Chapter 60: Departure and Surrender (II)
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Not to mention Wu Yanrou, Gong Han and others who are preparing to watch the play at the city gate.
The front part of the Chu army under the city tower is still Zhang Wenbiao, he has just arrived at the north city gate with the army, and there are probes and horses running back to report, the reinforcements of the Han army have arrived, and it is estimated that there are about 40,000 people and horses.
Zhang Wenbiao got the news and was not surprised. As a senior officer of the Chu army, of course he knew how many catties and taels there were in the Lingnan Han Kingdom, Liu's soldiers and horses were only 1670,000, there were about 50,000 people in Fengzhou and Yizhou, and about 50,000 people in Shaozhou, and the rest were originally stationed in Kangzhou, Yingzhou and other places, but a few days ago, in order to exterminate Li Tang's army, most of the defenders in Kangzhou, Yingzhou and other places were transferred back to Xingwangfu, so that there should be 50,000 or 60,000 people in Xingwangfu, and 40,000 horses came at once, as long as these 40,000 horses were eliminated, Xingwangfu was at your fingertips. In this way, today's battle may be the last battle to destroy the Han. If the Han army is dragged or even defeated, isn't he a hero who destroyed the Han Dynasty?
At that time, he didn't have time to adjust the formation, so he directly changed the rear team to the front team, leaving two battalions of troops as a reserve, and it was also to prevent the garrison of Duanzhou City from suddenly rushing out. The military units above the regimental level of the Chu army are all mixed arms, with sword and shield men, crossbowmen, throwers, pikemen and other various arms, to deal with the Han army without cavalry, these arms naturally formed their own phalanxes. Except for the catapult and the crossbow bed, as long as the military order is given, it is almost enough to turn around.
The Han army on the opposite side has already appeared in the Chu army, but the leader of this Han army is Lu Guifei's younger brother Lu Jianwei.
After Pan Chongche's defeat in Fengzhou, he was terrified, along the way, he thought hard, and never came up with a reasonable way to crack the black incendiary bombs of the Chu army, especially Fengzhou and Connecticut, because of the hot weather in summer, most of the people's houses were wooden, and this fire burned up, like the god of fire Zhu Rong descended to the earth, and no one could stop it. If this thing can't be cracked, then no matter how high the city wall is, no matter how many soldiers there are, it's useless. He didn't know that the Chu army's thunderbolt shells were limited in number and had been exhausted, and he thought that the Chu army would not continue to drop bombs in Fengzhou, but it was just that the victory was certain and he was unwilling to cause too much damage to Fengzhou. In his opinion, there is only one way to deal with incendiary bombs, that is, to build a high wall, and then keep a certain distance between the people's houses and the city wall, so that the Chu army's incendiary bombs cannot hit the people's houses, but unfortunately, there is no city in Lingnan that meets this condition. He was afraid that the Chu army was on the one hand, on the other hand, he was also very dissatisfied with the Han Emperor Liu Sheng, during these days, Liu Sheng was indeed promoted to his official position, but didn't he send the traitor Lin Yan to meet Fengzhou to inspect it? If it weren't for him displaying soldiers in the mansion to scare Lin Yanyu, it is estimated that Lin Yanyu would have stayed in Fengzhou and even replaced him. But after Lin Yanyu returned to Xingwang's Mansion, what he Pan Chongche wanted, the court didn't give him. There is nothing tangible except empty orders.
So, he was disheartened and ran back to Xingwangfu in one go. Liu Sheng was furious when he heard this, but this Pan Chongche had a very high prestige in the army, and he had made great contributions. So, Liu Sheng also put Pan Chongche in prison, but he didn't kill him rashly. In this way, General Pan and Zhong Yunzhang became neighbors.
It stands to reason that famous generals like Pan Chongche have been defeated, and the Han army should be cautious. But the real situation is not like this at all, there are three reasons, first, Pan Chongche and the Chu army confronted each other for three months, during which Pan Chongche exaggerated a little military exploits to the imperial court in order to improve the treatment of the border army and improve their lives, which created an illusion to the Han State, that is, the strength of the Chu ** team is not very good, if it were not for Li Tang also attacking the Han State, it is estimated that Liu Sheng may have sent reinforcements long ago and sent the Chu army out of the country. Second, less than five days before Pan Chongche fled back, Liu Sheng completely annihilated the sailors of Li Tang's expedition in Xingwangfu, and the entire Han Kingdom was full of a phenomenon of blind optimism, whether it was Liu Sheng or the eunuchs below, they were all beaming, and they had the feeling that Lao Tzu was the first in the world. This kind of self-confidence made them look down on Chu Guo even more. Third, in a confident state of mind, when he heard that Pan Chongche was defeated and fled back, Liu Sheng didn't even have a chance to defend himself, and directly put Pan Chongche in prison under Lin Yanyu's prodding. They lost the opportunity to understand the true strength of the Chu army, of course, even if Pan Chongche had a chance to defend himself, I am afraid that Liu Sheng and they would not believe it.
So, Lu Jianwei, who had made great contributions in Panyu, asked Liu Sheng to ride the horse at that time, squinted his eyes, and looked into the distance, and the Han army was barely lined up in a phalanx, so he couldn't wait to rush towards him. Zhang Wenbiao pouted, the other party's general is really a straw bag, if it were himself, he would definitely not make any charges. There are only 3ooo people in Duanzhou City, and the main purpose of the reinforcements is not to defeat the Chu army under the city, but to enter the city and defend it strictly. Engaging in a decisive battle outside the city is extremely stupid no matter how you think about it. Even if it's a decisive battle, your sword and shield hand should be in front, how do you get the spearmen in front, doom... Wrong, this gang of sons Han Jun, don't they have a shield? Why, each of them has either a spear or a big knife in his hand.
It's not that the Han army doesn't have a sword and shield hand, it's just that Lu Jianwei is a reinforcement, and he is in a hurry. This sword and shield hand not only has an extra shield in his hand, he is a bit similar to the heavy infantry, and the armor on his body is also better, so that his load is heavy, and he can't guarantee it for a long journey, so the sword and shield hand is pulled behind. Unlike Chu Jun, the first item that the sword and shield hand practiced was long-distance load running.
As the Han army sprinted, the distance between the Chu and Han armies became closer and closer, and Zhang Wenbiao shouted: "Release the arrows." ”
"Shoot the arrows!" Under the shouts of the heralds on the left and right, and under the waving of the banners in the army, the crossbowmen and throwers of the Chu army shot bows and arrows at the Han army. The arrows swept through the sky, dense like rain, intertwined into a net, and pounced on the Han army like flying locusts. Without the protection of the sword and shield hand, the strong bow and crossbow made the Han army suffer a big loss, the armor of the spearmen was already weak, at such a close distance, in such a dense arrow net, many people were hit by multiple arrows, and fell down miserably. Advancing a distance of less than one meter required the lives of hundreds of sergeants. The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer to the sound of war drums, screams, and shouts of killing, and life has become extremely cheap at this moment.
Seeing that the distance was almost up, Zhang Wenbiao raised his sword and shouted: "Kill!" ”
As he spoke, he turned his long knife into a whip, slapped it hard on the horse's buttocks, and rushed over bravely. The defense envoy took the lead, and the sergeants under his command naturally rushed towards the Han army with spears and swords. The two armies of Chu and Han collided together like two tides, swords and guns exchanged and blood overflowed. Zhang Wenbiao's big sword was held high, and he was extremely strong in his hands, he was a fierce general in the Chu army, an ordinary Han soldier, where was his opponent. Wherever the big knife went, the gun blocked the gun and flew, and the knife came and went. He wielded a big knife, rushed left and right, broke people's arms, and took people's ranks, as if they were probing for things. It was quite cool for him to kill himself, but the more the Han army fought, the colder it became. Zhang Wenbiao is on a horse, he kills people and slashes people, and he can see it clearly from afar. The soldiers of the Han army watched him rush towards him, and couldn't help but turn around and run, ignoring the opponents around him. The morale of the Chu army increased greatly, and they followed their own defense envoys and fought desperately. For a time, the blood flowed like a river, staining the banks of the Xijiang River red.
Lu Jianwei in the distance put his hand on the pergola, looked at it for a long time, although he had only fought once, but the man was not fierce, he still knew clearly, he saw Zhang Wenbiao so good, his heart was a little flustered, and he said to his subordinates: "Put the arrow, this and that... The man on horseback released his arrows. "Although I can't see the victory or defeat at this time, I always feel that this Chu army is like a tiger, and the number of the other party is not large, but it is not inferior at all. The battle flags of the Chu army can be seen everywhere in front of Qi, but their own military flags are also crooked, and there are very few, fortunately, there are many of us. Lu Jianwei secretly cheered himself up.
The people around him glanced at each other and shouted: "The handsome man has an order, release the arrow, hurry up and release the arrow!" "This group of people are all the children of the eunuchs of the Xingwang Mansion. These days, Xingwangfu is optimistic, and when he heard that Lu Jianwei went on the expedition, he thought that this was a good opportunity to mix military merits, and it was okay to use money to smash the relationship, and sent his children to Lu Jianwei's army. These children are good at messing with flowers, walking dogs and fighting cocks, talking about mountains, and telling meat jokes. Lu Jianwei found it interesting, so he kept this group of people with him, of course, for the sake of safety.
Hearing these people's greetings, the heralds standing at intervals on the side glanced at each other, and there seemed to be a man riding a horse in the front, but this order could not be carried out. First, the distance is long, shooting arrows from your own side, you will definitely not be able to shoot anywhere, second, this is a big melee, you have me, I have you, if you use the reserve team to concentrate on archery, then don't you shoot your own people? Third, the few of us shouted out and passed it on to each other, and after a while, the entire battlefield was known, and the Chu army also knew?
These people were hesitating, and they didn't know whether to give the order or not. At this time, the sound of the horn of "woo woo" actually came from the north, and I saw an army rushing over from the north, and the banner of the embroidered dragon's Xuanhuang "horse" was flying high, Chu army!
Lu Jianwei was stunned for a moment, and he didn't care about why he didn't give the order to shoot arrows just now, but just yelled: "Hurry up and send troops, send troops, and resist." The boys and buddies around him were also so anxious that they jumped to their feet, saying everything, and some of them were ready to slip away when they touched the oil under their feet.
As a reserve army, he had just been put into the fight against the Chu army, and suddenly heard the sound of a horn behind him and remembered, Lu Jianwei turned around and looked, dumbfounded, grandma's, surrounded. And looking at the appearance of the Chu army, they were like tigers descending from the mountain and killing themselves. Lu Jianwei panicked and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, stop the Chu army, stop the Chu army!" ”
He jumped very high and his voice was quite loud, but unfortunately, no one rushed over, at this time, in addition to this group of boys, there were about 5oo soldiers around him. This soldier is dedicated to defending himself. You can't let them stop the Chu army, and they can't stop it.
"Dashuai, let's descend." Lin Yanyu's little nephew whispered in Lu Jianwei's ear.
Lu Jianwei turned his head and looked behind him, the Han army had no intention of fighting, and staggered back, and those who retreated slowly either surrendered directly, or were cut down to the ground, and the blood was high. Lu Jianwei shook his head and said, "Surrender, don't fight, I'll surrender." ”
The marshals have all surrendered, and those straw bale boys also echoed loudly, don't fight us and surrender, the voice is louder than the voice of the herald, those Han soldiers who retreated from the direction of Duanzhou were already killed, and when they heard this, they didn't even have the courage to fight at the last moment.
The reinforcements of Xingwangfu surrendered, and Wu Yanrou, the assassin of Duanzhou, made a quick decision and surrendered. Ma Yun rested in Duanzhou for the night, and the next morning, the Han army sailors went up the Xijiang River and surrendered to Ma Yun in Duanzhou under the leadership of Dutong Lefan. Ma Yun was extremely happy, rewarded Le Fan and others, and asked him to cooperate with him, and once again waved his army south, directly to Xingwangfu. When the army walked to Niubi Town, which was less than five miles away from Xingwang's Mansion, they met Liu Sheng's messenger, Xiao Luo, who presented Liu Sheng's surrender table. Liu Sheng descended.
Of course, there is no way for him not to surrender, last night, he saw the news of the defeat, and Lu Jianwei's army was completely annihilated. Liu Sheng was in such a hurry, so he personally ran to the prison, invited Pan Chongche out again, and asked him if there was any good way, Pan Chongche asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know how many defenders of Xingwangfu are there?" ”
At this time, Liu Sheng said truthfully: "There are still six or seven thousand men and horses, and there must be 10,000 sailors in Lingdingyang." ”
Pan Chongche asked again: "Then Your Majesty, do you know how many people there are in the Chu army?" ”
Liu Sheng shook his head, how could he know this.
Pan Chongche stretched out a hand and shook it, then sighed. Liu Sheng was in a hurry, and when he saw Pan Chongche stretching out a five, he thought that the Chu army had 5o people, and his face was like earth at that time, and he couldn't care about anything anymore, so he was ready to surrender at the moment. Lin Yan on the side came up with a bad idea, he said: "Your Majesty, we have a sailor now, it's better to move the treasures in the palace to the boat, let's go south by boat, it's better than being a prisoner of the Chu State." At a critical time, Lin Yanyu also wanted to immigrate overseas. Don't say it, this idea really moved Liu Sheng.
So, Liu Sheng left Pan Chongche alone, and while ordering the water diverter to Xingwangfu, he ran back to the palace, preparing to move and immigrate to Southeast Asia to become an overseas Chinese. Unexpectedly, Lu Guifei probably felt that the Southeast Asian sun was too strong, which was not conducive to her maintaining whitening skin, and at the same time, her brother's life and death were uncertain, and she was also worried, so she voted against it. If Lu Meiren didn't leave, Liu Sheng had no choice but to find Lin Yanyu, Pan Chongche and others back to discuss whether to fight or surrender. This back and forth, the delay of time has come down. When the sailor Du Le Fan arrived at the Xingwang Mansion, he immediately heard that the situation was not good, and the emperor also wanted to immigrate to Southeast Asia. He was not happy, and after thinking about it, he gathered his cronies to discuss for a long time, and went to Duanzhou to surrender to Chu. In this way, the sailor was gone, and Liu Sheng was dumbfounded, so he had to send someone to send a surrender table and surrender.
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