The news of Zhang Han's troops entering Chen County has been in an uproar, and the bandit armies in all cities and counties have defended themselves, and they are all soldiers, lest the next target of the Qin army will be themselves.

But there are also loyal ministers who gave everything for Zhang Chuguo and led the army to aid Chen County, and the partial general Lu Chen was one of them.

At this time, he led 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command to march from Nanyang to Chen County, trying to relieve the siege of Chen County with a weak division, although it sounds naïve, but in fact, this is a kind of righteousness.

But Lu Chen also knew very well in his heart that it was absolutely impossible to defeat Zhang Han's 500,000 army with a division of 20,000, but Lu Chen's real purpose was to protect Chen Sheng, even if Chen Sheng was rescued and the capital was established, Zhang Chuguo would continue from then on.

At this time, the army had marched to Yangcheng, which was Chen Sheng's hometown, and Chen Sheng also left here and rebelled in Daze, so that today's Zhang Chuguo was born.

But the heavy snow continued, and the ground was covered with snow, and Lu Chen relied on the light troops to advance quickly, so as to march in the snow without delaying too much travel, but the Qin army had a huge military capital and had just won a big victory.

At this time, the defeated soldiers had fled to the Yangcheng area one after another, and Lu Chen also learned from the defeated soldiers that the situation in Chen County was precarious, and he had to rush to Chen County as soon as possible.

After resting for a day in Yangcheng, Lu Chen ordered to abandon all supplies, carry half a month's dry food per person, and march to Chen County in a hurry.

Half a month later, Lu Chen's army crossed the Ru River from Shangcai, at this time the Ru River had frozen, the army crossed the river on foot, and soon came to Nandun, which is only more than ten miles away from Xiang County, and can be reached in half a day, but a news that shocked Lu Chen spread throughout Lu Chen's army.

Zhang He was defeated as early as half a month ago, and in the dead army, Chen Sheng sent troops to reinforce Zhang He, but was killed by the coachman Jia Fu.

But there is another saying that Jia Fu has surrendered to Zhang Han, only because of the heavy snow to close the road, Zhang Han will garrison Xu County, but in the past few days, the snow began to melt, the road gradually resumed traffic, Zhang Han will send troops to Chen County at any time, and after recovering Chen County, he will turn to Qi State.

There are various theories, but the news that Chen Sheng has died really made Lu Chen angry, and in addition to being angry, Lu Chen is more annoyed, annoyed that his light army is advancing in a hurry, and he is trapped in Nanton at this time, there is no food and grass supply, if he can't find the foundation, Lu Chen can't return to Nanyang.

Just when Lu Chen was anxious, the chief bookkeeper Chao Kaiji came to Lu Chen's side, he swept his beard, and sneered: "What is the general hesitating about? ”

Lu Chen was interrupted to ponder, he stared at Chao Kaiji, and said in surprise: "What is the gentleman referring to?" ”

"King Chen Sheng unjustly killed Chen County, Zhang Chu's army was leaderless, Jia Fu hid the true // phase of the murder, controlled Chen County, betrayed the country to seek glory, and tried to serve the Qin army, aren't these the best excuses?" Chao Kaiji sneered.

Lu Chen fell into deep thought, Chao Kaiji's words are not unreasonable, now, he has no way back, so he returns to Nanyang like this, where will the grain and grass be paid? Even if there is grain and grass, he came to Chen County in vain, and he didn't make an inch, just because Chen Sheng was dead, he died down, will the soldiers support him?

After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Chen finally made up his mind, he looked at Chao Kaiji with blazing eyes, and sighed: "Sir's words, let me pause, I know what to do." ”

Three days later, Lu Chen's army set up a position at the south gate of Chen County, the war drums roared and beat, and nearly 100 improvised ladders were lined up, and next to each ladder, there were more than 100 soldiers standing, and the war was about to break out.

On the tower of the city, Li Yong was anxious, he had also heard that Jia Fu might have killed Chen Sheng and begged Zhang Han to surrender, but there was no evidence, Li Yong put it out of the way, as long as the Qin army did not come to the city, he would not expose the matter.

But he never thought that this matter would be caught by Lu Chen, and the army would come to fight, although Lu Chen's troops were not many, only more than 20,000 people, but Lu Chen's name was right, and himself, could the 7,000 defenders hold Chen County?

Li Yong was secretly annoyed and regretted, making his heart wander, not knowing what to do, at this time, under the city, the drums were getting louder and louder, and the flag gate was opened, and a person wearing leather armor walked out of the array.

That person was Lu Chen, at this time, he raised his eyes, his eyes stared at the city tightly, looking at Li Yong, who was also looking at him, Lu Chen rode his horse and walked a few steps forward, shouting: "Listen to the city, we are here with troops, not for anything else, just to avenge the king, you can hand over the murderer Jia Fu, we will ensure that you will not die, and we can fight against the Qin army together."

There was an uproar in the city, and the soldiers were secretly discussing, is this rumor that once swept Chen County true or false? Could it be that King Chen Sheng is really dead?

Just when there was an uproar in the city and there were many discussions, Jia Fu walked up to the city with more than 100 relatives, he found the city, with a trace of murder in the eyes of everyone, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and said coldly: "Captain Li, what's going on?" “

At this time, Li Yong had already looked at Jia Fu coldly, stretched out his hand to the city and pointed at it, and said hatefully: "You can explain it to them yourself." ”

Jia Fu was slightly surprised, he looked down, but saw that it was also the banner of Zhang Chuguo, but he didn't know the generals below, so he asked coldly: "Which way are the soldiers and horses?" ”

Beside Lu Chen, a personal guard who had followed Chen Sheng pointed to the head of the city and said, "He is Jia Fu." ”

Lu Chen's eyes widened, looked at the head of the city, and said with hatred: "Jia Fu, you dog thief who betrays the lord and seeks glory, if you still have a conscience // know, you can kill yourself to thank the world, I can keep your whole corpse, otherwise, on the day the city is broken, the jade will be burned!" ”

After Jia Fu heard this, he was slightly flustered in his heart, he couldn't help but look at Li Yong on the side, and said hurriedly: "Quick, shoot him with an arrow!" ”

Li Yong ignored Jia Fu, and only asked coldly: "What he said, but is it true?" ”

"Decisive ...... Never! Jia Fu was a little flustered, Li Yong looked at the city again, under the city, the drums were roaring, Lu Chen's army had begun to line up, and the war was about to start, at this time, he was looking at Jia Fu, Jia Fu had fled to the city in a hurry, at this moment, Li Yong finally knew that Jia Fu had indeed killed Chen Sheng, the former king of Zhang Chu.

In this world, there is no absolute good and evil, but Li Yong had to give in to Lu Chen, at this time, he had already shouted to his subordinates: "Hang the white flag and open the city gate!" ”

Under the city, Lu Chen is swearing, he admonished all the soldiers, for the revenge of King Zhang Chu, the soldiers were indignant, one after another responded to Lu Chen, ready to attack the city at the moment, the city gate slowly opened, on the city tower, the white flag fluttering, Lu Chen beside him, Chao Kaiji reminded: "General, the opportunity must not be lost, you can enter the city quickly!" ”

"Avenge King Zhang Chu! Kill it! Rebels, no mercy! Lu Chen waved his sword and pointed forward, and Zhang Chujun rushed up and rushed into Chen County.

Jia Fu was tied up by more than 100 Zhang Chujun and escorted to Lu Chen, at this time, Lu Chen had already controlled the entire Chen County, Li Yong was also willing to surrender to Lu Chen, loyal to his command, the people learned that Chen Sheng was dead, some sighed, some mourned, and some were secretly happy.

"Jia Fu, where are the bones of the king?" Lu Chen was already holding a sword in his hand at this time, and it was across Jia Fu's neck.

"In ...... In Dangshan, I ......" Before Jia Fu finished speaking, Lu Chen's right hand was forced, the copper sword slashed, blood burst out, and Jia Fu died in a pool of blood.

Early in the morning, Lu Chen ordered Li Yong to guard the city, and personally led more than 500 people to Dangshan, coerced the guards who participated in the killing of Chen Sheng that day, and found Chen Sheng's body, which had been buried in Dangshan by Wang Li, and after the monument was erected, Lu Chen rushed back to Chen County.

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The snow gradually melted, and the supplies transported from Aocang also arrived in Xu County, Zhang Han finally decided to continue to march after resting for more than half a month.

"General, Jia Fu, the guard general of Chen County, was executed, and Chen County once again entered a state of readiness." One of the scouts said.

Zhang Han was a little surprised, and he couldn't help asking, "Did you hear the specific details?" ”

The scout nodded and arched his hand: "I heard that it was Lu Chen who led his troops eastward from Nanyang, and when he arrived at Nanton, he learned the news that Chen Sheng was killed, and swore to go straight to Chen County, forcing Li Yong, the commander of the capital, to surrender the city, and kill Jia Fu. ”

After Zhang Han heard this, he couldn't help hating, Jia Fu had shown favor to himself and wanted to surrender himself, so, Chen County could not be bloodily recovered, this was an opportunity, but Lu Chen's eastward advance, Jia Fu's death disrupted his plan, thinking of this, Zhang Han couldn't help but hate: "March to Chen County!" ”

Several messengers got the order to convey Zhang Han's order to the armies, at this time, the scouts also left, thinking that they could recover Chen County without worry, but they killed a Lu Chen in the air, and Zhang Han was so hateful that he was about to grit his teeth.

On the side, Sima Xin let out a long sigh, he rode his horse to Zhang Han's side, and sighed: "General, at this time, we can't go east yet. ”

"Why is that?" Zhang Han was surprised, turned his head and stared at Sima Xin, Sima Xin saw that Zhang Han was carried away by anger, and couldn't help sighing: "I heard that Song Liu led the army straight // into Nanyang County, and at this time he has marched to Wuguan, if Wuguan is lost, what is the use of the general even if he recovers Chen County?" ”

Speaking of this, Sima Xin paused, he was giving Zhang Han time to think, and after a while, Sima Xin continued: "Wuguan is lost, Guanzhong is in danger, if the Qin State is destroyed, the general will be a sinner for the ages, even if the rebellion is meritorious, it will not be able to offset the humiliation of the country, and please ask the general to investigate." ”

Sima Xin's sentences hit the nail on the head, Zhang Han felt that his back was wet with sweat, at this time, he had calmed down, looking at the mighty and marching Qin army, Zhang Han knew that the recovery of Chen County was not in a hurry, the key was that Guanzhong must be stable, so that he could have no worries and be dedicated to suppressing bandits.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han looked at a messenger soldier and ordered: "Order, the army will turn around, cross the Ru River, turn around from Shangcai, and go to Nanyang!" ”

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In the head of Chen County, Lu Chen has not closed his eyes for several days, and he personally comes to the city every day to patrol the defense, supervise the soldiers, and strictly defend.

On this day, when Lu Chen was inspecting, a hurried soldier came to report that the Qin army had been mighty and marched westward, possibly to take Nanyang.

This news made the soldiers and civilians of Chen County boil, and Chen County, which had been banned for several months, finally opened the city gate to allow the people to enter and exit freely, and Chen County, which was in flames for a while, calmed down again.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Chen went out to settle the people and told the public that Zhang Chuguo would not perish, and he would replace Chen Sheng and continue to establish Chen Jun as the king of Zhang Chu.

[End of this volume]