Chapter 2008: Zhang Xian falls and Yue Fei becomes angry
Qin Hui was spat on by Zhang Xian, and his face was filled with anger. He kindly gave Zhang Xian a way to survive, but he didn't expect Zhang Xian to be so ignorant.
"Sure enough, few of the people who follow Yue Fei are normal." Qin Hui thought to himself.
But when he saw Zhang Xian spitting on Liu Ji's face, Qin Hui's face was filled with fear and panic.
"Zhang Xian, you are looking for death."
While secretly cursing Zhang Xian, Qin Hui took out a handkerchief from his arms and tried to wipe away the blood stains for Liu Ji, but was pushed away by Liu Ji.
Liu Ji did not wipe away the blood on his face, but looked at Zhang Xian coldly and said without a trace of emotion: "Zhang Xian, since you are seeking death, then I will help you.
Qin Hui."
"My subordinate is here." Qin Hui replied quickly.
"I'll leave Zhang Xian to you. I only have one request, which is to make his life worse than death." Liu Ji said coldly.
"this……"
Qin Hui was startled for a moment. After realizing Liu Ji's intention, he smiled bitterly and said: "No."
Liu Ji had countless ways to kill Zhang Xian, but he insisted on borrowing Qin Hui's hand. Apparently he was worried that Qin Hui would fake his surrender. After all, he could still break through Jiangling even if Qin Hui didn't surrender, and the timing of Qin Hui's surrender was a little tricky.
But if Zhang Xian died at the hands of Qin Hui, even if Qin Hui really feigned surrender, he would not have a good ending after returning. Liu Ji just used this to completely cut off Qin Hui's retreat.
It has to be said that Liu Ji's military strategy level may not be high, and he has basically never won a battle personally leading an army, but politically he is definitely the best in the world, and his casual actions contain many layers of deep meaning.
Liu Ji deeply hated Zhang Xian for fighting to the death. As a result, he missed putting out the fire and millions of grains of grain and grass were reduced to ashes. Naturally, he could not miss the opportunity to witness Qin Hui's execution of Zhang Xian.
Qin Hui knew that Liu Ji still didn't trust him, so in order to gain Liu Ji's trust, he decided to impose cruel punishments first, and then personally executed Zhang Xian.
"ah."
Following Qin Hui's shout, a cold light flashed, Zhang Xian's head rolled to the ground, his eyes widened, staring in Qin Hui's direction, which made Qin Hui feel guilty for a while.
Seeing this, Liu Ji nodded with satisfaction, no longer doubting Qin Hui in his heart.
"Report... inform my lord that Meng Gong led his army to break through from the west gate."
"What?"
Liu Ji and Liu Xiu both looked surprised. Liu Ji said angrily: "Why are you reporting now?"
"This... my lord personally went out to put out the fire in the city. The generals couldn't find you, my lord, and they didn't dare to make decisions without permission."
"Forehead……"
Liu Ji was speechless immediately, and then asked: "That's not right, Jiangxia is to the west, and Jiangxia is the territory of the younger brother of the King of Chu. There is no way to go to Xiangyang. Meng Gong breaks out to the west. Isn't this asking for death?"
"No, Meng Gong is risking his life to survive. If there is a boat, there is still a chance of survival. We can take the water route to Zhangling County." Liu Xiu said seriously.
"The Qin army still has warships?"
Liu Ji asked with a puzzled look on his face. After all, as the Chu army landed in Jingbei, the Qin army's Jingzhou naval force was defeated. How could there be other warships?
"No, the Qin army should still have warships."
Liu Xiu showed a solemn look and said: "When Han Shizhong fled back to Jiangling, he did not abandon the warship, but asked a small team to sail the warship into Yunmengze.
At that time, I was so anxious to pursue Han Shizhong that I didn't care about these warships, but I didn't expect that today it would become Meng Gong's livelihood.
Brother King Shu, we must immediately send cavalry to pursue us, maybe we can still catch up."
"good."
Liu Ji also realized the seriousness of the problem. After all, Meng Gong was not an ordinary general. The coalition forces that guarded Jiangling cost 70,000 to 80,000 people before they could capture it. Allowing him to escape would be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
With Meng Gong's record and merits, he will definitely be put to good use by Qin Hao. If Qin Hao uses Meng Gong to guard Xiangyang, can the coalition forces still capture Xiangyang with hundreds of thousands of people dead?
What's more, after Xiangyang there is Fancheng, and after Fancheng there is Nanyang, as well as Xuanyuan Pass and Guangcheng Pass.
If every attack on a city was as strenuous as Jiangling City, then even if the armies of Shu and Chu were exhausted, they would not be able to reach Luoyang.
Therefore, Meng Gong must not be allowed to escape.
Liu Ji ordered Fan Kuai to lead 10,000 light cavalry to pursue Meng Gong, and this already accounted for half of the total number of Shu cavalry.
Shu did not produce war horses. Liu Ji paid a huge price to buy war horses through transactions with Li Tang and Sui Yang, and formed a cavalry force of 20,000. However, their combat effectiveness was compared to that of the Northern Territory.
There is still a huge gap.
In order to hunt down Meng Gong and others, Liu Ji directly dispatched ten thousand light cavalry, which shows how much he values Meng Gong.
After Fan Kuai took the order, he chased after him at night, but in the end he was still a step too late. When he chased him to the riverside, Meng Gong and three thousand Qin troops had already boarded the boat, but Fan Kuai and his ten thousand cavalry could only stand across the Yangtze River and were helpless.
furious.
"General, what should we do now?"
Fan Kuai took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Quickly report to the Lord."
"promise."
After receiving the letter from Fan Kuai, Liu Ji suddenly became furious. He could not accept the fact that his enemy Meng Gong had escaped, so he smashed three exquisite glasses in a row, but when he was about to smash the fourth one, he was
Liu Ji stopped him.
"Brother, King of Shu, please put down the fury of the thunder for a while. I have sent a letter to Deng Yu, telling him to lead the Jiangxia navy to wait in Zhangling. If Meng Gong goes to Zhangling County, he will definitely die." Liu
Xiudan said with a smile.
When Liu Ji heard this, he was overjoyed. He patted Liu Xiu on the shoulder and praised Liu Xiu for his foresight. However, when he turned around, his face became extremely gloomy. It was obvious that Liu Xiu had become more and more fearful to him.
On the Yangtze River, ten large-scale ships full of soldiers were heading towards Jiangxia. It was Meng Gong and his party who had escaped from Nanjun.
"General, we are about to arrive in Jiangxia. We should change direction and go to Zhangling." Han Shizhong reminded.
Meng Gong looked forward and said without looking back: "No, instead of going to Zhangling, let's go to Chibi."
"What?"
Han Shizhong, Huo Jun and other generals all exclaimed. They finally escaped from Nanjun and now they are going to Chibi instead of Zhangling. What's the point? In addition, Chibi is the territory of Wu State.
Meng Gong explained: "Liu Ji's cavalry caught up so quickly, obviously they have seen through our intention to go to Zhangling, and Liu Xiu still has a navy in Jiangxia.
If the general's prediction is correct, this naval force should already be in Zhangling, waiting for us to deliver it to our door, so we must not go to Zhangling.
The State of Wu is an ally, and it is a mortal enemy of the State of Chu, so you can take refuge in the State of Wu first and then find another opportunity to return to Jingbei."
"I see."
Huo Jun and Han Shizhong both breathed a sigh of relief, and then their faces showed embarrassment. When they heard that Meng Gong was going to Chibi, they thought that Meng Gong was going to the Wu Kingdom to avoid the responsibility for the fall of Jiangling.
On the other side, Yue Fei also received the news that Jiangling City was defeated, Meng Gong led his army to break out of the siege to the west, and Zhang Xian was captured alive by Fan Kuai, and eventually died at the hands of Qin Hui.
After hearing the news, Yue Fei felt dizzy. If Yue Yun hadn't caught him in time, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Qin Hui, Qin Hui."
Yue Fei roared angrily, his eyes full of hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I, Yue Fei, will fight until death with you."
[Ding dong, Yue Fei and Qin Hui have entered into a mission of "until death". As long as they kill each other, the five dimensions will be permanently 1. 】