Chapter 551: The Sword Pointed at Chengdu
Seeing that sentence, Wang Xu finally understood what the surprise Meng Da said before was, and sat on the war horse and laughed loudly: "God really helps me, this time to pacify Shuzhong, Fa Zheng, Meng Dadang and Zhao Yun will share the first credit!" ”
The importance of the talisman is self-evident, when the general army is defeated and the city is broken, the lord will destroy the talisman at the first time, and the law is deceived to obtain the talisman, which is naturally infinitely useful.
Subsequently, Wang Xu comprehended, without the slightest delay, according to Meng Da's instructions earlier, he left the five thousand iron cavalry as a reserve and set off, led by Zhou Zhi, Zhang Jing and Fa Zheng, and hurried north!
At this time, Wang Xu hadn't really been able to see Fa Zheng, and asked Meng Da, who was accompanying him, but he still smiled and refused to say much, which made him suddenly full of expectations for the two to meet......
In the next four months, Shuzhong was shaken!
Fa Zheng was Cao Peng, a soldier of Yizhou, and then took Deng Xian's talisman, and Zhou Zhi Zhang Jing led 5,000 elite knights, non-stop north, along the way, Han'an, Zizhong Heavy Land fell one after another, directly to the northernmost Niuyang County of Qianwei County.
This Niuyang County was called Jianyang in later generations, and it was less than 200 miles away from Chengdu, and it was already in the plain area after here, which can be described as a flat river.
Although these counties do not have many soldiers and horses, it is not said that they are just grams, and it is impossible that they have already run all the way over when Chengdu has not even reacted.
The creator of this qiē is naturally Fa Zheng, and the talisman in his hand, they led the cavalry to gallop all the way, Fa Zheng with the body of the soldier Cao Peng, plus Deng Xian's talisman, that is naturally to call whoever opens the door, and then disarm. Seal the city gates. Divide your troops and continue to the next place.
Meanwhile. The follow-up troops on Jiangyang's side also arrived close behind, so that they could always draw a certain amount of troops to continue to move forward.
Therefore, this way, almost non-stop running over, of course, the speed is fast, fast enough to break through the cow, Chengdu finally got the information, and the time is grabbed.
Thereafter. The Jingzhou army finally slowed down, first, to strengthen the control of the occupied area, and second, to assemble the scattered forces to Niuyang County, transport logistics materials, and prepare for the sword to point at Chengdu.
However, within two months of preparing for the decisive battle, due to the breakthrough progress made by the Jingzhou army, Liu Zhang's defeat had appeared, and the work that the spy had done in Yizhou over the years finally exerted its power, and all kinds of wealthy families who were dissatisfied with the Liu regime. Local officials responded one after another, and a raging tide soon formed.
Especially the local forces that were suppressed by Liu Yan at the beginning. He even organized forces to openly confront Liu Zhang, seize the treasury, and cut off his money, grain, and material transportation lines.
As the voice of resistance became more and more intense, except for Shu County, which was completely controlled by Liu Zhang himself, all the rest of the places lost control.
The two main forces of Yizhou, which were still on the Baishuiguan line in the north and the Dianjiang line in the east, suddenly became a lone army, not only the logistical support was unsustainable, but also often harassed by the rear, and the shape was worrying.
In desperation, Yang Huai in the north took the lead in giving up holding on and led the army to retreat to Guanghan County, garrisoning an important pass not too far north of Chengdu - Mianzhu!
In his mind, being stationed here, and being able to get the logistics supply of Chengdu and Shu County, can really have the strength to fight with Wei Yan, and the steepness of Mianzhu Pass is not much worse than Baishui.
Wei Yan, who had marched from Hanzhong, of course, followed and confronted Yang Huai in Mianzhu.
Shortly thereafter, Wu Yi and other generals in the east were also forced to withdraw their troops, but unfortunately their journey was destined to be difficult.
Leaving the turtle shell, losing the absolutely favorable terrain, without a strong rear, and an army in motion, how could the Jingzhou army let it go!
The suffocated Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Huang Zhong, Wang Fei, Xu Sheng, Han Meng and other generals will work together, under Xu Shu's ingenious design, one after another fiasco, the battle of Deyang, even Liu Bi, Zhuo Ying, the two leading generals, also died in battle.
By the time they withdrew from Guanghan County to Luo County, their forces had already been lost, and they were either killed or captured.
This county is the county capital of Guanghan County, south of Mianzhu Pass, and Mianzhu Pass echo each other, is the gateway of Chengdu.
Since then, all the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou are only a few hundred miles away from Chengdu.
On August 20, 197, the Jingzhou army, which had undergone a comprehensive rest and had been well supplied, advanced to Chengdu again.
Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals will go all the way to the city!
Wei Yan led the generals of the Han Dynasty to fight Mianzhu!
Zhao Yun and Xu Huang led their troops from the south to Chengdu!
The general trend of Shuzhong has been decided, and during this period, even Cao Cao, who was originally very interested in making trouble in Nanyang, gave up his meaningless move for the first time, and hurriedly asked Cheng Yu to withdraw, but only firmly controlled the occupied counties in his hands, and included them in the scope of his Yingyin County, as a strategic point to guard against Jingzhou.
He did this, but he also understood that Jiangyang was lost in an instant, and it was a foregone conclusion that Wang Xu would go directly to Chengdu, and Liu Zhang in Shuzhong would have no strength to resist, so naturally he would not mind mobilizing some soldiers and horses to come back to fight with him, if he went further, then he would inevitably usher in the anger of Jingzhou, and he knew very well where the bottom line was.
However, now that he is at war with Yuan Shu, who has just been proclaimed emperor, he also doesn't want the two sides to really fight compared to Wang Xu.
Not long after Yuan Shu entered Shu this year, he publicly proclaimed himself emperor and appointed hundreds of officials to the ministers, and those who opposed it under his command were all killed, like the former Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang was on the way to flee and was chased and killed by his people.
His people's hearts were greatly disappointed, how could Cao Cao let go of such a good time, and immediately sent troops to attack Yuan Shu and plot south of the Huai River.
Therefore, he is now full-fledged, and the main force of troops and horses are guarding against Yuan Shao in the north, plotting against the forces of Yuan Shu in Huainan and Lu Bu in Xuzhou, and he will never want to fight again in Jingzhou.
Just as Cao Cao knew Wang Xu's bottom line, Wang Xu also understood Cao Cao's purpose, but he just wanted a buffer zone to resist Jingzhou, so when Fa Zheng's plot worked, he understood that the crisis in Nanyang had been lifted, so he didn't worry too much, and only let Wen Ping and others guard Wancheng.
For the eastern and northern counties of Nanyang, such as Luyang, Duyang, Ye, and Wuyin, which were occupied by Cao Cao, he only said three words lightly - give it to him!
Now, his main energy is still in this Shu, following Zhao Yun's army of Shu.
It's a pity that in the past few months, he still hasn't been able to see Fazheng, because when he slowly arrived at the front line from the rear, Fazheng had already left, and he didn't tell the others where he was going, only saying that he would return to his life after the deed was done.
Because Fa Zheng had left a letter before leaving, saying that he should not rush to attack Chengdu, otherwise the gains would outweigh the losses, and he would wait for his news to make a decision, so until now, the Jingzhou army has only cut off Chengdu's contact with the outside world, and has not launched an offensive.
At the same time, the three-way army advanced into Chengdu, Liu Zhang was isolated, and the shape also came to a delicate situation, whether to surrender or fight became a matter of daily debate in the Yizhou Prefecture.
Liu Zhang's still young face was full of helplessness and bitterness, and he couldn't tell whether it was hatred or humiliation.
"Ladies and gentlemen, who has the best idea to break the enemy now?"
In the conference hall of Nuoda, there were more than 20 people sitting in the military generals, but none of them spoke up or answered.
After being silent for a long time, Wang Ti couldn't help the atmosphere in his heart, got up and shouted: "The lord doesn't need to be afraid, there are still 40,000 elite soldiers in this Chengdu city, and 50,000 newly recruited soldiers, and the money, food and materials are sufficient, enough to hold him Jingzhou for more than two or three years, not to mention that Yang Huai, Wu Yi and other generals are still holding on to themselves, thinking that his Jingzhou army is on an expedition, and the rear is deep in the land of four wars, and there will be disasters in the future." ”
Shu County Taishou Wang Shang is Liu Yan's old subordinate, and at this time he also got up and echoed: "Yes, I heard a month ago that Jiangdong Sun Jian has broken through Liu Xuan and taken the land of Jiangdong, as long as we drag Wang Xu, after a year and a half, although he is friendly with Wang Xu, he will inevitably change, and that is the opportunity for me to rise again in Shuzhong." ”
"Hmph, that's a light one!" A cold snort interrupted the high-minded conversation between the two, and it was Zhang Song, who was short in stature. "40,000 elite soldiers can stop Wang Xu? As for the 50,000 newly recruited soldiers, most of them were forcibly recruited, and although they had been trained for several months, it was a good thing that they did not immediately defect once they went to war. Once the war really starts, the lord's retreat will be cut off, and the lives of the entire clan will be difficult to preserve. ”
"As for General Yang Huai of Mianzhu, he had already been beaten by Wei Yan and had no courage, and the remnants of the defeated army would be trapped in one place, and the city might be broken at any time. Wu Yi and other generals in Luocheng were even more resolute to resist Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and many other famous generals, waiting for the three-way army to converge and surround my Chengdu, what should I do at that time? ”
As he spoke, Zhang Song's fierce gaze swept over the people in the hall, and then looked at Liu Zhang, who had a complicated complexion: "Lord, it's not that his subordinates are unwilling to be loyal, and it's not that his subordinates are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the general trend has gone. ”
"The lord might as well open the city and ask for surrender, not only can he save the life of the clan, but the people will also be grateful, and with Wang Xu's temperament, he will also treat the lord well, why not do it?"
As soon as the words fell, Wang Ti was already angry and scolded: "Zhang Song'er, disloyal and unjust, is still so shameless!" ”
"Humph! Ignoring the lives of the lord's clan, ignoring the situation, not knowing the reason for the safety of the world, not understanding the trend of the trend, harming the people, harming the capable ministers, and harming the lord, that is really disloyalty and injustice! ”
Zhang Song retorted angrily that these days, they are not arguing here.
After a while, the ministers in the hall chattered and argued again, the vast majority of them agreed to surrender, and a few expressed resolute resistance.
Liu Zhang has seen too much these days, and in the face of this situation, his expression is indifferent, and he sits alone.
It's just a trace of sadness in his eyes, but it's hard to hide, although he has been mentally prepared and expected to fail, but he still didn't expect it to be so soon, and when this day really comes, that kind of taste is really too bitter, and I don't know who to talk to about the complexity in my heart......
ps: The second more is sent! (To be continued......)