Under the heavy rain, the Qiang cavalry worked hard all night to count their number. They found that there were 30,000 defenders, and a total of 26,000 soldiers were recruited. However, very few died in the battle, less than 500.

The rest, including Li Xiong, all took advantage of the heavy rain to run away.

Fortunately, this is summer rain and will not cause any harm to the body. Whether it is a Qiang person or a descendant, treating it as a bath will bring about psychological balance.

In the early morning of the next day, the rain gradually subsided. For safety reasons, Yunfeng did not order his guards back to Jinshou County until then to deliver a message, asking 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry to come as soon as possible and leaving 2,000 infantry to defend the city.

All personnel and equipment were then moved forward to where the original army camp was stationed. After being cleared, they headed to Fucheng.

In the evening, 20,000 horses and spare horses came to Jiange. Yunfeng couldn't help but shake his head at this, but he couldn't think about it. The pavilion road that had just rained was slippery, so he could only move forward slowly one by one.

Even though it’s only a little over twenty miles away, it’s the fastest way to get there before dark.

After the whole army had a sumptuous dinner, Yunfeng personally led the Liangzhou cavalry and some of his guards to rush towards Fucheng overnight. Speaking of it, this was the best stretch of road since entering Qishan Road. The cavalry were all

I was in high spirits. I had been hiking over mountains and ridges for several months. I had never felt so comfortable. I still ran so smoothly in Qinliang and Liangzhou. Even the horses let go of their hooves and ran wildly. It seemed that they were really exhausted.

Fucheng is about three hundred miles away from Jiange, and the entire army arrived at Fucheng on the night of the first day of July. In fact, Yunfeng had to cover hundreds of miles every time he attacked a city or a pass, but he has not been able to fight until now.

Yizhou has not touched anything. It has been wandering within the boundaries of Liangzhou for the past few months, and it is limited to the three counties of Hanzhong, Zitong and Guanghan.

Fucheng is the seat of Zitong County, leaning against Mianshan Mountain. Fushui, a tributary of the Jialing River, flows through the territory. Two hundred miles south from Fucheng is Chengdu.

The whole army stopped two miles from the north gate of Fucheng. The scale of Fucheng is much larger than that of Jinshou County. Although the two have similar strategic positions, Jinshou County is affected by the terrain and it is difficult to build an overly large army.

The city is different from Fucheng, which is located in a gentle hilly area and is the last barrier in Chengdu. How can it be a strong point without repair?

"Sign up the fire" Yunfeng waved back

In an instant, the soldiers lit torches one after another, making the area under the city shine brightly.

The top of the city was already filled with defenders, all staring dumbly at the countless stars below. From the flickering firelight, the sharp-eyed sergeants could even clearly see the cold faces and faces of the knights.

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The most shocking thing is that Zhao Su, the governor of Fucheng County, has news that Li Xiong personally led 30,000 troops to garrison Jiange. In his opinion, Jiange is the most dangerous pass in the world. At that time, Zhong Hui's army of more than 100,000 people was not there.

It was only half a step into the sword pavilion, let alone the emperor coming to the front line in person? It would be unreasonable to lose it. However, now that the enemy is approaching Fucheng, what does this mean?

In fact, Li Xiong had blocked the news of Jiange's fall early on, fearing that popular sentiment would be unstable and the rear would be unstable.

The lights at the top of the city were extinguished and the fire was extinguished. The darkness formed a sharp contrast with the bright light below. Yunfeng led his guards and rode forward until they stopped two hundred paces and shouted: "Please come out and answer the question, Governor Zhao of Fucheng."

Zhao Su cupped his hands from a distance and said, "Who is this person? Why are you surrounding me in Fucheng?"

Yunfeng couldn't figure out whether he really didn't know the situation or was just pretending to be stupid, so he just pretended that he didn't understand, so he also gave him a hand: "This general Yunfeng, also known as Duanshan, was named Liangzhou by the Emperor of Jin Dynasty.

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We were secretly ordered by the emperor to attack Li Xiong, but Li Xiong was defeated by our army on the rainy night of the 29th of last month. He has disappeared. I heard that Governor Zhao is honest and loyal to the public, and he cares about the people. Think about it, you can't bear to see the swords and soldiers everywhere and the lives of people in ruins?"

As Yun Feng finished speaking, noises came from the top of the city. The soldiers couldn't believe their ears. However, the 20,000 cavalry in front of them couldn't help but look at Zhao Su.

Zhao Su had already guessed something, but when he heard Yunfeng say it himself, he was suddenly shocked, but he managed to calm down and said: "What will happen even if the general captures Jiange? Our city wall is high and thick, and there are still 20,000 people in the city.

Armed with armor, does the general think that he can break into the city with only 20,000 cavalry?"

Yunfeng was about to speak, but Jiang Fa asked for his order: "General, this man has an old relationship with me. How about I give you a few words of advice?" Jiang Fa was also grudges. He failed to persuade Meng Gulu to surrender last time, which made him choke all the time.

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"Oh?" Yunfeng said in surprise: "That's very good. Thank you Mr. Jiang."

"I don't dare." Jiang Fa humbly said, turned his head and pointed his finger, and said, "Old man, have you ever known me?"

Zhao Su was startled, and saw that the person who made the rude remarks was an old guy over fifty years old. At first glance, he looked familiar. He couldn't help but look at it. After a long time, he asked doubtfully: "Jizhong? Could it be you? What's wrong with you?

Is he still alive?"

"Hahahahaha" Jiang Fa stroked his beard and laughed wildly: "I have a hard life, how can I easily die in the hands of demons, but it is you, as a Jin general who once served for Luo Prefecture, how did you vote for Li Xiong?"

"This...?" Zhao Su had a look of shame on his face. After all, surrendering to the enemy and screaming "Zhentianxiang" for any reason is disloyal.

Jiang Fa felt slightly proud and continued: "Well, let's not bring up the old things again. I can understand what you are thinking. General Yun has conquered Qinzhou, captured Hanzhong, conquered Yangping, and broken Jiangge since he sent troops from Liangzhou last year.

The soldiers are invincible in all directions. Now heading south to Fucheng, is it possible that you, an old man, want to resist Master Wang?

The general knows that you still have some reputation, so he led his light cavalry and galloped all day and night to persuade him to surrender. A hundred thousand troops will be able to attack the city within a few days. Zhao Su's words are serious. Don't mislead others or yourself. I see.

For the sake of our friendship in the past, I am able to persuade you with good words. The general is a generous man and has strict military discipline. He will never do anything wrong to the people. I dare to use my reputation as a guarantee. You can rest assured that you are strict."

Yunfeng was speechless. This was the first time he heard of using reputation as a guarantee. If it were put in modern society, people would have spit in their faces. The most worthless thing in modern society is character and reputation. However, it seems that the ancients still took it.

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Sure enough, Zhao Su looked like he was struggling, and he cupped his hands to Yunfeng and said: "General, please allow me to think about it for a moment."

Yunfeng smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, Governor Zhao will think about it carefully."

Zhao Su cupped his hands and walked back, probably discussing the matter with his staff.

Not long after, Zhao Suzhong appeared at the top of the city and saluted: "I would like to open the city and surrender. However, it is late at night. In order to avoid any accidents, how about asking the general to enter the city tomorrow morning?"

Jiang Fa's expression changed, and he was about to scold him, but was stopped by Yun Feng, who chuckled and said: "The governor of Zhao is right, I will just wait below the city."

"Thank you, general" Zhao Su saluted again

Yunfeng returned the greeting and said: "Chief Zhao, let's see you tomorrow." After saying that, he and others returned to the formation, and the whole army retreated ten miles, dismounted and rested.

Early the next morning, the city gate was opened, and Zhao Su led a group of Junya officials to greet him in person. After some polite remarks, Yunfeng left 15,000 troops stationed outside the city and only brought 5,000 troops into the city.

Walking on the streets of Fucheng, Yunfeng suddenly remembered a very strange phenomenon. Historically, the regimes that had been content with Chengdu basically all surrendered from Kaicheng. Starting from Gongsun Shu in the Wang Mang period, to Liu Chan, Cheng Han, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

This was the case for both Shu and Shu, with only two exceptions. One was that Qiao Zong was defeated by Liu Yu, and the other was by Zhang Xianzhong. So will Li Xiong surrender? Yunfeng is full of expectations (to be continued)
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