The men and horses of the Jing army were more than twice that of Li Yan's army, and the archers of the First Cavalry Division were the main attackers.

Seeing that the Jing army was offensive, Li Yan was powerless to resist, so he had to lead the remnants of the army to withdraw from Yuping Mountain and retreat to the Fushui River, hoping to get Liu Bi's rescue.

Seeing that Li Yan was besieged by the Jing army and the situation was critical, he immediately ordered his troops to cross the river to rescue.

Originally, when the two route armies marched north, no one thought that crossing the river would be a difficult thing, although it was said that the Fushui is now turbid, but compared to the wide Yangtze River, the Fushui is obviously very insignificant, before crossing the river, no one thought that it was not a thing, but at this time when I really wanted to cross the river, I found that it was difficult.

First of all, the tools for crossing the river, the water is now flooding, the water flow is very fast, it is obviously impossible to swim across the river with arms, fortunately the central Sichuan area is full of bamboo, Liu Bi ordered the sergeant to cut bamboo and build a raft, although it took a little effort, but there are many people with great strength, and hundreds of bamboo rafts were built quickly.

But when they got into the water, they found that the current was so fast that even taking a bamboo raft was not an easy task, and the turbulent water rushed the raft directly downstream, and it was almost impossible to cross the river in a straight line. This is the kind of operation that must be carried out carefully, and if you are not careful, the bamboo raft will capsize, and a boatload of soldiers will be directly caught in the turbulence.

However, the battle situation on the opposite side was very urgent, and Li Yan could not withstand the siege of the Jing army, which was several times larger. If he didn't send troops to rescue him, Li Yan would probably be wiped out by the whole army, and Liu Yan couldn't care about the difficulties, so he ordered to build more bamboo rafts on the one hand and force the Fushui on the other.

The Sichuan army tried their best, and finally approached the east bank. Just when they thought they could get to the other side of victory, countless Jing army crossbowmen suddenly surged on the east bank, looking at the cold and shining arrows, the Sichuan army crossing the river suddenly despaired.

It turned out that Liu Ze had thought that Liu Yan on the west bank would send troops to cross the river to the east to help, and while attacking Li Yan, Liu Ze ordered Zhuo Ying to lead two thousand crossbowmen to ambush on the east bank of Fushui to stop it, and when the Sichuan army crossed halfway, the ambush was exhausted and attacked head-on. The arrows were like locusts, and the Sichuan troops on the bamboo raft had no room to dodge at all, and they were shot to death in the river.

The turbulent water has become an insurmountable barrier for the Sichuan army at this moment, and Liu Bi stood by the river, watching Li Yan's army being divided and surrounded by the Jing army little by little, and then being eaten away, but he could only watch helplessly, and there was nothing he could do.

Li Yan fought desperately. But he couldn't wait for Liu Yan's reinforcements, and in the end, Li Yan had to risk his life to break through. In the chaos of the army, a bloody road was killed, and thousands of remnants of the defeated army fled in the direction of Ba County.

Liu Ze annihilated a total of more than 12,000 people under Li Yan's army, completely smashing the attack of the Sichuan army on the east road. After the Battle of Yuping Mountain was over, Liu Ze did not chase and fight Li Yan's remnants, but simply cleaned up the battlefield and quickly moved eastward.

Zhang Ren said to Liu Xuan, who was extremely annoyed: "General Li was defeated. There are no soldiers on the east road, Liu Ze will definitely enter the White Emperor in the east, and want to open up the road to Yiling into Sichuan, once the White Emperor is lost, the Yiling army will enter Sichuan. Yizhou will go on the big way. It is imperative that our army immediately cross Fushui, reinforce the White Emperor, and stop Liu Ze's attempt. ”

Although Liu Bi is still a little hesitant, since the start of the war, Zhang Ren has always been successful, and even if Liu Bi is mediocre and incompetent, he has paid more attention to Zhang Ren's words. Moreover, this time Deyang was lost, Li Yan's department was hit hard, and there were almost no troops in the entire eastern Sichuan region to resist the enemy, although there were still more than 40,000 troops of Yan Yan in the White Emperor City, although the White Emperor City was in danger, but if the Jing army should be combined with the outside, it was also difficult to guarantee that it would not fall. The White Emperor City guards the eastern gateway of Sichuan, and it is the only gateway from Jingxiang to Sichuan, once it is lost, it is absolutely unbearable for Yizhou.

Without the crossbowmen of the Jing army, the crossing of the river of the Sichuan army is obviously much simpler, although the Fujiang River is still so fierce, but after two days of rushing to cross, Liu Bi's army still crossed the Fushui, but at this time, it is difficult to find the traces of the Jing army.

The Jing army's counter-scout action made the Sichuan army lose almost all the elite scouts, and without the scouts to inquire about the news, Liu Yan's army of 50,000 was like a deaf and blind man, scurrying around like a headless fly.

Zhang Renjian yì, sent several hundred people of light cavalry to listen to the movements of the Jing army, the speed of the light cavalry, if the hundred cavalry in a group, can also avoid the scout soldiers acting alone and being sniped, even if they are surrounded and attacked by the enemy, the loss is only about 100 people, not to mention that even if the Jing army eats this hundred cavalry, it will also expose the position of the main force of the Jing army.

Liu Xuan adopted Zhang Ren's Jianyì and sent several teams of 100 scouts in a row, obviously this method still worked very well, the 100 cavalry team was more powerful, and the anti-scout action team of the Jing army did not have such a big appetite and could not eat these scouts. After a large-scale search, the general search of the Guò reconnaissance cavalry finally discovered that the main force of the Jing army was moving in the direction of the ditch, and it seemed that there was a possibility of a surprise attack on the White Emperor City. Liu Bi immediately pursued in the direction of the ditch, and at the same time reported the battle situation to Liu Zhang in Chengdu.

Receiving the news that Deyang lost Li Yan's army was hit hard, Liu Zhang was furious, it was just a Jing army army, in the case of isolation, it actually turned the land of Shuzhong upside down, and now Liu Ze's army has flowed to the eastern Sichuan region, that must be to attack the White Emperor City, to open up the Yiling Road, this plan must not be realized by Liu Ze, otherwise Yizhou will really reach the point of life and death.

On the one hand, Liu Zhang gave Liu Yan an order, asking him to actively pursue and attack Liu Ze, and to intercept Liu Ze before he attacked the White Emperor, and on the other hand, he sent a letter to Yan Yan, asking him not only to pay close attention to the movements of the Jing army in the direction of Yiling, but also to pay attention to the direction of the Jing army in eastern Sichuan, and to ensure that the White Emperor City was not lost.

Lord Bo Huangquan gave Liu Zhang a plan and said: "The defeat of the Fushui army is completely the own affairs of the armies, which gave Liu Zeke the opportunity to take advantage of, and now the situation in eastern Sichuan is critical, if the lord no longer integrates the troops and horses of the various departments and commands in a unified manner, I am afraid that the White Emperor City will not be able to hold it." The only way to do this is to send an important member to eastern Sichuan to preside over the overall situation and coordinate the personnel of all departments to ensure that the White Emperor is not lost. ”

Liu Zhang also knows very well that there are many factions in Yizhou's political arena, and mutual restraint occurs from time to time, and this kind of factional dispute has undoubtedly spread to the army. Liu Zhang is a little worried, this person must have enough prestige, otherwise it is impossible to deter generals from all walks of life, and at the same time, this person must be Liu Zhang's cronies, such a large concentration of power in the hands of one person, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not become elbows and armpits, if there is another person like Zhao Wei, in this extraordinary period, Liu Zhang will not be able to go around.

"The lower official recommends one person, and Wu Yike, the Zhonglang general, can take on this position." Huang Quan said.

Wu Yi is a Chen Liuren, who entered Shu with Liu Yan as an official of Liu Yan, and can be regarded as an old minister in Shu, although Wu Yi is not the most capable, but he is very good at handling interpersonal relationships, whether it is sent by Dongzhou or Yizhou, Wu Yi is not excluded, if he is the commander of the armies in eastern Sichuan, it is obvious that he can coordinate the relationship between all parties well, and more importantly, Wu Yi's sister married Liu Mao, Liu Zhang's brother, Wu Yi and Liu Zhang have a relationship of in-law, and appointed Wu Yi as the commander to lead the eastern Sichuan army, Liu Zhang is more assured.

Huang Quan's recommendation of Wu Yi was also in line with Liu Zhang's thoughts, so Liu Zhang appointed Wu Yi as the protector of the central capital, controlled the people and horses in eastern Sichuan, and transferred 10,000 horses to Wu Yi from the only remaining 20,000 horses in Chengdu, and set off for eastern Sichuan.

Wu Yi received the order, but he expressed concern about the redeployment of the defenders in Chengdu, there were only 10,000 defenders left in Chengdu, how could they cope with it if the enemy soldiers attacked.

Liu Zhang was not worried, and said with a smile: "Liu Zeyuan is in eastern Sichuan, Ziyuan is here, he can definitely encircle and annihilate him under the White Emperor City, Chengdu is as stable as a mountain, even if something happens, there is still a risk in the capital to block, Ziyuan can rest assured to go, on the day of returning to the teacher, I will hold a banquet in Chengdu to celebrate your achievements." ”

Wu Yi led the troops out of Chengdu and went east to Wangchuan. It's a pity that he hasn't gone to the east of Sichuan yet, but earth-shattering news has come.

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After going around the mountains of eastern Sichuan for more than half a month, Liu Ze almost dizzed Liu Bi, as if this was not Liu Zhang's territory, but became Liu Ze's home field, Liu Ze gave full play to the characteristics of the Jing Army's good mobility, interspersed with roundabouts, rushed back and forth, and successively conquered several county towns such as Anhan, Danqu, and Xuanhan. Liu Bi tried to fight with the main force of the Jing Army several times, but Liu Ze did not contact him, which made Liu Bi full of strength, but he couldn't do it, and was led by Liu Ze by the nose, which always made him angry.

Liu Ze had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with him at all, and the purpose of fighting those county towns was also to raise grain and grass and solve the problem of rations for the Jing army. (Want to know more about Hanwa?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! (To be continued......)