Chapter 213 Self-defeating

"I know. You go down and have a rest first."

Jiang Wan should first accept it, send the messenger to the hall to rest, and give him the good hospitality below.

As soon as the messenger left, Jiang Wan took apart the kit left by Kong Ming, and there was indeed a secret letter in it.

After Jiang Wan took a closer look at the secret letter, he suddenly looked like he was admiring. He couldn't help sighing: "Kong Ming's military division is really expected to be like a god. It's hard for me to reach, it's hard to reach."

The next morning, Jiang Wan sent the messenger on the road, asking him to quickly report that Meng Da was rushing to Wu County, and said that he was ready to fight against Liu Feng's army. He asked Meng Da's defeated army to come and meet him. The two joined forces together to increase the garrison of Qiang Jianping County.

At this time, Meng Da, soldiers and horses have entered Jianping County and are going to the official road of Wu County.

After receiving a reply from the messenger and confirming that Jiang Wan was not aware of it, Meng Da was very happy. While sending someone to send a letter to Liu Feng, who followed up, he urged his 5,000 soldiers to speed up the march.

Jianping County has a long and narrow terrain distribution along the Yangtze River. This Wu County is located at the western end of Jianping County, and there are Xinling and Zigui Second County at the eastern end.

Meng Da pretended to be a defeated and fugitive army, defrauded the gates of the two counties, and seized the two counties with the momentum of lightning. After leaving Liu Feng's army to occupy them, some of the 5,000 soldiers and horses dressed up as fleeing people and rushed to Wu County along the mountain road along the river.

Two days later, Meng Da and his "military and civilian" mixed team arrived in Wu County.

Meng Da took a thousand soldiers and horses first, followed by the remaining 4,000 soldiers of the people. Once he could successfully deceive the city gate, the army would rise up and kill the county in one fell swoop.

"Jiang Wan, hum--"

Looking at the horse from afar, the gray head of Wu County is close in front of us. You can't see the banners, and you can't see the soldiers. Looking at it like this, Wu County is calm.

Urge the horse to move forward, and a thousand soldiers and horses have to reach the front of the city in an interval.

"We are the soldiers and horses of General Yidu Meng. Open the door and let us into the city." The soldiers shouted to the guards at the head of the city across the moat.

At this moment, Jiang Wan was already wearing armor and holding a sword at the head of the city. Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, he shouted, "Where is General Meng?"

Jiang Wan is cautious. Of course, he will not open the door without seeing himself.

Meng Da drove straight to the river, looked up and shouted, "Gong Yan, it's me. Open the gate quickly."

Jiang Wan put his hand on the cool canopy, glanced carefully for a long time, and recognized that the general under the city was really Meng Da.

He did not order the opening of the city, but continued to ask, "Zidu, the terrain of Yidao is dangerous, and the city is strong. How can you let Liu Feng break through the city?"

Meng Da looked helpless and sighed, "I'm ashamed that Liu Feng's attack on the city was very fierce. It was my negligence. He broke through a wall by him, and tens of thousands of troops poured in. I couldn't resist, so I lost the Yi Dao. Gong Yan, open the gate and let me enter the city. Liu Feng's army is chasing after him.

Jiang Wan's mouth was slightly hooked and sneered, "Well, Zidu, wait for a moment. I'll order you to open the city and let you in."

After Jiang Wan said, he disappeared.

Meng Da thought that Jiang Wan had gone to the city and was ready to open the city to welcome him in person. He inadvertently touched his waist sword and sword. When he was about to meet, he suddenly got into trouble and killed Jiang Wan in one fell swoop. The soldiers forced the army to surrender and took down Wu County.

In the midst of calculation, suddenly, a cannon sound came from the head of the city.

When he looked up, he suddenly saw the originally ordinary head of the city. Suddenly, countless soldiers appeared, and a branch flashed with cold arrows, staring at the army under the city.

Meng Da was surprised when there was a sudden mutation.

What Jiang Wan did was according to Zhuge Liang's secret plan.

Zhuge Liang made it very clear that Yidao City is the key to defending into Shu. This city is located between the mountains, and the enemy's attack surface is only a few hundred feet wide. Even if the enemy has 100,000 people, it is difficult to deploy in front of the city. Three thousand soldiers guard the city, although the enemy of thousands of troops and horses cannot be conquered.

Meng Da is full of talent. As long as he is willing to stick to it, Yidao City is as solid as gold.

Zhuge Liang was absolutely relieved of Meng Da's generals, but he was worried about his surname and person. If it hadn't been for Liu Bei's great importance to Meng Da, which made his Ren Yidu too much, Zhuge Liang would have wanted to transfer him out of this important place.

It's just that now that Jingzhou has been lost and Yizhou has not come down, the hearts of the Liu Bei Group are shaken. At such a special moment, if Meng Da is transferred from Yidu, it is very likely to make him suspicious and rebel.

Therefore, under all kinds of scruples, Zhuge Liang did not persuade Liu Bei to replace people to guard Yidu, but Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Wan to station troops in Wu County. On the one hand, as the second line of defense, and on the other hand, he also wanted to monitor Meng Da.

Zhuge Liang made it clear in the tips that as long as Meng Da is loyal to the city and defends the city with his ability, Yidu must be as stable as Mount Tai. If Yidu County is lost, it must be Meng Dasheng's rebellion and surrendered to Liu Feng. At that time, Meng Da must have offered a plan, hoping to deceive Jianping, and thought that Liu Feng was a gift for surrender.

It is for Jiang Wan to have this deployment.

"Jiang Gong Yan, why are you?" Meng Da knew that the plan had been seen through, but he still had a glimmer of hope and pretended to be innocent and asked.

Jiang Wan in the city appeared again and shouted at Meng Da, "Meng Da dog thief, you betrayed the lord and intended to deceive my city. Your anniaming plan has long been recognized by Kong Ming's military division, and how can you be arrogant here?"

Hearing this, Meng Da was frightened and suddenly understood the intention of Jiang Wantun's army here. It turned out that Kong Ming was worried about himself for a long time and specially arranged the soldiers to take precautions.

Shocked, Meng Da couldn't think much about it, so he turned around and fled. As soon as the main general moved, a thousand soldiers and horses were also flustered, and then they dispersed.

"Rap arrows, shoot these traitors!"

Jiang Wan gave an order, and the arrows in the city were raining.

At this time, most of the 1,000 Mengda troops were squeezed by the moat. At such a close distance, it was not easy to fight against the arrow attack, let alone retreating, a chaotic situation.

The soldiers running behind the city were completely exposed to the eyes of the enemy archers, and more than a thousand people became the target of the other party's practice. Under the rain of arrows like locusts, they fell to the ground one after another like ants washed away by the water.

Meng Da escaped quickly, but at such a close distance, he could not be spared. He only heard the arrows roaring in his ear. As soon as he ran out more than ten steps, he felt a severe pain in his shoulder, and a sharp arrow had already penetrated the bone.

Meng Da gritted his teeth in pain, but between the line of life and death, he did not care about the injury, but leaned his body against the side of the horse's abdomen and went away indisgance with the help of excellent riding skills.

After a moment, he finally escaped from the range of the enemy city arrow rain.

Meng Da climbed on the horse's back with difficulty and looked back. A thin blood stain stretched from the city to his feet, all of which was his own blood.

Looking behind them, almost all of the more than a thousand soldiers died under the enemy's arrows. Fortunately, the remaining losers were all embarrassed and fled like rats crossing the street.

Meng Da's eyes were like a blade, bursting with the flame of hunting, staring at the head of the city, gritted his teeth and scolding, "Well, you Jiang Wan, I, Meng Da, will definitely pay back the enemy of this arrow in the future!"

Xinling County.

Just one day after Meng Da's soldiers left, Liu Feng's army took over the easternmost county seat of Jianping County.

After the army was stationed, the westward advance was temporarily stopped.

Due to the battle of Jingxiang, the consumption of money and grain is countless, the theory makes Liu Feng not suitable for launching the Western Expedition at this time. However, once the God-given opportunity is missed, if Liu Bei takes Yizhou, it will be difficult to ascend to the sky if he wants to march to the west at that time.

In order not to miss this unique opportunity, Liu Feng could only start the western expedition in a hurry when there was not enough food and fodder and the war was not long enough.

In this case, the supply of grain and fodder for the Western Expeditionary Army naturally became a problem, so Liu Feng did not dare to pull the supply line too long in a short period of time. After entering Xinling, only when the latest batch of grain and fodder raised by Jiangling was delivered did he dare to continue to advance to the west.

On the other hand, Liu Feng is also waiting for the news of Mengda's conquest of Wu County, and at the same time collecting food and fodder from the surrounding villagers.

In the early morning, it was estimated that Mengda's soldiers and horses should have arrived in Wu County. If everything goes well, it won't be long before Mengda's good news will come back.

However, until the afternoon, Liu Feng did not wait for Meng Da's good news, but waited for another urgent letter.

"Your lord, Mr. Shi Yuan has a letter to send." Ma Jian submitted the letter to Liu Feng in person.

Meng Da's surrender, Yidu's hand, and Meng Da's plan to defraud Jianping, Liu Feng wrote a letter in detail to Jiangling on the night. As the first counselor in the Zhennan General's Mansion, although Pang Tong could not follow Liu Feng's expedition to the west because he needed to sit in Jingzhou, Liu Feng still needed to listen to his opinions at any time.

Pang Tong's letter is about Meng Da's plan, but the content of the letter surprised Liu Feng.

Pang Tong made it very clear in the letter that Yidu is so important that Jiang Wan's three thousand soldiers and horses should be stationed in Yidu and guard this place with Meng Da, but it is unreasonable to station troops in Jianping, which shows that Liu Bei is wary of Meng Da.

Meng Da stayed in Yidu for several months and could not go down. Now that Liu Fengfang's expedition to the west, Meng Da was defeated and fled to the west. Such an abnormal move is mostly suspicious.

Therefore, Pang Tong speculated that Meng Da's so-called fraudulent plan to Jianping would probably break the halberd under the city of Wu County.

Since Liu Feng and Pang Tong met, this phoenix can be said to be a waste. Liu Feng carefully thought about the speculation of his letter, which is not unreasonable.

After the letter was shown to Ma Yu, Ma Yu showed a little suspicion: "Mr. Shi Yuan's speculation is also reasonable, but I think it seems a little too much..."

Before the words fell, the soldiers hurried in and reported a shocking news.

Mengda lost.

And he was defeated miserably. He was seriously injured, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals.

After hearing the news, Ma Zhen had to swallow it back when he came to his mouth. What a surprise and sigh appeared on his face.

"Lord, I didn't expect it... I didn't expect that Mr. Shi Yuan really guessed it. Now that Meng Da has been defeated, Wu County has been on guard. If you want to be as easy as Yidu, I'm afraid it's impossible. It seems that we have a hard battle to fight.

Ma Qian's concerns cast a shadow on Liu Feng's heart, but when he finished reading Pang Tong's letter, the shadow suddenly dispersed, and a trace of deceit quietly appeared between his eyebrows.

(to be continued)