Chapter 2530 Xue Rengui defeated Deng Yu, Sun Ce fought against Wu Zhiqi


    Chapter 2527: Xue Rengui defeated Deng Yu, and Sun Ce fought hard against Wuzhiqi


    The formal war between Chu and Wu is naturally related to the Jingbei war.


    However, after Guan Zhong relied on cheating and letting both Wei and Wu send troops to help Qin, Song State got involved uninvited.


    Five thousand Qin troops, ten thousand Song troops, thirty thousand Wei troops, and a total of 45,000 coalition forces of the three kingdoms were stationed in Zhangling County


    Liu Xiu was unwilling to go to war with the Wei and Song dynasties, which led to the Qin fisherman''s profit, so he stopped the offensive of Wei Zhang''s troops, but still confronted the Three Kingdoms coalition forces.


    At the same time, Xue Rengui and Guan Zhong led a 15,000 army each, totaling 30,000 troops to fight Deng Yu''s 55,000 Chu army.


    Seeing that Xue Rengui had such a small amount of troops, Deng Yu dared to divide his troops to fight, so he thought of defeating them one by one, but he didn''t expect that this was Guan Zhong''s plan.


    Guan Zhong wanted to let Deng Yu concentrate his troops. After the 55,000 Chu army arrived in Yicheng, he found that he had to face not only Xue Rengui, but also Guan Zhong''s troops.


    Xue Rengui and Guan Zhong''s 30,000 troops surrounded Deng Yu''s army with the force of attacking east and west.


    Although Deng Yu was a little shocked and angry, he was still not panicked. After all, his troops were nearly twice as many as those of the Qin army. Even if he was in a double-team, he could still win, but the casualties might be greater.


    Deng Yu personally took charge of the generals and ordered Li Mi to take charge of the right wing and Song Que to take charge of the left wing. Then he led 55,000 Chu troops and 30,000 Qin troops to fight a decisive battle in the territory of Yicheng.


    The two armies fought for two days and two nights, but they still couldn''t decide the outcome.


    Until the third day, Deng Yu could not stand it anymore and guessed that Xue Rengui wanted to drag down the Chu army, so he moved all the way and prepared to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop.


    Deng Yu''s decision was opposed by Song Que.


    Song Que felt that Deng Yu should be more patient. It has only been two days since the war started, and the situation between the enemy and us has not yet been completely clear. If you do your best at this time, it is not a wise move.


    Song Que opposed it, but Li Mi supported it. After two days of high-intensity battle, Li Mi did not think Xue Rengui had any trump card, so he supported Deng Yu to act in full swing.


    After thinking about it for a while, Deng Yu finally decided to launch a decisive battle. He didn''t expect that the army would be dispatched and an enemy army appeared behind him.


    It turned out that long before Xue Rengui entered Yicheng, Yang Zaixing had led 5,000 Qin troops to arrive in advance and hid in the eastern mountainous area, just to wait for the fighter plane.


    After learning that Deng Yu was dispatched in full swing, Yang Zaixing did not need to continue hiding, and directly led his army to appear behind Deng Yu''s army and raid behind him.


    It was not until this time that Deng Yu realized that he had been led by Guan Zhong, but it was too late. Now he has no way out except to fight hard.


    Seeing that the trump card had been released, Xue Rengui and Guan Zhong did not make any reservations. The three armies joined forces to attack the east and south sides, preparing to defeat Deng Yu''s troops in one fell swoop.


    In the melee, Deng Yu''s central army was drilled through by Xue Rengui, and Xue Rengui even shot Deng Yu, the chief general of the Chu army, with an arrow among the thousands of troops.


    Deng Yu''s death in battle aggravated the defeat of the Chu army.


    Li Mi, the commander of the left army, and Song Que, the commander of the right army, realized that the situation was hopeless, so they tacitly chose to withdraw their troops.


    Xue Rengui naturally could not let them go, commanding 30,000 Qin troops to pursue them at full speed and completely defeated the Chu army in one fell swoop.


    Li Mi and Song Que''s troops gathered the defeated troops and retreated to Jiangling. However, as long as the troops collected exceeded 5,000, they would be given the key care of Xue Rengui.


    Li Mi''s troops were hunted down by Jingzhou general Wen Pin on his way to escape. In less than a round of battle, they were beheaded by Wen Pin.


    As for Song Que''s troops, they were also unable to escape back to Jiangling. Instead, when they retreated to the territory of Dangyang, they were caught up by the three generals Yang Zaixing, Luo Cheng and Taishi Ci.


    Song Que is not only a powerful general at the level of the God of War, but also has the cultivation of a half-step master. His comprehensive combat power is definitely one of the top three in the State of Chu, but this time he met three peak **** generals.


    Song Que fought against three generals with one man''s strength. He refused to surrender until the last soldier and even died at Yang Zaixing''s gun.


    Poor Song Que, who is talented, both civil and military, and even has the potential to break through to the great master. However, he finally got the value of Liu Xiu, and before he could shine, he died of a frustration under Guan Zhong''s plan.


    At this point, the Western Route Army, the chief general Deng Yu, deputy general Li Mi and Song Que, among the two northern expedition troops of Chu, have all been killed in battle.


    Xue Rengui defeated the 55,000 army of Chu with 35,000 Qin troops, and defeated them head-on after two days of fierce battle.


    After the war, the Qin army achieved an impressive record of killing 30,000 enemies, capturing 15,000, and losing 8,000 to themselves.


    After the 55,000 Chu army was defeated by the Qin army, there were only nearly 10,000 defeated troops left. Under the leadership of generals such as Ma Yuan, Cao Shen, and Zeng Guofan, they fled back to Jiangling with great difficulty.


    After Xue Rengui defeated the Northern Expedition Army of Chu, he led his army to chase Jiangling City, and was in a big way to retake Jiangling.


    At this moment, Ma Yuan, one of the guards in the city, pretended to be willing to open the city and surrender to Xue Rengui, but in fact it was delaying time.


    Although Xue Rengui guessed that he was suspected of suing surrender, his army was pursuing for three consecutive days, and he was already in short supply and needed rest, so he gave Ma Yuan a day.


    One day later, Ma Yuan claimed that he had convinced most of the people, but there were still a few guards who were unwilling to do so, hoping that Xue Rengui could give him three more days.


    Although Xue Rengui agreed on the surface, he actually did not expect it, and was secretly building siege equipment such as cloud ladders.


    Xue Rengui naturally would not wait for three days honestly. On the second day, he ordered a large army to attack Jiangling.


    Under Ma Yuan''s delay, the Jiangling defenders were ready to respond and under the command of Ma Yuan, Zeng Guofan and others, they carried out the city defense battle in an orderly manner.


    Jiangling City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Xue Rengui attacked fiercely for three days, losing nearly two thousand soldiers, but failed to shake Jiangling at all.


    "No wonder Yue Fei fought against Jiangling City three times."


    Xue Rengui sighed softly in his heart. It was only then that he realized Yue Fei''s helplessness.


    After many expansions, Jiangling City has no inferior defense than Xiangyang City.


    Without the support of the central government, it is only possible to rely on the local army in Jingzhou. It is difficult to capture a strong city like Jiangling.


    Xue Rengui encountered setbacks in his strong attack on Jiangling, and had no choice but to temporarily choose to withdraw his troops, prepare to stabilize the rear, and then lead the army to capture Jiangling again.


    At the same time, Liu Xiu from Jiangxia also received news that the Northern Expedition Army on the West Road was defeated by Xue Rengui and the chief general Deng Yu was killed in battle.


    "What? Deng Yu, Li Mi and Song Que were all killed in battle? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible."


    Liu Xiu looked in disbelief. Li Mi and Song Que were dead. Although Liu Xiu was sad, he was not too sad.


    But Deng Yu died, and Liu Xiu was extremely sad.


    Deng Yu was not only the commander of the Western Army, but also the prime minister of Chu, and Liu Xiu''s first planner.


    Although Deng Yu''s position as the leader of the leader was greatly reduced after the followers of Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Liao Li, Zhufu Yan, etc., was still the person Liu Xiu trusted the most, so he was allowed to serve as the Prime Minister of Chu.


    Over the years, Liu Xiu and Deng Yu supported each other and achieved each other, and thus they saved the current foundation of Chu.


    For Liu Xiu, Deng Yu was no longer a minister, but a brother who shared weal and woe, so it would naturally be difficult to accept the news that Deng Yu died in battle.


    Deng Yu''s defeat in this battle caused nearly 50,000 elite troops, which directly caused Chu to lose one-fifth of its elite troops, which was a great trauma to Chu.


    However, death is the most important thing, and with the relationship between Liu Xiu and Deng Yu and others, it is not easy for the Chu ministers to hold Deng Yu accountable.


    "Lord, please feel sorry for your grief. People cannot be resurrected. The most important thing at present is to resist the coalition forces of the four countries of Qin, Wei, Wu and Song, and protect Jiangxia and Jiangling..."


    "No."


    Before Pang Tong could finish his words, Liu Xiu roared in grief and anger, and then ran out alone and hid. He needed to calm down.


    The next day, Liu Xiu, who had calmed down, appeared on his own initiative. At this time, he no longer had the sadness of yesterday. However, looking at his red eyes, you can see how much the blow to him by Deng Yu''s death.


    "There are still 20,000 defenders in Jiangling City. If our army guards the city, with the strength that Xue Li currently has, even if he is fully deployed, he can hold on for two or three months. With this time, reinforcements from Jingnan will be enough to support him.


    Jiangling’s top priority is to select a suitable guard.


    I wonder who do you think is suitable for this important task? Liu Xiu asked.


    Kuai Yue was the first to stand up and said, "Zeng Guofan was the prefect of Wuling and was good at defending. He had repeatedly used a few troops to repel the Wuling barbarians. He should be able to defend Jiangling for our Chu State."


    As soon as this statement was made, Pang Tong stood up and opposed it: "Master Kuai is afraid that he has forgotten how brave Xue Rengui is. He may not be able to stop him from letting Zeng Guofan and a scholar guard Jiangling.


    Lord, Zeng Guofan can be the deputy general, but cannot be the main general. ”


    Hearing Pang Tong''s words, Liu Xiu asked, "Who can Military Advisor Pang be the chief general?"


    "Ma Yuan." Pang Tong said firmly.


    Liao Li quickly stood up and said, "No, Ma Yuan is Ma Teng''s brother, Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng, has surrendered to Qin. What if Ma Yuan surrendered to Qin after taking charge of the troops?"


    “That’s right, that’s right.”


    Liu Ba and Kuai Liang also met.


    After hearing this, Liu Xiu frowned slightly and began to feel entangled.


    Pang Tong said, "I see Ma Yuan as a loyal and righteous person. If the lord can trust him, how could Ma Yuan not give up his life to repay him?


    As for Ma Chao, who is only a reckless man who can show his courage? Everyone knows that their uncle and nephew''s relationship has long broken.


    Ma Teng died in battle and Ma Yuan assisted Ma Chao in succession, but after Ma Chao succeeded to the throne, he repeatedly fell into Yang Guang''s counter-espionage plan because of suspicion, and even had the idea of ??murdering his own uncle.


    This also made Ma Yuan completely disappointed with Ma Chao, but he was unwilling to fight with Ma Chao''s uncle and nephew, so he took the initiative to leave and surrender to the State of Chu.


    Therefore, Ma Yuan would never surrender to Qin for Ma Chao.


    If the lord is really worried, he can also send a military supervisor to supervise Ma Yuan. ”


    Hearing this, everyone also realized that Ma Yuan was indeed unlikely to betrayal.


    Liu Xiu nodded, he was more inclined toward Ma Yuan. After hearing Pang Tong''s words, he had no worries and ordered:


    "Since that''s the case, Ma Yuan was appointed as the prefect of Nanjun, and also the governor of Jiangling, and Zeng Guofan was the deputy governor."


    After saying that, Liu Xiu looked at a young man at the end below and said, "Lu Xun, I will order you as the supervisor."


    Lu Xun stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I will be honored."


    "The Jiangling problem has been solved. As for Zhangling County, the troops of Wei and Song will not fight to the death for Qin and our army, so we just need to let Wei Zhang stand firm.


    Now for our Chu State, the only thing that needs to be concerned about is the Wu army stationed in Lujiang. "Liu Xiu said with a serious face.


    Different from the Qin, Wei and Song dynasties, once the Wu Kingdom went to war with Chu Kingdom, it would be a national war.


    If you only fight with Wu, then Chu will naturally not be afraid.


    But now that Chu has just experienced a crushing defeat in Yicheng, and has been restrained by the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Song, it is obviously very dangerous if it wants to go to war with Wu, so Liu Xiu cannot be cautious.


    "Report... Report to the lord, the prince of the Wu State, Sun Ce, led a large army of 80,000 Wu troops on the waterway to invade our Lujiang County. The Lujiang Prefect Guo Ziyi asked for help."


    As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.


    Wu Guoxuan came to fight at this time and undoubtedly learned the news of the defeat of the Chu army in Yicheng, so he deliberately stuck in the most difficult time of Chu.


    "Dear military advisors, Sun Ce is coming in a fierce manner, how should our Chu State respond?" Liu Xiu asked.


    Pang Tong said seriously: "Lord, you can only be taken over in this battle with wisdom, not against it."


    "How to get ahead of your wisdom?"


    "The secret that was laid out can be activated."


    Hearing Pang Tong''s words, a strange look flashed in Liu Xiu''s eyes.


    On the other side, Sun Ce, who was stationed in Xiang''an, received the news of Deng Yu''s defeat, immediately led 80,000 Wu troops to attack Chu''s Lujiang County, and encountered Guo Ziyi and Wuzhiqi in the first battle;


    Sorry, there was a party last weekend, and it was delayed


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    (This chapter ends)