Chapter 296 Knowers

Liu Fengjun gathered in the area of Ye County, with a total of about 70,000 people.

The previous logging and building of a house in Tongguan Camp was just a suspicious plan.

The wooden house replaces the tent. On the one hand, it can show the enemy in the city that it will fight for a long time. On the other hand, when night falls, the wooden house can effectively cover up the situation inside.

Because the seemingly dense wooden house is actually empty at all.

Liu Feng's 70,000 people were actually mixed with the people who transported grain. They hid Liu Bei's scouts and meticulous work, and swaggered back to Nanyang.

Now, Liu Feng followed the last batch of 5,000-person grain delivery team and arrived in Yecheng smoothly. All the troops have been assembled. Naturally, it is the time to launch the plan.

This is Jia Xu's real strategy. As Fa Zheng expected, it is indeed attacking the east and the west, but it is not Hanzhong, but Wuguan.

In the evening of the same day, Liu Feng led 20,000 troops with the veteran Yan Yan as the vanguard, and his 30,000 soldiers and horses as the Chinese army. He ordered Zhang Ni and Ma Zhong to lead 20,000 troops as the rear army. They set out lightly, with only ten days of grain, from Ye County, through Xi'e, Li County and Danshui County, and went straight to Wuguan.

After three days of urgent march, Yan Yan's 20,000 vanguards joined Wenpin stationed in Danshui and his 20,000 Nanyang troops. According to Liu Feng's order, Yan Yan's troops only had a half-day rest. In the morning, more than 50,000 people of the two armies rushed to attack Wuguan first.

Two days later, the follow-up troops arrived one after another, and nearly 100,000 troops launched an unprecedented attack on Wuguan with an overwhelming advantage.

Nanyang County and Guanzhong Jing Zhaoyin are connected by a Danshui River, which is hundreds of miles long, and most of the banks of the river are mountains.

This Wuguan is located on the north bank of Danshui. Guancheng is built on a relatively flat high ground between canyons. It is surrounded by the high Shaoxi Mountain in the north and dangerous in the south.

The terrain of Kansai is relatively flat, only a section from Guandong to Nanyang County. The mountainside is winding through. The cliffs are high and the valleys are deep, narrow and difficult to walk. This pass, together with Hangu Pass, Xiao Pass and Dasan Pass, is known as the four fortresses of Qin.

Although Wuguan is dangerous, it is obviously not an order of magnitude compared with Tongguan.

The military commander on the front line of Wuguan is Li Yan. The army assigned to him by Liu Bei is nearly 10,000. Li Yan is indeed somewhat capable. Previously, he easily resisted the attack of Wenpin's 50,000 soldiers and horses with 10,000 people.

However, Jia Xu's plan to attack east and west made Liu Bei misjud Liu Feng's intention, so not long ago, nearly 5,000 soldiers were transferred from Wuguan to rush to the mouths of the valleys of Qinling.

That is to say, at present, there are only more than 5,000 troops on the front line of Wuguan, while Liu Feng's attacking soldiers and horses are 100,000.

Twenty-to-one ratio, absolute advantage.

100,000 troops, with 20,000 as a team, took turns to attack Wuguan City day and night.

Liu Feng has made up his mind that even if he consumes human lives, he will consume all the defenders of Wuguan.

In less than two days, Liu Feng paid the price of more than 10,000 people, while Li Yan lost less than 2,000 yuan.

Although it is only 2,000, it is very deadly for Li Yan, who is overstretched.

Li Yan, who was so anxious, could only send someone to Tongguan to ask Liu Bei for help.

On the third day of the battle, Liu Fengjun suddenly stopped attacking.

Li Yan, on the head of the city, took a breath. In the past three days, he had slept for less than three hours. At this time, he, like all the soldiers, was extremely tired.

Just as Li Yan was about to take this opportunity to seize the precious time to have a rest, he saw a ride outside the gate coming alone.

The man did not wear armor, let alone weapons. He stepped on the corpses all over the ground and came slowly. A moment later, he was stationed in front of the trench of Guancheng.

When Li Yan saw the man's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

"General Meng Da, Han Pingxi, I'm here to meet my old friend."

In front of the station, the person who spoke loudly was Meng Da.

In the era of Liu Zhang, Meng Da, Li Yan, Fa Zheng and others all belonged to the Dongzhou Group, and they were very kind to each other and like-minded.

Unfortunately, Fa Zheng and Li Yan followed Liu Bei, and Meng Da surrendered Liu Feng in Yidu and belonged to the two camps from then on.

Liu Feng knew that Meng Da and Li Yan were old friends, and Li Yan had betrayed Liu Zhang's "case record" in those years. Therefore, before sending troops to Wuguan, Liu Feng considered using Meng Da's relationship to persuade Li Yan to surrender.

After two days of fierce attack, Liu Feng believed that he had given Li Yan enough deterrent pressure. Now it was time to use Meng Da's move.

Li Yan saw that it was Meng Da, and he knew in his heart why the old friend came. He meditated for a moment, and still ordered Meng Da to be released into the customs.

The suspension bridge was put down, the gate opened, and Meng Da rode in slowly.

Li Yan did not pretend to be "each owner". He greeted the old friend in person with a smile and joined hands to get his own big account.

"Zefang, you and I have been friends for many years. We are sincere to each other, and I don't beat around the bush. This time, I came to see you with the entrustment of the Duke of Song to persuade you to return to the court."

Before the two guests could sit down, Meng Da came straight to the point and revealed his intention.

Li Yan wiped the blood stains on his face with a wet towel. He was not surprised by Meng Da's frank words.

After drinking a sip of water, he slowed down a little in his fatigue. Li Yan smiled bitterly and sighed, "At the beginning, you and Xiaozhi conspired to welcome the king of Guanzhong into Sichuan, and you did not call me first, so that I was forced to surrender the king of Guanzhong in a hurry. Later, you made your own decision and surrendered to the Duke of Song, which almost put me and Xiaozhi in a doomable situation. Now you have come to persuade me to surrender to the Duke of Song. I'm really a little afraid of you.

In Li Yan's tone, he seemed to have a little complaint.

Meng Da looked calmly: "As the saying goes, the world is unpredictable. In those years, Guan Yu was destroyed, Jingzhou has been lost, and Liu Xuande's army is far away in Yizhou. If I don't surrender to the Duke of Song, I'm afraid it will be a piece of loess at this moment. I only remember that Xiaozhi once told us that the person who knows the current affairs is a handsome man, don't you think so?

Li Yan said, "What a person who knows the current affairs is Junjie. So, Zidu firmly believes that the Song guild is the final winner."

Meng Da stood up, pointed to the direction outside the gate, and shouted, "Fang Jin, the Duke of Song, there are already two parts of the world. The fierce generals under his command are like clouds, and there are countless wise people. The hearts of the people want to return. The time of heaven, the earth, and the people have been held hands. The general trend has been determined. I don't believe that you will understand it with your knowledge."

Meng Da's words really pierced Li Yan's heart, and his expression clearly changed.

"I am as a surrendered general. Now I am an official to General Pingxi, and I don't see you. Such as Wen Ping, Gan Ning, Xu Shu and other surrendered generals are all prominent. Song Gonglixian uses the skill of energy, which can be seen from this. With your talent, if you can be submissive to the Duke of Song, I can guarantee that your official position will not be under me.

Meng Da is seducing each other, and he dares to make such a promise. Obviously, he has been approved by Liu Feng before.

"It's a big deal. I have to think about it carefully. Please tell Mr. Song to allow me a few more days." Li Yan was moved, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this time, Meng Da's expression suddenly became solemn. He looked directly at Li Yan and said coldly, "Liu Bei heard that there was a mistake in Wuguan. How could he not send troops here? Song Gong said that the front is a war or a surrender, and there must be a reply before the afternoon."

According to Liu Feng's estimate, most of the letters sent by Li Yan for help at this time have been sent to Liu Bei. A large number of reinforcements should be on their way to Wuguan at this moment, and they will arrive within two days at most. Therefore, he will naturally not give Li Yan too much time to consider.

Li Yan looked at Meng Da and said silently, "What if I refuse to obey?"

Meng Da did not hesitate and immediately replied, "After the afternoon, if you haven't replied, 100,000 troops will immediately attack the city, and the Song Guild will raz Wuguan City to the ground."

Meng Da's naked threat is not a horror. With Liu Feng's current strength, he is fully capable of doing it.

It is said that it has risen, and it is less than an hour before noon, and there is not much time left for Li Yan to consider.

This Nanyang famous scholar, walking in the account with anxiety, is suffering for the most important decision in his life.

Meng Da did not provoke him anymore, but knelt down there, with a light taste of tea with an idle expression.

Everything that should be said has been said. Li Yan is a resourceful man. There is no need to talk about unnecessary truths. Everything will be decided by himself.

Time passed by minute by minute, and more than half an hour had passed in a blink of an eye. The relatives outside came to report that the enemy, which had already retreated, began to slowly march towards Guancheng, which was more powerful than the previous wave of attacks.

At this time, Meng Da stood up, looked at the old friend calmly, and said lightly, "Zheng Fang, it's time to make a decision. It's life or death, just in your mind."

Li Yan stopped his anxious steps. He came to the outside of the tent and looked at the gloomy clouds in the sky. After a long silence, he exhaled a long breath.

########## At this time, Liu Feng was wearing a horse in an endless army.

Although he has a certain confidence in Mengda Newspaper, he did not completely pin his hope on it. He was ready to submerge Wuguan City with a vast sea of people.

After noon, just as he was about to give up the means of peace and ordered the use of force, a flag was finally raised in Wuguan City.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The Guancheng was opened, and the 3,000 remnants of the city opened out of the Guancheng in an orderly manner. Li Yan followed Meng Da and came to meet Liu Feng alone.

Liu Feng was overjoyed, turned over and got off his horse to help Li Yan, who was lying in front of him, and stroked his shoulder and said, "Zheng Fang, this time to wipe out Liu Bei and unify the world. You are the only one who can do."

Liu Feng, who was excited, made Li Yan the general of Zhengbei on the spot, and ordered 5,000 of his troops to be the vanguard. He advanced from Wuguan to the hinterland of Guanzhong.

(to be continued)