Hua An was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Jiaoguang Erzhou Army, is there any news?" ”

Wang San shook his head and replied, "There is no news about the army of the two states of Jiaoguang yet. ”

"The Jingzhou Army has taken Badong County and Ba County in a row, and Jiangyang County is estimated to be about to take it, and this Huan Wen is progressing quite quickly." Hua An sighed casually.

When Thunderstorm heard this, he said loudly: "Big brother, didn't our army also take Hanzhong County and Zitong County in a row, and it was not slower than the Jingzhou Army at all!" ”

"Yes! Big brother, at present, our army is only 300 miles away from Chengdu, and the Jingzhou Army, according to the calculation that they have arrived in Jiangyang City, they take the waterway, and they are more than 800 miles away from Chengdu. ”

Hua An smiled and said: "That's right, our army takes the north road, which is much closer than the Jingzhou Army, as long as we take Mianzhu and Ruoxian in the south, Chengdu will be at your fingertips." He clenched his fists as he spoke.

Thunderstorm and Wang San glanced at each other and nodded.

Soon another day passed, and the fangs seemed to play hide-and-seek, but still no trace was revealed, and the scouts of the Northern Expeditionary Army returned in vain.

After resting for a night, early the next morning, Hua'an led the main army to Mianzhu, in order to enhance the momentum of the army, Hua'an put two-thirds of the troops of Fucheng into the battle sequence, leaving only four or five hundred people to defend Fucheng.

In this way, the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army marching into Mianzhu was as high as 22,000, of which 5,000 were surrendered by Shu, 5,000 cavalry under Lei Storm, and 8,000 infantry under Tie Niu. 3,000 baggage battalions, plus 1,000 cavalry from Hua'an's pro-army battalion.

Such a large-scale team marched towards Mianzhu in a mighty way, and because it was getting closer and closer to Yizhou, the entire Northern Expeditionary Army team strengthened its vigilance.

When he was about to arrive at the border of Yizhou, it was already dusk, and for the sake of safety, Hua'an let the army camp in place and sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of Mianzhu City.

After dark. Except for the patrol men who are in charge of the guard. The main army all entered the tent to rest, and Hua An also returned to his Chinese army tent and sat in front of the case to rest.

"Big brother, the scouts sent to Mianzhu are all back." Just when Hua'an took a nap. Wang San walked into the big tent.

Hua An woke up suddenly. Busy asked, "How is the situation?" Who is Mianzhu Shou General, and can you persuade him to surrender? ”

"Mianzhu is Li Shi's henchman Li Yi, and there is also a famous resourceful man Xie Siming in Shu in the city. It seems that it is impossible for our army to easily take Mianzhu. Wang San replied truthfully.

Hua An nodded and said: "Our army has a smooth journey, I didn't expect to encounter a hard nail in Mianzhu City, or not, the soldiers have not fought a hard battle for a long time, if the Mianzhu defenders refuse to surrender, we will only have to attack, so that the Shu army in Yizhou can see the strength of our army." ”

"Big brother is right, since the last battle of Nanzheng, our army has not fought a hard battle for more than half a month, let the soldiers fight a good fight, and let the Shu army see the strength of our army." Wang San chimed in.

Hua An looked at Wang San and said softly: "Tomorrow morning, march into the army, within a few hours, you will arrive in Mianzhu, don't rush to attack the city at that time, let the Han king persuade him to surrender first, if the Shu army does not surrender, and then attack the city." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San replied loudly.

"Also, let the baggage battalion prepare all the equipment needed for the siege, especially the components of the thunderbolt must be prepared, and when they arrive at the city of Mianzhu tomorrow, they can be quickly assembled to facilitate the siege." Hua An asked again.

"Big brother, don't worry! I'll leave it all to me. Wang San took the order.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, you go and prepare first!" ”

When Wang San heard the order, he turned around and left the big tent and went to the direction of the baggage camp.

After Wang San left, Hua An was alone in the big tent, thinking about several strategies that the Shu army might adopt, and then finding out the corresponding countermeasures, studying for half an hour, and then entering the back tent to rest.

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In Li Yi's big tent in Mianzhu City, Li Yi, the chief general of the Shu army, and Xie Siming, the strategist, did not rest, and the main army of Hua'an was already approaching Mianzhu, and they were naturally nervous and difficult to sleep.

Li Yi sighed, looked at Xie Siming, and said softly: "Lord Xie, now that the Jin army is 20,000 troops pressing the border, and I only have 5,000 troops in Mianzhu, the difference in strength is four times, how can I resist it?" Please teach me, adults. After speaking, he looked at Xie Siming tightly.

Xie Siming shook his head and replied softly: "General Li, the Jin army's three-way expedition to the west seems to be coming with the confidence of victory, even if our army blocks the 20,000 Jin troops in front of them, who can resist Huan Wen and Deng Yue's army?" ”

"What do you mean, my lord, Ben will not understand?" Li Yi frowned and looked at Xie Siming tightly.

Xie Siming smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "The Jingzhou army of Huanwen of the Jin State has arrived in Jiangyang County, and Deng Yue's Jiao army has also marched to Qiqi, and it will soon converge with Huan Wen's Jingzhou army, and the two armies will have a total of 50,000 horses, and they will join forces to attack Jianwei County, and then approach Chengdu!" ”

Li Yi was suddenly confused, and said loudly and suspiciously: "Lord Xie, the enemy in front of our army is Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army, why are you telling me Huan Wen and Deng Yue!" Their two armies are still thousands of miles away? ”

Xie Siming smiled and replied truthfully: "General Li, you really didn't understand, or you pretended to be confused!" What I mean below is that no matter whether our army can resist Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army, our Great Han Kingdom will not be able to escape! The country's extinction is almost inevitable. After speaking, he looked at Li Yi meaningfully.

"What Lord Xie means is that my Great Han Kingdom has no power to return to heaven." Li Yi confirmed loudly.

Xie Siming replied: "Providence, the people's hearts are lost, the invasion of a strong enemy, the death of the country is inevitable, the general can consider a way out." ”

"Poof." Li Yi pulled out the sword at his waist, put it on Xie Siming's neck, and reprimanded loudly: "Xie Siming, you have received great favor from the first emperor, and now you don't think about retribution, you actually intend to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom, what kind of crime should you be guilty of." ”

Xie Siming smiled and said softly: "The sword has no eyes, the general should put the sword away!" So as not to miss. ”

"Hmph." Li Yi and Xie Siming have been friends for many years, so naturally they would not kill him with their own hands, so they put away the sword angrily.

Xie Siming paced a few steps lightly, and said unhurriedly: "General Li, back then, you and I jointly helped the first emperor establish the Han Dynasty, and our loyalty to the Han Empire was not lower than that of the general!" As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up saving the Han River. ”

After listening to Xie Siming's words, Li Yi was silent for a while, and said softly: "Back then, you and I built the first emperor to be the king, in order to claim the vassal to the Jin State, in order to preserve the Baishi Sheji, the first emperor listened to slander and established himself as the emperor, so there is today's disaster!" ”

Xie Siming smiled and said: "The first emperor is still virtuous and can distinguish between loyalty and treachery, but now His Majesty is different, he does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, listens to the words of villains, does not care about the people's strength, and makes the people of Shu unhappy!" If you act like this, how can you not lose your country? ”

Li Yi was silent when he heard this, paused, looked at Xie Siming, and said: "Even if Your Majesty is not virtuous enough, but we have received the great favor of the first emperor, and we should swear to defend the city of the Han Dynasty, how can we bend our knees and surrender." ”

"General Li wants the jade to be burned! Sure enough, he is a loyal minister, but this is a foolish loyalty, and the general's loyalty is to pay for the lives of the five thousand soldiers in the city! Xie Siming said sharply.

"Xie Siming, do you want to make Ben General surrender on his knees?" Li Yi shouted loudly, obviously full of unwillingness.

Xie Siming shook his head and said: "It is naturally unnecessary to surrender on the knee, if it surrenders lightly, it will make the Jin army look down on it, and it will not reflect the strength of the general, the general can completely hold the city, and only after giving the Jin army a heavy blow can he return to obedience, and by the way, he can also put forward some conditions." ”

"Huh......" Li Yi let out a long breath and said softly: "It's getting late, Lord Xie should go back and rest first!" Rong Ben will think about this matter. ”

"General take care, retire below." Xie Siming clenched his fists and turned to leave the big tent.

"Hey! Could it be that my big Han country is over? After Xie Siming left, Li Yi raised his head and sighed.

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Early in the morning of the second day, Hua An led more than 20,000 men and horses to march towards Mianzhu City, and arrived at the city of Mianzhu City a few hours later.

Looking at Mianzhu City, which was not very tall, a smile appeared on the corner of Hua'an's mouth, Hua'an was sure enough to attack this kind of county-level city.

"King Han, the people who are responsible for guarding the city are Li Yi and Xie Siming, you know each other, can you go and persuade you to surrender." Hua An looked at Li Guang and asked softly.

Li Guang pursed his lips and said, "I'm really not too sure in the next place, but I can give it a try." Then he rode his horse down the city.

At this time, on the gate tower of the north gate of Mianzhu City, Li Yi and Xie Siming were standing on it waiting for the arrival of the Jin army, and when they saw Li Guang riding a horse alone, they couldn't help but glance at each other.

"King Han must have come here to persuade him to surrender." Li Yi said softly.

Xie Siming nodded and said softly: "General Li, no matter what the King of Han says later, you must not agree to surrender, so as not to make the Jin army look down on you and make the people of Shuzhong laugh." ”

"Okay, Ben will have a plan." Li Yi agreed.

Soon, Li Guangce galloped to the foot of Mianzhu City, he looked at Li Yi and Xie Siming on the tower of the city gate, and shouted loudly: "General Li, Lord Xie, I haven't seen you for many days, you two are good." ”

"Haha! Thank you King Han for your concern, I'll wait? Xie Siming replied loudly.

"I haven't seen you for many days, and King Han is also alive! Ha ha! Li Yi echoed.

Seeing that Li Yi and Xie Siming on the upper floor of the city gate were still polite to himself, Li Guang's heart was very happy, he looked at the two of them, and said loudly: "General Li, Lord Xie, it's really inconvenient to talk about the old days like this, how about the two of you open the city gate, how about we go into the city to talk?" (To be continued......)