Although it is far less important than Jincheng, when Han Sui, Ma Teng and others already know that Jincheng has been lost, it is very likely that it will become a choice for Liangzhou soldiers to return to Liangzhou and go deep into Liangzhou.

Therefore, you must take it into your own hands.

He cannot place all his hopes on Zhao Yun's ability to successfully catch up and intercept Matthew and others. He needs to be prepared on both sides and have a plan for what to do if things fail.

Otherwise, you are likely to suffer a loss when the time comes.

"Uncle, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission!"

Li Yan knew the seriousness of the matter and felt happy that Liu Cheng could entrust such a task to him and let him complete it. He said to Liu Cheng solemnly.

Liu Chengdao: "The faster things happen, the better. The faster things happen, the more they can catch the opponent off guard!"

My order is that you will occupy Cangcheng tomorrow morning!

Take Cangcheng!"

The task is indeed arduous. It is already noon at this time. It will take some time to wait for the whole army to set off.

This place is no less than 150 miles away from Cangcheng!

But the emperor's uncle asked them to take Cangcheng completely into their hands by tomorrow morning.

In other words, they need to complete the one hundred and fifty miles between the afternoon and tomorrow morning, and they still have to complete the one hundred and fifty miles before dawn.

Then before dawn, they launched an attack on Cangcheng.

Only in this way can Cangcheng be captured quickly!

Riding a horse is impossible.

Most of the horses here in Jincheng were taken away by Ma Teng and the others, with less than sixty remaining.

Zhao Yun and the others took away more than 30 horses before.

That is to say, Li Yan and others need to rely on two feet to cover these distances on foot.

Moreover, these soldiers followed Liu Cheng through the Death Swamp all the way through the ice and snow.

Last night, I didn't sleep all night again and walked more than sixty miles in a hurry all the way to Jincheng all night.

Even the first group to rest only rested for a little more than two hours.

Such a small amount of rest time is far from enough to allow the soldiers to have a complete rest and greatly relieve their fatigue.

It is really very difficult to challenge the most difficult task when you are not in your best condition!

But it must be done.

The fact that Matthew and others can escape from Jincheng in this way means that the rest of the people may also escape from Jincheng through various methods, or pass on the news.

They only brought three thousand soldiers and horses this time. Jincheng is a big city and there are thousands of surrendered troops that need to be guarded. One thousand troops is already the limit.

If there are more, something unexpected may happen here in Jincheng.

Li Yan and others can only take Cangcheng with a thousand troops, so they must seize the time and carry out a surprise attack.

Otherwise, once Cangcheng gets the news and takes certain precautions, it will be extremely difficult to defeat Cangcheng with a thousand soldiers!

Li Yan is not an idiot, he is a very talented person. Otherwise, in the original history, he would not have achieved such a high status in the Shuhan Group.

However, in the original history, his character was relatively withdrawn and arrogant. He always felt that Zhuge Liang was weighing on him, and he felt extremely unhappy.

Politically, IQ is relatively low.

But his military ability is still very good.

He naturally knows how heavy the task assigned to him by his uncle is and how difficult it is to complete.

If it were before, he would not agree with this appointment at all. He felt that this order was not fulfilled by others at all, but was specifically used to make things difficult for others.

There is simply no team that can accomplish this.

However, after following the emperor's uncle and the soldiers led by the emperor's uncle, he walked to the land of death and participated in the night attack on Jincheng, he no longer thought so.

Because he knew that the soldiers and horses led by the emperor's uncle were different from ordinary soldiers and horses.

This task cannot be accomplished by other soldiers, but these soldiers led by the emperor's uncle can accomplish it!

The emperor's soldiers and horses are used to create miracles!

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Li Yan took a deep breath and accepted Liu Cheng's order.

"Even if Li Yan crawls on the ground with his brothers, he still has to climb to Cangcheng before dawn!!"

He looked at Liu Cheng and spoke solemnly.

Liu Cheng reached out and took Li Yan's hand, squeezed it hard, and after letting go, he said loudly: "Go, this time the situation is special and we have to fight like this.

If we don’t work hard at this time, all the efforts we have made before will be in vain!”

Li Yan nodded to Liu Cheng and strode off to arrange things.

Then the whistle for emergency assembly sounded...

In less than half an hour, Li Yan led a thousand soldiers out of the north gate of Jincheng and marched quickly.

In this short half an hour, they completed the assembly of the army, the selection of personnel, the arrangement of materials, and the arrangement of tasks...

All of this was accomplished in such a short period of time.

Li Yan led his soldiers, moved his legs quickly, and kept moving forward.

He kept sighing in his heart and was full of shock.

He was able to complete all these in such a short period of time, and then send out troops with a very good spirit and high discipline. Except for this team led by the emperor's uncle, he really didn't see the rest.

Pass

I have never even heard of it!

It is really an honor to be able to follow a person like the Emperor's uncle and personally participate in this operation, and to be able to lead such soldiers to fight!

At this time, Li Yan had already realized that this experience would be an extremely valuable asset to him.

At this time, when he thought about his previous self, he already felt that his previous self was a bit ridiculous and childish.

It turned out that he had already completed some transformations unknowingly and was different from before...

After Li Yan left, Liu Cheng arranged some things and stopped for a long time before taking a rest.

He didn't do anything special. He spread out the bedding, went to the base of the city wall, wrapped himself in the bedding, and soon fell asleep...

After sleeping for about an hour, Liu Cheng got up to do things again.

This is a special period and he cannot sleep soundly for a long time.

Just squint for a while and that's it.

Fortunately, his physical strength is relatively good and his mental strength is strong, otherwise, he would really not be able to withstand it...

After dealing with some more things, Liu Cheng went to a place in the city.

Go and see for yourself the soldiers in the golden city who are under guard.

These soldiers need some processing, or at least some publicity.

Let these soldiers know who they and others are, so that they do not have too much hostility towards them.

In this case, the pressure on their side will be reduced in possible battles that may occur later.

At least they don't have to spend so much energy to guard these people.

"I am Liu Cheng, also known as Uncle Liu Huang.

I was the one who blocked the many Kwantung rebels at Sishui Pass. It was me who led the troops to Yizhou and captured Yizhou.

This time, it was me who led the troops to capture Jincheng.

I came to see you today just to make some things clear to you, so as not to cause you unnecessary panic.

I will not kill you people. After all, you have not committed many mistakes. Although you have become thieves, you are still forced to become thieves and you are also subjects of the Han..."

Liu Cheng looked at the more than 3,000 Jincheng defenders who were under guard and said.

As he spoke, the hearts of these defenders became different.

After talking to these people, Liu Cheng took out a stack of paper from his arms and asked his guards to distribute it to the literate among them.

The contents written on these papers are the same as those written on the papers where Niu Fu, Xun Yu and others accused Ma Chao of being autistic.

Liu Cheng first read the contents of the paper twice in public to let everyone know what was written on the paper.

Then he told the Jincheng defenders that everyone needed to memorize these contents.

After memorizing it, the matter here in Jincheng will be settled. Those who are willing to leave can provide three kilograms of food to each of them and let them leave freely.

Only people who can carry it can enjoy such treatment. People who can't carry it should not even think about it.

More than 3,000 people, when time goes back, will be more than 3,000 people who will carry out propaganda for them and break the propaganda machine spread by Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Liangzhou.

This kind of propaganda carried out by Liangzhou's own people is more effective and more convincing than the propaganda carried out by Liu Cheng and others...
To be continued...