Zhao Yun's troops were all cavalrymen. After ordering, they immediately advanced by land and water, so they naturally had very rapid action.

The army marched by land, and the ships moved upstream to transport grain.

The ships against the current must be much slower than the cavalry. In order to ensure the suddenness of the rush, Zhao Yun asked the cavalry to change their horses to ride with one horse. The horse that was empty would carry a food bag that was enough for ten days to eat, and he would not be afraid even if the grain ships were disconnected.

Anyway, after all the way, you can get grain from the newly recruited county granaries to replenish it. When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he brought 30,000 horses, and it was no problem to give Zhao Yun 20,000 horses.

Within just two days, Zhao Yun rushed to Jiangyang County, the capital of Jianwei County.

When Liu Yan entered Sichuan, the prefect of Jianwei was Ren Qi, the chief scholar of the Shu Confucian scholar, who served as Ren Qi, but at the beginning of last year, Liu Yan found an excuse to kill him, so Liu Yan had the opportunity to replace his confidant Wang Shang as the new prefect.

Wang Shang was from Xixian County, Guanghan County, and was also considered a famous scholar in Shu. After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, and he was further promoted and transferred to Yizhou to work as a member of the Yizhou administrative and civil servants. He also served as the acting prefect of Shu County. It was not until later that the famous scholar Xu Jing entered Shu and surrendered that Liu Yan gave Wang Shang's prefect of Shu County to Xu Jing.

To put it bluntly, Xu Jing and his younger brother Xu Shao were both famous figures and judging artists in the world. Xu Shao was the one who published the "Yuedan Review". After Xu Jing took over the prefect of Shu County, Liu Zhang also asked Xu Jing to evaluate the figures in Shu. Xu Jing said that Wang Shang's virtue and talent can be called "Wang Jingxing, King of Xichuan" (Wang Lang).

When Xu Jing said this, Wang Lang was not a prince, but was engaged in the rule of the Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, just like Wang Shang's official position under Liu Zhang. Wang Shang was very complacent after hearing this metaphor and felt that this was a great recognition of him. It can be seen that "Wang Situ" was still very famous when he was young.

But these are all later stories. At present, the "Xichuan Wang Lang" is still Liu Yan's close friend and the prefect of Jianwei.

When Zhao Yun's army arrived at the city, he displayed his flags and read the imperial edict. The army was powerful and the whole country in Jiangyang County felt that it was better to surrender, but the only prefect wanted to hold on.

After all, Liu Yan was also a hero. After a few years of entering Shu, there were still quite a few close friends. It was impossible to fall into the three counties of Xichuan and could not even find three prefecture candidates who were willing to work hard with him. It was reasonable for Jiang Yang to resist a little.

After Zhao Yun surrendered, Wang Shang saw that people were in a state of turmoil, and quickly spoke to appease the chief of the Jianwei, Chen Shi, who was promoted to him, Zhao Min, the magistrate of Jiangyang County, and Wang Dan, the commander of the Chief of the Emperor:

"Don't worry, although Zhao Yun's troops are strong, they are all cavalry? He is anxious to attack the city. Let's hold him back? He has to wait for the rear army on the water, and there will be no danger of being attacked within five or six days."

The chief scholar Chen Shi was the Chen family member of the last of the four surnames of the Shu Confucian scholars, Dong, Ren, Yang, and Chen. He is also the most famous contemporary scholar of the Chen family.

When Liu Yan suppressed the four sects? Dong Fu's clan escaped a disaster because of prophecies and divination. Ren and Yang were killed more miserably? The Chen family was also killed and demoted, but not as miserable as the Ren Yang family. So Chen Shi kept pinching his nose to serve Liu Yan? At this moment, Zhao Yun came? He was hard and dared to persuade Wang Shang:

"Mr. Zhao Yun brought Wu Ban to announce the imperial edict. His father Wu Kuang was the left general of the Northern Army of the capital? Can the imperial edicts they testified be false? Although Dong Zhuo has committed suicide by tying the emperor now? But I believe that this imperial edict was issued by General He when he was assisting in the administration last year. Confronting him would be a betrayal of the court.

Besides, Diaoyu City and Jiangzhou have been broken. Isn’t it worth it to bury thousands of soldiers in Jiangyang for Liu Yan to be buried with him? It’s not that I, Chen, is afraid of death. Even if Jiangyang is held back? Sooner or later, it will be destroyed, and it will only be more murderous."

Zhao Min from other counties and Wang Dan in the military? He didn't get into these topics. Seeing that Chen Shi helped them become evil people, he kept silent and watched the superiors argue.

Wang Shang didn't dare to put on airs anymore? He patiently persuaded: "Chen Shi! Could it be that you have to bear the master? We, Jiangyang, cannot be defended for a long time? How many days can we delay it? It would be better to leave time for the envoy to prepare. Judging from Liu Bei's army's posture, it must have been planned to go up the Yangtze River and go straight to Chengdu.

The envoy was not wary of the south. We delayed the envoy for ten or eight days, informed him of the envoy, and asked him to send generals to at least defend Nan'an and block the key pass of Longquan Mountain. Even if he could not defeat Zhao Yun, he would negotiate with him for surrender. I think Zhao Yun would not have to kill the surrender just because we delayed for a while. I heard that Liu Bei had always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous. As long as the surrendered person, no matter how long he resisted, he would not be harmed."

Wang Shang's words were purely bullying honest people. Because he knew Liu Bei's kindness and righteousness, he resisted and showed that he was very loyal and delayed enough time before surrendering.

Speaking so plainly, although other civil and military officials have dispelled their concerns about "will Zhao Yun be liquidated after resisting", but they also became increasingly dissatisfied with Wang Shang: If you let us resist the dead, just to delay time to inform Liu Yan of the information? Remind Liu Yan's main attack direction is the side of the Yangtze River on the southern line?

Seeing that Zhao Yun, who was unable to persuade the surrender, also asked the cavalry to shoot arrows and harass the city. Then he temporarily withdrew his troops, waiting to build a siege weapon. The first day was considered to be a direct and peaceful solution.

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However, while Zhao Yun retreated and set up camp, Chen Shi and the others were not idle.

After Wang Shang was tired of supervising the battle, he went back to rest, Chen Shi immediately recruited Zhao Min and Wang Dan to present facts and reason, and literate them with the reason why "this kind of life is meaningless."

"Zhao County Magistrate, Wang Duwei, Wang Shang's idea is really erotic. In my opinion, Zhao Yun is definitely not able to be the main force of Liu Bei's attack on Chengdu. Even if Liu Bei really made such a deployment, it was because Liu Bei was a native of the north and was not familiar with the geography of Shu. Therefore, we don't have to inform the envoy at all, and it would be better to surrender directly to avoid misleading the envoy."

Zhao Min and Wang Dan were about to find a way out, and they whispered to Chen Shi’s details: “Why did Chen Changshi say this?”

Chen Shi also lowered his voice: "I remember you are both from Ba County? The magistrate of Zhao is from Dianjiang, Wang Duwei is from Langzhong, even the lord of Fu, he is from Deyang, Guanghan - and I am a native of Jianwei, and no one understands the geography of Jianwei County better than me.

From the Yangtze River, the Minjiang River flows upstream and attacks Chengdu on land and water. It seems very convenient, but in fact it has the biggest flaw, that is, when you walk to Nan'an County by land, the east side will be blocked by Longquan Mountain. Longquan Mountain is the eastern barrier on the Chengdu Plain, starting from Mianzhu in the north and Nan'an in the south. Therefore, the Chengdu Plain has Mianzhu Pass in the north and Nan'an Pass in the south.

However, South Road has a greater disadvantage than North Road, that is, after the North Road breaks through Mianzhu Pass, there is another gentle Fushui tributary that can circumvent the hinterland of Chengdu, making it easy to transport grain. Even if the South Road breaks through Nan'an County, at the mouth of Minjiang Gorge on the west side of Nan'an County, the water transportation will be blocked due to the turbulence being too turbulent.

Here, Qingyi Water and Mo Water merge into the Minjiang River at the entrance of the Minjiang River. The turbulence was extremely dangerous and there was no ship that could pass through since ancient times. So I guess Liu Bei's final main attack must be Mianzhu on the northern line, and it could not be Nan'an on the southern line. Zhao Yun made great efforts throughout the journey, but instead suspected the soldiers. If Wang Shang notified the envoy, he would mislead the envoy.

If we immediately surrender and do not let Wang Shang send out misleading letters, we will help the envoys. In this way, we not only obey the imperial edicts of the court, but also save the death and injury of the people and soldiers, and also fulfill the loyalty of the royal palace to Liu Envoys. Isn’t it the best of all the things?"

The "Moshui" mentioned by Chen Shi is the Dadu River in later generations, and Nan'an County is the Leshan in later generations.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Dadu River flowed into the river estuary canyon of the Minjiang River. It was very turbulent and could not pass by boat. It was not until the Six Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties that it was gradually rectified.

The Tang Dynasty cultivated the Leshan Giant Buddha here, nominally using the Buddha to suppress the turbulent rivers, but in fact, it also excavated and widened the narrow parts of the mountain walls and provided supporting water conservancy improvements. After that, the mouth of the Minjiang River in the Dadu River was safer to navigate.

Chen Shi is a native of Jianwei, so he knew that Zhao Yun could not reach Chengdu, and it would be the end of the journey to Nan'an.

Zhao Min and Wang Dan were stunned after hearing this fallacy. It turned out that "betrayed Liu Yan for the sake of Liu Yan's good, so that Liu Yan would not be misled by the stupid Wang Shang."

So what else is hesitant? He has followed the imperial edict and is doing it for Liu Yan's good. Hurry up!

That night, Wang Dan found some confidants and cleared the defense of a section of the city wall to ensure that there were no people from Wang Shang around. Then he dropped Chen Shi's hanging basket down the city and asked Chen Shi to surrender to Zhao Yun's military camp in person to discuss the conditions for the city offering. He also agreed that if the agreement was made, Chen Shi would be able to bring troops back in the middle of the night, and Wang Dan would open the city gate on the city tower.

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Half an hour later, Zhao Yun’s military camp.

Before Zhao Yun went to bed, a small school came in to report: "The lieutenant, a civil servant was arrested outside the camp, claiming to be the chief minister of Jianwei County, and came to surrender."

Zhao Yun was excited: "Please come in."

While saying that, he thought to himself: This time he didn't even need a messenger and went out of the city to surrender. This is to be a hostage to prove his sincerity in offering sacrifices to the city. There should be no fraud.

Zhao Yun can take him to get the city gate together. If there is a fraud, he will directly stab him to death.

Chen Shi was quickly brought in, expressing the tragic situation of many officials from Jianwei being bullied by Liu Yan, and said that he had contacted the commander and could open the door. Wang Shang was the only one in the city, and his confidant and direct descendants wanted to resist.

Of course, in order to embellish his position, Chen Shi was also inevitably aware of the analysis he had persuaded Zhao Min and Wang Danshi just now, telling Zhao Yun that he could not enter Chengdu by water and land on this road, and that the boat could not get on the estuary of Dadu River in Nan'an.

"It turns out that after the Minjiang River arrives in Nan'an, it will be so difficult to sail. Thanks to Chen Changshi, a native of Jianwei and familiar with geography, he has to bother Chen Changshi as the guide of our army. As long as the road goes smoothly, when our army takes down the road in Nan'an, I will report to my lord truthfully that Chen Changshi can be appointed as the original position, even if he wants to go to the prefect of any county in Nanzhong, it is not impossible."

"Thank you, Captain Zhao, for your inspection! I will lead the army into the city now." Chen Shi hurriedly thanked.

Zhao Yun still has the rank of Changshui Captain of the Northern Army of the Capital, and even Chen Shi knew about it.

Zhao Yun hurriedly lit up thousands of troops and followed Chen Shi to the outside of the city. Wang Dan opened the city directly at the top of the city, while Wang Shang was still sleeping.

The county seat of Jianwei County only resisted for one day and did not even have the chance to deliver a letter, and fell that night.
Chapter completed!