Li Weidu, the general of the pseudo-Shu and pseudo-Shu Zhendong, surrendered, saying that there were only thousands of remnants in the city of Chengdu, and everyone was overjoyed, so they hurriedly went out to fight. The crowd met the bridge in Chengdu, and the battle was not much, and the striker was unfavorable and several collapsed. Gong Hu, who joined the army, fought desperately to supervise the battle, but he was unable to support it alone and finally died in battle. The Shu army continued to advance, and the arrow was the head of Wen Ma. The crowd was afraid and wanted to retreat, holding the horse's head to persuade Wen, and then sending the order to Mingjin.

------- excerpt from the introduction

The good news was sent to the Chinese army in front, and everyone "lamented", Changshui Army and the one surnamed Zeng, did they step on the **** before the expedition. Under the anger of the crowd, everyone prepared to go to the heavenly court to complain to God, this is too dark, it is simply a black whistle.

However, under the anger, everyone has a lot of confidence in the front of Chengdu City, it seems that this pseudo-Shu army is not very good, as long as everyone needs to rush forward, the pseudo-Shu will naturally collapse without a fight, and the great credit will fall from the world to everyone's heads.

But at a time when the form is good and victory is in sight, there are still people with relatively clear heads. Mao Muzhi, who joined the army, was one of them.

"Duke Huan, now that our army has come to the city of Chengdu, the great cause of the western expedition to Shu is about to be completed, I don't know what Duke Huan plans at this time?" Mao Muzhi asked directly, anyway, there were only two people in the big tent, him and Huan Wen.

Huan Wen smiled and replied meaningfully: "Wusheng (Mao Muzhi's small character, its original character Xianzu, later named after Huan Wen's mother, it is more called small character), I know that you must have a deep meaning here, you and I know each other, but you say it's okay." ”

"Our army has entered Shu since the winter of last year, and has fought thousands of miles, although the road is difficult, but along the way it is invincible, invincible, and driven directly to Chengdu. To this day, everyone thinks that the puppet Shu army is just like this, like a local chicken and tile dog. Gong Huan, do you think so too? Mao Muzhi asked.

Huan Wen just smiled and shook his head, but did not directly answer Mao Muzhi's question.

"I guess Gong Huan doesn't think so, but he also despises the Chengdu puppet Shu army." Mao Muzhi asked tightly.

Huan Wen was a little confused about how to answer, and stroked his beard and was silent. This Mao Wusheng really dares to ask, and he asks so directly, how can I answer?

After being silent for a while, Huan Wen replied: "Wusheng, do you think that the puppet Shu army still has the power of a game?" ”

Mao Muzhi couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Duke Huan, do you really think so?" In this way, our army is in danger. ”

When Huan Wen heard it suddenly, he immediately felt displeased, but then he thought about it, this Mao Mu Zhiguo Yi has a fatherly style, is known to be wise and brave, and will not speak casually. Immediately calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "There must be a reason for Wu Sheng to say this, you might as well tell me about it." ”

"From Jiangzhou to Jiangyang, and then to Jianwei Chengdu, all of them were led by the former army and the Changshui army in front of the conflict, and they took the lead, rushed to fight, and traveled thousands of miles. Let me ask Duke Huan, if there is no former army and the Changshui army under his command, can my western expeditionary army make such rapid progress? Mao Muzhi asked.

"I know that." Huan Wen nodded and replied. Zeng Hua was brought out by him, this is something that everyone in the world knows, Zeng Hua has done so much, and Huan Wen also feels that he has a lot of face. In this westward expedition, Zeng Hua led his Changshui Army in front as the vanguard, just like a typhoon, all the way fast and invincible, and the Chinese army behind had only one task, that is, to rush desperately. This credit was naturally indispensable after the war.

"Subordinates try to ask Duke Huan again, if others lead the front army, can they be so fast?" Mao Muzhi continued to ask.

This can stop Huan Wen, he thinks about it carefully now, if he is replaced by another person as the front army, although it is estimated that he can also fight under the city of Chengdu, but he will definitely not run as fast as he can like this.

Seeing that Huan Wen seemed to be stopped by himself, Mao Muzhi continued: "According to the eyes of his subordinates, the speed of this western expedition is not that the Shu army is too weak, but that our front army is too strong. ”

As soon as these words came out, Huan Wen was immediately stunned. He sat there, speechless for a long time, and even the hand stroking his beard stopped there, savoring Mao Muzhi's words.

"How talented is Zeng Qianjun? I don't need to go into any more detail. Duke Huan, Mr. Zhenchang and Uncle Yuan Yan all appreciated him, and naturally knew the roots, but who would have thought that the three thousand soldiers and horses he trained were so majestic and mighty. This reminds me of a sentence that Che Wuzi once talked to me, a sentence that once sighed at him before the army marched west. ”

"Oh, what's that?" Huan Wen was very interested when he heard this, he knew that Mao Muzhi and Che Yin were both subordinates, Che Yin sighed that Mao Muzhi was loyal and good, and attacked the Marquis of Juezhou, but there was no slightest shelf of dignitaries, but Mao Muzhi admired Che Yin Xuefu Wuche, the relationship between the two was not bad, and there would definitely be some private whispers passed on to each other.

Che Wuzi said that before the former army's westward expedition, he sighed to his 3,000 long water army, but the soldiers and horses trained for the Northern Expedition were used as the vanguard of the Western Expedition, which was really a knife used to kill chickens.

Huan Wen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, his voice was loud, straight to the top of the tent, "What a chicken killer used a knife!" Only Zeng Xuping, who is so confident, can train such an arrogant winning army! ”

"That's why I feel like we're in danger right now." Mao Muzhi's next sentence suddenly made Huan Wen unable to laugh.

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Gong Huan, everyone only saw that the forward Changshui Army was invincible and invincible, but they didn't see how Zeng Qianjun used his troops like gods, and how the Changshui Army was like an arm and a finger, brave and good at fighting. Don't talk about the puppet Shu army that has not fought for decades, even the Northern Zhao Hu people can not please them in front of them! ”

The more Mao Muzhi said, the more urgent he became: "Do everyone think that the puppet Shu army is vulnerable in front of the Changshui Army, and it is also vulnerable in front of themselves?" Do they have the strength of the Long Water Army? Do they have the same strategy and courage as the former army? Besides, some time ago, our army marched fast, in addition to the Changshui Army's good fighting, another reason is that Lord Yuan used troops in Jiangzhou again and again, attracting most of the elite soldiers of the pseudo-Shu to Fushui on the eastern front. Now that we have been in Jianwei for several days, Chengdu has already learned the news, won't he still come back from Fushui to transfer elite soldiers? In this way, it is very likely that the people defending Chengdu in front of us will no longer be the kind of tofu soldiers who can be defeated with one blow. But if we are so underestimated, will we not lose the battle? ”

When Huan Wen heard it, he understood what Mao Muzhi meant. That makes sense! If the puppet Shu army in Chengdu on the other side is really an elite soldier transferred back, then although it is not much stronger than its own Chinese army, if the whole Chinese army responds to the enemy, it may suffer a big loss, after all, its own number is only 6,000, which is the biggest weakness.

But if the Changshui Army is redeployed to play the vanguard, it is estimated that the other generals will go crazy, what should they do?

At this time, Yizhou Thorn Shi Zhou Fu suddenly asked to see him.

"Lord Huan, Li Weidu, the general of the puppet Shu Zhendong, led his troops to surrender." Zhou Fu brought Huan Wen good news.

Li Wei is a side branch of the Li family of the pseudo-Shu, has been stationed in Xinghua Town, southeast of Chengdu, this time I heard that the Jin army has reached the south of Chengdu, and Li Wei, who has lost contact with Chengdu, immediately felt that there was no way to go, and immediately led more than 1,000 people to run to surrender.

"General Li, do you know that Chengdu has added reinforcements?" Huan Wen hoped to know the latest situation in Chengdu from Li Weidu.

"Lord Hui, there are no reinforcements, only the remnants of thousands of soldiers." Li Weidu replied respectfully. In fact, he has lost contact with Chengdu for several days, mainly because Li Shi and the Chengdu soldiers and civilians are so anxious that they are about to jump into the well, and they really don't have time to deal with Li Weidu. But Li Weidu didn't dare to say that I don't know anything, if this is the case, I still have the value of a fart, maybe I will be used to replace cattle and sheep to sacrifice the flag. So the lie came as soon as he opened his mouth, and his face was not red or panting.

"How does it compare to the army you saw when you entered the camp?" Huan Wen let go of his heart, so he asked very easily.

"Compared with Wang Shi, it is like a fluorescent sun, and the mantis arm blocks the car." Li Weidu said flatteringly.

Suddenly, most of the people in the big tent became smiling and happy.

After sending everyone out of the big tent, Huan Wen found that not only Mao Muzhi stayed, but also quietly added a Yizhou assassin Zhou Fu.

"Daohe (Zhou Fu's character), what is the matter with you?" Huan Wen asked.

"Lord Huan, I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to speak to the adult," Zhou Fu immediately directly confessed his intention, "I think this attack on Chengdu is still to ask Captain Zeng to lead the Changshui army to continue as the front army, only in this way will I feel at ease and safe." ”

Hearing this, Huan Wen's heart, which was already very relaxed just now, suddenly hesitated again. Mao Muzhi and Zhou Fu came one after another to reorganize the Changshui Army as the vanguard of the former army, which shows that these two people have some worries about the current battle situation, but if they really turn the Changshui Army into the front army, then most of the other generals will not agree.

Thinking about it, Huan Wen thought of Li Weidu's words just now, and couldn't help but secretly make a decision, but Zhou and Mao couldn't help but listen to their words, one of these two was quite strategic, and the other had been in the army for many years, and they had their own views on the changes in the war. And after listening to the words of these two people, Huan Wen couldn't help muttering in his heart, after all, he is not an ordinary person. Okay, let the Changshui Army protect the Chinese army, and the rest of the men and horses will attack the front army, and once something happens, there will be an echo before and after.

On the second day, south of Chengdu Zhenqiao (now southwest of Chengdu on the Nanhe River), Huan Wen Governor 6,000 Governor's Mansion soldiers and Badong County soldiers formed a formation to attack Chengdu City, with Gong Hu as the vanguard, Sima Wuji as the left army as the Taishou of Nanjun, Zhou Fu as the right army of Yizhou Thorn History, and Mao Muzhi and Zhou Chu joined the army to protect the middle battalion. Leaving Zeng Hua to lead the long water army to drag back to protect the Chinese army, he beat the drum and beat the gold according to the order.

As soon as the war drums sounded, the morale of the six thousand Jin troops was great, and they formed a forward goose-shaped formation and slowly moved forward. It seems that Huan Wen not only wants to defeat the puppet Shu army in front, but also plans to outflank them in a roundabout way and serve them a pot.

And half an hour ago, Li Shi was facing his last straw - more than 10,000 Shujun who had returned to the rescue cheered up. These horses were urgently mobilized by Li Shi from Fuxian, the third line of defense in Fushui, which was closest to Chengdu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Jin army invaded the border, until Chengdu, the military disaster was ruthless, and the people were continuous, which is immoral and incompetent. Soldiers, behind you is the city of Chengdu, if you let the Jin army into the base, I lose my position and the 100,000 people of Chengdu will be ravaged. Soldiers, can you bear to see your fellow villagers and elders suffer misfortune? Exiled from the scourge of war? Speaking of this, Li Shi couldn't help but shed two tears.

But the reaction below was not very good, except for a few sergeants in Chengdu who were a little excited, the rest of the people were still very indifferent, in their hearts, even if the Jin army was a robber, it was estimated that it was no worse than Li Shi and his officials. And in the hearts of the people of Shuzhong, how can this Jin army be regarded as a king's teacher, since it is a king's teacher, naturally it will not be sent there to the people. Everyone has a scale in their hearts, secretly thinking about it.

Li Shi saw that he was a little cold, he couldn't help gritting his teeth, and continued: "Soldiers, the Jin army on the opposite side is only five thousand. And the road is far from poor, and he is already exhausted. As long as the soldiers blow a blow today, they will be able to annihilate their entire army. I swear to the sky here, to the 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Chengdu, as long as I win a big victory today, I will take out 500,000 brocades from the treasury to reward the soldiers! ”

Li Shi's blood is very heavy, and when the Shu army below heard it, their eyes immediately turned red. 500,000 horses, one person can get 50 horses, what a fortune! Immediately, more than 10,000 Shu troops couldn't help but boil, all of them were impassioned, and their morale was greatly boosted. When the Jin army attacked in array, the Shu army had already formed several formations, competing with each other and swearing to fight to the death.

In the sound of war drums, the two armies finally engaged, and at that moment, the Jin army found that the Shu army in front of them was not the legendary tofu soldiers, but real walnut soldiers.

More than 10,000 Shu troops now only have 500,000 brocades in their hearts, and the Jin army in front of them is the best cornerstone for them to make a fortune. Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the Shu army viciously brandished steel knives and spears, and just beckoned to the Jin army, as if they were carrying 500,000 brocades.

The 6,000 Jin troops who followed the Changshui Army originally thought that the more than 10,000 Shu troops were the same as the previous Shu army, and as long as they engaged, they would be defeated and scattered. Who knows that people are not good at stubble, and when they go down, they suddenly lose a few teeth. The forward of the Jin army was soon killed by the rushing Shu army, and the people turned on their backs.

The striker Gong Hu was depressed, why was the Shu army like rabbits in front of the Changshui Army, and was chased all over the mountains, but when he met himself in a blink of an eye, he suddenly seemed to have taken medicine, and he was extremely brave, as if he could fight two of them. Damn, are you related to the Changshui Army?

Gong Hu desperately brandished the big knife in his hand, and cut down several sergeants who were the first to turn around and run backwards in one go, and roared: "Rush forward for Lao Tzu, rush forward for Lao Tzu, if anyone takes a step back, Lao Tzu will kill him!" ”

But let the Shu army grab it first, and the number of people is nearly twice as many as you. As soon as the Shu army entered the battle, they found that the Jin army was "nothing more than that", and suddenly the knives and guns in their hands danced more happily. Under the strict orders of the striker Gong Hu, the Jin army barely held out for a while, but the more the Shu army fought, the more brave it became, and the more people fought, the more the Jin army fought, the more weakened it became, and the more it fought, the more it retreated. Soon, someone began to run back, dodging Gong Hu's big knife, and running directly to the middle camp, anyway, the other Jin armies don't implement the strict military law of the Changshui Army, what can you do if everyone runs together? Bite me?

Soon, the front army of the Jin army began to disperse, and many soldiers retreated one after another, showing a gap in the formation of the Jin army. Gong Hu had no choice but to report to Huan Wen in the middle camp while leading the rest of the front army to support it.

Rushed to Huan Wen, he had no choice, because the left and right wings also encountered this problem, the "inexplicable" brave Shu army beat the Jin army that underestimated the enemy to a disgraced face, coupled with the disadvantage in numbers, there were urgent reports everywhere, so that Huan Wen was also helpless. When he was thinking about whether to transfer the Changshui Army, the situation in the front army suddenly changed suddenly.

Gong Huzheng brandished a broadsword and slashed down four Shu troops who rushed close in a row, but he also suffered several injuries. Blood stained his armor red and black, and his helmet had been poked off by a Shu military spear, and his hair was scattered like madness. But there are fewer and fewer subordinates and comrades-in-arms around him, and they only care about retreating while fighting, hoping to retreat to a safe place as soon as possible.

Several Shu soldiers surrounded him again, and the injured Gong Hu felt that his right hand was getting slower and slower, and the big knife in his hand was getting heavier and heavier, sinking to almost a thousand weights. Gong Hu held his breath, turned around suddenly, slashed his arm with all his might, and unloaded the right arm of the nearest Shu army sergeant on the right. At this time, he heard a voice coming from the left, he turned his head to look, it turned out that two Shu army sergeants rushed over with spears shouting, and the tips of the spears flashed cold light and pointed directly at him. Gong Hu tried his best to lift the big knife that was already 10,000 catties, but at that moment he felt that the strength of his whole body had been drained, and he couldn't lift even a feather. Gong Hu had no choice but to watch as the spear pierced his chest, as if it had pierced a layer of cowhide, and there was no sound at all, only a fountain of blood gushing out and endless pain. Gong Hu felt a bone in his throat, but he couldn't say a word, and he collapsed to the ground like a loose statue. Gong Hu weakly tried to touch the big knife beside him, but he couldn't reach it even for a few inches. Just as Gong Hu was struggling to swallow his last breath, more and more Shu troops rushed past Gong Hu's side and overhead.

After Gong Hu died in battle, the front army was even more collapsed, and it retreated faster, retreating directly from the side of Zhongying Huan Wen. The victorious Shu army followed closely behind, rushing forward, and the archers of the Shu army behind also moved forward, and the arrows swept into the air, and a few actually shot a few feet in front of Huan Wen's mount.

Zhou Chu rushed over at this time, grabbed the reins of Huan Wen's mount, and said loudly: "My lord, please hurry up and give orders!" Mingjin receives! Please ask the Changshui Army to respond, if the whole army is defeated, it will really be out of control. ”

Huan Wen was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and immediately said: "Order the Chinese army, Mingjin will collect the troops, and the Changshui army will cover!" ”

Immediately one of the heralds turned and ran towards the Chinese army, to their last hope.