The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 318 Attacking Jiangyou and breaking his way back

Under Xiguan City
I saw that the battle was extremely fierce, and the Qiang soldiers in Guanxia were like ants like a tide, sweeping up the Guancheng one wave after another.

At this time, Zhang Yun brandished his long spear, joined the battlefield in person, and began to fight!

It turned out that after learning that Li Guo's army had been wiped out, Dong Zhuo was instantly furious.

Subsequently, the whole army was ordered to attack Xiguan at all costs.

Due to the continuous fighting of the defenders in the pass and the shortage of personnel, it is not enough to compete with Dong Zhuo's troops.

At this time, Zhang Yun's whole body armor was covered with thick blood stains, as if he was a blood man.

However, these bloodstains were not Zhang Xi's own, but were stained when he picked up the Qiang soldiers.

However, although all the generals and soldiers of the Qi army were under the leadership of Zhang He, they resisted bravely.

However, the strength of the Qiang army was very large, and gradually, the resistance of the defenders became weaker and weaker.

For a while, the deputy general Ming Hua hurried over and told: "General, the Qiang soldiers are attacking so fiercely that our army can't resist it!"

"I don't know when the reinforcements led by King Qi will arrive?"

Hearing this, Zhang He looked around and saw that the Qiang soldiers were attacking more and more fiercely, and his own army was on the verge of collapse.

However, as a good general, Zhang He knows very well that the more he is at this time, the less he can show panic.

"Soldiers, continue to kill the enemy, the reinforcements led by the lord will soon arrive at Xiguan."

"Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy bandits, and resist to the death, so that my lord can see the bravery of Da Qi Erlang."

For a while, with Zhang Yun's unparalleled prestige in the army.

In the blink of an eye, many of the defenders who were about to face them rose up again and followed Zhang Yun to attack to the death.

In the end, just when the Qiang soldiers were about to break through the pass, Gao Qi personally led the main force to arrive, and then stopped the fierce attack of the Qiang soldiers.

Xiguan stood firm again in distress, and the Qi army still kept the Qiang army out of Hanchuan.

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At this time, it is only said that the main force of the Qi army is confronting the Qiang army at Xiguan.

With the assistance of Sun Kewang and Zhang Song, Su Lie also led the army to attack the two counties of Bashu.

Because of Sun Kewang's high prestige in his army, he encountered a city on the way.

Jin Jie had no resistance, and after some persuasion, Kaesong surrendered.

Later, Zhang Song, a counselor in the middle of Shu, was added, with the assistance of the two.

Su Lie led the army in successive battles and victories all the way, conquering the city and conquering the land, and there was no disadvantage in every direction, and the distance from Chengdu, Shu County was getting closer and closer.

Not only that, but Yue Fei, the governor of Xiangzhou, did not dare to neglect Gao Qi's orders.

After handing over the affairs of Xiangzhou to Zhong Yao, he led an army of [-] troops and headed northward to the south-central part of Shu.

As for the Taiping Army occupying Jiaozhou, they are not at all worried about taking the opportunity to counterattack!
Because, although Yue Fei's army left, there were still [-] troops stationed in the Xiangzhou area.

And because the governor Yue Fei went north, he was in charge of the army, and the task of preventing him from crossing the two states fell on Wang Xuance.

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At this time, in the central Sichuan area, a well-armored army was marching hard on an inaccessible, narrow and steep mountain road.

Suddenly, the plain ahead suddenly appeared.

All of a sudden, many marching soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and were immediately overjoyed!
The rugged and treacherous roads in the mountains for the past few days have been a torment for the march.

Therefore, it is natural for people to be happy when they see that they have passed the rugged mountain path and entered the flat land.

If you take a closer look, the leading general is straddling a white horse and carrying a silver gun. Who else is Zhang Ren in such attire?
And the gray-robed lieutenant-general beside him was Lu Xiangsheng.

It turned out that since the first capture of Jiangzhou, when Gao Qi withdrew from the city, he had secretly discussed with all the counselors.

In the end, Fang Xuanling and Guo Jiafa agreed unanimously to send surprise soldiers to march from the mountain road to surprise Jiangyou City.

Because Jiangyou County belongs to Pingwu County, and Pingwu County happens to be between Hanyang, Bashu and Hanchuan.

As long as Jiangyou City can be captured in one fell swoop, and then guarded, it is equivalent to putting a nail in the back of the Qiang soldiers.

Over time, the Qiang army's food supply roads will definitely have problems, and then the main force of Dong Zhuo's army will be defeated at the touch of a button, and it will be destroyed overnight!

As everyone unanimously agreed on this plan, it happened that Zhang Ren was from the middle of Sichuan.

Therefore, Zhang Ren proposed to attack Jiangyou from Yinping Mountain Road.

This Yinping mountain road is not the Yinping road taken by Deng Ai during the Three Kingdoms period.

The Yinping road that Deng Ai took was a dangerous place to attack Bashu from the north, which is completely different!

But now the Yinping Mountain Road that Zhang Ren mentioned passes directly through Jiange Mountain and reaches Jiangyou.

Moreover, due to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were separatists who established a country here.

Therefore, this is named Yinping, so there will be Yinping Mountain Road.

Therefore, Zhang Ren and Lu Xiangsheng led the army through the Jiange to raid Jiangyou.

Originally, Gao Qi wanted to directly appoint Lu Xiangsheng as the chief general, so that he could make military achievements in the army, so that he could be promoted as soon as possible, and take charge of his own duties!
However, Gao Qi then considered that Lu Xiangsheng had never been to Shu before.

However, the roads in the Bashu area are intricate and full of steep and rugged mountain roads. I am afraid that Lu Xiangsheng will not be able to complete this task satisfactorily.

Therefore, Gao Qi finally decided to lead the raid together with Zhang Ren, a native of Shu, as the main general, and Lu Xiangsheng as his assistant.

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It is only said that after arriving on the flat ground, Zhang Ren swung his gun and ordered the whole army to camp and rest in place.

According to Zhang Ren's memory, this place is only ten or twenty miles away from Jiangyou City.

In addition, the Qi army had already crossed the mountains and mountains in the Yinping Mountain Road, and it was difficult to get out for several days.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Qi army at this time were already exhausted. Even if they reluctantly went to make a surprise attack, the results of the battle might not be satisfactory.

However, in the process of rest and reorganization, Zhang Ren made a decisive decision and sent sentry cavalry to Jiangyou to investigate the military situation quietly.

After all, Sun Tzu's Art of War says: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without imperil."

It should be noted that if one's own side doesn't even have the slightest idea of ​​the strength of the enemy's trump cards, so they attack rashly, how can they talk about winning the battle?
After about an hour, none of the scouting cavalry came down and all returned.

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"it is good!"

"It seems that God Blessed Daqi to attack Jiangyou, the enemy army is so lax?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ren clenched his fists tightly and spoke excitedly in an instant.

At this time, Zhang Ren and Lu Xiangsheng made a plan together and jointly decided on a strategy to take Jiangyou.

Now the gate of Jiangyou City is seen to be opened, and the soldiers outside the city who are responsible for interrogating the people entering the city are listless.

Except for a few sergeants, everyone else gathered together to brag.

At this time, more than ten woodcutters in the distance slowly walked towards the city gate.

Moreover, each woodcutter carries a bundle of dry firewood on his back.

"Stop, who are you, and why did you enter the city?"

Suddenly, I saw dozens of woodcutters carrying dry firewood into the city.

A sergeant who was investigating could not help but stop loudly.

Hearing this, the dozens of woodcutters immediately put the dry firewood they were carrying beside the city gate.

(End of this chapter)