Chapter 646: Danyang Chaos Battle (Final)
Seeing the Qingzhou army, which was barely damaged, the military heart of the Fang La army, which had been greatly exhausted after a long battle, was finally shaken. Without waiting for the offensive to be launched on that side, they had already taken the initiative to retreat, but the queue and formation had also become chaotic, and looking at the situation, they had reached the end of the crossbow.
Sun Tu naturally couldn't miss such an opportunity, so he immediately pointed the gun in his hand forward again, and shouted: "Trap the camp, attack!" I will win this battle! ”
"Whoa!" The soldiers who had fallen into the camp immediately responded with a clamour, and with this shout, they resolutely advanced again, although the speed was not very fast, but the terrifying momentum was still steadily transmitted, so that the opposition troops in front showed a look of fear.
Looking at the approaching Song army, Fang Shifo was angry but helpless. Even if he is as brave as him, he is already short of breath after a night of fighting, and his hands holding the double copper hammers are trembling slightly, and now he is really not sure about another big fight. But obviously, with the main force of the Song army coming to fight with victory, unless you give up the granary that you have finally seized and escape, it will be a battle to the death.
But looking at the soldiers around him, he has long been discouraged. Because everyone has seen that their own family is far inferior to the other party in terms of combat strength, and then think of the fact that the robe outside the city was easily defeated by this enemy army, and their fighting spirit has plummeted, so they can still stand here without breaking up, which can be regarded as this army is elite enough.
After exhaling a long breath, Fang Shifo decided to gamble again, he was indeed unwilling to fail. Seeing the enemy pressing on, he stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Listen to the Song army on the other side, I am the Ten Buddhas of Fang, I want to talk to your main general!" ”
After a short while, the trapping camp in front of him really stopped slightly, and a calm voice came from the rear: "This official Jingdong Lu is under the jurisdiction of Sun Tu, what do you have to say?" I don't think you have any choice but to put down your weapons and surrender on your knees at this time. ”
Hearing Sun Tu's name, Fang Shifo and other generals all had different colors on their faces. Even if they were in Jiangnan, they had heard of this newly rising Song Dynasty general, but they didn't expect that they would really confront him head-to-head this time. In the past, they were still a little dissatisfied with Sun Tu's various legends, and felt that most of them were exaggerated by false rumors, but now they know that there is no false person under the fame.
"It turned out to be General Sun, no wonder he is so good at fighting." After sighing, Fang Shi Buddha said coldly, "Do you think you can really win at this point?" Don't you forget what is stored in the warehouse behind us, that is the necessary grain and grass for your army of more than 100,000 people in the south of the Yangtze River, if I order the fire now, what do you think will be the final result? ”
Sun Tu Cema squinted his eyes from more than a stone's throw away: "Are you trying to threaten me with that food?" ”
"It's not a threat, but it's just a reminder. I think General Sun is also here for these grains this time, right? If you only get some ashes in the end, I don't know if Zhu Mian will punish you like this? ”
"And how are you going?"
"It's very simple, you and I divide the grain here equally, how about it? You'll be able to turn your head up that way, and I won't go back empty-handed. ”
This Ten Buddhas really had some ideas and came up with such a compromise solution. Seeing that Sun Tu was silent, he only said that the other party was already moved, and then said: "As long as you lead the army to withdraw from Danyang at this moment, let go of the door and let me take people away, I promise to take only half of the grain from the warehouse and take it away, and the remaining half should be friends with you, maybe you and I can still work together in the future......
His whimsical statement made Sun Tu laugh on his back: "Fang Shi Buddha, you really dare to think about it." The grain here is owned by my Great Song Dynasty, how can I let you wait to take a grain? If you know each other, come forward and be bound now, I can keep you from dying, if not, today next year will be your death day! ”
The other party didn't agree to his proposal, which made Fang Shifo angry again: "Since that's the case, then split up in two, and I'll see how you explain to the top when the time comes." Set! ”
If you don't speculate, then you will tear your face and fight hard! At his command, the soldiers who had already prepared raised their torches and threw them into the granary. At the same time, Fang Shifo had quickly conveyed the order: "The whole army listens to the order, break through from the west, and kill it!" ”
If you can't take the food here, then burn it down. And now the most important thing is to lead the crowd to break through and leave Danyang, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Song army being attracted by the sudden fire, he decisively issued this wise order.
At the moment, Fang Lajun, who was still in a tight battle and put on a posture of fighting to the death with the Song army, quickly turned around under the leadership of Fang Shifo and rushed towards the west street to break through.
Although there were also soldiers and horses on the side, they were far less numerous than the army that was about to launch an offensive in front of them. In addition, they did not expect that the enemy army would break through at this moment, and they only had time to send out a few scattered arrows, and they were already led by Fang Shifo to break through to them.
At this time, Fang Shifo no longer had any reservations, and the copper hammer in his hand once again swung wildly, and in just one look, he knocked over the dozen or so soldiers who were blocking him to the ground, and he killed a bloody way. The soldiers in the rear also followed closely behind, rushing forward with all their might, and let them kill through the defense line of thousands of people here in one go, and went straight to the west gate, which was already wide open.
At this time, the granary over there has a fire rising rapidly, with the current dry weather, coupled with the not too small northwest wind, I am afraid that it will not be long before the flames can spread quickly, and the entire granary will be set on fire. So at this moment, Sun Tu had already decisively issued an order: "Poor Kou Mo chase, it is important to fight the fire!" ”
The officers and men of the Qingzhou Army, who had already shouted and wanted to pursue the enemy, finally stopped after hearing the order. Of course, some crossbowmen still took advantage of the situation to throw hundreds of arrows out, knocking many of the enemies running behind them to the ground, while others, without hesitation, rushed into the warehouse and began to fight the fire and grab food.
If Fang Shifo can kill the horse pistol at this time, even if he can't defeat the Qingzhou army, he will definitely be able to drag the enemy and let the grain here be completely burned. But at this time, he also lost the fighting spirit to fight again, just like the soldiers under his command. Not only was he physically exhausted, but he was also under a lot of pressure in his heart, and just one round of fighting just now had convinced him that his elite was far from being the opponent of the Qingzhou Army. In this case, it is wisest to save troops, and everything else is no longer important.
So, when the sky was bright, Fang Shifo finally escaped from Danyang with his troops. Without making any stops, he quickly retreated south, and after half an hour he had withdrawn several miles away.
It wasn't until they confirmed that the Song army was not pursuing them that they stopped to rest a little, and then looked in the direction of Danyang, only to find that although there was still black smoke billowing up there, the scale was not very large, and it was obvious that the grain there had not been completely burned. This made everyone show helplessness and resentment, this time, their wishful thinking was completely unsuccessful, not only Danyang and grain failed to take down, but buried thousands of elites here.
"Sun Tu ......" After gritting his teeth and chanting the name again, Fang Shi Buddha could only leave with hatred.
The situation in Danyang City was as they expected, although the fire had already started, but with the timely rescue of the Qingzhou Army, it finally did not cause a catastrophe. This was also due to the fact that the original defenders had done a good enough job of defending the warehouse, and the warehouses were far apart, and there were several large tanks full of water in the yards of the warehouses. So although the torches were lit in the warehouse, the fire did not spread quickly.
And when the soldiers quickly carried water and poured it on, these newly started fires were also quickly contained......
Of course, not all food can be rescued in this way, and there are still several granaries that have been engulfed in flames, even if everyone desperately splashes water. Except for a small amount of grain placed at the mouth of the warehouse, which was risked to be carried out, the grain in the depths was burned......
After the fact, the grain in these destroyed granaries was more than 8,000 stones, which was enough for an army of thousands of men for three months.
When the relevant data was reported to Sun Tu, some soldiers around him gritted their teeth and scolded angrily, and some people shouted: "If we knew this, we shouldn't have let those thieves leave, we should have made them pay a greater price." ”
"Don't worry about that, you guys, it's the best thing to do. If we do fight them to the death, our losses will only be greater. Sun Tu also had his own opinions, and comforted: "After a night of fighting, everyone is also sleepy, and it is always good if you can avoid casualties." ”
What he said is also the truth, although the Qingzhou army won this battle, it also paid a lot of price. More than 500 were killed and thousands more wounded. In particular, there were 100 casualties in the cavalry, which was still a serious blow to the Qingzhou army, and Sun Tu still felt pain.
These words made everyone silent for a while, since Sun Tu led the troops, there have really been a few battles that would make the Qingzhou army pay such a heavy price. Of course, this also makes everyone feel even more unwilling, and they all shout that there will be a day to avenge today's revenge. In this regard, Sun Tu is happy to see it, this is a good thing to inspire the army.
But then, a question came back to them, where should they go from here?
Sun Tu already had an idea about this: "According to the battle here, my previous judgment is correct, so there will be no big war in Changzhou and Wuxi, but there is still a lot of grain here in Danyang, which cannot be ignored." Let's stay here for now, and call back the people who have escaped. There is also the battle situation and food ...... here," he said, his eyes flashed, "I will report to Zhu Mian!" ”
Just looking at his expression, some familiar subordinates already guessed that he had put his mind on the head of this batch of grain. It was not easy for his own soldiers to save the rescued food, and of course Sun Tu would not easily return it to Zhu Mian and let him take it to fill his pockets......