At night, the Qin army camped.茌
After escaping from the boundary of Laojun Mountain, Zhang Ji had been fleeing for a day and a night after joining the rear army. He finally stopped at an unknown hilltop to set up camp and stopped.
I don’t know whether the wind is blowing from the south or the north tonight, but the flames are swaying and spinning in the brazier.
In the big tent, Zhang Ji seemed to be having some nightmare and was sweating profusely.
"Lao Fan, I must have bumped into Chu Ren's pocket when I rushed in. Don't blame me."
"Don't come over, don't come over."
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
Zhang Ji suddenly sat up from his sleep, gasping for air. He looked around him and then breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his head, but the cry of death in his dream still seemed to linger in his ears. .茌
At this time, one of Zhang Ji's personal guards rushed in and said.
"General, Chu people, Chu people came in through the front door."
What a sound of fighting!
Zhang Ji turned pale.
"Wei Yan is this madman! He gathered the two armies and surrendered, which totaled 20,000 to 30,000 people. He sent his troops south. How could Chengdu resist? Why, why wouldn't he let me go?"
The guards were frightened by Zhang Ji's roar and did not dare to speak. Zhang Ji came back to his senses and asked him quickly.
"Will the Chu army come to kill you at the back door?"
"There was no movement at the back door, and no enemy troops were seen coming."
Zhang Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
"Send hundreds of people out of the back door to investigate clearly, and immediately send the Guards Battalion to stabilize the front line."
"yes!"
The guard responded and was about to leave when he was suddenly pulled back by Zhang Ji.
"Approximately how many people are there in the enemy army?"
Zhang Ji originally thought that there was a steady stream of enemy troops in the night, making it difficult to judge. Who knows, the soldier asserted.茌
"There were only two to three thousand Chu troops, attacking left and right in the camp, and no reinforcements were seen outside the camp."
Two to three thousand people came to break into the camp?
Wei Yan bullied me too much!
Zhang Ji grabbed a glimmer of courage, climbed up, and said while putting on his armor.
"You go out first to appease the soldiers, mobilize your manpower, and follow me to kill the Chu people."
"Yes! General!"
The guard left excitedly.茌
When Zhang Ji went out, he only saw thick smoke billowing in the distance. The heavy troops near the granary had been broken through!
The food and grass were burned!
Looking again, the Chu army was already fighting not far away.
I saw that the Chu army was in neat formation, covering each other, and among them there was a black shadow on horseback shouting.
"Zhang Ji, where are you? Are you coming out to die?"
That figure was very similar to the figure chasing Fan Chong in the dream. It was a pair of dark armor and his face could never be seen clearly.
"Zhang Ji, where are you? Are you coming out to die?"
That voice seemed to be a messenger who was seducing people and demanding their lives.
How can these three thousand people stop them?
Zhang Ji felt so cold that he didn't even dare to speak loudly.
"Quick, quick, retreat through the back door."
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News of the Qin army's defeat spread back to Zitong.
The messenger rode to death on several of the station's fast horses before he arrived at Zitong and sent back the news that Zhang Ji asked Meng Da to send troops to respond.茌
After arranging for the messenger to rest, Meng Da was furious with his cronies with a livid face.
"Waste! What a waste!"
"How can the Yulin army be so capable? Liu Huang's 20,000 elite soldiers were defeated, and the 30,000 Qin army was also defeated. A total of 50,000 troops were defeated by the Chu people in just ten days!"
Meng Da felt cold in his heart.
It was originally thought that with his surrender, the Qin army would reap the benefits and be able to easily deal with Wei Yan and then capture Chengdu. The territory of the State of Qin doubled, and his achievements were enough for him to enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth, and to become an important minister around the prince of Qin.
But now, Zhang Ji's army has returned in defeat, and that madman Wei Yan is about to kill Zitong City. It's hard to say whether he can defend or not, but he has a lot of credit?
Years of planning have come to nothing.茌
Seeing Meng Da sitting slumped in the lobby, the faces of his three commanders were also full of uneasiness, so they had no choice but to speak bravely.
"Sun Ce has forgiven all the debts of those mud-legged people, how can you not fight for him? Not to mention the Chu army, I heard that those of us who were captured surrendered to fight for those Chu people without fear of death."
"General, it's better to send reinforcements quickly to bring General Zhang Ji back. With the city, no matter how powerful Wei Yan is, we can still defend it for a while, enough for the messenger to go to Hanzhong to ask Mr. Dong to send reinforcements."
Meng Da sighed, stood up, and looked ahead blankly.
"Master Dong can no longer send reinforcements. Previously, the Qin army fell into Fazheng's plan and lost 10,000 troops at Jianguan. Now 30,000 troops have been lost at Mianzhu. Zhang Lu's remnant party has been entrenched in Hanzhong for many years and established the 'Five Fighters' The Mi religion has so many followers that it is already the limit for Mr. Dong to leave ten thousand troops to guard Hanzhong."
We can only rely on ourselves.
Hearing this, fear flashed across the faces of the three commanders under Meng Da.茌
Can we keep it on our own?
It’s not their fault, the Yulin Army’s record was really appalling.
Starting from Xuanhan City, the Yulin Army went deep into the Shu region and fought thousands of miles away. Not only was it sure to win every battle, but now it seems that more and more people were fighting! When Wei Yan reorganizes his troops and surrenders, I'm afraid he will have 30,000 people in his hands!
Not to mention 30,000, even if Wei Yan only brought 10,000 people, they would not dare to say that they could withstand Zitong City.
"What do you think will happen if we capture Zhang Ji and surrender to Wei Yan?"
Ah this!
The three of them looked at each other and looked at Meng Da with a slightly strange expression.茌
"I will obey the general's orders!"
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After all, Wei Yan failed to defeat all Zhang Ji's troops, so he allowed him to flee into Zitong City with hundreds of people.
But when Wei Yan's army was stationed ten miles outside Zitong City, preparing for another big fight in the future. However, the gates of Zitong City were wide open. Meng Da, who had just surrendered to the Qin army a few days ago, came to the Chu army's camp with Zhang Ji tied up and yelling.
Everyone in Wei Yan was dumbfounded. They had fought more than ten battles since entering Shu. This was the first time they had seen this situation. Only Liu Suan looked at his former comrade with unsurprising disdain.
Liu Quan, who was unconscious at first, was led by a dozen remaining soldiers and surrendered to Lu Xun. After all, Zitong had been controlled by the Qin army, and they didn't even have a bite of food. After Liu Huang woke up, he had nothing to complain about and surrendered to the Chu army. Wei Yan saw that Liu Quan had been in charge of Zitong for many years, so he thought he might be useful and took him with him. Who would have thought that Mengda would surrender before the army reached the city gate.
