Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 101

The dawn of early autumn makes the majestic Linhuaiguan look extremely chilling.Thanks to the slow reaction of the Eastern Jin court, from the time Chen Xun led the wise capture of Linhuai County, for a whole month and a half, no soldiers from the Eastern Jin court arrived in Linhuai County.This allowed Chen Xun to calmly occupy the nine counties of Linhuai County.At this time, Chen Xun changed Linhuai county to Linhuai country, and called himself the king of Linhuai.

Dingguo is near Huaiguan.At this time, the Linhuai Kingdom and the former Yan Xiao army and civilians had a total of more than 2 households, with a total population of more than [-].Chen Xun made his wife Zhou the queen, and his eldest son Chen Li the crown prince.Xu Meng was granted the title of General of the Linhuai Kingdom, in charge of the army.Sun Quan was granted the title of Prime Minister of the Right, who was in charge of the government. Originally, Mao Husheng joined the army of Wang Chu. Because of his meritorious service in Linhuai City, Chen Xun generously rewarded him as the Prime Minister of the Linhuai Kingdom.Most of the other confidants are important ministers.Taking advantage of this time, Chen Xun also expanded his army frantically, expanding his troops to [-] horses.

When Chen Xun heard that Sima Xi led the Eastern Jin Imperial Army to attack, he led more than [-] people from the Linhuai State Army to the south to fight Sima Xi in Xuyi City.However, just after the two armies fought, the roughly trained Linhuai army suddenly collapsed.Without him, although the number of Sima Xi's troops is only one-third of the Linhuai National Army, they are dressed in heavy armor and armed with heavy shields and spears. They are neither afraid of arrows nor knives and axes.

As far as the Linhuai National Army expanded from the backbone of Yanxiao, they are used to death. Slashing with knives, shooting with arrows, and hitting various weapons with trebuchets cannot cause damage to the enemy, nor can they delay the enemy's attack. The peasants of the Linhuai National Army who were still holding hoes just now were terrified. All of them were pale, and those who were a little timid felt that their bladders were swollen.

After only half an hour of fighting, the vanguard of the Linhuai National Army with an army of [-] suddenly collapsed.Fortunately, Chen Xun made a decisive decision and immediately gathered his soldiers and horses to retreat. At this time, they only went out of the city for a dozen miles, and there were still more than [-] troops running into Xuyi City.In fact, the casualties in this battle were very limited. Chen Xun's forward only suffered more than a thousand casualties, or even less than [-]% of the entire army, and the army collapsed.

After being trapped in Xuyi for only three days, Li Qing and Zuo Sitan, former commanders of the Linhuai Army under the command of Mao Husheng, led their troops to raise righteousness on the battlefield, and opened the city gate at night to welcome Sima Xi's troops into Xuyi City.Perhaps Chen Xun's life should not be lost, Wang Rufeng and his confidant Xu Meng, who were born in Yan Xiao, led the army of Chen Xun's direct lineage, desperately broke through, and instead protected Chen Xun to escape from Xuyi City.

This is also thanks to the fact that Sima Xi's troops are all heavy armored infantry. Although the heavy armored infantry is powerful in combat, they are not good at prolonged battles due to physical limitations.Especially in the dark night, where their vision was unclear, they missed Chen Xun during the pursuit and wasted a lot of energy.Chen Xun led the remnants back to Linhuaiguan in one breath, and there were only more than [-] troops left.

Having suffered this great defeat, Chen Xun had a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Eastern Jin court's army.The Eastern Jin Dynasty occupies half of the country, and it still has its own uniqueness.At least during this period, the combat power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was blown out, destroying Chenghan, Pingjiaozhou, and Ningzhou (the first six years of the Western Jin Dynasty, divided Yizhou into Jianning, Yunnan, Xinggu, and Jiaozhou Yongchang to establish the Ningzhou Governor's Department) .) In the Liaobu Rebellion, in this series of battles, the performance of the Jin army was remarkable.At this time, Chen Xun lost the land of nine counties, leaving only one Linhuaiguan, so he had to think about his own way out.

It is quite difficult to attack a military fortress like Linhuaiguan.As long as the defenders are resolute, it is possible to defend a city for ten or eight years.But defending a helpless city is destined to be impossible.Chen Xun immediately sent Zuo Cheng Wang Chu and You Cheng Sun Quan to ask for help.

But will reinforcements really come?Even Chen Xun didn't know what to do.

The waiting process was a painful torment, especially for the prisoners of Lu Longtian's begging army. Faced with Guo's army's downfall, Tian Luo suddenly launched an attack, and had no choice but to surrender to the dead army.However, it is very uncomfortable to hand over one's life and obey orders.

The so-called prisoner-of-war camp was actually the camp that Tian Luo set up outside the Banished Immortal Fort. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Death Army did not set fire to the camp, otherwise these prisoners would not even have a place to live.But at this time, Tian Luo's original camp had been searched by the dead soldiers known as the iron broom, and apart from hundreds of wounded soldiers, there was not even a broken mat left behind!
Tian Luo leaned against the pillars of the coach's tent, making do with it all night.He worries about his fate, and also about his father.I am even more worried about the fate of the descendants of Lu Longtian's begging army.

Things are selected by nature, and the strong are respected. This is the law of survival of ghosts and creatures.The food grown by the old and powerful people can't be harvested, but the powerful and tyrannical people don't bother to grow it. As a result, the food for the ghosts is very little. Fend for itself.Very few people reach out to help.These soldiers of Tian Luo's descended army were very uneasy, they didn't know how the dead army would deal with them.

Early the next morning, the soldiers of the dead army distributed the washed wooden bowls to these captive soldiers one by one, and asked them to form a neat line and go to the pot to receive the food.The rice is all good rice, and each person has a spoonful of salty wild vegetables.

Rice is a noble meal in this era.Common people, especially for the lower class living in ghosts and monsters, this is equivalent to the existence of common people in later generations exposed to shark fins and bird's nests.Rice and white rice, perhaps many people have only heard it in memory.

"Wow..." A soldier of the Tian Family Army who received the rice burst into tears.

"As for it!" The dead army cook held a spoon and said: "Little brother, you must be starving, don't worry, there is plenty of rice, there is still enough, you can let go of your stomach and eat it!"

Hearing this, the surrendered soldier cried even harder!
Another soldier who surrendered asked puzzledly, "Brother Maojin, why are you crying?"

Chen Maojin hurriedly pulled Li Si and hurried to the back of the team. After walking about a hundred steps, he looked around and saw that there were no dead soldiers around, so he whispered: "Fourth brother, I heard the old people often say that the king of Hades Starvation ghosts are not accepted, so every time a prisoner is executed, he will be given a good meal, which is called the meal of decapitation!"

In the history of China, there was the earliest meal with severed heads, which began in the state of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. When King Zhuang of Chu quelled the rebellion of the Ruoao family, in order to win over the hearts of other old nobles of the Chu state, when disposing of the family, Before the execution, everyone was fed with enough food. Later, it was implemented in the princely states, and it was considered "humanization", which has continued to this day.

Li Si's face turned green with fright when he heard the words "decapitated rice".He cried aloud at that time: "Brother Maojin, I don't want to die either. In our old Li's family, I am the only one left. There is also a baby girl who has not been weaned, and a blind old woman. If I die, how will this family live!"

(End of this chapter)