Meng Huo's army stopped the attack and retreated to the camp.

Meng Huo returned to the tent surrounded by everyone. Meng Huo walked up, turned around, glanced at everyone, looking very annoyed. Everyone looked dejected. Today's attack made everyone feel that Xiaguan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Seeing that the loss was so great, but it was completely unable to shake Xiaguan, everyone was a little depressed.

Meng Huo said angrily: "I fought for more than a long time, and more than 2,000 casualties, but no progress has been made! What do you think should I fight this battle?" Everyone looked at each other and couldn't speak. At this time, Zhao Chuanfang suddenly stepped out and clasped his fists at Meng Huo and said, "Master, I have a plan..." Everyone's eyes immediately gathered on Zhao Chuanfang's face. Meng Huo quickly walked to Zhao Chuanfang and said anxiously: "What do you have? Tell me quickly! If I can break Xiaguan, I will have a lot of rewards!"

Zhao Chuanfang clasped his fists and said, "Master, although the lower gate is difficult to attack, we can go and fight the upper gate!"

Everyone was stunned, and a leader immediately mocked, "I thought it was something amazing! I had been working on this bad idea for a long time! Queen Zhurong and those Han people are not fools, so they may not be able to guard Shangguan? The terrain of Shangguan is not just a little bit, and our army cannot unfold there at all! If we fight there, it will be for the warriors to die in vain!" Many leaders agreed and glared at Zhao Chuanfang angrily. Meng Huo frowned, looking a little unhappy.

Zhao Chuanfang looked calm and said to Meng Huo: "King, it's true that the opponent will guard Shangguan. But Queen Zhurong and the Han people are now at Xiaguan. In fact, those who guard Shangguan should probably be local tribes near Xiaguan. They have limited wisdom and must have thought that we were afraid of the dangerous terrain of Shangguan and did not dare to go to Shangguan. This is our opportunity to take advantage of." When everyone heard this, their expressions moved and felt that what he said made some sense. Meng Huo asked: "What the military advisor meant is to divide an elite force to bypass Tianchi to go to Shangguan?"

Zhao Chuanfang clasped his fists and said, "The king is wise. But if this is the case, the opponent will be aware of our intentions. The subordinates suggested that the attack be suspended here, and at the same time, they sent people to make wooden signs and bamboo rafts on the east bank of Tianchi to confuse the enemy, making the enemy think that we were going to cross Tianchi and attack Yanyu directly. In fact, we sent an elite detour to Shangguan to launch a surprise attack! If this plan is successful, although the subordinates cannot guarantee success, the chance of success is very high!" Meng Huo was overjoyed and clambered, "Good plan! Just do it like this!"

Seeing that the enemy stopped attacking and retreated, Ailang Zhurong returned to the hall of the city's capital to rest. Zhurong stood up and walked to the sand table. Seeing this, everyone stood up and walked to the side of the sand table. The older leader Kunmu smiled and said, "Today's battle will definitely have severely suffocated the enemy's spirit! It seems that it is not difficult to defend the lower officials!" The leaders nodded and agreed, all of them looking very optimistic.

Ailang looked at Zhu Rong, and saw that she was still frowning, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "I said, "My Queen, are you still worried about anything?" When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately gathered on Zhu Rong's face.

Zhu Rong heard Ailang's words for no reason and glared at Ailang with anger, saying, "Let's rest now, don't you think it's too early?" He nodded to Tianchi with his fingers and said, "I guess Meng Huo's attack was frustrated and he would definitely choose to cross the Tianchi road! We must be prepared in advance!" The leaders of the leaders restrained their relaxed expressions and nodded one after another. Ailang looked at Zhurong, and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. He only felt that this queen was not only as brave as a man, but also was very wise and victorious.

Zhu Rong seemed to feel something, and raised his head to look at Ailang. Seeing Ailang staring at him, he couldn't help but frown and snorted. Ailang saw that he was so unwelcome, and couldn't help but smile.

In the next few days, Meng Huojun remained silent. That morning, just as Ailang and Zhurong and others were discussing the current situation, a scout suddenly came and reported urgently: "Queen, it's not good! A large Meng Huo army appeared on the east bank of Tianchi, cutting down trees to make wooden rafts and bamboo rafts! General Qionghua sent me to ask the queen for instructions, how should we deal with it?"

The leaders couldn't help but look at Zhurong with admiration. Zhurong thought for a moment and immediately said to the older leader Kunmu: "Kunmu, you will immediately lead 20,000 troops to help Yuyu, and start preparing tinder oil, dry firewood and other fire-induced objects. If the enemy crosses, they will deal with it with fire attack." Kunmu bowed and agreed.

Time flies. According to reports from scouts, Meng Huo's army has rushed to build more and more wooden rafts on the east bank of Tianchi, and it seems that it will take no longer to launch an attack. Zhu Rong's attention is no longer on the enemy in front of him, but has shifted to the east bank of Tianchi. He waited quietly, waiting for Meng Huo to launch a war on the sea. Zhu Rong had already planned that when Meng Huo launched a cross-sea attack, he led the army stationed in Yanyu with Qionghua and Kunmu to attack the enemy with fire, and she took this opportunity to lead all the troops in Xiaguan out of the pass to counterattack the enemy's camp outside the city. He used the strategy and defeated the enemy at this moment.

Late at night that day, Zhu Rong felt irritable and could not calm down. He paced back and forth in the room, frowning tightly.

Suddenly, a female soldier rushed over. Seeing this, Zhu Rong asked anxiously: "Did Qionghua send an urgent report to the military?" The female soldier nodded, presented a roll of bark, and said, "This is the urgent report I just received." Zhu Rong immediately took the bark, took the mud seal, and opened it to see. Suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "How could this be? How could this be possible?!" After calming down, he immediately said to the female soldier: "Go and invite General Ma Chao!" The female soldier ran down with a loud voice.

Ailang came to Zhurong's room. Seeing that Zhurong had already changed into military uniform, he was surprised and asked, "I said, "My sister Zhurong, what are you doing? Are you going to attack in the middle of the night?" Zhurong didn't say anything, picked up the roll of bark on the table and handed it to Ailang. Seeing this, Ailang couldn't help feeling bad, and took the bark and looked at it. He was shocked and said, "Meng Huojun captured Shangguan?! His grandmother!" Zhurong said with a remorse, "I was too careless, and I didn't expect them to attack Shangguan!" Ailang frowned and shook his head, and said, "This is not your fault. It must be the problem of those guarding Shangguan. These guys must think that Meng Huo would not go to Shangguan, so they were careless and finally succeeded."

Zhu Rong said anxiously: "The situation is urgent, I want to lead the army to help Shangguan immediately! Since the enemy can raid Shangguan so silently, there must be not many troops. I may be able to retake Shangguan!" Ailang asked quickly: "What should I do now Xiaguan?" Zhu Rong looked at Ailang and said: "I have to ask General Ma Chao, you are the guard!"

Ai Lang was stunned, then smiled and said, "You are quite relieved to me!" Zhu Rong was stunned, and then realized this. Then he said angrily: "Now the military situation is urgent, I won't talk to you anymore!" As he said that, he was about to go out.

Ailang grabbed Zhurong. Zhurong stopped and looked at Ailang in confusion. Suddenly, he found that his palm was being held by the other party. An indescribable feeling suddenly surged into his heart, and he couldn't help but become confused. Ailang was also stunned. He originally had something to say, but the atmosphere in front of him made him forget what he wanted to say. The female soldier standing beside couldn't help but laugh secretly when he saw the two people like this.

Zhu Rong first came back to his senses, hurriedly retracted his palm, looking at him at a loss. Ailang felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, and he blew up. He paused and said, "I don't agree with you going to Shangguan..." Zhu Rong looked at Ailang in confusion. Ailang said, "It is easy to defend and difficult to attack at Shangguan. How could you succeed if you rushed to Shangguan in such a hurry? Moreover, the information is not accurate at present, and it is difficult to judge how many enemy troops were raiding Shangguan! It is not a smart person to act rashly when the enemy is unknown!"

Zhu Rong felt that Ailang's words made sense, so he couldn't help but frown and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Ailang paced back and forth in the room, with a look of thought on his face. Suddenly he stopped and said, "In this case, Xiaguan can no longer defend! If the army is left in Xiaguan, they may be defeated by their opponents!" Looking at Zhu Rong, he said firmly: "I think we should immediately shrink the defense line and withdraw all the troops into Yu Yu to fight the enemy with a decisive battle!" Zhu Rong was shocked, and then frowned. After a while, he nodded slowly and said, "You are right! It seems that this is the only way now!" He turned his head to look at the female soldier and shouted, "Immediately order the leaders to come to the hall to obey the order!" The female soldier immediately responded to the promise and ran down.

That night, Zhurong's army and Ailang, who were guarding Xiaguan, quietly evacuated Xiaguan. Only a thousand people left behind in Xiaguan, was to cover the retreat of the army, and at the same time, the people and materials near Xiaguan were evacuated into Qiyu.

After Meng You captured Shangguan, he stopped at Shangguan according to the instructions of his elder brother Meng Huo and prepared to fight. Because they estimated that the opponent would come to seize the news that Shangguan had fallen. Meng You was not worried because the terrain of Shangguan was dangerous. Although he had only 15,000 troops in his hands, he had absolute confidence to block any opponent's offensive. In fact, he even hoped that his opponent would attack! Because in that case, he would have the opportunity to cooperate with the subsequent large troops to annihilate the enemy's troops from Shangguan.

However, it has been several days since Meng You captured Shangguan, but the pass was calm and there was no sign of a soldier coming, which surprised Meng You a little. However, he did not dare to be careless. While waiting for the large army to come up every day, he also raised his vigilance and was cautious about the possible enemy troops.
Chapter completed!