Chapter 513: Take down Dingyuan Fortress

On June 20, in the 24th year of Qianyuan, on the 20th of June, the Dingyuan Fortress and the General's Mansion, there were letters of help from various parts of Hanzhong. Deng Guo Shenwuwei took advantage of the confrontation between his main army and Yue Fei's army in Dingyuan Fortress and took the opportunity to attack Yangping Pass and Anyang City, and at the same time cut off the road to reinforce Hanzhong County. Wei Song knew that he was already in an isolated situation. Although the Qin army could still enter Shui for reinforcements from Wudu County, it would be so easy to enter Hanzhong County from Wudu County? Even if he could come in, when the reinforcements arrived, he would probably have been wiped out long ago.

"General, Anyang City is lost, Baozhong, Nanzheng has no troops to defend. Dingyuan Fortress is not a dangerous place. It's better to go back to the Nanzheng quickly." Nanyun said on the side. Compared with Nanzheng, Dingyuan Fortress is nothing at all. If it is gone, it will be gone. As long as it can defend Nanzheng, Hanzhong County will still be there.

When Wei Song heard this, he shook his head bitterly and said, "How can I not know what General Nan said? Moreover, Deng's army is also very clear. I am afraid that Yue Fei is waiting for him to retreat to Nanzheng. If he really evacuated Dingyuan Fortress and retreated to Nanzheng, we may be defeated by Deng's army before entering Nanzheng City."

"What does the general mean?" Nan Yun was a little puzzled. If he didn't go back to Nanzheng, where else could he go? Could it be that he really guarded the Dingyuan Fortress? That was unrealistic. With the strength of the Dingyuan Fortress and the grain storage, without Nanzheng's support, he could not last for a month, and guarding the Dingyuan Fortress would be a dead end.

Wei Song slowly stood up, came to the map, took a look, and said, "It is impossible for Nanzheng to go back. For the sake of the present, he can only choose Chenggu, the closest one. The entire army retreated to Chenggu, and stood firm and waited for assistance. I believe Chang'an would not give up on us easily." It is impossible to go back to Nanzheng. After all, there are tens of thousands of elite Deng soldiers waiting for him outside Nanzheng. He was stupid and would jump into the fire pit. However, Dingyuan Fortress cannot be defended. After weighing the trade-offs, Wei Song decided to retreat to Chenggu, which was closest and relatively strong.

"But General, although Chenggu is good, the food in the city cannot support so many soldiers." Nan Yun said that most of the Qin army's grain and grass in Hanzhong County were placed in Nanzheng. Although Chenggu had some food in Chenggu, there was not much. There seemed to be no difference between going to Chenggu and staying in Dingyuan Fortress.

Wei Song thought for a while and said, "Before I came to Dingyuan Fortress, I left five thousand elite troops to stay in Nanzheng. Now the Deng army is still busy blocking the Qinchuan passage and cannot attack Nanzheng for a while. You can immediately send someone back to Nanzheng to pass on this general's order and order the Nanzheng defenders to transport all the stored grains in Nanzheng City to Chenggu. Remember, if Deng's army blocks the food, set fire to burn the food, and never let the Deng army get it. In addition, we will order the entire army to pack their bags. Two days later, we will take advantage of the night to evacuate Dingyuan Fortress."

"Here!" Nanyun replied.

After Nan Yun received the order and left, Wei Song felt a little lucky. Fortunately, he left five thousand people in Nanzheng, otherwise he would not be able to get a single grain of food in Nanzheng.

In the Deng army camp outside the city, Yue Fei also received the good news sent by Murong Chui. He was overjoyed. Yangping Pass and Anyang City were obtained, and the task of occupying Hanzhong County was half completed. However, Yue Fei was not complacent. After all, the task was only half completed. As the saying goes, taking a hundred steps and a half ninety steps, the Qin army under Wei Song's troops was not eliminated in one day, and there were variables in the battle of Hanzhong.

"Everyone, General Murong's Shenwu Guard has taken down Yangping Pass and Anyang City, blocking the Qinchuan Passage. At the same time, the troops pointed directly at Baozhong and Nanzheng. The balance of victory in this battle has tilted towards our army." Yue Fei took Murong Chui's good news and said to everyone with a smile.

"Congratulations to General, congratulations to General!" Everyone rejoiced Yue Fei when they heard this.

Yue Fei waved his hand and said, "You all have made great contributions to the battle in Hanzhong so smoothly. However, before the victory has arrived, we cannot take it lightly. The Qin army under Wei Song's troops will never be destroyed, and this battle is far from over."

"We are probably already aware of the news that the Dingyuan Fortress has been strong, but it is not a place to defend for a long time. His subordinates thought that Wei Song would lead his army to withdraw from the Dingyuan Fortress and find another place to defend." Ju Su said.

"Military Ju Jian means that Wei Song will lead his troops back to Nanzheng and rely on Nanzheng to resist stubbornly?" Yue Fei thought for a while and asked.

Ju Su shook his head and said, "No, Wei Song will never go to Nanzheng. General Murong's troops stationed in Anyang City can march into Baozhong every night. The main army of the Qin army is all in Dingyuan Fortress. Even if Wei Song is in Nanzheng and Baozhong, he will definitely not be able to stop the 50,000 Shenwu Guards. Wei Song can only seek death when he returns to Nanzheng."

"Military Ju, Nanzheng is the most solid city in Hanzhong County, and most of the food and supplies in Hanzhong County are in Nanzheng. If Wei Song doesn't return to Nanzheng, where can he go?" Zhang Fei asked in confusion. Hanzhong County has not many cities, and the most solid one is the capital of Nanzheng. Moreover, most of the food and supplies of the Qin army are in Nanzheng. Where can Wei Song go if he doesn't return to Nanzheng?

Everyone also looked at Ju Su with puzzled eyes. Ju Su did not give the answer immediately, but came to the map silently, looked at it, and said, "Wei Song must go to Chenggu."

"Shenggu?"

"Yes!" Ju Shu nodded and said, "Shenwu Guards can march into Nanzheng at any time. If Wei Song wants to retreat to Nanzheng, he will definitely be chased by our army. In terms of time, he is definitely not as fast as Shenwu Guards, so in order not to be attacked by our army, Wei Song will definitely give up Nanzheng and choose to retreat the city closest to Dingyuan Fortress. There is no other choice except Chenggu."

"This is difficult!" Yue Fei felt that Ju Su's words made sense, and then frowned and said, "Although Wei Song retreated and our army could pursue from behind, our army was not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong County, and it was difficult to keep all the Qin army. Once the Qin army entered Chenggu, it would be a difficult battle."

Yue Fei is now facing the same problem that Bai Qi entered Shuzhong Road. Bai Qi attacked Jiameng Pass and won the lead, but because he was not familiar with the terrain of Shuzhong Road, he lost the rare opportunity and finally had to fight Jianshan to the death. In the end, Yue Fei and Deng's generals came to Hanzhong County for the first time. Although Mingjing and the secret agents of the Business Department had already explored the terrain of Hanzhong County, they were not as good as the Qin army who had lived in Hanzhong County for a long time.

"Don't worry, General!" Ju Su also understood Yue Fei's embarrassment, but he was obviously confident. He said to Yue Fei: "General, even if the Qin army entered Chenggu, as General Zhang Fei said, most of the Qin army's food and supplies were in Nanzheng. How long could Chenggu be able to defend? According to his subordinates, Wei Song would definitely order the Qin army left behind in Nanzheng to transfer the food and supplies of Nanzheng, so the general could write a letter to General Murong and order him to send a team of troops south quickly, first to win Baozhong, and then intercept the Qin army's grain transport team. In this way, even if Wei Song entered Chenggu, there would be no food to eat. As long as our army surrounded Chenggu, the Qin army would not last long."

Yue Fei nodded, and could only do this, saying, "For the sake of the current plan, I can only do this. I will send someone to send a letter to General Murong and order him to send troops south to intercept the Qin army's grain transport team. In addition, I will keep a watch from the Dingyuan Fortress to me. As long as the Qin army has any abnormal movements, I will report to me as soon as possible."

"Here!"

Two days later, on June 22, late at night, the Qin army of Dingyuan Fortress quietly left Dingyuan Fortress. In order to hide from Deng's army, Wei Song left a thousand men and evacuated at the fastest speed with the remaining troops. Due to late at night, the Deng army did not notice the abnormal movement of the Qin army. Until after dawn, when Deng army found that the Qin army had decreased in the city, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly reported to Yue Fei.

After hearing the Qin army's actions, Yue Fei couldn't help but sigh and said, "This Wei Song is indeed a two-piece man. It seems that it is impossible to keep the Qin army."

"Yes!" said Xi Zhicai, one of the two major military advisors: "I guess the Qin army evacuated Dingyuan Fortress last night. In order not to arouse our army, we left a military force to paralyze our army. The Qin army must have marched and retreated urgently. It is probably too late to chase after us now."

"At present, we can only take down Dingyuan Fortress first and then march towards Cheng Gu. Wei Song thought that if we escape to Cheng Gu, we could block our army? That general would let Cheng Gu be the burial place for Wei Song and his elite troops." Yue Fei gritted his teeth and said.

"Here!"

Deng's army, who learned the truth, launched a fierce attack on Dingyuan Fortress immediately. Now there are only one thousand Qin troops in Dingyuan Fortress. In addition to the main general fleeing, the morale of the army is scattered and there is no resistance at all. The Deng army took less than half an hour to conquer Dingyuan Fortress. Most of the thousand Qin troops chose to surrender, except for some of them who died in battle.

Yue Fei, who entered Dingyuan Fortress, did not choose to waste too much time for Dingyuan Fortress, but left a group of people to guard and then led a large army to march towards Chenggu.

Just when Yue Fei led his army to Chenggu, the Qin reinforcements in Chang'an City had already been assembled. As early as the eighth day of the 24th year of Qianyuan, Chang'an City had already received a letter of request for help from Wei Song. However, there were different voices in the Qin court about whether to rescue Hanzhong County. Some ministers believed that since Bai Qi hated Bashu, and then Wang Feng was defeated by Changpingting, the elite troops in Qin had been lost to nearly half, and it was really difficult to organize troops to rescue Hanzhong County. Besides, according to Wei Song's letter of request for help, there were 100,000 Deng's army attacking Hanzhong County this time. If he wanted to rescue Hanzhong County, the Qin State had to gather more than 50,000 reinforcements.

Not to mention whether Qin can gather all these troops now, even if they can get all of them, there is no need to go to Hanzhong County to fight against Deng’s army. Hanzhong County is not a place that cannot be lost for Qin. For Hanzhong County, it will be more than worth the loss even if it can defeat Deng’s army in the end. Therefore, they advocated giving up Hanzhong County and ordered the 50,000 elite troops stationed in Hanzhong County to return to Guanzhong to consolidate the land of Guanzhong.
Chapter completed!