There are many plains and grasslands in Saibei, and there are few peaks.

Mangshan is in the southeast of the Qiushui River, and there are strange rocks on it, and there are natural springs flowing through.

There are many vegetation on the mountain, the green grass and green trees are shaded in the meantime, the sky is like the scales of the snake, its mountain is like a giant python circling and sitting, nine twists and turns, so it is named Mangshan.

Zhang Fei was on Baishan Mountain that day, and this mountain was similar to Baishan, but it was not necessarily the case.

The danger of this mountain is even higher than that of Baideng.

At this time, Liu Bei took Xia Yu and others to the bottom of the mountain, and ordered the soldiers who had fallen into the camp to take Xia Yu and others up the mountain.

He had been secretly planning here for a long time, and he had borrowed some military craftsmen from Gaoliu City to build fortifications here, which was the "little favor" he asked Li Yan and others to help that day.

Later, he took the opportunity to take advantage of the exit and brought people to check in person, leaving many trapped soldiers here.

At this time, the fortifications on the mountain have been generally arranged, and there are many traps and tripping horses in the dangerous places in the mountains, and more strongholds are set up with wood and stone as the fence in such a place where the husband is in charge, and each stronghold can take care of each other to form a collusion trend.

It also makes people sharpen the bamboo and put it in the pit to increase the lethality of the trap.

When he was in Hanoi, he began to collect grain and grass on a large scale, and now he has piled it up on the mountain, and he has sent people to transport the baggage of the rear army.

Although food was tight when he first came to the north, now that the army has lost more than half of it, the food has been abundant for a while, and I don't know whether it is happy or sad.

Liu Bei and the others did not go up the mountain, but stayed at the bottom of the mountain and waited for Zang Min and others to arrive, otherwise if there was no one to guide them, they were afraid that the few remaining Han troops would lose one or two.

Soon after, Zangmin hurried in with the withdrawn rear army.

At that time, although Zang Min withdrew from the battlefield with the rear army in time, and there were many things thrown on the way to retreat, but the defeat was defeat in the end, and as soon as the footsteps retreated, the people's hearts were scattered.

In addition, there are Xianbei rangers who continue to pursue from behind, and the rear army that was originally gathered is constantly reduced, although there are many scattered stragglers who are sheltered, but in the end there are few. Therefore, now those who can be taken by Zang Min to the bottom of Mangshan Mountain are only five or six thousand.

The soldiers of the trapping camp led the sergeants up the mountain, and Liu Bei stood side by side with Zang Min at the foot of the Mang Mountain.

Zang Min was looking up at the layout on the mountain at this time.

Even if he has been in the army for many years, standing at the foot of the mountain and looking at the mountain, he has to sigh at Liu Bei's careful arrangement.

He opened his mouth and said with a smile: "The arrangement is so thorough, even if I am a person who is good at attacking cities, I would not dare to rashly send troops to attack the mountains when I encounter such an iron wall."

"There's no way around it." Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "Even if it is impregnable, it is like being trapped in a lonely city." ”

Zang Min nodded, now that the army has been defeated, if he doesn't stick here, he can only lead the army to flee south.

But now two thousand miles out of the fortress, if they are chased and killed by Xianbei Rank, I am afraid that there are nearly 10,000 people here, and few people can return to the south of the Great Wall alive.

"Xuande has done a great job. If we can settle here, we can be regarded as having the strength to fight. The border army is already good at defending the city, and just now you said that there is already more grain and grass on the mountain, and now that this is the foundation, it will not be a problem to hold it for a while. What Xianbei can do is nothing more than to surround this place like the Huns besieged Baideng back then. Zang Min thought for a moment and then said.

"It's just that if they besiege and don't attack, it's a bit of trouble."

Although Zang Min said so, both of them knew that Xianbei would definitely besiege but not attack. And they are thousands of miles away, and they will definitely not be able to wait for reinforcements.

"But Xuande doesn't have to worry, the soldiers will block, the water will cover it, and the worst thing to think about is to be trapped on this Mangshan Mountain. There are still tens of thousands of sons, and even if he dies, he can bite off a piece of his flesh and blood, and it will not be a disappointment to this life. Zang Min smiled.

Zang Min has read a lot, and has been in the army for a long time, so he is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs. Fortunately, there are such people in the Third Route Army to protect so many people, if the commanders of the three armies are all Xia Yutian Yan and others, I am afraid that Liu Bei does not need to plan to save people, and he would have fled directly to the south of the Great Wall with the rear army.

He handed over the snatched talisman to Zang Min, and said with a smile: "Be prepared to speak lightly, it is more appropriate to hand over this thing to Zang Gong for safekeeping."

Zang Min didn't shirk it, put the rune in his hand, and said with a smile: "Xia Yutian Yan is the chief general in the army, how do you plan to settle these two?"

"How?" Liu Bei pretended to be surprised, "Defeated and lost, the two of them were attacked by the Xianbei rangers and were seriously injured, so naturally we want to take good care of them." Zang Gong temporarily took over the position of commander of the army. ”

Zang Min nodded and said with a smile: "That's not bad." It's not easy to maintain the current situation, and you can't let the two of them do bad things again. If I am lucky enough to return to Luoyang this time, I will bear the blame here. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled, "There is no need for Zang Gong to help, these two people were defeated and lost their army, and according to His Majesty's temperament, most of them will not be willing to pay attention to this." Even if they can return to Luoyang alive, they can't afford to make any waves. ”

He raised his eyes to the north, thinking that it would not be long before the Xianbei army came.

"The most difficult thing for us is to get through the current level."

He suddenly smiled and said: "It is said that Ziyuan is still on the mountain, if this place cannot be defended, I will be sorry for what Zang Gong entrusted in the past."

What he said was naturally that Zang Min asked him to help Zang Hong speak a word or two in the court.

Zang Min shook his head and smiled, "Which of the men of the Han family here was not born and raised by their parents, could it be that if others die, the men of the Zang family will not die?" There is no such reason. ”

He laughed softly: "In the past, Mencius once said that I can do what I want when I fish and what I want with bear paws. You can't have both, and you can't have both, and you can give up the fish and take the bear's paw. The same is true of my Zang family's house rules. Life and morality conflict, sacrifice life for righteousness. ”

Liu Bei smiled and nodded, he knew that what Zang Min said was not empty words, and Zang Hong did so later.

He suddenly faced the southeast and said with a smile: "But now Zang Gong doesn't have to be dead." There is still a strategy, but whether it succeeds or does not depend on both man-made and providential. ”

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In the camp of the Xianbei army, in the main tent.

The three adults are deliberating, and now that Tanshi Huai has not arrived, there is one more servant Lan Qi in the tent who he sent to help.

"Now Tanma has ascertained the location of the Han army. The Han army did not flee to the north, but stopped on the Mang Mountain, and the action was quite strange, what do you think?" Tuoba asked with a smile.

"I think it is because the Han army knows that there is no way to escape, if it flees directly to the south and is pursued by our army from behind, there is only one way to die, so it will defend the mountain on Mangshan Mountain. Now that the Han army is in a panic like a lost dog, as long as I give me a few thousand men and horses, and suddenly the troops are at the bottom of the mountain, I will definitely make the Han army advance and retreat, and it is not difficult to defeat them. The beggar said casually.

Duan Hao sneered, "In the past, it was said that you were brave and unscrupulous, but it seems that I really didn't say anything wrong about you." The commander of the Han army in three ways, now Xia Yu and Tian Yan are naturally not worth mentioning. But on the way to retreat, Zang Min sprinkled a lot of money and property along the way, obviously prepared. After the defeat, he went straight to Mangshan, and he must have planned on Mangshan. Don't say that if you give you thousands of men and horses, even if you give you tens of thousands of horses, if you attack rashly, most of them will be sent to death in vain. ”

There has long been a rift between the Duan Department and the Beggar Department, and if it was the past, he would have been eager to send the Beggar Wreckage to death with thousands of men and horses.

It's just that now that they have just defeated the Han army, their morale is high, and if they let him rush to death at this time, it will inevitably damage their morale. And they defeated the Han army, and they could just invite a big credit in Tanshihuai, if there was such a small defeat, I was afraid that they would have to make a discount.

The beggar was robbed by him for a while, and his face turned red, but he has always relied on the skills in his hands, and the skills in his mouth are far inferior to Duan Hao.

Seeing this, Tuoba Shi immediately played a round and said with a smile: "The words of begging are also reasonable, and now that we have won a big victory, we naturally can't lose our prestige." However, those Han soldiers acted strangely this time, and they were indeed very prepared, so we still have to think about it in the long run. ”

The beggar remains no longer spoke, and the Tuoba Department and the Duan Department have always secretly colluded with each other.

At this time, the servant Lan Qi, who was sitting on the side and had always been silent, suddenly spoke: "I think what the beggar leader said is reasonable. Now in my Xianbei realm, we are a big victory, how can we avoid fighting and weaken our own prestige? You can afford to lose this man, but the Great Khan cannot afford to lose this man. ”

He stood up and reached out to grasp a ring-headed knife hanging from his waist.

"You can lead the army to go slowly, and I will bring someone to call the battle first, and see what kind of characters these Han defenders are."

Fu Lanqi is the leader of the guards around Tanshihuai, and he is extremely trusted by Tanshihuai. Although this person is from a small clan, because of the sandalwood acacia, his words must be carefully considered even by the three adults in the main account today.

Tuoba said with a smile: "We know that the commander of the Servant Lan is very brave, but the Han people have always been cunning, and the Commander of the Servan led people alone, but I am afraid that I will fall for the tricks of those Han people." In my opinion, it is better to walk with our army and besiege them on the Mang Mountain, now they are hanging in a lonely place, there is no food and grass inside, and there is no rescue outside, when we besiege but not attack, we can naturally capture them in one fell swoop. ”

Duan Hao also persuaded: "What the leader of Tuoba said is reasonable, the Han army is not all such good men who died that day, and they are not worthy of the commander of Fulan."

Fu Lanqi had already made up his mind, pressed the saber on his waist, and said: "You don't need to persuade me anymore, give me thousands of men and horses, I will go to the front of the mountain to call the battle first, and see if these Han family members have the courage to do so."

The two looked at each other, knowing that they couldn't persuade this person, and they didn't say anything anymore.

The only thing that can persuade this person is the sandalwood locust who has not yet arrived.

Fu Lanqi looked down at the ring-headed knife on his waist, hoping that there would be warriors like the owner of this ring-headed knife among those Han troops.

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As soon as Fu Lanqi left with thousands of Xianbei cavalry, Tanshi Huai rushed over with the supporting Xianbei cavalry.

At this time, Tanshi Huai walked into the big tent, and the three adults looked at each other, not knowing how to speak.

The three of them are all big people on the Qizha side, but now they see the sandalwood acacia but they have such a look, and the majesty of the sandalwood locust in the humility can be seen.

He saw the expressions on the faces of the three people, and asked with a smile: "The three defeated Han army and guarded my Xianbei land, now they are my Xianbei heroes, why are they so looking on their faces now."

He glanced at it, and there was no servant Lanqi in the tent, "But what happened to servant Lanqi?"

Tuoba Shi stubbornly said that the servant Lan Qi asked for war.

Tanshi Huai nodded, "I see, it's no wonder you, he has always done things out of his temperament, sometimes even I can't do anything with him, but it makes you embarrassed." ”

"Now that the Han army has been defeated, we originally wanted to slowly surround it with a large army, the Han army is alone, there is no reinforcement outside, as long as they are surrounded for a few days, the Han army will naturally collapse without a fight. It's just that the commander of Fulan insisted on going his own way and insisted on bringing people to invite the battle, and we were just counting the military horses and preparing to go to help one or two. Duan Hao also opened his mouth to defend.

Only the beggar didn't say a word, and he originally wanted to do this in his heart.

Tan Shihuai smiled without saying a word, taking everyone's expressions into his eyes, he smiled: "It's okay, Fulan's martial arts are outstanding, and it has always been difficult to meet opponents in our Xianhumility, and now the Han army is the general of the defeated army, and it is not bad to ask him to go to show off his might." It is not easy for the army to be pulled, so you can order some cavalry for the time being, and go with me to watch the battle, just so that I can see the majesty of our Xianbei Erlang. ”

Hearing this, the three of them immediately nodded yes and went down to rectify the soldiers and horses.

The sandalwood locust began to close his eyes and meditate.

The Han army retreated in an orderly manner, there must be capable people among them, and he also knew what the terrain of Mangshan was, it was indeed an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and the retreat of the Han army to this point could be temporarily stabilized.

Although it is indeed a wise move, it is just that this place is lonely, as long as he besieges it and prolongs it for a long time, he will not worry about this place not being broken.

The current rulers of the Han army will not be unaware of this, but now they still choose to stay in Mangshan, so where is their breakthrough?

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On the Mang Mountain, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were standing in a stronghold at the foot of the mountain with some defenders, looking down from the mountain.

At this time, Fu Lanqi was shouting loudly at the foot of the mountain with thousands of Xianbei cavalry.

Although Fu Lanqi is brave and brave, he is also a person who has been in battle for a long time. Fang Cai brought people to the bottom of the mountain, and saw that the mountain was dangerous, and the guards on it were also quite strict and orderly, and he also found that this mountain was not easy to attack.

Therefore, he did not attack the mountain with his troops, but only rode his horse under the mountain with the cavalry he brought, and at the same time shouted and cursed loudly, hoping to anger Liu Bei and others on the mountain, so that he could go down the mountain to fight him.

"There's something interesting about this guy." Liu Bei listened to this person's scolding from afar, not only was he not angry, but he smiled a little.

The fact that this man did not dare to go up the mountain shows that their design has paid off.

As for him scolding at the bottom of the mountain, he scolded Xia Yu and others for being guts and incompetent rats, and people never scolded wrong, so he naturally wouldn't be angry about it.

It's just that Liu Bei, who was still looking at the mountain with a smile, suddenly turned pale, stretched out his hand and pressed the sword on his waist, and Guan Yu behind him turned even red, his face was full of anger.

It turned out that Lan Qi, the servant under the mountain, no longer shouted and scolded, but instead untied the ring head knife on his waist and raised it high.

The name of the ring-headed knife is because there is a round copper ring behind it, and now a piece of white cloth flutters on the copper ring of the ring-headed knife that is held high by Fu Lanqi.

This knife was obtained by Fu Lanqi from a Han warrior a few days ago, and since he got it, he likes it very much and has never left his body.

And the old owner of this knife is Chen Han, who died in battle that day.

The white cloth on the knife was still tied by Liu Bei himself that day, and the source was the snow-white fox fur that was cut by him with a knife.

Lan Qi, the servant under the mountain, changed his scolding words, but praised the Han cavalry that day.

"The cavalry army that day was all good men, knowing whether to die or die one by one. Especially the man named Chen Han, who is indeed a really good person, and he was still charging until he was dying. Or did I personally deal with this person. Death under my axe is not an insult to this person.

"I just don't want those heroic characters to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, but I saved you shrunken turtles. Now the turtle is cowering on the mountain, and he does not dare to come down even half a step. ”

He thrust the knife in his hand into the ground and shouted loudly to the mountain, "I have placed the knife here, if you have the guts, come down the mountain and get it." If you don't even dare to take the relics of the deceased, I will retreat immediately, and you are not worthy to die under my big axe. ”

Liu Bei Chang on the mountain let out a sigh, put down the hand that was pressed on the long sword at his waist, and said with a smile: "Yun Chang, this is the method of agitating generals, who am you brother and I?" Surely it will not be calculated. ”

After he spoke, he reluctantly drew his sword in his hand, kicked over a wooden table in front of him, and said angrily: "Give me some soldiers and horses, I will personally lead people to kill down the mountain, if you can't kill this person today, how can you comfort Chen Jun's spirit in the sky."

"Brother." Guan Yu said behind him.

"Yun Chang wants to stop me?" Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"Who does my brother think Yu is? Such a person does not need his brother to take action, Yu is willing to take this person's head for his brother. The elder brother can press the formation for a certain one. Guan Yu said loudly.

Liu Bei nodded, "Yun Chang knows me, then let's take this person's head to comfort Chen Jun's spirit in the sky." ”

On the top of Mang Mountain, Zang Min was also checking the situation under the mountain, originally he saw this person scolding at the bottom of the mountain, Liu Bei and others at the foot of the mountain were indifferent, and he was slightly relieved in his heart.

Now the Han army is weak and can't afford to be defeated. It was only when this person began to mention the Han cavalry that went to die, and then stuck the sword on the ground, that he knew that Liu Bei and the others at the foot of the mountain would definitely make a move.

He wanted to send someone to dissuade Liu Bei, but he was stopped by Zang Hong behind him.

Zang Min looked at the movement of the Han soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain, sighed, and said softly: "Ziyuan, you believe in Xuande like this?"

Zang Hong, who was standing behind Zang Min, shook his head, "Now that I have experienced a lot of things, my father should also know that Xuande is not a person without a plan, and now he is angry or angry, whether he is considering the overall situation, he has to go down the mountain." ”

Zang Min knew what he meant, and now these defeated people are trapped in this mountain, and what supports them is a spirit. If they dare not go down the mountain at this time, most of the defenders on the mountain will have a great demoralization.

So now there is a reason to go down the mountain, and there is a reason not to go down the mountain if you don't go down the mountain.

It's just that if Zang Min was given a choice, he would most likely choose not to go down the mountain.

He sighed and said softly: "Sure enough, as you get older, your spirit will decline, and if you are not young, you will no longer be able to lift the spirit of your youth." If your father were at your age and Xuande, he would have made such a choice. ”

Not to mention Zang Min's sigh on the mountain, Liu Bei and Guan Yu had already ordered the military horses on the hour. It was a descending mountain attack, so there were not many military horses, but only a thousand people.

Guan Yu was in front of him, Liu Bei was in the back, and the army galloped and went down the mountain.

At this time, Lan Qi, the servant under the mountain, saw that there was no movement on the mountain for a long time, and thought that the Han army on the mountain did not dare to come down the mountain, so he had already ordered the Xianbei cavalry under his command to disperse and rest for a while.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a lot of smoke and dust, and Fu Lanqi knew that there was an army coming down the mountain, but before his soldiers and horses gathered, the cavalry led by Guan Yu had already come to the front of the Xianbei cavalry.

An army was rampant, heading straight for Fu Lanqi, although there were scattered Xianbei cavalry along the way to block it, but the front of Guan Yu opened the way, and the edge was unmatched, and these people naturally couldn't stop it.

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Fu Lanqi looked at the red-faced man on the red horse, licked the corner of his mouth, and waved the big axe in his hand.

This guy must be a good opponent.

Guan Yu also glanced at him, this attack came, Xianbei reinforcements didn't know when they would arrive, they couldn't waste time here, they must fight quickly.

At this time, Fu Lanqi spoke: "Come and pass your life, and a certain subordinate will not kill the nameless."

It's just that before he could finish speaking, a snow-bright blade was already slashed in front of him.

He hurriedly waved the big axe in his hand to parry, but he didn't want the red-faced man on the other side to be quite powerful, and it actually made his hands numb a little under the knife.

Guan Yu suppressed the servant Lan Qi with a knife, and did not hesitate, and then cut it down with another knife.

Fu Lanqi blocked horizontally and held the second knife, and the strength of the red-faced man on the opposite side seemed to be above him, and the strength of this second knife seemed to be even higher than the first knife.

He hadn't done it for many years, and now he suddenly encountered a strong enemy, and for a while he was cowardly and retreating.

If he fights to the death, he can't say that he can support a few more rounds, but now that he has lost his fighting spirit, he will have to discount his ability a little.

And on the battlefield, a little hesitation can't avoid a dead word.

At this time, Guan Yu's third knife had arrived, he turned the horse's head, wanting to flee backwards, not wanting Guan Yu's horse to be fast, the third knife was still cracking, and directly cut off his head.

Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to hold the human head in his hand, leaned over and bent down to pick up the ring head knife inserted in the ground and hang it on his waist.

Turn around and ride your horse and gallop back.

Although there are many Xianbei cavalry here, they are intimidated by his momentum, and they just watch him ride away and dare not step forward to stop him.

Guan Yu rode his horse back, and Liu Bei was the last to escort the cavalry out of the mountain into the mountain.

At this time, the smoke and dust outside the mountain were heavy, and thousands of Xianbei elites galloped over.

The person who was guarded by everyone in the middle was tall, and he was the Xianbei Great Khan Sandalwood Acacia today.

When Tan Shihuai and the others arrived, they happened to see Guan Yu beheading the servant Lan Qi.

At this time, although his face was calm, he clenched his hands tightly.

Liu Bei fell last and had not yet retreated into the mountains.

I just happened to glance at the sandalwood acacia who was being embraced by the Xianbei army.

He smiled, took the iron bow from his horse, and did not miss the arrow, and faced the sandalwood locust.

Several times of the longbow in the air.

Tanshi Huai tugged at the corners of his mouth and clenched the long sword at his waist.