Chapter 243: Gone in Ashes 2/4

Chapter 243 Ashes

Before Chen Cheng arrived, Song Jian's current appearance was the norm for the princes of Xiliang, once he had a little capital, he was complacent, and he ran away quickly when he encountered a hard bone. These people may be good at fighting, but otherwise they are not much commendable.

There are three main factors for the Xiliang army to capture Hanyang before, first, the Xiliang people are really brave in battle, and there are many cavalry; the second is that the governance of the imperial court in Xiliang has caused a lot of complaints, and the local heroes and the people have suffered from the court for a long time; The third is that at that time, it was the time when the Yellow Turban Army swept the country, and the imperial court used all the main forces to suppress the Yellow Turban Army, and it didn't care about Xiliang at all.

Hearing Chen Cheng's question, the expressions on Cheng Yi and Cheng Yin's faces were complicated.

At the head of the city, Song Jian waited for a while, and when he saw that Chen Cheng didn't reply, he began to scold again: "The surname is Chen, don't think I'm afraid of you!" I still have 10,000 elite soldiers here, all of whom are warriors who can be ten with one! If you want to get in, prepare 10,000 coffins first! ”

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "If you die, where can you sleep in a coffin?" At most, I'll have someone dig a hole and bury you all. By the way, you don't even have the treatment of burying a pit, I will cut off your head and send it to Luoyang. The head of the King of the Han Dynasty in Heshou is still worth a little money. ”

"you/!" Song Jian scolded: "If you fall into my hands, I will peel off all the skin on your body!" ”

He shouted at Cheng Yin and Cheng Yi: "You guys are coming to beat me with the surname Chen now, and when I die, he will clean you up one by one!" Why don't you do it together, kill this guy, and everyone continue to dominate one side? ”

Cheng Yin's face changed greatly, and he peeked at Chen Cheng. Cheng Yi was smiling, as if he didn't care.

Chen Cheng shook his head and said to the city: "King Pinghan, don't you have anything else to say?" If there's nothing else to say, I'll go back and make a catapult first. By the way, you and your family will eat and drink something good. After all, you won't be able to eat or drink in the future. ”

Song Jian scolded for a while, gasping for breath, and when he heard Chen Cheng say this, he became angry again and scolded: "The erector surnamed Chen, do you really think you have won?" Let me tell you, Han Sui has already made an agreement with me that as soon as you send troops, he will send troops to take the northern land. You're here now, but you don't know that your nest has been taken over! ”

"Poor, pitiful," Chen Cheng sighed twice and said to Song Jian: "Is King Pinghan too excited after becoming king, and now he is starting to talk nonsense?" ”

He turned his head and said to the crowd, "Do you believe such nonsense?" ”

Cheng Yi said: "I have reported every three days, and I have never heard of any movement in the north. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Then let's withdraw first, Song Jian was once a prince, so let's not look at his ugliness." ”

After they had beaten their horses from under the city and walked away, Song Jian also lost the interest in continuing to insult, and he stared blankly at the busy figures in the distance, knowing that the enemy was assembling the kind of thunderbolt that had been used in Chen Cang. It would take another three days, when the thunderbolt was assembled, and the place where he was now standing would be smashed to pieces by the size of a millstone.

Thinking of this, Song Jian couldn't help but be discouraged, he walked back to the palace in despair, and then ordered a lot of wine and meat, and began to eat and drink. The Liangzhou army came too fast, he just thought that Chen Cheng was just pretending, who knew that the enemy had already been killed in front of him in a blink of an eye, which gave him a great shock.

The Liangzhou army outside the city was building siege equipment in an orderly manner, and was not in a hurry to rush forward to seize the city. Although a hole has been opened in the west, can't Song Jian see this simplest trick? If he really abandoned the city and fled, there would definitely be cavalry to chase him. This kind of tactic is really too old and too old in China, so that almost a general with troops has heard of it.

Song Jian was drunk in the palace for two days in a row, and some of the generals under his command joined forces to capture him, and then surrender the city, but were discovered by the troops loyal to Song Jian. The half-drunk and half-awake King Pinghan was furious and ordered that all those involved be killed, as well as their families.

The killing effectively deterred the soldiers and civilians in the city, and also boosted the morale of the city a little. But when the catapult of the Liangzhou army was pushed to a position of about 100 steps below the city, Song Jian knew that he was finished.

Stone bullets fell from the sky, smashing everything on the eastern wall. Although the walls were still shaking and not being broken, it was only a matter of time.

Looking at the stone bullets that kept falling on the head of the city and in the city, Song Jian, who had been drunk for three days, suddenly sobered up. With a loud cry, he ran down the wall, rode his men back to the palace. Under Song Jian's orders, dozens of soldiers with weapons broke in with him.

The queen, who had only been canonized for a few days, hugged her son and said in horror: "King, what are you doing here?" ”

Song Jiantie strode forward with a blushing face, and stabbed the queen to the ground with a sword in his hand. The beautiful woman screamed and fell into a pool of blood, blood gushing out of her chest. She struggled on the ground for a moment, then burst into breath. The prince was frightened by this scene and cried "Wow Wow". He stepped forward and shook the woman, crying and shouting, "Mother, what's wrong with you? ”

"Kill, kill me!" Song Jian's face was full of madness, and he shouted: "After killing all of them, put a fire, and leave nothing for those thieves!" ”

He lifted up his sword and was about to slay his own son. The boy raised his head at the right time and cried, "Daddy! ”

Song Jian's heart softened, threw down the long sword, picked up his son, and said, "Don't be afraid, it won't hurt in a while!" ”

He worked his hands, and there was a "click" sound, and the neck of the son in his arms had been twisted. He put his son next to the queen's corpse and muttered to himself: "Chen Cheng, Han Sui, Cheng Yi, Cheng Yin, I will not let any of you people go!" ”

The palace was full of screams, and the beauties they had collected were slashed and fallen to the ground by the wolf-like soldiers, and blood and corpses were everywhere. In a few moments, flames rose from the palace. The soldiers rushed over with blood-stained swords and shouted, "My lord, you have been killed!" ”

Song Jian said with a hideous face: "Light all the fires, and then we will withdraw from the West Gate!" ”

The art of war is simple, but it has been used for many years, even after many times of weapon renewal, it is still effective. Song Jianming knew that there would be cavalry ambushes on the west gate, but now in this situation, he could only take a risk.

After the entire city was in flames, Song Jian opened the west gate with hundreds of cavalry and fled quickly.

Outside the east gate, Chen Cheng was leading the cavalry to guard the catapult position on the side, so as to avoid the counterattack of the soldiers and horses in the city, but he saw a fire in the city, and there was a report from the horse, "Song Jian took two or three hundred cavalry and fled from the west gate!" There is chaos in the city! ”

On the side, Cheng Yin immediately asked for battle, "Envoy, I will immediately lead the troops to chase!" ”

Chen Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, General Cheng Yin and I will go to chase Song Jian together, and General Cheng Yi and Li Kan will enter the city and extinguish the fire inside first." ”

The catapult stopped the bombardment, and the trapping camp stepped forward, climbed the head of the city, which was already undefended, and then opened the gates of the city and led the army in. Chen Cheng led more than 2,000 cavalry to the west to pursue Song Jian.

However, it was said that Song Jian escaped from Lufu City, hurried like a lost dog, and hurried like a fish that slipped through the net. He galloped with hundreds of horsemen, without sparing any horsepower. After running for less than ten miles, the soldiers on the side shouted, "King, the smoke and dust are rising from behind, and the enemy is catching up!" ”

Song Jian looked back and cursed: "The surname Chen, don't let me escape, otherwise I won't be done with you!" ”

He shouted left and right, "What are you afraid of? Let's run faster, they can't catch up! ”

Continuing to run for more than ten miles, a horn suddenly sounded in front of him, and Song Jian suddenly reined in his war horse, looking at the soldiers and horses blocking the road in front of him in horror. Liang Xing had been waiting here with the Flying Bear Hussars for several days, when he saw a group of enemy troops coming from the east, and immediately ordered the horn to be sounded.

The Flying Bear Hussars spread out in formation, with the assault in the front, the light cavalry in the rear, and the rangers on the left and right, attacking together to the east. The war horse first galloped in small steps, and after running twenty paces, it became a trot, and then it became a trot with all its might. Hundreds of cavalry guns fell, facing the direction of the enemy.

Song Jian's heart was cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Flying bear hussar!" ”

The dust was flying, and the shouts of killing were loud. With the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the flying bear hussars ran over the flat land, leaving behind the corpses of men and horses. By the time Chen Cheng arrived with his people, Liang Xing was already cleaning up the battlefield and collecting the wounded. Song Jian fled in a hurry, and those pro-soldiers brought a lot of treasures, which were all collected and piled up together at this time.

Looking at the pile of gold and silver, Cheng Yin couldn't help but feel a little hot, but more shocked. In the past, the Xiliang Army was a bandit group, and robbery and killing were commonplace. After changing to other soldiers and horses, and seeing so many belongings, they still have to rob them?

However, the soldiers of the Flying Bear Hussar did not dare to move this kind of thought, and the Sima and the chief bookkeeper in the army would check and salute at any time, and if they found that there was a private possession and seizure, they could be beheaded on the spot. However, Chen Cheng has always been a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other. Each seizure can be exchanged for a reward according to a certain percentage.

Cheng Yin's subordinates also looked at the accumulation of wealth and drooled, but they didn't dare to make any rash moves. Although those tooth soldiers who do things with a clear look look cold, they have great deterrent power.

Liang Xing led Chen Cheng and them to the place of battle, pointed to a corpse in gorgeous armor, and said, "This is the puppet king Song Jian." ”

Song Jian, who was lying on the ground, no longer had the majesty of a month ago, although the armor on his body was very gorgeous, it could not change the fact that he was already a corpse.

Liang Xing asked, "Lord, what should I do with this corpse?" ”

Cheng Yin hesitated for a moment, and said, "Why don't you bury him?" ”

Chen Cheng glanced back at Cheng Yin, smiled, and then said: "I have always been good at talking, since I said that I would send his head to Luoyang, then naturally I can't break my word, otherwise, I will gain weight!" ”

The people on the side couldn't turn their heads for a while, and they couldn't understand the essence of the joke of "breaking their word and getting fat", so they had to look at each other.

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