Chapter 371: A Forced Decisive Battle

In fact, Zhang Er's strategy and command were very good, seeing that the Han army commando found out his plan to lure the enemy too early, and there was no way to trap the front of the Han army in the urn to catch turtles in the urn city, he decisively gave up the original plan of using the urn city to eliminate part of the Han army, and immediately sent a signal to urge the ambush to attack, and directly launched an attack on the Han army outside the city.

In order to be able to kill the Han army as much as possible, Zhang Er simply didn't even ask anyone to put down the jack gate, so as not to block the road and delay the fighter plane after the jack gate landed, and would rather give the Han army commandos a chance to escape from the urn city than waste time to attack.

Decisively, assuming that the Han army outside the city did not prepare in advance, or the preparation was slightly insufficient, the sudden Zhao army ambush could at least kill the Han army's front team by surprise, hitting the morale of the Han army, and at the same time, there were ambushes from the back of the Han army.

But there was no way, to disappoint Zhang Er Zhang Xiang and the soldiers of the Zhao army, but the Han army outside the city had already prepared, and even had already concluded that the so-called opening of the door to offer the city was just a fraudulent surrender, so it ......

"Kill! Kill——! ”

Roaring excitedly, the morale of the ambush soldiers in the city of the Zhao army, which had been gaining momentum for a long time, quickly rushed into the urn city, and then followed the Han army commando to rush to the city gate of the urn city, and the momentum was surging to the outside of the city should have been a mess of Han soldiers, but the Zhao army ambush had just rushed out of the city, and had not yet been able to rush to the bridge on the moat, and immediately found that the situation was wrong, and the dense feather arrows were like a storm to meet them, and many Zhao soldiers who rushed in front were caught off guard, and were immediately shot countless by the feather arrows, and the screams were endless.

Not only that, the light was dim in the night, and the sight was blocked by the city wall, and the Zhao soldiers who were killed behind could not see the situation ahead at all, not only were they still charging outside the city, but they also reached out to push their companions in front of them, urging their companions to hurry out of the city to fight, and the Zhao soldiers in front of them turned around and fled for their lives, and the soldiers who were killed and wounded by the arrows were naturally more, and in the blink of an eye, there were dozens of heroic Zhao soldiers who died innocently under the bows and crossbows of the Han army, and the number of wounded was even more.

At the same time, of course, the soldiers of the Zhao army on the city wall also have to release arrows to cover, but the enemy is secret, and the position of the Han soldiers can not be seen in the dark night, most of the feather arrows shot on the city wall are empty, and there is not much suppression effect, the soldiers of the Han army do not need to aim at all, just shoot the arrows to the position of the city gate, just rely on the Meng can blind the enemy, and the Zhao soldiers who charge out of the city can not resist the enemy, so they can only quickly shout and retreat to the city gate, and close the city gate to block the arrows.

Seeing this scene in the city, Zhang Er was so angry that he hammered the wall and shouted, "Give an order to the army below, tell them to rush out at any cost, they must fight the prime minister and the Han thieves, and we can't let our army outside the city fight alone!" ”

The order was conveyed to the city, and the generals of the Zhao army who commanded the attack were helpless, so they could only hurriedly adjust the queue, let the shield hand raise the sign forward, and open the door again to charge outside the city, but the arrows of the Han army were like rain, dense and continuous, and there were many bows and arrows from the left and right wings, so that the shields of the Zhao army soldiers could not block the east and the west, and the casualties were still very heavy, and even if they barely rushed to the bridge on the moat, they would only attract more bows and crossbows to entertain, and few soldiers could really rush across the moat and engage the Han soldiers.

After a slight delay, the Zhao army in ambush in the north had rushed to the back of the Han army, and what made the Zhao army and Zhang Er scatter together was that with the loud sound of a primitive grenade explosion, countless torches were quickly lit in the dark wilderness outside the city, and the road blocked the road of the Zhao army's ambush outside the city, and at the same time, in the northeast and northwest corners of Julu City, countless torches were suddenly lit, shouting to the Zhao army outside the city to ambush and kill.

"Hit the mark!" Zhang Er's face was suddenly as pale as paper, and he didn't care if Zhao Jun outside the city could hear it, so he immediately shouted frantically with his teeth and claws: "Run!" Run! Don't be surrounded by thieves! ”

Want to run? If only it were that easy!

Roaring excitedly, Zhong Liwu personally led the Han army to charge from the front, killing the enemy from the south head-on, and the Han army on both wings was also scrambling to take the lead, excitedly killing the Zhao army outside the city, although the Zhao army outside the city was all carefully selected elite soldiers, they were also helpless in the face of such a situation, and the army was in chaos.

What's worse is that Su Yuan, the general of the Zhao army who commanded the ambush outside the city, also made a wrong choice at the critical moment, feeling that if he turned around and fled north, he would definitely be directly defeated by the Han army, and the casualties would be even worse, so it was better to continue to move forward and rush directly into Julu City to flee for his life, and relying on the soldiers under his command to be the main soldiers, and the combat effectiveness could be relied on, so he decisively ordered: "Continue to rush and fight a bloody way back to the city!" ”

The Han army and the Zhao army also unexpectedly ushered in a decisive battle in the real sense, the soldiers of both sides of the war are elite soldiers, are the absolute main force of the Han army and the Zhao army, even if they are decisive battles in battle formations in peacetime, they are the decisive forces that will not be used until the last moment, at this moment, it is a frontal short-range battle, fighting a decisive battle in the field that is either dead or alive.

The battle also became extremely fierce, as soon as the two armies engaged, they immediately intertwined spears, blood splashed, shouting to kill the sky, the soldiers on both sides used their strength to eat, frantically beckoned the weapons to each other, countless soldiers in the sword mountain and gun forest fought separately, spears and swords continued to pierce the human body, knives and axes cut off human heads and arms one after another, the murderers were killed immediately, and those who fell to the ground were immediately trampled to death and injured by the chaotic footsteps, and there were soldiers falling at every moment and every second.

Not to mention, the Zhao army ambush troops who charged south relied on the local strength advantage, and once gained the upper hand, and beat the Han army Zhong Liwu, who had to leave the rear army to block the city gate, but when the Han army ambush soldiers who killed left and right joined the battlefield one after another, the situation was abruptly reversed, and the Han army with superior strength counterattacked comprehensively, and in turn killed the Zhao army ambush and was forced to retreat and shrink the position.

During this period, seeing the ambush of his own army charging towards the city gate, Zhang Er immediately understood that his army wanted to break through and return to the city, and was forced to be helpless, Zhang Er could only grit his teeth and order the defenders in the city to step up and go out of the city, and at any cost to flank the Han army outside the city, and receive the ambush soldiers outside the city to return to the city. As a result, relying on the full charge of the previous servants, after paying a very heavy price, the Zhao army in the city really forced through the moat against the rain of arrows of the Han army, and obtained the opportunity to fight with the Han army soldiers in close combat.

The scale of the war was further expanded, 20,000 Han soldiers were divided into four teams, three of which were sandwiched by the Zhao army outside the city on three sides, and one team was responsible for blocking the enemy out of the city.

It was still at this time that Su Yuan, the general of the Zhao army who commanded the Zhao army outside the city, gradually discovered that the situation was not right, and the soldiers and soldiers were clearly the main soldiers, elite and strong, and they were also very fierce and brave, but why not only could they not break through the enemy's obstruction and return to the city? On the contrary, he was killed by the enemy and retreated again and again, and his position continued to shrink?

"Could it be that when Lao Tzu encounters enemies, they are all the main soldiers of the Han thieves?"

After finally coming to this correct conclusion, Su Yuan couldn't help but panic in his heart, and had to give birth to the idea of whether to break through to the north, but at this time, something happened that made Su Yuan's soul fly, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves suddenly came from the west of the battlefield, and at the same time, there was a fire in that direction, and it was obvious that a large number of cavalry were charging to kill!

"We don't have that many cavalry, it must be the cavalry of the Han thieves! Finished! I can't run away now! ”

After immediately coming to this conclusion, Su Yuan no longer even had the courage to escape - ordering a retreat at this time would definitely lead to a complete collapse of the army, and after the collapse, the self-commissioned officer was not only like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Han cavalry, but also couldn't even run away from the Han cavalry! So Su Qian didn't have any choice, no matter how unfavorable the situation was, no matter how slim the hope was, Su Yuan could only kick the war horse, lead the army to charge again, and shouted with blood-red eyes: "Kill!" Kill the thieves in front of you and take my life! ”

No matter how much you shout, it is useless, at this time the Zhao army outside the city not only can not rush up, on the contrary, it is also compressed by the Han army from three sides, and then the Han cavalry who arrived is extremely cunning, after arriving near the battlefield, just a little observation of the battlefield situation, immediately divided half of the cavalry back to the north of the battlefield, and launched a charge behind the Zhao army outside the city, the Zhao army was attacked on all sides, it was even more difficult to parry, and no matter how to rush left and right, there was no way to break out of the encirclement of the Han army, the army was like a snowball in the sun, Constant ablation shrinks.

Seeing such a scene in the city, even Zhang Er, who was also an old sparrow on the battlefield, was completely panicked, and knew very well that the troops trapped outside the city were all elite soldiers, and the core backbone of the main force of the Zhao army would be weakened by more than half once it was annihilated, so Zhang Er gritted his teeth and simply ordered the defenders in the city to send 8,000 troops to attack north from the east gate to meet the trapped main elite!

"Eun-sang, are you crazy?!" For the first time, Wei Wuzhi, the chief of staff, said disrespectful words in front of Zhang Er, and exclaimed: "There are only 20,000 troops in Julu City, and there are already 5,000 troops out of the city from the north gate, and then 8,000 troops from the east gate. ”

"I can't care about that much!" Zhang Ertie roared with a blue face, "The outside of the city are our elites, if we can't save them, our main force will be completely finished!" At this point, we have to take a gamble! ”

After pushing Wei Wuzhi away, Zhang Er repeated the order again, and let his own soldiers rush to the east of the city to give orders, fortunately, the Zhao army in the city had already assembled and waited, and after receiving the order, he immediately opened the east gate of Julu, strode out of the city to assemble, and then went north to reinforce the elite troops of the trapped Zhao army.

Zhang Er should definitely regret his impulsive decision, because the Han cavalry that went north before was extremely cunning, and did not put all their troops into the battlefield to participate in the battle, but left half of the troops on the periphery of the battlefield to prevent any eventuality, and found that after the Zhao army went out of the city from the east gate of Julu to the north, the infant who commanded the rear team of the Han cavalry was only a little calculated, and immediately ordered: "To attack, we must not let the Zhao thief army rescue their surrounded thief army!" ”

There is an even worse thing, at the same time, the main camp of the Han army, because it has been confirmed that there are a large number of enemies on the battlefield of the North Gate, in order to prevent accidents, the main force of the Han army not only got up to prepare for battle, but the general of the Han army, Gongsun Tong, also led 10,000 troops out of the camp early and assembled in front of the camp. After receiving the scout report that the Julu defenders went out of the city from the east gate, Li Zuoche was so excited that he waved a fist, and hurriedly said to Zheng Bu: "General Zheng, Zhang Er has jumped off the wall in a hurry, fighter planes are rare, our rear army should immediately go north to participate in the battle, and take the opportunity to annihilate all the enemies out of the city outside Julu City!" ”

"Give Gongsun Tong an order, tell him to send troops to the north to attack the Zhao thief army who went out of the city from the east gate!" Zheng Bu ordered without even blinking his eyelids, and shouted again: "Ni Ji, Fang Zilian, the two of you, each take five thousand troops to the north, one is in charge of the south gate of Julu, and the other is in charge of the west gate of Julu, you must block the road back to the city for me to kill the thief army of Zhao State!" If the main force of the Zhao State thief army escapes back to the city, you two will bring me a death squad to fight the ants! ”

After the roar, Zheng Bu not only sent another 10,000 troops to the Beimen battlefield to help, but also ordered more Han soldiers to assemble out of the camp, and personally led the rear army as the general reserve, with red eyes to seize this opportunity to completely annihilate the enemy's army outside the city.

All kinds of yin and yang and the refueling tactics of jumping over the wall with open ears and dogs, it should have been just a medium-sized ambush battle that was not sure to be able to fight, but it unexpectedly turned into a comprehensive decisive battle between the main force of the southern front of the Han army and the elite soldiers of the Zhao army plus the main force of the Julu defenders, and it was also a comprehensive decisive battle that neither side expected in advance, the various departments of the Han army hurriedly dispatched and rushed to the battlefield they were responsible for to participate in the battle, and the elite troops of the trapped Zhao army were afraid of the pursuit of the Han cavalry, and did not dare to break through in other directions, so they could only rush to the gate of Julu with all their might, The Zhao army, who hurriedly went out of the city, responded desperately, and fought with the Han army in the northern suburbs and eastern suburbs of Julu.

At this moment, the strength advantage of the Han army was finally brought into full play, no matter in which battlefield, the Han army has the most absolute superiority in strength, and it also happened to surround the enemy's elite main force with elite troops, and did not suffer any losses in strong battles, and surrounded the trapped elite of the Zhao army like an iron bucket, and at the same time the blows from all sides made the Zhao soldiers unable to breathe, and the number of casualties rose one after another, and with the continuous expansion of casualties, the continuous reduction of troops, and the reinforcements of the Han army's rear army rushed to reinforcements again, the trapped Zhao Jun also had no hope or opportunity to break through on his own.

Near this battlefield, the Julu defenders who came out of the city from the north gate were also defeated by the Han army with high morale, and while suffering the same heavy casualties, they were also forced to retreat to the bridge of the moat, and they could flee back to the city at any time.

In the northeast corner of Julu City, the Julu defenders who went north out of the city once had a short-term advantage in strength, but in front of the elite cavalry of the Han army who dismounted and fought, the Julu defenders who were slightly inferior in combat effectiveness still still couldn't get any sweetness, and several charges were resolutely repelled by the Han cavalry, and when Gongsun Tong led the Han infantry brigade to reinforce it, the Julu defenders immediately fell into a comprehensive disadvantage, and were attacked by the Han army's infantry and cavalry before and after, killing ghosts and wolves, corpses were all over the ground, and the soldiers continued to flee.

When the sky was about to dawn, the Julu defenders who went out of the city from the east gate were the first to collapse, and the soldiers jumped into the moat to swim across the river to flee for their lives, and countless people surrendered, and Wen Gong, the general of the Julu defenders who led the attack, was captured alive by the Han army.

Immediately afterwards, the Julu defenders who attacked from the north gate also fled back to the city, and the Han army took advantage of the victory to chase and kill into the urn city, if it were not for the defenders to immediately put down the jack gate to cut off the road, the Zhao army out of the city would only lose more, but even so, the Julu defenders who went out of the city to meet the 5,000 people still only escaped back to the city by luck.

The worst thing is the elite troops of the Zhao army surrounded by all sides, when the sky is full of light, the Zhao army surrounded by the Han army on all sides has less than a thousand people left, and there is no hope of breaking through, even if the giant deer city is actually in front of you, it is still close to the end of the world. In the end, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Su Yuan, the general of the Zhao army, could only apologize for his crimes, and the remaining soldiers of the Zhao army also laid down their arms and surrendered, 10,000 elite soldiers, only a few hundred people escaped from the battlefield in the melee.

Seeing the tragic scene of the elite of the Zhao army being completely annihilated by the Han army on the city wall, Zhao Xiang Zhang Er, who actually controlled the military and political power of Zhao State, seemed to be stupid, and he was motionless for a long time.

Then, everyone pinched and rubbed their chests, and it took a lot of effort to wake up Zhang Er, Zhang Er grabbed Wei Wuzhi's hand again, and said in a weak and difficult voice: "Quick, write a letter to Sima Zhou Yin of Western Chu, tell him the situation, and ask him to come back quickly to save the giant deer, otherwise the giant deer will be finished." The giant deer is finished, and no one provides him with food and grass, so he is finished. ”

The butterfly in the Amazon jungle, this is also the real reason why Zhou Yin and Xiang Sui suddenly decided to start a full-scale decisive battle with the main force of the Han army on the northern front of the Han army, because the situation of the anti-Han coalition army on the southern front suddenly deteriorated in an all-round way, once Uncle Zhou got in touch with the Han army on the southern front, knowing that the situation on the Julu battlefield was extremely beneficial to the Han army, then with Uncle Zhou's treachery, he would definitely die with the Chuji coalition army to the end, and patiently wait for the Chuji coalition army to be forced to cross the river south and then launch an attack!

So after receiving Zhang Er's urgent letter, Zhou Yin and Xiang Sui at that time had no choice, and they could only take advantage of Uncle Zhou's lack of time to get in touch with the Han army on the southern front, and hurriedly seize the opportunity of the Han army on the northern front to take the initiative to make an appointment and take the risk of fighting a decisive battle on the northern front with Uncle Zhou!

Diametrically opposed to the depressed and desperate Zhao army, the Han army after the victory was of course bursting with joy, and julu outside the city was also full of elated Han soldiers, or carrying the enemy's head cut off on the battlefield, or escorting the captured Zhao army prisoners, smiling triumphantly back to the camp, the Han army commander Zheng Bu laughed outside the Han army camp, dancing as if he had won the jackpot - strictly speaking, he did win the jackpot.

However, even so, there were still many Han scouts out to investigate, in case of the sudden arrival of the enemy, during this period, the Han scouts who went east to the area of the sand dune platform to investigate the enemy's situation, and unexpectedly met a knight galloping along the galloping road......

Although the knight was wearing a civilian uniform, he was wearing a weapon, there were blood stains on his body, and he was riding a horse that was more expensive than gold in the war, of course the Han scout wanted to stop him for questioning, but after being stopped by the Han army scout, the knight looked at the Han army scout vigilantly, and asked in a very hoarse voice: "You are the soldiers of that army?" ”

"King Han's soldiers, where are you from? Don't be afraid, as long as you don't mess around, I will only search your body at most, and I will not ...... you in any way. ”

To the surprise of the Han scouts who blocked the way, before he finished his words, the knight had already fallen off his horse, and when the Han scout hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward carefully, the knight struggled to take out a blood-stained letter from his arms, and groaned and said: "Quick, please give this to your general, quick, go and save our ......." ”

Insisting on finishing the words, the knight's head was tilted and his head was obviously tilted, and he fainted directly, and the Han army scout stepped forward to take the letter in his hand in confusion, and when he opened it, he saw that the letter did not look up, and did not specify who it was sent to, and the payment was four words - Han General Feng Zhong!