Chapter 693: Destroying Shu (8)
"What's going on?"
Liu Ba was furious, and his eyes were full of coldness when he looked at Ling Bao.
Ling Bao's back was cold, and he subconsciously bowed his head and said: "We were attacked and killed in the shadows, and more than 100 soldiers died in the street. ”
Liu Ba's anger subsided slightly, but he still scolded angrily: "What the general is asking is why there is such chaos in the city? In this way, how can you find the Ming army that has mixed in? ”
Only then did Ling Bao understand the source of Liu Ba's anger, and directly admitted his mistake: "My subordinates are incompetent, please forgive the general." ”
"Ben ......" The anger in Liu Ba's heart instantly rose again.
However, Ling Bao extinguished it in the next sentence: "But the general has a way to solve it?" ”
Yes, the key now is to quell the riots in the city as soon as possible.
Liu Ba breathed for a moment and said, "Pull everyone out, let everyone go home, and if they don't obey, they will be arrested immediately and sent to the barracks for care." Then go door-to-door and take inventory! ”
"Yes, General!"
Ling Bud didn't see such a practice, but he still responded to it.
Langzhong was originally the northern part of Ba County and an important town in the northern part of Yizhou, but after the establishment of Brazil County and the county governance, great changes have taken place.
The most important of these is the increase in population, from more than 30,000 people to more than 50,000 now. To some extent, Liu Ba's ability is really good, otherwise there would not be such a big change, and this is precisely one of the main reasons why Ling Bao's relationship with him has improved.
The problem was that there were only 8,000 defenders in Langzhong, and some of them had to be responsible for guarding the city, which required at least 2,000 men to ensure that there were enough men on all sides, and a few hundred men had to be left in the battalion for support. There are less than six thousand left, and it is very difficult to count the already chaotic city one by one.
"Newspaper~"
When Ling Bud left, there were men who reported it.
"General, there is a fire in the west of the city!"
Liu Ba was stunned, and without waiting for him to ask, he came to report again, which was all bad news.
"General, the east of the city is on fire!"
"General, something happened in the house!"
……
"Huh?"
Liu Ba was stunned, and his mind was spinning rapidly.
After a while, he yelled left and right: "Quick, go and see where the little school is, quick!" ”
"Yes, General."
"General!"
At this time, the bud also turned around and came back.
Liu Ba nodded and said, "You immediately take someone to put out the fire, and don't worry about the rest for the time being." ”
"Uh...... Be! ”
Ling Bud hesitated for a moment, but still responded.
After Ling Bao left, Liu Ba said to the remaining soldiers: "Leave two people, and the rest will go back to the house and take them to the other courtyard." ”
"General, this ......"
"Alright, that's it." Liu Ba knew why they were hesitating, but now was obviously not the time to hesitate, and the only people he could really trust were these guards, so he could only send them back.
"Yes!"
After dozens of personal guards left, Liu Ba was not idle, and entered the barracks under the escort of two personal guards to gather the army.
"The Colonel is gone!"
Liu Ba was eager to kill the soldiers who were monitoring the colonel, but now it was the time to employ people, so he just said: "Let's make a note, Rong Er and others have made meritorious contributions!" ”
"Thank you, General."
"Hmph, that's good."
Liu Ba snorted coldly and turned to the large army gathered in the camp.
"All men shall go out at once, and there will be absolutely no disturbance, and if anyone disobeys, he shall be taken down at once and taken to the camp for safekeeping, and those who use swords and soldiers in vain shall ......"
"No mercy!"
"Yes, General."
Subsequently, Liu Ba took a group of 500 people back and forth in the city to "pacify" the people-
"There are assassins who enter the city to make trouble and almost stab the general, anyone should take the general at home, otherwise it will be an assassin!"
If it were someone else, most of the people in the city would not believe it, but Liu Ba has been in Langzhong for several years, and they are willing to believe him.
Shout~
The flying arrows, proving Liu Ba's words, fell among the soldiers around him.
"Over there, hurry up and chase it!"
As the words fell, another arrow flew out, but the direction of the flight changed, and there was more than one. The screams coming from all sides made Liu Ba understand that such an attack was not only happening here, but also other places.
How did so many people get into the city? Could it be that the school brought it? But there were few people when he entered the city! Was that into town at other times? It's not right, the accent of the Ming army is very different from the accent of Shudi, how did you get into the city?
West.
The colonel wanted to go out of the city, but was stopped by the soldiers at the gate and reprimanded angrily: "A certain person was entrusted by the former general to go to Xichong for help, and you delayed the military situation, can you afford it?" ”
Where could the soldiers guarding the gate withstand such intimidation, and hurriedly opened the city gate with their comrades.
Woohoo......
The city gate was opened less than a kilometer, and the locusts shot in, giving them a heart-warming package.
Somewhere outside the city, a group of cavalry suddenly poured out, looking at Ximen galloping forward.
"Enemy attack!"
The head of the city had not yet noticed the movement of the city gate, but the movement of the cavalry outside the city was unobstructed. It's a shame to say that the dignified Liu army has less than 30,000 cavalry, not even one percent of the army, and Yizhou, only Chengdu has 5,000 cavalry, and the rest of the ...... Well, there are a few horseback riders, basically a post station located in the city, and generals like Xiang Liu Ba.
Hey, Shu has been suffering for a long time!
The Ming army has been cultivated for many years, and only because of horseshoes and bilateral stirrups can there be cavalry troops into Shu, but there are not many of them. And Chu Yan's mountain army, after two years of hard work, only brought less than 2,000 war horses into Shu, of which 500 were in Jiameng, 600 were in Langzhong, and the rest were in Zitong. That is, the mountains of Shu are densely forested, otherwise these horses would not be able to hide.
The sound of the horn in the west of the city, Liu Ba listened to it in his ears, like a heavy hammer striking on his heart-
"Hit the mark!"
The Ming army first set fire to the city and attacked the general's mansion to distract the general, and then took the opportunity to attack and kill the general's soldiers in the street, delaying time, and letting the colonel act as an internal response?
Will Seongsai still hold on?
Liu Ba was still doubting in his mind, but his body was using practical actions to prove his persistence.
I have to say that Liu Ba's ability is indeed not bad, and when Ling Bao didn't arrive, he had already brought people to Ximen. However, Simon's situation left him in tears.
"No ......"
The west gate was wide open, and more Ming cavalry poured into the city.
Chu Yan galloped into the city and shouted at the schoolmaster: "Where is Liu Ba?" ”
Without waiting for the school to respond, Liu Ba shouted: "Liu Ba is here!" ”
Chu Yan waved his spear and said in a deep voice: "Liu Bei's fall is imminent, and the matter of Langzhong is not the fault of the general, so it is better to surrender at this time, so as not to destroy the souls!" ”
Liu Ba said angrily: "Could it be that if you don't surrender, you still can't slaughter the city?" ”
"Definitely!"
Chu Yan said: "This time in Shu, Your Majesty and the secret order general, there is a surname Liu Mingba in Shu, who was born in Ba County, is a good general, it can be said that it is better to humiliate!" ”
Liu Ba couldn't help but be silent.
Chu Yan said again: "Since the general has already entered the city, it is a foregone conclusion that Langzhong will be subordinated, even if the general doesn't think about himself, he must think about his family, right?" Besides, the general thought that this trip to the south was just a way for the general? ”
"Are there any other centaurs?" Liu Ba was already biased in his heart, but he still asked.
"Yes!"
Chu Yan said: "This time to the south, Your Majesty has mobilized a total of 800,000 troops, including 200,000 men and horses attacking Shudi!" The rest, such as Xiangyang and other places, have 600,000 giants. ”
"There are so many Ming troops!" Liu Ba sighed and wanted to surrender.
"The former general is worthy of His Majesty?"
There was a shout from behind, Liu Ba turned his head to look, it was a bud, and he couldn't help but be ashamed, he didn't know how to explain, he just lowered his head and sighed.
Chu Yan rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you Lingbud?" ”
"It's Ben Jiang!"
Ling Bao said proudly: "What are you going to do? Do you want to persuade Ben to surrender? ”
"Could it be that the general wants to be buried with Liu Bei?" Chu Yan asked rhetorically.
Ling Bao's face froze, and she didn't know how to answer.
In the middle of the night, the follow-up army arrived, and Ling Bao saw that the general trend had gone, so he had to surrender Chu Yan with Liu Ba, becoming the first batch of generals to really surrender in Shu.
And at this time, become? They all happened to receive the message back from them......