Chapter 1386: Han Banner World (Seventy-Six.) One Stone, Many Birds

Zhou Yu and the southern frontier army he led were bitten by Xuanyi Guards. Lu Zhihui, who had just been promoted to Changfeng Marquis, was eager and regarded Zhou Yu as a huge stain on his military career. A mere three thousand southern frontier troops actually fought through the siege of Xuanyi Guards in Xianyang City and escaped. On the day he was born, this incident caused him a great loss of face. What's more, now that the new master has taken over, he needs to show his ability with reasonable results.

The Xuanyi Guards pursued the retreating southern frontier army at an extremely fast speed. Compared with the low morale of the southern frontier army, their morale was indeed higher, because in the Xuanyi Guard's view, as the emperor's personal soldiers, they had to pursue It is their duty to kill and injure the Emperor's murderers.

"General Gou, the spies have just reported that Zhou Yuli, the traitor, has stopped in Taizhou and is setting up defenses to prepare for battle with our army. Taizhou is only more than fifty miles away from us. We should take advantage of their unstable foothold. Kill him immediately." Lu Zhihui stared at the map and said to Gou Yi next to him.

Gou Yi is now his deputy general. Although he is only in charge of logistics and supplies, Lu Zhihui also understands that Gou Yi, as Lu Chao's confidant, plays a more similar role in the Xuanyi Guards as a supervisor. Although he was a little uncomfortable, he understood Lu Chao's approach. He hadn't handed over the certificate of surrender yet. Fortunately, Gou Yi, who was the supervisor of the army, was also a soldier. He did things easily and did not hide anything. Once he arrived, The military officer made it clear. Furthermore, this man was also a general and had fought many more battles than himself. Although he had a disgraceful experience (he was defeated by the Han army and captured alive), which led him to leave the Han Dynasty. Guguan border army, but has extremely rich military experience. Lu Chao sent him to Xuanyi Guard, maybe because he wanted him to return to the army. The Hangu Pass Border Army was not suitable, but Xuanyi Guard was a good place.

After Lu Chao came to power, the Xuanyi Guards would definitely no longer be able to defend Xianyang as before, and would inevitably become another field army if Gou Yi was in the army. I also have a channel of communication with my boss, and building a good relationship with him will definitely be of great benefit to my future. After having this idea, Lu Zhihui was very polite to Gou Yi. All military operations must be discussed with Gou Yi.

"Lu Hou, I guess we will probably fail in this battle." Gou Yi said with a smile.

Lu Zhihui's face changed color slightly, "What does this mean, General Gou? Isn't the order the general gave us to pursue Zhou Yu and defeat him?"

Gou Yi coughed twice, "Master Lu, in fact, we are not the only ones who came out of Xianyang to deal with Zhou Yu this time. There is also another group of people. I am afraid that they have arrived at Zhou Yu's military camp now. We are fighting If we don’t fight, we’ll have to see the results of this other team’s actions!”

"General, why don't you believe me? Are you afraid that I can't take down Zhou Yu?" Lu Zhihui shouted, but Zhuan Shun understood: "That's wrong. Where did the other team come from? If there is such a thing, It’s impossible for me not to know about a team? Do they still have invisibility? "

Looking at the suspicious Lu Zhihui, Gou Yi laughed and said, "Lu Hou is too worried.

How could the general not believe in Lu Hou's ability? This other group of people only totaled a few dozen people. "

"What's going on?" Lu Zhihui was confused. "Assassination? Is it Yingbu or Black Ice Platform?"

"No, the leader of this other group is famous. He is still an acquaintance with Lu Hou." Gou Yi said with a smile.

"Okay, General Gou, don't lie. Who is this person? My acquaintance must be a long-term resident of Xianyang, and he is famous. There are not many such people."

"His surname is Meng!" Gou Yi said again.

Lu Zhihui understood immediately, stamped his feet and shouted: "It turns out that it is Chehou Meng Yong, and the general sent Meng Yong here."

"Yes, the troops commanded by Zhou Yu were all former subordinates of General Meng Tian. After Zhou Yu took command of this troops, in order to show favor, he did not break up and reorganize the troops, nor did he add a large number of manpower to them. , so that this unit basically maintains the original command structure. From top to bottom, they are basically all the old subordinates of General Meng Tian. This approach did allow Zhou Yu to gain support from top to bottom in the past, but now Well, it became his life-saving talisman." Gou Yi said with a smile.

"So it turns out that Marquis Meng was asked to persuade Zhou Yu's subordinates to surrender?" Lu Zhihui said in amazement: "It is indeed a clever move. These southern frontier troops were built by General Meng, and the generals under his command were also promoted by him. Meng Yong How can we be sure of 60% or 70% if we go out? But if that’s the case, why would we, the Xuanyi Guards, come here? It’s not a small amount of money to eat.”

"Didn't Marquis Lu say just now that Marquis Meng is only 60 to 70 percent sure of taking action? What if it doesn't work? After all, General Meng has been dead for many years. How much power is left? That's not sure. What if it doesn't work? , we still have to take action." Gou Yi said with a smile, "But the second is the key point."

"Appreciate further details."

"Marquis Lu, this time there is civil strife in our Qin state. The Chu people disregarded their previous alliance with us and brazenly sent out a large army to invade the southern part of our Qin Dynasty. Within ten months, they occupied a large area of ​​our southern Qin Dynasty territory. Can you bear it?"

"Of course I can't bear it. Chu people take advantage of others' danger and should be taught a lesson." Lu Zhihui nodded.

"If Meng Yong successfully convinces the subordinates of General Meng and takes command of the troops, then we will become friendly forces with them, and we will split into two groups and attack Chu." Gou said. There was a hint of cold light in Yi's long and narrow eyes, "It's easy to come to the two hundred thousand Chu army, but it's difficult to go back."

Lu Zhihui was so excited that he almost jumped up. As a veteran general, if everything is as Gou Yi said, then there are too many hands and feet at his disposal. Zhou Yu's army now has nearly 50,000 troops, and he himself The Xuanyi Guards also had nearly 30,000 people, and the two sides combined nearly 100,000 troops. Although it was twice as many as the Chu army's 200,000 people, they were caught by surprise and were unprepared for the attack. Can't get away with it. If you can kill the invading Chu people out of the country, the credit will be no less than capturing Zhou Yu. What's more, if you want to capture Zhou Yu, you will inevitably have to fight a big fight, killing all the old people. Even if the Qin people win, they will still feel uncomfortable, but attacking the Chu people is completely different.

"So, let's just wait here for news from Lord Menghou. If everything goes well, we can set off again. At that time, Lord Meng will ask Qu Wan for help in the name of Zhou Yu. A general who was chased to the point of despair, I think Qu Wan will be overjoyed if he leads his troops to surrender to the Chu people." Gou Yi laughed.

"Sure enough, it's a brilliant plan!" Lu Zhihui also laughed, but as he laughed, his back felt chilly. General Lu's actions were indeed incredible. Everything was planned well in advance. , killing two birds with one stone is bad. This is killing two birds with one stone. If everything goes well, not only can Zhou Yu be captured, but the crisis in the south can also be quelled, and the negative consequences of the Qin turmoil can be minimized, and the reputation of General Lu can suddenly reach a new level in the country. High, amazing, awesome, extremely awesome!

Taizhou is still more than a hundred miles away from Sanchuan County. The information that Sanchuan County was attacked by the Chu army has been sent to Zhou Yu. Although he was anxious, he could not move at this time. The thirty thousand Xuanyi guards behind him were chasing him. The army was extremely fast and was only dozens of miles away from him. If he did not solve the trouble behind him and rashly returned to Sanchuan County, even if he was not killed by the Xuanyi Guards, he would become a target of the Chu army. At this time, Qu Wan should have been prepared for him.

Zhou Yu, who smiled bitterly, did not expect that Lu Chao would pursue him so intently, without caring at all that the south was being tortured by the Chu people, or perhaps he was worried that he would escape back to the south and join the Chu people. Staring at the map, Zhou Yu thought hard about how to get rid of Xuanyi Guards so that he could resolve the crisis in Sanchuan County first. Tan Wei could not hold on for long.

Taizhou is the last military important place from here to Sanchuan County. After passing here, there is no room for maneuver. With a dull pain in his head, Zhou Yu reached out and slowly rubbed his temples. No matter which way he went, it was a dead end, or he could send someone to talk to the general of Xuanyi Guard.

"General Zhou!" A soft shout came from in front of the door. Zhou Yu turned around and saw his deputy general Wang Ming standing there. Not long ago in Xianyang, Wang Ming and he fought side by side to kill the enemy and rushed out of Xianyang City. , but he also suffered serious injuries, and his head is still wrapped in a thick bandage.

"Wang Ming, you're here, come in, just in time to discuss the details with me. This situation is too bad now. Maybe we have to divide our troops into two groups. One group will stay in Taizhou to resist the Xuanyi guards, and the other group will go back immediately to rescue General Tan. . If we cannot protect Sanchuan County, we will still have no foothold when we return to the south, and we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in the massacre by the Chu Army and the Xuanyi Guards." Zhou Yudao.

Wang Ming, who was at the door, said nothing. He stood there stiffly, looking at Zhou Yu with a very strange expression.

"What's wrong with you, Wang Ming? The wound happened again? Have you checked with the army doctor?" Looking at Wang Ming's appearance, Zhou Yu thought that the other party's injury had worsened.

Wang Ming lowered his head in shame, "General Zhou, all the generals are waiting for General Zhou in the lobby outside now!"

Um? Zhou Yu was slightly shocked. He did not convey the order to gather everyone, but they gathered together automatically. This was not a good sign for the general who led the army.

"What happened?" Zhou Yu asked calmly, maybe it was not a mutiny, otherwise the person standing here would not be Wang Ming, but the swordsman.

"Someone is coming from Xianyang!" Wang Ming's voice was so low that it couldn't be heard.

Zhou Yu's heart suddenly tightened. (To be continued.)