Chapter 47: The End of the World
Zhuge Zhan led the troops to Mianyang at this moment.
He was very worried.
He never thought that Cao Wei's army would actually appear in Jiangyou.
How the hell did they get here? How did you end up here?
Zhuge Zhan couldn't figure it out at all, although he couldn't figure it out, but when he found that the enemy was coming, he still had to go to meet the enemy.
This is the first time Zhuge Zhan has commanded an army.
He had also served in the military in the past, but those were all honorary officials and had no experience in leading troops into battle.
Liu Chan put all his hopes on him, believing that he would definitely be able to defeat the invading enemy, recapture Hanzhong, and stabilize the situation.
Before he set out on the expedition, Liu Chan held his hand and told him repeatedly, saying that he had handed over all the major affairs of the world to him.
Not only Liu Chan, but also the subjects and soldiers of the entire Chengdu, they all put their hopes on Zhuge Zhan.
Many people really believe in Zhuge Zhan, thinking that this person will definitely be able to protect Chengdu and defeat the invading enemy.
When Zhuge Zhan traveled, there were people who came to see him off all the way, and even these soldiers under Zhuge Zhan's command trusted him very much.
Although they were a little frightened by the sudden appearance of the enemy, they believed that their commander would be able to lead them to victory.
Everyone believes in Zhuge Zhan, but Zhuge Zhan himself does not believe in himself.
Zhuge Zhan was really scared at the moment.
After seeing the expectant eyes of so many people, he was even more afraid of failure.
This made him a little hurried, and even when arranging the Mianyang defense line, he was a little clumsy, and the arrangement was not very proper, but the experienced deputy general reminded him that Zhuge Zhan made adjustments in time.
But this situation made Zhuge Zhan even more scared.
If you are defeated, how many people will you disappoint? What terrible consequences will it cause?
Zhuge Zhan took a deep breath and forcibly forbade himself not to be afraid.
Zhuge Zhan led out more than 30,000 horses, these people are the elite of Chengdu, originally used to meet the Sword Pavilion, their status is similar to Cao Wei's Chinese army, it is an army that will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.
But now, apparently, the time has come to use them.
This time, Zhuge Zhan brought several lieutenant generals, including Shangshu Zhang Zun, who is Zhang Fei's grandson, Shangshulang Huang Chong, who is Huang Quan's son, and Li Qiu, the right governor of Yulin, who is Li Hui's nephew.
When they came to Mianyang, Shang Shulang Huang Chong hurriedly found Zhuge Zhan and said seriously:
"General, the enemy is coming from afar, we can't delay time, we must go to Fucheng as soon as possible, hold the most dangerous terrain there, and wait for work, as long as we can block their sharp energy, they can no longer continue to advance, and when the general sends troops, we can annihilate them!"
Hearing Huang Chong's proposal, Zhuge Zhan was a little hesitant.
He opened his mouth and said: "The enemy suddenly appeared, the situation of the general is not clear, if it is stationed too close to the Sword Pavilion, it may be flanked, it is better to defend in Mianyang." ”
Huang Chong persuaded again: "The enemy must have come through the mountain road, the general guards the Sword Pavilion, it is impossible to be broken so easily, as long as he sticks to Fucheng, he will definitely be able to block the enemy." ”
"If we let the enemy cross over there, it will be a plain, and we will have no terrain to hold onto, and we will be forced to engage them directly!"
Zhuge Zhan was still very hesitant, and he asked the opinions of the other generals.
The lieutenants had different ideas, and in the end, Zhuge Zhan decided to stay in Mianyang, unwilling to set up a defense line in Fucheng.
When Huang Chong walked out of the camp, he raised his head and wept loudly, but he had no power to change anything.
Deng Ai then drove straight in, and just as Zhuge Zhan quickly organized the defense line, Fucheng in front of them was also lost.
Zhuge Zhan sent Zhang Zun as a vanguard to fight Deng Ai, but Zhang Zun was quickly defeated.
Zhuge Zhan retreated into the city.
Deng Ai did not stop, and continued to rush in the direction of Mianyang.
Deng Ai's march was extremely fast.
If you want to achieve great things, you have to defeat the army in Chengdu as quickly as possible, and then go straight to Huanglong, if you wait too much, Jiang Wei will definitely send reinforcements, then there will be problems.
Both sides had their own thoughts, but only a few days later, the two sides met in Mianyang.
When Zhuge Zhan saw this rumored Wei army for the first time, he was completely stunned.
This Wei army seems to have nothing to do with the rumored elite army.
They looked very dilapidated, whether it was their banners, or their armor, they looked tattered, even when they were marching, they looked a little scattered, which did not look like an elite army at all.
Zhuge Zhan really didn't understand, how could such an army appear here? How can you defeat your own vanguard?
After Deng Ai came here, he immediately sent an envoy to the city.
Zhuge Zhan still met with the messenger.
The messenger looked up, and when he came as a messenger, he seemed ready to die.
The envoy spoke: "If you are willing to surrender, my general is willing to play Your Majesty and crown you the King of Langyu!" ”
Zhuge Zhan was furious, and immediately ordered the messenger to be executed, cut off his head, and left the city, and then decided to go out of the city to fight.
For this proposal, even Huang Chong did not object.
Because there is basically no danger to defend here, this is already a plain area, and the other party has come from afar, and has never rested, fighting them at this moment, maybe you can really defeat them!
Zhuge Zhan immediately led his troops out of the city and began to line up, preparing to fight Deng Ai.
Deng Ai saw the Zhuge Zhan army waiting in formation.
These Praetorian Guards are in Chengdu all the year round, well-fed and warm-clothed, looking fat and strong, with banners hanging high, neatly listing the formations, quite the meaning of elite divisions.
The contrast between the two sides is a little too obvious.
On the one hand, it is completely orderly, tall and large, and full of fighting spirit, and on the other side, it is an extremely stretched and crooked formation, where there are flaws.
This was the first time Zhuge Zhan had led the troops, and when he saw the army in the distance, he lost his mind for a while and didn't know how to give orders.
Fortunately, his lieutenants are still quite powerful, Huang Chong was the first to get up and said loudly: "Soldiers!" Life and death are in this battle! ”
"If you can kill the enemy generals, you will be crowned!!"
Li Qiu also continued to encourage his own soldiers, so this battle broke out.
Deng Ai looked at everyone and said loudly: "Generals, generals, soldiers, we have no way to retreat, there are no reinforcements before and after, if we can defeat these people and enter Chengdu, then we will be crowned marquis and pay homage to the generals!" If we can't defeat them, we'll die!" The work of destroying the country is right now!! ”
He sent two lieutenants to outflank him from the left and right, and he himself was in the middle, not in a hurry.
When the Wei army and the Shu army collided together, there was a sudden bloody storm, and the Wei soldiers launched a frenzied attack, and the two flanks of the Shu army, Huang Chong and Li Qiu were in charge.
The morale of the Wei army was very high at the moment, but because of fatigue, their attack did not go well, and in the midst of the charges, they were vaguely suppressed by the Shu army, so that they could not tear the hole from the flank.
The scout soon returned and informed Deng Ai, "The enemy is hard to break!" ”
This made Deng Ai very angry, "Life and death, in this move, what can't you do!" ”
He immediately said that if he couldn't, he would behead the generals who came out of the battle and let them continue to attack!
As a result, the generals of the Cao army attacked again, and this time, the two flanks of the Shu army finally couldn't bear it.
Huang Chong's death in battle led to a direct rout of the left flank, which then led to the collapse of continuity, all the way to Zhuge Zhan's middle army, the two sides were outflanked, and Deng Ai began to storm with all his troops.
Neither side fought tactically.
Deng Ai knew the fatigue of the soldiers, and at this moment, even if he could play the tactics to the fullest, the soldiers were afraid that it would be difficult for them to complete it.
Therefore, Deng Ai used the simplest method, attacking from both sides, onslaught, or onslaught.
It's that simple charge.
But even in the face of such a simple offensive, Zhuge Zhan didn't come up with any way, it turns out that if you can't fight, you won't, even if you are Zhuge Liang's son, it's useless.
Zhuge Zhan used an elite army to wait for work, but he was defeated by Deng Ai's "tattered army".
These armor soldiers, who had climbed the mountain for 700 miles, completely defeated Zhuge Zhan's army, and several lieutenants under Zhuge Zhan died in battle.
Zhuge Zhan was besieged by them, Zhuge Zhan completely lost his god, he didn't know how to command, and he didn't know where to break through, he just felt that he was going to disappoint everyone.
Perhaps it was such nervousness that made him dare not make mistakes.
When there were fewer and fewer armorers from the Shu Kingdom around him, and the armorers of the Wei Kingdom began to pounce on him with hideous faces, Zhuge Zhan's eyes were full of despair.
"I have three sins!"
"You can't get rid of Huang Hao inside! You can't balance Jiang Wei from the outside! If you march into the army, you can't protect the country!! ”
"What else is there to break through?!"
He then charged.
Zhuge Zhan was soon stabbed by the enemy and fell off the carriage, but the war continued, Deng Ai pursued and wiped out Zhuge Zhan's entire army, and only a small number of people fled here in panic.
Deng Ai quickly counted the battlefield, and looking at the corpses all over the mountains, Deng Ai suddenly had a new idea in his heart.
"You can pile up all the corpses and make them into a Jingguan, showing military merits and deterring the enemy!"
However, Deng Ai remembered what Lu Qin said when he came to see him, and he finally gave up this plan and prepared to cut off Zhuge Zhan's head as a military merit and prepare to send him back to Luoyang.
A deputy general persuaded him: "Zhuge Zhan fought to the exhaustion, he is a brave and loyal person, and it is not appropriate to do so." ”
Deng Ai was very angry, "He can behead my messenger, but I can't behead him?" Isn't the messenger I sent a loyal man?! ”
So, he still cut off Zhuge Zhan's head, which was saved, and then led his troops to Chengdu.