eurekapd Chapter 749: The Longxiang Army Arrives in Jiangyou
Chapter 749: The Longxiang Army Arrives in Jiangyou
Speaking of these Sichuan troops, although they are all old and weak, their fighting spirit is really tenacious.
The front line was being bombed, and the inside of the city wall was also being bombed, but they still gritted their teeth, carried their bows and arrows, and moved stones and rolling logs, pushing forward fiercely.
The First Corps encountered resistance, but compared to the previous time, the resistance this time was much smaller. The Yan army rushed upwards madly, and despite the attacks from above, they finally reached the steps.
The enemy troops on the city wall were being bombarded so fiercely that they could hardly raise their heads.
The general of the First Corps of the Wushuang Army, after observing that the enemy troops above found it difficult to shoot arrows below, immediately and decisively gave the order to launch a general attack.
He personally stepped forward, climbed the stairs, and jumped up with all his strength, and attacked the enemy. He brandished his sword with great force, constantly advancing forward, killing one Sichuan soldier after another, buying time for the subsequent Yan army to come up.
There was not much space between the outside of the city and the steps. Under the fierce attack of the Yan army, the enemy troops were forced to retreat into the city.
Seeing this, the Yan army immediately rushed in to attack, but the general stopped them.
He found that the city gate and the ground were wet, and there was some firewood piled there.
"Don't move, don't even move!"
The next second, a raging fire broke out inside the city gate.
The Sichuan Army is going to use the same old trick to stop the Yan Army from advancing.
The general shouted,
"Throw the divine thunder and put out the fire! Once it's out, rush in immediately!"
The people from the Shenji Camp stepped forward and immediately took out the divine thunder and threw it in.
Boom boom!
As two explosions were heard, the firewood inside shot out like arrows, and the flames inside were quickly extinguished.
Although there were still some resurgences, the general could not wait any longer and immediately led his troops to rush forward.
The Sichuan troops inside were blown away and fled in panic. The general led his men in, immediately guarded the city gate, and fought a bloody battle with the enemy.
The stairs were very long and the Yan army could not climb them quickly. They were also very narrow and not many people could go up at a time.
So we can't just rush in and attack fiercely. We have to guard the city gate and buy time for the subsequent troops to come in.
If we just keep attacking and charging, we will be surrounded and the city gate will be taken away again.
Therefore, the city gate must be guarded, and this is the responsibility of the first-line camp.
The Yan army occupied the front line and fought a bloody battle with the Sichuan army.
The hot air balloon in the sky moved to the south, and then threw divine thunder downwards, trying not to hurt friendly forces while blowing up the enemy.
The Yan army gradually occupied more territory, and the divine thunder in the sky was used up. Then they observed the movements of the enemy army and passed information to the commander at the foot of the mountain.
More and more Yan troops rushed forward, and their actions were no longer hindered. Both corps went up and launched a counterattack against the Sichuan troops.
At this time, the gap in combat power between the Sichuan Army and the Yan Army became apparent. These Sichuan Army soldiers were all old and weak, and the elite were basically killed by Li Yu.
No matter how hard they tried, they could not defeat the Yan army.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Yan army successfully occupied Jiange. A small number of Sichuan troops escaped, and most of them were annihilated.
What is strange is that although this Sichuan Army was old and weak, no one surrendered!
Su Wuan climbed up to Jiange, looked at the majestic pass, and breathed a sigh of relief.
This majestic pass was finally conquered by him.
Then he ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and the corpses to be collected, and continued to march south tomorrow.
The next morning, Su Wuan led his troops south. After a long mountain road, he finally arrived in Guangyuan three days later.
At this time, Guan Shouchang had been waiting for him here for two days.
After entering Guangyuan City, Su Wuan rode his horse at full speed and met Guan Shouchang, Chen Qing and Zhao Biao.
"Brother Guan, I'm here. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
Su Wuan walked in and greeted Guan Shouchang with a smile.
Guan Shouchang nodded calmly and said,
"Not bad. He conquered Jiange on his own without my help. That's pretty good."
Su Wuan scratched his scalp awkwardly and said,
"It was because Brother Guan defeated Li Yu's troops that Jiang Wei was isolated and helpless, and was forced to retreat south. Otherwise, even with 50,000 people defending, I would have found it difficult to take it down."
"Oh, didn't you burn the food supplies in Jiange? The food supplies in Guangyuan are barely enough to feed tens of thousands of people. Transferring food from Chengdu is too far. If Jiang Wei doesn't want to starve to death, he can only withdraw his troops or divide them up. This has nothing to do with whether I hit him on the chin or not.
No matter what, you can conquer Jiange, so don't be so modest."
Su Wuan smiled and said,
"Where is Jiang Wei now?"
Guan Shouchang pointed at the map and said,
"From here, go southwest for 350 miles and you will reach Mianyang. There is a Fu River to the north of Mianyang. Jiang Wei's most likely plan is to go to Mianyang and rely on the Pu River to stop our army.
Our army will set out tomorrow for Mianyang to pursue Jiang Wei's troops."
"Mianyang?"
Su Wuan looked at the map, then looked towards the north and said,
"Where has Bai Wu'an's army gone? Any news?"
……
Forty miles north of Mianyang, on the mountain outside Jiangyou City.
The Yan soldiers, covered in dust and dirt, climbed to the top of the mountain with difficulty, holding their spears and sticks, carrying food, pulling artillery shells and other items.
"No, I can't climb anymore."
"Take a break, it's too much suffering."
"It's been seven hundred miles of mountain road. It was not easy for us to walk all the way here."
"I can't move anymore, I can't move anymore. No one ever said that it would be difficult to defeat Sichuan."
The soldiers of the Longxiang Army sat down one after another, exhausted.
However, Bai Wuan came up and said,
"We can't stop. Get up. If we stop, we won't be able to stand up again. Below us is Jiangyou City, which is guarded by hundreds of soldiers. Let's take it down and rest inside.
There's wine, meat, vegetables, and food in the city. Charge in, take it down, and then rest!"
Bai Wuan knew very well that after a long, arduous journey, a person's body would be overdrawn. He could only keep going by relying on a burst of energy. If he stopped, his legs would ache for two days. If he attacked the city again, he would be made a sitting duck.
Instead of resting on this mountain, it would be better to go into the city, find some food and wine, have a good meal, replenish nutrition, and then rest.
When the soldiers heard him say this, they had no choice but to get up and rush down the mountain.
"First Corps, attack the East Gate, Second Corps, attack the South Gate, Third Corps, attack the North Gate, Fourth Corps, attack the West Gate!
We must not let any of them escape alive, as our army will launch a surprise attack on Mianyang!"
"As ordered!"
An army of 40,000 marched to attack a small county town defended by only a few hundred people.
The result can be imagined.
After the fierce and wolf-like Yan army rushed into the city, the soldiers surrendered automatically.
It was so scary. Those Yan soldiers seemed to have dropped from the sky and came straight to kill them.
Are you waiting to lose your head if you don't surrender now?
They are all local troops, just guarding the city gates and maintaining public security. Why would they want to risk their lives for 800 coins a month?