Chapter 1603: Death of Fusu
Chapter 1603 The Death of Fusu
Chapter 1601: Death of Fusu
As soon as Li Jing left, Wang Mang received the news.
"Li Jing withdrew his troops at this time. He probably discovered Zhu Tianpeng's fleet and knew that he would definitely lose in the war, so he chose to withdraw his troops." Chen Qingzhi said.
"What is Li Jing thinking? He can't retreat at this time anyway. Isn't he afraid that our army will catch up?" Wang Mang frowned.
He was fully prepared for this battle. He was just waiting to annihilate the Qin army in one fell swoop and win a hearty victory to avenge his shame. But his opponent ran away before the battle started? This gave him a feeling of powerlessness as if he had punched cotton.
“Li Jing probably wanted to abandon his chariot to save his commander and reduce losses as much as possible. Although retreating will inevitably lead to defeat, it can still preserve part of the strength.” Zhou Yafu said.
Wang Mang nodded and ordered decisively: "Send the order and the whole army will pursue it."
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“By the way, send a message to Zhu Tianpeng and tell him that Li Jing has retreated before the war, and ask him to send Xia Ruqi over to help.”
As he said that, a strange color flashed in Wang Mang's eyes, and he said with a playful smile: "The Qin army ran away before the decisive battle started. Then there was a pursuit battle, and Qi's thousands of navy troops were not of much use anymore. It would be a waste for a strong general like Xia Luqi to stay with Zhu Tianpeng, why don't you come and help us."
"My lord, our army already has three powerful generals: Tantai Yu, Ju Wuba, and Gongsun Shu. They are more than enough to deal with Ran Min. Is it necessary to go to Zhu Tianpeng to borrow Xia Luqi?"
“Be cautious, you’re right.” Wang Mang said with a smile.
Although Wang Mang now has three war-god-level warriors under his command, Tantai Yu, Ju Wuba, and Gongsun Shu, Yuan Hong also had a record of defeating the three war gods of Nangong Changwan, Ju Wuba, and Ma Shanwei before.
Although Ran Min is ranked lower than Yuan Hong on the general list, he is also a veteran general on the general list. He has never fallen out of the top ten, and his strength may not be much weaker than Yuan Hong.
Wang Mang felt that it was still not safe to hold the three gods of war, so he borrowed Xia Luqi from Zhu Tianpeng to ensure that everything was safe.
Not long after, Zhu Tianpeng received a letter from Wang Mang, and also learned that Li Jing had withdrawn before the war started.
"It should be that we were exposed, so Li Jing retreated."
Zhu Tianpeng sighed. He thought he didn't reveal any flaws, but Li Jing still discovered his intentions. He felt that Li Jing's opponent was really terrifying.
What Zhu Tianpeng didn't know was that Li Jing was actually not sure either. It was just a fisherman who happened to see the fleet, which caused his plan to completely fail.
“Lord, what should we do now?” Sharuch asked.
Zhu Tianpeng didn't think twice and said directly: "Change the route and attack Beihai City."
Since he was unable to give the main force of the Qin army a fatal blow, Zhu Tianpeng could only settle for the next best thing. The damage caused to the Qin army by capturing Beihai City was definitely second only to Zhu Tianpeng's original plan.
As soon as they heard that they were going to attack Beihai City, the eyes of all the generals of Qi State brightened up, and they shouted in unison: "Nuo."
"By the way, Xia Luqi, you take a boat of naval troops alone and go to join Wang Mang's army."
As he spoke, a hint of coldness flashed in Zhu Tianpeng's eyes, and he sneered: "Now Wang Mang only needs to pursue, and Li Jing also has powerful generals such as Ran Min and Jin Tai under his command. Wang Mang is afraid that he does not have enough manpower, so he needs your help." help."
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After Xia Ruqi pondered for a moment, he nodded and agreed. After all, there were no soldiers or generals on the Beihai side, but there was Ran Min on Wang Mang's side, and what he liked most was to pick tough enemies.
In this way, Zhu Tianpeng and Xia Luqi divided their troops into two groups. Zhu Tianpeng led the army by water and headed straight for the North Sea, while Xia Luqi led more than a hundred people to join Wang Mang. Zhu Tianpeng had smooth sailing along the way, and his marching speed was even much faster than that of the cavalry. He even arrived at Beihai ahead of Jintai who returned overnight.
Looking at the majestic city in front of him, Zhu Tianpeng couldn't help but sigh: "Beihai, Jixian, I, Zhu Tianpeng, am back again."
Ju County is the administrative seat of Beihai, so it is also called Beihai City.
This was not the first time Zhu Tianpeng attacked Beihai City. Before Huang Chao fell, when Kong Rong was the prefect, he had led his troops to Beihai, more than once.
Zhu Tianpeng actually had a chance to capture the city, but due to various complicated reasons, he ultimately failed to capture Beihai, the strongest city in Qingzhou.
Until Li Jing succeeded Kong Rong as the governor of Beihai, there were no flaws in Beihai's defense, and Zhu Tianpeng never came to Beihai City again.
Now Zhu Tianpeng came to Beihai City again, and there were only three thousand defenders in the city, and there were no generals and only two civil servants guarding the city. This was definitely the moment when Beihai City's defense was at its weakest.
“Prepare to attack.”
Zhu Tianpeng didn't waste any time and directly issued instructions to prepare for the siege. He also personally directed the army to attack the city and concentrated his forces to attack the east gate.
Zhu Tianpeng had made sufficient preparations for this trip. Not only did he bring enough food and grass on the ship, he also brought detachable siege equipment, so there was no need to build siege equipment on the spot.
On the city tower, Fu Nian and Fu Su looked solemnly at the enemy troops below the city, as well as Wang Yanzhang, Wang Yantong and other generals standing next to Zhu Tianpeng, and their hearts continued to sink.
Although Beihai's city defense is strong, the number of defenders is too small, and they have to guard four gates. How many more can be divided equally?
Although the number of the invading army is not large, there are too many famous generals, and even one of them cannot be dealt with, let alone there are so many coming.
Fu Nian and Fu Su also realized that the situation was not good, but it was absolutely impossible to abandon Beihai and escape without a fight.
Beihai city has stored 90% of the Qin army's food and grass. Once lost, Li Jing's main army will soon be out of food, and there will be no room for recovery.
So, even if they knew Beihai could not be defended, Fusu and Fu Nian had to hold on for as long as they could.
Fu Nian looked at Fusu, who was wearing armor and holding a sword, and sighed: "Brother Fusu, you are a scholar, there is no need to personally participate in the defense of the city."
Although Fu Nian is also a civil servant, he is a core disciple of Confucianism. He has the skills of an early master and his own martial arts is very high. It is natural for him to personally participate in the city defense battle, but Fusu is different from him.
Although Fusu is also good at martial arts, he is very poor. He can handle one or two soldiers, but he will not be able to handle more.
When Fusu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "I, the son of the Qin family, all practice martial arts, even the literati.
Although my martial arts skills are not high, I, Fusu, am by no means a coward. As long as Fusu is still alive today, I will fight to the end with Brother Fu Nian..."
Before Fusu finished speaking, an arrow flew over like a meteor and hit Fusu's forehead.
Immediately afterwards, there was a "boom" sound, and Fusu's head exploded like a watermelon directly in front of Fu Nian's face.
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