Since Zhang He was placed under Longcheng by the rattan armor soldiers the day before yesterday, he stopped the siege of the city, and instead stationed 10,000 cavalry under Longcheng, and he stationed the remaining 10,000 foot soldiers at the Nanshan Pass, which has been more than three days.

"General, if there is no miscalculation, General Ma Yan has been out of water for more than three days." Wang Ping said at the head of the city.

Li Xian saw that the originally narrow mountain pass had become a hell for the Shu army, and Le Lin's five thousand crossbowmen alone formed a strangulation array that Ma Tan could not break through at all, and every day there were sergeants who tried their best to go down the mountain to get water, and almost in the way that hundreds of people could get a pot of water, they barely transported the water to the top of Nanshan.

Blood had already stained the entire Nanshan Pass, and many of the soldiers who defended the city every day hid their faces and wept, watching their compatriots fall one by one in the chaos of arrows.

"General! Such casualties, why don't you go to the rescue, that Ma Tan is the prime minister's love general, if you don't go to the rescue, I'm afraid that the prime minister will ask you for the blame! Gong Jie said.

Li Xian shook his head and said: "Our army does not rescue, only I, Li Xian, are the only ones who ask for the blame, once rescued, I will inevitably fall into Zhang He's ambush, and tens of millions of people will die at that time!" ”

Gong Jie said again: "General, that Zhang He will be insulted under the city every day, unbearable, and the last general will ask for battle!" ”

Li Xian shook his head again and said: "Don't be impulsive, his move is obviously to lure our army into battle, now that the city wall has been completed in three days, if he wants to attack the city, it is even more difficult, don't be rash, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" ”

"But Dai Ling's scolding is really ugly! The last general can't listen to it anymore! Gong Jie said angrily.

"Don't worry! Do you remember Yangpingguan? Li Xian asked.

Gong Jie nodded and said, "The last general naturally remembers that it was the time when the general teased Cao Zhen." ”

Li Xian said: "The reason why Cao Zhen is on the set every time is because of his temperament, which is unbearable, and he is the material of a general." ”

Gong Jie was still unconvinced, and said, "Obey the general's orders." ”

Li Xian also saw that Gong Jie's heart was unwilling, so he instructed: "Go down, prepare for your life, as long as you hold this city, there is a way to counterattack." ”

Gong Jie came out in a daze, but saw that Wang Ping was already waiting outside the lobby, so he asked, "General Ziyuan?" ”

Wang Ping hurriedly pulled Gong Jie aside and said, "General, do you think that our general is a little too cautious?" ”

Gong Jie was puzzled and asked, "What does the general mean by this?" ”

"Our army obviously won for a while, that day to say that Zhang He 5,000 people, if this time to fight, I will lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to the Nanshan Road Pass, to attract Zhang He's main force, and then the general from the outside with a god arm archer ambush, will definitely be able to save General Ma Tan, why bother to suffer here every day?"

Gong Jie rolled his eyebrows, and said secretly: "General Ziyuan has a good strategy, turn the tiger away from the mountain!" But the general has an order, and we can't go out of the city to fight without permission. ”

"You belong to your general's control, and I don't return, my department has 5,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are mountain generals, with poisonous arrows, grappling hooks and other special equipment, didn't your general also equip you with invulnerable rattan armor?" Wang Ping said.

Gong Jie's face was suspicious, on the one hand, he felt that Wang Ping's plan was good, but on the other hand, he didn't dare to disobey General Li Xian's order, so he asked: "General Ziyuan, do you want to tell the general about this plan first." ”

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "If it is useful to tell the general, I will not wait for you here." ”

Gong Jie gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, I'll take a thousand archers to you and go to the Nanshan Pass to rescue General Ma Yan." ”

Wang Ping was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his troops and horses, and was about to leave the city, but he saw that there was already a general standing under the city gate, and it was Li Xian.

Frightened, Gong Jie and Wang Ping hurriedly got off the horse and bowed down: "Will... Checkmate! ”

"What do the two generals want?" Li Xian said coldly.

"I'm going to rescue General Ma Yan." Gong Jie was sincere, so he directly said the plan.

Li Xian listened and stood silently.

Wang Ping immediately bowed: "General! Even if Ma Tan is not good, he is also the prime minister's beloved disciple, if he dies in this battle, the prime minister will definitely cure you for the crime of not saving you when you see death, those dead soldiers are all heroic souls who want to revive the Han Dynasty! General, I beg the general to help! ”

Li Xian was still silent, and then looked at Wang Ping, who was almost crawling forward, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"General! There are 20,000 brothers in that battalion, who have been without water for more than three days, and hundreds of soldiers who are shot down the mountain every day, if not a thousand, but hundreds. Gong Jie spoke again.

Everyone knows that the Nanshan Pass is hell, but it is the life of 20,000 children, and even many of the soldiers in the army are fellow villagers.

Li Xian was on the Feihong Horse, his face was cold, and he couldn't see the expression on this person's face clearly at the moment, but he suddenly spoke: "You think that Ben Jiang really doesn't want to save him!" If the general didn't want to save it, he wouldn't have rushed to this city from the starry night of Nan'an, and the Nanshan crossing was obviously a trap set by Zhang He, and he deliberately showed it to us! You still don't understand! ”

"But、、、 but!" Wang Ping just wanted to speak, but was interrupted again by Li Xian's sharp voice.

"As I said, for the sake of the general, you can't bear it! How is such a tragic scene compared to the Yiling Tomb? Have you ever seen a hell on earth like Yiling? ”

"Who can't complain about today's scene, can only complain about Ma Yan, don't listen to the general's orders, behave inappropriately, one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies, he is ignorant, are you also ignorant? All of them are veterans who have been in battle for a long time, can't they see such an obvious pocket formation! Li Xian shouted.

"Then how can the general explain to the prime minister!" Gong Jie cried and paused.

"If Ma Tan dies, Ben will ask the prime minister for his guilt! But Ben will die, Ma Jian can die! Longcheng can't be lost! Once lost, the achievements of our army for several years will be ruined! Li Xian said sonorously again.

Wang Ping never expected that the general in front of him would be so determined to defend this city, so he could only cry: "Follow the general's orders!" ”

Li Xian saw that the two had stopped, and immediately dismounted to help the two of them, but unexpectedly, at this time, a herald arrived: "General, Zhang He's envoy has arrived." ”

Li Xiandao: "Two, see you in my account." ”

Gong Jie and Wang Ping wiped away the tears on their faces and hurried into the camp, but saw a Wei envoy standing in the camp.

"Say, what does Zhang He have to say?" Li Xian asked.

"General Zhang He has a letter, let me send it to the general." The messenger said.

"Bring it." Li Xianyi presented the messenger.

Li Xian looked at it, and actually laughed out loud, and said: "Tell your general, the writing is good, it's a pity, it's used in the wrong place, go back." ”

The messenger was even more confused, he thought that there was no reply at this moment, but after reading the letter, Li Xian did not laugh angrily, because the letter was full of insults, and he didn't expect this person to be so cheeky, and he was at a loss for a while.

"Didn't you understand? Drop-off! Li Xian said sharply. Only then did the Wei envoy blast out.

Gong Jie arched his hand and said: "General, what kind of letter did this Zhang He send, can you let the last general take a look?" ”

Li Xian looked at Gong Jie and asked, "Do you really want to see it?" ”

Gong Jie nodded immediately, and Li Xian handed him the letter, but when Gong Jie saw it, he was furious, and said angrily: "General, that Zhang He is too deceitful!" The last general asks to go out of the city and fight! ”

"Forgot what I told you? As soon as this evil talk is provoked, it will be uncontrollable? Li Xian said calmly.

"This old thief is too deceitful! Even if our army is poor, we can kill him by 20,000 or 30,000 people! Gong Jie said angrily.

"Think with your head!" Li Xian said coldly, "Why did Zhang He do everything to fight a decisive battle with our army? Who is Zhang He? The world's famous generals, why do they come up with such a desperate strategy? ”

Gong Jie was stunned for a moment, and then stammered: "Mo.... Could it be that he is more anxious? ”

Li Xian looked at Gong Jie, who was suddenly stunned at this time, and said: "You understand, as long as Longcheng can't pass, the grain road in Longxi County will not pass, and Guo Huai in Shanggui should have ten days to run out of grain, and the most important thing now is to delay!" Do you understand? ”

Gong Jie was stunned, and arched his hand: "General, is there no other way?" ”

Li Xian shook his head and said: "No one can beat Zhang He now, as long as you can be in the city, wait for Ma Jian to be defeated, and in the city, it is the best policy to collect the defeated army!" When the prime minister's army comes back, our military has the strength to fight! ”

Gong Jie understood it, and immediately surrendered his hand out of the camp gate, but every day there were many soldiers asking for battle, they saw the sacrifice of Ma Tan's troops in the city, and the blood almost dyed the entire Longcheng River red, Zhang He's confident pocket array never got a response from Li Xian, and his heart was also anxious.

"TNND, defending the city without fighting is still not the husband's doing! Aren't you afraid of your grandfather's name! On the fourth day, Zhang He scolded under the city again, but there were only countless bows and arrows in response to him, and now, he did not dare to try to attack the city easily, although it was a city wall that was repaired in three days, but with the fault in the ground, there was a condescending deterrent.

On top of the South Mountain.

"General, the water in the army has been cut off for more than three days, and if we don't think about it, we will all die of thirst on this mountain!" The soldiers began to make noise, and many of them even began to drink horse urine.

Ma Tan looked up to the sky and cried, he didn't expect that he was so embarrassed, he thought that no matter how bad he was, he could hold on for at least half a month, and even fantasized that he could defeat Zhang He and become the second Lu Xun, but he never expected that he would become the second Zhao Kuo, and now these generals have long lost their fighting spirit, and going down the mountain to get water every day has become the most frightening thing.

"General! Break through! ”

"Yes, general, break through, it's a man when you die!"

.....

All the soldiers have petitioned, he doesn't know, breaking through at this moment, it means fighting to the death, these generals just want to protect themselves to kill a way out, and then from the mountain, looking east, the banner of the general of Zhengdong stands majestically, but he never dared to look over there, obviously, if the road is set up, it is himself who is blocking Zhang He at this moment, he did not expect that the Longcheng River meanders but cleverly avoids Nanshan, and he can only say weakly at this time: "Then break through!" ”

With Ma Tan's general's order, all the soldiers began to organize the final assault, and the shields on both sides could only barely protect Ma Tan's army, slowly moving down the mountain.

Li Xian saw clearly at the head of the city, and the horse began to press down the mountain, and immediately called Wang Ping and ordered the whole army to start beating drums.

Zhang He's army array.

"I thought that Ma Jian was so calm that he couldn't think of it in four days." Zhang He said with a smile.

Le Lin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It's still my uncle who expects the enemy to be the first, and this horse is already in the bag." ”

Zhang He pinched his beard and said, "Nephew, you go and kill him!" ”

"Order!" Le Lin immediately led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to the Nanshan Road Pass, waved the double swords in his hand, and came to suppress the formation.

In the middle of the battle, he suddenly heard the drums on Longcheng, and the two big flags suddenly fluttered in the drums.

"Nephew, I'm about to take Ma Tan's head! Don't be afraid even if you have reinforcements! Zhang He shouted sharply.

"Yes!" Hearing Zhang He's shout, Le Lin relieved her heart and rushed straight towards the Ma Tan shield array.

"General Ma, let's go! Swap clothes with me! Ma Jian was shocked, and when he looked at it, he was already wearing Zhang Xiu, who was already wearing several wounds, with three arrows stuck in his body, "Zhang Xiu is already a waste, General Ma is still useful, quickly exchange clothes with me, go to Longcheng, General Li will definitely be able to protect the general!" ”

Ma Jian hesitated, looking at Zhang Xiu's blood gushing out of his body, his heart was in mourning, and he was about to kill himself when he drew his sword, but he was stopped by Zhang Xiu, and ordered the surrounding sergeants to tear off their clothes and Ma Tan's clothes to change immediately.

"General Ma, if you can or go back to Chengdu, the dog will please!" Zhang Xiu said with a smile, and then continued to shout and rush towards Le Lin's headquarters, and after a while, the voice became smaller, and only one voice was enough! It was already drowned in the shouts of the military array.

Ma Tan didn't even have time to grieve, and immediately rushed to Longcheng......