Chapter 44, killing Cheng Yuanzhi
The sentry on the outpost tower of the battalion, after spotting the speeding cavalry, only had time to shout at the battalion: "Enemy attack! ”
He was then pierced through the chest by a flying arrow and fell from above.
The front camp suddenly became chaotic, some of the Yellow Turban soldiers took up their weapons and prepared to resist, and some ran back in a panic.
With a bang, the door was slammed open. The cavalry rushed into the camp, killed anyone they saw, and constantly galloped through the camp and set fires, creating even greater chaos.
The Yellow Turban soldiers scattered and fled, but the two-legged ones could not outrun the four-legged ones. Those who run fast still have a chance of survival, and those who run slower are caught up and die.
Zhang Hao took the lead and shouted loudly: "Those who resist die, surrender and don't kill!" ”
The cavalry behind him also shouted: "Death to the rebels, surrender and not kill!" ”
Those who were weak-willed to resist, without the slightest hesitation, immediately threw down their weapons and groveled in order to survive. And the officers and soldiers who skipped them also kept what they said and did not attack them.
This has led to more and more people giving up resistance.
Cheng Yuanzhi in the Chinese army camp has also received the news of the attack on the camp by officers and soldiers. He was so angry that he directly used a knife to split the table in front of him into two pieces.
"These dog officers deceive people too much, I let them live before, I didn't chase them, I didn't expect to dare to attack the camp! Since you have come to die, then I will fulfill you. ”
The front camp was already in chaos and had to be abandoned, Cheng Yuanzhi regathered those fleeing and unaffected Yellow Turban soldiers, set up a position, and marched towards the front camp. He was ready to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers here.
A cavalryman ran to Zhang Hao and reported: "General, the enemy general is coming over this way with the men and horses of the Chinese army and the rear battalion!" ”
Zhang Hao frowned, since the Yellow Turban Army has been organized, in this camp, the cavalry is not easy to fight, and the battlefield has to be transferred outside.
"Give the order to go down and let everyone assemble two hundred steps outside the camp."
"No."
A Yellow Turban soldier came over to report to Cheng Yuanzhi: "Qu Shuai, the officers and soldiers have begun to retreat." ”
"What!" Cheng Yuanzhi was furious, "Attacked our camp, made us uneasy, and now I want to run again, where is it so easy." Give me chase! ”
The soldier felt that his Qu Shuai was a little carried away by anger, and he cautiously reminded the reason: "Qu Shuai, those officers and soldiers are all cavalry, we can't catch up..."
Smack, Cheng Yuanzhi slapped him directly: "I want you to remind me." "After pumping, I feel that my anger has disappeared a little, this is really no way, two legs are not as fast as four legs after all.
At this time, another Yellow Turban soldier came over to report: "Commander Qu, the officers and soldiers have stopped two hundred paces in front of our battalion. Looks like they want to go head-to-head with us. ”
After listening to the report of his subordinates, Cheng Yuanzhi was suddenly a little happy, the officers and soldiers wanted to fight a decisive battle with him, and then he became angry again, there were tens of thousands of men under him, and the officers and soldiers actually wanted to fight a decisive battle with themselves, how much they looked down on themselves.
"Bring all the brothers in the camp who can still move, let's go out and find the officers and soldiers for revenge!"
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If you stand on a high place, you can see that in the dark night, there are two burning flames at a distance of two hundred paces, and in fact, two armies are facing each other with torches.
The larger fire regiment is the Yellow Turban Army, and the smaller one is Zhang Haojun. In the darkness of the night, apart from the crackling of torches, all that was left was the incessant chirping of insects in the field.
But the calm didn't last long.
The anger in Cheng Yuanzhi's heart was rising, and there was no progress after coming to Zhuo County, the old nest was ended, the officers and soldiers played tricks on him, plus all the pain he had endured before. He first couldn't hold his breath and launched an attack on Zhang Hao.
During the previous attack on the camp, Zhang Hao had already felt that the Yellow Turban Army in front of him had no fighting spirit at all, and judging from their reactions, these people had long been exhausted.
This is also the reason why he dares to continue to fight the Yellow Turbans in this wilderness, instead of withdrawing and harassing them repeatedly.
"Break through their formation, kill!"
Zhang Hao still rushed out first, and the rest of the cavalry followed. This distance was still very short for a cavalryman, and soon the two sides collided together.
The Yellow Turban Army in the front row could not stop the rushing cavalry at all, and was the first to be crushed. More and more cavalry then rushed into the Yellow Turbans' ranks and slashed and slaughtered, quickly causing them chaos.
The Yellow Turbans retreated without making any decent resistance, as if the cavalry had passed, and they took the initiative to give way to a road, but the road was full of corpses.
Zhang Hao led people to kill through the Yellow Turban Army, went around in a circle, turned around and prepared to rush and kill again.
Cheng Yuanzhi's expectation of crushing the officers and soldiers with numbers did not come true, but his subordinates were killed and scattered and fled, which made him shocked and angry.
Some of his subordinates hurriedly said: "Qu Shuai, the brothers are tired for a day, exhausted, they are not the opponents of the officers and soldiers at all, if it goes on like this, the army will collapse sooner or later, let's withdraw quickly!" ”
"Withdraw what to withdraw!" Cheng Yuanzhi roared at his subordinates, and under the reflection of the firelight, his eyes seemed to glow red. "Do you mean that I have already lost, I haven't lost yet, and if you dare to retreat and mess with our army's heart, I will cut you with one sword!"
Although I heard him say this, it was a matter of wealth and life, and his subordinates still spoke.
"But you see, the outermost brothers have begun to flee for their lives, and they have also brought a lot of other people, and the morale of the army has been chaotic. As long as the officers and soldiers attack again, the army will definitely collapse, and we will not be able to leave if we want to. Give up, Qu Shuai, we've already lost! ”
Cheng Yuanzhi glared at his subordinates, picked up a knife and wanted to kill him, but the others stopped him. He was a little sober, but in the end he didn't make a move, and put the knife back.
Seeing this, the man continued to persuade: "While there are still brothers to resist, let's leave quickly, as long as you are still alive, sooner or later you can pull up more people than now, and we still have a chance to come back for revenge." ”
Cheng Yuanzhi was very unwilling, but he had no choice but to accept this reality: "I hurt my brothers, I'm sorry for you, but I will definitely come back to avenge you." ”
After speaking, he took fifty of his subordinates, riding the only horses in the army, and fled in the direction of Zhuoxian.
Many people saw their own Qu Shuai's actions, and their hearts were even more desperate, and before Zhang Hao could lead people to attack the military formation, they became even more chaotic.
Many chose to flee, but most chose to surrender to the officers and soldiers.
Zhang Hao learned from these captives that their main general, Cheng Yuanzhi, only cared about his own life and fled first, so they also hoped to survive in order not to resist for themselves.
As soon as he heard the name Cheng Yuanzhi, Zhang Hao immediately remembered that this person was the leader of the Yellow Turban Army who led the troops to attack Jixian County. In this way, these Yellow Turban troops in front of them are the people who attacked the city in the first place.
"This is really a narrow road, I have always wanted to settle this account with you in Jixian County."
Zhang Hao ordered Qin Wen to lead people to collect these captives and occupy the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, while he called Zheng Meng and led two hundred cavalry to pursue the fleeing Cheng Yuanzhi.
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ran for a whole night, and when the sun rose, the horse under Cheng Yuanzhi's crotch finally foamed at the mouth tiredly, fell to the ground and died, and threw him out directly.
There's no way, it's not a qualified war horse, plus it's running for a whole day and a night, it's really to the limit.
Cheng Yuanzhi was thrown down, his head was dizzy, and he was helped aside by his subordinates, and it took a long time to come back to his senses.
"Where are we now?"
The subordinate replied: "We are almost here, less than five miles away from Zhao Qushuai's camp. ”
Cheng Yuanzhi nodded: "Well, that's good, it's good to run all night, let everyone take a rest." It's better to eat this dead horse in the morning food. ”
As they set up a fire and roasted the horse's meat, the ground began to vibrate, and the sound of thunder came to their ears from far and near.
Everyone immediately stood up and was on guard, and Cheng Yuanzhi pretended to be calm: "Did Zhao Mu send someone to pick me up?" ”
His subordinates shouted in panic: "This voice is coming from the direction we came, it's not Zhao Qushuai, it's the officers and soldiers, they are here to hunt us down!" ”
"Run!"
But before they could get far, they were surrounded.
Zhang Hao came to Cheng Yuanzhi and looked at him with a sneer: "Cheng Yuanzhi, do you remember me?" ”
"You, you are the dog officer Zhang Hao who guards Ji County, I didn't expect you to run away that day, I thought you were burned to death by me like those dog officials."
Cheng Yuanzhi gritted his teeth and glared at Zhang Hao, and the impact on this defender who made him helpless to take Jixian County at the beginning still had a profound impact.
Zhang Hao laughed: "Hahaha, it seems that you still remember me, then you must still remember the people who died in Jixian County, so that if you die, I will pay tribute to them at your head." ”
Cheng Yuanzhi angrily pulled out his knife and rushed at Zhang Hao: "I'll kill you first!" ”
Zheng Meng directly blocked in front of Zhang Hao, two white rays flashed, and Cheng Yuanzhi's two thighs each had an extra slender wound, bleeding nonstop, and he couldn't stand the severe pain and knelt on the ground.
Zhang Hao put away his smile and looked down at Cheng Yuanzhi: "Let's take these cronies of yours and collect some interest first." ”
With a wave of his hand, his subordinates rushed up and slashed all the fifty men who escaped with him, and their heads were cut off.
Cheng Yuanzhi looked at everything in front of him angrily, and suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, do you think that killing my subordinates in front of me will make me feel painful, then you are very wrong, these people will die when they die, and they have nothing to do with me."
I don't have any relatives in this world for a long time, so what you're doing only makes me feel ridiculous. ”
Zhang Hao said calmly: "I didn't think about it, it's just that these people are following you, and they should also have a lot of blood debts, so I just let them pay it back." You should have thought of this day when you killed innocents indiscriminately. ”
"Innocent? Those officials and magnates do not care about the lives of the poor people, and they deserve death. ”
He suddenly showed a mysterious expression: "Do you want to know, who opened the city gate for me that night?" ”
"I don't want to know."
"Then I want to tell you that it is a guy named Zhao Kun, he sent someone to contact me, saying that he let me enter the city, and then I just need to let him go to the Zhao family.
Hahaha, I only care about myself and others, of course I won't let him go, and I haven't let go of all the nobles in the city. They all deserve to die. The most damn thing is you Zhang Hao, if I hadn't let you run away, I wouldn't have died in this place today. ”
Zhang Hao was surprised in his heart: It turned out that he did it, and I thought it was the Yellow Turban Army pretending to be a refugee and running in. This kind of person is really innocent, so it's cheaper for him.
Walking in front of Cheng Yuanzhi, Zhang Hao took the big knife in Zheng Meng's hand: "It seems that you still don't know what you did wrong, and I don't need to talk to you too much, go to Jiuquan to repent." ”
The knife fell, and a head flew out and fell to the ground.