Han Xiang

Chapter 209 The bravery of feathers is unique through the ages

Lu Su was sure that Jun Qiu was safe because of Jun Qiu's location.

Junqiu is located in the north of Chaohu Lake and in the east of Hefei. To the northeast of the county is the corridor leading to Quanjiao and Fuling, which has certain terrain advantages.

If Li Shu quietly attacked Junqiu, he would go north to Liyang via Xiang'an, go around the mountains in the east of Chaohu Lake to the north bank of Chaohu Lake, and perhaps go north around Fuling. Such a long supply line completely violated the law of using troops.

Lu Su couldn't analyze Li Shu's motives, and Long Xiang didn't know anything about using troops over long distances.

In addition to asking Cao Xing to send more scouts, Long Xiang also notified Qin Yilu to ask Jun Qiu to strengthen defensive patrols.

On the second day, the water scouts of the cavalry battalion came again to report that the Xiang'an army crossed the Ruxu River and headed north, and actually headed towards Liyang, and escaped the surveillance of the scouts.

Starting from the mouth of Chaohu Lake (that is, the location of Ruxuwu later), there is a mountain range extending obliquely to the northeast until the junction of Liyang and Fuling counties is interrupted. Master Zhi lost his surveillance.

Five days later, that is, the third day of September.

To the west and north of Hefei, there were two groups of troops approaching Shishui, and their target was obviously Hefei.

The sentinel of the beacon tower immediately lit a fire as a warning.

Originally, Longxiang could defend the city, but now there are tens of thousands of people outside the city, and there are good fields to support the people in the city.

All retreated into the city, and the loss of grain storage was too great, so Long Xiang decided to take the initiative to defend the crops and the people.

Except for the cavalry battalion, which has sentry tasks, the left and right city defense battalions, tiger guard battalions, and craftsman battalions are all assembled.

After discussing with Lu Su and Liu Ye, Long Xiang decided to keep Feng Zhong's craftsman battalion to defend the city, and let the other four battalions go out to meet the enemy, planning to push the battlefield out of the Tuntian area.

Due to the rounds of training soldiers in the previous few months, the assembly speed of each battalion was extremely fast at this time, and the whole army took less than half an hour in total.

Seeing that Long Xiang was wearing armor and carrying a gun, he seemed to be planning to fight in person.

Lu Su stepped forward to remonstrate in a low voice: "Yun Qi is the lord of Hefei, how can he take risks in person? It's better to stay in the city and sit in command, and I will go to defeat the enemy with a few generals."

Long Xiang held the gun in front of his chest, shook his head and sighed: "It's been a long time since I went into battle to kill the enemy. It seems that the tip of this gun is almost rusted. Although I am cautious, I am not afraid of death."

"Haha, I can testify."

Zhang Fei has excellent hearing ability, he leaned over when he heard it: "If Yun Qi had no guts, he wouldn't be able to stop my Snake Spear at the beginning, we will fight side by side later, let's see who kills more enemies?"

"Okay"

Long Xiang said so on the surface, but he didn't think that way in his heart, fighting against ten thousand enemies is more than killing enemies, isn't he making fun of himself?
Lu Su frowned and said again: "I know Yun Qi is brave, but he is not good at battle after all. If you and I go out of the city to meet the enemy, who will take charge of the overall situation in Hefei?"

"Uncle Zhong is fine." Long Xiang was sure.

Lu Su reminded: "Feng Dudu is fine, but this time the enemy came strangely, as if agreed in advance, combined with the disappearance of Xiang'an soldiers five days ago, I am worried that not only these two enemies, but also if Li Shu from Lujiang When you get involved, the situation becomes troublesome, and someone has to take care of the overall situation.”

Long Xiang frowned when he heard this, and murmured: "Coveral Governor Cao has someone deployed on the outskirts of Shu County, as long as there is a military mobilization on the Lujiang River, we will be there soon."

"General, General Dragon."

Hao Meng's eager voice interrupted Long Xiang's meditation. The city defense battalion he was in had just completed the handover with Feng Zhong.

Long Xiang thought that Hao Meng was coming to the team to report, so he nodded and signaled him to wait beside Xu Ding, but unexpectedly the other party said something surprising.

"General, there is an urgent report from Junqiu Qin County Wei that an unknown enemy army has appeared fifty miles to the northeast. The number is about 5000. It is estimated that they will arrive in the afternoon."

Long Xiang and Lu Su looked at each other in surprise, and said in unison: "It's the soldiers who disappeared from Xiang'an!"

"I never expected that Li Shuzhen was one of the allies, and he was the first to send troops."

Lu Su swallowed his saliva.

Long Xiang's face was serious at this time, his hand holding the gun was clenched even tighter, his eyes seemed to burst into flames.

He said in a deep voice: "It seems that they have agreed on a date. Li Shu went around such a big circle to attack Junqiu, just to make us unable to look at each other. If we had known earlier, we should not have accepted Junqiu. Qin Yilu only had four hundred county soldiers. That partial division has ten times the strength of the troops.”

Hao Meng nodded in agreement: "Defending is definitely impossible. Even if we send troops to rescue now, the journey will be farther than the enemy."

"Unless Qin Yilu withdraws his troops in advance, he will wait until the enemy arrives before withdrawing, but it is easy to be chased by the enemy soldiers, which is not good."

Long Xiang wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, and inadvertently exchanged glances with Liu Ye.

"Qin Yilu is loyal and honest, without your general order, I'm afraid he will stick to the city."

When Liu Ye stroked his beard for analysis, his dignified expression suddenly softened. He stepped forward and asked, "General Long, if Jun Qiu can be saved, are you willing to send troops?"

Long Xiang hesitated for a while, Hefei had more than 4000 soldiers capable of fighting. If he divides his troops to rescue Junqiu now, the enemies from the Northwest and Northwest Routes may not be able to stop him. This is contrary to Lu Su's plan.

Seeing that Long Xiang frowned and said nothing, Lu Su took the initiative to conduct a self-criticism.

"I blamed my previous carelessness for this matter. I didn't expect Li Shu to go against common sense and enter the army. Otherwise, the preparations in advance would not be as passive as they are now. Sending fast horses to let Junqiu's soldiers and civilians withdraw at this time will definitely bring chaos to Hefei and affect the battle in Hefei. , if you ignore it, it will greatly affect your reputation.”

"What does Zijing mean, or send troops to save him?"

Although Long Xiang didn't care about his own reputation, the tens of thousands of people in Junqiu couldn't give up, and the honest man Qin Yilu couldn't let him down either.

Lu Su was in trouble, and it took him a while to say: "If there is time to deploy, it is best to divide a battalion of soldiers to defend. Li Shu's army marched around the road, and the army rations they carried must not be enough. Once the city cannot be captured quickly, then The troops will definitely be withdrawn due to food shortages. The key is now too late."

"If the general wants to send reinforcements, I think there is time, and Li Shu's army is bound to be slow."

Seeing Liu Ye stroking his beard and speaking confidently and firmly, Lu Su couldn't help asking: "How can you see that?"

Liu Ye showed three fingers: "The west and north of Hefei, and the northeast of Junqiu, it is agreed that the alliance will invade our territory. Although they have set a date, but after all, these three roads are their own masters, and it may not be possible to be of one heart and one mind. We can refer to the Battle of Julu back then, if there was no overlord of Chu who was brave and fearless, how could we defeat Zhang Han and Wang Li with those princes who stood by and watched from the sidelines?"

Everyone has heard of Xiang Yu's name, but the details of the Battle of Julu are unknown to Tang Yu, Hao Meng, and Xu Chu.

General Long Xiang didn't know the details of the Battle of Julu either, but he knew the story of Xiang Yu's overthrow and the princes watching from the sidelines, and he also vaguely understood Liu Ye's reminder that the allied forces had their own minds and might not risk their lives to attack.

After listening to Liu Ye's words, Lu Su beamed with joy.

"If it weren't for Zi Yang's reminder, I would have almost forgotten that they are all mobs. As for a strong general like Bawang, there is no second person in the history books;

Li Shu is not capable of controlling a fierce general like Xiang Yu, his former master Xiao Bawang was assassinated and died not long ago, Jun Qiu can be saved."

(End of this chapter)