While sending people to report to Deng Ai, Wen Yang led the Yueqi Camp to attack Guancheng in Jiange and launched a siege battle.

Wen Yang doesn't care whether the Shu army has any conspiracy or traps. Since he has already taken down the ladder, the next level is to face Jianmen Pass directly, and the opportunity to attack Jiange is in front of him. How could Wen Yang give up? So Wen Yang led his army to attack Guancheng, trying to win Jiange's first achievement.

It was Zhou Tai's forced decision to give up the ladder stairs. Although the Shu army had resisted the Wei army's hundreds of attacks on the ladder stairs, after Simalun's main force evacuated, he only left two thousand troops for Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai had to defend both the city and the ladder stairs, so he would definitely face the problem of insufficient troops. Therefore, Zhou Tai could only choose to give up the ladder stairs and concentrate all his troops to defend the more important city.

For Zhou Tai, he almost came to guard Jiange with the determination to die. After all, he only had two thousand men in his hands. Although Jiange was a one-man who could pass through the pass, it was a fool to really want to be able to stop the 100,000 troops of Wei with two thousand men.

Therefore, Zhoutai’s mission is actually very simple, that is, to delay as much time as possible and win time for Simalun’s main force to evacuate. Naturally, the more time the better, the better. However, this is not something that Zhoutai himself can decide. How long he can last depends entirely on the strength of the Wei army’s attack.

The ladder stairs itself is the best defensive position. The Shu army has been holding on the ladder stairs for several months and repelled hundreds of attacks from the Wei army. However, this is entirely based on the fact that the Shu army has sufficient troops, so it is possible to defend it. Now the troops in Zhoutai are really limited. If he tries to defend the ladder stairs, it will be slightly insufficient, not to mention that the Shu army has to defend the more important Guancheng. Therefore, Zhoutai can only give up the ladder stairs, withdraw his troops back to Jianmen Pass, and defend Guancheng with all his strength.

Although Wen Yang concentrated his troops to attack the city in large numbers, the Yueqi Battalion was not prepared enough. Since it did not require the preparation of weapons such as ladders to attack the ladder steps, the Yueqi Battalion only prepared a large number of crossbows and bows.

Moreover, Yueqi Camp has attacked the ladder stairs dozens of times but failed, so this attack is completely routine. No one thought that he would take down the ladder stairs so easily. So today's victory was completely unexpected. Wen Yang couldn't wait to attack Jianmen Pass, which seemed a little hasty.

However, whether it is hasty or anxious, Jianmen Pass is right in front of you. Of course, Wen Yang would not give up the credit easily, so Wen Yang led his troops to attack Jianmen Pass and ordered people to carry the ladder over and prepare to attack the city with all his strength.

However, Jianmen Pass is not that easy to fight. Jianmen Pass is at the interruption of Jianshan, only a few dozen feet wide, so Jianmen Pass only has a city but no city walls. These cities are all made of stones, and they are not afraid of the attack of catapults.

Of course, with such a dangerous terrain in Jiange, the Wei army could not transport the catapult cart. If they wanted to attack the city, the Wei army could only use the method of ant supporting the city.

But the terrain of Jianmen Pass is too dangerous. The mountains on both sides are like swords, reaching straight into the sky. Such cliffs are even more terrifying, let alone ordinary people, so the possibility of passing Jianmen Pass from both sides is almost zero. If you want to march from here, you must take Jianmen Pass.

When Zhuge Liang built the key points of Jianmen Pass, the Guancheng was built high and strong. Although the Yueqi Camp was crowded with people, no matter how many troops were, it could not be used in such a narrow place. Therefore, the two thousand defenders of Zhoutai guarded the Guancheng and commanded the Zhoutai and fought with all their strength, but they were not at a disadvantage. In a hurry, it was difficult for Yueqi Camp to break through the city.

Deng Ai also quickly received the news that Yueqi Camp had taken down the ladder stairs. This news surprised Deng Ai. Originally, the Wei army had attacked the ladder stairs many times, but none of them succeeded, and Deng Ai was almost out of confidence.

But unexpectedly, the Shu army would retreat voluntarily and give up the ladder stairs. Deng Ai immediately noticed the changes in the Shu army. The abandonment of the ladder stairs means that the Shu army's troops have become less powerful. Otherwise, Sima Lun would never give up such an important pass easily.

Only when the Shu army's troops are reduced can they be forced to retreat in the future. The Shu army suddenly withdrew the defenders of Jiange, which means that there must be huge changes in Shu. Although Deng Ai is not sure what happened now, it must be related to the other two groups of the Wei army.

Deng Ai also rushed to Jianmen Pass and looked at the defense lineup of the Shu army. As expected, the Shu army's troops were greatly reduced. Now there are not many soldiers left to guard Jianmen Pass. Compared with the heyday of the Shu army, the gap is quite obvious.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, when will it be until Jiange is defeated?

Deng Ai immediately adjusted the offensive deployment, transferred all the Yueqi Battalion, and replaced it with the Zuowei Battalion to attack the city.

The Yueqi Battalion is not an orthodox infantry. It is obviously incomparable to the regular infantry in terms of the configuration of siege equipment. The reason why Deng Ai arranged the Yueqi Battalion to rotate the battle was just because he was attracted by the long-range attack weapons such as the bows and arrows and crossbows of the Yueqi Battalion. However, if he really participated in the siege battle, the Yueqi Battalion was not as professional as the Zuowei Battalion.

Wen Yang was still emotional when he was replaced. Originally, the first time he could not escape the credit for the first time, but Deng Ai took down the Yueqi Camp and replaced it with the Zuowei Camp to attack the city. This credit seemed to be a handover to others.

Deng Ai told Wen Yang that this pass is not easy to fight. With the Yueqi Camp's siege ability, it is incomparable to the Zuowei Camp. If he really gives him one day, it is absolutely impossible to take down Jianmen Pass.

That's why Deng Ai arranged for the Zuowei Camp to attack the city, and the Yueqi Camp had a more important task, that is, after breaking through the Jiange, the left legion will enter the Shuzhong Plain, and the Yueqi Camp, which has never been used, will have a stage to display its cavalry ability.

Deng Ai arranged for the Yueqi Battalion to withdraw. The main reason was that Yueqi Battalion had other tasks. They needed to prepare war horses now and would always devote themselves to the attack.

After hearing this, Wen Yang naturally had no objection. He himself knew that siege was not the specialty of Yueqi Camp. If the remaining Shu army had defended with all their might, it would definitely not be an easy task for Wen Yang to take down Jiange.

What's more, Yueqi Camp and the other four battalions are arranged in rotation, and they will fight one battalion every day. If Yueqi Camp cannot get Jianmen Pass today, they will need to wait for a few more days.
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