Chapter 766 Chengdu changes hands
I didn't expect that Zhang Zheng's impact was just a, and Chen Deng, who was trying to create an opportunity for Zhang Shou's archers to attack, was hit hard with the Qilin Army under this chaotic arrow. After only three waves of bows and arrows, his Qilin army lost at least a quarter.
"Kill!" Under the chaotic arrows, the Qilin army began to be chaotic, and it had the intention of scattering, and it was at this time that Zhang Feng began to encircle the Zhang family with the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family who had withdrawn to the periphery.
Under the advantage of not having enough troops, coupled with the heavy blow to morale, this moment came again to encircle, far easier than the first time, under the siege of iron barrels, Zhang Jiazhong cavalry held a three-meter-long giant knife, and began to harvest the corpses of the soldiers of the Qilin Army like harvesting wheat.
In addition to the initial advantage, the Qilin Army has been in a passive position since then, and it is unknown how many soldiers have been killed on the ground at every moment, which makes it impossible to recover the situation.
As Zhang Shou also rushed up with 10,000 heavy horses of the Zhang family, the encirclement was denser, and the strength of the Qilin army's counterattack was even lower.
The situation on the battlefield is clear at a glance, and Liu Bei, who is looking at these in the rear, knows that he has lost this battle, and the general trend is gone.
Even though he knew that he was defeated, of course Liu Bei didn't want to do the battle of the trapped beast, let alone make senseless losses, he immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the sound immediately spread all over the battlefield, and after that, Zhang Chao also made Mingjin, and a battle that was originally life-and-death ended like this.
When Chen Deng returned to the camp with only 10,000 Qilin troops left, he saw Liu Bei with a depressed face, just a few hours, he seemed to be much older than before, and his eyes became weak.
No one can know what it will be like to be when a person's lifelong dream is shattered in a short period of time.
was born as a shoemaker, started in troubled times, and came to today's position step by step, and even became a prince on the side of the drama, which seems to be quite smooth, but only Liu Bei himself knows how many hardships and hardships he has experienced. But he still came to this day step by step, and even had a chance to win the world.
If it weren't for Zhang Chao's appearance, Liu Bei was confident that he could become the lord of the world, even if he couldn't, at least he could get a gift, and even if his descendants were to fight for luck, it might not be impossible to inherit his great cause and seize the world.
But now, everything is over, and the Qilin Army has also been defeated, which means that he has no hope of escaping, and it also shows that there is no future.
Thinking that there will be no future, seeing that he is about to become a prisoner of the order, how do you make Liu Bei happy?
"Your Majesty, we can fight hard, even if the last general dies, he will find a way to fight his way out and send you out." Seeing Liu Bei's current appearance, Chen Deng's face was discouraged, he felt that he was very useless, if he could win this battle, maybe Liu Bei could be reborn, and Shu would have a new hope.
Chen Deng put all the fault on himself, but Liu Bei really shook his head. He knew that the agreement with Zhang Chao just now was not a joke. If he was obviously defeated and still had to fight the trapped beasts, then Zhang Zhiyuan might really kill himself and then abandon his body in the wilderness.
Death is not terrible, from the day he embarked on the road to world domination, Liu Bei was mentally prepared in this regard. It's just that he is also the emperor of Xishu, and he also thinks that he is a person of the Han family, and he pays great attention to decency, how can he die like this?
If this is the case, he will not be able to see the ancestors of the Han family even after his death, which he really can't accept.
"Forget it, General Chen, gather everyone and surrender." When he said the three words of surrender in the end, Liu Bei's face had a look of relief. Although they were in the same distress, the stone in their hearts did fall to the ground. After so many years of fighting, I finally don't have to fight, isn't this a relief?
Liu Bei gave the order, although Chen Deng still wanted to fight again, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, and in the end, the remaining 20,000 Xishu troops still hung up the white flag and surrendered.
Liu Bei actually surrendered, Zhang Chao ordered the generals around him to take over the Xishu army, and on the other hand, he had to admire Liu Bei's courage, this is really a person who can bend and stretch. It's just that with the lessons of the past, he will definitely not give Liu Bei the possibility of escaping like Cao Apu.
In history, Liu Bei also spent time under Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Especially when following the latter, Taoguang was obscure, and seemed to stay in the house every day, doing nothing, and even became an old farmer who grew vegetables, but in fact, he did not give up his ideals at all, and finally he found an opportunity to escape and establish a new force. This is also one of the several major things that Cao Cao did wrong in his life, even if he knew this, Zhang Chao would never let the same thing happen to him.
Liu Bei was captured and sent into a car that looked decorated, and then, in addition to protecting his fifty soldiers, Zhang Chao kept him away from the Xishu army around him, and without the support of the army, he didn't believe what kind of waves this person could make.
After capturing Liu Bei, this battle can be described as a complete victory, and then Zhang Chao set his sights on Yizhou. Even Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was captured, and there was no need for Xishu to exist. At the sound of an order, the army continued to march westward, heading towards the land of Yizhou.
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Xu Huang, Wen Chou, and Bu Qi were each chasing after Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei with an army of 100,000.
Along the way, Zhuge Liang ambushed several ambushes, fully borrowing the terrain to give the pursuers a severe blow. Even a large chain of crossbows and crossbows was prepared, which was indeed a great delay in the speed of the pursuers.
After Zhuge Liang threw down 50,000 soldiers as a guard to death, finally before Xu Huang and others caught up, they rushed to the realm of Yizhou, and then gave up Chengdu and went straight to the direction of Jianning County, where there were tens of thousands of horses led by General Wang Ping, which would become the confidence of his last fight.
Zhuge Liang didn't choose to run to Chengdu City, although there was no news from there, but intuitively told him that his city was not safe.
In fact, the current city of Chengdu has indeed changed hands, after Zhang Fei left first, Zhuge Liang left, only 20,000 soldiers left in the city were led by the general Lei Tong to defend the city.
Originally, Lei Tong held on to the city according to Zhuge Liang's military order, relying on the solidity of Chengdu City, although there were fewer soldiers, he could still hold on to the moat for a period of time. It's just that there are too many unstable factors in the city, such as Liu Ba, Wu Yi and other old ministers in Yizhou, who are persuading him every day as lobbyists.
It's okay once, it's okay twice, when more and more Wenchen found Lei Tong, plus he couldn't get the slightest news from Zhuge Liang at all, Zhang Liao's department and Dian Wei's department outside the city put on a picture of attacking the city to the death, and he couldn't give up, and finally he began to shake in his heart.
Lei Tong didn't want to die, especially when he knew that the city couldn't be defended, if he really resisted, it was conceivable that once the Celestial Empire army entered the city, it would definitely kill him. Under such a mentality, under the persuasion of Liu Ba and others and the promise of heavy money, he finally made the decision to surrender in Kaecheng, of course, he opened the city gate for the reason that he did not want the people in the city to suffer from the war.
The gate of Chengdu was opened, and the six legions of Dian Wei and the seven legions of Zhang Liao also entered the city, so far, the city of Chengdu fell into the hands of the Celestial Empire, so far the capital that symbolizes the existence of Xishu was taken, and Xishu existed in name only.
Xu Huang's fifth army and Wen Chou's first army, which did not pursue Shang Zhuge Liang, also soon came to Chengdu, and then Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the heavens, also entered the city.
In this battle, the entire Jingzhou and most of Yizhou were captured, except for Jianning and other counties in the south, the entire land of Xishu became the land of the Celestial Empire.
Standing in the palace of the Han family in Chengdu, Zhang Chao was naturally overjoyed. After solving Liu Bei, the only one who could compete with it in the land of China was the Sun family of Eastern Wu. It's just that this is also a defeated general, and it is not put into Zhang Chao's eyes, he believes that as long as the army arrives, it will only be a matter of time before he takes Jiangwu.
At this moment, Zhang Chao saw the hope of unifying the land of China, and the country that had been in turmoil for decades saw that it had been reunified, and Zhang Chao seemed to be thinking about moving the capital to Luoyang.
With the expansion of the territory of the Celestial Empire, it was obvious that Jinyang City could not be satisfied with being the place where the capital was located. Although the city has been expanded several times, the foundation is limited after all. In addition, it is only the central city of the north, not the central city of the whole country.
If the capital had been built in Luoyang, it would have greatly shortened the distance to the south and east, and it would also not be far from the north, which would have been more conducive to the timing and speed of any decision made by Zhang Chao in all directions.
It's just that before moving the capital, there are still a few things that need to be done, such as the unresolved problem of Eastern Wu, for example, although defeated, Zhuge Liang and others from the remnants of Western Shu still fled to Jianning. If these people are not solved, the so-called reunification of the whole country will not be regarded as a matter of name.
So next, Zhang Chao set his sights on Jianning County.
Chengdu is not very far from Jianning County, and now with enough troops in his hands, Zhuge Liang is a new defeat and fled, so he can take advantage of the situation to fight at this moment.
It was decided that the next target of the army would be Jianning County, and Zhang Chao immediately began to plan, preparing to send several large armies into it, and the situation was decided in one fell swoop.