: The soldiers are coming to the spring

In Liyang City, the Wu army has been conquering Liyang for five days and has been raising energy here, waiting for the arrival of the Chu army.

"Director General Lu, have you ever found out whether the Chu army in Shouchun went south? Who is the chief general?" In the Liyang County government office, Zhou Kai, Lu Ao, Lu Feng, Lu Su and other core members of the Wu army were here to discuss matters. In addition, there are Wu army generals Ma Li, Zhu Jun, Huan Heng, Han Cong, Pan Qing, and military advisor Lu Meng.

"Returning to the Grand Commander, the chief general of the Shouchun Chu army is Zhang Xian, who is the brother of Zhang Di, the general of Chu State. This person is quite capable, but he is irritable, impulsive, and very arrogant. According to the spy's return, three days ago, Zhang Xian personally led an army of 100,000 southwards. According to the course, he should be in Hefei now." Lu Ao replied.

Zhou Kai carefully studied it on the map and said, "Since Zhang Xian is prone to impulsiveness, we can take advantage of this, Lu Feng, Lu Su, Mali, and Zhu Jun obey the order!"

"The last one is here!" Lu Feng and others responded.

"I ordered you four to lead 10,000 troops to roam around Hefei, Jundao and Liyang. If you meet the Chu army, you can harass and anger the Chu army. Remember not to fight with it." Zhou Kai ordered.

"Here!"

In Hefei City, Zhang Xian led a large army to rescue Liyang. When he arrived here, he met Zhang Ping, who was defeated in Liyang.

"Ping'er, what's going on with you? You have ten thousand soldiers and horses in your hand, plus Liyang Jiancheng. Even if there are 100,000 Wu troops, you can hold on for a while under fierce attack. Why do you lose the city in less than one day?" Seeing Zhang Ping in a dilapidated manner, Zhang Xian was angry and asked directly.

According to Zhang Xian's original idea, as long as Liyang lasts for ten or eight days, his reinforcements will arrive. By then, even if Zhou Kai has the ability to reach the sky, he will have no choice but to Liyang. But now, before he reaches Liyang, the city will be lost, and it is still within one day. How did this battle be fought?

"Uncle second uncle doesn't blame his nephew. Zhou Kai is really too treacherous. He sent hundreds of people to siege into Liyang in advance. When he attacked the city, the spies of Wu army in the city took the opportunity to raid the city gate. When his nephew discovered it, the city gate had been opened by the Wu army. In order to preserve his strength, his nephew had to withdraw with his troops." Zhang Ping cried and told Zhang Xian all the things that happened.

After hearing this, Zhang Xian became even more angry and cursed: "You trash, hundreds of spies from Wu army have mixed into Liyang. As the Liyang guardian, you can't even notice it at all. What are you doing for?"

Zhang Ping did not dare to speak out, so he could only let Zhang Xian vent his anger.

Zhang Xian, who had a temper, slowly calmed down and said, "Where is Wu Jun now?"

Zhang Ping replied: "After the second uncle and nephew left Liyang, he also sent many people to inquire about the Wu army's movements and found that they were still in Liyang and did not go north."

"Still stay in Liyang? Zhou Kai's usual style is not similar. What exactly does he want to do?" Zhang Xian felt strange when he learned that the Wu army was still in Liyang and did not go north. Logically, the Wu army conquered Liyang City with a speed of lightning speed. In order to further expand the results of the battle, he should go north quickly and occupy most of the cities in the southern part of Jiujiang. There is no reason to stay motionless.

After a long time, Zhang Xian said: "I sent a command to the army to temporarily station Hefei. At the same time, all the scouts in the general were sent out, and I also knew about the Wu army's every move."

"Here!"

Liyang has lost it, and it is meaningless to go to Liyang now, so Zhang Xian simply hoarded his troops in Hefei and first inquire about the movements of Wu army.

After Lu Feng and others led 10,000 troops to leave Liyang, they began to cruise around the place. When they met the Chu army scouts, they killed them directly. At the same time, they often appeared outside Hefei City. Lu Feng also attacked Jundao City many times.

Wu Jun's behavior made Zhang Xian very angry. He had a irritable personality and thought that this was the Wu Jun's provocation to him. So he ignored his subordinates' dissuasion and resolutely led the army south to Liyang.

During the journey south, he was harassed by the Wu army, which made Zhang Xian, who was already in anger, even more irrational, so he rushed to Liyang with a quick horse.

At this time, Zhou Kai had already learned that Zhang Xian had led his troops south and brought 100,000 troops. These 100,000 troops were the main force of the Jiujiang Chu Army. As long as these 100,000 people were eaten, Jiujiang would have nothing to stop the Wu army's pace.

So he and his generals formulated a plan to wipe out the Chu army completely.

When Zhang Xian came to Liyang City, the Wu army had already set up its formation, but the arrogant Zhang Xian did not notice any problems.

The two armies fought at the city. The Wu army pretended to be defeated and retreated into Liyang City. The Chu army chased all the way, and the main force also entered Liyang. However, Zhou Kai had already set up an ambush in Liyang City. After the Chu army entered Liyang, the gate of Liyang City was quickly closed. A large number of Wu army archers were ambushed on the houses on both sides of Liyang Street. Tens of thousands of Chu soldiers were crowded on the narrow streets and could not move, so they could only let the Wu army kill. In the end, Zhang Xian and Zhang Ping died in battle, and more than 50,000 Chu soldiers were killed in battle, and the rest were captured. Most of the people who died in battle died under the mutual trampling between colleagues.

After destroying Zhang Xian's 100,000 Chu troops, no Chu army in Jiujiang was able to fight against the Wu army. So Zhou Kai ordered Lu Feng, Lu Su, Pan Qing and others to lead a team of troops to capture the rest of Jiujiang's cities, and he also led the main force and rushed to Shouchun.

Shouchun City is the capital of Jiujiang County, the most powerful city in the southern border of Chu. Wu has gone north many times, but he can only regret Shouchun. Shouchun has also become a nightmare for the Wu army.

As a city in the Central Plains that defended the Wu Kingdom, Shouchun stationed 100,000 Chu troops all year round. Even though the situation was so tense during the Central Plains War, he would not dare to draw back.

However, Zhang Xian's 100,000 Chu troops have disappeared. In Zhou Kai's eyes, Shouchun City is like a woman without clothes, at the mercy of others.

Zhou Kai looked at Shouchun City in front of him and felt deeply moved. Since he took over the military power of Wu, he had made many northern expeditions, but in the end he could only regret Shouchun and could not advance in an instant. Now, taking advantage of the two defeats of Chu, the Central Plains, and the loss of more than 100,000 soldiers and generals, he could no longer suppress the Wu army.

It’s not that the military strength of Wu is too far from that of Chu. In fact, there is a Yue country in the south of Wu. Although Yue country’s strength is far less than that of Wu, Yue country is mountainous and has a strong folk custom. Wu has sent troops to Yue country many times, but was blocked by Yue country’s mountains and rivers. Yue country’s army was ambushed among the mountains and rivers. With the advantage of geographical advantages, the Wu army was unable to move forward. Therefore, in order to prevent the frequent harassment of Yue country, Wu had to station most of its troops on the border of Wu and Yue, which made the Wu country not many troops sent every time.

"I order all troops to attack the city immediately. The governor will take down Shouchun within one hour!" Zhou Kai said that there are not many defenders in Shouchun City now, and taking down Shouchun is simply easy for the Wu army.

"Kill!" Zhou Kai gave the order, and the Wu army rushed up and rushed towards Shouchun City. At this time, there were only a few hundred guards in Shouchun City, which could not stop the Wu army's attack. In less than half an hour, the gate of Shouchun City was knocked open by the Wu army. Soon, this largest city in the southern border of Chu fell into the hands of the Wu army.

Zhou Kai stood at the head of Shouchun City and looked to the north. That was his future. Only by competing for the Central Plains was the way out for the Wu Kingdom.
Chapter completed!