Chapter 595 The bewildered Zhang Lu, the decline of Daxi Kingdom!
While Zhang Ren was leading the Shu army under his command to put out the fire, Zhang Churang, the general of the Daxi Kingdom, took the initiative to ask for help and led five thousand elite soldiers to ambush near the Qiu Mountain at Jiameng Pass - the only place in Hanzhong.
Kill the Shu army passing through this place!
At Jiameng Pass, the Shu army led by Zhang Ren worked day and night to put out the fire. After spending two days, they finally extinguished the raging sea of fire in the pass.
The Shu army rested in Jiameng Pass for two days, and then under the leadership of Zhang Ren, they took their baggage and provisions and headed towards Hanzhong!
In order to rush to Hanzhong as soon as possible to join Liu Bang's troops, Zhang Ren's troops voluntarily gave up some of the baggage and siege equipment that were inconvenient to carry, in order to reduce the load on the army, increase the marching speed, and strive to reach the outside of Hanzhong City in the shortest time.
When the Shu army passed through Qiu Mountain, Zhang Ren and others who did not realize the crisis were ambushed by Zhang Churang's army. They suffered heavy casualties. In less than half an hour, the Shu army lost more than 3,000 people.
On the other hand, Zhang Churang's troops from Daxi Kingdom gave up at the first sight, leaving hundreds of corpses behind and fled to Hanzhong.
Suffering a long-planned ambush by the enemy, Zhang Ren was very angry. His eyes were red and his steel teeth were clenched. He urgently summoned his generals Liu-eared Macaque and Fan Kuai, and asked them to each lead a team of 2,000 people.
Soldiers and horses opened the way ahead to prevent the enemy from setting up an ambush again.
Seeing that the Shu army was on guard, Zhang Churang, who wanted to repeat his old tricks, had no choice but to lead his troops to give up setting up ambush and instead march towards Hanzhong to catch up with Zhang Xianzhong and his large army!
beginning of autumn!
The large troops from Jiameng Pass of Daxi Kingdom gathered outside Hanzhong City and launched their first confrontation with Liu Bang's troops stationed outside Hanzhong City.
Since all the fierce generals of the Shu army were on their way to Hanzhong, Liu Bang's troops were somewhat unable to withstand the wanton raids of the two fierce generals Zhang Churang and Zhang Shan. In the end, they were defeated in the first battle and the Shu army was forced to retreat.
We set up camp thirty miles away from Hanzhong.
After repelling Liu Bang's troops, Zhang Xianzhong led his large troops and entered Hanzhong City!
There were already a lot of troops in Hanzhong City. After Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to come to the rescue, the overall strength of Hanzhong City reached 60,000, including 25,000 newly recruited young and strong recruits and 35,000 experienced blood soldiers.
A veteran tempered by the flames of war.
Watching Zhang Xianzhong leading his troops into Hanzhong City, Liu Bang's eyes were about to burst. He clenched his fists angrily, and terrifying murderous intent burst out from his eyes!
"Send the order, stay where you are, and wait for Zhang Ren to lead his army to come for reinforcements!
Where is Lu Wenhuan? I order you to take 500 men and rush to Jiange, and dispatch the 20,000 soldiers stationed in the Zitong-Jiange-Mianyang-Jiangyou area to come to support."
After many battles, the strength of the Shu army led by Liu Bang was reduced sharply to more than 10,000. If Zhang Ren's 20,000 soldiers were added to the total, there would be a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses. If we want to conquer the city with an army of 30,000
Hanzhong, this impregnable city, is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"Even if we add the 20,000 soldiers and horses from Jiange, a total of 50,000 people, it will be difficult to capture Hanzhong City, unless... Zhang Lu surrenders himself, or someone takes the initiative to surrender to us, and then cooperates inside and outside to open the city gate."
Looking at the high-walled Hanzhong City, Liu Bang frowned. He had so many thoughts in his mind that he didn't know how to break the city!
After sending Lu Wenhuan out, Liu Bang did not organize his troops to attack Hanzhong City. Instead, he led his troops to stay where they were, waiting for Zhang Ren to lead his troops to join him.
Three days later, Zhang Ren led his army to successfully join forces with Liu Bang's troops, and Lu Wenhuan had also moved reinforcements to General Huang Quan who was guarding Jiange. It is expected that the large army will arrive at Hanzhong City in five days!
At the same time, in Hanzhong City, Zhang Lu, the emperor of the Daxi Kingdom, stood at the crenellation of the city wall with a sad face. Looking at the crowded Shu army outside the city, he murmured to himself: "The Shu army has only more than 30,000 troops, and our army
The strength is 60,000, 60,000 versus 30,000, the advantage lies with me."
"Your Majesty, now that the Shu army is approaching fiercely, we must not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with it, otherwise the benefits of the city will be lost!"
What Military Advisor Yan Pu said was to tell Zhang Lu not to attempt to send troops to fight against the Shu army. Currently, there are only 60,000 people left in Hanzhong, and if one dies, one will be missing. The Shu army has the entire Bashu as its backing, and is fully capable of waiting from Chengdu.
A steady stream of soldiers were transported to the front line. If they fought a war of attrition with the Shu army, the Daxi Kingdom would definitely be defeated.
On the contrary, if we rely on the advantage of Hanzhong's city, 60,000 soldiers will be enough to fully cover the defense of Hanzhong. If the Shu army wants to attack the city by force, it will not be able to attack without losing 70,800, or even hundreds of thousands of people.
Go to Hanzhong!
"The military advisor's words are wrong. Although there is only Hanzhong left in our country, if we can kill Liu Bang, the leader of the Shu army on the opposite side, the Shu army will inevitably be in chaos, and Daxi Kingdom can take advantage of the chaos to regain all the lost territory, and maybe even return it.
Able to fight all the way to Chengdu and annex all Liu Bang's power..."
After listening to what Zhang Lu said, Yan Pu wanted to persuade him again, but when he looked up and saw Zhang Lu's fiery eyes, his heart suddenly dropped. It seemed that any further persuasion would be in vain, and the Great Western Kingdom would be destroyed.
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"Wei Chen is leaving first!"
Seeing that he could not persuade Zhang Lu to change his mind, Yan Pu simply left and went to find Yang Bai, Yang Ren and others, and decided to quietly leave Hanzhong the next day and go to Yuzhou to join Yuan Shu.
Nowadays, Zhang Lu is a bit confused. He originally controlled Hanzhong and Shangyong, and had many soldiers under his command. He was able to compete with the Shu army. But now times have changed, and Shangyong has become Yang Jian's territory.
Hanzhong also lost many areas, and only Hanzhong was left in the huge Daxi Kingdom. How could he, the emperor of the Daxi Kingdom, not go crazy?
"I have ordered Zhang Churang and Zhang Shan to raise 40,000 troops and go out of the city to confront the Shu army. They must repel the Shu army. If anyone can kill Liu Bang among the ten thousand troops, he will be directly promoted to the fifth level.
, be given a hundred acres of fertile land and a hundred beauties.”
After Zhang Lu passed the order, many ministers came to persuade him not to take the initiative to send troops, but he had already made up his mind and no one could help. The ministers had no choice but to do as Zhang Lu said!
In Hanzhong City, the city defense troops of more than 60,000 people were directly dispatched to 40,000 people, and these 40,000 people were divided into two armies, led by Zhang Shan and Zhang Churang respectively.
"Brother Churang, do you think we can defeat the Shu army?"
"Zhang Shan, what are you thinking? The Shu army only has 30,000 people. We have 40,000. We have an advantage in terms of numbers. How can we not defeat the Shu army?"
Zhang Churang frowned. In fact, he had no confidence in his heart. He didn't know what the outcome of the next confrontation with Shu County would be!
If the Shu army can be defeated, the Daxi Kingdom can continue to survive for a while, but if the Shu army wins, the Daxi Kingdom will be destroyed!