Chapter 974: The Fall of Zhuozhou
"Catch the assassins, don't let them run!" With the shouts of several generals behind him, the victorious soldiers who rushed into the hall did not hesitate at all, and rushed straight towards the back window. But at this moment, behind the dark window, two round things with a little spark were suddenly thrown in.
Before the soldiers could react, two explosions suddenly erupted, and the broken porcelain pieces and iron sand nails were scattered and splashed under the shock wave of the gunpowder explosion, almost covering half of the hall. Suddenly, the screams rang out, and the three soldiers who were closest immediately fell down, silent, and more than a dozen people next to them also covered their cheeks with their hands, fell to the ground and screamed and rolled, and blood continued to flow out from between their fingers. The other soldiers also screamed a few times, and retreated in fear, not daring to come to the row of wide open windows.
As for the generals who were still menacing just now, they were even more frightened by this change and jumped out of the hall directly, and some people kept exclaiming: "This ...... What's going on? What kind of weapon is this? ”
"It's a firearm called a mine, and Sun Tu actually hid some, and this thing can still be used directly......" Some generals who had seen the power of mines shouted in panic and didn't dare to go forward. The arrest of Sun Tu was just to present a letter of surrender to the Liao people, and then put all the blame on him, a Song man, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation at hand, and he really can't fight with his life.
These generals were so afraid of death that ordinary soldiers naturally refused to give their lives, and for a while everyone did not dare to chase anymore, but stayed in the hall. At this time, the shouting and killing outside was getting louder and louder, and it was obvious that the Liao army had completely entered the city. This made Yu Wanyao and the others react quickly: "Ignore them first, anyway, they can't escape from Zhuozhou City, or go to welcome King Xi's army into the city first." ”
These words immediately won everyone's approval, the risk of chasing and killing Sun Tu is too great, and it is very beneficial to meet the Liao army at this moment, compared with the two, only a fool will fight hard. At that moment, everyone immediately turned around, took their subordinates and others, and went straight out of the garrison mansion and rushed to the north gate of the city.
When they went, there were only two or three big cats and kittens in the garrison mansion, which naturally gave Sun Tu and Fan Qi a chance to hide in the shadows, and the two walked high and low in the shadows, and finally were able to safely turn out of the mansion, and when they looked around, they found that the entire Zhuozhou City, except for the south, the other three sides had torches gathered together to form a big dragon moving towards the city wall and the center of the city, look at this posture, soon these soldiers and horses will occupy the entire Zhuozhou City.
This made Fan Qi angry and anxious: "General, how can this be? These victorious armies suddenly turned against the Liao army, what should we do? ”
"This was to be expected." Sun Tu's expression was quite calm, and he only grinned slightly because of the arrow wound on his arm: "The current Changsheng army is no longer the resentful army that dared to fight the Liao army to the end for the sake of righteousness. After Dong Xiaochu was killed, they no longer had their own souls, so Dong Kuang could easily kill Guo Yaoshi and replace him. And today's sudden attack by these people is just a replay of the previous mutiny and seizure of power. ”
"What does the general mean...... Did you expect that they would turn back? Fan Qi exclaimed unexpectedly: "Then why don't you take precautions?" ”
"Does precaution work? All the generals of the victorious army are selfish, can I guard against one or two people, can I guard against everyone? As long as the Liao army puts enough pressure on them, coupled with the food shortage crisis that has always existed in the city, they will take risks and betray again. Speaking of this, Sun Tu's eyes flashed again: "And only in this way can we take Zhuozhou City at the lowest cost and really hold this city in my hands." ”
"Huh?" Fan Qi suddenly thought of something, could it be that General Sun already had an arrangement?
It was only at this time that he suddenly remembered that now he and Sun Tu were here, and the other hundreds of brothers were not there, and he had not even heard a fight outside just now, which was completely unreasonable.
Sun Tu glanced at Fan Qi apologetically: "Old Fan, don't be weird, the stakes are very high, so I couldn't tell you the truth earlier." ”
"Humble ...... Humble duty understands. Fan Qi smiled bitterly, already understanding the meaning of his words. After all, he had just joined Sun Tu's command, so naturally he couldn't fully gain his trust, and it was normal for him to be kept in the dark for a major event like this. It's just that he still has some bad feelings in his heart, but after thinking about it again, Sun Tu's action to save him is relieved again, at least General Sun is still very righteous about himself.
After thinking about this, Fan Qi didn't ask Sun Tu about his overall plan, but asked, "General, what should we do now?" But do you want to find Dong Kuang first and rescue him? ”
"No, let's go to the south gate first, I'll wait there for the Liao people to deliver it." Sun Tu said, he had bowed and walked quickly towards the south of the only one in the city that was still black, Fan Qi hurriedly stepped up to follow, but his expression became extremely focused, and he no longer saw the panic of Shicai.
At this time, the other three gates of Zhuozhou had already been opened, and a team of Liao soldiers were rushing through the city gate and entering the city. Everyone shouted excitedly, and all the guards of the Changsheng army who had been stunned in front of the city gate were all knocked to the ground, but anyone who dared to make a struggle and change was immediately killed with a knife, leaving no mercy. 186 Chinese Network
In fact, even most of the Liao army was still in a fog at this moment, and they couldn't understand why the battle situation had suddenly changed, and the gates of Zhuozhou, which had not been able to enter even by force, were now all wide open and became an undefended city. But with the military order issued, they did not hesitate too much, they rushed in like the wind, and controlled the city walls and gates in a short time, and they held the power of entering and exiting the entire city in their own hands.
As for the Chang Shengjun defending the city, they were even more flustered and confused, some soldiers were completely woken up by the sound of killing, and when they hurried into the streets, they saw a large number of Liao troops rushing over, which made them have no time to react, let alone resist, and were directly pressed down and taken. Even those heroic resistances were quickly slaughtered.
In terms of combat strength, the Changsheng army is too far behind the elite of the Liao army. Once there is no city to rely on, they don't even have the strength to fight the Liao army head-on. Not to mention that the current Changsheng army is still leaderless, scattered, and confused, naturally it was instantly broken by the Liao army, and they were all taken.
In just one hour, the three gates of Zhuozhou, east, west and north have completely changed hands, and the torches have illuminated most of the city, leaving only the southern area because the Liao army has not deployed troops and is still black. It was only at this time that Xiao Gan, who was sitting on a tall horse, slowly entered the city under the escort of thousands of personal guards.
When he saw the scene in front of him, there was not much joy on his face. In terms of time, it took him less than ten days to lead the army to break through Zhuozhou City, which was a rare victory. But as long as he thinks about it, when these soldiers and horses who looked vulnerable blocked his many onslaughts and brought tens of thousands of casualties to the Liao army, he couldn't be happy at all.
Now that there is a great enemy in the north and south of Daliao, it is really impossible to bear the senseless casualties like this time. The only advantage is that if you take Zhuozhou, you can make your own army like a wedge into the front line of the Song-Liao battle, as long as you use the troops properly, you can defeat the Song army in a short time and remove the threat from the south.
But all this must be fast, because the Da Liao soldiers in the north are afraid that they will not be able to hold it for too long......
Xiao Gan's thoughts were interrupted by a row of guys who knelt on the ground and shouted for surrender: "Chang Shengjun's general Yu Wanyao and others brought all the soldiers under his command to meet the king of Daliao Xi, and asked the prince to forgive me for my previous reckless mistakes, and let me wait for a way out!" With this invitation, these generals kowtowed to him.
Xiao Gan was still sitting upright on his horse at this time, looking at these generals condescendingly, and the murderous intent on his face appeared from time to time. If you really follow his heart, he will order all these guys to be executed at this moment, and no one will be left. Because if it weren't for them, the chaos in Daliao would not be as serious as it is now, and they would not have to put aside the war in the north and come to the south on purpose, so as to give the Jin people more opportunities. It can be said that the crimes of these guys are no less than those of the Jurchens.
But soon, he restrained the anger and killing intent in his heart again, and just raised the horsewhip in his hand indifferently: "You all get up." Since this king has spoken first, as long as you surrender, you will not be guilty of the past, so naturally you should keep your word. ”
"Thank you, Lord Xie, forgive me for waiting, ......" These generals were really relieved, and then got up one after another.
"Yu Wanyao, you will take people to restrain all the subordinates in the city who are still resisting, since you have returned to the imperial court, there is no need to increase the casualties." Xiao Gan looked around and immediately ordered.
Yu Wanyao immediately answered loudly, but before he could call the others to act together, Xiao Gan suddenly asked, "What about Dong Kuang and Sun Tu?" Did you kill these two culprits? ”
"Back to the prince, Dong Kuang was imprisoned in a courtyard in front of him by the villain at this time, and he had completely lost the ability to resist. As for the Song general Sun Tu, he ...... He ......, "Speaking of which, he is a little weak-hearted.
"What happened to Sun Tu? Didn't you let him escape? Xiao Gan immediately asked with a shout. In his eyes, Sun Tu's threat was much greater than Dong Kuang's, and even the entire Changsheng army, because he already knew the role this guy played in this battle, including the defense of the city this time, and the harassment along the road earlier, all of which were planned by him.
Yu Wanyao's legs suddenly weakened, and he knelt down again: "Lord forgive me, we have surrounded him, but we didn't prevent Sun Tu's men from having extraordinary martial arts and powerful firearms, so he was able to get out." But now that Zhuozhou has fallen into the hands of the Great Liao soldiers, it is expected that Sun Tu will not be able to escape. ”
"Hmph, is that really the case? Don't you see that there is not a single soldier in the south of my Daliao? Xiao Gan said, his face sank again, and he shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you lead the way and go to the south gate to search for and arrest Sun Tu and his henchmen?" ”
This roar immediately frightened the rebel generals into sweating, and hurriedly agreed loudly, decisively led the way, and led the Liao army straight to the south, that is, Xiao Gan did not go to the garrison, but walked with the people. He had to watch Sun Tu be killed or taken with his own eyes to rest assured......