After several rounds of arrow formations, the Shu army suffered heavy casualties and its formation became more chaotic. The soldiers were so frightened that they fled in all directions, like a pile of scattered sand.
The Shu army led by Gongsun Yong was a rear army, and its combat effectiveness was not strong. Now there were Han troops blocking them in front of them, and Han troops pursuing them behind them. They could only choose to run away, and were unable to fight at all.
Liu Xin led 10,000 Han troops and defeated tens of thousands of Shu troops led by Gongsun Yong. There were countless casualties. In the end, only 18,000 people escaped. Gongsun Yong also died among the rebels.
In the Battle of Yufujin, Wu Han led 80,000 Han troops and defeated Gongsun Yong and Wei Ke's 100,000 Shu troops. Chengdu was horrified, and Gongsun Shu hurriedly issued an edict to mobilize Gongsun Hui's troops stationed in Zizhong.
After Gongsun Hui and Wang Yuan received the edict from Gongsun Shu, they retreated to Wuyang with their troops. In addition, Gongsun Shu sent his son-in-law Shi Xing with 20,000 troops to join Gongsun Hui in Wuyang.
More than 100,000 Shu troops led by Gongsun Hui, Shi Xing, and Wang Yuan formed a line of defense in Wuyang to resist the Han army's northward march. It also became the outer line of defense to protect Chengdu.
Nan'an.
After the great victory at Yufujin, there was no threat around Nan'an, and the Han army temporarily rested in Nan'an.
The Han army's camp and the Chinese army's tent.
At present, the sizable Shu armies, in addition to Chengdu, are Gongsun Hui's tribe stationed in Wuyang and Yancen's tribe stationed in Guanghan County. Gongsun Hui's tribe has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Yancen's tribe has more than 50,000 troops.
If the Han army attacks Wuyang from the north now, when fighting Gongsun Hui's tribe, Yancen's tribe will most likely go south from Guanghan County to reinforce Wuyang. By then, we will be surrounded by enemies on both sides, and the situation will be very unfavorable.
Wu Han made adjustments to his tactics. He dispatched 20,000 troops from Feng Jun of Jiangzhou to Nan'an, and formed an army of 50,000 with the 30,000 soldiers he led, and then marched into Wuyang.
The 50,000 southern expedition troops led by Zang Gong can first return to Jiangzhou, and then go north from Jiangzhou to Guanghan County to capture the Yancen tribe.
Gongsun Hui and Yancen are currently the two largest minions of Chengdu. Only by removing these two minions can Chengdu fall into an isolated and helpless situation. This will pave the way for our own side to capture Chengdu in the future.
Regarding Wu Han's strategic adjustment, the Zanggong generals were secretly speechless.
Zang Gong took the lead with 50,000 Han troops and attacked the Yancen tribe in Guanghan County. This was not a problem. After all, the Yancen tribe did not have many soldiers and horses, only 50,000 troops. In terms of strength, it was comparable to Zang Gong's troops. In a fight, the Han Dynasty
The army did not suffer any loss either.
Zang Gong was worried about the Battle of Wuyang on Wu Han's side.
Even if another 20,000 soldiers and horses were transferred from Feng Jun, Wu Han would only have 50,000 soldiers and soldiers under his command. However, Gongsun Hui, who is currently stationed in Wuyang, has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command.
It was too difficult for Wu Han to attack a city garrisoned by more than 100,000 enemy troops with 50,000 soldiers.
There is a saying in the art of war that three times the enemy can attack a city, but the current situation is that the number of troops defending the city is twice as strong as the number of troops attacking the city. How to fight this battle?
Seeing that all the generals in Zang Palace were worried and frowning, Wu Han looked up and smiled nonchalantly, waved his hands and said, "My lord, don't worry, I have success or failure in my heart."
Zang Gong frowned and said: "Da Sima, Gongsun Hui, Shi Xing, Wang Yuan and others cannot be underestimated. Fighting 50,000 against 120,000 is... too risky. I think we should take a long-term approach."
That’s it!”
Wu Han waved his hand and said seriously: "In the battle of Wuyang, I am confident that I can defeat the enemy. In the battle of Guanghan, do you have the confidence to defeat Yancen?"
Zang Gong's face straightened, he raised his hands and said: "Da Sima, if the general cannot win, I would like to raise my head to apologize to Da Sima!"
"Okay!" Wu Han put his hands on his hands and smiled, and said: "Since the emperor is also determined to win, then the matter is settled like this. You and I will divide our troops into two groups, one to capture Yancen and the other to capture Gongsun Hui! Attack on both sides and pull out.
Get rid of these two minions of Gongsun Shu!"
Unable to persuade Wu Han, Zang Gong could only accept Wu Han's order. Next, the Han army began to make adjustments.
The Han army led by Zang Gong and Yang Xi retreated to Jiangzhou. In addition, Feng Jun from Jiangzhou sent 20,000 Han troops to Nan'an in accordance with Wu Han's order.
Wu Han, who was in Nan'an, was not idle while waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.
After the Battle of Yufujin, one hundred thousand Shu troops were dispersed, and many stragglers were still wandering around Nan'an, the largest of which numbered two to three thousand people.
Wu Han sent Liu Shang to encircle and suppress. Liu Shang led the Han army to attack and chased the stragglers for hundreds of miles. The remnants of the Shu army were forced to flee all the way to the west. Finally, the remnants of the Shu army fled into Mount Emei. Only then did Liu Shang give up.
Led his troops to retreat to Nan'an.
Not long after, Zang Gong led his troops back to Jiangzhou and rested temporarily in Jiangzhou. The wounded soldiers among the generals stayed in Jiangzhou, and the best troops were transferred from Jiangzhou to replenish the establishment. Then, 50,000 Han troops went north to Guanghan County.
Zang Gong led his troops to attack, and Yancen hurriedly asked Gongsun Shu for help. There were not many troops left in Chengdu, and it was impossible to send more troops to Yancen. After thinking about it, Gongsun Shu sent a letter to Gongsun Hui, asking Gongsun Hui to mobilize troops and reinforcements.
Yancen.
Now, Wu Han has no intention of leading his army to the north. Wuyang is considered peaceful. More than 100,000 Shu troops are stationed in Wuyang, which is really a waste of troops.
Gongsun Hui and Shi Xingyi combined their efforts and decided to transfer Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan was a subordinate of Kai Xiao and belonged to the Long Army faction. He was always out of place with Gongsun Shu.
Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing didn't like Wang Yuan very much. Instead, they felt that Wang Yuan was a loser. He first defeated Wei Xiao and then defeated Wei Chun. Now that he has come to his side, he can't be sure.
Who do you want to kill?
It's better to get Wang Yuan to Yancen's side. Anyway, these two people are in the same league. When it comes to leading troops and fighting, neither of them has much ability, but when it comes to running away, they are both top-notch experts.
In this way, under the arrangements of Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, Wang Yuan led 20,000 Shu troops to Guanghan County to reinforce Yancen.
Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing are not very capable people, but they are quite accurate in judging people. Yan Cen can really be called the number one expert in running away.
He ran from Hanzhong to Nanyang, from Nanyang to Nanjun, and from Nanjun to Yizhou. He ran all the way down, which can be said to have been experienced in hundreds of battles.
Yancen's sense of smell is extremely keen. Every time he fights, he can smell the smell of defeat and prepare to run away in advance. Although he has suffered countless defeats, Yancen is still alive and well until now.
Yancen, who was stationed in Guanghan County, ran into Zang Gong before Wang Yuan's troops arrived for reinforcements. The two sides started a head-to-head confrontation in Guanghan County, Guanghan County.
Yancen still showed his strengths. Not long after the battle between the two sides, Yancen had a premonition that his side was going to be defeated, so he also withdrew from the central army to the rear.
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he does not command the battle in the center, but runs to the rear to seek refuge from danger. It is very difficult for such an army to remain undefeated.
Sure enough, the 50,000 Shu army led by Yancen was severely defeated by the 50,000 Han army led by Zang Gong. Yancen, who had been preparing to flee in the rear army, immediately turned around when he saw that the front army had been defeated.
Just run.
With all the generals running away, the soldiers below were still fighting desperately. The 50,000 Shu army collapsed like a piece of loose sand and fled in all directions.
An army of 50,000 was defeated in a battle for thousands of miles. The casualties caused by the Shu army's soldiers trampling on each other were countless. On the other hand, Yancen, the general, was not injured at all and ran faster than anyone else.
, fled all the way back to Chengdu from Guanghan County.
Yancen ran very fast and was also an expert at tricking his teammates. Wang Yuan came all the way to Guanghan County for reinforcements. However, he had just arrived in Pingyang Township and was about to join Yancen's troops. Yancen had already run away first.
The Han army led by Zang Gong came straight to Pingyang Township with the power of a great victory.
Facing the menacing Han army, Wang Yuan was disheartened.
With Yancen here, he and Yancen joined forces, and still had the strength to fight the Han army.
Now Yancen has led his troops to run away, and only the 20,000 troops and horses he led are left. How can they be the opponent of the 50,000 Han army?
If he fights this battle, he will definitely lose, and he himself may not have a way to survive.
But if he fled without fighting and ran back to Chengdu like Yancen, would he have a way to survive? He was a general of the Long clan, and after all, he was an outsider here in Shu. There were many people who disliked him.
When the Han army occupied Guanghan County, the Chengdu court had to find someone to take the blame. Yancen was a popular figure in front of Gongsun Shu. Yancen could not take the blame, so who else could take the blame? The only one left was Wang Yuan.
Therefore, the situation Wang Yuan now faces is that fighting is a dead end, and escaping is also a dead end. Whether fighting or escaping, he has no way to survive.
When the Han army advanced to Pingyang Township, Wang Yuan finally made a difficult decision to surrender.
Besides surrendering, Wang Yuan really has no other way out now.
The 20,000 Shu troops led by Wang Yuan did not put up any resistance in Pingyang Township and all surrendered to the Han army. Wang Yuan took off his shirt, tied himself with ropes, went to see Zang Gong, and held a thorn to Zang Gong to plead guilty.
Zang Gong and Cen Peng have been working together for a long time, and their temperaments have become quite similar to Cen Peng. For Wang Yuan who took the initiative to surrender, Zang Gong did not make it difficult for him. Instead, he personally untied him and treated him well with good wine.
Treat Wang Yuan with dishes.
At this point, the last elder of the Xilong power, Wang Yuan, also surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Xilong power established by Kai Xiao was completely destroyed.
Zang Gong defeated Yancen in Guanghan County and forced Wang Yuan to surrender. The Han army began to march into the deep hinterland of Guanghan County, approaching Chengdu.
On the other side, 20,000 Han troops reinforced from Jiangzhou arrived in Nan'an. Wu Han led 50,000 Han troops and headed north from Nan'an, heading straight for Wuyang.
On the way to Wuyang, Wu Han said to Liu Shang: "If our army arrives in Wuyang, and Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing dare to lead their troops out of the city to fight, the success or failure of this battle is not yet known; if Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing defend Wuyang to the death,
, if you don’t go out to fight, the bandit army will be defeated in this battle!”
Liu Shang was a little confused when he heard this. Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing had an army of 100,000. They went out of the city to fight with their own side. The victory or defeat was uncertain. Defending the city was a sure defeat. Did Grand Sima say the opposite?
Seeing that Liu Shang was hesitant to speak, Wu Han smiled calmly and said quietly: "If the Shu army dares to go out of the city to ask for a fight, it means that the Shu army's morale is high and it is capable of fighting our army; if the Shu army dares not go out of the city,
Only dare to defend the city, which shows that the morale of the Shu army is low and they are afraid of fighting.
"The food and grass in Wuyang City have long been emptied. A hundred thousand troops have entered the city to garrison. It may be able to sustain it for a short time. But over time, the food in the city will be exhausted, and the Shu army will be forced to leave the city to fight. How can they be invincible?
Reason?"
Taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight and passively going out to fight are completely different concepts. In war, what you fight is actually morale. Even if you have more soldiers and horses, but no fighting spirit, when you go to the battlefield, you are still waiting to be killed.
Wu Han has experienced hundreds of battles and is rich in experience. He can basically judge how sure his side is of winning this battle just by looking at the enemy's initial reaction.
The Han army came all the way from Nan'an to Wuyang. Fifty thousand Han troops approached the city, but Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, who were stationed in Wuyang and had an army of 100,000 under their command, closed the city and did not leave.
Wu Han was not too surprised that the Shu army would react like this. Who were the leading generals of the Shu army? One was Gongsun Shu's younger brother Gongsun Hui, and the other was Gongsun Shu's son-in-law Shi Xing.
These two people came to the job by virtue of their relatives. To be honest, these two people are both dissatisfied with only a bottle of water and a half-bottle.
The Shu army is led by these two men, and the Shu army is led by these two men. Not to mention they have 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if they have 200,000, 350,000 or even 500,000 soldiers and horses, Wu Han will not let them go.
In eyes.
After the troops arrived at the city, Wu Han did not rush to order a strong attack. Instead, he selected soldiers with loud voices, attacked the enemy in front of the city, scolded the enemy, and provoked the Shu army to leave the city to fight.