Sanma Mountain stretches northward, and the further north it goes, the steeper it becomes. But there were almost no Shu soldiers stationed here, and only the wandering scouts were seen running away. Shi Yanchao led the horse and led a group of people and horses along several roads to climb the ridge, and he suddenly let out a long breath. Shi Yanchao's body is very tall and burly, and it is rare to see anyone bigger than him; However, it is also very difficult to climb the mountain on foot with heavy body weight and heavy armor. The sweat on his body soaked his lining, and he felt like the top of his head was smoking. The armor that Brother Shao made out is sturdy, but there are many unpleasant points, such as the helmet is completely impermeable.

The soldiers led their horses and climbed up the hillside, but not all of them came up. Shi Yanchao could only stand and wait for a while, and he was attracted by the situation in Kuizhou at first glance.

Kuizhou seems to be at his feet, this important town, Shi Yanchao is already looking forward to leading his troops to capture it alone!

Looking at a city from a high place is completely different from standing outside the city gate and looking up at the towering city. At this time, Kuizhou seems to be just a field, and the neighborhoods inside are divided into patches of land, flat and low.

Shi Yanchao glanced sideways slightly, and had already seen a large area of the Shu army on the southern hillside rout, and the defeat was like a mountain, surging westward like a crowd. Shi Yanchao looked disdainful and snorted coldly: "Vulnerable!" ”

A group of generals came to his side, following the scene to the left and right.

Shi Yanchao looked up at the sky, and the sky was clear, so Kuizhou in the distance was clear at a glance. He bent down, grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, rubbed the sweat off his palms in the palm of his big hand, took out an iron gun from his horse, and pointed to Kuizhou: "Follow me to level this city!" ”

He then led the army down the mountain, and a large group of heavy horsemen and light horsemen assembled in the bushes below the mountain. At this time, he saw that the defeated soldiers of the Shu army had rushed to the city gate, Shi Yanchao felt that it was time to get on it, so he turned over and got on his horse, and ordered the whole army to go out.

Large horsemen rushed out of the bushes, and horses were jogging merrily. The wind is whistling in his ears, and the target is ahead, and whenever this happens, Shi Yanchao is inexplicably excited.

…… But at this time, Wang Zhaoyuan led the rout army to the city, and the city gate was closed. Countless men and horses crowded outside the moat, shouting and shouting to open the door. Wang Zhaoyuan rode a horse and shouted outside the door: "Gao Yanyan! Gao Yanyan! ”

At this moment, a big man on the city tower stood by the female wall and said loudly: "Wang Jianjun will go first, wait at Nai He Bridge for a while, and we will talk about it when the general arrives." There's nothing to say now, you look back! ”

Wang Zhaoyuan had long known that the Zhou army was chasing after him, and when he looked back, he saw a wave of Zhou army horsemen rushing like wolves and tigers. Wang Zhaoyuan became more and more anxious: "Open the door quickly, I will defend the city with Gao Jieshuai." ”

The cavalry of the Zhou army immediately killed Wang Zhaoyuan's defeated army, and countless men and horses were driven over, and the city gate became more and more crowded. Wang Zhaoyuan's eyes widened, and his tone was almost sad: "Gao Jieshuai, for the sake of you and I are both ministers of Dashu, today you saved my life, Wang is unforgettable!" ”

"Jiangling Mansion (Jingnan) was taken advantage of the opportunity to open the city, and I am opening the city now, and the result is obvious." Gao Yanyan shouted, "No one can save you, and Kuizhou can't hold it!" Wang Jianjun, if you still remember the emperor's kindness, and a little blood, the last battle under the city! ”

"The surname is high, you are ruthless enough...... Exercise! Wang Zhaoyuan was scolding, an arrow flew over his head, he looked up, and saw Gao Yanyu with a bow and arrow. There was nothing to say at the moment, so hurry up and pat the horse away from the city wall.

…… Shi Yan shouted loudly to catch up with the fleeing Shu soldiers, and the prepared iron spear slammed forward with the speed of the war horse, and suddenly passed through the back of a soldier, straight through the vest. He took an iron spear from his back again and chased after him, but there was no joy in breaking the formation, because there were all the routs who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor, so that he felt that it was a waste of weapons to chase and kill this group of people.

A group of people waved their flags in the distance, and one of them shouted: "Brave Great Zhou warriors, our army's chief general Wang Zhaoyuan admits defeat and wants to surrender to your army, please show mercy to the Great Zhou warriors......"

At this moment, a herald on horseback came, carrying three small red flags on his back, and the herald shouted: "General Guo of the Chinese army has ordered that those who surrender in the Shu army will not be killed, and it is strictly forbidden to kill prisoners!" ”

When the surrounding Shu soldiers heard the shouts of the heralds, they knelt down and surrendered, and their weapons were suddenly thrown to the ground. Shi Yanchao rushed to the city with a group of horsemen, and arrows rained down on the wall. He walked around the city gates, and saw the drawbridge hoisted and the city gates closed. The iron horse returned fire with a bow and arrow by the moat, but he could not advance an inch with momentum, and the horses were constantly shot to death, Shi Yanchao turned around and shouted: "Go!" ”

Shi Yanchao turned his head to look at the city wall, only to feel very unhappy, as if he had punched the wall. The flat and fragile city seen on the mountain, as if it could be trampled into slag by iron hooves at any time, has become an impassable iron wall.

"There are no siege equipment, only wait for the army to arrive under the city, and think long-term!" Shi Yanchao's subordinates persuaded.

After a while, I saw Yang Biao, who was covered in blood, riding a horse and rushing to the city with a team of horsemen. That Yang Biao had a fierce horse face, covered in blood at this time, and he was even more fierce and vicious like a killing star; Not to mention that even the soldiers on both sides were afraid of the soldiers who were begging for mercy, and even Zhou Jun's own people were afraid when they saw him.

Yang Biao glanced up at the city wall, then turned his head to look directly at Shi Yanchao, and snorted coldly.

Shi Yanchao said angrily: "Guo Du's clever plan, I just acted on orders." If the guards don't open the gates, I have a way! ”

As he was talking, Guo Shao probably saw that the battle in front was over, so he ran over on horseback with his own soldiers. Guo Shao came over and asked, "What about Wang Zhaoyuan?" ”

Shi Yanchao's subordinates remembered that someone had just said that they wanted to surrender, and went to the surrender army to find the chief general of the Shu army. Guo Shao saw that the two generals were raising their eyebrows there, so he said: "Take someone to drive the troops out and guard them, what are you doing standing?" It doesn't matter if you don't take Kuizhou for the time being, the main force of Kuizhou has been defeated, and there are at most a few thousand people left to defend the city, and they can't hold it. ”

……

There are only 3,000 troops left in Kuizhou, and the circumference of the city wall is ten miles, and it is not enough for only one person to stand on the city wall to defend the city. As long as the Zhou army built siege equipment and surrounded the attack on all sides, it could not hold it; No matter how strong the city is, it must be defended by soldiers.

Originally, after the defeat of the Kuizhou stronghold in Wuxia and the defeat of the water battle, there were still more than 20,000 troops, and Shu did not pay attention to this fortress...... But today, Wang Zhaoyuan put the main force outside the city, and it didn't even take half a day to lose it. There's no way around it now.

Gao Yanyu left the city and sighed: "I can't hold Qinchuan, and now I have lost the eastern gateway of Shu, even if the monarch doesn't kill me, what face do I have to see the Shu people?" ”

In the battle of Qinfeng that year, Zhao Jizha, who was in charge of the Shu army in Qinfeng and Qinfeng, fled back to Chengdu in embarrassment, causing the Shu army to be a mess of the war situation. Gao Yanyu was ordered to lead reinforcements from Chengdu to help, but seeing a mess ahead and knowing that there was no cure, he led the army to retreat to Qingniling. That's why he said that he couldn't defend the land in Qinchuan.

At this time, he saw that the general situation was gone, so he drew his sword and wanted to kill himself. The general was shocked and hurriedly hugged and saved.

The general persuaded: "Wang Zhaoyuan is to blame for this battle, he is a close confidant of His Majesty, and he holds the power of the king's order, he is responsible for the crime, why should the general take the blame for him and seek death?" Everyone gossiped, "General Gao has long advised him not to go out of the city, but he didn't listen, and now he has damaged the generals and dragged down our ......."

Gao Yanyan shook his head and said, "What's the use of talking about this now?" Without soldiers, Kuizhou will be lost. Kuizhou is lost, the east door of Shu is wide open, who will bear this heavy responsibility, who can afford it? I'm not Wang Zhaoyuan, I still have the face to live after losing such an important place. ”

The generals were silent, and some people lamented: "General Gao is a hero, and he died so aggrieved, we also feel sorry for you...... It's better to open the city for a decisive battle, and everyone will follow General Gao to go through the soup fire! ”

"It's useless, Wang Zhaoyuan can't stop so many people for half a day, let's just send this little bit of people to death." Gao Yanyu said, "It's a big deal, why don't you take my head and send it to the Zhou military camp to find a way to live." ”

Gao Yanyan smiled bitterly: "Anyway, I can't survive, Li Jingwei of Jingnan is the general of Nanping who wrote to us for help last time." He was because he resisted the Zhou army, and as soon as the Jiangling Mansion was broken, he was immediately killed to set an example. You live well, and you don't have to die without profit; I'll go first, and I'd rather die at the hands of my brothers than be humiliated by the enemy. ”

The people around him were all sad when they heard it.

Suddenly, a staff member said: "It's not useless, the Zhou army entered Shu, and all the way to surrender and rebel, the Shu people made everyone in the world laugh!" Today, I am willing to follow General Gao and fight to the death in Kaicheng to show the courage of my Shu people! He muttered again: "The general trend of Shu has gone, we are going to die, and the people still have to live." If we don't resist at all, it may make the Zhou court feel that the Shu people are easy to bully, and they can be bullied wantonly in the future! Ladies and gentlemen, I have waited for many years to eat the fat of the people, raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, and the time has come to repay the country with death! ”

After hearing this, everyone echoed one after another, and someone said loudly: "Our Shu army has not known the beacon smoke for many years, and some people's armor is rusty, and the combat power is not good, but the integrity is still there!" Hugh is going to be looked down upon by the people of the world, brothers! ”

"Rise up! Rise up ......," the countless soldiers around shouted in agreement.

Gao Yanyan was moved, clutched the hilt of his sword and laughed: "I have been waiting for this day since I was in the army, the horse leather shroud died on the battlefield, and today I can finally get my wish." ”

The staff member who spoke just now said: "I have no power to restrain the chicken, only a pen, and I am willing to write a war letter to the Zhou army for General Gao." In the next with the war book to the Zhou army camp to declare war, first on the soup wok. ”

Gao Yanyu immediately decided: "Order the city guards to go to the Chinese army to discuss matters, gather people and horses in the afternoon, go out of the city from the east gate, and fight to the death with the Zhou army!" ”

"Order!" The generals hugged their fists.

The staff immediately waved their pen on the official case in the city tower, and a passionate article was written from the pen.