When Hua An heard this, he was a little shocked in his heart, the destruction of a hundred thunderbolts was completely in his expectation, but it was unexpected that there were so many casualties among the soldiers.

"Iron Bull, didn't you make a feint? Why are there so many casualties? Hua An looked at Tie Niu and asked sternly.

Tie Niu still hung his head, sighed, and explained: "Big brother, our army's siege of the city was very smooth, unexpectedly, the Shu army suddenly erected more than a hundred wolf tooth beats on the city, our soldiers were caught off guard, and were smashed a lot, the injuries were severe, and they died on the spot, and the eldest brother asked me to feint, so as soon as I saw the casualties, I ordered to withdraw back, if I was given a few more hours, our army will definitely be able to attack the city wall and take Chengdu." ”

Hua An nodded and said softly: "I see, it seems that the defense of the Shu army is still relatively tight, early tomorrow morning, if our army forcibly attacks the city, the casualties are estimated to be no less than one thousand!" ”

"Big brother, we can afford this casualty, tomorrow we will attack the city, and our army will still fight the vanguard." Iron Bull shouted for his life.

Wang San looked at Hua'an, hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, our army has already made a feint, tomorrow's siege, it is better to let the Shuzhong Corps under Li Yi be the vanguard!" It's also time for them to make meritorious contributions.

Hua An shook his head and said softly: "This is not necessary, the attack is a tough battle, and the casualties will not be small, let them fight with this group of troops, the eldest brother is not at ease!" If they are defeated, it will greatly damage the spirit of our army, so it is safer to let Li Yi and Tie Niu divide into left and right wings and attack Chengdu at the same time. ”

"Well, it's still the eldest brother who thinks thoughtfully. The cavalry under the pro-battalion and Thunderstorm can be used as backup. Wang San echoed.

Hua An nodded and said softly, "You guys go and prepare first!" Tomorrow's siege battle must be very tragic, so let the baggage battalion prepare more stones to increase the continuous attack power of the thunderbolt car, so as to reduce the losses of the siege army. ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San and the others clenched their fists and turned to leave the big tent.

After everyone left the Chinese army's tent, Hua An looked at the Chengdu defense map in front of him. Start thinking about the best siege plan. According to the current arrangement of the Shu army defending the city, the Northern Expeditionary Army must lose at least 1,000 men and horses before it is possible to break through the city from the direction of the North Gate.

This casualty, for Huaan. It's not a small amount. Hua'an was naturally reluctant to let the troops under his command. suffered such heavy losses, but Chengdu was the capital of Shu, as long as Chengdu was breached. The kingdom of Shu will be destroyed, in this way, the great achievement of destroying Shu is in his pocket, for this reason, his prestige will be greatly increased, and the future will be bright.

Hua'an is not a person who pursues fame too much, but it is his ideal to recover the Central Plains, and in order to have enough strength to recover the Central Plains, Huaan must improve his prestige.

Because, only with sufficient prestige, can you be reused by the imperial court, and can more wise people take refuge in themselves, so that they can gradually accumulate strong strength, so as to wave their troops to the north and realize their desire to drive away Hu Lu and recover the Central Plains.

In order to realize the grand wish of recovering the Central Plains, Hua'an believed that even if the casualties were large, he would do his best to capture Chengdu.

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In the afternoon, the streets and alleys of Chengdu were all spread with the news that the Jin army had been defeated and fled, and this explosive news became the talk of the people in the city after tea and dinner.

But at the same time, it has also become a nightmare for the ministers who sent the letter of surrender to the Jin army, they heard the news of the defeat of the Jin army, and they were frightened, for fear that after the defeat of the Jin army, the letter of surrender they wrote fell into the hands of Li Shi, with Li Shi's cruelty, as long as they found that they were traitors, they would definitely be killed.

In the evening, the middle scrivener Wang Yi, in a sedan chair, secretly arrived at the mansion of Chang Xuan, a free rider, and hurriedly entered the gate of Chang Xuan's mansion.

"Yo, it's Lord Wang, the little one will immediately inform the master." A subordinate of Chang Xuan's mansion hurriedly said hello.

Wang Yan waved his hand and said impatiently: "No need to report, this official has an urgent matter to find your master, where is he, take this official over quickly." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang and the little one are coming." The subordinate hurriedly led the way in front.

Because Wang Xuan often visited Chang Xuan's mansion, the subordinates of Chang Xuan's mansion were very familiar with Wang Xuan, and even if he didn't report in advance, Chang Xuan would not be angry.

At this time, Chang Xuan was frowning in the main hall and pondering, he had already heard the news of the defeat of the Jin army, so he was trying his best to think about countermeasures, and sent his henchmen to the direction of the north gate to investigate the truth to determine whether this matter was true or not.

"Look, sir, who's coming." The subordinate introduced Wang Yi into the lobby and hurriedly reminded him.

Chang Xuan was thinking deeply, and suddenly heard the voice of the subordinate, and hurriedly turned to look outside the main hall, only to find that Wang Yi had already walked in.

"Oops! Lord Wang, you are here, and you don't call your subordinates to report, please, please, what are you doing in a daze, go and pour tea. Chang Xuan said, glancing at the next person.

Hearing the order, the subordinate hurriedly turned around and went to prepare tea.

Wang Yan walked into the main hall, looked at Chang Xuan with a worried face, frowned, and said: "Lord Chang, I don't know if you have heard the news of the defeat of the Jin army!" After saying that, he looked around carefully.

Chang Xuan nodded, and said softly: "This, the old man has heard about it a long time ago, but the situation should not be as bad as imagined, the Jin army attacked the city all the way, it is impossible to plant such a big heel at once." ”

When Wang Yi heard this, he was a little anxious, and said, "Lord Chang, this is hard to say!" Maybe the Jin army was too smooth all the way, so they had the heart to light the enemy, thinking that the imperial forest army in the capital was vulnerable, so they launched a direct attack, and then were hit hard, this speculation seems to be in the past! ”

When Chang Xuan heard this, he also felt that this was the case, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, paused, and said softly: "Lord Wang, don't be impatient, if you and I are destined to die, it's useless to be anxious, the old man has already sent his henchmen to the direction of the north gate to investigate, and there will be definite news soon." ”

"Okay, in that case, let's wait here for a while!" Wang Yi said and sat down in the lobby.

"Sir, sir." Heading to the direction of the north gate, the people who inquired about the news rushed back to the lobby as quickly as possible, and when they saw that there were guests in the lobby, they hurriedly hugged their fists and said, "Oh, Lord Wang is also there." ”

"It's okay to say how the situation is." Chang Xuan looked at the lower person and asked loudly.

"Back to the master's words, a team defending the city is telling the villain that at noon today, the Jin army of nearly 10,000 horses, carrying a large number of siege equipment, stormed the direction of the north gate, but was beaten by our defenders and urinated, leaving a large number of corpses and fleeing." The subordinate said truthfully.

"How many people died in the Jin army, I asked if I had not." Wang Yan hurriedly asked.

"Back to Lord Wang's words, the man said that the black pressure under the city was all the corpses of the Jin army, and he didn't count them, and he didn't know how many died." The servant replied softly.

When Chang Xuan and Wang Yi heard this, they were both shocked, and they glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but secretly scream in their hearts.

"Okay, it's none of your business, you go down!" Chang Xuan waved his hand and asked his subordinates to leave.

Hearing the order, the subordinate clenched his fists and turned to leave the main hall.

"Master Chang, it seems that I really got it right! The Jin army really suffered a big defeat because of the light enemy! What a good thing that is! It's okay if the Jin army runs away, but I'm afraid of ......" Wang Yi was halfway through his words, and he didn't dare to say any more.

Chang Xuan felt that there was something in Wang's words, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Wang, if you have anything to say, you might as well finish it." ”

Wang Yi pondered for a while, looked at Chang Xuan, and said softly: "Master Chang, do you think that the main general of the Jin army will come to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle!" ”

"What do you mean!" Chang Xuan asked puzzled.

Wang Yi looked around and said softly: "Lord Chang, according to rumors, in my court, there are no less than 100 people who have defected to the Jin army, and even there are many generals in the army. As long as most of the officials of our court are killed, the people in the capital must be panicked, and when the time comes, there will be no one in the court, a major general in the army, and the Jin army can easily capture Chengdu! ”

"No, I heard that the chief general of the Jin army is a benevolent and righteous person, he shouldn't be so vicious!" Chang Xuan frowned and said.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case, let's think more about retreating!" Wang Yi said softly.

Chang Xuan shook his head slightly, and said softly: "The book has already been written, what else can I retreat, at the moment, I am afraid that you and I can only resign ourselves to fate." ”

"Lord Chang, can we send someone out of the city and go to the Jin army camp in person, ask the attitude of the chief general of the Jin army, and explore the military strength of the Jin army, so we have a good idea!" Wang asked softly.

"It's all up to this, it's okay, there is a person in the old man's mansion, Chang Liu, and he is also the old man's henchman, he is the best at chickens and dogs, and this is the time for him to make meritorious contributions." Chang Xuan said that he asked people to invite this subordinate named Chang Liu.

Soon, Chang Liu walked into the lobby and met Chang Xuan and Wang Yi in the lobby.

Chang Xuan looked at Chang Liu and said softly: "Chang Liu, Master Ben has an errand for you to do, but it is very dangerous, and you may lose your life at any time, are you willing to do it." ”

Chang Liu hugged his fists and said: "The lord is as kind to Chang Liu as a mountain, and the master's orders, even if it is to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, Chang Liu will definitely do it." ”

"Okay, Master Ben writes a letter now, you will prepare a piece of oil paper later, wrap the letter in the oil paper, hold it in your mouth, and send it out of the city to the Jin army camp, if you are found by the soldiers guarding the city when you go out of the city, you must swallow the letter in your stomach immediately, otherwise, the nine clans of this old man will not be protected, you can understand."

"Don't worry, master, Chang Liu will definitely complete the task." Chang Liuzheng color to receive the order.

Chang Xuan nodded when he heard this, picked up the paper and ink that had been prepared, and began to write, while Chang Liu also left the lobby for a while and quickly took a piece of oiled paper. (To be continued......)