Chapter 80 Retreat (Part 2)

The Wei army could not resist the attacks of the Wei army, and the prospering Shu army was also captured. Shu general Sheng Xun and his only dozen remaining people burned the camp and refused to surrender to the Wei army.

Xun Kai didn't care about this. He heard that the front army suffered a great loss at Yangping Pass, and lost more than 10,000 troops. There were nearly 10,000 Shu troops beheaded by him, which not only boosted morale but also made great contributions. He broke the trend of the clan, and the entire army moved to Huangjin Village to prepare for a strong attack.

Liu Yin, the governor of the Shu Han Dynasty, is a veteran general and one of Jiang Wei's most trusted generals. Seeing the strongholds on the periphery being pulled out by the Wei army one by one, Liu Yin was furious and regretted that his troops were weak and difficult to attack. Gold was the last stronghold. Once the Jinzhai was thrown away from Han, Le and the two cities would be lonely.

The surrounding camps had not many troops, but the Wei army had to guard against them. One or two thousand people could not cause any losses. If the Shu army frequently harassed, it would be a problem. Therefore, Wei soldiers were besieged outside the strongholds. If these strongholds were besieged, the Wei army's troops to attack Han Le City would naturally become weak. Therefore, whether the Golden Village could defend it is related to the subsequent trend of the outer battle in Hanzhong.

Xun Kai was fighting here in full swing, and Liu Qin on the other side went to find Zhong Hui with a frown. He had never seen such a crossbow or catapult cart after fighting for more than ten years. If he continued to attack, no matter whether he could capture Yangping Pass or not, the damaged troops alone would be enough to make people feel distressed.

There is such equipment here in Yangping Pass. If every city has such crossbows and catapults, wouldn’t the more than 100,000 Wei troops be consumed in the siege?

Yangping Pass’s strong defense made Zhong Hui and Chen Tai frown, and the catapults brought by him were destroyed on the battlefield. It would be OK to re-made it, but the Shu army was still the ending in the end. Without the assistance of the catapults, the loss of simply using troops to attack the city was too great. Seven or eight thousand Wei troops attacked the city, and less than five hundred people came back alive. The lethality of the Shu army was chilling.

Under this situation, the generals were no different from siegeing the city. The morale of the army that was originally rising in this attack began to fall, and continued to attack and lose their morale. Zhong Hui showed with his wisdom that Chen Tai was also a general who was strategically enough to compete with Jiang Wei. In addition to the generals of the army present, a group of people sat in the tent and were helpless, and the big tent was silent for a moment.

"Tell all the troops to follow me to the front of the pass." After a while, Zhong Hui seemed to have made a decision.

The bodies under Yangping Pass were dragged away by the Wei army. If the corpses were not processed in this weather, it would be troublesome to have an epidemic. Although the two countries were in the war, they had acquiesced to deal with corpses after the war. Only smashed catapults and gravel were left on the ground, and the land under Yangping Pass had already turned blood red.

With Yi Kai's previous lessons, Wei *** could roughly estimate the effective distance of the Sichuan army's catapult car. Zhong Hui and his group looked at the desolation in front of them outside the projection range. Only the Shu Han flags on Yangping Pass were flying and fluttering, and the soldiers guarding the city were full of morale, standing on the city tower to patrol.

"Take it to me!" Zhong Hui turned his head and said.

The prefect of Wei Xing, Liu Qin, handed it to Zhong Hui with the picked-up crossbow arrow. This crossbow arrow is smaller than the conventional crossbow arrow and is no different from the crossbow arrow of Zhuge crossbow. It is certain that the crossbow used by the other party to defend the city is the Zhuge crossbow. I think it was transformed by Ma Jun. I heard that Ma Jun once made a model, but now the Sichuan people have taken the initiative to use it. I had known that Ma Jun's invention was so sharp, why would he have the tragic sign of today?

The more than 100,000 Wei troops faced a Yangping Pass, but they were unable to advance or retreat. There was a way to capture Yangping Pass, but the casualties were too great. Whether it was a catapult cart or a Zhuge crossbow, the crossbow arrows and stones were limited. It took Ma Jun only more than half a year to enter Shu, and it was impossible for all Shu soldiers to be equipped with these two killing weapons.

Xun Kai had never encountered these two killing weapons when he besieged Hanle City and Huangjin, Xingshi and other strongholds. It can be seen that the reserves of crossbow arrows and stones in Yangping Pass must be limited. The catapult cart throws dozens of stones at a time, and the crossbow shoots dozens of arrows in a row. Behind the lethality of people is the reserve of large amounts of stones and crossbow arrows, but how much is needed to be reserved for use under this consumption?

"Where is Liu Qin?" Zhong Hui shouted coldly.

Seeing that Zhong Hui's face was not good, Liu Qin did not dare to salute him immediately. He quickly turned over and got off the horse and knelt on one knee and said, "I will follow the general's orders!"

"I will give you 40,000 troops and break this pass within three days. After three days, this pass has not been broken, so I will come to see you." After saying that, Zhong Hui ignored Liu Qin's attitude and led the generals to turn back to the central army.

Wei Xing prefect Liu Qin knelt on the ground and watched Zhong Hui and others return to the camp. He opened his mouth wide as if something was stuck in his throat. The death order of breaking the barrier in three days is not a joke, and seven or eight thousand people died was just a wave of attacks. It was obvious that this was his life... Liu Qin couldn't speak, but his face turned red and angry.

The Shu army abandoned the city and encircled the Wei army. When they were about to win a great victory, they suddenly heard that Deng Ai's main force arrived. Jiang Wei felt a little nervous and dared not fight, so he ordered the troops to let go of the Wei soldiers in the encirclement and retreat to Jiange. Deng Ai was indeed not Yi and others. The speed of marching in the mountains was no different from his own army that was familiar with geography! Jiang Wei thought in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh that he had lost the great opportunity to severely defeat the Wei army.

As soon as the Shu soldiers retreated, Yang Xin, the prefect of Jincheng, was surrounded by the encirclement, secretly glad that he had saved his life. At the same time, why did the Shu soldiers suddenly retreat under the good situation? A brave general around him screamed: "It's General Anxi's troops!"

Yang Xin looked at it in a concentrated manner. A army from afar rolled up Lao Gao's smoke and dust and came over. It was the banner of General Anxi Deng Ai. "Tell me the orders, and I will fight with me! Hold the Shu soldiers for me!" Yang Xin reacted, raised his sword and took the Wei soldiers first and rushed to the retreating Shu soldiers.

The direction of Jiang Wei's retreat was Qiangchuankou. The flank of Qiangchuankou was Gansong Road where Deng Ai's main Wei army appeared, and behind it was Yang Xin's Jincheng Wei army. Although the Shu army had been living in the middle of the river for a long time and was familiar with the middle of the river, the roads in Qiangchuankou were slightly narrower and could not retreat into it all at once.

Staying behind was the goalkeeper Zhao Guang, who was held tightly by Yang Xin's Wei soldiers. Deng Ai's army arrived and broke up the connection between Zhao Guang and Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei jumped forward with his own soldiers and tried to rescue the cut off Shu soldiers.

Deng Ai laughed loudly, picked up a big sword and fought with Jiang Wei. Half of the 30,000 Wei troops brought were separated and half of them besieged the unlucky Shu army, and the other half followed Deng Ai to attack Jiang Wei's troops. When the generals of Shu saw General Wei fighting with the Wei army to the death, they all turned back to support. Deng Ai's side was also the generals of Wei and fought with General Shu.

Zhao Guang's troops had less than 3,000 Shu soldiers. Seeing that the surrounding Wei troops were constantly rushing like storms, Zhao Guang felt cold in his heart. He had been killed by the Wei army several times in conflict with Shu soldiers. After a short while, more than a thousand deployments had fallen. Yang Xin escaped from the danger and hated the Shu soldiers and led the Jincheng men to attack. However, Zhao Guang's spear skills were exquisite. After a moment of fighting, Yang Xin was no match for the opponent and retreated back to the formation, urging the troops to surround Zhao Guang.

After breaking through a bloody road, only less than a thousand people followed Zhao Guang closely. The lonely army was trapped in a desperate situation. Zhao Guang couldn't help but sighed to the sky: "Zhao Guang died here today, and he will not let down the country's kindness." After saying that, he led the remaining Shu soldiers to the Wei formation, and never returned.

Zhao Guang and his men died in battle. Deng Ai joined Yang Xin's troops and saw even more. Jiang Wei and others were extremely sad and angry. In desperation, they had to fight and retreat and retreat to the Yinping Bridgehead.

Zhuge Xu, the governor of Yongzhou of Wei, was ordered to attack Yinping Bridgetou, and Liao Hua, the general of Shu Han, was also ordered to defend Yu Yinping Bridgetou. Shu Han had been stationed in Fucheng for many years, and war was tight on the front line, so it was very convenient for Fucheng to support the Hanzhong area. Since Chen Yu and Huang Hao controlled the government, they deliberately transferred the troops stationed in Fucheng back to Chengdu in order to strengthen their control over the army.

Although Liao Hua had sufficient troops in Chengdu, the distance was much further than starting from Fucheng. By the time Liao Hua's army arrived, Zhuge Xu's Yongzhou army had already occupied the Yinping Bridge. Jiang Wei's army wanted to retreat to Jiange, and Yinping Bridge was the only way to go.

Liao Hua fought with Zhuge Xu for many times, and the two sides won and lost. Seeing that there was not much time, Liao Hua suddenly had a plan and spread rumors among the mountains and fields that Jiang Wei's army would return soon. Liao Hua's army no longer challenged the Wei army and acted as if he was to accumulate strength.

Zhuge Xu naturally distinguished the truth of this statement. But he was alone at Yinping Bridge. If Jiang Wei's army came from behind and Liao Hua's troops attacked in the past, wouldn't it be a turtle in the jar? After many concerns, Zhuge Xu, who was in the dangerous land of the enemy country, was finally shaken. The army withdrew from Yinping Bridge and retreated to the north of Yinping Bridge and remained motionless.

"Your Majesty, you have already summoned all the troops to gather in Chengdu. I wonder who can help?" Yang Xi and Fan Jian came to ask Liu Chan for instructions after handling the recruitment of the army and military supplies.

All the generals in the court were sent to the north and south, and the troops of the right general Yan Yu stayed in Fuling as a reserve service. The people who really went to support the front line were the troops from Shu County and the temporary recruitment of the young and strong army. After some search, the army had a population of 30,000, and the defenders left in Chengdu still had seven or eight thousand elite troops.

The surrendered governor Huo Yi and Guangluxun Zhuge Zhan also sent people to write letters in the south, requesting the Southern Army to transfer north to protect the country and resist the Wei army.

"I will personally command the army in this battle!" Liu Chan said decisively.

Both Yang Xi and Fan Jian were shocked when they heard this. His Majesty had never had any military experience since the founding of the country, and now he is going to be the emperor in person!?

"His Majesty……"

"I have decided my intentions early, so I don't have to say much. The Wei people invaded, and my Han soldiers were all throwing their heads and shedding their blood. Do you want me to sit here and enjoy it?" Liu Chan stood up and said. After a year of exercise, his obese body improved greatly and became slightly fat, but he looked even thicker.

"The old minister is willing to follow Your Majesty to go to war and serve the best of all the dogs and horses!" Yang Xi said.

"Duke Yang asked me to stand up, and I will leave Liu Yao, the King of Anding, to temporarily take over the position of crown prince. If I have any accidents, I will ask Duke Yang and Shangshu Fan to assist him in ascending the throne." Liu Chan helped Yang Xi up and said.

In June 258 AD, Emperor Liu Chan of Shu Han personally led the army and led more than 30,000 people to Fucheng to garrison as the backing of Jiang Wei's army. He stayed in the court, Yang Xi, Shangshu Ling Fan Jian, and Censor Qiao Zhou assisted the second son, King Anding Liu Yao, general in charge of the government affairs.
Chapter completed!