Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 679

Jiao Jixun finally got his chance.

Although he had successfully walked Wenchuan Road before, he did not expect that there were hundreds of Shu soldiers guarding Taniguchi.

Jiao Jixun asked his confidant to go out to inquire, and found that Sun Hanshao operated the prefectures and counties of Shannan Road like iron barrels.

The people are organized according to the township security system, and sit together, and the key intersections are guarded by Ding Zhuang and state and county soldiers. It is impossible to walk around without disturbing the Mengshu government.

At this time, there was no news from Yuanzhou or Baoxie Road. Jiao Jixun's plan to stir up the entire Hanzhong Basin in Shannan Province with 800 people was still a bit too whimsical.

So these days, Jiao Jixun could only send a small group of troops pretending to be bandits to plunder everywhere, try to ensure the food of the soldiers under his command, and carried them for three days, until Jiao Jixun was almost unable to hold on, the turning point finally came.

The Shu army in Taniguchi disappeared in one morning, and they left in a hurry and cleanly. They didn't stay alone, but they left a considerable amount of luggage.

Jiao Jixun led people to rush into the camp where the Shu army had evacuated in a hurry, searched for some food, and then ordered his eldest son Jiao Shouzhong to lead a dozen people to arrest the leaders of the nearby township soldiers for interrogation.

Only then did they know that Luo Yu'er's army had left Baoxie Valley, and Er Zhujing from Ankang Mansion had already captured Wukou Pass.

Sun Hanshao, the governor of Mengshu Mountain South Road, had no choice but to quickly transfer troops from various places to Xingyuan Mansion to intercept the army on Baoxie Road.

Jiao Jixun was overjoyed, this time, he literally plunged into Sun Hanshao's chest!The long-awaited opportunity finally arrived.

So Luo Yu'er sent out cavalry to harass the rear of the Hanzhong Basin, but Jiao Jixun's hundreds of people had already started to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

Because Sun Hanshao didn't know that Jiao Jixun dared to lead 800 people to take Wenchuan Road boldly, so he dispatched almost all the troops east of Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong).

However, in just a few days, Jiao Jixun and others captured dozens of ferry crossings in large and small towns, and even almost rushed into Chenggu County, an important stronghold between Xingyuan Mansion and Yuanzhou.

Li Rong had the same experience as Jiao Jixun. The Tangluo Road had been in disrepair for a long time. Li Rong led 3000 people to walk extremely hard. In the end, he had to abandon most of his luggage before he barely walked out of the valley.

The same is true after going out of the valley, because the valley entrance of the Tangluo Road is close to Yuanzhou, Li Rong did not dare to reveal his strength at all, so he could only go out of the valley with two or three hundred people, making Mengshu Yuanzhou's Wu Ding army think that his number was not large.

After all, along the way, hundreds of miles of people were exhausted, and most of the food, supplies and armor were lost. It was still very dangerous to be beaten by others, and they could only wait for the army to arrive and wait for an opportunity.

It can be seen from this that Wei Yan's conspiracy in Ziwu Valley in the past was really not very reliable.

With the current gap between Zhou and Shu, as long as the Meng Shu army is not scared away, the Zhou army who has left Taniguchi still has to be careful.

The turning point also came from Sun Hanshao's transfer of Wang Huan, the Jiedu envoy of the Wuding Army in Yuanzhou, and Li Jin, the envoy of the Mabu Army in Shannan Road, to return to the army for reinforcements.

Wang Huan was urged by Sun Hanshao to have no choice but to keep hundreds of soldiers as suspects, frightening Er Zhujing, who was dozens of miles away, from pursuing him, and leading the main force of Wuding's army to the west.

But all of this was seen clearly by Li Rong who was on the mountain north of Yuanzhou. Know.

But Li Rong knew that there must have been a great change, and Mengshu's Yuanzhou Wuding Army would withdraw in such a hurry.

So Li Rong waited half an hour after Wang Huan and Li Jin led the army to leave, and immediately rushed out from the Tangluo Road and began to storm Yuanzhou.

The Wuding army who stayed behind had been guarding against Erzhujing in the east, thinking that there were only a few hundred Zhou troops on the mountain in the north, but unexpectedly there were thousands of troops.

Li Rong was blocked on the Tangluo Road for six or seven days, and the soldiers under his command were very angry. They also knew that this was the best opportunity, and immediately attacked desperately. out of town.

After taking Yuanzhou, Li Rong knew that the army had already left the Baoxie Road, and Erzhujing's Feng'an Town was sixty miles to the east.

So this soldier from Taiyuan became furious, and immediately killed all the more than [-] Wuding army soldiers who were captured in the city.

Then only 100 people were left to guard the east gate of Yuanzhou, and ten people were sent over the mountains to inform Er Zhujing, while the rest chased most of Wu Ding's army going to Xingyuan Mansion while eating big cakes.

Almost at the same time, after Jiao Jixun occupied more than a dozen ferries and towns, he immediately realized that Wu Ding's army in Yuanzhou was likely to return to help, so he hurriedly led [-] warriors to seize Chenggu County to stop them.

It's a pity that he came a little late. Before Jiao Jixun captured Chenggu County, he saw dust flying in the distance. The reinforcements from Xingyuan Mansion's Wu Ding Army and some Shannan Dao Yabing soldiers had already arrived.

So Jiao Jixun hurried back to the north of Chenggu County, where there is a wooden bridge built in the pre-Han Dynasty, Wangxian Bridge.

The Yushui originates from the Qinling Mountains and passes north of Chenggu County. The most convenient way to pass through the Yushui is on the Wangxian Bridge. Wu Ding's army must go here to reinforce Xingyuan Mansion.

Wang Huan and Li Jin ran all the way, but they didn't expect that Wangxian Bridge was guarded.

At first Wang Huan thought it was the generals sent by Sun Hanshao to meet them, but when he got closer, he saw that the opposing army was wearing the typical blue cotton armor of the Zhou army, flying the silver-rimmed Jinsui Sanchen Banner, and a large array of bows and crossbows was waiting for them.

It's not just Zhou Jun who looks at Xianqiao, but also the pro-jun of Zhou Jun.

The two of them were stunned for a long while, then Li Jin, the horse infantry officer in the Yamen of Shannan Road, suddenly pointed to the mountains to the north and said in a low voice, "These northern soldiers must have come from Wenchuan Road."

Yuanzhou Wuding Army Jiedu Envoy Wang Huan was shocked. It was a miracle that 800 men in full armor walked through Wenchuan Road. Anyway, he could not find such 800 people among the [-] Wuding Army under his command.

"There is no other way, let's fight! There are northern soldiers on Wenchuan Road, and the Xingyuan Mansion must be more critical. We must hurry there."

Li Jin asked his followers to put on the iron armor for him, while looking at Wang Huan and said.

"The last general will lead the troops of the headquarters first, and ask the commander-in-chief to sweep the formation for a certain party!"

Li Jin was very confident, but Wang Huan was not as optimistic as he was. The northern soldiers from Ankang Mansion at Wukou Pass were said to be only the Zhou army's weaker Forbidden Army, and they were already so difficult to fight.

These Zhou Guo's pro-army, all staffed in cotton armor, and the strength to walk the Wenchuan Road, are probably 800 people, and they are not something they can easily move.

But since Li Jin is willing to take the lead, he has no objection at all.

The name of Wangxian Bridge sounds fairy-like, but it is actually a flat bridge with huge stones as the bottom and wooden planks as the bridge deck. The bridge deck is not wide, and six or seven people can walk side by side.

At the same time, the water is not very wide, the water surface is more than 100 steps at most.

Li Jin was in a hurry to return to his teacher, so he invested 500 people at once.

Soldiers in heavy armor attacked from the bridge, and crossbowmen in bamboo armor stood in the water and shot.

A cavalry of more than 300 people continued to explore upstream, looking for a narrow river that could ford.

Jiao Jixun has also been prepared for a long time. There won't be too many surprises in this kind of head-to-head confrontation. It's just a matter of who can fight better.

He ordered his eldest son Jiao Shouzhong to lead [-] soldiers to block the bridgehead, and then he divided [-] warriors into defensive formations to the north and east.

As soon as the battle started, it went straight to the worst direction. Li Jin's family members of Shannan Daoya soldiers were all in Xingyuan Mansion. They were afraid that their families would suffer if the Zhou army broke through Xingyuan Mansion, so they worked extra hard.

Jiao Jixun walked [-] roads on Wenchuan Road, which has almost no roads, in order to make great contributions to wash away the shame of Youshen Weiwei.

And there is nothing that can give more credit than stopping ten times the enemy and providing guarantee for the army to capture Xingyuan Mansion, so they will never back down.

The battle lasted from early in the morning to past noon. Shannan Daoya soldiers launched a total of seven large-scale attacks, but they were still unable to break through the Zhou army's block at the head of Wangxian Bridge.

The archers who waded into the water and shot at each other suffered a great loss. They were no match for strong archers like Zhou Jun, and the level of sophistication of the crossbow was incomparable.

And the three hundred riders who went to the upper reaches of the detour never showed up.

It was past noon, and the hungry Shannan Dao soldiers could no longer fight, so it was Wang Huan's Wu Dingjun's turn to take over.

Wu Ding's army did not have the pain of Shannan Dao Yabing. Instead, they were still worried about whether their old home, Yuanzhou, would be attacked by the Zhou army from Ankang Mansion. They had no choice but to rescue Xingyuan Mansion.

Therefore, Wu Ding's army has not been fighting very hard. Li Jin saw it in his eyes and was anxious, so he could only use Sun Hanshao to suppress Wang Huan.

At this time, the detour cavalry finally appeared. Although they were blocked by 100 people arranged by Jiao Jixun, it also caused Jiao Jixun's troops to be attacked by the enemy.

Li Jin once again asked Wang Huan to withdraw the alarming Wu Ding army, and then select elite soldiers to attack with him.

Wang Huan saw that he could win, but he was afraid of being punished by Sun Hanshao, so he agreed.

Jiao Jixun also knew that this was the last critical moment. He personally led 50 people to help repel the cavalry of the Shu army, and then said to his eldest son Jiao Shouzhong and the soldiers.

"Now that I have entered Xingyuan Mansion, I have killed many people from Shu, and the enmity has already been forged.

What's more, there are only warriors who die in battle in Dazhou, and there are no cowards who bend their knees. If we die in battle, our parents, wives and children will be raised by saints. May all the kings fight with me to the death! "

The surviving [-]-odd people were as energetic as a rainbow. Whether it was because of their admiration for Zhang Ting, the court's care for their families, or their own honor, these people never thought of bowing their knees.

Both sides attacked desperately, and the battle reached a point where Jiao Shouzhong, Jiao Jixun's eldest son, was broken by the Shu army's bone, blood streaming down his face, and he continued to fight.

The Wangxian Bridge is so wide, no matter how many people the Shu army puts in at one time, they will still be unable to drive off the bridge the Zhou army on the opposite side who haven't even eaten the court food.

The [-] cavalry who crossed the river could not find any openings to break in except for circling around the Zhou army.

Li Jin wanted to increase the speed, but he only heard the galloping horses behind him. A Wu Dingjun, who was in charge of the rear of the palace, rushed to Wang Huan with his face covered in blood, and burst into tears when he saw Wang Huan.

"The northern soldiers hid their soldiers in the Tangluo Road. As soon as we leave, they will come out of the valley and attack Yuanzhou... Yuanzhou has already been captured by them."

Wu Ding's army was in an uproar, and the soldiers of Shannan Road also looked at each other in blank dismay, Wang Huan felt dizzy.

His parents, wife, children, and dozens of clan members are all in Yuanzhou City, and most of the family members of the [-] Wu Ding Army under him are also in Yuanzhou City and nearby towns.

Wang Huan was about to take people back to Yuanzhou, but he hadn't acted yet, dust was flying in the distance, Li Rong led Zhaoyi Town, and chased him there.

Wang Huan and Li Jin had no choice but to retreat to Chenggu County.

Moreover, because Li Rong came very quickly, the window time for the Shu army was very short, and Jiao Jixun was also clinging to it, which made it impossible for the Shu army to retreat calmly. Almost all the luggage brought from Yuanzhou along the way was lost, and most of the civilian husbands ran away.

When Li Rong and Jiao Jixun met, they had mixed feelings. No wonder Shi Jingtang didn't want to destroy Meng Zhixiang when he had Xingyuan Mansion in his hand.

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't.

This journey, the hardships the two of them have experienced, can hardly be described in ten days, but now, they finally see the dawn of victory.

And Wang Huan and Li Jin, who retreated to Chenggu County in embarrassment, suddenly felt cheated again.

Because the soldiers and horses that Li Rong came after were only more than 700 people, even if Jiao Jixun's [-] people were added, the total would be just over [-], and they had more than [-] people.

So after some discussion, the two went out again, wanting to fight Li Rong and Jiao Jixun.

For this request from the Shu army, Jiao and Li were overjoyed, it was like a big gift package delivered to their door!
So the two sides set up a battle in the west of Chenggu County. More than 3000 people from the Shu army stormed the Zhou army with less than [-] people. ran back to the city.

Now they are completely convinced, and if they can't beat it, they can't beat it. 8000 people were surrounded by 3000 people in the city, and they also recognized it.

Two days later, Er Zhujing, who was notified by Li Rong, finally arrived with 2000 imperial guards from Feng'an Town, and the number of Zhou's army increased to more than [-].

As a general of the Donggui faction, Er Zhujing's status and prestige were higher than those of Jiao Jixun and Li Rong. As soon as he arrived, the Zhou army, which was originally divided into two groups, was immediately kneaded into a whole.

Er Zhujing ordered the army to start attacking the small Chenggu County, and at the same time selected low-level officers from each army who could read a few words, and released some to control the surrounding intersections and ferries.

On April 8000, the Shu army with 2000 people crowded in the narrow Chenggu County couldn't hold back anymore. Li Jin, who was in a hurry to return to the army, led [-] people to open the west gate and break out in the direction of Xingyuan Mansion.

Er Zhujing immediately ordered Jiao Jixun to intercept them, and finally caught up with Li Jin's 2000 men by the water.

Jiao Jixun used his bow and crossbow to shoot at the Shu army who had broken through the siege, but the Shu army had lost most of their luggage when they retreated into Chenggu County, so not many people were armored.

The Shu army who had been shot turned back twice and was repelled. In the end, they had no choice but to jump into the water in spite of their lives.

Li Jin, the commander of the horse-buying command in Jiedu Yameni, Shannan Road, was also shot to death by the rebellious army.

The Jiedu Envoy of Wuding Army of Yuanzhou, whose lair was cut off, was persuaded by the envoy sent by Er Zhujing to surrender, opened the city gate after noon, and asked Er Zhujing to surrender.

The reinforcements that Sun Hanshao was expecting were wiped out.

. . . .

On April 22, Er Zhujing, who had completed the compilation of Wuding Army in Shuyuan Prefecture, personally led the army westward to the outside of Xingyuanfu City.

Since the main force was blocked five or six miles northwest of Xingyuan Mansion, the city of Xingyuan Mansion was empty of troops. Before Er Zhujing started to attack the city, the gentry, gentry and merchants of Xingyuan Mansion went out crying and fled in all directions, a scene of doomsday .

When Sun Hanshao received the news, he could only give up the geographical advantage in despair, and the whole army retreated to Xingyuan Mansion.

During the march, Luo Yu'er sent Li Cunhui to lead two thousand cavalry from the right feather forest guards to attack the retreating Shu army first. The Shu army was panicked and was flanked by front and back. After only a quarter of an hour of fighting, more than [-] soldiers collapsed.

Under the escort of his confidantes, Sun Hanshao led more than [-] riders to escape in a hurry towards Mi Cang Road south of Xingyuan Mansion.

His [-] army was wiped out after the Wuding Army of Yuanzhou.

The entire Hanzhong area where Xingyuan Mansion was located fell into the hands of Zhou Jun.

(End of this chapter)