Although Zhao Yun was killed and defeated for a while, one-third of his troops were lost, and the main general was also killed.

However, in terms of the size of the troops, the number of remaining cavalry of Yang Ren's army is still more than 1.5 times that of the Han army.

Even if the elite level is far inferior to the Han army, it can still be done by taking advantage of the local combat familiar terrain.

Li Su also happened to need someone to cooperate in the opponent's scene, and just pretended to be on guard and formed a formation to retreat south slowly, but in fact he took the opportunity to preserve the soldiers' physical strength.

After walking slowly for a morning, Li Su saw that the pursuers had relaxed and ordered Zhao Yun to make the entire army accelerate suddenly.

Because the enemy had been on the road all night and had no rest in the morning, they were so tired that they didn't dare to sprint and chase him again. Li Su was slightly left behind for half an hour.

When Shen Shi caught up again in the afternoon, he found that Li Su had actually set up camp again.

This time, Li Suxuan's camp location was safer. He was almost at the end of Maming Pavilion Road. The west side was still leaning against the Western Han River, and the Jialing River could be seen on the south side - the Western Han River finally merged into the Jialing River.

So camping at the high hillside here, you don’t have to worry about being attacked in the northwest and southwest directions. If you occupy the top of the mountain, just beware of the enemy’s attack from the east slope.

To put it bluntly, if you cross the Jialing River from the camp chosen by Li Su, and go westward, it would be the Motianling that later general Fu Youde smuggled through Yinping to destroy Shuxia (that Xia of Ming Yuzhen).

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" says that Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping and also crossed the Motianling. This is just Luo Guanzhong's current experience - because Luo Guanzhong himself was also a strategist at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, and was Zhang Shicheng's planner. After hearing the details of Zhu Yuanzhang's generals smuggled into Yinping and destroyed the Shu regime, he thought Deng Ai was also taking this path.

In history, Deng Ai smuggled through Yinping and actually crossed Mage Mountain, which was a little more west than Motianling, but not as steep as it was. However, the common point between these two mountains is that they are both located on the watershed between the Jialing River and the Fu River.

(Note: Before attacking Chengdu, the reason I had to sneak over Mage Mountain or Motianling was to switch from the Jialing River Basin to the Fu River Basin. Because the Jialing River flowed horizontally outside Jianmen Pass, if you stay on both sides of the Jialing River, you can never get around Jianmen Pass.)

It’s still too far to talk about Chengdu now, let’s look back at the main battlefield where Li Su camped.

Since his camp is across from Motianling and is also a watershed between the Jialing River and the Western Han River, the degree of danger can be imagined.

So much so that the remaining cavalry troops under Yang Ren chased to the foot of the mountain, and there was no desire to attack the top of the mountain.

"But I remember this mountain is dead, right? There is no water source on the top of the mountain. As long as we don't let them go down to the river and fetch water from the Jialing River or the Western Han River, wouldn't they die of thirst in less than two days? Why should we endure such great pains and deaths to attack the mountain?" A military academy complained.

However, this theory was quickly refuted by colleagues, and another military academy pointed out: "Not necessarily, we came half an hour late. I just saw that some people at the end of the enemy army were holding water. Maybe they had already made a lot of water in the past half an hour.

It seems like this, wouldn’t we have to stay in the mountains? But as long as we surround us, we will die of thirst for three days, and thirst for five days and seven days. They came from afar and could not bring too many barrels and cauldrons. How long can we last by just storing water with our own skin?”

Although everyone was puzzled, their decisions were highly consistent: they chose strategies similar to those of Zhang He when he confronted Ma Su, and they were thirsty!

But some people with a little vision have begun to doubt: Is it possible that these Han envoys have "support" behind their backs in such a stance to be supported?

Where did the aid association come from? If there is really aid, wouldn’t there be a conspiracy...

But these things are not something that intermediate officers like them think of themselves.

Two hours after night that day, Zhang Wei, who had crossed the mountains and took small roads, finally arrived here with four or five thousand people panting, and joined forces with the heavily damaged cavalry units. The reorganized pursuers once again exceeded six thousand.

After Zhang Wei arrived, he was first surprised.

"What? General Yang actually died in battle? And he was killed by the enemy generals together?" Zhang Wei was stunned, feeling that his neck was slightly chilled for no reason, and he quickly asked for details.

Zhang Wei was a little self-aware. He knew that Yang Ren and Yang Ang’s martial arts were above him. The reason why he was able to be the head coach was entirely because of his bloodline.

After understanding the cause of death, the small schools leading the troops told them about their suspicion, and Zhang Wei became more and more surprised.

"Knowing that this is a dead place and still sticking to it, then it must be arbitrage waiting for assistance... Could it be that this Han envoy really has reinforcements?"

But he is now in a difficult position to get rid of the tiger. After all, it is possible that the enemy knows that he can't escape, so he is making a fool of himself?

What if the main force intercepting troops whom he finally arrived were so scared that the division troops would go back, and he would break through the blockade line again with these thousand people?

It’s impossible to leave when you’re scared.

Anyway, although the total force of more than 10,000 people in Yangping Pass was dispatched to hunt down the Han envoy, Yang Ang was still holding two or three thousand people!

Yangping Pass is so majestic and dangerous, with more than two thousand people defending it, no matter how strong the enemy is, it is impossible to capture it within a few days! This time difference is still affordable.

"I don't want to think about it anymore, let the troops rest for a night immediately. Don't rush to General Yang Ren's mistakes that were tired of dealing with the difficulties! The whole army is full of energy and will attack the mountain with all its strength tomorrow! If you can't capture it within one day, make another plan."

Zhang Wei ordered the whole army to besiege and camp to rest.

Of course, Zhang Wei did not forget to arrange some scouts and took turns to whistle the enemy to prevent the enemy from going down the mountain to rob the camp.

Yang Ren's death in battle has made Zhang Wei fully alert and realized that the Han envoy on the mountain was a very sinister existence and must not be taken lightly.

Fortunately, Li Su is also very self-aware. He knew that the enemy's loss must be the most vigilant time, so he was speechless all night and did not arrange any small moves.

Who had just gotten gut yesterday, but today I continued gut today, right? I always have to numb the other party for a few days.

...

The next morning, Li Su woke up again, and this time he could wash, eat and drink leisurely.

The enemy did not disturb him too early, and the soldiers still had time to cook dried vegetable soup for Li Su and wash his face with hot water.

Zhao Yun shot a mountain chicken last night, and the soldiers had already plucked their hair in advance and roasted it for Li Su as a breakfast and added food.

Finally, Li Su felt that his IQ recovered faster today, and his symptoms of getting up and hypotension disappeared.

He actually missed the Greenspan-style lifestyle of his previous life. It is said that the famous Federal Reserve Chairman in later generations liked to soak in the bathtub when he got up at five o'clock every day when he had low blood pressure. Many major decisions that influenced the world economy were made when he was most awake in the bathtub.

After a few days in Sichuan, although the weather was quite cold, I felt wet all over, especially when I stayed in the open overnight, I felt very uncomfortable.

When I got up, I went to Hanzhong, Chengdu, built my own mansion, and also had to farm well. I learned to build a copper fountain like Emperor Ling of Han. I felt unhappy after getting up and took a bath if I wanted to.

Strive to take a bath for hot tap water! Destroy Zhang Lu as soon as possible!

After his breath was refreshed, Li Su said in a negotiated tone: "Those who traveled a hundred miles apart and had teased Zhang Wei for three days. Today is the most important thing. Zilong and Youping must hold it. How many arrows do we have?"

Zhao Yun: "About 70,000 to 80,000. After the enemy was repelled yesterday, I asked my brothers to recycle some."

Li Su: "If the enemy attacks the mountain, they can counterattack quickly a few times first to act as a deterrent effect and dispel their delusion of strong attack. However, at least 20,000 arrows are left as preparations for the final counterattack.

If we believe that the fastest one will be tonight, and if we slow down one will be tomorrow morning, the news of the surprise attack on Yangping Pass of the court will definitely reach Zhang Wei. The moment the news arrives, it will definitely be the time when Zhang Wei's morale is at its lowest. In the middle stage, we can pretend that the arrows are not enough, and finally suddenly exert force, which can further make the enemy believe that they have indeed been trapped, and the morale of the army will definitely be unstable at that time."

The attack on the troops by the trap has always been dual. On the one hand, it is the real physical damage caused by the plan, and on the other hand, it is the psychological frustration of "we have trapped".

Li Su is good at manipulating people's hearts, so how can he not make full use of it?

After confirming the arrow, Li Su asked about the stock of tamsui again, and Zhao Yun also gave a satisfactory reply.

Yesterday, Li Su took advantage of the time difference that he arrived one hour earlier than the pursuers and tried his best to draw water on the mountain.

He originally asked the soldiers to cut down trees as soon as possible to build a reservoir and fill the gaps with bark to store water. Later, he found that there were one or two natural small puddles on the top of the mountain, but the water was very dirty and stagnant. So he divided some soldiers to clean the stagnant water and clean the floating soil of the leaves and soil, and then fed water from the Jialing River at the foot of the mountain to this temporary reservoir. When drinking, he used alum magnet elm bark to purify the water.

But even so, the fresh water in this puddle is only for ordinary soldiers. Li Su and the generals must drink water from a skin bag. Before drinking, they still have to purify it and boil it before drinking it.

...

Zhang Wei's attack began soon, and hundreds of infantrymen tentatively touched the mountain in two or three directions. Everyone had short knives and wooden hammers, and they climbed the mountain with shields. More than 400 crossbows on the mountain were shot down, and some trees and small stones that had just been cut last night were rolled from time to time.

However, the mountains are densely covered with dense trees and the shielding effect is also good, so the long-range strike damage is very small.

Of course, this kind of shielding is relative. People on the mountain will be blocked by shooting at the foot of the mountain for several%, so there will be no long-range firepower when attacking the top of the mountain below.

Almost all of Zhang Weijun's crossbows were shot in vain. After a while, Zhang Wei realized this problem and signaled that all his archers would stop and there was no need to waste arrows.

Li Sujun quickly learned to be smart. Because they cut down trees when they set up camp yesterday, they formed two empty areas where trees were cut down within seventy or eighty and thirty steps in front of the camp.

When Zhang Weijun rushed into this area, he would be subjected to intensive shooting and close-up shooting. Over time, Zhao Yun asked the flag soldiers to steer the flag at the top of the mountain to command. When he saw the enemy entering the open area, he raised the red flag. Then all the crossbowmen opened fire with all their might. Once Zhang Weijun rushed through the open area and entered the range hidden by the trees, he stopped shooting.

Fortunately, Zhang Weijun infantry rushed to Li Su camp, but because he was unable to form a combat formation, he was then assassinated by Youzhou cavalry who had dismounted the horse, set up guns and shields.

Two or three consecutive waves of fierce attacks had to retreat. Each wave dropped at least one or two hundred and two hundred corpses on the hillside, which greatly hit Zhang Weijun's morale.

Li Sujun suffered minimal casualties, and the main loss was to shoot out 20,000 to 30,000 arrows. Zhao Yun strictly implemented Li Su's orders and had to produce a deterrent effect in the first few waves, so he shot wildly.

As expected, Zhang Wei was stunned for a while and never dared to let the soldiers charge in groups. He just harassed him on a small scale and wanted to deceive Li Su's arrow.

Zhang Wei also has military knowledge and knows that these missions are far away and cannot be replenished.

Moreover, in order to prevent the Han army from coming back to draw arrows and picking up arrows, he forced the troops into the woods halfway up the mountain, and the two armies were only 300 steps apart. If the Han army came forward, they would take the opportunity to charge back. This time difference would definitely not be too late to change the formation constraints and would definitely fall into a melee.

Seeing this, Li Su was a little tricky and had to change his tricks at the last minute.

He remembered that when Dian Wei protected him through Mangdang Mountain, the mountain war quality he showed was not bad, so he called Dian Wei: "Take three hundred Danyang Axe Shield soldiers, go forward a hundred steps forward and go into the forest ahead, and hide low. If Zhang Wei's small group of people touched him, I won't shoot arrows. I can't withstand the consumption. If I can force melee, try to force melee to retreat."

"Here! Zhonglang is still optimistic!" Dian Wei was extremely excited. He was not very strong in cavalry battles, nor could he have bows and arrows. He attacked them in a long range of only ten steps. He had been suffocating the halberd in the past two days.

Finally, I got another chance to fight in the mountains and jungle!

He took three hundred Danyang soldiers of the Shanyue tribe and touched them up and took the initiative to defend themselves.

Soon, Zhang Weijun touched another small group of mountain soldiers.

Li Su pretended to behave and slowly entered the barrage and fired two arrows to conceal Dian Wei's existence and paralyzed the enemy. Zhang Weijun was indeed unpredictable that Dian Wei had already touched forward quietly and continued to break out quickly.

Dian Wei suddenly stood up from the ground and rushed out. His halberds flew over and killed five or six people in succession. The other axe and shield soldiers also stood up one after another and caught them off guard at a very close range.

But the enemy did not retreat because of Dian Wei's bravery at all. He actually stimulated his fierceness to continue to siege. Dian Wei's double halberds were killed wildly, covered in blood, and his heart was slightly shocked:

"Although these barbarian soldiers are not as good as those of Danyang soldiers, they are not afraid of death, and their morale is still above the Danyang soldiers. Where did Zhang Wei recruit these soldiers?"

Because he was not mentally prepared, Dian Wei's moves were all killer moves that would be rescued by attacking the enemy. When he encountered some enemy generals who exchanged his life style, he would inevitably be caught off guard.

"Han Dog died!" A barbarian general held a caltrop bone in his hand and smashed Dian Wei with great force.

Dian Wei had a halberd with his backhand, thinking that he could easily poke the opponent to death. However, the small branches on the halberd were completely pierced between the enemy's chest and abdomen, and the man's pounce was still strong. Dian Wei quickly abandoned a halberd and retreated, but was still a nail hammered on his shoulder and stabbed two inches of wound holes about inches deep.

Fortunately, Dian Wei was strong and his minor injury did not even affect his actions. He was used to this crazy way of fighting with the enemy for his life. In history, he was injured in the battle of Wancheng for more than a dozen times and could still shout fiercely.

After being mentally prepared, Dian Wei did not give the enemy another chance to hurt him. He fought for half a quarter of an hour and then all the enemies were repelled in the future.

When he returned to the mountain to treat the wound, Dian Wei reported to Li Su about his situation. Li Su was also a little surprised. Fortunately, he caught a few live-action people and brought the prisoners to question them.
To be continued...