Chapter eight hundred and ninety-ninth the arrival of variables
Meng Ying first repelled Wang Ba and then Ma Wu. No Han generals in the Zhou Zhi Pass dared to come out of the city to fight. Meng Ying carried Mo Yuan's gun and rode a war horse, wandering back and forth in front of Zhou Zhi Pass, shouting loudly:
"You fellow Han thieves, who else dares to leave the city and fight me?"
Listening to Meng Ying's shouting, Wang Ba gritted his teeth, turned around and said loudly: "Former general, please allow me to leave the city before fighting again!"
Just now Wang Ba was very unwilling to lose. The reason why he lost was because he was riding a war horse while he was on the ground.
You must know that to a military commander, a war horse is like two legs. Without a war horse, a military commander's force will be greatly reduced.
And the reason why he was knocked down by Luo Ying was completely due to negligence. He lost to Luo Ying like this. Of course Wang Ba was not convinced.
As soon as Wang Ba finished speaking, Ma Wu also took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "Chi Yuan, I want to meet him again!"
Li Tong looked at Ma Wu, then at Wang Ba, and then his eyes fell on Luo Ying outside the city, and said categorically: "Without my permission, no one is allowed to leave the city to fight again. Anyone who disobeys military orders, regardless of whether they are
Anyone who does this will be severely punished by military law!"
His words left Ma Wu and Wang Ba speechless. The two of them stamped their feet in unison, looked at each other, and then both turned their heads and looked away.
Luo Ying scolded the formation outside the city, trying to scold the Han troops in the city out of the city, but no matter how he scolded, or if his subordinates came to scold him, the Han troops in the city remained indifferent and huddled all the way to the pass.
After yelling and cursing for most of the day, Luo Ying could only order to set up camp outside the Zhouzhi Pass. There was nothing to say that night. The next morning, Luo Ying ordered the entire army to attack the city.
Zhou Zhiguan is located in a ravine, with cliffs on both sides. To attack Zhou Zhiguan, you must attack from the north or the south, and you can only attack one side of it.
The terrible thing is that the ravine is still narrow. When the army attacks, it is impossible to arrange the troops. The space is too small and the battle formation cannot be spread out at all.
Even though Luo Ying had 50,000 men under his command, during the attack, there were only two to three thousand soldiers who could really attack the city. The rest of the soldiers were blocked in the back and could not intervene at all. What they could do was
, that is, waving flags and shouting, cheering for the brothers who are attacking the city.
The unique terrain meant that although the attacking Shu army had a large number of troops, their actual combat effectiveness was very small. The Han army was waiting for work in the Zhouzhi Pass, and it was relatively easy to defend.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Shu army led by Luo Ying was unable to attack the city without a single soldier. When the sky darkened, Luo Ying had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.
At this point, the war between the Han army and the Shu army reached a stalemate at Zhou Zhiguan. The Han army did not dare to leave the city to defeat the enemy, and the Shu army could not break through the Han army's city defenses. Both sides were helpless against the other.
That night, Zhou Zhiguan. Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Hou Jin came to find Li Tong. All three of them were worried about the current war situation. Hou Jin said: "Former general, although our army can hold on to Zhou Zhiguan, it will not last long after all.
It’s a plan!”
After all, this is Hanzhong, the land of Shu, and the territory of Gongsun Shu. We are dragged inside the Zhouzhi Pass and may fall into the encirclement of the Shu army at any time.
Li Tong looked at the three people with worried faces, smiled slightly, and said, "Don't be nervous, gentlemen. In three days at most, the war will change. By then, our army will be able to defeat the enemy!"
Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Hou Jin were all stunned. Variable? What variable? Seeing the puzzled expressions on their faces, Li Tong said with a smile: "The variable is Zhi Jinwu!"
"Ah?" Ma and Wu all opened their eyes wide, their expressions becoming more and more confused.
Li Tong was right, variables did happen to Zhu Fu, but they were not good variables, but bad variables.
Since Li Tong led his army south to intercept Luo Ying who came to Nanshan to rescue Yancen, Zhu Fu was the only one left to resist Yancen here in Nanshan.
At first, Zhu Fu was still confident, but the day after Li Tong and others left, Yancen launched an attack on the Han army camp at the foot of the mountain.
In fact, the scale of Yancen's attack this time was not large, it was just a tentative feint, but it still shocked Zhu Fu into a cold sweat.
This time Yancen was just a tentative feint attack and was repelled by luck. So what about next time? If he attacks with all his strength next time, can our side still be able to repel Yancen?
Thinking of this, Zhu Fu was so frightened that he was covered in white hair. He thought about it and made what he thought was the most sensible decision, to withdraw his troops!
Zhu Fu felt unsafe no matter where he was in Shu. He would feel at ease only if he returned to Chang'an and his own land.
But when Zhu Fu made the decision to withdraw his troops, he didn't think about it at all. He led his troops to withdraw, but he just sold Li Tong and others.
At present, the Han army led by Li Tong is stationed at Zhou Zhiguan to resist the 50,000 Shu army commanded by Luo Ying. Zhu Fu withdraws from Nanshan and the Yancen tribe trapped in Nanshan can take advantage of the situation and move south towards Zhou Zhiguan.
Luo Ying was in the south and Yancen was in the north. The north and south sides jointly attacked Zhou Zhiguan. In this way, the more than 20,000 Han troops commanded by Li Tong would be trapped alive in the pass by the Shu army, even if they did not die in the hands of the Shu army.
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This is too fatal!
Zhu Fuhui suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to Chang'an. Not only the Han army did not expect this, but even Yancen, who was trapped in Nanshan, did not expect it.
Perhaps this inexplicable big pie fell too suddenly and knocked Yancen unconscious. Zhu Fu led the Western Expeditionary Army and retreated hastily. Now there were two big cakes in front of Yancen.
A big piece of cake is the Han army led by Li Tong. Yancen can cooperate with Luo Ying to encircle and annihilate Li Tong's tribe, and devour the 20,000 people from Li Tong's tribe in one go.
Another big piece of cake is to take advantage of Zhu Fu's hasty retreat and lead his troops to pursue him and beat him up. In this way, he will have the opportunity to annihilate the Western Expeditionary Army led by Zhu Fu and take advantage of the situation to regain the Sanfu.
Of these two big cakes, for Yancen, the latter one is undoubtedly more attractive.
He teamed up with Luo Ying, and even though his contribution to annihilating Li Tong's tribe was great, it was the joint contribution of the two of them.
And if he was able to annihilate the Western Expeditionary Army and recover the Third Assistant, his contribution could no longer be described as great, but it would break the heavens, and no one would share the credit with him. This was entirely due to him alone.
Comparing the two sides, Yancen also made an incredible decision. Instead of going south to Zhouzhiguan to assist Luo Ying and annihilate Li Tong, he went north from Nanshan to pursue the retreating Western Expeditionary Army.
When the news of Zhu Fu's withdrawal reached Zhou Zhiguan, when the Han soldiers heard about it, their lungs almost exploded with anger.
How could Zhu Fu withdraw his troops at this critical moment? In order to deal with Luo Ying with all his strength, our side had given Zhu Fu his back, and he actually stabbed his side hard in the back.
The Han soldiers stationed in the Zhouzhi Pass all felt that a disaster was imminent. They concentrated their energy and tried their best to resist Luo Ying in the south, but they could barely do it. Now that Zhu Fu has withdrawn his troops and Yan Cenruo comes south to attack, how will we respond?
Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Hou Jin hurriedly came to Li Tong to discuss countermeasures with him.
Hearing the news that Zhu Fu had withdrawn his troops, Li Tong was not shocked, but his eyes lit up. He asked urgently: "Where is Yancen? Did Yancen lead his army south?"
“We haven’t received any news from Yancen yet!”
Li Tong said anxiously: "Let's talk and report later! Go quickly! Keep an eye on Yancen's army!"
The general responsible for inquiring about intelligence left after the order, and Li Tong walked back and forth excitedly in the room. Seeing this, Ma Wu, Wang Ba, and Hou Jin were all puzzled. Zhu Fu withdrew his troops. It was not Zhu Fu who won the battle. It was so critical.
At that moment, Zhu Fu withdrew his troops and pushed his own soldiers into a desperate situation. Shouldn't the former general be angry and worried? Why does the former general look a little excited?
Everyone looked at each other and murmured secretly in their hearts, could this sick son-in-law be frightened out of his mind and go crazy? Hou Jin said worriedly: "Former...former general..."
Li Tong waved his hands, thinking about Hou Jin's words, and said with bright eyes: "Now, I just want to know the movements of the Yancen Department!"
The next morning, news finally came that Yancen and his troops did not go south to the next week, but went north to pursue the Western Expeditionary Army.
This news made all the soldiers of the Han army heave a sigh of relief, and their hearts finally fell back into their stomachs.
They didn't care about Zhu Fu's life or death. Based on Zhu Fu's actions, if he really died in Yancen's hands, it would actually help their own side to get a bad breath.
Generals Ma and Wu came to the Zhongjun tent again excitedly. After seeing Li Tong, they told Li Tong the good news.
Everyone thought that Li Tong would be as delighted as them after hearing this, but Li Tong's reaction was exactly the opposite.
The light in his eyes quickly dissipated, and his whole body seemed to have been hit hard. He stayed there for a long time, then silently walked back to his seat and sat down slowly.
He murmured: "Yancen didn't come to Zhou Zhiguan, but went to Sanfu..." At this point, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Seeing this, Hou Jin asked in confusion: "Yancen did not lead his troops to attack our army, but went to Sanfu to pursue Zhu Fu. Isn't this beneficial to our army?"
Li Tong smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking up to the sky and saying: "Yancen's life should not be cut off. If God's will is like this, what should we do with manpower?"
Everyone heard that Monk Zhang Er was confused. After a long time, Li Tong looked around at the generals present and said word by word: "Send my order to withdraw the troops!"
"Ah?" No one responded for a moment.
Li Tong said: "It is meaningless for our army to stay at Zhou Zhiguan. Let's withdraw our troops!"
The information from Nanshan reached Zhou Zhiguan and also reached Luo Ying.
At first, Luo Ying was overjoyed when he heard that Zhu Fu had withdrawn his troops back to Chang'an. With Zhu Fu's withdrawal, Yancen's tribe was no longer a threat. They could go south and join forces with him to annihilate the Han army in the Zhouzhi Pass.
But the news that came later made Luo Ying furious. Yancen did not lead his troops south at all, but went north to pursue Zhu Fu. Luo Ying was not a fool. After thinking about it carefully, he understood Yancen's intention.
The credit for annihilating the Han army in Guanli from Zhou Dynasty belongs to him and Yancen. But if he pursues Zhu Fu, defeats the Western Expeditionary Army, and takes advantage of the situation to capture Sanfu, this huge credit belongs to Yancen alone.
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Luo Ying was so angry that he cursed Yancen in the Chinese army tent for being shameless, despicable, and an ungrateful man. He led his troops to rescue him, but was now blocked outside the Zhouzhi Pass. Fortunately, Yancen did not come.
Instead of asking for help, he led his troops to Sanfu alone to accomplish great achievements by himself.
Just when Luo Ying was furious and hated Yancen, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "Report! Report to the general, the Han troops in the pass have withdrawn from Zhouzhi!"
"What?" After hearing this, Luo Ying stood up involuntarily, looked at the soldier who reported the news, and asked: "Is this true?"
"General, it is absolutely true that the Han army in the Zhou Dynasty Pass has indeed withdrawn!"
"Okay!" Luo Ying clapped his hands excitedly. He was worried that his army was blocked by Zhouzhi Pass and could not go north to attack the enemy. Now that the enemy has taken the initiative to withdraw, his own side will no longer have any obstacles and can drive straight in and head north to Sanfu.
Yancen's idea of conquering Sanfu by himself was too beautiful. How could he not share a share of such a huge contribution?!
His eyebrows jumped with excitement, and he shouted: "Send the order to all the soldiers in the army to follow me in hunting down the Han traitors!"