The Xishu army, which had always been in the upper hand, was defeated on all fronts at this moment, and when the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array was broken, Shanglu City was quickly occupied by the Celestial Empire, and Ji'er opened the northern gate of Yizhou. In the following month and a half, the army of the Celestial Empire scattered and attacked, even the five counties of Kewudu, Yinping, Hanzhong, Wenshan, and Brazil, killing and capturing 600,000 horses and horses in Western Shu. Finally, it stopped outside Mianzhu City, Guanghan County, not far from Chengdu.

Here, Zhuge Liang, who had fled, finally stabilized his position, and joined Zhang Ren's 300,000 army that came to the rescue from Chengdu, and guarded in front of Mianzhu City, blocking the attack and offensive of the Celestial Empire's army like a tide.

Mianzhu is different from other cities, from the outside into only a wide official road of no more than a dozen zhang and its own, surrounded by high mountains, such a place is obviously not suitable for the army to station, with this geographical advantage, the Xishu army to save the defeat.

Zhang Liao, the commander of the Seventh Army Corps, who was responsible for pursuing all the way here, finally retreated after leading the army to attack twice in succession, lost thousands of soldiers, and guarded the city gate, and the two sides formed a confrontation.

Everyone says that it is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky! This is due to the natural topography and cannot be changed by man. Zhang Liao had to stop his troops and station, and the news was quickly reported to Zhang Chaodi behind him.

Zhang Chaozheng is converging with the Dian Wei Department and a regiment that is cleaning up the affairs of Hanzhong County.

When it comes to cleaning, it is nothing more than opening the official warehouse here to replenish yourself, fighting against some defeated soldiers in Xishu who are entrenched in the vicinity, and eliminating the forces that do not obey you.

The army of two million, after staying in front of Shanglu City for so long, the grain and grass consumed is not a small amount, and now after occupying Hanzhong with lightning speed, the first thing to do is to concentrate the capture here to make up for the previous losses.

Because Zhuge Liang never thought that the army of the Celestial Empire would break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, and the grain and some money in Hanzhong were not transferred in time at all, which cheapened Zhang Chao and allowed him to quickly replenish the army's needs.

When he received Zhang Liao's battle report and knew that the Xishu army had gained a firm foothold in Mianzhu, he set his sights on the territory of Jingzhou, which was under the command of Hanzhong.

Zhang Chao is not brainless, even if Zhuge Liang has already arranged troops in Mianzhu, and the terrain there is extremely unsuitable for the army to fight, then what he has to do is not to drill the tip of the horns, but to change his gaze, change the target and direction of attack.

Jingzhou naturally became Zhang Chao's target.

In the past, when Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao was in office, although there were no profitable measures, but because his people did not have any ambitions, the land of Jingzhou was indeed not warned, and it was very peaceful, and it has been developing well.

Jingzhou's development has always been good, and it is naturally very rich, and seizing it is of great benefit to the development of the Celestial Empire.

Not to mention, its geographical location is at the junction of Yizhou and Soochow, and it can be said that occupying this place is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the two countries, no matter how you look at this place, it is to be occupied.

In the past, Jingzhou and Yizhou led each other and relied on each other, even if they wanted to capture it, it was also very difficult. But now that Zhuge Liang's troops have retreated to Mianzhu, it is a good time to capture Jingzhou at this moment.

In order to accomplish this goal, Guan Yu, the general of Jingzhou, became the person Zhang Chao had to face.

To say that this person is brave and resourceful, and he is also a heroic figure, it is not so easy to deal with. Fortunately, Zhang Chao also did some work before this, such as Zhang Zhi's persuasion of Wei Yan, which was very effective.

In the past, he was worried that the Celestial Empire army would return in vain in Shanglu City, and Wei Yan would not dare to act rashly because of this. But now, even if the main army of Xishu is defeated, then the next thing to convince the other party has become much simpler.

If the east and west attack together, with Wei Yan's surprise, the chance of victory must still be very high.

called Guo Jia, said his thoughts, and after a little planning, the soldiers of the First Army and the Sixth Army Corps went straight out of Hanzhong and pointed to Weixing County in Jingzhou.

The seat of Weixing County is Xicheng, where Guan Xing, the son of Guan Yu, led an army of 80,000 to defend it.

Originally, Guan Xing needed to guard against the headquarters of the Fourth Army of the Celestial Dynasty in Fufeng County, Yongzhou in the north, but because of Zhang Chao's arrival, the number of troops he needed to guard against increased several times, which made him feel great pressure. At the moment, while sending people to ask my father for help, he stepped up the construction of city fortifications.

Guan Yu, who was in the southern county of Jingzhou, after getting his son's letter for help, attached great importance to it, so he personally led an army of 300,000 to the north to Xicheng. It is the gateway to the north of Jingzhou, and if it is occupied, it is equivalent to letting the wolf into his home, and the consequences are very terrible.

Guan Yu left Nanjun with a large army, but what he didn't know was that at this moment, General Wei Yan was coming from Benye County in Xiangcheng to Nanyang County with an army of 200,000.

The news of Zhuge Liang's defeat had already arrived, and Wei Yan knew about the destruction of the five counties north of Yizhou.

As soon as this incident came out, Wei Yan knew that Xishu was in danger. Originally, he had the heart to surrender to the Heavenly Empire, and now is the time to make meritorious contributions. At that moment, Wei Yan led the army out of the Xiangcheng area and headed straight for Ye County. In this regard, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who got the news, did not stop it.

As an ally, Zhuge Liang's defeat is not good news. Now that Wei Yan is thinking about going to the Savior, of course they won't stop it.

Not only did Dongwu not be blocked, but under the banner of the Western Shu Army, along the way, Wei Yan was not hindered in the slightest when he arrived in Wanxian County, Nanyang City.

Everyone thought that this was Wei Yan's rescue, and all counties in Jingzhou gave strong support along the way. And every time he went to a place, Wei Yan did show that what he did was for the safety of Jingzhou, and even to strengthen his own strength, but all the soldiers in the cities he passed through were also incorporated into the camp.

After only seven days in Wan County, Wei Yan set off again, crossed the Han River, and went straight to the south of Jingzhou, the administrative office of Jingzhou.

In the course of these seven days, 37 counties, including Blind Wan, Guanguan, Ye, Xinye, Zhangling, Xi'e, Pheasant, Luyang, Li, Duyang, Bowang, Wuyin, Biyang, Fuyang, Pingshi, Jianyang, Huyang, Sui, Shuyang, Niyang, Yin, Yu, Deng, Li, Shandu, Sui, Chaoyang, Caiyang, Anzhong, Zhuyang, Wudang, Shunyang, Xiangxiang, Nanxiang, Danshui, and Xi, were all grain and soldiers.

By the time Wei Yan left, his army had grown from 200,000 to 300,000. And as soon as he left, the defenders of the entire Nanyang County were not even 10,000.

Everyone thought that Wei Yan was going to join forces with Jingzhou General Guan Yubing, but they didn't know that the day after he left Nanyang County, Xu Huang of the Fifth Army of the Celestial Empire led a large army to enter here, and he didn't encounter any decent resistance at all, and Nanyang County fell into the hands of the Celestial Empire.

When it was said that Wei Yan was about to arrive at Nanjun with a large army, he received news that General Guan Yu was heading north to Xicheng with an army of 300,000.

It is said that after getting the news, what Wei Yan had to do was to immediately go north to help, but he did not do so, but continued to enter Nanjun with a large army, and soon took over everything here with a strong force.

Although some people have opinions about Wei Yan's approach, considering that everyone is a general of Xishu, no one has officially raised questions. It's just that the next thing makes the people who are still loyal to Liu Bei's ministers really cold.

Because after Wei Yan entered Nanjun, the first thing he did was not how to consolidate the defense here, but constantly ordered people to gather the nearby troops closer to him, and what he said to the outside world was to concentrate superior forces and fight a battle with the Celestial Empire.

Under such slogans, some generals obeyed the order and rushed to Nanjun with their troops from their respective cities. But there are still some generals who have not obeyed this order, in their eyes, the current Jingzhou general is not Wei Yan for a long time, but Guan Yu, and they have no need to obey this person's military order.

For those generals who took the initiative to lead the army, Wei Yan was a kind reception, and he was richly rewarded. But for those generals who were not obedient, the measure he took was to send troops to attack, saying that this was simply a person with different intentions, who wanted to preserve his strength and estimate the price, and simply left enough bargaining chips to negotiate with the Celestial Empire.

Under Wei Yan's actions, the Western Shu Army attacked the Western Shu Army, which confused many people. The army of the Ming Dynasty is on the side, and it seems that it may come in at any time, but why is the Xishu army still killing each other? Could it be that there are really people among them who have the heart to surrender?

Wei Yan's actions were puzzled by many people, and the matter was also reported to Emperor Liu Bei of the Han Yuan Dynasty in the form of a secret report, and soon a holy decree came out from Chengdu.

The eunuch who delivered the decree rushed all the way to Nanjun and came to Wei Yan's mansion, accompanied by several scholars who were very famous in Jingzhou, and these people appeared here to prove it.

In front of so many people, Wei Yan knelt on the ground and claimed to accept the order, but then when the will was recited, his face became extremely difficult to see.

The holy decree said that Wei Yan lost Xiangcheng first, and in Chaonan County, it was already a big mistake, and after seeing the holy decree, he went to Chengdu with the comers, and Liu Bei would reprimand him in person.

The so-called reprimand, Wei Yan would not believe it, but said that the other party wanted to kill him, and he would rather believe it. Obviously, what he did should have aroused Liu Bei's anger, even if he appreciated himself very much, but at this moment, for the sake of the great cause, he also had the intention to kill himself.

Wei Yan knew that most of the holy decrees had Zhuge Liang's idea in them, thinking that he had already offended the prime minister, and now he had offended the emperor, and the land of Xishu was in a place where he had no other to be attached to, but fortunately, he had already rebelled, and had been plotting with Zhang Zhi for a long time, but at least he would be in a mess at this time.

"Wei Yan, aren't you still accepting the order?" watched himself read it for a long time, but Wei Yan still knelt on the ground, and did not intend to accept the order, and the eunuch's face became a little unhappy.