Ayun didn't know how he returned to the camp. He witnessed the scene of Ma Yuan's assassination. For him, it was even more exciting than doing it himself. After entering the camp, his hands were still trembling and he could only drink water desperately...

He didn't think that his move would be more successful than that person. If he had arrived a while ago, the person who died now might be Ayun!

But Ayun refused to admit that he had cowardly caused by his attachment to wealth and his wife, so he masturbated like this:

"Since I missed a single blow, I naturally have no chance. Before the end of the matter, I will still be useful and wait for Emperor Gongsun and General Jing to make great use of it."

The next development is indeed the case. Ma Yuan used to be tight on the outside and loose on the inside. Now, after an assassin who could get into the commander's tent, all Wei camps have stepped up their defenses. Especially the embroidered guards from Chang'an were furious and regarded this as a humiliation from the enemy, which was their own negligence! If there was a real mistake, the emperor and the embroidered commander could not spare them! Driven by the desire to survive, they began to conduct open and secret investigations in the camp, trying to find more detailed works, and even checked Ayun's place...

Fortunately, the Embroidered Guard still thought: "The assassin is a person from Wudu County, and he should screen all those who have recently joined Wei since the five years of Wude..." A Yun outside this range, with his qualifications as a "vice lieutenant" and indeed the qualification to ask Ma Yuan to report the enemy situation, A Yun passed the test by chance, but was still worried, fearing that Shu Zhongxue, who he knew, would be arrested and tragically affected.

What he is afraid of now is whether the mission is completely failed, or the identity is exposed, and the nine-year income is ruined?

But at the same time, when I heard that Ma Yuan had not appeared publicly since that day, A Yun couldn't help but be lucky: "We assassinate, in order to prevent the enemy generals from being unable to kill one blow, we all applied poison on the weapon, mostly because of blood-sealed throat poison in Nanzhong. I broke off contact with Shu and could only secretly seek snake venom. Although Ma Yuan killed the assassin with his hand, no matter how high his martial arts skills were, how could he not even cut the wounds when he did not wear armor? Could it be that he was to support people to calm their hearts?"

It was not until March 15 that Qi Zhongliu was summoned and ordered to go to the big tent to obey the order. Ayun stayed in the camp. He waited anxiously for half an hour before Qi Zhongliu came back, and his face could not hide his pride and joy.

Ayun immediately came over to inquire about the news:

"Jun Qi, is General Ma safe?"

Qi Zhongliu didn't think much about it: "General Ma is in good health! His voice was like thunder when he talked to us."

"Have you ever caught the Shu army in the camp?"

"No need to catch it!" Qi Zhongliu waved his hand and said, "General said that Gongsun Shu likes to steal chickens and dogs the most. Since the five years of Wude, the General of the Cavalry has appointed Wudu people. There are not even 800 people, and there are 1,000 people. As long as the enemy is determined, there will be a lot of people. However, Wei is a sure victory and defeat in Shu is a foregone conclusion. Even the Di people understand this, let alone those smart assassins?"

He said, "General Ma also made an example. There are two boats on the Mian River. Among them, Shu ships have holes and sails are burning and are about to sink. How many people who have arrived on the Wei boat are willing to jump back and overturn with them? The foolish and loyal Gongsun has jumped to death and the rest have their own choices! Why do you have to pursue them repeatedly and force them to repeat?"

After hearing this, Ayun was stunned for a moment, as if he was a wake-up call. He quickly lowered his head to cover up his emotions and murmured: "I am worthy of being the General of the Cavalry, and my mind is not something we can do..."

Qi Zhongliu said: "General Ma also arranged the next strategy, specifically ordered the Di soldiers to fight, and was the vanguard."

This is why Qi Zhongliu was happy. Since he joined Wei five years ago, he got the opportunity to visit the fifth reunion in Chang'an, and he was deeply impressed by the style of the king and minister of Wei. After he came back, he was always eager to promote his "Earl" to the marquis.

"It's our turn to attack Yangping Pass?" A Yun was shocked. Can the Di soldiers do such a tough attack?

"No."

Qi Zhongliu lowered his voice and pointed his hand to the southeast: "It's along the south bank of Mian River, walking on the mountain road, and attacking Dingjun Mountain!"

...

Jing Han in Yangping Pass was quite anxious. The flag "The picture is revealed" had been hung for more than three days, but everything was as usual on the Wei camp opposite.

"Are those loyal Gongsun Shishi have all turned against each other?" As far as Jing Han knows, he had been stranded in Wudu and later intervened in the Wei army as a small military officer, and at least five people - he had not included A Yun, who had long lost contact for many years.

Even if the assassination failed, Ma Yuan should have his head on display, why is there no news?

Three days later, Jing Han basically determined that the plan to assassinate failed. Since he could not rely on a lucky blow, he could only continue to spend money with Ma Yuan.

But what annoyed Jing Han was that not only did Gongsun Shu arrive from Bashu until the end of the month, Yan Cen, the prefect who established the newly established "Chengxing County" in the east, also pushed three or four obstacles to supporting Yangping Pass. This person was a general of Liu Jia, the King of Hanzhong, the Gengshi regime. Gongsun Shu surrendered when he took Hanzhong. Gongsun Shu had always won over the surrendered generals, so he was named "King of Runing" and led a county alone. Yan Cen has been quite honest in the past ten years, conscientiously defending Gongsun Shu's borders and also supported Jing Han's northern expedition. However, with the Wei army approaching, Yan Cen became a variable...

Fortunately, the strong Yangping Pass around him can still give the 20,000 Shu troops hiding behind him enough security. As the second strong pass in Yizhou, Yangping Pass is just stuck at the western gateway of Hanzhong. There is Tiandang Mountain in the north and Dingjun Mountain in the south. The only passage is near the turbulent Mianshui River, which is sandwiched by the Bashan Mountains of the Qinling Mountains. The narrowest part is only a few dozen steps, which makes the Wei army's siege equipment unable to be used at all.

In order to prevent the Wei army from rushing down, Jing Han even tried every means to pull up three iron chains on the river surface dozens of steps wide, and tied long ropes of ancient vines and wood. All the surprise soldiers sent by Ma Yuan were stopped.

But there are no airtight walls in this world. Even though the passes are solid, they cannot be perfect.

Jing Han was worried about two things: there was a canyon in Tiandang Mountain in the north, which was dangerous. During the Han Dynasty, a plank road was built, and holes were drilled into deep ditch cliffs, wooden beams were laid, and then "supported wooden boards" were placed on the wooden beams, so that people, horses and vehicles could pass through. However, they still had huge rocks inside and deep streams outside. Although there were strong men, they were terrifying. When horses passed here, they often neighed, so they were named "Maming Pavilion Road".

At the foot of Dingjun Mountain in the south, there is also a Yangchan Mountain Road leading to the west.

Jing Han had burned all the wooden trests on Ma Mingge Road, and thought to himself: "When fighting in Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ma Yuan liked to attack the most. Today, Yangping was unable to defeat him, so he would go another way, but he didn't know where the Wei army would attack north and south..."

This forced Jing Han to split two more troops, which were already small, and stationed 5,000 troops in Maming Pavilion in the north and Dingjun Mountain in the south to prepare for an accident.

But I still can't be prepared for it. In the early morning of this day, Jing Han, who had not fallen asleep for a night, couldn't stand the fatigue and closed his eyes for a while, and was urged to wake up:

"General Jing, Wei army's strange troops crossed the mountains and rushed to Dingjun Mountain!"

...

Looking south from Yangping Pass, you can see the Daba Mountain that is a hundred miles away and towering into the clouds. Dingjun Mountain is the remnant of Daba Mountain. It raises twelve Xiu Peaks from west to east. It is not like the main vein, but like a series of pearls. The pass between the peaks, even the woodcutters and villagers often climb over the passes - not to mention the Di soldiers who lived in the heart of the mountain since childhood and walked barefoot in the forest like flat ground.

It is not surprising that the Di soldiers in the Wei army could sneak over and raid. What is strange is that when their banner appeared at the Dingjun Mountain Pass and launched a tentative attack, the generals of the Shu army stationed in the local area actually took the lead in running away! The five thousand Shu troops, which were already depressed, naturally retreated with them, and they became a tide of collapse.

"So the Di soldiers are so powerful!"

This surprised the Di soldiers' captain Qi Zhongliu. He didn't even know that the Di people's combat power was so strong. Five years ago, when he raised the flag to rebel against Gongsun Shu, the Di people's troops were defeated by the Shu soldiers and retreated to Qiuchishan and almost destroyed.

But Ayun looked back at the banner they were wearing: I won’t mention the big flag of Wei, but what’s even more terrible is that Ma Yuan’s general flag is also there. Isn’t this the “fox pretends to be a tiger’s power” mentioned in the Wei people’s stories? It’s not the Di people who fear the Shu army, but Ma Yuan!

Taking advantage of the collapse of the Shu army, the Di soldiers quickly advanced and occupied the camp on the southern foot of the Dingjun Mountains that they abandoned, and responded to the troops from the Longyou who marched forward.

Dingjun Mountain is located between Yangping Pass and Mianyang (now Mian County, Hanzhong), and Mianyang is the base camp of the Shu army and the place where grain is stored. From the mountain, you can clearly see the road to transport grain in it. If this road is cut off, no matter how strong Yangping Pass is, it will become a Jedi!

Jing Han, who knew the pros and cons of it, immediately responded. He thought that Ma Yuan had indeed raided Dingjun Mountain himself, so he divided the troops into two, and half of them were still guarding Yangping Pass. He crossed the Mianshui River, gathered the defeated troops, and tried to counterattack Dingjun Mountain!

The two sides then started offensive and defensive battles around the camp on the southern foot of the Dingjun Mountains. Jing Han frantically commanded the various troops to attack. The Di soldiers and the Longyou Brigade who arrived later defended from high ground. The blood stained the ascites on the hillside of the Dingjun Red, and the corpses blocked the path. From dawn to dark, the two sides still had no choice but to win. Jing Han had to transfer another three thousand to support from Mianyang, Yangping Pass and Maming Pavilion in the north.

In the end, the Shu army took advantage of the large number of people and approached Dingjun Mountain step by step. However, just when Jing Han thought he was about to win, a servant pointed to the rear with fear and said, "General Jing, look at that!"

At this time, the sky was already dark. Jing Han looked back in shock, but saw that the other side of Mianshui was far away from Dingjun Mountain. It was thirty miles away. It was Zoumaling, which was the exit of Maming Pavilion Road. Long snakes made of rosin torches were winding out from the Pavilion Road, and then ignited the northern camp of the Shu army!

"I've fallen into the trap!"

Jing Han was shocked and immediately realized that the Wei army was attacking the north by the sound of the south. Although Ma Yuan's flag was on Dingjun Mountain, he himself had probably attacked Ma Mingge Road.

It was already here, and it was too late to return to rescue Beiying. Under the attack of the Wei army from north to south, Yangping Pass and Mianyang might not be able to defend! Jing Han felt dizzy and almost fell down. He cried out in pain:

"Ma Yuan...Ma Mingge, this place name should have scared the horse and rode, why did it respond to its fate in turn?"
Chapter completed!