Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 442 Take the initiative
Zhang Wei waited nervously for three days at Yangping Pass. Finally, Yang Ren led his troops back and truthfully reported the burning of the soldiers' rations. Zhang Wei was so excited that he immediately rewarded Yang Ren and all his soldiers.

Yang Ang said: "Liu Bei's army is short of food, and he will retreat when he gets the news. We must make preparations early, once and for all."

Yang Ren nodded and said: "When Liu Bei retreats, we can send troops to chase after him, cover up and kill him, and wipe him out in the Xiegu Road, so that Liu Bei can know the strength of our troops in Hanzhong."

Zhang Wei clenched his fists tightly and said to the two of them, "If you kill Liu Bei this time, you can deal with Ma Chao calmly. As for Liu Zhang, you don't need to be afraid at all."

Yang Ang laughed and said, "This battle will definitely make Liu Bei afraid to come to Hanzhong again!"

"This is the way to destroy Liu Bei's army. As long as he is defeated, Liu Bei will be unable to raise troops within three years, and Hanzhong will be safe." Zhang Wei was in a good mood, and immediately raised his account, and called all the generals above the captain to discuss the matter.

After arranging the affairs of each battalion, he ordered Yang Ang to lead his people to closely monitor the movement of Liu Beijun's camp. If there is any change in the camp outside, he will report it immediately, and rush out of Yangping Pass when they withdraw their troops.

The soldiers and horses in the garrison camp gathered secretly, waiting for the military order. The whole night passed, but they didn't hear any news, which made Yang Ang and others anxious.

Zhang Wei knew that Liu Bei had led troops for many years, but at this time, he would act cautiously and calmly, otherwise once the army's morale was in chaos, it would be impossible to deal with it, so the calmer the enemy camp, the more careful surveillance it had to be.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Zhang Weizheng got up and was about to inquire about the military situation. Suddenly he saw a soldier coming to report in a hurry: "General, all Liu Bei's troops evacuated last night, leaving only an empty camp."

"What?" Zhang Wei was shocked, and then he said angrily, "Where is Yang Ang, why didn't he come to report? Could it be that he was lazy last night and let Liu Bei retreat safely, ruining my big business."

Not long after Yang Ang came in a hurry, Zhang Wei said angrily, "Yang Ang, are you guilty?"

Yang Ang had also heard the news, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "General, it's not because of my negligence, but because Liu Bei's army secretly retreated last night, leaving all the tents where they were, and only evacuated the troops. The soldiers of the battalion don't know that their troops are retreating, please forgive me, General!"

"It's a good way to escape the golden cicada's shell!" Zhang Wei was taken aback, gritted his teeth and said, "This Liu Bei is the best at escaping, this time we must not let him retreat safely."

Immediately summoned troops, asked the battalion to beat the drums and prepare the soldiers, and came to the critical point to check. Sure enough, the big camp outside the pass was standing neatly, no different from the past, except that it lacked the smell of fireworks every morning.

Yang Ang had already sent someone to investigate, and the sentry horse who went to Liu Bei's camp reported back, and sure enough, there was no one in the camp, even the armor and weapons were not taken away, and all the stove, food and grass were thrown away.

Zhang Wei immediately went out to see the camp in person, and saw that the back camp was in a mess, pots and pans were thrown on the ground, and there was less than half a day's worth of food left.

"Chasing, we must not let him get away!" Zhang Wei stomped his feet anxiously, and said, "It's difficult for them to go out in a day because of the twists and turns in the inclined valley. These many soldiers are in the camp, so they must be retreating lightly. Just in time to kill!"

The messenger immediately raised the banner, and Yang Ang and Yang Ren led their troops out of the pass to meet them. Zhang Wei immediately sent an order: "Liu Bei's army hastily retreated, and he must still be in the mountains. You two immediately take advantage of the victory to pursue. Yang Ang is the front Headquarters, Yang Ren followed up, be careful there is still an ambush in the mountains, I will wait for the news in this camp, and I must not let Liu Bei retreat completely."

The second general took the order and left. Zhang Wei dropped another 1000 people from the pass and asked the soldiers to dismantle Liu Bei's camp and transport it back to the pass. There were still many weapons here, which could be used by the army.

Knowing that Liu Bei was in a hurry to retreat, Yang Ang ordered the soldiers to chase after him for fear that he was in a hurry to retreat. The road was covered with snow, if Liu Bei set up an ambush in the mountains, there would be footprints for the scouts to investigate.

Yang Ang didn't worry about chasing after him. Half an hour later, just after turning around a mountain depression, there was a sudden sound of drums, and Liu Beijun charged out from the fork on the left.

The place was covered with snow, without a single footprint, and the scouts didn't do any investigation at all. Who would have thought that Liu Bei had deployed his troops long before the snow fell, and was killed by the enemy from behind, causing Yang Ang's troops to be in chaos.

Hearing the screams of the soldiers behind him, Yang Ang was startled, and was about to go back to his horse to ask questions, but saw another army approaching in front, it was Li Yan, he laughed and said: "You are finally willing to come out to die after hiding in the pass."

Yang Ang came to fight with his guns, but at this time he was flanked by front and back. He saw countless enemy troops turning around and fighting back. He didn't want to fight at all.

It was Chen Dao who was lying in ambush at the fork road just now. Seeing the enemy approaching, he rushed out from behind. There was a conflict, and no one could stop him. He completely blocked Yang Ang's soldiers and horses on the mountain road, and had nowhere to go.

At this time, Yang Ren heard the news and immediately led his troops to the rescue. Seeing that Chen Daozheng led the troops to kill indiscriminately, his elder brother Yang Ang was besieged by the rebels, and the situation was critical, so he immediately rushed forward to rescue.

Some soldiers reported to the general that Chen Dao had been prepared for a long time, and immediately dispatched 500 people to intercept Yang Ang. The rest of the troops changed teams and shouted to Yang Ren to kill the general.

The soldiers and horses along Chen's journey already knew that there were still enemy troops behind them. When Yang Ang was besieged, the rear troops kept their formation and were ready to defend against the enemy at any time.

Yang Ren was eager to save people and urged his horse to rush over, but was caught by Chen Dao. The two fought in the valley, and they couldn't decide the outcome for more than ten minutes. At this time, suddenly another troop of soldiers and horses came from the fork in the road, and it was Liao Hua. The ambush troops came out again.

Seeing that Liu Bei's army came again, Yang Ren was shocked. He didn't expect that he would be attacked from both front and back. Seeing that Yang Ang's troops had been attacked and killed, and the front troops were surrounding them, Yang Ang's life and death were unknown.

Yang Ren didn't have many soldiers and horses, and the elite soldiers were all in front. At this time, the front army was defeated, and the reinforcements were already in chaos. Liao Hua charged and killed him from behind. Suddenly, his morale was low and he had no fighting spirit. He wanted to escape, but was blocked. Unable to advance or retreat in the mountains, they gradually crowded together like a frightened flock of sheep.

Yang Ren panicked, seeing that the enemy was no match for Chen Dao, he turned around and fled, but was caught by Liao Hua who was rushing over, and he had no time to parry, so he was shot off his horse.

Chen Dao and Li Yan led the troops to arrive, Li Yan escorted Yang Ang to the front of the formation, and shouted sharply on the horse: "The surrender will not be killed!"

The generals of the Yangping Pass Guards died and were captured. They no longer dared to resist and surrendered on their knees. Liao Hua ordered people to go forward to collect the weapons and guard the prisoners. These more than 1000 soldiers who surrendered were also very precious to Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Bei led the Chinese army to arrive. Yang Ang was dejected and tied up. He remembered that Yang Ren braved the wind and cold to burn food a few days ago. Maybe it was Liu Bei's trick to lure the soldiers, and he suffered for nothing.

When he was discouraged, he saw Liu Bei dismount from his horse, stepped forward to untie Yang Ang himself, clasped his fists and said, "Bei Suzhi is a general who can be used again, but Zhang Lu's execution of imperial envoys is no different from rebels, why does the general help the tyrant to do evil? "

(End of this chapter)