Chapter 90: Wait (Part 2)

Jiang Wei controlled the military power of Jiang Ge, and even if Dong Jue and Hu Ji tried to argue, it would be useless. Zhuge Xu at the other end of the Yinping Bridge still remained unmoved and did not know what Deng Ai was in the Sichuan. Seeing that the Shu army in Jiang Ge was still not moving, he couldn't help but worry about Deng Ai's safety.

Zhong Hui on Yangping's side was even more anxious than Zhuge Xu. After Deng Ai entered Shu, there was no news. The army's food and grass would be almost out of supply, and it would be withdrawn in more than ten days. If Deng Ai succeeded in Sichuan, he would retreat instead, wouldn't he laugh at the big teeth of the Shu people? So Zhong Hui sent people to destroy Zhuge Xu for several consecutive days.

Deng Ai marched to the city of Chengdu, and the soldiers on the city were clearly armored. The soldiers guarding the city had a strong face. You could tell at a glance that they were elite soldiers. The food and grass carried with them were not much, and the Shu army had no intention of sending troops disappointed Deng Ai and the Wei generals. The three-day military ration was consumed very quickly, and the supplies transported from Mianzhu could not last long. After all, there was a army of Shu general Zhang Wei who was eyeing him.

A letter of surrender shot to the top of the city, and was picked up by the soldiers guarding the city and sent to the main hall of the Shu Palace. Liu Chan ordered Sima Shengzhi to read it loudly in the hall, and all the civil and military officials frowned frequently when they heard it. Qiao Zhou's mind was beating and wanted to come out and say something. He looked at Liu Chan's expression and then looked at Fan Changsheng, who had just been appointed as the attendant by Liu Chanfeng, and Qiao Zhou endured it and did not move.

After being invited by Liu Chan into the study, Fan Changsheng made his position straight to the point. Tianshidao was moved by Liu Chan's actions for the country and the people in recent years and was willing to assist Liu Chan in defending Shu. Liu Chan was very happy when he heard this. Tianshidao has absorbed many people as religious people in the years since it was rooted in Sichuan. With such a civil force, both the people and the court will be much more stable.

Among the scholars of Tianshidao, there are all three geniuses, and most of them are ordinary poor people. These people are everywhere and are in every corner of society. If these people are included in Huleique, Liu Chan's intelligence network will be more detailed.

Fan Changsheng also agreed with this and put forward a deeper idea. Cao Cao, the Emperor Wu of Wei, changed the belief of the Yellow Turban Army and formed the Qingzhou soldiers who were absolutely loyal to Cao Cao. Now we can follow Cao Cao and use the Tianshi Tao to replace the Yellow Turban Army to form an army loyal to Liu Chan himself.

Of course, the team of this army is still the elite troops in Shu. The Zhongcheng sects attached to the Tianshidao, and Fan Changsheng's means of changing the beliefs of everyone, the army formed in such a way will be reassuring in terms of loyalty and combat effectiveness. After all, Liu Chan would not believe in Tianshidao and Fan Changsheng all at once, and Fan Changsheng also needs to use the power of the Shu Han court to continue to carry forward the Tianshidao.

The two sides hit it off, and Fan En, who was Hu Leique, was Fan Changsheng's clan brother. Seeing that His Majesty and his brother had a happy chat, His Majesty no longer insisted on sending troops. The big stone hanging in his heart finally fell. After leaving the palace, Liu Chan immediately appointed Fan Changsheng as the military advisor General and the position of serving as the chief officer.

Just after Liu Chan stopped his troops, good news came one after another. Yan Yu on the eastern front sent someone to send Pang Hong's strategy to the court for deliberation, and repeatedly asked Liu Chan not to send troops. Huo Yi's alien elite soldiers in the south also accelerated their journey. What made Liu Chan most happy was that Empress Zhang gave birth to a pair of dragon sons safely, and the ministers kept congratulating each other that this was a good omen! But Liu Chan was just happy that Empress Zhang and his son were safe.

Deng Ai's surrender is written with great literary talent and very realistic words. If Liu Chan was a foolish and cowardly monarch, he would probably really consider surrendering the city. However, the hatred of killing his son and the hatred of cutting off his arms was not so easy to eliminate. Although the three sons including Liu Yao, the king of Anding, were not biological, but the three sons served Liu Chan as their father, and Liu Chan also treated his son as their son. How could they not be father and son? Zhang Zun was a highly trusted general after Liu Chan traveled through time. He followed him loyally in times of distress. Now he died in battle, as if he had lost his arm. It is Liu Chan's original intention.

Liu Chan knew it, but the ministers did not have such determination. The 50,000 army disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the defenders in Chengdu could barely gather 10,000 people. Deng Ai had not many people, but the power came with people, which made people feel frightened and uneasy. When the Wei army was at the city, the head began to be beheaded in the city. No matter who the family of officials involved in the turmoil was involved, they would be killed!

There are extraordinary means at all times, and there is no need to carefully check and review. Anyone who is captured or reported is sent to Caishikou to beheaded immediately. This move makes the people in the city and the noble families even more afraid. If anyone implicates themselves without saying anything, it will be a huge disaster!

The only person who was not executed in the incident was Gao Guiren, who was pregnant. If Gao Guiren was executed, he would have a corpse and two lives, and his Majesty's dragon seed could not be treated hastily. In desperation, he had to send Gao Guiren into the cold palace and wait for him to give birth to a child. They are both Liu Chan's children, but their fate has been different since then, and even if they are born, they will not have any future.

Compared to Chengdu's stable as Mount Tai, Shouchun was in turmoil. Ding Feng divided his troops into three groups in the wild to attack the Wei army, killing more than 10,000 Wei soldiers in one battle. Wang Ji's army was weak and dared not fight hard, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to Shouchun to defend. The 100,000 Wu troops arrived at the city one after another and began the siege!

The Wu army bravely attacked the city and spread the military situation in Xiangyang. This shocked Wang Ji and others who were still unaware of it. Wang Chang and Wang Ji were the major officials who were Sima Zhao's help. They were ranked among the top in terms of military literacy and experience in Wei Ting today.

If Xiangyang is truly destroyed as the Wu people said, the troops from Yuzhou and Yanzhou must have been transferred to Xinye to reinforce and defend Wanluoyang and other places. In Shouchun, only reinforcements from Qingzhou and Xuzhou will be left.

After obtaining Xiangyang, the people of Wu had important strongholds to go north. They could attack and retreat or defend, and were supplemented by the Jiangdong navy, the most powerful Jiangdong navy in the world, and the threat to Cao Wei was hidden above Shu Han. Shi Ji and Lu Kang met in Xiangyang City and laughed happily.

The Lu Kang's army seemed to have come from Xiakou to Shouchun to support, but it was just a cover. Lu Kang had already brought 12,000 Wu soldiers on sails and waves to Xiangyang to support. Shouchun has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times, and all 100,000 soldiers were still insufficient. The northern states were extremely convenient to support, and the material transportation was also quite smooth. Jiangdong had to keep soldiers and generals to seize Shouchun, but was frequently attacked by the Wei army, which had convenient contacts.

In contrast, the strategic benefits obtained by capturing Xiangyang are far higher than those obtained in Shouchun. The Wu people were jealous of Qingxu, but they also understood that thinking about the two states is not something that can be accomplished in a short time. As a threat to the army of Xiangyang, Sima Zhao of Xuchang would not do his best to support Shouchun. In this way, Ding Feng of Shouchun was fighting or retreating, and had many strategic choices and was very calm.

What we are looking at now is how Sima Zhao responds. If the army on the western front of Wei still does not retreat, the Wu people can continue to attack cities and plunder. Suppose Sima Zhao decides to withdraw Zhong Hui's troops in Sichuan, the Wu army will consider the arrangement of fortifications to deal with the counterattack of the Wei army.

The military situation is urgent, and it takes only three or five days to make a decision. Just wait for three or five people, and the general trend of the world will be clear. How to move is all in Sima Zhao's decision. The fate of Shu and the rise of Wu depend on the Sima family's choice!

At this moment, except for Shouchun, there was still endless wars, and almost everyone was waiting for a signal. Whether it was a war or retreat, whether it was a plan to overthrow Shu or a painful attack on the invasion of Wu...

Everyone can wait for three or five days, even Zhong Hui, who was about to finish his food and grass, could calm down. Only one person could not wait, and Deng Ai couldn't sit still. As soon as the letter of surrender entered Chengdu, it was like a rock sinking into the sea, and Chengdu was as unrest as if it was an ancient well. Deng Ai looked at the head of Chengdu in the camp, and was anxiously thinking about how to break the deadlock, but no one could do anything to face such a giant city.

The connection between Mianzhu and Fucheng and Jiangyou was not smooth. After learning that Deng Ai's army entered Chengdu, the nearby counties and counties of Shu Kingdom organized many escorts to cut off the supply routes of the Wei army. The Shu army had two or three hundred people, and the few were only a few dozen people. Often, if they explored the movements of the Wei army, they would ambush on the road. If the situation was favorable, they would go forward and fight and set fire. When they were at a disadvantage, they would run into the mountains.

The Wei army was not familiar with geography and its military strength was weak, so they could only protect the food, grass and supplies to continue transporting. After a trip, they were damaged and greatly delayed the time for supply to arrive at the front line. This was the way from Jiangyou to Fucheng, and it was even more difficult from Fucheng to Mianzhu.

Although Zhang Wei, the prefect of Guanghan, had several battles with the Wei army, he still had more than a thousand troops in his hand. Deng Ai sent general Shi Zhuan to take 1,500 people out of Mianzhu to camp fifteen miles away to confront Zhang Wei's Shu soldiers. Shi Zhuan could not catch the Shu army and Zhang Wei could not avoid the Wei army's sneak attack on Mianzhu.

After the Wei army's transportation team entered the Mianzhu area, they passed by after Shizan's camp. The Shu soldiers who followed along the way also knew the situation of Shizan's horses, and the brave ones were still stubborn. Shizan ordered troops to fight, and Zhang Wei on the other side came to attack the camp. In the tug-of-war, the Wei army was almost tortured and exhausted. More and more Shu soldiers came to reinforce, and the Wei generals who were left behind were becoming heavier and heavier. If this continues, the way home will probably not be saved!

Sure enough, Jiangyou was quickly recaptured by the Shu army. Two old ministers Hu Ji and Dong Jue took the 5,000 troops from Jiang Wei to the two, and attacked Jiangyou City by surprise. The generals of the Wei army who were responsible for guarding Jiangyou City led the Wei army to fight to the death, but most of the people in the city were sent to protect the transportation team, and they were all annihilated by Shu soldiers. The Jiangyou Prefect Ma Miao family, who had surrendered to the Wei army before, were executed to serve as a warning!

The fall of Jiangyou was equivalent to cutting off the Wei army's return. When the news came to Fucheng, the Wei army was in an uproar. Dong Jue led two thousand Shu troops to stay in Jiangyou and blocked the nearby mountain roads. Hu Ji brought more than two thousand people to gather the scattered soldiers from the surrounding counties and counties, and a total of three thousand people rushed to Fucheng.
Chapter completed!