The abilities of Guo Ting, Zhang Ping, Xue Ou and others were only considered to be at the middle level among the former Han generals. Faced with the sudden attack from the Qin army, they lost the calmness to deal with it.

Lu Zhi ordered a retreat.

This made Guo Ting and others breathe a sigh of relief. These bandits finally retreated easily, and each of them looked like earth, no longer showing a mad look.

Shaoxi Mountain Cold.

In the temporary camp of Lu Zhi's army, this team originally composed of more than 3,000 elite bandits was depressed and no longer had the high momentum of the journey to capture the village. For a team without foundation, failure is unforgivable, because their superficial strength cannot resist a loss of even a small loss.

Especially after seeing the Qin army's tenacious defense in Wuguan, the conflicts within Lu Zhi's army began to intensify. Seeing the turmoil of the army, Lu Zhi had no choice but to order to withdraw five miles and find a valley to temporarily rest for a temporary place.

"Where is that boy Lu Shizhi? Let him come to see me?" As soon as Guo Ting retreated, he stared at his red eyes and shouted loudly.

After Lu Ze's death, Lu Zhi handed over the power of commanding troops to the old Han army generals such as Guo Ting, Zhang Ping, Xue Ou. This apparent friendship really touched many people at first, but then, Guo Ting and others discovered that Lu Zhi secretly handed over the rest of Lu Ze's troops to Lu Shizhi.

At the same time, Lu Shizhi also took on the task of spying on the military situation of Qin. This task is difficult, easy and easy. In the hinterland of Qin, it is difficult to really find out the trends of the Qin army. If you just deal with it casually, with the current difficult situation of Lu Zhi, Guo Ting and others, it will be difficult to find out Lu Shizhi's inaction.

When Lu Zhi asked Lu Shizhi to take responsibility for this, she mainly wanted to calm down Lu Shizhi's idea of ​​leading troops on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also wanted to show Guo Ting and others that the people of his Lu family were also taking risks and might also lose their lives in the battle with the Qin people.

I have to say that Lu Zhi has good intentions, but unfortunately, Lu Shizhi is not Lu Ze. His abilities can only be considered mediocre at best, and sometimes they are not even mediocre.

Lu Shizhi's incompetence caused Guo Ting's army to suffer heavy losses. The bandits' reckless attacks lost nearly 300 people under the Qin army's arrow rain. Guo Ting was furious. Just now, he watched one subordinate after another wailing on the way forward. Some of them had rushed to the battle to capture Hanzhong City.

"Damn it, this battle is really cowardly. Before going to fight, who patted his chest and said that there was no Qin army at Wuguan?" Guo Ting shouted in anger with red eyes.

"Brother, don't say this in front of your wife. After all, you and my brother are outsiders, and they are brothers and sisters?" Zhang Ping pulled Guo Ting into his tent and persuaded him repeatedly.

"That's the case with my brothers. If it weren't for our old subordinates, no matter how capable he was, he would not have caused such a big disturbance in Hanzhong. If Lu Ze hadn't been kind to us, I would have led my troops into the mountain at this time." Guo Ting cursed.

After this battle, his troops suffered the most losses, and more than ten of them were old brothers who followed him from Yunmeng Daze. Without these arrogant soldiers and generals under his command, Guo Ting was not confident enough to speak.

"Going into the mountain. Brother Guo, it's not easy to enter the mountain. Once so many people enter the mountain, they will eat and wear whatever they want. If you want me to say, it's better to do it all the time and just turn it back!" Zhang Ping put on a half-joking posture and leaned close to Guo Ting's ear.

"Rebel! What did you say? General Lu treats us with great kindness. What are you and I going to see him if you rebel?" Guo Ting shouted in a low voice.

"Brother, General Lu is dead. This person is dead like a lamp. At the beginning, we also agreed. If the wife treats us well, it would be nothing to sacrifice her life. But now, I can hear that the wife is packing things-!" Zhang Ping said hesitantly.

Lu Zhi is going to run!

This was Guo Ting's first reaction in an instant.

Guo Ting has learned what kind of person Lu Zhi is. Since she can abandon the Ying family, she can naturally ignore the life and death of Guo Ting and others.

"Brother Zhang, your news is accurate?" Guo Ting asked in surprise.

Zhang Ping nodded and said with a tangled expression: "I am there someone around Lu Shizhi, so it's not wrong. If the wife was still thinking about us, she would have sent someone to inform us long ago, but until now, we still have no news?"

"If you send someone to watch me, it's better to catch a few people there! Also, you'll keep an eye on Xue Ou, this kid has been closer to Lu Shizhi recently." Guo Ting ordered viciously.

The bandits' spirit is in turmoil.

To maintain the loyalty of a group, it is obviously not possible to rely on feelings alone, and interests alone cannot form long-term centripetal force. Only when the two complement each other can they maintain long-term cohesion. In the face of the choice between life and death, human nature will be exposed. The superficial loyalty and the constant statements cannot actually conceal the truest thoughts in the heart.

The suspicion and distrust between Lu Zhi, Lu Shizhi, Guo Ting and Zhang Ping are like a newly sprouted seed that is breaking through the ground little by little.

Those who wait for this bandit armed forces can only be the result of the soon-to-be-disintegration and escape.

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Wuguan.

The Qin army guarding the pass was neatly stitched and did not have the joy of repelling the bandits at all. To be honest, for these elite soldiers and generals selected, a team of bandits could not be considered an opponent no matter how they looked at it. As for the names of opponents such as Guo Ting, Zhang Ping, and Xue Ou, they were no different from those of Agou and Amao.

In a tall house in the pass.

Li Yuan was examining the emergency letters sent back from the Nanjun area. Compared with Hanzhong, which had already controlled the situation, the emergency situation faced by Nanjun was more touching Li Yuan's heart. Faced with Dongchu, bandits and Shanyue, Li Yuan was somewhat suspicious whether he could hold on and preserve Qin's territory in the middle and lower reaches of the river.

After all, the Qin State's military equipment in the Nanjun area was too weak. With only five or six thousand new soldiers, they had to compete with tens of thousands of opponents with experience in water battles, and the chances of winning were too small.

"Wuhou, after Sha Xian lost his troops, General Feng had ordered the reduction of his troops to the Yingdu area. In addition, the navy of Nanjun also retreated to Wugong Mountain, which was only a day and a night away from Wuguan." Yan Le guarded the side and said with a serious expression.

A single hair moves the whole body.

The consequences of the continuation of the riots in Hanzhong began to appear, and Zhang Ping's defense was adjusted, giving Dong Chu the opportunity to take advantage of the gap. Now, the competition between the two sides is time.

It was Feng Xuanshou who arrived at reinforcements.

It was the Dongchu and Jiang bandits who took the lead and occupied Yingdu to drive the Qin forces back to the Dahe River Basin.

"How long will the reinforcements from Ba County arrive?" Li Yuan asked thoughtfully. The Eastern Chu army advanced westward this time, obviously to capture Nan County. However, Ying Bu's obviously did not have the aura of burning his boats. Under the suppression of Zhonglimei and Xiangzhuang, he did not dare to leave Jiangdong without a step away.

Zhou Cheng, the chief general of the Eastern Chu Army in the Western Expedition, was only a minor general under Ying Bu. Judging from his previous record, he did not have much dazzling talents. The reason why Ying Bu used him was because Zhou Cheng was an old brother who followed Ying Bu early in the morning.

"Luo Xian replied that they have arrived at Qu Fu's hometown, and it is estimated that it will take three days to get to Yingdu." Yan Le thought for a moment and replied.

"I gave Luo Xian the order that I must arrive in Yingcheng within two days, otherwise, I would not have to think about telling him that the county magistrate of Ba is not necessary. In addition, I would send a letter to Chen Xi and ask him to launch an attack as soon as possible after he headed south, focusing on rescue, and not seeking encirclement and annihilation." Li Yuan said again.

"I'll go and write a order now." Yan Le acted as he said.

Intelligence work is his main task.

Yan Le is indeed the clearest about the movements and directions of various Qin troops. Now, he stays with Li Yuan and can ensure the rapid transmission of information from various Qin troops as quickly as possible.

Li Yuan was paying attention to the situation in Nanjun, not only him. As the riots in Hanzhong gradually subsided, in this spring of the seventh year of the New Calendar of the Great Qin Dynasty, everyone's eyes were talking about the battle for Nanjun.

This is the first time that the anti-Qin forces officially launched a counterattack against Qin after a long period of dormant. This is also a sign that the situation in Kanto once again became tense after the relationship between Qin and Western Chu gradually eased.
Chapter completed!