Chapter 901: The Battle of Hanzhong

Zhu Fu's ability to lead troops to fight is indeed not very good, but the Western Expeditionary Army under his command is not an ordinary person.

The earliest establishment of the Western Army, from its establishment to the present, the war they have experienced has not stopped, and the whole army can be said to have experienced a hundred battles.

The speed of Yancen's pursuit was very fast, Zhu Fu led the expeditionary army, and before he withdrew to Chang'an, he only walked halfway, and Yancen led his troops to catch up. He couldn't run away, so Zhu Fu put his mind down, commanded the generals and soldiers, and went all out to meet the Shu army.

The two sides engaged in a large-scale confrontation in the plains south of Chang'an.

Yan Cen originally thought that his defeat of Zhu Fu's army was just a matter of capture, but on the battlefield, the super combat effectiveness of the Western Army completely made up for Zhu Fu's ineffective command. The two sides were evenly matched.

Unable to defeat the Han army, Yan Cen was anxious and angry, and personally went into battle, leading a group of elites to rush and kill the phalanx of the Han army.

At the beginning, the elite of the Shu army led by Yan Cen really tore a big hole in the front army of the Han army, and when he took advantage of the victory to attack the Han army, he was fiercely counterattacked by the soldiers of the Han army.

Even Zhu Fu, who was in charge of the Chinese army, personally stepped up. Under the counterattack of the Han army, the elite of the Shu army led by Yan Cen was repulsed. After a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers on both sides suffered countless casualties, but there was no victory.

The confrontation between the Han army and the Shu army reached a stalemate, and it was not until the evening, when it was dark, that the two sides died down.

At this time, Zhu Fu did not dare to retreat, the distance between the two sides was too close, once he chose to retreat, the Shu army led by Yan Cen would definitely chase and kill, and the situation on his own side would be very unfavorable at that time.

Yancen also has no intention of withdrawing troops. Zhu Fu is the last obstacle for him to subdue Sanfu, for this battle, he is holding the psychology of inevitable, now that he has no winner, how can he be willing to retreat.

Zhu Fu did not dare to withdraw, Yan Cen was unwilling to withdraw, the soldiers and horses on both sides were 100 steps apart, and they did not camp anymore, and the soldiers all rested on the spot.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the Shu army took the lead in blowing the horn of attack, and the Han army was not afraid to fight, and immediately lined up on the ground, and the Han army and the Shu army began a new round of confrontation.

Looking at the battle situation between the two sides, it is completely equal, the Han army cannot defeat the Shu army, and the Shu army cannot defeat the Han army. The soldiers on both sides are gritting their teeth and struggling to support.

At this point, the war has completely evolved into a grueling war of attrition. Now the competition is not only about combat power, but also about the willpower of the soldiers on both sides, and who can afford to spend it.

The next day's Hanshu confrontation, the two sides still suffered heavy casualties, and when it got dark, after the two sides ceased, the situation was exactly the same as the first day, Zhu Fu did not dare to withdraw, and Yancen was unwilling to withdraw.

On the third day, the battle finally changed, and the Han army led by Li Tong caught up and suddenly appeared behind the Shu army. With the arrival of Li Tong's first department, the balance on the battlefield immediately became unbalanced.

The morale of the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army was greatly boosted, while the morale of the officers and men of the Shu Army was low and their fighting spirit quickly collapsed.

The Han army led by Zhu Fu and the Han army led by Li Tong were divided from the north and south to the Shu army led by Yan Cen, forming a flanking attack.

The first to be unable to bear it was the rear army of the Shu army. On the battlefield, the soldiers with the strongest combat strength in the army are basically in the front army, while the soldiers with the weakest combat strength will stay in the rear army.

In the face of Li Tongjun, who was like a wolf and a tiger, the rear soldiers of the Shu army could not resist at all, a large number of soldiers were killed and fell to the ground, and many soldiers were so frightened that they threw away their weapons on the spot, turned around and ran.

Ma Wu and Wang Ba, the two fierce generals, took the lead in entering the enemy formation, and everywhere they passed, they set off a bloody storm.

As soon as the rear army was defeated, the Chinese army was immediately affected, and as soon as the Chinese army was in chaos, its influence immediately spread to the front army.

It has been less than an hour since Li Tongbu joined the war, and the Shu army's side was already in chaos with the front, middle and rear armies. Some people continued to fight, while others scattered and fled, people collided with each other, and the whole army formation had become a plate of scattered sand.

Seeing this, Yan Cen couldn't help but lament in his heart, after all, he still failed to defeat the Han army and failed to take Sanfu!

Faced with such a passive situation, others may have panicked a long time ago, but Yan Cen is not panicked, more precisely, he has long been used to such a situation.

Yancen's biggest ability in this life is to run. He first took refuge in Deng Feng, Deng Feng was defeated and killed, he ran away, and then he took refuge in Qin Feng, Qin Feng was defeated and killed, he ran away again, and now he took refuge under Gongsun Shu.

He has faced countless unfavorable situations in the past two years, and he can be said to have a lot of experience.

Just when the Shu army was about to be defeated, but not yet on the whole line, Yancen took his henchmen and fled by taking the road. First, they fled all the way to the west, bypassing the Han army led by Li Tong, and then turned to the south.

In fact, Li Tong's main strategic goal in this sneak attack on Hanzhong was to kill Yancen. The ambush he set up outside Zhou Zhiguan was also prepared for Yan Cen.

Now that Yancen is running away again, how can Li Tong let him go, Li Tong and Zhu Fu led the Han army, chasing and killing Yancen's ass.

The remnants of Yancen ran all the way, died all the way, and finally escaped back to Hanzhong in the case of fighting for their lives.

He didn't have time to catch his breath, and the Han army led by Li Tong also caught up. Yan Cen had no choice but to continue running and flee in the direction of Zhou Zhiguan.

Now, Yan Cen thought of Luo Ying, and hoped that Luo Ying could lead his troops to help him fight back against the Han army that was chasing and killing him.

But Luo Ying was already ill in the battle outside Zhou Zhiguan, and the 50,000 Shu troops under his command also suffered heavy casualties, and they were unable to fight the Han army at all.

As Yan Cen led the Han army over, the situation on the Shu army's side became that the remnants of Yan Cen and the remnants of Luo Ying ran away together.

The two Shu armies, on their own territory in Hanzhong, were chased and killed by the Han army like lost dogs, and fled from the north of Hanzhong County to the south of Hanzhong County, but the Han army still did not stop pursuing, and still pursued them.

In the end, Yan Cen and Luo Yingbu were forced to abandon Hanzhong and flee to Ba County.

At the same time, Gongsun Shu also sent two generals, Hu Wei General Zhao Yi and Hu Xiao General Han Zheng, to send troops to Ba County to respond to Yan Cen and Luo Ying.

Seeing that Yan Cen had fled into Ba County, Li Tong understood that it was impossible for his side to catch up with Yan Cen and take off his head.

After chasing to the junction of Hanzhong and Ba County, Li Tong ordered the withdrawal of troops. He did not withdraw his troops to Chang'an in the north, but to Nanyang in the east.

When they entered Hanzhong from Nanyang, they came in secretly, day and night, like thieves, and now they want to evacuate Hanzhong, they are openly withdrawn, and they are not afraid that the county soldiers from all counties along the way will come to intercept them.

In this battle of Hanzhong, the Han army led by Li Tong can be said to have won a complete victory, and Zhu Fu of Chang'an cooperated with him, first defeated Yancen, then defeated Luo Ying, and finally defeated Yancen again, and beat the Shu army all the way from Hanzhong to Bajun.

This battle not only dealt a heavy blow to Gongsun Shu's forces, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Han army. The task given to Li Tong by Liu Xiu was successfully completed, but the goal that Li Tong set for himself was a failure.

didn't wait for the scourge of killing Yancen successfully, which made Li Tong regret it.

It was not until Li Tong led the army back to Nanyang safely that the news of Li Tong's successful sneak attack on Hanzhong spread in Luoyang.

When Liu Boji heard the rumors outside, he couldn't believe his ears, wasn't his husband in Nanyang Tuntian, why did he go to Hanzhong to fight? Why didn't you know about it at all?

She hurriedly entered the palace and asked Liu Xiu to do verification. In the palace, when she saw Liu Xiu, she couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Huang, are all those rumors outside true?"

Liu Xiu's face was inexplicable, and he asked puzzledly, "Bo Ji, what rumors are you talking about?"

"It's about Li Tong leading his troops to fight in Hanzhong!" Liu Boji looked at Liu Xiu intently.

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, showed an expression of sudden realization, and said with a smile: "Oh, it turns out that Bo Ji is talking about this matter." Well, this battle, the battle of the dimension is very beautiful, in Hanzhong, the defeat of the Shu army, played the majesty and momentum of our Han army, but Bo Ji don't have to worry, now the dimension has led the troops back to Nanyang......"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Boji's eyes turned red, covered with a layer of mist, and asked angrily, "How can the imperial brother lie to me?"

"Berge......"

"Brother Huang promised me that he would not let the dimensional yuan fight in Shudi!" Liu Boji looked at Liu Xiu with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of accusations.

Liu Xiu stood up, walked to Liu Boji, took her hand, and said softly: "Boji, this time I let Ji Yuan lead the army to Hanzhong, but it is really a helpless move, I really can't find a suitable candidate, Ji Yuan is the most suitable person to lead the army......

Before he finished speaking, Liu Boji shook off his hand fiercely, didn't say anything more, and ran out quickly.

"Birge!" Liu Xiu summoned Liu Boji, who walked out of the hall without looking back, as if he hadn't heard.

Looking at the back of Liu Boji leaving angrily, Liu Xiu sighed softly helplessly.

The Son of Heaven does not represent the interests of a family, but the interests of the entire court and the entire country, so the Son of Heaven really can't take the interests of his own family as the starting point in many cases, but can only focus on the overall situation, and take the interests of the court and the country as the starting point.

In a sense, the Son of Heaven is indeed lonely, whether it is the prince and minister, or the emperor's relatives, even if it is the prince, they can play their own small abacus and seek personal interests for themselves, but the Son of Heaven has no small abacus to fight, the greatest selfish interest of the Son of Heaven is the stability of the court, the prosperity and strength of the country, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

In the whole country, the person who is most deeply linked to the national interests is the Son of Heaven.

Liu Boji ran out of the hall crying, and when she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she almost bumped into Yin Lihua, who was walking in from outside. Liu Boji glanced at Yin Lihua, didn't say hello, and turned sideways to run over.

Yin Lihua hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "Little sister, what's wrong?"

Liu Boji shook her arm and wanted to shake Yin Lihua's hand away, but Yin Lihua grabbed her sleeve and looked at her with concern. Liu Boji couldn't control her emotions anymore and cried.

Yin Lihua was startled, and she didn't go to look for Liu Xiu, pulled Liu Boji and returned to her West Palace.

Entering the West Palace, she helped Liu Boji, who cried her eyes into two big red hearts, and sat down slowly, and then she asked the maid to bring a clean hand towel, and while helping Liu Boji wipe her face, she asked, "Boji, what happened?"

"Third brother...... The third brother asked the dimension to go to Hanzhong, I have told the third brother, don't let the dimension be transferred to the military, don't let the dimension go to Shudi, the third brother clearly promised me at the beginning, but now he is backsliding, the gentleman said, the horse is difficult to chase, he is the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven can't deceive people, he still lied to me...... Woowoo woo ......"

The more he talked, the more angry he became, the more sad he became, and in the end, Liu Boji cried again.

Yin Lihua listened to the first two big, Liu Boji said one sentence to the other, and she couldn't understand what was going on at all.

Seeing that Liu Boji is emotionally unstable now, he knows that he can't ask a reason no matter how much he asks, so he simply doesn't rush to ask, let her cry first.

After crying for a while, Liu Boji gradually stopped crying, she wiped her cheeks with a hand towel, and peeked at Yin Lihua, seeing that the latter was drinking tea slowly and gracefully, Liu Boji was suddenly angry. She threw away the handkerchief, stood up, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm back home!"

Yin Lihua pulled her sleeve again, asked her to sit down again, then pushed a cup of tea in front of her, and said with a smile: "Bo Ji is tired of crying, just take a sip of tea first!"

I'm still in the mood for tea? Liu Boji almost lifted the teacup in front of him. She looked at Yin Lihua angrily and asked, "The imperial sister-in-law is also going to bully me like the third brother?"

Yin Lihua said: "If you want to say that Your Majesty will bully others, I believe it, but Your Majesty will not bully you."

Liu Xiu's attitude towards Liu Boji is that she is afraid of falling in the palm of her hand, and she is afraid of melting in her mouth, even Yin Lihua, who is Liu Xiu's wife, is sometimes very jealous of her sister-in-law.