Chapter 65 Breaking the boat
"You two can't win him together?" Back in the military camp, Ji Ling and Guan Hai reported the battle situation to Ye Zhao. When they learned that neither Ji Ling and Guan Hai could defeat A Qinggu, Ye Zhao looked at the two in surprise.
If these two people join forces, Dian Wei will not be able to stop him without more than a hundred hes?
Guan Hai and Ji Ling looked at each other, smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, we are a little famous now. This is more and less, and it would be a joke if it spreads out."
"What's this?" Ye Zhao looked solemn and looked at the two of them seriously and said, "We are soldiers, and the purpose of victory in the war is ours. As a general, you must not have such thoughts. Everything is based on victory."
Guan Hai, Ji Ling's muscles twitched, trying to refute, but there was nothing to say. Is it not only for the marching and fighting to win?
"But even if you fight alone, then the leader of A Qingqiang can fight with you and win one after another, but he still has some courage." Ye Zhao said.
If a general of this level has the chance, he will really be reluctant to kill him. He looked at the two and said, "How do you think of this person?"
"It's a man." Guan Hai smiled and said, "You will be convinced when you say something, you are a little arrogant..."
Thinking of A Qinggu comparing him and Ji Ling to the most powerful Han people, Guan Hai was a little ridiculous. If he had said this ten years ago, he would have been a bit conceited. At that time, Guan Hai followed Ye Zhao to fight the frontier, east of Danhan Mountain, and there was no general with ten rounds.
But later, after following Ye Zhao to the Central Plains, Dian Wei appeared first and beat him up to no aura. Later, when he was in Nanyang, he met the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's courage, Guan Hai believed he was defeated, and Huang Zhong from Nanyang. Not only was he amazing archery skills, but his sword skills were extremely skillful. Even after his peak period, it was hard to resist with his sword skills.
In Luoyang, I first met Hua Xiong. In terms of martial arts, Hua Xiong was not inferior to Guan Hai. As for Lu Bu who appeared later, he was even more in line with the power of Dian Wei, Guan Hai and Ye Zhao, and he could only draw against him, and suppressing him was a bit reluctant.
There are also Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, who were recruited by Ye Zhao from Lu Bu's command, who were recruited by Ye Zhao. If this great man is known now, there are so many powerful people. Guan Hai thought to himself, not to mention the number one in the world, he might not have nothing to do with the top ten.
"Ji Ling, please tell me." Ye Zhao looked at Ji Ling helplessly. At this moment, he was obviously not asking the other party's character.
"Here." Ji Ling thought for a while and said, "Then Ah Qinggu was indeed as Guan Hai said, and it seemed that Liu Yan was kind to him. Liu Yan was there, so he was afraid that he would not be able to surrender this person."
Ye Zhao nodded. Since he could not surrender, he would not recruit him. If he had a strong general, Ye Zhao would not lack his subordinates, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Guan Hai, Ji Ling, and Hua Xiong who could surrender in a short time, if he was just brave, Ye Zhao would really have no shortage of people now.
If it were not necessary, Ye Zhao would not have wasted too much energy for a barbarian warrior.
"Now Luo County is the last barrier for Liu Yan. Calculate the time, it is almost time to reach Chengdu/Duo. There is no need to fight Luo County. You should break the city as soon as possible!" Ye Zhao looked at the generals under his command and said, "Tomorrow, Guan Hai will lead the air force to carry a large number of stones to the airdrop of Luo County. If you rise higher, don't be shot down by the Shu army with a giant crossbow."
"Here!" Guan Hai stood up and agreed with a sigh.
"Ji Ling, you lead the army to attack." Ye Zhao looked at Ji Ling and said, "The battle in Luo County has involved a lot of time. Now Liu Yan has no soldiers to send. There is no need for us to continue to entangle with Pang Xi in Luo County. A Pang Xi can stop our army for these days, so it is enough to be proud."
"Don't worry, lord!" Ji Ling intervened to Ye Zhao: "If you can't break the city, I will come to see you."
"After the city is broken, you don't have to pay attention to the war in the city. Lead our troops and hurry to Chengdu to support it!" Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.
"The last general will take the order!" Ji Ling bowed and said.
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Jianwei County, Wuyang, and the prefect's office.
Ren Qi hurriedly ran in, looked at Zhao Wei with excitement and said, "Brother Junnian, great things have been accomplished!"
"Oh?" Zhao Wei stood up after hearing this: "But Liu Yan sent troops?"
"Yes, Qingqiang's spirits and strong spirits followed A Qinggu to Luo County. This was the time when the Cheng/du was empty!" Ren Qi nodded fiercely and said.
"Since that's the case, I should be able to wait for Chengdu. I will immediately order all the troops and send troops to Chengdu/du." Zhao Wei's eyes lit up and he quickly ordered Ren Qi to send all the troops. During these days, the two had secretly contacted many wealthy families in Shu, and their subordinates had gathered a group of troops and could go to war at any time.
"It should be like this!" Ren Qi nodded and immediately ordered the three armies to gather. Ren Qi's county soldiers and the troops sent by the major Shu tribes, a total of 30,000 troops were heading towards Chengdu under Ren Qi's command.
It was a smooth journey between Jianwei and Chengdu. The 30,000 troops rushed day and night, and arrived at Cheng/du in just three days.
Liu Yan had already received information and had been continuously recruiting people from the capital for three days. When the army arrived, all three thousand soldiers and horses in Chengdu and the eight thousand militias temporarily recruited by Liu Yan were sent to the city wall to defend.
"Zhao Wei, I treat you well, why do you betray me?" On the city tower, Liu Yan brought Chengdu and a group of civil and military officials to the city wall. When he saw Zhao Wei's figure in front of the two armies, Liu Yan couldn't help but shouted angrily.
"The emperor's uncle treats me well, but he is a Shu native. After the emperor's uncle entered Shu, he did not think about making up the hearts of the Shu people with kindness, benevolence and righteousness, but instead appointed the scholars in Dongzhou to persecute the geniuses in Shu. Have you ever thought about the feelings of the Shu people?" Zhao Wei looked at Liu Yan coldly.
If it weren't for Ye Zhao's affairs, Zhao Wei would not have betrayed Liu Yan. After years of feelings and Liu Yan had already mastered the general trend, Zhao Wei would not have betrayed Liu Yan even if he was dissatisfied.
But as Ye Zhao entered Shu, Zhao Wei chose to surrender, which was equivalent to betraying Liu Yan. The shackles in his heart were broken, and Ye Zhao's step-by-step pressing also broke the general trend in Shu that Liu Yan originally controlled. Now Liu Yan's forces are all going to deal with Ye Zhao, making Cheng/du empty. At this time, Zhao Wei naturally could not be entangled in the previous relationship.
Liu Yan looked at Zhao Wei angrily. Ye Zhao entered Shu and broke through three passes in a row. In addition, Mianzhu was broken, the scholars in Shu would do this. Liu Yan had expected it, but he never expected that the first person to raise the flag to rebel against him was Zhao Wei.
"If the emperor is willing to surrender, we are still willing to regard the emperor as the lord of Yizhou!" Zhao Wei looked at Liu Yan and said loudly: "As long as the emperor is willing to open the city and let us wait!"
"Discene!" Liu Yan snorted coldly. He didn't know what Zhao Wei was planning. After the city was broken, he was still the lord of Yizhou. However, he left a message to the military and political affairs of Yizhou. At best, he was just like the emperor today, and he was just a puppet. In the future, someone attacked Shu, or the Shu army wanted to break out of Shu. Liu Yan was a very useful banner. But what is the purpose of such a lord of Yizhou?
"Since that's the case, don't blame me for not talking about the past!" Zhao Wei snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Ren Qi beside him.
"Attack!" Ren Qi nodded, looked in the direction of Chengdu, and directly issued an order to attack.
"Woooooooooooo~" The passionate horn accompanied by the rumbling drums, the Jianwei army began to carry the ladder to attack Chengdu.
Liu Yan snorted coldly, and generals at all levels who were still by his side quickly commanded the militia to defend against the enemy.
Now he can mobilize only these things at hand. Although his combat power is not high, he can still support one or two if he defends the city. I just hope that Luo County can end the battle as soon as possible and return to the army to support it.
On the other hand, Zhang Liao led the 5,000 elite soldiers given by Ye Zhao and arrived near Chengdu in the afternoon of the same day. He was still thirty miles away from the city, and then he received a message from his subordinate scouts.
"General, Cheng/du is being attacked by a group of people. It seems that the siege is also a Shu army!" A probe came to Zhang Liao and bowed.
"Let's explore again!" Zhang Liao was not surprised when he heard this. When Ye Zhao's orders when he went to war, he had already guessed that it was very likely that there was more than one enemy on this trip. Now it seems that it confirmed his guess.
The explorer agreed and the Pegasus left. Zhang Liao looked at the deputy general beside him and said, "How many days is the cost of food and grass in the army?"
"Go back to the general, we don't carry much food and grass on this trip. We have been carrying food and grass for five days. Now we have spent three days bypassing Luo County. The remaining food and grass in the army may only last for two more days. If the soldiers are allowed to save money, they may have to hold on for another one more day." The deputy general said hurriedly.
"When the war is about to go to war, how can we let the soldiers go to battle on an empty stomach? I will pass on my order and order the soldiers to have a full meal. Tomorrow morning, discard the remaining food and attack Chengdu with all their strength. If we cannot go down, we will starve to death outside the Chengdu capital!" Zhang Liao shouted sternly.
This was the first battle to truly lead the army after Zhang Liao surrendered to Ye Zhao. In fact, he was not the only one under Ye Zhao's command at that time. There were many senior generals, but Ye Zhao sent this task to Zhang Liao. First, Ye Zhao valued Zhang Liao's ability, and secondly, Ye Zhao hoped that Zhang Liao could establish enough merits to facilitate future reuse.
Zhang Liao was able to understand Ye Zhao's thoughts. This kind of gratitude for knowing one's favor also made Zhang Liao, who was not valued under Ding Yuan and Lu Bu's previous command, feel grateful. So he was ready to fight with the might of fighting with the might of burning the boats. If he didn't defeat Cheng/du, he would thank him for his death!
"Here!" The deputy general wanted to dissuade him, but at this moment, Zhang Liao's body exuded an unquestionable majesty. He couldn't say anything when he said that, so he had to bow and go to prepare.
Zhang Liao looked at the direction of Chengdu in the distance. This was his first battle since entering the Central Plains and encountered such a good opportunity. This Chengdu will be his first stop to make achievements. After this battle, he will be like Lu Bu and become famous all over the world.
Chapter completed!