Chapter Forty-Eight: Darkness Chen Cang

At the end of October 383 AD, Xie Xuan, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who commanded 80,000 Beifu soldiers to march westward, learned that Luojian had been captured by Liang Cheng, the former Qin general, so he did not dare to rush in, and camped in place to observe the development of the situation.

The former Qin envoy entered Xie Xuan's big tent, Xie Xuan looked at it, and it seemed that the envoy was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while, so he asked with a calm face: "What is the matter?" ”

I saw the envoy laugh and said, "General, don't you know the last general?" The last general is Zhu Xu, the guard general of Xiangyang. ”

Xie Xuan's heart trembled, but he continued to calm down and asked, "You have returned to Fu Jian, what are you doing in this general's camp now?" ”

Zhu Xu said with a smile: "The last general held Xiangyang for more than a year, and he didn't want to be betrayed by his subordinates, so he had to commit himself to the enemy camp. ”

Xie Xuan was furious and shouted: "You are greedy for life and afraid of death, what kind of face do you have to talk to General Ben about surrendering?" You go back quickly and tell Fu Jian that General Ben is willing to live and die with the country! ”

Zhu Xu continued to say happily: "The general is angry, why don't I want to return to my homeland and serve the country, this time I came to offer the general a plan to break the enemy." ”

Xie Xuan frowned, was suspicious, and said, "General Ben would like to hear about it." ”

Zhu Xu suddenly became serious and said: "Although Fu Jian is known as a million army, but the actual number of soldiers who arrived in Shouyang is only more than 300,000, and the rest of the soldiers are on the way, and the last general has been an official in Chang'an for several years. The general should not stop at leading his troops, but should fight a decisive battle with Fu Jian's army as soon as possible before it is fully assembled, so that there is a chance of victory. ”

Xie Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Liang Cheng has 50,000 troops, and he has broken through Luojian, how can I advance to the west?" ”

Zhu Xu said with a smile: "The general is too cautious, although Liang Cheng has 50,000 soldiers, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers who are actually good at fighting, and Liang Cheng is brave and unstrategic, the general can send a powerful general to attack, it is not difficult to break it!" ”

Xie Xuan touched his beard and suddenly realized: "In this way, there are 300,000 soldiers in Shouyang, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers who are good at fighting?" ”

Zhu Xu also wore a beard, smiled and nodded.

Xie Xuan hurriedly got up, walked to Zhu Xu, supported his shoulder with one hand, and held Zhu Xu's hand with the other, and said: "Don't blame me for being rude before, the loyalty of the general's country, please sit down quickly, I quickly ordered someone to set up wine and wash the dust for the general." ”

Zhu Xu hurriedly stopped: "The pillar of the general's country, mighty and unyielding, is really a masterpiece, now the military situation is urgent, I should return to Shouyang as soon as possible, and report the general's death to Fu Jian, I will return to the enemy camp as soon as possible, and I can also help Wang Shi win as soon as possible!" ”

Xie Xuan said excitedly: "General Gaoyi, and make a note of this banquet, on the day of the great victory, we will reunite, the general is in the tiger's den, we should always be careful!" ”

After that, he bowed to Zhu Xu, Zhu Xu hurriedly stopped, turned around and walked out of the big tent, and hurried back to Shouyang.

Xie Xuan sent Zhu Xu away, hurriedly gathered the generals, issued an order to march, and ordered Liu Jiaozhi to be the vanguard, with 5,000 elite soldiers, into Luojian, and led the rest of the generals and soldiers to follow.

In November of the same year, Liu Gaozhi led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Luojian, and the former Qin general Liang Chengqin led 50,000 troops to meet the attack on the bank of Luoshui.

Liang Cheng didn't know Liu Gaozhi's strategy, seeing that he forcibly crossed Luoshui, he quickly led the army to meet the battle, and personally fought against Liu Gaozhi, but he didn't know that at the same time, there was another force being outflanked, Liang Cheng led the army to fight with Liu Gaozhi's department to the point of inseparability, Liang Cheng sergeant suddenly heard the shouting of killing behind him from far and near, the entire former Qin army suddenly felt surrounded, and most of the soldiers were temporary conscripts, and they broke up in an instant, Liang Cheng also knew that the situation was not good, and he had no intention of parrying, and was stabbed to death by Liu Gao's gun, and the former Qin sergeant saw that the main general was killed, and it was a thousand miles, Rushing to cross the Huai River to flee for his life, there were countless casualties, Liu Gaozhi took advantage of the victory to seize Luojian and open up the road to the west.

Xie Xuan knew that Liu Gaozhi recaptured Luojian and beheaded Liang Cheng, and immediately circulated the good news to the whole army. Xie Xuan was overjoyed, so he led the army through Luojian non-stop and rushed to the front line in Shouyang.

At this time, Fu Rong knew that Liang Cheng was defeated, and he was very puzzled, he knew that Xie Xuan only led 80,000 soldiers to the west, and Liang Cheng commanded 50,000 troops but was defeated so quickly that Fu Rong did not know Xie Xuan's reality, so he had to give up the siege of the Jin army that was trapped in Kipshi, and led the army back to Shouyang, and after joining forces with Fu Jian, he would discuss again.

There were few soldiers left in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who were trapped in Kipshi, and they followed Xie Xuan's army all the way west and marched to Shouyang. However, Shouyang still has more than 300,000 main forces of the former Qin, and the former Qin emperor Fu Jian is personally in charge.

If you know that Xie Xuan led the army to Shouyang, what the victory or defeat was, and look at the next chapter.