Mianzhu was able to voluntarily surrender in such a short period of time was really beyond Zhao Junsheng's expectations, and when he arrived with his men and horses the next day, the city was in order, and the residents did not seem to be so scared except for a trace of nervousness.

Mianzhu City is not big, but it is also one of the important gateways to the north of Chengdu Mansion.

The speed of the Qianjun march was so fast that Chengdu had just received the news, and Yang Lie, the general of the Qianjun, led 3,000 cavalry to the city, and the defenders closed the city gate in a panic.

When Liu Yu, the assassin of Yizhou, rushed to the city tower and looked outside the city, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he gasped.

I saw that the cadres outside the city had a clear banner, a forest of armor, and the iron armor was cold, and the neighing of war horses came into my ears, and the aura of slaughter came to my face.

Zitong Taishou Liu Daoxi fled all the way from Zitong City, wandering all the way, arrived in Chengdu City only half a day's work, saw that Liu Yu had just reported the news of the large-scale invasion of the cadres to Liu Yu, and the city gate guards came to report that a large number of cadres and cavalry had been killed under the city of Chengdu.

Liu Yu and Liu Daoxi were both taken aback, and they didn't know it was true until they climbed the tower and saw the voice of the Qianjun cavalry with their own eyes.

Liu Yu turned his head to look at Liu Daoxi and said angrily: "Liu Daoxi, why did the cadres come so quickly?" You arrived on the front foot, and they roared and arrived? ”

Liu Daoxi hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Assassin Shi is angry, when the lower official escaped from Zitong City, he was penniless, and his entourage was scattered, and he suffered all the way to come here, I really didn't expect the cadres to come so quickly!" Xiaguan speculated that it must be that Fucheng, Mianzhu and other cities did not resist, otherwise the cadres would not have come so quickly! ”

Liu Yu thought for a while, and immediately ordered: "When the cadres first came, the official concluded that their troops were good, the food and grass were not good, and they lacked siege equipment. Come to the people, send an order to the troops of the counties in Shudi, let the leading generals leave the displaced people alone, and bring soldiers and horses to reinforce Chengdu City, as long as Chengdu City is held, the displaced people are not troubled! ”

Jun Cheng was quite worried: "Envoy, the chaotic people everywhere should not be underestimated, those people are already hungry and crazy, they can do anything, if they don't quell the rebellion as soon as possible, I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles!" ”

Liu Yu said angrily: "When the follow-up brigade of the Qianjun army enters Sichuan, we will not even have any troubles, so we can only directly give up the land of Sichuan and Shu to the Qianguo people!" What are you still doing in a daze, before the cavalry of the dry army has completely besieged the city and blocked the way out, go and give an order! ”

The herald next to him hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

Liu Yu observed the cavalry of the cadre army outside the city, and ordered: "These cavalry cadres have just arrived, they are not familiar with the surrounding situation, and they do not have siege equipment, so they do not have the ability to attack the city for the time being.

The order went down, and everyone was divided into four parts, each of which went to the city wall in turn for four hours, and the remaining part was responsible for patrolling and policing in the city, so that the officials of each government could catch and assist!

Then he ordered to gather all the young and strong people over the age of 16 and under the age of 30 in the city, divide them into three divisions, assist the soldiers and generals in defending the city, be responsible for carrying the materials for defending the city, and issue them weapons if necessary!

We also assign tasks, each of us takes turns to be on duty on the city wall for two hours, and is not allowed to go down the city wall until the next duty, nor is it allowed to rest and doze off, if anyone neglects their duties, they will be severely punished! ”

Several officials bowed down one after another: "No! ”

Yang Lie, who was outside Chengdu City, had already received Zhao Junsheng's order not to completely surround Chengdu City, otherwise the officials in Chengdu City would not be able to ask for help from other garrisons in Shudi.

According to Zhao Junsheng's deployment and orders, Yang Lie only left 1,000 cavalry to guard outside Chengdu, even so, the 3,000 defenders in Chengdu did not dare to go out of the city to fight, Yang Lie sent the remaining 2,000 cavalry to go around several surrounding counties, and did not do anything at all, and those county officials who were empty of troops were so frightened that they surrendered obediently.

Zhao Junsheng led the army to arrive outside Chengdu two days later, which was still because he had arranged the affairs of Fucheng, Mianyang and other cities, and delayed a lot of time, otherwise he would have rushed to Chengdu with a large army a day in advance.

"Minister Yang Lie greets Your Majesty!" Yang Lie greeted Zhao Junsheng's army outside the camp of the cadres outside Chengdu.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "No courtesy, let's talk about it when you enter the camp!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, please!"

The army slowly entered the camp, and the infantry and cavalry distributed the camp and tent under the arrangement of the officials and generals.

The ministers and soldiers who accompanied him were tired, and Zhao Junsheng arranged for them to rest, and invited Yang Lie to inquire about the situation in Chengdu City and the surrounding towns.

Yang Lie replied: "There are indeed only 3,000 defenders in Chengdu, but in the past two days, they have forcibly recruited 3,000 young and strong people from among the people in the city to help defend the city!" Moreover, in the past two days, they have strengthened the city defenses, increased the number of sentry posts and patrol troops, and a large number of city defense materials have been carried up and under the city walls!

The four surrounding counties have surrendered one after another under the deterrence of our army, with a total of 1,500 troops! In addition, according to His Majesty's will, the minister has ordered the collection of craftsmen and dry timber from these counties, which will soon arrive in the camp! ”

The reason why Zhao Junsheng ordered the recruitment of craftsmen was to build siege equipment siege equipment, and the collection of dry wood was to prepare materials for building siege equipment.

There is no shortage of mountains and forests around Chengdu Prefecture, and it is very simple to cut wood, but the siege equipment made of wet wood is really not conducive to the siege, which is cumbersome and inflexible, and difficult to operate, which is simply miserable for the siege soldiers and the soldiers who operate the siege equipment.

Zhao Junsheng was not in a hurry, on the one hand, he ordered the soldiers to be fed up, so that they could recuperate and prepare for the next battle, and on the other hand, let the craftsmen build a large number of siege equipment.

At the same time, he also ordered the soldiers to concentrate on drills, and there were nearly 4,000 soldiers who were killed and received along the way, Zhao Junsheng ordered Li Bao to send generals to train these soldiers to prepare for the next siege, such a good cannon fodder does not need to be in vain.

On this day, Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guards, came to report on the military situation.

"Your Majesty, I have received a few messages!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his head and looked away from the map, "Say!" ”

"Yes! First, Shen Li and Ba Jun respectively had a detachment of troops and horses that received an order from the Chengdu Prefecture to suppress the rebellion of the displaced people and withdraw their troops to reinforce in the direction of Chengdu Prefecture, of which 5,000 troops came from the direction of Shen Li; There were 6,000 troops from the direction of Ba County, and they all started their journey yesterday, and they were about the same distance from Chengdu Prefecture!

The second news is that the news from the Jiankang Black Guard Branch came that the news of the Bashu locust plague had reached Jiankang more than a month ago, and the situation was not serious at that time, and the Liu Song court did not pay much attention to it, but after half a month, the news sent to Jiankang made the Liu Song court feel that the situation was serious, so it began to prepare for disaster relief, and issued a decree to mobilize food from all over the country to prepare for waterway transportation to Bashu, but the news of the rebellion of the Bashu refugees then spread to Jiankang, and the Liu Song court quarreled for several days before making a decision, They decided to carry out disaster relief and quell the chaos at the same time, and at present, Jiankang is gathering troops and horses, the number of troops is about 30,000, and it will take about ten days for the baggage and ships to be prepared, and it will take another month to arrive here! ”

It has been more than a month since the locust plague occurred, and it is only now that Jiankang has officially responded, which is extremely inefficient in Zhao Junsheng's opinion, but for this era, it is already very efficient.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and instructed Lin Jinghui: "Pay close attention to the movements of the two Liu Song troops who came to reinforce, and at the same time report the situation in Jiankang every two days, and once the 30,000 Liu Song troops who have entered Sichuan set off, report quickly!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Lin Jinghui left, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Li Bao and asked him to send scouts of the elite Dragon Guard Army to find out the specific location, marching speed, troop allocation, weapons and equipment, morale, and leading generals of the two Liu Song armies from the two directions of Shen Li and Ba County respectively.

How to solve these two Liu Song troops who came to reinforce it? There are more than 10,000 people in the two armies combined!

Zhao Junsheng sent people to gather the ministers and ministers to discuss countermeasures, fully let these people use their brains, and let them have to do some work when they are full.

Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, under the current situation, the minister thinks that instead of concentrating his forces to defeat the two Liu Song armies, it is better to wait for them to arrive in Chengdu Mansion and then fight and annihilate them, so that they can be done once and for all!" ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his forehead, "Tell me your reason!" ”

"No!" Dongfang Chen agreed, walked to the map next to him and said: "Your Majesty, our army does not have many infantry now, using infantry to fight infantry, we are at an absolute disadvantage, as for those surrendered troops, at most they can only be used to siege the city and consume the defenders' troops, and we have to face off with Liu Song's army in a military formation, those thousands of troops will not only not help, but will have problems at critical moments!"

If we want to concentrate our forces on these two routes of Liu Song's army and adopt various methods of defeat, we will not be able to do it at all with the existing conditions, because because of the terrain and roads, the cavalry will not only not be able to help, but will become a burden, close to the infantry, and the strength will be insufficient.

Therefore, the minister believes that our army must make use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, just take advantage of the open terrain of the platform around Chengdu Mansion, and then use the sharpness of our cavalry attack, and wait for the two Liu Song armies to converge under the city of Chengdu and then solve it in one fell swoop! We are waiting for work, while the other side is a long-distance reinforcement, the soldiers are tired, and our army has a much better chance of winning! ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin and thought for a long time, and finally he had to admit that Dongfang Chen's idea was the most practical and highly operable.

"Li Bao, increase the number of secret posts, strengthen the news blockade, and from now on, the news of our army will not reach the ears of the general Liu Song who came to reinforce from now on!"