At dawn, Jiang Yan first fled to Xintan Town, dozens of miles away, with more than a dozen soldiers. The people in the town had already fled. Finally, he found an old couple setting up a roadside tea shack. They ordered some pancakes and rice.
Fill the stomach.
Jiang Yanxian was worried. The person he had offended this time was Wan Yanchang. Not to mention Marshal Dong Xian, not even the Emperor Liu Yu could protect him. What should he do?
At this moment, yellow dust was billowing in the distance, as if an army was heading this way.
Jiang Yan looked at it for a moment and then said to a soldier: "Go and see whose army it is?"
The soldiers galloped away on horseback, and after a while they came back and said, "It's Wang Bin's army, it seems Yiling has been lost!"
Jiang Yanxian was startled and hurriedly walked onto the official road. In a moment, Wang Bin led more than a thousand people to rush over. Wang Bin dismounted his horse, knelt down on one knee and reported: "I am incompetent in my humble position. I have been entrusted with responsibility and failed to defend Yiling."
"Reporting back to the capital, it's Chen Qing's army!"
"Chen Qing?"
Jiang Yanxian had a wry smile on his face, and sure enough it was him again.
At this time, Wang Bin asked a little strangely: "Why is Du Tong here?"
Wang Bin was Jiang Yanxian's confidant general, so he asked Wang Bin to guard Xiazhou.
"Go sit over there and talk!"
The two sat down in the tea shed. Jiang Yanxian told Wang Bin what happened last night. He sighed and said: "Wan Yanchang doesn't trust me at all. He has already decided to let Li Chi replace me after entering Sichuan. He also asked for four more people."
The commander-in-chief has written a letter of allegiance, and my military power has been deprived of me. If I had not escaped quickly, I would be dead now. If Li Chi wants to take full power, he will definitely kill me to eliminate future troubles."
Wang Bin said for a long time: "What should Dutong do?"
Jiang Yanxian smiled bitterly, "What else can I do? Both sides are blocked, so I can only try to see if Chen Qing can tolerate me."
"Will Chen Qing accept Du Tong?"
"I'm not Kong Yanzhou, at least he doesn't hate me."
Wang Bin bit his lip and said: "I am willing to surrender to Chen Qing with Dutong. I was promoted by Dutong, and Li Chi will not tolerate me!"
Jiang Yan thought for a moment and asked, "How many more people do you have?"
"There are still 1,700 people."
"Is there any burning, killing or looting on the road?"
Wang Bin shook his head quickly, "I don't dare to mess around in my humble position!"
"I was thinking that if there was a certificate of nomination, it would be easier for Chen Qing to talk to him."
"What do you think?"
Jiang Yanxian pondered for a moment and said: "Today Li Chi is going to attack Zigui with fire. I'm afraid Zigui will not be saved. Why don't I come to the bottom of the cauldron and save Zigui so that Li Chi can't enter Sichuan. At least I can make atonement for my sins."
"I'm afraid Li Chi won't give us a chance."
Jiang Yan first laughed, "I arranged everything. I know whether there is a chance or not. If there is no army, I am really not sure, but with more than a thousand troops, I am 90% certain."
A soldier next to him worriedly said: "Commander, it's going to be dawn soon, will it be too late?"
"There's enough time!"
Jiang Yanxian smiled lightly, "They still have one important thing to do!"
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On the high platform outside Zigui County, the soldiers shouted slogans and pulled the twelve medium-sized trebuchets onto the high platform one by one. Logically speaking, they should have been dismantled, transported up and reassembled, but that would have taken at least three days.
, Li Chi couldn't wait any longer, so he only removed the throwing rod, and the trebuchet was pulled up as a whole with a rope. In this way, only one throwing rod was installed, and half a day was enough.
At noon, all twelve trebuchets were pulled onto the high platform, and the craftsmen began to install the throwing poles.
"Can you pretend today?" Li Chi asked eagerly.
"The craftsmen did not wait until they were all pulled up before starting to install them. In fact, five of them have already been installed, and the other seven are guaranteed to be installed before dark."
When Li Chi heard that five planes had been installed, he immediately took out the token and handed it to a general and said: "Go to the warehouse quickly and bring over ten kerosene balls!"
The management rules for kerosene balls were set by Jiang Yanxian. They carried a total of 300 kerosene balls, and now there are still 240. Each kerosene ball was packed in a wooden box and numbered.
, the management is extremely strict, you must have the commander's token to call it, and you can only go to the warehouse to pick it up when you use it. After use, the remaining kerosene balls must be returned to the warehouse immediately.
A general took the token and immediately led a group of soldiers to the warehouse in the northeast corner of the camp.
Li Chi looked at Zigui County with his hands behind his back and smiled smugly at the four commanders: "Once we capture Zigui County and advance into Kuizhou, the governor's army will personally come to command the battle. Once we capture Sichuan, all your glory and wealth will be in my hands."
It’s on me.”
The four commanders bowed together and saluted, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your love!"
At this moment, a shout of killing suddenly came from the distance. Li Chi was startled, "Where is the shouting of killing coming from?"
"Capital, it seems like the voice is coming from the military camp!"
Li Chi immediately turned around and looked towards the military camp. Sure enough, it was coming from the military camp. He saw a sergeant galloping towards him on horseback. The sergeant shouted from under the high platform: "Inform the commander-in-chief, Jiang Yanxian is leading an army to attack."
storehouse!"
Li Chi was startled, and then became furious. He quickly walked down the platform, got on his horse, and led thousands of troops towards the military camp two miles away.
But after only running for a mile, they saw the warehouse with flames and smoke billowing into the sky. A fire had already started. The general who had just been ordered to fetch the kerosene balls stumbled back and said: "Capital, it's Jiang Yanxian, he...
.He lit all the kerosene balls on fire.”
Li Chi was stunned and the kerosene balls were ignited. Then... what would he use to attack the city?
...........
Jiang Yanxian led more than a thousand soldiers to retreat to Xintan Town, where they encountered Chen Qing's mighty army.
Jiang Yan first wrote a letter and asked the soldiers to deliver it to Chen Qing.
Chen Qing really didn't expect Jiang Yan to surrender first. Judging from the letter, he must have been deprived of military power by Wan Yanchang's henchmen and was desperate before surrendering to him.
Chen Qing was deeply impressed by Jiang Yanxian, especially when he falsely spread news about the plague, mobilized the people of Changshou County to flee, and successfully covered the evacuation of tens of thousands of troops from Changshou, causing his own success to fall short.
This person is a great talent and has a lot of strategy. If he sincerely surrenders to himself, I can accept it.
Chen Qing immediately ordered Yang Zaixing to accept the surrender of Wang Bin and more than 1,700 people. He immediately met with Jiang Yanxian in the temporary tent.
Jiang Yanxian said with a face full of shame: "Meng Dutong will not give up and accepts my surrender. Jiang Yanxian is grateful!"
Chen Qing smiled and asked Jiang Yan to sit down first, then asked the soldiers to serve hot tea, and asked with a smile: "Why did Jiang Dutong have internal strife?"
"Wan Yanchang didn't trust me at all. He sent a confidant named Li Chi to be my lieutenant. At the same time, he asked four of my commanders to sign a letter of allegiance. It is estimated that after I led the army into Bashu, Li Chi would
Instead of me, it was just that I hesitated to attack Zigui County, so they couldn't wait to take action, and that's when I saw their true colors."
"Siege a city with fire? How?"
"Use kerosene balls to burn the city. Zigui County is not big. Sixty kerosene balls are enough to cover the entire east city. The soldiers can carry their water-soaked beddings to the city."
Chen Qing was surprised, "Then they are already attacking the city now!"
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, I will never do anything that is unworthy of the people of Bashu. Today at noon, I led my troops to sneak attack on the warehouse and ignited all the kerosene balls and kerosene. They could no longer attack with fire and only relied on throwing stones.
, Zigui City is not that easy to capture."
Chen Qing was overjoyed, "If Dutong can burn the kerosene, it is the greatest sincerity!"
After a pause, Chen Qing asked again: "The battle of Hanyang Mansion has ended. Dong Xian fled back to Xiangyang. How about I write you a letter and you take the letter to Xuanfu envoy Li Gang. It would be more appropriate for him to accept your surrender."
, after all, you are also the ruler."
Jiang Yan first shook his head, "I have been dismissed from my post. I am no longer the commander of the puppet Qi army, and I no longer even have a civilian position. I was originally a minister of the Song Dynasty. I am really ashamed of the imperial court and have no shame to see my old colleagues again. If we are all
Regardless of past grudges and being humble, I am willing to serve as a staff member for the governor. If it is inconvenient for the governor, then I will be a commoner and go home to serve my mother."