Sun Shangxiang commanded the army to surround Nanzheng.

Cao Ang took away most of the troops, and Le Jin did not have enough troops to defend the periphery, so he had to give up important places such as Baokou and other places, and concentrate his troops to defend Nanzheng and Guancheng leading to Jianmen.

Before Sun Shangxiang besieged the city, Yan Xing, the governor of Jincheng, had led the troops of the Liangzhou county to surround Xiabian, divided the troops to conquer Yangping Pass, and seized the important road leading to Jianmen. Once Xiabian was conquered, he could march towards Shu.

Xiabian is still under Yan Yan's control, but it has become an isolated city, just like Nan Zheng now.

Sun Shangxiang ordered Ma Dai, who came to reinforce from Liangzhou, to cruising back and forth to block reinforcements that might come from Dangqu, Langzhong or Shu County. Ma Dai was mainly cavalry, and there was no use of power when siegeing the city, but it was more than enough to block reinforcements.

The battle to siege the city was mainly in the east and west gates, Lu Meng was at the west gate and Gao Shun was at the east gate. In addition to the people in the main, there were many soldiers from Hanzhong County. After the surrounding counties were conquered, Sun Shangxiang immediately issued an order to implement the new policy, and planned to dictate the land, to remove all the land occupied by the tribe, and then recruit soldiers.

The Hanzhong tribes were either in the city or captured, and had no power to fight back. They could only watch their fertile fields be divided up. They were better off seeing the opportunity, leaving some arable land to be self-sufficient. Most of the real estate except the land, such as houses, was preserved. Those tribes who depended on the Shu army and helped Le Jin defend the city were miserable. All industries outside the city were confiscated and extremely poor in an instant.

If the Shu army cannot win, they will undoubtedly go bankrupt.

The people have obtained the land they have always dreamed of, and they are enthusiastic about joining the army and joining the army enthusiastically.

The reason why he was so active was not only the excitement brought by the distribution of the land, but also the need for survival. In order to guard for a while and prevent the Wu army from getting supplies, Le Jin robbed all the harvest of the people as soon as the autumn harvest ended, and he did not even leave much food. When the Wu army entered Hanzhong, most of the people were almost out of stock and could only rely on the Wu army's relief.

One person joins the army and the whole family is full. Joining the Wu army has become the greatest guarantee of life.

In order to relieve the food problems of these people, Sun Shangxiang had to slow down the attack and try every means to raise food and transport it to Hanzhong. With the assistance of Lu Xun, she ordered the construction of a large number of workshops in Hanzhong to create arms for the army, and also recruited a large number of civilians to transport food and grass to the army, while solving their own survival problems. In order to raise enough food, Sun Shangxiang even transferred a large number of cattle and sheep from Liangzhou.

Although it is quite difficult, relying on the full support of Jingzhou, Guanzhong and Liangzhou, the problem was finally solved.

The different attitudes of Wu and Shu towards the people also provided help for Sun Shangxiang to siege Nanzheng. Many people took the initiative to provide clues to the army, helping to log wood, build roads, and build equipment for siege. The preparations for the siege were extremely smooth, and many construction periods were recovered.

A month later, there were more than fifty giant stone throwers outside Nanzheng City, as well as mountains of stone bullets, earthen buns, and small stone throwers. The dense poles were like forests, which looked terrifying. Because of the large number, the baggage battalion had to temporarily recruit a large number of people to assist in the battle and do some hard work, while the professional operators concentrated their energy and were responsible for technical activities such as distance and aiming.

There was no suspense from the beginning of the siege, and even the steps to persuade surrender were saved. Two hundred stone throwers shot with all their might, and with the anger of the Hanzhong people, they attacked for two hours in one breath. The stone bullets and earthblocks not only smashed the head of Nanzheng's city into a mess, but also razed the house near the city gate to the ground. There was no house where the original shape could be seen.

Le Jin, who was determined to fight to the death, did not wait for the opportunity to play. Under the storm of the Wu army, the Shu army defending the city was beaten to death with heavy casualties. The remaining people looked like dirt, their legs were trembling, and it was difficult for them to stand up, let alone fight.

Lu Meng and Gao Shun led their troops to the city, and even a drop of sweat was gone.

Le Jin led a few personal guards to launch a dying counterattack, but was easily defeated by Gao Shun's camp. Le Jin himself was seriously injured and captured.

Thousands of Shu troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Sun Shangxiang ordered the city to be searched and confiscated the industries of the big households in the city. He was beheaded with great anger. He kept his life with a good reputation and divided it into a piece of land, so that they could support themselves. The beautiful life of clothes and food was gone forever.

The large amount of grain that Le Jin had collected before also became Sun Shangxiang's spoils. Within at least half a year, she would no longer have to transport a grain of grain from Guanzhong.

With food and weapons, Sun Shangxiang continued to work hard and after a little rectification, he ordered to cross Micang Mountain and march into Brazil.

Cao Ang received the news and led his troops to Hanchang (now Bazhong City, Sichuan) to block the attack.

Huang Zhong seized the fighter's opportunity and led his troops to move forward quickly through Yanzipo, cutting off Cao Ang's retreat in one fell swoop.

Cao Ang led his troops to counterattack, hoping to repel Huang Zhong and reconnect with Langzhong and Dangqu. The two sides encountered each other in the Huangmeixi area in the south of Hanchang, and repeatedly fought, and it was difficult to distinguish the outcome.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Cao Ang's battle with Huang Zhong, Gao Shun and Lu Meng successfully defeated the small number of Shu troops in Micang Mountain, entered Brazilian County, and worked with Huang Zhong to surround Cao Ang in Hanchang.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang left the Babian Mountains that had occupied for a year and went north to attack Dangqu County. A few days later, Dangqu City was broken. Immediately afterwards, Xu Shu defeated the unstable Shu army, seized Gunlongpo, and met with Xu Huang.

Left Zhang Lu to guard the Dangqu, collect Luo ships, prepare money and grain, Xu Shu and Xu Huang joined forces to attack Langzhong City.

The main forces of the Shu army were all taken away by Cao Ang, and there were only more than a thousand county soldiers in Langzhong. Faced with the sudden Xu Shu and Xu Huang, the great clans in the city were shocked. After a brief struggle and the promise of saving their lives, the gates of Langzhong opened wide and surrendered to Xu Shu and Xu Huang.

Xu Huang left Wang Ping to guard Langzhong City, and the main force returned to help Huang Zhong.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Ang was surrounded by a total of 50,000 troops of Sun Shangxiang and Huang Zhong, with no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside.

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Cao Ang sat on the top of the mountain with a depressed expression.

Chen Gong stood aside, lowered his head, his face was tired and his eyes were black.

The battle situation has been fierce these days, and the situation has changed rapidly, making him overwhelmed. But no one is good news, and every news has worsened the situation. In order to handle it in time, he has not been able to sleep well for several days. He is so mentally that he can't do anything worse, and his mind cannot move.

He just wanted to lie down and have a sleep. Even if there was no bed, there was a slightly flatter area.

"Brother Gongtai, what can you do?" Cao Ang slowly raised his head and smiled bitterly. He did not call Chen Gong the Prime Minister Chen again. At this point, Shu Kingdom will perish, and there is no suspense.

Chen Gong was silent for a moment, raised his hand, and grabbed his scalp with force. Dandruff flew like snow. It was impossible to take a bath for many days. He was so dirty that he couldn't stand it, but he really didn't have the strength to deal with it.

"Zi Xiu, you have done your best." Chen Gong sighed. "This is God's will, not a crime of war. Please surrender, and there is no need to commit innocent killings again."

"My father is still insisting, I..."

"He can't hold on for too long." Chen Gong shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Wu State is powerful, Sun Ce is cautious and will not give him the chance to turn defeat into victory. Even if Fa Zheng uses danger, at most it will only be a temporary victory and a result cannot be changed."

He sighed: "Although Yizhou has a dangerous country, it can only be stable for a while. Once the Central Plains are stable, Yizhou will be destined to be unable to support it. How can he not know about the general trend of the military and national affairs? He is just a difficult situation, so he has to do so."

Cao Ang rolled his eyes and wanted to say something but stopped. Although Cao Cao did not say it clearly, he was alert. Cao Cao used his power to confront Sun Ce. Rather than hoping to turn defeat into victory, it was better to go with the flow and use the war to consume the strength of the Yizhou clan. This was equivalent to disguised cooperation with Sun Ce, but he could not speak out.

He didn't want to fight either, not only did he not want to fight now, but he didn't want to fight from the beginning.

For him, surrendering was not difficult, but his son had surrendered first.

However, there seemed to be no other choice. He only had 10,000 people and did not have enough food and grass, so it was impossible for him to be Sun Shangxiang and Huang Zhong's opponent. He already knew that Sun Shangxiang's attack on Nanzheng was not a war at all, but a crushing crushing like a destruction.

Hanchang is just a county town, not Nanzheng, nor is it as natural danger as Qutang Gorge.

He couldn't stop Sun Shangxiang's pace, and there was no possibility of blocking it. The strength gap between the two sides was too big. Once the war started, Sun Shangxiang could wipe out him at most for three days.

It is a sin to sacrifice more than 10,000 people for these three days.

Cao Ang stood up, took off the seal and sword from his waist. He stroked the sword's scabbard, and his heart was mixed. The sword was given by Sun Ce, and now he is going to send it back again.

Chen Gong winked at Bao Xun. Bao Xun understood, stepped forward, took the seal and sword, and bowed.

"I'm sorry for my uncle." Cao Ang sighed, but his expression became relaxed inexplicably.

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Cao Ang asked for surrender, but Sun Shangxiang did not make things difficult for him.

After all, I am a relative of my family and I will have to get along with each other in the future. It is not good to do it too ugly.

Sun Shangxiang did not even hold a surrender ceremony. After the two sides negotiated related matters, she sent someone to invite Cao Ang and Chen Gong to the central army tent to meet with courtesy and hold a banquet to entertain Cao Ang and others.

She even returned Cao Ang's sword to Cao Ang. Of course, the seal of the prince of Shu cannot be returned.

Sun Shangxiang was also very polite to Chen Gong and asked Chen Gong a lot of questions. Although the etiquette was very strong, Chen Gong was still surprised by Sun Shangxiang's knowledge and demeanor. A few years ago, she was a naughty child, often rushing around with a few friends and swaying across the market. In a blink of an eye, she was able to command tens of thousands of troops to fight, and she was very well-behaved and did not show any timidity.

This is probably talent.

Considering Cao Ang's temper, Sun Shangxiang did not arrange for Cao Ang to continue commanding the troops, nor even let him stay in the army. After discussing with Cao Ang, she arranged for someone to escort Cao Ang to Changsha. Sun Shangying and Cao Wan were both in Changsha, so they could reunite first and then wait for Sun Ce to work together.

Anyway, it will only take a few months.

Cao Ang agreed. However, he decided to go back to his hometown Qiao County first and meet his adoptive mother, Mrs. Ding. After he left Yanzhou, he had never seen Mrs. Ding, and he didn't know how she was doing in the past few years. In contrast, Sun Shangying and Cao Wan were taken care of by the emperor and the queen mother, so he didn't need to worry.

Sun Shangxiang didn't say anything. The great man valued filial piety, so it was understandable that Cao Ang did this.

Cao Ang left, Chen Gong, Pan Zhang and others were left behind. If they don’t need to say anything, they must first cut off Cao Ang’s wings, so as not to have any extra thoughts and create extra troubles. In addition, it is also a manifestation of respecting talent and seeking talent.

At least respect for talents must be given, otherwise it will leave a bad impression.

After arranging the matter of Xuan Han, Sun Shangxiang, Lu Xun and Huang Zhong discussed the next action. Finally, he decided to lead Huang Zhong to advance to Jiangzhou, cut off Cao Cao's retreat, and cooperate with Sun Ce to form an encirclement of Cao Cao. Sun Shangxiang entered Langzhong, continued to clear away the remaining enemies, and opened up the passage from Hanzhong to Chengdu.

In addition, there are also the intention of implementing the new policy by placing heavy troops in Langzhong, completely eliminating unrealistic ideas of aristocratic families.

According to Lu Xun's suggestion, the implementation of the new policy fell on Chen Gong's shoulders.

Chen Gong knew that this was an offending thing, but he could not refuse. Of course he could leave, but in that case, the career of the Chen family of Dongjun would be seriously affected, at least he would not improve when he was alive. In addition, if he did not do this, Sun Shangxiang would arrange for others to do it, and the methods would only be stricter than him.

Those who once believed in them and supported them would suffer misfortune.

More importantly, he felt that the new policy was not a bad policy, and it could even be said to be a rare good policy. Although it was a little harsh on the big clans, judging from the development of Guandong in recent years, the new policy was also beneficial to the big clans. However, for the interests of Shu Kingdom in the early stage, they concealed a lot of truth during publicity, making the Bashu family feel that the new policy was harmful to them or not.

The situation is different. Sun Shangxiang wants to implement the new policy. It is inevitable that some people believe in their propaganda, obstruct the implementation of the new policy, and even cause bloody incidents.

To untie the bell, the person who tied the bell is required. To correct this concept, it is naturally better for him to do it.

Just treat it as atonement.

Chen Gong was highly valued by Cao Cao and his son, and was entrusted to the prime minister. He was a famous scholar, knowledge and demeanor at the time. He was deeply supported by scholars in his interactions with the Bashu family. Now Cao Cao still has Yu Fu fighting, but Chen Gong surrendered to the Wu army and in turn assisted the left escort of the Wu Kingdom to implement the new policy, which caused a thousand waves and said everything.

Especially Langzhong where Sun Shangxiang is in charge.

The Langzhong clan surrendered was forced to do so, not willingly. Many families were still under Cao Cao's command. However, Langzhong lacked military strength. Facing Xu Huang and Xu Shu's surprise attack, he killed the thief and was unable to turn the world back. Then he compromised. Suddenly, he saw Chen Gong running for Sun Shangxiang and implementing the new policy of the Wu Kingdom. Many people were angry and scolded Chen Gong, and some even threatened to raise an army to resist.

This was long as Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun expected. They used quietness to wait for the Langzhong clan to rise up.

The one who was most anxious was Chen Gong. He knew the strength of both sides best. Sun Shangxiang had nearly 30,000 elite troops in his hands. If the Langzhong clan still turned the tables, that would be a joke. The Langzhong clan would only have one result, that is, Sun Shangxiang was killed justifiably and blood flowed into a river.

He was anxious and ran around, and even if he was scolded in person, he refused to give up. He tried his best to persuade him, and took the Jizhou family as an example to ensure that their future industries will only be more than they are now, and that their long-term interests will definitely be guaranteed. In this battle, the huge gap in strength between the two sides is the best proof of the new policy.

After all, Chen Gong had prestige. With his insistence, the Langzhong clan calmed down and gave up his plan to resist by force.

At this time, Chen Gong put forward another suggestion: suspend the implementation of the new policy, and the Langzhong clan sent representatives to Jingzhou for a walk and take a look, so that they could let go of their worries and strengthen their confidence.

The Langzhong clan thought this method was good and happily agreed.
Chapter completed!