Chapter 501 Occupy CD
When Pang Xi learned that the Qingqiang cavalry was defeated and Wu Yi surrendered, he was terrified, but this strengthened his determination to hold on to Ruoxian.
The cavalry of Liangzhou is the best cavalry in the world, so they must not fight against it in the field, they can only defend it with a strong city, and now they are helpless against the county seat, so it is even more difficult for them to conquer Chengdu.
At this time, there were 20,000 Dongzhou elite soldiers, 15,000 cavalry, 40,000 ordinary infantry in the city, and there were countless young and strong people in the city, and the food in the city was enough to consume; Pang Xi believes that even if it is dragged, Liangzhou can be dragged to death; You must know that although the Liangzhou cavalry has strong combat power, its output is weak, and it is impossible to take a long time.
Guanghan County surrendered because of Jia Long, and the other counties will not surrender so easily, as long as Chengdu and Luo County contain the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, other counties can organize troops to help, and choose the opportunity to counterattack.
Zhao Wei was depressed in his heart, resigned from the position of Bajun Taishou, and gave up the strong general Gan Ning, but he still had no chance to get the first merit, and he couldn't even guarantee the second merit.
Jia Long occupied all the passes along the way from Jianmen Pass to Hanzhong County, welcomed the army into Shu, and persuaded all the cities along the way from Jianmen Pass to Mianzhu.
Qianwei County Taishou Ren Qi has led an army of 10,000 to support Chengdu, and when the army besieges the city, it must be an internal response to assist Zhao Yun to take Chengdu, so that the second merit belongs to Ren Qi.
If this is the case, all his plans will be in vain.
He felt like a superfluous person, unable to integrate into the Liangzhou forces, and was unwilling.
After careful consideration, he proposed to Zhao Yun that the troops should be divided into two routes and the troops should be surrounded by Chengdu; He wanted to lead his troops to besiege Chengdu, and Ren Qi was in Chengdu as the internal response, and after occupying Chengdu, he was the first merit, and Ren Qi was the second merit.
Guo Jia proposed three strategies to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun chose the middle strategy and personally led his troops to besiege Chengdu.
Subsequently, personnel adjustments are made.
First of all, he appointed Qianwei as a taishou and a lieutenant, and went to Qianwei County with 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry to take over the local power.
secondly, Zhang Ren was promoted to Sima of other departments, the cavalry increased by 2,000, and Jia Long besieged Luo County to prevent Li Yan from breaking through;
In the end, Yan Pu was appointed as the Taishou of Guanghan County to stabilize Guanghan County.
The original Qianwei county Taishou Ren Qi has led troops to support Chengdu, and Chen Chao led the troops to guard the county to govern Wuyang City.
At this time, only the county of Guanghan County has not been conquered, and the rest of the places have been occupied.
Guo Jia's move was to control the taxes of Qianwei County and Guanghan County, quickly eat places, avoid long journeys, and transport grain from Guanzhong.
Zhao Yunqin led a large army to besiege Chengdu; Zhao Wei followed, and the depression in his heart was beyond words.
At this time, Liu Zhang had a convulsion and had already closed the gate of Chengdu and was ready to defend the city.
Zhao Yun did not rush to attack, but sent troops to take over the counties of Shu County.
However, this also led to the lack of Zhao Yun's troops, with only 12,000 cavalry and only more than 20,000 infantry, so he could not be surrounded on all sides, so he had to camp in the north of the city, send cavalry to patrol around, and prohibit communication inside and outside the city.
Occupy Ba County, Shu County and Guanghan County, start with the essence of Yizhou, and no longer worry about grain and grass; And Chengdu and Ruoxian have become isolated cities, which are difficult to take care of, and sooner or later they will be breached.
Then, Zhao Yun first sent Zhao Yun to persuade him to surrender, but to no avail; He also sent Wu Yi to persuade him to surrender.
If three counties are lost in a row, and so many important ministers surrender, Chengdu will not be able to be protected, the morale of the defenders will plummet, and the soldiers will have no heart to fight; Liu Zhang was furious and killed Wu Yi's entire family, leaving only the widow and sister-in-law.
Liu Zhang's anger was hard to dissipate, the people he trusted betrayed and left, the three counties were occupied, and the lonely city was difficult to defend, so he decided to open the city gate and fight Zhao Yun to the death, Pang Xi and others could not stop persuading him.
Liu Zhang also has a hard time, and he is not stupid, he detected that Zhao Yun now has few troops in his hands, and he is afraid that after he receives the three counties, he will stabilize the place and incorporate the local Yizhou soldiers, so he will come to Chengdu to support, in that case, he will have no chance of winning, and the more difficult this moment, the Dongzhou soldiers will fight to the death, and the combat power will be stronger.
Therefore, Liu Zhang sent all 15,000 cavalry, 20,000 Dongzhou soldiers and 20,000 ordinary Yizhou soldiers out of the city to fight, preparing to complete the battle.
Zhao Yunqin led 10,000 cavalry, Shi A's 3,000 infantry, Zhao Wei's 10,000 infantry, and 5,000 Hanzhong infantry to fight; His infantry guards were responsible for guarding the large battalion; Another 2,000 cavalry and Zhao Wei's 4,000 infantry were responsible for transporting grain, grass and baggage, and traveled between Guanghan County and Qianwei County.
Shu will take the lead to challenge.
Zhao Yun took the initiative to propose to Zhao Yun that he send his troops to fight, and Zhao Yun allowed it.
Ling Bao was brave and brave, and successively beheaded Pang Le and Li Yi.
Zhao Yun was furious and prepared to go out in person.
Guo Jiaming, who didn't want to be behind at this time, withdrew his troops.
Zhao Yun returned to the camp and asked, "Why did the military advisor Mingjin?" Yun Zheng is about to move forward to kill. ”
Guo Jia said: "Junhou, Liu Jiyu wants to fight to the death, and his troops are better than ours, Jia is just avoiding his edge, and Jun doesn't listen to it and then declines three times and exhausts?" ”
Zhao Wei said angrily: "Military advisor, we were killed first by two generals, and then cowardly Mingjin, which also had a great blow to morale!" ”
Guo Jia said: "Haha, our army has occupied three counties, the victory or defeat has been decided, and it will not affect morale, please rest assured." ”
Zhao Yun asked: "The military division has a strategy to conquer Chengdu?" ”
Guo Jiadao: "Tomorrow Liu Jiyu will fight again, and then the prince and the marquis can personally go to battle, behead the opponent's general, Jiahui will beat the drum, and make the sergeant take advantage of the situation, and he will definitely break the Yizhou army." ”
The crowd was silent.
After the victory in the first battle, Liu Zhang was overjoyed, rewarded the buds, rewarded the sergeants, and the morale of the troops was greatly shaken, and he really went out of the city to fight again on the second day.
According to Guo Jia's plan, Zhao Yun led the army out of the camp to fight, but the cavalry he led was less than 2,500.
Ling Bud continued to challenge.
Zhao Yun personally went out to fight.
Don't stab the bud to death, and don't pick Liu Bi with a gun.
Guo Jia beat the drum at the right time to march, and Zhao Yun led 8,000 cavalry against 15,000 cavalry in Yizhou, which was very difficult; Shi A and Zhao Wei's infantry followed up and engaged in a brutal fight with the Yizhou infantry, with heavy casualties on both sides.
Zhao Wei fought bravely and vented all his anger in the killing, but there were many officers and soldiers in Yizhou, and the Dongzhou soldiers fought desperately, and Shi A and others did not have an advantage.
Suddenly, two thousand five hundred Liangzhou cavalry rushed from the flank of Zhao Yun's camp and penetrated directly into the flank of the Yizhou army formation; was suddenly attacked, and the Yizhou infantry army was in chaos.
Liu Zhang saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
The city gate was so narrow that the troops could not quickly withdraw to the city, and there was a congestion at the city gate, trampling and killing countless people.
Ren Qi, who was at the head of the city, found the difficulty of the opportunity, quietly approached Liu Zhang, and took advantage of his unprepared guards to kidnap Liu Zhang.
Ren Qi was too guarded, and he was standing very close to Liu Zhang, and the incident happened suddenly, and Liu Zhang's guards were not on guard at all, so Ren Qi succeeded.
Guo Jia, who was watching the battle from the rear, understood the events at the head of the city, and then ordered the drums to be beaten, urged the march, and ordered the soldiers to shout "surrender and not kill", giving the Yizhou soldiers greater psychological pressure and preparing to take Chengdu City in one go.
The war is dangerous, and the Liangzhou soldiers are killing fiercely; The Yizhou soldiers had no way to retreat, and suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Zhang glanced at the battlefield outside the city, and felt that the general trend had gone, and Ren Qi's sword was on his neck, and he had no power to return to heaven, so he had to order surrender.
The difficulty of successfully occupying Chengdu was lower than Zhao Yun expected, and then Zhao Yun sent Liu Zhang's lord Bo Huangquan to persuade Li Yan to surrender, and Li Yan had to lead his troops to surrender.
The temporary detention of Liu Zhang and his family is a protection for him.
Subsequently, Zhao Yunhou buried the soldiers who died in battle; The Yizhou soldiers who died in the war also asked their families to bring back their bodies for burial.
For the dead in the war, Ling Bao and Liu Bi, as well as Deng Xian who died in the battle in Ruxian County, his family did not dare to collect the corpse, for fear of disaster and family, Zhao Yun ordered people outside the north gate of Chengdu, they were buried thickly, and built a pavilion opposite it, called "Sanzhong Pavilion", to commemorate, and personally inscribed: for the son to die filial piety, for the minister to die.
Zhao Yun's move was immediately recognized by people in Yizhou.
Wu Yi couldn't take revenge, and after being disappointed, he buried his family, resigned, and returned to his hometown in Yanzhou with his sister.
Although Pang Xi surrendered, he was dismissed from all official positions by Zhao Yun and ordered him to move to live in Guanzhong, which was also his protection, otherwise he would be harmed if he continued to stay in Yizhou.