Chapter 792 Retreating to the Sword Pavilion

After the news of Yan Yan's "surrender" was brought to Jiangzhou City by a hundred prisoners, the morale of the guards in the city was naturally in chaos.

Yan Yan is a famous general in Shu. Even he surrendered. What else do we have to hold on to?

Zhang Jaw did not give the soldiers and horses in the city a chance to think, but immediately mobilized an army to attack Jiangzhou City.

"kill!"

The Liangzhou army successively attacked Fuling City and Wagonzhai, and their morale was high. Especially after Ma Teng and Zhang Jia joined forces, their strength exceeded 20,000, and their morale increased greatly. Then they led their troops to storm Jiangzhou City, and It is besieged from all sides.

Whoosh whoosh!

Arrows fell like rain, and under a fierce attack by tens of thousands of soldiers from the Liangzhou Army, the defenders in Jiangzhou City only felt that the pressure was greatly increased, and the city was almost captured by the enemy.

That night.

"Captain Lei, we can't stay in Jiangzhou City any longer."

"Yes, if we continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the second day."

"Captain Lei, retreat!"

Lei Tong listened to the quarrel between the captain and Sima under the tent, and nodded helplessly: "At three o'clock tonight, we will lead the army to break out."

That night, as darkness fell, the gate of Jiangzhou City opened, and more than two thousand Yizhou troops rushed out.

"Ignore the Liangzhou Army, retreat quickly!"

Lei Tong shouted loudly, and the more than two thousand Yizhou troops also knew that the situation was critical. They each carried only three days of dry food with them, and they went out lightly dressed and simple.

However, this time the Liangzhou Army was besieged on all sides and there were many barriers everywhere. Therefore, the Yizhou Army was unable to kill them in a hurry. Instead, it woke up the Liangzhou Army from their sleep.

"Ma Zhenbei, it seems that the Yizhou Army is planning to break out."

He sat on the horse with his jaw open and said to Ma Teng beside him.

Ma Teng laughed: "Our army is ten times larger than the enemy's army, and we have many battle formations. If the enemy army can break through, wouldn't our army become a joke?"

Zhang Jaw nodded in approval and did not lead the army to fight. Instead, he fought with Ma Teng and watched Lei Tong lead the Yizhou army to charge in the formation.

"kill!"

Lei Tong led the Yizhou Army to charge left and right in the Liangzhou Army's battle formation, but they couldn't get out no matter what. The Liangzhou Army in black clothes and black armor were everywhere in all directions, like a tide, and the Yizhou Army could move. Instead, space becomes less and less.

Lei Tong looked back and saw that there were less than a thousand Yizhou soldiers left out of the original two thousand. The rest did not know whether they died in the battle or were scattered.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer capable warriors under his command, Lei Tong couldn't help but sigh and threw the spear in his hand to the ground: "Okay, surrender!"

Seeing Lei Tong drop his weapons, the Yizhou soldiers behind him also dropped their weapons one after another and knelt down one by one to ask for surrender.

As Lei Tong led his army to surrender, Jiangzhou City naturally fell.

Although most of the troops and horses were captured, many soldiers also escaped, so the news naturally spread.

Jiameng Pass.

"What? Jiangzhou City fell, and General Yan surrendered?"

Zhang Ren looked at the information in front of him with an expression of disbelief, while Deng Xian and Leng Bao beside him also looked at each other in disbelief.

Jiangzhou City is an important town in Bashu, and General Yan is a famous general in Shu. How is this possible?

"Is this news true?" Zhang Ren still couldn't believe it, so he wanted to make further confirmation.

"The person who told this news is our soldier who escaped from Jiangzhou City. If the Governor doesn't believe it, just ask him to ask."

Zhang Ren then called the man over for questioning, and then his face became frosty. Deng Xian, Leng Bao and Zhang Ren had been together for a long time. Seeing his expression, they didn't know what was going on.

"Grand Governor, Jiangzhou City has really been captured?"

Zhang Ren nodded slowly: "That's probably the case."

"well"

Zhang Ren looked grim. His plan had been clear before, which was to hold on to Jiameng Pass and thwart the vigor of the Liangzhou Army. The Liangzhou Army came from afar. It was not easy to transport food and grass on the plank road, and the loss rate was quite high. The Liangzhou Army entered Yizhou to fight with a total of 60,000 to 70,000 people. It can be said that as long as they can persist for more than a year, then Liangzhou Army will The state army will naturally retreat without a fight.

But there is a premise, that is, the main route for the Liangzhou Army to enter Sichuan must be preserved. Jiameng Pass and Jiangzhou City belong to the same front. As long as two troops are sent to guard Jiameng Pass and Jiangzhou City, Yizhou will be impregnable.

But now that Jiangzhou City is lost, it means that the Liangzhou Army outside Jiangzhou City can take advantage of the opportunity to go north and attack the back of Jiameng Pass. By then, Jiameng Pass will be attacked by the Liangzhou Army from both front and back, and they will not be able to retreat even if they want to, and Zhang Ren The main force will be contained at Jiameng Pass, as if trapped in a quagmire, unable to extricate itself.

After much thought, Zhang Ren finally made up his mind: "Send an order to the whole army to withdraw from Jiameng Pass tonight, but we must put straw men and torches on the top of the city to prevent Liu Ye from seeing that our army has retreated."

"Grand Governor, do our troops really want to retreat?"

Deng Xian said anxiously: "Jiameng Pass is an important town in Yizhou. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. How can we give it to Liu Ye like this?"

"This is a helpless move by the Governor."

Zhang Ren explained: "Jiangzhou City has fallen now. The Liangzhou Army can go north and attack behind our army at any time. Jiameng Pass will fall into the hands of the enemy sooner or later. It is better for a strong man to cut off his wrist!"

Zhang Ren walked to the map and stared at it: "After our army withdrew from Jiameng Pass, we marched southward to Jiange to strengthen the city defense. We must block the enemy's front outside Jiange. At the same time, Please send someone to the sword pavilion to send more troops and horses."

Seeing that Zhang Ren had decided, Deng Xian and Leng Bao didn't know what to say, so they had no choice but to agree, and then went down to prepare.

That night, the Yizhou Army quietly opened the south gate of Jiameng Pass and quietly withdrew. However, the Liangzhou Army did not notice it and waited until dawn the next day to see the people above the city. All the Yizhou soldiers were turned into straw men, so after asking Liu Ye for instructions, they rushed directly into Jiameng Pass. As expected, there was no one to stop them along the way, and they quickly occupied Jiameng Pass.

"Wenhe, when did Zhang Ren withdraw from Jiameng Pass?"

Liu Ye and Jia Xu were walking on top of the city of Jiameng Pass, and he spoke to Jia Xu.

"It should have been last night."

"Then why do you think Zhang Ren suddenly retreated?" Liu Ye asked with a smile.

Jia Xu thought for a while and replied: "There should be a breakthrough on Ma Zhenbei and Zhang Zhennan. Jiangzhou City was taken. Zhang Ren was afraid that our army would be attacked from both sides, so he led his army to retreat."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier hurried forward and shouted: "General, great victory! Ma Zhenbei and Zhang Zhennan attacked Jiangzhou City and defeated tens of thousands of enemies!"

Liu Ye and Jia Xu looked at each other, smiled, and said, "Jia Wenhe really has a plan."