If an army is in a stalemate between two armies and confronts each other, neither of them can help the other, so it is easy to say. At the very least, the sergeants on both sides will maintain a certain morale and fighting spirit, their nerves are tense, and they will be ready to fight each other at any time.

However, when one side loses, then all the breath they hold in their hearts will be discharged, and at that time, their morale and fighting spirit will be gone. All the will to resist is gone, what will happen to such an army? It must be a thousand miles away.

This is not just as simple as a thousand miles of collapse, but it is linked, all the soldiers of this camp will panic, and if one person escapes, he will follow all the people with him. Especially when there is another side behind that is chasing after a wolf-like army, who still has the heart to resist the enemy army? Who still has the ability to turn the tide, so that a defeated army can immediately stop the rout, and organize resistance or even counterattack against the pursuing army, who has such a ability? Who can do it?

The current Yizhou army soldiers, those generals fled faster than anyone else, and they couldn't catch up with the horses, and the ordinary soldiers below didn't run for their lives?

The Xinhan army chased closely, even if there were still many dangerous passes along the road, but the Yizhou army had no intention of desperately defending at all, seeing that the soldiers on the front line were desperately fleeing, they were also panicking, how could there be any reason not to escape? Therefore, the Yizhou army retreated on all fronts and collapsed on all fronts.

The prestige of the New Han Army is too prominent, where in the world have not heard of the New Han Army? No matter who they are, when they really want to fight against the New Han Army, no one's heart will be steady, and there will be an invisible pressure that makes them feel depressed. Even if there is no way. If they insist on it, they are also apprehensive. There is no confidence.

Another point is the most important, that is, since the formation of the New Han Army. What is spread is not only prestige, but also fame. Yes, it's a good reputation.

The reputation of the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army, when you talk about it, which poor people don't give a thumbs up? Liu Yi, the Taifu of the New Han Dynasty, is a figure loved by everyone in the world, and anyone who hears it will be in awe. After all, what Liu Yi has done in the past ten years. But there is no ambiguity at all, how many people have been rescued by relief? What common people of the Han Dynasty don't want to see such a person?

The New Han Dynasty was a court established by Liu Yi, and after the establishment of this court, how many poor people were guided to live a peaceful and stable life by asking for the people's lives? The people of all parts of the Han Dynasty were very envious of the people of the New Han Dynasty because they could live a good life.

The New Han Army, since its establishment. and all they struck were those whom the people of the world hated and feared. Such as Dong Zhuo back then, the Huns, the Wuhuan people, Zhang Yan of Montenegro and so on. Arguably. Basically, the New Han army really rarely took the initiative to use swords and guns against the princes in the Han Dynasty.

Before the New Han Dynasty publicly shouted that it would send troops to unify the Han Dynasty. Luoyang, which was recovered by the New Han Dynasty, was taken back from Dong Zhuo. The area around Guanzhong in Chang'an was also taken back from Dong Zhuo's old subordinates. and state. It was also taken from the hands of aliens. At that time, the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army. They are all longed for and loved by the people of the world from the heart.

After the announcement of the unification of the Han Dynasty came out, in fact, ordinary people were secretly happy about this matter. Because the unification of the Han Dynasty is also an expectation in the hearts of the people, the Han Dynasty has been in chaos for too long, and the people are determined that if the Han Dynasty is unified, the people can see the real peace and tranquility of the good days. Especially in every war between princes, the people who die in the battle are the children of ordinary people, who wants to see their sons and fathers conscripted into the army and die on the battlefield? What's more, over the years, enough people have died, and who hasn't died because of disasters and wars? Therefore, the people are under the rule of those princes, they may not dare to say anything, but in their hearts, they actually have an expectation for the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army. They preferred to be under the rule of the New Han Dynasty and to be protected by the New Han Army, which would not harm the common people.

Speaking of these, the people in Jizhou, Yangzhou and other areas are most eager to see the arrival of the New Han Army. Because they were persecuted by the princes under their control, they were afraid, so they preferred to have a state of life that would really bring them more peace. What they hoped for could only be brought to them by the New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army.

It is only the people in some relatively stable and affluent areas that they do not have that kind of mentality too strongly. However, this does not mean that the people in those places will be satisfied with the status quo and live happily. This is not to say that the people in those areas were not oppressed. It's just that, relatively speaking, they can barely survive without going hungry all the time. However, as soon as there was a war, the taxes that their people had to bear suddenly increased, and they would be oppressed. Anyway, they're all afraid of war.

Which of the soldiers of the Yizhou Army is not from a poor family? They also have their own families, parents, wives and children, and their families are not having a good time, if there is no way, who would want to enlist in the army and be the enemy of the New Han Army who fought the world for the poor?

Therefore, whether it is the Jingzhou Army earlier or the current Yizhou Army, in the hearts of those soldiers, they actually do not have the concept and belief that the New Han Army must fight to the death. It would be nice if they could defeat the attack of the New Han Army at the beginning, but once they were defeated, they would not fight for it anymore. Who doesn't want to escape? Who doesn't want to run for their lives and go home to be reunited with their families?

Defending the country is not what they think, they may have the concept of a geographical area, but they don't have the concept of a country. As for home, as long as they have ears and are not blind. So who doesn't know that the New Han Army has never harmed the poor people? As long as it is the people, the New Han Army will not only not be harmed, but will also protect it. Most of them have heard that under the rule of the New Han Dynasty, they will not only be able to obtain relief from the government, but also the land allocated by the government, and at that time, every household will have their own land, and they will no longer have to rent the land of those landlords and tyrants, nor will they have to rent more land from those landlords and tyrants for no reason. To know. The land rent is not fixed. If there is a disaster year, the fields will not be harvested. That land rent will not be reduced by half a cent, and many people, because they can't pay the land rent and field tax, have been forced to death many people alive, selling their sons and daughters, and it is also the most in that year. But if it is a good harvest year, then the land rent and field tax will have to be increased. Anyway, it is very difficult for them to live in peace for a few days.

So. The rout of the Yizhou army is actually not just one reason.

This can also be said to be the one who wins the hearts of the people and wins the world. The New Han Dynasty and the New Han Army have always had a very good beer among the people of the Han Dynasty, no matter where the army is, when they hear that the New Han Army is coming, they have to think carefully about whether they want to be enemies with the New Han Army.

Guan Yu, Ma Chao and other generals led the New Han Army to pursue all the way. Capture the pass towns along the way. Along the way, it seems that there are more defeated troops in Yizhou. The New Han army entered some towns and cities, and it was really welcomed by many local people. At least, the soldiers of the New Han Army. Everywhere I went, nothing disturbed the people. On the contrary, if you meet some people who are so poor that they can't even open the pot. There will also be sergeants who will give them some food. Where can such an army not be loved by the people?

After passing through many barriers. When they arrived in some towns, the local defenders of Yizhou, who had no time to escape. They all surrendered, leaving the Xinhan army to take over countless towns without bloodshed.

After several days of pursuit, Guan Yu allowed the army to temporarily stop the pursuit. Because I have already entered Yizhou, I am not in a hurry. If the pursuit continues, the logistics troops behind have not yet been able to catch up, and when the time comes, it will really become a lone army in depth.

Moreover, the troops were also scattered too much, and the 200,000 or so New Han troops had already been stationed in many towns along the way, and the troops had been dispersed. Guan Yu and Ma Chao both felt that for the time being, it was better to stabilize their positions first, and then transfer more military horses to march to Chengdu. In addition, we also have to understand the battle situation in Badong City, and find out how Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are fighting now. If they also enter Sichuan, then the two military horses can echo each other, and they can fight to Chengdu in one go.

However, Guan Yu and Ma Chao didn't know that there was a barbarian army that was still in formation, and it had quickly withdrawn to Chengdu.

Meng Shu led an army of about 30,000 barbarians, and in the end, it had become the most powerful army, and the Yizhou army was defeated on all fronts, and there were not many formed military horses left.

Because of the close relationship between the New Han Army. Meng Shu decided not to wait for the barbarian army with Liu Bei, he just sent people to let the barbarian generals who were with Liu Bei. Let them evacuate with their own military horses and return to Chengdu to join him, and he plans to kill and plunder Chengdu even if there are 30,000 horses.

And what made Meng get this decision was because Wu Ban, Chen Shi and other Yizhou generals caught up with them and sought their protection. They were chased by a new Han army for two or three days, chasing them into fear. Seeing that he had caught up with Meng Huo, he had already forgotten that Meng Huo had retreated from Yangping Pass earlier. They only hoped that Meng Shu could take them and the few remaining Yizhou troops back to Chengdu that had not yet been dispersed.

Wu Ban and them, in fact, still have 10,000 or 20,000 horses, but the morale of the generals is low, everyone is panicked, and they don't dare to fight the New Han army chasing behind them. In this way, when they merged with Meng Shu's barbarian army, they felt at ease.

And Meng Shu felt that this was an opportunity, he returned to Chengdu with Wu Ban and other Yizhou troops, and when the time came, he said that they would flee back together, and after the gate of Chengdu was opened, they rushed into Chengdu City to loot. In this way, there was no need for him to plan to open the gates of the city by deception.

From Yangpingguan to Yizhou Guangyuan and other areas, not too far, from Guangyuan to Chengdu, but there are four or five hundred miles, and the road is not easy to walk, Meng Shu and Wu Ban and other people are in a hurry all the way like a lost dog, day and night, a few days later, they fled back to Chengdu.

When they fled back, they had already sent fast horses to inform Chengdu of the loss of Yangping Pass in Chengdu.

However, the current situation in Chengdu is actually quite delicate. Led by Huang Quan, a group of tycoons in Yizhou Chengdu and the local clans, they all take Liu Zhang as the center and occupy more than half of the city in Chengdu. And some of the Yizhou generals who followed Liu Bei led by the governor of Yizhou surrendered to Liu Bei and occupied the other half of Chengdu.

They occupy the north and south of Chengdu respectively.

Of course, nominally, it is still Liu Zhang's Yizhou and Liu Zhang's Chengdu. If the Yizhou army has any actions, it will routinely send some documents to Liu Zhang for review, but how to implement it, it is not for Liu Zhang to have the final say.

Of course, Liu Zhang is still sleeping in the hospital bed, and his illness will not be able to get better in a day or two. When Liu Yi was here as the prince of the Li Yao clan, he used Yuanyang Divine Skill to alleviate his condition, but now that Liu Yi is gone, his condition is also

The news of the loss of Yangping Pass was a big deal, and when it reached Liu Bei's people, naturally some people sent the news to Liu Zhang and Huang Quan.

Liu Bei's people, because Liu Bei was not in Chengdu, they all had no idea, and for a while, they didn't know what to do. Everyone panicked and became a mess, for fear that the New Han Army would come to Chengdu immediately.

However, on Liu Zhang's side, because of Liu Zhang's illness, it was difficult for him to pay attention to this matter, so he naturally had to ask Huang Quan and other generals to take ideas.

For Liu Zhang, he is like this now, even if he has any ambitions and grandiose achievements, he is long gone. Now that the military power of Yizhou has fallen into Liu Bei's hands, what else does he have to think about? Therefore, what he has to think about now is how to save his life.

Therefore, if the New Han army is killed, it may not be a good thing. Liu Zhang is now returning to the Xinhan Army, and I believe that his concession will be much better than the current situation.

Including Huang Quan and other Yizhou generals who are still loyal to Liu Zhang, most of them mean the same thing. During this time, they could still guard half of Chengdu City, and they all knew that it was the pressure of the New Han Army, and Liu Bei had no time to deal with them. If Liu Bei returns to Chengdu City, then they are afraid that a catastrophe will befall them.

In this way, Huang Quan and other Yizhou generals did not panic, on the contrary, they were more worried that the Yizhou army controlled by Liu Bei would be unfavorable to them. Now that this has happened, Yangping Pass has been lost, and I believe that the New Han Army will soon come to Chengdu. They were worried that Liu Bei would definitely have to deal with them first in order to defend Chengdu City, and as long as they were destroyed, Liu Bei would be able to better control Chengdu City.

What's more, now that the New Han army has entered Yizhou, how can Liu Bei have any scruples? In the name of what, how could he care anymore? The dog has to jump off the wall when he's in a hurry. Therefore, their main thing now is to guard against Liu Bei's military horses. (To be continued......)