Chapter 440: The Shu army outside the east gate surrenders
"General, you see, the main army is not far from here." The general next to the thunderstorm pointed to the north and reminded loudly.
When the thunderstorm heard this, he looked to the north, and sure enough, a large team was approaching, and the army coming from the north was naturally the main army of Hua'an.
"It's great that the main army of the eldest brother has arrived, you continue to build, and Ben will go over to meet the main general." The thunderstorm commanded, and the horse ran due north.
At the front of the main army was Li Yi's Shuzhong Corps, and when the thunderstorm saw that there was no trace of Hua'an, he went around it directly, and ran directly to the position of the Chinese army where Hua'an was located.
"Big brother, look, the thunderstorm is coming." Wang San pointed to the thunderstorm that was rushing and whispered.
Hua An nodded, and rode up to meet him.
"Big brother, you're here so soon! Ha ha! Thunderstorm greeted with a smile.
Hua An also smiled, looked at the thunderstorm, and asked, "How is it, what is the situation in the direction of Chengdu, and is the Shu army well defended?" ”
When the thunderstorm heard this, he hurriedly reported: "Big brother, the north gate of Chengdu is extremely tightly guarded, the gate is always closed, followed by the east and west sides, and the city gate will occasionally be opened, but the time is very short, the south gate is the loosest defense, and the people inside and outside the city are in and out from the south gate." ”
"Oh, the defense of the Shu army is still heavy in the north and light in the south, it seems that the situation is still the same, nothing has changed!" Hua An said casually, looked at the thunderstorm, and said softly: "Thunderstorm, how is the siege equipment of our army, how is it built, there are still a few days to be completely built." ”
Thunderstorm hurriedly replied: "It is not easy to build large-scale siege equipment, and the number of requests from the eldest brother is so numerous. At the moment, only about a third of the construction of our army has been built, and it will take three days to build it all, but I have asked them to speed up. ”
"Three days, this is too long, no, Wang San, you let Li Yi and Tie Niu transfer two thousand men and horses respectively. Help the baggage camp with its work. The two thousand baggage battalions of the main army also went to build at once, and early the next morning, all the equipment had to be built. There must be no mistakes. ”
"Yes. Eldest brother. I'm going to give the order. Wang San said, and rode his horse to deliver the order.
Hua An rode his horse and carefully observed the surrounding environment. And in a proper position, let the main army be stationed.
After the camp was settled, Hua'an took a group of generals to reconnoiter near Chengdu in order to know himself and his opponent, so as to make himself invincible.
As soon as the group arrived near Chengdu, the sky was already dark, but it was okay to be in such a dim environment, the Shu soldiers on the city wall were even more difficult to see Hua'an and others who were scouting outside the city.
However, Hua'an and his party can clearly see the every move of the Shu soldiers on the city wall, which can be described as one-way transparent.
After exploring the direction of the North Gate, Hua'an and his party arrived near the East Gate, and sure enough, consistent with the situation of the scouts, the defense in the direction of the East Gate was much weaker than that of the North Gate.
"Big brother, the east gate is indeed relatively narrow here! If a large army were to attack the city from here, the Thunderbolt could hold up to a few dozen vehicles, and the siege infantry would not be easy to deploy. Wang San looked at the terrain outside the east gate of Chengdu and sighed softly.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "So, I said a long time ago, the direction of the east gate is not conducive to attacking, our army has many soldiers and horses, and only by attacking from the north gate is the best way." ”
"Big brother, look, the city gate is open, is it the Shu army that has discovered us?" Iron Bull pointed to the city gate that was slowly opening in front of him and said softly.
Hua'an looked sideways, the east gate of Chengdu was really open, and dozens of soldiers in the city were pouring out of the city.
"It doesn't make sense! We've been careful, how can we be discovered? Let's hide and see how it goes! Hua An said softly.
"Yes, big brother." Wang San, Thunderstorm, and Tie Niu responded, followed behind Hua An with a group of generals, and hid in the woods next to him.
There were more than 30 soldiers of the Shu army pouring out of the city, and they were rushing out of the city without formation, looking a little wolf, as if they were running away.
"Big brother, I look at them, they don't look like they want to arrest us, they look like they are running away!" Wang San leaned in Hua An's ear and whispered.
Hua An nodded and replied softly: "I am attacked from the north and south of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Shu army are greedy for their lives, so it is not surprising that they escaped. ”
"Someone run, quick, catch them." After the thirty Shu soldiers fled the east gate, the Shu generals on the city wall immediately discovered the anomaly and ordered their subordinates to pursue.
Soon, more than 100 Shu soldiers rushed out of the east gate, armed with weapons, chasing the Shu deserters in front of them in an attempt to capture them.
The thirty deserters of the Shu army who had escaped from the east gate, seeing that their whereabouts had been discovered, hurriedly threw away their armor and weapons, and rushed forward as fast as they could.
"Big brother, what should we do now, should we help these Shu army deserters." Thunderstorm whispered, rubbing his palms, as if he had the urge to do something.
Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Soldiers, prepare bows and arrows." As he spoke, he took down the bow and arrow he was carrying, and bent his bow and arrows, aiming at the Shu soldiers who were chasing behind.
The soldiers behind him understood, took off their bows and arrows, and aimed at the chasing soldiers of the Shu army.
One hundred and fifty cloths, one hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps, and twenty steps, the Shu army's pursuers are getting closer and closer, and there are only twenty steps left in the hidden position with Hua'an.
"Soldiers, release the arrows." Hua'an gave the order to shoot and immediately shot the sharp arrow in his hand.
"Whoosh...... more than a dozen sharp arrows roared out, and the dozen or so Shu army pursuers who were chasing at the forefront were shot to the ground on the spot.
The sudden dark arrow surprised the Shu pursuers, and for this reason, they quickly stopped their pursuit and looked around nervously.
"Whoosh ......" Soon, another round of arrows rained down, which also knocked over more than a dozen Shu army pursuers.
"Wow, there's an ambush, there's an ambush, run, run!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Shu pursuers hurriedly abandoned the bodies of their companions and turned around and fled in the direction of the city gate.
Seeing the Shu army's pursuers fleeing, Hua An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, and did not pursue, but slowly walked out of the hidden position.
The deserters of the Shu army who were fleeing, seeing the pursuers behind them defeated and leaving, couldn't help but have some doubts in their hearts, they didn't understand who was secretly helping them, driven by curiosity, they naturally glanced back, but happened to see Hua'an and his party walking out of the hidden position.
"Thank you for the rescue, thank you for the rescue." The deserters of the Shu army hurriedly knelt in front of Hua'an and others in gratitude to Dade.
At this time, Hua'an and his party were all dressed in civilian clothes, and these Shu army deserters naturally didn't recognize Hua'an, so they were commensurate with strong men.
Hua An looked at the thirty Shu army deserters and asked softly: "Why did you want to escape from Chengdu, as soldiers, you should do your best to defend the capital!" ”
A soldier of the Shu army hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Zhuangshi, today's royal family is mediocre and incompetent, which makes the people of Shu miserable, and it is not worth it to be loyal to such a monarch, it is better to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom, at least you can save your life." ”
"That's right, we are old and young, how can we lose our lives for this faint king? If we die, what will happen to our families? Another Shu soldier said loudly.
Hua An nodded and said softly: "You are right, it is indeed not worth working for a faint monarch like Li Shi, if you have the heart to join the Jin army, follow the general back to the camp!" ”
When all the Shu troops heard this, they were all stunned, and among them, the leading team was positive and hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask the general?" ”
"You really don't know Mount Tai, in front of you, it is General Hua, the commander of my Great Jin Northern Expeditionary Army, you can see it clearly." Iron Bull roared loudly.
"Ahh It turned out to be General Hua, and the villain had seen General Hua and General Hua. Thirty soldiers of the Shu army, when they heard that the person in front of them was Hua'an, hurriedly kowtowed to greet them.
Hua An waved his hand and said softly: "Don't kneel, you all get up!" Tell the general, how did you open the gates, and the soldiers guarding the gates didn't stop you? ”
The soldiers of the Shu army hurriedly got up, and the leader of the team was upright, clasped his fists and said: "General Yuhua, the villain is the gatekeeper who is responsible for defending the east gate, these are all subordinates who are willing to flee with me, and the rest of the soldiers are unwilling to leave, and the villain does not force it." ”
"Oh, I see, I said, how did you open the gates so easily?" Hua Andong suddenly realized, paused, and then asked: "In Chengdu, how many soldiers like you are willing to surrender to the Great Jin, do you know?" ”
Shu Junzheng shook his head and replied truthfully: "General, how dare we ask everywhere about this kind of headless thing, these subordinates have been with the villain for many years, so the villain dares to tell them, if you don't know anything else, how can the villain ask at will, naturally you can't know the thoughts of other soldiers." ”
When Hua An heard this, he was slightly disappointed, but the Shu army in front of him was telling the truth, and this kind of thing that was not good enough to lose his head naturally could not be discussed at will.
The so-called hearts are separated from the belly, in case, the person who is talking to you betrays you, then you will die and have no place to be buried, and even your family will be affected.
Hua An nodded, looked at the soldiers of the Shu army, and ordered loudly: "If you want to join our army, follow the last general, if you don't want to, you can go back to your hometown to farm, and you will never be embarrassed." ”
"General, your life was saved by you, and we are willing to submit to the general and to the Great Jin." The Shu army was hurriedly expressing its position.
"General, we are willing to submit to the Great Jin Dynasty and accept us!" The soldiers of the Shu army said in unison.
Hua An smiled, looked at the generals beside him, and said loudly: "Soldiers, let's go, let's go back to the camp." After saying that, he rode his horse slowly in the direction of the camp.
The generals behind him rode their horses and followed closely, and thirty soldiers of the Shu army also trotted to follow. (To be continued......)