Under the strict defense of Cao Jun, the first day of Zhang Ren and Yan Yan's attack on Mianzhu was finally over. The Yizhou Army dropped a total of nearly two thousand corpses in the north and south of Mianzhu City, and the situation of Cao Jun was not ideal.
Both the trapped camp and the charging camp suffered more than one-third of the casualties.
If the two elites of Cao's army were not guarding the city wall, Mianzhu City might have changed hands again in that day. But even so, the number of troops defending the city was now less than 2,000, and the situation was very embarrassing.
If there is no turnaround and we continue to fight like today, we will probably only be able to sustain it for two more days at most. After two days, Mianzhu City will undoubtedly be destroyed.
However, even though they knew that Mianzhu could not be defended, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun both came from the sea of blood from the mountain of corpses, and they were already mentally prepared for the horse-leather shroud. At this time, they were already determined to die and prepared to die together with Mianzhu City.
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However, just as Cao's army was struggling to hold on in Mianzhu City, a battle report came to Chengdu, which scared Liu Zhang to the point of vomiting blood.
A few days ago, Bajun City was captured by Jiangdong's army. After Jiangdong's army broke the city, they moved up the Tuojiang River and were now less than a hundred miles away from Chengdu!
Wait until tomorrow, this Jiangdong army will appear outside Chengdu and launch a fierce attack on Chengdu!
It was already night, but Liu Zhang still immediately sent people to the residences of the important ministers in Chengdu and asked them to immediately enter the Prefectural Mufu Mansion to discuss matters.
At this moment, all the ministers were already asleep. They were urgently summoned by Liu Zhang, and almost all of them appeared in front of Liu Zhang with sleepy eyes. However, when the ministers heard the news that Jiangdong's army would reach Chengdu that day, everyone suddenly woke up, with sleepy eyes.
Suddenly he disappeared and was replaced by a blue-white face.
I didn't expect that Sun Jian would get involved at this time! Yizhou was now focusing all its attention on Cao Jun, but he didn't notice the arrival of Jiangdong Army! Until it reached a hundred miles away from Chengdu City,
That's when I was shocked.
Yizhou is really in danger!
"With the current situation, we must immediately summon General Yan back to Chengdu to deploy defenses!" Huang Quan was the first to make a decision and stepped forward to say to Liu Zhang. The situation was critical, and annihilating Cao's army was no longer the top priority. Now Yan Yan's army will
It is inevitable to transfer back to the defense of Chengdu City. As for Cao's army in Mianzhu City, it can only be left to Zhang Ren to deal with it.
However, Huang Quan also trusted Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren was a famous general in Yizhou. Huang Quan believed that even if he faced Cao Jun alone, he would be able to win.
When Yan Yan received the military order and heard that Jiangdong's army had attacked not far from Chengdu, he was also shocked.
"If I had known this, I should not have left Bajun, but sent General Zhang Ren back to Chengdu to aid Chengdu!" Yan Yan was heartbroken and shouted as she slapped the table.
If he led 5,000 elite troops to guard Bajun, Yan Yan would be confident that he would be able to keep the enemy at bay unless Jiangdong sent more than 20,000 troops to attack. However, Jiangdong wanted to confront Cao Cao and suppress Shanyue, so what else could he do?
So many troops were sent. Even Cao Cao only sent 15,000 men to attack Shu this time. He still deceived in the name of the Yizhou Allied Forces before he was able to capture the city and territory in Yizhou. If Yizhou had been prepared in advance
, Cao Jun had no chance of capturing Jiameng Pass.
But nothing could be repeated, so Yan Yan could only gather his spirits and lead his army back to Chengdu.
Yan Yan withdrew his troops. Although the noise had been suppressed, he was still noticed by Cao Jun in the city. However, Gao Shun did not order the pursuit. Who knows if it was Yan Yan's trick to lure the enemy, not to mention that there was Zhang Ren to the north. Once
It is really extremely dangerous to launch an attack while you are chasing.
During the daytime attack on the city, Yan Yan suffered about a thousand losses. Now he led 3,000 people back to the city. Including the original army in the city, the number of defenders was about 5,500. As for the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, according to the
It was reported that there were at least 9,000 people.
The situation is slightly unfavorable for Chengdu, but if we hold on to the city, we should be able to hold it.
That night, both Liu Zhang and others in Chengdu and Gao Shun and others in Mianzhu were so anxious that the night felt so long.
But no matter how long the night is, there is still a moment of dawn.
After daybreak, Gao Shun was able to confirm that Yan Yan's troops in the south of the city had indeed retreated completely.
"Could there be changes in Chengdu?" Apart from this reason, Gao Shun really couldn't think of any other reason that would make Yan Yan withdraw his troops in a hurry overnight.
But as for what happened in Chengdu, that was beyond Gao Shun's guess.
But no matter what, without Yan Yan's restraint, if Zhang Ren is dealt with alone, the situation will not be one-sided and unfavorable. Cao's army of 2,000 people versus the Yizhou army of 4,000 people is not without a chance of victory.
So Gao Shun and Zhao Yun gathered all the troops from the trap camp and the charging camp in the north of the city, leaving only a few sentries in the south to observe the movements outside the city to prevent Yan Yan from killing him.
Zhang Ren frowned deeply as he looked at the number of Cao Jun soldiers on the city wall that had not decreased but increased from yesterday.
Yesterday, Yan Yan also sent a messenger to quickly go around the entire Mianzhu City to Zhang Ren's military camp, and informed Zhang Ren that Chengdu City was under attack and that Yan Yan's troops would soon return to the city to deploy defenses.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a hard fight, when he led his troops to form a formation under the city, Zhang Ren still felt the difficulty of attacking Mianzhu City alone.