Seven days after the Battle of Yongqiu, General Huan Yi of the Right Army was ordered to return to Jiankang. Together with the champion general Huan Shiqian and the general Zhenwu Huan Shimin, they were summoned by Grand Tutor Xie An and took over the posts of Jiangzhou and Yuzhou. , the governor of the three states of Jingzhou.
Longxiang General Xie Yan and Jianwu General Liu Laozhi led the Beifu soldiers' vanguard army to go south from Xiangyi to Suiyang to support the cavalry general Xie Xuan who was trapped in Suiyang.
But what made Xie Yan and Liu Laozhi feel powerless was that when they went south overnight, Xie Xuan had suddenly left the city the day before and attacked Zhang Chong, the governor of Yanzhou who was besieging Suiyang. He Qian and Sun Wuzhong, who joined the army from Beifu, fought to the death. Sun Wuzhong found the military tent of Zhang Chong, the governor of Yanzhou, and chopped off Zhang Chong's head with one knife. The Yanzhou army of less than 30,000 men immediately dispersed and was defeated.
There was only one day's time difference. If Xu Zongwen hadn't insisted on asking the Jin army to escort the flood-stricken people in Yongqiu to Xiangyi, they would have rushed back long ago.
The Battle of Yongqiu lasted more than two months. Huan Yi, Xie Yan and others garrisoned 10,000 troops for two months and withstood Maodang's siege of 100,000 men. In the end, Xu Zongwen picked peaches due to a flood.
Huan Yi is nothing. He is nearly fifty years old, and he is the clan brother of Grand Sima Huan Wen and Jingzhou Governor Huan Chong. What kind of scene have you not seen before? Moreover, he is about to serve as the governor of Jiangzhou and is out of town. Naturally, he will not take such a trivial matter to heart.
Xie Yan just felt that it was quite difficult and dangerous to send troops this time, but he had the merit of defending the city. Xu Zongwen killed Mao Dang and defeated the Qin army. He believed that his contribution was certainly not small. He was grateful to Xu Zongwen before it was too late!
There is only Liu Laozhi. Since the Battle of Luojian, he has fought a few battles in Pei and Lu counties with ease. He was defeated by Maodang in the Battle of Chenxian County and was besieged by Maodang in the Battle of Yongqiu. Don't be too depressed. Surrendered!
Then the rising star Xu Zongwen fought all the way to Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou, sweeping the Central Plains. When he heard with his own ears that Xu Zongwen actually captured Luoyang, his old capital, he was furious and emotional. When 100,000 people besieged Yongqiu here, it would be better for him to ignore the Beifu soldiers. Life and death, all the way to fight against the defenseless Luoyang City!
In the battle of Yongqiu, Xu Zongwen must be the first to take the lead. Compared with him, how can he have the face to stand in the Beifu soldiers in the future?
For this reason, Liu Laozhi became more and more jealous of Xu Zongwen...
As soon as Zhang Chong, the governor of Yanzhou, died, Xie Xuan immediately ordered the Beifu soldiers to march eastward and attack the western counties of Yanzhou. Yanzhou was attacked by the Beifu soldiers and the Jin armies of Shen Yu, Zheng Lue and Zhu Chen. drop.
Of course, only Linqiu City is a special case. Shen Yu, Zheng Lue and Zhu Chen have been surrounding the city for more than half a month but there has been no progress at all. It is really worrying!
After receiving the support of Zhu Xu, the East Route Army took turns attacking the city day and night with 20,000 troops, and once again used wheel warfare to attack. Wang Xiu, the general of the Qin State Zhendong, was able to cope with it easily and would rather die than surrender!
Soon, the five thousand Beifu soldiers led by Liu Laozhi changed their eastward route after conquering Wanju and Gouyang cities in Jiyin County and turned north to attack Lihu Fortress!
Liu Laozhi: Isn’t your Eastern Route Army invincible and invincible? You can attack Linqiu City yourself, and we will not interfere...
Nearly a month ago, when Xu Zongwen went north from Dingtao to Puyang, he tried to deceive the Lihu Fortress. However, the defender of Lihu Fortress was well-informed and immediately recognized that Xu Zongwen's army was disguised as a Jin army and exposed it on the spot. He caught Xu Zongwen’s lies and gave Xu Zongwen a resounding slap!
The soldiers were very fast. Xu Zongwen was in a hurry to raid Luoyang. Under Xi Jian's persuasion, he detoured north to Puyang. In order to prevent the Lihu defenders from sneak attack from the rear, Xi Jian also laid an ambush.
"Brothers, take Lihu and go north to Puyang. You are allowed to plunder for three days!"
Liu Laozhi's old tricks have not changed at all. Besides looting, they are still looting. However, although the tricks are old, they are still very useful. The Beifu soldiers screamed and launched a charge towards Lihu Fortress!
On top of Lihu Fortress, there was a scribe standing next to the guard. This man's name was Liu Yan, and he was Tian Cao from Qi County in Qingzhou.
At that time, Zheng Lue was ordered to arrest Han Ji's party. It was he who learned the news in advance, bribed the defenders at the city gate to slip out of Linzi City, and went to Han Ji's camp to inform Linzi City of the inside story. This led to Han Ji's siege of Linzi City. , Speaking of which, the leader of the Battle of Linzi was Tian Cao Liu Yan!
If Liu Yan hadn't been taken away, Xu Zongwen, Pei Qing, and Xi Jian's plan would have gone very smoothly. All Qingzhou County soldiers would go west to Chang'an King Qin, and the Jin army would take advantage of the opportunity to go north to take over the empty six counties of Qingzhou, and there would be no major casualties.
The people around Linzi City will not lose their homes, lose their families, and become cannon fodder in the siege!
Thirty thousand county soldiers would not have been lost in the Battle of Linzi, and Xu Zongwen would not have been hit by that arrow.
The initiator of all this is Liu Yan!
After the defeat of Han Ji and Kou Xiuzhi, Liu Yan took advantage of the chaos and fled to Yanzhou. The guard guarding Lihu Fortress was Liu Yan's old friend. Therefore, when Xu Zongwen passed Lihu Fortress from Dingtao north, he was recognized by Liu Yan at a glance. Liu Yan saw through Xu Zongwen's plan to defraud the city on the spot.
You must know that Xu Zongwen, in order to scare the monkeys and deter Han Ji and other five prefects and county soldiers, used the name of some military advisor general to kill the captain Jia Xin, the governor Cheng Chu and others at the top of Linzi City in front of tens of thousands of people. With the corrupt officials colluded with Han Jixiang, how could Liu Yan forget the appearance of Xu Zongwen, the god of death?
Liu Yan was cunning and cunning, and the Beifu soldiers under the city attacked quickly. What he initially advocated was to strengthen the wall and clear the country, unable to defend, and insisting on fighting Liu Laozhi to the end!
But then he thought that he shouldn't use the same method to deal with Xu Zongwen to deal with the Jin army under the city, so he wanted to do the opposite!
"General, Lihu Fortress has been captured!"
The sergeant from the front came to report. Needless to say, Liu Laozhi also saw it. It was just a round. What dangerous pass and fortified city? Yanzhou has been torn to pieces. It was beaten by the Jin army and the sky was dark. Looking at the overwhelming troops from Beifu, it would be a ghost if they retreated if they were not defeated!
How does it end? Not all of them were easily captured, the Qin army was just a bunch of chickens and dogs.
Liu Laozhi showed no emotion at all. He had already conquered two cities along the way. It was only a matter of time before Lihu was conquered. What surprised him was that the city was broken very quickly.
But in his eyes, all this is just the result of the Qin army being too weak. After the Battle of Feishui, the Beifu soldiers were famous and too powerful. The Qin army was afraid of them like tigers!
"Enter the city!" Liu Laozhi waved his hand, and five thousand Beifu soldiers immediately rushed into Lihu Fortress like a swarm of swarms.
No one knew that Liu Laozhi's wave of his hand would completely destroy another group of elite Beifu soldiers!
Liu Yan and the Lihu Fortress garrison waited until most of the Beifu soldiers entered the fortress, and then immediately closed the city gate.
What greeted the Beifu soldiers next was a shower of arrows and stones, and the Qin army pouring out from all directions to mercilessly kill them!
Countless Beifu soldiers fell forever in Lihu Fortress. Because of the general's command errors, their most precious lives were not left in the Battle of Feishui and Yongqiu, but died in the enemy's ambush. circle.
The huddled Beifu soldiers were like tigers with their hands and feet bound, welcoming the uninterrupted crossbows, arrows, swords, guns, swords and halberds from the Qin army. They used their flesh and blood to forge human walls one after another, with blood flowing and staining them. The ground inside the city gate turned red, and the soldiers' wails finally disappeared in the sky above Lihu Fortress...
"General, leave quickly!"
"Only when the general is alive can the brothers have a chance to take revenge. The general must avenge his dead brothers!"
Liu Laozhi was disheveled. His mount had already been killed by random arrows. His subordinates gave up their horses to send him away. Countless soldiers died trying to shield him from the Qin army's arrow rain. The disastrous defeat at Lihu Fortress gave him a wake-up call. !
Although Mao Dang is dead, there are still capable people in Qin!
I only blame myself for being so happy about my achievements and underestimating the enemy's advance, that I fell into the Qin army's treacherous plan and ruined the lives of my brothers in vain!
In the end, Liu Laozhi fled Lihu Fortress unwillingly with endless self-blame and regret.
