Chapter 1175: Conquering Guanghan

After a few rounds of arrow formations, the Shu army suffered heavy casualties, and the formation became more chaotic, and the soldiers were so frightened that they scattered and fled, like a plate of scattered sand.

The Shu army led by Gongsun Yong is a rear army, and its combat effectiveness is not strong, and now there is a Han army in front of it to intercept it, and there is a Han army chasing after it, they can only choose to run away, and they are unable to fight at all.

Liu Xin led 10,000 Han troops, and the tens of thousands of Shu troops led by Gongsun Yong were defeated, with countless dead and wounded, and only 18,000 people escaped in the end, and Gongsun Yong also died in the chaos.

In the battle of Yufujin, Wu Han led 80,000 Han troops and defeated the 100,000 Shu troops of Gongsun Yong and Wei Ke.

After Gongsun Hui and Wang Yuan received Gongsun Shu's edict, they led their troops to retreat to Wuyang, and in addition, Gongsun Shu sent his son-in-law Shi Xing to lead 20,000 troops to Wuyang to join Gongsun Hui.

More than 100,000 Shu troops led by Gongsun Hui, Shi Xing, and Wang Yuan formed a defense line in Wuyang, wanting to resist the northward advance of the Han army, and this also became the outer defense line to protect Chengdu.

Nan'an.

After the victory of Yufujin, there was no threat around Nan'an, and the Han army was temporarily resting in Nan'an.

The Han army camp, the Chinese army tent.

At present, the large-scale Shu army, in addition to Chengdu, is the Gongsun Hui Department stationed in Wuyang and the Yancen Department stationed in Guanghan County.

Gongsun Hui had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Yancen had more than 50,000 soldiers and horses.

If the Han army captures Wuyang in the north now, when it engages the Gongsun Hui army, it is very likely that the Yancen army will move south from Guanghan County to reinforce Wuyang, and then the enemy on both sides of the army will be very unfavorable.

Wu Han made adjustments to his own tactics.

He transferred 20,000 soldiers and horses from Feng Jun in Jiangzhou to Nan'an, and formed an army of 50,000 with 30,000 soldiers led by himself, and then marched into Wuyang.

The 50,000 southern expeditionary troops led by Zang Gong could first retreat to Jiangzhou, and then go north from Jiangzhou to Guanghan County to capture the Yancen Division.

Gongsun Hui and Yancen are currently the two biggest minions in Chengdu, and only by pulling out all these two minions can Chengdu fall into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness, which will pave the way for their own side to capture Chengdu in the future.

Regarding Wu Han's strategic adjustment, the generals of Zang Palace were secretly speechless.

Zang Gong took the lead in 50,000 Han troops to attack the Yancen Department of Guanghan County, which is not a problem, after all, there are not many soldiers and horses in the Yancen Department, only 50,000 people, and the strength is equal to that of Zang Gongbu, and the Han army will not suffer a loss when it fights.

Zang Gong was worried about the battle of Wuyang on Wu Han's side.

Even if another 20,000 soldiers and horses are transferred from Feng Jun's side, Wu Han only has 50,000 soldiers under his command, but Gongsun Hui, who is currently stationed in Wuyang, has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

With 50,000 soldiers, Wu Han attacked the cities garrisoned by more than 100,000 enemy troops, which was too difficult.

The art of war is cloudy, three times the enemy can attack the city, but the current situation is that the strength of the defending city is twice as much as the strength of the siege, how to fight this battle?

Seeing that all the generals of Zang Palace were worried and worried, Wu Han looked up and smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about you, I have success or failure in my heart." ”

Zang Gong frowned and said: "Da Sima, Gongsun Hui, Shi Xing, Wang Yuan and others, all of them should not be underestimated, with 50,000 to 120,000, this is ...... It's too risky, and the last general thinks that it is necessary to think about it in the long run! ”

Wu Han waved his hand, and Zhengse said: "In the battle of Wuyang, I am confident that I can defeat the enemy army, and in the battle of Guanghan, Jun Weng can have the confidence to defeat Yancen?" ”

Zang Gong's face was straight, and he arched his hand and said: "Da Sima, if the last general can't win, I am willing to raise my head and ask Da Sima for guilt!" ”

"Good!"

Wu Han stroked his palms and smiled, and said: "Since Jun Weng also has the determination to win, then, the matter is so decided, you and I are divided into two ways, all the way to take Yancen, all the way to take Gongsun Hui!" Take a two-pronged approach to pull out these two minions of Gongsun Shu! ”

Wu Han could not be dissuaded, and Zang Gong could only accept Wu Han's orders, and then, the Han army began to make adjustments.

The Han army led by Zang Gong and Yang Xi retreated to Jiangzhou, and in addition, Feng Jun on the Jiangzhou side sent 20,000 Han troops to Nan'an in accordance with Wu Han's orders.

Wu Han, who was in Nan'an, was not idle while waiting for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

After the end of the battle of Yufujin, the 100,000 Shu army was scattered, and many stragglers still wandered around Nan'an, the largest of which was as many as two or three thousand people.

Wu Han sent Liu Shang to encircle and suppress, Liu Shang led the Han army to attack, chased and killed the stragglers for hundreds of miles, the remnants of the Shu army were forced to flee all the way to the west, and finally the remnants of the Shu army fled into Mount Emei, Liu Shang gave up and led the troops to retreat to Nan'an.

A few days later, Zang Gong led his troops to withdraw to Jiangzhou, and temporarily rested in Jiangzhou, and the wounded soldiers in the general stayed in Jiangzhou, and transferred the elite from Jiangzhou to replenish the establishment, and then, 50,000 Han troops went north to Guanghan County.

Zang Gong led his troops to attack, and Yan Cen hurriedly asked Gongsun Shu for help.

At present, there are not many troops left in Chengdu, and it is impossible to draw troops to Yancen.

Now, Wu Han has no intention of leading the army north, Wuyang is also peaceful here, and Wuyang, where more than 100,000 Shu troops are stationed, is really a waste of troops.

Gongsun Hui and Shi Xingyi combined and decided to transfer Wang Yuan away.

Wang Yuan is a subordinate of Kui Huan, belonging to the Longjun faction, and he has always been out of place on Gongsun Shu's side.

Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing didn't treat Wang Yuan very much, but felt that Wang Yuan was a mourning star, first killed Kui Huan, and then defeated Kui Chun, and now he ran to his side, and he didn't know who he was going to kill.

It's better to get Wang Yuan to Yancen's side, anyway, these two people belong to the same hill.

In terms of leading troops to fight, neither of them has much ability, but when it comes to running away, both of them are first-class good players.

In this way, under the arrangement of Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, Wang Yuan led 20,000 Shu troops to Guanghan County to reinforce Yancen.

Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing are not people with much ability, but they are quite accurate in looking at people, and Yan Cen can really be called the number one master in the running world.

He ran from Hanzhong to Nanyang, from Nanyang to Nanjun, from Nanjun to Yizhou, all the way down, it can be said that he has experienced a hundred battles.

Yan Cen's sense of smell is extremely keen, every time he fights, he can smell the smell of defeat, and prepare to run away in advance, although he has suffered countless defeats, but Yan Cen is still alive and well.

Yan Cen, who was stationed in Guanghan County, met Zang Gong before Wang Yuan's troops came to help.

The two sides launched a needle-to-needle confrontation in Guanghan County, Guanghan County.

Yan Cen still played his strengths, and not long after the two sides fought, Yan Cen had a premonition that his side was about to be defeated, and he also withdrew from the Chinese army to the rear army.

As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, he does not command the battle in the middle army, but runs to the rear army to avoid danger, and it is very difficult for such an army to be undefeated.

Sure enough, the 50,000 Shu army led by Yan Cen was defeated by the 50,000 Han army led by Zang Gong.

The main generals have all fled, where will the soldiers below fight desperately, and the 50,000 Shu army is like a plate of scattered sand and scattered.

50,000 troops, a battle, a thousand miles of collapse, the Shu army soldiers just trampled on each other caused by the casualties, there are countless casualties, on the other hand, Yan Cen, the main general, did not suffer any injuries, ran faster than anyone else, fled all the way back to Chengdu from Guanghan County.

Yan Cen ran fast enough, and he was also an expert in pit teammates, Wang Yuan came all the way to Guanghan County for reinforcements, but he had just arrived in Pingyang Township, and was preparing to join the Yan Cen Department, Yan Cen had already run away first, and the Han army led by Zang Gong went straight to Pingyang Township with the aftermath of the great victory.

Facing the menacing Han army, Wang Yuan was disheartened.

With Yan Cen here, he joined forces with Yan Cen and had the strength to fight with the Han army, and now Yan Cen has led his troops to run away, only the 20,000 soldiers and horses led by him are left, how can he be the opponent of the 50,000 Han army?

If he fights this battle, he will definitely lose, and he himself may not have a way to live.

But if he runs away without a fight and runs back to Chengdu like Yan Cen, will he have a way to live?

He is a general of the Long family, and here in Shudi, after all, he is an outsider, and there are many people who look at him unpleasantly.

The Han army occupies Guanghan County, and the Chengdu Imperial Court must find someone to come out and take the blame, Yan Cen is the red man in front of Gongsun Shu, Yan Cen cannot carry the blame, so who else will carry the blame, and he Wang Yuan will be left.

Therefore, the situation that Wang Yuan is facing now is that he is fighting and fleeing, and he is also dead, whether it is fighting or fleeing, he has no way to live.

When the Han army advanced to Pingyang Township, Wang Yuan finally made a difficult decision to surrender.

In addition to surrendering, Wang Yuan really has no other way out now.

The 20,000 Shu army led by Wang Yuan did not make any resistance here in Pingyang Township, and all surrendered to the Han army.

Wang Yuan stripped off his shirt, tied himself with a rope, went to see Zang Palace, and pleaded guilty to Zang Palace.

Zang Gong and Cen Peng have been working together for a long time, and their temperament has become quite similar to Cen Peng, for Wang Yuan, who took the initiative to surrender, Zang Gong did not embarrass him, but personally untied the rope on his body, and entertained Wang Yuan with good wine and food.

At this point, the last patriarch of the Xilong forces, Wang Yuan, also surrendered to the Han family, and the Xilong forces established by Kui Huan were completely destroyed.

Zang Gong defeated Yan Cen in Guanghan County and forced Wang Yuan to surrender, and the Han army began to advance into the deep hinterland of Guanghan County, approaching Chengdu.

On the other side, the 20,000 Han troops reinforced from Jiangzhou arrived in Nan'an, and Wu Han led 50,000 Han troops from Nan'an to the north and went straight to Wuyang.

On the way to Wuyang, Wu Han said to Liu Shang: "If our army arrives in Wuyang, Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing dare to lead their troops out of the city to face the battle, the success or failure of this battle is not yet known; If Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing defend Wuyang and do not fight, the thief army will be defeated in this battle! ”

Liu Shang heard it a little inexplicably, Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing had an army of 100,000, going out of the city to fight with their own side, the victory or defeat is unknown, defending the city is a sure defeat, did Da Sima say the opposite?

Seeing that Liu Shang looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Wu Han smiled indifferently and said quietly: "If the Shu army dares to go out of the city to seek battle, it means that the morale of the Shu army is uplifted and it has the strength to fight with our army; If the Shu army did not dare to go out of the city, but only dared to defend the city, it means that the Shu army was demoralized and afraid of fighting.

"The grain and grass in Wuyang City have long been emptied, and 100,000 troops have entered the city to garrison, and they may be able to support it in a short time, but after a long time, the food in the city will run out, and the Shu army will be forced to go out of the city to fight, how can it be undefeated?"

Taking the initiative to go out of the city to fight, and passively going out of the city to fight, those are completely two concepts.

Fighting, in fact, is morale, even if you have more soldiers and horses, but you have no fighting spirit, on the battlefield, it is also a life to be slaughtered.

Wu Han was experienced in a hundred battles, and he only needed to judge from the initial reaction of the enemy army how sure he could win this battle.

The Han army came all the way to Wuyang from Nan'an.

50,000 Han soldiers came to the city, and Gongsun Hui and Shi Xing, who were stationed in Wuyang and had 100,000 troops under their command, were closed to the city.

The fact that the Shu army would react like this did not surprise Wu Hantai.

Who is the commander of the Shu army?

One is Gongsun Shu's younger brother Gongsun Hui, and the other is Gongsun Shu's son-in-law Shi Xing.

These two people are all relying on their relatives, and if you want to talk about real skills, these two people belong to the master of a bottle of dissatisfaction and half a bottle.

The Shu army is led by these two, not to mention that they have 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if they have 200,000, 35 or even 500,000 soldiers and horses, Wu Han will not take it seriously.

After the soldiers approached the city, Wu Han did not rush to order a strong attack, but selected soldiers with loud voices, fought the enemy in front of the city, and provoked the Shu army to go out of the city to fight.