The first snow of three years in Huangwu came later than usual.

Du pre-led the army to retreat calmly.

After Sima Jun recovered Xuchang, he did not dare to pursue, and only ordered scouts to be sentified.

Du pre-cart cart pushed grain, money and silk back.

"Your Majesty, Hedong has won a great victory, and Sima Yan is gone!" Zhou Zhi said excitedly.

Du pre-smiled and said: "Then take advantage of this big victory and take Nanyang!" ”

Zhuge Xu and Sima Liang besieged Liu Yin for many days, but they couldn't take it, but instead lost their troops and lost their soldiers.

The Great War in Hedong shook the world.

The morale of the Jin army plummeted.

Yang Ji was in the north, Liu Yin died under Wancheng, Li Te, Tian Zhang led 10,000 steps to ride out of Wuguan, plus Du Pre came from the west, and the entire Nanyang was surrounded by the Qin army.

"The governor uses soldiers, sure enough, the ghosts and gods are unpredictable, the veterans of Zhuge Xu are tired, and the morale is completely lost, how can Wancheng defend it?" Zhou Zhi laughed.

Du Yu shook his head, "The way of using soldiers, such as water flowing from the ground, moves with the situation, such as Xuchang, before sending troops, will the Anzhi Yingchuan clan be so cooperative?" It's nothing more than a guide to the situation, and the same is true of Wancheng today, if Your Majesty doesn't win a big victory in Hedong, and reinforcements from all walks of life arrive, can this city be taken? This so-called time, place, and people are all indispensable. ”

Zhou Zhi listened carefully like a humble disciple.

Zhang Yan was worried: "The governor privately rewarded the soldiers with Xuchang money and silk, but I am afraid that it will ...... will be said to be bribing the hearts of the army, and giving up the important land of Xuchang without authorization, it is inevitable that some people will make irresponsible remarks. ”

The tree is a big move, and when it comes to Du Yu's current status, many things have to be cautious.

"What the public says is very true." Du pre-surrendered to Zhang Yan.

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "How can my Great Qin be comparable to the monarchs and ministers of Luoyang?" His Majesty has always been open-minded. ”

"It is precisely because of open-mindedness that we need to be cautious, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and the governor was guarding Shuzhong back then, and there were rumors." Zhang Yan said in a low voice.

"I have my own plan for this." Du pre waved his hand, not wanting to dwell on this issue.

If you want to do something, you have to take responsibility, and you will inevitably be watched, even if you are a gentle person like Du Pre, there will be no shortage of people who are secretly jealous.

The army rushed to Wancheng, and the bloody air came to the face.

In front of Liu Yin's camp, a layer of corpses was densely piled up.

However, the banner of the word "Qin" in the camp is still towering.

"The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored!" Yanagi's armor was covered in wounds, painted dark red with blood.

There are other people's and there are his own.

The soldiers in the camp, everyone was wounded, and the defenders of 5,000 people were killed by more than 1,000 people, and they still did not retreat, which shows the level of Liu Yin's troops.

It can also be seen that the hardships of this battle are also seen.

It's never easy.

"The general has worked hard!" Du pre-sighed.

"This is the duty of the last general, how can you talk about hard work?" Liu Yin was in good spirits, as if he was not tired at all.

"The work of the south is the first in the general!" Du pre-helped Liu Yin up, and the latter looked happy.

Subsequently, the capture of Xuchang was rewarded to the soldiers in the name of the emperor.

The soldiers in the battalion are all shouting long live.

Two days later, Li Te, Tian Zhang, and Yang Ji arrived, and forty or fifty thousand troops gathered under Wancheng.

"Listen to the defenders in the city, Sima Yan has been defeated, and the million-strong army of Great Qin will be able to sweep through the Central Plains in a few days, and if you don't return quickly, when will you wait?"

The Qin army approached the city wall to persuade him to surrender.

In the past, most of these words were just to scare people, but now they are not.

The general trend of the world is already clear, and the defeat of the Sima family is almost doomed.

Moreover, Hongnong, Shangyong, and Wuguan are in the hands of the Qin army, and Nanyang has been strategically semi-surrounded.

For so many days, Zhuge Xu's five or six times the strength of the army could not take Liu Yin's 5,000 people, and the hearts of the people in the city were even more fluctuating.

"Since you don't surrender, the last general will be the vanguard and break through this city!" Leeter took the initiative to fight.

Several of his brothers, Li Fu, Li Liu, Li Zhen, and Li Xiang, gradually emerged in the army and were brave and good at fighting.

Li Teh also became a rising star in the Qin army.

Yang Zheng kept him in Chang'an to avoid Li Tesheng too quickly.

After all, Litte is now less than thirty.

Du pre-mildly said: "Kill chickens with a knife? Zhuge Xu has broken his courage, and the defenders in the city are afraid, and this city can surrender without a fight! ”

Nanyang is also a large county, the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu, and the place where Yuan Shu started.

The city has a large population, and it is naturally best to surrender.

Zhou Zhi said: "I'm afraid that Zhuge Xu doesn't know how to lift!" ”

Du pre-said: "There are no reinforcements outside Wancheng, a lonely city, how many days can you hold it?" I expect Zhuge Xu to be a sensible person, and he ordered the soldiers to cut down wood to build catapults, ladders and other siege things! ”

"Obey!" The generals gave up.

Soon, the outside of Wancheng became a huge construction site.

Du Pre deliberately frightened the defenders of Wancheng, the wood and stone piled up, and the nearby people took the initiative to come to help, covering the sun with smoke and dust every day, and they were very busy.

The more the siege was not attacked, the more tense the city became, and the lower the morale of the defenders became.

It was only two or three days before the defenders of the city defected.

Du pre-treated him favorably, neither attacking the city nor persuading him to surrender, and deliberately offered good food and drink in a conspicuous place under the city.

More and more people defected from Wancheng.

Previously, Du pre-helped the people, which was quite benevolent and righteous, and the nearby people came to help.

Du pre-serve meals.

Many of the defenders in Wancheng are their children, and when they see the harmony under the city, they have no intention of fighting.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Du pre-assembled the elite of the army and lined up under the city, the war drums roared and the shouts were like a tide.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The wind and clouds change color.

The defenders of the city were afraid.

Dozens of catapults and ladders slowly retreated, and the city finally couldn't hold back, squeak, squeak, and the door of the urn city was opened.

Zhuge Xu led a group of Nanyang generals out of the city, and half-knelt in front of the two armies, "Wancheng surrenders to Great Qin!" ”

The Zhuge family has blossomed everywhere in the Three Kingdoms, but for decades, it has not been as good as before, Zhuge Xu is the last person who can take out the Zhuge family, if he falls, the Zhuge family will completely decline.

Du Yu led the crowd forward, "Taishou understands the righteousness, so that the soldiers and the people are protected from the disaster of swords and soldiers, and it is due to the community." ”

Zhuge Xu arched his hand and said: "Don't dare to say anything, there are soldiers from the Central Plains in the city, miss their homeland, and I wish the governor to forgive him, and I can also declare the benevolence and righteousness of Daqin." ”

This is not an overstatement.

Du Yu immediately agreed, and also prepared grain, grass, horses, and ox carts for the people returning to the north.

There were only two or three thousand people in total.

Zhuge Xu burst into tears, kowtowed three times in the direction of Luoyang, and arched his hand: "It's not that the minister is disloyal and unjust, but it's the general trend, and the minister has to defend the city for a hundred days, and he has to surrender." ”

During the Cao Wei period, there was a military law, and the reinforcements did not arrive for 100 days to defend the city, the generals surrendered, and the family did not sit together.

The people who returned to the north were all moved, and they all called Zhuge Xu loyalty.

Those who stayed behind also sighed.

Zhuge Xu's approach was undoubtedly clever, so that Sima Yan couldn't catch any handles.

Du Pre looked at it more and more impressed, and treated him as a guest.

"The soldier is a confidant who dies, Xu has to meet the Ming Gong, it is a great luck, now Wancheng is full of food, the Ming Gong soldiers are fine, you can take Xinye first, the Great Qin Army is powerful, Sima Liang is a general, will flee from the wind, and then the Ming Gong will wave the army south, covet Xiangyang, and you can get the whole territory of Jingzhou!" Zhuge Xu actively offered advice.

Du Zhen raised his head and laughed, "Youming is really a Shandong sergeant!" ”

Immediately ordered the troops and horses, and marched south.

Along the way, there were two more suspicious soldiers, and the smoke and dust were billowing to cut off Xinye's retreat to the north and east.

Sima Liang was really shocked, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately took tens of thousands of troops and retreated to Xuchang in a panic.

Du pre-soldiers took the important town of Xinye without blood, and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and the Central Plains.

(End of chapter)