In Liangzhou, Longxi County, and Didao County, Zhang Yong sent 50,000 troops to attack Wudu County. The distance here is not as smooth as that of Sili and other places. Therefore, he has now reached the junction of Longxi County and Wudu County.

Zhang Yong sat in the county hall, listening to the scout who came back to report the news ahead.

"Zhang Ren is indeed extraordinary. He was digging deep trenches outside the Wudu Dao City, and ordered the man of the powerful family who had been searched by him to work day and night to strengthen the city, build arrow towers outside the city, and build posts on the mountain peaks. He was clearly ready to take the position and wait for our army to attack. There was only one road ahead of Wudu County. Even if he knew he was ambushing, he had to go there. It was a headache."

Zhang Yong couldn't help but rub his temples as he listened to the reward of striking his horse.

"Since the eldest brother started his army, he has never encountered such a powerful enemy. Although there are not many soldiers and not many generals, he can adapt to local conditions and avoid weaknesses. He is really a top-notch general today. How can he follow the thief and become enemies with the court? It's hateful, lamentable, and annoying."

Zhang Yong stood up, walked to a sand table in front of him, and checked it repeatedly, but still couldn't find any good solutions.

At this time, Ma Chao stood up. As the commander of the Weiwu County and a local person in Liangzhou, he was naturally recruited by Zhang Yong to the front line to listen to him.

"The general thought that if a large army goes to attack, he will definitely fall into the trap. The generals, who have been growing up in Liangzhou since childhood, are very familiar with the terrain here. Although there is no second road in the mountain, there are quite a few roads that hunters in the mountain walk out. The general begged for a thousand soldiers and horses to walk through the small roads in the mountain, and took his post first. This is equivalent to destroying his eyes. The general's army can drive straight into and go directly outside the county town of Wududao."

Zhang Yong shook his head and said, "This Zhang Ren is a famous general in Shu. Judging from his many actions and arrangements in Wudu County, this person's military strength is no less than me. It is not easy to quietly hold his outpost. If you are not careful, you will be destroyed by him. Only four brothers including Meng Qi in the Ma family in Xiliang are left. How can I bear to let you fall into danger?"

Ma Chao refused to retreat: "The general's words are wrong. As the saying goes: If the clay pot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in front of the formation. A real man will make contributions to the country and should wear a body of horses and corpses. Why should he cherish this? Your Majesty's kindness to our Ma family is higher than the sky and his love is deeper than the sea. He must repay it."

Zhang Yong thought for a while, then nodded: "Since General Ma has the ambition to serve the country, I will always agree. I will then order you as a vanguard general, and I will select a thousand soldiers who are good at mountain combat from the army and go with you. Pang De, Ma Dai, Ma Tie and Ma Xiu will also advance with you. When you advance, remember to do everything step by step and not to make a breakthrough. I think Zhang Ren will definitely not choose a location at will. If you are too impatient, you are afraid of rebelling against the plan, so you must be careful."

"Thank you, General!"

Ma Chao took Pang De and others, carefully selected a thousand soldiers, prepared chains, hooks, beef jerky, coarse grain cakes, water bags and other items, without delay, set off that day, and then when he was about to enter the boundary of Wudu County, he entered the vast mountains.

On this day, while Ma Chao and others were resting in the mountains, a soldier in charge of inquiring ran back.

"General, there are many wooden houses and grass cottages built on a mountainside in front of him. There are many soldiers dressed in them. Judging from the size, there are about two or three thousand people."

"Really?" Ma Chao was a little surprised. After searching for the past few days, he had nothing to do. It was just when he was frowning, so he got such good news. Not only him, but many soldiers were also smiling happily.

He immediately ordered: "Hurry, lead the way!"

Everyone followed the soldier through the mountains and forests. After a while, they indeed saw the territory he mentioned.

After hiding in the woods and watching for a while, Ma Chao said, "There are houses and many shooting ranges here. These soldiers are very diligent in training. They must be one of the ambushers arranged by Zhang Ren. They all hold bows and arrows. If they do not eliminate them, when General Zhang leads his army, they will shoot tens of thousands of arrows on the hillside at the same time. Wouldn't our army suffer heavy losses?"

"Yes, now that we have encountered it, we will naturally have to remove it." Pang De held the spear in his hand tightly.

"Should this be the case." Ma Chao couldn't hide his excitement, lifted the dragon riding tip, raised his arm and exclaimed.

"Brothers, I worked hard for several days, and now the great achievements are right in front of me. Kill me!"

These thousand soldiers were all elites in Zhang Yong's army. They were strong and extremely brave. They traveled through the mountains for several days without any gains. Now, seeing the enemy appear, of course they would not be polite, and they all rushed out with a scream.

How could those thousands of Shu soldiers expect such an enemy to suddenly come out? They were so scared that they were bloodless and panicked.

"Oh no, the enemy is here..."

"How could the imperial army arrive here...ah..."

Zhang Ren was patrolling a guard post on the hillside somewhere outside the Wududao City. He set up more than ten guard posts and three ambushed in the mountains of this generation. The mountain roads among them were the only way for the imperial court to move south from Longxi. No matter how powerful the enemy was, before arriving at the Wududao City Gate, he would inevitably suffer great energy and morale.

The deputy general beside him said with concern: "General, Sanguan came to ask for help. Zhu Ye and Zhang He led their troops to attack. Zhang He's halberd soldiers were Liu He's personal guard. As for Zhu Ye, they were even more brave as the three armies. Even the two generals Lu Bu, Lei and Ling were only afraid that Sanguan would be in trouble..."

Zhang Ren waved his hand and interrupted him: "Tell them to just guard the pass safely and not fight, so that they can be safe. Although the Wudu Dao is steep, it is far less than Sanguan. However, the Luoyang court attacked this place with a large army of 50,000. Sanguan is such a dangerous place in the world, and there are even fewer soldiers and horses. Although Zhu Ye is brave, his way of using troops is far inferior to Zhang Yong. This shows that Sanguan is a void army. If our army divides its troops to rescue him, it will be counter-invasive."

When the deputy general heard this, he nodded repeatedly: "What the general said is very much."

Zhang Ren ambushed his fingers at the traps and pointed: "Come on, tie these rolling woods firmly, and..."

As he was talking, a burst of rapid footsteps came from his ears.

"General, the big thing is not good... Our army ambushed in two places and sentry everywhere have all been destroyed."

Zhang Ren was shocked: "How is that possible? Although Zhang Yong is good at using troops, how can his 50,000 troops hide in these mountains? I know everything about the slightest move. Where his army is now located, it should be twenty or thirty miles away from the first ambush of our army. Have you seen where the troops are in operation, who is commanding, and how many people are there?"

The soldier said, "When the villain was inspecting routinely, he found that these six places had been destroyed, and none of our soldiers were spared. But the villain did not know who did it."

A young general next to him said, "It must be Zhang Yong who sent his generals to bring a group of troops who are good at mountain marching and fighting, and sneaked in. Fortunately, General Zhang, you asked a group of soldiers to patrol and investigate the ambush every day, so that you can discover it in time, otherwise you would be afraid that we will still be in the dark."

Zhang Ren waved his hand and said, "It's not the time to say this now. Zhang Yong and Gao Shun are both the best generals in the imperial court who are good at commanding troops. When they see him today, they should not be underestimated. However, if he thought that using this method could break the net of Zhang Ren's heaven and earth with me, it would be too naive. I carefully selected every ambush or sentry setting place. This person can take down six of them in just a short time. Although it is extraordinary, his course of action has been completely exposed. Humph, let the general meet him in person for a while. If Zhang Yong wants to destroy our army's eyes, I will destroy one of his arms first!"

Ma Chao and others marched for several days and succeeded repeatedly, which was the morale that was so strong.

"Haha, brother, if this continues, then if Zhang Ren sets up a trap, we will be completely taken away by us. At that time, I don't think we can wait for General Zhang to arrive, we can kill Zhang Ren."

Ma Tie seemed very excited.

Ma Chao was also quite proud at this time: "A mere Zhang Ren is not worth mentioning. What kind of famous generals in Sichuan and Sichuan are not as good as General Zhang Yong in terms of wisdom and strategy. How could I, Ma Chao, be afraid of him?"

They marched and talked in a mountain road. The few of them were all martial arts practitioners, full of energy and their voices were repeated in the mountain road, which lasted for a long time.

At this time, a sarcastic voice came from the other side of the mountain road: "What a Ma Chao, I heard that you are brave enough to be the best in Xiliang for a long time. Is it really arrogant and arrogant? Do you really think you are invincible in the world?"

Ma Chao's face changed: "Who? I'm secretly ignorant, what kind of hero, I'll come out when I have sex, and fight with Ma, so that you can see the power of my Ma family's gun!"

An army slowly appeared in the mountain road ahead. A general led by him was wearing silver armor, carrying a gun and a bow, and was very majestic.

The man sneered a few times: "Sneaking? Humph, you wait for the thousands of soldiers who sneaked in and killed this general. What do you think I'm sneaking? It's ridiculous."

Pang De heard the meaning of his words: "Meng Qi, this person is Zhang Ren. It seems that General Zhang Yong is right. We are too impatient to march and have already revealed our whereabouts, so we blocked Zhang Ren."

Ma Chao was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed: "Ha, I searched for everything without any effort. Isn't it just right to be blocked by him? Zhang Ren, you're going to be killed, it's better to see the gun!"

He shook the tip of the dragon rider, clamped his legs hard and clamped the war horse under his crotch, stabbing Zhang Ren like the wind.

"Well come, let me know the Ma family gun that is spreading across Xiliang for a while!"

Zhang Ren's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!