Before attacking Nanzheng City, Shizun had already sent several troops in advance and walked around to the west gate and north gate of Nanzheng.

The southern gate of Nanzheng City is on the verge of Mianshui, so there is no need to send people to the Wei army along the way. Before launching an attack on Nanzheng City, Shizun first cut off all the retreat routes of the Nanzheng defenders. Obviously, Shizun left with the goal of annihilation of the Shu army.

Of course, this is nothing to Shizan. After Yelangyu wiped out most of the Shu army and captured Yan Yu, the governor of Hanzhong, alive, Nanzheng City had actually become an empty city. Even if the Wei army was asked to attack for a strong attack, it would be a handful to take Nanzheng City.

Moreover, Xianyu's plan to cheat the city is quite reliable. Once it is successful, the Wei army can take down Nanzheng without any bloodshed.

Therefore, there is no suspense to defeat Nan Zheng in this battle. Whether it is a strong attack or a smart move, Nan Zheng is already a thing in Shi Zong's hand.

In fact, taking down Nan Zheng is not the main purpose of Shizun. As Xianyu is worried, after Yan Yu is captured, the remaining defenders in Nan Zheng are without leaders, and may even give up Nan Zheng and escape. No matter where they flee, it will undoubtedly cause serious trouble.

The safest way is to annihilate it on the spot, so that you can avoid disaster once and for all.

Therefore, before Shizun arrived in Nanzheng City, he had already sent troops to detour the retreat of the Nanzheng defenders. At this time, the Nanzheng defenders had just received the news about Yelangyu. Whether to give up Nanzheng might still be in a state of confusion and could not make up their minds. The Wei army took advantage of this opportunity to take action and directly cut off their chances of escape.

Xianyu staged a good show under Nanzheng City. Yan Tao, the deputy general who stayed in Nanzheng, was completely fooled by Xianyu. When he hurriedly left the city to see "Yan Yu"'s injuries, he found that he had been fooled.

But at this time everything was late. Yan Tao became a prisoner of Xianyu, while the Wei army suddenly rose and controlled the city gate in a flash. Then the wolf smoke rose, and Shi Zong led a large army to attack. The fall of Nan Zheng was almost a matter of a flash.

Many Shu soldiers had not yet understood the taste, but they had become prisoners of the Wei army.

Seeing the Wei army swarming in, the Shu army had almost no will to resist. In addition to surrender, they were just running away.

But the Wei army had already sealed all possible retreat routes for the Shu army. Even if some Shu army escaped from the West Gate or the North Gate, before they could take a breath to glad that they had escaped, they found that the Wei army had set up a checkpoint in front and waited for them to fall into the trap.

The escaped Shu army was basically a wandering army, unorganized and disciplined. In front of the strict formation of the Wei army, it was simply vulnerable. If you wanted to escape, there was no gate!

There were only two ways left in front of them. The first was surrender, and the second was to retreat to Nanzheng. At this moment, Nanzheng had been completely occupied by the Wei army, and there was no other way to retreat to Nanzheng.

Those who can be deserters are unwilling to fight to the death and are thinking about how to survive. Therefore, they cherish their lives more than anyone else. In the face of desperate situations and no possibility of escape, surrender seems to have become their best choice.

The defenders of the entire Nanzheng surrendered almost in unison. After the Wei army entered the city, they did not encounter any strong resistance at all. Most of the Shu army laid down their weapons early, and they had no idea or concept of living and dying with the city at all.

From this we can see how Yan Yu was unable to win the morale of the army in Hanzhong. This time, he relied on his power to force the troops around him and gathered together forcibly, which seemed to be exactly the same as the saying: The forced melon is not sweet.

Although the Shu army in various places was forcibly integrated by Yan Yu, this army lacked cohesion and did not have the determination to fight to the death in difficult circumstances. Therefore, even if they gathered together, they would be in harmony with each other.

Perhaps when Yan Yu was there, he could still use his power to suppress others and control the situation with his official rank and status, but now Yan Yu is gone, who has the intention to continue to obey his orders?

When Nanzheng fell, almost most of the Shu army had the idea of ​​escaping, instead of staying to resist, fighting the Wei army to the death.

When they have no way to escape, most people will choose to surrender. No matter what, the slogan shouted by the Wei army is that those who surrender will avoid death. Life and death are big, and loss of integrity is small. Even if they are torture and humiliation after being captured, what can they do? Living is always the first priority.

What's more, it has long been said that the treatment of being a prisoner of war in the Wei army is even better than being a soldier in Shu Kingdom. In addition to being less free, the other conditions are very favorable, which makes many Shu soldiers quite yearn for it while curious.

If one day unfortunately becomes a prisoner of the Wei army, it seems that there is no need to be sad, and maybe we can start a new and happy life.

Shu Kingdom was a small country with poor people, and with years of war, the military expenditure was very large, and the national strength of Shu Kingdom was difficult to deal with. Therefore, the military expenditure was really limited when it came to the Shu army. Insufficient food and salary had become a common thing for Shu army.

In addition, the Sima army and Wu army continued to surrender to Shu, which made the Shu army increasingly larger. Although the large number of troops has great benefits for Shu's defense, the disadvantage is obvious, that is, food and salary have become more difficult, and it is not enough to make ends meet, and it is difficult for almost every army to pay the full amount of food and salary.

For ordinary Shu soldiers, it is too far away to revive the Han Dynasty and fight against thieves and rebellions. They pay more attention to being able to fill their stomachs, feed their families, and eating food to serve as soldiers. If an army is difficult to guarantee food and wages, how can ordinary soldiers take the initiative to work hard?

Moreover, the personality charm of the chief general is also an important factor in determining the morale of the army. A general who can be supported by his subordinates will definitely be willing to work hard for him during the war.

It is not impossible for a governor like Yan Yu to suppress others with power rather than with virtue to defeat others at critical moments.

If the Shu army had a bloody battle in Yelangyu, then when they arrived in Nanzheng City, they had no last desire. Faced with the relentless pursuit of the Wei army, the Shu army had to run away with their heads and surrender, which was extremely bad.

The Shu army that Yan Yu pieced together completely discarded the temperament of the Shu army. You must know that whether it was Zhuge Liang or Jiang Wei when he was leading the army, the Shu army had the highest morale and the most firm belief, but now it is a mess, becoming a mob, and it is vulnerable at all.
Chapter completed!