Chapter Fifty-Eight: Divide and Attack Together, Defeat Hou Shu V

ps. Kuizhou [Chongqing Fengjie]

East of Chengdu, east of Kuizhou, Qutang Gorge on both sides of the river such as cutting, the rock cliff is towering, the river water is on the cliff and the waves go away, the cliff is dangerous, a city is built according to the mountain, rises from the ground, this is Kuizhou, Kuizhou, controls the two rivers, is limited to five streams, according to the upstream of Jingchu, it is the throat of Bashu.

In late December, a thin mist rose on the river 30 miles east of Kuizhou, and a thick fog shrouded the river.

On the river, there was a sailor led by Cao Bin, these days the Song army invaded Wuxia, broke several villages, annihilated more than 12,000 people in Shushui and infantry troops, killed its general Nanguanghai, captured its commander Yuan Dehong, and captured more than 200 warships.

The river flowed, but was shrouded in mist, the river was wide, the water was a little turbulent here, and the sails were somewhat blown by the wind.

The sailors led by Cao Bin temporarily docked at the riverside because of the Shuojiang River and the weather.

"There are indeed several iron cables on the east side of the river to intercept ships." "And these iron cables are connected every four or five strands, and they are covered with large logs, which become iron chain bridges, and there are enemy towers on the bridges, and rockets are on them." There are enemy ships coming, and 10,000 crossbows are fired in unison, which is very powerful. There are also many garrisons in the lofty mountains and mountains on both sides of the strait to stop the enemy from attacking by river and land routes. ”

"The intelligence is really true, the Shu army actually set up three obstacles on the river." Cao Bin stood at the bow of the ship, and suddenly heard the urgent report of the scout soldiers, and asked, "Kuizhou guard?" ”

"General Cao, at this moment, the Kuizhou guard army is Gao Yanyu, the envoy of the Ningjiang Army of Shu State, and the name of the supervising army is Wu Shouqian."

"Gao Yanyu." Cao Bin silently said, during the Xiande period, Gao Yanyu had a northern expedition against Zhou in Zhao Jiza, and later Zhao Jizha was killed by Meng Chang, but Gao Yanyu was awarded a meritorious envoy, presumably also Meng Chang's confidant. And Wu Shouqian is a young and vigorous general, he just wants to establish his achievements in the War of Rejecting the Song Dynasty, and he will be promoted in the future.

"How is General Liu now?" Cao Bin asked Liu Yanrang.

"General Liu is now in order to break through the waterway defense line set up by the Shu soldiers, and he has destroyed several Shu soldiers along the way, and he is in the White Emperor City at the moment."

"Good, hopefully he will have a breakthrough before the fog clears." Cao Bin looked at the shore from afar, and the soldiers and horses led by Liu Yanrang were breaking through the Shu soldiers and setting up three lines of defense on the river.

The fog gradually dissipated, the line of sight on the river began to widen, and Cao Bin saw everything around him.

At this moment, Cao Bin ordered the boats to continue sailing in the river, and at the same time transferred troops and horses from this waterway to reinforce Liu Yan's pawns on land.

Liu Yan had his army march along the river, eliminated several Shu troops, and now advanced to thirty miles east of Kuizhou.

White Emperor City, located on the White Emperor Mountain, is located in Kuimen, guarding the main road of Badong.

The army led by Liu Yanrang and others was progressing very smoothly, and the ships led by Cao Bin on the water confused the Shu army, while the foot soldiers had already attacked the camp and were invincible.

Two days later, the White Emperor City was taken by the Song army.

On December 26th, at this moment in Kuizhou City, Gao Yanyu sat in the palace, he was full of confidence, with the pontoon bridge on the river, the danger of Kuimen, it was expected that the Song army was hopeless at this time, and the Song soldiers were northerners, unfamiliar with the water, and waded from afar.

At this moment, the military academy came to report: "Gao Shuai, the White Emperor City has been lost, and now there are enemy warships on the river, and the general roughly estimates that there are about three or four hundred." ”

"There are not many defenders in White Emperor City, and if they are lost, they will be lost, as long as Kuizhou is still there and Kuimen is not broken, the Song army will not be able to enter Badong at once." Gao Yanyu said confidently: "I can't do it, it seems that it is the Song army's plan to lure the enemy, you continue to investigate, and tell the defenders at the pontoon bridge and iron cable that they don't have to pay attention to it, and they don't have to attack." ”

"Yes." The military academy turned around and left.

The Shu army began to deploy in Kuizhou City, close the city gate, stick to the city, and let the scouts go out of the city to inquire about the news, and the east side of Kuizhou City has set up a lock river pontoon bridge, with a triple wooden fence on it, sandwiched in the river water, and the defenders are guarding it all the time.

At the head of Kuizhou City, there was a black-faced man standing at this moment, and after he heard Gao Yanyan's order, he felt that Gao Yanyan's plan was not working.

This is Wu Shouqian, at this time he blushed and said with a thick neck: "Now that the Song army has appeared on the water surface defended by our army, why don't you send troops to meet the battle, but stick to the city." ”

The guard general told Wu Shouqian what Gao Yanyu meant, and said, "This is an order from Gao Shuai. The Song army came from afar, hoping for a quick victory, as long as our defenders waited to defend the city, the Song army would definitely not be able to take Kuizhou. ”

"Fart, bitch*bitch, I only know that the enemy army is here, and I should go out to meet the enemy, not be a turtle with a shrunken head."

"Zhang Jianjunβ€”"

At this time, the Song army ships approached the pontoon erection site, but the next moment, the sudden situation shocked the soldiers of the guarding general and even Wu Shouqian.

Originally, a ship suddenly appeared from the Song warships on the river, and with a "boom", a projectile shot out, and it accurately hit the fence set up on the iron cable pontoon.

With a dull sound, the water splashed in an instant, and dozens of feet of huge waves rose, and the guards above the pontoon bridge were invincible to the huge waves, and fell on the water one after another, and were immediately swallowed by the rolling river.

Cao Bin stood on top of the giant ship and also felt the ship shake violently.

"I can't do it."

Cao Bin took out a clairvoyant mirror to watch the "performance" on the three-layer fence, and it seemed that this time it was not enough.

"Put." The next moment, a graceful parabola was drawn in the sky, and it immediately fell heavily on the fence.

The Shu army was blown up, and all the living people and corpses fell into the river, and no one survived.

The roar continued, and the fire and smoke also swallowed the trestle rope in an instant.

The first line of defense on the water collapsed, and the Song ships took a step closer.

Second line of defense...... The last line of defense was ruthlessly shattered, and the defenders on the walls were stunned.

In just a few moments, the defense line carefully set up by Gao Yanyu was destroyed, so that the Shu army could no longer be calm.

Defending the city, you will definitely die, and suddenly this thought popped up in Wu Shouqian's heart, it is better to ......

"Soldiers, it's better for us to meet and kill the enemy." Wu Shouqian ignored Gao Yan's order, secretly gathered more than 1,000 troops, and prepared to go out of the city gate to meet the battle now.

The guard general persuaded: "No, the Song army doesn't know where to get this thing, in case it ......."

Wu Shouqian was angry and wanted to break away from the blocking guards. "If you dare to stop the general again, there will be no mercy."

The "Wu ......" guard stopped in front of Wu Shouqian, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a bloody curtain in front of him, and then his eyes opened angrily, and he convulsed and fell in a pool of blood.

The soldiers around him were startled, they didn't dare to say anything, they didn't dare to offend this evil star.

Wu Shouqian withdrew the blood-stained knife, and then went straight to the school field, combined with the army, all this happened in a flash of light.

Wu Shouqian went out of the west gate of Kuizhou, led more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and killed the pig's head shop.

After the Song army Cao Bin broke through the obstacle on the river, the ship was already close to Kuizhou City. At this time, Liu Yanrang's army had also appeared outside Kuizhou. , Liu Yan asked this side to send the cavalry general Zhang Tinghan and others to lead troops to kill the pig's head shop.

Suddenly, the two armies on the side of the pig's head shop began to fight, although Wu Shouqian was brave, but he immediately felt the pressure of the other party, and he immediately led less than five hundred foot soldiers in a panic to retreat to Kuizhou City.

When the warship docked, Cao Bin left 5,000 people to guard the ship, and Cao Bin and others immediately led 15,000 soldiers and horses to kill Kuizhou.

In an instant, outside the city of Kuizhou, the sound of killing shook the sky......

Cao Bin, Liu Yanrang and other soldiers and horses gathered outside the city of Kuizhou, and in an instant, the Song army ascended the city from the ladder. The two armies at the head of the city began to fight, and the judge Luo Ji immediately went to the government to move the rescue troops.

In the city of Kuizhou, Gao Yanyu had learned that the Song army had broken through the water and iron cable defense line, and now they were advancing by land and water, heading towards Kuizhou, but the hateful thing was that Wu Shouqian did not obey the order and went out of the city alone to meet the enemy.

Gao Yanyan panicked and didn't know what to do, so he had to immediately put on his battle armor, hold a weapon in his hand, and face the battle with his hand.

After the Song army ascended the city tower, it immediately opened the gate of the urn city and the outer city in the west of the city, and a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Song army headquarters and the soldiers and horses of the surrender army swarmed into the inner city and killed the inner city.

Seeing this, the soldiers of Shu suddenly hugged their heads and fled eastward, and surrendered one after another.

The Song army continued to march towards the inner city, and suddenly encountered a thousand soldiers and horses led by Gao Yanyu, and the two armies began to fight.

Gao Yanyu resisted desperately, and finally fought to only a few dozen people around him, and now the Song army had a wheel battle, Gao Yanyan knew that it was hopeless to defend the city, and suddenly he was hit by several arrows in his arms and back.

Judge Luo Ji immediately said: "Gao Shuai, go quickly, go to Chengdu quickly." "I have lost the water in the past, and now I can't defend Kuizhou, even if I can't bear to kill me, how can I see the Shu people!" Hundreds of people of all ages are in Chengdu, if they are born secretly, what is the burden of the family? I will have a dead ear today! ”

Immediately, Luo Ji waved the spear in his hand and hit the war horse where Gao Yanyan sat down. The war horse was startled, Gao Yanyu couldn't control the war horse, and escaped from the encirclement.

Gao Yanyu rolled down from the war horse, he looked at the defeat of Kuizhou, stepped up to the high-rise buildings in the mountain city, that is, the solution of the talisman seal, looked at the northwest and bowed again, and then set fire **.

Kuizhou was under fire, and two days later, Liu Yan let his bones simmer in the embers and be buried with ceremonies.

On December 28, the Song army occupied Kuizhou.

Time is in the blink of an eye to the first month, this originally happy day, but Chengdu can no longer be lively.

The news of the defeat came one after another, and now Xixian is lost, Xingyuan Mansion is lost, Lizhou is lost, the northern border of the Shu army has been struggling to support in the area of Jianmen Pass, Jianmen Pass has been all fallen, and Kuizhou in the east is lost, Gao Yan is martyred, and the eastern door of Shu is wide open.

I don't know what the next lost Shu realm will be...... At this moment, the Song Kingdom North Road and East Road attacked on both sides, and the movement was very large, and the Shu army lost its armor and did not win a battle.

At this moment, in the crystal palace as warm as spring, Meng Chang lingered with Mrs. Hua Rui at the moment, and was accidentally harassed by the military situation in front of him, and after half of the progress, he was interrupted, and he said angrily: "Didn't you say that the military report was discussed in the other hall. ”

"Your Majesty." The person who delivered the military report naturally knew Meng Chang's temper, but at the moment, the military situation was very urgent, and there was no room for mistakes, so he still stiffened his head, tightened his belt and said, "Xixian, lost." Han Baozheng and Li Jin were captured, Lan Siwan**, and Wang Quanbin's army had already led the army to Xingyuan Mansion and Jianmen Pass respectively. The East Road Army led by Cao Bin and Liu Yanrang on the East Road had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way to the water division, the Shuojiang River, all the way to the infantry, and a few days ago, the Song Army East Road had reached Kuizhou [Chongqing Fengjie], Kuizhou was lost, and Gao Shuai was martyred. ”

What? lost Xixian, Han and Li were captured, Yishen surrendered to the enemy, Wang Zhaoyuan was defeated and retreated, and Gao Yan was martyred. Now we can only rely on the risk of plank roads and sword gates.

Meng Chang stood stunned for a moment, and now he had to rely on the two checkpoints of Jianmen Pass and Kuimen Pass, and at the same time he ordered Chengdu to be under martial law to prevent all people from entering and leaving the city.

Meng Chang has no master, and when he heard that the Shu army had lost several battles, and had lost Jianmen North and Kuizhou East, he sat on the dragon chair and muttered, "What should I do now?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall was very tense, and just when Meng Chang was thinking about the gains and losses, Wang Zhaoyuan's letter also arrived in Chengdu.

Wang Zhaoyuan said in the letter that in order to preserve his strength, he could only retire to the Sword Gate. I hope that Meng Chang will send troops quickly, otherwise the situation will be in danger.

"Now there are no generals to be sent in Chengdu, I don't know who can do it?" Meng Chang asked the entourage beside him.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally command an army and go to the Sword Gate to help, so that the soldiers can feel at ease."

Meng Chang lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, he thought about it, and came up with the next strategy, he clapped his hands and said: "Immediately send the order, use all the gold and silver in the treasury to raise soldiers, and order the crown prince Xuanzhe to command and support the king of the Sword Gate, Zhaoyuan." ”

The attendant next to him immediately drafted the decree and passed it to the East Palace.

In the East Palace, the spring was flirting, and he was naked in bed, Meng Xuanzhe heard about the holy decree, and immediately stopped halfway, and later learned that he was sent to supervise the army.

"Your Highness, the slave family will also go on the expedition with Your Highness."

"Hehe, concubine, how can Lone be willing to give up your delicate fox."

"Your Highness."

Three days later, Meng Xuanzhe, the prince of Shu, led the Shu army, and at the same time went to the north with his concubines and concubines.

The Shu army was mighty and went all the way north.

Outside the city, in the crowd, Qin Xi and other Changchun Hall warriors were dressed in cloth and common people's clothes, wearing hats, and watched the Shu army go north, but they despised Meng Xuanzhe, the prince of Shu, and sent troops to fight with him.

No one seemed to care about what was happening in Chengdu, and Qin Xi still went to Wuyongzi's mansion every day.

Early in the morning of this day, at the mouth of Xiaoluo Lane in the west of the city, Wu Yongzi, An Deyu and An Dongye were still in the house, and after the four of them discussed, they decided to use the excuse of the trip to Qingcheng Mountain to cover up people's eyes and ears, and the three of them went to Meng Chang to go to Qingcheng Mountain to practice, Meng Chang saw that he was persistent, so he ordered ten guards to guard Wu Yongzi out of the city.

Out of the city, the three chariots and horses crossed the Shengxian Bridge, and the ten guards were attacked by the warriors of Changchun Hall, nine of them were killed on the spot, and one of them went back to report the news.

The three of them escaped and ascended to heaven, and after Meng Chang learned the news, he couldn't take care of Wuyongzi's side for the time being.

After the three of them left the city, they immediately headed north.