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Zhuge Qiao followed the army all the way forward, and there were two roads from Jianping to Zigui; One is the water route, the other is the land route, because Zhang Feijun has no water army, and there are not so many boats to carry them, so there is only one way over the mountains and mountains; Everywhere the people are greeted by the road, when Liu Bei governed Jingzhou in the past, he was kind to the people of Jingzhou; Although Sun Quan did not offend the interests of the people, when the people of Jingzhou saw that the army of the former lord had set foot on their homeland, nostalgia arose.

If it weren't for the fact that the reinforcements of Eastern Wu had not yet arrived, who would dare to march in such a hurry, the soldiers were already exhausted after three days of marching, and if they were ambushed by the enemy, more than 10,000 troops might have to be explained here.

Jianping City; The banner of the Han Emperor Liu Bei had already been planted at the head of Jianping City, and the soldiers were full of spirit, and it was completely impossible to see that they had just marched from Chengdu; It turned out that Liu Bei's army was marching down the Yangtze River with the water army, and the marching speed would naturally be much faster, and the soldiers would not be tired due to crossing the mountains and mountains.

in the chamber; "Your Majesty, the general has led the army to capture Zigui by land, and the last general is here to welcome His Majesty's arrival," Fan Jiang said with his fists in the center of the hall

"The third brother has made the first major contribution to the defeat of Wu, Lian is quite old, and he can still eat! It seems that the third brother is not old yet, he has been gone for a few days" Liu Bei was also excited at this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's been three days"

"According to the speed of the third brother's march, it is inevitable that Zigui will be close to the city at this time, and there will be no generals and no reinforcements in Ziguicheng at this time, so it must already be in the bag."

"You and Ma Liang, the military clerk, go together to capture Shaqu County in the south, so that Ma Liang can go to Wuling County to borrow troops from the Wuxi barbarians"

"The last general ordered" Ma Liang and Fan Jiang responded together

"General Fu, you led the vanguard down the river to assist the general of the Che Cai, and I led the army to arrive later、、、

"Report, Your Majesty's Dongwu envoy Zhuge Jin has arrived" The Imperial Forest Army suddenly came in.

"Hugh wants him to come in," Liu Bei said

"Zhuge Jin is the eldest brother of Prime Minister Zhuge Jin, there must be something to do when he comes this time, why should Your Majesty refuse it" Huang Quan came out to persuade

Liu Bei hesitated for a while, "Pass Zhuge Jin"

"The two armies are fighting, you are a courtier of Jiangdong, what are you doing here" Liu Bei stared at Zhuge Jin and asked

"Your Majesty, my brother is planning for Your Majesty in Han, so I am not afraid of swords and guns, and I came here to report on the affairs of Jingzhou. In the past, when Guan Junhou was in Jingzhou, Wu Hou repeatedly proposed marriage, but Guan Junhou did not agree; Later, Guan Junhou captured Xiangyang, and Cao Cao repeatedly sent edicts to Wu Hou, allowing Wu Hou to attack Jingzhou; Wu Hou never agreed, because Lü Meng and the prince were not in harmony, and raised troops to capture Jingzhou without authorization, and made a mistake in the big event, and Wu Hou regretted it. This is Lü Meng's sin, not Wu Hou; Now that Lu Meng is also dead, let go of the grievances. Madame Sun has always been in love with His Majesty, and now Marquis Wu is preparing to return Madame Sun, form an alliance forever, and defeat Cao Pi. Zhuge Jin said sincerely

"Sun Quan seized Jingzhou and killed my brothers, how can he reconcile by apologizing," Liu Bei said through gritted teeth

"Please see the situation clearly, now Cao Pi has usurped the Han Dynasty and claimed the emperor, you don't think about exterminating it; But he came to attack Soochow, because he gave up the big righteousness and took the small righteousness; The whole world now knows that His Majesty will ascend the throne and will restore the Han dynasty and restore the rivers and mountains, how can he go against the wishes of the people of the world"

"Revenge for killing my brother! Implacable! I want to stop the army! Except for the death! Liu Bei was already angry and spit out sixteen words.

"If it weren't for the fact that you are the prime minister's eldest brother, I would have beheaded you a long time ago, so retreat! Tell Sun Quan to wash his neck and wait for my sword" After speaking, he didn't look at Zhuge Jin anymore; Zhuge Jin also knew that things were no longer tactful, so he went back to Jiangdong.

And everyone was also surprised, Liu Bei's words had already announced to everyone that he would kill Wu and leave him dead, and he didn't know if anyone would make him change his mind.

Zigui City; The surroundings of Zigui City were already covered with Han soldiers dressed in white and holding white flags with the word 'righteousness'.

"Listen to the people in the city, I came to Yanren Zhang Yide, but someone dares to fight with me" Zhang Fei was agitated under the city

Wang Ji, who had just fled from Jianping at the head of the city, said to a general beside him, "Don't go out of the city to face the battle, otherwise the only morale you have in the defeat will be scared by Zhang Fei."

After waiting for nearly a pillar of incense, no one dared to come out to fight. "Siege!" Zhang Fei gave an order, originally these soldiers came yesterday, in order to relieve the fatigue of the soldiers, the whole army recuperated for a day, and now the momentum is flourishing.

Suddenly the drums shook loudly, and the front army immediately rushed out, Wu Ban commanded the shield soldiers to fill the moat, and the soldiers behind also carried the cloud ladder and rubbed their hands, while Zhuge Qiao and Zhang Fei stood on a high place to command the movement of the various armies. This is also the first time Zhuge Qiao has enjoyed this kind of treatment, only to see that the soldiers of the Han army began to fill the moat under the cover of shield soldiers, Zigui is not a big city, just a county town and the terrain is higher, so the moat is naturally not very wide, it took an hour or so, leaving more than 100 corpses to finally fill in the moat.

"On the second team" Wu Ban was commanding the shield soldiers to carry the ladder and rushed to the city wall without hesitation. At this time, the defenders also transferred troops from other city gates, and at this time, there were about 1,000 Wu troops guarding the west gate in the city tower.

The Han army put the ladder on the city tower one by one, and began the most brutal siege battle, with troops plotting and attacking the city; One by one, the Han soldiers climbed the ladder without hesitation, but what awaited them were ruthless arrows, rolling stones, and boiling oil、、、

"Uncle, if we go on like this, our losses in capturing Zigui will be too great," Zhuge Qiao saw the fallen robe on the city wall.

"Do you think I don't know, I have already sent Liu Yong to lead three thousand soldiers to the east gate last night, where will we attract the Wu army, and here we must tear through the enemy's defenses."

"You see that the Wu army is in chaos, they have drawn hundreds of people to support the East Gate, mistakenly thinking that the East Gate is the main breakthrough, and Zigui will be ours immediately" Zhang Fei pointed to the city tower and said.

Although the Wu army withdrew part of the troops from the West Gate, the Han army still did not climb the tower, "Listen to my order, the Chinese army advances" Wu Ban also saw that the troops on the city tower have decreased.

Suddenly, another drum sounded, and the Chinese army began to charge forward, which means that the Han army now has three thousand troops to attack the city, while the Wu army is now only five or six hundred people at most.

The Chinese army had arrived at the city wall, and immediately erected a ladder, put a shield on the top and bit the Pu knife, and began to climb towards the city tower.

"It's him, bastard boy! I don't know how high the sky 、、、" Zhang Fei looked at the troops besieging the city and suddenly scolded.

"Uncle, who are you talking about?"

"Look for yourself, that bastard boy is actually mixed in the Chinese army, and now he is still on the ladder" Zhang Fei pointed vaguely, under the city of the melee.

Zhuge Qiao didn't look at it and knew that he was talking about Zhang Bao; "It seems that Zhang Bao is encouraged by himself, so he will want to make meritorious contributions in front of his father, so as not to fall behind me; But this is in a hurry."

Zhang Bao dodged a rolling stone very neatly, holding a shield to block the arrows that beckoned him, a tiger jumped first to climb the city tower, and in an instant five Wu soldiers armed with spears greeted him; I saw that he threw off his shield and picked up the spear and rushed up, and due to a gap broken by Zhang Bao, the Han army behind him also continued to climb the city tower, which also marked the first step in the loss of Zigui City.

"Haha, Bo Song, the city has been broken, quickly follow me into the city" Zhang Fei saw that Zigui City was about to be breached, and rode his mount and rushed quickly in the direction of the city gate. Zhuge Qiao also naturally followed behind Zhang Fei.

On the tower of the city, "General Wang, quickly retreat, Zigui can't hold it!" The general beside Wang Ji persuaded

"If you want to withdraw, I will not leave; When the governor of Lü Meng captured Jianping County, he was so majestic, and he asked me to be the general of Jianping to guard the territory; Now that Liu Bei has entered the country, I should resist desperately, Zigui may be the last city in Jianping County, I should stay here, and let the Shu Han army know: I only have generals who died in battle in Dongwu, and there are no generals who escaped" Wang Ji stared at the Han army under the city and kept climbing the tower, and said impassionedly, these words are also the determination of the children of Jiangdong not to be afraid of death.

"In this case, we will defend this city with the general even if we die."

"No! If this is the case, our army does not even have anyone to go back to report the news, you will immediately break out of the siege and inform Zhu Ran, the defender of Jingzhou, of the situation here."

"It's better for the general to break out of the siege, I'll defend the city for the general"

"I order you to go, quickly, immediately、、、" Wang Jiyong scolded angrily, and then rushed into the densest place of the Han army.

The generals saw that Wang Ji was already determined to die, "General, take care!! After that, dozens of people ran towards the south gate.

At this time, Zhang Bao had already cut the suspension bridge, and led dozens of people to rush to the city gate, preparing to open the gate that already belonged to him、、、

In about a quarter of an hour, Zhang Fei led the army into the Zigui City Gate, which also symbolized the loss of Zigui.

(Yesterday, due to the wrong use of the browser, there was a problem with the typography, which has been corrected, please understand; I also hope that everyone can give me collections and recommendations; Zhuge Qiao is grateful)