Yan Yanzheng felt confused, Zhang Fei helped him sit down in the hall, bowed, and said: "I had a lot of conflicts in my words just now. I hope you won't blame me. I have long heard that the old general is a hero in Sichuan." Come on!" Yan Yan thanked Zhang Fei for his loyalty and agreed to surrender.
Zhang Fei held a banquet to celebrate, and the next day he took the initiative to go to Yan Yan to ask how to enter Xichuan.
Yan Yan said: "I am the general of the defeated army. I am very grateful for your kindness. I have nothing to repay. I can do my best to help you. I will capture Chengdu directly without any bows and arrows."
Zhang Fei looked at Yan Yan with a smile, and Yan Yan continued: "From here to get Luocheng, the passes guarded on the way are all within my jurisdiction and under my control. Now it is time for me to repay the favor When the general shows his favor, I am willing to serve as the vanguard and call them out to surrender wherever they pass."
After hearing this, Zhang Fei learned that he could reach Luocheng without any effort. He was very grateful and thanked him again and again. So Yan Yan led the front army, and Zhang Fei followed. Sure enough, as Yan Yan said, there were basically no obstacles. As long as Yan Yan came forward, they all came out to surrender. Occasionally, a few were still hesitant. Yan Yan He said: "Liu Zhang is weak and incompetent, and Uncle Liu's faith is spread all over the world. I surrendered on my own initiative, let alone you. And can you really resist?" These hesitant people were persuaded and looked away. After surrendering, the Han army passed by without touching a single soldier.
Kong Ming and other generals chose a date, sent people to report the situation to Liu Bei, and prepared to gather in Luocheng.
Liu Bei discussed with everyone and said: "Now Kong Ming and Zhang Fei attack Xichuan in two groups, meet at Luocheng, and then enter Chengdu together. The navy and army have already set off on July 20, counting the days. , it’s almost here, and we can almost march!”
Huang Zhong stood up and wanted to go out to fight for a long time. He said: "Zhang Ren comes here with his troops and horses to challenge every day. Seeing that there are no troops and horses in the city, he is a little slack and has not made any preparations. Why don't we divide our troops to rob them tonight?" The camp is worse than us going to fight during the day."
Liu Bei thought it made sense, so he listened to this opinion. Pang Tong's incident at Luofengpo was a great stimulus to him. Liu Bei finally realized that true benevolence and righteousness are centralized management after being able to dominate the world, rather than a temporary relationship between women. Ren, that would lose a lot of opportunities. He also thought of what happened in Xuzhou and Jingzhou back then. Yu Yi and Kong Ming both persuaded him to use it as a foundation. At this time, he felt a little regretful.
So Liu Bei arranged for Huang Zhong to lead troops and horses to attack the left, Wei Yan to attack the right, and Liu Bei to attack the middle. At the second watch in the evening, the three groups of troops attacked together, and Zhang Ren really did not make any preparations.
The Han army quickly entered the camp and set off a fire. The flames lit up half of the sky. The Sichuan soldiers rushed around and drove them to Luocheng overnight, where they were picked up by soldiers and horses in the city.
Liu Bei's middle troops camped near the city. On the second day, they surrounded Luocheng and launched an attack.
Zhang Ren stood still until the fourth day, when Liu Bei led a group of troops to attack the west gate, leaving Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to attack the east gate, leaving the south gate open for them to escape. Because the south gate leads to a mountain road and the north gate leads to Fushui, there is no way to besiege it.
Zhang Ren saw Liu Bei at the west gate, so he rode to the west gate himself to direct the defense. From Chen hour to Wei hour, both men and horses were tired.
Zhang Ren asked two generals, Wu Lan and Lei Tong, to go out to the east gate to resist Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. He led his troops out of the south gate and turned to the west to attack Liu Bei.
The people in the city were also called to the city walls to beat drums and cheer.
Liu Bei saw that the sun was about to set, so he ordered the troops behind him to retreat first. The military advisor was preparing to leave. Suddenly, a group of troops appeared on the city. A group of troops came out from the south gate to kill Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren rushed directly towards Liu Bei. Liu Bei suddenly entered the army. In great chaos.
At this time, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were held back by Wu Lan, and there was no way for both sides to take care of both sides. Liu Bei's troops were no match for Zhang Ren, so they could only ride horses and walk on the mountain path.
Zhang Ren's goal was very clear, so he chased in the direction of Liu Bei. Liu Bei was alone on one horse, and behind him were Zhang Ren and a dozen elite cavalry, who would soon catch up.
Liu Bei was frightened and walked forward with all his strength. Suddenly he saw a group of people coming to kill him not far away. Liu Bei sighed: "There are ambushing soldiers and horses in front of me, and there are also pursuers behind me. God is going to destroy me!"
At this moment, he saw the group of people on the opposite side, led by a general named Zhang Fei. It turned out that Zhang Fei and Yan Yan were coming from that road. When they saw the dust flying in the direction of the city, they knew there was a battle, so they Kill him directly.
Zhang Fei came over and happened to see Zhang Ren chasing Liu Bei, so he stepped forward to challenge him. After fighting for more than ten rounds, Yan Yan came over with his troops and horses. Zhang Ren immediately retreated upon seeing this, and Zhang Fei directly pursued him to the bottom of the city. , Zhang Ren could only retreat to the city and put away the suspension bridge.
Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei and found that Kong Ming was not around. He laughed and said, "The military advisors came from the river. It seems they didn't arrive. This time I won the first prize."
Liu Bei also felt very strange and asked: "The mountain road in Xichuan is dangerous and dangerous. How did you manage to drive straight into it as if you were in an uninhabited country?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "We passed forty-five passes, all because of the veteran Yan Yan, so we didn't spend any effort on the way." After that, he explained in detail how to conquer Yan Yan. He also explained Yan Yan to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei bowed and said, "If it weren't for the old general, how could my third brother get to this place so smoothly?" After saying that, he immediately took off his golden armor and gave it to Yan Yan, who quickly thanked him.
So Liu Bei was about to arrange a banquet to celebrate. Suddenly a soldier came to report and said: "Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were fighting with Sichuan generals Wu Lan and Lei Tong. Suddenly Wu Yi and Liu Wei came out to fight with their troops and horses. They attacked from both sides. Our army could not resist, so they all fled to the east."
After Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately stood up and asked Liu Bei to divide his troops into two groups and rush to the scene for rescue.
So Zhang Fei on the left and Liu Bei on the right went to fight on the new battlefield. When Wu Yi and Liu Xu saw another group of people coming from behind, they were very panicked and retreated to the city.
Wu Lan and Lei Tong had already been fighting hard, chasing Wei Yan and Huang Zhong all the way, but were blocked by Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's troops on their way back. When Huang Zhong and Wei Yan learned that the reinforcements had arrived, they immediately turned their horses. The attack was carried out, and the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted when they heard about the reinforcements.
After Wu Lan and Lei Tong learned about this situation, they knew that they were definitely not their opponents, so they immediately stopped resisting and took their troops to surrender. Liu Bei accepted their surrender and set up camp near the city.
In the city, Zhang Ren began to worry when he heard that the two generals had surrendered and that they had lost the battle.
