Lu Jing only had 50,000 soldiers under his command. We should divide our troops to guard Longmen Ferry, Puzhou Ferry, Tongguan, and other places along the Yellow River.
There are only 20,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City.
After he appointed the general who stayed behind, he immediately ordered 10,000 elite soldiers, took enough supplies and food, and headed north.
As soon as he left, word spread.
The whole Guanzhong was in an uproar.
"Han soldiers are attacking Shaanxi. Let's go quickly."
"Go? Where?"
"Of course we're going to Bashu."
Originally, the Guanzhong area was very stable, with few wealthy households fleeing. As soon as the incident broke out, a large number of wealthy households began to flee to Bashu to avoid the war.
The Guanzhong area is divided into Weinan and Weibei. It is divided by the Wei River flowing from east to west. Guanzhong in the north of the Wei River is Weibei.
To the south is Weinan.
Chang'an is located in Weinan.
Lu Jing led 10,000 elite troops northward along the avenue, crossed the Wei River, and quickly rushed towards Longmen.
Now the Han army is still blocked outside Longmen, and the entire Shaanxi Province belongs to the rear area. Although Lu Jing was calm, he did not send spies in the rear area to serve as eyes and ears.
The army formed a long queue and rushed on their way with their heads covered.
There is not much difference between the blind and the deaf.
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Weibei. In a remote small village between Longmen Ferry and Puzhou Ferry.
Zhang Zhen led thousands of soldiers to cross the Yellow River and then chose this village to advance. After entering the village, he controlled all the villagers and isolated the village from the outside world.
Only then did he successfully lurk.
A blue brick house in the village served as a temporary general's tent.
At this time, the weather is getting colder. Inside the blue brick house. Zhang Zhen wore a thick cotton-padded jacket, eating mutton soup and drinking sorghum wine brewed by the villagers to keep warm from the cold.
"Da da da." A soldier broke in from outside and said happily: "General. A spy from the Imperial City Department has come to report. Lu Jing has led 10,000 troops out of Chang'an."
"Estimating the time, we may have crossed the Wei River by now."
"Okay. Surround the area for reinforcements. This rabbit finally made me wait." Zhang Zhen stood up and rubbed his hands with joy. After calming down, he did not hesitate and ordered: "We only have one thousand warriors. There are ten thousand people in Lu Jing.”
"The difference in numbers is a bit large. But my uncle once said that when a man is alive, it is easy to fight against a large number of people with a few. I risk my life to fight, and let the soldiers risk their lives to follow me."
"As long as Lu Jing is killed, everything west of Tongguan and north of Bashu will be Han."
"Yes." One of the soldiers responded, turned and left.
After the order was given, Zhang Zhen became excited again, sat down in front of the stove, and continued to eat mutton soup and drink sorghum wine.
The spies of the Imperial City Division are constantly receiving information.
This morning, it was still dark. Zhang Zhen led thousands of soldiers under his command, brought some dry food, and went straight to ambush Lu Jing's only way.
Several hillsides were covered with vegetation. In this season, the vegetation has withered.
But hiding thousands of soldiers is not a problem at all.
Spies come and go in a steady stream. At this moment, Zhang Zhen informed Lu Jing of the distance of ten thousand elite troops.
until. Zhang Zhen could see Lu Jing's more than 10,000 elite soldiers on the hillside, forming a long queue and heading north along the avenue.
He was calm and did not send troops immediately. Instead, he waited for Lu Jing's men and horses to pass halfway. He then pulled out the steel knife from his waist and shouted: "Brothers, kill Lu Jing and welcome the emperor into Guanzhong. Enter the ancient capital of Chang'an."
The soldiers did not dare to respond loudly. They all raised their heads and showed their bright lights, silently expressing their support.
immediately. Zhang Zhen rode a rogue horse obtained from a farmer and took the lead down the mountain. Thousands of soldiers followed closely behind.
Under the leadership of Zhang Zhen, the Han army turned into a sharp knife and stabbed at the rear of Lu Jing's army.
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Under the banner of "Lu". Lu Jing was wearing heavy armor and a maroon war horse, and his expression was calm.
"General. There is movement." A soldier noticed the movement first and pointed at the black spot that was quickly approaching them.
Lu Jing turned his head to look, his brows furrowed deeply, and he immediately understood that there was a small group of Han troops sneaking across the Yellow River to surround them for reinforcements.
"A large group of people can't get through. Is it just a petty theft?"
"Although the Han army is powerful, it is not a heavenly army."
"I'm not one of those losers from the Liaodong generals. A mere thousand soldiers dare to attack my ten thousand elite soldiers. It's too presumptuous."
Lu Jing said coldly, raised his hand and ordered: "Blow the trumpet to warn."
"Woooooooooo!!!" A soldier immediately took out a special horn, put it in his mouth, and started playing loudly.
The unique sound of the horn spread throughout the entire army in an instant.
Everyone saw it and rushed towards the Han army.
"It's too late. Use the heavy baggage vehicles as cover to fight the Han army." None of the generals under Lu Jing's command panicked. Liu Kuan, the general in charge of the rear, raised his eight-foot-long horse spear and shouted.
"Assemble and form an array." The generals in the middle and front unanimously ordered to assemble their troops.
The Chu army quickly divided into two parts, the rear part and the front part. The rear looked for large baggage vehicles as cover and prepared for battle.
The front and middle are gathered together.
"kill!!!!!"
Zhang Zhen galloped forward, taking the lead. The Chu army's crossbowmen fired their arrows one after another. Arrows rained down in front of him. Zhang Zhen avoided many arrows, but his horse still stumbled. He fell off his horse and lost his horse. But he stood up like a donkey, pulled out the steel knife from his waist, strode forward, and shouted: "Kill!!!!"
"Kill!!!!" Upon seeing this, the Han soldiers' morale soared into the sky, roaring angrily, and rushed towards the Chu soldiers.
“Whoosh whoosh!!!!”
At the same time, the divine arm archers of the Han army first fired the crossbow arrows in their hands, then took off the bows they were carrying, stretched their bows and nocked arrows, and shot at the Chu soldiers.
In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, the Han army is invincible.
Even if the Divine Arm Archer shoots arrows with a war bow, his accuracy is top-notch. For a time, although the Chu army's archers had heavy baggage vehicles as cover, many of them were still shot dead.
The arrows fired by the Chu army began to come out sparsely.
The Han soldiers took advantage of this opportunity and quickly rushed in front of the Chu soldiers.
Zhang Zhen walked around a large baggage truck and thrust out two spears, trying to stab Zhang Zhen to death.
"Kill!!!" Zhang Zhen drew his sword very fast, hit two spears with two bangs, stepped forward and killed two Chu army spearmen.
"kill!!!!"
Thousands of Han soldiers, like tigers and wolves, pounced on him.
"kill!!!!!"
However, the soldiers of the Chu army did not collapse because of this. Under the command of the officer and general Liu Kuan, they fought hard against the Han army.
Although the quality of their individual soldiers is not as good as that of the Han army.
However, the Han army failed to defeat them for a while, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Jing gathered about 8,000 elite soldiers and formed a military formation. He watched Liu Kuan lead about 2,000 Chu soldiers to fight with the Han army.
Lu Jing narrowed his eyes and said to his left and right: "Because we were marching in Guanzhong, I thought I was safe and didn't send spies. I was careless."
"But now that our troops and horses are assembled, we are in an invincible position."
"It's time to fight back."
