With Liu Dun's defeat, Sichuan and Shu no longer had any barriers to stop him.
Gan Ning led his army south and surrounded Chengdu. He did not adopt the tactic of surrounding three and missing one, but surrounded Chengdu in an airtight manner, but he was not in a hurry to attack the city.
In the previous episode, Liu Dun returned in defeat, and Liu Zhang had long been frightened to the point of losing his mind.
After learning that Liu Ba and Chang Yu were the first to flee with their own tribe, they were even more angry and gnashed their teeth, eager to kill these two people. However, they were dismissed by hundreds of officials. In addition, these two people were Chengdu nobles, so they were just punished.
After the Jing army troops surrounded Chengdu, they were even more frightened and at a loss. Standing on the top of the city and seeing the dense military tents outside, they were very panicked and asked the people around them: "Now that Chengdu is surrounded, there is no help from far or near. How can we ask for help?" What can I do?"
Dong He cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty! There are still more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and there is enough money, silk and food to cover a year's expenses. The Jing army is coming from far away and cannot last long. Kuang Zhangxiu has already gone to Luoyang. As long as we hold on The city will not last more than half a year, and the Jing army will retreat without a fight."
At this time, Gan Ning had already led the generals on his left and right to ride their horses to a stone's throw from the city.
Ji Ling shouted in front of the mountain: "Ask Liu Jiyu to come out and answer." Ji Ling's voice echoed in the sky, frightening Liu Zhang above him to feel chills in his heart.
Drunk stepped forward and said, "It's Gu Bian."
Ji Ling looked at the respondent on the top of the city and saw a plump man in his thirties or forties with a timid look on his face, so he was sure that this person was Liu Zhang.
Gan Ning said: "King of Shu, now half of the world belongs to King Jing, and destiny is so irreversible. You are the clan of the former dynasty, and you will be treated as a duke after your surrender. If you stubbornly resist, you must hang your head at the east gate. I hope King Shu will think twice."
Liu Zhang's face was so frightened that he fell down on the city in anger.
The city suddenly became panicked, and Liu Dun and Dong He had already rescued them. Liu Zhang looked around weakly, woke up, and realized that he had not been dreaming. The enemy troops had surrounded Chengdu. There was endless despair in his eyes: "I am so stupid that I regret it! Why don't you open the door and surrender to save the whole city?" common people.”
Liu Dun said: "Father, no!"
Liu Zhang turned to look at Liu Dun: "What does my son have to say?"
Liu Dun: "Father, although the Jing army is large, they are ruthless in their attacks. If they surrender, the gentry in Yizhou will be destroyed. Zhang Xiu has a bad reputation. As long as we hold on to Chengdu, we will wait until the gentry in the outer cities unite to attack." At that time, if we cooperate with each other internally and externally, we will be able to defeat the Jing army and restore Shu."
At this moment, Liu Ba became tough again and responded immediately: "What the prince said is true. Zhang Xiu is a wolf. If he gets the land of Yizhou, how can all our people survive! I hope the king will think twice!"
After hearing what they said, Liu Zhang seemed to have hope and actually stood up: "Since all the beloved ministers are determined by this, I will give it a go and order the entire army to prepare to defend the city!"
"Here!" Everyone was overjoyed.
Liu Dun stood on the top of the city and shouted: "You usurpers and traitors dare to say such treacherous and unjust words in front of the orthodox Han clan members. The world belongs to the Han Dynasty, not to Prince Jing!"
Seeing that Liu Zhang refused to surrender, Gan Ning sneered and said, "Since the King of Shu did not listen to the advice, it will be too late to regret after the city is destroyed." After that, he turned his horse and left.
Subsequently, Jingjun began to assemble the trebuchet.
The Shu army also hurriedly began to prepare things to defend the city. The nobles in the city were prepared to fight to the death and donated all their food, grass and property in order to defend the city.
But under the powerful weapons of Jingjun, it is a luxury to hope to hold on.
After two days of preparation, the huge trebuchet was assembled. The tall trebuchet stood opposite the city of Chengdu, almost as high as the city wall. When the Shu army defenders saw such an exaggerated trebuchet, they were worried. How could they defend such a formation?
During the Battle of Mianzhu, the Jing Army did not use trebuchets, so Liu Dun and the others had only heard that the Jing Army had a terrifying siege weapon, but had never seen it with their own eyes. Now that they saw it, their courage was half exhausted.
On top of the city in Chengdu.
Liu Ba and Chang Yu stood facing the trebuchet. Looking at the tall and powerful siege weapon, they knew that the city of Chengdu could not be defended. Since it could not be defended, why not give Jingjun a surprise so as to avoid... The danger of one’s own family.
"Nanhe!" Liu Ba looked at Changyu with mysterious eyes, "I watched the Qianxiang last night and saw stars gathering in Guanzhong. The big stars were as bright as the bright moon. This is the image of an emperor. Now King Jing is occupying half of the world. In the future, he will be able to control the world. This is a sign and cannot be reversed."
fart!
Zhang Yu cursed in disgust in his heart, but echoed with his words: "Prince Jing is the most powerful king of the world. Liu Zhang is fatuous and incompetent, and will be captured sooner or later, and brother Zichu is watching the sky. It is better to sneak into the city secretly and use it to control the sky." keep us safe."
Liu Ba nodded.
After discussion, the two decided to let Chang Yu sneak out of the city. He organized people in the city, turned on the lights three times, and broke through the south gate.
At midnight, Changyu went down to the city with a basket to see Gan Ning.
Gan Ning really didn't expect that someone in the city would come to surrender. He immediately got up and put on his clothes to see Chang Yu. It would be great if he could get Chengdu so easily.
Seeing Chang Yu, Gan Ning asked straight to the point: "How to enter the city?"
Zhang Yu didn't expect Gan Ning to be so foolhardy, so he said: "From the south gate, you can enter by turning on the light three times."
"good!"
Gan Ning clapped his thigh happily: "General Yan, hurry up and rectify your troops and horses, and set off immediately to prepare to attack the city from the south gate."
"Here!" Yan Yan ordered.
However, Zhang Yu looked embarrassed. He had to send troops to attack the city before his conditions were met. Wouldn't it be too cheap? So he said: "Captain Gan, after I present the city..."
"Um?"
Gan Ning frowned: "Sir Zhang, it is imperative for our army to break the city. Needless to say, you have made great contributions to the city, but if you use this as a threat, you will have made a wrong calculation."
Zhang Yu said quickly: "How dare I? I just hope that after the city is broken, my family's foundation will not be harmed."
Gan Ning: "Our Jingjun military law is strict. As long as the Zhang family abides by the law, your family's foundation will not be harmed."
Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
Immediately, Gan Ning immediately led the army to prepare. Taking advantage of the darkness, Yan Yan led 10,000 soldiers and horses towards the south gate. They were a thousand steps away from the city. Yan Yan ordered Li Yan to personally lead 1,000 elite men, sneak into the city and hold up red lanterns three times.
On the top of the city, Liu Ba was already waiting.
Seeing the lanterns lighted up outside the city, Liu Ba, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately ordered more than 2,000 people from the Liu and Zhang families to kill at the south gate.
The guard at the south gate had no time to resist and was killed.
Suddenly, the Shu army was in chaos, and Liu Ba immediately ordered his people to lower the suspension bridge and open the city gate. Due to the excessive noise of the fighting and the fact that the Shu army was under martial law throughout the city, the police immediately sounded loudly and the Shu army from all directions came to support.
Liu Ba ordered some troops to resist.
Finally, the south gate opened.
Li Yan from outside took the lead and rushed into the city. Later, Yan Yan led the cavalry to rush in. The Shu army was unable to defend itself and the horses were unstoppable. They quickly rushed into Chengdu.
As a result, the south gate was lost.
