Chapter 246 Seeking Help
At daybreak, Zhu Jun had already dressed neatly and left Lingshi's residence with a few personal guards, preparing to inspect the defenses on the city wall.
The familiar scene made Zhu Jun feel a little dazed, as if he was surrounded in the city like this during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Now he is promoted to General of Chariots and Cavalry, and under his command are the elite troops drawn from the five schools of Beigong. Unexpectedly, he was defeated again. Now he has no choice but to be trapped in this isolated city of Changsha, waiting for support from other armies.
Riding his horse on the deserted streets, Zhu Jun felt an endless sense of sadness in his heart.
The battle situation has become so bad, I feel like I am really old.
Now that the Han Dynasty is thriving and the Han Dynasty is experiencing its third revival, everything is moving towards a new era, but I have fallen behind at this critical moment.
If it was in other states, it would be fine. How could he not know about the affairs of Yanzhou and Yingchuan? Prime Minister Chen Xi was one of the pillars that supported the Han Dynasty to reach new heights, but now he was in danger because of his failure. If Chen Xi really had any accident, he would probably be blamed.
Today's empire is like the rising sun, and it should be up to an old minister like him to serve as fuel to add fuel to the fire. However, he is unable to do so. He doesn't understand how a rebel peasant could be so powerful.
The ability to die at any time by leaving the body's internal energy would have been considered an elite talent in the Han Dynasty. I didn't expect that the Dashun Dynasty would be so decisive.
He had the upper hand in the initial battle. As soon as he arrived in Yanzhou, he conquered twelve cities occupied by a rebel named Dashun.
The residential areas of the twelve cities were safe, but seven out of ten of the food supplies in the cities were gone. Considering the actions of the Yanzhou aristocratic families, Zhu Jun knew that this was just the last-ditch struggle of the Dashun rebels. Without the support of the aristocratic families, the so-called Dashun could only survive by looting.
But now he realized that these twelve cities were the tombs set up for him by the enemy. After being defeated head-on, no matter which city he evacuated to, food and grass would be shackles restricting him from defending the city.
Not only did the opponent predict that he would lose, they even planned a way out for him early on.
This made Zhu Jun full of fear towards the other party. The fat man in the lead reminded him of Dong Zhuo in the past, who was equally cunning and fierce.
He really didn't expect that the opposite side, while having a large army commanding, could also have two people with internal Qi leaving the body acting as the vanguard. The gap between the soldiers was not big, but the small number determined that the people with internal Qi leaving the body could exert greater power in such a small-scale battle.
If there were more soldiers, he wouldn't be forced into such a miserable state by two people with internal energy leaving their bodies.
It was really helpless. The commander of the opposing large army was fighting with him for command. When the fight was going on vigorously, two people with internal energy left their bodies and led a small group of troops to tear down his central army flag at the risk of their lives. As a result, he immediately lost the hope of maintaining the battle situation and had no choice but to retreat in embarrassment. Then, he was ambushed from all sides and driven all the way to this small town.
Fortunately, after his failure, he immediately instructed his deputy general to send several teams to seek help and notify Yingchuan. He thought that the many aristocratic families in Yingchuan would not let Chen Xi and others get into trouble, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Now all he had to do was to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Fortunately, he brought some of the original five schools of Beigong with him, otherwise his army would have been completely defeated in the previous battle.
Now that his troops have been divided, he is trapped in this city by Dashun and has no way of contacting the outside world. Fortunately, his deputy general is a backbone he has trained himself. Even if he is unable to act on his own, he has no problem defending the city with the troops.
With the city there, the soldiers feel reassured, and as long as the commander is more rational, the city will not be captured quickly.
In the novel, Hao Zhao was only a second-rate civil official, but he still used a checkpoint to stop Zhuge Liang, who was at the peak of his power, and thus caused Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to fail.
The difficulty of defending a city is much lower than others, and this difficulty is enough to make up for many gaps.
They have been under siege for several days, and he has too few soldiers. It's ok with the help of the civilians in the city to defend the city, but it's a dream if he wants to rush out of the city. Moreover, the fat man and the monarch talent on the opposite side are also outside the city, so it is impossible to break out. He'd better just hold on and wait for reinforcements.
At this time, the flaws of Dashun were undoubtedly exposed. They had no foundation and no support, and they had no siege equipment at all . If they relied on ladders to attack the city, they would probably never be able to capture the city defended by Zhu Jun in their lifetime.
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"Zhu Jun has failed again!" Chen Xi was a little speechless holding the information in his hand. Why did Zhu Jun always fail? Li Zicheng could actually defeat Zhu Jun. Even if Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongde were really comparable to Yan Liang and Wen Chou, it would be impossible. What kind of force has intervened again?
Zhu Jun's deputy general started to pass on the message as soon as he arrived in the city. He knew very well that he was incapable and was afraid that there was no hope of breaking out after being surrounded, so he found several groups of people to pass on the message overnight. He gave a rough description of the situation and did not dare to add any of his own opinions. He just passed the message on.
This is also the reason why Zhu Jun always felt that he was not capable of taking charge. How could a commander not have his own ideas?
There are only two points of intelligence: Zhu Jun lost, and the location of the city where he and Zhu Jun are now besieged.
The major families in Yingchuan were shocked when they received the news almost immediately. Zhu Jun was defeated. This gave them a new understanding of Dashun. They did not expect that the chess piece they had discarded before had such ability. However, they have all turned over a new leaf now, and they do not recognize Dashun as a rebel.
Chen Xi and Xun Yu discussed together what to do. After all, if Zhu Jun was defeated, the next target of the Dashun rebels would definitely be to abandon their family. They had to either run away or organize a group of people to prepare for war.
Of course, Chen Xi's suggestion to run away was ridiculed by Chen Qun and Xun Yu. Chen Xi really didn't understand the aristocratic families.
Xun Yu took the lead in gathering various private soldiers in Yingchuan, and then these private soldiers from the aristocratic families gathered together more than 2,000 pairs of talents, and a dozen of them had internal energy. By temporarily withdrawing the garrison troops of Yingchuan County, a fresh army was formed.
Chen Xi was greatly amazed, because the Chen family contributed one-fifth. It was really great that they could still use this strength even though the aristocratic families had been weakened several times.
Moreover, Chen Xi has Dian Wei by his side, so it can be said that their army has everything it needs. It has brave generals, strategists, military formations, and soldiers.
Although it is not known how Zhu Jun was defeated, the request for help from Zhu Jun's deputy general made it very clear that there were still 30,000 to 40,000 fresh recruits who had seen blood in the city. Once they joined forces, it would be easy to defeat Dashun.
From the intelligence from Lieutenant General Zhu Jun, they speculated that Zhu Jun's downfall was definitely due to carelessness, and it was definitely not a major defeat. He must still have a lot of power at hand, and it would not be a problem to wipe out Dashun with internal and external support. They didn't want their aristocratic families to reach a consensus with great difficulty, but in the end they were held back by a few rebels in the country.
