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Wu Yue Struggles for Hegemony Chapter 410 The Song Army was defeated and the country was in chaos

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.    A ray of dawn broke through the clouds and split the gray smoke on the battlefield.  A hell-like battlefield was revealed, with charcoal that had not been completely extinguished, emitting traces of gray smoke in the red flames.  Carbonized corpses were scattered everywhere, but most of them were soldiers who died from inhaling a lot of smoke.

    Houxiong, whose face was stained with charcoal ash, stood aside and took a deep breath of the clear air that smelled of barbecue.  He murmured: "The breath of victory!"

    Ya Yang is not as relaxed as Hou Xiong. Although yesterday's victory was great, he also paid a certain price.  A soldier who was not afraid of death rushed up to him. He tried to kill himself and struck him with a sword. At this moment, Yao Yang's hand was tied with a bandage.  In addition, several arrows were hit on the body. Although they did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, bandages were still tied on the body.

    Chen Yin and Mang Gao rode back from a distance. They dismounted and saw that Ya Yang was injured. Chen Yin was the first to be surprised and said: "No bones were injured, right?"

    "These Song dogs still have a few hard bones. They tried their best to chop me, but they were exhausted in the end, so no bones were hurt. It is a blessing in misfortune." Ya Yang shrugged nonchalantly and said.

    Chen Yin also nodded. Those of them who are soldiers, let alone injured, even dead, are already prepared in their hearts.  However, Yao Yang stood up for himself, unlike Hou Xiong who kept a distance from him, so Chen Yin became closer to Yao Yang.

    Mang Gao saw that Mang Yang did not have a Jing Mansion, so he greeted Mang Yang without any pretense.  Mang Gao looked at Hou Xiong eagerly and asked, "Zuo Sima, what was the result of this battle?"

    When Hou Xiong heard this, although he tried his best to appear calmer, it could still be seen from some subtle details that Hou Xiong was quite excited.

    "The exact number of casualties has not yet been calculated, but it is approximate. This time, more than 400 of our Han people died in the battle, and more than 1,500 people were injured. As for the Song army, about 25,000 people died in the sea of ????fire, and 8,000 people died in the sea of ????fire.  People surrendered. How many people did you lose? How many soldiers were killed?"

    Chen Yin and Mang Gao were responsible for the peripheral battles. After the war, they led the cavalry to chase and kill the fleeing Song soldiers in the dark, so Hou Xiong asked such a question.

    Although Mang Gao had a higher official position than Chen Yin, Mang Gao had always been a bit confused, so Chen Yin stood up and said: "About 3,500 people were killed, and the rest were all run away. Well, not that much  The Song Army¡¯s fighting ability is not very good, but their escape skills are top-notch!¡±

    Although Hou Xiong was a little dissatisfied that Chen Yin went beyond him to contact Yu Yang, he also knew that the Han army was in enemy territory at this moment.  It is already dangerous enough, but if internal strife breaks out, it may not be a question of whether it is dangerous or not, but a devastating blow.

    Because of this, Hou Xiong did not take the opportunity to blame Chen Yin, but comforted him: "General Mang and General Chen have done a good enough job. After all, the situation is dark, and the Song army is all locals. They are naturally familiar with the terrain and can kill them."  Killing so many people is already a very remarkable thing. And even if you escape, you can only escape more than 3,000 people. These 3,000 or so frightened Song troops are not only useless. On the contrary, they will fight with us next time  , maybe they were defeated first, but indirectly helped my big man win."

    When Chen Yin saw Hou Xiong say this, he couldn't help but admire Hou Xiong's broad-mindedness. He gave Hou Xiong a military salute and said, "Zuo Sima is wise!"

    When Hou Xiong heard this, he immediately felt happy. Chen Yin's words seemed normal, but in fact, Hou Xiong was convinced.  What kind of talent is wise?  Of course he is a leader, even if he is a strategist or something like that, he is only praised for his wisdom and resourcefulness.

    Seeing that Hou Xiong and Chen Yin had cleared up their old feud, Yao Yang couldn't help but feel relieved. Now Yao Yang had no intention of fighting for power.  Yu Yang changed this embarrassing topic and said: "Okay, we have to retreat immediately! The Song Dynasty is also a big country after all. We defeated an army of 40,000 people. Although it is broken, we can't do it.  Time will be delayed here.¡±

    Mang Gao asked: "Then we leave, what will happen to the prisoners?"

    "Kill!" A killing intent that was as cold as ice flashed through Ya Yang's eyes.

    Hou Xiong couldn't help but hesitate when he heard the words, and objected not firmly: "Yu Yang, this is not good, right? We can use eight thousand prisoners as a bargaining chip to get Song to get out of the way."

    Ya Yang¡¯s attitude is still so determined.  "No! Zuo Sima, although what you said makes sense, I believe that the dignity of the Han State can only be defended with blood! If you offend the Han State, you can only use blood to make them vigilant! Otherwise, other vassal states will follow suit.  My dear country, if we just apologize once more, how about our Han country?"

    Hearing this, Chen Yin nodded in agreement and said, "Everyone, I, Chen Yin, am here to say something treasonous. You all know what is going on with the Lord now."?  Even if the Lord flies to the west, I am afraid we are all prepared in our hearts.  At this time, if we want to protect the great nation established by our Lord, we can only use a tough attitude and blood!  Use iron!  Come and tell the people of the world that although the Lord has gone to the west, there are still us old ministers in Han Dynasty!  Han is not a soft persimmon that anyone can reach out and pinch!  The Han Dynasty is a sharp knife. Before you pinch it, you must be prepared to bleed into a river!  "

    Hou Xiong, Mi Yang, and even Mang Gao, who was most loyal to Yang Zilu, did not immediately refute Chen Yin's cruel words.  Although Chen Yin's words were unpleasant and cruel, no one could deny that his words did make sense.

    There have never been many kings in the world who died young. The more famous one is Duke Ai of Jin, who restored the hegemony of Jin at the age of twenty-six and passed away at the age of twenty-eight.  King Cheng of Zhou, who played an integral part in the Chengkang rule of the Zhou Dynasty, also died at the age of thirty-five.

    Hou Xiong, Mi Yang, and Chen Yin cannot fully hope that Yang Zilu will recover, so they have to prepare for the worst.  Hou Xiong sighed, nodded and said, "Everything will be done as you say!"

    Chen Yin nodded silently, turned around and left, and soon there was a shrill scream on the battlefield.  The soldiers surrendered, either yelling in a strong voice, crying and begging, or looking at everything numbly.  But no matter which one it was, the result was the same. The soldiers who were furious with the killing took a ghost-headed sword or a battle ax and completely separated their heads and bodies.  The blood dyed the land red again, and the red soil was particularly dazzling.

    After dealing with this, the Han army immediately led the army southward, but unfortunately their trip did not go smoothly.  Although the Song army suffered heavy losses, there were still 20,000 Song troops stationed in the Pengcheng area in the south.  Although these 20,000 Song troops were not as good as the Han army, they were familiar with the terrain and had ships available.  He constantly sent troops to harass the Han army.

    The Han army had to retreat from the original route and go to Xue State instead, preparing to return to Han State via Xue State and Bang State.

    And at this time, a turmoil almost broke out in the Han Kingdom.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out??  The Chu State has occupied the land south of Tongpai Mountain and Dabie Mountain.  However, they were blocked when they advanced westward. Han Jiading, who had fled the battlefield before, organized soldiers in the Zaijing area and relied on the Han River for defense.

    At the same time, Han Jiading also asked for help from Ba, Pu and other countries. The strategic advantage of Yang Zilu's equal interests appeared at the beginning. Pu originally belonged to Chu, but betrayed Chu.  Of course, the Pu people did not think that they had betrayed the Chu State, but the Chu people did think so in this matter.  Naturally, Pu State would not be so foolish as to think that the people of Chu would think whatever they thought. Their attitude was very resolute on the side of Han State.

    And the Ba State is the feudal enemy of the Chu State. The land they occupy now also includes the location of the tombs built by the kings of the Chu State - Yilingba. People believe in gods, so they do not dare to follow Wu Zixu's example of digging graves and whipping corpses.  But don¡¯t expect Ba people to repair those tombs.  After two and a half years, it is inevitable that it will fall into disrepair, and this debt will naturally be remembered by the people of Chu and Ba.

    In addition, unless the Pakistanis are willing to give up the land east of the Three Gorges, they will have no choice but to cooperate with Han Jiading.  Also relying on the support of Ba and Pu, Han Jiading managed to support him.  While providing support, Han Jiading did not forget to ask for help from Han.

    Dong Chu was unstoppable along the way, and the cities and towns along the way were defeated by the wind, but it failed when they arrived at Lujiang County in the north of the Yangtze River.  The county governor here was Du Chen, a confidant appointed by Yang Zilu himself. Although Du Chen was from Chu, he did not surrender because of this.  On the contrary, he had to fight because of his identity, because he was the governor of Lujiang County promoted by Yang Zilu, and everyone knew that he was a "Chu" traitor.

    Under this situation, if he dared to surrender, Shi Qi would probably kill him first.  If you don't surrender, you'll probably be cut to pieces or quartered with five horses. If you surrender, the most you'll get is a piece of white silk or poisoned wine, and there's absolutely no chance of surviving.  Do you think Du Chen dares to surrender?

    Du Chen was indeed capable, and he managed to win over all the county soldiers under his command, and no civil strife broke out.  Under the united will, the Dongchu army suddenly became depressed, but Shi Qi was indeed not an ordinary person.  Shi Qi thought of a place he could attack, and that was Han. At this moment, Han was leaderless.

    So Shi Qi left 20,000 Eastern Chu troops on guard outside Lujiang County, and then led 40,000 Eastern Chu troops back to the north to attack Han's Shouchun County.  Shouchun County was immediately in a panic and hurriedly sent people to Guangling City for help.

    When Yang Zilu went to war, he did not think about Han being attacked, let alone being assassinated.  It can only be said that these years of smooth sailing have made Yang Zilu lose the vigilance he should have.

     Because of this, Yang Zilu gave Ming Pingtian and other cabinets little power. Only with the approval of the entire cabinet could they have the power to mobilize five thousand soldiers.  Five thousand soldiers went to rescue Chunjun. This was indeed too few troops.

    So (To be continued
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