Chapter 336: Capture Lu Pheasant
Sha Xian's Qin army fought hard for a day and a night in isolation and helplessness, and finally 247 people, including the military mausoleum Wuzhong, were all killed in battle.
Zhang Manniu drove a boat and broke out desperately. Along the way, he was sunk by the thief Xi Juan's big ship. Zhang Manniu sneaked into the bottom of the water with familiar water and finally escaped his life. His two companions unfortunately drowned in the Great Swamp.
February 19th.
Feng Xuan learned the exact news of the invasion of the Eastern Chu army from Zhang Manniu. The Qin army immediately mobilized urgently in the Yingdu area, and all the people were moved to the city. At the same time, the people's food was also collected for emergencies to meet the needs of time. While preparing for combat, Feng Xuan moved more than 1,000 naval troops to the Wudang Mountain area north of Yingdu.
The mountains in Wudang Mountain area are complex, and there are many streams passing through them. A fleet of more than 20 ships is hidden here, which is difficult to find. More importantly, once the war in Yingdu is in a stalemate, this hidden force can wait for an opportunity to move to find the weakness of the Eastern Chu army and bite it hard.
It is not Feng Xuan's style to be beaten passively.
At the beginning, he led the Ba army to fight with Guan Ying desperately, relying on a momentum of not giving in. Now, although the Qin army in Nanjun is not strong in combat, Feng Xuan also relied on it. The city walls of Yingdu have been renovated. Based on the former Chu capital Bluestone City, the Qin army once mined rocks to make this abandoned city flourish again.
The East Chu army came from afar and lacked the equipment to attack the city. Feng Xuan was confident that he would not get any benefits even if the East Chu army came. More importantly, once the East Chu army was greedy and stranded, when Luo Xian's Ba army and reinforcements from Sanchuan County arrived, the East Chu navy would be surrounded and annihilated near Yingdu.
Twenty-one, dusk.
A Dongchu army with yellow-edged flags arrived at the periphery of Yingdu and tentatively attacked the closed city gate once, the team retreated early.
If Ying Bu is the leader, he is famous for his butcher and the king of killing. Just circle the city and make everyone frightened and frightened. Zhou Cheng is very obvious that he does not have the aura of Ying Bu.
This time, Zhou Cheng and deputy general Feng Chang had already discussed the attack on the Nanjun of Qin and did not seek merit. But it was not important whether Yingdu could be captured. What was important was to bring back Lu Zhi and others who fled back from Hanzhong County.
Because of different purposes, the Qin army and the Eastern Chu army had different countermeasures in response. Feng Xuan made a mistake in his initial judgment on the trends of the Eastern Chu army, which was no wonder that he was not aware of the truth of the riots in the Hanzhong area. Because the road was blocked, even if Yan Le entered first, he could only find out a rough idea. As for confirming Lu Zhi's identity, and judging the power struggle within Lu Zhi and the Ying family, it also requires time and more information to support it.
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The situation in Nanjun is complex and changeable.
In the Hanzhong County area that triggered this chain reaction, the Qin army's encirclement and suppression of refugees and insurgents was coming to an end. Zhangping's Eastern Army advanced rapidly and encountered almost no resistance. It successfully captured the important eastern town occupied by the rebels - Xicheng.
The regaining of Xicheng marked the general trend of refugee rebellion. What the Qin army needs to do next is to successfully join the three encirclement and suppression troops and completely annihilate the rebellious forces in the Nanzheng area.
However, Zhang Ping was obviously negligent.
After he occupied Xicheng, the Qin army was busy advancing westward quickly and did not search the area around Xicheng, which gave Lu Zhi and others a chance to escape.
With the live target of Ying, Lu Zhi gradually faded out of the core group of refugees from the open to dark. However, her strength was preserved relatively completely. The two old generals Guo Ting and Zhang Ping were very dedicated to Lu Zhi. Under their influence, Lu Zhi had already gathered a team of nearly 2,000 people in her hands.
After evading Zhang Ping's eastern Qin army, Lu Zhi and others were left with only a dangerous pass in Wu Pass before them. As long as they could take the lead in taking down the empty pass, they could reach Nanyang County and Nanjun area, where the mountains are high and the rivers are vast. As long as they wanted to run away, it would be difficult for the Qin army to surround them from all sides.
What made Lu Zhi even more confident was that the secret envoy sent back the news from the Jiangdong area that Ying Bu had agreed to send troops to attack Nanjun under Lu Xu's lobbying. In this way, when the Eastern Chu army launched an attack on the front, Lu Zhi brought another partial army to the Qin army. Under the attack on both sides, the Qin army would collapse.
When Lu Zhi, immersed in her imaginary happiness, saw the Qin army flag on Wuguan Pass from afar, she began to show a rare proud smile on her wrinkled face.
Yes.
She is very proud of herself.
With nothing, with only a few dozen people under his command and a sensible mouth, such a big scene was made in Hanzhong County. In this sense, even Liu Bang was afraid that even he would be inferior to him. Of course, the reason why the riot in Hanzhong had a great impact was only one of the reasons.
Natural disasters plus natural disasters.
This is an important reason why Qin State was a little slow in facing a riot.
However, after recovering, Lu Zhi's good luck was almost over.
Wu Pass is not empty.
Yan Le's activities in Hanzhong County were not without results. Zhang Ping did not notice Lu Zhi's secret actions, which did not mean that Yan Le would not discover them either. In fact, when Lu Zhi lurked eastward from the Nanzheng area, Yan Le's people were involved in this team.
With the help of his inner support, Yan Le controlled all his every move.
Therefore, when Lu Zhi and others saw the Emptiness Pass, they were actually on high alert. Li Yuan and his personal troops who came from the road to reinforce had completely taken over Wu Pass. What was waiting for Lu Zhi was a tragic scene of bloodshed.
Li Yuan went to Wuguan this time with two main purposes. One was to urge Hanzhong to encircle and suppress the war. This military operation to encircle and annihilate the rebellion has lasted for two months. With the arrival of spring, road traffic conditions have greatly improved. Li Yuan hopes to get good news of the restoration of the entire Hanzhong area by the end of February.
The second is to capture Lu Zhi, the destructive power brought by this woman is too great. It has to be said that Li Yuan underestimated Lu Zhi's ability before.
Although Liu Bang was dead, the remnants of the Han Dynasty did not give up resistance. Lu Zhi gathered them together. Moreover, because Liu Ying, the descendant of the Han prince, was there, Lu Zhi could act on behalf of her son, allowing former Han generals such as Guo Ting, Zhang Ping, and Xi Juan to serve him.
Chapter completed!