Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 680
Just as the Hanzhong War was coming to an end, Gao Huaide of Qishan Road also ushered in a breakthrough.

For more than [-] days before, Gao Huaide had been showing weakness. He asked a large number of civilians to wear cotton armor and mix with some soldiers from Xiongwu Town. Very little look.

Xingzhou is later Lueyang County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. It has been the hub from Qinlong to Bashu since ancient times. It is known as the link between Qin and Shu, and the hub of Shaanxi and Gansu.

At this time, although the Chencang Road guarded by Lueyang had been abandoned and thus lost some geographical advantages, it was still a key gateway for Mengshu in the north.

Zhang Qianzhao, Lizhou Zhaowu Jiedu envoy of Mengshu, of course understood that although he could not go to Xingzhou (Lueyang) to defend himself, he still issued a death order so that Han Jixun, the governor of Xingzhou, would not be able to hold on. A great achievement.

Zhang Qianzhao's arrangement is very correct, because Meng Shu has always wanted to enter Guanzhong after the chaos in the Central Plains, so he kept hoarding food and weapons in Xingzhou and other places to prepare.

At present, together with Xingzhou and the nearby military villages, there are more than 40 shi of grain in total.

With so much food, it was enough for the Shu army to starve Zhou Jun away ten times.

Han Jixun thought so too at first, but after a long time, he couldn't hold back anymore.

Because the Zhou army outside the city was stretching their hips too much, and they were weak and trembling even after attacking a city.

The more Han Jixun thought about it, the more he felt that he had [-] elite Fengsheng soldiers under him, and it was really uncomfortable to defend the city against the [-] weak soldiers of the Zhou army.

And the generals of the Fengsheng Army under him also thought so. In their opinion, if Zhou Jun wore cotton armor, he must be the main force. No one would be willing to wear cotton armor for auxiliary soldiers, right?

Could it be that Zhou Jun's combat effectiveness was not strong in the first place, but after Zhang Jieshuai was defeated in Guanzhong last time, he deliberately exaggerated Zhou Jun's combat effectiveness in order to save face.

After working hard for more than ten days, Feng Shengjun went up to the governor Han Jixun, down to the ordinary soldiers, and even the people of Xingzhou couldn't stand it anymore, so Han Jixun waved his hand at the tooth soldiers who wanted to make meritorious service.

fight!Let's get rid of Zhou Jun.

The process was quite smooth. Most of the Zhou army outside the city was disguised as civilian husbands. Han Jixun led [-] elite holy soldiers out of the city. It took less than a quarter of an hour to engage in battle, and the civilian husbands were defeated like a mountain, and those who were killed fled north.

This is not a fake, it was indeed a big defeat by the Shu army.

Han Jixun was as excited as if he was about to ascend in the daytime. He was similar to Wang Zhaoyuan, both of whom were from Meng Chang's side servants.

Wang Zhaoyuan is Meng Chang's intimate playmate, and Han Jixun is Meng Chang's personal doctor.

After arriving in Xingzhou, none of the arrogant soldiers thought highly of Han Jixun, and most of the courtiers believed that he got to the top by flattering him, and talked a lot of ridicule when talking about him.

But Han Jixun doesn't think so!He thinks that he is a great talent, and it was Meng Changmeng who knew his talent and deliberately promoted him.

So Han Jixun wanted to make a great contribution and keep everyone's mouths shut.

Now that the great achievement of defeating Master Zhou is right in front of him, how can it not be exciting?
However, after the Shu army chased to a hillside, there was only a burst of 'thunder' exploding, and countless strong men with big arms and round waists suddenly rushed down from the hillsides on both sides.

Although the armor they wore was very old, they still counted as ten, and quickly defeated the pursuing Shu army.

Gao Huaide roared angrily on the hillside, and shot out an arrow, hitting Han Jixun's chest.

It turned out that the armor on Han Jixun's body turned out to be a precious armor, and even the arrows shot by Gao Huaide's strength could not break through the armor.

But immediately after, Wang Quanbin, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Zhang Quan and more than a dozen people swarmed forward, surrounded Han Jixun and seven or eight of his followers and beat them fiercely.

Poor Governor Han, who was originally a medical officer, couldn't withstand the attacks of these fierce men, and was hammered into a ball of flesh in a short time.

Gao Huaide drove the defeated soldiers of the Fengsheng Army to attack the city, and quickly captured Xingzhou City.

Immediately afterwards, the 35 elites who were suffocated along the way did not stop, and they flew more than [-] miles in a day, and went down the Jialing River to nine military strongholds of the Shu army. They seized [-] shi of grain and countless weapons and supplies.

With so many supplies, Gao Huaide forced tens of thousands of men and women near Xingzhou to become civilian husbands, almost carrying his warriors, and continued to rush forward all the way to Sanquan County.

Sanquan County also has an important pass - Yang'an Pass. Historically, during the Northern Song Dynasty, Yangping Pass, which was more than [-] miles away from here, was moved here, and later generations called it Xinyangping Pass.

On the ninth day of April, Zhang Zhaozhong and Zhang Zhaojie, who were reinforcements to Gao Huaide, arrived with five hundred elites from Regret Mountain Capital, and brought along with them Shi Chongmin, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, the Fenjindu Demolition Soldier.

The crowd blasted open the gate of Yang'an Pass with gunpowder. It took only one day to capture this natural barrier, and then went straight to the army camps in the north of Lizhou City.

At this time, Zhang Qianzhao, the envoy of the Zhaowu Army in Mengshu Lizhou, knew that Xingzhou had fallen, Han Jixun had already died in battle, and the speed of Zhou Jun's actions was so fast that he was dumbfounded.

Lizhou Zhaowu Army originally had 1000 people, which was the largest in Mengshu Fanzhen and had the largest number of soldiers, but the area covered was too large, so there were not enough people.

Up to now, Zhang Qianzhao only has more than [-] men in his hands. He dare not go out to fight against the [-] strong men in Gao Huaide's hands. He can only choose to stick to it and keep asking Chengdu for help.

The [-] troops sent by Meng Chang to the Southwest Battalion had only reached Mianzhou (Mianyang) at this time, and it was still three hundred miles away from Lizhou.

Gao Huaide also learned from the captured generals of the Shu army that the Meng Shu court had sent reinforcements.

So regardless of the disadvantage of the number of defenders, he directly launched a fierce attack on Lizhou, hoping to capture Lizhou before Mengshu's reinforcements arrived.

However, Zhang Qianzhao is also a famous general from Daibei-Hedong after all. His Shu army will definitely not be able to defeat Zhou army if he is pulled out to fight, but it is still possible to defend the city.

Gao Huaide attacked wildly for more than ten days, continuously conquering the natural dangers such as the big and small Mantianzhai, and finally approached the city of Lizhou, and successfully blew down the low wall of the east city of Lizhou.

However, Zhang Qianzhao ordered the peasants and common people to rush to repair, and built two earthen walls overnight.

The people of Lizhou were afraid that the Zhou army would slaughter the city after entering the city, so they desperately resisted. Gao Huaide went into battle in person, but was eventually driven out.

The turning point came on April 27th. Cai Guogong, Cai Guogong, the head of the camp, ordered Erzhu Jing to stay in the camp and guard Xingyuan Mansion. Jinniu Road enters Shu.

Since the Shu army in Xingyuan Mansion had collapsed and Zhang Qianzhao in Lizhou was unable to rescue them, Yin Zhengqi led the army and captured the Tianxian Yangping Pass on Jinniu Road with almost no effort, and joined Gao Huaide under the city of Lizhou.

As soon as Yin Zhengqi arrived, the morale of Zhou Jun, who had been a little irritated by Zhang Qianzhao in Lizhou, was immediately boosted, while the Shu army was frightened.

Yinzheng Qiyin Yaozi, as the direct cousin of Emperor Shaoming, is an old man who followed the Emperor when he was in his infancy.

In the ranking of Zhang Zhou's famous ministers, Yin Zhengqi was the second only to Yan Jin. He also married the prostitute daughter of the second wife of the Cao family in Shazhou, and his status was quite noble.

In Zhang Zhou, Yin Zhengqi controlled the place when he came out, and inspected the forbidden army when he entered.

In front of him, no matter whether it is Gao Eniang's brother Gao Huaide, the new generation of Xiaorui.Even the emperor's confidantes like Zhang Zhaozhong and Zhang Quan dare not be proud of being favored.

The shadow of a famous tree, if you say that Yin Zhengqi's command ability is stronger than that of Ma Zhaoyuan, Er Zhujing and others, it's not necessarily true. In terms of force value, he is definitely not as good as Gao Huaide, Zhang Cheng and others.

But as long as he arrives, the soldiers will seem to have a backbone and a solid backing.

In many cases, this kind of general does not need specific command at all. As long as he appears, it represents the morale and morale of the army.

The arrival of Yin Zhengqi put tremendous pressure on Zhang Qianzhao and the Shu army in Lizhou City.

As for Yin Zhengqi's actions, he was also very particular. He first ordered Zhang Qianzhao's old acquaintance and old tool, Zuo Jinwuwei General An Shuqian to persuade him to surrender.

An Shuqian and Zhang Qianzhao were both Xiaoqi under the command of Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty in the past, and their relationship is very good.

An Shuqian took Yin Zhengqi's persuasion letter and said to Zhang Qianzhao: "Because of his loyalty, the Duke went to the country and returned to Shu. Today, the sages of Shaoming treat Daibei and Hedong people kindly, just like Emperor Wu. Why don't you return as soon as possible?" "

Zhang Qianzhao is 66 years old this year, his beard and hair are white, and he has been away from his hometown for more than 20 years. Qian said.

"I am a martial artist. I have been favored by Emperor Wu, Zhuangmiao, and Mingmiao. I returned to Shu because I was not angry with Wang 23 (Li Congke)'s rebellion. At the end of the day, the Meng family treated me as a national scholar. How can I betray me now!"

After all, Zhang Qianzhao ordered people to send An Shuqian out, and then summoned all the generals and said: "I wait for Meng's salary, and I have the responsibility to guard the land.

Now that the soldiers in the Central Plains have arrived, if they bend their knees at will, it will be a kindness and righteousness, and it will also make others look down on them. It is better to pay them back in bloody battles. "

What should Zhang Qianzhao say? His ability can only be regarded as above-average, and there are warriors from the Daibei and Hedong lineages, or the common problem of warriors all over the world-love money.

But on the other hand, he is fair and can make soldiers work.

All the generals of the Zhaowu Army agreed with what Zhang Qianzhao said, and the deputy envoy Mao Yuanwei even said.

"I heard that Son of Heaven rewards loyalty and likes loyal generals, if we bow our knees early, even if we can survive, what is the future?
If he surrenders after a hard battle, he should make Zhou Tianzi look at him differently, even if he dies in battle, he will be able to bless future generations like Hou Yi did. "

Ok!If Zhang Shengren knew what the generals of the Zhaowu Army were thinking, he would not know whether to laugh or cry.

Is he indirectly helping Meng Chang raise some loyal ministers?

Yinzhengqi finished the process of recruiting and surrendering, since Zhang Qianzhao did not surrender, he didn't have much to say.

Now, counting civilian husbands, there are 10,000+ people under his command. Although there are hundreds of thousands of shi seized in food supplies, it is not appropriate to stay in Lizhou for too long. You must know that there are still swords and natural dangers to attack.

Since Gao Huaide had blown down a section of the east city wall before, Yin Zhengqi chose this place as a breakthrough point.

He first ordered Ansanwei, Tianshuiwei, and Xiangyangwei, the commanders of the guards, to attack.

On the second day, Xiongwu, Changguo, Zhaoyi and other town guards attacked fiercely.

At the same time, Jiao Jixun and Wang Tongtong of Yinzheng Qi led 200 people each, went around the path and climbed mountains and mountains, and took the Jiameng Pass, the back door of Lizhou by surprise, completely blocking the retreat of Zhaowu Army in Lizhou.

At this point in the battle, the Zhaowu army in Lizhou actually wanted to surrender, but Yin Zhengqi would not do what they wanted. They would fight if they wanted to, and they would surrender if they wanted to. How could there be such a good thing?
On the third day, Yin Zhengqi ordered powerful generals such as Zhang Zhaozhong and Li Cunhui to lead regrettable troops and other guards to attack fiercely.

The Shu army couldn't bear the sudden increase in attack intensity, and there was no way to retreat. The battle collapsed in less than half an hour, and thousands of people were killed and injured.

Mao Yuanwei, deputy envoy of the Zhaowu Army, and others surrendered, while Zhang Qianzhao, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhaowu Army in Lizhou, locked himself in the Yamen of the Jiedu Office.

Yin Zhengqi thought he was going to set himself on fire, but in the end he couldn't do anything cruel.

But a few days later, Zhang Qianzhao always felt sorry for Meng Chang, and because he was getting older, he suffered from a stroke directly under depression, and died within a few days.

At this time, Meng Shu's reinforcements had just arrived in Jianzhou (Jiange County). After suddenly learning from the defeated army that both Xingyuan Mansion and Lizhou had fallen, Wang Zhaoyuan, who actually held the military power, was terrified. Jianzhou was in a daze, but wanted to lead his troops back.

Veteran Shi Kai tried to persuade him to no avail. When he set off on the expedition, he boasted that he would bring [-] to [-] carved-faced evil boys to quell the Central Plains. Hearing how fierce the Zhou army was, he wiped out Sun Hanshao and Zhang Qianzhao in [-] days. Such a pillar in the middle of Shu suddenly lost his soul, how could he dare to go forward to Jianzhou to hold on.

This is something that Zhuge Wuhou had never encountered in the past!Don't blame me, Supervisor Wang, for being timid.

On the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Wang Zhaoyuan refused to listen to the dispatch of the veteran Shi Kai, and led his confidants back from the south of Jianzhou without authorization.

Wang Zhaoyuan's move immediately caused a chain reaction in the Shu army, because everyone knew who was the one who kept his word.

Now that Wang Zhaoyuan is gone, if they continue to defend Jianzhou with Shi Kai, a veteran who is destined to be marginalized and unpopular, it is foreseeable that most of the credit for defeating the Zhou army will be shared by Wang Zhaoyuan behind. Walk.

If he loses, not only may he die, but he will not even get the pension behind him, or even a good reputation for fighting to the death for the country.

Therefore, no matter what Shi Kai ordered, most of the Shu army refused to stick to Jiange.

Wang Zhaoyuan was also happy that there were more troops around him, because it would make him feel safer, so Wang Zhaoyuan not only did not stop him, but even encouraged him behind his back.

So, [-] troops and [-] to [-] civilians marched to Jianzhou in the southwestern camp of Mengshu, but only two days later, they left behind more than [-] shi of grain and a large amount of luggage that had been transported so hard. , Hastily retreated to Jiangyou County, Longzhou, southwest of Jianzhou, a place full of flowers.

Veteran general Shi Kai came from it, and he commanded an army of 4000. In the end, only [-] people were willing to stay with him, and the morale of the army was completely lost.

On the way to Jiangyou County, Wang Zhaoyuan lost the help of veteran Shi Kai. Only then did he realize how difficult it is to lead an army of 10 people including civilian husbands.

He ran wildly all the way, and the so-called elite Mengshu Forbidden Army had a chaotic organization and poor information. Many soldiers, especially civilian husbands, really thought they had been defeated.

It was clear that there was no Zhou army chasing him along the way, and Jianmen Pass was still in his hands, but when Wang Zhaoyuan ran to Jiangyou, almost 3000 to [-] civilians had disappeared, leaving only [-] to [-] people.

Except for the few armies controlled by Li Tinggui and Zhao Chongtao, the more than 2 Shu army lost a considerable number of soldiers. In the end, only less than [-] soldiers reached Jiangyou.

. . . .

Muma Village, located on the banks of the Jialing River, is one of the most important military villages behind Jianmen Pass. It is responsible for covering the southeast side of Jianmen Pass. The Shu army put [-] elite soldiers here to guard it.

And just under the Mumazhai Mountain, there is a small road called Laisu Road, which can go directly to the back of Jianmen Gate.

Of course, this first pass in central Shu, where one man is the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it, also has its weakness, that is, it can only defend against the north, and it is difficult to defend against those coming from the direction of central Shu.

Therefore, once the enemy in the north can draw hundreds of elite soldiers to the back of Jianmen Pass, the natural danger will be defeated by itself. Shi Jingtang took Jianmen in the past and Wang Quanbin destroyed Shu decades later, all relying on this trick.

The Shu army knew about the path to Su, and the Zhou army actually knew it too.

Because Shuzhong has frequently participated in the Silk Road in recent years, not only helped Meng Chang earn a lot of gold and silver for him to build a palace, but also allowed Zhou to find out many secrets of Shu.

What's more, the keeper of the wooden horse village on the way to Su is actually Zhang Xiaobao, whose alias is Han Silang.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the wooden horse village was extremely solemn. Under Zhang Xiaobao's lame leg, there was a general who was covered in blood and didn't know if he would survive.

Beside him stood more than a dozen people holding swords to protect him.On the opposite side of him, there were also a dozen people with swords in their hands who seemed to be rushing forward to kill them, but their expressions were extremely frightened.

Zhang Xiaobao clapped his hands smartly, looked at the leading strong man opposite, and said calmly.

"Zou Dalang, don't hold back, if you want to submit to Holy Week together with Yeye, and work hard for Emperor Shao, then open the gate of the village with a certain one now.

If you don't want to, just run away and go back to your hometown to farm the land, so as not to delay the brothers' promotion and fortune. "

After finishing speaking, he seemed to be feeling a little bit emotional, "After six hundred days as comrades, eating in the same pot, I still don't want to see you die in vain!
Otherwise, yeah, as long as you find an opportunity to push you down the cliff, it will be over. "

The men around Zou Dalang were in shock, some of them were obviously moved, and they looked at his expression frequently.

Sweat rolled down Zou Dalang's forehead. Now that Zhou is strong and Shu is weak, and the Xingyuan Mansion is gone, seeing that the Shu Kingdom is already in ruins, they are bitter and have avenues of betrayal, so naturally they have to catch them.

"Han Silang, I don't care about others. You just need to let go and let us go. Sun Duzhi is holding on to a certain family's wife and children, and dare not take him away." Zou Dalang pointed to Zhang Xiaobao's lame leg. said the general.

Zhang Xiaobao felt relieved, he knew that Zou Dalang's words meant that he was finished.

When is this, as a ten general, you only think about your own wife and children and not the sons around you, who is willing to work for you.

Sure enough, as soon as Zou Dalang finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of the sword-wielding men beside him changed.Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly shouted, "Don't do it yet!"

Zou Dalang guarded against Zhang Xiaobao's attack, but he didn't think that the sharp blade was coming from the left and right sides. He threw away the horizontal knife in his hand with a clang, turned his head and looked at the "good brothers" beside him in pain and confusion, but saw them gnashing their teeth one by one.

"Ten generals, my father has parents, wives and children!"

. . . .

On the seventh day of May, Yin Zhengqi sent Zhang Cheng to lead four hundred warriors from Shandu, crossed the Jialing River and walked to Su Xiaolu. Zhang Xiaobao at the wooden horse village finally met his elder brother, and the two had a lot of emotion.

Back then Zhang Xiaobao voluntarily entered Shu, but today it has finally played a huge role.

Together, the Zhang brothers led troops to occupy Qiangqingqiang (Qiang) shop, blocked the back door of Jianmenguan, and then set off fireworks at night to notify Yin Zhengqi.

Yin Zhengqi sent An Shuqian to Jianzhou City to persuade him to surrender. The old general Shi Kai sighed three times and immediately burst into tears.

He looked around and saw that the generals were quite moved, if he objected again, his life might be lost.

"It's a great face for Shi Mou that you can stick to this place instead of retreating to Jiangyou. Now that the matter has come to this, how dare I stop you from serving the new dynasty."

After all, Shi Kai ordered someone to go to Jianmen Pass with his warrant to inform the defenders to surrender.

He himself was also wearing plain clothes, holding the golden seal deployed by the Southwest Camp, opened the four gates of Jianzhou City, and asked Yin Zhengqi to surrender.

On the tenth day of May, Yin Zhengqi dispatched Li Cunhui, Gao Huaide, Zhang Quan, Wang Quanbin, Li Rong and others to lead [-] cavalry to raid Wang Zhaoyuan and his Shu army who had escaped to Jiangyou County.

Wang Zhaoyuan and others didn't know that Shi Kai had already dedicated Jianzhou, and they were still waiting for the news of Shi Kai's victory in repelling the Zhou army to share the credit.

The [-] Shu army was unprepared, and Jiangyou County was not a natural danger or a fortified city, not to mention that Jiangyou County couldn't accommodate Wang Zhaoyuan's [-] troops, and many Shu troops could only camp outside the city.

This place is also a plain in the middle of Shu, which is conducive to the galloping of cavalry. Li Cunhui rushed to the front line in person, and the gods descended from the sky in the early morning of Maoshi.

While the Shu army was still asleep, the camp was broken by the Zhou army. Except for a small number of elite resistance, the whole army collapsed.

At dawn, Wang Zhaoyuan took off his silk clothes and put on ordinary people's clothes, trying to escape back to Chengdu, but was discovered by the recruited deputy envoy Zhao Chongtao.

An angry Zhao Chongtao held the bone and shouted, "Kill you, the subjugated traitor", and smashed Wang Zhaoyuan into a pulp.

On May [-]th, Yin Zhengqi left Jiao Jixun to guard Jianmen Pass and led the troops to Jiangyou County.

So far, Mengshu's last line of defense is only Mianzhou (Mianyang) in the northwest of Chengdu Prefecture.

Mianzhou is the hub of Sichuan at this time. Whether the army is walking along the Yangtze River or on the Jinniu Road in Hanzhong, they have to pass through Mianzhou before they can enter Chengdu.

Terrified, Meng Chang tried his best to mobilize 5000 people, and even prepared to march to defend Mianzhou.

However, Han Baozheng, the envoy of Xuanhui North Court guarding Mianzhou, the deputy envoy of the Southwest Camp, and the governor of Mianzhou, were not prepared to resist.

What's the point of resisting? My niece is going to become the concubine of Zhou Guoshao's son tomorrow. What a fart his uncle is resisting!
Moreover, the family's wife, children, and younger brothers have long been happily waiting for Da Zhou to rule Shuzhong.

His younger brother Han Baosheng was even more excited, lightly and inadvertently passed on the news that Han's niece (will) is Shao Mingzi's favored concubine.

The generals of the Shu army in Mianzhou were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately surrounded Han Baozheng, opened the city gate of Mianzhou, and asked Yin Zhengqi to surrender.

Of course, Yin Zhengqi wanted to give Zhao Jinfang and Mrs. Han Qi some face, not to mention that Mrs. Han had treated Yin Zhengqi for a gunshot wound, so she had a friendship, so she treated Han Baozheng very well.

Seeing this, the Shu army in Mianzhou immediately felt relieved. They even helped Yin Zhengqi trick Meng Chang's reinforcements into the city, and then forced them to surrender.

. . . .

A few days ago, Sun Hanshao led more than a hundred entourages and escaped from Micang Road to Bazhong after going through hardships, and then bad news came.

The last line of defense on the Yangtze River in Mengshu, Fuzhou Wutai Army Jiedu envoy Zhao Yuanzhen surrendered without a fight and sacrificed the city of Fuzhou.

After Zhang Zhouping, the general manager of the Shu camp, and Ma Zhaoyuan, the stallion of Jiuquan County, incorporated the Shu army along the river, the vanguard of the Zhou army had arrived in Tongzhou (Dazhou, Sichuan) near Bazhong.

Soon, the news of the fall of Lizhou and Jianzhou came one after another, and the more than a thousand people Sun Hanshao managed to gather were suddenly distracted.

Knowing that the situation was over, the famous general in Sichuan calmly arranged for his soldiers to go to Tongzhou to ask Zhou Jun to surrender.

The generals invited him to go with him. Sun Hanshao sighed three times, shook his head, and said, "There is no old man like me in the new dynasty." ’ Then he drew his sword and killed himself.

At this point in the war, Meng Shu's destruction of the country is a certainty. The only suspense is whether the Lord of Shu, Meng Chang, will surrender or commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)