▁gener als ▁Wang ▁Z ong x un ▁( 王 宗 <0xE5> <0x8B> <0xB3> ), ▁Wang ▁Z ong yan ▁( 王 宗 <0xE5> <0x84> <0xBC> ), ▁and ▁Wang ▁Z ong y u ▁( 王 宗 <0xE6> <0x98> <0xB1> ), ▁engaged ▁him , ▁he ▁cr ushed ▁them , ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁fle e . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁head ed ▁directly ▁for ▁the ▁major ▁Form er ▁Sh u ▁city ▁of ▁Li ▁Pref ect ure ▁( 利 州 , ▁in ▁modern ▁Gu ang y uan , ▁S ich uan ); ▁the ▁Form er ▁Sh u ▁major ▁general ▁Wang ▁Z ong bi ▁abandoned ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁fled . ▁ ▁He ▁advanced ▁further ▁to ▁M ian ▁Pref ect ure ▁( <0xE7> <0xB6> <0xBF> 州 , ▁in ▁modern ▁M ian y ang , ▁S ich uan ), ▁and ▁encountered ▁an ▁obst acle ▁there ▁— ▁that , ▁while ▁Form er ▁Sh u ▁forces ▁had ▁abandoned ▁the ▁city , ▁they ▁destroyed ▁all ▁the ▁food ▁supplies ▁there , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁bridge ▁over ▁the ▁M ian ▁River ▁( <0xE7> <0xB6> <0xBF> 江 ), ▁which ▁M ian ▁Pref ect ure ▁sat ▁on . ▁ ▁He ▁chose ▁to ▁take ▁only ▁his ▁caval ry ▁soldiers , ▁for ding ▁on ▁their ▁horses , ▁across ▁the ▁river , ▁at ▁the ▁great ▁loss ▁of ▁life ▁from ▁d row ning , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁he ▁needed ▁to ▁quickly ▁advance ▁toward ▁the ▁Form er ▁Sh u ▁capital ▁Ch eng du ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁Form er ▁Sh u ▁em peror ▁Wang ▁Z ong yan ▁no ▁chance ▁to ▁rest ▁and