In an instant, dozens of people responded to Zhao Guan. They all pulled out their weapons and attacked the Wei army who had been Pao Ze not long ago.
At this time, more than two hundred volunteers from a distance also arrived at the city gate. The Wei army at the city gate was killed and wounded heavily before they could react.
Although the officers kept shouting, trying to gather the soldiers to form a formation to block the enemy, the leader Qu Chang was killed, and the morale of the army was low. Secondly, the opportunity was lost. The sergeants were killed and the army was defeated. How could they still form a line? What array.
The commander of the village had no choice but to rely on the dozens of sergeants who had barely gathered together to resist. He only hoped that reinforcements from the city would come down quickly to support them.
Unexpectedly, after holding on for a while, no one came down from the city wall. When I was surprised, I suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from above, and then I realized that there was also a traitor on the city wall causing trouble.
The commander of the village felt desperate. Seeing that the enemy had already divided his troops to open the city gate behind him, he immediately realized that it was impossible to do anything. So he shouted a few times and led the remaining troops to retreat to the south city.
After Wei Yan led his troops to reach the gate of Yuzhong City two days ago, he immediately surrounded the South City, East City and West City of Yuzhong with the method of surrounding three towers and one, leaving only the North City without sending troops to attack.
The Han army mainly attacked Nancheng, so the Wei army also deployed half of its troops in Nancheng, leaving only more than a thousand troops in the east and west cities.
Therefore, when the descendants of the Zhao family and the Wang family in the city, who were connected to the Wei army, suddenly took action, the Wei army at the west city gate was in a panic and was helpless.
After a while, the west city gate was successfully opened by the rebels, and the leader waved five torches as planned. Ma Dai, who had been ambushing outside the city for a long time, saw this and made a move with his right hand, leading more than a thousand Han troops to kill them quickly.
Ma Dai rushed into the city gate first, and soon met with the people in charge of the Zhao and Wang families. After confirming that there was no ambush, he divided his troops to annihilate the remaining enemies and take over the city wall, while sending a signal to Wei Yan.
Soon, Wei Yan personally led 3,000 elite soldiers and rushed over, and Xicheng soon fell into the hands of the Han army.
Immediately, the Han army was divided into three. A school captain stayed at the west gate. Ma Dai led an army to kill the south city to meet the rest of the Han army entering the city. Wei Yan personally led an army to kill the Jincheng prefect's mansion.
On the other side, Chen Shi and Fei Yi also commanded their troops to storm the south and east cities, echoing the Han troops inside and outside the city.
After hearing that the West City had been lost, the Wei troops in Nancheng and Dongcheng were already in chaos. Not only did the Han army have more troops, but they were also attacked from both inside and outside. The Wei troops could no longer resist and fled for their lives.
At dawn, the city changed hands. Except for more than a thousand people from the thousands of Wei soldiers and Minzhuang soldiers who were killed by the Han army, the others either surrendered or fled.
Except for a few who were killed or captured due to stubborn resistance, most of the Wei officials surrendered to the Han army. As for Jia Chun himself, he saw the opportunity quickly and escaped from Beicheng under the protection of his personal guards. He is probably running towards Wuwei now. went.
Wei Yan, who moved into the Jincheng Prefect's Mansion, announced a plan to pacify the people while sending envoys to Nan'an to achieve victory.
The Han army's flag was victorious, and their morale was greatly boosted. They took advantage of the momentum and approached Wuwei. Guzang and other places were shocked three times a day, and the people's hearts were floating.
Wei Yan struck while the iron was hot and asked Ma Dai to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses directly into Xiping County, unite the Shaodang Qiang and other returned Han tribes, and ordered them to lead their troops to revolt.
A few days later, Shaodang Qiang King Hung He was the first to raise troops to respond. He personally led 5,000 Qiang soldiers to join forces with Ma Dai and besieged the western capital of Xiping County.
The Western Capital had few soldiers and generals, so they had no choice but to hold on. Luan Ping, the prefect of Xiping, resisted with all his strength and sent envoys to Guzang to report the situation.
In Guzang City, Cao Wei Liangzhou Governor Xu Miao was shocked by the rapid fall of Jincheng County in two or three days. Now that he heard that the Western Qiang tribes had joined the Han army to attack the Western Capital, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
He thought that after months of preparations, Jincheng County should be able to hold off the Han army for a while, but he didn't expect that the Han army would not take action. When it did, it was so sharp that the east gate was like paper and was breached by the Han army in the blink of an eye.
Is Liangzhou really going to cease to be owned by the Wei Dynasty?
Xu Miao was unwilling to accept this result, so he quickly summoned Hao Zhao and others to discuss the matter, and prepared to discuss how to deal with the upcoming invasion of the Han army. As for Xiping, they could no longer care about it at the moment, so they should preserve Wuwei first.
"Your Majesty, although the loss of Jincheng County is a bit unexpected, we still have a second strategy to implement. The top priority now is to eliminate the traitors in Wuwei first, and we must not repeat the old things in Yuzhong." Li Mai First he glanced at Jia Chun opposite him, then raised his hands and said to Xu Miao.
When Jia Chun heard him mention the incident in Yuzhong, he quickly stood up and said, "The official's lax governance and ineffective defense of the city led to the fall of Jincheng. Please punish me."
"That's all, we'll discuss this later. Now let's think about how to maintain Wuwei." Xu Miao waved his hand and said helplessly.
"Yes." Jia Chun responded and sat back.
Xu Miao continued: "Li Canjun is right. If the traitor is not eliminated, our army will not be able to defend the city with peace of mind." Looking at Zhen Xian, who was on the lower left, he said: "Prefect Zhen, we need to monitor those big households more closely. Once a suspect is discovered, he will be arrested and imprisoned immediately.”
"promise."
"As for the second strategy, General Hao, please tell us how we should implement it."
The so-called second strategy is that Xu Miao and others plan to shrink their troops to Guzang once the first line of defense in Jincheng is lost, and prepare to rely on the strong city to hold on for a long time, slowly wearing down the vigor of the Han army, and then choose the opportunity to attack. In one fell swoop, the Han army was expelled from Liangzhou.
It's just that no one expected that this second strategy would be implemented so soon. The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes.
"Your Majesty, I think you can't defend the city blindly. Even if you have decided to defend the city for a long time, you still have to deploy a force of troops outside so that you can persist for a long time.
Therefore, the final general thought that he could deploy the main army inside the city and set up two camps outside the city. This would create a dominant force. "Hao Zhao suggested.
Xu Miao nodded and said: "This is a very clever plan, so let's do it like this."
After a pause, he then said: "General Hao, you and General Wei are both good generals of the country. I entrust you with all the defense matters. If you need anything, just tell me. I will give you my full support from below."
"We will live up to your envoy's expectations and die for Wei and Liangzhou!" Hao Zhao and Wei Ping were deeply moved and stood up to worship.
Just as Guzang was stepping up preparations for war, unexpectedly, bad news came one after another.
First, Zhiyuan, leader of Lu Shuihu, gathered 3,000 people to respond to the Han army and harass Zhangye. Soon after, news came that Baihu civilian soldiers, leader of Ding Linghu, had invaded Jiuquan, which made Xu Miao and others anxious and exhausted.
Unexpectedly, one wave after another broke out. Under the leadership of the Shaodang Qiang, Lu Shuihu, and Dinglinghu tribes, more than ten tribes of different sizes raised troops in various places to respond and besieged neighboring cities.
Suddenly, the entire Liangzhou was in chaos.
Xu Miao and other Wei officials were at a loss and uneasy, but on the contrary, the Han army was of course overjoyed.
The situation was so favorable that Wei Yan decided to take advantage of the victory and pursue it without giving the Wei people any chance to breathe, so he immediately ordered the army to continue marching until they reached Guzang.
