Xiuze's fleet actually didn't take more than two hours from Bengu County, and this time only traveled more than 40 miles - this is the distance of the waterway, in fact, the place where Wang Ji attacked Xiuze was only more than ten miles away from Bengu County in a straight line.

After Xiuze was attacked and the wolf smoke was ignited at the first time, whether it was Bengu County, Xisui and Jincheng counties in the rear all found anomalies.

Since Zhong Yong and Sun Qian were in the Xiu Ze team at this time, they had 20,000 Yangzhou troops in the rear. At this time, it was Gohiko who was in charge of the commander.

After seeing the wolf smoke, Wu Yan quickly made arrangements: more than 8,000 Yangzhou troops (due to illness) in Jincheng County, which was closer to the place of the incident, were personally led by him and immediately advanced to the northwest. The more than 9,000 Yangzhou troops in Xisui County also immediately left the city, cleared an open space on both sides of the Yuanshui River, and then lined up in the open space, ready to meet the friendly troops withdrawn from the upper reaches at any time.

On the other side, in Bengu County.

"It was really said by Shiying, the Shu thieves really wanted to take the opportunity to attack our troops. He also asked Ziguang to work tirelessly and lead 5,000 troops to relieve the troubles out of the city immediately to relieve Zigui. ”

"Please rest assured, the next official will ......"

"No!"

"Seying, what do you mean by that?"

"Xue Envoy Jun, Danyang Shou, if the lower official's guess is correct, at this moment, between Bengu County and the place where Zigui was attacked, there must be a large force waiting for us. Although the individual combat power of the Xie Fu Army is outstanding, in this wooded south, its strength cannot be exerted much. Therefore, please also give the order of the envoy, and the whole army of 15,000 people will be transferred in unison! ”

"What do you mean? Of course, this officer knew that Wang Kongshuo must have left a force outside to contain our support. But that's definitely not too much. You must know that the entire Nanzhong Legion of the Shu thieves is only 15,000 people, and they forced Zigui to send several wolf smoke for help, so there must be a lot of troops to attack. We will also divide part of our forces to guard against the taxi rule in the south, and the maximum number of those who will remain on our side will not exceed 3,000. With 5,000 relieves troubles, it is easy to break through. ”

"Envoy, this is Nanzhong! It is the Nanzhong where the Shu thieves have been lightly punished for several years, various minerals have emerged in an endless stream, Han rice and Han beans have achieved high yields, and people's livelihood has been greatly improved! He is not our rebellion and the people are in distress! As long as Wang Kongshuo ......"

"Report~~~ Ladies and gentlemen, the place where our army lit the wolf smoke just now is already red at this time!"

"It's urgent, he said, Ziguang, please hurry up. If the official expects it well, the taxis in the south will see this situation and will also send troops north. In this way, our army can just concentrate superior forces and annihilate Wang Kongshuo! ”

"Command!"

Looking at Shen Ying who left in a hurry, Tao Huang was really anxious: "Envoy, please pack up quickly, and then order the remaining 10,000 Jiaozhou troops to follow Ziguang's troops south!" ”

"Seying, what the hell are you going to say?"

"Xia Guan is short-sighted, and he just figured it out. To put it mildly, with what we did in Jiaozhou, if the Shu thieves invaded Jiaozhou, of course we would not be able to call on the indigenous people of Jiaozhou to respond to us. But this Wang Kongshuo can do it! As long as he raises his arms, all the southern and central tribes are willing to be driven by him! So what we are facing is not the Nanzhong Corps of 15,000 Shu thieves at all. Once we set foot in Nanzhong, we will have to face the hostility of all Nanzhong people all the time! ”

"This ......"

"Envoy! Xia Guan suddenly figured it out after seeing the wolf smoke just now. Fortunately, our army has only entered Xinggu County for less than a hundred miles, and there is still a glimmer of life at this time for a sharp retreat! ”

……

Just when Tao Huang and Xue Jue analyzed the difference between Nanzhong and Jiaozhou. The Yangzhou army led by Wu Yan was blocked by a force shortly after leaving the county seat.

"It's our rule? Li Mu, the general of the Great Han Annam, has been waiting here for a long time! ”

Mainly composed of the Li family, there are also more than 20 tribes of different sizes in Nanzhong, and the number of this army is as high as more than 15,000 people.

Although there are quite a few people, if you really want to talk about the overall combat effectiveness, it is actually more than the Yangzhou army. But the problem is, it's night, and it's dark. The military order of the Yangzhou army is clear, and the advantages of a complete system cannot be brought into play. At this time, the encounter between the two sides is more of a test of the individual combat effectiveness of both sides.

Of course, the Yangzhou Army of Soochow, as an elite unit defending the capital of the country, is not bad in terms of individual combat effectiveness. But here's another problem: now it's Nanzhong, which is high in mountains and dense forests. How did he come from the Yangtze River Basin, which has been developed to a certain scale, to this almost primitive Nanzhong. The number of soldiers in Yangzhou who has lost troops due to illness is already quite large, and even if the more than 8,000 soldiers who came out with knives at this time, not all of them are healthy. What's worse is that they have to fight at night in this unfamiliar terrain, this dark night, and the locals who live in this environment all day long!

After Li Mu yelled in the dark. Countless arrows flew from the dark woods. At this time, in order to speed up the march, the whole army held torches high, and the Yangzhou army of Dongwu, which was in a long snake formation, suddenly became a bright target.

"Vertical shield! Array! Stick to the official road! Archers, rockets and rockets, force the thieves out of the woods! ”

Wu Yan gave orders hoarsely, and his guards did their best to convey the commander's orders. But how long does it have to be for a team of more than 8,000 people to stretch into a line along the official road? Under the concentrated fire of the enemy's bows and arrows, a large number of soldiers automatically extinguished the torches in their hands. As a result, it has become impossible to convey orders under the banner. The entire Yangzhou army inevitably fell into its own battle.

"Roar~~~ sons, kill the enemy with me!"

"Huh~~!"

With a roar from Li Liu, some of the Di soldiers followed their brave young master and resolutely rushed into the array of a group of Wu troops......

Meanwhile. Three miles outside the city of Bengu County.

When Shen Ying led 5,000 elite troops to leave the clearing outside the county and enter a forest, they were not surprisingly attacked.

"The old man, Meng Yan is here in the imperial history of the Han Dynasty! Wu Dog stays alive! ”

You should know that due to the various mining fertilizers of most of the Tu chieftains in Nanzhong, the prosperity of trade routes and the promotion of Han rice and beans benefited the entire people of Nanzhong. Therefore, at this time, Wang Ji's prestige in Nanzhong was the highest among the governors of Nanzhong in all dynasties. It's really just like Tao Huang said: Wang Ji raised his arms and shouted, and the entire Nanzhong School would respond in groups! And this time in the face of the invasion of Eastern Wu, Wang Ji's actual strength was not 15,000 people, but more than 50,000!

Xue Jue and the others are not stupid, but they are all high-ranking bureaucrats and are not down-to-earth at all. Where would you have thought that at this moment, you would fall into the vast sea of people's war?

According to Wang Ji's prediction in advance, he wanted to introduce all the troops of more than 40,000 people in Eastern Wu into the hinterland of Nanzhong and annihilate them by retreating in great strides. But Xue Jue didn't cooperate, so he had to reluctantly make it difficult and take eating most of it as his main goal.

In the three battlefields tonight, Ji Han's 15,000 regular troops were mainly intercepting Xiu Ze's troops in the middle of the three county towns. Strive to support the other two points at any time after the battle is resolved overnight. The main goal of Li Mu's troops, which were mainly Di people, was to stop the reinforcements of Eastern Wu, or at least to delay the speed of their advance. Ensure that Wang Ji will not be disturbed before the total annihilation of the Xiu Ze team. Therefore, this team of people, in addition to the 10,000 strong people of the Li family, is only supplemented by more than 5,000 strong men from other tribes.

Meng Yan's side is different. He was originally in the place of Meng Huo, and he was the leader of the new generation of Nanzhonghao chieftains. In order to let him willingly take out the coach of the Wudang Flying Army, Guan Yi also authorized him to expand his strength. So at this time, there were 10,000 strong men in Meng Yan's headquarters, plus more than 30 strong men from the larger Nanzhong tribes and villages. The number of Meng Yan's team this night was close to 20,000!

The climate is not adaptable, the terrain is not adaptable, and the number of people is too different. No matter how elite the army is, it will be difficult to resist.

Soon, the army was beaten back and finally forced to retreat towards the county seat of Bengu.

When approaching the city gate, under the persuasion of Tao Huang, Xue Jue finally made up his mind and went out of the city with 10,000 Jiaozhou soldiers.

"Hey, Shiying, you really got it!"

"Envoy, now is not the time to sigh about this. At this time, the strength of the Shu thieves was still scattered in various battlefields due to the containment of other units of our army, and although the team in front of them was quite numerous, their combat strength was still far from that of the Wudang Flying Army...... Therefore, our army and Xie Fu are in one place, and there is still a chance to break through! ”

"Good! Seyoung, the whole army is now under your command! Please be sure to bring back as many Jiaozhou boys as possible! ”

"Thank you!" hurriedly bowed his hand to Xue Jue, and Tao Huang raised the spear in his hand: "Sons, the back road is extinct, if you want to live, you can only move forward!" Kill with Ben! ”

"Huh~~~ Unstoppable!"

……

In this chaotic night, in the triangle surrounded by the three counties of Bengu, Jincheng, and Xisui, 80,000 or 90,000 people of the Han and Wu armies fought fiercely on three battlefields for one night. When the sun rises again. The Xiu Ze team that set off first on the Dongwu side has been basically wiped out, and Xiu Ze was killed in battle, and Sun Qian and Zhong Yong became prisoners.

On Xue Jue's side, under the desperate impact of the soldiers led by Tao Huang and Shen Ying, Meng Yan failed to leave them all, and about 7,000 Wu troops escaped. But Tao Huang didn't dare to go in the direction of Yuanshui anymore. Instead, he chose to lead his army into a deep mountain in the northeast. Although there are no roads everywhere in Nanzhong, there are also roads everywhere. But how much of these more than 7,000 people can live out of the boundless primeval forest that covers the sky and the sun depends on the will of God.

The best situation is on Gohiko's side. After all, this Wu army was not surrounded. So after a night of fierce fighting, I saw that the originally lit friendly battlefield in the distance had become extremely quiet. Wu Yan also gave up the rescue and led the remaining more than 4,000 Wu troops to slowly retreat.

"Governor, the troops in the north and south have moved closer to me, and it will take time to clean up the specific results."

"Well, herald. After the arrival of the team of the Imperial Historian, let his people stay to count the results of the battle and escort the prisoners. Our army continued to advance, after joining up with General Annan. Heading south along the Yuanshui, the Governor is going to get Jiaozhi! ”

"No!"