Chapter 53: Peng Yue attacked the South Vietnamese army camp at night
When Li Yan's 20,000 troops appeared near the South Vietnamese Army station, they were discovered by the South Vietnamese Army patrol guards.
Li Yan judged that there were only 10,000 or 20,000 Qin troops near the camp based on the information provided by the patrol sergeants, so he decided to seize the time to eat this small force.
After a while, I saw Zhao Shi lead an army of 50,000 out of the camp gate and pursue Li Yan's army of 20,000.
Seeing that the South Vietnamese army rushed out of the camp under the leadership of Zhao Shi, Li Yan did not bother and immediately led the crowd to evacuate from the vicinity of the South Vietnamese army station.
Zhao Shi saw Li Yan's 20,000 troops withdrawing, thinking that the Qin army in front of him was cowardly, and immediately urged the army to press up, intending to take advantage of the night to annihilate the small force of soldiers and horses in front of him who intended to rob the camp in one fell swoop.
When Peng Yue, who was lurking not far from the South Vietnamese camp, saw countless torches leaving the South Vietnamese camp, he sent a scout to follow quietly.
After a stick of incense, I saw the scout ride turn back.
"General, the South Vietnamese army has chased out five miles away, and there are about 50,000 people."
After hearing the news brought back by the Tancai, Peng Yue immediately ordered the Tiger Ben Army to quietly approach the South Vietnamese army camp.
When the Tiger Ben army sneaked to a distance of 500 paces from the South Vietnamese army camp, Peng Yue gave the order to attack.
After the Tiger Army left, the South Vietnamese Army camp was in a mess, and the cries of the soldiers, the crackling sound of grain and grass and other materials were intertwined, adding a lot of desolation for a while.
When Li Yan's 20,000-strong army lured Zhao Shi to a distance of five or six miles from the South Vietnamese army camp, Li Yan ordered the army to quickly break away from Zhao Shi's pursuit and return directly to the Lishui camp.
Just when Zhao Shi was rubbing his hands at the fact that the 20,000 people who were about to arrive had escaped, a team of South Vietnamese cavalry found Zhao Tuo.
When Zhao Shi saw the miserable appearance of the person through the light of the torch, he was suddenly speechless.
"Yu Shizi, after you led the army out of the camp, a Qin army cavalry entered the camp of our army, and after a lot of killing, they left in a hurry. Because the Qin army came too hastily, the defenders of our large battalion did not have time to organize a defense, and they could only fight separately in a hurry, so our army suffered heavy losses. ”
After listening to the horseman's story, Zhao Shi was directly stunned.
"The thief Fusu, it's so calculating!"
After a while, Zhao Shi gritted his teeth and sighed.
Since he had been with Xiang Yu for a few days, Zhao Shi learned Xiang Yu's bad name for Fusu, not to mention that this time Zhao Shi was not lightly calculated by Fusu, and he naturally scolded the thief Fusu to vent his anger under indignation.
When Zhao Shi led the army back to the camp, he was immediately shocked by the tragic appearance in the camp, only to see countless corpses of the South Vietnamese army carried by the surviving soldiers to the open space in front of the camp gate, and a mountain of corpses was about to be piled up, and the place where the grain, grass and military supplies were piled up in the distance was even more fire.
Seeing the scene in the camp, Zhao Shi immediately ordered the 50,000 soldiers behind him to participate in the rescue, and was busy until the ugly time before he could sort out the losses in the camp: more than 20,000 soldiers in the battalion were killed, more than 5,000 were wounded, and the food, grass and ordnance were almost lost.
Listening to the quartermaster's report on the losses of the battalion, Zhao Shi had mixed feelings in his heart, including his helplessness against Fusu, his resentment against the sudden withdrawal of the Jiangdong Xiang clan, and his self-blame for not seeing the Fusu plan in advance.
In view of the critical situation, Zhao Shi ordered the army to pull out the camp overnight, and led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Sihui County, an important town in Nanhai County.
The next day, when the Tancai reported the news of Zhao Shi's withdrawal to Fusu, Fusu immediately led the army straight to Nanhai County.
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Just as the Fusu army advanced into Nanhai County, Wang Li and Meng Tian's 200,000 troops were divided into two roads, Meng Tian's 100,000 troops continued to confront Xiang Bo in Lujiang County, while Wang Li and Yingbu led 100,000 troops to turn around and kill Changsha County.
When the Jiangdong Tancai told Xiang Bo the news that 100,000 Qin troops were going south to Changsha County, Xiang Bo was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly repaired the book and sent people to Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang, and ordered the two to enter Jiangdong and immediately go to rescue Changsha County.
Xiang Bo knew the importance of Changsha County to Jiangdong, so he ordered Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang to rush to the aid of Changsha County. After Fusu raided Jiangdong before, Xiang Bo ceded all the county capitals west of Xiangshui in Changsha County in order to alleviate the contradiction with Fusu. Now that the 100,000 Qin army is heading south, I am afraid that the districts and counties east of Xiangshui in Changsha County are also in danger.
On this day, Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang led the army into the jurisdiction of Jiangdong, only to see a fast rider rushing towards them.
"The two major generals, the general has a letter, please read it." Kuaiqi said and handed a letter to Xiang Yu.
After Xiang Yu finished reading Xiang Bo's letter, his brows immediately frowned.
Xiang Zhuang saw the change in Xiang Yu's expression, and hurriedly took the letter from Xiang Yu's hand and read it.
"This thief Fusu is really hateful, this time not only mobilized troops against South Vietnam, but also wanted to plot against my Jiangdong rivers and mountains, is there anything more calculating in this world than this thief Fusu?" Xiang Yu sighed helplessly.
Since Xiang Yukeng killed 20,000 Nanjun soldiers, Fusu has almost become a nightmare for Jiangdong; first led the army to infiltrate Jiangdong to break through Xiang Liang's camp and kill Xiang Liang, and then robbed Xiang Yu's wife Yu Ji from Lujiang County, and finally forced Jiangdong to cede Hengshan County and half of Changsha County, and now they want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack South Vietnam to try to swallow Jiangdong, how can Xiang Yu and others not feel helpless?
"Brother Yu, how do I feel that the purpose of the Qin army this time is not South Vietnam, but our Jiangdong?" Xiang Zhuang said with a sad face.
"Brother Zhuang, I used to think that our Jiangdong would definitely be able to restore my Chu State, and after fighting Fusu for so long, I am becoming more and more unconfident. Let's just say this time, Fu Su obviously transferred 200,000 troops to South Vietnam, but who would have thought that this thief Fu Su used our meticulous work in Hexi to paralyze us and secretly transferred 100,000 troops to Peng Lize. ”
"Brother Yu, do you think that our Jiangdong can really restore the country under Fusu's nose?"
"I don't know, I can only take one step at a time."
Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Zhuang in front of him with a melancholy face, not knowing what to say.
In the face of an opponent like Fusu, Xiang Yu himself had countless feelings of powerlessness, and he didn't dare to have illusions about the future, how else could he comfort Xiang Zhuang?
When the news of Fusu's successive sieges in South Vietnam and Jiangdong reached Dangjun, it shocked Liu Ji and others.
"Brother Ji, the offensive of this Qin army is too fierce, this has just wiped out the Hun army in Hexi, and it is about to recapture South Vietnam, as well as this Jiangdong, it is estimated that Changsha County and Lujiang County are about to be unable to be saved. When Fusu has destroyed South Vietnam and Jiangdong, it will be my turn to take Dangjun. Xiahou Ying said pessimistically.
"Brother Ji, I also think that what Xiahou Ying said is reasonable, now that the Qin State has become stronger and stronger under the governance of Fusu, my Dangjun is no longer the opponent of Fusu, and I have a suggestion below, and I ask Brother Ji not to blame."
"Lu Juan, if you have something to say, just say it, don't grind." Liu Ji scolded helplessly when he saw Lu Juan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping.
"Brother Ji, why don't we surrender Fusu."
Lu Juan plucked up his luck and said his suggestion, and after finishing speaking, he quickly lowered his head, and no longer dared to look up at Liu Ji and a group of brothers.
"Lu Xuan, your bullshit idea, don't say that Brother Ji doesn't agree, a few of our brothers are willing, I think you are intimidated by Fusu." Zhou Bo is firepower output against Lu Juan.
Seeing Zhou Bo insulting Lu Juan, several people were immediately ready to follow Zhou Bo to scold Lu Juan.
Seeing that everyone was about to speak, Liu Ji stopped everyone, and then stared at Lu Juan with a solemn face.
Seeing Liu Ji's solemn eyes, Lu Juan was flustered for a while.
"Brother Ji, I just said casually, don't care, as long as you recognize it, brother, I will follow you to the end."
Lu Juan looked at Liu Ji and explained in a panic.
After a while, Liu Ji no longer stared at Lu Xuan, but shifted his gaze to the others.