Chapter 18: The Battle of the Bridge 1 ()

Li Weidu, the general of the pseudo-Shu, surrendered. He said that there were only a few thousand weak soldiers in Chengdu. Everyone was overjoyed, so they hurried and frivolously went out to fight. All the people fought against the bridge in Chengdu. Before the battle was almost over, the vanguard was unfavorable and almost defeated them. Gong Hu, the army joined the army, fought to the death to supervise the battle, but was unable to support the troops alone, and finally died. The Shu army continued to advance, and the arrows reached Wen's horse head. The crowd was afraid and wanted to retreat, so they held the horse head to persuade Wen, and then they ordered the gold to be heard.

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The victory was sent to the central army in front, and everyone was "laughtering". Did the Changshui Army and the man surnamed Zeng step on the shit before going to war? In anger, everyone was about to write to the Heavenly Court and accuse God of God that this was too dark, it was simply a black whistle.

However, in anger, everyone became more confident about the Chengdu city ahead. It seemed that the pseudo-Shu army was not very good. As long as everyone needed to rush forward, the pseudo-Shu would naturally collapse without fighting, and the great contribution would fall from the world to the heads of everyone.

But when this situation is very good and victory is in sight, there are still people with clear minds. Mao Muzhi, the military officer, is one of them.

"Duke Huan, now our army is at the city of Chengdu. The great cause of the western expedition to attack Shu is about to be completed. I wonder what Duke Huan has plans at this time?" Mao Muzhi asked directly. Anyway, he and Huan Wen were the only ones in the tent.

Huan Wen smiled and replied meaningfully: "Wu Sheng (the small character of Mao Muzhi, whose original name is Xianzu, later named Huan Wen's mother Xian, which was also called the small character). I know that you must have a deep meaning when you come here. You and I know each other, but you can say it's okay."

"Our army entered Shu in winter and fought thousands of miles. Although the journey was difficult, it was invincible along the way, and it was invincible and was able to conquer all the way, and headed straight to Chengdu. To this day, everyone thinks that the puppet Shu army is just like this, like a native chicken and a tile dog. Duke Huan, do you think so too?" Mao Muzhi asked.

Huan Wen just smiled and shook his head, but did not directly answer what Mao Muzhi asked.

"I guess Duke Huan didn't think so, but he also despised the pseudo-Shu army in Chengdu." Mao Muzhi asked tightly.

Huan Wen didn't know how to answer, and he stroked his thumb and said silently. This Mao Wusheng really dared to ask, and he asked so directly, how could he answer?

After a moment of silence, Huan Wen replied: "Wu Sheng, do you think the pseudo-Shu army still has the power to gain power?"

Mao Muzhi couldn't help but be anxious and asked quickly: "Duke Huan, do you really think so? In this way, our army will be in danger."

Huan Wen suddenly heard it and felt unhappy, but then he thought that Mao Mu's fruit is as good as his father, and has always been wise and brave, so he would not speak casually. He immediately calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "There must be a reason for Wu Sheng to say this, so why should I tell you."

"From Jiangzhou to Jiangyang, and then to Jianwei Chengdu, all Zeng Qianjun led the Chang's naval army to clash in front of Jian, walking on the edge of the sword, rushing forward, fighting, and traveling thousands of miles. Please ask Duke Huan, if there were no Zeng Qianjun and his Chang's naval army, could our western expedition army make such rapid progress?" Mao Muzhi asked seriously.

"I know this." Huan Wen nodded and replied. Zeng Hua was supported by him, which is something that everyone in the world knows. Zeng Hua has achieved such great success, and Huan Wen also feels that he is very proud. During this Western Expedition, Zeng Hua led his Changshui Army as a vanguard in front, just like a typhoon, fast and invincible all the way. The central army behind only has one task, that is, to rush on the road desperately. This contribution is naturally indispensable after the war.

"I'll ask Duke Huan again. If someone else leads the front army, can he be so fast and unhindered?" Mao Muzhi continued to ask.

This time, Huan Wen stopped asking. He thought carefully now that if he had replaced someone else as a frontman, he would probably be able to fight to the city of Chengdu, but he would definitely not be able to run as fast as he could.

Seeing that Huan Wen seemed to be stopped by him, Mao Muzhi continued: "In the eyes of his subordinates, this Western Expedition is not because the Shu army is too weak, but because our former army is too strong."

As soon as this said, Huan Wen was stunned. He sat there, unable to speak for a long time, and even his hand stroking his beard stopped there, experiencing Mao Muzhi's words in a daze.

"How talented is Zeng Qianjun? I don't need to say more. Duke Huan, Mr. Zhenchang and Uncle Yuan Yan all appreciate him well, so he naturally knows the truth. But who would have thought that the three thousand soldiers he trained were so majestic and mighty? This reminds me of a sentence that Che Wuzi once said to me, a sentence that Zeng Qianjun sighed to him before the Western Expedition."

"Oh, what do you mean?" Huan Wen was very interested when he heard this. He knew that Mao Muzhi and Che Yin were both staff members. Che Yin lamented that Mao Muzhi was a loyal descendant and inherited the title of Marquis of the State, but he did not have the slightest airs of a noble man. However, Mao Muzhi admired Che Yin for his knowledge of Wuche. The two had a good relationship and would definitely have some private whispers to each other.

"Che Wuzi said that before the former army expedition, he sighed at his 3,000-long naval army that the troops trained for the Northern Expedition were used as vanguards of the Western Expedition, and they really used a ox knife to kill chickens."

Huan Wen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, his voice loudly and he ran straight to the top of the tent, "What a killer who killed a chicken! Only Zeng Xuping, who is so confident, can cultivate such a arrogant and victorious army!"

"It is precisely because of this that I feel that we are in danger now." Mao Muzhi's next sentence immediately made Huan Wen unable to laugh.

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Duke Huan, everyone only saw that the vanguard Changshui Army was invincible and defeated in every battle, but they did not see how Zeng Qianjun used troops like gods, and how Changshui Army was as brave as an arm, and good at fighting. Not to mention the pseudo-Shu army that had not fought for decades, even the Hu people in Northern Zhao could do well in front of them!"

Mao Muzhi became more and more urgent: "Does everyone think the puppet Shu army is vulnerable in front of the Changshui Army, and is irresistible in front of them? Do they have the strength of the Changshui Army? Do they have the strategy and courage of the Zeng Qianjun? Besides, our army has been advancing very quickly some time ago. In addition to the Changshui Army being good at fighting, there is another reason that Lord Yuan has repeatedly used troops in Jiangzhou and attracted most of the elite soldiers of the puppet Shu to the eastern front of Fushui. Now that we have appeared in Jianwei for several days, Chengdu has already learned the news. Wouldn't he be transferred back from Fushui? In this way, the ones guarding Chengdu in front of us may no longer be the kind of tofu soldiers who collapsed with one blow. But we still underestimate the enemy so much, wouldn't we be defeated?"

When Huan Wen heard this, he understood what Mao Muzhi said. What he said makes sense! If the pseudo-Shu army in Chengdu opposite was really a elite army transferred back, then even though it was not much stronger than his central army, if the entire central army underestimated the enemy to fight, he might suffer a big loss. After all, his number was only 6,000, which was the biggest weakness.

But if the Changshui Army is re-aligned to attack the forward, I guess other generals with the officials will go crazy. What should I do?

Just as this was the case, Yizhou Governor Zhou Fu suddenly reported to him.

"Master Huan, General Li Weidu, the pseudo-Shu Zhendong, led his troops to surrender." Zhou Fu brought Huan Wen a good news.

Li Wei was a side branch of the Li family in the pseudo-Shu family. He had been stationed in Xinghua Town in southeastern Chengdu. This time, he heard that the Jin army had already reached the south of Chengdu. Li Wei, who had lost contact with Chengdu, immediately felt that there was no hope for him and immediately led more than a thousand people to surrender.

"General Li, do you know that Chengdu has added reinforcements?" Huan Wen hopes to know the latest situation in Chengdu from Li Weidu.

"Sir, there are no reinforcements, only thousands of remaining soldiers." Li Weidu replied respectfully. In fact, he had lost contact with Chengdu for several days, mainly because Li Shi and the military and civilians of Chengdu were so anxious that they were almost jumping into the well, and they really had no time to deal with Li Weidu. But Li Weidu didn't dare to say that I didn't know anything. If this were the case, he still had a lot of value, and maybe he would be used to replace cattle and sheep to sacrifice flags. So he opened his mouth and said lies, and his face was not blushing or breathing.

"How is it compared to the army you saw when you entered the camp?" Huan Wen felt relieved, so he asked easily.

"Like the same as the king's master, the fireworks reflect the sun, and the mantis arm blocks the chariot." Li Wei said charmingly.

Suddenly, most of the people in the big tent became smiling and overjoyed.

After sending everyone out of the tent, Huan Wen found that not only Mao Muzhi stayed, but also quietly added Zhou Fu, the governor of Yizhou.

"Daohe (Zhou Fu's word), what's your business?" Huan Wen asked.

"Mr. Huan, I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to make a comment to you," Zhou Fu immediately confessed his intentions. "I think this time I attacked Chengdu, I would like to ask the Chief of the Navy to continue as the front army. Only in this way can I feel more at ease and safe."

Hearing this, Huan Wen's heart was already relaxed and hesitated again. Mao Muzhi and Zhou Fu came one after another to reorganize the Changshui Army as the vanguard of the front army, which shows that the two of them have some concerns about the current situation of the battle, but if the Changshui Army is really turned into the front army, then most of the other officials and generals would not agree.

After thinking about it, Huan Wen couldn't help but make a secret decision when he thought of Li Weidu's words just now. However, Zhou and Mao had to listen to the words of the two. These two had quite a plan, and one of them had his own opinions on changes in the war for many years. Moreover, after listening to these two people, Huan Wen couldn't help but wonder in his heart. After all, he was not an ordinary person. Okay, let the Changshui Army protect the central army, and the rest of the troops attacked the front army, and if there was anything, it would be a response.

On the second day, at the south of Chengdu Zuoqiao (now on the Nanhe River southwest of Chengdu), Huan Wen was in charge of six thousand governors' troops and Badong County troops forming a formation to attack Chengdu City, with Gong Hu as the vanguard, Sima Wuji as the left army, and Zhou Fu as the governor of Yizhou, Mao Muzhi as the army, and Zhou Chu followed the army to protect the central camp. Zeng Hua led the chief navy to drag the back to protect the central army, and the command was to beat the drum and sound the gold.

As soon as the war drum sounded, the morale of the six thousand Jin soldiers was great, and they lined up in a geese-shaped formation in front of them and moved forward slowly. It seemed that Huan Wen not only wanted to defeat the puppet Shu army in front, but also planned to encircle them in a circle and take them in one pot.

Half an hour ago, Li Shi was facing his last life-saving straw - more than 10,000 Shu troops returning to the rescue. These people were mobilized by Li Shi from Huang County, the third line of defense nearest to Chengdu.

"Dear soldiers, the Jin army invaded the territory until Chengdu, and the war was ruthless and the people were continuous. This is my incompetence. The soldiers, behind you is Chengdu City. If the Jin army is allowed to enter the capital, my loss of position will be small, and the 100,000 Chengdu people will be ravaged. Soldiers, do you have the heart to see your fellow villagers suffer a disaster? Are you displaced in the war?" Speaking of this, Li Shi couldn't help but shed two tears.

But the reaction below was not very good. Except for the few soldiers in Chengdu who were a little excited, the rest were still very indifferent. In their hearts, even if the Jin army was a robber, it was probably not inferior to Li Shi and his officials. Moreover, in the hearts of the people in Shu, the Jin army was considered a king's army. Since it was a king's army, it would naturally not be inferior to the people. Everyone had a scale in their hearts and was secretly thinking.

Seeing that the situation was a little cold, Li Shi couldn't help but gritted his teeth and continued: "Soldiers, the Jin army opposite is only 5,000. Moreover, the road is far and poor, and he is already exhausted. As long as the soldiers are excited and attacked today, they will be able to wipe out their entire army. I am here to face the sky and the 100,000 military and civilian alliance in Chengdu. As long as I win today, I will take out 500,000 pieces of brocade from the treasury to reward the soldiers!"

Li Shi made a lot of money, and when the Shu army below heard it, his eyes turned red. Five hundred thousand horses, one person could get fifty horses. What a fortune! Immediately, more than ten thousand Shu troops couldn't help but boil, each of them was passionate and their morale was greatly boosted. When the Jin army lined up to attack, the Shu army had already formed several formations, fought against each other, and fought to the death.

Amid the sound of the dongdong war drums, the two armies finally joined forces. At that moment, the Jin army discovered that the Shu army in front was not the legendary tofu soldiers, but the real walnut soldiers.

More than ten thousand Shu troops now have only 500,000 pieces of brocade in their hearts, and the Jin army in front of them is the best cornerstone for their wealth. So as soon as they fought, the Shu army waved their steel swords and spears fiercely, and just greeted the Jin army, as if they were carrying 500,000 pieces of brocades on them.

Liu Qian, who was rushing behind the Changshui Army, thought that the more than 10,000 Shu troops were like the previous Shu troops, and they would be defeated and dispersed as soon as they joined the battle. Who knew that they were not good at slapping, and they were suddenly broken off after a few teeth. The Jin army vanguard was soon killed by the Shu army that rushed over and was overturned.

The vanguard Gong Hu was depressed. Why were the Shu army driven all over the mountains and fields like rabbits in front of the Changshui Army? When they met him suddenly, they suddenly became extremely brave as if they had taken medicine, as if they could beat two of them. Damn, are you relatives to the Changshui Army?

Gong Hu waved his sword desperately, and cut down several soldiers who turned around and ran back in one breath, shouting: "Roar forward for me, rush forward for me, whoever takes a step back, I will cut him to death!"

But let the Shu army grab it first, and the number of them is nearly twice that of you. As soon as the Shu army joined the battle, they found that the Jin army was "just like this". The swords and guns in their hands were dancing even more happily. It was really a knife and sword that cut the flesh, and guns were dead. Under the strict order of the vanguard Gong Hu, the Jin army barely persevered for a while, but the Shu army became more and more brave and the more people fought. The Jin army became more and more angry and retreated. Soon, someone started to run back, avoided Gong Hu's big sword, and ran directly to the middle camp. Anyway, the other Jin army did not implement the strict military laws of the Changshui Army. What can you do if you run away together? Bite me?

Soon, the Jin army's front army began to collapse, and many soldiers retreated one after another, and a gap appeared in the Jin army's formation. Gong Hu had no choice but to report the emergency to Huan Wen of the Central Camp, while leading the remaining front army to support it.

He urgently reported to Huan Wen, but he had no choice, because the left and right wings also encountered this problem. The brave Shu army, who was inexplicably brave, beat the Jin army that underestimated the enemy to a shame. With the disadvantage of the number of people, there were urgent reports everywhere, leaving Huan Wen with no choice. While he was thinking about whether to transfer the Changshui Army, the situation in the front army suddenly changed suddenly.

Gong Hu was waving his big sword and chopped down four Shu troops that were rushing towards him, but he was injured several times. The blood dyed his armor red and black, and his helmet had been poked off by a Shu army with a spear, and his hair was disguised, as if he was crazy. However, there were fewer and fewer subordinates and comrades around him. They only care about fighting and retreating, hoping to let themselves retreat to a safe place as soon as possible.

Several Shu soldiers surrounded him again. The injured Gong Hu felt that his right hand was getting slower and slower, and the big sword in his hand was getting heavier and he was almost as heavy as a thousand-million times. Gong Hu held his breath, turned around suddenly, and slashed his arm and slashed hard, removing the right arm of the nearest Shu army soldier on the right. At this time, he heard a voice coming from the left. He turned his head and saw that two Shu army soldiers rushed over with their spears shouting, and the tip of the spear was aimed directly at him. Gong Hu tried hard to lift the big sword that was already weighing ten thousand pounds, but at that moment he felt that all his strength had been taken away.

Even a feather could not be lifted up. Gong Hu had to watch the spear penetrate his chest, as if it had pierced a layer of cowhide, without any sound, only blood gushing like a spring and endless pain. Gong Hu rolled in his throat, but couldn't say a word. He collapsed on the ground like a statue that had fallen apart. Gong Hu tried to touch the big knife beside him, but he could not reach it for only a few inches of land. Just as Gong Hu was taking his last breath with difficulty, more and more Shu troops rushed over Gong Hu's side and above his head.

After Gong Hu died in battle, the front army became even more defeated and retreated faster, and directly retreated from Huan Wen, the central camp. The victorious Shu army followed closely behind and rushed forward. The Shu army archers behind also moved forward one after another, and arrows rushed into the air. Several shot to a few feet in front of Huan Wen's mount.

Zhou Chu rushed over at this time, grabbed the reins of Huan Wen's mount, and shouted: "Sir, please send an order quickly! Sir, let the Jin stop the troops! Please ask the Changshui Army to help. If the entire army is defeated, it will be really out of control."

Huan Wen was stunned, then came to his senses and immediately said: "Tell the Central Army to call the Jin to withdraw the troops and the Changshui Army to cover it!"
Chapter completed!