CHAPTER XXVI
In a wilderness still quite far from Quzhou City, a large army was marching.
Lu Zhen sat on the horse, he had just received a secret report from the inside, confirming the situation in Quzhou City, Zhu Wenzheng's dissatisfaction with Zhu Yuanzhang had really reached its peak, and there was a conflict with two highly experienced veterans, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know it, and he even thought that his nephew was very loyal to him, so he let him lead the troops with such confidence.
It's really self-defeating. He couldn't help but sigh, it should be the king of Wu to get this world.
Lu Zhen is not a stupid person, in fact, he is a battle-hardened general, and he will not be easily fooled.
However, the problem is that Zhu Wenzheng really wanted to rebel before, and even leaked some internal information from Xiwu to Zhang Shicheng, and his credibility is really high.
The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang put his main forces on dealing with Yuan Ting and Chen Youliang before, but even so, Zhang Shicheng dispatched a large army, but he was repeatedly defeated.
One hand, and beat him.
Zhang Shicheng knows very well that he is not in danger, and there is almost no possibility of turning the tables. And Zhu Wenzheng is his only chance.
Therefore, Lü Zhen brought a full 100,000 troops, which was also a considerable force for the Eastern Wu regime, and Zhang Shicheng hoped that Lü Zhen would stir up the stomach of Western Wu.
The few sentinels of the Western Wu army had been slaughtered by the light cavalry he had sent, and the city of Quzhou had become blind at this time, they were like a blind man, although they held a sharp blade in their hands, but they did not know where and when the enemy would appear.
And their backs are not safe, Lu Zhen is very confident that he can break through Quzhou and march into Jiangxi Province.
This also means that he will become a well-deserved first general under Zhang Shicheng!
Night had fallen, and the time agreed with Zhu Wenzheng was approaching, and the Eastern Wu army finally ended its rest and began to march towards Quzhou City. In order to avoid detection, they had stopped at a considerable distance from the city, and now it was time to set off.
This journey is good for Lu Zhen, although he tried his best to suppress his restless heart, but he still couldn't help but fantasize that if he helped King Wu achieve great things, he didn't know what kind of reward he would have in the future.
The horse stepped on Nanchang, stepped on the sky, what Xu Da and Chang Yuchun could only become his stepping stones.
Thinking of the humiliation of being beaten by the Western Wu Army over the years, and thinking that they were about to turn their territory upside down, Lu Zhen couldn't help but grin.
He seemed to have seen that the former enemies Zhu Wenzhong, Xu Da and others were tied to the rope and pressed under the tent, and he, the first person under King Wu, sat proudly on the main seat, watching this group of his own men defeated.
If Zhu Yuanzhang is defeated, King Wu will inevitably ascend the throne as emperor.
I have such a great credit, it's not too much to be crowned a king with a different surname, right?
Just as he was thinking about entering the wrong, Quzhou City was already close in front of him.
They were facing the East City Gate, which was the agreed location, where Zhu Wen was opening the City Gate.
However, even if you are far away, you can feel the unrest in the city at this time.
There are shouts of killing in the city! Something has clearly changed!
However, the sergeants at the head of the city did not resist the arriving Soochow army, which is very puzzling, and it seems that everything is still going according to plan.
Lu Zhen immediately stopped fantasizing. He commanded his men to ride forward and shouted to the city:
"We are guests invited by the Metropolitan Governor, let's open the city quickly!"
There was a commotion in the city, and then a man leaned out, and from his costume it was a householder.
"General, get into the city! Most of my family's governors want to vote for King Wu have been exposed, and now they are fighting with the thieves Tang He and Yu Tonghai, please hurry up and support! ”
The anxious voice, combined with the sound of gongs and drums behind him, was full of convincing power, and at the same time, the city gate slowly opened.
Lu Zhen didn't care about safety at this time, he rode his horse to the front of the army, and wanted to see the situation inside the door. As a veteran, he is still very cautious.
That's right, although the night is late, but by the bright moonlight, Lu Zhen vaguely saw the shadows of some houses.
And at the head of the city, the urging voice of the family was even more urgent:
"General, the governor of my family is about to be unable to resist, and the situation is critical, please go to support the general as soon as possible!"
This sentence helped Lu Zhen make up her mind.
"Hurry into town!" He gave the order. With so many houses, I think it's in the middle of the city.
There is chaos in the city, isn't this the time to take the city? That's 70,000 people! If you can take advantage of the chaos to annihilate in one fell swoop, the interior of Jiangxi Province will be empty, and you will get twice the result with half the effort!
With his order, the Eastern Wu army immediately poured into the city, and the vanguard took the lead! They already knew that the Western Wu army at this time had been in chaos, and they had been beaten for so many years, and the Eastern Wu soldiers were also holding their breath, and this long-lost victory, without thinking about it, would inevitably have a big reward!
Now it's not about fighting, it's about grabbing credit! Even if it's just a small soldier, he knows how much advantage it will have if 100,000 people on his side enter the arena in the case of internal strife and fire on the other side!
The soldiers of the vanguard shouted, with expressions of excitement and fanaticism on their faces, and their weapons in their hands, marching forward, and even the generals could not hold back the joy in their hearts, and kept urging:
"Quick, faster!" The voice became sharp because of the excitement.
The soldiers of Soochow rushed towards the place where the fire and noise had come from in the distance, where they had reaped their feats, and as they went deeper and deeper, the neat steps echoed through the empty city—
Wrong! An empty city? What about the people?
Quzhou is a big city, even if the people are hiding because of the war, it can't be the ghost town like it is now.
The soldiers of the most advanced city had already traveled more than half the distance, but what puzzled them was that the inner walls of Quzhou City seemed to be missing.
Finally, a soldier found out:
"Ahead, what's that!"
The fire was suddenly extinguished, and the noise ceased, but by the moonlight they saw a tall city wall towering in front of them, and at this moment a large group of Wu soldiers armed with torches, gongs and drums, and various weapons, exited the city gate in an orderly manner.
Look at the ground again, how can there be half a point of corpses and bloodstains!
Hit the trick! This is the reaction of the leading generals.
However, what is this wall? Urn City? Is Quzhou City so big? An urn city, they have been running for most of the day?
The Western Wu Army did not leave them time to think, and as the last soldier of the Western Wu Army withdrew, the city wall in front of them suddenly lit up, and countless sergeants showed their pockets, the bows and crossbows in their hands were burning rockets, and the black holes in the artillery beside them exuded the aura of destruction.
"Put!"