In the mountains and forests on the south bank of the Mian River, Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang, lies on a huge rock, and uses his eyes to carefully check the west city of the opposite cliff. Bao Hong was lying on his left and Liu Bei was lying on his right. Five thousand soldiers from afar were hidden in the valley not far below. They set out from Nanyang and went upstream along the Mian River, suffering a lot along the way. Now they are tired and hungry, but they succeeded. They sneaked here, and Hanzhong was not alert.

This can be seen from the casual and casual soldiers at the city entrance of Xicheng opposite.

"Xuande, Ziluan, how do you think about this battle?" Qin Jie first looked at Liu Bei, and then looked at Bao Hong. Bao Hong was a little dissatisfied, but it was not easy to get angry, so he had to close his mouth and think, and let Liu Bei say it first.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and knew what Qin Jie and Bao Hong were thinking at this moment. He proposed the idea of ​​a surprise attack on Hanzhong. Yuan Shu agreed very much. On the matter of whom went to war, Yuan Shu's confidant subordinates had a dispute. He believed that this was a powerful person and wanted to go. He thought it was unrealistic. Those who were seeking death suggested that Liu Bei go and let him die. Although he leaked Liu Xiu's plan to Yuan Shu, who knew what he thought? If he could betray Liu Xiu, he could not betray you? Such repetitive villains should not believe it, let him die.

Yuan Shu weighed the pros and cons, and finally selected these three people. The three people had different identities. Qin Jie was from Yicheng, Nanjun, and the representative of the forces of Jingzhou. Bao Hong was from Fufeng. He defected to Yuan Shu very early. He was the most trusted direct lineman of Yuan Shu. Although his identity is now the deputy general of Qin Jie, in fact, Qin Jie had to discuss anything with him. He represented Yuan Shu. Liu Bei was the most embarrassed. He was the suggestant of this operation. In terms of martial arts, he was the best. In terms of military use, he was no worse than Qin Jie. He was holding a map of Hanzhong. It can be said that he was the person who was most familiar with the situation in Hanzhong and was also the main force. But he came from Liu Xiu and was a traitor. Yuan Shu had to use him, but it was impossible not to be on guard against him.

Qin Jie looked down on Liu Bei, but he also knew that in terms of strength, Liu Bei was the strongest among the three of them. If he wanted to make contributions, he had to regard Liu Bei as a character. So, in terms of pros and cons, he chose to respect Liu Bei more.

Of course, this has something to do with Liu Bei's generosity and good at dating with others. Before the Yuan family rebelled, Liu Bei had already become good friends with many people. His courage and ability all made everyone admire him very much, and Qin Jie has always admired him more. On the other hand, Qin Jie was not very satisfied with the attitude of Yuan Shu as a confidant that Bao Hong intentionally or unintentionally showed. He was more naturally willing to date Liu Bei, who was also attached later.

"From the defense situation at the opposite city gate, they are not prepared for our arrival." Liu Bei took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and continued: "Generally speaking, a county town has a maximum of 200 people, but recently Liu Fan was in Ziwu Valley to prepare for the general of the chariot and cavalry. He could not have been unaware of the here. We came from afar and must fight quickly, otherwise once Liu Fan gets news to help, it will be difficult for us to succeed."

Qin Jie nodded in agreement. "Then how do you think we should attack the city?"

Liu Bei looked at the Xicheng in the distance and smiled faintly: "It's winter now, and the amount of firewood is used in the city. If Liu Fan really strengthens the troops here, the demand for firewood will increase exponentially. We will find a few people who pretend to be firewood to sneak into the city, and work together inside and outside. Take down Xicheng."

Qin Jie thought for a while and thought it was feasible, but he didn't say anything, but he just looked at Bao Hong. Bao Hong was very upset at this time and didn't notice what Liu Bei said just now. When he saw Qin Jie looking at him, he woke up in shock. "What did you say?"

Qin Jie suppressed his unhappiness and said Liu Bei’s plan just now. When Bao Hong heard it, his eyes rolled: “Who enters the city?”

"I'll go." Liu Bei said slowly.

"You go, you won't come out, right?" Bao Hong sneered.

"Then you go?" Liu Bei retorted.

"I... won't go." Bao Hong shrank his neck: "Whoever comes up with the idea will go."

Liu Bei looked at him contemptuously, stopped entangling with him, and softly discussed the details of the action with Qin Jie. Qin Jie agreed very much. Liu Bei prepared and took off his military uniform with more than a dozen people who could speak Hanzhong, went to the woods to fetch some firewood, and then circled a distance and reached the north bank of Mianshui.

As Liu Bei expected, although Liu Fan increased his troops here, no one expected that five thousand people would sneak up here. Their defense was very relaxed, and Liu Bei easily sneaked into the city. The west city was not big, only one mile in radius. Liu Bei sold firewood at a very cheap price, and chatted with the firewood buyers on the grounds of asking for water to drink, and then he almost touched the situation in the city. More than a dozen of them scattered in groups of three and pretended not to know each other. In the second half of the night, Liu Bei quietly killed the city, and used a battle knife hidden in the firewood to kill more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate in one breath, and opened the city gate.

Qin Jie and Bao Hong rushed in with a large army and headed straight for Yacheng. The guards of Yacheng were awakened in their sleep. In a hurry, they ordered the soldiers in Yacheng to seize the city and guard the city, and at the same time ignited the beacon.

As soon as the beacon was ignited, both Liu Bei and Bao Hong were anxious. They threw their lives to fight. Liu Bei took his guards to swing his sword and attacked the gate of Yacheng. Qin Jie also ordered his soldiers to seize the city wall of the outer city, shoot arrows into the city from the city wall to support Liu Bei and Bao Hong. After nearly two hours of fierce battle, when the fish belly was exposed in the east, more than half of the soldiers in Yacheng were injured and lost their morale. Liu Bei made a fuss and broke into the gate first, and the west city was declared lost.

Just when Liu Bei and others were attacking Xicheng, Liu Xiu and others were hiding in a valley about a hundred miles west of the city. This place is located between the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains, with ravines and ravines next to it. The fog in the valleys is very heavy. Although there are tents, they still feel wet. They sneaked in the mountains for nearly twenty days, and finally crossed the Ziwu Valley under Liu Fan's nose. Now that they crossed the Daba Mountains in front, they can enter Ba County and enter the hinterland of Yizhou.

Liu Xiu put on his clothes, squatted beside the Mianshui, scooped up the cold water and washed his face, and suddenly felt refreshed. He turned his head, looked at Guo Jia, took the towel from his hand, and wiped his face while smiling: "Fengxiao, isn't this hard work?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "What's the hard work? I only now know that Bashan and Shu River are so steep that it is so steep. It's just a stretch of road on the map, but we actually walked for half a month. If the army was moving forward, if there was no one and a half months, we probably wouldn't be able to finish Ziwu Valley."
Chapter completed!