Zhuang Lang City.

In the lobby of the military palace, there was a deathly silence.

Liu Beigan sat on the top, motionless, staring at the word "Street Pavilion" on the map, his fists clenched secretly.

At the bottom of the stairs, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other ministers always focused on Liu Bei, waiting for him to make a decision.

Everyone thought that the loss of Jieting was a foregone conclusion, and persuaded Liu Bei to abandon Zhuanglang City and quickly evacuate to the northwest of Liangzhou.

Liu Bei did not make a decision for a long time.

He was still clinging to a glimmer of hope, thinking that there would be a miracle and that Jieting City would still be able to hold on.

Hurried footsteps sounded, and Wu Ban rushed into the lobby and shouted, "Your Majesty, Yang Fu is back." ”

Everyone's faces changed.

Liu Bei was also shocked, and his heart chuckled, as if he had been hit hard by a hammer.

Yang Fu was supposed to defend the city with Ma Chao in the street pavilion, but now he suddenly returned to Zhuanglang City, what else could there be besides an explanation.

Liu Bei forcibly restrained his surging mood, and pretended to be calm and shouted: "Pass him in." ”

A moment later, heavy footsteps sounded, and Yang Fu walked into the lobby with a gloomy face.

Under the gaze of everyone, he came to Liu Bei, arched his hand, and said silently: "Your Majesty, the minister failed to guard the street pavilion, please forgive your Majesty." ”

"Don't you have the means to resist the Wei army, why didn't you hold it?" Liu Bei asked.

Yang Fu sighed and said silently: "The Chen's Frozen Street Pavilion was originally resisted by the Wei army's divine thunder artillery bombardment, but Nai Ma Chao betrayed the country and surrendered to the Su thief, and the minister was powerless. ”

Thundered!

A muffled thunder slammed down in the air and hit the top of Liu Bei's head, blasting into the internal organs, and the blood was almost up to his throat.

Although Liu Bei had been mentally prepared, when Yang Fu personally told this cruel truth, his spirit was still devastated.

Rolling flames, uncontrollable burning, he punched the case with his fist, and scolded: "Ma Chao, you ungrateful traitor, I will definitely destroy your Ma family, I will definitely ~~"

The roar of an angry beast echoed through the lobby.

The generals were indignant and angry, sighing and sighing, and panicked, and the hearts of the people were shaken for a while.

Everyone knows what Jieting means, this city has fallen, and the 200,000 troops of Wei State will be able to enter Liangzhou unimpeded, and with their current strength, there is no way to resist it.

They had already smelled the smell of the fall of the Han Kingdom.

Liu Bei was still roaring and scolding, resentful, and reprimanded for a quarter of an hour before his anger was vented, and he collapsed on the dragon seat, gasping for breath.

"Your Majesty, the betrayal of the Ma clan and the fall of the Jieting are a foregone conclusion, and the army of Su thieves will soon come to Zhuanglang City, we should set off and retreat immediately." Zhuge Liang finally persuaded him.

The ministers joined in, and they all agreed to retreat.

After all, Zhuang Lang is only more than thirty miles away from the street pavilion, if the Wei State dispatches iron horses, it will be able to kill it in a day, and it is too dangerous to stay here again.

"Retreat, where else can you retreat." Liu Bei sighed weakly.

Yang Fu hurriedly said: "The street pavilion has fallen, Tianshui County in the south cannot be saved, Your Majesty should quickly retreat to Jincheng County, and recruit Qiang people to help in the battle as much as possible, and maybe there is hope to block the Su thief." ”

Qiang ......

Liu Bei's gaze looked at Yue Ji.

The previous Xiqiang Iron Cavalry was defeated one after another, and although the main force had been lost, there were barely more than 5,000 horsemen left.

Jincheng County is close to the place where the Qiang people live, and now that Su Zhe is coming, there are no elite soldiers and horses, and the old and weak soldiers are scraping together, at least they can fight some soldiers and horses.

At this time, even the old and weak soldiers are precious to Liu Bei.

"Yueji, how many soldiers and horses can you recruit in Xiqiang?" Liu Bei asked anxiously.

"My Xiqiang has been hit hard one after another, and I have suffered heavy losses, but I am afraid that I will not be able to recruit many soldiers." Yue Ji said with a bitter face.

Yang Fu said with a straight face: "King Jincheng, that Su thief wants to destroy your Qiang people, this is a well-known thing, once he captures Jincheng County, it will be a catastrophe for us Xiqiang, you don't want to see that scene." ”

Yue Ji shuddered, struggled for a while, and arched his hand: "Even if the minister does his best, he will only recruit three thousand people at most." ”

"Three thousand people is three thousand, you can send someone to do it quickly." Liu Bei doesn't think there is less mosquito meat now.

"No!" Yue Ji received the order and immediately sent his henchmen Qiang generals to the Xiqiang tribes of Jincheng County to recruit troops.

Liu Bei did not dare to stay in Zhuanglang City, for fear that Su Zhe's army would be killed at any time, so he immediately ordered to gather less than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the city, immediately abandon the city and flee, and retreat to Jincheng County in the northwest.

Liu Bei's main force retreated, and the Wei troops in Tianshui and other counties also abandoned the city and fled, retreating towards Yuzhong City, the gateway to Jincheng County.

Jieting was conquered, and the city east of Yuzhong was no longer in danger to defend, and the Han army was not the opponent of the Wei army at all, so of course they could only choose to abandon the city and flee.

As soon as the Han army walked on the front foot, the Wei army set off on the back foot, and the 200,000 army commander drove straight into Liangzhou.

Jicheng, Chengji, Shouyang and other cities, looking at the wind and descending, Longxi County, Wudu County, Hanyang County and other counties south of Jincheng were all defeated by the Wei army without a fight.

Within ten days, the Wei army rushed to Jincheng County.

Yuzhong City is located on the north bank of Taoshui, with Taoshui as a dangerous obstacle, and is the gateway of Jincheng County.

Once the city falls, the Wei army will be able to enter Jincheng County and be unstoppable.

Jincheng County is also the location of Liangzhou's Zhongniu, and the counties of Tianshui and Hanyang in the south are the grain-producing areas of Liangzhou County, with dense population and relatively rich economy.

To the north of Jincheng, the four counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang are rich in horses and are the only places to pass through to the Western Regions.

The capture of Jincheng means that the whole Liangzhou has been cut into two sections, the north and the south cannot take care of each other, and the grain, grass and horses cannot form a helping hand to make up for each other, and they have lost the ability to resist for a long time.

After the Wei army arrived at the Yuzhong line, the army camped on the south bank of Taoshui, and formed an offensive posture across the river with Yuzhong City on the opposite bank.

Taoshui is not a big water system, and the water flow is not even turbulent, so naturally there is no way to stop the Wei army from crossing the river.

Su Zhe left 50,000 soldiers and horses, camped on the south bank, attracted the attention of the Han army, and led his army to cross the river from the lower reaches of Taoshui, and then marched west along the river to the bottom of Yuzhong City.

At this time, Liu Bei, although he received reinforcements from thousands of old and weak soldiers in Xiqiang, and the soldiers and horses were full of more than 45,000 people, he did not dare to send troops and horses to intercept the Wei army, so he could only let the main force of the Wei army cross the river.

At the end of winter, Su Zhe led 170,000 Wei troops to kill the city of Yuzhong, and began to set up camps around the city, preparing to besiege the city.

The number of Wei troops was far superior to that of the Han army, and the morale was extremely high, Liu Bei did not dare to send troops out of the city to destroy the Wei State camp, so he could only watch with his eyes that the Wei army camps continued to take root around the city, and gradually surrounded the entire Yuzhong City.

At the beginning, Liu Bei could only bite the bullet and put on a posture of intending to defend Yuzhong.

He also had no choice, if he retreated, he would have to retreat to the four counties of Liangbei, where although horses were abundant, but the population was sparse, and there was no way to make up for his army.

Su Zhe will not let him go, he will definitely continue to chase after him, is it possible that he can still escape all the way, escape from Yumen Pass, and go to the Western Regions.

Although Liu Bei had sent young generals from the Han State to conquer the Western Regions and achieved certain results, Liu Bei was 10,000 reluctant to flee to the Western Regions as a last resort.

Liu Bei could only bet his last hope on defending Yuzhong City, and put on a posture of defending the city to the death.

Su Zhe was not in a hurry to attack the city, and when the army set up a siege camp, he sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Yunwu, Zhiyang, Yunjie City, Jincheng County, sweep away the Han army strongholds on the periphery, and turn Yuzhong into a hopeless lonely city.

At the same time, Su Zhe ordered Ma Chao and other generals who were familiar with the terrain of Jincheng to lead the army to set up an ambush in the north of Yuzhong City to prevent Liu Bei from being unable to hold on and abandon the city to break through, so as to take advantage of the situation to intercept and kill.