Within ten days, Jiameng Pass was lost, and the Sword Pavilion Road was broken through, and Liu Yan, who got the news in Chengdu, immediately ordered martial law and closed the city gate, vowing to use the high wall of Chengdu City to resist Guo Jia's army.

In less than a month, Guo Jia raised troops to attack Yizhou, and won great victories one after another, in addition to relying on the surprise attack of lightning speed, counting the strange plots with the strategists is also the key to victory.

It has been learned that Liu Yan still has 40,000 defenders in Chengdu, and after Guo Jia entered the territory of Guanghan County, he rested in Mianzhu, less than a day away from Chengdu.

When the officials in the city heard that a thief army was coming, they had already fled, and Guo Jia stayed at the county government for the time being.

In the hall of the government, Guo Jia set up a banquet to reward the military generals, but only tea was used instead of wine.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chengdu is close at hand, thinking back on this journey, if you don't have the strength to kill, Jiaduan will not have today, the war is imminent, in case of mistakes due to wine, Jiajin to replace the wine with tea, a glass to you, thank you for your dedicated assistance."

After that, Guo Jia did it first as a respect, and the martial arts in the hall raised a glass to Guo Jia, and said in unison: "The lord's words are heavy." ”

After drinking the tea, everyone's faces were full of excitement and joy.

Xu Chu couldn't hide anything in his heart, and when he put down the teacup, he opened his mouth to ask for battle.

"Lord, according to Wu Yi's generals, there are only 40,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu, and there are still nearly 100,000 troops under the lord, so it is better to send me to attack Chengdu tomorrow."

In the battle of Pingjian Pavilion Road, Zhang Yan's troops suffered the heaviest losses, because the 20,000 soldiers mixed in the captives were all from his command, and now Zhang Yan only has 35,000 soldiers in his hands, Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, Xu He and the three of them add up to only 30,000, Gao Shun, Xu Chudianwei, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, nearly 25,000 soldiers and horses.

In the face of the 40,000 defenders of Chengdu, these ** 10,000 horses did have the upper hand.

Guo Jia, who was smiling, looked around at everyone and said: "If Liu Yan goes out of the city and fights me outside the city, I have a seventy percent chance of winning, but if Liu Yan can't hold on, although my chances of winning are one point higher, the casualties may be incalculable." ”

The strategists led by Xi Zhicai naturally thought of this, and they also had a unified view on whether Liu Yan would go out of the city for a decisive battle or stick to it.

Xu Shu, who had already faded from his ranger demeanor, was dressed in a robe at this time, and said loudly: "Lord, I expect that Liu Yan will definitely stick to the battle, Hanzhong Yangping Pass Dingjun Mountain, Zitong Jiameng Pass Sword Pavilion Road, such a natural danger can't stop the lord's army, how dare Liu Yan go out of the city to fight?" He must not be able to defend it, the reason is very simple, although the lord has taken the two counties of Zitong in Hanzhong, but the land of these two counties is not enough to support the grain and grass required by the lord's army, even if the autumn harvest is coming, the lord's grain and grass will be difficult to continue, as long as Liu Yan holds Chengdu, the lord can not capture Chengdu in a short time, and he will immediately lead the army to the west, capture the two counties of Yinping and Wenshan to obtain military food. ”

If he can't capture Chengdu, Guo Jia will naturally turn around and sweep the counties north of Chengdu, if that happens, give Liu Yan a chance to breathe, Liu Yan will definitely recruit new soldiers, and his strength will be stronger than in front of him.

Hearing Xu Shu say that Liu Yan would defend Chengdu, the smiles on the faces of the generals disappeared, and they all showed a bit of solemnity, especially Zhang Baiqi, Xu He and Sima Ju.

When the three of them defected to Guo Jia, they had a total of 100,000 troops, and at the last moment of the attack on Yizhou, there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses left in the hands of the three generals.

The other generals are also well aware of the fierceness of the battle, and the soldiers under their command are like their wings, who doesn't love to protect them?

Once the success will be done, they will deeply understand the meaning of this sentence.

And only Gan Ning looked as usual, drinking tea with relish, Guo Jia saw that he seemed to be a bamboo in his chest, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Xingba, do you have a good idea to break Chengdu?" ”

Gan Ning put down the teacup, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Lord, the first work of conquering Chengdu is a certain one." ”

The hall was full of sideways, no one expected that Gan Ning would dare to say that he would break through Chengdu, and the original 10,000 soldiers under Gan Ning were now broken by half, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, how to break Chengdu?

Guo Jia, who seemed to think of something, showed an intriguing smile.

Summer and autumn change, early morning fog and dew condensation, the surrounding peaks of Chengdu smoke and clouds, ethereal and vast, cool autumn is enough to dispel the sultry heat in Shu.

Standing at the head of Chengdu and looking at the east, Liu Yan, who was humble and elegant in appearance, had a calm face and was not angry, until the young general in armor hurriedly ran over and held a white silk in his hand, Liu Yan frowned and whispered: "How does Guo Jia want?" ”

The person who came to Liu Yan's side was Liu Yan's eldest son, Liu Fan, who held a white silk with a few words to talk about, gritted his teeth and said: "Guo Jiana, last night sent people to shoot into the city from all directions to the persuasion table, which said that my father would open the west gate and surrender today. ”

West City Gate?

Liu Yan looked up at the sky, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, but he couldn't guess Guo Jia's thoughts, it was already the time of set, and the deadline for surrender seemed to be a little late, because if the time did not fall, the sky was already dark, would Guo Jia still make an unwise move to attack at night?

When his eyes were leveled again, Liu Yan's half-white sword eyebrows trembled slightly, not far from the east of the city, Guo Jia's army had been assembled, and it seemed that there were at least 50,000 people, and in the middle of the military formation, there was a word "Guo" clearly written on the raised big banner.

"Let me open the west gate and surrender, while you attack the east gate? Do you want me to take strict precautions against the West Gate first, and you will come directly to attack the East Gate in the morning? Guo Jia, this is not like you, such a superficial scheme, will you use it? ”

Clenched his fist and slammed it on the city wall, Liu Yan exhaled turbidity with a hideous face.

Damn Jaron!

Half a year ago, Jia Long earnestly asked Liu Yan to send troops to attack Dong, Liu Yan refused to send troops, ignoring the world's princes will be sour dates, as one of the representatives of the Yizhou Shi clan, Jia Long saw through Liu Yan's ambition to separate and stand on his own, and incited the Shi clan and the Wang clan to rebel against Liu Yan and suppress the rebellion, Liu Yan lost 30,000 soldiers, if it were not for this, Liu Yan may still have the strength to fight with Guo Jia at this moment, and it will never reach the point where the disparity in strength can only be defended.

Liu Yan, who led the Dongzhou scholars into Yizhou, did not win the support of the Yizhou scholars, and I am afraid that few princes were able to obtain the support of the local scholars, suppressing the rebellion, eradicating dissidents, and the power struggles that have been common throughout the ages are staged all the time, if a prince wants to be really strong, the first thing is not to be at the mercy of the scholar group, otherwise even if he is the king and hegemon, he is just a puppet, Liu Yan saw this clearly, so he severely suppressed the Yizhou scholars, so that the internal friction was lost, and now the foreign enemy is coming, It shows a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

When Dongfang Lie was rising, Liu Yan was suddenly startled, because he saw Guo Jia's army rushing towards Chengdu!

Was he really guessed? Is Guo Jia's persuasion form just a superficial sound?

"Father, it's dangerous here, you better go back to the house first, the child is here, and the city gate will be guaranteed!"

Behind Liu Fan, a group of Dongzhou generals who followed Liu Yan into Yizhou, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Deng Xian, etc., all had an expression of fighting to the death.

Outside the city, the Taiping army attacked in a layered manner, with sword and shield soldiers fending off the rain of arrows from the crossbowmen, and foot soldiers carrying flying bridges intending to build a passage through the moat.

The shouting of killing resounded through the world, Liu Yan nodded with a heavy face, and his eyes seemed to have high hopes in his eyes, and he swept over everyone and returned to the state pastor's mansion.

For Guo Jia, the last big battle to conquer Yizhou is to conquer Chengdu, as long as Chengdu is occupied, it is easy to send troops to sweep away the counties of Yizhou, and its significance is self-evident.

From the beginning of the eastward rise of Xu Yue, Guo Jia's army began to attack Chengdu, and only attacked the side of the east gate.

An hour later, the flying bridge was built, and the Taiping army began to charge down the city, and the foot soldiers carried the ladder and prepared to attack the city.

Two hours later, at least more than 20 cloud ladders were set up on the east city wall of Chengdu, and the Taiping army who climbed the cloud ladders to kill the city head went forward one after another.

After noon, the Taiping army and the Chengdu defenders fought fiercely in the east, stalemate, each with casualties, and another bloody battle full of bones.

Outside the city, under the commander of the Taiping Army, Xu Shu sat in the position of Guo Jia's chariot, quite unaccustomed, he used to ride horses with the army, but now he suddenly sat on the chariot, without thinking, it must be the focus of the surroundings, so he had to hold his head high and pose majestic.

Xi Zhicai, who was riding on the horse, laughed and said, "Yuan Zhi, do you regret abandoning Wu Congwen at this moment?" Otherwise, maybe one day, you will be the commander of the three armies. ”

Xu Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't laugh at me, it's better to ride a horse than to sit here." ”

Looking at the bloody battle at the head of Chengdu from afar, Xi Zhicai stroked his beard and said in a low voice: "After conquering Chengdu, I am afraid that there are only 70,000 troops under the command of the lord, and there are no more than 200,000 troops in Yizhou, and after sweeping the counties, 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, less than 150,000 soldiers and horses, whether they can gain a foothold is really hard to say." ”

Xu Shu was not worried about this, and said easily: "There is Dong Taishi in the north, he will definitely not attack Yizhou, there is Jingzhou in the east, or a borderless land, even if the people of the world know that the lord has captured Yizhou, what can he do?" In addition to verbal and written criticism, could it be that they formed an alliance with Dong Zhuo to attack Yizhou? Could it be that they will have smooth sailing through Jingzhou? The Lord's election of Yizhou is not due to geographical advantages, but to the time of day. ”

The sky has begun to darken, the Taiping army that attacked a day is still in the east of the city and the defenders of the fierce battle, just when the two armies in the east of the city are fighting bloodily, Chengdu except for the east, the other three defenders are to relax their vigilance, but when the time is falling, the time has arrived, the soldiers guarding the city gate in the west of the city suddenly heard a bell.

Jingle bells

I saw a group of soldiers rushing out of the streets in the west of the city, and the leader of the hundred people was dressed in brocade robes, with bells on their belts, and bird feathers on their heads.

The defenders in the west of the city did not guard against them, but scolded: "You are not staying in the army, what are you doing here?" ”

This group of nearly 500 people was obviously a soldier in Liu Yancheng, but at this moment, he didn't say a word, directly drew his sword and slashed the defenders in the west of the city, and after unexpectedly seizing the city gate, he opened the west gate of the city and put down the drawbridge.

Not far from the west of the city, the army that quietly appeared in the color of dusk was led by Guo Jia, beside Ganning Zhou Tai, Xu Chu Dianwei, Gao Shun Zhang Yan, galloping horses, and rushing straight to the west gate of Chengdu.

On the west city wall, hundreds of young men in brocade robes stood side by side, shouting in unison towards Guo Jia's army, which was rushing.

"Jinfan Army welcomes the little prince to Chengdu!"