Chapter 520
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Liu Wei was killed in chaos. The news came out, causing Liu Wei's power to fall apart. General Yang Pei immediately surrendered to Mianzhu City, while Huang Quan escaped from the city in chaos and disappeared. At this time, the news that the Jingzhou army had completely wiped out the Yongqi army had reached Chengdu, and the situation suddenly became tense.
Liu Xun had no time to liquidate Liu Wei's power, nor did he have no time to enjoy the joy of victory. He ordered all the officials and generals who followed Liu Wei and concentrated their troops to deal with the invasion of Jingzhou Army.
In the prefecture's Yanei Hall, more than a dozen senior officials from Yizhou including Zhang Ren, Wu Yi, Yang Huai, Wang Lei, Dong He, Wu Lan, Fei Guan, Yin Song gathered together to discuss emergency response plans with Liu Xun.
"The key is that we have insufficient troops"
Zhang Ren said worriedly: "In addition to reinforcements and Yang Wei's surrendered troops, we only have more than 5,000 people in our hands. I heard that the Jingzhou army had more than 1,000 warships, which was at least 50,000 or 60,000. More importantly, the Jingzhou army attacked from the water, and our dangerous passes lost its function, and the situation was serious."
Everyone was silent in the lobby. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Liu Jing used various strategies to differentiate and weakened the power of Yizhou.
More importantly, the internal strife of brothers greatly damaged the prestige of the Liu Zhang family. From the silence of each county, we can see that the county and county are dissatisfied with the brothers' strife. It will take a long time to repair this kind of reputation damage, but now they have no time.
Liu Xun had no choice but to ask Wu Yi again: "General Wu, can the 20,000 troops in Hanzhong be withdrawn."
The 20,000 troops in Hanzhong are elite troops of Bashu. If they can be withdrawn, their troops will immediately increase to more than 50,000, and they can barely compete with the Jingzhou army. Everyone looked at Wu Yi together.
Wu Yi smiled bitterly and said, "If I can withdraw, I will bring it back together this time. Zhang Lu led thousands of troops to confront us at Dingjun Mountain. If I retreat in a hurry, there will be a danger of annihilation of the entire army. I dare not act rashly."
The lobby was silent again. In fact, even if we ask the Yizhou army in Hanzhong now, it will take at least twenty days to travel, and it is probably too late to go in time. After a moment of silence, Dong He said slowly: "Can we try it and gather the troops of each county in Chengdu, and the troops at the critical passes, it can probably gather 20,000 people."
"Do you think it's possible?"
Wang Lei sneered: "The Jingzhou army has already lit its sword in Ba County. Yong Kai's fierce 40,000 troops were killed by the Jingzhou army. They won the hearts of the Ba people. At least Badong, Brazil, Ba County and Jiangyang County have surrendered to Liu Jing. The remaining Hanjia, Jianwei, Guanghan, Dongguanghan, Zitong, and Wenchuan, can these six counties raise 20,000 people, and there are troops. Will these guards send their troops to fight against the Jingzhou army?"
"Maybe Wang Chanjun is right, but how can I know if I don't try it? At least we can control Jianwei County." Dong He insisted on his opinion.
At this time, Yang Huai glanced at Dong He and said coldly: "Actually, I think Dong Shou should be tactful and avoided. Dong Shouzhen shouldn't have appeared on this occasion."
"Yang Jun, what do you mean?" Dong He asked glared at Yang Huai.
Zhang Ren also snorted coldly and responded: "I think Yang Zongjun's statement makes sense. Dong Shouzhi was a high-ranking official in Jingzhou. When it comes to the decisive battle between Jingshu, Dong Shou should indeed avoid it. It is not that he suspects that Dong Shou has a disobedient heart, but that people know the common sense."
"alright"
Liu Xun interrupted Zhang Ren with some dissatisfaction, "We have enough internal strife. Now that the enemy is in front of us, everyone should put the overall situation first."
Since Liu Xun spoke, everyone stopped talking, and Dong He was silent. Liu Xun sighed and said, "No matter what, the Jingzhou army cannot be allowed to fight to Chengdu so smoothly. It is necessary to effectively block it. Who is willing to lead the troops south?"
"Who wants it"
Liu Xun asked twice in a row, but no one answered. At this time, Wu Yi said: "If you don't think you are humble and have low abilities, I am willing to lead your troops south."
Liu Xun was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I will give Mr. Wu 15,000 warships, and can go south along the Minjiang River and block the Jingzhou army in Jianwei County."
"There is a good minister"
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Everyone dispersed, and Liu Xun stood alone in front of the map in a daze. He heard that Liu Jing had a sand table map that marked the mountains, rivers, city passes, etc. clearly. As the lord of Yizhou, he did not have such a clearer map, which made him feel sad. Can he survive this level?
At this moment, a low voice came from behind him, "Actually, we are not desperate."
Liu Xun turned around and saw Fei Guan appear behind him. Fei Guan was about ten years old and was an important representative of the Fei family. He married Liu Xun's elder sister as his wife and served as the Minister of Yizhou. Fei and Liu families have close relationships, and Liu Zhang's mother was the Fei family.
The Fei family is known as the first family in Chengdu and has an important influence on the political situation of Yizhou. It not only owns a large amount of land and has a wealth of wealth, but also makes people talented. Fei Guan, Fei Jun and Fei Li both served as senior officials in Yizhou. Even Fei Guan’s nephew Fei Yi is also a famous young talent in Yizhou. He is known as the two heroes of Yizhou together with Dong Yun.
Fei Guan walked forward and said, "In fact, we still have something to go now. One is to resist. Chengdu has a population of more than 200,000 people, 500,000 stones of grain, and pile up silk and silk and money to accumulate in the treasury. There is no problem in mobilizing 50,000 or 60,000 young and strong men to participate in the city defense. If we guard the city for more than a month, maybe Cao Cao would take action against Jingzhou; the other is to abandon Shu and enter Beijing. Even if the Duke is unwilling to surrender to Liu Jing, he can still be granted a marquis and an official position after going to Yedu. There is no need to look at Liu Jing's expression."
"What's the matter?" Liu Xun asked again.
Fei Guan didn't say anything, but just smiled. Liu Xun immediately understood that the first one was to surrender. He sighed and said, "How can I give it to others easily by my father and grandfather? Do my best to resist it. If I really can't keep it, it's God's will."
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After defeating the Yinan Alliance Army, the Jingzhou Army won the support of the people of Badi. The officials of various counties expressed their willingness to surrender to Liu Jing. In just a few days, the Jingzhou Army easily collected four counties, Badong, Brazil, Ba County and Jiangyang.
Liu Jing appointed Yan Yan as the General of the Central Army, and appointed Zhang Yi, recommended by Yan Yan, as the governor of Ba County. He then ordered Liao Hua and Jiang Wan to lead 5,000 troops to accept Brazil County. He also ordered Huang Zhong to lead 10,000 troops as the vanguard. With Yan Yan's guidance, he first went to take Jianwei County. He led the main force of the navy in Jiangyang County to rest for a day.
The queen, the army continued to sail westward, and the vast fleet entered the Minjiang River from Nan'an County and sailed northward with the southeast wind.
Jianwei County is the richest county in Bashu. It is located in the central part of Bashu, adjacent to Shu County in the north and Bashu County in the south, including today's Ziyang, Jianyang, Leshan, Meishan, Yibin and other areas. The county is vast, with fertile land and a population of nearly 100,000 households. It is also the county with the largest population in Bashu. If Jianwei County is taken over, the entire Bashu will be out of reach.
Jianwei County has 7,000 troops stationed in Jianwei County, some of which are about 2,000 stationed at various passes in the form of county soldiers, while the remaining 5,000 heavy troops are stationed in Wuyang County, the capital of Jianwei County, led by generals Liu Xu and Ling Bao.
Just as the vanguard of Jingzhou Army Huang Zhong led his army north, Wu Yi also led 15,000 troops to Wuyang County, and the two sides were rushing to catch up with time.
Jianwei County is located in the transition zone between the western Sichuan mountainous areas and the central Sichuan plain. It is divided into two by the Minjiang River. There are mountains and hills to the west, while the east is mainly plains, and there are occasionally some low hills and hills.
The 10,000 vanguard troops led by Huang Zhong marched rapidly among the slow hills, with Yan Yan as the guide. As soon as he headed north, officials from all counties opened the city to surrender. Jingzhou was unstoppable and unstoppable.
On the one hand, although it was related to Yan Yan as the guide, the more important reason was that the Jingzhou army annihilated the Yongkai army to the north. Everyone knows that if the Yongkai army was not annihilated by the Jingzhou army in Ba County, then they would definitely encounter the most cruel killing and looting. It was out of a kind of gratitude that all counties in Jianwei County surrendered to the Jingzhou army.
In the evening of that day, the army arrived about ten miles south of Wuyang County. At this time, Yan Yan asked with a smile: "General Huang, we will rush to Wuyang County in one go, and we will camp here. We will go to Wuyang County after dawn tomorrow."
Perhaps because of the fact that they were almost the same as young, Huang Zhong and Yan Yanyi got along very well. Although Huang Zhong's military position was higher than Yan Yan's level, Huang Zhong still respected him very much and did not show off his boss's attack at all.
Huang Zhong thought for a while and asked, "Donald Yan thinks we have gone to Wuyang County, will Liu Xun and Ling Bao open the city to welcome him?"
Yan Yan shook his head, "They are not local generals, they are Zhang Ren's generals. The possibility of their surrender is unlikely. And I have a premonition that the army in Chengdu has arrived in Wuyang County."
"Since that's the case, you should be more secure and avoid ambushing."
Huang Zhong looked up at the sky, then looked at the surrounding terrain. It was located at a high terrain and had sufficient water sources, which was very suitable for camping. He ordered: "The army camped on the spot."
Under the arrangement of the marching Sima, the soldiers began to build simple tents. Huang Zhong sent Yu Tan to patrol the surroundings. He and Yan Yan discussed ways to seize Wuyang City in a simple tent.
"Wuyang City is backed by Pengshan. Facing the river, the city is tall and strong, and there is sufficient food and grass in the city. It is okay if you want to attack hard, but it is at least four times that of the defenders. And we only have 10,000 people. Even if we capture the city, it will pay a heavy price, not to mention that reinforcements will arrive, and it will be almost impossible to attack the city at that time."
Huang Zhong nodded. He was a very cautious person and would not do risky things. If this is the case, he would wait for the state host to come and talk about it.
At this time, a soldier said at the door of the tent: "Report to General Huang, report to General Yan, and Jiang Shou of Jianwei County has sent someone to come."
Huang Zhong and Yan Yan looked at each other, and Yan Yan immediately asked, "What's the name of the person coming?"
"It seems to be called Zhao Zhu"
Yan Yan smiled at Huang Zhong and said, "This person is Shuzuo, who is the Shuzuo of Shou Jiang Heng, and he is his confidant. I have seen him many times. A very capable person must have important news when he arrives."
Chapter completed!