In the Ziwu Valley, more than two thousand Wei troops were struggling to move their legs on the narrow mountain road. Except for generals like Zhang He and a few strong men wearing iron armor, the rest of the Wei troops only wore light leather armor and carried weapons.

It's just a knife, a bow and two pots of arrows.

Although the Wei army had tried to reduce their weight as much as possible, they had traveled more than 100 miles of mountain roads for two days and two nights. The 3,000 Wei soldiers who had set out were still 600 to 700 people behind.

However, Zhang He was still in a good mood at this time, because they were only more than twenty miles away from Zikou Pass. Even if there were any stragglers in such a short distance, he would still have at least two troops left in his hands after arriving at Zikou Pass.

Thousands of people.

For two thousand troops, for famous generals like Zhang He, holding Zikou Pass was enough to buy time for the large army to withdraw from Ziwu Valley.

"Hurry, hurry up, the Shu thieves are attacking a key point, and we must arrive within an hour. As long as we repel the thieves, after this battle, I will personally petition the emperor for you, and I will ensure that all of you will be promoted to high positions."

Zhang He stood by the road and cheered for the team loudly.

After hearing this, the morale of all the Wei soldiers was greatly boosted. Everyone rushed to be the first, and the whole team actually moved a little faster.

On the other side, the sound of killing was still loud outside Zikou Pass. Group after group of Han troops carried ladders and pushed carts towards the wall.

After several hours of fierce fighting, thousands of corpses had fallen on the muddy ground outside the pass, and blood was spilled everywhere, which showed how brutal the fighting was.

The Han army suffered heavy casualties, and the Wei army behind the gates did not fare much better. More than half of the more than a thousand defenders had been lost in the battle. Fortunately, the good news about the arrival of reinforcements maintained their morale. The sergeants were still fighting to the death under the leadership of Qu Bin.

A strong will to never give up.

"Uncle Mao and the others haven't launched an attack from behind the pass yet. Is it because the mountains are difficult to cross or is there an accident? Alas, it's already noon. I'm afraid the reinforcements led by Zhang He will arrive soon. If we delay further, the situation will be critical." Wei Zhang

He looked up at the sun in the sky and thought anxiously.

However, he kept his father's teachings in mind, did not show his impatience, and tried his best to maintain a calm mood.

Wei Yan, who was watching the battle behind the formation, could not sit still at this time. He stood up from the bed, walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and began to think about the remedial measures in his mind for the failure of the Qi soldiers to appear in time.

However, after careful consideration of the several strategies that he came up with, he felt that they had no effect, so he had to discard them and still put his hope of breaking through the level with the team of surprise soldiers led by Mao Zhong.

"Uncle, uncle, success or failure depends entirely on you. Where are you now? Why haven't you launched an attack on the Wei army yet?"

Wei Yan narrowed his eyes and looked towards Zikou Pass, trying his best to take in all the conditions inside the pass. However, to his disappointment, there was no movement inside the pass.

After a while, just when Wei Yan was about to turn his gaze back, he suddenly discovered that the Wei troops above the pass wall seemed to be in chaos. Many Wei soldiers suddenly turned towards the pass in panic.

He was keenly aware that this chaos was not caused by the fierce frontal attack by the army, but by some changes in the pass.

"Could it be..."

Wei Yan was surprised and happy, but still couldn't believe it completely. He rode his horse to the front line, and sure enough, he vaguely heard shouts of killing coming from inside the pass.

Just as he was about to order Wei Zhang to continue to attack the pass in response to the surprise attack, he suddenly saw Wei Zhang pointing at the pass wall and shouting: "Father, look, it's Uncle Mao who is leading his men to kill!"

Seeing that it was completely confirmed, Wei Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, lightly kicked Wei Zhang, and shouted with a smile: "What are you doing? You can't miss this opportunity. Why don't you quickly command your troops to attack the wall and fight with him?"

Is your Uncle Mao attacking you from both inside and outside?"

"promise."

The Han general who killed several people on the wall was none other than Mao Zhong himself. He led 300 elite soldiers from the flanks and climbed over the mountains. After going through hardships and paying the price of more than ten people falling to death, he finally escaped from the mouth in time.

A raid was launched within the pass.

The Wei army was caught off guard and fell into chaos. Mao Zhong took the opportunity to divide his troops into two teams. One team followed him up the wall and beheaded the guard Qu Bin, while the other team went to open the door to allow the troops outside to enter the pass.

The Wei army had been in a high-intensity fight since the night before yesterday. Although they got a short rest during this period, the Han army took turns to attack, and they were already exhausted. The reason why they were still holding on desperately was because of the encouragement of the captain Qu Bin who took the lead.

Apart from everyone, what is more important is the confidence that reinforcements are about to arrive.

However, instead of waiting for reinforcements, the enemy troops launched a sneak attack from behind. The morale of the Zikou Pass defenders suddenly fell to the bottom. Not only were their formations chaotic and they were fighting independently, but they no longer fought to the death like before.

The Han army attacked fiercely from inside and outside, and immediately defeated the Wei army. After a while, Wei Zhang personally led dozens of sergeants to rush to the wall of the pass. After a while, the gate was opened by the Han army, and a large number of Han troops poured into the pass from the outside.

"Failed, defeated!"

"If we can't stop it, we'd better retreat first."

"We can't hold on anymore, everyone should run away for their lives."

Qu Bin saw that his troops were dying and running away. He felt an inexplicable sadness and anger in his heart. He slashed a Han soldier who rushed in front of him to death and shouted loudly: "All troops, please don't mess up. Hold on for a while."

,Reinforcements will arrive soon."

Wei Zhang, who was not far away, saw that Qu Bin was still resisting. He shouted angrily, jumped over the two Wei soldiers, slashed out his long knife and struck Qu Bin in the back.

Qu Bin heard the strong wind coming from behind him and thought something was wrong. He turned around quickly and raised his knife to block it. Unexpectedly, Mao Zhong also came forward and struck him with a knife from behind.

Qu Bin had no choice but to turn around and parry, but Mao Zhongdao was so fierce that his slash suddenly changed and he slashed his head with his backhand.

At this time, Qu Bin's tricks were old and he had to lower his head to barely avoid the blow. Although he was unharmed, his helmet was heavily chipped off.

Qu Bin was just feeling lucky to have escaped, when suddenly he felt a flash of sword flashing behind him, and when he wanted to squint, his neck felt cold, and he lost consciousness.

"Congratulations, young master, for killing the enemy general."

Wei Zhangqian said: "Without the help of my uncle, how can my nephew make great achievements?" After saying this, he looked at each other and smiled at Mao Zhong.

With the death of the guard Qu Bin, the Wei army no longer had the will to fight. They either fled in all directions or knelt down and asked to surrender. The Han army put the flag on the wall and successfully captured the important position of Zikou Pass.

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng..."

"The king is mighty!"

"The Han army is mighty!"

...

With thunderous cheers, the troops surrounded Wei Yan and entered the pass. Wei Zhang presented Qu Bin's head. Wei Yan glanced at him calmly and said, "This man can be considered a man. His head will be sewn up and he will be buried well."

"yes."

Wei Yan came to Mao Zhong again and gently patted his left arm that had just been bandaged: "Uncle, you have won this battle. You must take credit."

"The last general dare not take credit. If the eldest son had not responded head-on and killed the enemy general Qu Bin in one fell swoop, this battle would not have been won so easily."

Wei Yan laughed and said, "Haha, you don't have to be modest. Zhang'er is still far from it." Even so, others could still tell from his hearty laughter that he was satisfied with Wei Zhang.

"Report to your Majesty, there are a large number of Wei troops in the valley coming towards us, and they are less than five miles away from Zikou."

Wei Yan asked: "Who is the leader?"

"Looking at its flag, it should be General Zhang He of the Wei Army." the colonel replied.

Wei Yan laughed loudly when he heard this: "Haha, although Zhang He has a brave strategy, he is still a step too late. He has nothing to worry about." After a pause, he shouted loudly: "Come here, please order all the troops to prepare for the attack."

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Chapter completed!