On the third day of November in the eighth year of Zhide, snowflakes suddenly floated in the sky, and a short-bearded man wearing a blue cloth looked up at the sky and sighed that this year's winter was so cold.

"The general should go back to the house." The beautiful woman in the red cloak whispered.

"It's been a long time since I've seen this snow." Tang Yuan said lightly: "I'll look at it for a while." ”

Miss You knew that Tang Yuan was worried about the food, and the heavy snow temporarily distracted his thoughts, so he didn't want to go back to the house and leave himself a moment of purity.

Suddenly, I heard a report that Chen Duoyang of the Shu Han Dynasty was stationed in Quzhou, with 3,000 troops.

Hearing the news, Tang Yuan's heart moved, and he immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

In the past, the Quzhou garrison did not hoard troops in Quzhou City, so why did they suddenly move forward now?

"During the first Hanzhong War, Shu Han marched fast, and Lin Chongyang was caught off guard, so Lin Chongyang directly withdrew from Chen Cang, and Dingjun Mountain also fell into the hands of the enemy, and later the Liang army fought back, and it was Chen Duoyang who was guarding Dingjun Mountain at that time, I heard that this person fought bravely, and when he defended Dingjun Mountain, there were legends that he had died in battle." Nalan Xin paused: "Now it seems that this news is fake. ”

Nalan Xin has a small book, which is densely recorded with many characters, I remember it in detail, and I recorded everything he could know on it, Tang Yuan borrowed it a few times and looked at it, and his nose was so crooked, because the booklet was full of twisted cuneiform characters, and Tang Yuan couldn't understand a word.

Nalan Xin said a word, Tang Yuan didn't speak, but looking at Tang Yuan's appearance, he was thinking about something.

Since Tang Yuan was able to suddenly convene such a high-level meeting, it shows that he wants to fight in his heart, and his purpose of fighting is actually very simple, now the army is about to run out of food, and the grain from Jingzhou and Chang'an has not been delivered for a long time, and I don't know what the reason is, and now Lin Chongyang's granary is also tight enough for two months, in this case, Lin Chongyang will not give Tang Yuan food.

Nalan Xin continued: "He must have food there. ”

Tang Yuan stood up, "Mobilize all the troops and besiege Quzhou." ”

The Tang and Nalan combinations have always had this attitude towards doing things, since the state does not give food, will more than 10,000 of us starve to death?

Instead of starving to death, it is better to rob it, it is still the enemy's food that is robbed, although this is easy to trigger the third Hanzhong War, but Tang Yuan can't care so much, whether in the heart of Emperor Zhao Ce or in the heart of Emperor Liu Xun of Shu Han, both sides have the intention of annexing each other, the reason why the two wars have not been able to produce a result, either because of insufficient preparation, or lack of determination, in short, there is no good feeling between the two sides.

"Tell the generals that it is capable to grab food, and if you can't grab it, you are a bear, and this time you hit Quzhou to eat. Whoever plays with his life will be hungry. ”

Tang Yuan's division deputy generals Chen Bao and Tang Hu, supervising the army Ma Butong, supervising Liang official Qi Cheng, and general staff general Nalan Xin.

For the time being, there are no brigades, directly regiments, the 1st Chen Leopard Cavalry Regiment, the 2nd Tang Tiger Cavalry Regiment, the 3rd Yuepu Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Yuepu Heavy Cavalry Regiment, the 5th Fu Ying Heavy Infantry Regiment, the 6th Liu Zhan Ironclad Corps, the 7th Zhang Jing Ironclad Corps, the 8th Chen Kai Ironclad Corps, the 9th Liu Tan Ironclad Corps, the 10th Tudu Ironclad Corps, the 11th Maben Light Cavalry Regiment, and the 12th Nalan Xinnanjia Cavalry Regiment (500 people). There were also the cavalry of the General's Guard, and the cavalry of the Prison Guard, a total of 12,500 men and horses.

He was once a member of the "Sixteen Warriors", and was exceptionally promoted by Tang Yuan because of his combat bravery, and the other regiments were led by captains, which belonged to the high configuration, only he and Ma Ben were led by the captain of the regiment system, which belonged to the standard configuration.

"Chen Bao, Tang Hu, and Ma Ben are the vanguard, and they must go south along the river, and the speed must be fast, so that the enemy army has no time to react."

At the sound of an order, 3,000 cavalry rushed out, leaving only one cavalry of Nalan Xin in the Chinese army, Yue Pu and Fu Ying's heavy armored troops stayed to watch their homes, and the rest of the troops all set off, and the rapid march arrived in Quzhou before night and surrounded it.

"It is said that the enemy general Chen Duoyang was demoted because he violated military regulations, and now it is Bai Yong, the nephew of Bai Chongguang, the prime minister of Shu Han, who is guarding Quzhou, but Bai Yong is not in Quzhou now, he is stationed with 7,000 troops in the water, it can be seen that this kid is afraid of fighting, so he shrank up, and let Chen Duoyang block the front."

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In Quzhou, Chen Duoyang is wiping his hinged door knife with tung oil, and the general loves knives.

"Report to the general, the vanguard cavalry of the enemy's Tang Yuan Department suddenly appeared in Dazhu and marched towards Quzhou."

"How many?"

"About three thousand."

"Array, meet them with your sword."

"Yes!"

Chen Bao, Tang Hu, and Ma Ben's troops had not yet arrived in Quzhou, and it was estimated that the distance was only about ten miles, when Chen Duoyang, who was already arrayed and ready to fight, received a report from the scout again, saying that Tang Yuan's troops were following behind.

Chen Duoyang decisively ordered to withdraw to the city, and while asking Bai Yong for support, he was ready to defend the city.

Quzhou City is not big or small, the defense of 3,000 people is slightly thin, Chen Duoyang believes that the enemy army is coming in a hurry, and the siege equipment must not be much, 3,000 people are guarding the city gate, resisting the enemy's ladder, the odds of victory are five or five, as long as Bai Yong's support is timely, maybe he can also kill the enemy army and chase him for a hundred miles.

He also knew Liang Jun's ignorance, and knew that Tang Yuan was guarding Pengzhou alone, so he had no worries about chasing and killing.

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Chen Bao has come to Quzhou, seeing that the gate of Quzhou is closed, the flag is waving on the head of the city, and the soldiers are waiting, he knows that the enemy army has been prepared, and the cavalry has no siege equipment and cannot attack the city.

"The enemy general Bai Yong stationed troops in the water instead of Shi'an, which is only fifty miles away from Quzhou, must make him pay the price for his timidity."

Seeing that Chen Bao bypassed Quzhou, went to the south gate, and divided his troops to the direction of Shi'an, Chen Duoyang had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he did not flinch, he still stood at the head of the city, holding the knife of the closed fan door, ready to fight to the death with Liang Jun.

As a front-line general, always ready to die, the distance is far away, communication is inconvenient, and everything is counting on the imperial court to reply, it's too late.

At the head of Quzhou City, a large number of bows and arrows, stones, fire oil, and Shuhan's special fire thunder were prepared, although Bai Yong's timidity was small, he was still generous enough to Chen Duoyang, and put most of the materials in Chen Duoyang's hands. A brigade equipped with a division of materials to defend the city also increased Chen Duoyang's confidence in defending the city.

Tang Yuan heard that the enemy army had already prepared, and also knew Chen Bao's new deployment, gritted his teeth and said: "This bone is not easy to gnaw, we can't stalemate with the enemy, we must fight quickly, tell Chen Bao, don't cut off their back road, go back to the north, protect both sides of the infantry, the infantry is divided into three directions to attack the city, east, west, and north, and leave the south gate for Chen Duoyang to escape." ”