Chapter 378: Latent

Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses entered Ba County from Nanjun, and the local armed forces of Ba County soon collapsed, but when they reached Linjiang, they encountered a strong enemy.

Yan Yan, a veteran of Yizhou, gathered tens of thousands of people inside and outside Linjiang City to help defend the city, and led 30,000 elite soldiers to fight a guerrilla attack.

Zhao Yun's army fought quickly along the way, but the soldiers and horses were also exhausted, and it was not a wise move to attack the fortified city of Linjiang at this time.

After the failure of the initial attack, Zhao Yun realized the problem, so he retreated thirty miles and set up camp, waiting for the troops to be fully rested before making plans, the fire dragon arrows and siege weapons were not in place, and it was indeed impossible to take the city.

It may be that it was too smooth before, Zhao Yun was a little anxious, but fortunately there were no major losses.

Zhang Ning's troops were intercepted by local armed forces in Wuling County, and they fought hard.

Fighting all the way, although he won nine out of ten battles, his own losses were not small, and after more than 50 battles, Zhang Ningjun still stayed in Wuling County.

Zhen Yan quickly reported the progress of the two forces to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng also realized that he was in a hurry, and the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou said that they couldn't save Yizhou, so he ordered Zhen Yan to quickly inform Zhang Ren that he must evacuate Yucheng in a safe and orderly manner, and then break it into pieces, disguise himself as a people, and disperse to the villages and towns around Chengdu in preparation for the next attack on Yizhou.

This is exactly the same as Jiang Sheng's practice when he withdrew from Nanyang, Jiang Sheng's withdrawal from Nanyang County with great fanfare, but also turned most of the soldiers into ordinary people, lurking in Nanyang, in preparation for the battle in the coming Japan.

After Liu Bei stabilized the situation in Yizhou, he opened his mouth widely, reused the Shu people, and quickly won the support of the people of Shu.

Liu Beijun, who had more than 50,000 people, snowballed, and quickly developed into nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Yizhou became a country of abundance, with abundant materials, which became the foundation for Liu Bei's grand plans.

Zhuge Liang is also a capable minister who envelops all parties in Yizhou, mobilizes all families to contribute people and goods, and supports the border defense construction of Yizhou.

The passes were renovated and the defenders multiplied.

Jiang Sheng's initial worries still came true, not to mention Zhao Yun's army, even if Jiang Sheng personally led the entire military strength of the combat readiness area, there would be no progress in a short period of time.

Liu Beijun besieged the city for nearly a year, during which he attacked many times, but was repelled by Zhang Ren, Zhuge Liang felt that the city was under siege, and it was a matter of time before it was taken down, so he was not in a hurry, and he was trapped to death Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren took advantage of the time when the Shu army relaxed its vigilance, quietly opened the city gate, and all the soldiers scattered to the vast countryside within a radius of hundreds of miles with the necessary rations, clothing and money.

Before leaving the city, Zhang Ren told everyone Jiang Sheng's request, everyone registered and made a book, and agreed on the rules and codes for future gatherings.

Jiang Sheng's conditions are very attractive, after the invasion of Chengdu in the future, the soldiers of Shu will still be stationed in Shu, and the official will be promoted to three levels, and some official positions will be reserved for the Shu people in the imperial court.

The Luocheng troops were formed by Zhang Yi, and the soldiers fully trusted Zhang Ren, so they left in batches according to the predetermined plan.

Liao Hua, who surrounded the city, stayed idle for more than three months, and did not see any movement in the city, and the soldiers who were on guard at the head of the city became fewer and fewer, and finally in the morning of one day, there were no more soldiers at the head of the city.

Liao Hua felt that something was wrong, so he reported to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang asked them to make a tentative attack, and Luocheng did not have any defense.

The city gate was also quickly opened by the people in the city, and Liao Hua led his army into the city only to find that Zhang Ren and Liu Xun's troops had long since disappeared.

He stopped the people and asked the defenders when they had left, and they all said that they had found out that the troops had been dwindling a few months ago, and that the last few hundred had left the night before.

Zhuge Liang miscalculated this time, he didn't expect Zhang Ren's more than 30,000 troops to leave quietly under his nose, and the troops besieging Luocheng didn't find anything.

Liu Bei sent people out to find out the whereabouts of Zhang Renjun, but they found nothing, and the more than 30,000 soldiers seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Zhuge Liang personally went to Luocheng to understand the situation, and learned that Zhang Ren's main force had left a few months ago, and in the past few months, I am afraid that they have all entered Jiang Sheng's sphere of influence.

In order to protect the soldiers lurking around Chengdu, Zhang Ren and Liu Xun swaggered in Xiangyang.

Even Zhuge Liang didn't expect that there were 30,000 elite soldiers in ambush under his nose.

A few days later, Yan Yan, the general of Linjiang, sent an urgent letter, saying that Zhao Yun's troops had increased a lot, and he was bound to win Linjiang City.

Liu Bei had no doubt that it must have been Zhang Ren's troops who had joined Zhao Yun's army, so he ordered Zhang Fei to lead an army of 30,000 to quickly reinforce Linjiang.

Zhao Yun bluffed and made a gesture of storming Linjiang, just to force Yan Yan to ask for help from Chengdu.

"Encircling points to send reinforcements" is Jiang Sheng's usual tactics, and Zhao Yun is familiar with it, and he will also play. His troops are mainly cavalry, and they are not good at sieges, but they are strong in sports warfare!

Zhang Fei didn't know that Zhang Renjun's secret withdrawal made Liu Bei Zhuge Liang miscalculate, and the rapid march to support Linjiang was simply to push Zhang Feijun into the fire pit.

One hundred and fifty miles west of Linjiang City, it is an open land, which is especially suitable for cavalry combat.

Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses were there to defend the city, and there were less than 10,000 cavalry, most of which were infantry, while Zhao Yun's soldiers and horses were all cavalry, 30,000 horsemen, and they were also equipped with repeating crossbows.

After finding out Zhang Feijun's marching route, Zhao Yun made 30,000 cavalry into an anti-pocket formation, one on the left and one on the left, and he led all the way to ambush behind the flank of Zhang Feijun's necessary route.

Zhang Fei only said that Zhao Yunjun confronted Yan Yan in Linjiang, but he didn't expect Zhao Yun to ambush him at all.

Zhang Fei's cavalry was in front, and the infantry was behind, with a gap of several miles, and after the brigade passed, Zhao Yun led the army to rush out from behind Zhang Feijun.

Dense hand crossbows poured into Zhang Feijun's infantry formation like locusts flying all over the sky, killing and wounding.

Immediately afterwards, the 10,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun broke into Zhang Fei's infantry army, cutting melons and chopping vegetables, harvesting the lives of the Shu army.

Zhang Fei saw that the enemy army was 10,000 horsemen, so he led the cavalry back to meet the enemy, and the two armies were entangled together, shouting and killing shook the sky.

At this time, Zhang Fei heard a drum behind him, and countless cavalry rushed out of the mountains and forests on both sides, although the distance was very far, the impact speed of the cavalry was very fast.

Zhao Yunjun rode all the Dawan horses purchased by the Zhen family caravan from the Western Regions, and their performance was good, and they arrived in the blink of an eye for more than ten miles.

Zhang Fei panicked at this time, in this wilderness, there is no possibility to ask for help, and now he is wrapped, so he can only fight bloodily.

The battle became even more tragic, Zhang Fei weighed it, and there was still some chance of winning if he broke through from here to Linjiang, so he issued an order, and the whole army sacrificed his life to break through.

It's okay to say that the cavalry breaks through, but the infantry is difficult, and breaking through from the front of the cavalry, after all, two legs can't run on four legs.

The ambush turned into a one-sided massacre! The 20,000 infantry of the Shu army fell one after another in the remnant sun, Zhang Fei was furious, and raised his snake spear to take Zhao Yun directly.