Deng Xian shook his head and advised: "The path up the mountain must be treacherous. If Liu Bei defends it with heavy troops, there will be no point in leaving the border. Why don't we ask for help from the county?"

"We have just been fighting for half a day, and there is no damage to the garrison after closing the gate. Why should we ask for help? General Deng only wants to make a big noise. If the situation goes wrong, he will immediately withdraw to the pass. If the path up the mountain is heavily defended, I will not fight hard. In short,

We can't sit still and wait for death." Lingbao's eyes were firm.

"Well, I'd better send someone to the county seat to inform them of the situation here. I'll try to make the camp robbery as loud as possible at night, so that General Ling will be safer." Deng Xian analyzed.

Lingbao raised his fist and bumped it with Deng Xian, "Wish us good luck."

"God will take care of us." Deng Xian nodded.

The two of them made up their minds and each picked their best players to prepare for the night battle.

At three o'clock in the Xu hour, Deng Xian led five thousand elite soldiers out of Mianzhu Pass and marched slowly towards Liu Bei's camp via the main road, while Lingbao led two thousand elite soldiers and walked close to the foot of the mountain on the left.

For unknown reasons, Liu Bei retreated five miles to the village after the battle in the morning, leaving enough room for Deng Xian's troops to operate.

In order not to expose the target in advance, Deng Xian ordered people to use ropes to pull him forward and slowly advance in the dark night. He did not light the torch until he was half a mile away from the camp, and asked the sergeants to shout loudly, which frightened countless birds in the valley.

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Hearing the sound, a group of men and horses rushed out from Liu Bei's army camp. The leader with a red face and long beard was none other than General Wei Yan. The sword he carried looked extremely tall against the firelight.

"They dare not go out to fight during the day, but come here to eat rats at night. Are Liu Zhang's people so cowardly?" Wei Yan snorted coldly, holding a knife.

"Kill me." Deng Xian shouted and asked the front troops to charge into the battle. Although he had never fought against Wei Yan, he knew from his appearance that he was not easy to mess with.

"A cowardless waste." Wei Yan took the lead and took the lead.

The galloping war horse and the firelight illuminated the cold light of the broadsword, and he could be seen slashing left and right as if entering a deserted area.

The hundreds of soldiers Deng Xian sent were simply not enough for Wei Yan's soldiers to massacre. Seeing that the situation was not good, he led his troops to retreat, but the direction of the retreat seemed strange.

Two thousand infantrymen tried to lure Wei Yan to the southwest and dispersed, while Deng Xian's 300 cavalry broke away from the team and ran around the right side of the camp to throw torches. Then the cavalry came out from the camp to pursue and intercept them.

When Deng Xian made such a fuss, Liu Bei's camp was completely noisy. Judging from the scale of the fire, it attracted a lot of attention.

Seeing that the goal of attacking east and west was achieved, Deng Xian led the three hundred people to gallop. At this time, he could not take care of Lingbao. He had to rush back to Mianzhu Pass as soon as possible. After all, it was too dangerous outside the pass.

Wei Yan pursued calmly in the dark night, and the two thousand infantry originally used to contain him quickly collapsed. Deng Xian's cavalry arrived and only gathered a few hundred people. When they retreated about a mile outside Mianzhu Pass, suddenly torches were lit on the mountainside, and a group of

People and horses blocked the road back to the pass.

"Is this Deng Xian here?" the general asked in a deep voice in the dark night.

Deng Xian saw that the opponent's troops were not many, and he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. At least he was much more calm than when facing Wei Yan. He urged his horse forward and cursed: "Who are you rebelling against? Now that you know my name? Why don't you retreat quickly, otherwise?"

I want you to look good."

The man was startled when he heard this, and then shouted angrily: "Beast, who do you think I am?"

Two attendants were lighting him up with torches. Deng Xian took a closer look and found that it was his uncle Meng Da. He hesitated and said: "Uncle...father..."

"You beast, why don't you dismount and surrender?" Meng Da frowned.

Deng Xian reluctantly refused: "My uncle betrayed his old master... How can my nephew be complicit..."

"You..." Meng Da was speechless.

Meng Da thought that there was going to be a big fight between his nephew and uncle, but Deng Xian led three hundred cavalry to flee in the opposite direction, leaving the infantry on the spot.

Deng Xian had no choice but to do this. His family members were all in Chengdu now. He might have implicated his wife and children if he rashly surrendered to the enemy. The murder of Zhang Song's family was still vivid in his mind.

Facing the cavalry coming and going like the wind, Meng Da ignored Deng Xian. He wanted to surrender the more than a thousand Shu soldiers in front of him. They had completely lost their fighting spirit under Wei Yan's driving. At this time, everyone's eyes were empty and lifeless.

Deng Xian ran aimlessly and met Wei Yan who was pursuing him before he had gone very far.

When he was unable to advance or retreat, Deng Xian sighed that the sky would not care about him, and he straightened up his spear and attacked Wei Yan.

Wei Yan couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the other party rushing toward him. This guy looked young, so why didn't he look like he was smart? It was an unwise choice between Meng Da and himself.

Wei Yan slapped the horse's butt and rode towards him. As the two rode closer, Deng Xian took advantage of the situation and stabbed him.

In the dark night, Wei Yan's eyes were as bright as a torch. He hesitated to wave the sword in his hand, but quickly fell forward diagonally, and took advantage of the situation to hold the opponent's gun handle.

Deng Xian's face turned pale with fright. He struggled to fight back with both hands, but the handle of the gun seemed to grow in Wei Yan's palm.

"Hahaha, you don't overestimate your capabilities." Wei Yan laughed.

"You..." Deng Xian tried his best to break free.

Wei Yan suddenly gained strength in his hands and dragged Deng Xian off his horse like a chicken.

Seeing the raised knife in Wei Yan's hand, Deng Xian was frightened away.

"Chang Wen, save someone under the knife." Meng Da rode his horse and waved a torch and shouted.

Fortunately, the sound came just in time. The tip of Wei Yan's knife had just reached Deng Xian's neck and stopped, but the blowing cold wind frightened the other man and made him wet all over.

"You beast, you still don't want to surrender? Without the head on your neck, how can you save your wife and children?" Meng Da shouted loudly.

"I...I am willing to surrender to General Zuo..." Deng Xian stepped back to avoid Wei Yan's blade.

Wei Yan put away his sword and stroked his long beard, "Fortunately, Zidu shouted in time, otherwise my sword would have drank blood."

Meng Da clasped his fists and thanked: "Thank you very much, Wen Chang, for keeping your hand. This is my nephew who failed to live up to expectations. Now let him lead us to seize Mianzhu Pass, so that we can make meritorious deeds."

Wei Yan nodded: "Good, this is consistent with the military advisor's plan. There is no need to play the role of a defeated army fleeing."

"Are you willing to offer me a pass?" Meng Da asked with a frown.

"Of course...I sincerely surrender..." Deng Xian lowered his head and replied.

The defenders of Mianzhu Pass saw the melee just now. They were afraid to open the retreat at first, but everyone recognized Deng Xian.

Deng Xian walked to the gate and easily opened the city gate, and Liu Bei won the last gate to enter Shu at a very small cost.

After seizing the pass, Wei Yan led the troops to garrison, while Meng Da led Deng Xian to the camp to meet Liu Bei.

"You are very brave. After being defeated so miserably in Fucheng, you dare to take the initiative to rob our camp." Meng Da sneered silently on the road.

Deng Xianxiao said awkwardly: "This is all a plot by General Ling to let me attract General Zuo's attention so that he can sneak attack on the high ground on the west side of Mianzhu Pass. Let's report it quickly to avoid any misunderstanding."

Meng Da laughed: "Mianzhu Pass has been captured. Lingbao, the high ground to the west, can attack at will, but all this is under the control of the military advisors. The high ground was originally a bait..."

Deng Xian sighed: "I had my doubts at first, but the highland threatened Mianzhu Pass too much, so I had to take the risk to destroy it..."
Chapter completed!