Chapter 704: Annihilation of Shu (29)
"Siege!"
"Kill......"
Jingzhou Liu's army attacked the city for half a day, and the damage was extremely serious, no less than 3,000.
"General, Guan Yu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knows that a strong attack is only an increase in casualties. However, even so, Guan Yu still ordered a fierce attack, and the last general suspected that there was fraud in it. After lunch, Liu Ba found Chu Yan and said.
Chu Yan's heart moved when she heard this, and asked, "What do you think is the reason for him to do this?" ”
Liu Ba settled down and said: "Guan Yu came here to save Chengdu, but he was blocked by the general, and now he is sending troops to attack, either to recapture the city, or to hide people's eyes." ”
Chu Yan thought about it when she heard this, couldn't help but nodded, and said, "What General Liu said is extremely true, it seems that people outside the city have to be strictly monitored, and don't let Guan Yu run away quietly." ”
On the other side, Wen Ping and Xiang Lang led the troops back to the camp.
At the gate of the camp, a soldier saw the return of the army and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "General Wen, join the army." ”
Wen Ping and Xiang Lang saw that Guan Yu was accompanying his own soldiers, and said busily: "No need to be polite." ”
"The general has an order, after the two of you have lunch, lead the troops to continue to attack the city, and be sure to take Jiangzhou as soon as possible."
"The last will obey." The two responded in unison.
The two arranged for the army to enter the camp, but their hearts were full of doubts: What does the general mean by this? What about people?
At lunchtime, Wen Ping and Xiang Lang whispered to each other, and then wandered around the camp without a trace while the army had not set off again.
In the end, the two decided on one thing.
When the army came out again, Wen Ping rode his horse to Xiang Lang's side, and guarded his own soldiers around him, and then said in a low voice: "The general is not in the camp!" ”
Xiang Lang's face remained unchanged, and he also replied in a low voice: "The general and His Majesty have a very close relationship!" At present, the Ming army has arrived in Jiangzhou, which shows that Chengdu and both are in danger, and the general will definitely not sit idly by. The Ming army was brave, and if they wanted to recapture Jiangzhou, they would inevitably delay the time, and it would not be possible to do it in a day, so they simply led the troops to bypass Jiangzhou and go to Chengdu. ”
Wen Ping was silent for a moment and said, "Then what should we do now?" ”
Xiang Lang said calmly: "Just do what the general instructs." ”
"This ......" Wen Ping was a little unacceptable.
Xiang Lang glanced at him, he didn't want to explain, but after thinking about it, he still needed to cooperate with each other, so he said: "The Ming army can quietly kill Jiangzhou, and it is uncertain what the situation in Shu is, maybe it is possible that the general will go here to relieve the siege for His Majesty." ”
"However, if we don't do what the general tells us, and in the end the Ming army is repulsed, you and I will be in trouble."
Wen Ping heard the meaning of his words, and his heart suddenly sank: Is there really no hope?
Emperor Ming's domination of the world is the trend of the times!
When Cao Cao was destroyed, people of insight in the world already had this idea.
If it is said that when Cao Cao was still there, people like Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Zhang Zhao, Lu Su and others still felt that there was a glimmer of life, after Cao Cao's defeat, he simply couldn't see hope, and he basically gave up.
It's just that the matter hasn't come yet, and everyone is still unwilling to admit it, especially Liu Bei and Sun Ce. has been in a high position for a long time, and suddenly made them surrender to others, and the gap between them is not Liu Chan's.
Do you want to ask Liu Zen Sishu?
Liu Chan: Don't dare, don't dare! I don't dare to think about it here!
Thinking is equal to death!
If you don't think, you live!
Which one to choose, it will be clear at once.
Wen Ping didn't want to give up, so when he was attacking the city in the afternoon, he personally stepped forward to supervise the battle, which caused the morale of the siege soldiers to be greatly boosted, and there was really a trace of the posture of attacking the city.
It's just that Chu Yan sent more people to beat him in time, but he didn't succeed.
After a day of fierce fighting, the officers and men in the army were exhausted, and Wen Ping had no choice but to withdraw the army. Before that, Xiang Lang had persuaded him twice, and the third time was because he saw what Wen Ping was thinking, and finally failed to speak.
The army returned to the camp, and Wen Ping and Xiang Lang saw Guan Yu's personal soldier again at noon.
"The general has an order, let General Wen and Xiang join the army to continue to attack the city tomorrow, and be sure to take Jiangzhou as soon as possible."
At this point, it's completely clear.
"Yes!"
The two of them had no other way but to respond.
In the dead of night, only the illuminated fires and the soldiers on the night vigil were still awake.
Wen Ping woke up suddenly, as if he hadn't fallen asleep, got dressed, and came to Xiang Lang's tent.
Xiang Lang heard the report of the guards at the door, and immediately let him enter the account.
"General Wen came late at night, what is the so-called?" Xiang Lang already had an idea in his mind at this time.
Wen Ping was silent for a while, and said, "Juda, do you think we still have a chance?" ”
Xiang Lang, the word Juda.
Although he expected it, Xiang Lang still felt caught off guard when he heard Wen Ping ask so directly. After settling down, he replied: "Actually, it doesn't matter to us whether there is a chance or not, the important thing is that you can get through the hurdle in your heart?" ”
Wen Ping said angrily: "Juda, do you think Wen is talking about surrendering to the Ming army?" ”
Xiang Lang hurriedly said: "Zhongye misunderstood!" ”
"Humph!" Wen Ping snorted coldly and turned his head away.
Xiang Lang smiled bitterly and explained: "In fact, everyone has long known that the Ming army will dominate the world, even if Emperor Ming is not completed today, after the son of Emperor Ming ascends the throne, it will be completed, after all, he is not the Hu Hai of the year." ”
"And we just have to get by now, and we can't get over the hurdle in our hearts, otherwise it's not easy to resign and go north and enter Emperor Ming?"
Wen Ping's face softened when he heard this, and then he said: "Juda's words are okay!" But to say that there is no chance, Wen will not believe it. ”
Xiang Lang paused and said, "Opportunity? Where do the opportunities come from? ”
Wen Pingqiang said to himself: "As long as we work together with Eastern Wu and slowly regain the lost territory, there will be a chance to defeat the Ming army." ”
"Huh!"
Seeing him like this, Xiang Lang couldn't help but sneer, and said: "There has been no shortage of examples of defeating the strong with the weak throughout the ages, just like the ancestors and overlords back then. However, time has passed, and today's Ming army is definitely stronger than the Chu army at that time, while we are not necessarily stronger than the Han army back then. ”
"Besides, if it wasn't for the overlord who was stupid and didn't listen to Fan Zeng's words, Gao Zuyan would have a chance? And today's Ming Emperor is comparable to the overlord? ”
Wen Ping was speechless for a moment, he also knew a lot about these, and understood that Liu Bang had three points to get lucky in the world, and these three points were all for the overlord's own use. And Gongsun Du, how can he be a little arrogant? It is clearly a wise king that is rare in the ages!
Soon, Wen Ping returned to his big account in despair.
In Jiangzhou City, during the day, Chu Yan received the news that Guan Yu quietly left the barracks, but in the end, he had no intention of sending troops, but just spread the news. Because Guan Yu only brought 2,000 light cavalry, he was also the only cavalry in Jingzhou's Liu army this time.
What can two thousand riders do?
Another day, Wen Ping and Xiang Lang led troops to attack Jiangzhou, but to no avail.
After one strong attack, the materials for defending the city did not decrease at all, and the losses were nearly 10,000. This made Wen Ping and Xiang Lang feel powerless, and after discussion, they decided to reduce the intensity of the siege and focus on the siege. In fact, if it weren't for Guan Yu's order, I'm afraid I wouldn't even have done the siege, and only besieged it.
Liu Jun's change, Chu Yan was also relieved. In the successive strong attacks, although Liu's army suffered heavy losses, his soldiers also lost a lot, more than 1,000 people were killed in battle, and thousands were injured.
……
Mianzhu, Gongsun Du ordered a day of rest, and then set off south again.
In the middle of the day, he successively took Ruxian and Xindu, so far, Chengdu was completely exposed to Gongsun Du's Ming army. Gongsun Du simply didn't take a break and came straight to Chengdu.
Inside the city of Chengdu.
"Yuan Zhi, did you say that the prime minister was captured? Otherwise, why wouldn't he have come back? The Ming army has already been killed right under their noses! Liu Bei's words were full of anxiety.
Xu Shu was also a little flustered, but he still calmed down and comforted: "Your Majesty, don't think about it, maybe the prime minister was just broken by the Ming army, and he couldn't return for a while, after all, the road in Shu is not so easy to walk." ”
"I hope so."
Liu Bei couldn't either, he could only trust Xu Shu.
At this time, the news of the new capital came back. Then, without waiting for Liu Bei and the ministers of the DPRK and China to discuss a result, the news that the Ming army had arrived 100 miles north of Chengdu came again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming army is about to come to the city, is there a good way to break the enemy?" Although Liu Bei asked like this, he actually had the idea of running away in his heart, but he didn't run away because of the emperor's face. At this time, he realized that the emperor was not so easy to be, but became a burden.