Chapter 259

Gao Ding on the city wall was dumbfounded and cursed loudly,

"All traitors!"

"I didn't see you fighting this hard before!"

Many of the defending soldiers were related to the attacking soldiers, and many were conscripted, lacking training, and their morale was extremely low!

"Look, that's General E Huan; he also surrendered to the Duke of Liu Xuande!"

"I heard E Huan was defeated by the Duke of Liu Xuande in one move, so naturally he is convinced!"

"Only one move? I can't even take three moves from General E Huan? Then how powerful is the Duke of Liu Xuande? We might as well stop fighting!"

Once everyone discussed it, their morale was even lower!

Gao Ding killed two defending soldiers who wanted to run away, but still couldn't stop the decline!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The Camp-Breaking troops were already firing crossbows below the city wall.

After killing dozens of people, no one dared to look up, and they could only hide behind the battlements and tremble!

Gao Ding didn't dare to poke his head out either. After a while, he was startled,

"Not good!"

He looked up and saw that many soldiers had already climbed onto the city wall!

Zhang Fei shouted loudly,

"Where is Gao Ding! Zhang Fei of Yan is here!"

Gao Ding was furious,

"Brothers, kill that barbarian!"

Zhang Fei was also furious. He was actually called a barbarian by Gao Ding; did he not want face?

"Give me your life!"

The two fought together. After five moves, Gao Ding screamed and was kicked to the ground by Zhang Fei!

"Tie him up!"

The North Gate was broken!

Other defending soldiers heard that Gao Ding had been captured and knelt down to surrender one after another!

Liu Bei hadn't expected Gao Ding to be this useless, that the city was broken in about an hour!

Gao Ding was brought before Liu Bei by Zhang Fei,

"Big Brother, I finally captured a main general this time!"

Gao Ding was also very straightforward, kneeling on one knee,

"The Duke of Liu Xuande is brave and skilled in battle; I am willing to surrender!"

Liu Bei sneered,

"Gao Ding, I have given you many opportunities. If you had surrendered this morning, I might have accepted, but now?"

"Push him out and behead him to show the public!"

Gao Ding was terrified,

"Duke of Liu Xuande, spare my life!"

Soon, Gao Ding's head was chopped off!

Liu Bei smiled, "Everyone, follow me into the city!"

Zhang Fei, as the vanguard of the city-breaking, could have been assigned three of E Huan's wives and concubines, but when he looked, he shook his head and gave them all to E Huan!

This made E Huan very happy.

Liu Bei didn't see them, but since even Zhang Fei didn't like them, one could imagine.

Liu Bei reorganized his troops in Xichang, not including Wu Yi's troops, and the army reached over twenty-five thousand.

He had Zhang Yi stay to guard Xichang City and defend Yuexi Commandery, while also recruiting elite Yi soldiers in case of emergency!

He himself led over twenty thousand troops, joined with Wu Yi, and continued south, with his target pointing directly at Jianning Commandery, where Yong Kai was entrenched!

At the Yizhou Provincial Governor's office,

Liu Zhang hadn't yet digested the news of Liu Bei defeating Gao Ding and Yong Kai's coalition,

when more good news came,

"My Lord, Gao Ding refused to surrender and defended Xichang City to the death. Liu Bei led his army to attack Xichang City and broke it in half a day!"

"Gao Ding was beheaded to show the public, and his subordinates surrendered."

"Liu Bei obtained the wealth and supplies Gao Ding had accumulated over the years, and gained twenty thousand barbarian soldiers, taking the elites among them. His own troops have now reached twenty-five thousand!"

Liu Zhang was shocked. He knew Liu Bei was good at fighting, but he didn't know Liu Bei was this good at fighting!

"This, this"

Wang Lei cupped his hands,

"My Lord, we must be on guard. Liu Bei campaigning against Nanzhong is equivalent to occupying one-third of Yizhou!"

Liu Zhang also felt the threat; he had to do something himself,

Wang Lei cupped his hands again,

"My Lord, the rebel thieves in Nanzhong are not worth a single blow. Why don't you personally campaign against Zhu Bao in Zangke (the area west of Guizhou) to show your military might!"

Liu Zhang's eyes lit up. That's right, since these rebel thieves were not worth fighting, he could also let the people of Yizhou see how well he could fight.

Zhang Song didn't speak to oppose it; he knew how much Liu Zhang weighed, and Zhu Bao wasn't that easy to fight either.

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Liu Zhang stood up tall,

"Everyone, in ten days, I will personally lead an army of fifty thousand to campaign against Zhu Bao!"

"My Lord is majestic!"

Yong Kai fled back to Jianning Commandery (also known as Yizhou Commandery), only to find that Xuanwei County was occupied by the Postmaster Li Hui and others leading troops.

He was furious and led troops to attack, but failed!

Hearing that Liu Bei had broken Xichang City and beheaded Gao Ding, he hurriedly took his soldiers and family members and fled west toward the Yongchang area to seek refuge with the Barbarian King Meng Huo!

Liu Bei was unimpeded all the way and led his army to arrive at Xuanwei County.

Li Hui and Deng Zhi came out ten miles from the city to welcome them!

"Li Hui of Jianning greets the Duke of Liu Xuande!"

Liu Bei praised,

"De'ang, you raised troops this time to control Xuanwei County, block Yong Kai, and guard Jianning Commandery; you have made a great contribution! I intend to nominate you as the Administrator of Jianning Commandery, how about that?"

Li Hui was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped his hands,

"Thank you, my Lord!"

He had long intended to surrender to Liu Bei. Liu Zhang was dark and weak and couldn't protect the safety of Jianning Commandery at all.

Li Hui represented the interests of the Jianning Commandery gentry. Liu Bei appointing him as the Administrator of Jianning Commandery meant he wouldn't let outsiders infringe on their interests, so he was naturally happy.

Hearing Li Hui call him "My Lord," Liu Bei nodded, encouraged him a few words, and led the crowd into the city.

Liu Bei had a few more banquets with the Jianning Commandery gentry, and everyone bowed in admiration!

Wu Yi was also very impressed. In a short time, Liu Bei had recovered nearly two commanderies, not only without losing troops or generals, but his army had grown to thirty thousand, and he had gained several more capable generals!

At the Li residence,

Li Hui introduced the situation in Nanzhong to Liu Bei,

"My Lord, Meng Huo is the head of the Meng family, a great clan in Nanzhong. He has now been pushed by many barbarian leaders to be the Barbarian King."

"They occupy Yongchang Commandery and Jianning Commandery, and their numbers are numerous. Added to Yong Kai's 607 twenty thousand, they have over one hundred and thirty thousand troops."

Liu Bei didn't care and smiled,

"Introduce the local situation."

Li Hui pointed at the map,

"My Lord, everyone, although Yongchang Commandery and Jianning Commandery are located on the southwestern border, they are rich in products, and grain is harvested three times a year."

"There are also war horses, gemstones, iron ore, ivory, and other specialties. Commerce is extremely developed, and the combined population of the two commanderies exceeds two million, not including the population hiding in the deep mountains."

Everyone gasped!

They hadn't expected that in the borderlands, there would be such a large population. One must know that the entire Yizhou only had a population of over six million.

Guo Jia's eyes lit up. His Lord controlling the Nanzhong region had already obtained one-third of Yizhou's population, and these barbarian soldiers had good individual combat effectiveness; they were excellent soldiers, and through training, they would definitely be elite troops. **CHAPTER 465**