Chapter Twenty-Six: Wu Yunzhao! Deathwill!
After listening to Liu Zhiyuan's words, Wu Yunzhao smiled slightly, "Zhiyuan, what you said is very right, but I'm sorry, I will never go to Guanzhong with you!" ”
Liu Zhiyuan stomped his feet when he heard this, "Yunzhao, you are crazy, now that Shen Faxing is gone, we can't have a chance to turn defeat into victory, staying in Jiangnan is waiting for death!" ”
Wu Yunzhao smiled miserably, "Of course I know this, but the King of Chu is as kind to me as a mountain, and I have no way to keep his inheritance, only one death has been avenged!" ”
Liu Zhiyuan shook his head helplessly, "Yunzhao, why are you so troubled?" ”
Wu Yunzhao smiled faintly, "Everyone has their own ambitions, know the distance, you take care of yourself!" ”
"Alas!"
Liu Zhiyuan sighed helplessly, and slowly withdrew from the big tent.
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Shen Faxing withdrew from Xunlongling with more than 40,000 Wu troops and retreated in the direction of Wu County, while Wu Yunzhao led more than 10,000 Chu troops to retreat to Ninghai County, and walked halfway, most of the Chu army had learned the news of the loss of Hailing City, and the army was in chaos, and many people were deserters on the way, and when Wu Yunzhao finally entered Ninghai County, there were less than 2,000 people left in the whole army.
A few days later, the main army led by Yang Gao crossed the Yangtze River, and rushed to Hailing County in the starry night, Chang Yuchun hurriedly greeted him with Laihong and Huarong ten miles out of the city, and Qin Ming has been seriously injured since the battle of Longling, so he did not go out of the city with Chang Yuchun to meet him.
After seeing Chang Yuchun and a few others, Yang Gao praised them, affirmed the merits of several people, and ordered the imperial doctor who accompanied the army to hurry into the city to check Qin Ming's injuries, and then asked about the recent battle situation.
Chang Yuchun replied when he heard this: "Back to Your Majesty, after the Battle of Xunlongling, Shen Faxing led the army to withdraw to Wu County, and now under his rule, he has strengthened the city wall, and intends to fight to the death in our army." And Li Zitong's old department, Wu Yunzhao, led the remnants to retreat to Ninghai County and continued to resist stubbornly. ”
"Wu Yunzhao?" Yang Gao asked, "I heard that he is also a fierce general, is there a possibility of surrender?" ”
Yang Gao mentioned the matter of surrendering, Chang Yuchun's face suddenly showed a trace of anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Dissatisfied with Your Majesty, since Wu Yunzhao retreated to Ninghai, Weichen has sent three envoys to persuade him to surrender, but Wu Yunzhao The thief ignored it at all, Weichen thought, if you want to persuade Wu Yunzhao to surrender, I'm afraid the only way to let Li Zitong speak to that thief!" ”
Yang Gao shook his head helplessly, "Li Zitong, it's impossible to count on him, he has been on a hunger strike since he was captured, if it weren't for the great medical skills of the imperial doctor in my palace, now he is a dead corpse, he will never help me." ”
Chang Yuchun said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this Wu Yunzhao has no possibility of surrendering, you must not be merciful!" ”
Yang Gao bowed his head and said: "General Lao Chang has reminded me, I will take care of it." If these characters are not used by me, they must not fall into the hands of others, otherwise they will be a problem for our army! ”
Chang Yuchun arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”
Yang Gao said lightly: "Order the army, cook on the third watch, pull out the camp on the fifth watch, and go to Ninghai County, this Wu Yunzhao is also a hero, let me personally give him a ride!" ”
"Wechen obeys!"
Ninghai County is only less than 150 miles away from Hailing City, but after a two-day march, the main force of the Sui army soon entered Ninghai City and surrounded this small county town.
Yang Gao wore soft armor inside and a dragon robe outside, and rode out surrounded by Qin Qiong, Chang Yuchun, Luo Shixin and other generals, and shouted at the city wall, "Wu Yunzhao, I know that you are excellent in martial arts, as long as you open the city and surrender, I will be used for you!" ”
Hahaha!
Wu Yunzhao at the head of the city laughed for a long time when he heard this, and scolded loudly: "Yang Gao, you don't want to be merciful in front of me, in the past, your father Yang Guang, that faint gentleman, listened to the slanderous words of this traitor in Yuwen, and harmed the lives of my whole family, I swear to stand with your Yang family, how can I be loyal to you!" ”
After Chang Yuchun heard Wu Yunzhao's words, he was furious, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this thief is stubborn, I don't think I need to bother anymore." Give me an hour, and I promise to take this small county town! “
Yang Gao nodded, "Okay, then I'll be watching General Chang's soldiers in the back!" With that, he turned his horse's head and silently left behind under the escort of a group of relatives.
Although in his previous life, Yang Gao liked this white horse and silver spear, the suave Wu Yunzhao very much when he watched the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but looking at the current situation, Wu Yunzhao would never open the city and surrender, since this is the case, there is only one choice to kill him, and mercy to the enemy is cruelty to himself!
"Get on the crossbow!"
Seeing that Yang Gao had gone away, Chang Yuchun immediately waved his sword and ordered loudly.
Thundered!!!
The Sui army's formation was wide open, and hundreds of infantry pushed more than a dozen crossbows through the crowd and came to the front of the team, each of these dozen crossbows carried eight feather arrows, the arrows were more than a foot long, and the arrows flashed with a cold light, which made people shudder.
"Put!"
With Chang Yuchun's order, more than a dozen crossbows were launched at the same time, the sound was like thunder, the sharp arrows broke through the air, the arrows rained down, and the Chu army in Ninghai County was shot all over the place, and the blood instantly stained the entire city wall!
"Quick, get down the wall and avoid the rain of arrows!"
Originally, it was supposed to be a shield to deal with such a rain of arrows, but unfortunately, the Chu army was disheartened, and a large number of soldiers fled, and now the number of sword and shield hands in the city is less than a hundred, and in desperation, Wu Yunzhao can only order the whole army to go down the city wall to avoid the rain of arrows!
"Brothers, kill, the first to rush to the head of the city with a bounty of a thousand taels!"
Chang Yuchun saw that the defenders in the city were overjoyed in order to avoid the dense rain of arrows, and with a wave of the war knife in his hand, he commanded the whole army to charge!
"Quick, hurry up to the city wall to stop the Sui army from approaching, quickly release the arrows!"
Wu Yunzhao heard the movement outside the city, and quickly commanded the whole army to brave the rain of arrows to guard the city wall, but the number of the Chu army was already small, and after a rain of arrows suppressed, the army's heart almost collapsed, and there were few feathered arrows shot downward.
Luo Shixin charged on foot with an iron overlord gun in his hand, stepped on the cloud ladder and dialed the carving feather, and was the first to kill the city wall: "A certain Luo Shixin is also, the one who blocks me will die!" “
With Luo Shixin opening the way, the morale of the Sui army behind him was greatly boosted, and after a while, nearly 100 Sui troops climbed the city wall, and the defenders of the city head who were directly killed were defeated and retreated.
At the same time, Li Siye, who was known for his bravery, was not to be outdone, carrying a long knife in his hand, flew up the city wall, killed the Chu pawns who were blocking in front, cut the iron cable and put down the drawbridge, and enlarged the army into the city.
"Charge the whole army!"
Chang Yuchun saw that the city gate had been opened, and immediately waved his sword, flew the yellow horse under his crotch, and killed it first, and tens of thousands of soldiers behind him followed like a tide.