Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 505 Letting go of the five counties, Junan Township, the last stand! (215)

It was already a day later that the news of the fall of Champion County reached Nanxiang.

Minghou Mansion.

This mansion was built after Ming Hou established himself in Nanxiang, and it was completed in November. It is now the administrative center of the entire Minghou Mansion. It was built next to the Nanxiang County Government. of.

There are gate towers at the front and back of the mansion, and there are twelve turrets on all sides, which can garrison [-] troops. There are seven entrances and exits in the inner court.

The main courtyard of the East Wing.

This is where the South Study Office is located.

The Nanshufang is headed by Liu Jin, the chief secretary of the Minghou Mansion and the prefect of Nanyang, who is in charge of the government affairs of the six counties of Nanyang. In the entire courtyard, counting the chiefs of Cao, there are about five or sixty people working in the office, and the sound of footsteps coming in and out is endless. Absolutely.

"My lord, this is the prelude to Babaili of Champion County!"

Above the spacious main hall, a clerk knocked on the door, walked in, and presented a bamboo tube.

"Did Champion County send it?"

Liu Jin looked at the seal on it, it should be Hou Qing's wax seal, he smiled: "This Hou Qing, why can't he cry poorly the most, probably he wants me to support him with something!"

An aide next to him responded: "Your Excellency, you can't be fooled this time. I gave him the farm tools from Wudang last time. The Wudang county magistrate has been coming to our South Study for a long time!"

"I still have to give what should be given. The champion is very poor. If you don't support him, I'm afraid..."

Liu Jin opened the sealed sealing wax, just took a look, his face changed suddenly, and he stopped abruptly before he finished speaking. He stood up abruptly, and said in a low voice: "Call for Mr. Chang Shi immediately, and just say that I have something urgent to find." Him, it's a matter of urgency!"

"promise!"

Several civil servants waiting outside the gate suddenly became nervous when they heard the words, and one of them quickly passed the order.

"My lord, what's the matter?" an aide asked.

"Xu Guang!"

Liu Jin took a deep breath and said to the staff: "Go to Shunyang immediately, hurry up and meet the county magistrate Wen Shao, and the leader of the Violent Bear Army, Zhou Cang, and tell them..."

"Yes!"

Staff member Xu Guang took the token of the South Study Room, turned and left with a solemn face.

"Zhongsun, why are you in such a hurry?"

About two quarters of an hour later, Hu Zhao put on his long robe and came in a hurry, with a somewhat unhappy expression on his face: "I am still preparing the military rations to be sent to Guanzhong. Although my lord has established a foothold in the west city of Shangyong, the rations I can get are not much. It’s hard to say if we can’t survive this winter, we have to prepare a batch!”

"You all go down!"

Liu Jinping retreated to the left and right, handed a bamboo slip in his hand to Hu Zhao, and said in a low voice, "This is just delivered from Champion County!"

"Champion County?"

Hu Zhao didn't understand why, so he opened his eyes and looked at it twice, his pupils changed color suddenly, and his face was gloomy: "The news above, have you got the seal?"

"No, but I believe it is true!"

"Chuan Jingwu Division Nanyang Banner Envoy!"

"Yes!"

Soon the envoy of Nanyang Banner of Jingwu Division came. This is a burly man, he looks burly, but his face has a hint of gloom. This is Nanyang, Zhu Chou. He walked in and saluted several people: "See you Mr. Shi, pay your respects to Mr. Registrar!"

"Zhu Chongyi, do you know that Nanyang has sent troops?"

"what?"

When Zhu Chou heard this, he was shocked: "Impossible!"

"See for yourself!"

Hu Zhao handed the dossier to Zhu Chou.

Zhu Chou took a look, widened his eyes, and murmured to himself: "Impossible, the person I arranged is in Wancheng, and any trouble can't hide from Jing Wusi's eyeliner. It's impossible..."

Jing Wusi wants to say that he may not have much foundation in other places, but if he is in Nanyang, it is impossible to make such mistakes, unless ^
Zhu Chou's eyes became gloomy and cold.

He cupped his hands and said: "Master Chang Shi, please give me an hour, I will go to check the authenticity of the seal news, if the news is true, Jing Wusi will give you an explanation!"

Saying that, he turned to leave.

"It seems that there is something wrong inside Jingwu Division!"

"My lord is attacking Hanzhong now, and the future goal must be Yizhou. Tan Zong is now in Yizhou. He has deployed all the elites to Yizhou. If there is any problem, it will happen!"

"Then this news?"

"The handwriting on this is Hou Qing's. It was sent before the fall of the enemy. I trust him!"

"That's true!"

Hu Zhao's face became gloomy: "Once Nanyang sends troops, it means that they already know that our main force has entered Hanzhong, and they want to take advantage of our emptiness, so they eat up our foundation in Nanyang!"

"They came too fast. If tens of thousands of soldiers and horses go straight to the champion, the champion will definitely not be able to keep it. Hou Qing said that the vanguard battalion broke through, but they are heading south. Where is the south? It's okay to take the official route, but if Take the small road, that is the mountain in the southwest, and in the southwest, it is the Daba mountain range in Hanzhong, they are in danger!"

"This happened yesterday morning, so now..."

Hu Zhao woke up suddenly and shouted: "Shunyang!"

"I've already sent someone to Shunyang to inform Zhou Cang to be vigilant!"

"No!"

Hu Zhao made a decisive decision: "I immediately ordered Zhou Cang to lead the army back, and you also ordered Chen Nan to withdraw from the north, and let him gather all the elites of the Yangshan Camp in Nanxiang within three days!"

"what?"

Liu Jin couldn't believe it, he looked at Hu Zhao: "Hu Changshi, Wuguan is to the north!"

"I can't care less!"

Hu Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Either Nanyang doesn't send troops, or if it sends troops, it will be extremely vicious. If the troops are scattered, it will give them a possibility to defeat them one by one!"

"But the news doesn't have a seal yet!"

Liu Jin was a little worried: "It's not good to make a big fanfare, it will shake people's hearts!"

"Send the order first!"

Hu Zhao shook his head, his eyes flickered with determination: "Even if the last news is false, we can use the reason of performing martial arts to appease them, but once it is true, time is of the essence!"

"it is good!"

Hearing this, Liu Jin also thought that what Hu Zhao said was reasonable.

With Mu Jing not around, if the Violent Bear Army is to be mobilized on a large scale, the joint military order of Hu Zhao, Liu Jin, and Cai Yong, the temporary advisor of the Minghou Mansion, must be issued to mobilize.

The two called Cai Yong.

After Cai Yong entered Nanyang, he was not in good health and depressed. In addition to the cold weather, he suffered from some wind chills and was bedridden for several days. It was only after two days that he took a breath, and his face was still a little pale.

Hearing such news, he couldn't sit still.

Although he always thought that he didn't care about the matter, after all, it was his son-in-law's great cause, and he couldn't avoid it, so he would care a little bit.

"Is there any news seal?"

Cai Yong asked.

"Jing Wusi is imprinting, but we must be quick!"

Hu Zhao said.

"Kong Ming thinks, what is the chance of Nanyang sending troops?" Cai Yong asked softly.

"If they get our main force and enter Hanzhong, then..." Hu Zhao said firmly, "80.00%!"

"Order!"

Cai Yong released his big seal.

The three jointly issued a military order.

The Beiwutang is in charge of the army, and there are order cavalry under it, and the cavalry from all walks of life quickly come out to pass the military order to the various departments of the Violent Bear Army.

After an hour, Zhu Chou came back.

"The news has been confirmed!"

Zhu Chou's face was gloomy: "The night before yesterday, Captain Lei Bo of Nanyang led an army of [-] troops and went straight to the champion. Ten thousand, go straight to Shunyang, three hours ago, Chen Lan's main force had already crossed the Shunshui River, before dark, they can come to Shunyang!"

"Is this how your Jingwu Division inquires about news?" Hu Zhao's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he stared at Zhu Chou firmly.

"The fault of the subordinates is to be blamed for everything!"

Zhu Chou knelt down: "Something must have happened to Jing Wusi's stronghold in Wancheng. After this incident, I will give an explanation to my lord and all my lords!"

"When employing people, I will spare your life first. From now on, you immediately send me someone to keep an eye on their every move. I want an accurate number of their whereabouts and strength, understand!" Hu Zhao said coldly.

"promise!"

Zhu Chou nodded, bowed and saluted, then turned and left.

After Hu Zhao, Liu Jin, and Cai Yong combined, they quickly summoned the principals from all over the Minghou Mansion, and dozens of officials gathered together to discuss the matter.

"Nanyang sent troops?"

"At this time to send troops?"

"What should I do?"

Many people have lost their minds.

"Yuan Shu's attack at this time is really a time, we can't attack Hanzhong at this time, and we don't have many troops to defend Nanyang, and we are facing the enemy!" The chief of Dongcao stood up, clasped his hands, and said, "Why don't you inform the lord to withdraw troops from Hanzhong immediately! "

"Withdraw now?"

Another principal stood up and said, "Is there still time?"

"And once the troops are withdrawn, what should Hanzhong do?" someone asked.

"Master Changshi, do you have an idea?"

Liu Jin squinted at the crowd, and finally his eyes fell on Hu Zhao.

"I know you are worried!"

Hu Zhao stood up, suppressed his hands, suppressed all voices, and said: "But my lord can't withdraw my troops. The purpose of attacking Hanzhong is for us to gain a foothold in the future. Once we withdraw our troops, we will have no place to stand, and it will be too late to mobilize troops. Now there is only one way, guard!"

"How to guard?" Cai Yong narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Abandon all other counties, and gather all our troops, food, and youth...in Nanxiang County!"

Hu Zhao said resolutely: "We will fight with our backs. We must either defend Nanxiang and lead our troops back after the lord conquers Hanzhong, or lose Nanxiang and die!"

(End of this chapter)