Wei Yan, Zhu Meng and other generals led barbarian troops to reinforce Zhang Ren.
The number of soldiers and horses besieging Zhijiang reached 60,000.
Sixty thousand troops formed a formation outside the city, stretching as far as the eye can see!
The morale of the Zhijiang defenders plummeted.
With only a few thousand people, how could they resist an enemy ten times their size?
According to Liu Zhang's deployment, Zhang Ren attacked one city wall on the first day, added another wall to attack on the second day, and by the third day, it became a three-sided siege.
This arrangement completely defeated the resistance of the Zhijiang defenders.
On the evening of the third day, the Zhijiang defenders mutinied and countless soldiers fled.
The defender could not restrain the crumbling soldiers and had to join in the rout.
Soon the Jingzhou Army understood that instead of finding a way out, their retreat was the beginning of an abyss.
Wei Yan had already led 10,000 barbarian troops to ambush the Jingzhou army on the way to their retreat.
As soon as the signal sounded, all the surrounding ambush troops came out.
The Jingzhou army collapsed completely.
Wei Yan took the lead and rushed into the enemy's formation to slaughter them wildly.
The barbarian army, which was twice the size of the Jingzhou army, was extremely ferocious and wreaked havoc like killing chickens and dogs.
In just a quarter of an hour, the Jingzhou army was slaughtered.
Only a few people took advantage of the chaos and fled.
Wei Yan did not pursue, and quickly withdrew his troops to join Zhang Ren, and together they garrisoned Zhijiang to wait for Liu Zhang.
Facts have proved that Wei Yan's approach was very wise.
Not long after the barbarian army retreated, a large group of Jingzhou troops arrived, led by the general Guan Yu, Liu Bei's first general!
Guan Yu was ordered to support Zhijiang, but met the fleeing Zhijiang defenders on the way.
After getting the detailed information, he immediately ordered the army to move forward quickly, but unfortunately it was still a step too late.
Seeing the corpses of Jingzhou soldiers all over the ground, Guan Yu was furious and immediately ordered his army to counterattack Zhijiang.
Guan Yu led 20,000 people this time, he was very confident!
After rushing to Zhijiang City, he directly ordered the attack.
The result is naturally in vain.
With 20,000 people attacking a city garrisoned by 60,000 troops, there is absolutely no chance of success.
Wei Yan asked Zhang Ren for orders and led his army to attack Guan Yu.
Zhang Ren refused, always feeling that Guan Yu was deceiving him to lure him out of the city.
It was a stalemate for a day.
Seeing Liu Zhang arriving with his army, Guan Yu retreated.
"Hahaha, General Zhang is too cautious!"
Pang Tong was filled with a wry smile when he learned what had happened.
The opportunity to defeat Guan Yu was right in front of him, but it was a pity that he missed it.
Zhang Ren was a little embarrassed.
"Military advisor, General Wei Yan once asked for a raid, but the general refused. This matter is all the responsibility of the general."
"Please ask the King of Qin and the military advisor to punish you!"
Liu Zhang waved his hand indifferently.
"It doesn't matter, it just makes Guan Yu proud for a few more days."
After the failure of the last expedition against Nanjun, the Eastern Army became cautious from top to bottom, fearing that they would fall into the Jingzhou Army's conspiracy again.
Liu Zhang understood this very well.
At the moment, he has an absolute advantage. He is safe and without any faults.
On the contrary, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were given a chance by being greedy for merit.
"There is a saying that goes well, as long as you don't want to take advantage, you will never suffer!"
"Thank you, King Qin!"
Zhang Ren quickly thanked him and then withdrew.
Pang Tong stepped forward apologetically.
"Prince Qin, after all, it is still my responsibility and has nothing to do with Zhang Ren."
"Shi Yuan, you are worrying too much."
Liu Zhang waved his hand again, indicating that it didn't matter.
"In this current situation, if we are more stable, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang can only become more desperate."
"Send the order and let the soldiers keep their minds at ease. Even if I am alone, I will consume Liu Bei to death!"
"As you command!"
Three days later, except for the soldiers stationed at various passes, all the follow-up troops of the Qin army arrived.
There are a total of 150,000 inside and outside Zhijiang City!
Later, Liu Bei personally led his army to join him and confront Liu Zhang.
After Liu Bei arrived outside Zhijiang City, the 40,000 fish recovery army led by Gan Ning launched another offensive.
The Jingzhou navy was defeated and was defeated one after another.
He was even driven to the vicinity of Jiangling.
The entire battle situation completely tilted towards the Qin army.
Liu Bei's army camp and the Chinese army's command tent.
Except for Chu King Liu Bei and military advisor Zhuge Liang, all the other generals looked sad.
Guan Yu remained silent while Zhang Fei kept pacing in the handsome tent.
Showing irritability and helplessness.
"Third brother, can you calm down for a while?"
Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore, Zhang Fei shook him so much that his mind was buzzing.
"Brother, how can I stop?"
"Our navy suffered a series of defeats, losing nearly half of it! Our infantry also suffered a series of setbacks, losing more than 10,000!"
"Now Gan Ning is approaching Jiangling and will outflank our retreat at any time. What should we do?"
After Gan Ning rose up, Liu Bei's entire flank was threatened.
If Gan Ning lands and outflanks Liu Zhang's main force during the decisive battle, the matter will be over!
After hearing this, Guan Yu also raised his head.
"Brother, our army currently has only more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, which is barely half of the Qin army. Sitting back and waiting for death is not an option."
Liu Bei nodded and turned to look at Zhuge Liang.
"Military advisor, what do you think?"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan gently without any worries.
"King Chu, the defeat of the navy is an inevitable result. Our navy and warships are not as good as the Yufu navy. How can we be invincible?"
Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this.
Fortunately, Liu Bei stopped him with his eyes.
"Military advisor, go on."
"King of Chu, you can ask General Guan Ping to lead 10,000 troops to station along the Yangtze River to monitor the Yufushui Army and form the flanks of our army."
"This plan is inappropriate!"
Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Guan Yu objected.
"Military advisor, there are only ten thousand people. Let's not say whether we can keep an eye on Gan Ning. What if Liu Zhang sends someone to attack?"
"Our army is already small in number, and we must never let our soldiers die in vain again!"
Zhuge Liang smiled.
"General Guan doesn't have to worry too much. General Liu Feng can also lead ten thousand people to camp in the rear of Guanping."
"In this way, the two of them and the camp here can become rivals. Liu Zhang won't dare to act rashly!"
Guan Yu's eyes twitched.
"Military advisor, are you kidding me?"
"Liu Zhang's military strength is more than twice that of ours, why doesn't he dare to act rashly?"
Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, full of displeasure.
"I said he didn't dare, so he didn't dare?"
Zhang Fei shouted angrily.
"You said? You said it was useless? You also said that the Eastern Army was completely wiped out? Was it wiped out?"
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Liu Bei quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing!"
"Kong Ming, after allocating 20,000 people, we only have 50,000 left in our camp."
"What should we do if Liu Zhang sends troops to attack?"
Liu Bei and Guan Yu had the same worries.
With so few troops, it would be foolish to divide the troops any further.
"Don't worry, King Chu. The force of the horn can make the enemy helpless. This is how the art of war is written. Just follow it."
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously.
It was as if I saw the shadow of another person.
However, with the trust in Zhuge Liang in his heart, he still chose to obey.
"Pass the order..."
