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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five days have passed since the Battle of Chencang.

Qiang Dao, the garrison of Zhou Yu's army.

But at this moment, the main general's tent has become the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, and Li Lijiu occupies the magpie's nest and occupies Zhou Yu's camp.

At dawn five days ago, as Zhao Yun led his troops back to help in time, he and the army defending the city flanked Zhang Lu's army under the city, which caught the Hanzhong army by surprise and was in chaos.

At the last moment of deciding victory or defeat, Zhang Lu, the commander of the Hanzhong Army, was attacked and was targeted by Zhao Yun, who suddenly killed from behind. Then Zhao Yun led the war cavalry straight to Zhang Lu Shuaiqi and rushed over, killing six generals of the Hanzhong Army one after another, which frightened Zhang Lu and immediately fled on horseback.

Zhang Lu took the lead in abandoning the army and fleeing alone, directly leading the rear rout of the Chinese army, and then spreading to the front army and tens of thousands of Han lieutenant generals who were besieging the city. Just two back and forth charges, Zhao Yun's unequaled iron cavalry defeated Zhang Lu's army under the city, and the Hanzhong generals who commanded the army to attack the city fled with Zhang Lu one after another. Subsequently, the Hanzhong generals who were besieging the city and had already climbed the tower retreated from the tower in a panic, and the Zajia warriors followed closely behind and evacuated from the tower, and then scattered and fled.

At this moment, the city gate blocked by the Xiliang defenders suddenly opened, and Ma Dai led thousands of peerless iron horsemen who stayed in the city to rush out of the city to kill, forming an internal and external attack with Zhao Yun's troops, which made Zhang Lu's army completely collapse and flee in a panic. At this point, Zhang Lu's army was defeated like a mountain and rushed for his life. Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

In the midst of the defeat, thousands of Hanzhong troops who climbed the city tower failed to withdraw the city tower as soon as possible, and were blocked by the Xiliang army on the city tower. There is no way to escape; There were also tens of thousands of Hanzhong soldiers trapped under the city wall by the unparalleled iron cavalry led by Zhao Yun, unable to break out of the siege. With no way to retreat, the more than 20,000 Hanzhong soldiers who were besieged by the regiments had to be captured, all of them lost their weapons, and squatted under the city wall to wait for the Xiliang army to deal with them.

In just half an hour, the battle outside the city was declared over, except for the more than 20,000 Han lieutenant soldiers who were captured. The rest of the soldiers and horses scattered and fled. However, the direction of escape was limited to the east and west, and the southern Daying Valley Pass had been occupied by the Western Liang army, forcing the Hanzhong generals to flee directly back to the Hanzhong border. Thereinto. Zhang Lu, the commander of the Hanzhong Army, led his troops and horses and the main defeated army to flee to the southwest.

After the battle situation outside the city stabilized, Zhao Yun was ordered to lead the Wushuang Iron Cavalry to pursue and kill the defeated army, and pursued the rout army along Zhanglu to the southwest, chasing all the way. A large number of weapons, baggage, and prisoners of war were collected. The brothers Ma Dai and Ma Xiu led more than 3,000 cavalry to pursue to the east along the mountain road. Along the way, he did not encounter stubborn resistance, and pursued hundreds of miles along the way, and won a lot.

Near noon, Zhao Yun led more than 10,000 iron cavalry to pursue in the southwest direction, and finally caught up with Zhang Lu's army in the mountain stream more than 40 miles away from Chencang City, and fought with it again. The encounter in this pursuit lasted for a short time, and the battle was not fierce. Zhang Lu's rout army was unable to resist the charge of the unequaled iron cavalry, and fled again. But the hunt didn't end there. After placing more than 4,000 surrendered troops, Zhao Yun led 5,000 cavalry to continue to chase the remnants of Zhang Lu, pursuing while fighting, always biting the remnants of Zhang Lu and not letting go, and chased them to Qiangdao County in the southwest of Wudu County.

With a drum like a tiger, Zhao Yun's subordinates pursued for two days in a row, chasing hundreds of miles all the way, and they were really relentless. As a result, when the original Zhang Lu army of more than 20,000 people arrived in Qiangdao, there were only more than 4,000 remnants left, most of whom were Zha Jia warriors of the Wudoumi Sect.

As the saying goes: blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

The phrase "misfortune is not a single line" is applied to Zhang Lu, who fled to Qiang Dao in a hurry, but it is very suitable. Some people are happy and some are worried, Zhang Lu is unlucky, relatively speaking, Zhao Yun's department, who is following and chasing, is crooked, and double happiness is coming.

This is because Zhou Yu's army stationed in Wudu County, after more than a month of confrontation with Yang Ang's subordinates, a general under Zhang Lu, the two armies finally started a decisive battle, and the time of the battle began at the same time as the Battle of Chencang. Under the condition that the strength of the troops was equal and the geographical conditions were almost the same, the battle between Zhou Yu's troops and Yang Ang's army was fierce and stalemate, and the two sides fought fiercely for two days without a victory, and no one took advantage. Just when the two armies were at a standstill, Zhang Lu suddenly arrived at the east gate of Qiang Road with thousands of remnants, and immediately called for the city gate to be opened without saying anything, and entered the city without Yang Ang's knowledge. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun, who had been following behind Zhang Lu's remnants, took the opportunity to follow him and lead his troops to rush into the city gate, and attacked Qiangdao City by mistake.

This drastic change is undoubtedly a godsend for Zhou Yu, who is good at capturing fighters, how can he miss it?

So, after hearing the news, Zhou Yu immediately led the army to the east gate, took advantage of the situation to enter Qiangdao City, and went straight to the city guard mansion to kill, trying to capture Zhang Lu and Yang Ang and other main generals in one fell swoop.

When Yang Ang noticed the movement of Zhou Yu's army, Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei and Yang Bai, who were tired of running for their lives, rushed to the city guard mansion and met Yang Ang, the main general of the Western Front, who was about to go to the city to check the enemy's situation. But when he saw Zhang Lu and his party, he was suddenly struck by lightning, his face turned pale, and the whole person was stunned, his body shook and he almost fell headlong.

Immediately, Yang Ang exclaimed: "Not good! Zhou Yu's thieves must have led his troops to sneak attack, and followed the lord to attack the east gate, and Qiangdao City was in danger! ”

"Dadada?????? Capture Zhang Lu alive, kill Yang Ang, and kill all the soldiers with me! ”

Yang Ang's voice did not fall, but he suddenly heard the sound of roaring horses and shouting from the direction of East Street not far away, and the voice of the person who shouted was very familiar. In an instant, he didn't have to think about it at all, and he knew who this very familiar voice came from, it was Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the commanders of the Xiliang Army who had been confronting him for more than a month.

Suddenly, Yang Ang looked terrified, looking at Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei and others, and couldn't help but show anger and resentment. It's a pity that he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and arranged for his own soldiers to escort Zhang Lu and others out of the city from the south gate as soon as possible, but he himself had to lead the soldiers to resist the attack of Zhou Yu's army, and win time for Zhang Lu and others to escape.

An hour later, the city of Qiangdao, which had been held for nearly two months, fell into the hands of the Xiliang army led by Zhou Yu. The 20,000 Hanzhong defenders stationed on the towers of the East Gate and the North Gate, as well as the large camp outside the city stationed outside the East Gate and the Qiangdao City, also fell. There were 5,000 soldiers in the camp. More than 20,000 Han lieutenant generals and soldiers were all taken prisoner by the Xiliang Army because of the suddenness of the incident, and they all fell into captivity of the Xiliang army, and then the 3,000 soldiers stationed in the city were also forced to surrender.

So far. Following the defeat of Chen Cang, Qiang Dao also fell with the arrival of Zhang Lu and others, and suffered another crushing defeat. After the city was broken, only more than 10,000 of the more than 40,000 soldiers under Yang Ang's tent finally escaped from the city, and the remaining nearly 30,000 troops surrendered either to death.

With the fall of Qiangdao, all the cities seized by the Hanzhong army in Wudu County were lost, and Yang Ang's army was defeated and scattered. And that's not all. Zhang Lu, Yang Ang, Zhang Wei and Yang Bai, who fled from the south gate of Qiang Road in a hurry, also faced the pursuit of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Such an urgent shape prompted Zhang Lu and others to take the remnants of the defeated generals and dare not stop along the way. Desperately fled back to Hanzhong.

Chen Cangcheng was defeated, Qiang Road fell, the two places were hundreds of miles apart, and the most elite 110,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Lu were gathered. But they failed in three days. Other words. The battlefields of the Eastern Front and the Western Front, which had been divided into two, all ended in failure, and the 110,000 Hanzhong troops either died or surrendered, and less than 30,000 soldiers finally escaped from Liangzhou alive.

At the same time, the Hanzhong generals lasted three months, and all the cities and money and grain that they had finally seized were returned to the Xiliang army, and they fled back to Hanzhong in a panic. In addition, the Hanzhong army also took a large amount of money and grain brought by itself, and was completely defeated. Lose cleanly.

It can be said that the revival teacher moved the crowd to come, and returned with a disgraced face.

And that's not all. Next, they will also face the pressure of the Xiliang army, and it is still unknown whether they can keep the land of Hanzhong.

After the two defeats, Hanzhong Zhang Lu's vitality was greatly damaged, and even touched the foundation, making the situation in the entire Hanzhong County unstable and crumbling.

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Five days later, the Xiliang army camp fifty miles away from the south gate of Qiang Road.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Ligao sat in a handsome position, with a bright smile on his face.

On both sides of the tent, Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun, Wang Yue, Qubei, Cao Xing and Ma Dai and other generals of the Western Expedition were all present, but Ma Teng and Huang Zhong were missing.

At this moment, the atmosphere of the commander's account discussion was very relaxed, and the generals of each battalion had all reported the battle damage and capture, while the military division Fa Zheng reported the current military situation and the offensive situation to be faced next.

Now, Zhang Lu's defeated army has returned to Hanzhong one after another, and Zhang Lu, Yang Song, Yang Bai and others also returned to Yangping Pass yesterday.

At present, after the two fiascos of Chencang and Qiangdao, Zhang Lu's original 110,000 soldiers and horses on the east and west lines still have 30,000 foot cavalry, and now all the troops are in Yangping Pass. There were originally 20,000 defenders in Yangping Pass, and they were all Zhang Lu's descendants, with good combat effectiveness and elite. Therefore, at present, there are 50,000 Hanzhong troops gathered in Yangping Pass, occupying the natural danger and guarding the pass, as if they are in a clear position, wanting to block the Xiliang army north of Yangping Pass and resist the enemy outside the "national gate". However, these 50,000 soldiers and horses are also Zhang Lu's last reliance, the last army, and Yangping Pass is the last barrier to protect Hanzhong.

"Hahaha!" On the main seat, Li Li laughed and said: "This expedition against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has been quite unsmooth since the start of the war, and the two armies have been facing each other for more than a month but have achieved nothing. Unexpectedly, everything changed in five days, and the two consecutive big victories had already made Zhang Lu frightened and panicked. What is particularly rare is that this Zhanzilong showed his might, captured Yan Pu, the chief strategist under Zhang Lu, in the pursuit along the way, and was the first to rush into Qiangdao City, and captured Yang Ang, the general under Zhang Lu's command alive in the city, which should be the first contribution to this battle.

In addition, Gong Jin seized the fighter plane in time, destroyed Qiang Dao City, and captured Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei alive, which is also a great contribution. The remaining generals stood out in this battle, worked tirelessly, fought continuously, and bravely killed the enemy, all of whom had military exploits. It is still the same practice as before, and it will be rewarded together after the war. ”

In the midst of laughter, Li Li waved his hand to signal that Zhao Yun and Zhou Yu did not have to get up to say thank you, and beckoned to call the maid to put the feast, and said with a smile: "At present, the shape is very good, and next, we will wave our troops to the west and go straight to Hanzhong." Three days ago, I had ordered Hansheng to lead the troops first and set up camp outside Yangping Pass, and the whole army must arrive at the camp to meet Hansheng in two days, and Chen Bing Yangping Pass! ”

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