The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became very strange, because Huan Xuan's statement was so bold!
Chang'an City is the core of Guanzhong. If Chang'an is captured, Qinchuan can be determined. Huan Chong's army will pass through and kill all the generals for Chang'an. However, Huan Xuan actually said that it doesn't matter whether Chang'an City can be defeated or not. So what does he want to do?
Huan Chong naturally had a slight idea of his nephew's thoughts. In fact, in the realm of war, the ability to destroy the enemy is naturally much better than attacking a city. His nephew is young and often has less scruples and worries than veteran generals like them.
Limitation, some of his whimsical ideas are actually exactly what Huan Chong needs.
"Jingdao, you might as well share your thoughts with everyone." Huan Chong finally expressed his stance.
Huan Xuan smiled and explained: "Uncle, everyone! If we gather a small but elite cavalry to go around the southern line, and then approach Chang'an, the three auxiliaries in Guanzhong will definitely be shaken, and the hearts of the Qin people will be unstable, and Fu Hong this time
He led the army to the expedition, and it is believed that he went out empty-handed. He was determined not to take the risk of not returning to help. We call it that if we attack it, we will save it, and we will surround Wei and save Zhao. As long as he goes back, everything will be alive!"
Huan Chong thought about it carefully, and then said when all the generals looked at each other: "Your idea is very bold, and it is not necessarily impossible. The problem is that such a detour of hundreds of miles, without any rear operations, is too risky. Who can do it?"
As a general?"
"My nephew is willing to go!" Huan Xuan said immediately, "The last defeat was my nephew's fault. Wherever you fell, you have to get up. The nephew will make up for his own mistakes with his own hands!"
"Okay!" Huan Chong was overjoyed, "I'll give you 5,000..."
"Report~~~~~~" Huan Chong was saying happily, and when he was about to make a decision, suddenly the messenger came into the account loudly and sang the message loudly, interrupting his words.
The army has its own regulations. Unless there is an urgent military situation, the generals are not allowed to come in and interfere with the meeting. Now that the messenger has barged in, it can only be said to be an emergency.
Huan Chong hurriedly turned around, but when he saw the messenger coming in, he fell to the ground with a thud and said urgently: "Commander! Fu Hong leads the army to attack the camp!"
Huan Chong was shocked, then furious, and said angrily: "Fu Hong, you kid! You've gone too far! I'll wait until I go in person and take his dog's head!"
It turned out that after Fu Hong won a great victory on the eastern front, he worked non-stop, traveled day and night, and led Yao Xing and others to quickly go south. As soon as they arrived at the Huanchong camp, they immediately launched an attack. On one side, the victorious division had high morale, and on the other side, they were waiting for work.
, the two sides were fully prepared, and the two sides fought a battle. Although Huan Chong personally went into battle to boost morale, the battle ended in a deadlock.
But in this way, the extremely bold battle plan proposed by Huan Xuan was stillborn. Now that Fu Hong has led tens of thousands of people to attack, Huan Xuan has no chance to disappear quietly with an army.
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At this time, Huan Chong's uncle and nephew truly realized that Fu Hong was really a formidable opponent. He could predict many things before the enemy, and could distinguish priorities very well. For example, in this battle, Fu Hong was actually
If he can't win, Fu Hong seems to have suffered a little more loss after the battle, but if he can successfully contain the opponent's strategic intentions, a mere loss will be nothing.
However, Huan Chong never expected that Fu Hong was far more powerful than he imagined. In fact, everything Fu Hong did now was completely in accordance with the script that had been drawn up before, and Huan Chong was the first
A miserable one.
Three days later, Huan Chong learned a piece of news that shocked him: Fu Jian's favorite son, Zhongshan Gong, the general of chariots and cavalry, and the commander-in-chief of all Chinese and foreign military forces, Fu Shen, led an army of 20,000 people and left the Wu Gorge. Xiling was empty.
It was captured by the Qin army that day, and now Fu Shen has arrived at Jiangling City!
Because Huan Chong had not realized the seriousness of this news before, it was too urgent, and it was not through secret channels, so all the main generals in the army knew about it immediately, and it completely blew up.
The foundation of the Huan family is Jingzhou, and the foundation of Jingzhou is Jiangling. Originally, this was the rear area, with high cities, deep ponds, and sufficient food and grass, so there was no need to worry about it. However, after the Battle of Feishui this time, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty was full of joy, and everyone
Thinking that the Qin army was already vulnerable, both Xie Xuan and Huan Chong on the eastern front spent a lot of money and went all out in the Northern Expedition. They just wanted to gain more benefits after destroying the Qin state.
Moreover, a million-strong army was defeated in Feishui in one battle. After all calculations, the Qin army basically only has about 300,000 second-line troops, and many of them are controlled by careerists like Murong Chui. More importantly, the Qin army
The naval army was basically finished. Huan Chong really couldn't figure out how the Qin army could still have the ability to send troops from Shu to attack Jingzhou?
In fact, this is the most exciting part of the first phase of the plan formulated by Fu Jian and Fu Hong!
Maybe God was favoring the Qin Dynasty. In order to attack the Jin Dynasty, he started building ships in Shuzhong day and night since he captured Shuzhong. Later, when he sent Longxiang General Yao Chang to lead his army eastward, he actually only took away half of the ships. Originally, Fu
Jian wanted to bring more, but in the end he decided to hold back because the waters of the Yangtze River were limited and it would be useless to bring more.
It was this decision that saved the day!
As for the soldiers, Fu Jian secretly transferred his own guards and handed them over to his favorite son, Fu Shen, the son of Zhang. After the young Fu Shen arrived in Chengdu, he quickly recruited all the forces that could be mobilized, and then waited for the Jin army
Scout reaction, horse
They sailed down the river and recruited troops along the way. When the troops arrived at Xiling City, although they could not be said to have fallen from the sky, it was at the moment when the Xiling defenders had just received the news. At this time, the defenders were in the most confusion.
moment.
After the First World War, Xiling fell. Fu Shen left people to clean Xiling and led the main force straight to Jiangling.
The situation has taken a turn for the worse. With the current situation, even Huan Chong cannot guarantee whether the remaining defenders can hold Jiangling. If not, the power that the Huan family has worked so hard for many years will be completely destroyed.
What's more serious is that once Jiangling is lost, the entire Jingzhou will be shaken. Changsha, Wuling and other places in the south of the Yangtze River have no ability to resist and will fall into the enemy's hands instantly. In that case, Fu Shen only needs to hold on to Xiakou and control the Han River.
Your own Jingzhou Army will have no way forward, and its retreat will be cut off. Whether it can go back is a question.
And if Fu Shen, who has successfully defeated the enemy, does not hesitate to go down the river, although he may not be able to reach Jiankang, the other two Northern Expeditionary armies will definitely hear the news and return to support, because Jiangnan is really too empty now, and they
Can't afford to take that risk.
If he is not careful, he will lose everything. Now Huan Chong has realized this feeling. Originally, in his opinion, the recovery of the Central Plains was just around the corner, but now this kind of thing has happened, and the problem is still there
What should I do on my own territory?
Huan Chong was still pacing back and forth, and the generals all looked heavy. Their hometowns were in danger of being raided, and they were all uneasy. Their property, land, women, and children were all in Jiangling. If anything happened there,
, the consequences are simply something they dare not face.
However, Huan Chong's face was livid, and he looked like he was choosing people to devour. Many people had been brewing the suggestion of "retiring the army" for a long time, but they were still unable to say it out. They were worried that if they opened their mouths, they would probably be suppressed forever.
The angry Huan Chong was killed immediately!
Moreover, in the past few days, every time this time comes, Fu Hong always comes to challenge you. If you accept the challenge, basically no matter who wins or loses, everyone returns to the camp and refuses to fight. Fu Hong is also very wicked, so he orders his men to stay in the camp.
They yelled curses at the door. The obscene words were ugly enough, but that didn't matter. The key point was that many of Fu Hong's soldiers were big men from Guanzhong.
, and this Fu Hong obviously knew music. He actually compiled all the curse words into Qin opera and asked these big men to sing at the top of their voices. The content cursed all the eighteen generations of the Huan family's ancestors, and then began to follow the generals' instructions.
Even though he knew it was a provocation, how many normal men could endure it?
But the strange thing is that it has been a long time since the time of arrival today, but Fu Hong's people have not come yet, which makes the generals who are used to him coming on time are not used to it.
If something is abnormal, there must be something evil. Huan Xuan, who was almost healed from his injuries, had to break Huan Chong's silence and said hurriedly: "Uncle, Fu Hong hasn't come yet. This man is cunning and has many strange tactics. He must be here."
We have to guard against playing tricks."
Huan Chong snorted and said, "It's true that he is playing tricks. The question is, do you know what tricks he is playing?"
All the generals lowered their heads. This Fu Hong is really difficult to deal with. He always plays cards out of the box. Moreover, he seems to be very good at reading people's hearts. Sometimes he is illusory and sometimes he is real. He can always be contrary to your expectations.
The generals have already suffered enough from him, and they really don't dare to guess anymore, because if they guess, they will definitely be wrong, and they will suffer losses if they make a mistake. They are really under great pressure.
Huan Xuan also pursed his lips in embarrassment. He knew that apart from being irritated, his uncle was also angry because of himself, because in the contest with Fu Hong, he was clearly at a disadvantage. And he knew that,
His uncle has always had high expectations for him. The so-called love is deep and responsibility is deep. Among the younger generation, if he can't even defeat Fu Hong, many other things will be out of the question.
But it would not work if he did not express his position, which would make his uncle even more disappointed. Huan Xuan thought for a while and said: "Uncle, that Fu Hong used his troops cunningly. For a while, we really couldn't figure out his movements, but I thought that the current situation has reached
It’s time to make a decision now!”
"What do you think we should do?"
Huan Xuan thought for a while and then said confidently: "Now that Xiling has fallen, Jiangling is the foundation of Jingzhou. We cannot ignore it, so we must return reinforcements."
"You mean withdraw?"
"Yes, but it depends on how to withdraw." Huan Xuan smiled, "Uncle might as well send a group of troops to follow Fu Hong's example, play tricks, and return to Jiangling in a swagger. This can confuse the enemy, and more importantly,
It gives confidence to Jiangling. General Sun in Jiangling still has nearly 10,000 troops. As long as he holds on and is not taken advantage of by spies, my nephew believes that there will be no problem in Jiangling and he will definitely be able to hold it."
After thinking about it, the generals realized that this was indeed the case. They were mainly shocked by the news just now.