The plan to attack Damo County at night failed. The East Vietnamese Army returned with a heavy defeat, with nearly 700 casualties and nearly 500 prisoners. This was the first time the East Vietnamese Army had suffered such a heavy loss since it went north.
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Then, when it was just dawn, Wu Zhu, escorted by a hundred personal guards, came with Zu Yao to the south of Damo County. This was the main battlefield yesterday. The flags of the East Vietnamese Army were scattered everywhere, but the weapons were all covered up.
The Dongchu army picked it up and returned.
They observed the battlefield for a while, and Wu Zhuming's soldiers carried the bodies of the East Vietnamese troops back for burial, and then walked eastward along the road with Zu Yao. After traveling for some distance, they saw the man where Dong Chu's reinforcements had appeared yesterday.
This place is an empty uphill area with nearly a thousand torches stuck on the ground. These torches are the reinforcements from Eastern Chu that Zu Yao saw last night.
Wu Zhu was extremely angry. Judging from these torches, there were not many reinforcements from the Eastern Chu Army, but it was these reinforcements that made Zuo shake his position and return in defeat.
He drew out his sword angrily, cut off one of the torches, and then said bitterly: "Do you dare to bully me?"
Zouyao knelt down on one knee with a face of shame, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, give me another chance, I am willing to lead the army to take back Damo City."
When Wu Zhu saw Zu Yao kneeling down, he suppressed the anger in his heart. He pretended to be tolerant, helped Zu Yao up and sighed: "The reinforcements from the Eastern Chu Army have arrived. This means that the loss of Wu Shang has spread to Xiangzhuang. If this is true,
, the main force of the Eastern Chu Army should also arrive soon.
Now, we can't confront them head-on. If we are restrained here for a long time, we will be consumed by them. Therefore, I decided to march eastward and continue to advance toward Jiangdong. Here, you can continue to besiege the city. There is no need to attack by force, just trap them to death.
That’s it.”
"Don't attack the city?" Zu Yao was a little surprised. He didn't know what kind of medicine Wu Zhu was selling in the gourd, but Wu Zhu smiled slyly and said: "Da Mo is already in the bag, as long as Lu Fei's
Reinforcements could not arrive, he
We are trapped beasts, trapped beasts still fight, but we lack courage. As long as we defeat the main force of Xiangzhuang in Wushang, the end will surely fall. At that time, we will join forces and march north. The momentum along the way will be overwhelming. Why worry about not breaking through Jiangdong?"
After Wu Zhu finished speaking, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh.
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"Flapping, fluttering" a white pigeon fluttered its wings and landed on the east wall of Damo City. A gentleman's personal attendant stepped forward and used millet to lure the white pigeon into his hand. He then took the white pigeon
He took off the strip of cloth from his legs, then let the white pigeon go, and then hurriedly ran towards the city.
Soon, this follower arrived at the county government office in Damo County. Jun Zixiu and Ding Hong were sitting opposite each other, holding wine glasses with each other, and eating openly. After finishing the glass of wine, Ding Hong sighed: "If brother Zixiu hadn't arrived in time,
By now, I’m afraid I’ve become a prisoner of the East Vietnamese Army!”
Ding Hong sighed. At this time, Gentleman Xiu smiled brightly and said: "Your Majesty has already received information about the East Vietnamese Army moving north, so he temporarily dispatched me to go south. I originally planned to reinforce Wushang, but I didn't expect that Wushang has already been lost.
, I had no choice but to rush all night to march towards Damo, but I happened to encounter the East Vietnamese Army attacking the city at night. God helped me."
Jun Zixiu poured another glass of wine and drank it in a big gulp. At this time, Ding Hong, who was opposite him, sighed blankly: "It seems that the retreat has been cut off, and we can only fight to the death."
Ding Hong just finished speaking, and his followers shouted loudly outside the house: "General, there is information sent."
"Come in." Jun Zixiu shouted, and he walked in quickly. At this time, Jun Zixiu put down his tea cup, reached out to take the cloth brought by him, took a look, and looked at Ding Hong with a little surprise. Hong saw Jun Zixiu's expression and said in surprise: "Brother Zixiu, why are you looking at me like this?"
"The king has said that he will not give us any soldiers, and let us find a way to hold on to Damo City for a month!" After Jun Zixiu finished speaking, the wine glass in Ding Hong's hand suddenly slipped, and after a crisp sound, the wine was scattered everywhere. At this time, Ding Hong hurriedly took the cloth, looked at it carefully, and said: "Why did the king ask us to send someone to send back the report of the end of the battle?"
After a pause, Ding Hong said again: "Isn't your Majesty already aware of the situation here?"
Seeing that Ding Hong didn't understand Xiang Zhuang's purpose, Junzi Xiu couldn't help but smile and said: "The king has his own arrangements. It's better not to guess. Since he wants us to send the battle report back, I will immediately write a letter of divorce and send someone to deliver it." go back."
Ding Hong also stood up in a hurry and said: "Stick for a month? It seems I have to prepare!"
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Dozens of fast horses broke the tranquility of the night. They turned from the mountain road to the galloping road. Not long after, a huge military camp appeared in front of them. There were sentry towers around the military camp. Dongchu soldiers had already sounded the gong. At this time, the village gate slowly opened, and a village commander wearing leather armor led his troops out, stopped the galloping cavalry, and shouted loudly: "Who is it?"
"I am a military commander under General Junzixiu. I am here to deliver a message to the king. I hope you can convey it to me as soon as possible!" The leading cavalryman gasped for air. It can be seen that he came here overnight.
The village chief looked at everyone again, and then asked: "Where is the letter?"
"The military situation is urgent. I must hand it over to the king myself." The leading military lord looked at the commander of the camp warily. The commander thought for a moment and then shouted: "Then you wait here, I will tell General Ding Gu right away. .”
The camp commander turned around, gave a few instructions to the soldiers behind him, and then hurried toward the camp.
After a cup of tea, Ding Gu hurriedly came to the handsome tent of King Dong Chu under his personal escort. Outside the tent, Li Yan raised his hand to stop Ding Gu who wanted to enter the account, and said in a deep voice: "General Ding, the king is here. Rest, if you rush in like this, I'm afraid..."
Ding Gu was anxious and almost lost the courtesy of a monarch. However, his nephew Ding Hong was still guarding Damo. If the reinforcements could not arrive in time, Damo would not be saved and his nephew would not be able to escape the bad luck. Therefore, Ding Gu was already worried. , he looked at Li Yan, cupped his hands and said, "Please tell your Majesty that I have urgent military information to report to him. If it's too late, I might be in trouble!"
"But..." Li Yan hesitated a little. He looked back at the handsome account and whispered: "But the king has already rested, and it is not convenient for me to go in."
"It's already this time, and you still care about this!" Ding Gu yelled and wanted to rush in. Li Yan quickly raised his hand to stop him. The personal guard guarding the handsome tent also immediately pulled out his sword and confronted Ding Gu. At this time, Xiang Zhuang's tired voice came from the handsome account: "What's going on outside?"
"Your Majesty, General Ding wants to see you!"
Seeing that Xiang Zhuang had woken up, Ding Gu hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent. I have something important to ask for!"
This time, Xiang Zhuang's slightly anxious voice sounded in the commander's account: "Is it about the military situation in East Vietnam?"
"Exactly." As soon as Ding Gu finished speaking, Xiang Zhuang's footsteps sounded in the handsome tent, and a woman complained: "Your Majesty, it's so late, where are you going?"
"The military situation is urgent, I have to go take a look." Xiang Zhuang replied with some comfort, and then there was another sound of getting dressed. At this time, Ding Gu looked at Li Yan with some embarrassment and said softly: "Inside
The woman is..."
"This is not what you should be concerned about!" Li Yan rolled his eyes at Ding Gu and sighed: "The concubine is in there."
Ding Gu suddenly realized that after the army gathered yesterday, a carriage drove into the military camp today with Xiang Zhuang's waistband. It turned out that the concubine Kong Xiuyun was here. Ding Gu finally understood why Li Yan tried so hard to stop him, but
No matter what the reasons are for Xiangzhuang, the military affairs ahead should not be neglected. The military situation is urgent. Once Damo is lost and Zhuji County is lost, will there be any barrier to Jiangdong?
Just when Ding Gu was thinking wildly, Xiang Zhuang came out wearing a milky white robe. He glanced at Ding Gu and whispered: "Follow me to the front tent to talk."
The front tent is where Xiang Zhuang handles military affairs. It is a hundred steps away from Xiang Zhuang's sleeping tent. At this time, a soldier lit the oil lamp in the tent and gave Xiang Zhuang and Ding Gu each a cup of hot tea.
After retreating, Xiang Zhuang looked at Ding Gu who looked anxious and asked: "How is the war in the south?"
"Wu Shang has been lost, and Da Mo is still holding on. No enemy troops have been found in Zhuji County for the time being, but I am worried that Da Mo cannot hold on for long. I hope that the king will send troops south as soon as possible."
"Wushang was lost?" Xiang Zhuang stood up and wandered in the tent. He walked to the map, looked at the map for a long time, and then said: "The East Vietnamese Army captured Wushang but did not go north in time. Instead, they wanted to capture it.
Da Mo, then Da Mo must be very critical at this time!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ding Gugong raised his hand and said: "A few days ago, the East Vietnamese army Zouyao led his army to attack Damo at night, and Damo City was almost lost. Thanks to Junzixiu and his three thousand troops, he arrived in time and defeated Zouyao.
Only by shaking it can the big end be held, but the strong crossbow end cannot be sustained for a long time. I hope the king will make a decision soon."
Ding Gu was so eager to ask for help because he wanted to rescue his nephew Ding Hong as soon as possible. At this time, Xiang Zhuang had already fallen into deep thought. In fact, as early as yesterday, Xiang Zhuang had received intelligence. The East Vietnamese Army went north to attack Wushang.
It has become an isolated city at the end, but the reason why Xiangzhuang is not in a hurry to attack is because he is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for Wuzhu to mobilize all his troops to the front line of Wushang, and then fight against Wushang with him, striving to completely annihilate the East Vietnamese army.
But at the moment, Xiang Zhuang doesn't have a good strategy to break the deadlock. Besides, he only has 30,000 troops going south this time. It is absolutely impossible to fight to the death with tens of thousands of East Vietnamese troops. And if
Wanting to outsmart him, but having no clever strategy to break the deadlock in a short period of time, Xiang Zhuang became even more hesitant.
Seeing Xiang Zhuang's hesitation, Ding Gu became even more anxious. He put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Why don't your Majesty send a few troops south to completely annihilate the East Vietnamese Army on the Wushang and Damo lines?"
"How can the vast land of East Vietnam be conquered overnight?" Xiang Zhuang shook his head. At this time, Li Yan, Kong Ji and Li Hong walked into the tent one after another. After everyone bowed to Xiang Zhuang, they each took their seats.
Several soldiers entered the account and brought tea. At this time, Kong Ji asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that the war situation in East Vietnam has become increasingly tense?"
Xiang Zhuang nodded. At this time, he looked at everyone in the tent and said: "Damo County can no longer afford to fight. If our army does not send reinforcements, Damo may fall. The situation is urgent. I need everyone to come up with advice."
Please give me some advice to help me solve the crisis at hand."
