Chapter Forty-Nine: Attacking the Heart

Liu Yan was very angry, if this was not his son or the eldest son, Liu Yan was sure that he had already ordered the beheading, and the 10,000-strong army guarding Chengdu would have been lost overnight. Fortunately, Liu Fan remembered to bring his family with him before he escaped, Liu Yan looked at the embarrassed family members, and his anger towards Liu Fan was slightly less. However, when the army attacked for a day, it was defeated and retreated by Chen Lin's defenders, and they couldn't even touch the head of the city. Liu Yan, who was furious, shouted back everyone and walked around the tent alone. Yang Huai surrendered, and now Liu Yan feels distrustful of everyone, especially Zhang Su, Zhang Song is deeply used under Chen Lin, not to mention, Zhang Su's family members are all in Chengdu at this time. Zhang Su stayed alone in Liu Yan's army, and Zhang Su had two hearts, and his son could believe it, but only two older ones could be used, and laughing at those two was simply a lack of success and more than failure. Even Liu Yan's most trusted eldest son lost Chengdu this time, which dealt a serious blow to Liu Yan's plan, Chengdu is the supply place of grain and grass for the army, if Chengdu cannot be recovered within ten days, the 40,000 army will wait to starve.

Huang Quan, for Huang Quan, Liu Yan knew that Huang Quan must be able to rely on, and secretly reached an agreement with Jia Long to confuse Chen Lin, one to take Guanghan and the other to Brazil, this almost seamless plan was thought up by Huang Quan. Chen Lin thought that no one knew about his entry into Shu, but Liu Yan knew it clearly, and the only thing that Liu Yan didn't expect was the fall of Chengdu. Liu Yan regretted it, he regretted that he shouldn't have told Liu Fan about this plan, but Chen Lin's spy was too powerful, and the thin little man who spied on him more than a year ago almost ruined Liu Yan's big thing.

Liu Yan hurriedly ordered someone to find Huang Quan, and Huang Quan's family was also trapped in Chengdu, but Liu Yan chose to believe Huang Quan. After a while, Huang Quan came: "Meet the lord" It can be seen that Huang Quan's face is not very good, and his family members were captured by Chen Lin, Huang Quan was a little uneasy and anxious in his heart. Liu Yan hurriedly helped Huang Quan up: "Gongheng, get up." Huang Quan was helped up by Liu Yan, and the plan was conceived by Huang Quan, but the specific implementation process was arranged by Liu Yan, so there was such a big loophole in Chengdu, but Huang Quan couldn't complain.

"Gong Heng, in your opinion, how many soldiers and horses does this Chen Bozhi have in Chengdu?" Liu Yan couldn't help asking. Huang Quan tidied up a little and said: "Lord, now Chen Bozhi only has three armies in Shuzhong, less than 10,000 horses, even the soldiers and horses from Deyang, Chen Bozhi is less than 10,000 troops, and although Chen Bozhi won the two battles between Tuojiang and Chengdu, it is inevitable that there will be some casualties, so Quan thinks that Chen Bozhi is less than 8,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu, plus Chengdu is new, people's hearts are unstable, and many people in the city are still interested in the lord, and Chen Bozhi must leave heavy troops to maintain in the city. Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses used to defend the city is already the limit of 5,000. ”

Liu Yan calculated, together with Liu Fan, the defeated army withdrew from Chengdu, Liu Yan had an army of 40,000, and an army of 40,000 attacked 5,000 defenders, and Liu Yan's heart settled down a little. Suddenly remembered Yang Huai, and said hatefully: "What about Yang Nianxian, a traitor? Huang Quan felt a pain in his heart, he had long thought that Yang Huai's surrender was definitely because of the fall of Chengdu, but where did Huang Quan dare to say it, Liu Yan protected Liu Fan's love for the calf, who didn't know, at this time, it was not unpleasant to put the responsibility of Yang Huai's surrender on Liu Fan. So Huang Quan said: "Lord, this is almost negligible, just imagine a surrendered general who surrenders in battle, who dares to use it with confidence, especially the situation that Chen Bozhi is facing now, so the lord does not need to worry about this person." ”

Liu Yan thought about it for a while, and said again: "Then Gongheng, according to your opinion, what should our army do now, should we continue to storm Chengdu or divide our troops to take Guanghan?" Huang Quan was shocked and shouted: "Lord, you must not divide the troops, the original plan was to block Chen Bozhi's army under the city of Chengdu, and then divide the troops to take Guanghan County." But now, although Chen Bozhi's Guanghan soldiers and horses have also been dispatched according to the plan, Guanghan must be empty, but now Chengdu City has been captured, and our army's food and grass are only enough for more than ten days. ”

Liu Yan secretly scolded Liu Fan a few more words in his heart, remembering that now Jia Long and Ren An are only afraid that they have gone south to Deyang, and as soon as Deyang is concerned, the whole of Brazil will be exposed to Jia Long's tens of thousands of troops, and the whole of Brazil will become Jia Long's bag in less than half a month. Liu Yan thought of this and felt unbalanced in his heart, and muttered: "Now I'm afraid that Jiangzhou's army has begun to move north." ”

When Huang Quan heard this, he knew that Liu Yan was sour in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Lord, Jia Qiande and Ren Dingzu only have so many soldiers and horses in total, although they are clamoring to the outside world that there are seventy or eighty thousand troops, in fact, there are only thirty or forty thousand people who can fight. Besides, he still has to leave troops in Jiangyang to guard against our army, don't think that if our two armies reach an agreement, they will not be guarded, isn't it just like our army also left 10,000 troops in Qianwei. Moreover, there are many people in Jia Qiande's southern counties who are in rebellion, and they also have to divide part of Jia Qiande's troops, so it is expected that Jia Qiande can send a maximum of 20,000 troops to Deyang. However, the lord's concern is also reasonable, even if there are only 20,000, Chen Bozhi will bring Deyang's army to Chengdu in one go, but he is afraid that the Brazilian soldiers will not be able to resist the onslaught of Jia Qiande's 20,000 army. ”

The news of Jia Long's disagreement with Ren An is really a conspiracy, but for Chen Lin now, he doesn't need to guess about this, because Chengdu has been surrounded by groups, and Chengdu has completely lost all contact, but fortunately, at the beginning of the arrival of Liu Yan's army, Chen Lin quickly sent a fast horse to rush out to report to Guanghan and Brazil. Today's Chen Lin actually wants to break through the siege, and Liu Yan probably also doesn't want to put Chen Lin* into a dead end, so the army stormed the west gate, but only sent a small number of troops at the north gate and the east gate. If Chen Lin gathered all his troops and rushed out from the north gate or the east gate at this time, he would still be able to escape safely, but Chen Lin was reluctant or everyone was reluctant to Chengdu, and most of the generals still hoped to stay and hold on. Everyone knows, especially after opening the grain depot in Chengdu, everyone understands that the grain and grass of Liu Yan's army must be in Chengdu, as long as Chengdu is held for a month or even half a month, Liu Yan has no food, even if there is an army of one million at that time.

"Gao Shun, how are the casualties today?" Watching Liu Yan collect his troops, Chen Lin couldn't help but ask Gao Shun. Gao Shun: "My lord, there have never been such big casualties in the trapped camp, three thousand trapped in the camp, now half of the people who can fight, and every time the state pastor attacks, he sends five thousand troops under his subordinates, which is dangerous." ”

When Chen Lin heard this, he didn't know the danger of this city defense battle, and said: "Wenhe, try to focus on stability in the city, even if there are people with two hearts, you can't kill them, lock them up, don't kill people now, so as not to cause panic in the city." Cai Zilan and Yang Jiwei were ordered to be in charge of security in the city tomorrow. All of Huang Yan's recruits participated in the defense of the city, as did General Yang Nianxian. The recruits, trapped in the camp, General Yang's three-person army was all divided into three, and they went to the city in turn to defend. Everyone was shocked, but Yang Huai's heart was infinitely moved, daring to defend the city with a surrender army, and the enemy may still be a brother yesterday. But this kind of thing is not something that ordinary soldiers can decide, but depends on the generals who lead the army, as long as the generals who lead the army have orders, even if you want to kill your parents, you have to go. Although Yang Huai's 1,000 people were divided into three, after all, it was the defense of the city, and Yang Huai felt like a master in his heart. Expel everyone, kneel in front of Chen Lin, and shout loudly: "Lord, with this life in the future, it will be the lord's." ”

The recruits, trapped in the camp, Yang Huai's 1,000 old troops, adding up to 4,000 and hundreds of soldiers and horses, divided into three groups to take turns to go to the city, each batch has more than 1,000, and it still looks so thin. But what can Chen Lin do, the newly captured city is not like his old chassis, if it is under his own rule, he can still recruit temporarily, even if he can recruit it now, do you dare to use it. The generals went down to the city to prepare for tomorrow's big battle, bows and arrows, and arrows that were not counted were Chen Lin's current guarantee, which was also one of the reasons why Chen Lin decided to stay and stick to Chengdu. Chen Lin knew that as long as he withstood the onslaught of the first two or three days, it would be fine later, and the key was in these two or three days.

At this time, only Jia Xu was left, and even the local Zhang Song was arranged by Chen Lin to pacify the scholars in the city. Jia Xu said at this time: "My lord, Ziqiao's brother Zhang Su Zhang Junqiao, is now alone in the army of the state pastor, and he is only afraid of danger. Chen Lin sighed, thought about it, and understood, now Zhang Su's family is in Chengdu, Zhang Song is Chen Lin's adviser, Zhang Su is alone by Liu Yan's side, and it is inevitable that he will be suspicious. Chen Lin said: "What does Wen He think? ”

Jia Xu: "Lord, Zhang Junqiao is Ziqiao's brother, although Ziqiao doesn't say it, but he is worried about his brother in his heart after all, and now Zhang Junqiao's situation is unimaginable with Ziqiao's wisdom." Therefore, I thought that the lord would not send Zhang Junqiao's wife and children out of Chengdu and return them to Zhang Junqiao, so that Liu Zhoumu would have Zhang Junqiao's family as a hostage, and Zhang Junqiao would have no worries about his life, and he could be regarded as worthy of Ziqiao. ”

Chen Lin thought about it and felt reasonable, so he said: "Since this is the case, it is not much use for a few women and children to stay here, so according to your words, immediately let Zhang Junqiao's wife and children out of the city." ”

Jia Xu looked at Chen Lin's figure walking down the city wall, glanced at Liu Yan's camp outside the city, and then looked at the city, and said in a low voice: "Ziqiao, don't blame someone for being ruthless, it's really that Brother Ru doesn't know the current affairs, and he will do anything for the sake of the lord." ”

As soon as Zhang Song heard that Chen Lin had taken Zhang Su's wife and children out of the city, he screamed, "The lord can't do it." "But it's already been sent out. Chen Lin was very surprised, why not, isn't your brother safe, you don't have to be suspicious of Liu Yan anymore, there will be no danger. Zhang Song sat on the ground decadently, and said for a long time: "Lord, if my brother's wife and children are in the city, I don't have to worry about it, but now I am afraid that Liu Zhoumu will be even more suspicious of his brother, and his sister-in-law and nephew will be involved for no reason." ”

Liu Yan couldn't believe that Chen Lin would be so kind to send Zhang Su's wife and children out for no reason, what Jia Xu had to do was to completely intersect the relationship between Zhang Su and Liu Yan, thoroughly, it was best for Liu Yan to put Zhang Su under house arrest, this is Jia Xu's purpose.