In the early morning of the first day of April, after a day's march, the Southern Expeditionary Army had arrived at Jinxiang, ten miles east of Jiangling, and occupied an empty township to set up camp (present-day Shacheng District, Jingzhou City).

Decades ago, after the Qin State controlled Jianghan, the original Chu State Yingdu was divided into two, the northeast of the Chu palace Ji Nancheng is Yingxian, the southwest of the residential city is called Jiangling County, the county guard, the county Cheng is stationed in Jiangling, and the southern county lieutenant is stationed in the city is higher, easy to defend and difficult to attack Yingxian.

Let's compare it like this, if Jiangling is a tooth, Yingxian is a lip, and if the lip dies, the tooth is cold.

Both sides have been in a hurry for more than ten days, from a distance here, the soldiers are tired, did not dare to rashly engage the battle, the commanders on both sides are clear, this battle is a decisive battle, so they are very cautious, only send scout cavalry from the continuous test of the confrontation.

The decisive battle was imminent, but Heifu was like an old farmer, walking around the fields outside Jinxiangyi with his hands behind his back, sighing.

"Everywhere the army passes, thorns will grow, and this anointed land may become a ghost full of corpses."

He still remembers the situation he saw when he came to Gangneung to be an official more than ten years ago: to the south of Xia Road, the number of pedestrians on Tu Road gradually increased, and there was an endless stream of traders coming and going, soldiers serving in service, unkempt prisoners, and hurried officials, and sometimes they even had to avoid the left side of the road to pass.

This area is also Yunmeng, the bank of the river, the climate has warmed up, the rice fields on the side of the road are boundless, the distance is towering, and hundreds of farmers and subordinates are scattered in the fields, driving the oxen to plow the fields......

However, now, seeing that their homeland is about to fight, the people of Yingxian County and Jin Township have run away, or go to Jiangling, or go to Yunmeng, and the millet seedlings that have just emerged in the field have also been trampled on and collapsed.

It is impossible for Heifu to give an order so that the army does not step on the green seedlings, more than 20,000 people are boundless, and they need to set up a wide enough formation to compete with the enemy.

Feng Wuxuanjun on the opposite side was the same, most of them were also standing in the paddy fields.

Now the ground is growing again with an army of bright armor, neatly arranged like turnips, and it is the copper and iron crops in their hands, which have been exposed and shining in the sun, waiting only for the nourishment of blood to be watered!

After looking around and observing the terrain of the battlefield, Heifu confirmed to Wu Chen again:

"It's April 1st, right?"

"It's the first day of April." Wu Chen glanced at the mark he had written on the calendar and bowed his head affirmatively.

"That's ......"

Heifu bowed his head and looked at the rolling Yangtze River more than ten miles south of the battlefield, thoughtfully.

It was still early, and the land was already shining with the sun, but the river and Yunmengze were still shrouded in dense fog.

After waiting for a while, several horses rushed out of the river fog, came to the front of the car, and reported to him......

"Almost."

Hefu breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the chariot, and pointed: "Send a few people to call a battle between the two armies!" ”

Dozens of horsemen roared out of the black army's formation, and after the scouts of the two sides clashed several times, at the default demarcation line, they all held simple brass horns and shouted loudly:

"There are traitors and rebels in the court, robbing the first emperor, chasing virtuous sons, slaughtering loyal ministers and righteous people, and causing chaos in the court, so that above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, between the palace and the majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu, the Kyushu tax is heavy, the servitude is numerous, and the common people suffer from upside down."

"Today, the first emperor is lost, and they are all terrified and sad, but Your Majesty was killed by the rebel Hu Hai, the traitorous ministers Li Si, and Zhao Gao, so that the imperial physician Ling Xia Wu and hidden the secret edict with clothes, and left the loyal marquis, so that it was difficult for him to raise troops and appease."

"Today, Marquis Wuzhong wants to restore Jiangling, and orders Jianghan to go north to fight for rape. As a minister of the first emperor, the morality of those who guard, the loyalty of those who do, and the name of those who pity, the three generations of loyal martyrs of the Feng family, should help the society, when will they help the rebels and conspire to usurp the throne? I also hope that Wu Xinhou will know his way back, and don't be deceived by traitors and make a big mistake. You and I believe in Wu Zhong and fight together! ”

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"This chaotic minister and thief, still dare to call himself 'loyal'?"

Listening to the shouting from the other side, Feng Wuxuan was so angry that he couldn't do it.

He knew that Heifu wanted to confirm the fact that "the first emperor has collapsed" in order to disrupt his own army.

What a clumsy ploy!

But there are still imitations, and many people in Guanzhong originally felt that Fusu suddenly ran away, Meng Tian was imprisoned, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress the Southern Expeditionary Army, and Marquis Wuzhong first died and then resurrected to make a rebellion......

For several months, what happened was like a cloud, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the ordinary soldiers were also a little panicked and at a loss.

But under the suppression of the harsh laws of the Qin army, everyone could only grit their teeth and stick to their posts, after all, they were the elite of the Guanzhong Guard Lieutenant and Lieutenant armies, even if they had doubts in their hearts, it was no problem to stabilize their positions, and everything would be said after the battle.

And after Feng Wuxue finished his anger, he thought about it on the other hand, the reason why Heifu did this trick was nothing more than because he was in a weak ......

At present, there are about six or seven hundred chariots under the command of Heifu, more than 1,000 horsemen, and 25,000 soldiers.

On Feng Wuxue's side, there are thousands of cars, more than 2,000 rides, and 20,000 deaths, just looking at the number, there is little difference between the two sides.

There is no way, a hundred miles and the interesting ones are generals, fifty miles and the interesting ones are half the army, when he originally set off from Anlu, Feng Wuxuan still had 30,000 soldiers, but he successively dropped 10,000 in the counties along the way, just with the thousands of people sent by Heifu to attack the county and township.

In terms of combat effectiveness on paper, Feng Wuxue still has the advantage, and on Heifu's side, except for the thousands of short soldiers who are elites, the rest are either veterans of the Wuchang battalion who have been cultivating fields for two years, or recruits who are acting as recruits in An Lu Qingzhuang.

At this time, Yang Xiong, who was waiting for the crime commander in the army, suggested: "General, if he wants to mess with my army's heart, I can also mess with his army's heart!" ”

So, Feng Wuxue also did the same, and let people call for war.

"The thief Heifu, in the name of Wu Zhong, is really a traitor."

"Fake death and deceive the king, in order to deceive the people of the world, secretly harboring a suspicious heart."

"Then rebel, the three clans of the three clans, if they are in battle anyway, cut off their dogs' heads, and they can get a reward of a thousand gold!"

But their scouts didn't have brass horns, they got a little closer, and before they could shout a few words, they were killed by the crossbows of the other side, and only the horses ran back.

Heifu sent someone over to apologize, saying that his army had "made a mistake", but he declared war with righteous words:

"Since Marquis Wu Xinhou is bent on going his own way, you and I can only hunt here, and at noon tomorrow, we will make the two armies play in front of the battle, how about it?"

"Tomorrow's battle?"

After receiving this official battle letter, Feng Wuxue immediately made a judgment: "Heifu is deliberately delaying!" ”

Zhu Du Wei was puzzled: "Although our army has abandoned its baggage, but now it is backed by Yingxian and Jiangling, with the help of the city, and there is endless food, and his generation has a few days of food at most, once it is exhausted, he can only return to Huarong County, he wants to drag it down, what is it for?" Could it be that the situation is not good and wants to run? ”

Feng Wuxue shook his head: "The two armies are too close, he can't escape, or he is waiting for the situation to change." ”

The lieutenants wondered, "What's the variable?" ”

At this moment, a scout came to report: "General, there is a rebel army of two or three thousand people, which appeared more than ten miles north of Xia Dao!" It was the one who attacked and harassed Jingling before and stopped the army behind me! ”

Feng Wuxue smiled: "I see, Heifu is pinning his hopes on the rebels who have penetrated into the counties of Nanjun to come to help......

Having said that, Feng Wuxue still had a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

Changsha County, still no news!

But for the sake of the generals, he immediately decided: "Let the guards of Jiangling and Yingxian send 3,000 people out and line up on the north bank of Yangshui to protect my flank, in case the rebel reinforcements cross the water and attack!" “

Then, Feng Wuxue asked people to wave their big flags, and the tip of the flag pointed straight to the east!

"You don't have to wait until noon tomorrow, now you can line up and fight the thieves!"

Feng Wuxue thinks that he has completely broken Heifu's trick of attacking the west.

Xiakou Zhoushi has been sent to save the difficulty of Yicheng, and he does not expect to win against Heifu's more than 10,000 partial divisions, but he can block the waterway and delay for a while.

As long as Heifu's main force is eliminated here, and even he himself is captured, and then eastward and southward to sweep Jiangnan, this great rebellion can be gradually quelled......

With Feng Wuxue's order, more than 10,000 people in the front formation formed a phalanx, with shields in front, bows and crossbows in the middle, and spears and halberds in the back.

They lined up in formation, with the sound of war drums, slowly marched eastward, the chariots and chariots, the armor of the soldiers rattled, and the soldiers under the command of Wuxin Hou stepped on the ravines of Qianmo, stepped on the acres of corn, and got closer and closer to the black army that formed a formation to defend!

"Prince?" It was the first time for Wu Chen to participate in such a large-scale battle, and he was inevitably a little nervous, seeing that the "dark clouds" on the opposite side were approaching, and he had reached five miles away, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

In the Southern Expeditionary Army, except for thousands of elite others, even the saliva in their mouths has dried up, and the spear shaft in their hands is almost impossible to hold, and they have never experienced such a big scene......

Whether it is Wuchang or Anlu, they are all outnumbered, relying on the black man to create miracles and fight a smooth battle.

But can this battle of five or five soldiers, and the head-to-head duel with the division of Guanzhong, be won?

Heifu was not completely sure, he stood up straight in the car, and his eyes not only looked at the pressing enemy troops, calculating their distance, but also looked at the densely populated city of Gangneung ten miles behind them......

After looking at it for a long time, when I saw a puff of smoke floating over the city as an agreed signal, my face finally changed from solemn to gratified.

"Han Shin has arrived!"

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"Marquis Wuxin, look at the back! Gangneung! ”

Feng didn't choose a place, and the military officer in charge of "Seeing the Sun" also loudly reminded him to pay attention.

The old general turned his head, but saw a huge pillar of smoke, rising from Jiangling City, looking at the location, it should be the area of Linjiang......

Now he knew where his anxiety came from! For a while, he threw a whip and scolded:

"Li You misunderstands me, Li You misunderstands me! It must be that Linxiang has been lost, and the rebels of Changsha County are heading north! ”

At this time, Gongzicheng, the Marquis of Changwu, who was ordered to stay in Jiangling, also made people anxious:

"General Feng, tens of thousands of rebels took advantage of the early morning fog to take a boat from the river against the current, broke through the defense line of the boat division, and are attacking Jiangling!"

The already nervous Qin soldiers found that there was a fire in the rear, and there was some commotion in the array, and before Feng Wuxuan could respond, Heifu, who had been talking about "fighting at noon tomorrow" all day, had already issued an order to counterattack!

The mouth cannon cavalry was the first to go out, holding a bronze horn, and led the soldiers as they marched, shouting loudly:

"Gangneung has turned against him!"

"The 100,000 troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army have arrived!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening

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