Wang San smiled and said softly: "Big brother, this is really uncertain!" Maybe as soon as our army arrived in Chengdu, the Shu army in the city went out of the city and surrendered? ”

Hua An nodded and said: "If this is really the case, then it would be the best, however, more than ninety percent of these letters were written by the civil officials of Shu State, and those generals who held military power did not reply to many letters, and there were only two people above the battalion owner who replied to the letter, and the rest were all minor officials such as the brigade commander and the team leader, and they couldn't control the dispatch of the army!" ”

"Oh, it seems that the generals of the Shu army are quite confident in holding Chengdu! Actually, most of them refused to submit. Wang San sighed.

Hua An patted Wang San on the shoulder, and said: "Chengdu is the capital of Shu, and the army in the city is naturally Li Shi's Imperial Forest Army, these Imperial Forest Army are treated much higher than other armies, and their loyalty to Li Shi is naturally higher, and the city defense facilities are so tightly arranged, the Shu army in Chengdu has not yet seen the strength of our army, thinking that with the 7,000 men and horses in their hands and the strong city defense, they can block our army, so they are naturally unwilling to surrender, but as long as our army achieves absolute superiority, Let the Shu army realize that resistance is futile, then, they will definitely surrender in the end. ”

"Yes! Big brother, therefore, we still have to fight this battle, and the large number of siege equipment built by the baggage battalion will definitely come in handy. Wang San clenched his fists as he spoke.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "It's not early, you go back first!" Early tomorrow morning, our army will then march to Chengdu, and it is expected that in the evening, the army will arrive at the city of Chengdu. ”

"Yes, big brother. I went back. Wang San said goodbye, turned around and walked towards his big tent.

After Wang San left, Hua An looked at the large stack of surrender books on the case, and said to himself: "At the time of the national disaster of Shu, so many ministers took refuge in my Great Jin, it cannot be said that these ministers are disloyal and unjust, but Li Shi is unreasonable and mediocre, and he has just ended up betraying his relatives!" After speaking, he put away all the books and rested after returning.

Early the next morning, Hua An led 17,000 men under his command. Continue in the direction of Chengdu. Along the way, I still received a lot of letters from the ministers of Shu State, although there were not as many as the previous day, but there were more than a dozen letters.

Hua An casually flipped through a few letters. looked at Wang San beside him. He said softly: "Wang San." You said, we have received so many letters, so how much do Li Fu and Li Guang have to write! It's hard for them! Ha ha! ”

"Big brother doesn't know. A few days ago, Li Guang and Li Fu, in order to do a good job of the errand assigned by their eldest brother, except for eating, drinking, and Lazar, the rest of the time was spent writing letters, and even when it was dark, they lit an oil lamp and insisted on writing, not to mention how serious they were. Wang San hurriedly asked for Li Guang and Li Fu.

Hua An smiled and said happily: "It turns out that the two of them are so serious, no wonder even such a small official as Li Zheng and the team are sending a letter of submission, are the two of them still writing?" ”

"The eldest brother has already given an order, let them rest assured to write boldly, can they write as much as they can? How dare they stop! You must be writing in a carriage at this time? Wang San said and smiled.

"Oh, write a letter while marching, Wang San, you go and sue them, so that they don't have to write, they are all written to the point, what a waste of paper and ink." Huaan hurriedly gave the order to stop writing letters.

Wang San smiled, hugged his fists and said, "Yes, big brother, I'll go and sue them." Then he turned his horse's head and went to the carriage behind.

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In Luofengpo, more than ten miles outside the west gate of Luocheng, a thousand Wudang flying troops still stayed on the mountain honestly, and they did not dare to leave without the order of the camp owner Zhuge Qi.

Zhuge Qi left Luofengpo and went to Luocheng, and it was several days to leave, and the situation of no news was so bad that Luofengpo's 1,000 Wudang Flying Army was in a hurry.

"Brigade commander, the battalion owner has been in Ruocheng for so many days, has he been arrested by the Jin army?" A soldier asked softly as he looked at the brigade commander beside him.

"Yes! The owner of the camp has not heard from us for many days, we can't wait here stupidly, we must enter the city to investigate, so as to understand the situation in the city. Another soldier continued.

"No, you forgot, how did the camp master explain when he left, let us stay here honestly, don't act rashly, the camp master is strong in martial arts, and he will be fine." The brigade commander opened his mouth and refused.

In fact, he was also very anxious, but he believed that his boss Zhuge Qi would definitely return safely.

"Driving ......and driving" Zhuge Qi put on his armor and rode his horse in the direction of Luofengpo, because there was no one on the road, he soon arrived at Luofengpo.

"The camp master, the camp master is back." A soldier saw Zhuge Qi first and shouted loudly.

"The camp master is back, the camp master is back." Soon, more and more soldiers shouted and ran down the hill to meet Zhuge Qi.

"Camp master, how is the situation in Ruocheng, haven't you been discovered by the Jin army?" One of his subordinates asked with concern.

Zhuge Qi smiled and replied: "It's okay, the city is prosperous, the soldiers of the Jin army have no offense against the common people of Shuzhong, and the general is a good general who loves the people like a son, and has won the trust of the people of Luocheng." ”

Seeing Zhuge Qi smiling and looking quite relaxed, the soldiers beside him were a little puzzled, usually Zhuge Qi always likes to keep a straight face, but now he just went to Luocheng, and his temper has actually changed a lot.

Moreover, Zhuge Qi has always been loyal to the Han Dynasty and is extremely hostile to the Jin army, but now, the meaning of the words is clearly that he has a good impression of the Jin army, at least, there is no hostility at all.

This qiē has changed too quickly, and the soldiers under Zhuge Qi are a little at a loss.

"Battalion master, since the soldiers of the Jin army have not committed any offense against the people, then, after the Han Dynasty falls, is our army going to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom! The camp owner has a plan in mind. Seeing that Zhuge Qi suddenly had a good impression of Jin Jun, the general beside him hurriedly asked.

When Zhuge Qi heard this, he frowned and said worriedly: "Ben Jiang is also worried about this matter?" A few days ago, Ben Jiang had already refused to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom on the grounds of abiding by the ancestral teachings, and now, if he took the initiative to go to the country, wouldn't it be a slap in the mouth? The soldiers of the Jin army will also laugh at our army. ”

"Yes! It is indeed a shame to go back on one's word. Hearing this, the general hurriedly replied.

The surrounding soldiers also hesitated, they are all professional soldiers, if they return to Nanzhong to cultivate the land, they will definitely be unwilling, if they do not have dignity to join the Jin State, they will not be willing, this dilemma is the most headache.

Seeing that the soldiers under her command were also a little hesitant, Zhuge Qi seemed even more anxious, she hoped to find a solution that best of both worlds, but for a while, she couldn't think of it.

"Camp master, maybe we have a third way, neither need to return to Nanzhong, nor do we have to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom." A subordinate general said with a fist clenched.

"What's the solution, let's talk about it." Zhuge Qi saw that his subordinates had a new way, and hurriedly asked.

The general clenched his fists and replied: "Descend to China and not to descend to Jin, in this way, you can not only take refuge in General Hua, who loves the people like a son, but also does not have to bear the reputation of defecting to the Jin State, wouldn't you kill two birds with one stone." ”

When the other general beside him heard this, he immediately objected: "General Hua is the general of the Jin army, what is the difference between taking refuge in General Hua and defecting to the Jin State, this is just self-deception." ”

"Yes! This is no different from taking refuge in the Jin army! Many soldiers chimed in.

However, unlike many soldiers, Zhuge Qi couldn't help but be secretly happy when he heard these constructions, although this practice is no different from taking refuge in the Jin State, but at least it is not very direct to the Jin State, and he has not violated the ancestral teachings at all on the grounds of subjugating China and not descending to the Jin Kingdom, and it cannot be regarded as an act of rebellion.

Besides, in the Three Kingdoms era more than a hundred years ago, Guan Yu, the general of Shu with a very high prestige, also had a precedent of 'surrendering the Han but not Cao', Guan Yu's prestige is so high, he can do such a thing to hide his ears and steal the bell, he is just a small camp owner, why can't he do this?

Moreover, there is a good reason for her to take refuge in Hua'an, after all, at the door of the inn in Luocheng, she was taken advantage of by Hua'an, and she has already promised herself.

Zhuge Qi looked at the soldiers beside him, and carefully told the deeds of Guan Yu, the general of Shu State, who 'surrendered to Han but not Cao', more than a hundred years ago, and said that he led the army to join Hua'an, which is similar to the situation when Guan Yu defected to Cao Cao, the difference is that Guan Yu's defection to Cao Cao is hypocritical, while their defection to Hua'an is sincere.

Zhuge Qi brought out Guan Yu, a super idol in the hearts of the people of Shuzhong, and the soldiers next to him naturally agreed after hearing it, after all, Guan Yu's reputation is too big, and the barbarians in the south worship him well.

Therefore, since Guan Yu has covered his ears and stolen the bell, 'descending Han but not descending Cao', then why can't they come to 'descend to Hua but not to descend to Jin'

Seeing that the soldiers under his command had completely agreed with his point of view, Zhuge Qi was very happy, so he immediately ordered the soldiers under his command to prepare to join the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing that the soldiers were reluctantly receiving the order, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhuge Qi's mouth, and a big stone that had been pressing on her heart in the past few days was finally unloaded.

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In the evening, ten miles north of Chengdu, the thunderstorm is personally supervising the work of the soldiers under his command, with the help of 3,000 cavalry soldiers, the speed of the construction of siege equipment in the baggage battalion has increased significantly, the first batch, 200 siege thunderbolt vehicles have been built, the second batch is also being assembled, and more than 500 giant shields with a width of one zhang have also been built.

"General, according to this progress, in just three days, our army will be able to complete the construction of all the siege equipment." The subordinate next to him looked at the thunderstorm and whispered.

Thunderstorm shook his head and said softly: "This construction speed is still too slow, three days later, I am afraid that the Southern Coalition Army is not far from Chengdu, and the first merit of destroying Shu is only afraid that it will be robbed by others, we still have to speed up!" ”

"Yes, the general is right, the last general told them to speed up." The general said, going to deliver the order. (To be continued......)