After receiving the news that Yang Bo was defeated, the entire Hanzhong senior management was a little shocked.

Logically speaking, if the enemy attacks Mianyang through the path, there will be no too many troops. The transportation of food and grass alone is a problem. Even if Yang Bai has limited ability, if there is a huge difference, if the number of people is too small and the enemy goes out of the city to fight, it should not be defeated so quickly, it is even impossible to defeat.

"How many troops are there in Mianyang?" Zhang Lu looked at the defeated generals and asked with a frown. The other party actually left the city to fight. This made Zhang Lu a little incredible. Could it be that he had calculated it wrong?

"Many, I'm afraid that there will be no less than 5,000 people in this time!" The general lowered his head and said. In fact, he didn't see how many people there were on the other side, but there should be no five,000. It was just that the eight thousand army was defeated by an enemy who didn't even have half of his own strength. Although the main responsibility lies with Yang Bai, these generals who followed the army were not related.

"Five thousand people?" Yan Pu frowned and looked at the generals. Yang Ren beside him frowned and thoughtfully said, "White Yan still wants to defend the city, and Mianyang must have a defender left. In this way, Mianyang bandits are afraid of no less than six thousand!"

If six thousand men and horses occupy the city and guard it, it will be difficult to break.

Yang Ren looked up and looked at Zhang Lu and said, "Shijun, I thought that now we know nothing about the enemy situation in Mianyang. Instead of sending troops rashly, it is better to explore the enemy's virtuality and reality first."

When Zhang Lu heard this, he nodded silently. He thought Mianyang was a little bit pretentious before, and if he knew that Mianyang was ineffective and ineffective, he would not have suffered such a defeat. Not only did Yang Bai be defeated, but the eight thousand army has returned now, which has been lost by nearly half.

At present, Zhang Lu sent a large number of scouts to Mianyang to inquire about the truth and at the same time sent people to Guanzhong to recall Yang Ang who supported Ma Chao. However, since Ma Chao was defeated, he sent people to ask Zhang Lu for help. Zhang Lu sent Yang Ang to lead an army of 10,000 to support Ma Chao. Now Hanzhong is facing a strong enemy and has already reached the hinterland. He can no longer support Ma Chao. He will take care of his own family first.

In the next two days, information was sent back from Mianyang. Liu Bei's army appeared in the valley road and entered Mianyang City. In two days, five or six thousand people had entered Mianyang. The four gates of Mianyang City were blocked and they also made fortifications outside the city, as if they were preparing to use Mianyang as a base.

"Shijun!" Zhang Song was worried about his brother's safety and persuaded: "Then Liu Bei must have wanted to attack Nanzheng from Mianyang. Now the bandits are young, so please make a decision early!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lu nodded silently, looked at Yan Pu, Yang Ren and other generals and said, "What do you think?"

Yang Ren bowed and said, "I am willing to lead the troops there!"

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Zhang Lu nodded and said, "This time, you will be forced to retreat with the thief army!"

These 20,000 troops were directly drawn from Nanzheng, which was more than half of the troops near Nanzheng. There was only a small place in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu had only about 50,000 troops in his hands. Ten thousand were sent to support Ma Chao, Jiameng Pass, Baishui Pass, Shangyong, Fangling, and Yangping Pass. The troops in Nanzheng area were not enough to be 30,000. He sent 20,000 troops at once. Almost all of Nanzheng's family was emptied.

This time, the movement of the army was naturally quite different. Wei Yan naturally got news. Wei Yan once again led the scout to watch the enemy situation, but before he got close, he was almost discovered by the provoy sent by Yang Ren. Wei Yan had to lead his guards to hide from a farther hill to watch. However, he saw that the army was strict and orderly, and compared with Yang Bai, it was far different.

I didn't look at it anymore and went straight to Mianyang with my personal guards.

"General, how about it?" The deputy general came forward and looked at Wei Yan and said with a smile.

Last time, Wei Yan broke eight thousand with 2,000, but his side lost less than 500, which was a great victory, which also made the general quite convinced Wei Yan. This time, he only thought that the other party was still Yang Bai's waiter, and his words were quite relaxed.

But this time, Wei Yan's expression was quite solemn: "I was almost discovered by the other scout before I got close. Although I don't know who was the general this time, looking at his military appearance, I am afraid that he will arrive at the city tonight. This person flew away from him, Yang Baikebi, and immediately ordered all the soldiers of the army to return to the city, block the four gates, and prepare to defend the city!"

Zhang Lu sent troops according to the enemy's army, but in fact, after the last battle, Wei Yan's side had only more than 2,000 troops, so there were no more than 10,000 troops. The low walls of Mianyang were probably not conducive to long-term defense. Now Wei Yan could only expect Liu Bei's main army to arrive in time as agreed and go straight to Nanzheng. Even if it was not defeated, it would still cause Yang Ren's army to advance and retreat.

Seeing Wei Yan's seriousness, the deputy general was shocked and quickly took the order to arrange someone to inform the scouts and contingents outside to return to the city and prepare to take the battle.

As Wei Yan said, in the evening of that day, Yang Ren had already led his army to the vicinity of Mianyang. Seeing that the four gates of Mianyang were closed, and flags were planted above the city. The defenders were waiting for the battle. There was no chance. They were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they ordered their soldiers to set up camps and lead their own guards to explore the enemy situation near Mianyang.

Seeing a small group of troops coming from the other side, Wei Yan knew that the other side was here to explore the enemy situation. He ordered the entire army to go to the city and make a sufficient force. At the same time, he brought his own guard to open the city to meet the opponent.

When Yang Ren saw the enemy's door open and exit the city, he felt a little frightened and hurriedly took his personal guards to evacuate at any time. However, when he saw that the opponent had only a small group of people, he felt a little relaxed, but he did not dare to be careless. While ordering two personal guards to protect him with shields, he ordered the personal guards who were proficient in archery to draw the strings. If he had the chance, he would kill one of the other generals, which was not bad.

Wei Yan is also like this. When he was in Changsha, he did not forget how Liu Yi dealt with Han Xuan. On the battlefield, there were never many generals shot by cold arrows. He also experienced that scene and shot Huang Zhong with his own hands. Since then, Wei Yan has attached great importance to his safety. After all, Huang Zhong is more capable than him, so what about himself.

At the same time, Wei Yan also arranged a snail man, ready to seize the opportunity to send him a shot.

When both sides met, they were stunned when they saw the other party's same formation as them. They all understood the other party's plans. After each cursed the other party's shamelessness, they waved their hand to tell the man who was good at shooting to stop working in vain.

"Wei Yan is here, I wonder which general is under Zhang Lu's command opposite?" Wei Yan said.

Wei Yan's name is no longer unfamiliar in Hanzhong. Yang Ren did not expect to meet Wei Yan as soon as he came and bowed: "When Yang Ren is in the lower house, why did General Wei invade my city and kill my soldiers?"

Wei Yan smiled and said, "This Hanzhong originally belonged to Liu Yizhou, when did it become Zhang Lu's origin?"

"Absurd!" Yang Ren said angrily: "Even if that's the case, Liu Zhang should come, what should he do with Liu Bei?"

"Ha." Wei Yan sneered: "My lord and Liu Yizhou have the same clan friendship. This world is still the Han Dynasty. What's wrong with my lord leading the army to help?"

Yang Ren sneered: "I'm afraid your lord Liu Bei wants to embezzle Yizhou himself?"

"Yes or no, these are all internal affairs of the Han Dynasty. As a Han minister, Zhang Lu did not want to be loyal, but instead ceded his territory and became independent. What is the reason?" Wei Yan snorted coldly.

"Liu Zhang killed my lord's mother, how should I calculate?" Yang Ren said angrily.

Wei Yan laughed and said, "As far as I know, it is the mother of your lord who is nothave properly?"

Zhang Lu's mother had some peace with Liu Yan back then, and this matter was not a secret in Yizhou. But now Wei Yan said it in public, but he was a little humiliated. Yang Ren was furious when he heard this and pointed the gun in his hand and said, "Are you a general, how dare you come out and fight me alone?"

While speaking, Yang Ren quietly compared gestures where Wei Yan could not see them. The two archers silently set their bows and arrows, and just waited for Wei Yan to come out and shot him to kill him.

On the other side, Wei Yanlang said, "Why don't you dare? I also want to see what kind of Hanzhong general has?"

At the same time, he made a secret gesture and shot an arrow immediately as long as Yang Ren came out.

When Yang Ren saw Wei Yan's acceptance, he sneered in secret and slapped out with his gun. Wei Yan also slowly stepped forward, but neither of them was fast and moved to the middle of the battlefield little by little. He didn't look like a general, but he seemed to be preparing to greet him.

The distance was almost the same. Wei Yan and Yang Ren slowly raised the weapons in their hands at the same time, with inexplicable smiles on their faces.

Almost at the same time, the archers arranged by the two men shot clusters of arrows at the generals on both sides at the same time.

Wei Yan was shocked when he saw this. Unexpectedly, the other party had the same plan as he was. He leaned his body on the horse's back and avoided the arrow cluster.

Yang Ren was about to take the opportunity to go up and shoot Wei Yan, but suddenly he heard the sound of breaking through the air, his face changed, and he didn't care to rush forward any longer, and slid his body to the side of the horse's back, avoiding the hidden arrows shot.

Wei Yan got up first and saw Yang Ren avoiding arrows. Without saying a word, he grabbed a knife and chopped him.

Yang Ren quickly raised his gun to hold it, and at the same time he used the force to stabilize his body.

"Despicable!" The two of them wrapped their weapons together, wrestled with each other, and looked at each other and cursed.

After a moment of silence, the two simply stopped talking. Although the tradition of fighting generals had begun to decline during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were occasional occasions. Moreover, the two sides are so close now that they are worried that the other party will attack them, so they simply use their martial arts and fight together.

Wei Yan's martial arts skills are already good. He was able to fight Wenpin at the beginning, but now he is in his prime and his strength is at his peak. Yang Ren is the number one general in Hanzhong and has great martial arts skills. The two of them fought back and forth on the horse for more than 40 rounds, but they still didn't decide the winner.

The shooters on both sides were afraid of hurting their generals by chance, so they did not dare to shoot arrows at will. Wei Yan and Yang Ren were both the chief generals of the army. Seeing that the other party was similar to their own abilities, they were unwilling to take risks easily. They passed by fifty in one, and changed their moves at the same time, retreated back to their respective camps, and confronted each other again.
Chapter completed!