In the winter of the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao died of illness, and Cao Cao had occupied all Nanyang County counties except Xiangyang. When Xiahou Dun's troops were at the city, Liu Cong opened the four gates of Xiangyang to surrender and presented the seal representing the entire Jingzhou. At this time, on the northern battlefield, Zhang Liao and the Southern Xiongnu rebels fought in the Hetao area at the Fuluo tribe, and Ma Chao and Kebien fought in the former county of Dingxiang.

Liu Bei escaped to Jiangxia, and with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, he undermined Jiangxia's prefect Liu Qi in a short time and took control of Jiangxia's military and political power. At the same time, Zhuge Liang began to contact Sun Quan in Jiangdong and prepared to fight against Cao Cao who was about to go south together.

However, Cao Cao, who was proud, was not so eager to go south and advance eastward. He also hoped to defeat Lu Bu's Zhucheng and Gucheng before attacking Jiangxia. For this reason, he was personally heading to Xiangyang from Xu Du to discuss with these newly surrendered Jingzhou generals how to take over Zhucheng, Gucheng, and Fangling.

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After several successful small-scale invasion tests, the governor of Yizhou Liu Zhang became bolder. He thought in his heart that [Lu Bu was just like this. The reason why he was able to take Hanzhong was entirely because he occupied the convenience of the Han River waterway. As for the ability to swallow Bingzhou in Guanzhong, it was because Lu Bu was originally from the Bingzhou army and was naturally very skillful in fighting cavalry in the northwest region. But in this southwest mountains, it was my Liu Zhang's world]

Although it is late winter now, the climate is not so cold for the Bashu Basin, which is lying south of the Qinling Mountains. On the contrary, the wet place in Bashu is the drier and suitable for marching and fighting.

An 8,000-man Yizhou army was heading northwest along the Micang Road. Their target was Langzhong. The Micang Road is the shortest road among the two South Shu Roads, but it is far more steep than the Jinniu Road to the west and is not suitable for large-scale troops and baggage access.

The leader was Wu Lan, a general under Liu Zhang. At this time, he had received a report from the frontier scouts. The Micang Shu Road was about to rush to Langzhong, not far ahead. After leaving this narrow canyon zone, he was about to reach the bank of the Jialing River, and opposite the river was Langzhong.

Wu Lan ordered to accelerate his advance. He knew that Langzhong faced water three times, and on the other hand, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, because the Mi Cang Road was difficult to travel and could not carry baggage, he was light and simple. Each soldier only brought dry food for ten days, so he had to take Langzhong unexpectedly.

The plan for the 10,000-person army to take Langzhong was proposed by Wu Lan, but it was opposed by most Yizhou generals. Wu Lan's reason was that because of the previous small-scale harassment, Lu Bu's army must have been alert and had to have set up tight defenses in the relatively easy-to-going Shu road of Jinniu Road. Only by following the path of Micang Road, which is not well-known at the moment, can one unexpectedly achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

In the end, Liu Zhang went against the opposition and chose Wu Lan's suggestion, and allocated 8,000 elite troops to capture Langzhong. If Langzhong took it, it would be equivalent to opening the southern gate of Hanzhong.

Suddenly, the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air sounded. With a "puff", a personal soldier next to Wu Lan had an arrow in the head. His head was shot through, half of the arrow was penetrated, and he fell straight down. Then a series of wails came into Wu Lan's ears. Some nearby Yizhou soldiers were also staggering and fell to the ground.

[No, I was ambushed!] An idea flashed through Wu Lan's mind, looking at the hillsides and cliffs on both sides of the mountain road. Wu Lan is a native of Bazhong, Yizhou, and is very familiar with the mountains and rivers of Basan County. He doesn't believe that anyone can climb to such a steep cliff in a short time, and drill into such dense forests to ambush himself. Unless he prepares many days in advance, he has only sent troops for two days, so the other party cannot have time to set up an ambush like this.

However, the facts forced him to admit that such an impossible thing happened. Cold arrows kept hitting in the dense forest and on the cliff, and Yizhou soldiers were still constantly hitting arrows and fell to the ground. Wu Lan narrowed her eyes and finally found several black spots climbing in the cliff. It was the figure of the hero hunter. Lu Bu sent 300 hero hunters to help Cheng Lian. At this time, there were more than 200 hero hunters ambushing on both sides of the mountain road. Of course, their ambushing did not have a wide range of killing effects on the eight thousand people, and the eight thousand Wu Lan army that stretched nearly ten miles, but it was enough to hit the morale of the other party.

"Transfer our military orders, advance at full speed, and run out of this canyon quickly." Wu Lan ordered the commander. The commander was running quickly along the mountain road, and the commander was transmitted to various units. The Yizhou army, which looked like a long snake, suddenly accelerated its pace. The sound of armor pieces rubbing, footsteps, and of course, the sound of arrows from time to time roaring in the canyon.

When Wu Lan's army was about to leave the canyon, it could not move. The exit of the canyon was a trumpet, but it was blocked by the Lu Bu's phalanx. Beads of sweat as big as soybeans rolled down from Wu Lan's face. Just as he was about to order [the front army becomes the rear army, the rear army becomes the front army, and retreat backward], a panting scout came forward to report: "Report, the suspension bridge on the rear side, the rear side was burned by the enemy."

Wu Lan suddenly felt a slump and thought to himself [this time has been considered a pit]. Now he can only have the possibility of life if he fights forward desperately.

"Transfer our military orders, and the whole army charges," he gritted his teeth and said word by word. Wu Lan's army began to organize its formation, and each group of five hundred people began to attack outward.

The phalanx of Lu Bu's army was equipped with red-blade antlers and a shield standing up half a man on the ground. Behind were dense spearmen and shooters holding spears more than four meters long. It seemed that Cheng Lian was just trying to trap Wu Lan to death and did not want to attack him from the front. Arrows flew between the two armies, and spears stabbed out densely behind the shields, and the shouts of killing shocked the entire valley.

The bodies before refusing the horse were piled up higher and higher, and Wu Lan's army rushed for a while but failed to break through the opponent's defense line. In the steep slopes and dense forests on both sides of the gorge, cold arrows continued to fly out from the cliffs, resulting in one lively life after another.

The sun set and rose again. In the evening of the next day, Wu Lan's army no longer had the strength to attack Cheng Lian's frontal defense line. Some soldiers sneaked into the steep slopes and forests on both sides, trying to get out of the mountains and fields, but most of them failed, and a few hero hunters hidden in the forest suffered their lives.

On the evening of the third day, several military marquis came to the front of the formation with white flags to see Cheng Lian, requested surrender, and showed him something - Wu Lan's head.

Not long after the news that Wu Lan's entire army was wiped out, Liu Zhang was stunned when he heard the news. There were only 50,000 soldiers in Yizhou, and nearly 20,000 of them accounted for nearly 20% of them, and it disappeared like this.
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