Chapter 10 The Battle of Feishui(11)

 [14]Nearly a year, general Zhu Xu defended Xiangyang and finally captured by former Qin army in February (379). [15]FuJian sent Peng Chao siege PengCheng city, former Qin and Eastern Jin broke another war in Huainan. Xie An stationed at Jiankang and ordered Xie Xuan to lead 50,000 Beifu troops from Guangling to meet the former Qin army. Xie Xuan won four out of four battles and wiped out all the enemy troops. Xie An was made Duke of Jianchang County and Xie Xuan was made Marquis of Dongxing County for his outstanding service. [16]Investigate its reason, on the one hand is Xie An well-prepared earlier. Second, soldiers trained enough to protect the country, high morale. In addition, former Qin army marched long distance to conquer unknown areas, victory was not easy. Since ancient times, those who went out to fight against others without justifiable reasons had few victories.

In August 383 AD, Fu Rong set out for the Feishui River with 250,000 vanguard troops. Fu Jian personally led 1.12 million army with 600,000 infantry and 270,000 cavalry, and later followed suit. [17].The time for the decisive battle on the Feishui River is approaching.