Chapter 63: The Dilemma of the Bajun Qin Army
"Sir, let's go back!" Li Mu finally stood up impatiently and thanked him.
He respected the other party as an elder, but the other party stalked and persuaded himself to lead the troops to surrender to Zhao with the righteousness of the country. Not to mention that King Han is as kind to him as a mountain, he is not yet thirty years old and will be a marquis and a general, leading a country's elite soldiers. Even if you give up your glory and wealth and go to Zhao to be loyal, what can you get? No matter how high the title is, it is not now, but it carries a notoriety. Lian Po, as a general of Zhao State, attacked the city and pulled out the village, and made great contributions to Sheji, and in the end, it was not because of a failure that he ended up defending the frontier! Become a victim of the struggle for power.
Zhang Tenghuo stood up with a bang, and said with tears in his eyes: "As a Zhao person, the general can't bear to lead troops to be an enemy of Zhao State!" ”
Li Mu said coldly: "The eldest husband was born in troubled times, when he should carry a three-foot sword and make meritorious contributions thousands of miles away, how can he be willing to live and die of old age, and end up with Confucianism!" Zhao Wang Ruoxian, natural good ministers gathered. But now that the nobles are fighting for power, Lian Po left Handan in the past, and Lin Xiangru said that he was not sick. How can such a king be worthy to be followed? ”
Zhang Teng was so angry, King Zhao's body was getting heavier, and the crown prince was in charge of the country, so he naturally relied on Zonggui a lot. Prime Minister and Plains Jun Zhao Sheng monopolized power, and Lin Xiangru was naturally excluded. When King Zhao's body recovers, he can naturally set things right. Pingyuanjun and Zhao Sheng restrained each other and returned to balance. Today's King Zhao is not as virtuous as Zhao Wuling, and in recent years, he has been even more greedy and lustful, but he is not confused in major matters. How did he get to Li Mu, it became evidence of King Zhao's stupidity and incompetence!
Li Mu saw Zhang Teng's face flushed, and took advantage of the situation to say: "Baili Xi was originally from Chu, but he assisted Qin Mugong to achieve hegemony. The people of the time did not complain about Baili Xi's disloyalty, but they laughed at Chu State's ignorance. Shang Ying was loyal to the Wei State, but he was not known by the King of Wei, and entered Qin and changed the law with Qin Xiaogong. In the end, he helped Qin to recover the land of the West River, and the King of Wei regretted it. These two sons are not loyal to their country, but they are praised and virtuous by the people of the time. Therefore, the herd thinks that good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to serve. My king raised troops and collected Sanchuan. Take Nanyang, Kehanzhong, but strong Qin in the west, Qi and Wei in the east, and Chu in the south. King Zhao sat and watched his master father (that is, King Wuling of Zhao) trapped the sand dunes in front, defeated Hexi, and Qin Yihe was behind. Sir, don't waste lips and tongues! ”
Zhang Teng was ashamed and annoyed. I actually fainted. Just as Li Mu was ridiculing the envoy of Zhao State, Bajun Jiangzhou was experiencing a great change.
Jiangzhou was originally the old capital of Ba, but due to the attack of Chu, Ba was forced to move its capital to Langzhong to avoid Chu. The soldiers are very fast, and the distance between Langzhong and Jiangzhou is one day closer than the distance between Wuxian and Jiangzhou. Since the Mengfu army conquered Langzhong, they ordered the Huben camp to sail down the river and go straight to Jiangzhou, the confluence of the Qianjiang River (i.e., the Jialing River) and the river (i.e., the Yangtze River).
It is impossible for Jiangzhou to be defenseless, and Meng Fu knows this very well. But Langzhong lost quickly. It definitely exceeded Qin Jun's imagination. In addition, the Han army is going downstream, and the Qin army is going upstream. The Qin army actually spent three days longer than the Han army. Therefore, the arrival of the vanguard of the Korean army in Jiangzhou should be at least no later than the arrival of the Qin army in Jiangzhou. From the very beginning, Meng Fu decided to play this time difference.
Facts have also proved the correctness of Meng's decision. When Zhu Hai led 10,000 elite tigers to sneak to the city of Jiangzhou, Zhang Ruo's vanguard army had not yet arrived. At this time, the road in front of Zhu Hai was very clear, that is, to attack Jiangzhou. After all, Qin Jun's vigilance was very high. No matter how stupid people are, they understand that the Korean army is very likely to send a detachment to attack Jiangzhou.
According to the latest news from Xizuo, the main forces of Ba County are all under Zhang Ruo's command. There were only 2,000 elite Qin troops left behind in the entire Jiangzhou City, and even if Bajun Juncheng learned the news of the Korean army's large-scale invasion, he could only urgently recruit about 3,000 people. In front of Zhu Hai, there were no more than 5,000 Qin troops. With 10,000 of the most elite Tiger Ben Rui soldiers, against 5,000 Qin troops. To be more precise, with 10,000 Han troops against 2,000 Qin troops plus 3,000 Qingzhuang, Zhu Hai's chances of victory are very high.
But Zhu Hai had a new idea in his heart. Zhang Ruo, the county guard of Ba County, gathered all the soldiers and horses of the county, and directly led the number of defenders in other cities except for Langzhong and Jiangzhou. Counting the 35,000 troops that needed to be guarded against by the Chu State, the reinforcements that Zhang Ruo could lead were at the beginning of 20,000, and its vanguard should be about 5,000 people. If he can successfully ambush the vanguard of Zhang Ruo's army and then hold the path it must pass, Zhang Ruo's army will not be able to join the Jiangzhou defenders and will have to garrison the field. At that time, the main force of the Han army can go head-to-head with the main force of the Qin army, which is better than attacking the city.
Zhu Hai thought of it and did it. Anyway, Meng Fu didn't restrict what he should do after he arrived in Jiangzhou. In Zhu Hai's view, if the Qin reinforcements did not arrive, he would lead a large army or cut off the waterways and dry roads east of Jiangzhou, or sneak attack or besiege the city; If Qin's reinforcements have arrived, he will be responsible for finding out the military situation. At present, the Qin army is heavily guarded, and considering the huge casualties, it is not necessary to conquer Jiangzhou before the Qin reinforcements arrive, and ambushing the vanguard of the Qin army will naturally become the best choice.
Therefore, under the command of Zhu Hai, the Huben battalion quietly bypassed Jiangzhou at night, went down the river, set up a pocket formation thirty miles east of Jiangzhou, and patiently waited for the arrival of the vanguard of the Qin army. It is definitely no fun to set up an ambush during the day on the mighty river, and the Qin army will see the ambush of the Han army from afar, so naturally it will not be attacked. If it is an ambush at night, it can be taken by surprise, but it is inevitable that fish will slip through the net.
Therefore, the upright-minded Zhu Hai simply hid his ships upstream and concentrated on waiting for the Qin army on the dry road. In his opinion, the possibility of the Qin army's vanguard taking the waterway is very small, after all, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, and the speed of going upriver is too slow. Fortunately, as Zhu Hai expected, the vanguard of the Qin army was led by Zhang Ruo's henchmen, and the generals were angry. Ying Yan personally led 5,000 elites, rushed to Jiangzhou in the starry night, abandoned the waterway and took the dry road, and was in the ambush of the Korean army.
The Langzhong guard is Zhang Xin, and he is Zhang Ruojun's henchman like Yingyan, and the two are friends with each other. After learning that Langzhong was surrounded by 50,000 Korean troops and the news was cut off, Ying was very worried. Although there were 5,000 elite soldiers in Langzhong, the Korean garrison general Meng Fu was famous for attacking the city, and South Korea was rich in all kinds of advanced siege equipment. Therefore, he volunteered to grab the position of pioneer.
The 5,000 Qin army marched all the way, and finally advanced to a place only 30 miles away from Jiangzhou, just when the people were sleepy and tired, and suddenly encountered an ambush by the elite of 10,000 Han troops, and the result can be imagined. Only two hours later, Ying Angry died on the battlefield, and most of the 5,000 elites under his command died in battle, and a small part surrendered. The South Korean army has won a big victory!
Zhu Hai interrogated the prisoners of war overnight, and learned that there was a 2,500 lord among them, who was overjoyed, and disguised himself as Qin reinforcements to open the east gate of Jiangzhou. The defenders of Gangju later discovered the flaws of the Korean army, but it was too late. The Han army, which had already entered the city, took advantage of the killing of every person, and quickly took control of the city, and cooperated with the follow-up Han army to sweep away the Qin army in the city. Bajun Juncheng set fire to himself, and Jiangzhou was lost. Less than 200 Qin troops broke through from Ximen and fled to Shu County.
After Zhu Hai led the Huben battalion to conquer Jiangzhou, a heavy rain swept through the northern part of Ba County, the river swelled, the road was difficult to navigate, and the army of Mengfu marched slowly. At the same time, the eastern part of Ba County was sunny and windy. Zhang Ruo led an army of 25,000 and arrived in Jiangzhou before the main force of the Korean army.
After learning the news that Jiangzhou had changed hands, Zhang Ruo's face was like ashes. How could the Han army conquer Langzhong so lightly?! How could Jiangzhou fall without a sound?! There is also his own partial general, the 5,000 elites commanded by Yingyan, and the whole army was wiped out without a single wave! When Zhang Ruo's army arrived in Jiangzhou, Yingyan's subordinates were unwilling to surrender to the Korean army, and a small number of soldiers who rushed into the vast mountains happened to get out of the mountains. After the already thin and inhuman-shaped soldier told the cause and effect, Zhang Ruo finally knew where he was defeated!
Langzhong County ordered Wang An and County Lieutenant Sun Fang to rebel, Zhang Xin was assassinated, and Langzhong held out for only two days before it was lost. The angry army was in the starry night, suddenly ambushed, 10,000 Han troops waiting to work against 5,000 tired Qin troops, Zhang Ruo could think of how unconvincing the Qin army was defeated at that time with his toes! After the massacre, the Han army must have pretended to be the Qin army, and with the assistance of a Qin army of two or five hundred lords, the city gate was fraudulently opened, and Jiangzhou was naturally lost.
Now Zhang Ruo can be described as in a dilemma, and he is looking for a dead end to the north, because the main force of the South Korean army is moving south, and he will definitely meet unexpectedly. To the south are the vast mountains, and it is not desirable. To the east, he could only get a temporary peace, and in the end he could only end up being caught between Han and Chu. The only thing that could be done was to retreat to Shu County, but the problem was that it was impossible for the scouts of the Han army not to know the arrival of their own army, and they carried less than five days of grain and grass. If you want to rush to Shu County within five days, you must follow the light car and march quickly. The South Korean army could have chased after them and attacked when they were tired.
Zhang Ruo directly said his worries and let everyone discuss them in the future. Faced with the big question of the life and death decision of the 25,000 Qin army, all of them were silent. All of those present are military marquis (in charge of 5,000 people), school captains (in charge of 10,000 people), and the most unfortunate are Zhang Ruo's henchmen and guards, Zhang Ruo's proposition is already very clear, that is, either retreat and defend the land of Yufu and Wuxian for 400 miles, and sit and wait to die; Either it is to leave a lone army palace that is doomed to be wiped out, and sacrifice yourself for the main force to withdraw to Shu County. There is no other way.
Although the Qin army was eager for military merit, it did not mean that it was willing to die in vain. No matter how great the merit is in life, if you don't have your life to enjoy, it is better not to want it. After staying in the palace, he died for a hundred years, but Zhang Ruo hoped that someone would take the initiative to stand up and bear it. There are military marquis and captains who are willing to sacrifice and have to think about their subordinates, so for a while, the big tent is surprisingly quiet.
"The county guard! In the end, there is a risky plan, I don't know if I should do it! A voice broke the silence of the tent. (To be continued......)
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