Outside the city of Changsha, the camp of the Ning army.

Thick smoke billowed out, broken swords were bloody, and the eyes were in shambles.

Huang Xuan stood on his horse, looking at the broken Ning military camp, his eyes were deep.

On his side, Sun Siwen and his horse were on the side, also watching this scene, and said leisurely: "Ning thief has been broken, this battle has been completely won, but the real person will go to Yuzhang?" ”

Huang Xuan nodded: "Yes, according to the king's edict, I will rectify the soldiers and horses later, and I will continue to carry the sailor's boat, and then go east to Fengling." After going ashore on the ground, it is time to lead the army into Yuzhang. ”

Sun Siwen said: "That being the case, then I wish the real person a great victory in advance." ”

Huang Xuan said with a smile: "Zuo Xiang is too, tomorrow Zuo Xiang will lead his troops north to participate in the king's plan to hunt Emperor Ning Shenqiu." At that time, I will wait for the four roads to encircle, and the left phase road is close, so I can't say that I will be one step ahead of me to make meritorious contributions, and capture and kill a few Ningguo Wuhou. ”

According to Lu Yuan's plan, after defeating the Changsha Ning army, Huang Xuan continued to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to the east into Yuzhang, seize Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang, and cut off the land retreat to the east of the Shenqiu Department.

After Sun Siwen cleared the remnants of the Changsha Ning Army and arranged the defense, he led 20,000 forbidden troops and 30,000 elite warriors from Changsha to the north from Changsha to surround the south of Shenqiu and block its escape route to the south.

In this way, there are 50,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 sailors of Lu Yuan's headquarters in the west; The northern waterway has 40,000 forbidden troops and 20,000 sailors in the northern waterway.

The Chu army was surrounded on all sides, completely cutting off the way to escape from Shenqiu.

"I'm not good at fighting, and I don't expect to make any great achievements here, I just hope that there will be no omissions, let Ning Jun go, and miss the king's big thing." Sun Siwen shook his head, he didn't care about the meritorious service.

Seeing this, Huang Xuan just smiled.

In his heart, he knew that this friend of the deity was still the heart of the Grand Duke, and he only thought about the Chu State and the people of the world in his heart, and he really didn't have so much selfishness.

"General, the head of the neck has been dealt with."

At this moment, a junior colonel walked over, holding a box in his hand, and presented it to the two commanders of the army with both hands.

Huang Xuan heard the sound and glanced at the box, only to see that among them, the head of Xiang Duan, who had just been killed by his own hands, had been cleaned of blood stains at this time, and had been nitrated by special techniques, which could be kept from rotting for several months.

He didn't have much interest in the corpse, so after taking a look, he withdrew his gaze and only said casually: "Send the head back to Jiangxia and report to the king." ”

Well, I can't use the head level of the item end, but on the body side, it should be able to use it.

For example, it can boost the morale of your own side, strike at the Ning army, and shake the morale of the opponent's army.

After casually disposing of the head of the item, Huang Xuan looked again, the camp of the Ning army had almost been cleaned up at this time, the prisoners of the Ning army were taken care of, and the corpses were also burned by the people, and there was not much to do here.

His own troops were also assembled, and they were waiting to get on the boat at the sailor camp at a small riverside ferry not far from the camp.

So he said: "The matter here is over, and our troops and horses are ready to go, so we will take the first step." Zuo Xiang, we'll see you in Yuzhang County. “

Sun Siwen said: "The general walks slowly, I'll see you after the big victory in the coming day." ”

"Hahaha!"

Huang Xuan laughed, arched his hand to Sun Siwen, and then raised his horsewhip, and the horse neighed, like smoke and dust, and shot away into the distance, leaving only a black spot in the blink of an eye.

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Jiangxia City.

With Huang Xuan's doppelganger, Lu Yuan knew the details of the battle in Changsha as soon as possible.

"Haha, Huang Xuan really didn't disappoint me, this time he transferred troops from Hanzhong for thousands of miles, attacked Changsha by waterway, broke 70,000 soldiers and horses of the Ning people in one fell swoop, and killed one of the innate martial marquis, very happy, very happy!"

When Lu Yuan received the news, he couldn't help laughing, and then he summoned the generals to tell him about the matter, which immediately caused the people's anger to rise and their confidence doubled.

As soon as the Changsha Ning army was broken, not only the strength of the Ning army was greatly damaged, but also 70,000 soldiers and horses and one congenital were lost.

On the Chu army's side, the threat from the south was also lifted, and the 100,000 defenders of Changsha City were liberated, and Sun Siwen was born.

And in addition to the Changsha garrison, they can use men and horses, and there is also an additional protector Huang Xuan, and Huang Xuan's 50,000 forbidden army.

Between this increase and decrease, there is a gap between three innate and 220,000 soldiers and horses.

Under the advantages of the other, the advantage of the Chu State over the Ning State has already crossed a big step at once.

"Okay, everyone, Zuo Xiang and Huguo Zhenren have won a big victory in Changsha, and the defeat of the Ning army has been decided. At this great opportunity, we can't lag behind, we must see Emperor Ning Shenqiu here, and leave his 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangxia. ”

Lu Yuan looked at everyone, emphasized the responsibility on his side, and then continued: "In order to better encircle and annihilate the Ning army, Gu has transferred Hanhua, the protector of the country, from Jiangbei, and ordered him to rush to Luokoudu and sit in this port.

In this way, on all sides of the east, south, west, and north, my Great Chu will have an innate grandmaster in charge, and under the siege of iron, it is difficult for the Ning people to escape. ”

Hanhua was originally in Jiangbei to assist Zhou Qing, who was responsible for attacking and containing Yang Jing's Ning army, and the responsibility was also heavy, and he couldn't get out of it.

But now, with the successive victories of the Chu army in the two battlefields of Lingnan and Dongting, the battle situation has slowly shifted from the original defensive trend to a large-scale counteroffensive.

Up to now, Qingyunzi attacked Jian'an, Li Xiong attacked Yuzhang Luling, and assisted the Chu army of Hengyang and Luyang from the rear, and attacked the Ning army of the two prefectures.

The siege of Changsha has been lifted, and Huang Xuan has gone to attack Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang, and cut off the land retreat of Shenqiu.

Sun Siwen will also lead the army north in two days to complete the encirclement from the south.

In Jiangxia City to the west, only Lu Yuan himself was in charge.

There is only a water retreat from Luokoudu in the north, and only heavy troops are stationed, and there is no innate grandmaster.

Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to make up for this missing link and transfer an Innate Grandmaster from it to block the north.

And looking at the vicinity, the closest innate grandmaster who can be mobilized is only Hanhua of the Jiangbei battlefield.

Anyway, in today's Jiangbei battlefield, the main force of the Ning army has only about 30,000 standing soldiers left, and the rest is 70,000 sailors.

These 100,000 people, the sailors crisscrossed the river, coming and going freely, and it was difficult to help the other party before the number and scale of the Chu army's sailors failed to defeat the Ning army.

And the 30,000 standing soldiers, with the Ning Army's naval division, are very easy to retreat, and they can't be intercepted.

Similarly, Yang Jingbu, who only had 30,000 standing troops, could hardly defeat Zhou Qing's department, which had 80,000 forbidden troops, and could not do anything except trap the isolated city in Jiangbei.

In this case, it is better to simply give up the Jiangbei battlefield, gather more resources and manpower on the Jiangxia side, and do your best to eat the main force of the Ning army where Shenqiu is located.

As long as the main force of the Ning army is wiped out, then it will lose peripheral support and completely cut off contact with the country, leaving only Xiangyang, which is based on Yang Jingbu in the corner of Jiangbei, and it will completely become an enclave.

As we all know, a lonely city cannot be defended for a long time, and it is difficult to resist the world in one corner.

When Lu Yuan ate the main force of Shenqiu, captured Yuzhang and Jian'an, and the remnants of Yang Jingbu of the Ning Army far away in Jiangbei, he didn't need to spend troops to attack, he would give up Xiangyang and withdraw to Jinling Jiangdong under the cover of the water division.

It was precisely because of this that after Lu Yuan determined that the situation in Jiangbei could not be too variable, he completely gave up the progress there and chose to transfer Hanhua to the main battlefield in Jiangxia to play a greater role.

The edict was issued two days ago, with the speed of Lingying's message, the convenience of shipping on the Yangtze River, Hanhua should have received the order at this time, and almost arrived at Luokoudu.

When it arrives, this four-sided encirclement planned by Lu Yuan, the Jiangxia iron net, and the annihilation war against the 100,000 Ning army will also be completely formed.

Since the war with the Ning army, the biggest fruit is waiting for him to pick.

Now it's up to Ning Jun to struggle, I'm looking forward to it." ’

A cruel smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

At this moment, Ning Jun was trapped in a heavy net, which reminded him of the experience of setting traps on the mountains and hunting Mengbeasts when he was a hunter in the mountains in the past.

Nervous, exciting, killing, bloody, excited, happy......

I wish the last hunt was coming soon.

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Outside the city, the Ning army camp.

In the meeting hall, Shen Qiu once again convened the ministers to discuss the blockade of the Chu army outside the city.

"Your Majesty, now that it has been clarified, Luokoudu has fallen, and the Chu army is blocking the vicinity of our camp, which is to cut off our waterway retreat."

One of the courtiers in charge of the spy walked out, saluted Shen Qiu, and reported his findings.

Now it has been three days since the Chu army closed the camp yesterday, and after the Ning army sent a large number of masters to break through the ranger blockade, and some Ning troops who had broken and dispersed from Luokoudu also fled to this side.

It didn't take much effort at all, and Ning Ren's side figured out what was going on.

"Hmph, Chu thief is so arrogant, his Dongting is attacked everywhere, he doesn't think about defending against the enemy, but he has the energy to divide his troops and attack my rear, do you really think that his Dongting is impregnable, I can't beat it?"

Shen Qiu picked up the paperwork from the eucalyptus, looked at the detailed report, his brows wrinkled more and more, and after seeing the details of the final Luokoudu fall, he couldn't help but "bang", slapped the eucalyptus, and directly threw the paper in his hand to the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry."

Seeing this, the ministers in the hall hurriedly spoke out to persuade them.

"Calm your anger, how do you let me calm my anger?"

Shen Qiu snorted, walking back and forth around the location, and the more he spoke, the more angry he became: "Chu thief is provoking, Lu Yuan is provoking." He saw that I was attacking his Luyang and Hengyang two mansions, so he turned around and beat me Luokoudu, which was telling me that I could attack his rear, and he could also attack my rear.

Damn, really hateful!

A thief in the mountains, dare to bully me like this? ”

Mountain thief, this refers to Lu Yuan's experience in the early years when he was a hunter in the mountains, because the hunter is a black household, and in the eyes of the government, he is no different from a mountain thief, and is regarded as the lowest type of person.

Shen Qiu scolded Lu Yuan as a thief in the mountains at this time, but you can imagine how secretly he hated it in his heart at this time.

But he doesn't blame him.

Because Lu Yuan's attack on Luokoudu this time did hit the soft underbelly of Shenqiu.

After the last 100,000 soldiers and horses of Peng Li's battalion were dispatched to attack Luyang and Hengyang, the last mobile reserve force in Shen Qiu's hands was also completely used.

On the side of Jiangxia camp, there are tens of thousands of Chu cavalry harassing and blockading nearby, and there are also a large number of Chu troops led by Lu Yuan in Jiangxia City, and the soldiers and horses in his hands are firmly contained here.

Under such circumstances, in the face of the Chu army's sneak attack on Luokoudu, Shen Qiu had no way for a while.

Because he has no extra troops, he can use them to attack Luokoudu and recapture this important logistics base.

However, if Shenqiu wanted to supply grain and grass, he could only mobilize a large number of manpower, mules and horses from the rear of Yuzhang through the difficult land route in the rugged area, and supply military food to the front line through extremely expensive land transportation.

Not to mention the extreme cost of this method, the supply of military rations at the front line may also be interfered with by various factors and cannot be supplied in full, resulting in shortages and affecting the morale of the troops.

In the face of this unfavorable situation, how could Shen Qiu not be angry?

"Your Majesty, please take a break from your anger."

At this time, Bai Yi'an stood up, he picked up the document thrown away by Shenqiu on the ground, picked it up and looked at it, and after understanding its contents, he frowned and said: "At present, the Chu thieves have cut off my waterway, and the grain and grass that our army has hoarded in Luokoudu have all been lost.

And now in the camp, our army has only ten days' food left.

At this time, the most urgent task at this time is to open up the grain route as soon as possible, so that the rear can transport new grain as soon as possible. Otherwise, under the shortage of food and grass, the army's morale will be turbulent, and we will collapse without a fight. ”

Hearing this, Shen Qiu snorted again, but finally didn't lose his temper with Bai Yi'an, and still listened to the words.

"I know about it."

He nodded, then turned his head to look at the general in the hall, and ordered, "Chen Qing, this matter will be handled by you." You personally selected a few first-class masters from the army, rushed back to Yuzhang in the starry night, and asked Wu Che to immediately raise the army's January military rations for me, and then you personally escorted them back. ”

Chen Qing, born in six surnames and seven clans, is a first-class peak master in the army, only one step away from the innate , but limited to the lack of resources, there is no elixir to refine the body and soul, so he can't break through the innate ability.

But even if it is not congenital, Chen Qing's strength is under the congenital, and he is also the top batch.

In the case of congenital inability to move easily, it is enough to be up to the task.

This time, the Chu army has been planning for a long time, and after cutting off the waterway grain route, it is impossible not to guard against the transportation of grain by land.

Therefore, it is difficult to say that there will be no mistakes when the grain is transferred from the rear this time, for example, the Chu army has arranged manpower on the main road to rob and kill the personnel in the rear.

Therefore, this time, Shen Qiu ordered Chen Qing.

As for Yuzhang County, in order to conquer the Chu State, a large amount of grain and grass was hoarded early.

Chen Qing only needs to arrive at Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang County, and the county guards Wu Che, and immediately allocates the January military rations of 100,000 troops.

The only trouble is that it may not be so easy to find so many people to transport grain and grass for a while.

But that's okay too.

Yuzhang County is the first county in Ningguo, with more than 6 million people, and it doesn't take much effort to recruit some people from the county.

This is also the reason why Shenqiu was only angry when he knew that Luokoudu was captured by the Chu army and that the waterway grain was lost, but he did not panic.

Because he knows.

Although the water grain route is lost, it can still transport grain by land, which costs a little more, but it can't starve your own army.

At this point, we are not yet in a desperate situation.

"Yes, the minister."

Below, when Chen Qing heard the order, he immediately stood up and took the order.

After saluting, he quickly departed.

The rations of the 100,000-strong army were too heavy, and without further ado, he did not dare to procrastinate.

Shen Qiu in the hall discussed with the ministers for a while, and said some ways to deal with the Chu army, and finally only had to brake with quiet, waiting for Hengyang and Luyang to break the situation, and then it was over.

In the next few days, Chen Qing led a group of selected capable people to leave, and there was still no news from the rear grain road.

The Chu army, which captured Luokoudu, was still shrinking in the port, only blindly strengthening the city defenses, without the slightest intention of mobilizing.

Seeing this, everyone in the Ning army in the camp couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Thinking in his heart, it seems that the Chu army is also weak in succession, except in response to the new battles in Hengyang and Luyang provoked by the Ning army, he sent people to fight Luokoudu.

In other respects, there doesn't seem to be much room left.

However, this peace of mind did not last two days.

On the third day after Chen Qing's departure, after several rounds, the news from Changsha finally broke through the blockade of the Chu army and reached the camp.

"After the Chu thief Huang Xuan led the army around, he raided Changsha, and the Marquis of Wu Xin was defenseless, and the 70,000 army was lost. Under the rout, he was beheaded by Huang Xuan and died in the battle? ”

Shen Qiu received this bad news, and the whole person was stunned on the spot.

The other ministers who heard the news also looked panicked and their faces were full of shock.

However, Bai Yi'an reacted quickly, and after recovering from the pain in his heart, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter of the Chu thief has been premeditated for a long time. It first seized the snail mouth ferry and cut off my back road. defeated my army in Changsha again, and cut off my foreign aid.

Now our army, in the north, west, and south, there are Chu troops, if it is surrounded on three sides, and then send people to attack and disturb the land grain routes in our rear, my 100,000 troops will die without a place to be buried.

This is a moment of critical survival.

His Majesty immediately pulled out the camp and withdrew the army, and led the troops to withdraw to Yuzhang to settle the back road.

As soon as we retreat, Jiangbei cannot be defended, please summon Yang Jing, Marquis of Wuxuan, and withdraw to Yuzhang with the sailor, and join us.

The armies of Hengyang and Luyang are also the same.

Changsha has been defeated, and the Chu thieves have risen sharply, and they have been able to draw more troops.

These two armies penetrated deep into the hinterland of the enemy, and they were alone, and they were likely to be taken advantage of by Chu thieves.

When retreating to the middle of the country, hold on to the city to defend the Chu people. ”

As soon as Bai Yi'an's words came out, he was suddenly like Optimus Prime, instantly stabilizing the minds of Shen Qiu and the others.

At this time, in a panic, Shen Qiu couldn't think too much, and when he saw that Bai Yi'an's countermeasures were stable, he immediately agreed.

"What Wu Anhou said is that I will ...... it"

"Newspaper—"

Before Shen Qiu finished speaking, suddenly there was a sharp cry from outside the hall, and a small colonel broke in, and after entering the room, he knelt down directly and said: "Your Majesty, Yuzhang is urgent, seven days ago, 100,000 Chu thieves entered Yuzhang from the South China Sea and attacked Luling Mansion.

Luling Mansion was empty, thinking that the Chu thieves had been defeated, and they had all fallen at this time.

At the same time, three days ago, tens of thousands of Chu thieves entered Yuzhang from Changsha and went straight to Nanchang, the county capital.

Now Yichun Mansion has fallen into thieves, and the Chu people have killed Yuzhang Mansion, which is only a few cities away from the county seat.

The county guard, let the villain come to His Majesty, he will defend Nanchang City to the death, and swear to live and die with Yuzhang.

It's just that Yuzhang is empty, Nanchang soldiers are not more than 10,000, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold out for too long, and I also ask Your Majesty to return quickly and rescue Yuzhang. ”

The little colonel didn't see the faces of everyone in the hall, anxiously urging reinforcements, and brought a new "surprise" to the monarchs and ministers present.

"Poof—"

When Shen Qiu heard this other bad news, he couldn't contain the depression in his heart any longer, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person was groggy and starlight.

After a few staggering moments, he fell to the eucalyptus table.

He only muttered, "This can't be, this can't be...... How could the Chu people come to my rear, how could something happen to my rear......"

Luokoudu, Jiangxia, Changsha, Yuzhang, at this time, the Chu army attacked from all sides, and surrounded on all sides, and the open net completely blocked Shenqiu and the 100,000 troops under his command on the Jiangxia side.

The front and back left and right retreats were lost, and the Chu army came from all sides, which can be said to be embattled.