Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 46 Entering the Valley to Strive for Credit
  In 207 BC, after the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang was forced to go to Nanzheng to assume the position of King of Han, and took the Ziwu Road.

Zhang Liang offered advice, but in order to appease Xiang Yu, Liu Bang burned down the plank road to show that he had no intention of returning to Guanzhong.

Of course, everyone knows the rest of the story. In the end, Xiang Yu's avatar proved his skills.

During the reign of Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang ordered the construction of Ziwu Road, and Ziwu Road became a national post road for a time.

The south entrance of Ziwu Road is called Wu, and the north entrance is called Zi. Huan Xi is now standing outside Wukou, with cliffs on both sides in front of him, and apes on the high mountains crying incessantly.

"Lord, it's getting late."

Wang Meng reminded from the side.

Huan Xi stopped thinking about the Chu-Han situation, nodded, and said loudly:

"Pass my general's order! Enter the valley! Expedition to the north!"

Shen Jin led Qian Buqu under his command as the vanguard and took the lead in entering the valley.

It was not that Huan Xi made this arrangement in order to eliminate dissidents. In fact, he also regarded Shen Jin as his confidant.

It was Shen Jin who begged Huan Xi so hard that he got the position of pioneer.

In order to wash away the shame of his clan, he was always ready to sacrifice his life for the country. Naturally, he rejoiced when encountering a battle, lest he fall behind others.

The Ziwu Road is 841 miles long, and the road is dangerous, including 600 miles of mountain roads, where poisonous snakes and beasts are rampant.

Fortunately, it is autumn now. If they choose to march in midsummer, even mosquito bites in the mountains and forests will cause the Jin army to complain endlessly.

Of course, when Huan Xi marched into the army in the autumn, it was also for the convenience of eating in Yongzhou.

With this unexpected expedition to the north, Huan Xi would inevitably follow his father's example in attacking Shu and adopt the method of advancing quickly with light troops.

This meant that he could not carry too much food.

Huan Xi's entire army only had twenty days of food. By the time they got out of Ziwu Road, the army would be out of food. If they could not resupply on the spot in Guanzhong, the Jin army would be in danger of overthrowing.

Shen Jin knew this very well, so as a pioneer, he worked hard all the way to conquer the pass, including Yaoling Pass, Raofeng Pass, Huanghuang Rong and other dangerous passes.

There was never a checkpoint where the Zhao flag was still fluttering in the wind before the main force of the Jin army arrived from behind.

However, Shen Jin's men also suffered heavy casualties. Of the 1,000 Wuxing troops, only about 500 remained, and almost all of them were injured.

Ziwu Pass is not far away, which is the last dangerous pass leading to Chang'an.

Shen Jin's body was wounded eight times, and he was shirtless and covered with white cloth.

There was dark red coming out of it, obviously the wound had opened during the previous battle.

Shen Jin looked around at the people around him. Everyone looked tired. Not to mention them, even Shen Jin himself could hardly hold on after fighting until now.

He stood up and encouraged his morale:

"I am the vanguard, and I should open the way for the Lord. You all must overcome the difficulties along the way. Now there is only one Ziwu Pass left, how can we fail in our efforts?

"Shen promised you that if you enter Chang'an, your lord will reward you. Shen will not take any money, but will give it all to you and the families of the soldiers who died.

"But I hope you can all be brave enough to fight with me to the end!"

The Wuxing tribe remembered Shen Jin's kindness in the past. Even though they were exhausted, they still helped each other to stand up and prepared to follow him to attack Ziwu Pass.

At this moment, a call came from behind.

"General Shen! General Shen!"

The crowd dispersed and Shen Jin looked around. It was Huan Yi leading a group of soldiers running towards him quickly.

Shen Jin crossed the crowd, stepped forward and asked:
  "General Huan, my lord has an order?"

Huan Yi nodded and said:
  "My lord ordered General Shen to rest where he is. Please hand over Ziwu Pass to Huan to capture."

Shen Jin thought that Huan Yi was here to take advantage of him and compete with him for credit. He immediately opened his eyes wide and said angrily: "We have thrown our heads and blood and fought hard so far. Half of the soldiers were killed and everyone was injured. We have never taken a step back." .

"Seeing that great achievements are about to be accomplished, Huan Yi! How can you come here to compete with me!

"If I agree, after I die, what face will I have to see the soldiers who died along the way!"

Hearing this, Shen Jin Buqu was all indignant and glared at Huan Yi.

Huan Yi quickly explained:
  "General Shen misunderstood. My lord knew that the general's subordinates were exhausted, so he specially ordered me to take over the vanguard position.

"My lord, I have something to say. General Shen is invincible and has conquered several passes along the way. If he can capture Chang'an, he will be credited as the general's first achievement."

Shen Jin turned his anger into joy:
  "My lord really said that!"

Huan Yi asked:
  "Could it be that in General Shen's eyes, the Lord rewards and punishes arbitrarily and does not distinguish between right and wrong?"

Shen Jin waved his hands repeatedly and apologized:

"It was my lack of thinking that offended the lord and General Huan."

Huan Yi knew that Shen Chong was eager to make meritorious deeds, but he didn't take it seriously and said with a smile:

"Now that we know the whole story, I would like to ask General Shen to get out of the way and wait here for Huan's good news."

Shen Jin said happily:

"of course."

Then he ordered the entire army to disperse and allow the soldiers led by Rong Huanyi to pass.

After Huan Yi left, Shen Jin happily shouted to his soldiers:
  "Everyone just heard it! If Chang'an can be conquered, my lord, with Shen as the leader, the reward will be huge!

"I promised before that if I enter Chang'an, I won't take any money, and all the rewards will be distributed to all the kings and the families of the dead soldiers. I still keep the promise now!"

Hearing this, the remaining 500 remnant soldiers all raised their arms and shouted, many of them grimacing in pain because of their wounds.

Huan Yi led a thousand soldiers to the outside of Ziwu Pass. He was not in a hurry to attack, but shouted to his soldiers:
  "Just now you saw General Shen's troops!
  "They have never been favored by their lord, but they are able to risk their lives and overcome dangerous passes.

"Now that you are serving as the vanguard, you should take the lord's kindness into consideration and fight to the death, so that you cannot fall behind others.

"If I can't defeat this battle, I will go back and plead guilty to my lord. As for you, you will definitely become the laughingstock of the villagers!
  "I have a word with you first. From Huan down, those who advance will live, and those who retreat will die.

"Instead of dying because of cowardice and suffering infamy, why not fight side by side with me and move forward in order to gain fame and wealth!"

The fighting spirit of a thousand soldiers was instantly inspired by Huan Yi, and they all shouted:

"Never retreat in a deadly battle! Never retreat in a deadly battle!"

Seeing that his army was ready, Huan Yi waved his hand and led a thousand soldiers towards Ziwu Pass to cover up the killing.

Ziwu Pass, also known as Shiyang Pass, has cliffs on both sides, with only a trail in the middle, and Guancheng stands on the trail.

The Jin army had broken through several passes before, so how could the defender of Ziwu Pass not know that Huan Xi was taking the Ziwu Road to lead his troops in the Northern Expedition.

But Shi Bao's main force has been transferred to Chencang, and there are less than 10,000 soldiers in Chang'an City. Even if he wanted to support him, the Jin army was already outside the pass, so how could he catch up in time.

Today, there are less than 200 defenders at Ziwu Pass.

When Shi Bao concluded that Huan Xi would go north from Chencang Road, how much combat effectiveness could the soldiers left to defend the last pass on Ziwu Road have.

Anyone who can have some combat effectiveness is also placed in the Yaoling Pass and other dangerous passes in front.

Facing the Jin army soldiers who were rushing towards Guancheng with great momentum, the two hundred Zhao soldiers had been frightened by their mobilization shouts and did not even fire a single shot.

In panic, this ragtag group all abandoned their armor and ran away.

　I brought 3000 words, but they are gone today, and there are still 6000 words left to make up. Tomorrow I will add 3000 words to words, and I will finish them all.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)