Chapter 276: Besiege but Not Attack

The city wall changed hands, and the battle of Ruoxian County could basically be declared over.

Liu Bei climbed the city wall accompanied by Liu Yi, Yang Ren, Huo Jun and others, and as far as the eye could see, there were all the corpses of the two armies, some of the blood and water had begun to solidify, and the fighting in the city continued.

Even though he has experienced a lot of wars, it is the first time he has participated in such a real hard battle, looking at the hellish scene of Shura, Liu Yi only felt a little suffocated panic in his heart.

"The whole city is under martial law, and a notice of peace is posted, and the Shu army in the city will not surrender...... Kill those who try to resist and take advantage of the chaos...... Kill! At this moment, Liu Bei showed the decisiveness of a male master, and the county was newly determined, and it must be settled down as soon as possible, and then the people can be appeased.

The city has been broken, the Shu army in the city can escape a long time ago, at the moment in the city, those who stayed in the city have not had time to escape, seeing that the general trend has gone, most of the Shu army has chosen to kneel and surrender, and the sporadic recalcitrant ones were also quickly killed.

Liu Yi looked around and said to Liu Bei beside him: "Lord, send someone to clean up these corpses as soon as possible, drag them out of the city and bury them, and burn those that can't be buried on the spot, so as not to breed plague." ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and nodded to a general to arrange this matter.

In the next few days, the troops were not continued, and with the destruction of Ru County, for the people of Shu County and Guanghan, the shock was not small. Under the capital, all the cities in the plain of Shu County are within the scope of Liu Bei's attack, and many county towns began to secretly send letters of surrender, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the destruction of Luo County, Liu Zhang's forces have come to an end.

Yes. Du, Thorn History Fuzhong.

When Zhang Ren, who was covered in blood, appeared in front of Liu Zhang and explained the battle in Luoxian in detail, Liu Zhang and all the Shu Chinese martial arts panicked.

"How's that good!?" Liu Zhang looked at a group of civil and military officers with some panic, Liu Bei is not only strong in soldiers and horses, but also has such sharp siege equipment, the role of the city wall has lost more than half, how can this be defended?

Huang Quan took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Don't panic, lord. The capital is high, according to the righteous general, although Liu Bei's siege equipment is powerful, but it is not invincible, you can dig more trenches around Chengdu, in addition to widen the moat, it is best to build an outer city outside the city before Liu Bei's army arrives. There are still 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there is enough food and grass, so Liu Bei may not be able to attack Cheng. All. ”

Liu Zhang sighed helplessly: "What if you hold on?" ”

Huang Quan said: "Liu Bei's main force is here, Hanzhong will be empty, as long as our army can hold Cheng. Capital, the prime minister's army will be able to break through Hanzhong, and then the lord can transfer elites from all over the country to attack Liu Bei with the prime minister, why worry about Liu Bei being undefeated? ”

Huang Quan is also quite helpless, his own lord is benevolent, but his personality is quite cowardly, everyone is a courtier to persuade the lord to surrender, but when he comes to his own house, it is the lord who takes the initiative to surrender, what is the matter when it is reversed? As a courtier, I'm tired.

Liu Zhang was helpless, and there was no luck in his heart, and at the moment, according to Huang Quan's intentions, he began to send people to inquire about Liu Bei's information, and on the other hand, he built various fortifications outside the city, and planned to defend it to the death.

Yes. Du, it is Liu Bei's last battle to attack Shu this time, as long as it is successful. All of a sudden, this Yizhou is basically in Liu Bei's bag.

It's just that this last battle is not easy to fight.

On the first day of the fifth month, the weather has begun to get hot, the whole Shu land is like being in a steamer, Liu Bei's army has not yet begun to set off from Ruoxian, Yang Ren, who is responsible for taking the lead, has already faced the army led by Zhang Ren, and the sound of the two armies fighting in the wilderness is like a tide.

The two teams are not much, but the fight is extremely fierce, from the noon meeting, no one on both sides has nonsense, until the evening, the battlefield of the two sides has been stretching for several miles, all the way, corpses are all over the field, until the afterglow of the sunset brings the last light between heaven and earth, the main generals of both sides began to collect troops.

The blood stains on his face were not wiped off, Yang Ren rode his horse in front of the battle, looked at Zhang Ren, who was also full of anger, and said loudly: "Righteous general, Liu Zhang's defeat is already the trend of the times, the general is so talented, why should he be foolish, it is better to surrender early, with the ability of a general, why worry that he can't be a marquis in the future!?" ”

When they met, Yang Ren was too lazy to say this, but after a day of fighting, the level of the two sides was about the same, and it would be a waste of troops to fight again, and now it was a matter of time before Liu Bei occupied Shuzhong, because Yang Ren wanted to try to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender.

"Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters, if they want to fight, they will fight, and they must not be noisy!" Zhang Ren snorted coldly, hung the gun on the horse's back, and led the troops to withdraw Cheng. Zhang Ren originally wanted to bypass Liu Bei's main force and cut off his grain and grass, but who knew that he was running into Yang Ren, and the battle was drawn, but the matter of robbing the grain was also stillborn, which is a pity.

Yang Ren didn't chase after him, he fought for a day, and the soldiers were exhausted, so he camped on the spot and repaired at the moment, and at the same time sent someone to Hui County, and asked Liu Bei to send some men and horses over. Du, if Zhang Ren leads troops to attack again, he can only escape with his tail between his legs.

"The lord has ever found out about this? How many soldiers and horses are there in the capital? After reading the letter sent by Yang Ren, Liu Yi handed it to Jian Yong on the side, and looked at Liu Beidao.

"I'm afraid there are as many as 350,000." Liu Bei frowned and said, Cheng. It can be stronger than Yuxian, and the city wall is also higher. I'm afraid I won't need it.

Although Liu Bei defeated Ruxian County, he also suffered a lot of losses. is such a strong city, if there is no miracle plan, I am afraid it will not be easy.

Pang Tong is not there, and now Liu Bei is around, and the only people who can be called strategists are Liu Yi and Jian Yong, Yang Song, Zhang Lu, and Li Yan, Liu Bei finally looked at Liu Yi, compared to those new people, Liu Bei obviously trusted Liu Yi more.

Liu Yi held his chin and thought: "Yi thinks that Cheng. You don't have to attack, you just need to besiege and cut off. All contact with the outside world is called to the outside world. It's all down. ”

"What does that mean?" Hearing this, Zhang Lu raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Yidao.

"Simple, into. can't give orders to the outside world, in fact, for the rest of the counties in Shuzhong, it is equivalent to the fall, and our army will become. All besieged but not attacked, just defeat the Shu army that came to help, you can bring the surrounding cities and counties into your command. In addition, if this news reaches Cao Cao's ears, Cao Cao may not want to waste troops in Hanzhong in vain, and the siege of Hanzhong will be relieved. Liu Yi looked at everyone and smiled: "It's just that our army is short of troops, and we want to besiege Cheng. It's not easy, but I can't try to say, how to decide, it depends on the lord. ”

"What Bo Yuan said is good." Liu Bei nodded when he heard this: "Kong Ming has sent troops and horses to attack Shuzhong at this moment, so he immediately sent an order so that the reinforcements do not need to rush to join our army, and slowly attack the city." ”

That way, they just need to trap into . Wait for the reinforcements to sweep through Shu to join them.

"It's just that with the strength of our army, how to besiege it. All? Zhang Lu on the side frowned.

"It depends on Bo Yuan's ability!" Liu Bei and Jian Yong looked at Liu Yi with a smile: "You can emulate the battle of Hanzhong again." ”

When Liu Yi heard this, he groped his chin and nodded: "But this siege is not small. Camps must be set up on all sides, and each large camp must make at least 30,000 people, which is not too difficult. ”

At the beginning, Liu Yi only had 500 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he made a momentum of thousands of people, and Zhang Lu did not dare to act rashly, but now Liu Bei has 60,000 available soldiers in his hands, and it is really not difficult to make an army of 120,000 to double.

Zhang Lu: "??? ”

What do you say again? What's going on with the battle of Hanzhong?

Jian Yong saw that Zhang Lu was at a loss, and took the risk of bluffing Liu Yi because he wanted to save Wei Yan, and as a result, Zhang Lu withdrew the main force, and did not dare to act rashly, until Liu Bei's main force arrived, Liu Beijun's real strength has always been inferior to Nanzheng, but he forced Zhang Lu to land in the end.

After listening to the whole process, Zhang Lu felt a little heartbroken, and only after a long time did he look at Liu Yi with a wry smile and said, "Mr. deceived me so hard!" ”

Liu Yi was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and hugged his fists at Zhang Lu and said: "At the beginning, you and I were hostile, this soldier is not tired of cheating, and Yi has no choice but to do it, I hope that the master will forgive the sin!" ”

Zhang Lu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Now that I think about it, there is no sir, with the power of the lord, Lu is not the enemy of the lord, and thank you sir, if it weren't for Mr. This clever plan, Hanzhong doesn't know how many innocent resentful souls will be added, and this Lu's crime is also." ”

Liu Yi did not continue this topic, no matter how generous Zhang Lu was, now in front of Liu Bei, is it possible to really say that people regret it?

After thinking about it, Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei and said, "Shuzhong has been outstanding since ancient times. Du Wenwu is not so easy to deceive, want to deceive them, but it is not easy, should be prepared first, in addition to today's Zhang Ren out of the city, must want to cut off our army's food route, this must be guarded against, Yi thought, can add some soldiers and horses to General Yang Ren to supervise the success. It's all moving, and it must not be conceded. All smashed through our army. ”

Four battalions of 30,000 people, half of the men and horses have to use straw men to make up the number, this project is not small. Neither is a rice bucket concentration camp, on the contrary, into . There are a lot of capable people gathered at this moment, it is not easy to deceive the eyes of these people, you must make a careful plan and be careful in the implementation, Liu Yi is ready to go to Pang Tong tomorrow to discuss, as for Liu Bei's army, there is no need to rush to Cheng. All.

"What Bo Yuan said is good." Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully, the more times like this, the more careless he could be.

"In addition, we need to spread some rumors in Shudi." Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei with a smile, firstly, to build momentum for Liu Bei, and secondly, to make the reinforcements less resistant.