Li Guang, who was waiting for the triumph of the army on the tower of the east gate of Nanzheng, saw that the army under his command not only failed to defeat the Jin army outside the city, but was killed by the Jin army.

Under Li Guang's order, a large number of Shu archers on the head of the city shot wildly under the city, because the pursuing Jin army and the fleeing Shu army had been engaged together, and the light under the city was relatively dim, therefore, the Shu archers on the city could not aim at all, and could only shoot downward.

In this way, these arrows not only killed and injured the Jin army outside the city, but also killed and injured many of the retreating Shu soldiers.

In order to reduce casualties, Tie Niu immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat temporarily and out of the range of the Shu army's crossbowmen.

Because the Jin army had chased to the city, the Shu army did not dare to open the city gate rashly, and those Shu troops who had fled here had to continue to flee along the moat in the north and south directions, so as to avoid the strangulation of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were crushed, but the Jin army outside the city was in a neat formation, the morale was like a rainbow, and the Han King Li Guang completely collapsed, he couldn't figure it out, why the Jin army that had passed through the rapid march was still so strong, aren't the Jin soldiers tired?

Compared with Li Guang's despair, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army were extremely excited, and they were all gearing up and ready to do a big job.

Tie Niu looked at the soldiers of the Shu army at the head of Nan Zhengcheng, and sneered at the corner of his mouth. Raise your voice and shout: "Listen to the soldiers of the Shu army in the city, this will be the iron general of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Jin Dynasty, so you should surrender earlier, so as not to lose your life." ”

"Surrender! Surrender! Surrender! Nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army raised their weapons and shouted in unison.

"Ah......" Seeing that the Jin soldiers under the city were like rainbows, and shouted to surrender, Li Guang was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he hurriedly exclaimed.

"King Han, the combat power of the Jin army. It's so much more powerful than we thought. Our army is insufficient, if there are no reinforcements, I am afraid that I really can't resist it! One of the generals whispered.

When Li Guang heard this, he couldn't help but shudder. Busy said: "What should I do." What should I do? ”

"King Han. The Jin army is unknown, as long as our army defends the city with all its might, the Jin army may not be able to succeed. The king of Han can reprimand the generals of the Jin army in person, why do you want to offend my Han border. Another general hurriedly comforted.

When Li Guang heard this, he calmed down, raised his eyes to look at the iron bull under the city, and shouted tremblingly: "General Tie, this king is Li Guang, the king of Han, my Great Han Kingdom and your Jin Kingdom have always been well water and do not violate river water, why do you violate the border?" ”

Seeing that the person who claimed to be the king of Han was trembling, without the momentum that a prince should have, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army under the city secretly laughed.

Tie Niu laughed out loud, he looked at Li Guang at the head of the city, and said loudly: "The little Shu country, vainly called the big Han, this is a big crime, besides, since the two generals of the Great Jin Deng Ai and Zhong Hui destroyed Shu, Yizhou and Liangzhou are the land of my Great Jin, and you are the barbarian tribe, and the world is favored by the Great Jin Dynasty, but taking advantage of the difficulty of my Great Jin Dynasty, according to the establishment of the two states of Yiliang, it is really a great rebellion. ”

"You ......" Han King Li Guang was scolded by Tie Niu, his chest was filled with gas, and he almost lost his breath.

"King Han, King Han." The general beside him hurriedly shouted nervously to Li Guang.

Seeing that the commander of the Shu army in the city was so bad in his heart, Tie Niu sneered at the corner of his mouth and shouted: "Wait and surrender quickly!" Otherwise, on the day of the breakdown, the chickens and dogs will not be left. ”

"What to do? If our army surrenders, will the Jin army let us go? Li Guang frowned and looked at the general beside him.

"King Han, why do you talk about surrendering without fighting, our army is defending the fortified city, who will kill the deer, it is not certain?" A tough general, something big shouted.

Li Guang shook his head, looked out of the city, and said helplessly: "The Jin army has been running for a long time, and the morale is still like this, but our army is vulnerable to a blow, and the disparity in strength is so big, how can this battle be fought!" Obviously, Li Guang had the intention of surrendering.

"King Han, the Jin army is unreliable, in case our army surrenders, more than 10,000 prisoners, can the Jin army let us go? If the soldiers of our army are killed, we will not be wronged, and we will become infamous through the ages! A general advised.

When Li Guang heard this, he didn't know how to choose.

"Surrender! Surrender! Surrender! The soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army outside the city roared loudly again.

Li Guang's legs were weak, and he sat directly on the ground of the city gate tower, so frightened that he didn't dare to get up anymore.

"Hahaha! Oh oh oh ...... "Seeing that the main general of the Shu army was so cowardly, the officers and soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army outside the city all coaxed loudly.

"General Jin is arrogant, eat me with an arrow." A general of the Shu army, seeing that the king of Han was humiliated, was angry, and suddenly pulled out the big bow on his back, bent his bow and shot an arrow in the direction where the iron bull was.

Although the arrow did not hit the Iron Bull, it swept past the Iron Bull, which really startled the Iron Bull.

The distance between here and the city wall of Nanzheng has exceeded the range of bows and arrows by twenty zhang, but the generals of the Shu army can shoot arrows so far, which is enough to show that there is no shortage of talents in the Shu army, and not all of them are rice buckets.

"Back to camp." Seeing that the Shu army had no intention of surrendering, Tie Niu issued an order to withdraw to the camp.

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army slowly retreated to the large camp in the rear, and gradually disengaged from Nanzhengcheng.

Seeing that the infantry of the Jin army gradually retreated, the soldiers of the Shu army finally breathed a sigh of relief, and soon, all the soldiers who fled back entered Nanzheng City.

Li Guang asked his subordinates to go forward to count the casualties, but found that there were only 8,000 soldiers left, of which 3,000 cavalry were all lost, and 2,000 infantry were also lost, which can be described as heavy casualties.

Looking at the 8,000 men and horses who fled back, Li Guang couldn't help but feel the strength of the Jin army, and he had already had cowardice in his heart, and even had the idea of surrendering to the Jin army, of course, the premise is that the Jin army can guarantee the safety of his life, and it is best to be able to seal a false position such as returning to righteousness, so that he can spend the second half of his life carefree.

However, Li Guang could not predict how the Jin army would treat him after he surrendered, so he did not dare to surrender rashly, in order to save his life, he ordered his own soldiers to immediately pack up the softness, once the city could not be defended, it was better to flee from Nanzheng with enough silver taels.

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Early in the morning of the second day, after a continuous day and a night of rapid marching, the main force under the command of Hua'an appeared outside the south gate of Nanzheng City.

In this way, the Northern Expeditionary Army formed a three-sided encirclement of Nanzheng City, which was more beneficial to the Northern Expeditionary Army, but it was a great disadvantage to the Shu Army in the city.

When Hua'an's men and horses arrived at the city of Nanzheng, they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but asked 2,000 soldiers of the heavy battalion to build thunderbolt wagons as much as possible, and the main force of men and horses was stationed outside the city to recuperate.

Hua'an's plan was to give the baggage battalion three days and order them to build 500 thunderbolts, two Lu coaches, 30 large siege vehicles, 100 ladders, and many other siege weapons.

With a large number of siege weapons, Hua'an believed that he could break through Nanzheng City with only one attack.

During the three days when the baggage battalion was preparing siege equipment, Hua'an not only asked the main force to pay attention to the vigilance, but also sent part of the troops to the rest of the cities in Liangzhou, because the troops in these cities were very small, it can be said that they were empty cities, and a small number of troops could completely occupy these cities.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army was in full swing preparing to attack the city, the Shu army in the city was also actively preparing for defense, and all kinds of materials for defending the city were all moved to the city, and it seemed that they were ready to defend to the death.

Two days later, in the evening, the baggage battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army had prepared all the siege weapons in advance and distributed them to Zhao Wu and Tie Niu's troops.

In the Chinese army tent of Hua'an of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Hua'an was discussing with Wang San, and the siege plan for the second day, Zhao Wu strode in.

"Big brother, everything is ready, I think I can launch an attack tonight, why wait until tomorrow?" Zhao Wu walked towards Hua'an and said, obviously, he couldn't wait.

Hua An smiled and said, "Don't worry, let the soldiers rest for one more night, and attack early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, big brother." Zhao Wu responded, turned around and retreated.

Hua An then looked down at the map in front of him, analyzed the possible defensive strategies of the Shu army in the city, and found out the corresponding solutions.

"Big brother, our army attacked with thunderbolts, and the main force then advanced, and the Shu army couldn't resist it at all, I think, we should now consider where the Shu army broke through, the main body of the Shu army will be the Han King of Shu, if this person can be captured alive, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Shu army." Wang San said confidently.

Hua An smiled and said: "Our army is besieging the city on three sides, the Shu army naturally broke through from the north gate, and more than 20 miles outside the north gate is Baozhong City, and the generals of the Shu army probably don't know that Baozhong City has been captured by our army, and they may flee there." ”

Wang San nodded and said, "Big brother, since that's the case, let's go to Baozhong City and wait for them!" Maybe you can catch the Han king of Shu. ”

"Okay, Wang San, you immediately go to the pro-military camp, and in a moment, we will set off." Huaan agreed.

"Yes, big brother." Wang San answered, turned around and went to gather the soldiers of the pro-military camp.

A moment later, the 1,000 men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army's pro-military camp were summoned by Wang San and assembled, and as long as Hua'an gave an order, they could set off immediately.

Before leaving, Hua'an warned Zhao Wu that he must not attack the city alone, and he had to wait until the early morning of the second day to attack the city with Thunderstorm and Zhao Wu, and Zhao Wu naturally expressed his willingness to listen.

After arranging a qiē, Hua An stepped on his war horse, looked at the soldiers of the pro-military battalion behind him, and said loudly: "Let's go." With that, he rode his horse north.

Wang San and a thousand soldiers from the pro-military camp followed closely on horseback. (To be continued......)