After the war, the situation in the north became clear. Yuan Shao's general trend has gone, and what awaits him is to be cleared by Cao Cao one by one. And that takes time. At the same time, it is also a very important time for the princes of the world to adjust their own layout.

But this period of time was a terrifying nightmare for Liu Zhang in Sichuan.

Jian'an 5th year at the beginning of November. The mysterious forces that have been silent for months have finally shown their banners, and they are the Blood Banner Army, which is the culprit who has caused panic in southern Sichuan from the beginning.

The Blood Banner Army marched north from Nanguang and soon fought its first battle on the plain between Nanguang and Qianwei.

On one side are the thousands of elites and tens of thousands of strong men who have been roughly trained by Liu Zhang from the north in the past few months. And these so-called armies of Liu Zhang need to face the elite of the 4,000 Blood Banner Army led by Gao Shun, including the trapped camp. and 5,000 militiamen who had undergone a month of pre-war training.

On the other side, the remaining 6,000 elite blood banner troops led by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and 10,000 militiamen, bypassed Qianwei's blocking front and went straight to Guanghan.

The physical fitness and momentum of the sergeants, as well as the confidence they absorb from each other, is the difference between the "strong army" and the "miscellaneous fish army".

As soon as the first battle on the plain began, the strength of the Blood Banner Army made Liu Zhang's generals understand what it means to be well-trained and what it means to destroy the withered and decayed.

With one enemy and ten, soldiers who can already be regarded as "strongmen" are everywhere in the Blood Banner Army. As long as you have taken "Divine Water", your physical fitness will be improved by at least 10%, and some can be up to 15%. Coupled with training and momentum, the blocking troops sent by Liu Zhang were "miscellaneous fish" in the eyes of the Blood Banner Army.

The characteristic of the Miscellaneous Fish Army is that it can be seen when it has the advantage, and it seems to be quite capable of fighting when it screams. But once you find that your companions are slaughtered with ease like chopping melons and vegetables, they will quickly lose their will to fight, and then they will be dominated by "fear" and "timidity". All it takes is a few more escapes to quickly turn into a rout.

Speaking of the first bird that escaped from the battle, it is still very interesting. Generally, this kind of person is very timid and has a lot of eyes. An honest man wouldn't do that. Moreover, when they escaped, in order to avoid being shot by the officers, they would shout loudly, "Run, you can't beat it!" and other words to encourage their equally frightened companions to run with them, so as to save their lives in the rout.

In just over a month, the three lines of defense between Qianwei and Nanguang were broken through by Gao Shun's troops. It can be described as overwhelming and irresistible. Finally, the soldiers came to the city of Qian. bluntly said that as long as you surrender, you will never be embarrassed by the guards and soldiers in the city.

On the other side, the main force of the Blood Banner Army, which had been driving straight in, was only blocked by Liu Zhang for the first time when it was less than 500 miles away from Guanghan. But the scene is similar to the Qianwei line, in the face of the main force of the Blood Banner Army with a momentum like a tiger, Liu Zhang's blocking troops are of no use at all, and they are directly pressed to the ground for a while, and they are dead and surrendered. It can't stop the footsteps of the Blood Banner Army at all.

The elite of Liu Zhang, who was stationed in the ditch, wanted to come back to help, but was ambushed by Zhang Liao and his people at a pass east of Guanghan, and after the defeat, he could only retreat to the ditch in a hurry, and it was difficult to support.

As a result, in more than a month, the situation in Sichuan became as dangerous as an egg in an instant.

Chengdu, as Liu Zhang's base camp, has fallen into the urgent situation of being besieged by a bag. Once Qianwei and Guanghan are lost, Chengdu will be caught in a horn and unable to move. The Blood Banner Army can calmly adjust its state, and it is easy to fight or sleep. Playing can also play Liu Zhang to death.

Therefore, Qianwei and Guanghan can't be lost!

I don't want to admit defeat just like that, let alone being defeated in the hands of a Blood Banner Army who still doesn't know the details, which makes Liu Zhang's self-esteem unbearable. In this way, Liu Zhang is faced with two choices.

First, find out the details of the Blood Banner Army, and test whether it can adopt the form of peace talks and carve out a part of the territory to seek temporary respite. Second, ask for help from Liu Biao, who borders on him. Let Liu Biao send troops into southern Sichuan, attack the rear of the Blood Banner Army, and come to encircle Wei to save Zhao.

Both methods can be done at the same time, and both have a price, but Liu Zhang prefers the second method. So when the Blood Banner Army was found around Guanghan, Liu Zhang sent a messenger and hurried to Jingzhou.

Liu Zhang's idea is good, but there is a prerequisite. That is, Qianwei and Guanghan City must hold out long enough under the attack of the Blood Banner Army.

As the last barrier of Chengdu City, the walls of Guanghan and Qianwei were extremely high, and the garrisons each had 10,000. It is backed by the Chengdu base camp, and the reinforcements and grain and grass are sufficient. It stands to reason that it is no problem to defend the city for a month or two. But what about the "omnipotent" Lord Yama at the head of the Blood Banner Army?

In order to allow Liu Xie to quickly calm down this era of flames, let the vitality of this plane be rejuvenated. Xue Wusuan can be regarded as extremely generous. This was especially true when he discovered that the world of this dimension began to gush out the power of faith, not to mention that the "two crops of rice" he obtained in this plane was called "Yan Rice" by Liu Xie, and the merits of living people were greater than "gods" in the eyes of the common people.

As a result, a production method called "black powder" came into Liu Xie's hands. And tell him directly that this thing works well with a large catapult.

Liu Xie, who has long believed in Lord Yama's methods, has been a treasure. After secretly finding someone to experiment first, his little face turned pale with fright.

A round ball cast in iron, then stuffed with this simple "black powder", leaving a lead, calculating the time and throwing it out with a trebuchet. When it hits the ground, it explodes, with great force that can even flatten a small area of wood, and the explosion is accompanied by high temperatures that can ignite the trees. The iron balls that were shattered into tiny pieces by the explosion were also terrifying.

According to Chen Gong and Lu Bu's estimates, if this kind of thing fell into the military formation, one could take the lives of at least a dozen people. And the mental oppression and damage to the soldiers is even more unreasonable.

For Liu Xie, the only difficulty in making this primitive bomb, which was eventually named "Yama Divine Thunder", was to make it. They're short of iron. The iron used to forge a bomb can hit four or five long knives.

But for the siege battle that was bound to appear, Liu Xie still gritted his teeth and made people create a hundred large Yama Divine Thunder, each of which could be filled with thirty catties of black powder. Gao Shun took forty to Qianwei, and Lu Bu's main force left sixty.

Therefore, Liu Xie, who inherited Wang Tianyun and Rong Ziju's understanding of war, naturally put the lives of the soldiers in front of the consumption of weapons. Before the siege of the city, it has become the practice of the Blood Banner Army to come and say hello to a few Yama Divine Thunders.

So Gao Shun, who was the first to launch a siege war against Qianwei, was very pleased to see this new type of weapon, showing its violent power for the first time in the history of this plane.

The ladders, the chariots, and a small number of bows and arrows were all ready, and after a simple temptation, with a wave of Gao Shun's hand, ten Yama divine thunderbolts flew towards the relatively weakly defended section of the Qianwei city wall.

(End of chapter)