Sword Pavilion.

Under the city tower, Liu Bei looked down at the dense Wei army outside the pass, his brows were deeply locked, and his face was gloomy.

Of course, he knew that it was not for nothing that the Wei army had been silent for more than ten days, and suddenly launched a fierce attack day and night.

Su Zhe must have known the news of Yin Ping's success, so he launched a large-scale attack to contain his Sword Pavilion soldiers and horses, so that he could not divide more soldiers and horses to take back the Sword Pavilion.

"Su thief, I won't let you succeed......" Liu Bei slammed his fist on the battlements, secretly gritting his teeth.

The sound of gold sounded, and the Wei army under the city retreated like a tide after paying more than a thousand corpses.

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "The enemy army is just temporarily retreating, and quickly take turns to rest, and the enemy army will soon attack again." ”

The order was passed down, and the Han soldiers who were fighting hard at the head of the city all breathed a sigh of relief and walked down the city one after another.

And more than 10,000 soldiers who have rested under the city have successively ascended to the top of the city and taken over the defense of the city.

In order to deal with the endless attacks of the Wei army, Liu Bei could only do this.

"Is there any news from Yun Chang?" Liu Bei asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, General Yun Chang hasn't sent back a message yet." Fa Zheng replied.

Liu Bei's brows furrowed, and a shadow fell on his face.

Fa Zheng said with relief: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, General Yun Chang is here, even if he can't take Yinping, he will definitely be able to trap the sneak attack Wei army in Yinping City, so that they can't threaten our flank, and the situation is still under our control." ”

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, his expression improved slightly, and the haze on his face faded a little.

Zhuge Liang said: "Having said that, but General Yun Chang went in a hurry, I was only afraid that he would be eager to save his son, and he would be in a mess for a while, and he would go on a business trip." ”

"Poor pool? What's the difference pool? Liu Bei became worried again.

Before the words fell, hurried footsteps sounded, Zhao Lei hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, General Guan has sent back the news." ”

"Finally there's news." Liu Bei's eyes lit up, "Could it be that the eldest son of Feiyun won the Yin Ping?" ”

Zhao Lei shook his head and said with a bitter face: "Back to Your Majesty, General Guan was on the way to Yinping, blocked by the enemy general Deng Ai, fell into his deceitful plan, was ambushed by Wei Yan, and fled in defeat. ”

A bolt from the blue.

In an instant, the city was in an uproar, and the ministers of the Han State immediately fell into shock and panic.

Liu Bei was also struck by lightning, his figure took half a step back, leaning on the battlements, and almost failed to stand firm.

Zhuge Liang sighed bitterly: "What the minister was worried about really happened, General Yun Chang really fell for the enemy's tricks, alas——"

His sigh revealed a deep helplessness, sounding like a kind of gloom without return.

"Yun Chang, Yun Chang, your father and son really missed my big thing!" Liu Bei also gritted his teeth, and at this point, he could no longer restrain his disappointment and complaints about Guan Yu in his words.

He trusted Guan Yu so much that he ordered him to guard Yizhou, and even gave him an army of 90,000.

As a result, Guan Yu lost troops and land one after another, causing his Han to suffer losses, and forced him to come to Yizhou in person.

As a result, now, first Guan Ping lost Yinping, and then Guan Yuzhong's plan was defeated, which made him completely lose hope of regaining Yinping.

How can the incompetence of the Guan family's father and son not disappoint Liu Bei.

And now, Guan Yu's defeat has put the situation of the Han army in a severe dilemma.

Yinping couldn't take it back, Deng Ai and Wei Yan, the two guys, stuck a sharp blade in his back, and even Yangping Pass, the gateway to Hanzhong, would be threatened.

But now he is restrained by Su Zhe's main force, and he can't send troops and horses at all to recapture Yinping.

He is now trapped in the Sword Pavilion, neither advancing nor retreating, and he doesn't know what to do.

Liu Bei's face burned with resentment, the calmness of the king of a country was gone, and the whole person fell into anxiety.

The courtiers of the Han Kingdom on the left and right all looked gloomy and sighed constantly, but they were helpless.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh and said silently: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, we have no other way, abandon the Sword Pavilion and retreat to Hanzhong." ”

Dead as silent.

Silent consciously agreed, although everyone didn't speak, they all knew that the war had reached such a point that they had no choice but to abandon the Sword Pavilion.

Liu Bei was silent, with a tangled and unwilling look in his eyes, although he knew that there was no way out, he was unwilling.

The Sword Pavilion is in danger of being lost, Su Zhe does not need to leave too many troops in Yizhou, as long as a small number of troops hold the Sword Pavilion, even if he has a million troops, it will be difficult to surpass.

From now on, the strategy that Zhuge Liang planned for him before will be completely rewritten.

Of course Liu Bei was unwilling.

After hesitating for a long time, after struggling for a long time, he could only sigh helplessly, waved his hand and said: "That's it, pass the order, the army will immediately abandon the Sword Pavilion and retreat to Yangping Pass." ”

Liu Bei weighed the pros and cons, and it could only be so.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they were busy preparing for each other.

In the middle of the night, Liu Bei planted straw men all over the city of Jiange Pass, bluffing, but secretly led less than 50,000 soldiers and horses to leave the city, and went straight to Yangping Pass along the northbound avenue.

The Wei army is still in order, and continues to attack the Sword Pavilion Pass, regardless of whether you are a real person or a fake in the city.

Soon, without any resistance, the Wei army finally attacked the Sword Pavilion and planted the battle flag in the sky above the first Xiongguan in Yizhou.

After Su Zhe learned that the people of the Sword Pavilion had gone to the empty building, he decisively ordered an army of 200,000 and drove into the city.

Ascending to the top of the city, Su Zhe raised his eyes to look north, and there was already a smooth road ahead.

What he has to do now is to wave his army north and go straight to Yangping Pass.

As long as the last Xiongguan is broken, Hanzhong will have no danger to defend, Liu Bei can only lead the remnants of the army back to Guanzhong, and the entire Yizhou will fall into his hands.

"Your Majesty, what are we waiting for, Liu Bei must not have gone far, let's immediately send troops to pursue, maybe we can annihilate Liu Bei in one fell swoop before he escapes to Hanzhong!" Yan Liang shouted excitedly.

The generals were generous and enthusiastically asked for battle

Su Zhe waved his hand, suppressed the excitement of the generals, and looked at Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, what do you think?" ”

Lu Xun was not so excited, and said calmly: "I think that since we want to seize Hanzhong, this chase is naturally to be pursued, but it can't be too aggressive." ”

Su Zhe nodded slightly, motioning for him to continue.

Lu Xun continued: "The road from Jiange to Yangping Pass, the terrain is complex, stretching for five or six hundred miles, it is the most suitable for ambush, and this road Liu Bei is far more familiar than us. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that with our current strength, we can take it step by step, steadily advance to Yangping Pass, and with our absolute strength, it is the best policy to steadily capture Yangping Pass and take Hanzhong."

"Well, what Bo Yan said is very true, so let's do it." Su Zhe adopted Lu Xun's proposal.

Therefore, Su Zhe was not in a hurry to pursue, and only ordered the 200,000 troops to rest on the spot at the Sword Pavilion Pass to recover the physical exertion after the repeated onslaughts.

Three days later, the soldiers had almost recovered physically and mentally, and Su Zhecai led an army of 200,000 to drive out of Jiange Pass, followed by Liu Bei, and slaughtered towards Yangping Pass.

As it turned out, Lu Xun's worries were right.

After Liu Bei withdrew from the Sword Pavilion Pass, he did not flee to Hanzhong desperately, but stopped and stopped all the way, wanting to induce Su Zhe to let go of his hands and feet to pursue, and tried to set up an ambush several times.

It's a pity that Su Zhe was not fooled, and the army was unmoved, and only advanced steadily step by step, so as to respond to all changes without change.

In the face of Su Zhe's step-by-step camp, Liu Bei had no choice but to retreat step by step and retreat to fifty miles south of Yangping Pass.

Liu Bei retreated to this position, and the threat to Deng Ai and Wei Yan in Yinping City was lifted, and the two generals came to join Su Zhe's main force with a victorious army of several thousand.