Zhang Xiu took the pass letter from Gu Cheng with disgust. When he thought that this thing was touched by Tao Ran, who was suffering from malaria, he felt uncomfortable all over. Without even looking at it, he threw it into his skin and said to Gu Cheng: "Now, can I pass the test?"

"The last general has ordered people to open the door and the general can pass the test at any time." Gu Cheng bowed.

"It's great, the military situation is important. I will pass the test immediately and visit General Tao again the next day." After Zhang Xiu responded briefly, he took his horse around Gu Cheng and hurried to Zitong Pass. In that way, it seemed that Gu Cheng also had malaria.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the army passing through the city, Gu Cheng secretly arranged people to count the number of Zhang Xiu's troops, and this time Zhang Xiu brought in 10,000 troops.

After Zhang Xiu's army left the city, Gu Cheng quickly blocked the city gates, and expelled all the people in the city from the city.

"Ten thousand?" Ye Zhao, who had arrived at Jiameng Pass, received the information sent by Gu Cheng a day later, and knocked on the handrail with his fingers and said, "There are only ten thousand soldiers and horses, which should be the vanguard. I'm afraid there will be a large number of soldiers and horses in the back."

Ten thousand soldiers and horses sounded quite a bit. Without Ye Zhao's arrival, it would be good to have a Hanzhong county that could raise ten thousand soldiers and horses, and it was also a surprise attack. However, when Ye Zhao came, Liu Yan would not have sent only ten thousand soldiers and horses to annex Hanzhong. Therefore, Ye Zhao concluded that Zhang Xiu's ten thousand soldiers and horses should be just a pioneer. If he wanted to take advantage of the surprise attack, he would first seize several important places in Hanzhong to gain a foothold.

"Lord, I am willing to lead the Air Force to take the lead!" Guan Hai stepped out of the line and said to Ye Zhao with some excitement.

"This Air Force is used a lot, so it is easy for people to find ways to deal with it." Ye Zhao shook his head and said, "The Air Force should be used as a surprise weapon. If the Air Force needs to do everything, what's the use of other troops?"

"How does the Air Force deal with it?" Guan Hai said without believer.

"There are so many ways." Ye Zhao shook his head. This flying boat is actually a variant of a hot air balloon. It has many disadvantages. Although the balloon is replaced by animal skin, it is still fragile. Not to mention that it can be shot through with a giant crossbow, it can often be ordered by himself. It is also expensive and the flight loss along the way is not low. This is also the reason why Ye Zhao is not planning to manufacture it on a large scale.

But in front of so many people, he cannot expose his own shortcomings.

"We will set up an ambush in Jiameng Pass!" Ye Zhao thought for a while. If he set up an ambush after leaving the city, there would be no time to set up an ambush, and he was not familiar with the surrounding roads. The hasty arrangements are easy to see the clues.

"From north to Jiameng Pass, there are cliffs on both sides. I ordered people to arrange stones on the cliffs on both sides. After Zhang Xiu passed the pass, he would immediately drop them. Guan Hai and Ding Li each led a group of troops to lie on both sides. When the Shu army was in chaos, all the ambushers would come out. No one cared about them and killed Zhang Xiu as soon as possible."

In fact, Zhang Xiu also had a huge influence in Ba County, but he didn't want this influence. It was not Ye Zhao's rejection of religion. It was just that when religion and the regime were combined, it was a huge threat to the political system. Zhang Xiu was obviously not a person who was willing to be his leader peacefully, otherwise he would not have joined Liu Yan's power.

In Ye Zhao's concept, the Five Dogs of Rice Sect can exist. It is better to be distracted than to block religion. However, the candidates of the leader must be cautious. At least, people like Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu have a profound influence but are involved in politics and military affairs. Ye Zhao has no intention of letting himself go.

"Here!" After hearing this, the generals took the order in unison and went to make arrangements.

It was six days after Zhang Xiu arrived at Jiameng Pass. Because he had been blocked in Zitong Pass for a few days, this time Zhang Xiu sent someone to come with a seal to inform the Jiameng Pass defenders to release the switch, which also saved Ye Zhao from making excuses. After all, there were problems with the two dangerous passes, which inevitably caused people to suspicion. Although Zhang Yi could not come forward to greet Zhang Xiu, the gate of Jiameng Pass was wide open, and the soldiers in the city should do what they should do. As usual, Zhang Xiu just complained about Zhang Yi's inappropriateness.

After all, Zhang Yi is an old subordinate of Liu Yan. He is trusted by Liu Yan and has never dealt with him much. It is normal to behave like this.

The army went straight out of the city along the official road. As soon as the rear army left the city gate, they saw the city gate closed with a bang. A loud arrow tear the air with a sharp roar and shot into the sky. The sharp roar spread from afar.

Zhang Xiu, who was walking in front of the army, turned around quickly when he heard the sound, but he was just seeing the gate of Jiameng Pass being closed tightly. He suddenly realized something was wrong. Then he heard a loud rumbling sound, and countless rocks fell from the cliffs on both sides. Outside Jiameng Pass, there was a canyon. Jiameng Pass was stuck in the center of the canyon. At this moment, the road behind was cut off. Apart from rushing forward, there was no way to hide.

Stones as big as millstones fell from the sky, and the soldiers below were hiding in panic, but so many people were crowded together, there was no room for refuge. Zhang Xiu watched countless stones fall, and among the dust flying in the sky, sharp gravel splashed everywhere, like tiny sharp arrows shooting through the bodies of countless Shu soldiers.

In just a moment, the land before Jiameng Pass was stained with blood, and countless soldiers were smashed into blood and blood. The unlucky ones were even smashed into meat paste. Many soldiers fell to the ground, with sorrow all over the field.

Zhang Xiu stared at this scene in a daze, and a long blood mark on his cheek was left with a flying stone, which was so painful, but compared to the shock in his heart, the pain in the wound could not hide the horror in his heart.

"What does Zhang Yi want to do!" Zhang Xiu suddenly looked up, looked in the direction of Jiameng Pass, and roared angrily.

The surrounding Shu army soldiers hid everywhere in panic. A large number of archers appeared on the cliffs on both sides, and began to pour arrows at the chaotic Shu army.

Zhang Xiu's roar was like a signal. Before he could finish his words, after the shorter mountains in the distance, a gong suddenly sounded, and two men and horses rushed out to attack the chaotic Shu army.

"Hanzhong soldiers and horses!" Zhang Xiu was stunned when he saw these ambush soldiers who suddenly broke out. Then he suddenly realized that Jiameng Pass had been captured by Ye Zhao without the Shu army's awareness... Or, Zhang Yi had defected to the enemy and turned aside!?

"Don't panic! Don't panic and gather to fight the enemy!" Zhang Xiu picked up the spear in his hand, looked at the soldiers running around, shouting angrily, summoning the soldiers scattered around him. As for whether Zhang Yi surrendered to the enemy, he could no longer care about that much at this moment. The key is to solve the problem first.

While speaking, Guan Hai and Ding Li had each led a group of troops to fight out, shouting the slogan of not killing the surrendered ones, killing in, like two sharp daggers, cutting off the already chaotic Shu army.

The screams and shrill crying sounded outside Jiameng Pass. At the same time, the gate of Jiameng Pass opened, and Dian Wei also led a group of troops out of the city, stepped on the gravel, and roared towards the chaotic Shu army.

Many Shu soldiers didn't even know what happened, so they were knocked dizzy and could only follow the chaotic troops, shaking like headless flies. They rolled and crawled into the corner, threw away their weapons, and knelt on the ground to surrender. More of them were crowded and rammed, and they bumped around like headless flies. Many people died at the hands of their own soldiers.

Zhang Xiu brought his personal guards to gather some people, but it was difficult to form a formation under the chaos of his own soldiers, so he could only rush forward with his life. Jiameng Pass was blocked, and only by rushing out of the ambush can there be a glimmer of hope.

Zhang Xiu didn't know where to go after breaking through, but it was better than staying here and waiting to die now.

In a desperate situation, human potential is also the easiest time to explode. However, Zhang Xiu saw a long spear in his hand, which was airtight and extremely cruel. Wherever he passed, there were few enemies of three. The Shu army soldiers following behind him saw that their generals were so brave, and they also regained some morale. They followed Zhang Xiu and rushed out, and they fought out a bloody path among the chaotic army.

However, Zhang Xiu was so eye-catching that he quickly attracted the attention of Ding Li and Guan Hai.

Guan Hai asked Ding Li to continue to lead his army to clear the soldiers of Zhang Xiu. He brought his personal guards and took his sword and went straight to Zhang Xiu.

A military marquis stopped Zhang Xiu, and rode his gun and rushed towards Zhang Xiu, but was stabbed by Zhang Xiu with a shot. The horse's hooves that followed him broke the military marquis' thigh. With a scream, he was trampled by the Shu army that followed, and there was no sound.

Guan Hai was furious when he saw this scene and shouted sternly: "Bold Zhang Xiu, how dare you kill my soldiers, and you won't leave your head yet!"

This is a bit unreasonable. On the battlefield, you either die or you live. If you don’t kill the enemy, you will be killed by the enemy. At this moment, Zhang Xiu did not have the time to reason with Guan Hai. Seeing Guan Hai coming, he didn’t think much about it. He shook his hand and rushed straight to Guan Hai’s chest like a lightning shot.

At this time, he was forced to show his potential. His hands were straightforward. The shot was quite exquisite. If he met an ordinary soldier, it would be difficult to resist. Unfortunately, he met Guan Hai.

"Looking for death!" Seeing the gun coming, Guan Hai did not dodge and slashed it out with one knife. Zhang Xiu felt the gun rod in his hand tremble, and then it lightened. When he looked closely, he was shocked to find that the spear in his hand had been cut off.

Just as he was shocked, Guan Hai had a big sword in his hand, and the second sword had already been cut.

Zhang Xiu's expression changed drastically. Without thinking about it, he quickly pushed the gun in his hand up, trying to hold the knife.

"Swish~"

The gun rod made by Jianmu was cut off by Guan Hai with one sword. The sword force continued to fall towards Zhang Xiu. In a hurry, Zhang Xiu could only tilt his body and avoid his head. The blade cut the armor on his chest. Thanks to his previous parry, he removed Guan Hai's sword's sharpness. Otherwise, even with armor protection, this sword would be enough to break his stomach.

"General, do it slowly, Zhang Xiu is willing to surrender!" Seeing Guan Hai swinging the knife again, Zhang Xiu was already unable to avoid it, his face changed drastically, and he quickly said loudly.

"Puff~"

The sword light flew through Zhang Xiu's frightened eyes, and blood splashed into the sky with the heads of human heads. Guan Hai was indifferently putting his sword in a horrified gaze, and his fierce eyes swept towards the Shu army soldiers: "The thief leader has been killed, and you will not surrender yet!"

Even Zhang Xiu was dead, so Yu Zhong had no intention of continuing to fight. He threw away the weapons in his hands in despair and knelt down to surrender.
Chapter completed!