Zhang Ren and others came out of the tent to greet Huang Quan and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Gongheng!" and invited Huang Quan into the tent. After giving up their seats to each other, Huang Quan smiled and said: "General Zhang, I brought you another hundred thousand yuan."

Soldiers and horses!”

Zhang Ren was overjoyed, "Great! In this way, our army will be three times larger than Lu Bu's army, and we will definitely be able to retake the Jiange!"

The war drums rumbled loudly, causing the mountains on both sides to tremble. Countless soldiers of Liu Zhang's army arrived at the Jiange Pass with a majestic momentum like a rainbow.

The war began immediately, and Liu Zhang's army rushed toward Jiange Pass like a mountain torrent. Cloud ladders were put up on the city wall, city rush vehicles slammed into the city gate, and arrows from both sides covered the sky!

Huge boulders and logs fell like raindrops, and the soldiers of Liu Zhang's army who were climbing the wall were smashed down one by one. Screams came one after another. In just a moment, countless corpses were piled up under the wall!

At the end of the day, Liu Zhang's army paid an extremely heavy price, but did not even climb the city wall.

At night, Liu Zhangjun's military camp was filled with howls, which came from countless wounded soldiers. On the other side, corpses were brought over one after another and spread all over the ground, which was shocking.

In the tent, Huang Quan said in a deep voice: "Lü Bu's army is brave, and the sword pavilion is naturally dangerous. Even if our army recaptures the sword pavilion, I'm afraid that the trees of Mount Emei will not be enough to make a coffin."

Zhang Ren smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Gongheng, I already have a plan to defeat the enemy!"

"oh?"

That night, a lightly-armed force of more than 10,000 people quietly left the military camp, walked down more than ten miles and began to cross the river.

At the same time, Yuan Shaozheng summoned all the counselors overnight to discuss Liu Zhang's request for help. It turned out that not long ago, Liu Zhang's son-in-law rushed to Luoyang and presented Liu Zhang's handwritten letter to Yuan Shao, requesting Yuan Shao to send troops for rescue.

"My lord, we must not sit back and watch Lu Bu station troops in Hanzhong and Xichuan, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" Xu You said, cupping his fists.

Yuan Shao thought and nodded.

Tian Feng frowned, "But the current situation of our army is that it is not suitable to move. Our army has just annexed Youzhou, and people's hearts are still unstable. There are still several groups of thieves that need to be exterminated! If we rashly send out troops to fight a strong enemy at this time,

Not only will it be difficult to win, but it will also hinder the solution of our own problems!”

Xu You said urgently: "What Tian Feng said is to mislead my lord! My lord, we have a lot of problems, but Lu Bu doesn't have any problems? He suffered a new defeat, and people's hearts are floating; just because of the two desolate places in Guanzhong and Xiliang

The land actually recruited 400,000 troops. How could it last long? What if I expected

If it is not bad, if Lu Bu cannot obtain Xichuan, his current financial resources will only be enough to support him for less than two years! In two years, the finances will be exhausted and he will lose without fighting! Therefore, now is the most critical time, and he must be restrained at all costs.

Live with Lu Bu and prevent him from seizing Xichuan!"

Tian Feng sneered and said: "We fought with Lu Bu at all costs and both sides suffered losses. How will we deal with Cao Cao in the future? How will we deal with Liu Biao and Sun Jian in the south? By doing this, isn't it like making wedding clothes for others?"

The two started arguing.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he hesitated.

At this moment, Yuan Shu's letter asking for help arrived.

Tian Feng and Xu You stopped arguing and looked at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao read the letter, frowned and said: "Cao Cao's army has crossed the Huai River, and Shouchun has been surrounded! Yuan Shu begs me to rescue him quickly!"

Tian Feng said hurriedly: "My lord, you must not hesitate in this matter. You must send troops to rescue immediately. Otherwise, once Cao Cao destroys Yuan Shu, it will be a disaster!"

Yuan Shao felt the same and raised his voice: "Gather all the generals!" The guards agreed and ran down.

Xu You asked anxiously: "What about Lu Bu?"

Yuan Shao said impatiently: "The top priority is to deal with Cao Cao, let's put aside Lu Bu's matter for the time being!" Xu You said.

The sight turned back to Xichuan. General Deng Xian of Sichuan led 15,000 light infantrymen to cross the Dianjiang River eastward, climbed over the steep mountains through the cliff path, inserted between Baishui Pass and Jiange, and set up camp, cutting off the connection between the two places.

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After Zhang Ren received the news that Deng Xian had successfully penetrated, he was overjoyed and immediately launched his army to attack Jiange. However, the battle situation did not improve as expected. It was still extremely tragic. Lu Bu's army who was behind closed doors did not seem to be affected by Deng Xian's actions at all.

Zhang Ren had no choice but to use all his strength to attack hard. He personally went to the front of the formation to supervise the battle. If anyone retreated from the battle, he would be killed immediately. Liu Zhang's army seemed to have been drugged, and the waves continued like ocean waves.

Rushing into the sword pavilion, the screams had already scared away the surrounding birds. The smell of blood could be smelled even more than ten miles away. Under the city gate, corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed into rivers. Even with the bravery of Lu Bu's army, he gradually felt that it was too much.

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At this moment, Zhang Ren didn't know that there was actually no main force of Lu Bu's army at the sword pavilion in front of him, let alone Lu Bu. It was just Xu Huang's 40,000 soldiers and horses resisting more than 300,000 of them!

Jiangyou, a county town east of the Minjiang River, has picturesque scenery and endless grain fields as far as the eye can see.

This morning, the city gates opened on time as usual, and the people came in and out to start the day's work. Although the war was in full swing on the other side of the high mountains and earth was turned upside down, for the people here, the war seemed to be a very distant thing, so far away

It's like a legend told by a storyteller.

A pair of hunting brothers carried the prey they had caught yesterday with steel forks and walked along the official road towards the county town, planning to sell it to make some money to supplement their family income. While walking, they chatted about trivial family matters.

Suddenly there was the rumble of horse hooves behind them. The two brothers looked back subconsciously and saw tens of thousands of tough cavalry galloping from a distance. The two brothers were startled, and the elder brother exclaimed:

"When did we have such powerful cavalry in Shu?" The younger brother shook his head blankly.

More than ten thousand hussars roared past the two brothers and ran straight towards the county seat.

The two brothers watched helplessly as more than 10,000 hussars rushed into the county town, and then the defenders of the county town fled in all directions. Soon after, Liu Zhang's flag hanging on the gate tower was torn down and replaced with a flag with the word "Lü".

The two brothers were shocked, and the elder brother exclaimed: "It's not good! Yes, it's Lu Bujun!"

Lu Bu's army suddenly appeared in Jiangyou and occupied Jiangyou effortlessly. The defenders collapsed at the first touch. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Lang led the cavalry non-stop southward, conquering Fucheng, Mianzhu, Guanghan, and approaching Chengdu with lightning speed.

"What? Lu Bu's army is approaching the city? This is impossible!" Liu Zhang shouted at the top of his voice. All the civil and military personnel in the hall were panicked and at a loss.

"I dare not lie!" the officer kneeling in the hall said urgently, pointing outside, "Lü Bu's army has been arrayed outside the city. If my lord does not believe it, you can go to the city and take a look, and you will know the truth!"

Liu Zhang came to his senses and hurried out, followed closely by everyone.

Climbing the city wall and looking outside the city, I was shocked to see nearly 100,000 troops arrayed outside the city, with flags spread out, the formation was like a mountain, and they were murderous. Under the banner of the "Lu" station, heavy armored cloaks carrying square-shaped painted halberds were sitting astride red rabbit horses.

Yes, who else could it be if not Lu Bu?
Chapter completed!