Chapter 60: Guanzhong Shakes
When Fu Fa was hurrying to find a way to cross the river, Li Xin and the others between the two protective walls were already gradually coming to the end at this time. At this time, the two sides were already equal, and the strength of the Huashan Army began to gradually surpass.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!" After Li Xin and the others finished dealing with those enemy generals, they rushed into the enemy army and slaughtered in all directions. So much so that later, when those Qin soldiers saw the two of them, they involuntarily dispersed. Seeing that the enemy's morale was so low, Li Xin took the opportunity to let people shout.
When those Diqin soldiers saw that there was no way to live in front of them and there were fierce soldiers in the back, they had a strong will to survive, so they didn't care so much. Except for a few die-hards, the rest of the soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, fell to their knees, and shouted: "Surrender, surrender!" ”
"Erhei, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go over there and take a look!" Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Li Xindang said to Erhei on the side.
"Don't worry! The people over there should be almost there by now! Li Erhei nodded, smiled, and said.
Li Xin led two brigades of soldiers over the first protective wall and soon came to the shore of the water. At this time, the Qin soldiers on the opposite bank were nervously arranging the pontoon bridge, they used small boats to stop in the water, and then laid wooden planks and other objects on it. At this time, the pontoon bridge had been repaired to two-thirds.
"Fortunately, it came in time, otherwise, I'm afraid it would have fallen short." Li Xin, who had just arrived, saw this scene and secretly said that it was dangerous.
On the other side of the river, they were already happy, and the more than 1,000 troops behind them were already ready to cross the river. Suddenly, seeing a group of soldiers coming out from the east, and those soldiers who were not under his command, the faces of Fu Fa and the generals suddenly became ugly.
Li Xin saw Fu Qin's senior general for the first time, and he was still a prince, so he couldn't help but stand on the shore and look at each other from a distance. And Fu Fa looked at him the same, but he didn't know Li Xin, he only knew that this was a general who was a member of the anti-thief.
"Bold thief, what happened to your army under my command?" Fu Fa looked at it for a while, and suddenly shouted. In fact, there is no need to ask this, he already understands in his heart, after all, it is his enemy standing opposite! However, he was unwilling in his heart, and still wanted to hear someone say the answer in person.
"Fufa, since I'm standing here, do you still need to ask? Your army is gone! When Li Xin heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and then shouted loudly. After saying that, he nodded to the soldiers behind him, and soon everyone was busy.
When Fu Fa, who was on the other side, heard this, he almost nodded dizzy and fell headlong. Nearly 10,000 troops have disappeared from their hands in a short period of time, if this news is transmitted back to the imperial court, what will happen to them? Fortunately, he hadn't really fainted yet, and in a fit of rage, he ordered the whole army to cross the river.
However, before his order could be given, Li Xin directly shattered his wish. Behind Li Xin, the trebuchets that Di Qin used to break through the protective wall had already turned around at this time. Then the large boulders flew high and finally landed on the half-finished pontoon bridge in the middle of the river.
"Bang bang bang....!" After a few sounds, the pontoon bridge completely dissolved into a pile of broken wood, which was washed away by the water.
"It's not good, the trebuchet of the anti-thief is eyeing us, the king leaves quickly, this place is dangerous!" When Fu Fa and the others saw this scene, their hearts couldn't help but be like ashes. At this moment, a general suddenly pulled Fu Fa and shouted.
Sure enough, the next moment, a large rock crossed the water and landed where several people had just stood.
"Let's withdraw!" Fufa's face turned pale, but he also knew that it would be no good to stay any longer. At this time, what you have to do is not to think about how to cross the river to defeat the thief, but how to resist the thief who may cross the river to attack you. After all, now that he only has more than 2,000 soldiers and horses left, he has to guard against the thieves in Xinfeng County, and he can't do it!
Seeing the enemy retreating, Li Xin watched for a while before returning with everyone. Before leaving, he dismantled and moved back the trebuchets left by Di Qin, and this thing could be used by himself at that time, but he saved a lot of effort to make it.
At the same time, he assigned men to rebuild the protective wall, and it was much thicker. This time he had deliberately strengthened the wall so that it would not be easily breached by trebuchets. After all, he knew very well that after this battle, the next battle would only be more tragic. Therefore, no matter how tired you are, you can't tolerate sloppiness.
Those captives have already been brought back, and they will be imprisoned in Zheng County first, adding up to about 2,000 people. In addition, many of the arrows and other injuries in the Qin army are also being cleaned up at this time, and they will be sent together for treatment, adding up to more than 2,000 people, which shows how powerful the previous waves of arrow rain were. And the rest are basically almost dead, and there are basically no who are lucky enough to escape back.
And the reason why such heavy casualties were caused, from Li Xin's point of view, in addition to being too dense, was more important because the soldiers of Di Qin basically did not wear armor. Fu Qin has only been in the country for a few years, and he is still very poor, these are not the most elite troops, so it is strange that they can have armor. In view of this, Li Xin also began to think about the equipment of his Huashan Army.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Xin immediately transferred the fifth battalion behind the second protective wall and guarded the two lines of defense with Tian He's fourth battalion. His first battalion and Li Erhei's second battalion were all withdrawn to Zheng County for repairs, so as to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
In this battle, the two battalions lost as many as three or four hundred men together, and more than 500 wounded. However, compared to the enemy, this is already very powerful. Fortunately, the wounded soldiers who attacked Huayin County are now almost recovered, and many of them have been arranged to return to the team.
There were so many captives in Zheng County all of a sudden, which made Wu Heng and Qin Tu, who were the county commanders of Zheng County, a little nervous. After all, these captives are really dangerous in their eyes, and they may cause them big problems at any time.
So, Li Xin asked Erhei to take people to guard Zheng County and take care of these captives. At the same time, using these captives, they also began to build some fortifications in preparation for the next upcoming battle.
After getting the news of this big victory, the people in the three counties couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Huashan army was full of morale and more confident. Li Xin temporarily returned to Huayin County to deal with other matters, and he felt that in a short period of time, Di Qin should not launch another large-scale attack.
Fu Fa, who learned the news of the annihilation of the whole army, knew that his general situation was gone, and after returning to the camp, he did not speak for a long time. After a long time, he sent someone to report to the imperial court, which was also to ask for guilt.
In Chang'an City, Fu Jian went to court as usual, and basically discussed with the ministers every day how to stabilize Guanzhong and how to quell the rebellion. Because Wang Fujing of Pyeongchang had just settled on Shangluo a few days ago, the prime minister's side was also making good progress. Therefore, Fu Jian, who has not been looking good for a while, finally smiled a little at this time.
"Jingzhou is established, and the imperial court can trade with the Jin people there, and taxes and other items can be derived from this for the country's use!" Shang Shu Ling Jiang Bozhou said.
"Fu Jing has made a meritorious contribution to quelling the rebellion, and she deserves to be rewarded, what do you think?" Fu Jian nodded slightly and said with satisfaction.
"The minister thinks that he should be rewarded for his merits, but now that the rebellions in various places have not been completely cleared, it is better to wait until the prime minister has put down all the rebellions in various places, and then come together to discuss the meritorious deeds." Tai Lieutenant Lei weakly played.
"Taiwei's words are reasonable, so he will play according to Qing!" Fu Jian groaned slightly and nodded. Just as he was about to say something, suddenly a hurried eunuch ran in from the side, holding a book in his hand and handed it over.
None of the courtiers below knew what was going on, so everyone just watched, and no one spoke. But what he didn't expect was that the next moment, Fu Jian saw this twist, but threw it fiercely on the dragon case in front of him. Looking at that face, it seems to be very ugly.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened?" Seeing this scene, the ministers couldn't help but look at each other blankly, and in the end, Lei Qiao'er, who was standing at the front, had no choice but to stand up and say.
"Fu Fa was incompetent, and he failed to lead an army of 10,000 to quell the rebellion, but now he let the thieves kill a piece of armor and leave no armor, and the 10,000 army was killed and wounded, leaving only 2,000 soldiers and horses. What a disappointment! Fu Jian was still angry, and after hearing this, he first signaled the eunuch next to him to pick up the fold and let Lei Qiao'er and them see it, and then said hatefully.
After the ministers saw it, they were also shocked. No one expected that the situation was good just now, and they didn't expect such a big bad news to come immediately. However, the ministers present basically followed Fu Jian all the way from the battlefield, so they quickly regained their calm.
"From this point of view, the strength of the Huashan Army is not small. Qinghe Wang Fufa failed to quell the rebellion and should be punished. But now that there are fires everywhere, let him make meritorious contributions in front of the army! In Yichen's opinion, it is better to transfer the king of Pingchang back and command the army to pacify the Huashan army, with Fu Fa as the vice! What does Your Majesty think? After the ministers discussed it a little, Lei Xiao'er played.
"Just according to what Qing said! Send this piece to Cheng to get along, and let him decide! Fu Jian listened, nodded with a straight face, and said.
Soon, the news of the great victory of the Huashan Army spread throughout the Guanzhong region. In particular, the places where the rebellion started were greatly encouraged when they got the news. There was no place for trouble, but at this moment, when he heard Fu Qin's defeat, he also began to become a little unstable. And the name of the Huashan Army is really famous.