Mianzhu Pass is the last Xiongguan before Chengdu, and it is also a pure military fortress.

This place, if you can't hold on, even if there are 100,000 horses, don't think about being able to pass the checkpoint easily, so Zhang Xi really doesn't understand, how Zhuge Zhan thought of going out of the pass to go to the field.

This is not a city, and if it is besieged, it will run out of food.

Mianzhu Pass is surrounded by mountains, there is a pass in the middle to block the road, from both sides can not turn over at all, can not do the front and back attack, and Mianzhu Pass behind Chengdu to support grain and grass, how can it not be defended.

In the face of such a Xiongguan, not to mention Zhang Xi, even Liu Bei, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng are also very headaches.

Really, Zhang Xi wanted to take Wei Yan out at this time and let him take a good look at whether this was a pass that could be captured by a force of 10,000 people.

But think about it, forget it, anyway, even if the old man knows that he is wrong, he will not admit his mistake.

That's the virtue.

And for this pass, in fact, Zhang Xi and others have not thought of a way.

When Zhang Ren went down to the village and was preparing to fight the second field battle, Zhang Xi also suggested that he could take a detour from the flanks and stay near Mianzhu Pass, and when Zhang Ren's army was defeated and retreated, he would follow the defeated army to attack the pass gate, and maybe he could succeed in a sneak attack.

Liu Bei felt that it made sense, and Pang Tong also agreed with this, so Liu Bei sent Fu Kuang to lead an elite army to find a way to ambush behind Zhang Ren first, and then wait for Zhang Ren to retreat and wait for an opportunity to attack Mianzhu Pass.

As for Zhang Xi's idea, why didn't Zhang Xi lead the troops himself. What if there is a place in this place called "Luoxi Slope"?!

The opponent is Zhang Ren!!

Fortunately, it turns out that Zhang Xi thinks too much.

It can even be said that Liu Bei did not expect that the soldiers commanded by Zhang Ren would be so unfought, retreat as soon as they engaged, and turn into a rout as soon as they retreated. The roundabout troops led by Fu Kuang were not as fast as Zhang Ren's routs, and when Fu Kuang made a detour to Mianzhu Pass, Wu Yi had already entered the pass first, closed the city gate, and organized a defense on the spot.

Soon, Liu Bei led the pursuing soldiers and also arrived at Mianzhu Pass.

Fu Kuang is also unlucky, but if Zhang Ren persists for two more days, maybe Fu Kuang will be able to lead the troops to make great achievements.

But Zhang Ren is at this moment, and he can't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

These two battles were too defeated.

It's not that he can't command, it's that no one listens to his command.

The first battle was okay, some people obeyed military orders, but the combat power was not enough, and there was no way to lose it.

The most aggrieved thing was the second battle, he had just lined up his position, and before the enemy attacked, the soldiers on his side began to run first.

That posture is typical of not seeking to run past the enemy, but only to run past teammates.

As a general, Zhang Ren's command ability in these two battles was completely unplayed.

But again, as the main general, he also needs to be responsible for these two defeats.

Otherwise, what should I do, Wu Yi said, just retreat to Mianzhu Pass as soon as possible to hold on, he has to fight with Liu Beijun in the field.

If you stab Liu Zhang in this matter, even if Liu Zhang protects him again, it is impossible not to have no punishment at all.

Plus. Since returning to Mianzhu Pass, Wu Yi has been sneering at Zhang Ren.

On the one hand, Wu Yi is from Dongzhou, Zhang Ren is from Yizhou, and Liu Zhang's henchman, and the two don't like each other in the first place.

On the other hand, Wu Yizhen doesn't feel that he is worse than Zhang Ren, but he has been suppressed by Zhang Ren all these years, and he is not angry, which is impossible.

Now, if it weren't for Wu Yi to occupy Mianzhu Pass first, I'm afraid that now that Mianzhu Pass has been lost, where would Zhang Ren still have a chance to stand in front of him alive.

So well, Zhang Ren is very aggrieved, very aggrieved.

And what made Zhang Ren even more aggrieved was Liu Zhang's next actions.

Liu Zhang sent reinforcements, the commander of the reinforcements was called Li Yan, and the deputy was called Fei Guan, both of whom were from Dongzhou.

Liu Zhang sent these two people, not only to bring 30,000 reinforcements, but also to take over Zhang Ren's position as the main general by Li Yan.

As for Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang did not punish him, but only deprived him of the position of the main general, and still let him serve in Mianzhuguan.

After all, it's his own henchman.

In these years, it is not easy to cultivate a henchman in Yizhou, Wu Yi and Li Yan are both from Dongzhou, and the reinforcements and soldiers brought are all made up by the Yizhou family, if there is no one of their own henchmen to watch these soldiers, God knows what consequences they can make.

And then bar. Li Yan and Wu Yi surrendered to Liu Bei together.

By the way, it also came with a Xiongguan and more than 30,000 soldiers.

Really, Liu Bei didn't expect such a good thing, and Zhang Xi didn't expect it either, but Fa Zheng thought of it.

Li Yan, Fa Zheng, and Meng Da are close friends.

Among them, Meng Da is the most important of the three people who are most used by Liu Zhang, he is a school captain with real power, who can command an army of thousands of people, Li Yan is second, and he is also the Chengdu Order, which is equivalent to the mayor of the capital city.

As far as Fa Zheng is concerned, he waited for several years to wait for an ordinary county magistrate's official position, and after a few years, he was hung up by Liu Zhang, and arranged an idle post as a military lieutenant, and he had nothing to do to arrange a business or something.

These three people were actually very dissatisfied with Liu Zhang in private, and they also discussed together privately to defect to Liu Bei.

And it just so happened that at this time, Liu Beijun defeated the Yizhou soldiers led by Zhang Ren in Fucheng, and the news reached Chengdu, Liu Zhang was greatly alarmed and Zhang Ren couldn't beat him, so who else could beat Liu Bei?!

At this time, the city of Chengdu was not all a group of two or five boys.

In fact, at this time, many of the powerful families in Chengdu were on Liu Zhang's side, and they were also willing to support Liu Zhang to continue to attack Liu Bei and defend Chengdu.

For example, Zheng Du once suggested that Liu Zhang implement a strong wall and clear the wilderness for Liu Bei, and prevent Liu Bei's army from fighting to support the war, so that with the weak supply of Jiameng Pass, Liu Bei will not be able to last long.

But Liu Zhang didn't listen to him.

Although Liu Zhang said this very well, he said, "I have heard of resisting the enemy to calm the people, and I have not heard of moving the people to avoid the enemy." But after Fa Zheng heard about this, he gave the evaluation that "it will not be used in the end".

Note that it is "unusable", not "unbearable".

Liu Bei has already hit the vicinity of Chengdu, which is the territory of Yizhou Haoqiang, Zheng Du's strategy, although it is said to be used to prevent Liu Bei from obtaining supplies, but once the wall is cleared, the "clear" is the "wild" of the Yizhou family in Chengdu City.

Liu Zhang's level is a little worse, but he is not stupid, and it is impossible to offend the local family of Yizhou in this situation.

And Zheng Du's fate is also very illustrative - deposed.

If it's just a suggestion, is it necessary for Liu Zhang to depose Zheng Du?!

Obviously, it was Zheng Du's strategy that caused public anger, and Liu Zhang had to depose Zheng Du and stabilize the heart of the Yizhou family, so that the Yizhou family could stand by him.

And Yizhou Haoqiang, compared to Liu Bei, who is the hero of the world, obviously prefers Liu Zhang like this.

After all, Liu Zhang is still easy to control, Liu Zhang is here, and only these Yizhou families can ignore the law and run amok.

Once Liu Bei is replaced, God knows how this person will treat the interests of the Yizhou heroes, this is an uncertainty.

Again, Liu Zhang is not hopeless now, as long as he can buy enough time, when the armies of other states and counties arrive, it will be impossible for Liu Bei to break through Chengdu.

Therefore, these families gathered another 30,000 troops to support Liu Zhang's resistance to Liu Bei.

But Liu Zhang couldn't die, so he let Li Yan, the Chengdu Commander, lead the troops as a substitute protector to support Mianzhu.

Okay, Li Yanzheng didn't know how to go to Liu Bei, so Liu Zhang was very considerate to help him prepare all the funds for promotion.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Mianzhu Pass, Li Yan, who had real power, privately encouraged Wu Yi, who was also from Dongzhou, to surrender Liu Bei together with his men and horses with the pass.

They are also particular about Zhang Ren, and they didn't forget to tell this guy to run away before surrendering.

Anyway, Zhang Ren has no soldiers and no generals, and he can't make waves, and notifying him to run away can be regarded as a friendship between colleagues.

Therefore, Zhang Ren had no choice but to return to Chengdu alone.

Then he was scolded by Liu Zhang, put all the responsibility for the defeat on Zhang Ren's head, and finally left him idle.

In the end, it's his own henchman, and he is reluctant to kill him.

It's just that Liu Zhang's actions like this immediately made people panic in Chengdu.

Originally, I finally gathered 30,000 troops to come out, but I didn't even see a splash, so I asked people to send them to Liu Bei.

Now there is obviously a back-handed man, but it turns out that you Liu Zhang will not kill because you are your own person.

If you are defeated, you don't kill, if you lose land, if you lose your troops, you don't kill them, so don't you surrender and don't kill them?!

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no need for me to fight hard with Liu Bei.

Yes, Liu Zhang is a little more controllable, but Liu Bei is here, he is still a family, can Liu Bei still govern the place without relying on the family.

As a result, many families in Chengdu began to waver.

Of course, it would be best if Liu Zhang could be saved, but if there was really no hope, then there was no need to hold Liu Zhang a tree and wait for death.

Not to mention these families, even Liu Zhang himself began to waver.

I really can't do it, or I'll surrender.

After all, Liu Bei is his own clan, and the name of benevolence and righteousness spreads in the world.

The matter of attacking Yizhou, Liu Bei himself is not reasonable, if he takes the initiative to surrender, Liu Bei should not force himself to death, right?!

Liu Zhang really had such a mind at this time, but one person disagreed.

That is his son, Liu Xun.

Liu Xun is a man with an iron head, he doesn't want to just wait for death, and he doesn't want to pin the hopes of his family on Liu Bei's kindness.

Therefore, Liu Xun tried his best to dissuade Liu Zhang's idea of surrendering, and took the thousands of soldiers he had recruited, and asked his father for permission to personally defend the city.

The city is the last line of defense in front of Chengdu, once the city is broken, then Chengdu can only rely on the tall city wall to defend itself.

Liu Zhang can't do anything about his son, and his son didn't vote, how can he, who is a father, surrender.

- I don't criticize Adou by name here, it's really not as good as Liu Zhang.

Therefore, Liu Zhang gathered 10,000 soldiers for Liu Xun and personally sent Liu Xun out on the expedition to garrison Luocheng.

At this time, Zhang Ren, who was supposed to be at home behind closed doors to reflect, suddenly visited Liu Xun, and knelt down in front of Liu Xun and begged to take him on the expedition together.

Don't ask for a general, just for a groom.

Liu Xun originally looked down on Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren has always been deeply trusted by his father on weekdays, and he has always been promoted to a knighthood in the past, and he has never treated him badly.

But Zhang Ren lost 50,000 horses in the two battles, as Liu Zhang's henchman, he didn't even look at Jia Mengguan, if it wasn't for someone to let him go, he would have been tied up to see Liu Bei now.

This person is loyal, but Liu Xun believes that Zhang Ren's ability is seriously overestimated.

Therefore, Liu Xun looked down on Zhang Ren, but now Zhang Ren almost begged him to let him go on the expedition. Liu Xun is always a person, and he really can't see the old general like this.

Therefore, Liu Xun said to Zhang Ren, "The general must not live up to his reputation this time." ”

This was Liu Xun's last chance to give Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren also understood the meaning of Liu Xun's words.

In this battle, Liu Xun didn't need Zhang Ren's help to defend the city, he just gave Zhang Ren a chance, a chance to prove that he was still a loyal minister.

And Zhang Ren also just wants such an opportunity.

Therefore, under the leadership of Liu Xun, the whole army of 10,000 people set off and headed for Luocheng.

(End of chapter)