In late March, Heifu really fulfilled his promise and gave Feng Jing a small boat and let him go back to Jiangbei.

Feng Jing and two personal soldiers rowed for a long time, and when they arrived at Xiakou, they went ashore, and they were bound by a Qin army scout and sent to the Qin army camp in Xiakou, where they saw his father Feng Wuxuan.

"That's the way it is, when I left, Heifu sent the people of Anlu south, to Shayang Township (Jiayu, Hubei), a hundred miles away, to get the grain of the state tomb, and when I was on the boat, I also saw a soldier, under its banner, going east......"

But after Feng Jingcai finished saying what he had seen and heard, Feng Wuxuan said coldly: "There is a saying in military law, since there are more than 1,000 people, there is a battle to the north, defend and surrender, flee from the ground, and call the country a thief." Kill the family and cripple the family, go to their nationality, send their graves, brutalize their bones in the city, and men and women are officials. ”

"Captain Feng Jing, who was ordered to defend Anlu and surrendered, half of the entire army was wiped out, and he was captured by the black thief, and only returned with his body, which was ...... for the national thief"

He pointed at his beloved son, gritted his teeth and said: "The old man is a general, he can't abandon the army and kill himself, he can only report his crimes to Xianyang, and when the new general arrives, he can be punished. ”

"General Feng, no!"

For a time, under the shogunate, the generals all bowed down to plead for Feng Jing.

"General, it is the black thief who is cunning, and together with the traitors, he will take An Lu from inside and outside, and replace it with us, and that battle will definitely be lost."

"Yes, please also ask the general to go around Captain Feng!"

Feng Wuxue had a gloomy face, indifferent to the officials' pleas.

More than ten days ago, he led the army to pursue the rebels ** to Anlu, and rescued 4,000 soldiers who were stripped naked, but what he didn't expect was that these people entered the army, and in panic, they spread the news that the black man told them that "the first emperor has collapsed, and the traitorous ministers have rebelled against the son and killed the king and usurped the throne", which immediately caused panic.

For the Qin people, learning of the death of the First Emperor was as if the sky had fallen and their morale plummeted.

Feng Wuxue could only order the military judge to kill more than 100 people who spread "rumors".

"Don't listen to the words of the rebels and thieves!"

"Your Majesty is still here! has returned to Guanzhong, and will transfer a large army to the south to quell the rebellion! ”

This is the only way Feng Wuxue knows that the three armies can maintain their combat effectiveness, Qin pawns are like confused children in the dark after the sun sets, and it will take them a long time to accept this matter.

But then, Feng Wuxue was called by Heifu across Xia Shui, as if he deliberately let Heifu and An Lu leave, and even the prison guards cast suspicious glances.

Now that Heifu "keeps his promise" and releases his son who is not successful, it is even more unclear now, if he does not kill Feng Jing, not only will the three armies be suspicious, but people's hearts will be in turmoil, and even Xianyang will suspect Feng Wuxuan!

Feng Jing knew his father's difficulties, bowed down to the chief, and said with tears streaming down his face:

"If you can use the child's head in exchange for the morale of the three armies, and in exchange for the father's innocence, the son is willing to die!"

With that, he got up resolutely and walked out of the camp with the army.

The cry for mercy became louder, and even the soldiers outside shouted one after another.

Feng Wuxuan sat for a long time, and finally sighed when the military judge entered the account again to ask for instructions on whether to kill or not.

"Either way, no matter what."

"Let him live a few more days, shackle Feng Jing, send him back to Xianyang, and ask His Majesty and the Imperial Doctor to discuss his crimes!"

Although Feng Wuxue was loyal to his duties, in the end, the identity of "father" prevailed, and he couldn't bear to do the thing of killing his son with his father.

After hastily disposing of his son, Feng Wuxuan summoned all the lieutenants for a military discussion.

In early March, after the army was swept away in Anlu, Feng Wuxue moved to Xiakou, where he has been stationed for more than ten days.

Xiakou was built more than ten years ago in order to allow Nanjun and Yuzhang to be navigable. This town is in the north of the Jingjiang River, by the mountains and the river, the opening trend is bright, Feng Yong's nationality is blocked, the high view of the pillow flow, is facing the mouth, it is really the key point of Jin, it is the pivot of Jianghan, and it is more important under the establishment of the Wuchang camp.

The reason why the soldiers were here for a long time was to confront Heifu dozens of miles upstream and monitor his every move.

But Feng Wuxue had to admit that after the Battle of Anlu, the initiative in this war was completely in the hands of Heifu.

Xiakou Boat Division was heavily damaged in the Battle of Wuchang and could not carry tens of thousands of people across the river at one time. Feng Wuxue was worried that he would be attacked by Bandu, so he didn't dare to go to Jiangnan to take the initiative to attack, so he could only stare at Heifu's behavior and fight back.

In the passage of time, bad news from the south followed.

First of all, Changsha County completely lost contact, and Li You's life and death were uncertain.

Then Jiujiang County came to report, saying that it was found that several counties in the north of Yuzhang County had defected to the rebels, and they had lost their attempts to come to Nanchang, and the entire county of Yuzhang had been lost.

Then came a report from Hengshan County, saying that there was a rebellion in the Wuchang battalion in Exian on the other side of the city, and the county seat had been occupied, and there were even thieves called "King of Chu......

"It was Heff's doing." Yang Xiong was determined.

Yang Xiong believed that General Feng could not carry the black pot in vain, so he followed the example and publicized the "crime" of the black man in the army.

"The rebellious minister and thief Heifu, first curse His Majesty to die, vain words and edicts, and still be difficult to punish the adulterer? It's just a pretense, he instigated the soldiers of the Wuchang battalion to run rampant in Hubei, burning, killing and looting, and even supporting the 'King of Chu', is it not a rebellion, or what? ”

After all, because Feng Wuxuan doubted that the Echeng Rebellion was Heifu's plan to lure the enemy, he did not send a single soldier to save the trouble of Exian County.

However, the situation has changed again, and the news just sent yesterday shows that those rebels occupying Hubei are really not in the same group as Heifu. On the contrary, an army under the banner of "Marquis Wuzhong" set out from Shaxian, defeated the rebels, and killed the "King of Chu".

Feng Wuxue's old face was a little red, but Yang Xiong was fine, and reported:

"Now, his generation and the Yuzhang rebels converged, gathered in the Edi, Hengshan County Shou said, the camp stretches for several miles, there are probably 30,000 people, are cutting wood to make rafts, want to cross the river to the east to attack, but also send people to pass the book with flowing water, recruit the ...... of the city"

"That's the situation."

Feng Wuxue glanced at all the lieutenants: "The second and third sons think, how should the army be dispatched?" ”

"Save the city!"

The lieutenant of Hengshan County immediately said: "Previously, Yang Xiong burned hundreds of thousands of stone grain straw in the Wuchang battalion, which made Jiangnan short of grain, and the black thieves had nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians. Yicheng is the capital of Hengshan County, there is a lot of grain, in order to relieve the lack of troops, the black thieves want to seize the nearest city, and they must not succeed! ”

Yang Xiong also came out and said: "Not only that, the city of Yicheng is connected to Huainan, with Jianghan and Han, and it is a strong town." In Jiujiang County, there is also a guard of lips and teeth. However, separated in the north of the river, there is nothing to rely on, if the control is not appropriate, so that the thief enters its suburbs, then the poison is wanton, the black thief takes this as a ferry, can drive straight in, to the east of Jiujiang County! ”

All the officials were inclined to save the city, but Feng Wuxue was silent for a long time, his eyes were only on the map, looking at the east and west ends of the Jingjiang River......

At the east end is Yicheng, and at the west end, is Gangneung, the capital of Nam-gun!

The military situation is like fire, and in an instant, a judgment must be made!

Finally, he spoke: "The black thief is also a famous general in the world, making good use of soldiers, capturing Wuchang, attacking Anlu, and likes to go out of his way and take it by surprise." ”

"The art of war has clouds, and those who travel thousands of miles without working will also walk in a no-man's land. Those who attack and must take will ...... if they attack what they do not defend."

The old and strong Marquis Wu Xinhou raised his head and sneered: "The old man was deceived by him twice, but there will be no third time!" Do you think that what Heifu wants to fight is really Yicheng? ”

……

In late March, Heifu had arranged for 10,000 militiamen from An Lu to take the old and weak women and children south to Shayang Fort to avoid the surprise attack of Feng Wuxuan's army in Xiakou, and made Ji Ying take 5,000 people north to Yunze to carry out another special mission.

And he himself, with the 25,000 most courageous people after the adaptation, left Zhouling County and came to the west of the county, a remote township called "Wulin".

After the army came to the township, the local county lieutenant who surrendered to Heifu reported: "Marquis Wuzhong, west of Wulin, is uninhabited, but seeing the reeds between the clouds and dreams, the locals call it a hundred miles of wilderness." Since then, there have been tigers, wolves, and rhinos often haunted......"

Hundreds of years later, a man named Cao Cao stationed troops here and wrote poems, which is indispensable.

But after the battle of Chibi, Cao fled west from Wulin in embarrassment, and the end point of the escape was Jiangling, and connecting Jiangling and Wulin, only fishermen, hunters, and wild beasts knew that the small road in Ze was intermittent, about 200 miles long, and was called ......

"Huarong Dao!"

Xiang Gui pointed to the west: "From this road, you can go to Huarong County, and then cross Yangshui to the west, and you can reach Yingxian and Jiangling." ”

Cao Cao wanted to flee back to Jiangling, and taking Huarong Road was the shortest route.

And for Heifu, who wants to attack the east and the west and capture Gangneung, this is also the only feasible way!

Those who travel thousands of miles without working in a no-man's land, Heifu likes to launch an assault on the central city from where the enemy's ruling power is weak!

But before leading the army to embark on this muddy and barren path, Heifu gave repeated orders to the soldiers and issued an unbelievable military order:

"Don't laugh!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening