Although the enemy was discovered in Ziwu Valley, Yangping Pass is the main battlefield at present.

The day after Ma Chao rushed to attack, the imagined attack did not come. Wei Yan stood on the bracket and looked at the Ma Chao's military camp from afar. However, he saw that the Western Liang army had no appearance of sending troops, but was actively building a camp, looking like he was preparing to fight a protracted battle with Wei Yan.

It shouldn't be!

Wei Yan came down from the bracket and frowned and thought. As far as he knew, Ma Chao's situation was not good. This time, the attack on Hanzhong was also to expand his living space and face the threat of Cao's army at any time. Therefore, Ma Chao could not have time to fight a protracted battle with him, but to fight quickly.

"General!" A small school suddenly ran over, came to Wei Yan, and bowed and said, "News came from the mountain and found the traces of the Xiliang Army."

On the mountain?

Wei Yan was stunned and then realized that when Liu Yi came to Yangping Pass, he did not change the design of the city defense. Instead, he made elevators on both sides. Because there was no hydraulic power available here, the elevators made by Liu Yi were lifted and lowered by manpower. The two elevators went to the cliffs on both sides of Yangping Pass.

The rocks on both sides are steep and sparsely populated. Even hunters nearby rarely know the way to go up the mountain. Wei Yan naturally did not expect that Ma Chao would start to plot against the mountains on both sides as soon as he arrived.

Wei Yan looked up at the hills on both sides. If the hills on both sides were occupied, then Yangping Pass would not only be seen by the enemy, but would also face a crisis of death every day. God knew whether a stone would hit him in the head.

"Start a team of people and follow me to the mountain!" After thinking about this, Wei Yan directly took his men and horses to the mountain. The elevator was more like a cable car. There was a special pulley set on the top of the mountain, which could carry ten people up the mountain at a time. There were rollers below. Just three people were walking inside, and they could pull the pulleys on the mountain to bring the elevator up, which was quite convenient.

Wei Yan also had to admire Liu Yi's vision at that time. He could see the weakness of Yangping Pass at a glance and built a post on the top of the mountain. If the enemy wanted to occupy the mountain, he could discover it immediately.

After the elevator arrived at the top of the mountain, Wei Yan came out and ordered the elevator to continue working. There were not many places on the top of the mountain, which could accommodate up to two or three hundred people. Liu Yi also involved in the construction of a small mountain village here, which contained many crossbows and arrow clusters. Five people guarded here all year round. Standing here, not only can Yangpingguan see everything, but Ma Chao's camp was also visible.

"General, look at where!" A soldier in charge of guarding the mountain led Wei Yan to the bracket and pointed to a low-lying area below. There was a group of Xiliang soldiers looking towards the top of the mountain. It seemed that they had discovered the village here and were running here. Looking at the number of people, there were thirty or fifty people.

"Go quickly and tell them to hurry up!" Wei Yan's face turned a little dark. He could see clearly that it was Pang De. The other party obviously wanted to seize the place. At this time, Wei Yan and the soldiers on the mountain were only fifteen soldiers who were responsible for keeping watch on the mountain. They were condescending and occupying the territory, but there were many enemies.

Why is he everywhere?

Wei Yan was a little depressed. He was about the same level as Pang De. He had fought once before and was equal. Now that he was facing each other again, a melee would probably be inevitable!

Pang De obviously had similar thoughts. When he saw that he had missed his whereabouts, he didn't talk nonsense and took the people to the top of the mountain.

The cold arrows shot through the body of the Xiliang Army. Pang De pushed the soldiers beside him down, avoiding the arrows. At the same time, he took out a spear from his waist, saw the window of the small village building, and shot out trembling hands. The two Shu soldiers were directly strung together by the spears.

Anger flashed in Wei Yan's eyes, and he put three arrows on the slam, exhaling and three Western Liang troops fell down.

The two sides fought over the air. Four Shu soldiers on Wei Yan died in battle. When Pang De led his men to the front, twelve soldiers around him fell down, but the second group of troops on Wei Yan had been brought up through the elevator. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the Xiliang army waving weapons one by one and rushing up and chopping. Wei Yan ordered two crossbowmen to continue shooting on the village building, and personally led his men to rush down to fight with the Xiliang army.

This time is different from the last time. Pang De wanted to seize the mountain, but Wei Yan wanted to defend the mountain. Both sides had reasons that they could not retreat, but this time the killing was particularly fierce.

During the fight, Pang De saw the strange lifting ladder sending ten Shu troops up, and his heart moved. He left Wei Yan aside and wanted to rush up to cut off the cable. Seeing this, Wei Yan was not willing to give in. He took a few steps to the wall and slashed the knife down. At the same time, he pulled out a ring-headed knife from his waist. Taking advantage of Pang De's blocking, he cut it in the waist with one knife.

Pang De had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​cutting off the cable immediately, cheer up and fight with Wei Yan, and shouted: "Cut off the cable!"

He had seen that the reason why Wei Yan was able to set up a post here was because the strange fight could continue to send the Shu army below. If the elevator could be destroyed, it would be worth it even if all the people brought this time were killed.

The Xiliang army still has an advantage in numbers, but it is not too obvious. The two Xiliang army broke free from the battle group and wanted to cut the cables. Seeing this, Wei Yan turned around and wanted to stop him. Pang De was reluctant to give in. The long sword in his hand was as fierce as a knife, and he was completely desperate to fight. Wei Yan was furious when he saw this, but he was helpless. He did not investigate for a moment and had a knife on his back.

"Cruff~"

Before the two Western Liang soldiers arrived near, they saw the elevator coming up again. Ten Shu soldiers opened the door and ran out, facing the two Western Liang soldiers who were coming forward to cut off the cable.

The two Western Liang soldiers were also brave. Seeing that there were many people on the other side, they were too late to escape. Without saying a word, they carried a knife and slashed them. They were immediately chopped down by the other side. After the Shu army came to their senses, the swords and swords were put in hand. The two Western Liang soldiers let out two screams and disappeared.

At this point, the strength of both sides on the mountain was basically the same, but Wei Yan's energy source continued to pull people up through the elevator. Seeing that there was no chance, Pang De shook Wei Yan away with one knife, turning around and seemed to be about to leave. Wei Yan hurriedly pulled his feet to chase him, but Pang De suddenly turned around and slashed Wei Yan, and quickly avoided him.

But Pang De did not want to deal with Wei Yan. He turned around and slashed Wei Yan away. After scaring him away, his body suddenly spun. The knife in his hand flew out with the force and slashed it in the air towards the direction of the cable.

Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this, but he wanted to stop him at this moment, so he roared and wanted to take the opportunity to kill Pang De. Pang De chuckled, rolled on the spot, and avoided Wei Yan's knife with a loud laugh.

"Si~"

Amid the sour friction sound, Wei Yan and Pang De subconsciously looked at the cable, but saw the knife slashing on the cable, but only slashing in some, not even half of it, and then the knife was bounced out.

Pang De's eyes were straightened. Although this knife exerted force quickly, it was not small. Why was the cable so tough?

"Hahaha~" Wei Yan was relieved when he saw this. As long as he was not cut off immediately, there would be a chance. Liu Yi specially ordered people to make a few more cables in Guanzhong to avoid losing the favorable terrain on the mountain once the cable was broken.

Pang De was furious and picked up a knife from the ground, trying to use the same trick again. However, Wei Yan was already prepared this time, how could he succeed?

Before Pang De's hand was thrown again, Wei Yan had already snatched up, and slashed fiercely at Pang De. Pang De had no advantageous weapons and could only keep blocking him. He was stabbed on his shoulder and had no strength to continue fighting. Seeing another group of Shu troops coming up, Wei Yan knew that there was no hope of cutting off the cable today. Before the other party surrounded, he changed his wound with Wei Yan, and killed several Shu troops in a row, and led the remaining dozen Xiliang troops to the bottom of the mountain.

Wei Yan and his men shot with bows and arrows, and shot three more. They sat on the ground with lingering fear. Looking at the direction where Pang De left, seeing another group of people coming up, Wei Yan hurriedly ordered a soldier to follow him, asking the lower part not to send people up and bring up the cables that Liu Yi left in Guanzhong, and asked the craftsmen to replace the cables first, and then continue to transport troops up.

The cable is half broken, but who knows how many times it can be pulled. If it breaks halfway, Wei Yan and others will be trapped on the mountain.

With this lesson, Wei Yan dared not ignore the defense on the top of the mountain anymore. After changing the cables, he continued to send more troops and stationed the small village built by Liu Yi on the top of the mountain with troops. After 300 people guarding the mountain, he took the elevator back to Yangping Pass.

On the other side, Ma Chao's camp looked at Pang De who was wearing many colors on his body, Ma Chao couldn't help but frown and said, "Why is Ling Ming like this?"

Pang De smiled bitterly and said, "Wei Yan is ready and made a rope ladder on the mountain. But he transported the soldiers from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain. Mo Jiang wanted to destroy the rope ladder, but the other party found the trace. Wei Yan went up the mountain and stopped him. He fought with Mo Jiang. In the end, he failed to cut off the rope ladder. Please punish the lord!"

Rope ladder?

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao looked at the steep cliff, and then looked at Pang De. Based on his understanding, Pang De is a responsible person and will not deceive himself by making up lies to shirk responsibility, but...

The cliff is at least ten feet away from Yangping Pass. How did Liu Bei build a rope ladder in such a place?

"Lord!" Pang De asked the doctor to help him deal with the wound, and said to Ma Chao: "Then Wei Yan is not an ordinary person. Now our army has lost the opportunity. Yangping Pass has sufficient troops and horses. Our army is eager to break through, so it is better..."

"How?" Ma Chao turned his head and looked at Pang De.

"Our army is unstable in the rear. Our army attacked Yangping Pass, but Cao's army turned a blind eye. The last general always felt that Cao's army was cheating, so it would be better to form an alliance with Liu Bei and join forces to fight against Cao!" Pang De said to Ma Chao solemnly.

"Try it again..." Ma Chao hesitated for a moment and shook his head. Now it was the time when Hanzhong was empty. If he gave up this opportunity, he could not support the troops under his command by relying on the three counties in Longxi, let alone fighting against Cao Cao. "If he could not break Yangping Pass within one month, he would withdraw his troops."

The food and supplies in the army are only enough to support one month.
Chapter completed!