Liu Cong is 40,000 people, yes, but you can't attack the city at the same time with 40,000 people, and you can't stand still. Moreover, in the era of cold weapons, it was mainly by breaking through the city gates, otherwise how could tens of thousands of troops enter the city? Zhang Ren was able to confront Liu Cong with more than 10,000 people, relying on the topography of Luocheng. If Liu Cong's army was surrounded on all sides, the city would have been in chaos at this moment.

Now both the people and the defenders are not in chaos, because there are still two gates in the southeast and southeast to escape. If Zhang Ren guards four gates, then each gate will only have 4,000 people. Because you don't know where the enemy is attacking? Only when the fight is made, and in fact, Liu Cong can only focus on one subject at the moment, so Zhang Ren is also going all out.

However, if the catapult smashed through the eastern city wall, or the northwest tunnel was dug through, then Zhang Ren would definitely be defeated. Facing enemies on all sides, let's not talk about the morale and morale of the army. At least the advantage of defending the city is completely lost. Fight the enemy one-on-one. The enemy's numerical superiority will encircle and kill your own army in an instant.

Liu Cong listened to the Fa Zheng's strategy, and while raising the catapult, he was digging a tunnel. Liu Cong is also true and false, and false is true. Make a show to Zhang Ren, if Zhang Ren is in charge, he must disperse his troops and disperse his energy. If you don't care, then fake the show and do it, just blast open the city wall, or enter through the tunnel.

Therefore, no matter how Zhang Ren answers, it will definitely disperse the garrison strength of the north gate of the city. This is also a way to relieve pressure for Liu Cong, who is storming the north gate.

The division of troops is not a problem for Liu Cong, he has 40,000 people, and he can't attack at the same time anyway. But for Zhang Ren, he has a fatal weakness. How many troops is appropriate for each division? There must be an archer next to the tunnel. And the catapult is even more distant in the mountains.

Zhang Ren first sent 1,000 troops from all over the place, so that they could keep an eye on the dynamics of the enemy army at any time. Then another thousand men were added to the northwestern wall, for the enemy army numbered nearly three thousand.

Liu Cong's onslaught still hasn't stopped, but Zhang Ren is glad that he can still support it. This is also thanks to Zhang Ren's commanding ability.

Just when Zhang Ren wanted to take a breath, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "General, the enemy army has been killed in Taishou Mansion." The people of the city have blocked the way to the east and south. General Deng Xian can't enter the city! ”

"Oh......" Zhang Ren sent Liu Xun away before, just because Liu Xun was timid and afraid, but there were still 2,000 soldiers under him, and Deng Xian had already been transferred back to the city quickly. Then Wei Yan should go. I didn't expect this plague god to rely on it, and he still made trouble everywhere.

If you think about it, you can't blame others, Wei Yan entered the city to create confusion.

After Liu Xun was killed and retreated by him, there was no defender in the city to deal with him. Wei Yan and his subordinates were like a pack of wolves that had entered the sheep village. Although they did not implement the three-light policy. But the people of the city could not withstand the fright, and fled with their families. When there are more people fleeing, the way is blocked. Deng Xian was also blocked outside the east gate.

And Wei Yan in the city was looking for grain depots, vaults, and equipment depots everywhere. searched and searched, so I asked someone to inquire about the location of the Taishou Mansion.

Wei Yan knew that the more Zhang Ren ignored him, the more fierce the battle outside the city became, the more he wanted to make the movement bigger and mess up the city. The quickest way to come is to occupy the Taishou Mansion and order the whole city, so that there will be chaos in the dispatch of the city.

Those wealthy families in the city originally expected Zhang Ren to be able to hold it, but now that the Taishou Mansion was lost, it was rumored that they could no longer sit still. Some timid people dragged their families to the east gate and south gate, preparing to flee to Chengdu. There are also some bold people who have heard of Liu Cong's deeds, but they close their doors and sit and wait for the accident to pass. In their opinion, whoever rules Yizhou is the same, and keeping the family's property is the first priority.

Just as Zhang Ren hesitated, the cries of the people in the city alarmed the soldiers defending the city, and they all looked at the chaotic scene in the city in surprise. Zhang Ren's personal soldiers persuaded: "General, now that Yucheng is afraid that he can't stand it, it's better to retreat early!" ”

"Nonsense! Ben will be with the city! If there is any more nonsense, it will not be forgiven! Zhang Ren knew that if the city was lost, Chengdu would be in danger. Although he has always opposed Liu Zhang's welcome of Liu Cong into Shu, now that he is the defender of Luocheng, Liu Zhang trusts him, and he can't give up easily.

"General, in the western section of the city wall, an enemy has entered the city!"

"General, there is a gap in the eastern city wall, and the enemy army plans to enter the city, please send more people."

"General, the enemy crossed the river and marched towards the west gate, and there were thousands of ......"

"General, the wealthy people in the city ask to see ......"

"General, Deng Xian and General Wei Yan are facing each other, and there is no ...... between victory and defeat."

Among the many news, this Deng Xian's blocking of Wei Yan is the only good news!

"Someone, pass on my general's order, and quickly send a thousand people to support General Deng Xian!" Zhang Ren completely ignored the fact that there were less than 10,000 soldiers guarding the city wall near the north gate. Of course, he is a general, and now he still has to drive Wei Yan out first.

But after the transfer of these thousand people, the defenders will be stretched thin if they have to divide their troops. Liu Cong's army of 40,000 was scattered in all directions, but there were still 30,000 people who attacked. Although the besieging side suffered large losses. Count it on a two-to-one casualty basis.

Thirty thousand people lost four thousand, and there were twenty-six left, but if ten thousand lost two thousand, only eight thousand remained.

According to a mathematical company, if it continues to fight like this, once it is less than 5,000 people, the northern wall of the city will not be able to block the siege troops on the whole line. As long as there is a breakthrough, tens of thousands of people outside the city will enter the city along that point, and then the attacking and defending sides will become a melee in the city, and Zhang Ren will have no chance of winning; But he was really unwilling!

Zhang Ren firmly believed that as long as he survived the first day, some soldiers could still be recruited in the city, and reinforcements from Chengdu should arrive soon. So at this time, Zhang Ren no longer had the demeanor of a general at all, but was full of armor, and regarded himself as a city defender.

"General Deng Xian recaptured the Taishou Mansion ......"

"The road in the south of the city is smooth, and a large number of people are pouring out of the city to ......"

"General Deng Xian is pursuing the enemy general Wei Yan......"

This series of good news made Zhang Ren believe that persistence is victory! The defenders on the city walls were also demoralized. The chaos in the city was what they feared the most, as most of the defenders were locals, and the city was more or less related to each other. If the enemy continues to set fire to the city and cause chaos, they will still have the heart to continue to resist.

"Report ...... Report to the general, Xiongguan fell. The East Gate is in a hurry! ”

"What? How can it be? Isn't there still a thousand defenders in Xiongguan? Besides, I didn't see when Liu Cong would send troops? ”

"Report to the general, it was the enemy who pretended to be reinforcements to deceive the soldiers of Xiongguan, and after entering the pass, he killed directly to the east gate!"

Enemy? Pretend? Zhang Ren muttered to himself, is this the heavens going to kill me? This west gate entered Wei Yan, and before he ran away, the east gate came again? The east city wall was already subjected to the constant bombardment of two catapults, and Liao Hua led more than 1,000 people to watch there, and now if the east gate is broken, the troops of the two gates will meet, and then echo Wei Yanyao.

What is this Ren still guarding on the city wall?

"Speed up the mobilization of 3,000 men and horses to increase the East Gate!"

"General?" As soon as the soldiers heard that they were going to transfer 3,000, they immediately became anxious, there are still tens of thousands of enemies at the north gate, do they really have to rely on 5,000 people to guard the north gate?

But Zhang Ren had no other way but to think about the east gate that was about to break, and had to repel the enemy troops at the east gate, drive them up the mountain, and then order the defenders of Xiongguan to return to defense. There is also the need to wait for Deng Xian to drive away Wei Yan and then come to support the North Gate.

Zhang Ren's consideration is quite sound and thoughtful.

But it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen.

When Deng Xian led his subordinates back to the city, the city gate was blocked, and in the end, he forcibly let the soldiers open the way, and then closed the east gate and strictly forbade it to open, and most of the people who wanted to flee went to the south gate.

Before the three thousand men and horses met Wei Yan, Wei Yan felt a huge pressure. Although Deng Xian had a deep hatred with him, he still chose to evacuate as soon as possible. Deng Xian chased all the way to Xicheng, and when he saw Wei Yan and others retreating towards the city gate, he organized people to put out the fire first. The fire in the granary has not been extinguished, and the thick smoke has become the symbol of the city.

"General Deng, the East Gate crisis, please send reinforcements quickly!" The herald came from the east gate, and the defenders of the east gate knew that the only thing left in the city that could be freely dispatched was the 3,000 men and horses. So he sent people to chase him all the way for help.

Deng Xian was also scared into a cold sweat when he heard it, the East Gate crisis? Could it be that the enemy army broke through the Xiongguan Pass and entered the city? It's only been less than half an hour since I left?

At that moment, Deng Xian reorganized his people and walked towards the West Gate, he wanted to ensure the safety of the West Gate, and then go to save the East Gate.

At the west gate, Wei Yan really didn't leave, but most of the soldiers had already withdrawn outside the city, and there were hundreds of archers standing on the city wall. Wei Yan led people to block the city gate. This Wei Yan is also proficient, and he can't afford to provoke Deng Xian's 3,000 people. But the west gate is too hard to open, and I don't want to go out easily, and once the gate is closed, it will be difficult to enter again.

Previously, he heard from the sentry that Deng Xian led people everywhere to fight fires, but Wei Yan refused to leave. This Deng Xian is destroying his own exploits!

"General Deng, why didn't you fight the fire at the grain depot and ran to the city gate?"

"Wei Yan Pifu, leave quickly, spare your dog's life!"

"Haha...... Want to scare me? Win the spear in my hand. "The West City Gate was originally small, and Wei Yan wanted to repeat his old tricks, so he wanted to deal with Zhang Ren at the beginning, and bring a few personal soldiers to block it. No matter how many people Deng Xian has, he can't get by.

Seeing this, Deng Xian was also anxious, and said later: "Quickly occupy the city wall!" After speaking, he slapped the horse and killed Wei Yan.

Of the more than 3,000 people, 2,000 people ran towards the city wall, and the rest followed Deng Xian to the city gate.

The archers on the city walls whizzed like springs with their bows and arrows. After each person flashes their arrows, they quickly evacuate along the ladder.

More than 2,000 people braved the rain of arrows to climb the wall, killing and wounding hundreds, and when they reached the wall, they found that the enemy had already retreated to a distance of 100 paces and was not within the range of the archers. And there are still a few cavalry and dozens of Jingzhou soldiers at the gate of the city.

The three thousand people were really staring at each other, and they could only wait for Deng Xian to repel Wei Yan before they could continue the pursuit.