Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

In fact, after Deng Ai heard that Bashu was sending troops, he had already led his army to a county town not far from Bashu.

Rest and recuperate, prepare for war and wait for the enemy.

Deng Ai's actions were extremely covert, and even Cao Cao didn't know about it.

As soon as Cao Cao's letter was sent, Deng Ai directly led his troops to Bashu.

The land of Bashu has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

There is no other reason, just because Bashu is rich.

The food in Bashu is enough to feed the people in many counties and cities, which is conducive to winning over the people's hearts.

Cao Cao was not unaware that Bai Feng had planted fairy grain, but Cao Cao had been in a wait-and-see attitude until he saw the results.

After all, a yield of five thousand dan per mu was so magical that it was beyond Cao Cao's understanding.

But Cao Cao also made a decision. Let alone five thousand shi, a production capacity of more than 200 shi per mu is enough.

However, after planting and determining the specific yield per mu, inferences can be made based on this.

Fa Zheng's guess was correct. In just three days of siege, Cao's army did not have enough food and grass.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Jun suspended the idea of ​​pursuing the Bashu army and waited for the arrival of the baggage.

However, it was precisely because of this that Cao Jun's offensive slowed down, which was a reassurance for Liu Zhang.

In order to prevent Cao's army from counterattack, Liu Zhang sent out all the remaining 100,000 troops of Bashu.

Liu Zhang had already thought about it. The fact that Cao Cao led fifty troops this time did not mean that Cao Cao still wanted to retain his troops to protect other counties and cities under his command.

Instead, he wanted to take down Hanzhong with all his strength without sparing any effort.

As for the motive, Liu Zhang believed that it should be because of Xiliang.

Xiliang has been captured by Cao Cao, Ma Teng and Han Sui were both killed, and Ma Chao entered Cao Cao's camp.

Strictly speaking, Ma Chao entered the Bai camp.

Xiliang is not close to the Central Plains, and the closest place is Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is also an important military location. After taking it, it is basically equivalent to pacifying the entire north.

It should be for this reason that Cao Cao sent an army of 500,000 troops to attack Hanzhong under such circumstances.

Therefore, Cao Cao probably did not have the strength to attack Bashu any more.

However, what Liu Zhang didn't expect was that just two days after sending out a hundred thousand troops, Deng Ai led Cao's army to kill them.

However, at this time, Fazheng and Zhang Song were still negotiating with Liu Bei in his camp.

It would take at least three or four days for Liu Beijun to reach Bashu!

However, there are not many troops in Bashu now, only a few thousand city defense troops.

City defense army, is that called an army?

At most, they are equivalent to today's security guards, without any combat effectiveness at all.

They belong to the yamen, that is, to the county yamen. Most of them just want to make a living. How many of them have experienced the battlefield?

As for Deng Ai, he has a total of 20,000 elite soldiers!

This disparity in strength directly made Liu Zhang despair.

"Tell Liu Zhang to quickly open the city gate and surrender, and spare his life!"

Deng Ai's troops came to the city, pointed at the city gate and called out the formation.

At this moment, the whole Bashu suddenly turned into a mess.

Liu Ba frowned and said:

"My lord, I just say that it's unreliable to do this!"

"Then Fazheng must have colluded with Liu Bei and wanted to lure Liu Bei into Shu, so he sent all our troops away!"

"Good thing now, Liu Bei didn't come, but Cao Jun did!"

After all, Liu Ba is also thinking about strategies to deal with the enemy.

But how easy is it to find a way to defeat the enemy?

Cao Cao's army is not made of paper.

Moreover, although this general Deng Ai was not a general, he was appointed to attack the city for the first time.

But he is Bai Feng's direct disciple, and he also brings Bai Feng's three powerful generals with him!

In this case, there is no resistance at all!

Unless the soldiers who have been sent out are ordered to be transferred back.

But now these soldiers have been setting off for two days and have arrived in Hanzhong to fight with the main force of Cao's army.

There is no way they can come back!

Liu Zhang fell directly into despair, but still ordered the city defense troops to defend the city and not be able to escape.

He has now placed all his hopes on Liu Bei.

As long as Fazheng and others move quickly enough to attract Liu Bei's soldiers, they can fight against Cao's army!

If the army arrives, it will take about three or four days.

As long as you persist for up to four days, you will see the light of day!

As long as Liu Bei's army arrives, Deng Ai's 20,000 soldiers will have no effect at all in the face of absolute strength.

Deng Ai called for a long time, but did not get any response, so he immediately rode back.

"Shizai, how's it going?"

Li Cunxiao was the first to ask.

Deng Ai suddenly shook his head:

"It seems like they want to be on tight defense."

"Generals, we can only attack by force now!"

"The Bashu people must be waiting for the reinforcements to arrive."

"But what reinforcements can they have now?"

"Bashu's 400,000-strong army has been sent out. Now it has been restrained by King Wei's army and there is no way to escape."

"If you want to wait for the Bashu army to return to defense, you have to abandon Hanzhong, and if the Prime Minister blocks it, it will take at least ten days."

"If there are reinforcements, they will probably be Liu Bei who is closest!"

"Liu Bei is sending troops now and they will arrive in four days at the earliest."

"We will destroy the city of Bashu within four days!"

Hearing Deng Ai's words, the soldiers' eyes suddenly widened and they couldn't believe what Deng Ai said.

Defeat Bashu in four days?

Isn't this crazy?

Bashu itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with many natural barriers.

Although there are only a few thousand city defense troops guarding Bashu now, they have little combat effectiveness.

But if you want to capture Bashu in such a short period of time, it is simply impossible and completely fanciful.

However, the current coach is Deng Ai.

Deng Ai said they would attack by force, but they couldn't resist at all.

As the war drums beat, the trumpets sound again and again.

The 20,000-strong army rushed toward the city gate with weapons in hand.

Liu Zhang was immediately dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that Deng Ai would not follow the routine!

Originally, he stayed behind closed doors and refused to fight. In this case, even if Deng Ai came menacingly, he might not be able to break the city.

After all, even if it is a city defense army, the Bashu border guards are extremely tight.

It is simply impossible for a mere 20,000 troops to break through the city.

But Liu Zhang did not expect it at all, and it can be said that he underestimated the abilities of Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba and Qin Liangyu.

The three of them were like no one in a deserted place, using the siege arrows fired from the siege ballista to lead the troops directly to climb up the city wall.

In just a quarter of an hour, the three generals climbed onto the city wall.

How can the city defense army defeat them? There was a steady stream of Cao troops entering the city from behind.

Suddenly, the city defense army suffered countless casualties and could not resist Cao Jun's pace.

In half an hour, Bashu's first line of defense was directly captured!

Liu Zhang was completely anxious!