It is true that Zhu Fu's ability to lead troops in battle was not very good, but the Western Expedition Army under his command was not ordinary.
The Western Expedition Army was the first to be established. From its establishment to the present, they have experienced endless wars. Everyone in the army has experienced hundreds of battles.
Yancen pursued very quickly. Zhu Fu led the Western Expeditionary Army. Before they could retreat to Chang'an, they only reached halfway when Yancen led his troops to catch up. They could not escape, so Zhu Fu made up his mind and commanded
The generals and soldiers fight against the Shu army with all their strength.
The two sides launched a large-scale confrontation in the plains south of Chang'an.
Yancen originally thought that his defeat of Zhu Fu's army was just a matter of easy capture, but on the battlefield, the superior combat effectiveness of the Zhengxi Army completely made up for Zhu Fu's poor command. The two sides fought evenly.
Unable to defeat the Han army, Yancen was anxious and angry. He went into battle himself and led a group of elites to charge into the Han army's phalanx.
At the beginning, the elite Shu army led by Yancen really tore a big hole in the Han army's front army. When he took advantage of the victory to attack the Han army's center, he was met with a fierce counterattack by the soldiers of the Han army's center.
Even Zhu Fu, who was in charge of the central army, personally resisted. Under the counterattack of the Han army, the elite Shu army led by Yancen was repulsed. After a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers on both sides suffered numerous casualties, but they were not divided.
Victory or defeat.
The confrontation between the Han army and the Shu army ended in a stalemate. It was not until nightfall that the two sides ceased their activities until darkness fell.
At this time, Zhu Fu did not dare to retreat. The distance between the two sides was too close. Once he chose to retreat, the Shu army led by Yancen would definitely pursue him, and his situation would be very unfavorable.
Yancen had no intention of withdrawing his troops. Zhu Fu was the last obstacle for him to conquer Sanfu. Regarding this battle, he had a mentality that he would definitely win. Now that the outcome was not decided, how could he be willing to retreat.
Zhu Fu did not dare to withdraw, but Yancen was unwilling to withdraw. The soldiers and horses of both sides were a hundred paces away from each other, and they could not set up camp. All the soldiers rested on the spot.
The next morning, when the sky was just getting dark, the Shu army took the lead in blowing the bugle call to attack. The Han army was not timid to fight and immediately lined up its camp. The Han army and the Shu army began a new round of confrontation.
Looking at the battle situation between the two sides, it was completely evenly matched. The Han army could not defeat the Shu army, and the Shu army could not defeat the Han army. The soldiers on both sides were gritting their teeth and struggling to hold on.
The battle has reached this point and has completely evolved into a arduous war of attrition. Now the competition is not only about combat power, but also about the willpower of the soldiers on both sides, and who can afford to consume more.
On the second day of the confrontation between Han and Shu, both sides still suffered heavy casualties. When the sky darkened and the two sides ceased fighting, the situation was exactly the same as the first day. Zhu Fu did not dare to withdraw, and Yancen was unwilling to withdraw.
On the third day, the war finally changed. The Han army led by Li Tong caught up and suddenly appeared behind the Shu army. With the arrival of Li Tong's troops, the balance on the battlefield immediately became unbalanced.
The morale of the officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition Army was greatly boosted, but on the other hand, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Shu Army was low, and their fighting spirit quickly collapsed.
The Han army led by Zhu Fu and the Han army led by Li Tong formed a pincer attack on the Shu army led by Yancen from the north and south.
The first to be unable to hold back was the rear army of the Shu army. On the battlefield, the most powerful generals in the army were basically in the front army, while the weakest officers would stay in the rear army.
Facing the wolf-like tiger Li Tong's army, the rear soldiers of the Shu army could not resist at all. A large number of soldiers were killed and fell to the ground. Many soldiers were so frightened that they threw away their weapons and ran away.
Ma Wu and Wang Ba, two powerful generals, took the lead and charged into the enemy formation, causing a bloody storm wherever they passed.
When the rear army is defeated, the central army is immediately affected; when the central army is in chaos, the influence immediately spreads to the front army.
Less than an hour after Li Tong's troops joined the battle, the Shu army's front, middle and rear armies were already in chaos. Some people were still fighting, while others were running away. People collided with each other, and the entire army's formation was already in disarray.
Become a piece of loose sand.
Seeing this, Yancen couldn't help but lament in his heart, after all, he still failed to defeat the Han army and failed to win the third auxiliary!
Others would have panicked when faced with such a passive situation, but Yancen was not panicked. To be more precise, he had already become accustomed to such a situation.
Yancen's biggest skill in his life is to run away. He first took refuge with Deng Feng, who was defeated and killed, so he ran away. Then he took refuge with Qin Feng, who was defeated and killed, so he ran away again. Now he joins Gongsun.
Said subordinate.
He has faced unfavorable war situations countless times in the past two years, and he has quite a lot of experience with them.
Just when the Shu army was about to be defeated, but before it was completely defeated, Yancen took his trusted followers and fled. First, he fled westward and bypassed the Han army led by Li Tong.
Turn to the south.
In fact, the main strategic goal of Li Tong's sneak attack on Hanzhong was to kill Yancen. The ambush he set outside Zhou Zhiguan was also prepared for Yancen.
Now that Yancen ran away again, Li Tong was not willing to let him go. Li Tong and Zhu Fu led the Han army to pursue Yancen's ass.
The remnants of Yancen's troops ran and died all the way. At the risk of their lives, they finally escaped back to Hanzhong.
Before he could take a breath, the Han army led by Li Tong also chased after him. Yancen had no choice but to continue running and fled in the direction of Zhou Zhiguan.
Now, Yancen thought of Luo Ying, hoping that Luo Ying could lead his troops to help him counterattack the Han army that was chasing him.
However, during the battle outside the Zhouzhi Pass, Luo Ying was already ill. The 50,000 Shu troops under his command also suffered heavy casualties and were unable to fight the Han army.
As Yancen led the Han army over, the situation on the Shu army's side became that the remnants of Yancen and Luo Ying fled together.
The two Shu armies, on their own territory in Hanzhong, were chased by the Han army like lost dogs. They fled from the north of Hanzhong County to the south of Hanzhong County, but the Han army still had no intention of stopping the pursuit and was still trying to defeat them.
Reluctant to chase.
Finally, Yancen and Luo Ying were forced to abandon Hanzhong and fled into Bajun.
At the same time, Gongsun Shu also sent two generals, General Zhao Yi and General Han Zheng, to support Yancen and Luo Ying.
Seeing that Yancen had fled into Bajun, Li Tong understood that it was no longer possible for him to catch up with Yancen and take his head.
After chasing to the junction of Hanzhong and Bajun, Li Tong ordered the withdrawal. He did not withdraw his troops to Chang'an in the north, but to Nanyang in the east.
When they entered Hanzhong from Nanyang, they came in secretly, hiding day and night, just like thieves. Now that they want to evacuate Hanzhong, they evacuate openly, and they are not afraid of the county soldiers from the counties along the way coming to intercept them.
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In the Battle of Hanzhong, the Han army led by Li Tong achieved a complete victory. Zhu Fu of Chang'an cooperated with him to first defeat Yancen, then Luo Ying, and finally Yancen again, driving the Shu army from Hanzhong.
All the way into Berkshire.
This battle not only severely damaged Gongsun Shu's forces, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Han army. Liu Xiu successfully completed the task assigned to Li Tong, but the goal Li Tong set for himself failed.
Li Tong regretted the scourge of not being able to successfully kill Yancen.
It was not until Li Tong led his army back to Nanyang safely that the news that Li Tong led his troops to successfully attack Hanzhong spread in Luoyang.
When Liu Boji heard the rumors outside, she couldn't believe her ears. Wasn't her husband working in Nanyang? Why did he go to Hanzhong to fight? Why didn't she know about this at all?
She hurried into the palace and asked Liu Xiu for verification. In the palace, she saw Liu Xiu and couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, are the rumors outside true?"
Liu Xiu looked confused and asked, "Boji, what rumor are you talking about?"
"It's about Li Tong leading his troops to fight in Hanzhong!" Liu Boji looked at Liu Xiu intently.
Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, showed an expression of sudden realization, and said with a smile: "Oh, it turns out that this is what Boji was talking about. Well, in this battle, the battle of Diyuan was fought beautifully. In Hanzhong, they defeated the Shu army.
It shows the majesty and momentum of our Han army, but Bo Ji doesn’t have to worry, now Jiyuan has led his troops back to Nanyang..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Boji's eyes turned red, covered with a layer of mist, and asked angrily: "How could your brother lie to me?"
"Birky..."
"Brother Huang promised me that he would not let Jiyuan go to Shu to fight!" Liu Boji looked at Liu Xiu with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of accusations.
Liu Xiu stood up, walked to Liu Boji, took her hand, and said softly: "Boji, this time I asked Ji Yuan to lead the army to Hanzhong. It was really a helpless move. I really couldn't find a suitable person.
As for the candidate, Ji Yuan is the most suitable person to lead the troops into battle..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Boji shook his hand away hard and ran out quickly without saying anything else.
"Boji!" Liu Xiu called Liu Boji, but the latter seemed not to hear and walked out of the hall without looking back.
Looking at Liu Boji's angrily leaving figure, Liu Xiu sighed helplessly.
The emperor does not represent the interests of a family, but the interests of the entire court and the entire country. Therefore, when the emperor does things, he really cannot take the interests of his own family as the starting point in many cases. He can only focus on the overall situation and the interests of the court and the country.
As a starting point, this will inevitably lead to incomprehension and incomprehension from your own family.
In a sense, the emperor is indeed lonely. Whether they are princes, ministers, relatives of the emperor, or even princes, they can all make their own plans and seek personal gain for themselves. Only the emperor has no plans to make plans.
The emperor's greatest self-interest is that the court is stable, the country is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
In the entire country, the person who is most closely linked to the national interests is the emperor.
Liu Boji ran out of the hall in tears. When she reached the entrance of the courtyard, she almost bumped into Yin Lihua, who was walking in from the outside. Liu Boji glanced at Yin Lihua, without even saying hello, she turned sideways and ran over.
Yin Lihua hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "What's wrong with my little sister?"
Liu Boji shook her arm, trying to get rid of Yin Lihua's hand, but Yin Lihua was holding on to her sleeve and looking at her with concern. Liu Boji could no longer control her emotions and screamed.
started to cry.
Yin Lihua was shocked and stopped looking for Liu Xiu. She took Liu Boji back to her west palace.
Entering the West Palace, she supported Liu Boji, who was crying into two big hearts, and sat down slowly. Then, she asked the maid to get a clean handkerchief, and while helping Liu Boji wipe her face, she asked: "Boji, what happened?
What's up?"
"Third brother...Third brother asked Jiyuan to go to Hanzhong. I have told him not to let Jiyuan transfer to the military and not to let Jiyuan go to Shu. Third brother clearly promised me at the beginning, but now he has
He goes back on his word, a gentleman's words are hard to catch, he is the emperor, and the emperor cannot lie to others, and he lied to me... wu wu wu..."
The more she talked, the angrier she became, and the more she talked, the sadder she became. At the end of the sentence, Liu Boji started crying again.
Yin Lihua could not understand what was going on.
Seeing that Liu Boji was emotionally unstable now, she knew that she would not be able to find out the reason no matter how much she pressed, so she simply stopped asking in a hurry and let her cry heartily first.
After crying for a while, Liu Boji gradually stopped crying. While wiping her cheeks with a handkerchief, she peeked at Yin Lihua and saw that the latter was drinking tea leisurely and leisurely. Liu Boji was furious.
Hit one spot. She threw away the handkerchief, stood up, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm back home!"
Yin Lihua pulled her sleeves again and asked her to sit down again. Then she pushed a cup of tea in front of her and said with a smile: "Boji is tired of crying, so let's take a sip of tea first!"
Am I still in the mood to drink tea?! Liu Boji almost knocked over the teacup in front of her. She looked at Yin Lihua angrily and asked: "The emperor's sister-in-law wants to bully me like the third brother?"
Yin Lihua said sternly: "I believe that Your Majesty will bully others, but His Majesty will not bully you."
Liu Xiu's attitude towards Liu Boji was that she held it in the palm of her hand for fear of dropping it, and held it in her mouth for fear of melting. Even Yin Lihua, Liu Xiu's wife, was sometimes very jealous of her sister-in-law.