Chapter 13: The Night Battle (4)
Looking at Zhang Xiu's corpse and the scorching battlefield, Gao Shun's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he stepped forward immediately, picked up Zhang Xiu's corpse with the tip of a gun, and shouted: "The boss is dead!" If you don't surrender, what to do! ”
Although Dian Wei was rude, he was by no means stupid, and when he heard Gao Shun shouting like this, he quickly understood what he meant, and shouted with Gao Shun: "The boss is dead!" Surrender quickly! ”
Dian Wei's voice sounded more than one level higher than Gao Shun, and as the two of them continued to shout, gradually the surrounding coalition soldiers began to shout along. One by one, ten by hundred, only the loud sound was heard, wave after wave, constantly echoing in the night sky.
The morale of the Xiliang army was once again lost.
Zhang Xiuzhi's uncle Zhang Jinai is Dong Zhuo's general, although his ability is not high, but he is very trusted by Dong Zhuo, and his status in the Xiliang army is second only to Li Dao, Guo Yan, Li Ru and a few others. Zhang Xiu, as Zhang Ji's nephew, coupled with his handsome appearance and superb martial arts, is naturally very favored by Dong Zhuorong. Zhang Xiu had the merit of quelling the rebellion in the north a few years ago, and he was also famous. However, at that time, he had not followed his uncle Zhang Ji into Dong Zhuo's account, so he still had no meritorious service in the Xiliang Army. This time, Xu Rong was ordered to ambush the pursuers, and Zhang Ji intended to let his nephew get some credit, so he arranged for Zhang Xiu to be Xu Rong's deputy general. But he didn't expect that Zhang Xiu would die before he succeeded.
The soldiers in the chaotic army couldn't figure out the situation, and the vision was not good at night, so those who got far away couldn't see clearly, and those who got close could only see a rough idea, so they quickly broke out under the coax. Because Zhang Ji loves Zhang Xiu very much, the armor equipped for him is the best, and the quality is even better than the armor worn by Xu Rong, so that Dian Wei has a sense of "Lao Tzu will not really kill the other party's main general, in that case, it is a great achievement!" Thoughts like that.
"General Xu is dead!" In the Xiliang army, such shouts can be heard everywhere. Once the news of the death of the main general in the battle appeared, the blow to the morale of the army could not be described with just two words. If it were an ordinary rabble army, it would have been scattered as birds and beasts a long time ago. Fortunately, the Xiliang army was brave and good at fighting, and it was not immediately defeated at this time, and it was still able to entangle with the coalition army.
However, this defeat has indeed been fully revealed.
"I'm not dead! Don't be deceived! Cheer me up! Xu Rong rode on his horse and shouted loudly, but to little avail.
On the other hand, Xu Rong himself is also worried in his heart. Although they are far away and it is not very real to look at each other from a distance, Xu Rong can roughly guess that the one who was killed is Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Ji has no children, and treats him as his own. Zhang Xiu's killing in his own army, if Zhang Ji knew about it, he would definitely not give up with himself. Although it was the general of the coalition who killed Zhang Xiu, no matter how much Zhang Ji loved Zhang Xiu, could he really go to the other party's territory to kill people and take revenge? In the end, it's not about taking the anger on yourself.
Although he is also a veteran general in Dong Zhuo's army, in terms of status, he is still behind Zhang Ji after all. Although Zhang Ji really wants to marry him, he may not be afraid of him. But if the two really quarrel, I'm afraid it will end up being a lose-lose situation.
However, the current war situation is urgent, and Xu Rong cannot be allowed to make other considerations, so he can only try his best to rectify the military situation.
But in this situation, what Xu Rong did was more in vain.
At the beginning, most people couldn't hear his shouts, and by the time the news of the commander's death spread among the Xiliang army, the morale of the army had almost been lost. On the one hand, the coalition forces have already achieved a large advantage, and it is difficult for the Xiliang army to regain the situation on the battlefield. On the other hand, even if you know that coach Xu Rong is not dead, what can you do? After all, the one who was killed was not an ordinary pawn, but also a general, wouldn't the killing of the deputy general hurt morale?
Xu Rong could only grit his teeth and lead his guards to hold on.
Cao Cao had now almost given up his intention to continue the pursuit of Dong Zhuo, and it had been two hours since the two armies had been strangled since they encountered. I'm afraid there isn't much time before dawn now, presumably Dong Zhuo has already entered Chang'an City.
Cao Cao looked at the battle array and sneered slightly, wasn't this result expected at the beginning. However, despite this, if you don't pursue, you are always unwilling. The so-called not crying when you don't see the coffin describes a person like yourself. Maybe Liu Bei and Sun Jian also think the same way as themselves.
"The building is about to fall, who can help it?" Cao Cao stared into the distance and sighed softly.
Victory is imminent, the Xiliang army is gone, although it is still resisting stubbornly, but it has absolutely no ability to reverse the defeat. Cao Cao no longer wanted Dong Zhuo to give the head at this time, as long as he completely swallowed the enemy army in front of him, he would be content. Of course, to say that there are no regrets is to be false. Yuan Shao's refusal to help has always been a dead knot in his heart, although the other party has also done some stupid things before, such as suggesting that He Jin recruit Dong Zhuo into Beijing, wanting to serve the Han clan relatives, and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the emperor, etc., but Cao Cao has always thought that it is just Yuan Shao's occasional stupid trick, and his talent is generally good. But after a few days of contact, Cao Cao was disappointed, this guy who looked ahead and looked backwards, and suffered from gains and losses, was really Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu, who used to drink with him and grab the bride to talk about the general trend of the world, and was named the head of the eight schools in Xiyuan, and was known as the "master of the world"?
If Yuan Shaoken waved his troops westward, maybe Dong Zhuo's head would have been cut off now.
Shaking his head helplessly, Cao Cao once again focused his attention on the battlefield.
As the defeat of the Xiliang army became bigger and bigger, the army momentum was broken by the coalition forces one after another. I saw that the coalition army was at the forefront of Xiahoudun's department, and it had already broken through many obstacles and killed in front of Xu Rong, the enemy's main general.
Picking up a few of Xu Rong's personal guards, Xiahoudun pointed the spear in his hand at Xu Rong.
Xu Rong smiled bitterly, there was no room to dodge, so he could only rush forward. In terms of the ability to lead troops, Xu Rong is indeed good, tonight's defeat is really due to too many changes, and he can't blame him, and he can't change this ending if he is replaced by other generals. But when it comes to martial arts, Xu Rong can only be regarded as second-rate, and after a few combinations of kung fu, Xu Rong was captured by Xiahou Xuansheng.
The east showed a hint of fish belly white, and the war was over. With Xu Rong being captured as the curtain, the 30,000 Xiliang army lost more than 20,000 people, and among the remaining nearly 10,000 people, nearly 5,000 people were captured, and nearly 5,000 people fled.
And the coalition army also suffered a lot of losses here, and the 20,000 army also paid the price of more than 12,000 casualties, of which Liu Bei's 4,000 people were almost disabled, and only less than 500 people remained, but fortunately, several generals on the coalition side were not injured.
The 5,000 captives were given to Liu Bei 2,000 people, Cao Cao and Sun Jian each took 1,500 people, considering that Liu Bei only had a few hundred people left, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress it in case of a change in the captives, Sun and Cao Sui allocated 500 people each. After this concerted effort, the three of them also had a very strong relationship with each other, and who could have imagined that the three of them would be the ultimate contenders in this world in the future.