In the Jin army camp ten miles outside the north gate of Chengdu, Hua'an and a group of generals are inspecting the baggage camp, where 500 soldiers and 5,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army are stepping up the construction of various siege equipment.

Looking at the rows of thunderbolts that had been built, Hua'an nodded with satisfaction, as long as this batch of siege equipment was built, he could launch an attack on Chengdu.

"Big brother, you see, most of this row of thunderbolt cars that have not yet been built have been assembled, and it will be completed in just one day, and most of these four Lu buses have also been built, and they can be used for siege by installing arrow plates on the front and both sides, and they can be completed tonight, and these, they will be completed soon." Wang San pointed to a large piece of semi-finished siege equipment and introduced them one by one.

Hua An nodded slightly, and then locked his eyes on several giant siege ladders that had been built, these ladders were too tall, only the lower wheels had as many as twelve, and the double-layer ladders with an inclination of forty-five degrees were three zhang long, and once unfolded, they were six zhang long.

"Wang San, can such a big ladder really work? The soldiers can push it. Hua An looked at Wang San and asked with a frown.

Wang San replied with a smile: "Big brother, the width of the moat in Chengdu is one foot five, and the other side of the moat is nearly five feet away from the city wall, which brings a lot of inconvenience to the siege of our army, and once this kind of ladder is extended, it is just right to stretch the ladder directly to the city wall on this side of the moat, and the soldiers of our army can directly follow the ladder to the city wall, thus greatly enhancing the strength of the siege, as for the ladder is too heavy." Besides, the battalion has many war horses, and the power of the war horses can also be used to push the ladder to the edge of the moat in Chengdu. ”

When Hua An heard this, he couldn't stop nodding his head and praised loudly: "This is really a good thing!" The soldiers did a good job, not only did they build much faster than originally expected, but they also built such a good giant siege machine, it seems that they will be able to launch a feint attack on Chengdu tomorrow. It's also a good idea to see the defensive strength of the rebels. ”

"Big brother. Let me go! Iron Bull hurriedly clenched his fists and asked for battle.

"General, the last general is also willing to fight." Li Yi also clenched his fists and took his life.

"General, what about us?" Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu, who were behind Chen Ting, asked to fight together.

Hua An smiled. He said softly: "Tomorrow's feint is just to test the strength of the rebels." It's not really about taking Chengdu. It only takes a few thousand troops to open, General Chen, your 3,000 soldiers have not yet been on the battlefield. Tomorrow's feint will be handed over to you, is there a problem? After speaking, he looked at Chen Ting.

"The last will obey." Chen Ting hurriedly clenched his fists to receive his life, and Chen Poyu and Chen Zhenhu behind him were even more overjoyed, and the young people would always be very excited when they had the opportunity to go to the battlefield for the first time.

Since Chen Ting's soldiers and horses had never been on the battlefield, Hua An'an was always a little uneasy, after all, even if it was a feint, it could not fail, otherwise it would affect the morale of the army.

Hua An thought about it for a while, looked at Tie Niu and Li Yi, and ordered: "You two each lead three thousand troops to deploy on the two wings to suppress the formation for General Chen." ”

"Obey." Tie Niu and Li Yi hugged their fists to lead the way.

After arranging the feint attack plan for the second day, Hua An thought about it many times in his heart, and felt that there was no problem, so he put his mind at ease.

The corpses of Deng Ding and Kui Wen and other rebel generals have been sent to Chengdu, and the reason why Hua'an wants to send a small number of troops to feint Chengdu at this time is to see if the rebel soldiers have panicked and what the strength of the defense is when the main force is annihilated, so as to have a clearer understanding of the strength of the rebels in Chengdu and prepare for the next strong attack on Chengdu.

After returning to the Chinese army's big tent, Hua'an told Zhang Yu and Xie Siming of his decision to feint the north gate of Chengdu, and after hearing about it, both expressed their support, and believed that when the rebels learned the news that the main force was annihilated, they launched an attack in time to deter the rebels and make the rebels' hearts suffer a double blow, so that the army was disheartened and unable to resist the Jin army outside the city.

Seeing that Zhang Yu and Xie Siming both supported their decisions, Hua An'an was even more relieved, although the strength of the rebel army at this time was obviously weaker than his own army, but for the sake of safety, Hua An was still walking on thin ice, for fear that there would be any mistakes, which would cause the army to suffer big losses.

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Early in the morning of the second day, the 3,000 troops under Chen Ting of the Jin army, in accordance with Hua'an's order, left the camp and marched towards the north gate of Chengdu.

In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, Chen Ting's department carried a large number of siege heavy weapons and armor in this feint attack on Chengdu, among them, there were 200 thunderbolt vehicles alone, and there were as many as 1,000 shields used to defend against arrows, and the four giant siege ladders were all carried, so that the soldiers could run directly to the head of Chengdu from the inclined giant ladder without crossing the moat.

Tie Niu and Li Yi each ordered 3,000 men and horses under their command, followed behind Chen Ting, and pressed the formation for Chen Ting's army to prevent the rebels in the city from rushing out, and Chen Ting's troops were unable to support it alone.

Just when Chen Ting's headquarters of the Jin army was slaughtering towards the north gate of Chengdu, in the prime minister's mansion of Wang Oath, Wang Oath and Wang Run and other important figures were in the secret room, discussing the current situation.

After a whole night of careful consideration, Wang Wei and the others were no longer flustered, but seemed extremely calm, the things they wanted to discuss were core secrets and could not be known to outsiders, so the place of discussion was chosen in the secret room.

At a square table that was not very large, Wang Wei and others sat around, and the top of the square table was tiled with a topographic map of Shuzhong.

Wang Wei looked at everyone and spoke first: "Generals, you are the most trusted people in the prime minister, and there is an important matter to discuss with you when I called you today, and this matter is related to the survival of our dynasty, so the prime minister has to decide as soon as possible." ”

When Wang Run and the other generals heard this, they glanced at each other, and they all looked at each other.

Wang oath continued: "At present, the main force of our army has been dispersed, and the Jin army sent back the corpses of General Deng and General Kui, in order to shake the confidence of our soldiers, which is the Jin army's plan to attack the heart, however, as far as the current situation is concerned, our army's heart has been shaken, and deserters have appeared in all armies and battalions, but the Jin army is morale like a rainbow, and is gearing up, preparing to attack Chengdu. After speaking, he sighed slightly.

"Prime Minister, is it true that our army can't hold the capital?" Wang Run said unwillingly.

Wang Xuan paused, and said softly: "Our army is disheartened, the capital will not be able to hold for long, and the current plan is to take advantage of the fact that the Jin army has not yet attacked the city, lead the army to evacuate, and leave Chengdu to the Jin army, there is no other good way." After saying that, he closed his eyes gently.

"Chengdu is the capital of my dynasty, are we just giving up, Prime Minister, do we have any other way." Wang Run was obviously a little unhappy.

Wang Xuan shook his head and said softly: "The main forces of General Deng and General Kui have been dispersed, and now there are only 10,000 horses left in the city, and the 10,000 rabble temporarily formed a few days ago, how can they stop the Jin army?" At the moment, apart from temporarily evacuating Chengdu, Benxiang really can't think of any other way. ”

In fact, Wang Run also knew that Chengdu could not be defended, most of the 10,000 horses under his command were Shuzhong soldiers who were dismissed after the Jin army destroyed Shu, and they were also considered regular troops, but under the attack of the Jin army, there have been many deserters, and the military spirit is like this, even if there are 100,000 troops, I am afraid that I can't hold the city, but Wang Run is unwilling, and he still has a trace of luck.

"Since the Prime Minister has decided to evacuate Chengdu, we will obey the order, but I don't know where to retreat?" Wang Run said and looked at Wang Oath.

Wang Wei pointed to the map on the table, and said softly: "Generals, this is the reason why the prime minister summoned you to come, about the retreat of our army, the prime minister has not completely thought about it for the time being, as far as the current point of view, there are three main ways for our army to retreat, the first is the northwest direction, from Wenshan County to the west, over the mountains into the territory of Tuyuhun, relying on the strength of Tuyuhun to confront the Jin army, the second south to Ningzhou, where the Jin general Deng Yue Dudu, the number of troops is very small and the mountains and rivers are treacherous, maybe there can be a foothold for our army, The third is the southeast direction of Qiqi County, Qiqi County is at the junction of five states, Liangzhou in the north, Yizhou in the west, Jingzhou in the east, Ningzhou in the southwest, Guangzhou in the southeast, and the mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, the population is very small, our army enters Qiqi, the Jin army is hindered by the road obstacles, and may not chase after it for a while, and our army should get a chance to breathe. ”

When a subordinate general heard this, he nodded and said: "I am waiting for the army to rebel against Jin, there is no turning back, and the prime minister is willing to take whichever way he wants, I will swear to follow." ”

"Yes! Prime Minister, which way do you say you will take, and we are willing to follow the Prime Minister. Several generals all said that they would obey the king's decision, after all, they were all grasshoppers on a rope now, and there was no choice but to huddle together for warmth.

Seeing that all the generals said that they would obey him, Wang Oath was slightly relieved, at this time, the support of his subordinates was the most warm, but at the same time, Wang Oath also had a trace of sorrow in his heart, and all the generals let him make a decision, but he didn't know how to choose for a while.

Each of the above three roads is not so easy to walk, and once you make a wrong choice, you will have to worry about your life.

"Prime Minister, in the opinion of the last general, our army can be divided into two routes, one route from Wenshan County into the territory of Tuyuhun, and one route from Jianwei County into Qiqi County, so echoing each other from afar, maybe there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future." Wang Run hugged his fist and said.

Wang Run's Jianyiì was obviously to use the power of Tuyuhun to flank the Jin army in Yizhou on both sides, so as to recapture Yizhou and occupy Chengdu. (To be continued......)