A few days before Lu Meng led his army to the city of Bajun, Zhang Ren also received Liu Zhang's order to lead some of his troops to the rear of Mianzhu to attack Cao's army with Yan Yan.
Zhang Ren also did not expect that Cao Jun would send troops to sneak across Yinping again, and was quite surprised when he heard the news. Zhang Ren considered that Cao Jun who had crossed Yinping was very powerful, and in order not to repeat Leng Bao's mistake, Zhang Ren finally decided
He personally led his army to annihilate Cao's army. After handing over the defense of Jiange Pass to Wu Yi, Zhang Ren followed the order and immediately rushed to Mianzhu with 5,000 troops.
Wu Yi was also a talented general in Shu. Zhang only appointed him to guard the pass and never go out to fight with Cao's army. Considering Wu Yi's calm personality, there would be nothing wrong with him.
Zhang Ren's march route was the same as Leng Bao's before, taking the route of Zitong to the north of Mianzhu City, and also captured Fucheng. In terms of generals, Zhang Ren was many times better than Leng Bao, so he would not make mistakes easily.
One floor after another, the camp was even more tightly guarded. For example, if Gao Shun ventured to rob the camp, even if he was leading an elite division in the world, Zhang Ren would be confident that he would never come back.
When he learned that Zhang Ren personally led a group of troops to appear in the north of Mianzhu City, Gao Shun, who was sitting in Mianzhu City, couldn't help but look worried.
I originally thought that my fortune was coming, and I was about to conquer Chengdu, but unexpectedly the situation took a turn for the worse. Yan Yan's reinforcements arrived, and Zhang Ren also appeared behind Mianzhu with a group of troops. If Yan Yan and Zhang Ren attacked the north and south gates of Mianzhu at the same time, Mianzhu would be defeated.
It is quite difficult to defend the city.
Naturally, Gao Shun knew Zhang Ren very well. He was both wise and brave, and good at military strategy. He could be called the best general in Yizhou, and he was definitely not comparable to Leng Bao.
And speaking of it, Zhang Ren is still Zhao Yun's senior brother. Of course, Gao Shun will not have any extravagant hopes for Zhao Yun to surrender Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren's loyalty can be regarded as one of the best in the entire late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era.
Historically, he would rather die than surrender to Liu Bei, and was hailed as a model of loyal minister.
As the saying goes, whatever you fear comes, Zhang Ren and Yan Yan really had a tacit understanding and launched an attack on Mianzhu at the same time.
Four thousand men from Yan Yan's tribe attacked the south gate of Mianzhu, and five thousand men from Zhang Ren's tribe attacked the north gate of Mianzhu. As a result, Gao Shun had to disperse his troops to guard the two gates.
Cao Cao's army originally had only 3,000 men. With such a division of troops, only 1,000 or several hundred men were left for defense at each location. The pressure they faced was considerable.
The Yizhou army attacked the city very hard. They knew that as long as they defeated the enemy occupying Mianzhu City, Cao's army's invasion would end in complete failure. Therefore, the soldiers fought hard and were not afraid of death.
Zhao Yun looked solemn and commanded his stormtrooper soldiers to kill the enemy soldiers who rushed to the city.
It's really ironic when you think about it. A few days ago, he led his soldiers to build a ladder below to attack the city, but now he was standing on top of the city to defend.
Since the number of enemy troops at the north and south city gates was different, Cao's army's guard strength was naturally different. Zhao Yun led his 1,700 charge battalion sergeants to guard the north gate, while Gao Shun led his 1,000 soldiers from the trapped camp to guard the south gate.
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In addition, the charge camp and the trapped camp each deployed a hundred soldiers to watch over the original surrendered troops in Mianzhu. And the leader of these 200 guards was also ordered to kill them if any of these surrendered troops made the slightest move!
Although Gao Shun did not want to kill indiscriminately, the situation was urgent now. If those surrendered troops took the opportunity to cause chaos, the consequences would be really disastrous.
Although Gao Shun originally did not expect these surrendered troops to be of any use in the attack on Shu, now they have become an unknown hidden danger, and they even have to weaken the power of the city defenders to stop the surrendered troops. This is also the case in the past few days.
It was unexpected when the sky was high and the sky was high.
Yizhou soldiers knew that they could successfully defend Yizhou as long as they recaptured Mianzhu, and Cao Jun's soldiers naturally knew what it would mean if the city was lost. Therefore, Yizhou soldiers attacked the city desperately, and Cao Jun's sergeants resisted to the death, even if the enemy climbed up the ladder on his chest.
The soldiers penetrated the enemy with their spears and used all their remaining strength to push the opponent off the city wall before taking their last breath.
As a general, Zhao Yun naturally took the lead. At this time, he had killed more than thirty enemy soldiers, and the silver armor he wore was gradually soaked red with blood.
Although the soldiers of the Yizhou Army were trying their best to attack the city as if they were desperate for their lives, the attacking party was in a disadvantageous position after all. In addition, when Cao Jun killed the enemy, they all regarded death as if they were home. Therefore, the offensive of the Yizhou Army at the North Gate was temporarily blocked.
For a period of time, no enemy soldiers climbed up to the top of the city, and Zhao Yun was able to take a breather.
Zhao Yun cast his gaze towards the center of the Yizhou Army's military formation below the city. Although the distance was far away, Zhao Yun's eyesight was very good and he still saw the enemy commander Zhang Ren sitting in the center of the military formation.
Although looking down from the top of the city, he could not clearly see the specific appearance of the opponent and could only see a general outline, Zhao Yun also knew that the commander of the Yizhou Army was commanding the Yizhou Army soldiers in the center of the formation to attack the city.
Zhang Ren is also his senior fellow apprentice.
Although it was helpless to have fellow sects fight against each other in this troubled world, Zhao Yun still felt a sense of sadness.
Although when his mentor Tong Yuan accepted him as a disciple, his two senior brothers had already become apprentices and had never met or gotten along with each other. However, before he became an apprentice, Tong Yuan still did not forget to take care of himself and make him try his best in the future.
He and his two senior brothers supported each other, created great achievements together in troubled times, and ensured peace for the people.
However, his elder brother Zhang Xiu was killed by his colleague Dian Wei when the princes were fighting against Dong. However, could he resent Dian Wei for this? At that time, Zhang Xiu fought against Gao Shun, who had not yet perfected his martial arts.
Gao Shun was about to be killed. If Dian Wei didn't take action, Gao Shun would be the one who died.
Although Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun have a brotherhood, they have never met each other or exchanged a word with each other. In Cao's camp, Zhao Yun is indeed close to Gao Shun. His senior brother was killed by his colleague.
It is regrettable to kill someone, but is it appropriate that one of his colleagues was killed?