The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 85
Within ten days, Jiameng Pass fell and Jiange Road was breached. Liu Yan, who got the news in Chengdu, immediately ordered martial law all day, closed the city gates, and vowed to use the high walls of Chengdu to resist Guo Jia's army.

In less than a month, Guo Jia raised his troops to attack Yizhou and won successive victories. In addition to relying on surprise attacks with lightning speed, the key to victory was counting out surprise schemes with the counselors.

Knowing that Liu Yan still had [-] defenders in Chengdu, Guo Jia rested in Mianzhu after entering Guanghan County, which was less than a day away from Chengdu.

The officials in the city had already fled when they heard that there was an attack by the bandit army. Guo Jia stayed at the county government office for the time being.

In the lobby of the government office, Guo Jia hosted a banquet to reward civil servants and generals, but only replaced wine with tea.

"Everyone, Chengdu is right in front of us. Looking back on this journey, without your hard work, Jia would not be where he is today. The battle is imminent. In order to prevent accidents due to wine, Jia would like to use green tea instead of wine. Thank you. Thanks to your sincere assistance.”

After all, Guo Jia did it first as a respect, and the Wu Dynasty raised his glass to Guo Jia in the next hall, and said in unison: "My lord, the words are serious."

After drinking the tea, everyone's faces were full of excitement, and the joy was obvious.

Xu Chu couldn't hide anything in his heart, so he put down his teacup and opened his mouth to ask for a fight.

"My lord, according to Wu Yi's generals, there are only [-] troops in Chengdu. My lord still has nearly [-] troops. Why don't you send me to attack Chengdu tomorrow?"

In the battle of flattening Jiange Road, Zhang Yan's troops suffered the heaviest losses, because the [-] soldiers mixed in the captives were all from his command, and now Zhang Yan only has [-] soldiers, Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, Xu He The total of the three men is only [-], Gao Shun, Xu Chu Dianwei, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

The 9 or [-] troops faced the [-] defenders in Chengdu, and they did gain the upper hand.

Guo Jia looked around the crowd with a smile on his face and said: "If Liu Yan goes out of the city to fight me outside the city, I have a [-]% chance of winning, but if Liu Yan can't hold on, my chance of winning is even higher, but the casualties may be incalculable .”

The counselors headed by Xi Zhicai naturally thought of this, and they also had a unified view on whether Liu Yan would leave the city for a decisive battle or not hold out.

Xu Shu, who had already lost his chivalrous demeanor, said loudly, "My lord, I expect Liu Yan will not fight. Hanzhong Yangping passes Dingjun Mountain, and Zitong Jiameng passes Jiange Road. Such natural dangers can't stop my lord." How dare Liu Yan go out of the city to fight against such an army? He will definitely not be able to hold on. The reason is very simple. Although the lord has captured the two counties of Zitong in Hanzhong, the land of these two counties is not enough to support the lord's army. Even if the autumn harvest is approaching As long as Liu Yan defends Chengdu, if the Lord cannot attack Chengdu in a short period of time, he will immediately lead his army to the west and capture the two counties of Yinping and Wenshan to obtain military supplies."

If Chengdu cannot be captured, Guo Jia will naturally turn around and wipe out the counties north of Chengdu. If that is the case, Liu Yan will be given a chance to breathe. Liu Yan will definitely recruit new soldiers, and his strength will be stronger than before.

Hearing Xu Shu say that Liu Yan would stick to Chengdu, the smiles on the faces of the generals disappeared, and they all showed a bit of solemnity, especially Zhang Baiqi, Xu He and Sima Ju.

When the three of them defected to Guo Jia, they had a total of [-] troops. When the attack on Yizhou reached the last moment, there were only [-] soldiers left in the hands of the three generals. Marco was lost on the battlefield one by one, and this is also their military exploits.

The other generals are also well aware of the brutality of the battle, and the soldiers under their command are like their wings, who doesn't love to protect them?

Once the success is complete, the bones are dry, and at this time they deeply understand the meaning of this sentence.

But here only Gan Ning looked as usual, drinking tea with relish, Guo Jia saw that he seemed to have a plan in his chest, he couldn't help asking suspiciously: "Xingba, do you have a clever plan to destroy Chengdu?"

Gan Ning put down his teacup, smiled mysteriously, and said, "My lord, I want the first achievement in capturing Chengdu."

The whole room looked sideways, no one expected that Gan Ning dared to say that he would attack Chengdu, Gan Ning's original [-] soldiers are now cut in half, only [-] soldiers, how can they attack Chengdu?

Guo Jia, who seemed to be thinking of something, showed an intriguing smile.

Summer and autumn change, the fog and dew condense in the morning, and the mountains around Chengdu curl up with smoke and clouds, misty and vast. The cool autumn is enough to dispel the sweltering heat in Sichuan.

Standing at the top of the city of Chengdu and looking to the east, Liu Yan, who looks modest and elegant, looked calm, not showing any emotions, until a young general in armor came rushing over, holding a white silk in his hand, Liu Yan frowned and whispered He shouted, "How about Guo Jiayu?"

The person who walked to Liu Yan's side was Liu Fan, Liu Yan's eldest son. He held a white silk with a few words on it and gritted his teeth: "Guo Jia, last night, people sent people from all directions to shoot into the city to persuade you to surrender. , it says that father should open the west city gate and surrender at Youshi today."

West Gate?
Liu Yan looked up at the sky, closed his eyes and meditated for a long time, but couldn't figure out what Guo Jia was thinking. It was sunset at the time of You, and the deadline for surrender seemed a bit late, because if it didn't fall at the time of You, the sky would be dark. Would Guo Jia still do it? Is it an unwise move to attack at night?

When his eyes were level again, Liu Yan's half-white sword eyebrows trembled slightly. Not far from the east of the city, Guo Jia's army had assembled, and it seemed that there were at least [-] people. "Guo" word.

"Let me open the west gate to surrender, but you attack the east gate? Could it be that you want me to take strict precautions against the west gate first, and you directly attack the neglected east gate early in the morning? Guo Jia, this is not like you, such a superficial strategy , will you use it?"

Clenching his fists and hitting the city wall hard, Liu Yan let out a foul breath with a ferocious expression on his face.

Damn Jaron!
Half a year ago, Jia Long earnestly begged Liu Yan to send troops to attack Dong, but Liu Yan refused to send troops, ignoring the alliance of princes all over the world. Jia Long, one of the representatives of the Yizhou gentry, saw through Liu Yan's ambition to separate himself and incite the gentry and prominent families to rebel Liu Yan, to suppress this rebellion, Liu Yan lost [-] troops. If not, Liu Yan may still have the strength to fight Guo Jia at this moment, and he will never reach the point where he can only defend to the death due to the disparity in strength.

Liu Yan, who led the Dongzhou gentry into Yizhou, did not win the support of the Yizhou gentry. I am afraid that few princes were able to win the support of the local gentry. Suppressing rebellions and eradicating dissidents. If the princes want to be truly powerful, the most important thing is not to be at the mercy of the gentry group, otherwise, even if he becomes king and hegemony, he is just a puppet. Liu Yan saw this clearly, so he severely suppressed the Yizhou gentry, causing internal friction and consumption. Now foreign enemies are attacking, showing a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

When the scorching sun was rising in the east, Liu Yan was shocked because he saw Guo Jia's army rushing towards Chengdu!

Did he really guess it?Is Guo Jia's persuasion form just a superficial slap in the face?
"Father, it's dangerous here, you'd better go back to the mansion first, the child is here, we must ensure that the city gate is not lost!"

Behind Liu Fan, the Dongzhou generals who followed Liu Yan into Yizhou, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Deng Xian, etc., all had expressions of not surrendering.

The Taiping army outside the city attacked in layers. The sword and shield soldiers resisted the arrow rain from the crossbowmen in front, and the infantry then carried the flying bridge to build a passage on the moat.

The sound of shouting and killing resounded all over the world, Liu Yan nodded with a serious expression, his eyes seemed to be filled with high hopes, and after sweeping through the crowd, he returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion.

For Guo Jia, the last big battle to attack Yizhou was to conquer Chengdu. As long as Chengdu was occupied, it would be easy to send troops to wipe out the counties in Yizhou, and its significance is self-evident.

Since the rising sun, Guo Jia's army began to attack Chengdu, and it only attacked the east gate side.

An hour later, the flying bridge was built, and the Taiping army began to rush down the city, with infantry carrying ladders ready to attack the city.

Two hours later, at least twenty ladders were set up on the east wall of Chengdu, and the Taiping army who climbed the ladders and killed them towards the top of the city continued to follow.

After noon, the Taiping Army and the Chengdu garrison fought fiercely in the east. They were at a stalemate, and each had casualties. It was another bloody battle with many bones.

Outside the city, the commander of the Taiping Army came down, and Xu Shu was sitting on Guo Jia's chariot. He was not used to it. He used to ride horses with the army, but now he was sitting on the chariot. Don't think about it, he must be the focus of the surroundings. , I had to hold my head high and put on a majestic look.

Xi Zhicai, who was riding on the horse, laughed and said, "Yuan Zhi, do you regret abandoning martial arts and pursuing literature now? Otherwise, maybe one day, you will be the commander-in-chief of the three armies of the lord."

Xu Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't laugh at me, sitting here is better than riding a horse."

Looking at the bloody battle at the top of Chengdu City, Xi Zhicai stroked his beard and said in a low voice: "After conquering Chengdu, the lord may have only 20 troops under his command, and no more than 15 troops in Yizhou. After we wiped out the counties, we lost [-] to [-] troops. With less than [-] soldiers and horses, it is really hard to say whether they can gain a foothold."

Xu Shu was not worried about this, and said lightly: "There is Grand Master Dong in the north, and he will definitely not attack Yizhou. There is Jingzhou in the east, and it is still a land without a master. Even if people in the world know that the lord has captured Yizhou, so what? Except verbal criticism. Could it be that they formed an alliance with Dong Zhuo to attack Yizhou? Did they rely on Jingzhou for smooth sailing? My lord chose Yizhou not because of the favorable location, but because of the right time.”

It was already getting dark, and the Taiping army that had been attacking for a day was still fighting fiercely with the defenders at the east of the city. When the two armies in the east of the city were fighting bloody battles, the defenders of the three gates of Chengdu, except the east, relaxed their vigilance. Seeing the sunset, the You hour had arrived, and the soldiers guarding the city gate in the west of the city suddenly heard the sound of bells.

jingle
I saw a group of soldiers rushing out of the streets in the west of the city, and the leading hundred soldiers were dressed in brocade robes, with bells around their belts and bird feathers on their heads.

The defenders in the west of the city did not take precautions against them, but scolded them: "You are not staying in the army, what are you doing here?"

This group of nearly 500 people is obviously the soldiers of Liu Yancheng, but at this moment, without saying a word, they directly drew their swords and killed the defenders in the west of the city.

Not far from the west of the city, an army appeared quietly under the twilight. The leader was Guo Jia, beside Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Xu Chu Dianwei, Gao Shun and Zhang Yan, galloping their horses, heading straight for the west gate of Chengdu.

On the western city wall, a hundred young men in brocade robes stood side by side, shouting passionately at the galloping Guo Jia army.

"Jinfan Army welcomes the little prince to Chengdu!"

(End of this chapter)