Chapter 32 Taking advantage of the victory to seize a large area of land Liu Bei sent troops on two roads
Guan Ping, who was guarding Jingzhou City, fortunately knew that the future people had powerful weapons, and he had been hiding behind the city wall and did not dare to show his face, otherwise he might also be killed by the future people.
He also saw it on the city tower, his father Guan Yu and the fierce general Liao Hua were captured after leaving the city, the invincible car of the future people had already entered the city, and a large number of Wei troops were also killed, and the brothers who were holding on to the city gate fled to death, basically lost the ability to resist, and if they continued to fight, it could only be a senseless sacrifice.
He felt that the general situation had turned, and now was the time to lay down his arms and surrender to the Wei army, so he immediately ordered all the soldiers stationed in Jingzhou to give up resistance and submit to the imperial court.
With Guan Ping's surrender order, most of the defenders in Jingzhou City laid down their arms, except for some of the defenders who fled out of the city and fled westward, so Li Yong and they occupied this important town of Western Shu in less than two hours.
Zhang He and Li Yong came to Guan Yu's general's mansion and immediately asked people to bring Guan Yu here. This Guan Yu went all the way and scolded the future people for being despicable and shameless, and he used such a villain to capture himself, he was very unconvinced, and asked to let himself go and fight again, this time he will definitely be able to beat him and not find the north.
Li Yong smiled at him, personally stepped forward to untie the rope for him, and invited him into the seat and told him that it was not his martial arts that he was captured this time, but mainly because he lost in the weapon, so how did Zhao Zilong's martial arts work, not in his own hands! This dispelled the resentment in Guan Yu's heart. Later, Zhang He instructed his subordinates to entertain General Guan, and it was up to him to decide whether to go or stay.
As for the fierce general Liao Hua, after being injured and captured by Chen Tao, Li Yong immediately asked people to heal his injuries, but fortunately, he did not hurt his bones, and after being bandaged by Wang Yan, he was also sent here. When he saw that Guan Yu was treated well by Cao Wei's allied forces, he also dispelled the doubts in his heart and agreed to cooperate with the healing.
After settling Guan and Liao, Li Yong and Zhang He immediately reported to Cao Ren and asked for an immediate transfer to other cities in Western Shu, and Cao Ren agreed to their request, so they quickly sent troops and successively captured large areas of land such as Wuling, Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling and Xiangyang in Western Shu.
By this time, Cao Wei's allied forces had conquered Eastern Wu and occupied most of Liu Bei's territory in Jingzhou County, and then marched to Yiling, Fangxian, and Shangyong (present-day Zhushan County, Shiyan, Hubei).
The news reached Liu Bei in Xichuan (now Chengdu, Sichuan), and immediately frightened Liu Bei and them, and held a meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures, and finally under the advice of the military advisor Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng and others, Liu Bei decided to meet and attack in two ways.
One route, Zhao Yun, with the cooperation of the military advisor Fa Zheng, led the veteran generals Huang Zhong, Ma Tan and Wang Ping to attack in the direction of Northern Hanzhong, so as to pose a threat to the southwest of the Wei army and relieve the pressure of the Wei army's offensive on the eastern front; On the other hand, Zhuge Liang personally took command and led Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Wei Yan and other 150,000 troops to the east to aid Shangyong, blocking the road of Cao Wei's coalition army to attack Xichuan.
It is now August, and the Yangtze River basin has also entered the flood season. The river swelled sharply, and the weather was unusually hot, so the troops moved slowly.
Li Yong and the others were comfortable in an air-conditioned car, but it was very difficult and difficult for those Wei soldiers on horseback or on foot. After conquering Yiling, the road became steeper and more difficult to walk, and everyone was reluctant to go forward.
Zhang He came to Li Yong to discuss, thinking that the weather was hot now, and although he had won many battles in a row, the officers and men felt very tired from marching and fighting for days, and there were many wounded and sick people, so he suggested that the army should rest in place and recuperate now, and then attack after the weather turned cooler.
Li Yong said to Zhang He: "Although the weather is not conducive to our army's march and battle, the enemy is also controlled by this weather, and it depends on who can hold out to the end." However, we don't have much time left, Shangyong is the place where we must go west, and I heard that Kong Ming personally led an army of 150,000 to come to reinforcements, so we must speed up the pace of the march and take this Shangyong town in Xishu as soon as possible. ”
Zhang He replied: "Since my brother is going to attack him, then my brother is also determined to follow, but my department can only select 5,000 strong soldiers to go with me, and the other weak and sick people will stay and recuperate." ”
Li Yong happily patted Zhang He's shoulder and laughed: "It's still a brother's righteous anger!" So after a short rest in Yiling, they led the five thousand men and horses carefully selected by Zhang He to run in the direction of Shangyong.
The road to Shangyong was extremely rugged and difficult, and they finally arrived outside the city on the evening of the third day, and after Li Yong and Zhang He observed it, they ordered the city to be surrounded immediately.
This Shangyong city has always been a battleground for soldiers, and Liu Bei also attached great importance to it, arranging for Meng Da to lead 10,000 people to garrison here, and asked him to resolutely defend the city, otherwise military law would be engaged.
When he heard that the Cao Wei coalition army led by Cao Ren had conquered most of the land in Jingzhou County, which belonged to Eastern Wu and Western Shu, this Meng Da was very worried that the Wei army was coming to attack the city, and then he heard that the Wei army that came to attack this time was the Cao Wei coalition army with the assistance of the future people and Zhang He as the vanguard, this Meng Da felt that the situation was very serious, so he immediately sent people to Xichuan to send a letter to ask for support, and he did not dare to slack off, stepped up preparations to meet the enemy, and was determined to live and die together in the city.
It's approaching evening and the sun is about to set. Some Tanma reported that the reinforcements led by Kong Ming in Xishu were only more than 100 miles away from here, and it was estimated that they would be able to arrive here tomorrow morning, so Li Yong said to Zhang He: "General, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive here tomorrow, and we must attack the city immediately, otherwise after the enemy team comes, our army may have no chance of winning." ”
Zhang He also nodded and replied: "What my brother said is true, although our army is extremely tired from the march, we must immediately attack the city!" As far as I know, there are only more than 10,000 people guarding this city, and the defender will be Meng Da Mengzijing, this person's martial arts are acceptable, but his mental skills are more active, we only need to storm this city to make it frightened, and then lure it, and it will definitely make it surrender. ”
After listening to Zhang He's words, Li Yong immediately picked up the loudspeaker on the car and shouted to the city: "Listen to General Meng in the city, today the Son of Heaven has ordered me and others to assist the Wei army to come and destroy the rebel forces in the world and restore peace in the world; Now Cao Wei's coalition army under the leadership of Cao Ren, the general of Zhengnan, has conquered countless cities, and now Dongwu has surrendered to the imperial court, and Jingzhou County has also been conquered, now I want to recover this city with 20,000 elite soldiers, I wanted to attack the city immediately, but thinking of the lives of General Meng and the soldiers and civilians in the city, I persuaded the general to open the door and return to the imperial court, so as not to kill himself. ”
This Meng Da replied very stiffly: "Listen to the villain, I am the general of Xishu, and the lord is kind to the last general, and the general is also determined to live and die with this city!" The soldiers and people in the city are united in the city, and this city is as solid as a rock! Now Kong Ming is personally leading an army of 150,000 to reinforce, what kind of skills do you have to help this city? After saying that, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and suddenly turned around and shot an arrow, the sharp arrow "Whoosh!" A sound landed a few meters in front of Li Yong, and Li Yong and Zhang He were so frightened that they retreated again and again.
Chen Tao was very angry, raised his gun and was about to shoot at Meng Da, Li Yong hurriedly said to Chen Tao: "Don't hurt him first, this person is still useful, you knock down a few people around him and deter him." ”
So Chen Tao immediately aimed at the few people around Meng Da who looked like deputy generals and partial generals. The unlucky ones standing beside Meng Da saw that Meng Da shot an arrow at the future people and scared them back back again and again, and when they were pointing and laughing, they heard "Bang! Bang! Bang! After a few gunshots, those people fell down one after another, scaring Meng Da in the middle and unable to react for a long time.
At this time, Li Yong picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Listen, General Meng, this is a warning to you, order you to surrender immediately, otherwise we will attack the city immediately!" ”
Li Yong handed the tweeter to Zhang He and asked him to shout to Meng Da, so Zhang He picked up the tweeter and shouted loudly: "General Meng, Eastern Wu has surrendered to the imperial court, and now Jingzhou County has been conquered by us, Guan Yu and Liao Hua have been captured, and people in the future can't bear to kill you.
After the soldiers of the Shu army who were guarding the city wall saw a few firecrackers-like sounds from the weapons of the future people, the martial arts generals beside Meng Da were knocked down, and they were all frightened. Then they heard the future people of the city speaking in such a high voice, they all thought that the heavens would descend to earth, and hurriedly said to Meng Da: "The general is a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, I will open the door and surrender quickly, otherwise my life will not be guaranteed!" ”
This Meng Da originally wanted to make a show to express his loyalty to Liu Bei, but when he saw that the soldiers beside him were persuaded to surrender, he hurriedly came down the donkey, so he said to Li Yong and them: "It's not that the general is afraid of you, but the general is thinking about the safety of the soldiers and civilians in the city, and now he will comply with the will of the people and open the door to the court." In this way, Li Yong and the others easily shocked Meng Da and let him open the door and surrender, thus seizing this place where the soldiers must fight.
Besides, Kong Ming led the army to march eastward in the starry night, but there were still more than 100 miles away from Shangyong, and received a letter of help from Shangyong's guard Meng Da, so Kong Ming ordered Ma Chao and Wei Yan to lead 10,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, and went to reinforcements at full speed, but they were still a step too late, and there was news that Meng Da had surrendered to Cao Wei's coalition army and that Shangyong City had been lost more than 50 miles away from Shangyong, so Ma Chao and they immediately stopped advancing and waited for Kong Ming's instructions.
After Kong Ming led a large group of men and horses to meet with the forward Ma Chao, he quickly set up a large camp, and gathered the Shu troops who had escaped from Jingzhou City and Shangyong City and other Shu troops who had escaped from the capture of the city by the Cao Wei coalition army, and listened carefully to their account of how the Cao Wei coalition army conquered the city, and then immediately held an emergency military meeting in the Chinese army's big tent.
First of all, Kong Ming introduced that the Cao Wei coalition army was able to quickly conquer the Eastern Wu forces in such a short time, and then successively occupied a large area of land in Jingzhou County, and also captured Guan Yu and Liao Hua and other Shu army generals, now the morale of the Shu army is low, and the army has no fighting spirit, so now the West Shu is facing a serious crisis, I hope you can express your own opinions, and thwart the spirit of the Cao Wei coalition army to attack Xichuan.
Zhang Fei stood up and said: "It's really infuriating that people in the future are so arrogant!" The last general is willing to lead 10,000 troops to Shangyong to meet the future person, so that he can appreciate the power of my Lao Zhang's Zhangba snake spear gun, and he will definitely capture the thief and be ashamed of the second brother! ”
Wei Yan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Zhang is brave, but the weapons of the future people are extremely powerful!" I think that Zilong and Yun Chang, the two heroes of the world, were also defeated by them, and 'knowing myself and knowing that the other side can not slack off in a hundred battles', so I have to act cautiously. ”
Zhang Fei argued with Wei Yan a little unconvinced, so the two factions who demanded immediate war and those who asked to act cautiously began to argue in Kong Ming's Chinese army tent.
Kong Ming didn't speak when he saw that they were arguing so fiercely, and when they were all tired and didn't argue with a result, he waved his hand and said: "As far as I know, this time Cao Cao dared to raise troops to crusade against Eastern Wu and my Western Shu, all because of the help of this future person." I think that the artifacts used by people in the future are the essence of human invention two thousand years later, and they are not comparable to the things used by us, so to defeat them, we must use unconventional methods of warfare, let alone brute force to compete with them. As the saying goes, 'go to the army to fight and plot'; however, 'governing people in the heart' has a strategy to break the enemy, and I hope that all the generals will have the same hatred for the enemy, so as to block this future person from outside our Xishu. ”
After listening to Kong Ming's remarks, all the generals present breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It turns out that the military division has already had a strategy to retreat from the enemy, and we are willing to help each other to annihilate this group of arrogant future people as soon as possible." ”
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