Chapter 999: Take Xiazhou City
Xiazhou City, surrounded on three sides, the sound of killing shook the sky.
There have been a lot of Dahua elite soldiers rushing up to the city, extremely brave, wielding knives and slashing, physical fitness, and ruthlessness in fighting and fighting, all of which are much more than the defenders.
The morale of the Liang army had reached a critical point, and they were infected and intimidated by the bloody scene, and they were already a little numb and war-weary, and finally they were bombarded by artillery fire, completely frightened, and most of the soldiers were frantically retreating, scattered, and could not resist the tiger and wolf division that took the opportunity to attack the city.
"Kill—"
The fighting at the head of the city was not fierce, so to speak, a one-sided situation.
The elite soldiers of Dahua pressed the Liang army, covered up, and seized control of the city.
The soldiers of the Liang army began to rout, and they had retreated from the head of the city to the city, and there was chaos inside.
"Open the gates of the city and receive the soldiers and horses from outside into the city."
"Come with a team of 100 and follow me to the city gate."
A captain shouted, armed with a Mo sword, with some elite soldiers, rushed down the stone steps and killed the city gate.
Soon, the west gate was the first to be opened, and the army outside rushed in, and Xiazhou City fell.
Xu Xuanche was still watching the battle at the head of the city, but after feeling in advance that the morale was unavailable, he had already retreated with a few partial generals and staff, and gathered in the east gate area, where there was no siege, and it was opened by the Dahua army, and it was also the city gate left for them to retreat.
Some people crowded here to escape from the city, but they were stopped and refused to let them go.
Liang Jun previously compared the northern Dahua soldiers to the tiger and wolf division of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, exaggerating the terrible, entering the city will slaughter the city, wanting to arouse the disgust of the people in the city, and then the military and the people will cooperate to live and die together with Xiazhou, this kind of propaganda tactics is often used by the defenders, and Xu Xuanche is no exception.
But he didn't expect that many wealthy merchants and people in Xiazhou were worried that the city would not be able to hold it, or if the battle continued, they would trap the city, so they planned to withdraw from the east city gate, where there was no fighting, but they were blocked.
"Get us out of town!"
"We have the right to go out and not be affected by war!"
There was a commotion here for a while, and the people's grievances were boiling, and they had great opinions about Liang Jun.
After Xu Xuanche brought people over, his eyes narrowed, and he said to a general: "Go, send some armor for them to put on, and then let people open the city gate, but send a group of soldiers and horses to drive these people to flee in the direction of due east." ”
The general's face froze, and he asked suspiciously: "General, is this supposed to let these people explore the way in front?" ”
Xu Xuanche with a sinister look, hummed: "Well, there is this idea, there seems to be no enemy soldiers and horses outside the east city gate, but it is often more dangerous, maybe there is an ambush, wait for us to withdraw, and then carry out an ambush, drive these people to the east direction, attract attention, after we get out of the city, do not take the shortcut to the east, break through from the southeast direction!" ”
"The general is wise!" The general has understood.
"Go ahead and do it!" Xu Xuanche waved his hand and asked the general to go and arrange it.
"Whoa!"
Immediately, some clothes and armor were distributed at the gate of the city, so that these squires and good people could wear them, and those who did not wear them were not allowed to go out of the city. Then the gates of the city opened, and the squires and the common people rushed out and fled out of the city.
Whether it is the military system in the north, or many decrees and laws, in fact, there are very few implementations in the south, because the terrain in the south is too complicated, there are too many thorns and trees, there are many rivers and lakes, and many news are not well communicated.
In addition to the Jiangzuo land in the southeast, such as Lianghu, Liangguang, Yungui and other places, the people do not know much about many things in the north, and they don't know who is good and who is bad in Li Tang and Dahua today.
At this time, there was a sound of fighting in the city, and Xu Xuanche and the others changed their faces, and they had realized that the city gate might have been breached, and the enemy army had entered the city.
"Get out of town now!"
Xu Xuanche rushed out of the east gate with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and those squires and people fled in a different direction, deliberately letting them become the target of the public, attracting attention as a cover, and these 5,000 men and horses went around the southeast position, even if they would travel for a day to the camp of Jingmen Mountain, it was worth it.
Wishful thinking is good, but who is Li Jing?
That is one of the great gods of war in history, everyone in the art of war, how can it be a waste of fame if the use of soldiers is false and real?
This Xu Xuanche led the troops to rush out of seven or eight miles, and under a hill, he encountered an ambush, stumbling on the horse rope and trapping the horse pit, tripped over the war horse that rushed in front, rolled into a ball, and screamed again and again.
Then, arrows rained down on both sides, enveloping these centaurs, killing mercilessly.
"Woohoo!"
The arrows continued to break through the air, the bushes and thorns, and the hills and forests were all ambushed by archers, and thousands of arrows were fired together.
"Not good, there is an ambush!"
"Hurry back!"
"The road is blocked, find cover."
Liang Jun was in a mess, Xu Xuanche's face changed greatly, his back was covered with cold sweat, and he had a feeling that something was wrong.
After exhausting the organs, I thought that I could escape the catastrophe, but I didn't expect that the capable people in the Dahua Army would be better at chess, and he would expect his little cleverness to be a step ahead, and his skills would be superior, and he couldn't help but feel like a defeat.
After a rain of arrows, only a few hundred of the 5,000 men remained, covered by shields, and gathered into a few small teams, and the others were killed by random arrows.
"Quick Fix!"
Cui Weida, a general who was in charge of leading the ambush, let out a low cry, rushed out of the mountains and forests with two thousand swords and axes, and killed those who remained.
"Don't kill it, I'm willing to surrender!" Xu Xuanche shouted, surrendered with the remaining remnants, and did not dare to fight again.
These Liang Jun, who were lucky enough not to die, also had no fighting spirit, and when they heard the boss shouting like this, they were all stunned for a moment, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief, looking at these Dahua soldiers, waiting for the other party to surrender.
"Disarm or kill, throw away your weapons and hold your head in your hands!"
"Dangchang!"
When Liang Jun heard this, he threw all his weapons on the ground, and then did so, holding his hands behind his head and squatting on the ground.
General Cui Weida led people over and ordered to tie up these surrendered troops, especially when he learned that the chief general of the Liang army who was guarding Xiazhou was also among them, he smiled, which was a great achievement.
Catching the captives is more effective than directly killing them, after all, Xu Xuanche is the minister of Liang Guozhong, and when he learned of Xiao Liang's defensive measures, the national strength was real, so after bringing it back, the credit was not small.
"Master Xu, let's go, come back with us to see the handsome!"
Cui Weida ordered the troops to be collected, and from the ambush position, he returned to the city of Xiazhou. At this time, this majestic city adjacent to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River has been completely captured by Dahua soldiers, Li Jing is standing on the city tower, looking down, the whole person is cold and majestic.
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