Chapter 299: Capture of Chengdu
"Quick, go and close the city gates!" Liu Xun and Deng Xian couldn't stop it, Wu Yi didn't want it, and Liu Cong's army rushed in.
But the small city gate, with thousands of people, is so easy to close. The people who didn't have time to go out blocked the gates of the city. And Liu Cong, who was outside the city, was also in a hurry to enter the city, although he had no choice but to set this fire.
But if this fire is allowed to burn, this quarter of Chengdu City will only be reduced to ashes. Liu Cong's plan was to disrupt the Huang Quan defenders by fire, and then he led the main force to avoid the most heavily defended east gate, and rushed directly into the city from the south gate. Seeing that the city gate was actually open and someone came out, Liu Cong's eyes lit up: "Quick!" Rush in! ”
"Rush!"
"It's Childe!" Some Yizhou veterans immediately recognized Liu Xun and Deng Xian and others. Seeing that the two of them were chased by the soldiers guarding the city with dozens of family members, they hurriedly stepped forward to support and blocked Liu Xun and Deng Xian behind them.
The defenders who followed out saw Liu Cong's army rushing towards the city gate, and immediately turned back to the city, wanting to close the city gate. But the people of the city followed like a flood, and they couldn't stop it! The defenders on the city walls only dared to shoot arrows at the enemy troops outside the city, but they were reluctant to shoot arrows at the people. Thousands of people poured out of the city gates. This made Liu Cong also stunned, and at first thought that the enemy was using the people as a shield.
When he saw Liu Xun, Deng Xian and others being helped to him, Liu Cong comforted the two: "Brother Ji Yu is resting in the East Gate camp, you two go over there to find him." ”
"No, General Zhengnan, please allow Xun to fight side by side with you, I want to slash Huang Quan's traitor and rescue my mother, wife and children!"
"This ......" Liu Cong was originally worried that Liu Xun would incite the old generals of Yizhou, but he didn't expect that he also hated Huang Quan. He didn't know that Liu Xun and Deng Xian were hiding in Chengdu these days, so it was not hard! He used to be the dignified prince of Yizhou, where did he suffer such grievances. That day, he saw Huang Quan's men kidnapping his family, but he didn't dare to stand up and save them.
So once he got out, he asked Liu Cong to let him join the war, seeing that Liu Xun's attitude was very sincere, Liu Cong just smiled, then you please!
I saw Liu Xun suddenly turn around and take a few steps towards the city wall. snatched a torch from the sergeant's hand, held it in his hand and waved it desperately: "Listen to the soldiers in the city, this son Liu Xun......
In order to prevent the people of Chengdu from being devastated by the war, my father had already returned to the general of the Southern Army. General Zhengnan is the younger brother of His Majesty today, the pillar of the Han court, and it is only natural that he is ordered to govern Yizhou! The traitor Huang Quan tried in vain to use the people of Chengdu as a threat to resist the army of the general Zhengnan. Now that there is a fire in the city, why don't you quickly put down your weapons and go back to the city to put out the fire?
Can you just stand up to tens of thousands of people? Do you see Chengdu turn into a sea of fire, and you are still obsessed with Huang Quan's funeral? ”
Hearing Liu Xun say this, Liu Cong was stunned at first, is this still the timid Liu Xun? Could it be that in a few days, a son of a gentleman family can change so much?
Of course, Liu Cong was more grateful to Liu Xun, he did not cause chaos for himself, but helped in the war.
Don't look at Liu Xun as just an outdated son, but most of the soldiers on this city wall are Chengdu soldiers, and Liu Xun's words can directly represent Liu Zhang's attitude. Liu Xun's escape from the city also directly proved that Huang Quan lied, Liu Zhang was not detained by Liu Cong, but really surrendered, since this is the case, what else is there to fight? Some soldiers who did not take a firm stance quickly ran out of ideas.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, cheer me up, the people below have blocked the city gate!" Wu Yi saw that Liu Xun's words were extremely inflammatory, and hurriedly came out to stop it.
"Wu Yi, you...... What benefits did Huang Quan give you, you want to drag hundreds of thousands of Chengdu people to accompany you to the funeral? ”
"Childe, now you and I are our own masters, you better go farther, otherwise the bow and arrow will not recognize people!"
"Wu Yi, right, I will see that you are also a rare talent, you look around, do you think Huang Quan still has a chance tonight? Why didn't you listen to what Liu Xun said? Opening the door early can also reduce the losses of some people in the city! Liu Cong saw that Liu Xun's words could not impress Wu Yi, so he stepped forward to be a lobbyist.
"Hugh wants to say more, I, Wu Yi, vow to fight you to the death!" Wu Yi didn't think about the way back, a raging fire was burning inside the city gate, and Liu Cong personally led tens of thousands of people outside the city to attack the city, unless Huang Quan reinforces as soon as possible, otherwise it would be difficult for him to survive until dawn tonight.
"Confused, it doesn't matter if you die. If you can't capture your south gate after half an hour, Ben will put all 10,000 Kong Ming lanterns into the city and let Chengdu turn to ashes! Look at it, don't think I'm not prepared enough, I'm afraid it's enough to burn two Chengdu! Liu Cong said and pointed not far behind him.
In fact, without Liu Cong's guidance, Wu Yi can really see it from a high place, and there are indeed many fires that have been lit and are waiting to be released......
"General Wu, don't be obsessed anymore!" When Deng Xian heard that Liu Cong was about to make a ruthless move, he was also trembling with fright, he was so clever that he almost urinated, but he soon pinned his hopes on Wu Yi.
"Yes, the lives of tens of thousands of people are in your hands......" Liu Xun continued to help.
“……”
"Ben will promise you, as long as you open the city gate, Ben will enter the city, and immediately arrange someone to put out the fire!" Liu Cong saw that Wu Yi was frightened by a few people, so he took the hot iron to strike! ”
"General......
"General......
After listening to Liu Cong's words, more soldiers defending the city were shaken, and now the fire in the city, if it is not extinguished in time, the consequences are really unimaginable, even if Liu Cong does not continue to put the lights in, they are afraid that the three or four thousand people will soon disperse, one-third will fight the fire, one-third will flee for their lives, and the rest may die on this city wall, so many people will look at Wu Yi eagerly, hoping that he will make up his mind as soon as possible.
"General, I'll go first, my house is about to burn......" Before the words fell, he turned his head and was afraid......
"General, open the door......"
"General!"
"General, open the door, our wife and children are still in the city!" I don't know when, hundreds of people who had barely rushed out of the city gate gradually returned to the south gate of Chengdu, kneeling on the ground and pleading with Wu Yi.
"General Wu, please......"
The people who did not escape from the city also knelt on the ground, stop fighting and put out the fire......"
"General Kaig, let's put out the fire......"
Wu Yi was completely distracted by the situation inside and outside the city, and the rest of the soldiers lost their fighting spirit, and knelt on the ground with the people: "General, put out the fire!" ”
"General, let's fire!"
"General, open the door!"
“……”
"Hey......" Wu Yi stomped his feet angrily and said to the people beside him: "Open the door!" General Liu, this general is going to put out the fire, please do it! With that, he walked straight down the city wall and walked towards the fire in the city.
"Stop putting Kong Ming lanterns now!" Liu Cong saw that Wu Yi finally agreed to open the door, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon the south gate of Chengdu was opened, and most of the soldiers defending the city followed Wu Yi to fight the fire. Liu Cong's army then occupied the city wall and the south gate.
"Liao Hua, you quickly go and inform Zilong, and use all the men and horses in the camp to assist General Huang Lao to attack the east gate! General Deng Xian, please assist Kong Ming in maintaining law and order in the city and carrying out firefighting! ”
"Deng Xian listens to the general!" The first thing he did after seeing Liu Cong enter the city was to arrange for rescue, and Deng Xian had already abandoned his concept of identity and promised Liu Cong.
"Liu Xun, aren't you looking for Huang Quan? Take your people to lead the way in front, let's go to the east gate, and we will capture Huang Quan alive tonight! ”
"Thank you, General!" Liu Xun didn't know why, it was clear that Liu Cong was an enemy and a person who robbed his father's inheritance. At this moment, he blurted out and said thank you. It seems to be a very casual thank you, but for those panicked Chengdu people and those Yizhou veterans who have surrendered, it is a reassuring pill.
There should be no more strife now!
At that moment, Liu Cong asked Zhuge Liang to leave 5,000 people to guard the city gate, and he was not allowed to let go of any people and soldiers. He led 5,000 people to the east gate, and the rest were all arranged to fight the fire. After all, this fire was set by himself, and if it really caused a major disaster, Liu Cong would inevitably be resented by the people of Chengdu.
The news of the surrender of the South Gate soon spread to the other three gates, and the defenders of the West Gate did not hesitate to open the city to accept the enemy. Only Wu Ban at the North Gate and Huang Quan at the East Gate are still resisting!
However, what was waiting for him was the repeated attacks of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun and others, and half an hour later, Liu Cong led people to the east gate, and attacked inside and out, and the timid soldiers immediately panicked. Their advantage is the city wall, and now the south gate is lost, and the condition of the other two gates is unknown.
The enemy army appeared behind him again, how can this battle be fought?
"Huang Quan, don't do any more useless resistance, the other three gates have surrendered, you and your subordinates are already rootless duckweed, the city wall can't save you, if you don't surrender now, after tomorrow morning, you and your subordinates will all die under the city wall!"
Liu Cong has enough self-confidence at this time, as long as his army enters the city, even if Huang Quan has three heads and six arms, without a supplementary line, how can the battle be fought? I can't even eat, and my family members have all fallen into the hands of the enemy, is there still morale for such a unit that has been attacked from inside and outside?
Soon, those soldiers who were far away from Huang Quan laid down their weapons and walked down the city wall to accept Liu Cong's persuasion to surrender.
One, two...... One hundred, two hundred.
"Don't be stunned, let's go put out the fire first! There are those who are willing to continue to join the army on the afternoon of tomorrow to gather at the school field! Faced with more and more surrendering enemy troops, Liu Cong said something they did not expect.
Someone immediately reacted, yes, it's time to put out the fire, and now that General Liu doesn't pursue us, he doesn't go to fight the fire, is he waiting for the bonus? Someone led the team, and immediately all the troops ran towards the place where the fire started.
"You won, this time is not to think about killing everything, but to put out fires. I admit that just your words are enough to break the morale of my entire army! ”