Brazil County is located in the hinterland of the Shu Kingdom. To the east is a stretch of high mountains with no way to go; to the south is Jiangzhou, which may become a front line at any time. Currently, business travelers dare not go to Yong'an, but Jiangzhou is favored. Prices are soaring and business travelers are in decline. Jue; to the north are Zitong and Jiuguan, which strangle the northern gate of Shu; to the west it leads to Mianzhu.
The location of Brazil County is important, but most likely there will be no war, because once Jiangzhou is lost, the Chu army can attack Fushui Pass and reach Chengdu, so its most important significance is the trade route.
Xuanhan, a county town in Brazil County, has a city wall less than two meters high and a thousand soldiers and horses stationed there. The captain stationed here is named Zhuoying.
Zhuoying's rank was actually that of commander-in-chief, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, Brazil County was not an important military area, and the general who guarded Brazil County, Deng Xian, only had three thousand soldiers under his command.
The entire county only has five or six thousand soldiers and horses. If the war in Jiangzhou is urgent, most of them may be dispatched to help Jiangzhou.
"Baidi City also fell, guard Zhang Yi was captured, and the Chu army reached Yong'an City."
Today's battle report is shocking. Yong'an County is the gateway to Shu. Qutang Pass and Baidi City are two passes carefully built by the Shu army, but they were captured by the Chu army in just over a month.
"The losses of the Chu army were less than 5,000! There are still 30,000 troops. Is the Chu army really so powerful? This Yong'an city cannot be defended. I just hope that the Chu army will stop when they see it and stop attacking Jiang. Zhoucheng’s idea is the best.”
Zhuo Ying sighed softly, put down the battle report, and returned to the bedroom to rest.
Anyway, the king and the ministers in the court have to worry about how the war is going, so they can just take care of their own three acres of land.
However, this night was not peaceful.
"Kill!"
Zhuoying was awakened by the noise outside the house in the middle of the night. He lit the candlestick and walked outside the house, only to hear vague noises coming from the distance. He was a little confused and didn't know what happened?
The housekeeper rushed over with a lantern and said that he had sent his servants out to investigate, so that Zhuo Ying could rest peacefully.
If you are still resting, something big must have happened.
Zhuo Ying asked with a stern face.
"Listen, what does this sound like?"
"It sounds like a killing cry? But why is there a fight in this city?"
Zhuo Ying looked solemn.
Chu army?
Impossible. Could the Chu army fly over the mountains and fall from the sky?
Could it be that some bandits have entered?
Ever since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I haven't seen any thieves dare to attack the county town for many years!
"Take my stomach!"
No matter what, Zhuo Ying decided to go to the military camp to see who was so bold as to cause trouble in the city.
After hearing the order, the housekeeper hurriedly went to the room to fetch Zhuo Ying's armor and helped him dress neatly. At this moment, two servants who had gone out to investigate the news ran in in a panic, carrying a soldier covered in blood on their backs.
When the dying soldier saw Zhuo Ying, his eyes suddenly became more colorful and he shouted weakly.
"General! General! Chu people, Chu people are coming to kill!"
Everyone in the courtyard was trembling, feeling only absurd and terrifying.
Zhuo Ying quickly stepped forward to comfort the soldiers and said.
"Don't be impatient, tell me slowly, what's going on?"
The soldier tightened his grip on Zhuo Ying's arm and cried in horror.
"At night, when it was our turn to stay in the military camp for the night, a message of 'enemy attack' suddenly came from the city gate. The camp commander took people to the city gate to support us. In less than a cup of tea, we were killed by the enemy and fled!"
"At this moment, the military camp has long been lost. The Chu people have entered the city. I have worked so hard to escape here and report the message to the general. General, escape quickly! If it is later, the Chu people may control all the city gates!"
Zhuo Ying, who was about to go to the camp to organize the army for battle, suddenly felt a thunderbolt from the blue and could hardly believe his ears. How long did it take for a thousand soldiers and horses under his command to be disabled?
"Butler, hurry up, call more servants and bring weapons. Let's break out to the west!"
There was a sudden uproar in the house. Not long after, Zhuo Ying led twenty servants out of the house, and he couldn't take care of the rest.
When we got to the street, we could clearly hear sporadic sounds of killing coming from the streets and alleys, as well as the Chu army shouting warnings for the people not to leave their homes.
After walking for a short while, Zhuo Ying encountered several waves of remnant soldiers who came to look for him, and his team expanded to eighty or ninety people. But Zhuo Ying was not happy, because the battle line retreated here, which meant that the chasing Chu army was not far away.
After turning two more streets, the team also expanded to 150 people. The west city gate was in front of them, but Zhuo Ying's heart sank to the bottom.
I saw corpses lying on the ground under the west city gate, and Juma also blocked the city. I knew that the Chu army had taken control of the city gate, but I didn't know how many enemy troops there were.
"Brothers, charge me! Whether you live or die depends on fate!"
"Kill!"
Zhuo Ying led more than a hundred people to charge towards the city gate.
A young man's shout came from the city.
"People at the city gate listen, Xuanhan is already under the control of our army. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately to survive."
But the remnants of the Shu army, led by Zhuo Ying, seemed to have regained some courage to fight. Everyone followed Zhuo Ying and charged, with no intention of stopping.
"Huh, stubborn. Shoot the arrow!"
With a military order, a dense rain of arrows fell, immediately killing more than a dozen Shu soldiers. However, they only had time to fire two rounds on the city, and the enemy troops crossed over to fight against the Chu troops at the city gate.
Zhuo Ying, who entered the enemy's formation, felt that the enemy's troops were well-trained and well-founded in their advance and retreat. He fought for a long time and wounded more than ten people before killing two of them, while only half of the Shu soldiers around him were left. Just as he was about to fight for his life, a burst of sword light struck him but forced him to take a few steps back.
I saw a young Chu general walking over with a sword in hand and said.
"I am Huo Yi, the commander under the command of General Wei Yan of the Yulin Army. The enemy generals are all by my first name."
Zhuo Ying had been fighting until now, and then he realized that the enemy in front of him was the Yulin Army, one of the three elites of the Chu Kingdom. Most of his hope of escaping from Xuanhan had been lost, but he did not dare to surrender. If he surrenders, he may be able to save his life, but when the Chu army retreats, the Zhuo family will be doomed. The only chance of survival now is to capture the enemy general in exchange for a chance of survival.
"I am Zhuoying, the commander under General Deng Xian of the Shu Army. Do you dare to challenge the enemy general?"
Huo Yi looked at Zhuo Ying's miserable appearance with disheveled hair and damaged armor and stomach, and laughed.
"Why don't you dare? Give me a knife!"
After that, Huo Yi took the lead in attacking and took the enemy general's throat.
Zhuo Ying stepped back to block, blocking the blade on the right side, pressing down sideways, and while pressing the blade down, he followed the enemy's weapon and slashed towards Huo Yi's arm.
Huo Yi quickly put away his sword and turned his stabbing attack into a vertical sword on his chest to block the attack. At the same time, his feet were not idle and he lowered his body to sweep his legs.
The two of them fought back and forth for twenty or thirty rounds, but they were evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.
When the two were fighting fiercely, the Chu army's pursuers arrived. The leader captured a maroon war horse from nowhere and took the lead in crossing the horse and killing Huo Yi all the way.
When Zhuo Ying heard the neighing of the war horse, he knew something was wrong. He forced Huo Yi back with a knife, and took several steps back. When he turned around, he saw a war horse coming straight towards him. He snorted softly, tightened his long knife and lowered his body to chop at the horse's leg.
People and horses were intertwined, and a head fell to the ground.
"Shaoxian, are you okay?"
Huo Yi was fighting vigorously, but he was forced back a few steps by a fierce force. When he raised his eyes, he saw Wei Yan standing in front of him on horseback. When he turned around to look again, he saw Zhuo Ying's eyes widening and his head rolling on the ground with a look of horror on his face.
Huo Yi's eyes twitched, and then he realized that his general's force was terrifying. Seeing that the remaining five or six Shu soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered, Huo Yi was stunned for a while before answering.
"My subordinates are fine. Thank you, General, for your concern."
