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Chapter 639 Breaking through Lantian Valley

6 Chapter Forty: Breaking through the Lantian Valley
In the fifth year of Tiantong, in March, Deng Jun's Li Siye Department and Deng Han's Department joined forces in Sixian County, Fufeng County, Guanzhong. They joined forces, with a total of 30 troops. They marched eastward all the way, and approached Chang'an City, the capital of Qin State. Under the circumstances, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, was urgently called back to aid Chang'an.

After Bai Qi received the edict to return to the court, after discussing with the generals, he arranged for generals Meng Tong and Li Jin to lead [-] soldiers and horses to return to Chang'an with [-] main troops.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on March [-]th, Bai Qi had led the [-] main force to retreat quietly last night, but Deng Jun didn't expect Bai Qi to retreat, so he didn't notice it, and Bai Qi still stayed behind. His own banner is used to confuse Deng Jun.

On this day, General Zhang Fei of Deng Jun's Tianning Guard and Xi Zhicai, his military division, came to the front camp with nothing to do. They climbed up the camp wall and looked at the Qin Army's Lantian Valley camp in the distance.

"Military division, we have been here for more than a year. When can we attack? I don't even know what the general is afraid of. Isn't it just a white horse? What is there to be afraid of? Let me tell you, just press the army over , cut Bai Qi under the horse, and if we continue like this, General Li and His Royal Highness the King of Jin will go to Chang'an City." Zhang Fei couldn't help complaining.

In the past year, the South Army led by Murong Ke has been blocked by Bai Qi from the Lantian Valley, unable to advance an inch. Zhang Fei has also advised Murong Ke more than once, wanting to forcefully break through the Qin Army's Lantian Valley camp, but Murong Ke gave them all. He refused, so he could only stare at Qin Jun's camp.

If this is the case, Zhang Fei may not have any complaints, but in the past year or so, the three armies have attacked Guanzhong, and all the armies have made good progress. Annihilated all the main forces of the Qin army on the west front, and even captured Xiliang, the land of dragon prosperity in the Qin state. Deng Han's army, who had just joined the army, joined forces with Li Siye, and was about to march eastward to Chang'an, but the army on the South Road hadn't moved at all. Zhang Fei felt anxious, and if he didn't move, his credit would be robbed. Empty.

"General, don't be impatient, the general of chariots and riders has his own ideas, I just wait for the right time." Xi Zhicai said.

Zhang Fei said: "I also know this. I don't have any complaints about the general of Cheqi, but it's not an option to just do it like this. We are here to make contributions, not to accompany Bai Qi to play big eyes and small eyes. of."

Xi Zhicai smiled, of course he knew that Zhang Fei would not have any complaints against Murong Ke, even though Zhang Fei is a veteran of Deng Guo, he was the first group of generals to follow Deng Sheng, and in terms of qualifications, he was only better than Yue Fei and others. Later, but after Deng Sheng established the guard system, Murong Ke was the general of the Spirit Snake Guard, and Zhang Fei was a general under Murong Ke, so Murong Ke was Zhang Fei's old leader, so Zhang Fei I am still very convinced of Murong Ke.

"General, Bai Qi's use of troops is unpredictable. Don't look at the number of soldiers and horses in his hands as we have, but this is Guanzhong. In a real fight, our chances of winning are not great. Besides, we are actually confronting Bai Qi here. It's not without any disadvantages, at least we dragged Bai Qi to the Lantian Valley, otherwise the army of the West Road would not be able to take Xiliang and Kansai so easily, and my subordinates have a hunch that I have been waiting for a long time for a good opportunity , it will appear soon, Jieshi has a place for the great general to display." Xi Zhicai smiled and said.

"Military division, that is to say, the contribution of the army on the West Road is also half of ours?" Zhang Fei was immediately happy when he heard that, and most of the depression in his heart was relieved. Moreover, when he heard that a good opportunity would come soon, Zhang Fei felt much more at ease. , although Xi Zhicai said that he just had a hunch, but after working together for many years, Zhang Fei also has a certain understanding of Xi Zhicai's ability. He said that soon, it will be soon.

At this time, Xi Zhi noticed something wrong with the Qin Army camp, so he pointed to the Qin Army camp and said to Zhang Fei: "General, look, there seems to be something wrong with the Qin Army camp?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Hearing this, Zhang Fei looked in the direction Xi Zhicai was pointing at, but he didn't find anything, so he asked puzzledly, "Military teacher, I don't think there is any difference?"

"No!" Xi Zhicai explained: "General, look, it's the afternoon of the afternoon, and it's lunch time. It stands to reason that the Qin army's 10 troops must have produced a lot of smoke, but you Look, although there is a lot of cooking smoke from the Qin army now, it is far worse than that of [-] people, and the defenses in the Qin army camp today are much weaker than in the past."

"It seems that this is really the case!" After being reminded by Xi Zhicai, Zhang Fei also noticed the abnormality.

"General, the Qin army must have divided its forces. Let's go and report to General Cheqi!" Xi Zhicai said excitedly, the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared.

The two came to the Chinese military tent with excitement, and truthfully informed Murong Ke of what they had discovered.

When Murong Ke heard the words, his expression was very solemn, and he asked, "Master Xi, you mean that the Qin army has divided its troops?"

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Yes, General. Judging from today's situation, the Qin army must be divided. Now that the army of General Li Siye and His Royal Highness Prince Jin is gradually approaching Chang'an City, Chang'an's defenses are empty. If you want to defend the city, Qin State has to mobilize troops from the border. However, the Qin army in Hangu Pass has only tens of thousands of people, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops from General Xue outside the pass. Even if Qin State has 1 guts, it will not dare to transfer letters. The soldiers and horses of Guguan, so they can only be transferred from Lantian Valley."

"Then who is the banner of the Qin army's camp now?" Murong Ke asked again.

Xi Zhicai thought about it, and replied, "It's still Bai Qi's banner!"

"That's not right. General Li Siye and His Royal Highness the King of Jin have a full 30 troops under their command. When they approach Chang'an, no one except Bai Qi is able to rescue Chang'an. If Qin really sends troops back to Chang'an, there is no reason to send Bai Qi stayed behind." Murong Ke said doubtfully.

When Murong Ke said this, Xi Zhicai also doubted his own judgment. After careful analysis, he said, "General, my subordinates think that there are three possibilities for Qin Jun's move."

"Which three?" Murong Ke asked.

"One, that is, Bai Qi just asked the general to lead the army back to Chang'an, and he stayed to confront our army. The second is that Bai Qi actually led the army back to Chang'an, but in order to confuse our army, he deliberately stayed. Big banner, the third is that Bai Qi deliberately made a gesture of dividing the troops to lure our army to attack." Xi Zhicai said.

Murong Ke heard the words, walked back and forth a few steps, and asked: "The military adviser thinks, which one is the most likely!"

"The subordinates think that the second possibility is the greatest!" Xi Zhicai said convincingly. Although he proposed three possibilities, Xi Zhicai was still very confident in his original idea.

"How do you know?" Murong Ke asked.

Xi Zhicai replied: "As the general said, the current predicament in Chang'an, looking at the Qin State, must be Bai Qi who cannot be retained, so if he really wants to return to Chang'an, Bai Qi will never pretend to be someone else, so the first One possibility is unlikely, and the third possibility, the subordinates also think it is unlikely, because if Bai Qi really wants to lure our army to attack, he should also hide his own banner, because Bai Qi is very Clearly, as long as he is still in Lantian Valley for a day, our army will not attack easily."

Murong Ke nodded, and said: "The military master Xi is right!" After careful analysis, Murong Ke gradually agreed with Xi Zhicai's point of view, so he said: "The military master Xi, gather the generals with drums, and discuss matters in the Chinese army's tent. !"

"Here!" Xi Zhicai replied, and then went out to order people to beat the drums and gather the generals.

The generals of the Deng Army who heard the sound of the drum came to the tent of the Chinese Army one after another. Murong Ke told the generals about the abnormality of the Qin Army and Xi Zhicai's analysis.

After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought. After a long time, General Yongningwei Lu Feng came out and said: "General, the last general thinks that the analysis of Xi Junshi is reasonable. Bai Qi should have led the army to leave Lantian Valley."

"What do you think?" Seeing that Lu Feng was sure, Murong Ke asked everyone again.

"The last general will second the proposal!" Everyone echoed.

However, Ling Jing, the military commander of the Jinwu Guard, said: "General, although there is a great possibility that Bai Qi will return to aid Chang'an, but Bai Qi's use of troops is unpredictable. We still need to be careful to avoid falling into Bai Qi's trap."

Murong Ke nodded and said, "That's natural, Zhang Fei obeys orders!"

"The end is here!" Zhang Fei stepped out and responded.

"This general ordered you to lead your troops to attack the Qin army's camp first. If the Qin army is defeated in one battle, you must not pursue and retreat immediately. But if the Qin army resists with all its might, you will attack aggressively. Jinwuwei, Yongning Wei will support you at any time." Murong Ke said, if Bai Qi really leaves, then the soldiers and horses left behind will be cut off to buy time for Bai Qi to withdraw to Chang'an, so in this way, he will fight hard against Deng Jun's attack. Offensive, on the contrary, if the Qin army is defeated in one battle, it means that it is likely to be a trap by the Qin army, so Murong Ke explained Zhang Fei in this way.

"Here!" Although he didn't know why Murong Ke made such an arrangement, Zhang Fei still accepted it. After holding back for so long, he could finally fight a serious battle. Zhang Fei didn't want to miss this opportunity.

After arranging everything, Zhang Fei led the [-] Tianning Guards out of the camp and rushed straight to the Qin Army's camp.

But now in the Qin army camp, there are only [-] soldiers and horses left and two generals of the Qin army, Meng Tong and Xing Cong. In order to better monitor Deng Jun's movements, Meng Tong and Xing Cong simply lived at the beginning of the camp gate. When they saw Zhang Fei leading the Tianning Guards to kill, their hearts sank.

"I didn't expect Deng Jun to find out so soon. General Xing, you go and assemble the whole army immediately. I will guard the gate of the camp. There will definitely be a fierce battle today. Your Majesty has only left for a long time. The camp must not be lost." .” Meng Tong said to Xing Cong.

"Okay!" Xing Cong responded, then left the gate of the camp and went back to the Chinese army to organize soldiers and horses.

When Zhang Fei led his army to the camp of the Qin Army, he looked at Meng Tong on the wall of the camp, and said disdainfully, "The whole army obeys the order, and I will break the Qin Army's camp!"

"Kill!" Zhang Fei gave an order, and tens of thousands of Deng Jun rushed towards the Qin Army's camp like a tide. Meng Tong didn't dare to be careless, and quickly asked the archers to shoot back to fight back. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

In Deng Jun's camp and the Chinese army's tent, Murong Long, the personal guard commander Murong Ke sent to supervise the battle, returned to the Chinese army's tent after seeing the battle between the two sides.

"What's the matter?" Murong Ke asked hurriedly when he saw Murong Long came back.

Murong Long said: "General Zhang Fei has already led the army to attack the camp, and the resistance of the Qin army is also very tenacious. No one has taken advantage of it. General Deng Qiang and General Lu Feng asked the general whether they want to support General Zhang Fei. .”

Before the war, Murong Ke said that if the Qin army fought hard, it meant that Bai Qi had left Lantian Valley. At this time, Jinwuwei and Yongningwei needed to go up and attack the Qin army camp with Tianningwei. After seeing the Qin army's tenacious resistance, Deng Qiang and Lu Feng wondered if it was time to go up to support.

Murong Ke thought for a while and said, "No, it's not the time yet, let them wait a little longer, no one can act rashly without the general's order!"

"Here!" Murong Long responded, and then conveyed Murong Ke's military order to Deng Qiang and Lu Feng, and the two of them held back their attacking intentions.

Zhang Fei's attack on the camp lasted for half a day. At dusk, Murong Ke saw that it was getting late, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, and Zhang Fei led his army back to the camp.

As soon as he returned to the camp, Zhang Fei was very dissatisfied and said to Deng Qiang and Lu Feng: "Didn't you say that if the Qin army fought hard, you would support me? Why are you missing?"

When Zhang Fei started fighting, he was more cautious. When he saw that the Qin army was resisting very tenaciously, Zhang Fei knew that he had obeyed Murong Ke's words, so he ordered the whole army to attack, and at the same time looked forward to Deng Qiang and Lu Feng. They waited for reinforcements, but waited left and right, but they couldn't wait for the people from Jinwuwei and Yongningwei to come, but finally they waited for the sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops.This made Zhang Fei very depressed.

Deng Qiang and Lu Feng were very embarrassed when they heard the words. At this moment, Murong Ke said: "The general will not let them send troops. General Zhang, don't blame the two of them!"

Upon hearing that this was Murong Ke's order, Zhang Fei became even more puzzled, and asked, "General, why is this?"

Murong Ke explained: "Bai Qi is very cunning. I was worried that this was Bai Qi's trick, so I asked General Deng and General Lu to stand still. But now it seems that Bai Qi has really left Lantian Valley. General Zhang, today How much did your Tianningwei lose?"

Zhang Fei replied: "There were about 2000 casualties, but not many died in the battle. It is estimated that there were only a few hundred people. The Qin army's arrow rain was very dense, and it was difficult for the brothers to get close to the camp wall."

On the first day of fighting, Zhang Fei was more cautious, so the casualties were not large.

"Okay, General Zhang, you will continue to lead the army to attack the camp tomorrow, and then the Jinwu Guard and Yongning Guard will send troops!" Murong Ke said.

"General, it's settled, but you really want to support me, don't let me wait for nothing!" Zhang Fei still said to Murong Ke very worriedly, he was afraid that Murong Ke would cheat him again.

"Don't worry, you won't suffer this time!" Murong Ke said with a smile.

The next day, Zhang Fei continued to lead the army to attack the camp, but this time, Zhang Fei was no longer cautious as yesterday, and directly put the sword and shield soldiers at the forefront, rushing towards the Qin army's barracks wall against the Qin army's arrow rain, unfolding In the close combat, the two sides finally suffered relatively large casualties.

After fighting for another two hours, Murong Ke saw that it was almost done, so he ordered Jinwuwei and Yongningwei to send troops for reinforcements. With the reinforcements, Deng Jun's offensive became more and more fierce. Gu Daying was built by Bai Qi, so how could it be so easy to break through?After fighting hard for a day, Deng Jun could only retreat after thousands of casualties.

However, Murong Ke did not give up on this. Instead, he ordered the army to continue to attack. After five consecutive days of fierce attack, he finally knocked on the gate of the Qin army's camp. The two armies fought fiercely again in the camp. Without the camp gate, Qin All the advantages of the army are lost, and the number is at an absolute disadvantage. How can it be Deng Jun's opponent?So after a night of hard fighting, all 4 Qin troops were wiped out, but Deng's troops were not easy.In order to break through this camp, Deng Jun suffered more than [-] casualties. This small Lantian Valley camp has become the largest Shura field since the war in Guanzhong.

After breaking through the camp of the Qin army, Murong Ke asked people to clean up the battlefield, and he returned to the camp of the Chinese army with a group of generals. Although they fought hard for many days, the generals of the Deng army did not feel tired at all. It took more than a year, and finally the Qin army camp was broken.

"Everyone, now that Lantian Valley has finally been taken, what do you think our army should do next?" Murong Ke asked.

"What else can we do? It may be that we went straight to Huanglong and attacked Chang'an City. Now that Bai Qi is huddled in Chang'an City, our army can directly attack Chang'an City all the way. Maybe we can catch up with General Li and His Royal Highness King Jin." Before that, we took Chang'an City." Deng Qiang said excitedly.

"That's right!" Deng Qiang's proposition was supported by many people.

But Lu Feng didn't think so, and he came out and said: "General, what General Deng said, I don't agree with it!"

"Oh? I don't know what General Lu thinks?" Murong Ke asked when he saw a different voice.

Lu Feng said: "After Bai Qi returned to Chang'an, there are tens of thousands of Qin troops in Chang'an City, and our army, after this battle, only has more than [-] points left. We want to use this force to break through Chang'an City. It's impossible."

"Hehe!" Murong Ke said to the crowd with a smile: "You guys should learn more from General Lu. Everyone is talking about fighting Chang'an. Why don't you think about it? How can we fight with our current strength?"

When everyone heard the words, they all looked ashamed.

Murong Ke said: "It's impossible to attack Chang'an, at least it can't be done now, at least we have to wait for General Li Siye and His Royal Highness King Jin to come to Chang'an, but we can't do nothing, we will decide Go east to Hongnong, approach Hangu Pass, and attack Hangu Pass with General Xue on both sides. As long as Hangu Pass is taken, General Xue's East Army can enter Guanzhong. 70 elites, a mere Chang'an city, isn't it easy to capture?"

"But General, isn't Hangu Pass easier to fight than Chang'an City?" Zhang Fei said. There are tens of thousands of Qin troops in Chang'an City, and there are also tens of thousands of Qin troops in Hangu Pass. Moreover, in terms of danger, Hangu Pass is far better than Chang'an City. In a real fight, it might not be easier to fight than Chang'an City.

"That's natural!" Murong Ke said: "Tens of thousands of Qin troops stationed at Hangu Pass, how can it be so easy to take it down, but Hangu Pass is not a big city, and it is not easy to accommodate tens of thousands of Qin troops. , There are not many places to hoard food and grass, so all the food and grass in Hangu Pass are supplied by the cities of Hongnong County. As long as we take the entire Hongnong County, we can cut off the food and grass of the Qin Army. If you are killed by the army, you will also starve to death!"

"The general is wise!" Everyone praised in unison.

(End of this chapter)