Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it can't help but reach the beginning of October.

However, at this time, let's not talk about Zhao Wei and Zhang Mingtong, who are preparing to attack Tianwan in a big way, according to Zhang Shihua's military order, but turn our heads and talk about Xichuan Province, where a big war is breaking out.

After more than ten days of tragic siege battles, the ancient Chinese city of Xichuan Zhicheng was finally conquered by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Guo Yu.

It is said that after a series of big victories, it is a reasonable thing to conquer Chengdu, a lonely city with not many soldiers and horses to garrison and no reinforcements. But when the siege battle that lasted for more than half a month began, the losses of the Chu army still exceeded Guo Yu's belief in advance.

Originally, Guo Yu thought that he led tens of thousands of athletes under his command to take advantage of the victory like this, and the success of just a lonely city would not have any ability to resist.

But when the war began, the defenders in the capital of Chengdu broke out with amazing combat effectiveness because of Zhao Zi, who had never been in his eyes before the war.

Zhao Zi, whose background is similar to Lu Sicheng and the famous Liu Ji and Liu Bowen in later generations, they are all one of the few Han Jinshi in the Yuan Dynasty. And at the beginning, because he was not from Yuanmeng, even in Xichuan, he did not receive much attention from the Yuanmeng court.

It wasn't until the beginning of the year that Gao Bao, the former Xichuan political participant, had a conflict with the Xichuan Right Cheng Buhua, who had been defeated and died, and then committed a very serious crime of dereliction of duty and was dismissed by the complete person Buhua, Zhao Zi was able to get the blue eyes of the complete person and was promoted to Xichuan to participate in politics at this time of crisis.

is to know that on the day when Guo Yu led tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to the city, Xichuan participated in politics Zhao Zi had only been in power for less than half a year.

But just like Mao Sui said during the Warring States Period, a person with talent and ability is like an awl, as long as he gets the opportunity to be put into the bag, then he will soon be able to stand out by relying on his talent and ability.

Obviously, Zhao Zi is such a person.

Although he has just been in power for half a year, Zhao Zi is almost perfect with his own talent and skills, after the defeat of Pingzhang Langge's army in Suining, he strongly stabilized the Chengdu capital that was about to collapse, and stood up desperately at the moment when Guo Yu was about to take advantage of the victory and was about to come to the city, and replaced Langge to become the leader of the only remaining more than 10,000 officers and soldiers.

Then, in order to defend the city, this political participant, who had just grasped military power, couldn't help but let his henchmen, pretend to be the Chu soldiers who were attacking Jianzhou, and burn them on a large scale in the suburbs of Chengdu, using this kind of pain to boost the morale of Cheng's capital that was extremely low.

And this method has also worked wonders after that.

When the soldiers and civilians in the capital saw the unrecognizable and fragmented corpses of their fathers and elders in their hometowns, and heard the lucky survivors tell how tyrannical the invading Chu army was, in order to protect their fathers, wives and children, under the guidance of Zhao Zi, this group of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers who had lost their morale and were just waiting to be obedient to the people under the rule of Great Chu could not help but muster the last bit of courage in their hearts.

In such a situation, Zhao Zi, who has soldiers in hand, already has a new room to play.

When Guo Yu confidently led more than 10,000 athletes under his command all the way to the city of Cheng, taking advantage of Guo Yu's advantage that he did not know that the courage of the defenders of Chengdu had been inspired by him, Zhao Zi couldn't help but use the method of deception to launch a sneak attack on the confident Guo Yu.

And that day can also be said to be the most apprehensive day since Guo Yu followed Zhang Shihua's uprising.

Because he was full of confidence and carelessness, if it weren't for the desperate protection of his own soldiers, he would almost die under the arrows of the Yuanmeng officers and soldiers at this juncture.

However, even if he was lucky enough to save his life, the Chu army also lost thousands of athletes that day.

Even if it weren't for the desperate fighting of Chen Hanlang, Fu Youde and others, Guo Yu would almost capsize in the gutter.

The occurrence of this incident made Guo Yu afraid of the future when he thought about it, and at the same time, he couldn't help but become annoyed and angry. Therefore, on the second day of Zhao Zi's deceptive plan, Guo Yu, who was embarrassed and angry, couldn't help but launch an almost cruel attack on Chengdu City.

In that battle, except for the 5,000 soldiers and horses left behind in the Chinese army, the rest of the armies were sent to the front line in turn by Guo Yu, who was angry.

On that day, the brutal offensive and defensive battles could not help but be fought from dawn until late at night.

After a brutal day of bloody fighting, the casualties of the attacking and defending sides exceeded 1,000 on that day.

So much so that when the sun rose again from the east the next day to shine on the land, the stumps and severed arms that could be seen everywhere inside and outside the city walls combined with the blood-stained walls and land made people feel like they were in a ghost.

Seeing such a scene with his own eyes, Guo Yu, who had been in battle for a long time, couldn't help but say to his own king with emotion when he reported the battle of Xichuan to Zhang Shihua and recalled the incident: "The ministers returned to the state and entered Xichuan, and all the way can be described as a broken bamboo. During this period, only Cheng [] fought a battle, which can be called tragic! ”

Therefore, in this way, the Chu army, which originally came by victory, could not help but be heavily frustrated by Zhao Zi when the two battles before and after were unfavorable.

Later, Guo Yu, who was the Pingzhang of Xichuan Province under the rule of Great Chu, couldn't help but adopt the advice of Niu Ben, the general of Yang Han's command, and sent troops to Zhao Zi's hometown, and captured Zhao Zi's hometown father and his wife, who had not had time to flee into the city, as a threat to make Zhao Zi surrender.

The reason is that "Su asked Zhao Zi that he loved his wife, and after marrying his wife, he did not accept a concubine".

But it was unthinkable, Guo Yu's behavior instead fulfilled Zhao Zi.

When his wife was overwhelmed by the Chu army as a hostage, Zhao Zi actually shot his wife with a bow and crossbow in front of everyone in tears.

And his actions like this made all Guo Yu's calculations come to naught, and at the same time, he couldn't help but greatly boost the morale of the defenders in the city.

After this incident, Guo Yu, who had nothing to do, could only order a strong attack.

And in this way, it couldn't help but spend more than half a month.

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"Marshal, we went a step late, Xichuan pseudo-participated in politics Zhao Zi, and naturally committed suicide."

On the day of the city's breaking, looking at the corpse of Zhao Zi, who died of poisoning, his face was quiet, as if he was asleep. As the coach of the Chu Army, Guo Yu's mood can't help but feel very complicated.

It is said that Guo Yu should hate this culprit who almost stumbled and killed thousands of athletes under his account because of this.

But as the two sides have been fighting each other for so many days, Guo Yu really can't help but admire the man in front of him.

Because to be honest, if Zhao Zi at this time is replaced by Guo Yu, then ask yourself, Guo Yu really has no way to do better.

So when he saw Zhao Zi's corpse with his own eyes, the hatred in Guo Yu's heart couldn't help but dissipate, but he couldn't help but sigh silently and said: "Knowing that he will die, he has to fight until the last moment, this is a loyal and brave person!"

and bury him and his wife together. ”

"Yes!" When the subordinates around heard this, they did not feel unhappy because of this. just carried Zhao Zi's body and turned to leave.

"I just don't know if the king will blame me for this. This Zhao Zi is also a loyal and righteous thief! ”

When Zhao Zi's body was properly carried down by his subordinates, Guo Yu stood silently for a moment, but in the end, he couldn't help laughing at himself.

But he didn't expect it. Later, when this matter reached Zhang Shihua's ears, Zhang Shihua, who learned the news, not only did not blame Guo Yu for this, but also praised Zhao Zi, who was once a "loyal and righteous thief" in his mouth, in front of many courtiers.

And such inconsistent practices have not been set up by later historians as a typical case of "absolute head in the ass".

But that's all for later, so I won't say much about it for the time being. At this time, let's continue to turn our attention to the north and south, land and water, and attack Zhao Wei and Zhang Mingtong in the past.

After receiving the order conveyed by Zhang Shihua, Zhao Wei, the commander of the attack on Tianwan, and Zhang Mingtong, the deputy marshal, naturally did not dare to delay.

Therefore, after the quick preparations, the two of them couldn't help but lead the soldiers and horses under their command and launched an attack on Tianwan's side as scheduled.

And the goal of their attack this time was naturally the same as previously planned.

The waterway, that is, the main road army that attacked Tianwan, with a total of 45,000 people from three armies, will launch an attack on Wuchang City, which is equivalent to Tianwan's gateway to the west, under the command of the commander Guo Yu. The land route, that is, the partial division troops attacking Tianwan, with a total of 15,000 people, will assist the main naval division under the command of Deputy Marshal Zhang Mingtong, and take the official road from De'an Mansion to Chen Youliang's hometown Huangzhou Road.

Yes, if the offensive plan on the side of the Chu army can be implemented smoothly.

Then, Chen Youliang, as the current prime minister of Tianwan and the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, will not only lose the nest that he has painstakingly operated for many years, but also lose Wuchang City, the gateway town of Dachu in the West.

Therefore, when the Great Chu side launched an attack, Zhang Dingbian, who was left in Wuchang Town by Chen Youliang to guard Huangzhou and the western gateway, couldn't help but respond immediately.

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"Zhao Wei's son is a great Chu general, and he is quite brave and wise as a general, and in the Great Chu army, he is definitely a great achievement. In addition, he followed the king of Chu long before the uprising of the king of Chu, so he was not only very trusted by the king of Chu, but also had a very high prestige in the army.

Therefore, against this son, you must fight the spirit of twelve points next. ”

Before the war, in the face of the generals under his command, Zhang Dingbian, as the main general, couldn't help but give some advice.

Then after the generals under his command nodded "yes" one after another, he rolled out the map on the table and said to the generals: "This time, the Chu army will attack me with both land and water.

It was Ben who would first talk about their detachment that came by land. According to the detailed information obtained by the spies, this Chu army is the only cavalry unit in the Chu army-Longxiang Army. Therefore, every soldier in this Longxiang army can be said to be an elite carefully selected from the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops.

Therefore, the combat power of this army can definitely be called the division of tigers and wolves. However, this time, the strategy set by our army is to attack with defense, although this cavalry is strong, but it is only strong in field warfare. In the siege of the city, as long as our army holds the city, then the threat of this Longxiang army to our army is nothing.

Therefore, in this battle, the only thing that can really threaten our army is the naval division army led by Chu general Zhao Wei with a force of about 50,000. And according to my Tianwan's spies, nearly 20,000 of the sailor troops led by Chu General Zhao Wei were newly recruited.

These new pawns have only been hastily trained for two or three months, and they have not been on the battlefield to fight, and this time they are just a filler. Therefore, in this battle, what we really have to deal with is only the 30,000 sailors of the two armies under Zhao Wei. ”

"Thirty thousand veterans!" Hearing Zhang Dingbian's words, the faces of the surrounding Tianwan generals couldn't help but show joy.

Although Zhang Dingbian said this, if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is a lot of water in it.

But 30,000 sounds more reassuring than 60,000 after all, doesn't it?

In this way, the few points in this council hall couldn't help but become a lot more relaxed all of a sudden.

Seeing this, Zhang Dingbian nodded slightly, and he couldn't help but show a smile on his face. Then, he pointed to the map and continued to speak to the generals around him: "Therefore, in this way, the key to the victory of this battle is the water area across the river between Wuchang City and Huanggang City.

We all know that Wuchang City and Huanggang City across the river are our greatest advantage. As long as the two cities can be connected with each other through the river, then under the horns of the two cities, the Chu army must spend several times more effort to attack us.

In this way, in order to cut off the connection between the two cities, the Chu army will definitely rely on its superiority in strength to attack this section of water between the two cities. So this time, the top priority of our army should be this water village in the north of the city. ”

"The general's words can be described as shocking!" Hearing Zhang Dingbian say such coherent words, the left and right steps of the general Zuo sincerely let out a sound of admiration.

You must know that Zhang Dingbian mostly looks at people with his own brave side, but today he has shown such wisdom, which is really admirable.