Chapter 816 A Lucky Escape

Originally, the number of Yizhou troops surrounding Zhang Ren was only about 5,000. As he ordered his men to wave the flag, a steady stream of Yizhou troops gathered towards him. Except for the Yizhou troops who died in the battle and were captured, In addition, there are about nine thousand people left.

Following Zhang Ren's order, the nine thousand Yizhou Army began to move and moved rapidly towards Chengdu.

"General, it seems Zhang Ren wants to withdraw into Chengdu."

Jia Xu on the side watched from a distance and said to Liu Ye.

"Well, order the whole army to follow Zhang Ren. Later, when Ma Xiu's army snipers at the enemy, they will pounce on it and completely annihilate the enemy!" Liu Ye said confidently.

"Here!"

Once the order was conveyed, nearly 60,000 Liangzhou troops moved into action, chasing closely behind the Yizhou army like a tiger chasing a sheep. However, they did not immediately launch a thunderous offensive, but followed the enemy army, ready to move.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Liu Xun kept shouting at the Yizhou soldiers to speed up. After all, there were countless Xiliang soldiers behind him and he had to get rid of them quickly.

Fortunately, the Xiliang army did not catch up. Maybe they were tired from the battle just now, right? Liu Xun thought so.

Ma Xiu had already led five thousand Liangzhou troops to stand ready outside the south gate of Chengdu. He was riding on a horse with a rather impatient expression. He was very sorry that he could not participate in the battle just now. When he saw the Yizhou army led by Zhang Ren, The army retreated towards Chengdu and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"My sons! The enemy is coming. Hold the weapons in your hands tightly and let these people know how powerful our Xiliang army is!" Ma Xiu shouted.

The five thousand Xiliang soldiers also raised their arms and shouted, gearing up and showing murderous intent. They stared at the retreating Yizhou soldiers, their murderous intent leaking out.

"Grand Governor, the enemy seems to be trying to surround our army at the south gate." Huang Quan on the side couldn't help but remind him when he saw Ma Xiu's five thousand Xiliang soldiers.

"Evacuate to the west gate." Zhang Ren said calmly.

"Here!"

When the 9,000 Yizhou Army saw the 5,000 Xiliang Army waiting in full formation, it was natural that they could not attack them head-on. Instead, they turned around and headed towards the west gate.

Ma Xiu naturally couldn't let go of this fat sheep. He shouted and rushed forward in person. Naturally, the five thousand Xiliang soldiers followed closely behind him and charged towards the nine thousand Yizhou army.

"kill!"

Unlike the Yizhou soldiers who had fought fiercely, the 5,000 Xiliang troops under Ma Xiu did not participate in the battle. Instead, they had been watching the battle and recuperating. Therefore, they were full of energy and rushed forward without saying a word, following the enemy. Fight.

There was a sound of fighting from the rear of Yizhou Army, but it was Yizhou soldiers and Xiliang soldiers fighting each other.

"Don't worry, keep moving forward!"

Zhang Ren shouted and ordered the entire army to speed up. Nine thousand Yizhou troops rushed towards the west gate of Chengdu non-stop.

The soldiers who were the first to rush to the city raised their heads and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, quickly!"

The Yizhou Army on top of the city gate naturally said nothing and hurriedly opened the Qianjin Gate. The two city gates slowly opened and the city protection bridge also fell down.

The nine thousand Yizhou soldiers were overjoyed and hurriedly stepped on the city protection bridge and rushed into the city. A few Yizhou soldiers were unlucky and fell to the ground. The Yizhou soldiers behind them could not control them and stepped on their backs. After rushing into the city, these Yizhou soldiers were trampled to death.

"Don't drive Huang, Major General, we'll enter the city quickly!"

Zhang Ren shouted loudly and rushed into Chengdu while protecting Huang Quan and Liu Xun. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Zhang Ren entered the city, not all the Yizhou soldiers behind him came in. Many of them were still outside the city, trying desperately to squeeze into the city.

"Surge into the city and capture Chengdu!"

Seeing the west gate of Chengdu open, Ma Xiu was naturally overjoyed. If he could take advantage of the situation to enter the city, seize Chengdu in one fell swoop, and capture and kill Liu Zhang, wouldn't it be a great achievement?

"All armies follow me into the city and make great achievements!"

Ma Xiu shouted loudly, and the five thousand Xiliang soldiers behind him were also full of energy and rushed towards the west gate. The Xiliang soldiers were so sharp that they killed the Yizhou soldiers outside the city and fell to the ground one after another, approaching the west gate.

"Close the city gate!" Zhang Ren stood on top of the city and shouted loudly.

"What? But Grand Governor, there are still many brothers in our army staying outside the city." Deng Xian on the side couldn't help but objected.

"If we don't close the city gate now, the Xiliang army will come in!" Zhang Ren said coldly.

"But."

"I am the commander-in-chief of the Yizhou Army. Who dares to disobey someone's order? Close the city gate!"

After all, Zhang Ren was so majestic that the guards at the top of the city did not dare to resist his order, so they had to lower the Thousand Jin Gate, the two city gates slowly closed, and the protective bridge was also put away.

Thousands of Yizhou soldiers outside the city couldn't help but panic when they saw the city gate closed.

"I haven't gone in yet, why is it closed?"

"Open the door quickly, we haven't gone in yet!"

The Yizhou soldiers who failed to enter the city looked desperate and beat the city gate vigorously, but the thick wooden door wrapped in iron sheets did not move.

"kill!"

Naturally, the Xiliang Army outside the city could not let them go and charged forward to kill them. The Yizhou Army outside the city suddenly screamed and suffered heavy casualties under the fierce attack of the Xiliang Army.

"Fire the arrow!"

After hearing Zhang Ren's order, although the archers on the city couldn't bear to attack their comrades outside the city, they did not dare to disobey Zhang Ren's order. They opened their bows and nocked arrows and shot out of the city.

Whoosh whoosh!

"ah!"

Many Yizhou soldiers and Xiliang soldiers outside the city were hit by arrows and screamed. However, the Yizhou soldiers who stayed outside the city had been killed by the Xiliang army, so many of them were injured. For Xiliang soldiers.

"hateful!"

Matthew cursed loudly because he was also hit by an arrow in the shoulder. He felt the spear in his hand sink and he could hardly hold it.

Matthew was so angry that he really wanted to order an attack on the city.

"The general has ordered the entire army to retreat!"

"What?"

After hearing this order, although Ma Xiu was unwilling, he had no choice but to sigh, and then ordered: "The whole army retreats!"

"retreat!"

After receiving Liu Ye's military order, the Xiliang army, which was attacking fiercely, retreated like a tide, leaving only the corpses of two armies on the ground under the walls of Chengdu.

"General, why not take Chengdu in one go?"

Ma Teng, who came back in a hurry, said dissatisfied: "Our army has just defeated the enemy, and its morale is like a rainbow. As long as we seize the opportunity to lay siege, we can capture the city in a few days."

Liu Ye explained: "Brother Shoucheng, our army has not built siege equipment. If we force a siege, even if we can capture Chengdu, the soldiers will suffer heavy casualties. It is better to build equipment and then attack the city."

Ma Teng touched his head and said helplessly: "Here."

Sixty thousand Xiliang soldiers withdrew from Chengdu and set up camp outside the city. At the same time, they cut down trees to build siege equipment.