The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 513 Doomsday
Zhuge Zhan led his troops to Mianyang at this moment.

He was feeling very nervous.

He never expected that Cao Wei's army would appear in Jiangyou.

How did they get here? How did they end up here?

Zhuge Zhan couldn't figure it out at all, but when he found the enemy coming, he still had to go to meet them.

This was Zhuge Zhan's first time commanding a large army.

He had held military posts in the past, but those were honorary titles and he had no experience in leading troops in battle.

Liu Chan placed all his hopes on him, believing that he would be able to defeat the invading enemy, recapture Hanzhong and stabilize the situation.

Before he went to the battle, Liu Chan held his hand tightly and repeatedly reminded him that he would be in charge of all the affairs of the world.

Not only Liu Chan, but all the subjects and soldiers in Chengdu placed their hopes on Zhuge Zhan.

Many people really believed in Zhuge Zhan, thinking that he would be able to protect Chengdu and defeat the invading enemy.

When Zhuge Zhan was traveling, there were people coming to see him off along the way. Even the soldiers under Zhuge Zhan's command trusted him very much.

Although they were a little scared by the sudden appearance of the enemy, they believed that their commander would definitely lead them to victory.

Everyone believed in Zhuge Zhan, except Zhuge Zhan himself.

Zhuge Zhan was really scared at this moment.

After seeing the expectant eyes of so many people, he became even more afraid of failure.

This made him a little flustered, and he was even a little clumsy when arranging the Mianyang defense line. The arrangement was not very appropriate. It was only after the experienced deputy general reminded him that Zhuge Zhan made timely adjustments.

But this situation made Zhuge Zhan even more afraid.

If I lose, how many people will be disappointed? What terrible consequences will it cause?
Zhuge Zhan took a deep breath and forced himself not to be afraid.

Zhuge Zhan led more than 30,000 troops. These people were the elite of Chengdu. They were originally used to support Jiange. Their status was similar to that of Cao Wei's central army. They were an army that would not be mobilized unless it was absolutely necessary.

But now, it is obviously time to use them.

This time, Zhuge Zhan brought several deputy generals, including Shangshu Zhang Zun, who was the grandson of Zhang Fei, Shangshu Lang Huang Chong, who was the son of Huang Quan, and Yulin Youbu Du Li Qiu, who was the nephew of Li Hui.

When they arrived in Mianyang, Shangshu Lang Huang Chong hurriedly found Zhuge Zhan and said seriously:
"General, the enemy has come from afar. We cannot waste time. We must rush to Fucheng and hold the most strategic terrain there. We can wait for them to tire themselves out. As long as we can hold back their momentum, they will be unable to advance. Once the general dispatches his troops, we can annihilate them!"

After hearing Huang Chong's proposal, Zhuge Zhan hesitated.

He said, "The enemy suddenly appeared, and the general's situation is still unclear. If we station too close to Jiange, we might be caught in a pincer attack. It would be better to defend in Mianyang."

Huang Chong tried to persuade him again: "The enemy must be coming through the mountain road. The general is guarding Jiange, so it is impossible for them to be defeated so easily. As long as we hold on to Fucheng, we will definitely be able to stop the enemy."

"If we let the enemy get past that point, it will be a flat plain. We will have no terrain to hold on to and will be forced to engage them directly!"

Zhuge Zhan was still very hesitant, and he asked the other generals for their opinions.

The deputy generals had different ideas. In the end, Zhuge Zhan decided to stay in Mianyang and was unwilling to set up a defense line in Fucheng.

When Huang Chong walked out of the tent, he raised his head and cried loudly, but he was powerless to change anything.

Deng Ai then marched straight in, and just as Zhuge Zhan was quickly organizing a defense line, Fucheng in front of them was also lost.

Zhuge Zhan sent Zhang Zun as the vanguard to fight Deng Ai, but Zhang Zun was quickly defeated.

Zhuge Zhan retreated into the city.

Deng Ai did not stop and continued to rush towards Mianyang.

Deng Ai's marching speed was extremely fast.

If you want to accomplish great things, you must defeat the Chengdu army as quickly as possible and then attack Huanglong directly. If you rest and wait too long, Jiang Wei will definitely send reinforcements, and then there will be problems.

Both sides had their own thoughts, but just a few days later, they met in Mianyang.

When Zhuge Zhan saw the rumored Wei army for the first time, he was completely stunned.

This Wei army seems to have nothing to do with the elite army in the rumors.

They looked very shabby, both their flags and their armor looked tattered. Even when they were marching, they looked a little unorganized, which did not look like an elite army at all.

Zhuge Zhan couldn't understand how such an army could appear here and defeat his vanguard.

After Deng Ai arrived here, he immediately sent an envoy to the city.

Zhuge Zhan still met with the envoy.

The messenger raised his head. When he came as a messenger, he seemed to have been prepared to die.

The messenger said, "If you are willing to surrender, my general is willing to report to His Majesty and appoint you as the King of Langya!" Zhuge Zhan was furious and immediately ordered the messenger to be executed. He cut off his head, abandoned the city, and then decided to go out of the city to fight.

Even Huang Chong did not object to this proposal.

Because there is basically no strategic location to defend here, this is already a plain area. The enemy has come from afar and has never rested. If we fight with them now, we may really be able to defeat them!

Zhuge Zhan immediately led his troops out of the city and began to form a battle line, preparing for a battle with Deng Ai.

Deng Ai saw Zhuge Zhan's army lined up waiting for him.

These guards have been in Chengdu all year round. They are well-fed and warmly clothed, and look fat and strong. Their flags are hung high, and they are arranged in neat formations, which makes them look like an elite army.

The contrast between the two sides is really too obvious.

On one side, the troops were well-organized, with tall and strong men full of fighting spirit. On the other side, the troops were extremely disorganized, with a crooked formation and flaws everywhere.

This was Zhuge Zhan's first time leading troops. When he saw the army in the distance, he was distracted for a moment and didn't know how to give orders.

Fortunately, his lieutenants were quite capable. Huang Chong was the first to stand up and shouted, "Soldiers! Our survival depends on this battle!"

"Anyone who can kill the enemy general will be granted a title of nobility!!"

Li Qiu also continued to encourage his soldiers, and thus, the battle broke out.

Deng Ai looked at everyone and shouted, "General, general, soldiers, we have no way to retreat. There are no reinforcements in front or behind. If we can defeat these people and march into Chengdu, we will be rewarded with titles of nobility and generals! If we cannot defeat them, we will perish here! The achievement of destroying the country is now!"

He sent two lieutenants to flank the enemy on the left and right, while he himself stayed in the middle and did not move in a hurry.

When the Wei army and the Shu army collided, there was a bloody storm. The Wei soldiers launched a crazy attack, while the two flanks of the Shu army were under the charge of Huang Chong and Li Qiu respectively. Seeing the Wei army attacking them crazily, the two men also took the lead and fought back hard.

The morale of the Wei army was very high at the moment, but due to fatigue, their attack was not going smoothly. During the repeated charges, they were vaguely suppressed by the Shu army, making it impossible for them to break through from the flank.

The scouts quickly returned and told Deng Ai, "The enemy is difficult to defeat!"

This made Deng Ai very angry. "Life and death depend on this one move. What's wrong with that?"

He immediately said that if it was not possible, the generals who went out to fight would be beheaded and forced to continue the attack!
So, the generals of Cao's army launched another fierce attack, and this time, the two flanks of the Shu army finally couldn't hold on.

Huang Chong's death in battle led to the direct defeat of the left wing, which subsequently caused a continuous collapse, affecting Zhuge Zhan's central army all the way. The two sides completed the encirclement, and Deng Ai launched a full-scale attack.

There was no tactical element to the battle between the two sides.

Deng Ai was well aware of the fatigue of his soldiers. At this moment, even if he could come up with some ingenious tactics, it would be difficult for his soldiers to complete them.

Therefore, Deng Ai used the simplest method, attacking from both sides, attacking, and attacking again.

It's just such a simple charge.

But even in the face of such a simple offensive, Zhuge Zhan did not come up with any solution. Facts have proved that if you don't know how to fight, you don't know how to fight, even if you are Zhuge Liang's son.

Zhuge Zhan led his elite army and took advantage of the situation to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out, but was still defeated miserably by Deng Ai's "ragtag army."

These soldiers who had experienced a 700-mile mountain climb completely defeated Zhuge Zhan's army, and several of Zhuge Zhan's deputy generals died in the battle one after another.

Zhuge Zhan was surrounded by them. He completely lost his mind. He didn't know how to command the troops or where to break out. He just felt that he was going to disappoint everyone.

Perhaps it was this nervousness that made him afraid to make mistakes.

When the number of Shu soldiers around him became fewer and fewer and the Wei soldiers began to pounce on him with ferocious faces, Zhuge Zhan's eyes were full of despair.

"I have three sins!"

"We can't eliminate Huang Hao at home! We can't check and balance Jiang Wei from abroad! We can't defend our country by advancing!"

"How can I still save my dignity and break out?!"

He then launched a charge.

Zhuge Zhan was soon stabbed by the enemy and fell off the carriage, but the war continued. Deng Ai pursued and defeated Zhuge Zhan's entire army, and only a small number of people fled in panic.

Deng Ai quickly counted the battlefield. Looking at the corpses all over the mountains, a new idea suddenly came to Deng Ai's mind.

"We can pile up all the corpses and build a Jingguan to show off our military achievements and intimidate the enemy!"

However, Deng Ai remembered what the attendant Lu Qin said when he came to see him, so he finally gave up this plan and prepared to cut off Zhuge Zhan's head and send it back to Luoyang as a military merit.

A deputy general advised: "Zhuge Zhan fought to the point of exhaustion. He is a brave and loyal man. This should not happen."

Deng Ai was furious. "He can behead my envoy, but I can't? Are the envoys I sent not loyal and honest people?!"

So he cut off Zhuge Zhan's head and had it kept, then led his troops to Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)