After the plan was decided, Li Fu took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "Brother Huang, the Jin army has broken through Mianzhu, morale is booming, and it will continue to go south in the near future. ”

When Li Shi heard this, his brows frowned, and he said suspiciously: "It's up to you to defend the city?" Li Yi is proficient in the art of war, and he can't reach the Jin army with 5,000 men and horses, so you can hold it with 3,000 men and horses? ”

When Li Fu heard this, he hugged his fists and explained: "Brother Huang, Li Yi is loyal on the surface, but in fact he harbors evil intentions, and his younger brother has received reliable news, the reason why Mianzhu will be lost is because Li Yi and the Jin army had an affair and took the initiative to surrender, otherwise, how could the huge Mianzhu City be lost after holding on for two days?" As a royal family, the younger brother is loyal to the Han Dynasty, as long as the imperial brother gives the younger brother a chance, the younger brother will definitely be able to hold the city, block the Jin army north of the capital, and when the Jin army runs out of food, it will naturally retreat. After speaking, he looked at Zan Jian beside him.

General Zan Jian understood, stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, General Li is right, as long as our army holds the city, the Jin army on the north road will be suppressed, as for the main force of the Jin army on the south road, the last general is willing to lead the main force of the capital to Wuyang City to garrison in order to resist Huan Wen and Deng Yue's men." ”

Seeing that the two of them were willing to resist the Jin army, Li Shi was still a little uneasy, he looked at Chang Xuan, a free horseman, and asked softly: "Chang Aiqing, do you think Li Fu and Zan Jian can resist the Jin army?" ”

Chang Xuan naturally knew that the Jin army was menacing and could not be resisted, but he didn't want to block Li Shi again, besides. I didn't want to offend Li Fu and Zan Jian, so I lowered my head and said perfunctorily: "Back to the emperor, the old minister is a layman in the march and fighting, and whether he can stop the Jin army and horses, the old minister really doesn't know." ”

Seeing that Chang Xuan did not object, Li Shi felt a little more comfortable, he looked at Li Fu and Zan Jian, and ordered: "Li Fu." I ordered you to lead 3,000 elites. Immediately reinforce the city, no matter what, you must hold the city, Zan Jian. I will give you 10,000 horses. Be sure to block Huan Wen and Deng Yue to the south of Yangwu City. Go and order your troops now, and set out quickly. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Fu and Zan Jian received the order together. Then he turned and left the main hall.

When Li Fu turned around, a sly and relaxed smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Zan Jian also looked relaxed.

The delicate expressions of the two were naturally seen by Chang Xuan and Wang Yan and other ministers above the main hall, Chang Xuan and Wang Yan glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads gently, they knew that Li Fu and Zan Jian would not come back this time, and the fall of Chengdu was only a matter of time.

Soon, Li Fu's 3,000 elites and Zan Jian's 10,000 horses all left Chengdu with a swagger and rushed to Ruxian and Wuyang respectively, preparing to resist the attack of the Jin army.

At this time, the troops left in Chengdu were less than 10,000 horses, and this weak thousands of men and horses, responsible for defending the capital, were the last force in Li Shi's hands.

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In the direction of Mianzhu City, the main force of Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army and the Shu Army were still resting around the city, and hundreds of scouts went to the direction of Luocheng and Chengdu to reconnoitre.

On the issue of how to continue to march, there were also disagreements within the Northern Expeditionary Army, some soldiers built yì from the western road bypassing the city and directly attacked Chengdu, and some built yì step by step, first taking the city, and then calmly marching towards Chengdu, of course, there were a small number of soldiers who built a division of troops to attack together in two ways.

The cavalry under the command of Thunderstorm was good at long-range attacks, so he naturally built a bypass to attack Chengdu directly, while Tie Niu's infantry preferred to take a shortcut route and was not afraid of attacking the city, so he insisted on capturing Ruoxian first, and then continued to march towards Chengdu.

In order to find out the situation in Luocheng and Chengdu, Hua'an has sent hundreds of scouts to the direction of Ercheng to reconnoitre, and based on the information detected, decide how to advance.

At this time, Hua'an was in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he and his generals studied the simple maps of Chengdu and Luocheng, and carefully marked all the roads around the two cities.

"Report, general, the Jingzhou Army has sent news that they have broken through Jiangyang City, and they will take a short rest to wait for the Jiaoguang Army in the direction of Qiqi County, and the Second Route Army is expected to converge in five days, and then launch an attack on Jianwei County together." A colonel entered the account and reported loudly.

"Oh, the Jingzhou army has already broken through Jiangyang City, is it quite fast? Also, there is also news about the army of Jiaoguang Erzhou, which is really good, double happiness is coming! Hua'an was naturally very happy to hear this good news.

Wang San on the side heard this, and said softly: "Big brother, according to the time, the Jingzhou army and the Jiaoguang Erzhou army should have converged, maybe, now they have begun to march in the direction of Jianwei County." ”

Hua An nodded and said, "Yes!" Huan Wen and Deng Yue attacked from the south road, and our army attacked from the north road, and it won't be long before our three-way army can converge in Chengdu. ”

When the thunderstorm heard this, he said loudly: "Big brother, since the Jingzhou army and the Jiaoguang Erzhou army have begun to attack Jianwei County, then our army will also speed up its actions, the road west of Mianzhu leads directly to Chengdu, and our cavalry will only need a few days to come to the city of Chengdu, and take the west road to quickly destroy Shu!" ”

When Tie Niu heard this, he objected: "Your cavalry has horses, so it is naturally fast, but taking the west road to bypass the city is too risky, what if the defenders of the city sneak attack the back of our army, have you thought about it?" ”

"It's a big deal, our cavalry will take the western road, and your 8,000 infantry will attack Yucheng." Thunderstorm said angrily.

"Okay, divide the troops, I want to see how your 5,000 cavalry can break through Chengdu." Iron bull-for-tat.

"Okay, don't quarrel, our army doesn't have many troops, how can we divide the troops at will, as for which way to go, it's not too late to make a decision after the scouts find out the situation." Hua An opened his mouth and reprimanded.

Soon, the scouts sent to Luocheng returned to the Northern Expeditionary Army camp in Mianzhu and immediately rushed to the Chinese army tent in Hua'an.

"General, there are three thousand new reinforcements in the direction of Luocheng, looking at the outfit, it should be the elite of the Shu army." The scout entered the Hua'an tent and reported with his fists clenched.

When Hua An heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Who is in charge of the troops, and where did the soldiers and horses come from, have you found out?"

The scout clenched his fists and said: "General Hui, the general of the Shu army reinforcements is Li Fu, and the three thousand soldiers and horses in his department are all elite divisions in Chengdu. ”

"Big brother, this Li Fu is Li Shi's younger brother, like Li Guang, he doesn't have any big skills, and our army doesn't have to worry about it at all." Wang San said softly.

Hua An pondered for a moment and said: "I'm not worried about Li Fu, I'm worried about the three thousand elites under his command, the city is already easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the three thousand elites in Shu struggle to defend the city, I am afraid that our army will have to delay for a few days before it can break through the city!" ”

"Big brother, since this is the case, it is better for our army to bypass Luocheng from the west road and attack Chengdu directly." Thunderstorm also proposed a strategy to bypass the city.

"No, it should be steadily advancing south, it's too risky to bypass the city." Iron Bull is still opposed.

Seeing that the two main generals under his command had different opinions, Hua An pondered for a moment, looked at Wang San beside him, and asked, "Wang San, what do you think?" ”

Wang San frowned and thought carefully for a moment, and replied: "Big brother, our army is only more than 200 miles away from Chengdu, and the Jingzhou Army and the Jiaoguang Erzhou Army are at least more than 600 miles away from Chengdu, so no matter which road you take, our army will be the first to arrive under the city of Chengdu, therefore, there is no need for our army to take risks, steady progress is the best strategy, I am in favor of attacking Luocheng." ”

"Okay, the eldest brother also has this intention, then attack Luocheng, send an order to the three armies, and set off early tomorrow morning to march towards Luocheng." Huaan finally made up his mind.

"Yes, big brother." Wang San, Thunderstorm, and Iron Bull took the order.

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In the evening, in the direction of Luocheng, the 3,000 elites under Li Fu and the original 1,000 soldiers and horses in Luocheng were burying the pot and preparing dinner.

In order to save his life and the glory and wealth of the second half of his life, he flattered the Jin army commander Hua'an, as well as the Jin court, and said that he was willing to lead the whole army to surrender to the Jin army, and test Hua'an's attitude.

In order to show his sincerity, Li Fu weighed word by word, for fear that he would write a wrong word and make Hua'an unhappy.

"General." Just as Li Fu was considering his sentences, several generals under his command strode in.

Li Fu was weak-hearted, and hurriedly held the letter he was writing into a paper ball and threw it on the ground.

"General, is the last general bothering the general?" One of the generals hurriedly apologized.

After all, Li Fu had a weak heart, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm going to be fine, I'm practicing calligraphy?" As he spoke, he began to pretend to write again.

Li Fu is Li Shi's younger brother, and the people in the court are very familiar with him, so they naturally understand that Li Fu does not love calligraphy, besides, at the moment of the great enemy, as the chief general of the whole army, how can he still have such leisure and elegance.

Although the generals were puzzled by Li Fu's behavior, they did not take this matter to heart, and immediately reported to Li Fu the situation of the Jin army in the direction of Mianzhu.

"General, the Jin army attacked the city, there are only two roads, one is the east road, the other is the west road, the road can not be ambushed, but the road can be set up ambush, once the Jin army is clear, you can kill him by surprise." A military master built yì road.

"General, the last general is willing to lead a thousand men and horses in his headquarters to ambush on the path." Zhuge Qi, the leader of the first battalion, clenched his fists and begged for his life.

Li Fu was thinking about how to communicate with the Jin army about surrender, and naturally he didn't want his subordinates to go to the path to set up an ambush, so he hurriedly stopped: "The Jin army has not yet marched to Luocheng, don't be anxious, generals, rest for a few days, the general has his own strategy to break the enemy, you all go back and rest first!" After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled the generals under his command to leave immediately. (To be continued......)