Sima Cuo wanted to lead his army back, but how could Le Yi let him go? As soon as Sima Cuo's army made a move, Le Yi immediately followed.
Sima Cuo was also good at war, and he defeated Wei and Han many times. In order to deal with him, Le Yi thought of many ways. In the end, I chose to use force to overwhelm others. The 100,000 Qin troops wanted to retreat but could not do so, so Sima Cuo repeatedly wanted to fight Le Yi. He wanted to repel Le Yi and then return with a large army to support him.
But Le Yi didn't accept the move at all, he just dragged him so that Sima Cuo could not return to Chengdu to aid.
After Sima Cuo saw this situation, he knew that he could not lead the entire army to return for reinforcements. He immediately made a decision to leave part of the Qin army behind, and he led the remaining Qin army to rush to Chengdu.
But Le Yi had already expected Sima Cuo's response. Only a part of the Huai army was left to confront the Qin army. The Qin army bypassed these and pursued Sima Cuo.
Sima Cuo kept going all the way, but when his army arrived in Chengdu, he found that Chengdu had long been captured by the Huai army.
Just when Sima Cuo was entangled by Le Yi, the Huai army went upstream and went north via the Tuojiang River, and then five thousand cavalry rushed to Chengdu day and night. The cavalry of the Huai Kingdom were originally mounted infantry. Each of them was equipped with armor and crossbows, and they just relied on horses to travel.
Without giving Sima any chance, the army successfully arrived in Chengdu. There were not many defenders in Chengdu at this time. Sima Cuo originally wanted to block the Huai army in Suining, but he did not expect that the Huai army's 300,000 troops came in three groups. He wasn't given a chance at all.
Five thousand cavalrymen were dressed in rattan armor and marched at such a fast speed that the Qin army had no time to close the city gate. The Huai army captured the city gate and then took advantage of the situation to capture the entire city.
When Sima Cuo saw Chengdu fell, his expression suddenly changed. He wanted to lead his army to attack Chengdu, but Le Yi's army quickly caught up with him.
At the same time, after Chen Song, the general of Huai State, occupied Chengdu, Zhang Bang pacified the people and did not allow soldiers to invade the people. He also maintained order in the city and cracked down on local bullies. After occupying the treasury, he distributed food and salt to the people in the city. At the same time, he announced the abolition of Qin's laws and made a three-part agreement with the people to win their hearts and minds.
The people of the Qin State have always been under the rule of the Qin State with severe punishments and laws. They have seen this kind of situation there, and they were easily won over by the Huai State. Immediately afterwards, Chen Song sent people to treat the relatives of the Qin soldiers led by Sima Cuo. They were provided with food, clothing, housing and transportation, and even tax reductions and exemptions were given to the families of these soldiers.
The people of Qin State felt that Huai State was so well governed, and then thought about the harshness of Qin's laws and the cruelty of Qin State, they made a decision without hesitation. They unanimously support the Huai State and are unwilling to let their relatives become enemies of the Huai State.
The lieutenant generals of Sima Cuo's army are basically the children of Shuzhong, or they moved in with their families from Guanzhong. Most of their relatives are in Chengdu. After Sima Cuo led the army, he directly sent the relatives of the lieutenant generals of Sima Cuo's army to board. He shouted at the top of the city to shake the morale of Sima Cuo's troops.
All of a sudden, the voices of relatives in Sichuan calling for brothers and sisters and looking for their children could be heard around Sima Cuo's garrison. When the lieutenants of the army heard their relatives and friends calling around them, their morale changed greatly, and they all responded and fled the Qin camp.
Sima Cuo kept shouting angrily, and even wanted to kill him with military law. However, before he could give the order, the surrounding Qin troops changed their expressions, and many soldiers had even gathered around. It seemed that they would swarm Sima Cuo in the next second. Kill by mistake.
When Sima Cuo's personal guards saw this situation, they did not dare to neglect and shouted quickly: "Comrades, if your relatives and friends call you today, you can go on your own. We will never stop you!"
After hearing this, the army officers and soldiers turned around and left. Within a quarter of an hour, the tens of thousands of Qin troops were completely disintegrated, leaving only Sima Cuo and hundreds of his personal guards around him. Chen Song's troops were not killed, so he told Sima Cuo to disperse tens of thousands of troops.
Seeing this situation, Sima Cuo felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his originally upright body suddenly collapsed. Le Yi ordered his men to surround Sima Cuo and hundreds of Qin legions. Although these people were unwilling to leave, they had long lost their fighting spirit. It was just because of their loyalty to Sima Cuo that they barely managed to survive.
Le Yi did not let the army attack, but came to the military formation in person and shouted to Sima Cuo: "Old General Sima, victory or defeat is a common matter for military officers. One hundred thousand Qin troops have surrendered this time, and the old general is worthy of the King of Qin. Why not surrender? The old general has hundreds of personal guards accompanying him until now. It can be seen that he loves his soldiers as much as his own children. How can he bear to let these personal guards die together?"
Sima Cuo raised his head and looked at the hundreds of personal guards around him. Most of these people had been following him for more than ten years and had even saved his life several times. Looking at their trusting eyes, Sima Cuo finally closed his eyes and sighed.
"Bang." Sima Cuo threw away the sword in his hand, and then said: "Surrender!"
With an order, the hundreds of Qin troops threw away their weapons and finally surrendered.
Sima Cuo's surrender also made it easier for the Huai Kingdom to occupy the Bashu land.
After solving Sima Cuo's Qin army, Le Yi then sent a large army with relatives of the Qin army to persuade the remaining Qin army to surrender. After learning that Chengdu was lost, Sima Cuo was captured, and the Qin army surrendered, this The Qin army that stayed behind did not resist, and soon laid down their weapons and surrendered.
The Huai State mobilized an army of 300,000 people and spent several months transporting grain and grass to attack Bashu. In the end, it took less than a month to successfully occupy Chengdu without any bloodshed and surrender an army of 100,000 people.
After forcing Sima Cuo to surrender, Le Yi immediately sent people to convey orders to all parts of Shu and sent large armies to take over the cities. At the same time, he took out Sima Cuo's military orders, and then led the surrendered 5,000 Qin troops and 5,000 Huai elites to immediately rush to Jianmen Pass.
Because Hanzhong was occupied by the Huai Kingdom, the Qin State had only one way to enter Bashu: the Jinniu Road. As long as the Jianmen Pass was captured and the Jinniu Road was blocked, the connection between Qin and Shu could be cut off.
Chengdu was captured and 100,000 Qin troops surrendered. There was no resistance in the land of Bashu and other cities in Bashu were almost determined by word of mouth. In just ten days, it was completely occupied by the Huai Kingdom. Le Yi sent troops to station in various places to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
At the same time, Le Yi announced the abolition of the laws of the Qin State, abolished all taxes this year, and exempted the corvees in Bashu and the taxes owed over the years. He then announced the implementation of Huai Law and sent a large number of Huai scholars to read the laws of the Huai State.
When the people of Qin heard about Huai's laws, they immediately forgot about Qin. Compared with the extremely strict Qin laws, Huai's laws were too loose. How could these people continue to endure the darkness after seeing the light? Even if Qin were lucky enough to invade the Bashu land again, these people would support the Huai army to resist desperately. It can be said that Qin, the land of Bashu, has no chance to take it back.
(End of chapter)
