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Chapter 819: Broken Wrist

After entering February, after Lan Yu and Xu Siyu broke through Yangquan and entered Weizhou City, Hu Ze's 100,000 troops marched into Weizhou, and after meeting Zeng Yifan's department, they all pressed towards the Weizhou City area. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hu Zequan took over the command of all the armies on the front line, and deployed the whole army on the offensive line from Xinling to Pingyang, which was about 100 miles long, with Changning as the core area, and was stationed by Hu Zequan's army headquarters, Zeng Yifan's troops advanced to Xinling, Xu Siyu's troops entered Xianglu Mountain, and Lan Yu captured Pingyang and formed an arc attack on the Weizhou City Defense Army.

In the direction of Dingzhou, Lü Dalin also commanded more than 50,000 troops to enter Weizhou on a large scale in February, and after joining up with Tian Feng's headquarters, a total of more than 100,000 troops confronted him. Weizhou City was guarded by Tian Feng, while Lv Dabing's troops stationed Dong Dasheng in Lianghekou, Yang Lin was guarded by Xu Ji and Jin Chao, Xiong Jiwang's troops were stationed in Zhouping, Chang Liqing's troops were stationed in Wangjiang, and Lü Dalin set up his headquarters in Lianghekou.

The two armies used more than 300,000 regular troops in this battle, if you add the people requisitioned by the army, it is already more than a million people, the southern army is a lonely throw, determined to win, if the battle is lost, the southern army will basically lose all the capital, will completely withdraw from the stage, become the object of slaughter, and Dingzhou, but also want to use this opportunity to settle the south in one fell swoop, solve the king of Ning as soon as possible, and take the two rich regions of the east and the south as their own, so as to lay the pattern of competing for hegemony with Luoyang.

Among the top three, if you talk about the strength of the army, Dingzhou is the strongest, if you fight steadily, in fact, it is more beneficial to Dingzhou, but Li Qing is unwilling to drag this war for a long time, the longer the stalemate with King Ning, the greater the possibility of Luoyang directly intervening in the war.

The war potential of the Central Plains is profound, there are many people, Shang Haibo piloted the promotion of Dingzhou's new policy in the Central Plains, and raised a large amount of military expenditure for the Luoyang court in a very short period of time.

Luoyang judged that the war between Li Qing and King Ning would be stalemate for at least one to two years, but Li Qing wanted to completely defeat King Ning when spring came, so this is why Li Qing took a huge risk to lead the army through the Hanhai, attack the front line of Quanying, and cut off the back road of the main force of the Southern Army. King Ning's army could directly threaten the heart of Dingzhou, and at that time, Li Qing would be passive and would have to shrink the defensive line to defend it, and the territory already occupied in the Central Plains would inevitably be difficult.

Both sides are determined to win, on the front line, the tragic strangulation battle has been going on for many days, one side is more than a many, on the other hand, it is already prepared, step by step, not an inch of land, previously in Weizhou Dingzhou army all the way stride retreat, to now, all the troops have shrunk to Xinling to Wangjiang more than 100 miles long, 50 miles deep after the defense line, it will no longer be willing to take a step back, it seems that this is already the bottom line of the Dingzhou army.

Hu Zequan personally visited Xu Siyu's department on February 18 to watch Xu's attack on Zhouping, "General Hu, the opponent has built an extremely strong defense line in this area, and our army has fought for three days, and only won the first line of defense, and it cannot advance to the land of Lixu!" Xu Siyu, covered in blood and dust, rushed back from the front line and reported to Hu Zequanyu.

Hu Zequan frowned, looking at the battlefield in front of him that was still fighting fiercely, "Siyu, I always have an ominous feeling, this seems to be the battlefield preset by the Dingzhou Army." They were prepared. ”

Xu Siyu was a little puzzled, "General Hu, break this line of defense, Weizhou City will face our attack, the opponent is still fighting, it is understandable, the opponent is not strong enough, it is a good time for us to take them, once they are relieved, mobilize a large number of soldiers to rush to Weizhou, we are embarrassed, although we are in a predicament, but the more this time, the more we have to face the difficulties, who can survive this hurdle, who can get the final victory, I think the Dingzhou army on the opposite side has also reached the end of the strong crossbow, As long as the last general works harder, he will be able to take it. ”

Hu Zequan smiled and said: "General Xu, a peerless general, I am relieved, I wish the general a horse to be completed here, once you take Zhouping, you will immediately wave your army to attack Wangjiang, assist General Lan to take Wangjiang, and lay down the right flank of Weizhou City, we will win half of this battle." ”

Xu Siyu nodded. "The last general will personally go into battle to rush and kill."

"I still have to go to Xinling, Zeng Yifan's side I can't rest assured, he is facing the main force of the cavalry under the command of Lu Bu, Dong Dasheng is a fierce general under the command of Lu Dalin, the cavalry of the department has participated in the big battle many times, and is extremely experienced, I am very worried that Zeng Bu will not believe in the opponent's counterattack."

Xu Siyu said with a smile: "Zeng Yifan has fifty or sixty thousand people over there, even if the Dong Department is strong, it is only a little more than 10,000, Zeng Yifan will not lose!" ”

Hu Zequan shook his head and said: "Zeng Yifan's mind is slippery, his strongest Fengli battalion has not been transferred to the front line, or dragged behind, in the name of monitoring Wei Xin's escape in Xiabaoping, he refused to come up for a long time, he has prepared a back road for himself, such a person, if he doesn't keep an eye on it, maybe something will happen." ”

"I see that I have made the most progress here, I will transfer the 3,000 cavalry under Lu Fengchun to you to assist you in attacking the opposite bear, and strive to open a hole in the opponent's defense line first."

"Thank you, General Hu."

The two were discussing how to break a gap on the opposite side as soon as possible, when a fast horse galloped in the distance. "General Hu, General Hu!" The person flew off his horse and trotted all the way to Hu Zequan, "General Hu, General Ai, please return to Changning immediately, there is an urgent military situation." ”

"Huh?" Hu Zequan raised his head in surprise, "Is there anything that General Ai can't handle, and I still need to rush back?" ”

The man said loudly: "The last general doesn't know, but General Ai said that no matter what, I must ask the general to rush back to Changning immediately." ”

Hu Zequan immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, Ai Yongjun has followed him for many years, and he is familiar with his temperament, and he actually used it in his message No matter what, something must be wrong.

"General Hu, what's wrong?" Xu Siyu asked with some concern.

Hu Zequan smiled: "Don't worry, Xiao Ai is like this, you can't pay attention to the big thing in the eye of the needle, I'll go back first, you have to hurry up here." ”

"General Hu, don't worry, within three days, I will take Zhou Ping down for you." Xu Siyu swore authentically.

"That's good!" Hu Zequan turned on his horse and headed towards Changning.

"What the hell is going on, so urgent?" After walking for a long time, Hu Zequan asked the captain who delivered the letter in a low voice.

"I don't know what happened, but the messenger came from Springs." The lieutenant hesitated for a moment, "It looks very embarrassing, and after reading the letter, General Ai ordered the messenger to be locked up, and ordered the villain to ask the general to go back immediately." ”

Hu Zequan pulled the reins of the horse suddenly, the war horse stopped steeply, and Hu Zequan looked at the captain in a daze, "The messenger from Quancheng?" ”

"Yes!"

Hu Zequan's heart trembled, there must be no accident over there in Quancheng. At this time, Hu Zequan never thought that Quancheng had fallen into the hands of Li Qing.

Drive! Hu Zequan whipped his horse violently and galloped towards the Changning base camp.

Running back to the camp, turning over and dismounting, Hu Zequan strode towards the big tent, outside the big tent, Ai Yongjun was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around on the snow, and when he saw Hu Zequan coming back, he hurriedly greeted him.

"What's going on? Is there something wrong with Quancheng? Hu Zequan asked in a low voice.

Ai Yongjun glanced around, "General, let's talk about it." ”

Walking into the big tent, Ai Yongjun's self-calm expression finally disappeared completely, and his voice trembled, "General Hu, Quancheng is lost." ”

Hu Zequan's whole body stiffened suddenly, and Huo Di turned his head to look at Ai Yongjun, "What did you say?" ”

"Spring City is lost!" Ai Yongjun said in a trembling voice: "Li Qingqin led tens of thousands of troops, pierced the Jedi Hanhai, first broke through Yingcheng in one fell swoop, Yingcheng defender Li Shanbin surrendered to the enemy, and opened the gate of Quancheng, tens of thousands of enemy troops poured in, Quancheng defender Lu Xin was killed, and Quanying fell into the hands of Li Qing. ”

Hu Ze's whole body shook, and he almost wanted to fall.

"General Hu, General Hu!" Ai Yongjun grabbed Hu Zequan, and was shocked to see Hu Zequan open his mouth, spurting out a mouthful of blood, and his snow-white beard was stained with blood.

"General Hu, at this time of life and death, you, you must not have anything to do?" Ai Yongjun said in fear.

"Wear Hanhai?" Hu Zequan walked to the map hanging in the big tent step by step, staring at the large white land with the Hanhai Sea, "Wear the Hanhai!" He roared, ripped off the map, tore it up in a few handfuls, and threw it on the ground.

"General!" Ai Yongjun looked at Hu Zequan, who was out of shape, and shouted.

After walking back to the big case with difficulty, Hu Ze supported his head with all his hands, his whole body was weak, and he almost collapsed on the chair.

"Xiao Ai, where's the messenger?"

"I locked him in a side tent, General Hu rest assured, I have already ordered him to go down, and he can't see anyone without my order."

"Kill him!" Hu Zequan stood up, "No news can be revealed." ”

"Yes!" Ai Yongjun nodded heavily.

"How long can we have enough food and grass in our camp?"

"Another batch of grain and grass has just been delivered, but if you count the fact that it will be sent to Pingyang, Xianglu Mountain and Xinling, all the grain and grass can only last for ten days."

"I won't give it to them." Hu Zequan Dao.

"So, what about them?"

"Tell them that they will be a few days late for food and grass due to bad weather, and let them do their best to support them for a few days, and at the same time, tell them to storm the enemy on the opposite line with all their might, and try to break through the opponent's line within three days."

Ai Yongjun suddenly understood what Hu Zequan meant, and his face turned pale suddenly.

"I'm afraid Zeng Yifan's side won't be so obedient, you go in person, go in person to convey the order."