There were soldiers and horses coming from behind. Although Zhang Ren was so scared that he was sweating profusely, Wei Yan was not at ease, and he did not dare to take the opportunity to attack.

Wei Yan was facing a great enemy, and the red flags in his hand swayed one after another. The soldiers began to change formations. After a dazzled look, the cone formation evolved into a square formation with strong defense.

Wei Yan changed the formation in time, so he naturally had to deal with the coming army.

Because he knew that Liu Bei was advancing slowly on the road and did not encircle him so quickly, the person who came must be an enemy but not a friend.

Sure enough, the person who came was Wu Yi's confidant general Wu Lan and Lei Tong.

Wu Yi and Liu Yu led the army and invited Liu Bei's army on the road. He was not worried about the safety of Luocheng and left their two confidants to defend the city.

Wu Lan is an outstanding representative of the Wu family in Chengdu. He originally belonged to Liu Xun's subordinates. He followed Liu Xun to guard Zitong and was entrusted with the important task of guarding Jiameng Pass.

Wu Lan did not disappoint her expectations. She had been guarding the pass for many years, but she had never allowed Zhang Lu's army to break through the pass. Last time, because his subordinate lieutenant went to fight without permission, she was almost broken by Ma Chao, which also sounded the alarm for him.

After receiving the report, Pang Xi reported his merits, he had to exaggerate. This was why Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to support him.

Wu Lan guarded Jiameng Pass. After Liu Bei led his troops to take over the defense, he lost his duties and returned to Zitong City to work.

Liu Bei pretended to withdraw his troops and did not return Jiameng Pass to Wu Lan. He also attacked Fushui Pass and killed Yang Huai and Gao Pei at a speed of thunder.

Pang Xi sent someone to send Liu Xun back to the capital. Wu Lan, as Liu Xun's general, led the troops back to Chengdu.

Although Wu Yi and Wu Lan are not from the same clan, they are of the same clan after all. Wu Yi gets along well with the Wu family in Chengdu and has a very harmonious relationship with Wu Lan.

Before going to the expedition, Liu Zhang asked Wu Yi to recommend his generals. Because Wu Lan was Jiangling, which Liu Xun also trusted, he was of course valued by Wu Yi and his status was still above Lei Tong.

The guarding of Luo City was equivalent to the retreat left by Wu Yi. Wu Lan, who was reunited and did not dare to neglect, was inspecting the city himself. Suddenly, he heard a faint cry of killing in the direction of the west gate.

Wu Lan knew that Zhang Ren had already fought with Liu Bei's army and led his army to come to support him. He was originally going to share the credit, but he didn't expect that Zhang Renjun, who had just been defeated, would have just happened to continue.

Lei Tong and Wu Lan responded in time, and Zhang Renjun finally stopped the collapse and saved 40% of the army.

Originally, Wu Lan and Lei Tong were determined to counterattack Wei Yan, but seeing that Liu Bei's army had stabilized its position, the number of subsequent troops was increasing, and it had already gained the upper hand in the number of people.

Wu Lan and Lei Tong only brought 4,000 troops and horses when they left the city. Together with Zhang Ren's more than 1,000 defeated soldiers, it was only 5,000. Wei Yan's defensive phalanx was close to 8,000. They had no chance of winning and had to retreat to Luocheng.

Although Wei Yan had the advantage of the number of troops, he was all tired troops from afar, so he naturally did not dare to chase and kill them. At the foot of this mountain, he found a place with excellent terrain and set up camp.

Pang Tong had long wanted to lead the army to chase Zhang Ren with Wei Yan, but Wei Yan was worried about Pang Tong's safety and firmly stopped it and ordered Bai Li's troops to protect him.

Pang Tong's fire attack strategy was actually only half used, and he forced Zhang Ren out with smoke, and he was very proud.

After Pang Tong came out, Wei Yan was under Pang Tong's command this time, and defeated Zhang Ren with no blood. He also knew the difference between him and his military advisor and respected Pang Tong very much.

Wei Yan set up the camp and asked Pang Tong to enter the central army tent to rest. Obviously, Wei Yan put his position in the right position, treated himself as his subordinate, and gave the commander's military tent to the military advisor.

Wei Yan received Pang Tong after dinner, sent him into the tent to rest, arranged a guard, and then returned to his own tent.

He didn't dare to be careless. According to Huang Zhong's experience, he arranged multiple sergeant probes and distributed them in all directions of the camp to prevent the enemy from coming to rob the camp.

Because of the marching fatigue, Pang Tong slept very soundly and got up until he rose three o'clock the next day.

After breakfast, Pang Tong was the first to arrive in Luocheng, so he could not be idle, so he decided to check the military situation and set a plan to attack the city.

Originally, Wei Yan wanted to accompany him personally, but Pang Tong was not sure and did not want to make a big fuss to arouse the alert in the city. Moreover, Wei Yan must guard the camps to avoid the enemy's surprise attack.

Wei Yan led his troops to fight this time, so he naturally wanted to make meritorious service and received awards. He followed Pang Tongyan, stayed in the camp to guard, and sent scouts to investigate the movements of Liu Bei's army.

Pang Tong acted in a low-key manner and only brought ten white soldiers around him to the outside of Luocheng on white horses.

He first looked around the city from afar and saw that the city was defending tightly and the walls were tall and thick. It was not easy to break the city.

Pang Tong originally wanted to think of a plan to attack the city before Liu Bei arrived, but now he had no idea and was a little anxious. He looked up and saw that the terrain on the south hillside was relatively high, so he could see the reality and reality of the city.

Pang Tong ordered the guards to lead the horse, walk around the foot of the mountain, climb to the highest point of the south hillside, and look down from a high place to check the virtual and real things in the city.

Pang Tong rode a big white horse and was wandering around the city, which had long attracted the attention of the defenders on the city. He immediately sent someone to report to Wu Lan.

Zhang Ren failed to ambush Liu Bei's army, but was defeated by Wei Yan's troops. He was depressed and did not sleep well at night and woke up very late in the morning.

After breakfast, Zhang Ren was worried, so he went to the Xicheng Gate to check and met the sergeant who reported the news.

When Zhang Renyi heard that a general riding a white horse was exploring the city, he had already reached the south hillside. He was overjoyed and came to the city gate and went up to the top of the city to confirm whether the person coming was Liu Bei.

Zhang Ren looked at the top of the city and saw the divine white horse again, but because the distance was too far, he couldn't see it very clearly and could not recognize who the general who took the lead was.

Zhang Ren did not think that Liu Bei would give his beloved mount to his subordinates. Although he couldn't see it carefully, he still believed that the person who looked at the city must be Liu Bei.

Although Zhang Ren was not good at archery techniques, his arm strength was extraordinary. He took off the four-stone bow from his back, took the arrow, aimed at the direction where Liu Bei was, and shot an arrow.

Zhang Ren shot this arrow but did not expect to hit it. He just wanted to scare Liu Bei and vent his depression.

Sure enough, as the arrow flew away, Zhang Ren was vented and felt much more comfortable. He was about to leave the west city gate when he suddenly heard the cheers of the soldiers on the top of the city, and the guards Liu Bei on the south hillside were already in chaos.

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When Zhang Lu saw that Liu Bei and Liu Zhang had already started a war, he naturally wanted to take advantage of the situation and urged Yang Bai to march several times.

But Huo Jun and Meng Da are not ordinary people. They joined forces to guard the pass and guard Jiameng Pass as if it were an iron barrel. Yang Bai had no choice but to do anything.

When Ma Chao was defeated and came to join Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu was preparing to marry his daughter to Ma Chao in order to win over him.

Yang Bai was afraid that Ma Chao would replace his position as the number one general in Hanzhong, so he spoke to Zhang Lu:

"Ma Chao's wife suffered a tragic disaster, which was caused by harm. How can the lord give her daughter?"

Zhang Lu followed Yang Bai's advice and stopped recruiting a son-in-law. Someone told Ma Chao about Yang Bai's words, and there was a grudge between the two.

Later, Yang Bai sent troops to help Ma Chao attack Qishan, but Ma Chao arranged a way and quietly withdrew it. Instead, he used Yang Bai to block Xiahou Yuan's pursuers for him. Yang Bai had to add fuel to the fire and sue Ma Chao.

Since then, Ma Chao has the intention to kill Yang Bai.

Yang Bai naturally saw it, so he discussed with his brother Yang Song, wanting to plot against Ma Chao.

Yang Bai attacked Jiameng Pass for months and made no progress, but the losses were quite large. He sent someone to ask Zhang Lu for reinforcements. He had already discussed with Yang Song and made a wishful thinking. He wanted Ma Chao to act as cannon fodder. If the credit was his own, he would blame him for Ma Chao.
Chapter completed!