"It's too late." Kneel down
Fan Chou was riding a horse, pacing slowly in the deserted camp.
This is the camp of the Chu army, but it has not been completed. Many guardrails have just been completed and are piled together but have not yet been put down.
Zhang Ji looked at the stoves in the camp. Many of the fires under the stoves had not been extinguished. He was obviously evacuating in a hurry.
"There are a lot fewer stoves. It seems that there are a lot of deserters. It is estimated that Lu Xun and Huo Yi's men also added a lot of soldiers who surrendered from Shu, and many of them escaped in the chaos."
After chasing for a day, even the scouts could not see the Chu army. Zhang Ji secretly cursed the Chu people for escaping too quickly, and quickly made adjustments. He divided the 5,000 men into the rear army and escorted most of them. Forage and siege equipment, the front army of 25,000 men only brought three days of dry food to catch up with light equipment.
Sure enough, after chasing for another day, the Chu army was not far away from them.
Fan Chou rode up to Zhang Ji and said. kneel
"After Wei Yan captured Mianzhu, he planned an ambush for Liu Huang's army. Now that so many days have passed, he should have integrated his troops and captured Guanghan. Meng Da said that Guanghan only had 2,000 defenders, and they would definitely not be able to stop Wei Yan. I just wonder if Mr. Liu Zhang sent more troops to Guanghan after Meng Da left?"
Guanghan?
Conquering Guanghan opened the door to Chengdu.
They don't know what the fighting situation is like on the front line now. From the time Meng Da sent word that there had been changes in Shu, to the time they arrived at Jianguan and Zitong, Liu Shuang's army was defeated by the Yulin army in just a few days, and they fought back to the gates of Zitong City. If they had had more time to investigate, they would have set up an ambush in Zitong and could have directly defeated this enemy army. Why pursue them like this?
It can be said that they advanced all the way from Hanzhong County to Mianzhu County. This remote mountain road is not a thousand miles, but it is not far away. News of the surrounding wars could not be reached as quickly as they did.
"The Kingdom of Shu should increase its troops to Guanghan. Mr. Jia Xu once told the young master that apart from Zhang Ren, the generals in Shu should not underestimate Li Ping. He is quite capable."
"Guarding Luoxian County, Chengdu will have time to deploy troops and strong generals. Li Ping can't understand that letting the enemy army push into the capital will cause people to panic? Not to mention the battle damage caused in Chengdu." Kneel down.
This is the judgment made by Zhang Ji.
Fan Chou thought about Zhang Ji's meaning and pondered.
"If Liu Zhang sends more troops to Guanghan, the one he should send is Li Ping."
"There is a 50% to 60% chance that Wei Yan will still be blocked by Li Ping outside Luoxian County. If we capture his retreat at Mianzhu, he will be dead!"
Even if Wei Yan had captured Guanghan County, he would still be in a dilemma of having a wolf in front and a tiger behind him.
Zhang Ji nodded and mounted the horse behind him.
"Chase! This Chu army can't run far." Kneel down.
Mianzhu is still a hundred miles away, so they cannot be allowed to enter the city.
As long as this Chu army is annihilated and Mianzhu City is taken, the rest of the Chu army will have nothing to worry about.
The Qin army did not borrow the Chu army's camp to rest this time, but hurriedly pursued along the road, vowing to annihilate Lu Xun and others before entering the county.
The Qin army pursued them for another ten miles, and finally saw more than 3,000 Chu troops near Laojun Mountain.
"Hahaha, enemy generals, stop leaving! I am General Fan Chou of the Qin Army. Do you dare to fight?"
After chasing for two days, he finally caught up. Fan Chou was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers to speed up while shouting and inviting a fight.
The soldiers of the Yulin Army rushed in front, but Lu Xun, riding a tall horse, turned back and cursed. kneel
"Fight if you say so. If I ask you to die, will you die? Damn it, I want the Chu and Qin families to have no war for a long time, so I don't want Zitong City anymore. I'll retreat hundreds of miles away. You still have a face? I believe it." If you don’t believe me, I will kill you tomorrow!”
Lu Xun had always been polite when he was in the army. It was rare for him to scold him so vulgarly today. It was a pity that Han Zong and Huo Yi were not around, otherwise he would have laughed a lot.
Fan Chou didn't know this person and just sneered.
"The little baby has no hair on his mouth, but his tone is not small! If you have the ability, don't run away today!"
"Old thing, an old dog of the thief Dong Zhuo! If you have the ability, you can chase him tomorrow!"
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As he spoke, the Yulin Army had already rushed through the valley in front of them. Lu Xun turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Fan Chou said with a pale face. kneel
"Old Zhang, you lead the central army to follow, and I will lead the dead soldiers first! Today, I must catch this little thief, humiliate him severely, and then kill him."
Zhang Ji was originally a little wary of Yu Lin's army, but in the past two days after chasing him, he found that the enemy had no intention of fighting. In order to escape for his life, he not only abandoned a lot of food, grass and materials, but also had many deserters.
Now it seems that after several battles in the hinterland of Shu, Yu Lin's army has been half disabled. Many Shu troops have surrendered, and their morale has been depleted. In addition, they concluded that Li Ping was already in a confrontation with Wei Yan and would be unable to escape, so they did not believe that Lu Xun could pull off any tricks.
"Don't worry, just go ahead. Just be careful of Lu Xun's tricks. If you fall into trouble, you will be embarrassed."
Zhang Ji smiled and didn't care. He was only a third-rate martial artist. He had always left the task of killing enemies in battle to Fan Chou. He was happy to take it easy in the back.
"Hehe, a little-known boy who was thrown into the Yulin Army by some noble family to increase his seniority. I'm sorry he doesn't have the ability."
As he spoke, the vanguard of the army had already chased into the valley, and Fan Chou immediately urged his horse to catch up. Only Zhang Ji rode slowly and commanded the army behind him. kneel
When more than 10,000 Qin troops entered the valley, suddenly a loud arrow exploded in the sky.
Fan Chou was surprised to find that Lu Xun, who had been escaping happily just now, suddenly stopped. The entire Yulin army's rear team changed into the front team, and the loose Chu army suddenly turned into a tight military formation. He turned around and pointed his sword at the Qin army. , opened its fangs towards him.
Even though he didn't know what went wrong, Fan Chou's heart sank slightly.
