops to attack the city tomorrow, and he will avenge the general." Zhao Shu nodded in agreement, and asked the generals to go back to their tents to rest.

That night, Zhao Shu was in his sleep, and was awakened by the sound of killing outside, and hurriedly got up and asked, "What's going on outside?" I heard Xiao Ben reply outside: "General Yu, Li Zhen led his troops to rob the camp, and General Wei is resisting and killing." "There are 100,000 Han troops in total, and there are no more than 5,000 defenders on Hangu Pass, Li Zhen actually dared to lead troops to go down to the pass to rob the camp, Zhao Shu couldn't help sneering: "This general wants to see what he Li Zhen is capable of." Then Jia got up and took Xiao Ben and others to the front to watch the battle.

When Zhao Shu led people to climb the arrow tower, the battle in the front camp was already calm, and he watched the Wei army retreat into the pass in an orderly manner from a distance. Zhao Shu couldn't help but sigh: "Li Zhen knows the opportunity to advance and retreat, and he has a way to attack and defend, which is really a rare talent." Zhang Wei was about to ask for an order to pursue, but Zhao Shu said: "In the dark, I am afraid that there will be an ambush, and it is not too late for Tianming to attack the pass." "Returning to the tent with the generals to rest.

The next day, Zhang Wei led the troops to attack Hangu Pass, although the Han army was numerous, and there were strong crossbows and sharp weapons as a supplement, but Li Zhen was deeply involved in the way of defending the city, rolling wood and boulders in the pass, fire oil and human dung, and was extremely well prepared. After a day of strong attack, he injured thousands of soldiers in vain, but he could not break through the pass, Zhang Wei had no choice but to retreat back to the camp, wanting to invite soldiers to fight again in Japan. Zhao Shu shook his head and said: "Li Zhen insists on not fighting, even if our army can win the strong attack, I am afraid that it will suffer heavy losses, so it is better to find another strategy." Yan Peng then said: "The lower officials have a plan to force Li Zhen to fight. Then he explained the plan in detail, Zhao Shu felt that it was feasible, and urgently ordered people to go down to prepare.

Besides, Li Zhen was at the gate, resisting the attack of the Han army, and he also felt exhausted, so he said left and right: "The elite of the Han army is really extraordinary." If we don't win today, we will be even crazier in the future, and we still need to do our best. But the next day, the Wei army was ready to fight to the death, but the Han army did not attack in a big way. Li Zhen was deeply surprised, and was deeply afraid that the Han army had other tricks, so he still patrolled the city with the generals.

Soon after, two teams of men and horses came out of the Han army camp, one team lined up from outside to defend from the range of bows and arrows under the pass, and did not come forward to attack, but the second team was holding hoes and other tools, digging on the spot. All the generals behind Li Zhen couldn't help but wonder, and the deputy general Dian Mannai said: "If this Han army wants to dig a tunnel to sneak into the city, it shouldn't be so blatant." Is there no one in the city who deceives me? Li Zhen's face changed greatly, and he said: "The Han army is trying to force me to fight." ”

Dian Man was puzzled: "What does the general mean by this?" Li Zhen pointed to the Han army under the city and said: "When the defeated soldiers of Tongguan came back, Zeng Yan didn't know what kind of sharp weapon Zhao Shu made, the explosion was extremely powerful, enough to open the mountain and rubble, and Tongguan was blown up by him like this." I have few major generals in the pass, if I lose the barrier of the pass, where can I be the opponent of the Han army? Zhao Shu deliberately let people dig in front of us, just to force me to fight, otherwise it would be useless to be trapped in this pass. Dian Man also knew that the defeat of Tongguan was not defeated in the military strategy, but in the Han army's sharp weapon to blow up the pass, and he hugged his fists and said: "That is the case, the last general will take his own army and horses to fight at this moment, and do not let the Han army dig tunnels." Li Zhen shook his head and sighed: "The Han army outside is fully prepared, and our army will be in the mouth of the tiger when it goes to war." ”

"What should I do?" Dian Man was so anxious that he hit the city wall with his hand again and again, and said, "Could it be that I am waiting in Guanzhong, waiting for the Han army to blow up?" Li Zhen looked at the Han army and said lightly: "There are few soldiers in the pass, and it is not enough to compete with the Han army." The general can take the soldiers to withdraw to Luoyang, and join forces with General Pang Lao to block the strength of the Han army. Dian Manfu asked, "The general doesn't go to Luoyang?" Li Zhen sighed: "I was ordered to guard this pass, and I have the responsibility of guarding the land, and I should live and die with the pass." Dianman hurriedly persuaded: "Knowing that it can't be defended, how can the general die here in vain?" It is better to stay useful, withdraw to Luoyang, and fight with General Pang Lao. Although His Majesty moved north, there are still tens of thousands of troops there, and he should not be afraid of the Han army bombing the city. ”

Li Zhen was determined to die with Guan, and before he could say anything, Dian Man said in a loud voice: "Are you generals willing to let General Li wait for death here?" Everyone said, "Please General Li go with me." Dian Man hugged Li Zhen and said, "Take the general away." Several people hurriedly came up from behind and firmly held Li Zhen. Li Zhennai scolded loudly: "Dianman, what crime should you be guilty of disobeying military orders?" Dian Man said with a smile: "The last general knows that he is guilty of a big crime, and he doesn't have to let the general punish him." Then he ordered the generals to gather the soldiers, burn the grain and grass in the pass, and take Li Zhen to abandon the pass. pawned himself, but took his subordinates with 500 dead soldiers.

On the next three or five days, Zhao Shu still asked people to dig tunnels under the pass, in fact, the explosives he made had been used up in Tongguan, and now it was just a show, forcing Li Zhen to come out to fight, but there was no movement in the pass for several days. Zhao Shu failed to lure the enemy, and he did not want to spend more time in this pass, so he ordered Zhang Wei to supervise the army to attack. Unexpectedly, within one day, Hangu Pass was taken again, Zhao Shu really smiled bitterly, he knew this was the case, why bother with so many days of effort? Entering the customs to inquire about the soldiers, I learned that Li Zhen had already led the troops to withdraw, leaving only 500 people such as Dianman to guard the pass, and Dianman had committed suicide and martyrdom when the city was broken.

Zhao Shu intimidated Wei Jun, although he did not let Li Zhen fight as he wished, but he also received unexpected results, and he was satisfied, but he just escaped Li Zhen, which was a little regrettable. The Han army rested for a while in the pass, and then continued to go to Luoyang City, set up camp, and did not have time to attack the city, but had to report to Pang De to lead the army to challenge outside, and Zhao Shu personally led the generals to meet the battle. The two armies faced each other, each holding down their positions, Zhao Shu saw that the face of Pang De was white, but he was still majestic, so he stepped forward and said: "The old general is fine." ”

Pang De snorted coldly and said, "Zhao Shu, you invade my territory, kill my soldiers, and disturb my people." Today, the old man will avenge his fallen brother. He turned to the generals behind him and said, "Who will take this person with me." His son Pang Hui hugged his fists and said, "The child is willing to go." "It's a knife out of battle. The Han army turned out of the general Wei Yan and rode to Pang Hui. The two horses clashed, but Pang Hui was not Wei Yan's opponent, and it was obvious that he was unable to do so in more than ten rounds. Pound saw it clearly in the back and shouted, "Wu'er retreat." So he personally carried the knife in his hand and came to fight Wei Yan.

These two people are rare tiger generals in the world, and in the battle before the battle, the sergeants on both sides drank well again and again. Wei Yan has been a rare opponent over the years, and when he meets Pang De today, he can't help but arouse his competitive spirit, and he makes ruthless moves, and a big knife makes the tiger mighty. Pang De is old and strong, and he is not inferior to Wei Yan's bravery. The two fought for nearly 100 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat, Pang Hui was afraid that his father would lose his old age, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Pang De didn't know why, so he had to rein in his horse and return to the battle, Wei Yan was very jealous of his courage and did not chase after him.

Let's say that Pang De returned to the battle, asked the reason, scolded his son, and wanted to go back to the horse to fight again, but saw Zhao Shu come out of the horse and said: "It's over today, why don't you collect the troops for the time being, and fight again in the future?" Pound was an old man after all, and he also felt that his strength was not enough, so he said: "Okay, let you live one more day." So they gathered their troops.