three kings

Chapter 390
The merciless rain of arrows poured down from the city of Chengdu, and a sharp arrow shot into the dense Zhang Renjun.These arrows were like sharp knives, mercilessly piercing Zhang Ren's chest.

"It's over, Xichuan is completely over..." Zhang Ren's mind kept flashing the banners of princes from other countries all over Xichuan.

Intense resentment grew in his heart, and he cried out in grief and indignation: "Liu Jiyu, Xichuan is dead, you are Xichuan's eternal sinner."

Liu Zhang is indecisive, but it is difficult to change what he has made up his mind to.

No matter how Dong He and others persuaded him, they could not change Liu Zhang's mind.

"Withdraw the army..."

Zhang Ren looked at the fallen soldiers and gave the order to retreat helplessly.

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Zhang Ren led his troops to walk on the Chengdu Plain in a daze. At this moment, he didn't know where he should go. He just walked aimlessly...walked...slowly along the way he came.

At this moment, it was approaching the early morning, and the chirping of insects and flies was everywhere in the Chengdu Plain, and there was a desolate smell in the army.

Huang Quan looked at the furtive figures of a dozen soldiers in the distance, wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, shook his head and sighed and came to Zhang Ren's side, "General Zhang, what should we do now? In just a few hours, the soldiers had no fighting spirit at all, and nearly a thousand people had already left secretly. If this continues, I'm afraid... alas..." Huang Quan really didn't know what to say.

"Tell me what I can do?" Zhang Ren glared at Huang Quan angrily and growled loudly.

There was a moment of silence.

"I'm sorry..." Zhang Ren said apologetically.

Huang Quan shook his head slightly, looked at Zhang Ren and said, "It's okay, I can understand your mood at the moment. In fact, I am the same, but this can't solve the problem. Now we are the only support for this army, and we must be responsible to them. The whole army cannot be affected by personal feelings.”

Zhang Ren nodded silently, "Let's go, let them go! First they are wronged by their own people, and then they are mercilessly shot and killed by their own people. They are disheartened, and then it is inevitable. Since the heart is not there, it is useless to force it. Think Let them go if they don’t, and rush to Luocheng with me. The defender of Luocheng, Ling Bao, is my friend, we will temporarily borrow Luocheng, and then wait for the opportunity to see if there is still a chance to break the deadlock.”

"That's good!" Huang Quan agreed, "Our [-]-strong army spends a lot of money a day, and we must have a stronghold for supplies. Luocheng has always been Xichuan's second grain depot. Going there can at least solve the problem of food and clothing for the entire army."

Luocheng is located in Guanghan County, two days away from Chengdu.

It happened to be evening when Zhang Ren led his army to the city of Luocheng.

Zhang Ren called the doorway: "Xichuan Zhang Ren asked General Ling Bao to come out and answer."

There was no answer in the city for a long time, and suddenly, with a sound of "嗖!", a sharp arrow shot straight at Zhang Ren.

That arrow hit the vital point, obviously intending to kill Zhang Renhe.

Zhang Ren hurriedly dodged and said angrily, "Who is putting a sniper in the dark?"

"Haha!" There was a burst of laughter on the tower, "The traitor Zhang Ren, you failed to swindle Chengdu, so you came to swindle Luocheng. You are delusional. With my general around for a day, you Zhang Ren will never succeed."

Zhang Renbei retorted from his heart: "It was because of the villain's slander that the lord misunderstood. Ling Bao, you and I met once, don't even you trust Zhang's character?"

The man on the tower sneered and said, "Son Zhang Ren, don't be hypocritical. My general doesn't bother to talk to a traitor like you. He told me to tell you that if you want to fight, you can fight. He is definitely not a second minister who betrays the master."

After all, another rain of arrows was shot down from the city of Luocheng, and Zhang Ren was forced to evacuate again.

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On Luocheng City, four people looked at Zhang Ren who was going away, and a young man burst into laughter suddenly, "Liu Yafu, sir, how do you see my performance?"

Upon closer inspection, these four people turned out to be Liu Hua, Zhang Fei, Xu Shu, and Fan Shan.

Liu Hua smiled and said: "Not bad, not bad, it's interesting, it can be compared to the professional actors in Hollywood."

Fan Shan didn't understand what Holly Tungsten was, but he also knew that Liu Hua was praising him, so he couldn't help but giggle.

Looking at Zhang Ren's figure, Zhang Fei showed a look of excitement in his eyes, and said: "At this moment, Zhang Ren must think that he has betrayed his relatives, and the morale of his army must be low. It is the weakest time. Let me lead an elite army out of the city to pursue it. Break Zhang Ren and return in triumph."

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Is it worth being happy to defeat such an army?"

Zhang Fei scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "That's right, but why don't you take advantage of this advantage? My lord often says that war opportunities are fleeting, and you should grasp every unsuitable opportunity."

Liu Hua and Xu Shu were stunned and laughed at each other.

"It makes sense. I didn't expect Zhang Heizi to have such insight. It's not easy." Liu Hua said with a smile, "However, the art of war is impermanent, and the truth is to use it flexibly. If we really want to destroy Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren was killed by Liu Zhang as early as two days ago. When we abandon it, we can cast a net to wipe out Zhang Ren's army. Why bother to take Luocheng and perform this drama?"

Zhang Fei was puzzled. Two days ago, Xu Shu ordered him to lead half of the army to attack Luocheng. He had already made him unable to understand Xu Shu's intentions, and he did not understand now.

"A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Zhang Ren's talent, even in our army, there are only a few who can beat him steadily. How can such a great talent be let go?" Seeing that Zhang Fei was puzzled, Xu Shu said, Then he explained: "Zhang Ren is a general, but he is too upright and loyal. If you want him to surrender, it is as difficult as going to the sky. But now it is different. He was first abandoned by his lord, and then despised by his friends. He will inevitably feel resentment in his heart. , as long as we grasp this point, Zhang Ren may surrender. Furthermore, the highest level of military use is a soldier who does not fight but pursues others. The more than [-] soldiers under Zhang Ren's command are the elite in Sichuan. Killing them is not enough Isn’t it a pity? Incorporating them all will bring our army to a higher level.”

This is Xu Shu's real intention. Sun Can's army can steadily defeat either of Cao and Liu, but it looks dwarfed in the face of the Cao-Liu allied army. In terms of military strength, it will not be weaker than the Cao Liu coalition.

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Jian'an 14th year, July [-]th.

Zhang Rentu failed to seek refuge in Luocheng, so discouraged, he planned to go to Guanghan County and settle down there.

Unexpectedly, the future was blocked by Wenpin. Just when Zhang Ren was about to retreat, Zhang Fei rushed out in time and surrounded Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren launched an offensive several times, intending to break through the gap, but the soldiers under his command had already lost their fighting spirit, and they could not even display half of their normal strength, and they could not break out of the encirclement formed by Zhang Fei and Wenpin.

On the night of July [-]th, Zhang Fei suddenly led an army to attack on a large scale, broke through Zhang Ren's defense line, reached the place where the grain and grass were stored in the army, and set fire to the grain and grass.

Afterwards, Xu Shu sent an order to close the formation, form an ambush on all sides, and strengthen the defense.

In the early morning of July [-]th, Zhang Ren launched a breakthrough again. He personally led [-] elite soldiers to rush around. He fought hard all night, blood stained the cannons, and suffered more than a dozen serious injuries on his back.

At noon on July [-], it was the time when Zhang Ren's army ran out of food.

Liu Hua and Xu Shu personally came to the front of the battle to see Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren was covered in blood, his face was pale and resolute.

"General Zhang, why are you doing pointless resistance because you are in a deadly position? Do you really plan to fight these [-] soldiers to be reconciled?" Liu Hua said loudly.

Zhang Ren said firmly: "I, Zhang Ren, will never be a second minister who betrays the master."

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Why should General Zhang be stubborn? It is Liu Zhang who was unrighteous before, so why should General be loyal to him?"

Zhang Ren sneered and said nothing.

Suddenly, he drew out his long sword and said to Liu Hua and Xu Shu, "Zhang Ren is very grateful for the kindness to the people of Xichuan and my [-] soldiers."

Liu Hua's expression changed, "Don't..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ren shouted loudly: "Ning Kezhang will be responsible, but Ren will never be responsible!"

After all, he immediately drew his sword and killed himself.

Liu Hua was silent for a long time, shook his head and sighed: "Unfortunately, a generation of loyal ministers and righteous men... that's it... Come here, take over the whole army, and give Zhang Ren a lavish burial."

Zhang Ren's suicide was beyond their expectations, but it could also reflect that Zhang Ren had given up resistance.

Sure enough, shortly after Zhang Ren committed suicide, Huang Quan came out to surrender in white hemp.

When Zhang Fei took over Zhang Ren's army, he got the battle report from Xiameng Pass:

"On July [-]st, Xi Zhicai saw through Zhang Ren's disguise, and immediately realized that our army was also aiming at the counties of Xichuan. To seize the opportunity, Xi Zhicai ordered the three armies to attack Xiameng Pass regardless of casualties. Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan The brothers took turns to launch a strong attack on Xiameng Pass, and the offensive was extremely fierce. The guards gathered all their troops to resist to the death.

But the defenders were few and weak, and at noon that day, the city gate fell, and the fall of Xiameng Pass was imminent.

At this time, our army leader Yan Yan led the army to kill.Since all the defenders were moved to the front to resist Cao's onslaught, the rear was almost unguarded.Our army easily entered Xiameng Pass, repelled the Xichuan defenders and formally confronted Cao Jun.

Cao Jun didn't expect our army to appear, so he lost his spirit and was driven out of Xiameng Pass by our army.Our army lived up to its mission and successfully captured Xiameng Pass.

On July [-], after a night of rest, Cao Jun launched an offensive against Xiameng Pass again, but was repelled by our army.

On July [-]rd, Cao Jun launched five offensives...

On July [-]th, Cao Jun launched eight offensives...

On July [-]th, Cao Jun launched twelve offensives...

Cao Jun's offensive was fierce one at a time, vowing to take Xiamengguan's heart, expressing his opinion, and asking for reinforcements. "

"That's great! Yuan Zhi is really a genius! Zhang Ren is within Yuan Zhi's calculations at almost every step. Although Zhang Ren has general talent, he lacks foresight after all. He thinks that Can'er attacked Xichuan for the sake of Xichuan's territory, but he doesn't know Can'er has a big heart, so why is Xichuan mere in his eyes? The reason why he took Xichuan was to deal with Cao Cao. He wanted to use the tactic of wolfing down tigers to make us fight with Cao Jun, but he didn't know that this move just happened to kill our army. Xiamengguan was given to us, and Yuanzhi took Xichuan by plan. This is the number one achievement of taking Sichuan!" Liu Hua immediately applauded after reading the battle report. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please visit www.QIDIAN.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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