Chapter 5: The Difference Between the Heavens

The next day, the big tent of the Chinese army

Xie Xuan summoned his confidants and generals to discuss strategies to break the enemy

Due to the disparity in strength, the generals unanimously believed that the Qin army was strong and should hold on without a fight, and wait for the enemy to be exhausted before waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

At this time, the colonel in front of the tent came in to report, and Fu Jian sent a messenger to ask to see General Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan: Let him in

As soon as the words fell, a person walked into the tent: General Xie, don't come to harm?

When Xie Xuan saw this person, he couldn't help but be stunned: General Zhu...

The person who came called Zhu Xu, who was originally the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the assassin of Liangzhou, guarding Xiangyang.

In the third year of Taiyuan, Fu Jian, the former king of Qin, sent an army of 170,000 troops to attack Xiangyang in four ways. Zhu Xu took the initiative to attack and repeatedly defeated the Qin army. However, due to the rebellion of Li Bohu, the governor of Xiangyang, the Qin army finally conquered Xiangyang and captured Zhu Xu. Fu Jian thought that Li Bohu was disloyal and killed him to show the public. Zhu Xu wanted to escape back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so he secretly went to Yiyang and hid in Xia Yu's house. Fu Jian suspected Xia Hua and arrested him, and Zhu Xu went to Fu Hui to surrender. Fu Jian praised him very much because Zhu Xu was able to maintain his integrity, did not pursue him for escaping, and appointed him as the secretary of the Duzhi Shangshu.

At this time, the war was imminent, and Fu Jian wanted to surrender without a fight, so he sent Zhu Xu to praise his military might and persuade Xie Xuan to surrender.

Zhu Xu handed over Fu Jian's letter of persuasion, and Xie Xuan's face sank after reading it

Xie Xuan said coldly: General Zhu is here to persuade me to surrender?

Zhu Xu looked left and right

Xie Xuan: All of you here are my confidants, so it's okay to say it directly

Zhu Xuzheng said: I knew that General Xie would think so. But Zhu was born in the state of Chinese etiquette, and he has been familiar with the classics of scripture and history since he was a child, and he knows that loyalty and filial piety are the main festivals. Although he was defeated and captured, he was actually in Cao Ying's heart in Han. This time, he took the initiative to come to the next letter in order to discuss with the general a strategy to break Qin.

Xie Xuan couldn't help but smile: I know that the general is loyal and righteous, and the right talent is a joke. What do the generals have to say about breaking the enemy?

Zhu Xu: Although Fu Jian has many soldiers and generals, it seems that Fu Jian has three defeats. Years of conquest have caused the people to be war-weary, and the morale of the army is not high. After the unification of the north, Fu Jian thought that he was a generation of British lords, and he could no longer listen to advice, but he praised flattery. merit is not rewarded, guilt is not punished, so that up and down centrifugation, this is also the second; Fu Jian is so happy with his achievements, proud and underestimating the enemy, but he only relies on a million troops and the mighty military that dominates the north, but he does not have a careful strategic deployment, and this is the third.

Xie Xuan nodded

Zhu Xu continued:

Although the Qin army numbered a million people, it was still marching, and if the forces were concentrated, the Jin army would be difficult to resist. Now the situation is different, we should take advantage of the fact that the Qin army has not all arrived, and quickly launch an attack, as long as we can defeat its forward troops and frustrate its spirit, we can break through the million-strong army of Qin.

Xie Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and decided to change his combat policy and switch from offensive to defensive. Attack Luojian, where the Qin army's vanguard is located. Luojian was garrisoned by 50,000 troops led by the Qin general Liang Cheng. Liang Cheng is a famous general of Qin, and the 50,000 forwards he leads are also the elite of Qin, if he can kill Liang Cheng, it will inevitably frustrate the spirit of the Qin army.

General Xie Xuan: Liu Gaozhi listened to the order and ordered you to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to Luojian three days later and attack the Qin army at night.

Liu Gaozhi was the first fierce general of the Beifu Army and was the general of Yingyang at that time. Seeing that the Lord would hand over the first battle of breaking Qin to himself, he was overjoyed

Liu Gaozhi: The last general will be ordered

Wang Tuo stood up: The young general is willing to go with General Liu, please ask the general for permission

Xie Xuan wanted him to stay in the military affairs of the Chinese army counselor because Wang Tuo was recommended by the eldest princess of Poyang, so as to ensure his safety. At this time, seeing that he took the initiative to ask for his life, he couldn't help but hesitate, but after thinking about it, how could he make military merits if he didn't go into battle to kill the enemy? I am afraid that the original intention of hurting the eldest princess is better, so it is better to push the boat with the water

Xie Xuan: General Wang is so bold. In this battle, General Liu was the general, and General Wang was the deputy, and after breaking the enemy, the first merit of the two generals was recorded.

Three days later, on the night, Liu Gaozhi and Wang Tuo led the army to set off

However, the army was discovered by the Qin army when it was ten miles away from Luojian. Liang Cheng, an experienced Qin general, immediately lined up on the west bank of Luojian. Things didn't go as smoothly as expected, but there was no room for delay! Liu Gaozhi made a quick decision, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, when the two armies could not see each other's reality clearly, and ordered to force the Luojian and attack the Qin army. The 5,000 warriors of the Jin army, facing the arrows flying from the sky, waded through the icy river below them, and rushed towards the Qin army, which was ten times larger.

Wang Tuo is even more pioneered and unstoppable, like a sharp knife to split the waves of the Qin army, and kill directly to the Qin army, Liang Cheng, the commander of the Qin army who has experienced a hundred battles, was actually beheaded by the brave Wang Tuo!

Liu Gaozhi took advantage of the chaos of the Qin army, divided his troops through the south of the Qin camp, and went around to the back of the Qin army to cut off the return route of the Qin army. The Qin army, which had lost its command, was terrified when they found that the Jin army appeared behind them, and immediately collapsed, rushing to Huaishui in a panic to try to cross the river and flee north. But Huaishui is not Luojian, even in the dry season, it is easy to drown 10,000 people at a time, and the corpses of the Qin army who drowned, killed by the Jin army, and trampled to death by trampling on each other crowded Huaishui and the Qin army camp on the south bank......

In this battle, the Jin army beheaded the Qin Wei general Liang Cheng, Yangzhou Assassin Wang Xian, Yiyang Taishou Wang Yong and other ten generals, the Qin army lost 15,000 people, which was three times that of the attacking Jin army, the rest of the people were scattered, no longer an army, and a large number of weapons and baggage were captured by the Jin army. In just one night, the former famous Qin general Liang Cheng and the 50,000 Qin troops under his command ceased to exist!

The good news was transmitted back to the Jin camp, and the army was jubilant.

On the contrary, when it was learned that the 50,000 forwards led by Liang Cheng were completely annihilated in Luojian, the morale of the Qin army was greatly damaged, and Fu Jian was also greatly shaken, and began to have the idea of fear of Jin. Therefore, he deliberately climbed the Shouyang City Tower with Fu Rong, the general of the Eastern Expedition, to look at the Jin army.

When Fu Jian climbed to the top of the city, saw that the Jin army was neatly shaped, the soldiers were elite, and then he saw the grass and trees and forests on Bagong Mountain to the north, all of which looked like people, Fu Jian couldn't help but have some grass and trees, and turned to Fu Rong and said: These are all strong enemies, how can you say less?

After Fu Jian finished speaking, his face couldn't help but show fear and frustration.

Xie Xuan and Zhu Xu secretly contacted and discussed a strategy to break Qin. The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and Wang Tuo was even more overjoyed.

However, there is still one important thing to do, and at this time, there is a shortage of grain and grass in the army, and if it is delayed and the grain and grass are cut off, I am afraid that the army's heart will be unstable. It is necessary to send people back to Jiankang as soon as possible to urge food. As long as the grain and grass are ready and the army's morale is stable, you can wave the army to break Qin.

Wang Tuo took the initiative to ask Ying to return to Jiankang to urge food, and wanted to inform Li Huan of the good news in advance.

Wang Tuo returned to Jiankang early in the morning, quickly finished his official business, and after lunch, he came to the palace of Princess Sanssouci to find Li Huan, but the princess was not in the palace when she entered the palace.

According to the original plan, Wang Tuo was going to leave for the army on the second day, so Wang Tuo waited at the gate of the mansion, looking forward to seeing Li Huan before leaving.

At dusk, Li Huan returned home. I was surprised to see Wang Tuoli Huan, but there was a faint sadness in my eyebrows. Wang Tuo was strange, but everyone didn't want to ask too much on the side, and Li Huan asked Wang Tuo to enter the mansion to talk.

Entering the house, Li Huan retreated left and right.

Li Huan shed tears before speaking: The emperor's brother has already betrothed me, and he will give me a marriage when the filial piety period expires

Wang Tuo was struck by lightning: Is this serious?

Li Huan: I told the imperial sister about the two of us, and I want to wait for you to make military achievements, and then the imperial sister will plead with the emperor's brother on my behalf to let you and me get married. Unexpectedly, the imperial sister went back and told the emperor's brother, and the emperor's brother felt that there was a huge disparity in the family, how could the royal family marry the common people? For the sake of royal face, I personally made a kiss...

Wang Tuo's liver and intestines were broken

Li Huan wiped away her tears and cheered up again: Brother, as long as you can make military achievements, the emperor's brother can't change his mind and let you marry me

Wang Tuo smiled bitterly when he heard this, knowing that in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, where the concept of the door was prevalent, the royal family would never let a person who was born as a guard marry a princess. Otherwise, he would not have married the princess when he went on the expedition

And even if he makes a great contribution, the emperor really lets the princess marry him, and in the future, the princess will be despised by everyone because she loses her royal dignity, and then she will be isolated by everyone. If it goes on like this, it will be difficult for Li Huan to be happy...

I want to stay with Li Huan for the rest of my life, but it's just a spring dream...

Thinking of this, Wang Tuo gritted his teeth and stood up: The princess doesn't need to say much, the last general knows that she and the princess are really very different...

Li Huan: Brother...

Wang Tuo: The last general can't stay for a long time, so he leaves

Wanto turned and left

Li Huan looked at his back and burst into tears