Zikou Pass South, Cao Zhen, Liu Ye, Xiahou Ba and others stood on a high slope, staring at the charge of the soldiers below the slope with anticipation.

They didn't know how many attacks this was. In more than ten days, the Wei army took turns to attack Ziguan with 500 men, almost without interrupting the fierce offensive.

But even so, the resistance of the Han army in the pass was also extremely fierce. One soldier fell down, the other immediately made up, took turns to rest and resist. To this day, the Wei army has suffered thousands of casualties, and Zikou Pass is still as solid as a rock and cannot be overcome.

Suddenly, the Wei soldiers in the ground made a cheer like thunder. Cao Zhen and others hurriedly looked at it and saw more than ten soldiers not only successfully climbing the wall, but also forming formations, and they couldn't help but show joy on the ground.

But before everyone was happy for too long, a team of Han troops rushed over from the right side and killed all the more than ten Wei soldiers in just two or three rounds. It turned out that this team of Han troops was an elite guard led by the guard general Yu She himself. No wonder the combat power was so strong.

"Oh, what a pity!" Seeing that this wave of offensive that was almost intended to make achievements was blocked by the Han army again, Cao Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Ye also felt very sorry and shook his head repeatedly: "Yes, it's just a little bit short, what a pity!"

"If it weren't for this damn terrain, Zikou Pass would have been razed to the ground by our army." Xiahou Ba smashed his right fist hard on the core of his left hand and shouted in anger.

Cao Zhen said: "It seems that it is indeed difficult for us to break the barrier from the front. Now we can only rely on Zhang Yanyi and the others.

Mr. Ziyang, I hope your suspicious plan will work, otherwise you will drag it down and before the Han army attacks, all 80,000 or 90,000 troops will starve to death in Ziwu Valley."

"From the current mobilization of the Shu army, Zhuge Liang, Yang Qing and others should not have noticed that General Ye Yi was walking around the Yugu Road. The focus of the Shu army's defense behind Zikou Pass is still on this path with a radius of more than ten miles." Liu Ye said.

Cao Zhen nodded and said, "It seems that the movements of Zhang Hu and his friends in the western mountains attracted the attention of the Shu army. I hope that the subsequent situation will not be seen by Zhuge Liang and others as usual, otherwise you and I will have to divide our troops and break through the Yugu Road."

"Yes, if everything goes well, General Ye Yi will be behind the Shu army in at most two days. We only need to hold on for another two days to get out of the trap." Liu Ye turned around and looked at the northeast direction and said with longing.

It turned out that Cao Zhen led his army to Zikou Pass and supervised the battle himself, but he still failed to attack Zikou Pass for a long time.

As the food and grass were cut off and the food in the army became less and less, Cao Zhen was anxious and had no choice but to do anything, Liu Ye offered a plan to send a group of troops from Yugu Road to Zikou Pass and attacked the army inside and outside.

This valley road starts from Chang'an, and enters the Xiaoyu River Valley southeast along the Jishui River. After crossing the Qinling Mountains, it turns into the Qianyou River Valley, and then goes south along the valley to connect to the Dayu River Valley. In this way, the valleys are connected, and radially southeast, you can reach Xicheng and Shangyong.

This road is more than 700 miles long and has not been opened for a short time. The road is sparsely populated and has many broken roads. There are not many people walking at present. Ordinary people still use Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxi Road, and Chencang Road as the main ones from Chang'an to Hanzhong.

Yugu Road was not conducive to the passage of the army, and he was afraid that it would be discovered by the scouts of the Han army. Therefore, there were not many Wei troops going around, only 5,000 people.

So Cao Zhen used the most elite Wuwei camp, which was the elite of the central army of the Guard Emperor, the palace, and the capital. It was called the most capable soldiers of the 80,000 to 90,000 Wei soldiers. This time, Cao Zhen came to attack Shu in the west, and Emperor Cao Rui of Wei specially allocated him three thousand Wuwei soldiers to protect him.

In addition, in order to make the division of troops smoothly, Cao Zhen also asked Zhang He, the second general in the army, to lead the team himself, and made up his mind to take down Zikou in one fell swoop and to support all the troops in the valley.

Of course, in order not to be discovered by the Han army, Liu Ye also suggested that Cao Zhen send several suspicious soldiers into the northwest path, and make the illusion of imitating Wei Yan's plan to attack Zikou Pass from the flank to confuse the Han army.

Finally, Liu Ye made his last preparations. If the internal and external attacks failed to capture Zikou, he suggested that Cao Zhen divide the army into several batches and break through the Yugu Road, and how much it can run out, and preserve the troops as much as possible.

Fortunately, the strategy of splitting the troops and surrounding them is progressing smoothly. The Han army has not seen any clues. The Wei army does not have to go all to break through the Yugu Road for the time being. After all, Cao Zhen and others have not stored much food, and they don’t know much about the terrain of Yugu Road. By then, when they really enter Yugu Road, tens of thousands of troops will only rely on their own luck if they live or die.

In a valley twenty miles southwest of Zikou Pass, hundreds of Han troops camped here, hiding out at night, and operating in seclusion. The nearby Wei army has not yet discovered it.

This Han army was originally a harassing force led by General Yuan Jing, Ji Han Zhennan. There were six or seven Han troops of this size scattered in this mountainous ridge of more than ten miles. They cooperated with each other and each supported each other, launching uninterrupted harassment of the Wei army from the front thirty or forty miles, which made the Wei army unable to sleep or eat and exhausted both physically and mentally.

At this time, Yuan Lin stood at the entrance of the valley and looked up, as if she was waiting for someone. After a stick of incense, a strong and honest middle-aged general arrived at the entrance of the valley under dozens of elite guards.

When the middle-aged general saw Yuan Zhen coming out to greet him in person, he hurried over and said with a fist, "Ping has met General Zhennan."

"Haha, I don't have to be too polite. I know you are coming. I can't sleep at night these three days, and I just hope you can enter the valley soon. Fortunately, you finally arrived today, and now we can finally do a big fight." Yuan Zhen said enthusiastically.

It turned out that the middle-aged general was Wang Ping who was ordered to enter the valley to carry out a fire attack strategy. After leading his army into the valley, he encountered several small Wei troops on the way to find the path to the valley. In order to avoid them, he wasted two days, otherwise he would have met with Yuan Zhen yesterday.

Wang Ping said respectfully: "General Zhennan entered the valley earlier than our troops, and must be familiar with the terrain of dozens of miles more than our troops. The plan to burn the camps must rely on the general's guidance."

"Haha, it's easy to say. The Prime Minister and General Cheqi sent a letter to tell me, "Do you dare not be careful? What's more, I've wanted to do something big long ago. I've led my men to harass the Wei army just a small fuss. This time I can't help but burn the Wei army's battalion."

After laughing, Yuan Lin took Wang Ping's right hand and said, "Let's go back to the tent to discuss carefully."

Just as the Han army was preparing to launch a fire attack, after several days of trekking, Zhang He led the Wei army to finally walk out of the Yugu Road and return to the Guanzhong Plain.

Due to the difficult and dangerous roads, the Wei army reduced its personnel all the way, from 5,000 people at the time of departure to 4,300 people now. No less than 600 people fell behind.

It was still daylight, and Zhang He did not dare to blatantly lead his army to Zikou Pass. In order to prevent the Han army from discovering it, he lost the suddenness of the sneak attack, so he had to temporarily hide in a dense forest with his troops.

"General, this place is less than thirty miles away from Zikou Pass. It should only take three or four hours to rush over after night." Deputy General Shao Heng pointed to the map spread on the ground and estimated.

Zhang He nodded slightly: "Well, it's not dawn yet, and launching an attack in the early morning will have twice the result with half the effort."

"What the general said is that no matter what, the Sichuan thieves would never have imagined that we would come from behind."
Chapter completed!