Chapter 2558 Generous death
It cannot be said that Shi Bao's decision was wrong. After all, the Zhonglei Camp led by Shi Bao was a siege, and the Tunqi Camp was a jungler. Shi Bao attacked Fucheng, and the primary task was naturally to attack the city, so there was no problem in Shi Bao taking the lead in arranging Zhonglei Camp to cross the river.
The problem now is that Simalun's reaction speed is too fast. Before the Tunqi Camp crossed the Fushui River or Zhonglei Camp took Fucheng, Simalun had already led his army to come. Shi Bao did not expect Simalun to come so quickly, so he had no chance to intercept Simalun, so he could only sigh with regret.
However, what made Shi Bao a little strange was that Sima Lun escaped, but the defenders of Fucheng did not evacuate and were still defending the city. Just a few thousand people wanted to defend Fucheng? This was also a bit whimsical.
Shi Bao then vented all his anger on the Fucheng defenders and ordered Zhonglei Camp to cross the Fushui again and launch an attack on Fucheng.
Since Zhang Zun had decided to defend Fucheng to the death, when facing the fierce offensive of the Wei army, he did not retreat and personally climbed to the top of the city and launched a bloody battle.
Fucheng is an important town in northern Shu, so the city is naturally stronger than other cities. Zhang Zun held the belief of a decisive battle and personally commanded the battle at the top of the city. The Shu army guarding the city had no way out and fought to the death. Although the Wei army's offensive was very fierce, it was impossible to easily take Fucheng in a while.
Shi Bao couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. He asked Sima Lun to escape, which was his biggest failure. Now even Fucheng can't be defeated, which undoubtedly made Shi Bao lose face.
So Shi Bao ordered the camp to abandon his horse and walk across the river, and joined the siege of siege.
The Tunqi Camp is the most heavily equipped team among all the Wei army troops. This time, the Wei army carried only two sets of floating bridge equipment, so they could only build two floating bridges first. Therefore, when using the floating bridge, it was naturally a bit difficult. When Zhonglei Camp crossed the river, the Tunqi Camp could only wait on the east bank.
As a result, Simalun's army arrived, and Zhonglei Camp, which had already completed crossing the river, had to retreat to the east bank. After Simalun left, Zhonglei Camp crossed the river again to attack Fucheng.
After going back and forth, Zhonglei Camp alone used the floating bridge three times. The Tunqi Camp was stranded on the east bank and never had the chance to cross the river.
If you want to let the Tunqi Battalion, the people, horses and equipment pass through the Fushui River, it will take at least two or three times more time than the Zhonglei Camp. The attack on the other side is very urgent, so Shi Bao naturally couldn't wait, so he ordered the Tunqi Battalion to place the war horses on the east bank first, and the Tunqi Kattalion cross the river and participate in the siege.
At least half of the people in the Tunqi Camp participated in the battle sequence of the siege. The total force of the Wei army siege reached more than 20,000, which had a clear advantage in the number of people. Looking down from the head of Fucheng, there was a large area below, like locusts and ants, crowded with people, densely packed, countless.
Although the tun cavalry abandoned their horses and fought in infantry, their armor that was armed to the teeth was not taken off. When siege, the tun cavalry did not need to use shields. They had their own thick armor. No matter how the Shu army's bows and arrows were shot, they could not shoot through their armor.
Although Zhang Zun fought to the death, he could not get any rest or breathing after a long battle. The Shu army was exhausted. After the Wei army attacked continuously for a day and night, the defense line of Fucheng was finally broken by the Wei army.
The Wei army rushed to the top of the city and had already shouted the slogan of the surrendering those who surrendered were spared from death, but Zhang Zun still ignored it and continued to lead his army to fight with the Wei army, fighting all the last soldiers and soldiers. At the end of the battle, none of the three thousand surrendered people died heroically.
Zhang Zun was injured dozens of times and finally died on the top of the city. From beginning to end, Zhang Zun did not leave the top of the city, and calmly went to death and fought to the end.
Even the soldiers of the Wei army were shocked. Although Zhang Zun fought to the death and brought a lot of casualties to the Wei army, such warriors are always worthy of admiration.
After Zhang Zun died in battle, no Wei soldier went to make up for a knife and stab his body. Even Shi Bao heard about it and lamented his loyalty and ordered people to collect it and bury it with a grand funeral.
Zhang Zun's death was a great victory for the powerful general Zhang Fei.
Just after Shi Bao took Fucheng, Wen Yang led the Yueqi Camp to Fucheng. Originally, Wen Yang was preparing to attack the city, but after arriving at the city, he found that the flag of the Wei army was floating on the top of the city. He hurriedly sent someone to investigate and then learned about Shi Bao's message here.
Shi Bao was the deputy governor of the Right Army, and his rank was naturally higher than that of the Yue cavalry general Wen Yang. Wen Yang dismounted and saw the following officials' etiquette, and explained the details of the Jiange. Shi Bao also told Wen Yang about his situation. Wen Yang immediately sent someone to tell Deng Ai.
The next day, Deng Aiyi led his army to Fucheng and met with Shi Bao.
At this point, Deng Ai finally figured out the mystery of Sima Lun's withdrawal. It turned out that the central army led by Yang Hu had already entered Shuzhong from Nanzhong and captured Jiangzhou, forcing Lu Kang to withdraw from Yong'an and to Deyang area.
The Right Legion followed the trend and entered Shu, but they did not rush to attack Lu Kang in Deyang. Instead, they turned north and attacked Fucheng according to Cao Liang's will.
Now Cao Liang is taking a big game of chess. After Yang Hu captured the Path, he had a great chance to go north and take direct to Chengdu. However, Yang Hu was not greedy for merit, but sent troops to advance eastward to attack Jiangzhou, which was empty in defense of the Shu army. This was equivalent to introducing the Right Legion outside Yong'an into Shu.
After entering Shuzhong, the Right Legion did not rush to attack the Shu army in Chengdu, but went north to Fucheng. This intention was also very obvious, that was, to force Sima Lun to withdraw his troops from Jiange and lead Deng Ai's left legion into Shuzhong.
After Sima Lun gave up Jiange, the three major legions of the Shu army finally entered the Shuzhong Plain. This time, the left legion and part of the Right legion met in Fucheng. Next, the three major legions will continue to attack the Shu army like oppression. If everything goes well, the three major legions will soon meet at the city of Chengdu.
The capture of Chengdu and the destruction of Shu Kingdom is undoubtedly the greatest contribution, which is enough to be a long-lasting asset and will be recorded in history. However, Cao Liang obviously did not want anyone to monopolize this merit, but instead found a way to get the three legions to gather at the city of Chengdu. Whether Shu Kingdom surrenders or fights to the end, the demise of Shu Kingdom is irreversible, and this contribution will be won by the three legions.
Chapter completed!