On the night of 8 February, the camp of the Lu army south of the county seat of Xinquan County can be described as a bleak scene, the wailing resounded, a big battle with the broken army during the day, the loss of the Lu army was too great, and finally if it were not for Zhen Hongwen, a strategist under the command of Jiang Ke, the general of the Lu hussars, he temporarily reorganized the more than 1.5 million strong men left in the camp, cooperated with the defeated and retreating army of the Lu State, and blocked the troops pursued by the broken army.

In a tent in this Lu State camp, Jiang Ke, the general of the Lu State Hussars, said to the strategist Zhen Hongwen with a lonely face: "This marshal is really careless, I didn't expect that the two armies fought head-on, and Ben Shuai could also fall into the tricks of the broken army, causing the twenty-six infantry guards to fall into the trap carefully designed by the broken army, and now the twenty-six infantry guards have been wiped out, and the other troops of the legions have suffered extremely heavy losses. ”

The 26 infantry guards of the Lu State who fell into the encirclement of the Broken Army, with a total strength of nearly 2 million people, and finally about 1.3 million people, under the leadership of generals at all levels, took the initiative to lay down their weapons and chose to surrender to the Broken Army, and the remaining nearly 700,000 people were all killed.

The ten infantry guards of the Lu State outside the encirclement also suffered very large losses, the ten infantry guards added up to more than 750,000 people, and now there are less than 400,000 left, and the eight cavalry guards of the Lu State are even worse, and only one-third of the 600,000 Lu cavalry are now left.

In order to block the pursuit of the broken army, the strong men of the Lu State also lost almost 300,000 people, so now the hussar general Jiang Ke has only about 200,000 cavalry, nearly 400,000 infantry and more than 1.2 million strong men, and there are tens of thousands of wounded among them, the Lu army is equivalent to losing more than 3 million people in one day, and even the battle-hardened hussar general Jiang Ke has only despair left in his heart.

Strategist Zhen Hongwen sighed and said: "My lord, now we only have less than 600,000 troops and more than 1.2 million strong men left, and our subordinates suggest that we must immediately return to Qiongzhou and join the 12th Army as soon as possible." ”

The twelfth army of the Lu State is on the order of the hussar general Jiang Ke, and is rushing to the main army of the Lu State in Xinquan County, the six guards of the main army are infantry, and the speed of the march is a little slow, and it is still in Qiongzhou, and it will take at least five or six days to reach Xinquan County.

Hussar General Jiang Ke nodded and said: "Today's battle, the defeat is too miserable, we are unable to attack Suzhou, the most important thing now is to hold Qiongzhou, the commander is ready to withdraw the troops overnight, what does Mr. Zhen think?" ”

Strategist Zhen Hongwen immediately said: "The lord is wise, the sooner we retreat, the safer it will be, if it is not dark today, the Broken Army will definitely not give up and continue to attack our camp, maybe tomorrow as soon as the sky is bright, the offensive of the Broken Army will start again." ”

"Then convey the order of the commander to the legions, and we will withdraw to Qiongzhou tonight!" By the way, all wounded soldiers must be brought, and not a single wounded soldier is allowed to be abandoned! ”

"Lord, we have to guard against the Broken Capture Army sending troops to pursue at night!"

"Let's take one step at a time! It's really not good, Ben Shuai will personally break the queen! ”

In the middle of the night of February 8, in a study room of the county government office in Xinquan County, Zhang Baofeng said excitedly to Li Mu and the six top civil servants Zhang Liang, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Tian Feng, and Fu Zhu: "I would like to tell General Li and the six gentlemen that the results of the day's battle have been roughly counted, and we have captured 1.4 million prisoners alone, and the number of Lu people killed is not less than this number. ”

In addition to the approximately 1.3 million Lu infantry captured in the encirclement, when the Lu army was defeated and retreated, there were almost 100,000 Lu infantry who did not withdraw in time, and eventually became prisoners of the broken army.

Li Mu then asked, "How much of our own loss?" ”

Zhang Baofeng immediately said: "The total loss of the various legions of our Broken Army is about 250,000 people. ”

Li Mu nodded slightly, only lost 250,000 people, and achieved such a big victory, Li Mu thought it was still worth it.

At this time, Zhang Liang said to Li Mu with a smile: "Congratulations to General Li, after this battle, General Li's name will definitely be famous all over the world!" ”

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Li Mu doesn't dare to monopolize this great credit, this tactic was jointly formulated by Li Mu and the six gentlemen!" ”

Guo Jia followed and said: "General Li doesn't have to be modest, the six of us just helped you perfect this tactic, and this credit should be General Li's!" ”

Li Mu then said: "Six gentlemen, this defeat of the Lu army, if you don't get it, you will directly return to Qiongzhou, I am ready to take advantage of the fact that the reinforcements of the Lu State have not entered Qiongzhou, lead the troops to attack Qiongzhou, and strive to capture Qiongzhou, I don't know what the six gentlemen think?" ”

As soon as Li Mu's words fell, Chen Jichang hurriedly walked into the study of the county office, "General Li, six gentlemen, the scouts who are monitoring the camp of the Lu army have come to report that the Lu army has begun to retreat overnight!" ”

As soon as Zhang Liang heard this, he said to Li Mu with a smile: "General Li is like a god, the Lu army is really going to return to Qiongzhou, and now the Lu army is like a lost dog, and the Lu army in Qiongzhou is not much, it is a good opportunity for us to seize Qiongzhou!" ”

Li Mu immediately turned his head and said to Zhang Baofeng and Chen Jichang: "Immediately let the cavalry units of the Grassland Legion and the Beiting Legion gather, and we have to send off the hussar general of the Lu State!" ”

In the middle of the night of February 8, the cavalry unit of the broken army launched a pursuit of the Lu army that withdrew overnight, and finally Jiang Ke, the hussar general who was forced to be helpless, had to leave 100,000 Lu infantry and 300,000 strong men to be responsible for the break, and even 40,000 wounded soldiers, in order not to affect the speed of the march was also left, Jiang Ke wanted to stay in person, but was dragged away by the generals of Lu State.

100,000 Lu infantry, 300,000 strong men and 40,000 wounded soldiers took advantage of the terrain to lay down the infantry formation, just blocked the route of the cavalry of the Broken Army, and the cavalry troops of the Grassland Army and the Beiting Army had to launch a fierce attack on this infantry array, but due to the problem of terrain, and it was night, the attack of the cavalry troops of the Broken Army was not ideal.

On the morning of February 9, Li Mu transferred the infantry of the Guards Corps and the Native Corps, and let the infantry of these two legions launch a fierce attack on the troops after the Lu State was broken, and the battle was fought until noon on February 9, when the Lu State army completely collapsed, and the generals who led these Lu State troops reluctantly ordered their subordinates to raise the white flag, and the 440,000 people after the Lu State was broken, there were only less than 300,000 left at this time.

Early in the morning of 10 February, Li Mu personally led more than 1,800,000 troops to invade the territory of Qiongzhou.

And when Li Mu led his troops to attack Qiongzhou, Liu Ji led the ten cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion, the 32,000 heavy cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army and the Xuanjia Army, as well as the 750,000 elite infantry of the Modao Soldiers, Wei Wushu and the trapped camp, had arrived at the county seat of Fuxin County, Chongyi County, Hangzhou, and merged with the five cavalry brigades and twenty infantry brigades of the Guards Corps led by Bai Qi, the five cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades of the Native Legion, and the troops of the original Southeast Xiang Army.

Early in the morning of February 10, in a study room of the county government office in Fuxin County, Liu Ji said to his subordinates and generals with a depressed face: "Li Mu sent a good news to the governor of this capital through carrier pigeons, and the governor of this capital has just left Xinquan County with his troops, Li Mu led the army to defeat the millions of troops invaded Suzhou by the Lu State in a battle, and captured 1.4 million prisoners alone. ”

Liu Ji did not know that the Lu army in Xinquan County had returned to Qiongzhou, and Li Mu led his troops to annihilate the 440,000 Lu troops after the break, and captured nearly 300,000 prisoners.

Bai Qi saw that Liu Ji's face was a little depressed, thinking that Liu Ji was a little dissatisfied with Li Mu, after all, Liu Ji had just left with the troops on the front foot, and Li Mu then led the army to achieve such a great victory, so Bai Qi quickly explained to Liu Ji for Li Mu: "Lord, if you don't leave Xinquan County with your troops, the Lu army will not fight easily, and Li Mu will not be able to implement that tactic." ”

In fact, the reason why Liu Ji was a little depressed was because he missed the opportunity to absorb more than one million soul points, and Liu Ji was not at all dissatisfied with Li Muke.

Liu Ji glanced at Bai Qi, and said with a wry smile: "This metropolitan governor is not jealous of Li Mu's such a brilliant victory, but he regrets taking too many troops away, if he can leave Li Mu with some more elite troops, maybe Li Mu can completely annihilate this Lu army in Xinquan County in one battle." ”

At this time, Wang Meng said: "My lord, even if General Li Mu did not completely annihilate the millions of Lu troops in Xinquan County this time, but this Lu army is no longer a concern, maybe General Li Mu will soon wave his troops into Qiongzhou." ”

Liu Ji nodded and said: "Li Mu is indeed preparing to take advantage of the victory to pursue and strive to take Qiongzhou before the reinforcements of the Lu State arrive. ”

After a pause, Liu Ji asked Bai Qi: "What is the situation of the Lu army on this road in Fuxin County?" ”

Bai Qi immediately said: "Lord Qiqi, since the battle on February 2, the Lu army in Fuxin County has been avoiding the battle, according to the information we have, the Lu army in Fuxin County, including Zhuangding, should still have more than two million troops. ”

Liu Ji said: "Most of the strong men who are responsible for escorting grain and grass in Lu have undergone a long period of military training, so when we calculate the strength of the Lu army, we must also count these strong men who are responsible for escorting grain and grass in Lu State." ”

Bai nodded and said: "What the lord said is extremely true, these strong men in the Lu country who are responsible for escorting grain and grass can be pulled to the battlefield at any time, and their combat effectiveness is not low. ”

Liu Ji said to Bai Qi: "This time, the governor of this capital has brought more than one million troops, ready to eat the Lu army in Fuxin County before the arrival of Lu reinforcements, and now Xinquan County has achieved a big victory, if we can eat the Lu army here in Fuxin County, then this war with Lu State, our Broken Army can basically declare victory, and the land of the seven southeastern states will also belong to our Broken Army!" Do you have any good suggestions on how to eat the Lu army on the way to Fuxin County? ”

At this time, Zhao Lianjin, the former general of the Southeast Xiang Army in the study, said: "Dadu Governor, according to the news we have gotten, based on the soldiers of our Southeast Xiang Army who have defected to the Lu State, a Lu State Legion formed by the formation of a Lu State Legion is about to rush to Fuxin County, this Lu State Legion, many people are my old department with Zhou Jiling, and now Zhang Mingqi is dead, these soldiers of the former Southeast Xiang Army must be unwilling to obey the orders of the Lu people, which gives us an opportunity, we can send people to contact these soldiers of the former Southeast Xiang Army, Let them stick a knife in the back of the Lu people! ”

The four generals of the original Southeast Xiang Army who defected to the Broken Army, Zhao Lianjin, Zhou Jiling, Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, were all in this study at this time.

Zhou Jiling immediately continued: "Metropolitan Governor, I am willing to personally contact those soldiers of the Southeast Wing Army who defected to the Lu State, now that Zhang Mingqi is no longer the Metropolitan Governor, presumably these soldiers of the Southeast Carriage Army are not willing to be traitors all the time!" ”

Liu Ji turned his head and asked Lu Su, Changsun Wuji and other top scholars, "What do you gentlemen think of the plan of General Zhao Lianjin and General Zhou Jiling?" ”

Lu Su then said: "Lord, the movement of you arriving in Fuxin County with more than one million troops is too big, the Lu army south of the county will definitely know, then these Lu troops will not go to war, our broken army wants to eat more than two million Lu troops, we must storm the camp of the Lu army, if we can have hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the original southeast wing army as an internal response, we want to eat the Lu army in Fuxin County, but it will be much easier, and the losses of our troops will be reduced a lot." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded and said: "If you can really persuade those soldiers of the Southeast Xiang Army who have taken refuge in the Lu State to turn against the water and eat the Lu army along the way in Fuxin County, there will basically be no problem!" ”

Several other top ministers in the study also agreed to rebel against the soldiers of the Central Plains Southeast Xiang Army in the Lu State Army, so Liu Ji said loudly to Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling: "General Zhao, General Zhou, contact those soldiers of the Southeast Xiang Army, this metropolitan governor will be fully responsible for you, if you can really eat the Lu army in Fuxin County in one fell swoop, you two should take the first credit!" ”

Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling glanced at each other, and Zhao Lianjin said: "Don't worry, the two of us will definitely be able to pull the soldiers of the Southeast Xiang Army who have defected to the Lu State to the side of our Broken Army!" ”