Chapter 241: Surprise Attack on Chengdu (Part 2)

Only eighty miles from Daojiang County to Chengdu, the official road is wide, and the famous Dujiangyan is located in Daojiang County. The Minjiang River is cut off here. The irritable river water has since become gentle and delicate, nourishing the millions of people on the Chengdu Plain.

At night, a crescent moon seemed to be hanging on the white light in the sky, evenly spreading a layer of silver-white moonlight on the official road. On the official road between Daojiang County and Chengdu, Zhang Huan's 30,000 cavalry were marching in a row. After a month of hard marching, he was about to reach their target.

It has been more than a month since Jiuqu sent troops in early September to today, and the journey is only more than a thousand miles. However, the difficult road caused this 50,000 army to arrive in Daojiang County, and nearly 10,000 people were reduced along the way, while nearly 20,000 horses were lost. Everyone looked haggard and thin.

The army rested overnight after arriving in Wenchuan last night, and also received exact news from Zhu Li's army. After failing to attack Wu County, Zhu Li retreated back to Wen County and prepared to attack again.

The 20,000 troops in Chengdu have distributed 10,000 to transport food, and there are only 10,000 defenders in the city. Now the best opportunity to seize Chengdu has come.

Zhang Huan stayed in Daojiang County with nearly 10,000 soldiers and war horses who were extremely tired, and stayed in Daojiang County for rest. He personally led 30,000 soldiers who were fighting and concentrated their last energy to advance towards Chengdu.

Daojiang County had already been left behind from a distance, and there were still thirty miles away. All the soldiers became extremely excited. At this time, more than a dozen war horses were racing in front of them, including the soldiers of the pioneer Lin Jiuhan, including two scouts.

"Governor, General Lin has stopped ten miles north of Chengdu and is waiting for the Governor's order."

The two scouts also came forward to report, "Report to the Governor, our 100 scouts entered Chengdu two days ago under General Liu and now hid in Wangjiang Restaurant. We have fully grasped the whereabouts of Zhu Fengge, and General Liu will cooperate with the Governor."

"Okay!" Zhang Huan turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "Tell me my words to all brothers. After entering Chengdu tonight, he will strictly enforce military discipline. Those who enter private houses, rape women, and take all their belongings will be killed!"

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The night fell again. The thick fog in late autumn has dissipated, the night sky is washing, and a bright moon hangs over Chengdu. Liu Shuai and his more than 100 brothers have been lurking here for two days in Wangjiang Restaurant. It is very simple. The Sima Bridge where Wangjiang Restaurant is located is the only way for Zhu Fengge to go to the military camp. After the villagers transported 100,000 stones of rice north again in the early morning yesterday, Zhu Fengge had passed under their eyelids three times. Before the time was right, Liu Shuai and the others still stopped moving, but just carefully observed some details of Zhu Fengge, including

There were exactly 81 coachmen, and each time there were many, each of them. They were all tall, wearing bright armor, handsome and neat, but the scouts paid more attention to their weapons, no military crossbow or long spear, each with a long silver knife, a long bow on his waist and a round shield on his back. When walking on the road, everyone looked glittering and looking around, with a look of disdain and pride on their faces. This was a team without combat effectiveness. The battle-hardened scouts saw through the weakness of the guards at a glance.

Wangjiang Restaurant has been closed for three days, with doors and windows closed, but compared with the same deserted streets and other restaurants, this is really nothing, and no one will pay attention to it. At this moment, Liu Shuai sat on the table on the first floor, waiting for the news with all his attention. In the morning, the governor had already set off from Daojiang County, and it was only one or two hours before he arrived in Chengdu.

A sense of tension that had never been suppressed in Liu Shuai's heart. He sent two grain delivery teams to the north in succession, but the governor did not consider intercepting the grain team and still attacked Chengdu as planned, which implies that he could take action in the city and cooperate with the army to seize the city. Judging from the fact that Zhu Fengge did not have a deputy general, as long as Zhu Fengge controlled the garrison in the entire Chengdu.

Suddenly, the fierce sound of horse hooves broke through the quiet night. Several war horses rushed towards the west like lightning. The horse cavalry looked shocked and rushed past the Wangjiang Restaurant and headed straight towards Zhufeng Pavilion Mansion.

"Here!" Liu Shuai was energetic. This must be the whereabouts of the governor's army were discovered by the defenders. In other words, the governor had arrived in Chengdu. "People cheered me up and prepared for battle!"

Liu Shuai growled, and Tang Jun, who were sitting in the lobby, rushed to the doors and windows, and stood in their respective seats.

Time passed by little by little, and Liu Shuai stared at the intersection intently. The brothers in charge of watching the Zhu family heard news that Zhu Fengge had not left the mansion since noon, so whether he went to the military camp or the west gate, he would appear from that intersection.

"Sigh!" A whistle came from afar, and a figure appeared at the intersection, and waved to the side. This was the brother lurking at the intersection who reported that Zhu Fengge was coming, and there was no change. At this time, the faint sound of horse hooves was vaguely heard, and all the scouts were calmed down, and the arrows were put on crossbows, and the knife was sheathed, and they waited for a command.

A dark shadow cast, and Zhu Fengge's team finally appeared at the intersection, with nine rows and nine rows, and a gorgeous carriage in the middle. The team was not moving fast and even a little leisurely. This shows that Zhu Fengge did not take the discovery of the sentry to heart. Indeed, no matter how the enemy suddenly appeared? Perhaps Zhu Fengge thought this was a soldier retreating from the front line.

"Boardman ready!" Fifty soldiers picked up military crossbows through the horizon, and arrows shone with silver light under the moonlight.

‘Da!Da!Da!’ The uniform sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and everyone looked extremely serious, as if more than a hundred clay sculptures were not moving. ‘Five steps, three steps, two steps’, the carriage finally reached the best position for the raid.

With a low order, fifty arrows broke through the air at the same time, as if a group of starlight had slashed through the night and disappeared into the marching team. Zhu Fengge's entourage, who were walking in front of Wangjiang Tower, fell off his horse. Fifty arrows and arrows were shot without slashing, and half of the enemy was instantly cut off. Before Zhu Fengge's entourage could react, the second round of arrow rain rushed again.

After two rounds of arrows, Zhu Fengge's entourage was left with only twenty people, and even the coachman and the horse who pulled the cart died under the arrow. The rest of the people were pale, panic, scared, but at a loss. Zhu Fengge's carriage was tilted aside, and only bursts of cry for help came from the carriage.

"Kill!" A low sound like a wild beast, fifty fighters came here like thunder. They started ruthlessly and simply. More than a dozen injured guards fell to the ground were killed by a knife before they could stand up.

This is the most elite soldier of the Western Liang Army. They are all skilled in martial arts and have experienced many battles. In their eyes, there is only one word for fighting, "Die!" Either the other party dies, or they die by themselves. Fifty people cooperate with each other, and the swords and swords are bloody, like autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. In a moment, the guards were completely killed without a single living mouth.

Liu Shuai and two other soldiers opened the carriage door and saw a man curled up in the corner of the carriage. He was about thirty years old and was round and fat, with a pale face and a terrified face.

"What do you want to do?"

Liu Shuai stepped forward and gave a deep bow, and said with a smile: "Are you the General Zhu Fengge who stayed in Chengdu?"

Seeing that he was humble and polite, the man couldn't help but wonder in his eyes and said slowly: "I am, who are you?"

"We are subordinates of Zhang Envoy, the governor of Longyou, and we are here to rescue the general in the sea of ​​suffering."

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It was only three miles from Wangjiang Restaurant to the west gate. Zhu Fengge soon came to the west gate under the tight protection of eighty guards. The guardian of the west gate was a school captain. He had just discovered a team two miles outside the west gate. The number of people was unknown. He was very shocked and asked his men to report to Zhu Fengge.

Seeing Zhu Fengge carriage arrive, the captain immediately stepped forward to report, "General, a team came from outside the city, with unknown origin, and I don't know how to deal with it?"

In the carriage, Liu Shuai's knife was slightly pressed, and a bloodline flowed down from Zhu Fengge's waist, "Tell me quickly!"

Zhu Fengge's pale face flashed through the car window, and he heard him shouting sternly: "What is the origin of this? It was the front of Wang Dayou's army sent by the prince Qiansui to hand over the city defense with me. Open the door immediately! This general is going to greet him in person."

Although Zhu Fengge's voice was harsh, the captain could not help but sighed slightly. The prince was too mean to treat his subordinates, and he would punish him if he was negligent, and even his clan brother did not let go.

"Open the door!" He waved his hand quickly, and the city gate slowly opened. Zhu Fengge's carriage ran out. After walking less than a hundred steps, the two soldiers turned back and clasped their fists to the captain and said, "Person Yang, General Zhu ordered you to go there and have important matters to explain."

The captain did not dare to be negligent, and immediately rushed forward, bowed to the carriage and said, "Please give me instructions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several knives held his neck, and a guard sneered: "I asked you to follow me because I was afraid that you would accidentally close the city gate."

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The army discovered was Lin Jiuhan's 5,000 Pioneer Battalion, but now there is no vanguard. Zhang Huan's army has just arrived and is listening to Lin Jiuhan's report. At this time, a group of chariots and horses came from the west gate of Chengdu. One of the soldiers rushed to report, "Report to the Governor, General Liu has captured Zhu Fengge, the remaining guard in Chengdu, and is currently in the carriage. He has agreed to surrender to the Governor and needs to get the Governor's personal promise."

Zhang Huan couldn't help laughing. He knew that Liu Shuai would not disappoint him, but he still didn't expect that he would seize Chengdu so perfectly.

"Okay, I'll talk to this General Zhu in person!"

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In the mid-October of the sixth year of Xuanren, Zhang Huan's army, who had traveled thousands of miles from Tubo, took advantage of Zhu Li's leadership of 200,000 troops to attack Longyou and Shu was empty, and the sneak attacked Chengdu. Zhu Fengge, the remaining defenders in Chengdu, led 10,000 defenders to surrender to Zhang Huan.

At the same time, the Zhu Li army stationed in Yinping and Jiange area also took advantage of the fact that the Hanzhong Jieduan Li Na led a large army to attack Fengzhou County and sneaked into Yangping Pass. The army rushed into Hanzhong, captured seven counties in Hanzhong, and occupied Nanzheng, where the Hanzhong Jieduan Yuanmen were located. Li Na led the army to counterattack, but was ambushed and defeated by Zhu Li army north of Niutou Mountain. He suffered heavy casualties. Li Na had to take away the remnants with hatred and fled from Baogu to Guanzhong to join Pei Jun.

Zhu Li, who got Hanzhong, was extremely ecstatic in Qujiang County, Wenjun. He immediately ordered the entire army to celebrate for three days, and Yixiu's depressed defeat in attacking Longyou.

Although the whole army was full of joy, the military advisor Qi Lu was increasingly worried. He was worried about the situation in Chengdu. In order to seize Longyou and Hanzhong, Zhu Li almost had his pockets. Only 20,000 people were left to defend Chengdu in Shuzhong. Once there was any civil war in Shuzhong, the consequences would be unimaginable. Especially when Zhu Li actually let a weak Zhu Fengge stay, a small landlord who kept wealth, how could he stand alone?

Qi Lu knew very well that Shuzhong had been exploited by Zhu Li to make people resentful. Although it seemed calm under the strict surveillance of his army, once Zhu Li led the army to leave, will the people in Shu remain silent?

He now regrets very much that he shouldn't cater to Zhu Li's ambitions and agrees to him attack Longyou. Almost a month has passed, but Zhu Li only occupied one Wen County, but the other party deliberately gave in. The reinforcements from Longyou should have rushed back. Qi Lu knew very well that the possibility of seizing Longyou was very slim.

"Military advisor, the prince has an order, no one is allowed to go in and disturb him." Outside Zhu Li's tent, a guard officer stopped Qi Lu.

"What are the prince doing now?" Qi Lu was slightly angry. He had been celebrating for three days, and his morale was disintegrating. Is it still over?

The guard officer shook his head. Seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and persuaded him: "You don't know the prince's temper. I'm excited to persuade him to be a dead person. The military advisor should bear it!"

Qi Lu swallowed his breath into his stomach. He faintly heard the laughter of a woman in the big tent, and couldn't help but stomp his feet hard, "Oh!" and turned around and left.

At this moment, an officer at the camp gate ran over in shock. It seemed that there was an urgent military situation to report to Zhu Li. Qi Lu stopped him, "What happened? So panic?"

"The military advisor is not good!" The officer panted: "Zhu Fengge just sent someone to report that a civil unrest in Chengdu has spread to several counties. I ask the prince to rescue him quickly."

"What!" Qi Lu's heart suddenly fell into the abyss. He was stunned for a moment. The thing he was most afraid of finally happened. After a while, he came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Do you know what caused it?"

The officer hesitated and said, "The news broker was very vague, as if the prince was urging grain, and Zhu Fengge forced the recruitment of civilians everywhere caused riots."

"It's true that's not what he expected! Chengdu's people are extremely resentful, and only one spark can ignite it." Qi Lu sighed. He no longer cared about Zhu Li's ban and quickly walked up to the camp and reported loudly: "Prince, something big happened in Shu, and the people rebelled!"

After a while, two untidy pink heads ran out in a panic, and only heard Zhu Li say in the tent: "Come in!"

Qi Lu walked into the camp and saw Zhu Li sitting at the table with a gloomy face. When he saw him coming in, he said coldly: "Is there any rebellion in this year? Is it as for such a fuss?"
To be continued...