The night.

After Xu Shu's army repelled Zhang Ren, they did not pursue him. This dark man was most afraid of being ambushed.

Zhang Ren did not dare to get on the ferry directly, for fear of being chased by Xu Shu. If the soldiers were busy boarding the ship and there were pursuers behind him, they would become a place of death.

After Zhang Ren retreated from Xu Shu's camp, he turned east and walked along the river for a while. Seeing that there was no movement behind him, he boarded the ferry and returned to the south bank.

On the deck of a warship, Zhang Ren was covered in blood, his helmet had fallen off, his hair was disheveled, and his left shoulder was very painful. He did not lose when fighting with Xu Shu, but was suddenly attacked by a knight and stabbed to his left shoulder.

"Zhang Xiu is worthy of being Zhang Xiu. I suddenly launched a sneak attack and did not gain any advantage in Xu Shu's hands. Instead, I suffered a little loss."

Zhang Ren faced the river breeze, pressed his sword with his left hand, and looked into the direction of Luocheng on the south bank. At this moment, the drum sound of Luocheng had stopped and the fire had been extinguished.

Zhang Ren looked back at the soldiers behind him. The injured soldiers were making low moans. The uninjured soldiers were sitting in the cabin or on the deck holding weapons, feeling depressed.

"Although I lost, I will not give up. And if you Xu Shu didn't have many iron armored soldiers, you would not be able to win me. It's because of national strength. If my national strength of Bashu is as strong as Zhang Xiu, I Zhang Ren..."

Zhang Ren grabbed the hilt of the big sword around his waist, his finger bones raised and blue veins appeared. Although he had lost for a while, his inner flames rose a lot.

Fighting repeatedly and perseveringly.

"Now, go back to Luocheng first. When the troops gather, count the casualties and injuries. Then prepare to defend Luocheng. If Luocheng cannot defend, then withdraw troops from Chengdu. If Chengdu cannot defend, then protect the lord south to Nanzhong. I, Zhang Ren, will not admit defeat."

With this ruthlessness, Zhang Ren rode the wind and waves and led the defeated army to the dock. After his feet landed, Zhang Ren urged the responding team in front of him: "Hurry up, treat the injured athlete first. Build the pot to make rice, prepare rice soup, and replenish the athlete's energy."

Zhang Ren's voice was very loud. When the soldiers heard his words, they were immediately excited and their morale recovered a little.

The wounded soldiers were first taken off the ferry and then entered the city to be taken care of. The uninjured soldiers waited for a moment and entered the city with Zhang Ren.

Zhang Renxian asked the deputy generals Sima to count the casualties. He returned to the mansion in the city and sat in the hall waiting. He summoned a doctor and looked at his shoulder injury. Soon after, the generals from various departments led their troops back and gathered in the hall together.

"How is it? How are your casualties?" Zhang Ren looked up at General Wang and General Li, and asked in a deep voice.

He himself was defeated, and he had no hope of the generals in front of him to win, but he only hoped that there would be fewer casualties.

"Report to General, our troops have suffered five or six thousand casualties." General Wang said with a little bitterness on his face.

"Our army suffered six or seven thousand casualties." General Li touched his sweaty face, his face looked very ugly, and the other generals also lowered their heads and were in a low morale.

Zhang Ren nodded, but the situation was not unexpected. All the elite soldiers under his command were injured and killed three or four thousand people, leaving at least two thousand bodies.

Seeing that the generals were in a state of decline, he stood up and motivated morale and said, "Although the dead soldiers could not be resurrected, most of the injured soldiers could still be recovered. We still have at least 40,000 combat soldiers. In addition, our sneak attack tonight was not very effective. However, it also caused some casualties and injuries to Zhang Xiu's army. We also burned a lot of their tents and supplies. Overall, we were not defeated. All the generals restrained the soldiers and motivated the soldiers, and we would definitely be able to defend Luocheng."

Zhang Ren was still very prestigious, and his loud voice was like a war drum. It made the generals shudder and then his morale recovered a little.

"Okay. All the generals have worked hard, so let's go down and rest first. Have a bite of meat soup and have a full meal." Zhang Ren exhaled and said in a deep voice.

"No." The generals agreed and left with their fists together.

Zhang Ren himself ordered his personal soldiers to serve wine and meat in this hall and feast on them.

The next morning.

Zhang Ren got up early in the morning, hurriedly ate some food, and led his generals to the north city gate. After arriving at the city strong, Zhang Ren saw a large number of ferries and began to cross the river.

Not long after, a group of people came down from the boat. At first, they couldn't see clearly, but after the other party came to the city, Zhang Ren couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"Fan Chou."

Below the city, it was Fan Chou who appointed as the vanguard by Zhang Xiu and crossed the river first to the city.

He was wearing a black armor and holding a big red tassel gun. Under him was a top-notch Bingzhou dark horse, leading more than 7,000 people to set up a formation in front of the city gate.

"Zhang Ren. I haven't had enough fun last night. Do you dare to go out of the city to fight me?" Fan Chou shook his big gun, which was as fierce as a wolf.

He was as famous as Hua Xiong in his early years and was the best in the three armies. Since entering the Zhang Xiu era, he has been shining and cannot be underestimated.

This time, Zhang Xiu just ordered him to come to the city to prevent Yan Yan from coming out so that the other generals could set up camp. But he didn't mind fighting with Zhang Ren in the last game and decided the winner.

Zhang Ren was furious when he heard this. He held the sword and used force to force his left hand. The injured left shoulder hurt slightly last night, so he forced himself to endure it.

Zhang Ren used his right hand to hit the female wall and said cowardly: "I ordered the entire army not to go out of the city to fight with them, and to defend the city as the main focus. When my injuries improve, I will definitely leave the city and separate them from Fan Chou."

After saying that, Zhang Ren hurried down from the city wall and went back to the mansion to recuperate.

Seeing that there was no movement in the city, Fan Chou couldn't help but feel lonely. But then he cheered up again, stared at the city gate, and wasware of Yan Yan's sudden attack.

At the same time, the rest of Zhang Xiu's army landed one after another, and the last one landed was Zhang Xiu's personal soldiers. By the time they landed, the camp had been repaired.

Zhang Xiu led his personal soldiers and drove straight into the central army.

There was nothing to say that day, and the next morning.

It was still dawn, and all the soldiers who could move in Zhang Xiu's camp got up, burying pots and making rice, preparing to attack the city. After dawn, Zhang Xiu used Fan Chou as the [Shengcheng Governor] and was the first to lead his troops to attack the city.

In front of the camp gate, Zhang Xiu stood with his sword in his arms, Ma Dai on the left and Dian Wei on the right. He looked up and said to Fan Chou, who was full of excitement, "General Fan. Luo City is tall and reinforced, and Zhang Ren still has strength. Don't underestimate him, you need to attack with all your strength. If you can seize the city, reward, or increase your rank, I will not be stingy."

"Don't worry, Ming Gong. Fan Chou will definitely break through this city." Fan Chou clasped his fists and then lifted his big gun and turned over the horse, shouting: "My sons, follow me to fight into Luocheng."

"kill!!!"

More than 7,000 elite soldiers roared and headed towards Luocheng. Zhang Xiu and everyone climbed to the camp gate and looked up.

Actually, there is nothing good about this kind of scene.

The so-called siege is the most tragic. Fan Chou pulled out all the heavy siege equipment, covered it with archers, and ordered the sword and axe to climb onto the cloud ladder to attack the city.

However, Zhang Ren, Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops are different. Zhang Ren's elite soldiers are still brave and good at fighting, but the other generals' army is just unsatisfactory.

Zhang Xiu's Han army had a very common advantage.

Rich in martial arts.

"Kill!!!" A knife and axe man, under the cover of the archer, climbed up the city wall under layers of blockage. After jumping up, he held a sabre in his hand and swept across the left waist of a soldier Zhang Renjun. He then stabbed him to the left with his arms and stabbed him in the spot.

"I am Zhang Sanye, a native of Liangzhou. Do you dare to fight with my grandfather?" Although this sword and axe master was brave and good at fighting, he had a bad temper and belonged to a dark area. He stared at his eyes like a cow, and his aura was magnificent. Soon after, the man was stabbed into a hole by more than a dozen spearmen and fell to the city, but this man also killed five people, causing huge casualties to the city defenders.

And such examples abound.

Bashu has been peaceful for a long time, and the quality of its soldiers is always inferior to that of Liangzhou people, and even more so than that of Zhang Xiu.

Even Ma Teng and Han Sui couldn't defend the city, let alone Zhang Ren?

............

Chengdu.

A fast horse came from the north, and the knights on the horse did not stop. After entering the city, they rushed around the bustling Chengdu city and arrived at the prefect of Shu County.

Not long after, Zheng Du, the prefect of Shu County, took a ox cart and came to Liu Yan's mansion. After some waiting, he met Liu Yan in the study.

Liu Yan entered the study from outside and asked Zheng Du, who was sitting on the side seat, "Sir, what happened in front of him?"

Zheng Du's face was not very good-looking, and he sighed: "Zhang Ren took the initiative to lead his troops across the river and attacked Zhang Xiu's camp at night. He returned after a small defeat and is now retreating to Luocheng."

Liu Yan was silent for a moment, sighed. He came to the main seat, sat down, put his right hand on the handrail, and said, "Zhang Ren is still brave. I am the famous generals of Bashu, only Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. Unfortunately, the rest are all crooked. If there are more people like this, why should we worry about not being able to defeat Zhang Xiu?"

Zheng Du was also helpless. This problem was not their own.

They have food, but the army cannot do it, and the general cannot do it.

Ma Teng and Han Sui had no food, so the general could not do it, but the army was OK.

Where is Zhang Xiu? It's really impeccable.

Whether it is a military general, counselor, army, or territory logistics, they are surprisingly excellent.

"From sir, how long can Luocheng be maintained?" Liu Yan asked immediately. Now he has no hope of defending Cheng, and is currently working hard to move some materials to Nanzhong.

"I can't hold on for half a month." Zheng Du shook his head and sighed. Zhang Xiu's army was so fierce. If Zhang Ren obediently defended the city, he might be able to stay for a month or two. However, although Zhang Ren was full of courage and heroic battle in the city, he shortened the time he could hold on.

"Oh." Liu Yan sighed lightly.

............

The Chengdu Plain is long in the north and south, but relatively narrow in the east and west. The Hengduan Mountains in the east and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west.

From Luocheng to Chengdu, there are three major roads.

The roads are Huaniu Road, Venus Road, and Guanglu Road, which are all major roads that are very suitable for large army access. However, Huaniu Road is the flattest, and the distance from Luocheng to Chengdu is the shortest.

However, it is close to the west, and some places are connected to the mountains on the west.

Sima Yi was quite familiar with the terrain of this generation, so he guided Xu Shu, Gongsun Kang, Meng Da and others to come to a must-pass road on Huaniu Road, and camped in the valley near Qingzhu Mountain.

This valley is very secluded, but there is a road connecting Huaniu Road. There are three villages in the valley and several mountain villages on the mountain.

When Xu Shu's army entered the city, it immediately made the village furious.

Although the time is different, Xu Shu, Gongsun Kang and Meng Da were both "raised" by Zhang Xiu in the mansion. Xu Shu also governed Hanzhong people and had some personal relationships with them.

But there are no friends in the army...

Xu Shu, Gongsun Kang and Meng Da stood together and said with a serious expression: "What the Grand Sima hates most is that the generals are scrambling soldiers to disturb the people. The two generals need to restrain their soldiers and do not violate the villagers here."

"promise."

Of course, Gongsun Kang and Meng Da knew about it, so they quickly bowed their promise.

"General Gongsun. You send troops to guard the nearby roads, villagers and mountain people are allowed to enter, not leave. Beware of someone leaking the news."

Xu Shu then said to Gongsun Kang again.

"No." Gongsun Kang responded seriously and rode his horse to bring people down to defend.
To be continued...