Chapter 43 The trick
When Chen Mang led a 100,000 army to attack Xichuan, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's 100,000 army left by Sun Ce in Jiaozhou also launched an attack on the territory south of Liu Biao's Yangtze River from south to north.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang stationed troops in Nanyang, led Xu Huang, Sima Yi and others to restrain Liu Biao's main force in Xiangyang, making him afraid to divide his troops to rescue Jingnan.
The four counties in Jingnan themselves are not strong, and the military and political power is in the hands of local families. Liu Biao did not completely control it during his ten years of operation in Jingzhou, and even the capital of Jingzhou was set in Xiangyang, Jiangbei.
As soon as Sun Ce's army arrived, the prefects of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang counties surrendered one after another. In just a few days, Liu Biao was left with only Nanjun. After receiving the news, he was furious and shouted that my life would be over. He was angry on the spot.
Although Liu Bei did not take his anger, the situation he faced was also very serious.
After Guan Yu lost Xindu, Liu Bei's subordinates had only 30,000 troops left to retreat to Shudu, his military generals were only his third brother Zhang Fei, his civil officials were only Fa Zheng, and the others surrendered to Chen Mang one after another when the situation was hopeless.
Now he has been surrounded by Chen Mang on three sides. If he wants to escape from Xichuan, he can only go to Dadu River and enter Xijiang.
Liu Bei was in a bleak state, and Chen Mang and others who were resting in Xindu were very happy. Although they did not celebrate, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before Liu Bei surrendered.
In the big tent, Pang Tong and Chen Mang, whose right eye socket was black, were playing chess, frowning slightly, as if they were thinking about something in their hearts.
After being repaired by Chen Mang, Pang Tong did not dare to show off again. He was already full of energy and did not make any mistakes along the way. However, now that victory is about to happen, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Chen Mang took advantage of his distraction and knocked off his horse with one shot, and said happily: "Shi Yuan, your horse is gone!"
Pang Tong nodded, raised his face and said, "Your Majesty, I suddenly thought of something. This Liu Bei seems to be a little hindering! He defected to Lu Bu, Lu Bu finished, Cao Cao finished, Cao Cao finished, and now he defected to Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang is finished! If he defected to his lord..."
Chen Mang lowered his head and ate his elephant: "Your partner is gone, either!"
Pang Tong said helplessly: "Master, have you listened to me?"
Chen Mang raised his face and smiled, "I have heard of Lu's tyrants, but I haven't heard of Liu Bei's tyrants. Besides, your lord is so tough that Liu Bei can't resist me."
When Pang Tong heard this, he stopped persuading him. He suddenly realized and looked at Chen Mang with a sad and angry look: "Lord, I haven't even made a move. Why did you even eat my three eldest sons?!"
Chen Mang glared and said, "Your lord, my army is very fast, can't you? Let's talk about it tomorrow and send troops from Luofengpo and lead a large army to attack the city!"
"Lufengpo?"
Pang Tong's eyelids twitched, and he finally understood why he was restless. He took out the map and looked at Chen Mang with a toothache: "Lufengpo is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If a team of people ambushed here, our army will definitely suffer heavy losses!"
Chen Mang looked at the map and said, "Then let's go around. That kid Fa Zheng has some skills. He should have arranged the ambushers throughout the journey. According to his eyes, he will definitely not let this place go."
Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, then ran out of the tent to arrange the military service tomorrow, leaving Chen Mang himself in the tent and ate Pang Tong's veteran with a small soldier, and then he showed a satisfied smile.
"Oh, invincible is so lonely..."
At noon the next day, Chen Mang's army arrived at the capital of Shu. Huang Zhong and Xu Chu took turns to challenge. Zhang Fei stayed in his door and stood on the city wall as if he didn't hear it.
After Pang Tong sent someone to send Zhang Fei the women's clothing and embroidery needles, Zhang Fei immediately performed embroidery on the top of the city wall. No matter how aggressive he was, he would not open the door to fight, which made Pang Tong very angry.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Chen Mang had to go into battle himself and came under the city gate alone.
Looking at Zhang Fei and Liu Bei above the city, Chen Mang raised his head and shouted, "Xuande, you are at the end of your journey. When will you wait until you surrender?"
Liu Bei glanced at Chen Mang under the city and whispered loudly: "Bei has encountered many situations that are more dangerous than it is now. Mr. Chen, you probably haven't experienced it."
Seeing that he had the fighting spirit, Chen Mang couldn't help but smile: "One time and another time, if the lower part is unified today, if you escape, where can you escape? Go to Xiliang to join Ma Teng Hansui, or go to foreign tribes? Open the city gate and surrender quickly, otherwise I will use my ultimate move!" As he said that, he pointed to Liu Bei on the wall with a three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand.
Zhang Fei was shocked when he saw this and quickly blocked Liu Bei behind him.
Chen Mang did not take action, but shouted: "Liu Xuande, let me ask you, can what you said count?"
Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, asked him to retreat aside, and replied: "A real man promises a thousand dollars, so naturally he counts his words. But Bei never said he wanted to surrender to you!"
Chen Mang smiled and said, "Just keep your word! Come on, bring Guan Yu!" After his words, several soldiers brought Guan Yu, who was tied up in front of Chen Mang.
Chen Mang put a long sword on Guan Yu's neck and shouted loudly: "You three brothers joined forces in Taoyuan back then. They said they would die in the same year, month and day. If you don't surrender, I will kill Guan Yu! Then I will see if you and Zhang Fei die!"
Liu Bei was stunned and thought that this could be done?
Zhang Fei was so angry that he was angry that Zhang shouted to Liu Bei: "Brother, open the city gate and let me go down to fight him to the death! It would be too frustrating to die like this!"
Liu Bei's cheek twitched slightly twice, looked at Zhang Fei who was asking for battle, then looked at Guan Yu who looked helpless under the city, sighed long and advised: "Third brother, forget it. If it is the general trend today, don't let the people and soldiers accompany us to die. Open the city gate and prepare to surrender..."
Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei with a complicated look on his face, sighed heavily, and walked off the city wall with his hand.
Soon, the suspension bridge of the moat was slowly lowered, and the gate of Shu Capital opened wide. Liu Bei took Zhang Feifazheng out and came to Chen Mang to salute: "Liu Bei, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!"
Chen Mang laughed, dismounted and helped Liu Bei up, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite, when my troops return to the court, I will be named King of Han!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei looked at Chen Mang in surprise: "You are serious about speaking?"
Chen Mang nodded with a smile: "I say that I will be named king and that I will be named king. Then the entire Fusang will be a fief for you! Well, but this fief is not my for the time being, so you need to lead your own troops to fight."
After hearing this, Zhang Fei laughed happily and said in convincingly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chapter completed!