Liu Bei's army defeated Zhang Ren and captured two camps again. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan led their troops and had already chased them to the city of Luocheng. The two set up two camps ten miles away from the city, making each other a supportive force.

The next day, Liu Bei left a thousand troops to guard the camp and personally led his troops to Luocheng. After the camp was set up, he asked Wei Yan and Huang Zhong to fight under the east gate, but Wu Yi did not leave.

Liu Bei ordered a strong attack on the city gate, but Wu Yi sent Wu Lan and Lei Tong to defend closely. Although Huang Zhong and Wei Yan personally attacked the city gate many times, they did not open a breakthrough.

On the fourth day of the attack, Liu Bei felt that the east gate was narrow and could not use his troops. He personally carried out his army to attack the west gate, and ordered Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to continue attacking the east gate, stay at the south gate and the north gate, and let the Shu army walk.

The area around the south gate of Luocheng is full of mountain roads, which is inconvenient to walk. Outside the north gate is the Fu River passing by, so you cannot advance after pulling up the suspension bridge.

Therefore, no matter how many troops Liu Bei has, he cannot completely besiege Luocheng. This is also the reason why Liu Zhang sent Liu Xun to defend Luocheng.

After Zhang Ren was defeated and returned to Luocheng, Wu Yi did not blame him and asked him to return to the West Gate to defend.

He saw Liu Bei at the west gate at the city gate, riding horses and commanding the city to attack. He had been thinking about a plan in his mind, wanting to plot against Liu Bei.

In his opinion, if Liu Bei can be captured or killed, the threat can be completely eliminated.

Seeing that Liu Bei was running from Chen to Wei, he was gradually exhausted. Zhang Rensi got a plan and hurriedly asked Wu Yi to offer his plans.

Wu Yi heard Zhang Ren say something terrible, but he didn't think Liu Bei would fall into the trap so easily, but he still asked Zhang Ren to lead his troops to use the plan.

Zhang Ren asked Wu Lan and the other generals Lei Tong to lead troops out of the north gate and turn to the east gate to block Huang Zhong and Wei Yan's way to the west gate, making them unable to support Liu Bei.

However, Zhang Ren himself led thousands of elite troops and quietly went out of the south gate, turned to the west gate, and met Liu Bei.

On the top of the city, Zhang Ren selected hundreds of militias to beat drums and shout.

Liu Bei led his army to attack for a day, and his soldiers were tired. Seeing that it was almost dusk, they were about to retreat to the camp and prepared to continue their attack tomorrow.

As soon as the siege soldiers retreated, drums sounded on the top of the city, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, and a horse turned out from the south and chased Liu Bei's army.

When Liu Bei's army was retreating, it was unable to organize effective defense, and the army was in chaos.

Zhang Ren rushed away the defeated troops and rushed to capture Liu Bei as he looked at the white horse he rode by Liu Bei.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan saw Zhang Ren leading the army to attack Liu Bei from afar. When they were in charge of the army, they were blocked by Wu Lan and Lei Tong, and they could not take care of each other.

Liu Bei knew that Zhang Ren was very skilled in martial arts and was expected to be unable to defeat him. When he was about to retreat to the east gate, his retreat was blocked by defeated soldiers. He was in a panic and drove his horse to the remote path of the mountain.

Zhang Ren made up his mind to capture the thief and captured the king. He ignored the defeated soldiers, but just stared at Liu Bei and rushed from behind. He seemed to be getting closer and closer, but Zhang Ren was also afraid that it was Liu Bei's plan and did not dare to be too careless.

Liu Bei was alone and one horse. Zhang Ren led several young generals and dozens of guards to come on horseback.

Xuande was looking forward and trying his best to move forward. Suddenly, another army turned out on the mountain road ahead. Liu Bei complained in his heart:

"There are ambushers in front and pursuers in the back. I will be killed by heaven!"

But Liu Bei's martial arts skills were not weak. Although the situation was critical, he didn't want to go back, so he rushed forward and wanted to break through.

Liu Bei walked closer and saw that the generals of the army were the first, but it was Zhang Fei, and he was very happy.

Zhang Fei and Yan Yan came from Ba County and happened to be walking on this path. Seeing the dust rising in front of him, they knew that it was the eldest brother fighting with the Sichuan soldiers.

Zhang Fei gave up Liu Bei and took the lead in facing Zhang Ren. The two fought for less than ten rounds, and Yan Yan led his troops to advance.

Zhang Ren could not defeat it, thinking that he had been ambushed, so he had few soldiers and horses under him, so he had to turn around and retreat quickly.

Fortunately, Zhang Ren did not chase after him for a long time. After returning to the city, he quickly gathered his troops and ordered the slogan to collect the troops.

Zhang Fei led his army to the city. Zhang Ren did not dare to fight, so he led his army back into the city, closed the city gate, and pulled up the suspension bridge.

Zhang Fei arranged for Yan Yan to set up a camp, and went back to Liu Bei to meet him, and returned to Liu Bei's camp together to tell his feelings after parting.

Zhang Fei knew that Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun had not arrived in Luocheng yet, so he couldn't help but say:

"Military Zhuge came back to the river, but before he arrived, I took the lead in me."

Liu Bei was also very surprised at Zhang Fei coming by land so quickly and asked:

"The mountain road is dangerous and obstructed. The third brother came all the way. Could it be that there was no Shu army defending the pass, so how could he advance in a long journey? Instead, he arrived here before the military advisor who was on the boat?"

Zhang Fei smiled and replied proudly:

"From Jingzhou, there are a total of cities on the road, with forty-five passes and over ten thousand guards. I have never tried my best to reach this place so quickly. All of them are the achievements of veteran Yan Yan,"

This time, the matter of releasing Yan Yan was Zhang Fei's proud work. He was about to find someone to share it, but when he saw Liu Bei asking, he could not bear it, so he explained it from the beginning with Liu Bei. Although it did not add fuel to the fire, it was also fascinating, which made Liu Bei very happy.

Yan Yan set up a camp and came to see Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei led Yan Yan to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was very happy and bowed to Yan Yan and thanked him:

"If the veteran general had not helped the army, how could my brother come here?"

Liu Bei was very good at buying people's hearts. He also knew the skills of the veteran Yan Yan. He then took off the golden chain mail on his body and gave it to Yan Yan to show his favor. Yan Yan thanked him.

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After receiving Zhang Lu's response, Ma Chao agreed to provide the army's food and grass, and allocate 10,000 troops to allow Ma Chao to attack Jiameng Pass.

Although he asked for 20,000 elite soldiers, Ma Chao was going to bargain with Zhang Lu slowly. Now Zhang Lu agreed to allocate 10,000 troops so quickly. Ma Chao was satisfied, so he naturally didn't want to have any more troubles, so he immediately agreed to lead his troops to Jiameng Pass.

When the envoy saw Ma Chao agreeing to send troops, he took the opportunity to take Pang De to Hanzhong for recuperation.

Ma Chao and Pang De can be said to have grown up together. They have a life-long friendship. He is also very worried about Pang De's illness and is about to go on a war again. He is not sure how to resettle Pang De.

Hearing that Zhang Lu was going to take Pang De to Hanzhong for treatment, he knew that he was showing kindness to him, so he asked the envoy to take Pang De away.

Ma Chao and Ma Su who recruited Liu Xiongming had more than 5,000 people. After coming to Jiameng Pass, Ma Su did not show up because he didn't want to reveal his identity, but just secretly made suggestions for Ma Chao.

After Ma Chao received 10,000 elite soldiers, he could not without a statement and sent Ma Dai to lead the troops and fight at Jiameng Pass every day.

Meng Da and Huo Jun have been guarding Jiameng Pass for almost half a year. Although there are 3,000 elite soldiers, Yang Bai has been attacking Jiameng Pass for several months.

Although Huo Jun and Meng Da repelled countless attacks, their own losses were not small, and they lost hundreds of troops. Now they were only two thousand soldiers who could fight.

When he heard that Ma Chao led his troops to attack, Ma Chao's courage was not enough. The situation of guarding the pass suddenly became nervous. When the soldiers closed, they also showed a timidity in fighting.

If we follow Huo Jun's opinion, although the army is not very morale, Jiameng Pass is in danger. If we cannot stick to it, it will not be easy for Ma Chao to break the pass.

He wanted to hold Ma Chao here first, try to buy time for Liu Bei's main force, and ask for reinforcements after Liu Bei captured Luocheng.

Although Meng Da was only the deputy general of Jiameng Pass, he was specially appointed by Liu Bei. Because he was familiar with the geographical and human nature here, Huo Jun attached great importance to Meng Da's opinions.

Meng Da's new investment in Liu Bei and was eager to make contributions, so he offered advice to Huo Jun:

"General Huo, our army is short of military strength and morale is sluggish. The lord's attack on Luocheng is not good, and it is difficult to come to support him for a while. As the saying goes, long-term defense will lead to lose. I see that Ma Dai comes to fight every day and lead only one thousand troops. It is better to let me lead one thousand troops to rush out tomorrow, catch Ma Dai off guard, defeat Ma Dai's army, and then you can hold on."

Because Huo Jun had few soldiers on his side, he did not want to send troops to fight Ma Chao hard, but due to his sympathy, he was difficult to refuse, so he had to agree to Meng Da and had the opportunity to let him go out of seclusion and fight.

Although Meng Da was eager to make contributions, he knew that he could not fight with Ma Chao, who had tens of thousands of troops, so he waited and looked for opportunities.

Although Meng Da claimed to be both civil and military, and had been an official in Xichuan for many years, he was a small role in playing soybeans. He really led the troops by the 5,000 soldiers and horses he gave to Liu Bei last time, and he had no real experience in fighting.

That day, Meng Da saw Ma Dai fighting at the gate. The soldiers behind him were scattered and messed up. He felt that the opportunity had come, so he led a thousand elite soldiers out of the gate and fought with Ma Dai, gaining the upper hand. He arrived in an instant, and a rushing attack almost blocked Meng Da at the gate.

Fortunately, Huo led his troops to respond in time and shot Ma Chao's cavalry with a powerful crossbow. Only then did he receive Meng Da's remaining troops retreat to the pass. Less than 200 elite troops remained, and 30% of his troops were lost in an instant.

After defeating Meng Da with a plan, Ma Dai began to take action and led troops to attack Jiameng Pass every day. Huo Jun and Meng Da were afraid of mistakes, so they hurriedly sent people to Luocheng for help.
Chapter completed!