Chapter 303: Qin Army Enters Sichuan

On February 10, outside Baishui Pass, Qin general Wang Feng led an army of 100,000 to arrive here. Meng Chengting, the second prince of Shu, and Lei Yong, the commander of Baishui Pass of Shu, opened the city to welcome the Qin army into the pass.

"General Wang, this is His Highness, the Second Prince of Shu Kingdom, the Second Prince, this is Wang Feng, my famous general of Qin, General Wang, this is General Geng Yue, this is General Ma Sheng!" At Baishui Pass, Gongsun Yuan introduced to Wang Feng and others and Meng Chengting.

"The Second Prince, I have long admired my reputation!" Wang Feng first walked forward and greeted Meng Chengting. Although the Qin army has entered the pass, there are still many places that need to be used by Meng Chengting on the way to Chengdu. Therefore, it is not the time to unload the donkey, so there must be respect that should be.

Faced with Wang Feng's enthusiasm, Meng Chengting replied expressionlessly: "General Wang, don't be polite. You and I have nothing to do with each other, just take what we need." Cooperating with the Qin army was already a betrayal of Shu Kingdom, and you still expect Meng Chengting to be more enthusiastic about Wang Feng.

Although he felt like he was pressing his hot face against his cold butt, Wang Feng didn't care, because the Qin army entered Shu this time not to compete for a throne for Meng Chengting, but to destroy Shu. In Wang Feng's eyes, Meng Chengting was no different from the dead, so Wang Feng wouldn't care about Meng Chengting's attitude at all.

With the help of Meng Chengting and Lei Yong, 100,000 Qin troops entered Baishui Pass in a mighty way, and the Shu army in Baishui Pass was also confused. They didn't understand why Meng Chengting and Lei Yong would open the city gate without resistance. However, these soldiers joined the army to fight just to support their families. Now the main generals did not resist, so they gave up on resisting.

Baishui Pass originally had 20,000 Shu troops, but now under the leadership of Lei Yong, they have all been under Meng Chengting's command and become Meng Chengting's team.

After entering Baishui Pass, Wang Feng immediately discussed with Meng Chengting the next plan to send troops without delay. Shu was rugged, dangerous, and there were many dangerous passes. After Baishui Pass, there was a Jiameng Pass that was more steep than Baishui Pass. Only by passing Jiameng Pass can you truly enter the Shuzhong Basin, which is where the Qin army truly displayed its strength.

Now all the Shu army in Baishui Pass has been incorporated by Meng Chengting. In other words, no one will inform Jiameng Pass of the news that the Qin army entered Baishui Pass. Because there is Baishui Pass in front of Jiameng Pass, there are only a thousand troops garrisons in Jiameng Pass.

The soldiers are very fast. In order to capture Jiameng Pass before the Shu army reacted, Wang Feng sent General Geng Yue to lead 20,000 troops to quickly move south and head straight to Jiameng Pass.

On February 15, 20th year of Qianyuan, Geng Yue led 20,000 Qin troops to Jiameng Pass. The generals of Jiameng Pass were shocked. When they saw the number of Qin troops, the generals knew that Jiameng Pass could not be defended, so they hurriedly sent people to Chengdu to report the news.

The Qin army took only one day to capture Jiameng Pass, and the speed was amazing. Although the Shu army was far inferior to the Qin army, the bigger reason was that the sudden appearance of the Qin army made the Shu army confused and could not raise morale at all.

On February 18, the main force of the Qin army arrived at Jiameng Pass. Now the only one who could stop the Qin army was left was Jiange Mountain. After passing Jiange Mountain, you could directly take Zitong City. After taking Zitong City, the only obstacle between the Qin army and Chengdu was left with Mianzhu Pass.

At the same time, the urgent news from Jiameng Pass had reached Chengdu, but the King of Shu was already ill at this time and could pass away at any time. Therefore, the person in charge was Meng Chengyou, the Crown Prince of Shu.

Meng Chengyou had an average ability. When facing the sudden Qin army, he was panicked and anxious, and could not come up with any advice. Especially when he knew that it was his younger brother Meng Chengting who let the Qin army pass Baishui Pass and helped the Qin army take down Jiameng Pass, Meng Chengyou looked as if dead.

Although Meng Chengyou has gained the upper hand in the battle with Meng Chengting over the years, Meng Chengyou is very clear that without the favoritism of the King of Shu, he would never be able to beat Meng Chengting with his ability. Meng Chengting has been in charge of most of Shu's troops for many years and is well aware of Shu's military defense. Now he has turned to the Qin army, which means that the defense of Shu's army in every place has been understood by the Qin army, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Shu.

"You guys, now the Qin army has captured Jiameng Pass, what should we do?" Meng Chengyou was in a mess and had to ask for advice from the ministers. However, most of the capable ministers of Shu Kingdom supported Meng Chengting. In order to ensure Meng Chengyou's position as crown prince, the King of Shu killed and demoted Meng Chengting's supporters, resulting in no one available in Shu Kingdom now.

"Crown Prince!" At this time, Shu General Jiang Huang came out and said: "Now the Qin army has taken Jiameng Pass, and the next step must be to pass Jiange Mountain. However, Jiange Mountain is close to Jiameng Pass and far from Chengdu. It is too late to send troops to garrison Jiange Mountain. Only now can we add troops to Zitong and Fucheng. As long as we defend Zitong and Fucheng, the Qin army will not be able to capture Chengdu."

The Chengdu Plain is surrounded by mountains. As long as you guard the city, the Qin army will not be able to fight in. But the question is, can the Shu army defend it?

The Shu Kingdom had 80,000 troops in total, divided into four units, one guarded Jianwei and guarded the southern country, one guarded Chengdu, one guarded Baishui Pass, and the other guarded Yufucheng, Bajun. Now the troops at Baishui Pass have been incorporated by Meng Chengting, and the troops at Yufucheng in Yufucheng could not return to Chengdu for a while, so Meng Chengyou could only find 20,000 troops to send Chengdu, and under the command of general Jiang Huang, he went to Zitong to block the Qin army. At the same time, he sent people to summon Jianwei, and Yufucheng's troops to return to Chengdu quickly.

"The prince is the army of the Qin army, and now Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass have been lost. The Qin army can continuously enter Shu. It is difficult to win with our own troops alone!" Wu Qin, the Situan of Shu, came out and said.

The reason why the Qin army only sent out 100,000 troops at the beginning was that Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass were steep and could not provide hundreds of thousands of troops to set up their formation. However, now the Qin army has taken down Baishui Pass and Jiameng Pass and opened up the road to the Chengdu Plain. The Qin army can continuously enter the Shu army in Guanzhong. With the tens of thousands of troops in Shu Kingdom, it is impossible to stop it.

"Then I wonder what Wu Situ has to do?" Although Meng Chengyou was ignorant, he was still a little self-aware. The reason why Shu Kingdom was able to survive in such a chaotic world for two hundred years was because of the dangers of mountains and rivers. If the Shu army and the Qin army were to fight, they would definitely be defeated.

Wu Qin said: "Crown Prince, the Qin army is now powerful, and it is difficult to fight with our army's strength alone. Therefore, I think we should ask for help from other countries." Shu has a dangerous mountain and river, which makes the Shu people live a very comfortable life. Shu has a population of 2 million. If it is like Deng Zhao Qin, then Shu can have 200,000 soldiers and horses, but Shu only has 80,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to show the comfort of Shu people. Moreover, among these 80,000 people, except for the soldiers stationed in the south and the original Baishui Pass, most of the rest are relatively useless. It is simply whimsical to use such an army to fight with the Qin army who has experienced many battles.

"Seeking for help? Ask for help from which country?" Meng Chengyou asked.

Wu Qin said: "Crown Prince, I think the first choice for the Deng Kingdom is to seek help. Deng Kingdom now occupies most of the south and is strong. Moreover, the Deng army has almost won every battle in recent years. If Deng Kingdom can be sent troops, the Qin army will retreat!"

"But Wu Situ, although Deng State is strong, it will not fight against Qin State for no reason for our Great Shu." Meng Chengyou asked, Deng State is strong, but why should people fight against the powerful Qin State for your Shu State?

"Don't worry, the three kingdoms of Deng, Zhao and Qin have now become a battle for hegemony. Qin is a powerful country in Guanzhong and Xiliang. If he gets Shu, he will definitely strengthen Qin. I believe this will not be what Deng State wants to see. Therefore, even for the overall situation of Deng State, Deng State will send troops." Wu Qin smiled and said, "Now Deng State is three-legged in a three-legged state. Whether it is Deng State or Zhao State, they will not watch Qin State annex Shu State. The reason why they ask Deng State for help instead of the stronger Zhao State is because Jinyang is too far away from Chengdu. If they ask for help from Zhao State, they may have captured Chengdu before they arrive in Jinyang. So now the only capable of saving Shu State is Deng State.
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