The left route army Beigong Chunbu carefully prepared before the war, after the opening of the war, the road was like a bamboo, it took more than a month, the army from Yongzhou to the south to cross the Qinling Mountains, to fight more than a thousand miles, until the Jiangzhou, along the way to recover countless cities, brilliant achievements. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In contrast, the Right Route Army, which had been winding its march through the mountains, was somewhat dwarfed.

To put it mildly, I'm afraid that even the Privy Council and the General Staff are only staring at the Left Route Army, and have long forgotten that there is a partial division in the depths of the mountains.

In the past month, the main general Yao Yizhong and his subordinates have suffered enough, not only are there countless jackals, tigers and leopards blocking the way on the way, but also unknown dangers in various places threaten the safety of everyone at all times.

The army moved south from the Xihai Plateau, and when the whole army arrived at the border of Yueshan County, the non-combat attrition alone was as high as 1,000, which made Yao Yizhong feel distressed. Since he joined the Yan Army, not to mention that there had never been such a huge casualty before the war, it was rare to lose a thousand people on the battlefield at one time.

Fortunately, now that all the dark clouds have dissipated, the Right Route Army has finally seen the light. As long as the next successful capture of Yueshan County, the Right Army will completely gain a firm foothold and complete the important task entrusted by the Privy Council.

Yao Yizhong had already made it clear that Yueshan County was one of the four counties in the southern middle of the original Shu Han Dynasty, and the county not only inhabited by Yi and Han, but also had many mountains and rivers and dense forests, and the roads were rugged and difficult to walk.

It was not easy for the Right Route Army to seize this place, but Yao Yizhong knew that the army must seize this place as soon as possible, not only to gain a foothold, but also to have a cattle road in the county, which was flat and close, and could also lead directly to Chengdu.

In addition, Yueshan County is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in later generations, and has a lofty position for Chengdu. It can be said that as long as the right army successfully captures Yueshan County, it will not only be able to gain a foothold in Shudi, but may also be able to capture Chengdu by taking advantage of the situation.

Standing on the head of Dingyang County, Yao Yizhong's heart fluctuated, and he wanted to kill Chengdu immediately to capture Li Xiong, but he knew that everything in the world was urgent, especially for marching and fighting, the slightest carelessness could wipe out the whole army.

When the Right Route Army first entered Yueshan County, Yao Yizhong only temporarily took Dingdzu County, the westernmost county, and did not rush to attack Qiongdu County. Instead, as soon as the army gained a temporary foothold, he immediately sent scouts around to inquire about the news.

Soon the news from the scouts made him ecstatic, Yao Yizhong didn't expect the Left Route Army to attack so fiercely, and directly took Jiangzhou, and suddenly let Li Xiong transfer the defenders of the four counties in Nanzhong to the front line, giving the Right Route Army the opportunity to sweep through Yueshan County.

Dingdzu County is less than 200 miles away from Qiongdu County in the east, and there is Ruoshui (now Yalong River) in the middle as the boundary river between the two counties. According to the scouts, because the county government's attention was completely blocked by the situation in the north, it was not discovered that Dingju County had changed hands, which provided the conditions for a surprise attack by the army.

"Tomorrow, the army will immediately march in the direction of Qiongdu, and strive to reach Qiongdu within five days, I am afraid that the Chenghan defenders will detect it after a long delay. This battle is a key battle for our right army to enter Shu, and it must not be careless. ”

"As long as the capital is captured, not only Yuejun will be at your fingertips, but the entire Nanzhong will also be in the hands of our army. Even Chengdu, the capital of the Han Dynasty, will be under the threat of the Right Route Army. ”

Although the marching plan has been staged countless times by the participating soldiers in the sand table, Yao Yizhong, as the main general, has long been familiar with it, and the scouts have continuously reported the military situation from all over the country.

However, in the face of the most important battle since entering Shu, Yao Yizhong still convened the people in the future for military discussions, and the most important thing is to implement the task and boost morale.

"It's a pity that there is no iron cavalry to help in this battle, otherwise it won't take a few days for our army to sweep through Nanzhong and come to Chengdu!"

"This is also something that can't be helped, not to mention that the mountains and rivers of Yuejun County are not conducive to the cavalry's performance, even if the local horse is flat, we have no mounts, and there is nowhere to show my skills, right?"

Since most of the Qiang soldiers who followed Yao Yizhong as interspersed, they were accustomed to galloping on horses, and most people were not very accustomed to attacking in the form of infantry as they did today. It is precisely because of this that some generals have to complain a few words between words.

Seeing this, Yao Yizhong hurriedly comforted him: "Where can you use iron to ride out of the horse to deal with the barbarians?" Tomorrow's army will appear, and all parts of the country will not be able to descend from the wind? ”

"Governor, do you need to send someone to get in touch with General Beigong?"

"Don't be in a hurry to contact the Left Route Army first, and wait until our army has taken Yueshan County and gained a firm foothold."

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In mid-October, under the leadership of the guide, the Right Route Army set out from Dingyi County, crossed Ruoshui to the east, and went straight to Qiongdu City. In order not to be burdened by the barbarians in various places, the leaders of the barbarian kings encountered along the way were all given salt and tea to show their goodwill, in order to try to keep the barbarians in various places neutral.

Along the way, the leaders of the barbarian kings of the cottages were not only benefited by the Yan army, but also forced by the might of the army, so they had to let the army pass through the territory, and had to provide guides for the army to lead the way.

A few days later, the army suddenly arrived in Qiongdu, causing a panic among the officials at all levels of the county guard, and they had to close the city gates. As the former capital of Qiongdu, the city of Qiongdu is still quite tall, about 160 zhang long from north to south, 80 zhang wide from east to west, and about 10 zhang high.

But in Yao Yizhong's eyes, this ancient city is like a girl who has been stripped naked, waiting for the army to ravage.

Yao Yizhong stood under the city and looked at this ancient city with a history of five or six hundred years, and after a few breaths, he waved his hand, and saw a Yan soldier carrying a battle flag to the city gate, shouting loudly at the defenders at the head of the city.

Listening to the barbarians, Li Xiong of the Di nationality relied on the geographical advantages and resisted stubbornly, trying to divide Shu and split China. The king of Yan raised righteousness in the sky, and the conquest was uneven, and the place where the army passed was all looking forward to the wind. Today, the soldiers are coming to the city, Wang'er and others know the current affairs for Junjie to surrender the city as soon as possible, otherwise once the army breaks through the city, all the officials will be punished according to the rebellious Hulu, and there will be no forgiveness for killing! ”

Listening to the murderous declaration of the Yan army under the city, the officials at all levels below the Yue Taishou on the city wall were frightened and trembled. To be honest, before this, they had only heard that there was a great hero in the Central Plains, who had calmed down the troubles since Yongjia with his own strength, but they never thought that one day they would face the army of King Yan.

"Too ...... Taishou, where to go? You'd better get an idea! Everyone waited for Taishou to make up his mind.

Although Taishou had the intention to surrender, he was not the first to express his position in front of everyone. It would be better for someone to stand up and propose, and then he will go along with the boat to agree, so as not to cause too much damage to his reputation.

"Taishou, why don't we descend?"

At this time, a subordinate official of the county guard government saw that Taishou was embarrassed, and hurriedly spoke for him, and he said eloquently: "Now there are less than 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city, and the elite of the garrison has already been transferred to Chengdu. ”

"I heard that King Yan has unified the north, and now he has sent several armies to the south, and I heard that even Jiangzhou in the east and Hanzhong in the north have been lost, plus where did this army come out of nowhere, it can be said that Cheng Han has fallen in the future, and we are all from the Jin people, why bother to serve the Yidi people?"

Taishou glanced at his henchmen with satisfaction, and saw how beautiful this was, first named the difficulties faced by Yueshan County, and pointed out that the defeat of Cheng Han was imminent, and everyone as Jin people had no obligation to work for Yidi, so surrender became a natural thing.

"What do you think?"

"The subordinates are willing to keep the ether and only look forward to the horse!"

"In that case, let's go down!"

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"Governor, we can't delay any longer, why don't you give the order to attack?" The army looked at the non-moving city wall and suggested.

"Wait, our army has a total strength of only 20,000 people, and any loss will weaken our strength, so if we can win Qiongdu without a fight, we can reduce the losses of the army, and we will have more strength in the future."

Yao Yizhong did not give the order to attack Qiongdu, of course, not because he was worried that the army would not be able to fight, but because he did not want to have unnecessary casualties. According to the scout investigation, with the transfer of the elite of the garrison to the north, there are almost only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the Qiongdu City, and the military strength is very weak, and it is very likely to surrender under the deterrence of the army.

Just when Yao Yizhong's patience was about to be exhausted and he was about to give the order to attack, the city gate of Qiongdu suddenly opened, and officials at all levels, led by Taishou, knelt on both sides of the street and surrendered the city to the Yan army.

Yao Yizhong did not embarrass Taishou and others, but comforted everyone with kind words, saying that he would deal with it after Queen Mingyan in the future. He then asked the Yan army to take over the defense of Qiongdu and send some troops and horses to the west and north to guard against enemies who might come from Zhu Ti and Qianwei. (To be continued.) )