Zhang Ren said angrily: "I am a master of guns - Tong Yuan. I asked myself that this martial arts is pretty good. Although I have never led the army to fight, I often read military books at home! The last general is willing to issue a military order. If he does not repel Ma Chao's army outside Jiameng Pass, he can kill the last general to serve as a warning to others!"

Liu Zhang was so by nature, and the Yizhou army was defeated two more consecutive games. He was very hesitant when Zhang Ren asked for a fight. After all, it is still unknown whether Zhang Ren could bear the heavy responsibility when he was just starting out.

Just as Liu Zhang was hesitating, Zhang Song, the deputy general, advised him again: "Lord, Tong Yuan is the master of guns and guru of my great Han Dynasty. He has three disciples under his command, namely Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu, and Zhao Yun. Now Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun are all famous generals in the world, and Zhao Yun is even the general who commands the army. From this, it can be seen that General Zhang is definitely not a mediocre person. Besides, anyone will have the first time."

"Oh?" Liu Zhang was stunned when he heard this and asked Zhang Ren: "Zhang Ren, Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun are you brothers of the same school?"

Zhang Ren nodded and replied, "Yes, I got started earlier than the two of them! When the master traveled to Yizhou, he saw that his roots and bones were good, so he entered the door wall and learned his skills for several years!"

"Okay! OK!" Liu Zhang smiled and said with a smile: "Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu are both famous generals in the world. Since you, Zhang Ren, are also a disciple of Tong Yuan, your martial arts are naturally very superb. I will trust you once and order you, Zhang Ren as the main general, and then send Zhang Yi, Li Yan, and Deng Zhi as your deputy general, to command 3,000 troops to go to the battle with Ma Chao!"

"The last general will receive the order!" Zhang Ren was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly took the order and left.

Zhang Ren was originally a powerful general in Shu. Although his reputation was not obvious, it did not mean that he did not have this potential. In addition, he was the first to enter the battle formation, so Zhang Ren has always been cautious, especially the three deputy generals under Zhang Ren, who were a young general in Shu. Zhang Yi, whose name was Bogong, was from Wuyang County, Jianwei County, Yizhou; Li Yan, whose name was Zhengfang, was from Nanyang; Deng Zhi, whose name was Bomiao, was Xinye Ren of Yiyang County. These three people have left a strong hero in history. It can be seen that Zhang Ren's lineup of Ma Chao this time is luxurious.

However, now, these young people are only over 20 years old and are just emerging, and their reputation is not obvious. Such opportunities are naturally very cherished.

On that day, Zhang Ren led his army to Jiameng Pass. After asking Leng Bao, he learned that Ma Chao led 1,000 troops to Baishui City, Ma Dai led 500 troops to Baishui Pass, and the two places were separated by a river, showing a horn.

Li Yan frowned and said, "A place that is so dangerous, even if the number of people is doubled, it will be extremely difficult to capture. Besides, our army only has three thousand."

Zhang Yi smiled bitterly and said, "This battle is difficult!"

Deng Zhi analyzed: "If our army surrounded Baishui City, will Ma Dai, who is stationed in Baishui Pass, come out to rescue him?"

Li Yan's eyes lit up and he continued, "If Ma Dai sends troops to rescue him, then our army can ambush halfway and take the opportunity to seize Baishui Pass!"

Zhang Ren did not agree so, and said immediately: "Ma Chao became famous when he was young, and Baishui Pass was an important place. Why did he leave only 500 people to guard him, but there were 1,000 people in Baishui City? This is not in line with common sense!"

"Yes!" Zhang Yi analyzed: "If Baishui Pass is not broken, then Baishui City will naturally not be lost. If Baishui Pass is broken, then even if Ma Chao has ten thousand soldiers in Baishui City, it will be useless!"

"As soon as Baishui Pass is broken, Ma Chao's situation is undoubtedly a turtle in the jar! Unless there are not only five hundred people in Baishui Pass, then he will be so unscrupulous!" Li Yan frowned.

"It's better to do this. Bo Gong, you bring 500 people to Baishui City to make a fight. Zheng Fang and Bo Miao each bring 1,000 people to ambush the mountains! If Ma Chao goes out of the city to fight, Bo Gong, you can pretend to be defeated. When Ma Chao pursues, Zheng Fang and Bo Miao will fight again. If Ma Chao is defeated, he will ask Ma Dai, who is stationed in Baishui Pass, to send troops to rescue him. The general personally leads 500 people to ambush the mountain at Baishui Pass and ambush Ma Dai's reinforcements. What do you think of this plan?" Zhang Ren thought for a while and said.

"Okay! That's it, I'll listen to the general!" Zhang Yi responded first.

"We'll listen to the general too!" Li Yan and Deng Zhi looked at each other and nodded in response.

"Since that's the case, everyone will go down and prepare! I think no matter how brave Ma Chao is, he will not be able to compete with the three of them, right?" Zhang Ren said with a smile before leaving.

"Haha... One may not be able to compete with Ma Chao, but the three of us join forces, Ma Chao is definitely not our opponent!" After hearing Zhang Ren's words, the three generals looked at each other and smiled, all of them tilted their heads and laughed.

May of the eighth year of Jian'an.

Zhang Ren, under the order of Liu Zhang, led 3,000 troops out of Jiameng Pass to fight Ma Chao.

First, Li Yan and Deng Zhi each brought a thousand people to hide in the mountains on both sides of the south side of Baishui City. Zhang Yi led his troops to 500 to Baishui City to make a fight. Seeing that Zhang Yi's troops were small, Ma Chao naturally responded to the battle. The two generals fought for only a few dozen moves, and Zhang Yi was defeated by Ma Chao. At first, the promised pretending to be defeated turned into a real defeat.

Ma Chao has been fighting for many years and is afraid of being defeated by Zhang Ren's treacherous plan. After a decision, Ma Chao decided to lead 300 troops to the front army and continue to pursue Zhang Yi, and asked his second brother Ma Xiu to lead 300 troops to the backing support and follow him.

Sure enough, when Ma Chao led his army to a valley, he was ambushed by Li Yan and Deng Zhi. Ma Chao was outnumbered and retreated. Fortunately, Ma Xiu rescued him, so he escaped.

Ma Chao had only 600 soldiers and horses under his command. In desperation, he had to retreat to Baishui Pass temporarily. However, he was ambushed by Zhang Ren at the foot of Baishui Pass Mountain. More than half of the soldiers were lost. Fortunately, Ma Dai came out of the pass to rescue him, so Ma Chao was able to retreat to the pass.

Within a few days, Ma Chao finally realized the steepness of Bashu.

Zhang Ren won consecutive battles and his confidence increased, and he ordered the entire army to attack Baishui Pass. However, the terrain of Baishui Pass was relatively high, and Zhang Ren's army was in feint attack. Although Ma Chao's soldiers had only seven or eight hundred soldiers, they were still difficult for Zhang Ren's army to move forward.

After the problem of the problem was not good, Li Yan suggested to Zhang Ren and said, "General, now the sun is hot, why don't our army burn Baishui Pass?"

Zhang Yi refused and said, "The terrain of Baishui Pass is dangerous, and it is the first pass to the north of Guanghan County. If our army burns, it will lose this dangerous pass!"

Deng Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "The old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come. If Ma Chao can be repelled, it will burn. At worst, it will be rebuilt after our army takes down Baishui Pass. I lack everything in Yizhou, but there is no shortage of people and stones! If it is rebuilt, within a year, it will be another heroic pass!"

Zhang Ren thought for a long time and nodded and replied, "Okay, then according to the righteous side's opinion, burn Baishui Pass!"

That night, Zhang appointed Li Yan and Deng Zhi and the other generals, each leading 500 soldiers, secretly came to Baishui Pass and ignited Baishui Pass to close the door.

Baishui Pass is not big, and Zhang Ren's plan is just right at Ma Chao's key point. When he learned that Baishui Pass could not defend the back, Ma Chao could only lead his army to retreat to Mianyang.

In June of the eighth year of Jian'an, Zhang Ren first used the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, severely attacking Ma Chao's troops, and then adopted Li Yan's plan to burn Baishui Pass, and seized the pass of Baishui Pass in one fell swoop.

After Liu Zhang learned about it, he was extremely happy and said to Zhao Wei and others who advocated the introduction of foreign troops, and said with a smile: "Zhao Biejia, have you seen it? You don't need to lead foreign troops into the country to help. I can quell the civil strife in Yizhou!"

Zhao Wei was sweating coldly. He didn't expect that Zhang Ren and other generals would be so powerful that even Leng Bao was not an opponent, Ma Chao would be defeated by these young players.

Perhaps it was because Liu Zhang was so happy that he was silent for a while and announced: "Zhang Ren lived up to his expectations. He defeated the rebel Ma Chao in Baishui City and regained the important pass of Baishui Pass. This marquis was very pleased. He now decided to report that Zhang Ren was the prefect of Hanzhong, Li Yan, Zhang Yi and Deng Zhi were subordinates, and he was placed under Zhang Ren's tent. He ordered Zhang Ren to lead 10,000 troops to attack Hanzhong today and eliminate the rebellious Zhang Lu."

"What?" Zhao Wei was shocked and quickly advised: "Lord, Hanzhong is the gateway to the north of Yizhou, the key to military strategists. The place of four battles, Zhang Ren is just a young boy. How can he be the prefect of Hanzhong? Please think twice!"

Liu Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and secretly cursed Zhao Wei and asked, "Zhao Biejia, since you think Zhang Ren is not good, then do you think, who should I let you quell the rebellion?"

"This..." Zhao Wei was in a dilemma for a moment, and he hesitated and replied: "Why would you like to transfer Yan Yan to Hanzhong? What do you think?"
Chapter completed!