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Chapter 743

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Although Jiang Qin was a little greedy in normal times, he would never drink too much during the war. The reason why he was drunk was because he was given medicine by County Magistrate Zhang during his drink. Although it was not poison, it was enough to keep him drunk for a long time. However, the situation was critical, and the personal soldiers still found ways to wake him up with cold well water.

Jiang Qin opened his eyes in a daze, feeling a splitting headache. He drank a lot of well water in one breath, and then he was a little more awake.

At this time, he heard people shouting horses neighing everywhere, crying loudly, and the air was filled with pungent smell of smoke. He was shocked and asked quickly: "What's wrong?"

"General, the enemy set fire in the city, and the entire county town was ignited."

Jiang Qin was so scared that he woke up completely and asked anxiously: "Where is General Chen?"

"Someone just saw him leading his army to the East City. The situation is unknown. General, let's go quickly and it will be too late sooner or later."

Jiang Qin was helped by his personal soldiers and fled to the west gate with his gun. Since Chen Wu went to the east gate, he would go to the west gate. Both sides could not leave the city through the same city gate at the same time.

At this time, the city was shining in the sky, and the smoke was rolling. The fire spread extremely rapidly by brimstone, hay and other fire-induced objects hidden in the houses. Most of the county towns were ignited. The street leading to the two city gates was crowded with soldiers who were escaping for survival. They were so frightened that they shouted. Many injured soldiers fell to the ground and cried and begged, which was unbearable.

Chen Wu took the lead and rushed out of the east gate first, following thousands of soldiers behind him. Outside the city was a large forest, and not far away were low hills, rising and falling.

It was over now, and the night was dark, and a crescent moon appeared and faintly in the thin clouds, making the woods outside the city light and dark. Chen Wu had just rushed out of the city gate, and heard a drum sound, followed by a fire. Two armies rushed from the woods, one left and one right, and two soldiers rushed from the woods, one leopard head, one eyebrow, one swallow chin, one tiger beard, and one winged snake spear in his hand. It was Zhang Fei, who had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Fei roared loudly, and the sound was like a huge thunder. The snake spear stabbed like lightning. Chen Wu was so frightened by his roar that he was frightened. He had no intention of fighting and wanted to escape, but Zhang Fei's spear was faster. Chen Wu saw that the snake spear was coming, so he hurriedly dodged. It was still one step late. Zhang Fei's snake spear pierced his shoulder blade.

Chen Wu was so painful that he screamed, and was picked up by Zhang Fei on the horse. Several soldiers rushed forward and tied up Chen Wu.

Zhang Fei waved his spear and shouted: "The surrenderers are exempt from death, and all the stubborn resisters rushed into the city and burned to death."

His voice was heard clearly by thousands of soldiers who had escaped from the city. Seeing that the escape was sealed, the chief general Chen Wu was picked up by the horse. They were all frightened and kneeled down to surrender.

Looking at the surrendered soldiers kneeling all over the ground, Zhang Fei laughed smugly. At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "Report to General, the situation in the west city is not good, and the young general cannot stop the enemy from breaking through."

Zhang Fei was furious. He turned around and told the deputy general a few words, turned his horse's head and ran towards the west city with more than a thousand soldiers.

Outside the West City, Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao led a thousand people to surround him, but outside the West City, the terrain was flat and the vision was wide, and it was very easy to break through. In addition, Jiang Qin fought fiercely with Zhang Bao, which caused the Jiangdong army to break out of the siege, and countless Jiangdong soldiers fled desperately into the wilderness outside the city.

Jiang Qin suddenly heard someone shouting: "General of the chariot and cavalry have arrived."

He knew that Zhang Fei was coming, and he was panicked. He yelled, stabbed Zhang Bao's gun, forced Zhang Bao back, and ran away.

After all, Zhang Bao was inexperienced. Seeing that most of the enemy troops were running away, he was extremely panicked and did not bother to pursue Jiang Qin and ordered the soldiers to siege him.

At this time, Zhang Fei led more than a thousand soldiers to arrive. When he saw most of the enemy troops fleeing, even the enemy general ran away. Er was in a hurry, regardless of his head and tail, and did nothing. He was furious and whipped his whip at Er. "Bad"

Zhang Bao did not dare to dodge, and was whipped by his father. Zhang Fei then calmed down his anger and ordered: "Shrink the encirclement, no more fish that escaped the net."

The Jiaozhou army narrowed the encirclement, and the Jiangdong army behind had difficulty escaping. At this time, the fire had engulfed the entire city. They either surrendered or burned to death. The Jiangdong army behind them was desperate and all raised their hands to surrender and ran out.

Zhang Bao was even more ashamed. His father arrived and turned the situation around in a blink of an eye. It seemed that he was really tender. He touched the whip marks on his face and couldn't help but sigh softly.

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Jiang Qin ran westward and escaped for more than twenty miles in one breath before stopping to take a breath. He looked back and saw that there were only a few soldiers behind him. Jiang Qin couldn't help but sigh, "How can I explain to the Marquis of Wu if I defeat Ruosi in a miserable way?"

At this time, a general came forward and advised: "General Jiang, don't worry, we are because we are fast, and I think there will be a large number of soldiers coming to escape later. Wait a minute, the situation will definitely change."

It was good to think about it. He remembered that many people had escaped. The group waited on the road that must be passed and gathered the remaining troops. By noon the next day, they had gathered more than 5,000 people one after another. At this time, Jiang Qin also received the news that Chen Wu was captured. Most of the soldiers surrendered, and the Jiaozhou army had evacuated Yu County.

Jiang Qin led his army back to Yuli. Although the entire county town had been burned and there were broken walls everywhere, which was shocking, there were not many soldiers who were burned to death, only more than a thousand people. This was also related to the county town. Most of the soldiers were able to escape from the city in time, which made Jiang Qin feel a little relieved. He and the soldiers buried their dead brothers and evacuated towards Nanchang County.

It was not that Jiang Qin had no confidence in advancing westward, but that their food was not enough to support the march to Changsha County and could only return to the main business.

The Jiaozhou Army wiped out 20,000 Jiangdong Army at a small cost in Yu County, captured more than 10,000 people, and captured General Chen Wu, achieving a huge victory. This victory greatly boosted the morale of the Jiaozhou Army, causing the Jiangdong Army to fall into a great passive state.

But at this moment, the Qianhan Army guarded the special envoy sent by Liu Jing, Pang Tong, to Xinyu County.

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Among Liu Jing's four major military advisors, Pang Tong ranks first, but in terms of official positions, he is exactly the same as the fourth-rank Fa Zheng. He is both the Central Army General of the Military Advisor and the title of the Marquis of Ting. Jia Xu is the General of the Military Advisor and the Marquis of Jixiang, and is the highest position in the army. Sima Yi serves both military and political positions. He is not only the General of the Military Advisor, but also serves as the Secretary of the Pingzhangtai who is in charge of military affairs.

Although Pang Tong's dream is also to be a minister on the Pingzhang platform, he knew in his heart that his qualifications were not enough. Perhaps this possibility would be possible in ten years, but no matter what, he was very satisfied with his current official position and title.

In fact, Pang Tong had another dream, which was to represent the Han Dynasty on a mission to Jiaozhou. He wanted Liu Bei to take a look. At that time, Liu Bei abandoned him like a shoe, but Liu Jing made him shine and realize his ambitions. He looked at Liu Bei's expression very much, allowing him to exude a sneer in his heart.

Although he was unable to go on a mission to Jiaozhou, Liu Jing appointed him as his plenipotentiary representative today and sent a mission to Jiaozhou army also made Pang Tong feel proud, at least he could stand up straight in front of Zhuge Liang.

Pang Tong was very grateful to Liu Jing's arrangement and asked thousands of troops to guard him to come to Xinwu County. This glory was enough to make him cry. The march was almost at the county town. A soldier pointed to the city ahead and shouted: "Military advisor, that is Xinwu County."

Pang Tong nodded, and he also saw that at this time, dust was flying in front of him, and a cavalry rushed towards him. The Han army had already met him. After a while, the Han army brought two young generals, and they bowed and bowed on the horse, "Guan Xing, Zhang Bao came to welcome the military advisor of my family."

Pang Tong laughed. It turned out to be these two. When he left Liu Bei, these two were still ignorant young men. Now, in a blink of an eye, they are a brave young general. Pang Tong hurriedly said: "It turned out to be two virtuous nephews. They haven't seen each other for many years and have grown up."

Guan Xing complimented: "I haven't seen Military Advisor Pang for five or six years. It seems that Mr. Pang is still as charming as before and is as elegant as before."

Pang Tong laughed, "Ling Zun Cong Wuxu said that, who will you come with if you are so slick in your nephew?"

"No one teaches, no teacher can tell you."

Everyone laughed again, and then they took Pang Tong to the county town. At the gate of the county town, Zhuge Liang had been waiting for a long time. Zhuge Liang knew very well that this battle was actually controlled by Liu Jing, and the final victory and defeat were also decided by Liu Jing.

For example, it was Liu Jing who was able to defeat the Jiangdong Army this time, which was completely deliberately arranged by Liu Jing. It was because he did not allow the Jiangdong Army to borrow the Yangtze River that forced the Jiangdong Army to leave the land. In the end, they seized the opportunity. If Liu Jing did not want the Jiaozhou Army to win, it would be very simple. He just sent an army south to Jiaozhou and he would have to withdraw his troops.

It was precisely because of understanding these key points that Zhuge Liang showed a modest attitude and went out of the city to welcome Pang Tong. At this time, when Zhuge Liang saw Pang Tong dismount, he smiled and greeted him, "Shi Yuan, are you safe?"

Although Pang Tong felt proud, he was not arrogant by nature. After his dignity was greatly satisfied, he began to become rational and showed the style that the Han master should have. He also smiled and bowed: "I'm very happy to meet my brother again."

Pang Tong was two years older than Zhuge Liang. They were close friends when they were in Longzhong. They had been classmates for ten years and had a deep friendship. They put aside the past fame, wealth and grudges. At this time, they all felt particularly cordial. They talked and laughed at each other, and eliminated the grudges of the past.

Pang Tong saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei again. At this time, he had completely abandoned the unhappiness of the past and integrated into his current role. He talked and laughed for a few words, and then entered Xinwu County surrounded by everyone.

The group came to the county government office to sit down. Zhuge Liang ordered people to serve tea, and then said sincerely to Pang Tong: "I heard that my brother was valued by the King of Han, and I was very happy. I knew my brother's talent very well. Unfortunately, Uncle Liu could not see it, which made the brother's pearl covered with dust, but the King of Han valued his brother. From this, it can be seen that when it comes to employing people, the Uncle is indeed inferior to the King of Han."

Zhuge Liang's frankness surprised Pang Tong, but when he changed his mind, he understood what Zhuge Liang meant. Zhuge Liang was using himself to praise the King of Han and create an atmosphere for the later conversation. Pang Tong smiled and said, "In fact, it's not that the emperor's uncle doesn't know people. It's really that the emperor's uncle didn't have the opportunity to let me play it out. The king of Han fought repeatedly with Cao Cao, which created many opportunities. But frankly speaking, in terms of the world, Uncle Liu is indeed not as good as the King of Han. The King of Han told me more than once that his biggest regret was that he did not get the great talent in Wolong..."

Before Pang Tong finished speaking, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "I won't say this anymore. The emperor treats me as much as a mountain of kindness. I will no longer have a second thought."
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