Within ten days, Jiameng Pass was lost and Jiange Road was broken. Liu Yan, who received the news in Chengdu, immediately ordered martial law throughout the day, closed the city gate, and swearing 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 many great victories. In addition to relying on lightning attacks, he made several surprise plans with his advisers and was also the key to victory.

It has been learned that Liu Yan has 40,000 defenders in Chengdu. After Guo Jia entered Guanghan County, he rested in Mianzhu, which is less than a day away.

When the officials in the city heard a thief army attacked, they had already fled to the wind. Guo Jia was staying in the county government for the time being.

In the lobby of the government office, Guo Jia held a banquet to reward civil and military officials, but only used tea instead of wine.

"Everyone, Chengdu is near. Looking back on the journey, if you had not done your best, Jiaduan would not have been today. The war is imminent. In order to prevent the accident from being misleading due to alcohol, Jiaji used Qing tea instead of wine. I would like to wish you a cup and thank you for your sincere assistance."

After saying that, Guo Jia first did it for respect. The civil and military officials raised their glasses to Guo Jia and said in unison: "The Lord is so serious."

After drinking the tea, the excitement and joy on everyone's faces were obvious.

Xu Chu couldn't hide the most things in his heart. He put down the teacup and opened his mouth to ask for a fight.

"Lord, according to Wu Yi's generals, there are only 40,000 soldiers in Chengdu. The lord still has nearly 100,000 troops under him. Why not send me to conquer Chengdu tomorrow?"

In the Battle of Ping Jiange Road, Zhang Yan's troops suffered the most because the 20,000 soldiers mixed with the captives were all under his command. Now Zhang Yan has only 35,000 soldiers in his hands. Zhang Baiqi, Sima Ju, Xu He has only 30,000, Gao Shun, Xu Chu Dianwei, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai, and nearly 25,000 soldiers and horses.

These 80,000 to 90,000 troops did have the upper hand against the 40,000 defenders in Chengdu.

Guo Jia, who was smiling, looked around everyone and said, "If Liu Yan goes out of the city and fights me outside the city, I have a 70% chance of winning. But if Liu Yan can't stand it, my chance of winning is one point higher, but the casualties are difficult to estimate."

The strategists led by Xi Zhicai naturally thought of this, and they also had a unified view on whether Liu Yan was still unable to fight in the decisive battle.

Xu Shu, who had already lost his style of a wanderer, said loudly: "Lord, I think Liu Yan will definitely stick to the army without fighting. Hanzhong Yangpingguan Dingjun Mountain, and Zitong Jiamengguan Jiange Road. Such a dangerous situation in heaven cannot stop the lord's army. How dare Liu Yan go out of the city to fight? He will definitely not be able to defend it. The reason is very simple. Although the lord has taken over the two counties of Zitong in Hanzhong, the two counties are not enough to support the lord's army. Even if the autumn harvest is approaching, the lord's food and grass will be difficult to sustain. As long as Liu Yan defends Chengdu, the lord cannot capture Chengdu in a short time, he will immediately lead his army to the west and capture the two counties of Yinping and Wenshan to obtain military rations."

If he could not conquer Chengdu, Guo Jia would naturally turn around and sweep the counties north of Chengdu. If that were the case, Liu Yan would definitely recruit new recruits, and his strength would be stronger than before.

When they heard Xu Shu say that Liu Yan would defend Chengdu to the death, 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 joined Guo Jia, they had a total of 100,000 troops. At the last moment of attacking Yizhou, the three generals had only 30,000 troops left. Unlike when Zhang Yan was in power, they left behind 100,000 troops when they joined Guo Jia, their troops were all lost to the battlefield, which was also their military merit.

Other generals also knew the tragic battle of tough battles. The soldiers under their command were like their wings. Who wouldn't take good care of them?

One general succeeded and his bones were bleak. At this time, they deeply understood the meaning of this sentence.

Only Gan Ning looked as usual, drinking tea and enjoying it. Guo Jia saw that he seemed to be in his heart and asked suspiciously: "Xingba, can you have a wonderful plan to break Chengdu?"

Gan Ning put down the teacup, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Lord, I'll take the first merit of conquering Chengdu."

The whole hall looked sideways, and no one expected that Gan Ning would dare to say that he would break through Chengdu. Gan Ning's original ten thousand soldiers have now been half cut, and just five thousand soldiers, how can he break through Chengdu?

Guo Jia seemed to remember something and showed an intriguing smile.

Summer and autumn change, the fog and dew condense in the morning, the mountains around Chengdu are curling with smoke and clouds, and the vastness of the vastness of the cool autumn is enough to dispel the sultry heat in Shu.

Standing at the head of Chengdu city, Liu Yan looked east, with a humble and elegant appearance, and his face was calm and he was not happy. Until the young general wearing armor rushed over and held a piece of white silk in his hand, Liu Yan frowned and shouted in a low voice: "What do Guo Jia want?"

The person who came to Liu Yan was Liu Fan, the eldest son of Liu Yan. He held a white silk that had been chatting for several words and gritted his teeth and said, "That guy Guo Jia sent someone to shoot in the city from all directions last night. It said that he wanted his father to open the Xicheng Gate to surrender at the hour of You today."

West City Gate?

Liu Yan looked up at the sky, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time but could not guess Guo Jia's thoughts. The hour of You is already sunset, and the deadline for surrender seems to be a little late, because if the hour of You is not reduced, the sky will be dark. Will Guo Jia still make an unwise move to attack at night?

When he looked straight again, Liu Yan's half-white sword eyebrows trembled slightly. Not far from the east of the city, Guo Jia's army had already assembled, and it seemed that there were at least 50,000 people. In the middle of the army, the raised flag clearly stated the word "Guo".

"Let me open the Ximen to surrender, but you attack the East Gate? Could it be that I want me to take strict defense against Ximen first, and you come to attack the East Gate, which is neglected to prevent it early in the morning? Guo Jia, this is not like you, will you use such a superficial strategy?"

He clenched his fists and slammed hard on the city wall. Liu Yan's face was full of turbid air.

Damn Jaron!

Half a year ago, Jia Long sincerely asked Liu Yan to send troops to attack Dong. Liu Yan refused to send troops and ignored the alliance between the princes of the world. As one of the representatives of the gentry in Yizhou, Jia Long saw through Liu Yan's ambition to separatist and independent, incited the gentry and prominent clans to rebel against Liu Yan together, and suppressed the rebellion. Liu Yan lost 30,000 troops. If this were not the case, Liu Yan might still have the strength to fight with Guo Jia at this moment, and would never be able to defend the situation where he had a huge gap 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 could gain the support of the local gentry. Suppress rebellions and eradicate dissidents. The power struggle that has been common throughout history has been happening all the time. If a prince wants to be truly powerful, his primary priority is that he cannot be merciless of the gentry group. Otherwise, even if he is king and dominates, he will be just a puppet. Liu Yan saw this clearly, so he severely suppressed the Yizhou gentry, resulting in internal friction and loss. Now that foreign enemies are attacking, it is showing a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak.

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

Did he really guess it? Is Guo Jia's act of persuading surrender just a superficial voice?

"Father, it's dangerous here. You'd better go back to your house first. If you're here, you'll surely ensure that the city gate will not be lost!"

Behind Liu Fan, the generals of Dongzhou who followed Liu Yan into Yizhou, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Deng Xian, etc., all had expressions of fighting to the death.

The Taiping Army outside the city attacked clearly at a certain level, with swords and shield soldiers resisting the rain of arrows from the crossbowmen, and the infantry then carried the flying bridge to build an aisle on the moat.

The shouts of killing resounded throughout the world. Liu Yan nodded with a heavy expression, and his eyes seemed to have high hopes and then returned to the provincial governor's mansion.

For Guo Jia, the last battle to attack Yizhou was to conquer Chengdu. As long as he occupied Chengdu, he would send troops to wipe out the counties of Yizhou, and its significance was self-evident.

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

An hour later, the flying bridge was built, and the Taiping Army began to charge under the city, and the infantry carried a ladder to prepare to attack the city.

Two hours later, at least twenty cloud ladders were placed on the city wall on the east side of Chengdu, and the Taiping Army who were climbing the cloud ladders to the top of the city went one after another.

It was past noon, and the Taiping Army and the Chengdu defenders fought fiercely in the east, and the stalemate was stalemate, with each killing and injured, and another bloody battle full of corpses.

Under the banner of the Taiping Army commander outside the city, Xu Shu was sitting in the position of Guo Jia's chariot, which was a bit uncomfortable. He used to riding horses with his army before, but now he suddenly sat in the chariot. He didn't have to think about it, it must be the focus of the surroundings, so he had to hold his head up and pose with a majestic look.

Xi Zhicai, who was riding on the horse, teased: "Yuan Zhi, do you regret abandoning martial arts and communicating with the civilian state at this moment? Otherwise, one day, you will be the lord's commander of the three armies."

Xu Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Don't laugh at me anymore. It's better to ride a horse than to sit here."

Looking at the bloody battle at the top of Chengdu city, Xi Zhicai whispered: "After conquering Chengdu, the lord probably has only 70,000 troops under his command, and no more than 200,000 troops in Yizhou. After sweeping the counties, he lost 30,000 to 50,000 troops. It is hard to say whether the less than 150,000 troops can gain a foothold."

Xu Shu was not worried about this and said easily: "There is Tai Shi Dong in the north, and he will definitely not attack Yizhou. Jingzhou in the east, and it is still a land without a border. Even if the people in the world know that the lord has captured Yizhou? Apart from criticism, would they form an alliance with Dong Zhuo to attack Yizhou? Could it be that they will be smooth sailing with Jingzhou? The lord chose Yizhou not because of the advantage of the place, but because of the time."

The sky began to darken, and the Taiping Army, who had been attacking for a day, was still fighting fiercely with the defenders at the east end of the city. Just as the two armies in the east were fighting bloody battles, except for the east side of Chengdu, the other three guards of the other three gates relaxed their vigilance. But when the sunset was setting, the hour of You had arrived, and the soldiers guarding the gate in the west of the city suddenly heard a bell.

jingle

A group of soldiers rushed out of the streets in the west of the city, and the leading hundred people were dressed in gorgeous clothes and brocade robes, belts and bells, and bird feathers were inserted into their heads.

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

The nearly five hundred people in this group were obviously soldiers in Liu Yan's city, but at this moment, they didn't say a word and directly drew their swords and killed the defenders in the west of the city. After unexpectedly snatching the city gate, they opened the west gate and lowered the suspension bridge.

Not far from the west of the city, a large army appeared quietly in the dusk. The leader was Guo Jia, who was beside him, Zhou Tai, Zhou Chu Dianwei, and Zhang Yan, who rode his horse and rushed straight to the west gate of Chengdu.

On the city wall to the west, hundreds of young men in brocade robes stood side by side and shouted passionately towards Guo Jia's army who were rushing towards him.
Chapter completed!