eurekapd Chapter 748 Attacking Jiange
Chapter 748 Attacking Jiange
The three corps led by these three generals had a total of less than 20,000 people. Compared to when the Yan army attacked Nanjiang City, these Sichuan troops suffered heavy losses.
Guan Shouchang, on the other hand, did not take the deserters seriously at all and did not pursue them. He just ordered the army to clean up the battlefield, settle the prisoners, and rest for a day and a night.
After all, after traveling for a whole day and fighting all night, even an iron man could not bear it without rest.
Because the Yan army killed so cruelly this time, when they counted the prisoners, out of the more than 80,000 enemy troops, excluding the 20,000 who escaped, there were only a little over 10,000 prisoners left.
Guan Shouchang waved his hand and assigned these prisoners to Huang Fang and Zhang Wu, asking them to reorganize them into two corps. He also let them lead the troops themselves and just paint their armor black.
After resting for a day and a night, Guan Shouchang's army continued to march westward with the captured supplies and food.
Chengdu is in the southwest, but they still have an army of 100,000 people blocked at Jiange. Guan Shouchang plans to go there first to take a look.
See if we can meet up with Su Wuan's troops first. If they haven't attacked us yet, we will attack Jiange from both sides with Su Wuan, take it down first, and then go to Chengdu.
They also headed west.
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Jiange.
After receiving Li Yu's request for help, Jiang Wei thought for a long time.
A lot of the food and grass in his Jiange were burned, and it was no longer enough to sustain the army. In a few days, the food would run out.
But he was reluctant to give up Jiange.
In the end, Jiang Wei decided to transfer 30,000 troops away and let the other 20,000 people stay here. If they live frugally, they can hold out for more than half a month until the food and grass from Guangyuan are delivered.
He took 30,000 people to support Li Yu.
Jiang Wei was confused. He knew that it was impossible for these 30,000 people to win against the more than 300,000 Yan troops, but he still had to go to rescue them.
Although Li Yu was unkind, he could not be unjust.
What's more, if not for Li Yu, he had to go to support it for the sake of Sichuan State.
Jiange blocked the way of the Yan army's scouts, making it impossible for the Yan army to detect the movements of the 30,000 Sichuan troops. Jiang Wei led his troops to travel overnight, taking the mountain road and quickly left Jiange.
Given the steepness of Jiange, I believe 20,000 people can hold out for a long time.
Jiang Wei brought his men and arrived in Guangyuan after many twists and turns.
But as soon as he arrived in Guangyuan, he saw a Sichuan army coming towards him from the west.
When he saw that he knew the three Sichuan Army generals, he let them into the city.
From the three generals, we learned that Bazhong County was easily captured by the Yan army because of Huang Fang's rebellion. Li Yu was probably in danger, and now the Yan army was chasing them.
Upon hearing the news, Jiang Wei's eyes went dark and he almost fainted.
He sat in a chair, looking at the map, thinking over and over again, looking for a way out.
The Yan army in the east will arrive in two days. It will take at least two days for the 20,000 old and weak people in Jiange to reach Guangyuan.
There were only two choices before him now.
First, take the food and grass from Guangyuan to defend Jiange. Jiange is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With the food and grass, he will have no problem holding out for two or three months.
However, there is no point in defending the Sword Pavilion. You can only defend one Sword Pavilion.
Just block the Yan army on the north and south sides. There is no need to fight when the time comes. Just wait until they run out of food and either starve to death or surrender.
Moreover, the Yan army did not need to fight. The role of Jiange was to block the Yan army in the north, and the Yan army had already come to the south and entered the Chengdu Plain. They could go south to attack Chengdu.
So it is meaningless to guard Jiange.
So the first one was rejected.
Then the next step is the second one, retreat.
Jiang Wei looked at the map, wondering whether he should retreat to Chengdu or guard a certain pass.
Although the Chengdu Plain is not completely flat, it is not indefensible.
Finally, he set his sights on Mianyang, 300 miles north of Chengdu.
To get from Guangyuan to Chengdu, one must pass through Mianyang. To the north of Mianyang, there is a river called Fu River. Although it is not wide nearby, it is still hundreds of meters wide and can serve as a barrier against the Yan army.
At this time, it was too late for Jiang Wei to transfer the 20,000 people from Jiange. By the time those people arrived, the Yan army had also arrived.
In desperation, he could only order the people there to continue defending Jiange and blocking the Wushuang Army outside, while also sending them some food and supplies.
He led these 30,000 troops and 20,000 retreating troops from Li Yu's army and headed southwest.
Target, Mianyang.
On the second day after he went south, Su Wuan noticed something was wrong. Several days had passed, so why was Jiange still holding on? Didn't they have enough food?
Su Wuan sent a hot air balloon into the air to blow up Jiange and dropped divine thunder from below, blowing the soldiers inside into fleeing in all directions. The scouts above took the opportunity to count the number of people.
This count was not a big deal. The scouts above were so angry that they immediately controlled the hot air balloon to go back and told Su Wuan the news through flag signals.
When Su Wuan learned that there were only 20,000 people left in Jiange, he immediately cursed Jiang Wei for being shameless and secretly transferring the main force without telling him.
Then, under Wu Changge's contemptuous gaze, he ordered the entire army to attack. They must capture Jiange today!
Damn it, if I can’t beat them when they have 50,000 defenders, can’t I beat them when they have 20,000?
He ordered all the hot air balloons carrying divine thunder to take off, specifically to bomb the enemies on both sides of the northern city area. He also ordered all the artillery to be dispatched to bomb inside the city walls, and together with the hot air balloons, cut off the follow-up troops of the enemy on the front line, providing conditions for the main force to attack the city.
Then, the 100,000 Yan troops marched down the mountain and arrived at the foot of the hillside.
Su Wuan shouted loudly to all the generals,
"According to intelligence, there are only 20,000 enemy troops left! 50,000 is hard to defeat, but 20,000 is also impossible?
I order that Jiange must be captured today!
The First Corps is to attack with all their might and is not allowed to retreat. When the First Corps is wiped out, the Second Corps will take over, and when the Second Corps is wiped out, the Third Corps will take over!
If a soldier dies, the commander will take over. If a commander dies, the general will take over!
You are all dead, even if I am the only one left, I will take over Jiange!
This battle! There is no life or death! No retreat! "
"As ordered!"
All the Yan army soldiers shouted in unison.
"charge!"
The First Corps of the Wushuang Army roared and charged upwards.
At the same time, the artillery below fired a volley, and one shell after another hit the heads of the Sichuan Army heavily and exploded.
In the sky, a hot air balloon was flying, and the scouts lit the divine thunder and blasted it downwards. There were two clever scouts who carefully controlled the spaceship and came to the position outside the north wall of Jiange, throwing the divine thunder downwards, specifically to blow up the enemies above the steps.
Boom boom boom!
As the explosions were heard, the enemies on the steps outside were blown down the cliff, and the prepared stones, wood and other objects were also blown away.