Chen Xiu is dead!

As the general of Fengdu City, Chen Xiu couldn't afford the consequences of defeat, so he chose to die and cut himself off!

In a short period of time, Chen Xiu suffered great joy and great sorrow, he couldn't accept it at all, and it was a good thing to be able to end his life so decently. Because even if he didn't commit suicide, some defenders of Fengdu City would use him as a gift to surrender, and he would still be captured alive.

Zhang Ren, who was directing the siege of the city, saw Chen Xiu killing himself, and secretly sighed a pity. Such a loyal and brave military general committed suicide, and if he served the imperial court, he would definitely be a good general.

"Liu Bei is really a scourge! Another loyal and strong man bewitches it! It's sad. Zhang Ren was full of emotion in his heart.

At this point, Zhang Ren didn't think much about it anymore, and now attacking Fengdu City was the right way.

However, even if Chen Xiu committed suicide, his head was still cut off by the defenders with ulterior motives.

"Surrender! We surrender! We are all on orders! Chen Xiu's head is here! Several of the defenders raised Chen Xiu's head high.

In fact, according to the combat strength of the defenders of Fengdu City, it is absolutely okay to hold on for a short while. But as soon as Chen Xiu's head appeared, all the defenders of Fengdu City put down their weapons and chose to surrender, and there was no point in fighting any longer. When they entered the city in Gaoshun, they no longer planned to fight.

Without the main general, most of the defenders surrendered, and even took the initiative to open the city gate on Zhang Ren's side.

Gao Shun's army and Zhang Ren's army poured into Fengdu City almost at the same time and converged in Fengdu City.

After Zhang Ren entered the city, he recognized Gao Shun at a glance, quickly came to Gao Shun's side, and said respectfully: "The last general will see General Gao!" ”

"General Zhang doesn't have to be polite!" After taking Fengdu City, Gao Shun was in a good mood. "Taking Fengdu City, General Zhang has made a great contribution."

"Don't dare! There is no sudden arrival of General Gao! It will be difficult for the last general to enter this Fengdu City! Zhang Ren knew that the main credit for this battle was Gao Shun's, and without Gao Shun's sudden arrival, he would need to spend a lot of energy and casualties if he wanted to take Fengdu City.

"It's all for the imperial court! We don't have to be humble. Gao Shun didn't talk much nonsense.

While the two were talking, Jiang Wan had already occupied all the Fengdu City, all the soldiers were arrested, and Chen Xiu's head was also brought to Gao Shun and Zhang Ren.

"Two generals, this is the head of the guard general Chen Xiu! At the last moment, the defenders said that they had killed Chen Xiu and wanted to surrender! Jiang Wan told what he had interrogated.

"Humph! Kill Chen Xiu?! These people are so daring, they actually take the risk! General Gao, when the last general was attacking the city, he saw that Chen Xiu had killed himself. Zhang Ren is very disdainful of those who pretend to take credit.

Gao Shun was the same, he hated such a hypocritical villain very much, he had no doubt about Zhang Ren's words, and said in disgust: "Drag those few people who claim to have killed Chen Xiu down and behead them for public display!" Ben wouldn't need such a villain! ”

A few defender soldiers who falsely claimed to have killed Chen Xiu were dragged away by the wolf-like soldiers of the Liu Army, and in front of all the surrendered soldiers, their heads fell to the ground. Even if they keep calling out that they are meritorious people, it is useless.

The surrendered soldiers trembled slightly, and many of them knew what the beheaded soldiers had done. To make it clear, the army of the Shenwu Imperial Court could not tolerate anything that pretended to be meritorious. These people can be regarded as crashing into Gao Shun's knife.

After a great battle, both Gao Shun and Zhang Ren's subordinates were very tired. The two of them summed it up and decided to temporarily repair it in Fengdu City, open the treasury, and take out money and food to reward the whole army.

The soldiers who surrendered wanted to cry without tears, and if they could hold on, the money and food in this treasury would be theirs. Now they can only watch as Liu Jun soldiers take the money and food that belong to them.

Liu Jun buried the pot to cook, ate, drink and trimmed, and seized the time to recover his strength. The surrendered Yizhou soldiers squatted on the side, staring at each other. Fortunately, Liu Jun is not inhumane. The meal was reserved for them and did not leave them hungry.

After eating and drinking, Gao Shun took his 10,000 soldiers and horses and began to move, and everything in Fengdu City, including the surrendered Yizhou soldiers, was handed over to Zhang Ren.

Before leaving, Gao Shun and Jiang Wan had already explained the next military action to Zhang Ren, and Zhang Ren understood what he should do.

Zhang Ren scattered the surrendered Yizhou soldiers and incorporated them into his own troops, leaving 2,000 troops to garrison Fengdu, and the rest of the men and horses under his leadership marched north to Dianjiang City. The defenders of Dianjiang City abandoned the city and fled, and they were self-defeating. Zhang Ren left 1,000 soldiers and horses, and then turned to the east and went straight to Linjiang City.

And Gao Shun's army continued to march westward and marched into Longxi City.

Along the way, Gao Shun's march was very smooth, and the large and small cities along the way could not resist his troops, and more chose to surrender. They also don't have enough strength to confront Zhang Ren, so instead of being destroyed, it is better to simply surrender and save their lives.

Longxi City has long had no defensive forces, and it is impossible to stop Gao Shun's army. The only remaining troops in Longxi City, under the leadership of the county commander with the highest official position in their city, opened the city gates and properly surrendered to Gaoshun. Gao Shun's soldiers took Longxi City without blood.

In a short period of time, two important cities were taken in the Fengdu, Longxi, and Linjiang defense lines arranged by Wei Yan. The line of defense has become a non-existent line. In the land of Bajun, there are no other dangerous levels and cities that can stop Gao Shun. Gao Shun's next destination was the seat of Ba County, Jiangzhou City.

In addition, Yan Yan led a large army to Linjiang City and quickly surrounded Linjiang City. Yan Yan didn't send troops to attack, nor did he send people to shout, he just surrounded him like this.

Gangu, the defender of Linjiang City, was terrified, and he tried his best to prepare all kinds of fortifications and equipment to prevent Yan Yan's attack. Constantly sending troops to break through the siege and ask for help from other places.

As a result, Yan Yan had no intention of attacking at all, just waiting outside the city. The defending troops who wanted to forcibly break through the siege and ask for help were all killed by Yan Yan one by one, causing the other generals of Ba County and Ba Dong County to not know about the situation in Linjiang City.

Yan Yan's combat style has always been calm, and when it comes to critical moments, he will use a fatal blow. This is a little different from Zhang Ren's attack method. Zhang Ren's combat style is more adventurous and tough, and he will do it if he is not satisfied. Yan Yan knew Zhang Ren's combat style well and concluded that Fengdu City must have been attacked by Zhang Ren. As long as Fengdu City is taken, then Zhang Ren will also lead his troops to Linjiang. At that time, it will be extremely difficult for the defenders of Linjiang City to defend the city, and they will even open the city and surrender.

For Gangu, the guard of Linjiang City, Yan Yan knows him and knows his character and ability. It is also worth mentioning that an elder in Gangu once worked with Yan Yan. The reason why Yan Yan didn't attack Linjiang is also because of this friendship.

The atmosphere in Linjiang City was very depressing, the defenders did not know the situation outside, Yan Yan was mainly besieged, and the defender Gangu was suffering.

"Yan Yan, is this trying to force me to surrender? Do I continue to defend, or do I make another plan? Gangu said secretly in his heart.

Gangu is different from others, the Gan family is a wealthy family in Ba County, and Gan Ning, the fierce general of Jiangdong, was also born in Ba County. As a member of a family, Gangu knew that if he continued to resist, he would bring disaster to his family. Now that Yan Yan is surrounded and does not fight, it is obvious that he has given the Gan family enough face, and hopes that Gangu can be more interesting. If Gangu didn't understand this, then he wouldn't have to mess around in Ba County.

Yan Yan easily waited for Gangu to surrender, and he thought that Gangu would definitely make the choice he expected.

Gangu looked at the soldiers around him and saw that they were all looking at the enemy troops outside the city with a look of fear. Will such a force still be able to repel the enemy?

"Hey, open the gates and surrender." Gangu still didn't dare to take risks, his own life and the safety of his family were the most important.

As for Liu Bei's promotion, let him hell with it. Gangu thought that if he didn't have the backing of the Gan family, Liu Bei would definitely not promote himself.

Thus was the gates opened. Gangu took all the soldiers and laid down their weapons and knelt at the gate of the city to wait for Yan Yan's army.

Yan Yan saw that the city gate was wide open, and his face showed such a look, and he easily entered Linjiang City with the army.

Linjiang City was won so smoothly. Yan Yan couldn't help but comfort and encourage Gangu. After all, there is still a layer of relationship between them, and compared to Chen Xiu's fate, Gangu doesn't know how lucky he is.

When Zhang Ren rushed to Linjiang City, he found that Linjiang City was easily taken by Yan Yan. I hurriedly came over to help, and finally found that the other party had already done it, which was a little embarrassing. Compared with his own efforts to take Fengdu, the whole army is now disgraced, and Yan Yan is almost unscathed, which makes Zhang Ren's face a little difficult to put aside. Even if Yan Yan wanted to entertain Zhang Ren, Zhang Ren found an excuse to leave, he didn't want to be embarrassed here. Linjiang City has been taken, and there is nothing Zhang Ren doing here.

People are more popular than people, and goods are more than goods to be thrown.

Yan Yan saw that Zhang Ren insisted, and he didn't force him to stay, so he waved goodbye to him. In his heart, he was very grateful that Zhang Ren would think of the war on his side, although Yan Yan had long expected Zhang Ren's actions.

Zhang Ren led his troops back to Dianjiang City, and he wanted to consolidate his position in Ba County to avoid being driven out by Liu Bei's troops.

When Gangu saw Zhang Ren come over with his troops and leave, he was extremely glad that he surrendered in time. Otherwise, he would be like Chen Xiu, and he would be killed. Zhang Ren had already told Yan Yan about his victory in Fengdu and Chen Xiu's death.

"General Gan, what are you thinking?" Yan Yan asked Gangu, who was still very happy.

Gangu hurriedly responded: "General Yan, the last general is Wenxun, the general is good friends with my uncle, the last general is a junior, just call the young general the word Wenxun." ”

"Wen Xun is worthy of being the rising star of the Gan family. The old man didn't look at the wrong person. "Yan Yan is not polite, and he directly calls Gangu." The old man looked at you thoughtfully just now, somehow? Can you tell me about it? ”

Gangu said honestly: "The last general was glad that he surrendered early, otherwise he would have ended up like Chen Xiu." The last general was deceived by Liu Bei before. ”

Yan Yan smiled when he heard this, patted Gangu's shoulder, and said, "Don't mention the previous things." In the future, you will be even more glad that you have chosen today. Do a good job, in the imperial court, there must be a place for you to play! Don't let the old man down. ”

Gangu nodded and said that he would definitely work hard.

Gangu also understood what Yan Yan meant, didn't he ask him to repair a letter and send it to the Gan family in Ba County, so that the Gan family could see the facts clearly and surrender to the imperial court, so that the imperial court would not make a move on the Gan family at that time.

"General Yan, the last general will repair a letter and send it to the Gan family, so that the Gan family can see Liu Bei's face clearly." Gangu made it all clear.

"Wen Xun talent! did not disappoint the old man. Yan Yan nodded slightly, he was very optimistic about Gangu, hoping that this young man could work hard.

After repairing a bit, Yan Yan incorporated the defenders of Linjiang and led the army directly to Padang County.

When the people of Badong County heard that Yan Yan's army had arrived, they were instantly shocked. For a time, Patong County was full of wolf smoke. Yan Yan took advantage of the situation to break through several cities, reorganized 5,000 soldiers and horses, and greatly increased his strength. No one in Padang County dared to face Yan Yan directly, and Liu Bei's rule in Padang County was in jeopardy.

Liao Li, who was far away in Hanping City, fought with Kou Feng for a night, and before dawn, Kou Feng retreated, and did not attack for the entire day. Even if he fought all night, Liao Li didn't know that it was not Gao Shun who was fighting against him.

Kou Feng adhered to the arrangement of Jiang Wan and Gao Shun.

Liao Li didn't know what the other party was doing, so he decided to respond to the changes with no change.

When several bad news such as Longxi being captured by Gao Shun and Fengdu being broken reached Hanping City, Liao Li knew that he had been calculated ruthlessly.

Now Liao Li knows why Liu Jun outside the city will sneak attack at night and not come out in broad daylight, it turns out that he wants to stabilize Liao Li, so that Liao Li can stay in Hanping obediently.

Longxi and Fengdu were all attacked, and Liao Li knew that Linjiang City was probably finished. Ba County's defense against Fuling County has been breached. The entire defense line is only the fortified city of Hanping City.

But there is only one city left, what can it be used for? Liao Li was even more worried that Gao Shun would kill Xiangyangguan from Longxi City and take Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County. Jiangzhou City is surrounded by plains on all sides, and it is simply impossible to hold on for long.

If this is the case, the Hanping City where Liao Li is located will form a strategic encirclement by the Liu army in Jingzhou, which will be greatly disadvantageous to Liao Li.

One misstep turned into a thousand years of hatred, and Liao Li could only blame himself for not being aware of Gao Shun's conspiracy.

Instead of waiting to be surrounded by Gao Shun and finally the city was broken and died, Liao Li still decided to make a move. To evacuate from Hanping City, give a hundred guts, Liao Li did not dare to act rashly. For now, Liao Li can only report his situation to Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei will give tactical guidance.

Without Liu Bei's order, Liao Li really didn't dare to mess around. If Liu Bei or Xu Shu gave him an order, then Liao Li could leave Hanping City openly.

It's just that Liu Bei will let Liao Li evacuate Hanping City?