The conscience of heaven and earth. This battle in Jiangyuan was not deliberately fought by Zhang Zhi. Before that, Zhang Zhi really didn't expect that after he brought the main force of the Han army to Jiangyuan, he would accidentally encounter the defeated brigade of the Jin army.

As Chang Hong analyzed, Zhang Zhi came to Jiangyuan this time just to force the Chang family to surrender - deliberately hid a knife in his smile to make the Chang family think that he was going to solve the problem through negotiation, but in fact he sent troops south overnight. He suddenly appeared under Jiangyuan City when it was dawn, shocking Jiangyuan City, which was actually controlled by the Chang family. It would naturally be much easier to force Jiangyuan to surrender.

As for why Zhang Zhi brought 20,000 troops to do this, the first reason was of course to demonstrate to the Chang family, and the second reason was that Zhang Zhi calculated the time and found that Sima Wang was most likely to have taken the Jin army brigade to the Chengdu Plain. In addition, the road was easy to get into the army. To be cautious, Zhang Zhicai killed the chicken and brought so many troops to Jiangyuan with a ox knife.

However, Zhang Zhi never expected that the Feng Shui of his ancestral tomb would be so magical. The Han army had just crossed the waters, and the Chang family in Jiangyuan urgently sent the news that the Jin army was about to arrive in Jiangyuan. Although Zhang Zhi did not believe in any nonsense that the Jin army was deceived by the Chang family to get lost with the Chang family messenger, such a good opportunity was suddenly put in front of him. Zhang Zhi still decisively followed the situation and ordered the Chang family's private soldiers to serve as vanguard, launching an assault on the Jin army that was rushing to the night, and successfully caught the Jin army off guard.

Of course, Zhang Zhi later learned that the Feng Shui of his ancestral tomb was still quite different from that of Cao's luck in the battle of Yang'an Pass. Cao's luck in attacking Yang'an Pass was so outrageous that even the flop writer Luo Guanzhong did not dare to describe it truthfully. He could only fabricate a fictitious trick to lead a snake out of the hole to deceive readers.

As for the reason, of course, Luo Guanzhong knew very well that if he described the Battle of Yang'an Pass in Cao's army according to historical facts, he would definitely be criticized by countless readers for being unable to take care of himself, and he would definitely lose all his life.

Back to the topic, even though Zhang Zhi's ancestral tomb was not as evil as Cao's boss, it was enough. After the fight was officially started, the Han army soldiers did not even need to take action. The physically energetic Chang's private soldiers had already defeated the Jin army's rear team. When the Han army, who had urgently received compressed dry food and a sliga, joined the battle, the old man's nightmare mode was also activated again, and once again, he was chased and killed by the perverted Han army as he was chased and killed.

As the shouts of killing, the Han soldiers who had eaten compressed dry food quickly were like tigers down the mountain, wearing light paper armor and rushed into the Jin army crowd directly to the unparalleled mode, stabbed the Jin army soldiers down with the steel spear, and chopped the Jin army soldiers with the steel knife to the point where the people were raised and the limbs fell off, and the tired and hungry Jin soldiers had no intention of fighting. They threw away their armor and hugged their heads and just fled desperately, panicking like a group of lambs chased by hungry wolves.

The large-scale surrender of the Jin army soldiers also appeared again. Many experienced Jin army soldiers did not run back at all. They grabbed swords and guns and ran desperately to the left and right directions of the road. After confirming that they had left the brigade of people and could not be trampled to death by their panicked companions, these Jin army soldiers immediately abandoned their weapons and surrendered without saying a word, waiting for the Han army to capture and eat noodles and candy - of course, this must include a Jin army soldier named Wang Heng from Tianshui.

The Han army had already had psychological problems and knew the current situation of the soldiers in his army. Uncle Wang completely gave up and turned around and fought to the death. As soon as the Jin army was caught up by the Han army, Uncle Wang, who was completely desperate, abandoned the Jin army's troops and cavalry, and rushed all the way. He didn't dare to turn his head back and fled directly to Linqiong. Wang Hun, Hu Lie and Pang Hui and other Jin army generals also followed suit, and they all left the army and slapped their horses to escape, without the slightest courage to lead the army behind the palace.

On the contrary, Du Yu's distant relative Du Xin did his duty and led his army back to fight when the Han army was chasing him close, trying to get some time for his main force to escape. However, it was a pity that Du Xin forgot that almost all his soldiers were prisoners during Qian Hong's southern expedition, and almost all of them knew that being a prisoner for the Han army would not only survive, but also eat delicious candy, instant noodles and lunch meat. So as soon as he started the battle, Du Xin's soldiers had already abandoned their weapons and surrendered, waiting for the Han army to give off their noodles and candy with longing on their faces.

Seeing this scene, Du Xin, who didn't want to die, could only sigh and quickly turn his head and slapped his horse to escape. At the same time, Du Xin was also determined, that is, if there was a chance, he would definitely recommend that the Jin court change its policy on the soldiers who returned after being captured. Otherwise, if this continues, maybe before the Han army launches an attack, countless soldiers of the Jin army have chosen to put down their weapons and surrender.

The Jin army infantry abandoned by their superiors and cavalry were completely turned into fish on the anvil in front of the Han army. The clever surrendered and ate noodles, and the unwise could not beat them or escape. Of course, the only thing left was the end of being slaughtered by the Han army. Before the afternoon, there were still twenty miles away from Linqiong. More than 30,000 Jin army troops had completely disappeared. Most of them were captured, and the small part was killed, and only a small part escaped to other places by chance.

It was still at this time that Zhang Zhicai ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, gather the Han army soldiers who were already in the pursuit and reorganized their troops, and also concentrated the prisoners to prepare for the despair. During this period, Chang Hong of course quickly led his nephew to Zhang Zhi to salute and greet him, and presented a large number of Jin army soldiers cut down by the Chang family's private soldiers to express his loyalty, and swears to firmly support Zhang Zhi to raise an army to restore the country and rebuild the Han Dynasty.

Although he still had doubts in his heart, seeing the performance of the Jiangyuan Chang family today and knowing that the Jiangyuan Chang family had no way out to retreat besides firmly following him, Zhang Zhi chose to pretend to be confused. Not only did he recognize the messenger's lost tricks, but he also vigorously commended the Jiangyuan Chang family's loyalty to the country. He also took out a bunch of junk food rewards to reward the Chang family's private soldiers who performed well, and he was awarded an official position to Chang Hong's second son, Chang Wei, who was covered in blood in the battle.

However, Zhang Zhi did not let the Chang family go. After the politeness was done, Zhang Zhi smiled and said to Chang Hong: "Mr. Chang, there is another thing I have to ask you for help. After the situation is slightly stable, this general plans to conduct a thorough demographic statistics in Yizhou and count how many hidden populations are in Yizhou. At that time, please ask Mr. Chang to set an example for the aristocratic families in Yizhou."

"No problem, please don't worry, when the general re-counts the population, I must have led the entire Chang family to cooperate with the Han army to count the population again. I also want to carefully check how many farmer households in the Chang family's manors did not register the population."

Chang Hongqiang smiled and agreed, and then took the initiative to say, "Also, the latter general, I am not talented. I want to contribute two thousand private soldiers from the Chang family to ask the latter general to incorporate them, so as to prove that I fully support the latter general's sincerity in reviving the country."

After a few symbolic refusals, Zhang Zhi, who was in urgent need of military service, smiled and accepted the private soldiers that Chang Hong took the initiative to send him, and at the same time agreed to give Chang Hong a lot of instant noodles and lunch meat to set an example. Chang Hong was naturally happy when he heard this, and couldn't wait to say, "There is another small thing for the senior general. My old young daughter is in her prime, and her appearance is still barely acceptable. If the senior general doesn't dislike it, I would rather present the young daughter to the general as a concubine."

In fact, Zhang Zhi, who was not lustful, smiled bitterly and refused with the excuse of being too aggrieved by Chang Hong's daughter. However, Chang Hong, who was already determined to hold Zhang Zhi's thighs, insisted repeatedly. Zhang Zhi had no choice but to bite the bullet and promise to take Chang Hong's youngest daughter into the house. When Chang Hong heard this, he was overjoyed and thanked Zhang Zhi, who was about to ravage his daughter.

Before the matter was over, seeing that my father was sending private soldiers and offering his daughter, in order to show his loyalty, Chang Hong's second son Chang Wei volunteered: "Does the latter general take advantage of the situation to attack Linqiong City? If so, the last general asks to be the vanguard of the siege and leads the army to the first landing, and to work hard for the latter general to restore Linqiong."

"No hurry, whether to attack Linqiong with the flow? We have to wait until we understand Linqiong's current situation and discuss with the generals before making a decision." Zhang Zhi replied casually, and said, "Let's do this, our soldiers are tired too. Let's just build a camp here first, let the soldiers rest while exploring the situation in Linqiong, and then decide whether to attack the city with the flow."

It was quite funny. On that day, the camp used by the Han army to temporarily imprison Jin army prisoners was actually built by the captured Jin army soldiers themselves. In order to be lazy and reduce the burden on the Han army soldiers, Zhang Zhi just casually ordered the prisoners of Jin army who were willing to help the Han army build prisoners of war camps to give each of them two cans of lunch meat. Immediately, countless Jin army prisoners jumped up and cheered to accept it. Then, under the surveillance of the Han army soldiers, cut down wood and bamboo by themselves, and happily dug trenches to build fences, and built a very strong prisoner of war camp to lock himself up.

However, on the second day, after roughly understanding the current situation in Linqiong, Zhang Zhi gradually tended to give up attacking Linqiong. The reason was very simple. About three or four thousand Jin cavalry fled into Linqiong City first, firmly controlled the Linqiong city and began to prepare materials for defending the city. At the same time, the Linqiong city was quite strong and it was difficult to attack from the front, so Zhang Zhi gradually made up his mind and planned to withdraw back to Chengdu first, seize the essence of Chengdu surrounding the Jin army, where the Jin army had empty troops, and then consider going back to take Linqiong.

This is also an extremely correct choice. After the Han army withdrew, Sima Wang would definitely flee to Wuyang and meet Yang Xin with the cavalry of the Jin army. At that time, Linqiong's troops were empty and the defenders were dominated by the old soldiers of Shu Han. The Han army would not even have to attack the city and could make the Linqiong proclamation decision.

Something was unexpected. Just as Zhang Zhi was about to order the prisoners to be escorted back to Chengdu, a personal soldier suddenly came to report outside the tent, saying that a man claimed to be a defender in Linqiong City and came to contact the Han army scout. The soldier also said that he brought an important letter and wanted to present it to Zhang Zhi in person. Zhang Zhi was surprised and ordered the meeting casually.

After a moment, a man with a deer-headed rat was taken to Zhang Zhi. While kowtowing to Zhang Zhi, he took out a letter and said: "A villain has passed the imperial examination. At the order of General Zhuge Zhan, the Great Han Guard, came to pay a letter to the Great Han Dynasty. This is our personal letter written by General Zhuge, and the latter general is asked to be collected."

With a puff, Zhang Zhi, who was drinking Coke, squirted out a sip of Coke, and was choked and coughed continuously. Yan Yu, Zhao Quan, Cuan Gu and others next to him also exclaimed in surprise and exclaimed: "What did you say? General Wei Zhuge Zhan? Didn't Zhuge Zhan die in Mianzhu more than two years ago?"

"Report to all generals, General Wei is not dead." Shi Guo quickly replied: "During the Mianzhu War, General Wei was not dead in battle. He just changed into the clothes of soldiers and fled into the deep mountains and forests, and then came to Linqiong to serve in the army. The specific situation, you will know after reading General Wei's letters."

Out of surprise and curiosity, Zhang Zhi of course immediately asked his personal soldiers to come forward and took the letter written on the coarse gauze. When he quickly grabbed the letter, he saw that the writer did indeed regard himself as Zhuge Liang's only son Zhuge Zhan, and also introduced that he did not die in the battle in the Mianzhu War. Instead, he changed his soldiers and fled from the battlefield when he was defeated. He changed his name to Wang Fu and went to Linqiong to join the army, wanting to help the Han army take down Linqiong and restore his identity, so he sent someone to contact Zhang Zhi.

At the end of the letter, the writer tried his best to persuade Zhang Zhi to move to Linqiong City, and join forces with him to take down Linqiong. He also promised to take action at 3 o'clock in the evening when the Han army arrived at Linqiong City, and initiated the opening of the north gate of Linqiong and the receptionist Han army into the city. At the same time, the signature of the Han guard General Zhuge Zhan was also taken.

After reading this letter carefully, Zhang Zhi was of course very dumbfounded, and he was too suspicious. Fortunately, there was also a capable assistant named Yan Yu who was very familiar with Zhuge Zhan. Zhang Zhi just handed the letter to Yan Yu to watch. Yan Yu, who had conspired with Zhuge Zhan to destroy Jiang Wei's military power, immediately said: "Fake it! I am familiar with General Wei's handwriting. This is definitely not General Wei's handwriting. I will never admit my mistake."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi of course immediately ordered his personal soldiers to take down Shi Guo, but the Shi Guo desperately shouted and said, "Hou General, the villain did not lie to you, I did not lie to you. This is really a letter from General Wei, it is really a letter from General Wei! General Wei is really ready to help you take down Linqiong City! More than 200 people are ready. Just wait for the army of General Hou to come to the city, and we will immediately respond and receive your army into the city!"

"You dare to deceive me!" Zhang Zhi was furious and pointed at Yan Yu and said, "You didn't hear General Yan say that this letter was not the handwriting of General Wei? The relationship between Old General Yan and General Wei is close, how could he admit his letter wrong?"

"General Yan, since you have a close relationship with General Wei, you should know Qiao Liang and Luo Gu?" Shi Guo quickly said: "They were both General Wei's former personal soldiers, and now they are all in Linqiong City. They can prove that Wang Fu and Wang are General Wei. You should believe this, right?"

Not to mention, Yan Yu's expression was obviously stunned when he heard this. After hesitating for a while, Yan Yu couldn't help but turn to Zhang Zhi and said, "Hou General, I remember that there is indeed a personal soldier named Qiao Liang under General Wei's command. I did hear this name when I was interacting with General Wei."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi was stunned again. Shi Guoze quickly said, "Hou General, old general, if you don't believe it, just take the army to the city of Linqiong and join forces with our General Guard to take down Linqiong, and you will know everything?"

Seeing Shi Guo's sincere face when he said this, Zhang Zhi was inevitably a little suspicious. Cuan Gu next to him reminded: "Second General, be careful that this is Sima Wang's old man's plan to lure the enemy. He deliberately made people pretend to claim that General Wei was a fraudulent surrender, luring us into Linqiong, and then arranged an ambush to lure us into the city to die."

Shi Guo quickly called for justice and sweared that he was definitely not sent by Sima Wang. Zhang Zhize calmly thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's not like Sima Wang's trick to lure the enemy. If Sima Wang was using a fraud, he could have other Linqiong generals come forward to surrender. There is no need to fabricate Zhuge Zhan's amazing identity to deceive us, so that we will not believe such surrender at all, which is unreasonable."

"So, you suspect it's true, General?" Cuan Gu asked dumbfoundedly.

Zhang Zhi did not answer, but just asked Shi Guo about the situation in Linqiong City and the situation of Zhuge Zhan, who was named Wang Fu. Shi Guo answered it in a slight manner, reporting the situation he knew truthfully, and always insisted that his comrade-in-arms Wang Fu was Zhuge Zhan, the only son of Zhuge Liang. He honestly confessed that he was greedy for the official position and wealth promised by Zhuge Zhan, so he took the risk of taking a rope down the city last night and ran to the Han army camp twenty miles away to deliver a letter.

After repeatedly asking Shi Guo, he confirmed that his expression and form did not seem to be fake. After careful consideration for a long time, Zhang Zhi made up his mind and ordered his personal soldiers to take Shi Guo out for close supervision, and then said: "I ordered the entire army to have a good rest today, and to set up camp tomorrow morning and go south to Linqiong."

"Hou General, do you believe it?" Cuan Gu asked quickly.

"I don't believe it, but I plan to try my luck." Zhang Zhi replied: "This is so weird. I want to see the truth. If no one opens the city to pick us up tomorrow night, we will withdraw back to Chengdu the day after tomorrow. But if someone really opens the city to pick us up, we will take over Linqiong City."

"Don't worry about it being a trap." Zhang Zhi added: "There is no urn city in Linqiong County. Even if the enemy sets up a trap, it will set up a thousand-jin gate to ambush our soldiers into the city. As long as we use gunpowder to blow up the thousand-jin gate in time, we can still kill the city or rescue the ambushed army. But if we succeed, we can not only directly take down Linqiong City, but also definitely grab many war horses brought back to Linqiong City by Sima Wang to strengthen our cavalry strength."
Chapter completed!