Chapter 670: Retreat from the enemy
King Wu's pupils shrank.
Guess wrong!
The other party either wanted to surround Wei to save Zhao, or came at him.
Only 9,000 cavalry went out of the city, and they actually wanted to break through their own Chinese army camp?
If Wang Xiao had such a big appetite at the beginning, he didn't believe it. The two cavalry went out of the city obviously to relieve today's siege, otherwise the Chu army would bring more soldiers and horses, and then they would also be on guard. Therefore, in the process of breaking the siege, they discovered their flaws, so they rushed forward without hesitation, one rode back and dragged out of their old camp, and the other rode straight from the right flank......
Thinking about this, King Wu felt a little shocked, he could be sensitive to the changes in the war to this extent, he couldn't do it. Not to mention that the two armies were so far apart that it was impossible to communicate with each other...... Then it can only depend on tacit understanding and cooperation.
The ability to quickly grasp the fighter, the tacit cooperation, and the decisive ability to make a decision on the spot, if you want to compete with these abilities, are not on the same level as each other at all.
But even now, King Wu Yan may not lose, he still has a battalion of personal guards, and he himself is a fierce general. The rushing Chu army was only 4,000 people, and he could lead the personal guard battalion to block it.
As long as you block it, the numerical advantage will slowly become apparent, and you can still win!
So King Wu Yama lifted his broadsword again.
The next moment, in the direction of Dezhou City, the army of the Chu army had already rushed over here, more than 20,000 people were huge, and the generals who rushed to the front were dressed in black armor.
Although he couldn't see it clearly, King Wu Yan intuitively felt that it was Lin Shaoyuan, who killed his second son Wu Bo.
——Fight hard, stop the 4,000 Chu army, kill Wang Xiao, kill Lin Shaoyuan, break through Dezhou, and capture Zhou Yan......
- There is no need to work hard for the Rui Dynasty, and it is not Lao Tzu's world......
King Wu Yan had a lot of thoughts in his head.
Is it a war? Or withdraw?
And Qin Shanhai's 4,000 men had broken through the entire right flank and slaughtered here like sharp blades.
"Withdraw!"
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"Die!"
Qin Shanhu slashed down, and a veteran soldier of the Zhennan Army in front of him fell to the ground with a scream.
"Come on! How fierce you are! "Qinshan Lake is arrogant and can't stop drinking, and his beard is open.
He grew up outside the gates, and since his captivity, he has lived almost always in the midst of war, and from childhood to adulthood, he knows and dies countless people.
And these dogs in front of them, with knives to cut some officers and civilians, are proud of their ferocity, arrogantly thinking that their combat power is no different from that of the border army.
This made Qin Shanhu feel angry.
"Thieves kill talents, dare to shout with your grandfather." As he spoke, another person was slashed.
So far, the casualties of the old battalion of the Zhennan Army have been higher than the casualties of the Xiaocai battalion, and there is finally fear in my heart.
They no longer dare to think that they are not inferior to the border army, and only hope that the commander will send troops to support them as soon as possible.
But support has not yet come, and the sound of Mingjin has already sounded.
"The marshal has withdrawn the army!"
"Removal ......"
This battle came to an abrupt end, and King Wu Yan withdrew too decisively.
The old battalion of the Zhennan Army quickly broke away from the battlefield and rushed east with the commander's banner.
The rest of the foot soldiers did not escape quickly, Lin Shaoyuan had already rushed up with Ben Rui's army, and quickly covered up and killed, and the defeated soldiers who could escape fled all over the mountains, and those who couldn't escape knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Victory! Win! ”
The cheers of the Chu army resounded throughout the city of Dezhou......
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Wang Xiao stood on the battlefield, and the setting sun dragged his figure to the end.
The casualties of the Chu army were not large, but more than 20,000 people were captured in just two hours of siege, and when he looked back, the entire city was blood-red.
At this moment, he was not proud, but he was a little emotional...... King Wu Yan is a man of average ability and tyrannical temperament, but once he is powerful, he can easily kill tens of thousands of people.
"I still have to kill him, but it's a pity that he is too good at running." He sighed softly.
But all in all, he finally repelled King Wu Yan.
The siege of Texas was solved in this way, and the battle was faster than he expected, and it seemed to be a bit of a fluke.
Maybe it can't be called a fluke, he and Qin Shanhai's original command ability is higher than that of King Wu Yan, and the combat power of Liaodong soldiers and horses is also better than that of the Zhennan army, and the disadvantage is only that there are few people.
If King Wu Yan besieged the city step by step, as long as he did not show flaws, he would still have an advantage. But since they dare to play tricks, it is like a piece of cloth hooked with silk, Wang Xiao and Qin Shanhai can tear this cloth more and more when they hold this silk.
However, Lin Shaoyuan was able to react quickly and lead the troops to press, which made Wang Xiao a little surprised. After learning the details, he couldn't help but think in his heart: "The Military Aircraft Department still has a role. ”
Wang Xiao didn't tell him clearly about this matter, Gao Chengyi really didn't do anything wrong, and Wang Xiao didn't plan to deal with him, otherwise other generals would inevitably be afraid to do things in the future.
There's a lot more to do.
The Chu army captured the camp of King Wu Yan, quickly extinguished the fire in the granary, and counted it, and there were nearly 100,000 stones of grain and grass left. This made Wang Xiaowei a little surprised. Since the Rui Dynasty's eastward expedition, King Wu Yan has plundered all the way and obtained a lot of money and grain, which he knows, but the cost of the 300,000 army has been burned again today, but he didn't expect that there are so many.
On the other hand, he was surprised that King Wu Yan had so much grain and grass and looted everywhere, which seemed to be a big plan. And as soon as there is a defeat today, the grain and grass are said to be lost, and it seems that it is not distressed to be robbed, and it will be robbed everywhere when you turn back.
This guy is a scourge.
As a result, Wang Xiao's idea of getting rid of King Wu Yan was a little stronger.
In addition, Li Bobai, who was imprisoned, was also found in the camp, and Wang Xiao had no time to pay attention to him for the time being, so he only ordered him to continue to be locked up.
After the siege of Dezhou was resolved, the Song brothers and many courtiers proposed to let the king of Qi go south to Jinan, but Wang Xiao did not agree.
Although the army of King Wu Yan retreated, it did not hurt the fundamental, and when it rested for a while, it would have to be surrounded and chased again, not to mention that the soldiers and horses of Tang Jie were not far away, so that the king of Qi would continue to run south now, it was nothing more than being caught up on the road again, and it was far better to meet the enemy calmly in Texas.
Intending to continue to meet the enemy in Dezhou, Wang Xiao asked Qin Shanhai to lead most of the soldiers and horses to be stationed in the camp outside the city, and at the same time arranged for people to build fortifications between Dezhou City and the camp overnight.
The city of Dezhou is small, and the three armies have been crowded after they have been stationed, and now there are so many people, Wang Xiao left the young and strong among the people, and planned to reorganize into an army in the future, and send all the women and children to Pingyuan County south of Dezhou City.
In this way, Texas, the camp outside the city, and Pingyuan County are horns of each other, and it is not easy for the rebels to encircle each other.
"The scope of action has expanded a lot......
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Sun Sancai was not very lucky this time and failed to escape with the Zhennan army.
At the time of the battle, he fled from the right flank, and very cleverly did not rush to the large formation of the Chinese army, but ran to the main camp, intending to wait for the commander to repel the Chu army before coming out.
Because he was hungry, he went back to his tent and got some dry food to chew.
When Mingjin sounded, he couldn't escape if he wanted to, so he had to kneel on the ground and beg for a while.
The Chu army did not kill him, but took him prisoner, took off his armor, seized his weapon, and put a thorn mark on his forehead with a soldering iron, which made him cry out in pain.
He couldn't see what was tattooed on his forehead, but he could see it to others.
It's actually a 'thief'......
How can this work? He is a rebel, even if he is caught by officers and soldiers, he should not be so humiliated!
Although he was not angry, he didn't dare to resist, and could only lament in his heart - even if he fled back, he would not be comfortable being an official with this tattoo.
There were many people who were captured this time, and there seemed to be twenty or thirty thousand people as far as the eye could see, and they were divided into teams of ten people, and one team was guarded by a Chu soldier. Tie the feet together with ropes, like zongzi, if one person in the team dares to make trouble, Chu Bing pulls his hand, and ten people fall to the ground together...... So it's like a more zongzi.
They were assigned to do all kinds of work, and Sun Sancai's team was sent to dig trenches.
The trench doesn't look like it's good. The position was drawn out by a Chu general riding on a horse and holding a knife while running on the ground.
Na Chu will run around the camp outside the city and Texas City, and he can't see anyone, and he will only come back for a long time.
"Hahaha! Just dig it as big as the first ditch in Jinzhou City......"
Sun Sancai hated him very much.
- Bastard from Jinzhou!
The next thing is to dig trenches day and night, and give food to eat, but not rest except sleeping.
There are also some strange rules, and they will also evaluate 'excellent prisoners of war' and the like, such as Sun Sancai, who dug trenches, a total of 1,000 squads, a total of 10,000 people. The Chu army will select a hundred squads out of these thousand squads, and if they are selected, they will not be prisoners, and they will be much more free to eat meat and silver.
As for how to compare, it depends on which team digs up more soil.
Sun Sancai didn't care to be a bullshit 'excellent prisoner of war' at all, and sooner or later he would have to flee back to the Zhennan Army to follow the commander as an official.
But the other nine people in his team were crazy, and they refused to sleep, digging day and night, and would rather die of exhaustion than dig as much soil.
After digging for two days, Sun Sancai was so dizzy that he almost fell into the trench.
Two days later, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance.
"The rebels are coming!"
Sun Sancai perked up, threw down the shovel in his hand and climbed up the trench.
"Ouch!"
With a scream, the rope on his body was pulled by his teammates and he fell on his back.
"What are you doing...... Don't dig yet? Keep it up! ”
"It's not." Sun Sancai suppressed his voice and said, "Dashuai has come to save us...... Don't pull Lao Tzu...... Let's take a look first. ”
Finally climbed out of the trench, only to see that the Chu soldier who was guarding them was looking at him condescendingly, with a little sneer in his eyes.
"Hearts are anti-military...... Ha, your team can't be good prisoners of war. ”
"Official!" Teammates cried and begged: "He's the only one, a few of us are wronged." ”
"Yes, a grain of mouse droppings spoiled a pot of porridge......"
Sun Sancai hated them in his heart, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he took the opportunity to look outside the trench, only to see people and horses galloping in the distance, and the banner of the Swiss army coming to the wind.
"It's the soldiers and horses of the Third Highness who are here!" Sun Sancai's heart was excited......
But Tang Jie's soldiers and horses did not rush up as he thought, but looked at it from a distance for a while, then turned around and set up camp farther away.
Sun Sancai was looking at it, and the next moment, Chu Jun sneered in his ear: "Have you seen enough?" ”
Then the whip was whipped down again.
"Don't dig ...... yet"