"Haha...... happily, trapped in the city by the Han army for more than a month, finally took revenge. "In the city of Lu, the defenders of the ninth town and the cavalry of the tenth town all gathered together to celebrate the great victory in this battle.

"Captain Xie, what is the outcome of this battle?" Yan Xu, who was sitting opposite Xie An, took a big sip of the wine in the cup and asked in a deep voice, "Old Yan, I returned to the city after the war and arranged for the soldiers to be stationed, but the result is still unclear?" ”

Xie An smiled and said, "Our soldiers suffered more than 2,000 casualties, most of them were injured. Among the 20,000 soldiers of the Han army outside the city, 12,000 people, more than 10,000 were killed or died in the war, and 13,000 were captured, most of whom were people. The remaining six or seven thousand enemy troops have already taken advantage of the chaos to flee. However, I have already arranged for men to chase after me, and I think there are only two or three thousand people who can escape. After all, because of the clear walls, they had no food, and they lost their armor and equipment in the chaos, and it was not easy to go south smoothly. ”

"As for the seized armor, equipment, and military tents, and flags, there are countless of them. In addition, there are thousands of loads of grain and grass. After this battle. Compared with the Han army in Dongyongzhou, it will withdraw. After all, our reinforcements have already turned back to the south, and the king of Hanzhong will not continue to stay here to attack Henan Mansion. As he spoke, a smile couldn't help but appear on Xie An's face.

"Then Captain Xie, how did you make the Han army commander surrender in just a few words? I thought that since the commander of the Han army could be valued by the king of Hanzhong, he would definitely rather die than surrender. You must know that he can surrender so easily, and after breaking the camp, you should persuade him to surrender. Otherwise, the brothers would not have suffered considerable losses in the final pursuit of him. Yan Xu couldn't help but sigh that in the process of pursuing Qin Jiang, Qin Jiang's personal guards fought to the death with the cavalry of the Zhao army, among them, many of the soldiers under Yan Xu's command died in this battle.

Xie An said in a deep voice: "The fact that I can persuade him to surrender is also related to the general's great destruction of the Han army, and of course, it also has a lot to do with the fact that the Zhao army chased him into no way to escape." ”

"Because the Han army attacked Dongyongzhou, the Shadow Guard and the Flying Eagle Guard naturally need to understand the situation of the Han army. This way the Han army is a partial division, in order to contain the defenders of Lushi City, unable to support Henan Mansion, and unable to flank the Han army there. ”

"This Qin Jiang is a general under the command of the king of Hanzhong, and he used to be the chief general of the Han army in the defenders of Nanyang Mansion in Jingbei. This person can be valued by the king of Hanzhong, naturally because of his extraordinary ability. However, because of the gap with the king of Luoyang, the courtiers under the command of the king of Hanzhong were dissatisfied with him, so in order to prevent Qin Jiang and the civil servants under his command from having a discord because of the king of Luoyang, he arranged him to be the main general on this road. Of course, the king of Hanzhong also has the intention of assigning it to one side, after all, this way is only a partial division, although there are 20,000 troops, but only half of them are elite veterans, and the rest are almost all new pawns. ”

"Is there a gap with the King of Luoyang? How could there be a gap with the king of Luoyang to make the courtiers under the command of the king of Hanzhong dissatisfied with him? ”

"Haha...... This also has to do with our Dark Guard. In order to divide and disintegrate the establishment of the Southern Alliance, the king ordered people to be sent to the south to spread rumors and separate the relationship between the king of Luoyang and the other kings. After the king of Luoyang lost Luoyang, his strength was greatly reduced, and he was naturally not the opponent of other kings. Therefore, the king of Luoyang was angry and handed over all the power to the king of Hanzhong, and then withdrew the defenders of Jingnan and Jingbei to the central part of Jingzhou to show his innocence. ”

"And at that time, the main general of the Han army who was stationed in Nanyang Mansion with the King of Luoyang to fight against us was Qin Jiang, because of the temporary concession of the King of Luoyang, Qin Jiang was arrogant in front of the King of Luoyang, so that the King of Luoyang was even dissatisfied, and almost let the Luo army and the Han army fight in Nanyang Mansion."

However, feng shui took turns, and the situation of losing Dongyongzhou in the past now fell to the king of Hanzhong, who occupied Xiyongzhou. At the beginning of the war, the king of Hanzhong asked the king of Luoyang for help, but the king of Luoyang immediately refused on the grounds that he was suspicious of the Zhao army. This is also the reason why Dongyongzhou attacked us mainly with the Han army as the main army, and the Qi army and the Shu army as the deputy coalition army, but there was no Luo army. ”

"The king of Luoyang did not send troops to Dongyongzhou, which made the king of Hanzhong both dissatisfied and very worried, after all, he king of Hanzhong and the king of Luoyang could only fight against the other two kings, if the king of Luoyang had a deep estrangement with him, wouldn't he be very dangerous. In addition, the king of Hanzhong, who was eager to stabilize Xiyongzhou, also needed the support of the Luo army under the command of the king of Luoyang. ”

After learning that Qin Jiang had a gap with the king of Luoyang, the long history and soldiers under the command of the king of Hanzhong were extremely dissatisfied with Qin Jiang. A border general actually looked at each other with the princes of a place, causing the whole situation to be unpleasant, how can these officials have a good face for Qin Jiang? ”

However, these views are only the inferences of these officials, and there is no good reason to prove that the reluctance of the king of Luoyang to support the king of Hanzhong in going north to Eastern Yongzhou has something to do with it. In addition, Qin Jiang was stationed in Nanyang Mansion, his talent was extraordinary, and he had a lot of influence in the army, and the king of Hanzhong did not want to be angry with him for no reason. ”

After going north this time, the king of Hanzhong did not divide his troops into two roads at the beginning, but directly attacked the two cities of Yiyang and Yongning in Henan Province, but after a long time of attacking, these officials once again involved the Qinjiang River in the discussion, which made the king of Hanzhong discordant. Therefore, the king of Hanzhong asked Qin Jiang to be responsible for attacking the Lu clan with a partial division to prevent the Lu defenders from flanking the main force of the Zhao army. ”

"Although it is a partial division, but 20,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 young and strong, ignoring the armor and equipment obtained by us, Qin Jiang turned back, what good will happen? Even if the king of Hanzhong will not put him to death this time, but those officials who are already dissatisfied with him will let him go? In addition, Qin Jiang served as the commander of the partial division all the way, and among the Han army, there were also many generals with a position on him who were dissatisfied, and when the time came, I was afraid that not only those civilian officials were dissatisfied with him, but also those colleagues would not let him go. ”

"Many of his subordinates are his subordinates, and if we forgive these people, he will naturally have a choice. In addition, our secret guards in Jingzhou can also rescue his family in time. If he doesn't descend, what way out will he have? Because of this defeat, the king of Hanzhong and those officials would not let him go at all. ”

Hearing Xie An say this, Yan Xu sighed: "It seems that the situation in Dongyongzhou in the past two months has been much more difficult than I imagined. Even the Shadow Guard and the Eagle Guard came to help, and it is conceivable that it is not a simple matter to deal with the Han army at first sight. ”

Xie An smiled bitterly: "You are right, in the past month or so, we don't know how many arrows and crossbows have been consumed, we don't know how many materials have been used to defend the city, and we don't know how many armor and equipment have been damaged. Even the earth-shattering thunder is used by us in the defense of the city to deter the enemy. If it weren't for the people of Henan Mansion and Hongnong Mansion, I'm afraid that if this can be kept, it's still two words. ”

"Otherwise, if we attacked the Han army camp outside the city before, there would not have been a situation where the soldiers killed the enemy in anger. However, now that it is okay, after this battle, the crisis in Dongyongzhou has been solved. ”

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Luoyang, Zhao Lin, the general of the Ninth Town Army stationed in Dongyongzhou, finally breathed a sigh of relief, because the Tenth Town, which had entered East Yongzhou from the west, had successfully returned and had arrived in Henan Province, and Zhao Xiong, the general of the Tenth Town Town, had also returned to Luoyang City.

"Second brother, you're finally back!" Seeing Zhao Xiong, Zhao Lin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and rode back home with Zhao Xiong, and couldn't help but sigh, "You return to Dongyongzhou, this Dongyongzhou is really safe and sound." ”

Zhao Xiong said with a smile: "Third child, I heard that your ninth town is guarding Henan Mansion and Hongnong Mansion, so that the Han army cannot move forward." Without us, Dongyongzhou, which you guard, is as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Zhao Lin smiled bitterly: "If you continue, whether you can stick to it or not is a matter of two words." In the past two months, the battle between the two southern provinces has been fierce, and countless grains, grasses, materials, and armor and equipment have been lost. If it weren't for the fact that we have won the hearts and minds of the people here and the support of the local people, we are afraid that we would have lost it. ”

"In order to force you to return to Dongyongzhou, the king of Hanzhong has recruited troops from Jingzhou three times, and half of the front-line army is already a new pawn. Even, after the king of Hanzhong learned that the situation in Xiyongzhou was critical, he even transferred the defenders who were originally used to guard against our army in Chunling Mansion and Yuzhou to the north, forcing the Qi army to participate in this battle situation. I even fear that it will trigger a full-scale war on the Eastern Front. Fortunately, big brother, you have won a big victory in Xiyongzhou, and the army will return to the division, otherwise it will ......"

"The situation is so stressful? What exactly does this king of Hanzhong want to do? Didn't he know that his land of Hanzhong was already in danger? It's insane! ”

Zhao Lin said in a sullen voice: "Maybe, but it's okay now, your army has returned to the division, I think that no matter how crazy the King of Hanzhong is, he will be somewhat restrained." Unless he wants his army to fight with us in Henan Mansion and Henan Mansion, in this way, he will become the pathfinder of the King of Qi and the King of Shu, and the pawn of the King of Qi and the King of Shu, and the King of Hanzhong will not be so crazy. ”

Zhao Xiong said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about the Han army all the way to Hongnongfu, I have already let the men and horses of the cavalry capital of the tenth town have already gone south to support." Come to think of it, the Han army thought that we were still in the north, and they didn't expect that our reinforcements had already appeared on their side. With the 5,000 cavalry cooperating with the defenders of the city, there was no problem in defeating the deviant division. ”

"Really?" Zhao Lin was shocked and laughed, "This is really good, the war in Dongyongzhou will end faster than expected." If this partial division is defeated by us, the king of Hanzhong will definitely not continue to stay and attack us, but will protect himself and prepare to withdraw his army. ”

"What can be done and what cannot be done, the king of Hanzhong is definitely not stupid. Even if he is angry about this, he should understand that it is difficult to return to heaven. ”

"However, because when the Han army attacked, in order to cooperate with our army's actions, in order to increase the logistical pressure of the Han army, and in order to avoid other accidents, we implemented the strategy of clearing the wilderness in the two southern provinces. In the past two months, the people in the two southern provinces have suffered a lot of losses. Therefore, after consulting with me, the governors of Dongyongzhou prepared to ask the king to reduce or reduce taxes in the two places as compensation for the losses of the people, and also as an incentive for the people of the two places to contribute to assisting us in resisting the invasion of the Han army. ”

Zhao Xiong nodded and said: "Okay, this is no problem, before I came, the king had expected the losses and pressure on the two southern governments of Dongyongzhou in the past two months, so the king gave instructions, and the Dongyongzhou government can decide on its own compensation measures for this battle, and if the local government can solve it on its own, it will solve it by itself, and if it can't solve it by itself, it will be reported to the king immediately and given instructions." ”

"That's great, by the way, big brother, tell me about the war in Xiyongzhou, you are comfortable fighting there, we are here, but the defense is too aggrieved." Zhao Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly.

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When the king of Hanzhong learned that the tenth town of the Zhao army had returned from Xiyongzhou, he understood that it was impossible to make a breakthrough in Dongyongzhou. Therefore, he followed the advice of the soldiers under his command and prepared to withdraw the army.

Although Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, had some expectations for the outcome of Xiyongzhou, when the news that Xiyongzhou fell, Chang'an fell, and the entire Xiyongzhou was occupied by the Zhao army reached his hands, Situ Fei was also difficult to accept for a while, and immediately stood stupidly on the spot, his mind was in chaos.

Rejecting the persuasion of his courtiers, Situ Fei was silent for a long time, and in the end, he could only sigh secretly, his heart full of bitterness. The loss of Xiyongzhou was definitely a great blow to Situ Fei, and his strength was lost by more than one-third. And because of Xiyongzhou, now, not only let himself lose troops in Dongyongzhou, but also make the land of Hanzhong also in danger. Even if he thinks about it again and again, he understands that he made a mistake in his decision, but it is already too late.

How long has it been since he secretly laughed at Situ Hao in front? Now it has come upon itself. This time, Situ Fei really experienced the feeling of Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, who lost Dongyongzhou. He suddenly understood why the king of Luoyang gradually walked a little far away from him. Is it because of the loss of Dongyongzhou that the strength has been greatly reduced? Or is it because when Dongyongzhou was in crisis, he didn't do his best to help?

At the beginning, Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, lost Dongyongzhou, and the other princes did not give their full help because they had nothing to do with themselves and had no vital interests for themselves. And because Dongyongzhou is the side defense line of Xiyongzhou, he Situ Fei sent troops to help, but after the failure of the first battle, he did not continue to contribute, but contracted his forces to defend, and persuaded Situ Hao to give up the land of Dongyongzhou.

When I said this, how light was it? Now it's your turn...... Situ Fei couldn't help but laugh at himself. Perhaps, this is also the king of Luoyang's reluctance to send troops north, but promised himself an opportunity to support Xiyongzhou.

At the beginning, he sent a letter to Guguan to support Dongyongzhou, and now the king of Luoyang has also gone north to Wuguan to support Xiyongzhou; At the beginning, he persuaded the king of Luoyang to give up Dongyongzhou and was unwilling to fight against the Zhao army. Now, the king of Luoyang is also unwilling to accompany him and go north to attack the Zhao army in Eastern Yongzhou; At the beginning, it was so easy to talk about Dongyongzhou, but now, I finally understand the pain, and the territory that has been operating for a long time is occupied by other princes, which is definitely not an easy thing to accept.

Thinking about the beginning, thinking about the present, Situ Fei felt ridiculous. At the beginning, after the king of Luoyang lost Dongyongzhou, he retreated to Jingzhou, but he lowered the other party to a level. Now, this situation has finally fallen on itself. Situ Fei suddenly felt that he and Situ Hao were the people who should cooperate with the alliance the most, instead of going farther and farther away from each other, getting smaller and smaller.

"The Great King......" saw the appearance of the king who had been quietly alone for a long time with a dull face, and Wang Hewen, Wei and the courtiers of the Han army were all ready to comfort him. Xiyong was lost, although they had expected it. However, after really hearing the news, they also found it difficult to accept it for a while.

"It's okay, if you lose it, you lose it, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, it doesn't matter if you lose, as long as you don't lose your fighting spirit." Hanzhong Wang Situ Fei said lightly, "What this information says, do you think it is true or false? ”

The information obtained by Situ Fei and others in Xiyong Prefecture was naturally transmitted back from their meticulous work in Xiyong Prefecture. After the end of the war in Xiyongzhou, the checkpoints in various places were slowly opened, and the strictness of inspections in various places was greatly reduced, and some information could be transmitted back completely and smoothly.

Wang Hewen and others understood that the information that Situ Fei heard was naturally posted by the Zhao Military Officer's Mansion in Chang'an, and the news about Lin Shucheng, the former general of the Han army, and Luo Qing, the deputy general of Luo Dingyuan, the main general of the Han army in Hanzhong, who had gone north to reinforce the army, surrendered to Zhao.

"Returning to the king, the minister thinks that this should be fake, Lord Lin and all the generals are all ministers of my Han army, and they will definitely not betray the king easily. If Lord Lin wanted to betray the king, he would not have gathered in the Zhao army, Zhao Xun would have been there in person, and he would have fought hard for several months before taking it, but he would have fought a long time ago. Changshi Wang Hewen was the first to speak.

"Luo Qing, General Luo Dingyuan's family, this person will not betray the king. Luo Dingyuan died on the battlefield, this episode is definite news, as a close confidant and clan relative of General Luo Dingyuan, how can he easily surrender to Zhao. According to the report of the spies in Chang'an, Luo Dingyuan and General Luo Qing were ruthless to the big clans and people in the city in order to defend the city. Thinking about it, even if they demote Zhao, they will not have a good result, so General Luo Qing will not choose to demote Zhao. ”

"In addition, the minister thought that if they surrendered to Zhao, Zhao Jun would not announce these news at this moment. After all, their families are still under the rule of the king, isn't Zhao Jun afraid that the king will be angry and attack the families of these people? ”

Hanzhong Wang Situ Fei said in a deep voice: "So, the two of them should have escaped!" ”

"That's right, it should be so, if they surrender to Zhao, the Zhao army should protect them, and will not let us know about it, so as to implicate their families. Of course, it is also possible that they have been captured by the Zhao army and want to use the hand of the king to kill their families so that they can subdue the two adults. Wang Hewen said in a deep voice.

"This king thinks the same way, in addition, no matter what, General Luo Dingyuan has been killed in battle, and their families, this king will treat them well. Even if Luo Qing and Lin Shucheng surrender to Zhao, it must be a helpless move, as long as they send someone to ask for it, this king will also release their family members back! Situ Fei didn't let the other courtiers who still wanted to speak speak, and said directly in a deep voice.

Situ Fei felt that when he said this, many courtiers and generals under his command seemed to have a different perspective on themselves. There is a little respect in this kind of vision......