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Chapter 60 The Beginning of the Decisive Battle

Luo County is the capital of Guanghan County, Mianzhu, Fu County, and even the three passes occupied by Baishui, Jiameng and Zitong that were occupied before, all belong to Guanghan County. Now that the three passes have been broken, Mianzhu Pass has also been defeated by Ye Zhao. The news has been reported to the Shu army at this point. The original natural danger was so easily captured by Ye Zhao, which also shocked the upper and lower parts of Shu. Liu Yan ordered Pang Xi to lead the army to Luo County to fight against the enemy, and ordered people to invite Qingqiang.

When Liu Yan entered Shu, he did not have many soldiers and horses. Most of the Shu army under his command were controlled by powerful people in Shu such as Jia Long. In order not to be underestimated, Liu Zhang formed a favorable Qiang Yue. This Qingqiang is a powerful Qiang tribe in Yizhou. He is good at mountain combat. The leader A Qinggu is one of the few powerful generals among the Qiang tribe. It was because of him leading his tribe's tribe's assistance that Liu Yan was able to kill the powerful people step by step, gather his people, and stabilize Yizhou.

After his status was stable, A Qinggu did not become accustomed to the customs of the Han people and brought his tribe back to the mountains and forests. However, Liu Yan did not cross the river and destroyed the bridges and communicated with Qingqiang. He even helped Qingqiang step by step to get out of the mountains and specially divided a county for Qingqiang to live in. Therefore, he was highly supported by Qingqiang.

It was precisely because of Qing Qiang that Liu Yan dared to release military power to Zhang Lu.

After the arrangement was made, Liu Yan ordered someone to take a detour to find Zhang Lu, hoping that Zhang Lu would cut off Ye Zhao's retreat.

Liu Yan's reaction must be unhappy. When Wu Yi sent someone to send a message, the Chengdu garrison was sent to Luo County to garrison. However, even so, when Pang Xi rushed to Luo County day and night, Ye Zhao's army had already arrived in Luo County, and there were not many soldiers and horses garrisons along the way.

Luo County is the county seat, but it is not as dangerous as Mianzhu Pass. However, since Liu Yan stationed his army here, Ye Zhao could not bypass Luo County to attack Chengdu, otherwise he would be attacked by others.

"General, the bandit general Ye Zhao was calling out outside the city and invited the general to reminisce about the past." After resting for a night, Pang Xi was much more energetic. While washing up, he saw a Luo County ward coming in and bowed.

"Ye Zhao?" Pang Xi smiled disdainfully when he heard this: "A good family, reminisce about the past? What qualifications are he? Be cautious in guarding the city and don't pay attention to him!"

In the past, Pang Xi was a congressman in the court. After the princes attacked Dong, Pang Xi colluded with Ma Teng and wanted to take Chang'an in his hands while Dong Zhuo was not yet stable in Chang'an. After the failure, he brought Liu Yan's grandson to Chengdu to join the capital. The official title was not as good as Ye Zhaogao, but he was a prominent family in Luoyang. When the Han Dynasty had never declined as it is now, the prominent family of Luoyang was quite large in the scholars. When Ye Zhao was the ruling of Luoyang, he punished the children of the Pang family more than once. Pang Xi had visited at that time. In his opinion, it was a matter of friendship. Who knew that Ye Zhao was not good or bad, and it also reduced Pang Xi's impression of Ye Zhao to the extreme.

It is not just Pang Xi, but the Luoyang family, who don’t hate Ye Zhao. This is also one of the reasons why Ye Zhao was rejected when he was in Luoyang. After all, once the family grows up, there will always be a few playboys. The Luoyang Order needs to be done well. These children who often make trouble on the streets are naturally the primary target of punishment. Even if Ye Zhao has slowed down the punishment, for Pang Xi and others, they still don’t give them face and naturally they will not have any good feelings.

Although Ye Zhao guessed that Pang Xi would not have anything good, it was ordinary for the general to come out and whine first when the two armies were fighting, and Pang Xi refused directly. Although he seemed disdainful, when the two armies were fighting, avoiding them would be a sign of weakness.

Moreover, the general directly brought out Pang Xi's original words, which immediately annoyed the generals behind Ye Zhao.

"Lord, Pang Xi is arrogant, why should he talk nonsense to him? I will ask for a fight!" Ji Ling, Guan Hai, Dian Wei, and Zhang Liao looked at the Shu army on the top of the city with a bad expression. Guan Hai stood up and said loudly.

"I will make you angry with just one sentence?" Ye Zhao shook his head and looked at Luo County. It was impossible to recruit surrender. He didn't care about the bullshit things between him and these Luoyang prominent tribes, but the other party kept remembering them, which was quite speechless.

However, forcing Luo County will probably cause a lot of troops to be damaged.

"Lord!" Zhang Liao came to Ye Zhao and pointed to the high mountain on the side of Luo County and said, "This Luo County is backed by Shanyue, why don't we send a group of people to the mountain to shoot arrows from the top of the mountain. The lord commands the army to attack head-on. Luo County is afraid it won't last long."

Ye Zhao and Xi Zhicai's eyes lit up when they heard this. This was a method. They nodded and said, "Then this matter will come from Wenyuan!"

He looked at the top of the mountain and said, "For you, 500 Sagittarius, you should take people up the mountain. Tomorrow, you will see a lit wolf smoke here, so you will attack together."

"The last general will receive the order!" Zhang Liao bowed and turned around and left with his head raised.

Ye Zhao and Xi Zhicai investigated the terrain of Luo County again, and led their troops back to the camp.

There are two roads leading to Chengdu in Luo County. One is where Ye Zhao and his friends are now. They must pass Luo County, and the other is a small road without a name. Ye Zhao guessed that Luofengpo, where Pang Tong fell in the Romance, was here. Ye Zhao asked a group of officials in Shu that this road could indeed bypass Luo County, but it was extremely steep and not suitable for large army marching, and food and grass were difficult to operate.

"This road is suitable for surprise attacks. If all the Shu army is out, just one school of troops can bypass it from here and you can directly attack Cheng/du." Xi Zhicai used a bamboo stick to gesture on the map a few times, and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "But this plan is very dangerous. If the matter is defeated, the surprise attacks will be gone."

"You can try it, but I heard that Liu Yan and Qing Qiang are in good terms. Qing Qiang has not yet been seen, and the soldiers and horses in Shu have not yet been released. This matter should be postponed." Ye Zhao pointed to Chengdu and said, "Now, he is going to fight and let Liu Yan transfer all the soldiers and horses in Shu."

Luo County is the only place where Liu Yan can defend now. Although there is no dangerous place in Mianzhu, its geographical location is very important. Ye Zhao cannot bypass Luo County to fight Chengdu with a large army stationed in Luo County, so Luo County can also be regarded as the place where the decisive battle between Ye Zhao and Liu Yan.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Zhang Liao led his troops to the top of the mountain and found the best shooting position. He sent someone to inform Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao immediately ordered troops to go out to fight. Simple siege equipment made of military craftsmen were carried up, and at the same time, it ignited the beacon and was frightened to Zhang Liao's attack signal.

"It is said that Ye Zhao used his troops like a god. Now it seems that this is the case." On the Luo County city tower, Pang Xi smiled disdainfully as he looked at the Hanzhong army who were deploying troops and starting to attack the city walls. It was not that Ye Zhao's arrangement was so bad, but it was just a matter of rules. After all, there are only so many tricks to attack the city. No matter how powerful the general decides to attack the city, he cannot escape these tricks. Naturally, there is nothing new.

"Swish swish swish swish swish~"

Just as they were proud, a cluster of arrows suddenly fell from the sky. Although it was not dense, it covered the entire city. Several unlucky soldiers were shot and killed by clusters of arrows falling from the sky, making wailing sounds before their death.

"Where can you shoot the arrows?" Several Luo County wardens looked at the Hanzhong soldiers who were at least 300 steps away from them in shock and doubt. At this distance, the other party's bows and arrows could not be shot.

"On the mountain!" Pang Xi quickly reacted, looked up at the sky, inspected all possible loopholes, but lost it here. Luo County was built beside the mountain, and it should have thought of this long ago.

A little black light continued to magnify in his sight. Pang Xi didn't realize anything at first, but soon found that the arrow cluster was coming for him. He was shocked and was about to avoid it. The arrow cluster penetrated his hair bun directly. Pang Xi staggered back a few steps, his legs became weak, and he sat down on the ground.

"General!" Several soldiers guarding the city were shocked when they saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to protect Pang Xi in the middle. They were relieved when they saw that he was only caught in an arrow on his hair and was not injured. Looking at Pang Xi's face, the arrow cluster was still trembling on his hair. For a moment, they didn't know whether he should be lucky or unfortunate?

"Ye Zhao is traitor, I'm too bullying me!" Pang Xi came to his senses for a long time, his spine was a little cold, but his clothes were soaked in cold sweat. He stood up with a look of shame and anger, pointing at the army that had not yet entered the range in the distance and cursed.
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