Li Yan always thought that he was not afraid of death, and if someone threatened him with death when he was defeated, he would definitely be unmoved and generous. （ M_）

However, when Hao Zhao's spear was really pressed against his throat, Li Yan realized that he was also afraid of death.

He wanted to open his mouth and tell the soldiers not to care about their 'lives' and continue to fight bravely against the enemy, but after his mouth opened, his voice just couldn't come out.

Although Hao Zhao's spear was pointed at Li Yan's throat, it was not attached to his skin, and Li Yan could still do it if he wanted to open his mouth to shout.

However, Li Yan just couldn't shout the words to make the soldiers ignore their 'lives' and continue to fight.

Li Yan now felt very ashamed, ashamed of his cowardice. In the past, Li Yan had always despised those who were greedy for life and afraid of death, but he never thought that he would not be able to cross the threshold of life and death himself.

Although Li Yan is very uncomfortable now, he still wants to live.

"Even if he dies now, Mianzhu City will not be able to defend it, and fighting to the death is just adding casualties in another aspect. If I surrender, the lives of many soldiers will be saved. Li Yan persuaded himself in his heart to find a reason to excuse his fear of death.

"I am willing to surrender, everyone lay down their weapons, surrender Cao!" Li Yan finally shouted, and at the same time as he shouted, a tear crossed the corner of Li Yan's eyes.

Cao Jun finally occupied Mianzhu, and what appeared in front of Cao Jun at this moment was Chengdu, the capital of Yizhou. Standing on the city wall and looking at Chengdu City in the south, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun's faces both 'revealed' a smile of relief.

Cao's army now has about 3,000 people left, including 1,200 in the trapped camp and 1,800 in the assault battalion.

The defenders of Chengdu were 2,500 men.

Although after Li Yan surrendered, the Mianzhu garrison also followed Li Yan to subdue, and these surrendered troops still had seven or eight hundred people. But these soldiers are all natives of Yizhou, let them attack Chengdu, who knows if there will be people with different minds, or even cause any turmoil, Gao Shun is not at ease about this, so Gao Shun did not count them in the ranks of attacking Chengdu.

The advantage of only 500 people is difficult to reflect in the siege battle, not to mention that Chengdu, as the capital of Yizhou, must be better than Mianzhu in terms of the high degree of fortification. If Gao Shun led the Cao army to attack Chengdu, even if these 3,000 Cao troops were all 'elite', I am afraid it would be the end of more defeat and less victory.

After driving all the way down, after going through a lot of hardships, it was not easy to 'approach' the final goal of Chengdu, and it would be a pity if it was defeated outside Chengdu at the last moment.

But fortunately, Li Yan surrendered. With the help of this all-round civil and military talent, the difficulty of attacking Chengdu should be much reduced.

Li Yan is very clear about the situation in Chengdu City, and he also has a good grasp of Liu Zhang's 'sex' character, if there is his staff proposal, Gao Shun believes that he can finally successfully take Chengdu City and complete the task of attacking Shu.

According to Li Yan, Liu Zhang is extremely cowardly, as early as when Gao Shun led a few men and horses to take Fucheng, Liu Zhang already had the intention of surrendering, and now that Mianzhu is lost, he must be even more afraid in his heart.

Gao Shun, who learned of this, decided to send a letter to Liu Zhang, with both soft and hard Chinese characters, to persuade him to surrender.

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When he learned that Mianzhu was lost, and even Li Yan, the general of Mianzhu, surrendered with seven or eight hundred defenders, Liu Zhang's face was suddenly like ashes, his hands and feet were weak, and he collapsed on the couch.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this has come to this, why don't you come down?" Liu Zhang's eyes were dilated, and he asked the civil and military people in front of him. Cao Jun saw that his troops were about to come to the city of Chengdu, but at this time, Liu Zhang lost the courage to fight.

"Lord, there are 2,500 soldiers in Chengdu City, and they still have the strength to fight, why do you surrender easily?" Strategist Huang Quan said to Liu Zhang.

"There are soldiers who defend the city, but there are no generals who defend the city, how can they fight?" Liu Zhang had no confidence in the upcoming war.

"My lord, if General Zhang Ren can return to help quickly, the enemy army can be broken." The Strategist King said progressively.

"Outside the Sword Pavilion Pass, there are also enemy troops, what is the use of Zhang Ren returning to help and the Sword Pavilion Pass being lost?" Liu Zhang is obviously extremely 'chaotic', there are many defenders in the Sword Pavilion, as long as Zhang Ren is sent back thousands of soldiers and horses, Chengdu can be kept safe, and the Cao army outside the Sword Pavilion is still unable to advance an inch. But Liu Zhang couldn't think of such a simple truth, even if Wang Lei explained the key to him, he just didn't follow it.

"My lord, there is still a place to ask for help." Just when everyone was helpless about Liu Zhang's attitude, the strategist Pang Xi said.

"Where?" Liu Zhang asked weakly, obviously not expecting much from Pang Xi's proposal.

"Ba Jun is too strict and military, although he is getting old, he is also brave. In addition, there are still 5,000 garrisons in Ba County, so General Yan Lao can leave 1,000 people to garrison, and he will lead the remaining 4,000 people back to Chengdu, so that Chengdu City can be defended. Pang Xi said firmly.