"Da da da!!!"
The Chu army's troops maintained their original formation and headed west. Under the banner of "Lu", Lu Jing looked up to the west and found that it was already getting late.
He looked back at the soldiers around him. Including himself, they had been walking for a day and a half and could no longer walk.
"Find a place with water and set up camp."
Lu Jing ordered.
Soon after, the Chu army set up camp.
Lu Jing had long known that the cavalry led by Li Gao Gao had blocked the infantry of Wei Polu, but he still did not dare to neglect and carefully arranged the troops on duty.
Order all generals to be on guard.
After everything was arranged, Lu Jing asked the soldiers to prepare food, eat it, and wash up. He had just eaten a warm meal, and had worked hard all day and midnight. He was very tired, but he was not sleepy.
He could only sit in the tent and read with the lamp on. After reading for a while, he fell into a daze. After an unknown amount of time, the soldiers came in and woke him up.
"General. General Li is back." The soldier bent down to report.
Lu Jing shuddered and sat up, calling: "Please come in."
"Yes." The soldier responded, turned around and went down. After a while, Li Gao Gao walked in from the outside wearing heavy armor.
Without waiting for him to salute, Lu Jing quickly stepped forward, held Li Gao Gao's hands, and said gratefully: "Shang Gao Gao. It's all thanks to you this time. To be honest, I'm mentally prepared for heavy losses. I didn’t expect you to be able to stop Wei Polu and protect the troops and horses for me and the court from entering Bashu."
"All this is due to you."
"The general's words are serious. This is what I should do." Li Gaofeng was also very tired, but he successfully completed the post-destruction mission and was very energetic. After listening to Lu Jing's words, he said very modestly.
The two talked for a while. Lu Jing learned that Li Gao Gao had not eaten, so he asked his soldiers to bring food in. He happened to be a little hungry, so he ate and drank with Li Gao Gao.
"Shang Gao Gao, what about Wei Polu? Is he as powerful as the rumors say?" Lu Jing asked.
"Very fierce. If he hadn't been an infantryman, or given him two thousand more cavalry, I wouldn't have been able to stop him." Li Gaofeng put down his wine bowl and said in a deep voice.
"What a fluke." Li Gaofeng added.
"Wei Polu and Zhang Zhen are both young heroes under Wu Nian. They are brave and good at fighting and know the art of war. Alas." Lu Jing sighed and said.
"General, don't be discouraged. Lord Xiong has promoted young talents over the years, and we also have many famous generals. For example, Wang Baxian and Chen Mingzhi. The Han Dynasty is now in its heyday. As long as we survive this period, we will usher in a turn for the better." Li Gaozhong said seriously. said.
"Yes." Lu Jingding nodded, and then said with a smile: "The Guanzhong incident has become a thing of the past. Now I regard myself as the general soldier of Bashu."
"I am from Bashu, and I successfully brought back tens of thousands of troops, relying on the Qinling Mountains for defense. Moreover, Bashu also has soldiers."
"Even if the Han army has 200,000 troops, I am very confident to defend the Qinling Mountains."
"The general will firmly believe this." Li Gao Gao cupped his fists and saluted with a very firm tone.
For the Chu State, it was a great blessing among misfortunes that Lu Jing was able to lead his main force into Bashu after losing Guanzhong.
For the Han Dynasty, the trouble was big.
north.
Soon after the fall of Chang'an, Wu Yan got the news. Under the cover of night, he quietly broke out of camp and headed for Tongguan.
I didn't dare to stay in Guanzhong for a long time, for fear of being surrounded and eaten by Wu Nian.
Wu Nian also had no ability to conquer the most powerful pass in the world, so he stopped his troops and left, entering Chang'an.
Now in Chang'an City, soldiers and horses gather together, and the Han style is vigorous.
Wu Nian brought a large number of civil servants, as well as the governor of Shaanxi who had been appointed long ago. The general will handle the affairs of the army himself.
Civil affairs matters are handled by the governor of Shaanxi.
Various food and grass issues were handled by the ministers around Wu Nian. Wu Nian was at ease.
morning.
Wu Nian had nothing to do, so he led his ministers and eunuchs to the north gate of Chang'an, turned around and looked at the city.
"It's really majestic. Although it is not Chang'an of the Han and Tang Dynasties, wise kings like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ruled the country from this place and created the prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties."
The weather was getting hotter, and Wu Nian was wearing only single clothes, but he was still sweating from the heat. He raised his head energetically, looked at the majestic city, and said with a smile.
In fact, Chang'an is not as good as the capital city.
But the historical background is really sufficient. Thinking back to the days of Han Wu and Tang Zong, Wu Nian's heart was filled with emotion.
This thousand-year-old capital is now mine.
I'm not here to rule the empire though.
But I also want to get involved with the outstanding people here and inherit the talents and strategies of Han Wu and Tang Zong.
Nowadays, people say that Wu Nian is brave and good at fighting, and he is also brilliant in strategy. Although he was weak in governing the country, he was able to know people well and appoint him well. He used Liu Zhi as prime minister to make the Han Dynasty strong and prosperous.
He is a heroic leader, and compared with Han Wu and Tang Zong, he is no less generous.
But Wu Nian did not have such proud thoughts in his heart. Facing the super powerful emperor of China, he always maintained respect in his heart.
"Since Your Majesty likes Chang'an so much, why not build a palace in Chang'an. You can come and stay here from time to time." A close minister bent down and saluted.
"It's too expensive. Building a palace requires money, people, and building materials. If a few people come to live here from time to time, and the people who come and go eat and drink, it will be a lot of money."
Wu Nian shook his head and rejected the proposal without hesitation.
If you like it here, you don’t necessarily have to live here for a long time.
The house in the capital is big enough.
There is also a royal palace in Liaodong.
Besides, when Nanjing is captured, there will still be the Nanjing Imperial Palace.
The annual maintenance costs are a lot of money.
The minister who spoke was a little embarrassed and bent down.
At this moment, an imperial guard galloped to the city gates, dismounted, climbed onto the city wall, and reported to Wu Nian: "Your Majesty, General Wei is back."
"How is the situation?" Wu Nian perked up and asked.
The Ouchi guard lowered his head and said, "General Wei failed to defeat Lu Jing."
"That's it. That would be troublesome." Wu Nian raised his head and looked to the south. His eyes seemed to cross countless fields and reach the majestic Qinling Mountains.
The terrain is so conducive to defense, and Lu Jing has elite troops, how to attack it.
Wu Nian shook his head, got off the city wall, and returned to the city.
In front of the general military office. Wei Polu led dozens of soldiers, rode their horses to the gate, dismounted, looked up, sighed, and entered the gate.
Immediately, under the guidance of the eunuch, he came to the back office of the General Military Office and met Wu Nian in a pavilion.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and returned empty-handed." Wei Polu knelt down in front of the pavilion and lowered his head in shame.
"Get up. Victory or defeat is common for military strategists. You just didn't defeat Lu Jing, but it doesn't mean you were defeated." Wu Nian asked him to get up and came into the pavilion to sit down.
After Wei Polu sat down, Wu Nian grabbed a handful of candied fruits from the dried fruit plate on the table, gave it to Wei Polu, and said, "It doesn't matter. I have to go to Longwang to Shu."
"Guanzhong has been obtained, and I am satisfied. Let's talk about it later in Bashu. Let's talk about it later. Feng Chong and the others can still look forward to it."
"If they can take Nanyang. Luoyang has a lot to do."
"With Luoyang in hand, the Central Plains can be plotted."
"Yes." Wei Polu was still a little discouraged and lowered his head.
"Don't think too much. Eat more." Wu Nian grabbed another handful of dried fruits and gave them to Wei Polu.
Wei Polu had no choice but to take the dried fruit and eat it.
"Feng Chong, you three, don't let me down." Wu Nian stood up and walked out of the pavilion, looking to the southeast, thinking to himself.
