Chapter 577: The Battle of Luo County
After seizing the Fushui Pass, the Jiangdong army was in great power. Huang Zhong and Chen Dao held a banquet to appease the newly surrendered Gao Pei to calm his heart. Gao Pei also talked generously during the meal, saying that Liu Zhang was weak and incompetent, and had no ambition to ruin a good land of Bashu. Since Liu Zhang, everyone was willing to be mediocre, but they forced many ambitious heroes away. Now Bashu is defeated, only day and night.
After the banquet ended, Huang Zhong called Chen Dao and asked in a low voice: "What about Gao Pei now?"
Chen Dao was rude and said without thinking: "Gao Pei was quick and easy to speak, and he is worthy of being a good man in Shu! Now he joins our army and should be used with him."
Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "It's not the case! Thinking about Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son have been governing Bashu for decades, and their foundations have deepened. Gao Pei is a brave general under his tent, so he will definitely receive his kindness. Today, he keeps talking about Liu's kindness, but instead says that Liu's resentment is not done by an open-minded gentleman! Besides, his behavior is abnormal and you must be careful of fraud!"
Chen Dao thought about it carefully and found that Gao Pei's journey was really suspicious, so he hurriedly bowed: "Everything is only the order of General Han Sheng!"
Huang Zhong stroked his long white beard with his hands and laughed: "This matter is simple. I will call Gao Pei to my tent in a while and you will know it after exploring it!"
Half an hour later, Gao Pei was invited to his tent by Huang Zhong. After a few steps into the tent, Gao Pei felt that the atmosphere was very different. After seeing Huang Zhong sitting upright on the table, his face was as deep as water. Chen Dao held the sword in his hand and looked at each other with anger, and his heart couldn't help but feel sank.
"Gao Pei! You are so brave, you actually deceived me with a trick of surrender! Take it down for me!" Huang Zhong shouted violently. Gao Pei's legs became weak and almost collapsed on the ground.
Yang Huai's words on his deathbed were to ask Gao Pei to use his head to surrender in order to gain the trust of the Jiangdong Army, and to counterattack in a timely manner, eliminate Huang Zhong, Chen Dao and others to alleviate the crisis in Bashu. Gao Pei followed the plan, but he never expected that Huang Zhong would see through his plan!
The soldier in the tent promised and surrounded Gao Pei with a long spear in his hand. Gao Pei was panicked. He really thought that his actions were exposed, so he quickly drew out his sword and howled, "You are invading my territory for no reason, and I wish you could eat your meat raw!"
After saying that, Gao Pei cut over two soldiers with his sword. Just as he was about to jump out of the tent, he suddenly felt an extremely cold murderous intent. He looked at Huang Zhong's hand, and a cold wolf-toothed arrow was aiming at him.
Gao Pei secretly shouted "Not good". In the blink of an eye, the wolf-toothed arrow shot into his back like lightning. Gao Pei suddenly felt the strength in his body retreat like a tide, and his eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.
Chen Dao clasped his fists and looked full of admiration. "General Han Sheng only tried his best, so he let Gao Pei do his own atrocities. The last general admired him!"
After eliminating a confidant, Huang Zhong couldn't help but be proud and laughed: "It's too much! Intrigue and deception are the norm of military strategists. If there is no lord's teaching, I'm afraid we will all fall into the trap!"
Two days later, Gan Ning sent another 10,000 troops from Wei Yan to arrive. Huang Zhong, Chen Da, and Wei Yan joined forces and went down the river to defeat Jiangyou and Mianzhou, less than two hundred miles away from Chengdu!
Until this time, the tens of thousands of troops gathered by Zhang Ren. He received enough military rations a few days ago, and Zhang Ren was so anxious that he urged the army to move forward all the way, and he only rushed to Luo County. The Jiangdong army had already reached the foot of Luo County!
Zhang Ren immediately brought Lei Tong, Liu Xun, Liu Xun and other generals to the city tower. He put on a pergola in his hand and couldn't help but take a breath. However, seeing that the Jiangdong Army was in a scrupulous manner, the marching and formation were well organized, it was obvious that they were well-trained elite soldiers. In terms of armor and weapons and equipment, they were far superior to those of Bashu's soldiers. No wonder the dangerous terrain of Bashu could not stop them!
Zhang Ren looked around and saw that everyone's faces were worried. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The general should follow the orders of the emperor. The Jiangdong army is so strong that if it cannot be fought, it can only be killed in battle! Zhang Ren immediately ordered the entire army to defend Luo County to the death!
Luo County is an important town outside Chengdu. It has been a place where military strategists have fought for since ancient times. After years of rest and recuperation, the city was high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Chen Dao commanded the troops to attack for a while, and when the results were very little, he called out the gold medal and retreated his troops.
In the evening, everyone discussed military information. Wei Yan proposed that Luo County was difficult to attack, but Zhang Ren defended his life. If he attacked hard, the Jiangdong army would suffer great losses. It would be better to choose a way to detour and capture Chengdu in one fell swoop, and the soldiers of Luo County would surrender.
Huang Zhong was slightly moved, but after thinking about it carefully, he replied: "Wenchang, Chengdu is much larger than Luo County, with higher and thicker city walls, more guards, and sufficient food and grass. If our army bypasses Luo County, if it cannot capture Chengdu in the short term, it will face the threat of Zhang Ren's attack from behind. At that time, if he is attacked from both sides, his soldiers will suffer."
Huang Zhong was the vanguard of the seal appointed by Gan Ning himself. Wei Yan and Chen Dao were all controlled by him. Since he said this, Wei Yan no longer insisted. However, the attack on Luo County as soon as possible and defeated Zhang Ren, who was both wise and brave, actually made the three of them have some brains and no better countermeasures.
At this moment, a guard hurriedly entered the tent and handed Huang Zhong a secret letter with a hot and painted letter. Huang Zhong opened it and immediately laughed and said, "God helps me! Zhang Ren's death is not far away!"
On the second day, Wei Yan gathered his troops and continued to attack the northern gate of Luo County. Zhang Ren personally visited the Yayu and directed his soldiers to repel several waves of attacks from the Jiangdong Army. In the afternoon, a guard suddenly came to report that General Wu Yi had retreated from Fushui Pass and had already returned by detour. He is now outside the west gate, preparing to enter the city and defend Luo County together.
Zhang Ren felt a little unhappy. He didn't expect that Wu Yi was afraid of the powerful enemy and did not dare to rescue the Fushui Pass defenders, which led to the death of Yang Huai and Gao Pei. However, at this moment, the Jiangdong Army was in a predicament, and Wu Yi also had 10,000 elite troops. At this moment, unity was the priority, let his troops enter the city, comfort him and defend Luo County to the death!
Zhang Ren's eyes turned to Chengdu, and if he guarded Luo County, Chengdu would be free of great worries!
However, what Zhang Ren never expected was that Wu Yi was no longer the Wu Yi of the past. Under Fa Zheng's strong persuasion, Wu Yi had surrendered to the Jiangdong Army!
It was day and night, Zhang Ren went to patrol the city defenses of the four gates. After washing up, he couldn't untied his armor and fell asleep. While he was sleeping, he was suddenly awakened by a noise and hurriedly called the personal guard to ask. The guards didn't know what had happened. Zhang Ren hurriedly went out, identified the direction, picked up his gun and got on his horse, whipped a few whips, and headed straight towards the west gate.
At this moment, the West Gate was already in chaos, and balls of flames rose into the air. Wu Yi cut over the last soldier guarding the city with a knife. His subordinates had already rushed forward and opened the thick city gate in the pool of blood all over the ground.
Outside the city gate, Huang Zhong personally led 3,000 elite soldiers to wait for a long time. When the city gate opened, Huang Zhong waved his sword and the three thousand elite soldiers rushed into Luo County like a hungry tiger! At this moment, no matter how capable Zhang Ren was, he would be difficult to defend Luo County!
Chapter completed!