Chapter 24 The Siege of Zitong

However, it is said that the Liangzhou army marched to the south of the governor Zhang Shan led the army south, and first used the wolf cavalry as the front to defeat the 20,000 Yizhou soldiers under the two generals Yang Huai and Gao Pei. In the battle, Yang Huai was killed, Gao Pei was captured, and the rest scattered and fled, but all of them were chased by wolf riders, killed or captured, and the 20,000 army was wiped out in one fell swoop.

In an instant, the army reached the city of Yinping, first broke the camp outside the city, captured more than 50,000 people, and then broke the county town of Yinping, and then captured more than 30,000 people.

Zhao Wei and others were 'unable to return to the sky', so they had to lead the remnants of more than 20,000 people to flee and flee, running for hundreds of miles overnight, and retreating to Zitong, Guanghan County. At the same time, he sent people to report on the situation of the war and ask for help from Chengdu.

Chengdu, the state of the pastor's house.

Liu Yan glared, raised his hand and threw the cloth out, slapped it on the desk, and his hair was all open. However, no matter how angry he was, it was difficult to hide the fear in his eyes.

An army of 150,000!

Just like that, it turned into powder, and the ashes were annihilated!

How does this not make him hate? How not to make him angry? How not to make him scared!?

"Zhao Yun Zhao Yun!"

Liu Yan shouted angrily, his whole body rushed to his head, his face was red with blood, and he scolded Zhao Wei angrily. At this point, Li Zheng's army in Liangzhou has already entered Yizhou, and no matter how angry he is, it will not help. Liu Yan could only transfer his anger and vent it on Zhao Wei, the commander of the army, and others.

In the hall, Zhang Ren, Wu Yi and others watched Liu Yan's gaffe, and they were all silent.

At this point, it can be seen that Liu Yan is about to go. What else can I say? The 150,000-strong army was defeated and almost completely destroyed, and the northern defense line was shattered. The Liangzhou army can drive straight into the near future!

The 150,000 troops can't stop the Liangzhou army in the slightest, do you still expect the remaining 10,000 or 20,000 horses in Zhao Wei's hands?

Do you still expect the counties along the road to block it?

No more!

Zhang Ren hesitated for a long time before he said: "The lord asks the lord to calm his anger!" Don't worry, although the Liangzhou army has entered my Yizhou, it is not impossible to defeat it. ”

"Oh?!"

Liu Yan seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, his eyes immediately lit up, and his face became more and more flushed.

"Has the lord forgotten the barbarians?"

Zhang Ren sighed slightly in his heart, but cheered up and said: "Some time ago, I was ordered by the lord to recruit 50,000 barbarian soldiers, and now I have gathered in Wuyang, just wait for the lord to give an order, and I can immediately wave the army north." The barbarian soldiers are brave and good at fighting, especially good at mountain combat, but they are not the nemesis of the Liangzhou soldiers?! With the help of these 50,000 barbarian soldiers, the Liangzhou thief army will not be rampant! ”

When Liu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, nodded again and again, and said happily: "What you said is very true!" What a word! ”

As if there was hope, Liu Yan finally calmed down a lot, thought about it, and said: "Zhang Ren, Benzhou Mu now appoints you as the Zhonglang general, commanding the barbarian army, and immediately go north to Zitong to replace Zhao Wei to resist the enemy army!" ”

Saying that, Liu Yan stood up, walked back and forth for a moment, his face was ruthless, and said: "Zhao Wei's battle was fruitless, and he lost the army in vain, and his crime is unforgivable. Pass my order, remove Zhao Yunyi from his official position, and let him come back to see me immediately! ”

After speaking, Liu Yan's face softened, and he stared at Zhang Ren: "The safety of Yizhou depends on you!" ”

Zhang Ren's face was excited, and he shouted loudly: "Please rest assured!" People are in Yizhou! ”

With that, he turned around and strode away.

Exhaled, Liu Yan glanced at Wu Yi and the others in the hall, snorted, and threw his sleeves into the inner hall.

Wu Yi understood it, and couldn't help but be entangled in his heart, sighed for a long time, and turned to leave.

The rest of the civil and military generals also sighed, and finally slowly dispersed.

After riding a horse, Wu Yi left the state pastor's mansion and returned to his own house to lock himself in the study for a long time, and finally called a few henchmen, whispered some instructions, each carried a letter, and waved his hand to retreat.

Standing in front of the window, Wu Yi looked up at the sky, his eyes blazing

Zhang Ren was ordered to leave Chengdu and go all the way south to Wuyang.

Wuyang, where Qianwei County is located, is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Chengdu, and now 50,000 barbarians gather here, which can be said to be a miasma.

These barbarian soldiers were recruited by Zhang Ren from the three counties of Qiqi County, Yueqi County, and Yizhou County. The barbarians do not belong to each other, and each has its own clothing and customs, and when they get together, it is messy, and it is simply dazzling.

Zhang Ren arrived in Wuyang and witnessed this qiē, and his heart gradually sank.

Brutes are good at war, they are, but that's only for individual soldiers, because they're savage enough. If a group army fights, these brute soldiers without any military discipline are useless at all. I am afraid that the Liangzhou army will be defeated immediately if it charges.

But after all, these brutes are good at mountain warfare, and in the forest, they are the kings. And this is Liu Yan's last straw, no matter how much it doesn't catch his eyes, he must grasp it.

Zhang Ren's heart flashed a lot of thoughts, and then quickly calmed down, gathered the commanders of the barbarian troops of all departments, and promised many benefits, and then led the troops north, crossed Shu County, and went straight to Guanghan Zitong

Zhang Shan's troops from Guanghan vassal country to Guanghan County, many counties and counties all the way to the wind, all of them opened the city gates, and ate pot pulp to welcome the army into the city.

The rout of the 150,000-strong army in Yizhou was shocking for many counties. Moreover, the counties and counties in the north of Yizhou were all infiltrated by the intelligence department of Liangzhou, and the vast majority of officials were all interested in Liangzhou, and when the Liangzhou army arrived, they would naturally open the door and surrender.

And the people have no resistance, thanks to the influence and propaganda that Liangzhou has been having.

Most of the common people are uneducated and illiterate, but they know the good and the bad. What is the life of Liangzhou people? Any common person can say one, two, three.

In ordinary times, the people chatted and envied the freedom and prosperity of the people of Liangzhou. Now that the Liangzhou army has entered, who is willing to resist? are already looking forward to a happy life after being ruled by Liangzhou.

Zhang Shan led an army of more than 60,000 people all the way, but in one day, they arrived at the city of Zitong.

At that moment, there were left and right generals who asked for battle, but Zhang Shan refused.

Zhang Shan said: "There are two passes in the northeast of Zitong, Jianmen and Jiameng, in which a large number of Yizhou troops are stationed. ”

Xu Huang, a lieutenant, agreed, and said: "If Zitong is broken, not to mention whether the Yizhou army in these two passes will wave troops to help, just say that without a large army to garrison, these two dangerous passes may fall into the hands of Zhang Lu, or even Dong Zhuo." Jianmen and Jiameng Erguan are the gateways of Yizhou, if they can't be in our hands, they will be passive in the future. ”

Hearing the explanation, all the generals were stunned.

Xu Huang said again: "There is another benefit to stationing troops under Zitong City. ”

Even Zhang Shan looked strange.

"Our army is at its peak, and no matter how many Yizhou troops there are, they are all regarded as chickens and dogs. It's better to hold back for the time being, wait for all the Yizhou troops to gather in Zitong, and do their best in one battle, wouldn't it be better?! ”

"Well said!"

Zhang Shan praised: "Gongming's words are very reasonable, no wonder the lord values Gongming so much, I might as well too!" ”

Zhang Shan's words were heroic and upright, and he was not jealous and resentful at all because Xu Huang saw farther than him, but appreciated it, so that the generals present couldn't help but be convinced.

Xu Huang was humble again and again, and said: "Du Du praised, Huang is still far away." ”

Zhang Shan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You have the ability, I know it." Haha, don't talk about this, then all the departments immediately set up camp and take strict precautions. Don't think that the Yizhou army is negligent if it is vulnerable! ”

"Whoa!"

However, he said that Wu Yi's henchmen went all the way north, bypassed Zitong, and first arrived at Jianmen Pass, took the post, and went to meet the Jianmen Pass guard Ling Bao when he entered the pass.

When Ling Bao heard that Wu Yi had sent someone to see her, her mind changed, and she called someone in.

He asked, "I don't know what Wu is doing?" ”

The henchman didn't speak, took out a book from his cuff, and handed it to Ling Bao.

Ling Bao opened the book, took a closer look, and his eyes couldn't help but squint slightly.

Suddenly, Ling Bao's face turned cold, and he shouted: "Wu Yi is so bold, he dares to betray the lord, left and right, and he will not take down this thief with me and behead the Fa-rectification!" ”

"Wait!"

When Wu Yi's henchmen heard this, their hearts trembled, but when they looked at the words, they saw that although Ling Bao's face was cold, his eyes were meaningless, so he hurriedly said: "General Jieye, how can you not know that Liu Yizhou is gone?" The 150,000 army was wiped out in Yinping, and the commander of Liangzhou drove straight in, and had besieged Zitong, thinking that it would not take a few days for Zitong to break, and Chengdu would have no troops to defend! Is the general going to be buried with Liu Yizhou? ”

Hearing this, Ling Bao waved his hand, let the left and right armor soldiers retreat, his face sank, and said: "Hey, don't you know that General Ben has already contacted General Liu Bi of Jia Mengguan, and he will immediately wave his troops back to help." There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers under the command of General Ben and General Liu Bi, and Zitong will be safe! ”

"The general is really confident." This person sneered again and again, and said: "Yinping's 150,000 army is a lesson from the past, and the general and General Liu are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how can they resist the Liangzhou soldiers?" Joke! ”

After a pause, he said: "When the time comes, the general and General Liu will both be defeated, or they will be killed in battle, or they will be captured, and they will regret it!" ”

Ling Bud frowned and was speechless.

The battle of Yinping is a silent warning, no matter how confident Ling Bao is, he is tough in his mouth, but he knows the current situation in his heart.

Seeing this, Wu Yi's henchmen immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said: "The general is a skill, why should he hang on Liu Yan's dead tree?" Although Liu Yan is benevolent, he is in a safe corner and guards the ears of the household. Following him, Duan Duan buried the general's talent. And Li Liangzhou started at the end of the micro, in just a few years, broke Han Sui, collected Qiang Hu, exterminated the Huns, ruled millions of people, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, sat in the vast northwest region, coerced Dong Zhuo in Guanzhong, and had the ambition to swallow the world. ”

When Ling Bao heard this, her face was moved, and she was silent for a long time.

Wu Yi's henchman said: "Now that Dong Zhuo is attacking Hanzhong in Guanzhong, Zhang Lu can't resist it, and the general's biggest duty is to guard the Jianmen Pass in case Dong Zhuo threats." In the face of Dong Zhuo's soldiers, the general can't come back to help, and Liu Yizhou must not be blamed, right? ”

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