Chapter 321: The Panicked Kingdom of Shu

The sudden attack of the Deng army made Shu very panicked. After seeing the combat power of the Qin army, Shu could not raise the intention of fighting with the Deng army at all.

After receiving the news of the loss of Deyang, Shu Kingdom had sent people north to Jiameng Pass to recall Jiang Huang and his troops, but the letter of help had not yet left Chengdu, Guanghan and Xi County, and the news of the loss of the loss of Jiang Chengyou.

It is less than three days away from Chengdu in Xi County. If Deng's army marched urgently, it would be possible to arrive within two days. It would take as soon as five days to return to Chengdu, so Jiang Huang had no time to rescue Chengdu.

In Chengdu, Shu Palace and Houde Hall, Shu King Meng Chengyou was summoning all the ministers to discuss matters. Although Shu kings and ministers had been wary of Deng's army for a long time, they were still deceived by Chang Yuchun.

"Your Highness, Deng's army is less than three days away from Chengdu. General Jiang's reinforcements will arrive at as early as five days. There are less than three thousand defenders in Chengdu. What should we do?" Meng Chengyou asked the ministers in a panic look on his face.

Hearing Meng Chengyou's words, the ministers whispered, but no one gave Meng Chengyou a good suggestion. Seeing this scene, Meng Chengyou became even more anxious and called out directly: "Wu Situ, you strongly advocated asking Deng's army to enter Shu, but now Deng's army has counterattacked, what should you do with Da Shu?"

Although Meng Chengyou looked at Wu Qin on the surface, his tone obviously had some intention of asking for guilt. When the Qin army went south, Wu Qin strongly advocated asking Deng's army to enter Shu to help the war. Now something happened, Wu Qin, the scapegoat, could not escape.

Wu Qin also knew that he was probably doomed, but he did not regret it. After all, it was because of his opinion that Shu Kingdom could last until now, and Meng Chengyou could sit on the throne of King Shu as he wished. He just didn't expect that Deng Kingdom, as a great country, could do something to turn against the enemy.

"King, there are only two ways now. One is to carry tens of thousands of Deng's army with the strength of 3,000 defenders, but this is undoubtedly to hit the stone with eggs. The second is that the whole army goes north to join General Jiang Huang, but the Deng army will arrive in three days, so the king must leave Chengdu within two days. This is too hasty, and I am afraid that many people will not be able to take away." Wu Qin suddenly said two ideas, but each idea has its own flaws. In fact, Wu Qin has another idea that he did not say it, that is, to make Meng Chengyou surrender, but Wu Qin will not say it at this time, because once he says it, it is easy for people to doubt whether he colluded with Deng's army.

It is certainly impossible to bear it, but if you leave, Shu Kingdom's savings for many years will fall into the hands of Deng's army, and Meng Chengyou is reluctant to let it go, but at this time, Meng Chengyou has no other way, so he said: "If you pass the order, all the royal court officials and their families will pack their luggage immediately and leave Chengdu in two days!"

After saying such words, Meng Chengyou collapsed on the throne. To be honest, he didn't want to leave. Chengdu is the most prosperous place in Shu Kingdom. Meng Chengyou enjoyed wealth and glory all his life. He really couldn't imagine how sad his life would be after leaving Chengdu. At the same time, he didn't know whether he could return to Chengdu in his lifetime.

"Here!" everyone responded, but the atmosphere was not very high. It was obvious that Meng Chengyou's decision did not satisfy them. In fact, what they wanted most was that Meng Chengyou could surrender directly, because the entire Shu Kingdom court could not see the hope of victory.

With Meng Chengyou's order, the whole of Chengdu was in chaos, especially when the Chengdu people saw a group of nobles and officials were transferring their property, so many people began to flee Chengdu.

In the Deng army camp, Chang Yuchun led a large army to arrive here. Since capturing Deyang, the Deng army's advancement has been very fast and it took only five days to attack Xi County.

"General, the entire army is ready now. If we set off at this moment, our army will definitely arrive in Chengdu within three days." Fa Zheng said to Chang Yuchun with joy. This time he entered Shu, Fa Zheng could be said to have completely become the leader of Deng's army and surpassed Zhu Sheng. I believe that after returning to Wancheng, he would go further in the ranking of the Military Affairs Office.

"Three days? Too long!" Chang Yuchun arrived in Chengdu within three days. At this time, Chang Yuchun was not satisfied. He shook his head and said, "Now Chengdu has probably received news that Deyang, Guanghan and Xixian County have fallen. It is understood that Chengdu now has less than 3,000 troops garrisoned in Chengdu, so if the Shu army wants to defend Chengdu to the death, it will be a dead end. Therefore, I estimate that the King of Shu may evacuate from Chengdu and go north to meet with Jiang Huang, trying to continue to deal with our army."

"What do you think?" Fa Zheng saw that Chang Yuchun was not very satisfied with the arrival of Dacheng within three days, so he asked him what he thought.

"The King of Shu is still in Chengdu one day, and Jiang Huang must come to rescue him. Then the general has a way to deal with the Shu army, so the King of Shu must not let the King of Shu leave Chengdu, so it will take two days to arrive in Chengdu!" Chang Yuchun thought for a while.

"However, General, it is already very limitless within three days. If we want to arrive in Chengdu within two days, our army's physical energy consumption will be very large, and the combat power will not be guaranteed at that time." Fa Zheng was a little embarrassed. It is true that it can be achieved by marching in a hurry within two days, but after arriving in Chengdu, it is impossible to guarantee that Deng's army can still exert a lot of combat power.

"It's okay!" Chang Yuchun shook his head and said, "Chengdu's Shu army is far inferior to our army in terms of military strength and combat strength. Jiang Huang's troops are far away in Jiameng Pass, and it takes four to five days to arrive in Chengdu at the earliest. Therefore, even if our army marched to Chengdu urgently, it was a little tired, and the Shu army would not dare to go out of the city to fight our army. When Jiang Huang arrived, our army had already recovered. Besides, the general had never said that he would break through Chengdu before Jiang Huang came back."

"Why is this?" Fa Zheng asked in confusion. Since Chang Yuchun was going to march quickly, he should have thought of breaking Chengdu at the fastest speed. Why do you now say that you don't plan to break Chengdu and have to wait for Jiang Huang to come back? What are you trying to do?

In the past, Chang Yuchun was prone to impulsiveness. Even though he was very good at commanding troops and fighting, he was always straightforward. So when Fa Zheng heard that Chang Yuchun was going to march to Chengdu and blocked Shu King Meng Chengyou from escaping Chengdu, Fa Zheng's first reaction was that Chang Yuchun wanted to conquer Chengdu before Jiang Huang came back or Meng Chengyou left Chengdu and destroy Shu Kingdom. But now Chang Yuchun said he didn't plan to conquer Chengdu? What is this operation?

Seeing Fa Zheng's doubts, Chang Yuchun laughed and said, "Although the Shu army is weak, the fighting will is very strong, and the Bashu people are very xenophobic. It is impossible to conquer the hearts of the Bashu people by just taking over a Chengdu, so the will of the Shu people must be completely destroyed. Only in this way can we subdue the Bashu people as fast as possible!" Chang Yuchun never thought of these things before, but as he got older, Chang Yuchun thought more.

Bashu is similar to Jiangdong, and it is very repulsive to outsiders. As an outsider, it is not easy for Deng State to be accepted by the people of Bashu. Take Jiangdong for example. Even if the Jiangdong family took the lead in surrendering, Deng State had to rectify Jiangdong for several years. So before entering Chengdu, what Chang Yuchun had to do was to defeat the last hope of Shu State and the last 30,000 main forces of Shu Army in Jiang Huang's hands, and completely smash the beliefs in the hearts of Bashu people.

Fa Zheng carefully analyzed Chang Yuchun's words, and couldn't help but nodded repeatedly with a smile, looking at Chang Yuchun with a smile. He felt that Chang Yuchun was very different from Chang Yuchun he knew before. Although Chang Yuchun was good at fighting in the past, he often considered the present and now he knew how to take into account the overall situation.

Of course, Chang Yuchun could not have marched with 70,000 people all the way, which is unrealistic, so it is definitely necessary to send vanguard troops and horses to march quickly to block Meng Chengyou first. He led the main army to follow closely.
Chapter completed!