Chapter 138 Breaking the Yi Road
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At this moment, there was chaos in Yidao City, with shouts and fighting intertwined.
The fighting strength of the Jiangdong soldiers at the top of the city did not disappoint. Dozens of Jingzhou soldiers mutinied and successfully opened the city gate.
When the city gate opened, Liu Yin didn't care whether it was an ambush or not, and rushed in with his troops without saying a word.
There is no way, my general is inside!
Liu Yin's decisiveness allowed the Shu army to invade the city in time and quickly took control of the city. When the nearby Soochow soldiers noticed it, the Shu army had successfully entered the city.
Soochow is very talented in defense, but the prerequisite is to defend the city.
The moment the Shu army entered the city, the three Jiangdong military commanders who were guarding near the west gate turned around and ran away with their troops. Not only that, when the Soochow officers who came to support found that the Shu army had entered the city, they turned around and left without saying a word.
On the way, a large number of Jingzhou soldiers turned against the enemy, killed their officers and surrendered to the Shu army. In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of the five thousand soldiers in the city fled, and nearly a thousand surrendered.
This was Zhu Ran's story. If it had been anyone else, all the Wu soldiers in the city would have been gone before Liu Yin arrived at the county capital.
"So this is your plan, Ma Su!" Zhu Ran suddenly understood at this moment what Ma Su's plan was.
Through his own image, he personally entered the city to embolden the soldiers of Jingzhou who had evil intentions. Finally, he used himself as bait to attract Zhu Ran to the county government and not leave, giving Jingzhou soldiers time to mutiny.
He kept saying that Zhu Ran also planned to surrender to Shu Han, which was clearly slandering Zhu Ran. In fact, this was a shot in the arm for soldiers who were thinking of defecting to the Shu Han, giving them more confidence to rebel.
Zhu Ran has already begun to hesitate to surrender. Now you are just following the trend of mutiny to welcome the Shu Han. Even if Soochow wants to settle accounts by then, Zhu Ran's family will be dealt with first.
The Jingzhou soldiers who had long wanted to cause trouble in the city immediately became convinced, and someone immediately took action. Coupled with the fighting power of Jiangdong's soldiers, the mutiny of less than a hundred people successfully opened the city gate.
Everything went so smoothly, but Zhu Ran foolishly believed it, and was always wary of Ma Su slandering him.
In fact, that requires slander. Those words were just Ma Di's words to encourage Guan Yu's old troops!
"Haha... As expected of Shu, I am the best at inspiring people and attacking them as the main method. I, Zhu Ran, did not lose unjustly!" Only then did Zhu Ran suddenly remember Ma Su's identity in Shu.
When Shu Han joined the army, most of the suggestions given to Zhuge Liang were strategies focusing on attacking the heart.
What this person is best at is attacking the mind and dismantling the enemy from within. It's just that Zhu Ran was attracted by Ma Su's outstanding achievements in Longyou in the past two years, and completely forgot that Ma Su is not a reckless man!
He is a person who can scheme against you to the point of losing your pants!
Seeing Zhu Ran looking at him with more and more fear, vigilance and sadness surrounding him, Ma Su looked confused.
What did this guy come up with again? Why does it feel like he has aged dozens of years in an instant?
Weird, getting weirder and weirder!
"General Ma is really the most famous general in the Shu Han Dynasty. He easily broke the will of our Yidao defenders without even using a single soldier. He made five thousand Jiangdong tiger soldiers rebel internally with just his sharp tongue."
"Your Excellency, you are truly a poisonous person in this world!"
Zhu Ran sighed and gave up resistance completely. However, he felt a little relieved. At least he failed in Ma Di's plan, so it was not too embarrassing.
Even Zhang He lost his underwear, so what do I mean?
"General! The Shu army has already attacked, let's retreat quickly!" Zhu Ran's loyal troops quickly surrounded him and suggested to Zhu Ran.
The Shu army has already entered the city, and Yi Dao can no longer defend it. If we don't run away, it will be too late.
However, Zhu Ran shook his head and gave orders to several soldiers.
"You and your family are all in Jiangdong. We cannot surrender. Let's throw down our weapons and run for our lives."
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I betrayed the Governor's trust and I can't go back. If the Governor holds him accountable, just say that all this is my fault, Zhu Ran!"
After saying that, Zhu Ran threw away his sword, took off his armor and wore only his cloth clothes and raised his hand to Ma Su.
"General Ma, it is not unfair to lose at your hands. Today I, Zhu Ran, can only become your prisoner."
"I hope the general can agree and not embarrass the Jiangdong soldiers who are unwilling to surrender."
After losing Yidao, it was captured by a small force of the Shu army. Zhu Ran would be deprived of his title as soon as he returned. It is even possible that all his subordinates and official positions will be dismissed before the war is over.
It would be better to become a prisoner of the Shu Han, and Sun Quan would not be in a hurry to hold his family accountable. Waiting for the situation to change in the future, it is not too late for Zhu Ran to make plans sooner.
If Shu wins a great victory, his own guilt will not be so conspicuous among the generals of Soochow who are all guilty. Even if the negotiation is redeemed, he will not be overly accountable, and even if he cannot keep his title, he will not be deprived of his title.
If Shu Han loses...
In Zhu Ran's opinion, this may not be too big.
With Ma Su's scheming mind and Wolong's personal command, if Soochow had the ability to win, Wu soldiers would probably drink from the Yellow River by now.
Why is it now stuck in the south of the Yangtze River, unable to move.
Zhu Ran gave up resistance, and the Yidao and Wu soldiers were defeated across the board. Liu Yin led his troops to pursue him and quickly took control of the entire city of Yidao.
Things went so smoothly that Liu Yin couldn't believe it. He had no idea how he won.
Why was it that the opponent's troops and horses were several times larger than our own, and they had a high city to resist them, but they were able to conquer it effortlessly? Not only that, the opposing commander gave up resistance, and a large number of soldiers defected. The Shu army even doubled in number along the way.
For a time, Ma Su's image became a little taller in Liu Yin's heart.
"General! Our army has completely controlled the entire city. Thousands of Dongwu soldiers have surrendered! They are all the old troops of General Guan!" Liu Yin counted the harvest, compiled all the battle reports, and presented them all to Ma Su.
Ma Su was sitting in the county house. After eating, he watched the battle reports being handed over one after another, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.
I just had a meal, and then the battle was won, and Yidao Jiancheng fell without a fight.
"I just came here to die, what is this!" Looking at the victory report and Zhu Ran's surrender, Ma Su shook his head helplessly.
"That's it for now, let's eat first."
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Ma Di entered the Yi Road alone, persuaded the armies of Soochow to mutiny against Wu, and welcomed the Han army. Zhu Ran was captured by the Han army when all the rebels were separated from his relatives, and the Shu army easily defeated the Yi Dao.
Since then, Soochow's so-called impregnable Yangtze River defense line has been completely lost.
When the news of the Shu army's capture of Yidao came back to Jiangling, Lu Xun, who was still wrangling with representatives of the major noble clans to assemble the army, had a look of disbelief on his face.
There were nearly 20,000 troops deployed on the front line, but in just a few days, several Yangtze River passes were completely lost?