Chapter 398: Soldiers Coming to Chengdu (Part II)
Yan Yan?
Of course, this is a very familiar name for Liu Zhang, Yan Yan is a famous general in Yizhou, and he is the oldest general in Yizhou, long before Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan entered Shu, Yan Yan has been serving as a guard in Shu for many years. After Liu Yan became the pastor of Yizhou, he wanted to win over the local forces in Yizhou, and he did not dare to slack off on this general. Ba County is located in the southeast of Yizhou, adjacent to Jingzhou, is an important barrier on the southeast side of Yizhou, if Ba County is lost, the enemy can go up from the Tuojiang River to 'force' Chengdu. Yan Yan's appointment as the Taishou of Bajun shows his high status and ability.
Hearing Pang Xi's proposal to let Yan Yan lead reinforcements forward, Liu Zhang's panicked and chaotic look receded slightly. Yan Yan is the first veteran in Yizhou, and Liu Zhang's trust in Yan Yan is better than his trust in Zhang Ren.
However, Liu Zhang was never able to make up his mind to resist Cao's army.
"Lord, let General Yan lead the troops forward, and he will definitely be able to repel the Cao army." Seeing that Liu Zhang was still hesitating, Huang Quan gritted his teeth and said, "If General Yan is defeated by Cao's army, it will not be too late for the lord to surrender again." The lord is the pastor of Yizhou, and he is also a member of the Han family, as long as he is willing to surrender, no matter the time is sooner or later, Cao 'Cao' will be treated well. ”
The second half of the sentence is just what Huang Quan said in order to appease Liu Zhang, with Huang Quan's loyalty, he would naturally rather be a 'jade' than a complete tile, and would never want Yizhou to fall under Cao's 'Cao's rule. And in Huang Quan's view, as long as Yan Yan rushed to Chengdu with reinforcements, Cao Jun would have no reason to win. Moreover, Yan Yan is not a person like Leng Bao, and he will never make a superficial and fatal mistake such as underestimating the enemy when the two armies are 'engaged'.
"Then, then let's do it, quickly pass on the old General Yan to rescue Chengdu." Liu Zhang finally gave instructions, although his tone was not firm.
Just as Liu Zhang's order to transfer Yan Yan to Chengdu was issued, Gao Shun's letter of persuasion to surrender was immediately sent to Huang Quan's study.
After Li Yan surrendered to Cao, Huang Quan had already expected that Li Yan was very likely to 'handover' everything in Chengdu to Cao Jun, and maybe he would tell the other party that Liu Zhang had already wavered between the battle and surrender, and then the commander of Cao Jun knew that Liu Zhang's 'sex' personality was weak, and it was very likely that he would send a letter to persuade him to surrender.
Therefore, Huang Quan has already 'handed over' Liu Zhang's close 'attendant', and if there is a letter sent from Cao Ying, he must directly 'hand' Huang Quan to him, and he must not give Liu Zhang a look.
Huang Quan has a lot of prestige in Yizhou, and the close 'attendants' in Liu Zhang's mansion are all selected by Huang Quan, which can be regarded as having a relationship with Huang Quan, so those close 'attendants' did not disobey his orders.
Although Huang Quan himself knows that such behavior is taboo for people, Huang Quan knows better how cowardly Liu Zhang's 'sex' is. Today, he finally said that the other party had the idea of canceling the surrender, but if he saw any words to persuade him to surrender, maybe Liu Zhang would change his mind the next moment and surrender again.
Huang Quan will never allow this kind of thing to happen. Therefore, all letters sent from Cao Ying, no matter what the content is, must be intercepted and not let Liu Zhang know the slightest.
Huang Quan has made up his mind, and after this battle, he will go to Liu Zhang to ask for guilt, and no matter what kind of punishment he encounters, even if he is dismissed from office, he will have no objection.
Looking at the letter of persuasion in his hand, which was half persuasive and half intimidating, Huang Quan sneered slightly. Although he has no intention of letting Yizhou surrender Cao, he might as well make a false deal with the other party. After all, what Yizhou lacks most now is time, Cao Jun has overcome Mianzhu and will be able to arrive in Chengdu in a few days, while Yan Yan is far away in Ba County, even if he returns to help at full speed, it will take a few days to 'spend'. It would be great if Cao Ying's letter of persuasion could be used to buy a few days.
As a result, Huang Quan sent an envoy to Cao Ying to discuss the "surrender", but the envoy repeatedly argued on some trivial conditions, so that Cao's army could not reach the final surrender decision of Yizhou for a long time.
Although Gao Shun was impatient, an envoy had been sent to Chengdu to discuss the subduation, and Cao Jun was naturally embarrassed to launch an attack on Chengdu. At first, Gao Shun thought that this was a delaying tactic from Chengdu to wait for the army of Jiange Pass to come back. Therefore, Gao Shun sent scouts early to go deep into the Sword Pavilion Pass to investigate, once the army there moved, he didn't care about 3721, and attacked Chengdu first.
However, there has been no movement in the Sword Pavilion Pass, so Gao Shun also thought that he was too careful, maybe Chengdu really just wanted to get some more benefits after surrendering.
On the third day after conquering Mianzhu, a piece of news made Gao Shun almost go crazy---- Bajun Taishou Yan Yan led an army of 4,000 and entered Chengdu.
Gao Shuncai realized that he had made a big mistake, he kept his eyes on the direction of Sword Pavilion Pass, but completely ignored the possibility of sending reinforcements from other places.
For Yan Yan, how could Gao Shun not be impressed, that is a famous general who can be compared with Zhang Ren and Li Yan! Not to mention, he also brought 4,000 men into the city of Chengdu, bringing the number of troops in the city to 6,500!
On his side, with only more than 3,000 soldiers, how could he capture the city of Chengdu, where the defenders were twice as large as their own?