Liu Yin was not idle along the way, blocking Deng Ai in Yinping is one aspect, and more importantly, from the Sword Pavilion to Chengdu, these key passes, if they are all seriously prepared, even if Deng Ai can re-enter the Shuzhong Plain, he may not have the opportunity to fight in Chengdu. Whether it is Jiangyou, Fucheng or Jinzhu, the defensive capabilities of these cities are extremely strong, and even if Deng Ai's army without heavy siege equipment has an absolute advantage in numbers, it is not easy to conquer these strong cities.

Of course, if it is voluntarily surrendered, then it is a different matter.

Liu Chan's will must have reached the various passes along the way, Liu Yin passed through Jinzhu and Fucheng, he had found that the defenders of these cities had obviously strengthened their vigilance, inside and outside the city, there were many sentry posts, strictly checking the passing merchants and pedestrians, the battle in front was tense, and the atmosphere in the rear was also particularly solemn.

Obviously, Liu Yin was quite satisfied with this situation, although the garrison strength of these passes was weaker - each pass defender ranged from hundreds to thousands, but the positive defensive posture was always more than a hundred times stronger than the negative defensive awareness, and these pass defenders could conscientiously perform their duties, and Deng Ai would never be as flat as in history if he wanted to hit Chengdu.

Liu Yin had Liu Chan's handwritten edict, which was naturally unimpeded, and after leaving Fucheng, Liu Yin accelerated the speed of the march and went straight to Jiangyou Pass.

The guard of Jiangyou Pass is Ma Miao, in Liu Yin's impression, this goods should be a greedy and afraid of death, timid as a mouse, Deng Ai's army is under the city of Jiangyou Pass, and before a single arrow is fired, he is already frightened and scattered, and he will surrender to the pass. With such a courageous general, Liu Yin really didn't know how he was promoted to the position of Jiangyou guard.

Jiangyou Pass is facing water and surrounded by mountains on three sides, and its danger is no less than that of Sword Pavilion, which is such a dangerous pass, which is handed over to the hands of a mediocre and incompetent person like Ma Miao, and completely loses the value of its existence. Otherwise, if the 1,000 defenders in the city rose up to resist, Deng Ai, who was exhausted from climbing mountains and rivers, wanted to take Jiangyou, which was almost an impossible task.

It was precisely because of the fall of Jiangyouguan that the bloodless Deng Ai army was rested and replenished, laying a solid foundation for the next Battle of Jinzhu. Shu Han died not so much at the hands of Deng Ai's strange soldiers, but at the hands of these incompetent people.

The closer he got to Jiangyou, Liu Yin really had the heart to see Ma Miao himself, who had trapped the Shu Han Dynasty in a catastrophe.

"Young master, the front is Jiangyou Guan." The sentry who explored the way reported to Liu Yinyu.

Liu Yin nodded, two or three months ago he also passed through Jiangyou Pass on the way to Hanzhong, but at that time the attention was in Hanzhong, the line was in a hurry, and he didn't pay too much attention to Jiangyou Pass.

The garrison of Jiangyouguan has also been significantly strengthened, there are barricades at the gate of the city, several teams of soldiers are guarded with guns, strictly checking the passers-by, obviously Liu Chan's edict has also reached here, disobeying the emperor's holy decree is a matter of losing his head, it is estimated that no matter how mediocre and lazy Ma Miao is, it is impossible to do anything to resist the decree, even if he does not take it seriously in his heart, at least the superficial article has to be done.

The defenders saw a group of men and horses coming from a distance, and they could not understand the situation, and their expressions could not help but become very nervous, and they lined up behind the barricades with guns, and shouted loudly: "Who is coming?" All parking is checked! ”

Zhang Le was on Liu Yin's side, and several small soldiers dared to shout at him, Zhang Le couldn't help but be greatly annoyed, and cursed: "Damn, a few little thieves dare to shout in front of Lao Tzu, it's really unreasonable, these guys, you have to teach a good lesson." ”

Zhao Zhuo smiled and said: "Brother Le, these guards don't know what you do, where your responsibilities are, so naturally you have to interrogate clearly, I think people are doing their duty, if the army in Shu can do this, why worry about the Wei soldiers." ”

Zhang Le said stupidly: "I didn't say that they were derelict in their duties, but their attitude made me unhappy, who made them shout so loudly." Do you say, big brother? “

Zhang Le went to ask Liu Yin, but Liu Yin ignored him at all, beat his horse forward, walked to the front of the guards, pointed with a whip, and said, "Go, send your general Ma Miao out to see me." "With Liu Yin's identity, naturally there is no need to talk to these little soldiers, if you really want to be like them, but you surrendered your identity, Liu Yin directly named Ma Miao to come out.

The team leader in charge of guarding the door glanced Liu Yin up and down, seeing that Liu Yin's outfit was extraordinary, and his tone was so strong, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, put away his arrogant attitude in the past, and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency is ......?"

"Tell Ma Miao, just say that Lieutenant Liu Yin is coming to visit." Liu Yin said coldly.

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Ma Miao was lying comfortably on the couch at the moment, listening to the singer singing a little song, shaking his head and half-listening and half-listening. Ma Miao is over forty years old and has become a Jiangyou Pass Guard, in fact, the title of general is just a polite title, Ma Miao's title is actually just a captain of a thousand stones, and at his age, if he wants to be promoted, unless he has great military merits, it is difficult to have another chance.

And Jiangyou is in the hinterland of Shuzhong, even if the Wei army hits the Sword Pavilion this time, there are still hundreds of miles away from Jiangyou, not to mention that there is a great general Jiang Wei on the front line, and it seems that there is no need for them to worry about these little people, although the imperial court has issued an edict to take strict precautions, but Ma Miao is still doing his own thing, drinking small wine, listening to music, and a leisurely appearance.

Since there is no hope of promotion, why should Ma Miao care.

Only halfway through the song, one of Ma Miao's stewards ran in in a panic, panting and saying, "My lord...... Big things are wrong...... Husband...... Husband ......"

Ma Miao glared at him and said, "What's the panic, take your time." ”

Before the steward could speak, a woman with plain makeup had already appeared in the hall, her willow eyebrows were upside down, her apricot eyes were angry, and she glared at Ma Miao angrily, and the steward swallowed a breath, and finally said, "Madame is here......"

Ma Miao glared at him fiercely, turned his head, showed a smirk on his face, and said to the woman: "It's Madame, I don't know why Madame came?" ”