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Chapter 934 Yizhou Surrenders (Combined Chapter)

"what?!"

"General Su Yao is here?"

Earlier, in front of Jianmen Pass.

When the defending general Liu Qi saw the large flag with the word "Su" suddenly hung up on the opposite side, he immediately felt something was wrong, while the Han army position at the foot of the pass erupted in warm cheers.

"Finally, the general will meet you!"

Lu Bu led Gao Shun, Wei Yue, Wei Xu and other generals to come forward to pay their respects.

"I am incompetent and failed to break through Jianmen quickly. Please punish me, General!"

Facing Lu Bu's first plea, Su Yao smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, this pass is dangerous, it's not Fengxian's fault."

Su Yao stared at the majestic pass in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Jianmen Pass is located in the middle section of Dajian Mountain, a branch of Longmen Mountain in Jiange County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. It is a canyon pass between Yingpanzui Mountain in the east and Jincheng Mountain in the west, and is a key pass on the Jinniu Road. Because the two cliffs face each other, the peaks are like swords and the momentum is like a gate, so it is called "Jianmen". Jianmen has always been known as the most dangerous pass in the world and the first pass in the world.

How rugged is the terrain here?

According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, in order to open up a passage out of Shu and allow the smooth transportation of supplies, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, "carved stones to build a flying bridge and pavilion road to facilitate travel." This was the Jianmen Pass Road.

That’s right, Feiliangge Road.

Jianmen Pass is built on the mountainside, with peaks on both sides towering thousands of feet high, like sharp swords piercing the sky. The mountain path is winding and only allows one person to pass. The defenders on the pass are in a commanding position, and if they have sufficient reserves of arrows, rolling logs and rocks, ordinary siege methods will be completely useless here.

Back then, Jiang Wei guarded Jianmen Pass with 30,000 defenders, preventing Zhong Hui's hundreds of thousands of troops from advancing an inch. In the end, it was Deng Ai's special forces that bypassed the natural barrier and successfully captured Chengdu.

Today, Su Yao's army launched a surprise attack, and Liu Gui's troops still had only 20,000 defenders, and Lu Bu's troops after the division were only equal to them. Even with the advantage of gunpowder, it was very difficult.

"This Liu Gui does have some ability." Lu Bu shook his head and sighed.

Next, when Su Yao asked about the battle situation, Lu Bu recounted the situation he had encountered during his previous attack.

Unlike him who quickly broke through Jiameng Pass, the defender of Jianmen Pass, Liu Gui, was obviously not as unprepared as Yang Huai at Jiameng Pass.

From the defeated soldiers, Liu Qi quickly discovered that the Han soldiers' heavenly thunder was not the help of Thunder God or the magic of alchemists, but needed to be ignited and detonated, and was operated by manpower.

"The key to defending the city is to prevent those monsters from approaching at night and tampering with our city gates."

Liu Qi immediately found the key.

While he was giving psychological support to the soldiers guarding the pass, he was also urgently reinforcing the city gates.

As time was running out, Liu Gui had no time to replace the materials of the city gate, so he simply used local materials and asked the soldiers to collect large stones from the mountains to block the city gate.

At the same time, he lowered the hanging basket and asked the soldiers to place torches and braziers on the plank road in front of the pass and in the mountains, so that the road in front of Jianmen Pass was brightly lit to ensure visibility and prevent night attacks.

As a result of his arrangements, Lu Bu's army was defeated in its first attack.

Lu Bu sighed and said, "The plank road is narrow and the thunder train cannot pass. I ordered the death squad to take over. After blowing up the city gate, we encountered huge rocks blocking the road. Continuing the attack is really not worth the effort."

The Thunder Train was the same wooden carriage covered with leather that they had used to attack Jiameng Pass before.

This vehicle was loaded with a large amount of gunpowder and was similar to a siege ram. It had a wooden body that was built to protect the officers and soldiers from advancing.

For ordinary city gates, the explosives loaded on one vehicle can blow up the gate. Even for the county seat or a strong pass like Jiameng Pass, two or three vehicles in relay can blow up the gate to pieces and clear the way for the attacking soldiers.

However, the narrow plank road in front of Jianmen Pass is so difficult for people to walk on, let alone this kind of vehicle. The only way to solve this problem is to simply pile people together.

After going through untold hardships and suffering heavy casualties, the attacking soldiers found huge rocks inside after they blew up the city gate. This was extremely discouraging.

Those soldiers who thought they could rush into the city and kill indiscriminately all sighed to the sky as they were shot one by one by the defenders on the city walls, and not even one-tenth of them retreated back to the formation.

"This Jianmen Pass is even more dangerous than Hangu Pass."

It was not until this time that Lu Bu, who had never been to Shu, had his first deep understanding of the natural dangers of the Shu Road.

Gao Shun said, "We can't fight like this anymore. Such a strong attack will cause too much loss. The commander-in-chief's soldiers are all our elite troops. It is a pity to lose them so much. If the general knew about it, he would probably blame us."

Although Su Yao always likes to take risky routes and defeat the enemy with a small force, his style of cherishing his soldiers is well known to everyone.

Following the general in the charge, although it looked extremely dangerous every time, the actual casualties in the army were always kept minimal.

At the same time, in order to save the lives of the soldiers, Su Yao not only personally provided first aid to the soldiers after the war, but he also vigorously developed medicine and supplemented the military medical team.

Although most of the old buddies who followed Su Yao out of Bingzhou have become officers and have been promoted and made a fortune, the proportion of old Bingzhou generals in Lu Bu's army is also the highest in the entire army. During the period of stationing troops in Guanzhong, they also called on their friends and summoned fellow townsmen from Bingzhou. It can be said that they are the most loyal group and the pillars of the army.

The losses of these people obviously cannot be taken lightly.

Fortunately, the current imperial court is not like the disabled Wei Kingdom which only occupied half of the north, and Jiange is not the only route for attacking Shu.

Therefore, although Lu Bu was a little reluctant, he still accepted everyone's advice, temporarily suspended the siege, divided his troops and marched south, attracting the enemy's main force in front of Jianmen Pass while waiting for the progress of other fronts.

In this way, the battle at Jianmen Pass came to a temporary end, and the two sides maintained peace for nearly half a month until Su Yao arrived.

"do not worry!"

"So what if Su Yao comes in person?"

Liu Qi tried to remain calm and shouted to boost morale on the tower:
"We have already learned all about the bandit army's tricks. They just have more explosive things. As long as we guard the plank road well, they will not be able to fly up even if they have wings!"

The soldiers were infected by his aura and they all grasped their weapons and stood ready to deal a heavy blow to the invading enemy.

However, they realized that night that the princes and generals of the world had reason to fear Su Yao, and the general's ability did not rely on the legendary "heavenly thunder" at all.

"What did you say?!"

"He called in right now?!"

Upon receiving the report, Liu Qi hurriedly put on his armor and went out. Standing on the top of the city wall, he saw bursts of fire in the city behind him.

It turned out that Su Yao had entered the city alone at some point and had been killing people in the city.

"Hahaha!"

"It's still more fun to chop people up yourself!"

"Die, you bastard!"

Su Yao was wearing a red robe, iron armor, and holding a Mo Dao, galloping on the narrow wall.

The moonlight shone on his Mo Dao, giving it an eerie cold glow. Every time he swung it, it brought up a pool of blood and broken limbs, and the defenders' screams rang out one after another.

Those Yizhou soldiers who tried to stop him were like paper in front of him and could not withstand a single blow.

What kind of mountain can stop Su Yao?
nonexistent.

The narrower and more difficult the place is, the more powerful Su Yao's power will be.

At first, some brave warriors waved their weapons and tried to stop them.

But they soon discovered that everything they did was in vain.

In this 1V1 battle, Su Yao slashed with his sword, not only the guards on the spot were chopped into pieces by the sword, but the power of the sword even affected the people behind him.

In the blood mist, there were endless screams and flying limbs on the city walls. The guards were either killed on the spot or knocked off the city walls.

The unstoppable blood mist continued to advance.

All the soldiers guarding the city were stunned. How could the great general Su Yao, laughing and hacking at people at the same time, clear an entire section of the wall by himself? !

"Ten thousand enemies, really ten thousand enemies!"

"Run! General, run!" Liu Qi's personal soldiers grabbed the general's arms, and their voices changed:

"This is a monster that no human power can defeat!"

Liu Qi's face turned pale and his legs became weak, but he still held on and refused to retreat:

"We can't retreat! If we lose Jianmen Pass, Chengdu will be in danger!"

At this moment, earth-shaking shouts of killing suddenly came from below the pass.

It turned out that when their attention was attracted by Su Yao on the city wall, Lu Bu had already launched a surprise attack without losing the opportunity.

The two men cooperated well. Lu Bu knew Su Yao's ability very well, so he boldly went to the front line this time and launched a direct attack with Wei Yue and other generals carrying ladders.

The guards on the city wall were killed by Su Yao and had no time to take care of the people outside the city. They were soon killed by Lu Bu and others.

"Hahaha, what a joy! It's more joyful to follow the general!"

Lu Bu waved his Fang Tian Hua Ji, sweeping away the gloom of the past few days and knocking away the Yizhou soldiers who were blocking his way.

Their offensive completely broke the defenders' defenses. Liu Qi looked at the increasing number of officers and soldiers rushing up the city wall, and then looked at the devil-like figure approaching, and his legs involuntarily became weak.

He had never thought that there was someone in the world who could defeat thousands of troops on his own and treat the pass as nothing.

"Retreat!"

Liu Gui finally broke down. He turned around and ran towards the city, not even bothering to pick up his sword which had fallen to the ground.

But it was too late -

"Little thief, where are you running?"

His target was too obvious. Su Yao sneered and then jumped down from the top of the city wall, landing in front of Liu Qi like a roc spreading its wings.

"General, be careful!"

The personal soldiers rushed forward desperately, but were swept away by Su Yao's sword, and several heads flew into the sky.

Blood splattered on Liu Qi's face. He stood there in a daze, his crotch soaked.

"Surrender or die?"

Liu Qi was so shocked that he was speechless and couldn't react at all.

Then he missed the chance to beg for mercy.

puff-

Su Yao did not give him too much time to hesitate. With a flash of cold light from the Mo Dao, Liu Qi's head flew high up, drawing a sad and beautiful arc under the moonlight.

"The enemy general is dead, those who surrender will not be killed!"

Su Yao kicked the headless corpse away, raised his knife and shouted.

The roar was like a thunderclap. The already defeated soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. The defenders of Jianmen Pass completely collapsed.

"The general is mighty!"

Lu Bu walked forward, looked at the mess on the ground, clasped his fists in admiration, and felt a lot of emotions in his heart.

Just three years ago, when he first met Su Yao, he never thought that the boy would shock him so much.

Su Yao was completely unaware of all this. He shook off the blood on his knife, looked around, and directly ordered the surrendered soldiers to quickly clear the passage so as not to delay the army's advance.

The Jiange Road is narrow and steep. Although there are 20,000 soldiers guarding the Jianmen Pass, most of them are actually stationed in the plain farming area not far to the rear. Only a few hundred soldiers can be stationed in the pass tower at the same time.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang had not yet repaired the Jiange Road, so a large number of soldiers could only line up in a long queue and wait on the dangerous road at the rear, taking turns to take turns.

Now that Su Yao has broken through the pass at a lightning speed, the frontline guards are terrified, and most of the soldiers rotating and stationed in the rear do not understand the situation.

They saw the "Great King" flag on the top of the city wall changed, and then the Han army came like a tide along the winding plank road.

The cold and murderous faces of the Han army soldiers, illuminated by the firelight along the way, frightened the Shu soldiers to their core.

"Oh no!"

"The Jianmen Pass has been breached!"

"General Liu is dead!"

"We, we are finished!"

hiss--

The hastily assembled soldiers in the rear were all dumbfounded when they suddenly heard the report from the front.

Jianmen Pass was breached? General Liu Gui died?

How can this be? !
That is the most important pass in the world, which is known as "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot break through"!
However, when the defeated soldiers came like a tide and the big "Su" flag fluttered in the firelight, all doubts turned into desperate wails.

"Run!"

"Run!"

I don't know who shouted first, but the Shu army, which was originally on high alert, collapsed in an instant.

The soldiers threw away their weapons and armor and scrambled for their lives, causing chaos on the narrow plank road.

Some people were pushed off the cliff, and their screams echoed in the valley for a long time; some were trampled by their companions and fell in a pool of blood wailing; and more people were running around in the darkness like headless flies, completely losing their direction.

The Han army took advantage of the situation and attacked with great force.

Under the leadership of Su Yao, they carefully pursued along the rather simple mountain road, chasing the Shu soldiers forward, passed the mountain road in one breath, and directly killed their way into the open area behind Jiange Road.

At this point, the battle in Jiange had completely lost its suspense.

Having lost the natural barrier of Jianmen Pass, the Jiange plank road was also taken down in one fell swoop. On the gentle slope, the demoralized Shu soldiers, even though they were numerous and powerful, were unable to stop the Han troops that poured out from the mountain road.

Soon, after one of the generals dropped his weapon and surrendered, tens of thousands of Shu soldiers on the ground all threw down their armor and surrendered.

The capture of Jianmen Pass marked the complete opening of the road from the north into the Chengdu Plain.

This news soon spread like a hurricane to every city and stronghold on the Chengdu Plain.

Even before Su Yao's army arrived, cities such as Zitong, Fuxian and even Mianzhu north of Chengdu had already surrendered, sent in their letters of surrender, and changed their flags.

"Now, what else do you have to say?"

In the Chengdu governor's mansion, Liu Fan swallowed hard and broke the silence with his hoarse voice.

Faced with this shocking and desperate reality, those diehards who had just been clamoring to fight to the death now turned pale, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground with a clang.

"Open the city gates! Open the city gates and surrender!"

Zhao Wei shouted in a shrill voice and rushed forward with his men without hesitation, capturing all of Liu Yan's diehard followers, and then quickly took control of the city gate.

When Guan Yu's navy and Zhang Fei's infantry and cavalry arrived at the city of Chengdu almost at the same time, they saw the city gates wide open and civil and military officials kneeling down to ask for surrender to Su Yao who had also just arrived.

Liu Fan held the seal and household register, knelt at the city gate, raised the governor's seal high with both hands, and shouted:

"Liu Fan, the guilty minister, begs for surrender on behalf of my father!"

"We, the people of Yizhou, are willing to submit to the imperial court and obey the general's orders."

(End of this chapter)