Li Yan has always believed that he is not afraid of death. If someone threatens him with death when he is defeated, he will definitely remain unmoved and die generously.
However, when Hao Zhao's spear was firmly pressed against his throat, Li Yan discovered that he was also afraid of death.
He wanted to speak and ask the soldiers not to worry about their own lives and continue to fight the enemy bravely, but after opening his mouth, no sound came out.
Although Hao Zhao's spear was pointed at Li Yan's throat, it was not attached to his skin. If Li Yan wanted to shout, he could still do it.
However, Li Yan just couldn't shout the words to let the soldiers ignore his life and continue fighting.
Li Yan now feels very ashamed, ashamed of his cowardice. In the past, Li Yan had always despised those who were greedy for life and afraid of death, but he never thought that he would not be able to cross the hurdle of life and death.
Although Li Yan feels very uncomfortable now, he still wants to live.
"Even if I die now, Mianzhu City cannot be defended. Fighting to the death will only increase casualties. If I surrender, the lives of many soldiers can be saved." Li Yan persuaded in his heart.
Find an excuse for your own fear of death.
"I am willing to surrender. Everyone put down their weapons and surrender to Cao Cao!" Li Yan finally shouted. While shouting, a drop of clear tears flashed from the corner of Li Yan's eyes.
Cao Jun finally occupied Mianzhu, and what appeared in front of Cao Jun at this moment was Chengdu, the capital of Yizhou. Standing on the city wall and looking at Chengdu City in the south, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun both had happy smiles on their faces.
Cao's army now has about 3,000 men left, including 1,200 in the trapped camp and 1,800 in the charging camp.
The garrison of Chengdu was 2,500 people.
Although after Li Yan surrendered, the Mianzhu garrison followed Li Yan and surrendered. The total number of these surrendered troops was still seven to eight hundred people. But these soldiers were all natives of Yizhou. If you let them attack Chengdu, who knows whether there will be any
Gao Shun was not at ease if someone had other thoughts in life, or even caused some rebellion, so Gao Shun did not include them in the attack on Chengdu.
The advantage of only 500 men is difficult to reflect in a siege battle. What's more, as the capital of Yizhou, Chengdu's city walls must be stronger than Mianzhu. If Gao Shun led Cao's army to attack Chengdu, even these three
Qian Cao's army is all elite, and I'm afraid they will end up losing more than they win.
Driving all the way down, after going through a lot of hardships, we were finally able to approach the final goal of Chengdu. It would be a pity if we lost outside Chengdu at the last moment.
Fortunately, Li Yan surrendered. With the help of this versatile civil and military man, the difficulty of attacking Chengdu should be reduced a lot.
Li Yan was very clear about the situation in Chengdu and had a good grasp of Liu Zhang's character. With his advice, Gao Shun believed that he could eventually successfully capture Chengdu and complete the task of attacking Shu.
According to Li Yan, Liu Zhang was extremely cowardly. As early as when Gao Shun led a small number of troops to capture Fucheng, Liu Zhang had already expressed his intention to surrender. Now that Mianzhu has been lost, he must be even more frightened.
Knowing this, Gao Shun decided to send a letter to Liu Zhang, which contained both soft and hard words, urging him to surrender.
————————————————————————————————————When it was learned that Mianzhu had been lost, even Mianzhu guard Li Yan brought seven or eight hundred
When the defenders surrendered, Liu Zhang's face turned pale, his hands and feet became weak, and he collapsed on the couch.
"Everyone, the matter has come to this, why don't we surrender?" Liu Zhang asked the civil and military people in front of him with his eyes distracted. Cao Jun was about to attack the city of Chengdu, but at this time Liu Zhang lost the courage to fight.
"My lord, there are 2,500 soldiers in Chengdu, and they are still capable of fighting. Why should we surrender so easily?" Huang Quan, the counselor, said to Liu Zhang.
"How can we fight if we have soldiers to defend the city but no generals to defend the city?" Liu Zhang had no confidence at all about the upcoming war.
"My lord, you can ask General Zhang Ren to quickly return reinforcements, and then the enemy army can be defeated." Advisor Wang Leijin said.
"There are enemy troops outside Jiange Pass. What's the use of Zhang Ren returning reinforcements if Jiange Pass is lost?" Liu Zhang was obviously extremely confused. There were many defenders of Jiange Pass. He only needed to let Zhang Ren return reinforcements with thousands of soldiers and horses.
Chengdu was safe, but Cao's army outside the Jiange was still unable to advance. But Liu Zhang could not think of such a simple truth. Even if Wang Lei told him the key, he just refused to obey.
"Lord, there is still a place where we can ask for help." When everyone was helpless about Liu Zhang's attitude, counselor Pang Xi said.
"Where?" Liu Zhang asked weakly, obviously having little hope in Pang Xi's proposal.
"Yan Yan, the prefect of Bajun, is well versed in military affairs. Although he is getting older, he is also brave. Moreover, there are still 5,000 troops stationed in Bajun. We can order General Yan to leave 1,000 troops to garrison, and he will lead the rest.
Four thousand people return to support Chengdu, so that the city of Chengdu can be defended." Pang Xi said firmly.