Chapter 493: Battle at Jiameng Pass

Two hours later, at the south gate of Wuguan, 50,000 Dragon Wugu Guards were ready and drove into Shu at any time. Under Wuguan City, Li Xiucheng faced Qin Lie and said, "General Qin, Wuguan will be handed over to you. Wuguan is the frontier position for my great Deng to march into Guanzhong. At the same time, it is also the strongest line of defense to resist the strong enemies in Guanzhong. I hope General Qin will give his heart!"

Qin Lie nodded and said, "General Li, don't worry, Qin Lie is here, Wu Pass is here, Qin Lie is not here, Wu Pass is still there. When you enter Shu, Qin Lie wishes General Li and the soldiers of Longwu Guard to win the flag and succeed. When the horses are back to the court tomorrow, Qin Lie will personally welcome him!"

"Thank you General Qin Jiyan, Mr. Li is gone!" After that, Li Xiucheng got on his horse, turned his head toward the 50,000 Longwu Guard soldiers behind him, and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers obey the orders, follow the general to enter Shu and fight against the Qin army!"

Qin Lie stood at the city gate, looking at the gradually moving away from Longwu Guard, and said to the generals around him: "Go back, guard the city very well, until Yongping Guard comes to hand over. This Wuguan was taken down by the brothers of Longwu Guard who sacrificed their lives. If something goes wrong in our hands, it will be difficult for us to atone for a hundred days!" After that, he turned around and walked into Wuguan. Soon, the Wuguan gate slowly closed.

Just as Longwu Guard left Wu Pass and drove into Shu, he was appointed by Deng Sheng as the chief general of the cavalry of the Qin army, Chang Yuchun, who also left Wancheng. However, he did not go directly to Shuzhong Road, but went south. He would meet with Jinwu Guard in Jiangling City, and then follow the Yangtze River waterway under the escort of the Nu Jiao Guard, and go upstream to enter Shuzhong Road.

On February 19th, in the 24th year of Qianyuan, Shuzhong Road and Jiameng Pass were the first pass north of Shuzhong Road in Deng Kingdom, and it was also the barrier of Shuzhong Road. If this place was lost, the enemy could drive straight into it. The entire place north of the Chengdu Plain would become a fun-filled amusement park for the enemy. Therefore, after Li Jing led the Tianwu Guard into Shu, he sent three thousand troops to guard Jiameng Pass. At the same time, he led the main army of Tianwu Guard to station on the Han River south of Jiameng Pass. As long as Jiameng Pass was attacked, the main army of Tianwu Guard could rush to Jiameng Pass within one day. Under normal circumstances, three thousand people were stationed at Jiameng Pass, and even if they face hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, there would be no problem in defending for a day.

The person in charge of guarding Jiameng Pass was Zhu Yun, the general of the Tianwu Guard. He was born in the Zhu family in Jiangdong and was also considered a general family. He was calm and knew how to advance and retreat. This was why Li Jing valued him and asked him to guard Jiameng Pass.

On this day, Zhu Yun inspected the city wall as usual, and then prepared to go back for dinner. This is also Zhu Yun's daily work. He has never slacked off since he arrived at Jiameng Pass, but when he was about to walk down the city wall, a personal soldier pointed outside the city and exclaimed: "Look, General, look, what is that?"

Zhu Yun paused for a moment, then looked in the direction pointed by his personal soldiers. He saw dust rolling in the distance, and he could vaguely see flags. Zhu Yun felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he quickly stared forward and stared in the distance. He could vaguely see that the flags had a big word Qin written on it. This was the Qin army. In terms of scale, there were no less than tens of thousands of people in this Qin army. Zhu Yun was frightened and shouted loudly: "I ordered the whole army to gather, all the archers went to the city, and close the door!"

"Here!" Soon a personal soldier responded and sent an order.

This Qin army was the 30,000 Qin army led by Bai Chen and Shelitu, who were sent by Bai Qi to seize Jiameng Pass. They went south from Nanzheng, passed Baishui Pass, and came all the way to Jiameng Pass. Because the road in Shu was difficult to move, and the Qin army was not familiar with it, they forced to walk for three days before they arrived at Jiameng Pass. When they came to Jiameng Pass, they found that Jiameng Pass had been closed and the defenders on the city were waiting for the battle. Bai Chen smiled and said, "The reaction is so fast!"

"General Bai, Jiameng Pass is the gateway of Deng Kingdom Bashu. How could a person who can station such a majestic pass have no ability? It is normal to have such a reaction." Shelitu responded.

"Is this really useful? General Sheli, just attack the city directly. As long as we attack the city, our army in Jiameng Pass will open the city gate in and out. The task given to us is to take down Jiameng Pass within one day. If it is delayed, the Tianwu Guard in the south will support it in time, and then the crime will be great." Bai Chen said with a serious face. If it is impossible to take down a heroic pass like Jiameng Pass within one day, it is impossible to attack Jiameng Pass with 3,000 elite troops in one day. Even if the Qin army has 200,000 elite troops out, it is impossible to break through Jiameng Pass with 3,000 defenders in one day. The terrain in Shu is not like the Central Plains, and Jiameng Pass is also different from the Central Plains such as Hulao Pass. The roads outside Jiameng Pass are rugged, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army at all. In this case, there is no difference between tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people.

"Okay! Send the order, siege the city!" Shelitu nodded and then ordered directly.

With a command, the Qin army divided into several groups and rushed towards Jiameng Pass. Zhu Yun at Jiameng Pass was shocked. The Qin army did not play according to common sense. No one started fighting directly when they arrived without saying a word. At least they had to persuade them to surrender. So Zhu Yun shouted loudly: "The whole army is on guard!" Then he pulled the personal soldiers beside him and said, "Hurry, you should go out of the city immediately and go to meet the general, and said that the Qin army invaded Jiameng Pass. Jiameng Pass was in danger. Please send troops to rescue quickly!"

"Here!" After receiving the order, the personal soldiers turned around and walked down the city gate, found a fast horse and quickly headed towards Nanguan. In addition to Nanguan, they headed south and headed straight for Tianwu Guard's garrison.

At this time, the battle was already started at Jiameng Pass. When the Qin army approached the archers' range, the archers on the top of the city suddenly shot thousands of arrows, and the Qin army that rushed in front fell down a large area in an instant. At this time, the Qin army had not even touched the city wall of Jiameng Pass.

Looking at the fallen Qin army, Bai Chen in the rear sighed: "Jiameng Pass is worthy of being one of the most dangerous passes in the world. If you sit in Guancheng, you will be invincible. If you don't have an inner commander, it will be difficult to reach the sky if you want to break such a pass. By the way, General Sheli, the inner commander in the city should be about to take action, right?"

Shelitu, who was standing beside him, nodded and said, "Yes, General Bai, according to time, they should have known that our army is attacking Jiameng Pass. I believe it will be operated in Jiameng Pass soon."

"That's good. Send the order and the entire army is on guard. As long as the gate of Jiameng Pass is opened and the entire army goes up to the pass regardless of everything, it is impossible to let the Deng army close the door again!" Bai Chen said, and there was only one opportunity to make a rebellion. Bai Chen knew that there were only more than a hundred people in Bai Qi sent to Jiameng Pass. If one hit, or if his movements were not fast enough, the Deng army would soon be able to wipe out these internal enemies and close the gate of Jiameng Pass again, so the movements must be fast.

In Jiameng Pass, among the civilians carrying weapons at the city gate, a middle-aged man's eyes flashed and he signaled to the civilians around him. After the other civilians understood, they all secretly approached the great man. The soldiers of the Deng army did not notice their abnormality. A civilian was approaching the great man and whispered: "Boss, are you going to take action?"

The big man glanced at the busy Deng Jun, then nodded, and whispered: "That's right, the time has come. Now Deng Jun is not prepared for us. It is a god-given opportunity to take action. Let's continue. Everyone acted at my eyes and rushed forward to kill Deng Jun at the Sancheng Gate, then opened the city gate and welcomed the royal army into the pass."

"Here!" The civilian man responded, and then attracted more than a hundred people. When a tenth chief of Deng Jun saw this scene, he said to the man with an unhappy expression: "What are you all standing there? They all moved, delayed things and couldn't spare you."

However, as soon as the chief of the tenth husband finished speaking, the man pulled out a knife from behind and slashed it directly on the head of the tenth husband, and instantly took the tenth husband's life. When the others saw the boss taking action, they all picked up the long sword and rushed to the city gate. Deng Jun was caught off guard and was soon killed and defeated. Seeing this, the man hurriedly asked someone to open the city gate.

The shouts of killing under the city alarmed Zhu Yun on the top of the city. Zhu Yun frowned and asked, "What happened under the city?"

A soldier came to Zhu Yun in a panic and said, "Report to General, the big thing is wrong. The civilians at the city gate have opened the city gate!"

"What! Damn!" Zhu Yun was suddenly panicked. He had no idea that under the Qin army's offensive, the extremely solid Jiameng Pass was actually opened from the inside, so he shouted loudly: "Hurry! Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and wipe out the spies and close the city gate!"
Chapter completed!