Shang Yunxian is also afraid of what will happen.
In the early morning of the next day, Chen Fukuan came back with the information.
According to intelligence, Li Chengqian has now gone south with 20,000 troops.
Hearing the news, Shang Yunxian felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
He grabbed Chen Fukuan and asked, "What's the situation on the Jianmenguan North Line?"
He only hoped that Chen Fukuan would tell him.
When Li Chengqian left, he had already taken all the soldiers and horses away.
In this way, he could lead his army to fight out from the north and cut off the retreat of Li Chengqian and the Liangzhou army responsible for defending his return to Shu.
He could even kill all the way through Hanzhong, go straight to Huanglong, and kill Chang'an City.
In this way, the crisis in Shu will be easily resolved.
Unfortunately, things would not go as he hoped.
God will never hear his indifferent prayers.
Then Chen Fukuan said with a troubled face: "Early this morning, I went to the south city wall to check."
"I found that there are nearly 30,000 more Liangzhou troops over there."
"It seems that these people arrived last night, and now even the camp has been renovated."
"The wall of the village is much higher and thicker than before. If we break out from this side, I'm afraid there will be many more casualties than if we take the southern route..."
Chen Fukuan basically helped Shang Yunxian prepare the war budget.
Tell him clearly that it is impossible to break through from the north.
And instead of breaking out from the north, it is better to go south.
At this time, Shang Yunxian also felt a little desperate.
He shook his head and sighed: "It's over, it's really over now."
"We don't have many soldiers in Shu who can fight."
They led all the elite troops from Shu.
The army currently in Shu, except for some old, weak, sick and disabled members of the army.
They are just some new troops who have just been recruited.
But you must know that Li Ke wants to rebel after all.
In the name of rebellion, several people Are you willing to sacrifice your life for him?
The total number of people in Shu is about 30,000 to 40,000.
Moreover, these 30,000 to 40,000 people also had to be stationed in various cities.
In the end, Yizhou City could only get one-third of the 20,000 people.
And how can those more than 10,000 people stop the front of the Liangzhou Army?
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News about Li Chengqian's march towards Yizhou.
Word spread quickly.
Not only did Jianmenguan know about it, but Zhang Xiao, who was on the Eastern Front battlefield, also received the same news.
When he heard that Li Chengqian led his men to attack Yizhou, he was also shocked.
At that moment, he summoned all the generals to the central military tent to discuss countermeasures.
Zhang Xiao got straight to the point and said: "I just received news that 20,000 Liangzhou troops have crossed Jianshan Mountain and marched directly towards Yizhou."
"It won't take long to break through Mianyang City and reach Yizhou City."
Zhang Xiao looked at the people in front of him and said, "What do you think we should do now? Should we return to Yizhou to aid?"
Return to Yizhou?
Hearing this, many people had bitter looks on their faces.
Wanting to return to Yizhou to aid is like a dream.
You know, there are only two ways to enter Shu.
One is Jianmenguan, and the other is along the Yangtze River waterway.
The Yangtze River waterway has now been blocked by Gao Zhixing, and the land route that can be traveled has also been blown up by Gao Zhixing.
It can be said that it is basically impossible for them to go back to the mainland now.
If you want to walk, you must take this narrow and dangerous grain road.
But this road is no joke. If you want to walk back to Shu from this place, it will take at least half a month.
And these more than half a month were enough for Li Chengqian to capture Yizhou City.
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One of the generals said directly: "If our army returns for reinforcements, it will be too late."
"Instead of doing this, it is better to seize the time and destroy the enemy force in front of us."
"As long as our army seizes the waterway, our army's marching speed will more than double."
"At that time, we will definitely be able to return to Yizhou in one fell swoop."
The general said, "I believe that Your Highness will be able to defend Yizhou City before we go back."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
He said: "It's not like you don't know what's going on in Yizhou right now."
"Do you expect those 10,000 old, young, sick and disabled to be able to block the artillery of the Liangzhou Army?"
"However, what you said makes sense."
"Our urgent goal right now is to destroy this enemy force in front of us."
Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes and said: "Give me the order to attack the Xiangyang army stronghold this afternoon. We must break it at any cost, and then return to Yizhou City immediately to aid..."
When everyone heard this, they responded accordingly.
After all, the most reliable tactic for them at the moment is to break through the Yangtze River defense line led by Gao Zhixing.
Once the Yangtze River defense line is secured, they can immediately build warships and return to Shu by water.
In this way, they can save a lot of time.
If nothing unexpected happens, they can even rush in front of Li Chengqian when he arrives at Yizhou City.
But.
Are there many ifs in this world?
What he faced was a high level.
A general with 10,000 troops could withstand a one-month attack by 100,000 troops from Goguryeo.
In terms of offense, Gao Zhixing may not be able to defeat Li Chengqian's miraculous ability of defeating more with less.
It is even more impossible to create the pressure of Li Jing and other veterans who play steadily and make the opponent feel desperate.
But in terms of defense, Gao Zhixing is definitely an expert.
He can definitely use his defense to make The enemy fell into despair.
When it was learned that the entire Shu army came out of the camp together.
Gao Zhixing knew that the decisive battle had arrived in advance.
And he could also predict why the Shu army would make such an abnormal move.
Nothing more than that, that guy Li Chengqian must be causing trouble again.
Gao Zhixing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This guy really can't make people worry for a moment."
"But that's all."
"Who said, I want to be your brother-in-law, but also your uncle?"
Gao Zhixing held his head high and said straightly: "Give me the order to defend today. Even if the stronghold is attacked and we all die in battle, we cannot take a step back!"
After hearing his words, the messenger immediately responded.
Afterwards, he went down to convey Gao Zhixing's military orders.
Everyone can see that this is already the decisive battle on the Eastern Front battlefield.
Therefore, this time, the quartermaster was not as stingy as before. With a wave of his hand, he directly asked all the generals and soldiers to go to him to collect supplies.
This time, the quartermaster ordered all the Zhenguan cannons to be rolled out, one for each echelon.
As for the cannonballs, they were all moved away one wooden box after another.
Not to mention the Sky Fire Thunder, one for each warrior is a bit unrealistic.
But it is still possible to get two or three coins for every five people.
The same was true for the Shu army, who used everything they could use.
Even the trebuchets that had disappeared on the battlefield for a long time were brought out by them.
Obviously, these guys are really ready to fight.
Following the order from Zhang Xiao, the commander-in-chief of the Shu army, thousands of Shu troops rushed towards the Yangtze River defense line like a tide.
Facing such a fierce offensive from the opponent, the soldiers of the Xiangyang Army showed no fear at all.
Of course they were the new army before, and of course they were called the reserve army before.
But after this battle, they will definitely become the second-largest team in the Tang Dynasty, second only to the Liangzhou Army...