The surging wind in Guanzhong attracted the attention of the world, and also made the crisis of the entire Tang Dynasty concentrated in Chang'an, thus forgetting the crisis in the periphery, at the same time when the Guanlong coalition army marched into Chang'an, 100,000 Zhou soldiers came to Chengdu, surrounded Chengdu on the east, west and south sides, leaving only the northern city for the defenders in the city to flee. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There were three generals involved in this attack on Bashu, Xu Shiji, Lai Hu'er and Liu Lancheng, but Xu Shiji was the main general, Lai Hu'er was the auxiliary general, and Liu Lan became the deputy general, the auxiliary general was the same as the main general in status, and he also commanded the army independently, and he must obey the arrangement of the chief general in terms of combat strategy, even if he disobeyed the order of the main general, the main general had no right to punish the auxiliary general, but he could report to the military aircraft station and be punished by Zhang Xuan.

The deputy general is a subordinate of the main general, and must strictly follow the orders of the main general, if the order is not followed, the main general can directly kill the deputy general in front of the army.

However, Laihu'er also knew that this attack on Chengdu was very important, and if they took Chengdu, they would capture the entire Bashu, so Laihu'er was very cooperative and obeyed Xu Shiji's unified dispatch.

Moreover, Xu Shiji is shrewd and good at fighting, and the strategy of besieging the three cities and staying in the north city is very clever, so that Laihu'er has more than once felt that the blue is better than the blue, so he wholeheartedly assisted Xu Shiji to win Chengdu.

The battle of Chengdu in Tang and Zhou, the contrast of troops is very large, the Zhou army has a naval army, cavalry and infantry, with a total strength of 100,000 people, and the strength of the Tang army is only 25,000 people, originally Chengdu has 15,000 people, Li Yuan got the urgent report of Bashu, and sent 30,000 troops to Bashu to support, but at present, only 10,000 troops rushed from Chengdu, and the other 20,000 troops are still in Hanzhong, it is too late to rush to Chengdu.

There was a huge disparity in strength, and the Tang army currently only relied on the tall and strong city walls of Chengdu to confront the 100,000-strong army.

In the big tent in Nancheng, Xu Shiji is discussing with Lai Hu'er and Ling Jing about the strategy of breaking the city, Xu Shiji belongs to the type of wise general, with average martial arts, but the commander is strong, and at the same time extremely resourceful, there is generally no need for strategists, Ling Jing is just a supervisor of the army, but he himself is very resourceful, which has also brought great help to Xu Shiji.

"I let go of Beicheng before and let the Tang army withdraw, mainly considering Li Shenfu's performance in Jiangxia, this person is mediocre and timid, and he doesn't have the courage to fight to the death, I hope he can abandon Chengdu and flee north, but from the past three days, he doesn't seem to have the intention of retreating north, am I wrong in my judgment?" Xu Shiji was a little worried.

Laihu'er smiled slightly, "It's the same as beating a dog, if you don't take out a thick stick, or if you don't beat it, he won't run, I think we still lack a little thunderbolt means." ”

Ling Jing next to him also said: "The general's thinking is not wrong, the old general's reminder is also in place, I think not only to fight outside, but also to persuade internally, Li Shenfu does not dare to abandon the city and flee north, a very important reason is that Chai Shao is also in the city, after all, he is Li Yuan's most relied on son-in-law, and his status by Li Yuan's side is higher than Li Shenfu, if Chai Shao resolutely refuses to retreat, it is estimated that Li Shenfu has no choice." ”

Xu Shiji nodded, "Then is there any way to transfer Chai Shao from Chengdu?" ”

Ling Jing smiled and said, "We may not have a way, but I believe that Li Shenfu must have a way." ”

Xu Shiji and Lai Hu'er's spirits lifted at the same time, and they asked in unison: "What is the best plan for the prison army?" ”

Ling Jing whispered a few words to the two, and the two nodded their heads again and again, and praised together: "The prison army is really clever, and it is a good strategy. ”

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In the afternoon, Zhou Jun joined the army and Zhang Yi came to Beicheng on behalf of Xu Shiji, and he was followed by more than a dozen entourages, one of whom stepped forward and shouted to the city: "On the order of General Xu, I have come to meet General Li Shenfu." ”

The soldiers at the head of the city rushed into the city to report, at this time, Li Shenfu was in the military office and Chai Shao to discuss the centralized control of grain, Li Shenfu served as the governor of Yizhou, in charge of the Bashu military, and Chai Shao is Yizhou Xingtai Shangshu, in charge of Bashu government affairs, the two of them have their own responsibilities, do not interfere with each other, but since the Zhou army invaded Bashu, all the way to the bamboo, gradually approaching Chengdu, Chai Shao can not sit still, often come to Li Shenfu to discuss countermeasures.

Li Shenfu's attitude is unclear, always vague, but Chai Shao's attitude is very resolute, he wrote to the imperial court, begging Li Yuan to increase the army of Bashu, it is under Chai Shao's resolute request, Li Yuan finally agreed to Bashu 30,000, but 30,000 people eventually only 10,000, the other 20,000 stopped in Hanzhong.

The lack of grain in Chengdu is a big problem, and hundreds of thousands of stone of grain in the official warehouse in Chengdu were transferred to Chang'an, and the grain harvested in the autumn of last year was still in the warehouses of various counties and counties, and it was not transported to Chengdu in time.

At present, there are still 30,000 stone of grain in the official warehouse, which is enough for the army to eat for two months, but there is still a lot of grain among the people, and if the grain rationing system is implemented, then at least another 30,000 stone of grain can be squeezed out to supply the army, so that the 25,000 army can defend for four months, and can wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

While the two were discussing, a soldier reported in the hall: "Lord Qiqi, the envoy of Xu Shiji outside the city asks to see!" ”

Li Shenfu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did he say?" ”

"It seems that I want to clarify the rules for protecting the people with the prince."

Li Shenfu was a little puzzled, and looked back at Chai Shao, Chai Shao nodded, "It is indeed necessary to set the rules of engagement, such as the treatment of wounded soldiers, the prohibition of fire attacks on people's houses, etc., it is better for the two sides to meet and make it clear." ”

"Will Si Chang also meet with you?"

"Of course, Xu Shiji is extremely cunning, I can remind the prince, so as not to be deceived by him." Chai Shao said lightly.

Li Shenfu scolded in his heart, but he had no choice but to let people bring the envoy of the Zhou army into the city.

After a while, a young civil official walked up to the lobby, bowed down and saluted: "The lower official joins the army to engage in Zhang Yi, see the prince, see Chai Shangshu." ”

Li Shenfu waved his hand, "You don't have to be polite to join the army, please sit down!" ”

Zhang Yi sat down, Chai Shao looked at him and asked with a smile, "May I ask where Zhang is from the army?" Gui Geng geometry? ”

"Xia Guan is a native of Loufu County, Bingzhou, and he is twenty-one years old this year."

"Only twenty-one years old!"

Li Shenfu and Chai Shao were both amazed, and they joined the army at the age of twenty-one, obviously they both found it incredible.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Xiaguan studied very early, he entered the county school at the age of ten, and entered the Luoyang Taixue at the age of sixteen, and participated in the imperial examination in Zhongdu last year, and was the eighteenth in the middle school. ”

Li Shenfu suddenly asked, "Who are you?" ”

"It's the ancestor!"

Li Shenfu smiled and said: "It turns out that you are the little prodigy of the Zhang family, no wonder you can be a young man, your grandfather and I have a little friendship, and you can be regarded as an old man!" ”

Zhang Yi hurriedly got up and saluted, and Li Shenfu waved his hand, "Now is not the time to catch up on the past, we take business as the priority." ”

Chai Shao next to him smiled and asked, "Does the prince know his father?" ”

Li Shenfu nodded, "When I was the county lieutenant of Xiurong County, Loufan County, their Zhang family was the Loufan County Wang family, I often visited, and I met his grandfather, their Zhang family has a little prodigy, three years old can write poems, five years old can be endowed, his grandfather has great expectations for him, resigned from all official positions to train him, I didn't expect to see it in Bashu after more than ten years." ”

Zhang Yi said ashamedly: "My grandfather sacrificed too much for me, but I failed him, and he will not forgive me in the spirit of heaven." ”

"You're wrong!"

Chai Shao next to him said solemnly: "How grand the Zhongdu Imperial Examination is, the world's elites gather, your Zhang family can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized family, but you can be ranked eighteen in the examination among thousands of talents, and you can get the first rank in the Jinshi, and your grandfather can also be blind under the nine springs." ”

Zhang Yi nodded, took out a letter and presented it, "This is General Xu's handwritten letter, I hope to reach some binding consensus with you, please take a look." ”

A soldier stepped forward and handed the letter to Li Shenfu, Li Shenfu read it again, and handed the letter to Chai Shao, Chai Shao read the letter and said: "These requirements are quite reasonable, the war between the two armies is a matter between the two armies, and it has nothing to do with the people, we will not drive the old and weak women and children to defend the city, of course, I also hope that your army will not drive the old and weak women and children to attack the city, we will not insult the Son of Heaven of your country and his ancestors, and I hope you will not insult the Son of Heaven of our dynasty, in addition, the soldiers will stop if they surrender, do not massacre, we also fully agree." ”

Speaking of this, Chai Shao glanced back at Li Shenfu, and Li Shenfu said coldly: "Since Si Chang has agreed, then I don't have to express my position." ”

Chai Shao had long seen that Li Shenfu had the intention of abandoning the city and fleeing north, he must not allow this kind of thing to happen, even if Li Shenfu was dissatisfied, he would take the lead and never give Li Shenfu a chance to make mistakes, Chai Shao didn't want to explain, so he wrote a reply directly and handed it to Zhang Yidao: "This is my written reply, please tell General Xu, since it has been agreed, I hope both sides can strictly abide by it." ”

Zhang Yi took the letter and saluted: "Thank you Chai Shangshu for your written reply, I am leaving!" ”

Zhang Yi saluted Li Shenfu again, and then walked away.