The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 417 Yinping Ancient Road
Bursts of roars were heard, and dozens of huge rocks fell from the sky, smashing hard on the city wall of Zitong, leaving it devastated. Broken limbs could be seen everywhere on the wall, the blood had turned black, and an unpleasant smell was emitted.

Many arrows hit the wall bricks and the enemy tower. Zi Tong now looked like a hedgehog, as if it would collapse at any time.

The soldiers on the city wall had already become numb. From the panic on the first day, to the fear on the second day, to the numbness now, everything before their eyes became very natural.

Anyway, the Cavalry Army would not launch an attack, but would just use stones and bows and arrows to carry out a saturation attack on the city wall. In just a few days, the city wall of the north gate of Zitong was plowed through by huge stones.

The area within a dozen steps around the city wall turned into a purgatory, with huge rocks piled up. Zhang Ren and others had lost their former composure on their faces.

What if the walls of Zitong were strong? What if there were a large number of people? They were useless in front of huge rocks and sharp arrows. The enemy would not engage in close combat, but would attack from a distance, carrying out a covering attack.

There are many mountains and forests in the land of Bashu, and trees and boulders are inexhaustible. The cavalry army has sufficient food and grass. Qin Shou has never carried out a large-scale siege.

"Brother Zhang, something is not right! The Cavalry Army only used Thunderbolt Chariots and bows and arrows to attack us. Doesn't Qin Shou want to take over Zitong? Or does he have other plots?"

Deng Xian was a little worried.

"Are you saying that Qin Shou has other schemes?" Zhang Ren thought for a moment, then quickly shook his head and said, "The Cavalry is different from us. Qin Shou treats his soldiers very well. Compared to the lives of the soldiers, these arrows are nothing. Moreover, they mostly use rolling logs and boulders."

Zhang Ren did not think that Qin Shou had any conspiracy. After all, Qin Shou's reputation for loving his people like his own children had long spread throughout the world.

Deng Xian nodded, and suddenly sighed, "If this continues, Zitong may not be able to hold out for much longer! If it really doesn't work, how about we withdraw our troops to Mianzhu?"

Zhang Ren thought about it, shook his head and said, "After retreating to Mianzhu, where else can we go? We can't just retreat again and again!"

After Mianzhu, there was Luocheng and then Chengdu. Zhang Ren felt that he had no way to retreat.

Deng Xian could only let out a long sigh after hearing this. Zhang Ren didn't want to retreat, and he didn't want to retreat either. After all, Liu Zhang's territory was getting smaller and smaller.

Qin Shou's strategic intention was actually very simple, which was to kill his way along the Jinniu Road. The only thing Zhang Ren and others could do was to resist all the way.

The land of Bashu no longer had enough soldiers and horses to deal with the aggressive cavalry.

"Then we can only mobilize troops from Mianzhu and Luocheng to come to our aid," Deng Xian suggested.

Zhang Ren hesitated for a while. He wanted to return to Mianzhu and use the city of Mianzhu to resist Qin Shou, but he soon gave up the idea. When he arrived in Mianzhu, he would encounter the same situation. The enemy would still mobilize troops to launch long-range attacks on the city. At that time, where could he escape to?

"Write a letter to the lord and ask him to transfer the troops from Mianzhu and Luocheng to Zitong. We will fight here." Zhang Ren finally made up his mind.

"Well! Let Qin Shou see the power of our Bashu army." Deng Xian also said viciously.

He didn't want to run away either.

On the mountain road of Yinping County, a team of 10,000 people, led by Qin Feng, was walking with difficulty. Although Qin Feng had been prepared, it was an ancient road after all, with cliffs everywhere, and the march itself was very difficult.

If it weren't for the support of a spirit, this team would have dispersed long ago.

Wei Yan looked at the towering mountains in front of him, with a trace of bitterness on his face, but when he looked at the more than 10,000 troops behind him, he quickly put this worry aside. He was the leader of the army, and if he was afraid, how could he lead these troops out of the mountains and forests to achieve success?

"Don't worry, General. Although it is a little dangerous, it is still safe as long as you are careful."

Walking in front, Shi A chuckled.

"Shi, only people like you can walk easily in a place like this." Wei Yan said with a wry smile.

"General, when we first explored the road, it was more difficult to travel than it is now. There were only two hundred of us entering the Yinping Ancient Road. Even though we were agile, in the end, we still lost thirty people." Shi A said with a wry smile.

After hearing this, Wei Yan stopped talking.

He has seen the difficulties and dangers along the way from Yinping to now. Even with the support of tens of thousands of people, many people still fell off the cliff and died on the way.

"The road to Shu is difficult. I'm afraid no one would have thought that we would enter Shu from the Yinping Ancient Road." Wei Yan's eyes flashed with a smile.
These people's deaths were very worthwhile. Without them, it would not be so easy for me to walk on the Yinping Ancient Road.

"My lord, your wisdom is profound and cannot be matched by ordinary people." Shi A said hurriedly.

Wei Yan's heart moved, and he immediately showed a look of fear.

The world is so big that no one would have thought that Qin Shou would make arrangements for Bashu at a very early stage to explore the Yinping Ancient Road to facilitate an army of 10,000 people to enter Jiangyou from the Yinping Ancient Road.

"Yes!" Wei Yan nodded.

"My master has already brought people to wait in Jiangyou. When the general arrives in Jiangyou, we can coordinate internal and external forces to easily capture Jiangyou." Shi A said again.

"General Wang Yue has also come out of seclusion?" Wei Yan was shocked when he heard this and immediately cried out in surprise.

"General, my master entered Jiangyou half a year ago, and this mountain path was explored by my master himself." Shi A said with a smile.

After hearing this, Wei Yan let out a long sigh and said, "No wonder the Prime Minister is invincible. It turns out that he has paid so much behind the scenes."

At this time, Wei Yan finally knew the secret of General Qin Shou's ever-victorious skills. It was not only his martial arts and strategies, but also his intelligence was very powerful. With Qin Feng's help, the enemy's secrets were all in the other party's hands, so the army's attack was so smooth.

Just like what is happening right now, the ancient Yinping Road that even Liu Zhang didn't know about was discovered by Qin Feng, which led to his own actions. One can imagine what the reaction would be when an army of 10,000 appeared under the city of Jiangyou.

What's more, in the small town of Jiangyou, there are Qin Feng's men led by Wang Yue. When the time comes, they can easily take Jiangyou by working together inside and outside.

In fact, this was exactly the case. Three days later, Wei Yan personally led a large army into Jiangyou City. Before the Jiangyou commander could react, Wang Yue led his disciples and rushed out, opened the city gate, and let Wei Yan enter the city.

From Jiangyou to Chengdu, the road is flat and there are no dangerous terrain to block the way. Mianzhu and Luocheng are right in front of you.

(End of this chapter)