In late March, Heifu actually fulfilled his promise, gave Feng Jing a small boat, and let him go back to Jiangbei.
Feng Jing and two of his soldiers rowed for a long time before arriving at Xiakou. When they landed, they were bound by a Qin army scout and sent to the Qin army camp in Xiakou to meet his father Feng Wuze.
"This is what happened. When I left, Heifu sent the people of Anlu south to Shayang Township (Jiayu, Hubei Province) a hundred miles away to get food from Zhouling. When I was taking a boat, I saw a group of soldiers, fighting
Follow its flag and head east..."
But after Feng Jingcai said what he had seen and heard, Feng Wuze said coldly: "Military regulations say that if a general has more than a thousand men, he will go north when fighting, defend and surrender, leave the ground and flee, and he will be called a national thief.
Kill the remnants of the family, remove their residence, send them to their graves, expose their bones to the market, and expose the men and women to the officials."
"Captain Feng Jing was ordered to defend Anlu and surrendered. Half of the entire army was destroyed, and he was captured by black thieves. He only returned with his own body. He is a national thief..."
He pointed at his beloved son and gritted his teeth and said: "As a general, I cannot abandon the army and kill myself. I can only repay my sins to Xianyang. Only when the new generals arrive can I avenge my sins. Today, I will drag this national traitor out and kill him first!"
"
"General Feng, no!"
For a time, under the shogunate, all the generals and officials bowed down and begged for Feng Jing's mercy.
"General, you are a cunning gangster. Together with the traitors, you worked together to capture Anlu. If it had been us, we would have lost the battle."
"Yes, please ask the general to bypass Captain Feng!"
Feng Wuze, however, had a gloomy face and was indifferent to the officials' pleas.
More than ten days ago, he led his army to chase the rebels to Anlu and rescued four thousand soldiers who were stripped naked. Unexpectedly, these people joined the army. In panic, he spread the news about Heifu's story.
Their news that "the First Emperor had died, and that the treacherous ministers had rebelled against his son, killed the emperor and usurped the throne" immediately caused panic.
For the people of Qin, upon learning that the First Emperor had passed away, it was as if the sky had fallen and their morale plummeted.
Feng Wuze could only order the military judges to kill more than a hundred people who spread "rumors".
"Don't listen to the words of rebellious ministers and traitors!"
"Your Majesty is still here! He has returned to Guanzhong and will mobilize the army to go south to quell the rebellion!"
This is the only rhetoric known to Feng Wuze that can maintain the combat effectiveness of the three armies. The Qin soldiers are like confused children in the dark after the sun has set. It will take them a long time to accept this.
But then, Feng Wuze was called by Hei Fu across Xia Shui, making it seem as if he deliberately let Hei Fu and the Anlu people leave. Even the supervisors cast suspicious glances.
Now that Hei Fu "keeps his promise" and releases his useless son, it is even more unclear. If Feng Jing is not killed, not only will the three armies be suspicious, but people will be in chaos. Even Xianyang will also doubt Feng Wuze!
Feng Jing knew his father's difficulties. He bowed down and said with tears streaming down his face:
"If I can exchange the child's head for the morale of the army to be restored, and for the innocence of my father, I am willing to die!"
With that said, he stood up resolutely and followed the army out of the camp.
The cry for mercy became even louder, and even the soldiers outside also shouted.
Feng Wuze sat there for a long time, and when the military judge entered the account again to ask for instructions whether to kill or not, he finally sighed.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
"Let him live for a few more days, put Feng Jing in shackles, and send him back to Xianyang, and ask your majesty and the imperial censor to discuss his crime!"
Although Feng Wuze was loyal to his duties, in the end his identity as "father" prevailed, and he could not bear to kill his son because of his father.
After hastily dealing with his son, Feng Wuze summoned all the captains for a military meeting.
In early March, after the army was defeated in Anlu, Feng Wuze moved to Xiakou, where he has been stationed for more than ten days.
Xiakou was built more than ten years ago to allow navigation between Nanjun and Yuzhang. This city is located in the north of Jingjiang River, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and has a bright future. Feng Yongji blocked it, and Gao Guanzhenliu was opposite Miangou
, is actually the key point of Tianjin and the key point of Jianghan. It is even more important under the establishment of Wuchang Camp.
The reason why the troops were stationed here for a long time was to confront Heifu, who was dozens of miles upstream, and to monitor his every move.
But Feng Wuze had to admit that after the Anlu Battle, the initiative in this war was completely in Heifu's hands.
The Xiakou Marine Division suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Wuchang and was unable to carry tens of thousands of people across the river at one time. Feng Wuze did not dare to go to the south of the Yangtze River to take the initiative to attack because he was worried that he would be attacked halfway across the river. He could only keep an eye on Hei Fu.
Behavior, take a back-handed approach.
Just as time flew by, bad news from the south came one after another.
First, Changsha County completely lost contact, and Li You's life or death was uncertain.
Then Jiujiang County reported that several counties in the northern part of Yuzhang County had defected to the rebels. Nanchang was also lost, and the entire Yuzhang County was lost.
Then Hengshan County reported that there were rebels from Wuchang Camp in E County on the other side of Zhu City, and they had occupied the county seat. There was even a thief calling him "King of Chu"...
"It was Mr. Hei who did it," Yang Xiong insisted.
Yang Xiong believed that General Feng could not take the blame for nothing, so he followed his example and publicized Heifu's "crimes" in the army.
"Heifu, the rebellious minister and traitor, first cursed His Majesty's death, falsely claimed that there was a legacy, and then Jingnan punished the traitor? It was just a cover. He instigated the soldiers of Wuchang camp to roam across Hubei, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of evil, and even supported the 'King of Chu'.
Isn’t it rebellion or something?”
After all, Feng Wuze suspected that the rebellion in E County was Heifu's plan to lure the enemy, so he did not send any soldiers to save E County.
However, the situation has changed again. The news just sent yesterday shows that the rebels occupying Hubei are really not the same group as Heifu. Instead, an army under the banner of "Wuzhonghou" came from Shaxian
Set out, defeated the rebels, and killed the "King of Chu".
Feng Wuze's old face turned a little red, but Yang Xiong was completely fine. He reported:
"Now, they have joined forces with the Yuzhang rebels and gathered in Hubei. The governor of Hengshan County said that the camp stretches for several miles and there may be 30,000 people. They are cutting down trees to make rafts. They want to cross the river to attack eastward. They also sent people to spread the message with running water.
A simple letter to recruit and surrender Zhucheng..."
"This is the situation right now."
Feng Wuze glanced at all the captains: "How do you think the second and third sons should dispatch the army?"
"Save Zhu City!"
The Hengshan County Lieutenant immediately said: "Previously, Yang Xiong burned hundreds of thousands of grain and grain in Wuchang Camp, causing a shortage of food in the south of the Yangtze River. The black bandits had nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and they were eaten by horses, which cost a lot. Zhucheng is the capital of Hengshan County.
We have a lot of food and fodder, and in order to relieve the shortage of troops, the black thieves want to capture Zhu City nearby, but we must not let them succeed!"
Yang Xiong also came out and said: "More than that, Zhucheng is connected to Huainan, and it is connected to Jianghan. It faces deep dangers and is a strong town. As for Jiujiang County, it also has a guard of lips and teeth. However, it is separated by the north of the Yangtze River.
There is nothing to rely on inside. If the control is not appropriate and the thieves are allowed to enter its suburbs, they will unleash all kinds of poison. The black thieves will use this as a crossing to march straight in and invade Jiujiang County from the east!"
All the officials were inclined to save Zhu City, but Feng Wuze remained silent for a long time, looking only at the map to the east and west of Jingjiang River...
At the east end is Zhucheng, and at the west end is Jiangling, the capital of Nanjun!
The military situation is like a fire, and a judgment must be made in an instant!
Finally, he spoke: "Black thieves are also famous generals in the world. They are good at using soldiers to seize Wuchang and attack Anlu. They like to go where they don't want and go where they don't expect."
"There is a saying in the art of war: If you travel thousands of miles without doing any work, you will travel in an uninhabited land. If you attack and take it, you will attack what you cannot defend..."
The old and strong Wu Xinhou raised his head and sneered: "I was deceived by him twice, but there will be no third time! Do you think that what Hei Fu wants to fight is really Zhu City?"
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In late March, Heifu had arranged for Anlu's 10,000 militiamen to move south to Shayangbao with their old, weak, women and children to avoid the surprise attack by Feng Wuze's army in Xiakou. He also had Ji Ying take 5,000 people to go north to Yunze to carry out another attack.
A special mission.
As for himself, he left Zhouling County with the 25,000 bravest people after the adaptation, and came to the west of the county, a remote small town called "Wulin".
After the army arrived in the township, the local county captain who surrendered to Heifu reported: "Wuzhonghou, west of Wulin, is no longer inhabited, but there are jasmine trees in the clouds and dreams, which the locals call Baili.
Desolate. Since then, the Pize has been deeply blocked, and tigers, wolves, and rhinoceros are often seen..."
Hei Fu nodded. Hundreds of years later, a man named Cao Cao stationed troops here and composed poems, which was unparalleled.
But after the Battle of Chibi, Mr. Cao fled westward from Wulin in embarrassment. The end point of his escape was Jiangling. And connecting Jiangling and Wulin, only fishermen, hunters, and wild beasts knew about the Zezhong Trail, which was intermittently connected for a long time.
Two hundred miles is called...
"Huarong Road!"
The guide pointed to the west: "From here you can reach Huarong County, and then cross the Yang River to the west to reach Ying County and Jiangling."
Cao Cao wanted to escape back to Jiangling, and taking Huarong Road was the shortest route.
And for Heifu, who wants to attack the east and west and seize Jiangling, this is the only feasible way!
Those who travel thousands of miles without working are also traveling in no-man's land. Heifu likes to launch assaults on central cities from places where the enemy's ruling power is weak!
But before leading his army onto this muddy and desolate path, Heifu gave repeated orders to the soldiers and issued an incredible military order:
