Seeing that in the middle of the night, the sentry brought Yang Ling's henchmen into the big tent, Zhang Meng read the letter, asked some information, rewarded the two personnel, and then sent them back, "Please tell Yang Ling Yang Taishou secretly, I will definitely lead the men and horses to arrive on time." When we arrived, we high-fived three times and asked Yang Taishou to open the city gate in time. ”

It turned out that Yang Ling Yang Taishou had such a plan, after Zhang Meng, who was deceived by letters, entered the city first, he immediately closed the city gate, and ordered the Wei soldiers in the city to shoot down with arrows and shoot Zhang Meng to death in the urn city. Then Meng Rushan led the troops out of the city, directly into the camp of the Shu soldiers, killed the Shu soldiers and defeated them, and burned all the grain and grass of the Shu soldiers - in this way, although the Shu soldiers were numerous, they did not dare to fight, so they had to flee.

Besides, after the Wei soldiers who sent the letter left, they immediately recruited the generals to speak, and the generals listened to Zhang Meng's introduction, and most of them shook their heads in disbelief: "This Yang Ling is scheming, if he pulls up the suspension bridge after entering the city, our army will not be able to advance or retreat, isn't it tied up and captured?" ”

A few of them retorted with far-reaching concerns, saying that in the morning battle, General Zhang didn't need to fight in three rounds to pick out their main general, so they were frightened and came over to surrender.

Besides, there is not a single loophole in the words on the letter that can be faulted, and someone sent a letter in the evening, "Yang Ling must be thinking about surrendering, this is certain." It will definitely not be a conspiracy, the Lord will just act according to the plan. ”

When everyone said this, Zhang Meng didn't interject a word, just sneered, waited for a while, got up and ordered: "The generals will go back and prepare immediately, leave the camp at the right time, and quietly march to Nan'an City." ”

After the generals left, Zhang Meng and his clothes lay down, paused for a while, opened his eyes and looked, as soon as the sky passed four watches, he stopped slightly, and sneered: "Yang Ling, hehe, calculate me, see who has calculated whom." Sneered here, got up and got out of bed, and ordered Zhang Bao: "Take three thousand men and horses out of the camp and march to Nan'an City, don't be too cautious, stop outside the city and stand by." ”

Zhang Bao took the order and left, Zhang Meng ordered Guan Xing to lead the troops to guard the camp, equip himself with Lisuo, take Ma San'er out of the tent to the front of the team, and lead the team to Nan'an City with a swagger.

The distance between the two places is only five or six miles, less than half an hour, Zhang Meng's team arrived at the moat outside the city, when the eyes were seen, the sky was just past five watches, the suspension bridge on the city river had already been put down, the team came to the moat, Zhang Meng leaned against the city gate, raised two hands, and slapped three times, the city gate sounded a cough, and then, the city gate slowly opened with a swish.

said that it was too late, Zhang Meng didn't wait for the gate to open completely, and kicked the door to both sides with two feet, shouting: "Up!" Then he rushed forward with a steel gun.

At this moment, only a cannon was heard, and the torches on the four sides of the city were shaking for a while, and the inside and outside of the shining urn city were as bright as day.

At this time, dozens of Shu soldiers and Zhang Meng were already crowded in the urn city, and they heard an order from above: "Shoot!" The arrow whizzed down like raindrops, and in the blink of an eye, it shot down several Shu soldiers, and the Shu soldiers behind saw it badly, and hurriedly retreated to the city gate hole.

At this time, Zhang Meng had already been hit by more than a dozen arrows, but when the arrows touched Zhang Meng, they fell to the ground one after another. I saw Zhang Meng pause slightly, looked up, jumped up to the top of the urn city wall, and the machete in his hand turned around, and the Wei soldiers fell.

When Zhang Meng saw it, he put down the machete, grabbed a wounded Wei soldier, and asked, "Where is the yamen?" Wei Bing trembled and pointed to the northeast with his hand, Zhang Meng didn't say a word, and ran towards the yamen with a machete.

At this time, the lights in the yamen were bright, and Yang Ling and Yang Taishou were anxiously walking back and forth on the side of the yamen, waiting for the news of the fight.

Zhang Meng came in and shouted: "Who is Yang Ling Yang Taishou?" ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Did you catch Zhang Meng?" ”

Zhang Meng replied casually: "Caught, this is not here!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and clamped Yang Linglai in his armpit, and without saying a word, he walked out with Yang Ling in his hand, and ordered as he went: "Go out, go to the city gate, and order your soldiers to surrender." Otherwise, I'll kill you first. ”

While speaking, he came to the edge of the urn city, at this time the Wei soldiers and the Shu soldiers were in a hurry, Zhang Meng let go of Yang Ling, twisted his arm with one hand, and slapped Yang Ling's ass with a machete with the other, shouting: "Speak!" ”

Yang Ling stretched out his two arms and shouted, "Don't fight, don't fight, don't fight!" ”

Meng Rushan, who was in the distance, saw a Shu soldier coming over with Taishou, and didn't react for a while, listening to Taishou's shouting, he saw that he was facing Zhang Meng's back, so he rushed over with an arrow, and stabbed Zhang Meng in the back with a gun.

Zhang Meng heard the sound of the wind behind him, and he didn't look back, and with a round of the machete in his hand, Meng Rushan even split his head and shoulders into two pieces.

When the surrounding Wei soldiers saw it, they shouted, squeezed into a ball and fled into the distance, Zhang Meng withdrew his machete, threw it casually, and several Wei soldiers were cut down to the ground.

At this time, when the Wei soldiers heard Yang Ling's shout, they all stopped fighting, and avoided the battlement on the top of the city wall in fear, looking at Zhang Meng and Yang Ling.

The Shu soldiers fighting in the urn city had already killed the Wei soldiers at this time, and they poured into the city in waves, and by the time it was time for breakfast, the entire Nan'an City was controlled by the Shu soldiers led by Zhang Bao.

From this day on, Zhang Meng led 3,000 soldiers to live in the city for five days, and incorporated the 4,000 Wei soldiers in the city into his own men, leaving 500 Shu soldiers and the remaining Wei soldiers to form a garrison of the city, a total of 2,000 people, all commanded by a deputy general in the Shu soldiers.

Then, Zhang Meng arranged for the civilian staff to temporarily act as Taishou, and led the original staff in the city to manage the miscellaneous affairs of Nan'an City.

Zhang Meng took Yang Ling back to the camp outside the city, entertained him several times, gave him several banquets, and sent people into the city several times, bringing daily necessities to comfort Yang Ling's family.

After a few days in this way, Yang Ling was influenced, and he was willing to cooperate with Zhang Meng wholeheartedly, saying: "General Zhang, I am a neighbor and have always been good friends. Now that Nan'an City has been recovered by you, I am willing to be a lobbyist and go to persuade An Ding Taishou Cui Liang to return to Shu Han. ”

Zhang Meng was very happy when he heard this, and entertained Yang Ling for a few days, and arranged for him to go home and live for a few days to meet his family, so he put on a lot of gifts, equipped with servant horses, and asked Yang Ling to go to Anding County to persuade Cui Liang to return to Shu Han.

Zhang Meng took Guan Xing Zhang Bao and sent Yang Ling ten miles outside the city to return, and instructed Yang Ling when he left: "If Yang Taishou succeeds in persuasion this time, he will continue to serve as Nan'an Taishou after he returns." In addition, please tell Cui Liang Cui Taishou, please rest assured that after Anding County returned to the Han Dynasty, all the establishments will remain the same, and Cui Liang will continue to serve as Anding Taishou. ”