An enemy soldier lying in ambush nearby heard the movement and immediately reported the incident to Lingbao, so he made preparations. Hearing only the sound of a cannon, the three armies mounted their horses and came out from the side to kill the general. Seeing this, Wei Yan quickly went up to fight and fought with Lingbao. The two fought for no less than thirty rounds. The Sichuan troops became more and more numerous and divided into two groups to attack the Han army. The Han army had gotten up very early and was not in good spirits. , and traveled a long way at night. Neither the man nor the horse were in any condition, and they could not resist it at all, so they could only retreat back.
Wei Yan felt that the troops behind him were already in disarray, so he could only leave Leng Bao aside, turn his horse's head and walk back.
The Sichuan soldiers followed closely, and the Han army was severely defeated. They retreated less than five miles. There was a cannon shot from the mountain behind them, and Deng Xian led another army to kill them. He shouted: "Wei Yan dismounts and is killed." !”
Wei Yan galloped all the way on his horse. Due to the bumpy mountain road, the horse lost its front hoof and knelt down on its front legs, throwing Wei Yan away. Deng Xian quickly reached him and took up his gun to assassinate Wei Yan.
Wei Yan turned around and had no time to escape. Just when he was desperate, he suddenly heard the sound of a bowstring. Then Deng Xian's weapon fell and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. After seeing this, Lingbao hurriedly came to the rescue. A general , walked out from the hillside and shouted: "Veteran Huang Zhong is here!" Then he went straight to Leng Bao.
Leng Bao felt that he was no match, so he walked towards the back. Huang Zhong led his soldiers and horses to cover up the killing, and the Sichuan soldiers were in chaos.
Huang Zhong suddenly appeared to save Wei Yan, shot Deng Xian with a bow and arrow, and then covered up the enemy in front of the camp. Leng Bao and Huang Zhong fought for another ten rounds. The stockade was abandoned and he took the remaining soldiers and horses to the stockade on the right, only to see that all the flags in the stockade had been replaced.
Leng Bao was very surprised. When he stopped to watch, he saw only one general inside, wearing golden armor and brocade robes. It was Liu Bei himself, with Liu Feng on the left and Guan Ping on the right. Liu Bei shouted: "I have occupied the camp, where are you going?"
Both Yu Yi and Pang Tong thought that there would still be some differences between the two, so Liu Bei took his own troops to respond. After the war started, Liu Bei took the opportunity to take the opportunity to capture Deng Xian's camp. Leng Bao had no way out. , can only find remote mountain trails, ready to escape back to Luocheng.
After walking less than ten miles, a group of ambush soldiers suddenly came out and captured Leng Bao alive. Leng Bao felt strange about how many people Liu Bei had come. Only when he saw Wei Yanhou did he understand.
Because Wei Yan was greedy, he was intercepted and killed by Sichuan soldiers in two directions. As a result, he was defeated. There was no way to explain it, so he questioned the captured Sichuan soldiers. After learning about the trail, he came to ambush him personally, and then captured Leng Bao alive. .
After tying up Leng Bao, he personally led his soldiers and horses to Liu Bei's camp. Liu Bei put out the flag to avoid death. As long as the Sichuan soldiers were willing to surrender, they would immediately put down their weapons and would not continue to kill. If the Sichuan soldiers were injured, they would pay with their lives. , and personally ordered: "You Sichuan soldiers all have parents and wives, and you are all ordinary people. If you are willing to surrender, you can join us. If you are not willing, I will not force you to go back immediately." So many Sichuan soldiers surrendered.
After Huang Zhong pacified the camp, he went directly to Liu Bei and explained that Wei Yan had violated military orders and could be beheaded directly.
Liu Bei summoned Wei Yan, and Wei Yan took Leng Bao with him to explain the matter and repent.
When it was time to hire people, Liu Bei said: "Wei Yan is definitely guilty, but he can make up for it by capturing the enemy's generals." Then he asked Wei Yan to thank Huang Zhong for his life-saving help. There must be no lack of unity in the future.
Wei Yan knelt down and confessed, and then thanked Huang Zhong, and then Huang Zhong vented his anger.
Liu Bei rewarded Huang Zhong, sent people to escort Leng Bao into the camp, personally untied the rope from Leng Bao's body, rewarded him with some drinks, and asked: "Are you willing to surrender to me?"
He replied: "Since you let me go, how can I not surrender? Liu Huang and Zhang Ren are both very good friends of mine. If you can let me go, I will definitely persuade them to come and surrender and sacrifice Luocheng." for you!"
Liu Bei was very happy and rewarded him with some clothes and horses on the spot, asking him to return to Luocheng immediately.
Wei Yan advised: "You can't let this person go. If you let him leave, he will definitely not come back!"
Liu Bei said: "If I treat others with benevolence and righteousness, others will definitely let me down!"
After Lingbao returned to Luocheng, he went to see Liu Huang and Zhang Ren. He did not really explain the situation, but simply said: "I killed more than a dozen people and then robbed some horses and came back."
Liu Quan knew that Deng Xian had been beheaded and the front line of defense had been defeated, so he quickly sent people to Chengdu for help.
When Liu Zhang heard that Deng Xian had been beheaded, he was very surprised and quickly summoned everyone for discussion.
The eldest son Liu Xunjin said: "Father, don't panic, I am willing to personally lead the troops to defend Luocheng."
Liu Zhang said: "Since my son is willing to go, who can be sent to assist him?"
At this time, a person stood up and said: "I am willing to go!"
Everyone saw that the person who came out was uncle Wu Yi. Liu Zhang nodded and said: "It would be best if my uncle can go. Who can be the deputy general?"
Wu Yi recommended Wu Lan and Lei Tong as deputy generals on the spot, and ordered 20,000 troops and horses to Luocheng.
Liu Huang and Zhang Ren came out to greet them in person and explained the previous war situation.
Wu Yi said: "Now that the enemy is approaching the city, it is difficult to resist them. What good ideas do you have?"
Leng Bao said: "This place is very close to the Fujiang River. The river is very fast. The camp in front occupies the foot of the mountain. The terrain is the lowest. I can bring five thousand soldiers and horses and some shovels to destroy the Fujiang River's dam. , the water flows down from a high place and can drown all Liu Bei's soldiers and horses."
Wu Yi adopted this strategy and sent Leng Bao to attack the water. Wu Lan and Lei Tong went to respond and fully cooperated with Leng Bao.
Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to each guard a camp. He returned to Fucheng first and invited Yu Yi and Pang Tong to discuss.
At this time, there was a detailed report: "Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty sent people to make friends with Zhang Lu of Dongchuan and prepared to attack Jiameng Pass."
Liu Bei was very surprised after hearing this and said: "If Jiameng Pass is in danger, then our retreat will be cut off, and there are Sichuan soldiers resisting in front, so we can't advance or retreat. What should we do?"
Yu Yi said: "Now that Mrs. Sun has returned to Jiangdong, Sun Quan no longer has any scruples and keeps harassing our rear. He hopes that I can be sent to lead my troops directly into Jiangdong and capture all eighty-one counties! To avoid future troubles. "
Liu Bei said: "Fourth brother, don't talk wildly. Now we should guard our rear."
Pang Tong said to Meng Da on the side: "You are a native of Xichuan and you know geography. How about you go and guard Jiameng Pass?"
Meng Da said: "I can protect one person and I will guard the pass together. It must be foolproof."
