At this moment, in Yangping Pass.

Nowadays, there are two main battlefields on the southern line of Hanzhong, one is Yangping Pass, and the other is Dingjun Mountain.

Compared with Dingjun Mountain, Yangpingguan is only an auxiliary.

The real main force is Xu Huang and them.

There is nothing wrong with this, after all, under the command of Xu Huang and Zhang He, they are the elite of the Cao army.

Although the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong also have the strength to fight, they are really far from the real elite. Even if you touch the Yizhou soldiers, you can't get any advantage.

Therefore, Xu Huang still ordered Yang Ren and Yang Ang to stay in Yangping Pass.

They went to face Liu Qi's main force.

There is nothing wrong with this arrangement, after all, Yangping Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so let the second general stay in Yangping Pass, there will be no major problems, and it will be difficult for the enemy army to enter the pass.

It's just that Xu Huang and them never thought of it.

Liu Qi did not storm Dingjun Mountain, but instead asked people to bypass behind it and take Nanzheng.

After Zhang Lu surrendered, Yangpingguan was no longer a stabilizing factor, but became an uncertain existence.

After all, Yang Ren and Yang Ang, they are not Cao Cao's diehards, but those who surrendered to Cao Cao with Zhang Lu.

Now Zhang Lu rebels again, this is the biggest variable.

Under Liu Qi's arrangement, the envoy came directly to Yangping Pass, and he brought Zhang Lu's handwritten letter.

At this moment, Yang Ren is leading troops to inspect.

Suddenly, he heard someone report that it was Liu Qi's envoy asking to see him, which made him look surprised.

He is now under Cao Cao, what happened when Liu Qi sent someone?

And it came from behind Yangping Pass.

But after a little hesitation, Yang Ren still chose to see it.

He can feel that things are not so simple, anyway, he has to put his position right, and everything else is a small problem.

Soon, Yang Ren and Yang Ang saw Liu Qi's messenger.

"I've seen two generals below."

Liu Qi sent an envoy, and he was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the two.

He is none other than Yizhou Li Hui.

This is a man who can speak well, and his mouth cannon is simply not too strong, originally in history, it was this person who persuaded Ma Chao to surrender.

Yang Ren put on a cold face and said:

"I'm a subordinate of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, if you want to come to persuade you to surrender, you better go back as soon as possible and tell Liu Qi in Jingzhou, don't be delusional anymore, and return as soon as possible!"

However, Li Hui didn't care, he smiled:

"The two of them are only nominally attached to Cao Cao, and now they have never seen Cao Cao, and they can't imagine that they are so loyal and bold, but Ling Zai Xia did not expect it.

It's just that the two of them are so loyal to Cao Thief, but they don't know that they have already embarked on a dead end, if they continue to resist stubbornly, the result is unpredictable, and I am afraid that the death period is coming.

You know, my lord has sent a general to lead the troops, from the Yangping Pass to kill, when the time comes, the two generals think that the Yangping Pass can still be held? ”

Hearing this, Yang Ren and Yang Ang changed color.

They realized that something was wrong.

It's just that Yang Ren still said stubbornly:

"In the current situation, even if you wait to fight back and forth, we can hold the pass, we can delay time, and it won't be long before the prime minister will lead troops to support, and you will wait for the death period to come."

Li Hui looked at the two meaningfully and said:

"It seems that the two of you don't know what's going on yet, here's a secret letter here, why don't you take a look at it first?"

Yang Ren looked at Yang Ang hesitantly.

Yang Ang was also hesitant at this moment, but the situation was too tense at the moment, he frowned and said:

"What secret message?"

Li Hui calmly took out the secret letter and handed it to Yang Ang.

The two immediately opened it to view.

I don't know if I don't see it, but when they see the content clearly, their faces suddenly change and they feel unbelievable.

"It can't be!"

Yang Ren's eyes widened and he said incredulously.

Li Hui smiled and said:

"Nothing is impossible, now that Nanzheng has been taken by our army, and the defense line has been arranged, it is difficult for Cao thief's reinforcements to arrive in a short time, and the Cao army in Yangping Pass and Dingjun Mountain has become a lone army.

I came today because of this

My lord wants to give the two of them a way out, otherwise they will definitely send people to attack directly, and under the attack from both sides, it will not be a problem to take Yangping Pass. ”

Yang Ren and Yang Ang both fell silent.

They didn't know how to refute it, they didn't know how to reply, and thousands of thoughts came flooding through their minds.

For them, the situation at the moment is a bit troublesome.

originally thought that as long as they held Yangping Pass, even if the enemy army was flanked in front and back, they could wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements.

As a result, they are now told that their hometown is gone.

Nanzheng is the core city of Hanzhong.

If Liu Qi takes Nanzheng, he can set up a defensive line to block Cao Cao's southward movement. And they, if they can't get reinforcements in time, it's a dead end, and there is no possibility.

As for Xu Huang and Zhang He, they are no longer in the scope of consideration of the second general. After all, they also know that the second general is difficult to protect himself, where is the time to take care of them?

Yang Ang looked at Yang Ren.

Both brothers were thinking about it.

It's a matter of life and death for them.

Fang Cai's secret letter was written by Zhang Lu himself, and they could see it.

And Zhang Lu has already explained the situation to them.

Chen to the pros and cons.

Now, there is no way out for Cao Cao to follow, it is better to surrender to Liu Qi wisely.

Anyway, the general trend of the world is now in the hands of Liu Qi and Cao Cao, and even Liu Qi still has such an advantage.

At least in the successive battles, Liu Qi did not fall into disadvantage.

After thinking about it, Yang Ren said to Li Hui:

"Please also ask the gentleman to rest for a while, my two brothers need to discuss."

In fact, from the reactions of the two, Li Hui has already gotten the answer, but they said that if they want to discuss, let's discuss!

Li Hui gave up.

At this time, Yang Ren let out a long breath and said:

"I can't imagine that in a short period of time, the situation has changed so much, when did Liu Qi send troops to Nanzheng, and I didn't feel a little bit about waiting?"

Yang Ang shook his head, how did he know this question?

Anyway, what can be determined now is that this Liu Qi is too powerful, and it has exceeded their imagination.

Soon, Yang Ren continued:

"So far, even Lord Taishou has taken refuge in Liu Qi, there is no point in me waiting to defend Yangping Pass, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses can't rush to support, you and my brother can't die here."

Yang Ang agreed.

As Li Hui said, they had only been with Cao Cao for a long time, and they hadn't even met Cao Cao himself.

In such a situation, how can they be loyal?

Surrendering without seeing Li Hui is already very face-saving, and you have to think about yourself as a man.

Liu Qi is still a member of the Han family, which is even more justifiable.

The two brothers discussed it properly, and they got the answer, and quickly asked Li Hui to come over.

The two immediately expressed their attitude.

Yang Ren said seriously:

"Let Mr. wait for a long time, Mr. Fang Cai's words, really made my two brothers suddenly, Liu Yuanjun is a member of the Han family, and now he takes Kuang to help the Han family as his own responsibility, and he is a hero among the people.

My two brothers have admired Liu Yuanjun for a long time, and today thanks to Liu Yuanjun's refusal to give up, they should be the former soldiers of Liu Yuanjun. ”

When they chose to surrender to Liu Qi, the title also changed drastically, Li Hui smiled and nodded, did not expose these problems, but said:

"It's a wise move, and I won't regret it in the future."

That's it.

With the decision of the brothers Yang Ren and Yang Ang, Yangping Pass suddenly changed hands and became a sharp weapon for Liu Qi to block Cao's army from going south.

General Li Yan outside the city, when he learned that Yangpingguan was already his own house, he was also confused. But they didn't think much about it, and led the soldiers and horses into Hanzhong, preparing to encircle and suppress Dingjun Mountain.

There are two main battlefields in Hanzhong.

Yangping Guan was taken bloodlessly, but Dingjun Mountain had little chance, and it could only be solved by a battle.

After all, Xu Huang and them are Cao Cao's cronies.

Such a person can die on the battlefield for Cao Cao, but it is impossible to surrender Liu Qi easily.

Of course, although I know the result.

Liu Qi still made a trial.

Send someone to send a message to inform them of the news that Nanzheng and Yangping Pass have changed hands, even if they can't persuade the two to surrender, they can completely shake the morale of the army, as long as it has an effect.

Sure enough, when Xu Huang and Zhang He learned the news.

They were all amazed.

Obviously, they have already dragged Liu Qi's main force, how can Yangping Pass still be lost, and even Nan Zheng is gone.

This result is a little unbearable.

In today's situation, they have no room to play at all, even if they are famous generals in the world, they feel that they have nowhere to be powerful.

The point is.

Xu Huang and Zhang He each defended a hill, forming a horn momentum, wanting to clamp Liu Qi's offensive.

But now, they can't consult with each other.

There are worries on both sides.

The soldiers were terrified, they were elite, but when they learned that they were alone, and the enemy soldiers outside were outnumbered, and there was no hope of victory, it was really uncomfortable.

Even if Xu Huang and Zhang He wanted to ***, they couldn't do it at all. Liu Qi is spreading on a large scale, and he doesn't know one or two, how can he stop it?

It's the opposite.

On Liu Qi's side, the morale of the army is like a rainbow.

In order to encircle and suppress Xu Huang and Zhang He, Liu Qi mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, 30,000 soldiers and horses in Yizhou, and even 20,000 defenders in Yangping Pass.

An army of 80,000 is here.

Under Xu Huang and Zhang He, there are less than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Not to mention that they are divided into two places, although they can have a limiting effect, if Liu Qi attacks one place with all his might, their defensive ability will also be difficult to maintain.

This gave Liu Qi the opportunity to break through one by one.

In fact, Xu Huang's arrangement is not unreasonable.

They just didn't consider that they would end up in such a situation, and Liu Qi could integrate so many soldiers and horses.

Under normal circumstances, there is no problem with Yangpingguan.

Liu Qi only had 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Even if they concentrate on the main force to attack, they can't capture any of the two generals' defenses, and they can still support each other.

But now, Yang Rener will turn against the water.

Yangping Pass is gone, all the soldiers and horses belong to Liu Qi, and the soldiers and horses outside Yangping Pass also drive straight in.

All at once put them in a desperate situation.

The current Liu Qi is completely attackable, and it is more than enough to leave 30,000 people to defend.

This night, people's hearts are uneasy.

Xu Huang and Zhang He both had extremely ugly faces.

If Cao Cao's reinforcements did not arrive, they would probably have only a dead end, and they would not even have a chance to break through.

Because even if they killed Dingjun Mountain.

There are also water obstructions, how easy is it to pass?

Liu Qi is in the camp.

Everyone is here, Liu Qi said with a smile:

"De'ang, now that our army has taken Yangping Pass without much effort, you have made a lot of contributions!"

Li Hui bowed his hand respectfully, without the meaning of arrogance:

"The lord praised it falsely, this is all the credit of the generals, if it is not for the advantage of our army, how can we easily persuade to surrender?"

Hearing this, Liu Qi nodded slightly, and didn't say much, anyway, Li Hui's credit has already been remembered, and it is not too late to arrange it in the future, and then he looked at everyone and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that our army of 80,000 people has been gathered, what is the next way to break the enemy?"

Although his own advantages are obvious, Liu Qi is not in a hurry.

Pang Tong quickly gave up:

"Now that Xu Huang and Zhang He's soldiers are divided into two ways, our army can completely break them one by one, first concentrate the main force to take Zhang He, and then go all out to encircle and suppress Xu Huang, so that we can take Dingjun Mountain as soon as possible."

Huang Quan was very cooperative, and they had discussed it earlier.

There is no need to wait for Liu Qi to ask about some things, of course they also have to consider their own optimal solution.

And what Pang Tong said, obviously felt that compared to Xu Huang, Zhang He's side was much easier to deal with.

Hearing this, Liu Qi nodded slightly and said:

"Then let's do it, leave some soldiers and horses to intercept Xu Huang and take Zhang He down as soon as possible, but is anyone willing to fight?"

Veteran Huang Zhong did not hesitate and said:

"Enlighten the lord, the end

Will be invited! ”

Beside Huang Zhong, Yan Yan also came out to join in the fun:

"Lord, the last general is also willing to go."

Seeing that it was the two veterans, everyone looked at each other, Liu Qi couldn't help laughing, this is a famous scene!

Don't look at the old age of the second general, the strength is not weak at all.

Liu Qi immediately ordered:

"Okay, then there are two old generals Lao, leading the troops to attack the camp on Zhanghe Mountain, although our army is strong, but we must not take it lightly, we must go all out to break the enemy in one fell swoop."

Both generals said yes.

They still have a strong sense of identity.

After all, each other is not young anymore.

In comparison, Yan Yan was even older than Huang Zhong.

If it were ordinary people, they would have been able to live until now, and they would have taken the initiative to ask for war.

The second general also wants to make contributions and prove that he can still fight.

Meantime.

Liu Qi arranged again:

"Wei Yan and Li Yan, the two of you will lead the troops and go to intercept Xu Huang, if he dares to go out of the village to rescue, he will fight back."

Originally, he didn't have the opportunity to play by himself, Wei Yan was still a little disappointed, and he couldn't imagine that Liu Qi hadn't forgotten him.

At this moment, he still gave him the task.

Liu Qi did not come out of the nest.

He handed over 40,000 soldiers and horses to General Huang Zhong.

On Wei Yan's side, there are 20,000 people.

At the same time, 20,000 people stayed in the camp to prepare for emergencies, and if there is an abnormality, they can also respond in time.

After Liu Qi made the arrangements.

The second general Huang Zhong led the troops to the battle, and Wei Yan and Li Yan led the soldiers and horses to wait at the foot of the mountain where Xu Huang camped.

As long as Xu Huang dares to come out, he will give him a head-on blow.

In this case, what can Xu Huang do, he is not afraid of death, but he can't go out to give away people's heads!

At this moment, if you want to rescue Zhang He, you are powerless.

I only hope that Zhang He can support it for a few more days.

Even if Liu Qi takes Nanzheng, after all, the soldiers and horses are limited, and his main force is now in Dingjun Mountain.

As long as they delayed, Cao Cao came.

Then there is a silver lining.