On the last day of September, Zhang Fei finally arrived at the last stop of his trip after so many days of rushing to enclose the land.

He had just recovered Jiange County, and then walked along the plank road in the north of the county for more than twenty miles, came to the back of Jianmen Pass, and shouted to surrender to the enemy army who had been attacked from both sides on the wall:

"Zhang Ren! Hurry up and surrender! Pang Xi has given up Jiang You and Zi Tong, and he is huddled in Fucheng and dare not come out! You have been attacked by us. Seeing that you are a loyal and brave man, you have blocked Gao Shun and Wu Kuang for a year, my elder brother wants to give you a chance to regret and reform! Liu Yan betrays the court and will soon be defeated!"

The rammed earth city wall at Jianmen Pass was actually ragged by the harassed cart. Zhang Ren had long since failed to expect the city wall to be held back, but retreated layer by layer and temporarily built barriers with wooden stakes to block Gao Shun.

Fortunately, in the past six months, Gao Shun has become a sensible person and has no hope of breaking through. He just attracts Pang Xi's attention and military strength here, so life on both sides has become easier, like a "sitting war".

Knowing that today, Zhang Ren did not receive a warning in advance, nor did he dare to leave his post without permission. He was cut off his way and blocked the Jiange Road and could not get out.

There is Gao Shun in front and Zhang Fei in the back. How could the word "miserable" be?

Zhang Ren knew that it was meaningless to keep it, but after all, people had sunk costs. He kept Gao Shun for almost a year because of this matter. He was wasted all his previous efforts because his teammates were not strong enough, and his mind was unable to make a comeback.

Zhang Ren shouted with a harsh and cowardly voice: "Those who have received the favor of Han and the country in the world care about betrayal or not the court! My Zhang Ren was poor and a commoner, and he had never received the favor of Han. Liu Yan promoted the position of Marquis of our army and should be loyal to the people! He is just dead today!

Besides, I don’t believe that Grandpa Pang will abandon me. Zhang Fei, I think you are the commander of a brigade and the side troops attack Jiange, and you want to cheat me! If I keep guarding for three or five days, Grandpa Pang will definitely lead a large army to attack you. It is still unknown who will be trapped in the middle!"

"Hahahaha, don't you believe that Pang Xi has given up Jiangyou, Zitong, and returned to Mianzhu, Fucheng? I'll show you a testimony now! Come on! Zhang Ren, who do you know this witch?"

After saying that, Zhang Fei asked two people to rob them. Both sides were hundreds of steps away from the range of the crossbow, so they couldn't see clearly.

But when Zhang Ren saw the woman's clothes, he had some impression. And after Zhang Fei used torture and whipped the witch and made her scream, Zhang Ren was sure of it.

Because that woman's voice is so charming and very distinctive? I will never forget it after hearing it once.

Zhang Fei introduced in disgust: "You should recognize it! This old lady is the mistress of Liu Yan's old thief, Zhang Lu's thief**! You should know? Where Liu Yan left her, she was arrested by us. Do you still doubt whether Jiang You and Zi Tong were revived by the great man?"

It turned out that Liu Yan left Zhang Lu's mother to the side of Pang Xi to supervise the army? This witch also often showed up in public? The generals were familiar with her voice. This woman was actually in her forty years, and she could only be confused by Liu Yan by practicing the rice thief magic technique and having the ability to keep her face.

"You can't see clearly, so let you take a closer look! You said you were loyal to Liu Yan? He was deceived by the witch and refused to surrender, and you could not persuade him. Now Liu Mao is dead? Liu Yan has no descendants. No matter how loyal you are to Liu Yan, when Liu Yan dies, your foundation is just to fall into the hands of him and this evil son of the witch. Do you have the heart to work hard for this kind of pickled goods?"

Zhang Fei said, "Get out his sword and chopped off the old demon woman's head with one knife?" He kicked it in the distance. He asked Zhang Renjun soldiers to pick it up by themselves and watch it slowly.

Zhang Ren held up the head and confirmed it over and over again, thinking that Zhang Fei's words made some sense - Liu Yan is now dying, what's the good thing about that kind of death? Maybe it's not what Liu Yan himself means, but being bewitched by the treacherous...

"Oh..." Zhang Ren, who found the steps, asked his soldiers to put down their weapons and surrender out of the pass.

The terrain of Jianmen Pass is dangerous and narrow, and there are not many defenders in normal times. After some war damage, Pang Xi regularly replenished his troops, so he only maintained at 2,000 people at the same time.

After Zhang Fei confiscated their weapons, he lined up and sent the prisoners back to Jiange County.

Gao Shun on the other side finally led the Eight Hundred Clan to pass the gate, and there was a battalion of Wu Kuang's troops temporarily led by Wu Lan, passing by one in turn.

As for Wu Kuang himself, although he was nominally the direct leader of Gao Shun, because the war here was a long-term meditation, he did not want to endure this hardship, so he stayed in Jiameng County for many years.

After the news of the breakthrough of Jianmen Pass here is confirmed, Wu Kuang will naturally leave from Jiameng to Zitong and help Zhang Fei ensure the retreat in Zitong and Jiangyou direction, so that Zhang Fei and Gao Shun can let go of their hands to deal with the frontal enemy.

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With the opening of the Jiange Road, all the roads entering the Chengdu Plain in Hanzhong were all in the hands of Liu Bei's army, and they could move forward and retreat freely from then on. The food and grass stored in Jiameng County by Liu Bei's army can also be transported over to subsidize the front line of Guanghan County through plank roads.

But in fact, there is no need to do this, because there are too many counties that surrendered in Guanghan County, and Liu Bei's army can use the grain from the surrendered county government warehouses at will. Shortly after the autumn harvest ended, on the wealthy and fertile Chengdu Plain, there were warehouses and warehouses everywhere. How could it be that military rations were short? Even if Liu Yan was willing to firmly clear the walls and clear the fields, it would be too late.

At this point, it is meaningless to stick to any major traffic artery node. The only meaningful thing is to concentrate troops to fight a decisive battle in the end, and to choose two strongholds that need to be defended if they are defeated in the end.

On the battlefield on the southern front, Liu Yan led the main force back to Chengdu and Mianzhu to find Pang Xi to gather troops, while Wang Lei, who was responsible for the rear-end, also lived a miserable life.

Liu Yan left Wang Lei's local soldiers to hold Zhao Yun back. The reason why they refused to give Dongzhou soldiers was because Liu Yan had long known that Wang Lei's abandoned son would not be able to defeat Zhao Yun. The precious 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers would have to keep the final battle.

Therefore, Wang Lei only held Zhao Yun for three or five days.

These locals in Yizhou had a dismal morale. They fought 10,000 people on the Meishan Plain. They were still facing the Youzhou Jingqi who had been suffering from blood for many years. Even if there was a camp to support them, they could not stand it at all.

However, the huge camp left by the main army gave Wang Lei a lot of strategic depth to gradually give up. If he abandoned one camp for half a day, he could hold Zhao Yun for several days. However, he would delay it for four days and retreat to the last camp and retreat without any retreat, that is, the day when Wang Lei's resistance ended.

Zhao Yun charged a little, and the new recruits in Yizhou turned against each other. Wang Lei tried to restrain military discipline, but he was not cut by his own people behind the back. However, he was stepped on by the fleeing soldiers and fainted. After the incorporation, Zhao Yun captured Wang Lei and sent him to the hospital for treatment under the accusation of the surrendered general.

Zhao Yun also strictly followed the prisoner-of-war policy that Liu Bei took before he set out: for those who eat Han Lu, if they help Liu Yan and refuse to surrender, of course, they would be considered to be betrayal of the court. Even if they are not killed, at least the prisoners will be demoted to the people after being arrested.

However, for the talents promoted by Liu Yan from the common people, they have never eaten Han Lu, received favors from the court, and have no court in their hearts, so they will leave their lives to watch the future.

After all, Liu Bei himself was born in poverty and had noble blood. However, when he was a child, his family was poor and his money was very poor. He could understand the mentality of "a scholar who died for his confidant" and was willing to give loyal masters a chance. (After Liu Bei lost his father, he was very poor before he was fifteen years old, so there was no doubt about this. He was rich after his uncle sponsored a study tour)

Perhaps this is Liu Bei's consistent down-to-earth view of using people, and it is also his instinctive method to win over talents.

On the seventh day of the 10th month, after Zhao Yun defeated Wang Lei, he further occupied Wuyang County. This was the last county in Jianwei County that Liu Yan was in the hands of him. Zhao Yun's troops shuttled through the Chengdu Plain. Liu Yan could not stop him at all, and did not dare to stop him. He could only huddle in the county town and the camp to pose a defensive posture.

Three days later, Zhao Yun, who was freely coming and going, finally joined forces with Zhang Fei from the north near Mianzhu. He was idle these days and did not forget to continue to transform and incorporate the scattered Qing Qiang soldiers and the old soldiers captured, and the troops were more and more.

Zhang Feijun on the other side received Gao Shun and Wu Kuang, and had already added about 2,000 elite troops from the Northern Army of Gao and Wu, and also included some troops from Zhang Ren and others, and chose those who were truly brainwashed by Liu Bei and were willing to rebel.

Therefore, when Zhang and Zhao joined forces, they found that their total strength had expanded from 20,000 people at the time of departure to 25,000 people. There were more scattered places where the troops were surrendered. Zhang and Zhao were too lazy to lead them, so as not to delay the speed of the march too slowly, so they stayed in the local area to move into defense.

A few more days later, around October 15th, the final day of the final battle with Liu Yan was finally coming.

Liu Bei, who was in Jiangzhou, heard about the decisive battle seven or eight days ago, so he brought some direct troops to help the battle. He met with Zhang and Zhao on October 15th and personally supervised the final battle. Liu Bei also had about 5,000 troops, most of which were Youzhou soldiers and Banyan Man.

These troops were originally going to defend the key points around Jiangzhou to prevent Liu Yan from attacking. But since Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were advancing so smoothly, the counterattack would no longer exist. Liu Bei's strategic reserve team was idle and he was left to the newly surrendered army to take over.

As a result, the total strength of Liu Bei's army on the Mianzhu Plain reached 30,000.

The total force of Liu Yan's army was originally expected to gather 110,000 people, but since the Qingqiang army of nearly 10,000 people were lost in advance, and the 10,000 Yizhou soldiers when Wang Lei broke the rear were also dispersed. Therefore, the actual force in the final decisive battle was only 90,000-60,000 Yizhou soldiers, 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers, and no barbarian soldiers.

Judging from the book numbers, Liu Yan still has a three-fold advantage, but everyone knows the actual quality and morale.

When Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun saw Liu Bei, they naturally had to drink a few cups to receive the reception. Zhang Fei first punished himself three times, then wiped his mouth and asked, "Brother, is Boya staying in Jiangzhou to guard? What happened to the second brother? He should have entered Jingzhou long ago?"

Liu Bei seized the wine jar: "The war is imminent, drink less! A few days ago, Zijing suddenly reported that there was something wrong with Guanzhong, and Huangfu Song was afraid that he would be transferred by the emperor. Even his son Huangfu Jianshou advised him not to obey Dong Zhuo's life, but Huangfu Song was foolish and loyal, alas.

However, Huangfu Song knew about Xinyi. When Empress Lingsi entrusted Princess Wannian to him through Boya to protect him. Before leaving this time, Huangfu Song secretly asked Boya to lead a small number of troops to take Princess Wannian to Hanzhong. It seemed that Huangfu Song knew that he was going here, and the result would not be too good.

As for Chang Chang, before I left Jiangzhou, I heard that Chang Chang had already taken over Baidi City and Wu County, and now he should have entered Jingzhou. However, there are many thieves and heroes in Jingnan who resisted. I heard that Dong Zhuo's newly appointed Wuling Prefect Jin Xuan refused to obey. Jin Xuan's position should be to treat the person who attacked Dong as a rebellion. Chang Yun could only solve this Dong Zhuo's gangster by force."
Chapter completed!