The last three kingdoms

Chapter 409
Behind Wuzhangyuan is Xiegu, one of the ancient roads in the Qinling Mountains. Zhuge Liang’s sixth Northern Expedition was the time when Zhuge Liang’s troops left the Xiegu and confronted Sima Yi at Wuzhangyuan.

And this defeated army came from Hanzhong. Although there was no military flag, judging from the crimson uniforms on their bodies, it was undoubtedly the army of Shu Han.

The leading general looked about 30 years old, with a black and purple face, a wide mouth, and his thick eyebrows were twisted into a ball at the moment. The pursuers behind him chased him wildly, but when he just left Xieyuguan, he encountered heavy soldiers blocking the road. A sense of despair surged in his heart, not only him, but hundreds of Shu soldiers felt the despair, rushing out of the inclined valley originally made them feel lucky, but the scene in front of them undoubtedly changed the final The glimmer of hope was also wiped out.

"Lieutenant Lu, what... what should we do?" An officer behind him said in a slightly hoarse voice.

The leading general is none other than Lu Xun, the Hanzhong guerrilla captain. After the fall of Hanzhong two years ago, Lu Xun and three other guerrilla captains entered the enemy's rear to carry out guerrilla operations.Zhong Hui's army hardly stopped in Hanzhong. After conquering Yang'an Pass, they pointed directly at Jiange and marched into Shuzhong. The two assistant Xun Kai left [-] troops and asked him to be responsible for the remnants of the Hanzhong Shu army.

Although most of Hanzhong has already been occupied, its Seoul, Lecheng, and Jinjin Sanwei have not fallen, and they are guarded by three generals Wang Han, Jiang Bin, and Liu Yin respectively. Besides the three encircles, there are still four guerrilla fighters including Lu Xun. The school captains each led thousands of soldiers to fight in a roundabout way, disturbing the rear, and the situation in Hanzhong was intertwined and complicated.

Although the Wei army had an advantage in the Hanzhong area, the two cities of Han and Le have always been the core of Jiang Wei's plan to gather troops and gather the valley. The city defenses are quite strong. Li Fu and Xun Kai also tried to attack Han and Le. But they soon discovered that it is almost an impossible task to take down the two cities of Han and Le through a strong attack. Therefore, the Wei army only adopted the strategy of encircling and not fighting against the two cities of Han and Le. , Trying to force the Shu army to surrender after running out of food and aid through a long-term siege.

The two cities of Han and Le were guarded by only [-] soldiers each, and the Golden City was even more pitiful, with only more than a thousand soldiers. However, these important passes have deep walls and thick walls, and sufficient food and grass. At this moment, the three cities are under siege. Wang Han, Jiang Bin, and Liu Yin dare not abandon the city easily to break through. They can only stick to it and wait for help.

The two armies of Wei and Shu confronted each other in Hanzhong for a year and a half. Except for a few offensive and defensive battles, the two sides kept their positions most of the time and did not invade each other.

On the surface of Hanzhong, which was calm, there were undercurrents surging, while Lu Xun and other guerrilla troops were extremely active.

In Jiang Wei's plan, the role of the guerrilla army was to harass the enemy, cut off and destroy the enemy's logistical supply lines.Although the final situation in Hanzhong had long deviated from Jiang Wei's plan, the four guerrilla captains including Lu Xun still carried out Jiang Wei's original orders to the letter.

Compared with Wang Han and Jiang Bin who were trapped in the city, Lu Xun and the others were in a more dangerous situation. Except for the three cities of Hancheng, Lecheng and Gold in the Hanzhong area, all the rest of the territory fell into the hands of the Wei army. Anyway, there is still food and grass in the city that can last for a long time, but Lu Xun and his guerrilla lieutenants are struggling to survive in the enemy-occupied area, without logistical supplies, without reinforcements, and even the connection between them has been cut off by the Wei army. .

The four major guerrilla captains were active in different areas. The eastern part of Hanzhong was active in the east of Jinjin, the western part of Hanzhong was active in the area between Seoul and Yang'an Pass, and the remaining two were in the same area. The activities are in the north of Hanzhong, one is near Xingshi, and the other is in the direction of Jigu.The army under Lu Xun's command was the one active near Jigu.

Hanzhong is surrounded by high mountains. These mountains undoubtedly provide the best shelter for the guerrillas. Lu Xun and other four guerrilla captains rely on the mountains to harass the Wei army and the long supply line of the Wei army that besieged Han, Le and Jinjin. The ground attack caused great trouble to the Wei army.

At first, the Wei army didn't care about these guerrilla troops at all. They were small in number and couldn't form a decent battle scale at all. The passage, even Zhong Hui had a headache for it.

After Zhonghui entered Shuzhong, all the food, grass, and supplies had to be supplied by Guanzhong. Whether it was taking the Baoxie Road, Chencang Road, or Ziwu Road, they had to pass through Hanzhong, and then from Hanzhong to Jiange to enter Shuzhong. Such a long supply line Undoubtedly, Lu Xun and the others provided the best opportunity for a sneak attack.The small group of guerrilla troops of the Shu army appeared and disappeared like ghosts and ghosts, making it impossible to guard against. Several times the food, grass and luggage were robbed, which brought great trouble to the clock in the middle of Shu.

For this reason, Zhong Hui specially ordered Li Fu and Xun Kai to completely wipe out the guerrilla troops of the Shu army in the Hanzhong area to ensure the unimpeded supply channels of the Wei army.

After receiving the order, Li Fu and Xun Kai immediately deployed a plan to wipe out the guerrilla forces of the Shu army. Without affecting the siege of the two cities of Han and Le, they mobilized nearly ten thousand troops to encircle and suppress the guerrilla forces on all sides of Hanzhong. .

Since the guerrilla units fought independently and lacked effective contact with each other, it was convenient for the Wei army to break through each other. Xun Kai personally served as the commander of the encirclement and suppression campaign, and defeated a part of the Shu army's guerrillas operating in the Dingjun Mountain area in the first battle. Army, in the next few months, Xun Kai successively wiped out the guerrilla troops of the Shu army in Handong and Xingshi.

For Lu Xun, the situation has become extremely severe. The guerrilla forces in Hanzhong have changed from four co-existing to him fighting alone.Due to the long-term battle in the mountains, the supply of grain and grass materials for the troops is extremely scarce, and the Wei army has obviously strengthened the protection of the transport team transporting grain and grass, so that Lu Xun's plan to attack the Wei army supply team to snatch grain and grass has repeatedly failed. This winter It became extremely difficult for Lu Xun.

After the heavy snow closed the mountain, the Wei army blocked almost all the roads leading to the outside of the mountain. There was no food, no winter clothes, and even wild animals and wild vegetables were hard to find. In this extremely cold winter, Lu Xun's troops were almost struggling to survive. In the past, hunger and severe cold reduced the number of troops by nearly half, and many people did not know how they survived until this spring.

(End of this chapter)