Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 624 Xichuan’s surrender
In May of the ninth year of Chu Li, Yan Yan, who was originally stationed in Jiangzhou, the seat of Bajun, to stifle the Chu army's offensive in Badong, suddenly learned a piece of bad news!
Jiangyang fell...

Lushui is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River as defined by later generations after Zhengyuan. Although it is generally mistaken that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is the Minjiang River, there is no denying the status of Lushui in Yizhou.

Going up the Lu River from Jiangyang, it is only three hundred miles to Jiangzhou, Bajun, and compared to Badong, Jiangyang is behind Jiangzhou!
More importantly, the original plan of the Xichuan Shuhou Mansion was to use Jiangyang as an important town in the south and designate the Lu River as an insurmountable border for the southern barbarians. As for the south of the Lu River... the more chaotic it is, the more chaotic it will be.

However, now that Jiangyang has been lost, it not only means that the Chu army may attack Jiangzhou from behind at any time, but also means that if the Chu state is willing, it can open the southern gate of Xichuan at any time.

When the Nanman rebels move north, Xichuan will be defeated without a fight...

The only thing that stopped this scene from happening was the benevolence of King Chu, and Yan Yan really believed that Chu would not do this.

Put your hope in the integrity of your enemy?Yan Yan couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

At the same time, Bu Zhao came from Badong to lobby Yan Yan for the Chu State. After some emotional and rational reasoning, Yan Yan, who had no chance of winning, chose to leave the city and surrender.

After all, the hope of Xichuan's stability now rests on the benevolence of the Chu State. Why should he not lose face?
The Chu army captured Jiangzhou, and although Yan Yan did not want to be a general and wanted to retire, he wrote more than ten letters to Chen Dao and Guo Huai after verifying that the Chu army had fulfilled its promise and had no offense with the people of Bajun. —All for the generals along the way!
Yan Yan had many old officials in Xichuan, and many generals were promoted by him.

After receiving Yan Yan's letter, Chen Dao and Guo Huai went all the way up the Min River and headed straight for the city!

Zhang Ren, who was guarding Jiange, learned that the Minjiang line in Bajun had been lost, and he felt even more impatient...

Faced with Zhao Yun, Zhang Ren was already under great pressure - although Zhang Ren was also a disciple of Tong Yuan and counted as Zhao Yun's second senior brother, he was not as good as Zhao Yun in terms of personal bravery or general strategy. He still relied on the sword pavilion. It was so dangerous and so strong that I could barely hold on.

However, now that the Bajun area has been breached, it is useless for Zhang Ren to defend the sword pavilion.

Originally, Zhang Ren thought that his home was lost after all, and the news came from "behind". Logically speaking, he should have received the news much earlier than Zhao Yun, so on the one hand, he shouted at Zhao Yun to spread suspicion, and on the other hand, he secretly withdrew. After leaving the sword pavilion, I wanted to return to the defensive city.

Although at present, there is no hope for Xichuan, Zhang Ren still holds the idea of ​​​​just holding on to the west of Fulishui, and at the same time driving out the people of Brazil and Zitong to confront the Chu army...

In fact, it is an enhanced version of Jianbi Qingye!
But he didn't know that Zhao Yun got the news a few days before him, and he couldn't wait for a long time. Zhang Ren, who was looking forward to it, would be thrown into chaos after hearing the news.

Zhang Ren maintained a foolproof bluff, but Zhao Yun, who knew about it, saw the clues from the beginning.

Zhao Yun, who knew Zhang Ren's plan, simply did not expose it, but carefully tested it. Not even half a day after Zhang Ren's main force left, Zhao Yun quickly broke through the sword pavilion, and then used the mobility of transporting cavalry to pursue the infantry of Zhang Ren's rear army!
Zhang Ren returned to fight with Zhao Yun, but was defeated again, and only the remaining army fled in a hurry...

Zhao Yun didn't have any combat cavalry and only had transport power, so he didn't pursue too much.

By the time Zhang Ren returned to the capital, Liu Zhang had already decided to surrender to Chu. Although the Chu army had not yet settled in, Liu Zhang had already closed his door to himself, and the treasury in the city had been sealed. Zhang Song handed over the surrender letter.

When Zhang Ren rushed back, Zhang Song was about to leave the city.

Zhang Ren originally wanted to persuade Zhang Song to meet the Marquis of Shu with him and persuade the Marquis of Shu to fight to the death, but Zhang Song refused.

Zhang Song is indeed thinking about Liu Zhang now. It is precisely because of this that he rejected Zhang Ren...

He also made it clear to Zhang Ren that his suggestion was unreliable—at this time, even if the walls were cleared, it would not be able to stop the Chu army’s backup supplies. With the well-managed Badong as the rear, Chu itself does not need to support wars. Naturally, the effect of strengthening the wall and clearing the field is not great.

Not to mention, there are still many people in the Shuhou Mansion at this time...even those who are loyal to the Shuhou Mansion such as Huang Quan and Zheng Du, and some of their family members have been infiltrated by the Enlightenment Department of the Chu Kingdom!
As for Wu Yi and his generation...

In the past, due to profit reasons, he was the most enthusiastic when fighting against the Chu State. However, after he actually wielded the knife, he was the quickest to be timid. He only thought about how to preserve his own interests to the greatest extent.

What's more, judging from the external situation, the Han Dynasty has become a "fake Han". Even if Liu Zhang wants to fight, he can only fight for Sima Yi's promise...

In other words, continuing to resist stubbornly now will not only not help the situation, but will also increase risks and expand losses.

Although Zhang Ren is loyal and dares to fight, there is no point in fighting now, so he has no choice but to stay at home and not come out...

Zhang Song submitted the letter of surrender to Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun also accepted it on behalf of Chu State, joined Chen Dao and Guo Huai in Chengdu, and completely took over Chengdu.

At this point, although there is still chaos in Yizhou, especially in the southern area, and the Nanman turmoil is still unsolved, generally speaking, the entire "South" has completely belonged to Chu, and there are no constraints on the rear.

(End of this chapter)