Chapter 233: To Send or Not to Send Troops?
Meng Huo thought that he was captured by the other party this time, and he would never return to Panyue again, so he couldn't help but regret it deeply, he shouldn't be greedy for Yonghong's little profit, and sent his life here in vain.
Seeing that he was pushed into Pei Qian's account, Meng Shu hurriedly apologized to Pei Qian in order to get a glimmer of life: "The small people of Xiabang, misheard the lure of bandits, and offended Lord Assassin Shi for no reason, it is really a crime that deserves death, but please Lord Assassin Shi can open the net, and return to his hometown at the end, and in the future, he will definitely guard his homeland, deliver cloth and food and soldiers for his lord, and never dare to commit the majesty of the kingdom again." ”
But Pei Qian glanced at him carefully, and then asked, "Meng Shu, is what you said true?" ”
Meng Shu couldn't help but be ecstatic when he heard the other party's words, but he still pretended to be calm, nodded and said: "Absolutely serious, the last general is willing to swear to the heavens, willing to surrender for life, and never dare to rebel again." ”
"In that case, I will let you go back, hoping that you will keep your promise and not do it again, otherwise, we will not be blamed for being blind."
"No. Please rest assured. The last general's words are like white soap, and there is no reason for disrespect. When Meng heard this, he heard the sound of heaven, and hurriedly thanked Pei Qian.
After he had returned to the tribe with his subordinates, Meng Shu still felt that this thing of escaping death was as magical and incredible as a dream, he really didn't expect that the Jiaozhou assassin Shi Pei Qian would release himself without putting forward any conditions, when he told his wife Zhu Rong about this adventure, even Zhu Rong felt that things were incredible.
But no matter what, since Pei Qian let himself go, Meng Shu decided to garrison the tribe well, and no longer send troops to deal with this person.
At this time, Pei Qian was very happy, his army held hard for more than two months, and finally ushered in a comprehensive victory in this defensive battle, defeated Yonghong, bought back Gaoding, defeated and captured Meng Shu, and even Yongchang's Lu Kai was forced to surrender because of his own army approaching the city, such a victory is certainly due to his own perseverance in the past few months, but without the support of the lord Liu Qi's troops and clever planning, it is absolutely impossible.
However, now Pei Qian can't think about how to thank Liu Qi, because he wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue, lead the army to Qiqi, and Huang Zhong to attack the stubborn Yonghong in the corner, completely get rid of this henchman, and then the army can march into Qianwei, join the lord Liu Qi in Chengdu, and completely force Liu Zhang to surrender.
He had just received the news that the army of the lord Liu Qi had come to the city of Mianzhu smoothly, and it would be easy to conquer it in a few days.
It turned out that Liu Qi left Li Yan and Ling Bao to guard Badong County soon after Tian Feng's farewell, in order to defend the Brazilian Taishou Pang Xi, and at the same time sent Kan Ze to Brazil to negotiate with Pang Xi on the condition of preserving the status quo in Brazil in exchange for Pang Xi not attacking his own team, and then led the army to the direction of Mianzhu.
Although Tian Feng's strategy was not adopted, Liu Qi could feel the correctness of what Tian Feng said, because from Qu Ren to Mianzhu all the way for thousands of miles, there were all difficult and difficult mountain roads, and once an ambush appeared, his side would definitely suffer a big loss.
Fortunately, this road is also unimpeded, and the army has been marching for half a month and has come to the city of Fuxian.
Pang Tong stood beside Liu Qi, pointed to Fucheng in front of him, and said with a faint smile: "Lord Qiqi, Fuxian County is based on the mountain, according to Tianchi in the east, Fushui in the west, shaped like Beidou, Wolong Fuma, the geographical location is very prominent, it is the only place where the Sword Pavilion Shu Road leads to Chengdu, it can be said that it is a husband and a man, and the strategic position is actually much stronger than that of Mianzhu, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Zhang will deploy heavy troops here for defense, if we attack this place, we will definitely suffer great losses, so we will avoid the real and attack the false, Attacking Mianzhu, where the enemy's defensive force is empty, Mianzhu is a dangerous place second only to Fuxian, as long as you control this place, you can also block the offensive of enemy troops from all over the north, which is the main reason why we chose Mianzhu as a breakthrough. ”
After listening to Pang Tong's introduction, Liu Qi couldn't help but nodded, he could see that Pang Tong had put a lot of effort into the geography of central Sichuan, and he heard that Pang Tong was very discerning about the deployment of military strategy, so he knew that this person was not inferior to Pang Tong, the phoenix military division in history, and even stronger than Pang Tong at the peak of history, and was no longer the so-called half-hero.
"Pass my military order, and the army will attack the city immediately." Although it was only a feint to attract enemy reinforcements, Liu Qi was not ambiguous and ordered the army to start a high-fidelity siege.
Only the sound of war drums and the killing of the soldiers under the city shook the sky, and a large-scale attack began from outside the north city gate.
At this time, Xiang Cun, the magistrate of Fu County, was lying peacefully in the ya, because he knew that although Zhang Lu had threatened Shuzhong many times, there was an army of Brazil guarding Pang Xi in front of him to guard the area of Jiameng and Baishui, and it was impossible for Zhang Lu to come to the city, so there was nothing to worry about recently.
However, he was awakened by the sudden sound of war drums, and he couldn't help but be furious, and asked who dared to beat the snare drum without permission and disturb his dreams.
Before Xiang Cun could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the siren on the head of the city sound, and it sounded very urgent, as if he had suddenly encountered an enemy attack.
"What's going on here? Could it be a mob from nowhere? Or who will rebel? Xiang Chong, go and see what's going on? ”
Xiang Cun's face suddenly sank, and he thought secretly with a wry smile: "It seems that whether there are mobs or rebellions, I am afraid that I can't sleep well today, but it's a pity that the girl in my sleep." ”
"No." Xiang Chong listened to his master's order, and immediately went out to ask for the truth, but one of them ran into the room from outside, collided with him, and almost knocked him to the ground.
"What a big dog, when you get to the master's house, you dare to run around like this, what if you collide with the master?" Xiang Tane, who was an ordinary guard, couldn't help but pick up the guard's collar and scolded angrily.
The guard didn't take Xiang Chong's attitude into account at all, and hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "My lord, no, it's not good, there is an enemy attack, and the city is densely packed with enemy troops, and it looks like there are tens of thousands." ”
"It's just some mobs, and they don't have much combat power, and they can be solved by sending one or two thousand people, so why make a fuss?" Xiang Cun smiled faintly, and said disapprehantly: "How many times has Ben said that you should be calm when there is a big event......
But unexpectedly, the guard continued to roar: "No, it's not a mob, it's a regular army, looking at the banner of the enemy army, it should be Liu Qi's men and horses in Jingzhou." ”
"Regardless of him Liu Qi and Liu Ba, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth...... You, what do you say? Whose centaur is coming? Tell me again. Xiang Cun's mind suddenly remembered the meaning of the name "Liu Qi", and he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and began to have a trace of panic, because he knew that if it was really Liu Qi who came, his stable days might come to an end.
At this time, Xiang Cun didn't care about the comfort of his life, immediately ended his armor, and followed the guards to the city to see if the attacking enemy army was really Liu Qi's team?
But when Xiang Cun came to the city to see, he was immediately frightened and his legs were weak, his face was pale, and he didn't ask the other party's strength, just seeing the tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, who were full of murderous spirit, he knew that this group of soldiers was definitely elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and it was extremely difficult to hold it with his own ability, so Xiang Cun, who was shocked, immediately wrote to Chengdu and Mianzhu for help, hoping to send reinforcements as much as possible, otherwise he would definitely not be able to hold on.
Fortunately, Fuxian City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, only the back is the place where troops are used, and there is enough food and grass in the city, as long as they are determined to defend it, it should be no problem to hold on for a few days, plus the city's Chinese military officers resolutely advocate resistance, plus Xiang Cun's family is in Chengdu, the countryside did not offer to surrender, although they were afraid in their hearts, they could only order to hold on.
About an hour passed, and the enemy's siege did not make any substantial progress, so he had to order the retreat, Xiang Cun quietly breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, he finally repelled the first wave of the enemy's attack, which was a thing worth celebrating for himself.
But after waiting for five days in a row, the rescuers in Chengdu have not yet come, which makes Xiang Cun's heart rise again, after all, after these five days of fighting, the 10,000 army has also lost more than 2,000 people, if you don't come to the rescue after a while, I'm afraid that your defenders will be killed directly by the enemy, at that time, even if there is a difficult city, what is the use?
In fact, Xiang Cun didn't know that there was a fierce debate going on in Chengdu at this time, Liu Zhang was shocked to hear that Fuzhou County was besieged, and immediately prepared to send troops to help, but the general Wu Yi persuaded himself not to send troops, because on the battlefield on the other side, Pei Qian frequently won, and Huang Zhong also went to Jiangyang, although on the surface it seems that he was going to attack Yonghong, but what if he turned the spearhead to attack Qianwei? If the soldiers in the city are sent to Fuxian, how to resist Huang Zhong's army at that time?
However, Zhang Song, Captain Fa Zheng, and Meng Da, Zheng Du and others in Yizhou all advocated that Liu Zhang send reinforcements from Chengdu, because it was only 270 miles from Chengdu to Fuxian, and if it was cavalry, it would be possible to arrive in two days, and as long as the army moved fast enough, it would definitely be able to defeat the enemy and return smoothly before Huang Zhong's army reached Chengdu.
However, Liu Zhang was worried about the safety of Chengdu and did not dare to take risks at all, so he didn't need a few people's strategies, and later listened to Wu Yi's proposition and ordered the Mianzhu garrison to go to the aid of Fu County, and the Chengdu army remained unmoved.
"It seems that this time the lord really has no hope, if my expectations are correct, the real purpose of the enemy army is Mianzhu, as long as Mianzhu is captured, I am afraid that Chengdu will fall into an isolated state of foreign aid, which will fundamentally determine our defeat." Seeing that Liu Zhang insisted on his opinion, Fa Zheng couldn't help sighing, and said slowly: "It seems that this person has no meaning to continue to support, shouldn't I think about changing the lord?" ”
Just as Fa Zheng was thinking about this problem in the mansion, he suddenly heard a knock on the door.