Chapter 514: Civil strife in the Liaodong Army
On the bank of the Liao River, Han Xiao met the Liaodong Army who was hurrying east.
Looking at the Liaodong Army on the other side of the river, Han Xiao frowned slightly, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid that this battle will be very difficult to fight!" ”
But then, Han Xiao's eyes rolled, and he thought of a good idea.
The commander of the five guards under his command called over, Han Xiao muttered a few words to them, and then ordered the soldiers to set up a battle formation on the shore.
After a while, the commander of Tashan Wei came to Han Xiao with a large wooden box.
"It's all done?" Han Xiao opened the wooden box and looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then turned around to look at the main force of the Liaodong Army on the other side, patiently waiting for them to come.
Although Liaodong is the largest river in Liaodong, due to the cold weather, thick ice has already formed on the river surface.
Therefore, it is simply impossible to rely on Liaodong to block the attack of the Liaodong Army.
Moreover, most of the soldiers under Han Xiao's command are cavalry, and they can't play any advantage at all when fighting on the ice, and even because the ice is too smooth, it affects the combat power of the cavalry.
But Han Xiao didn't want to fight the Liaodong Army at all at this time, but waited for the Liaodong Army to reach the shore, Han Xiao shouted loudly to the other side: "Zhao Chenfeng is dead, why don't you surrender quickly?" Otherwise, you won't be killed! ”
On the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, a person's voice was too small for the Liaodong Army on the other side to hear at all, and they still formed a war and continued to slowly move closer to Han Xiao's side.
Seeing this, Han Xiao ordered the soldiers around him to shout with him: "Zhao Chenfeng is dead, if you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?" ”
The sound became louder and louder, and soon resounded throughout the entire banks of the Liao River, and the forward of the Liaodong Army on the opposite bank, who had already begun to step on the Liao River, heard this sound, and suddenly began to hesitate under his feet.
Following the sound, the Liaodong army began to look towards the opposite bank, but saw that in front of the formation on the opposite bank, a bamboo pole was erected, and a bloody human head was hung on it, because of the distance, they couldn't see the appearance clearly.
Dingliao's right guard commanded Shen Cong to frown and take out the binoculars, looked at the opposite bank, and saw that there was indeed a human head hanging on the bamboo pole, but because the human head was soaked with blood, Shen Cong couldn't tell the original appearance of this human head at all.
The commanders of the other guards of the Liaodong Army also found out about this situation, and they all gathered together with a frown and began to discuss.
"You say, is the head on the other side of the river General Zhao's?"
"Probably not!" Shen Cong frowned and said, "There are 20,000 horses under General Zhao's command, how could he be defeated by Han Xiao so easily?" ”
The commander of Fuzhou Wei said: "I have a different opinion from General Shen, I think General Zhao and the 20,000 horses should have been wiped out.
Let's not care if the head belongs to General Zhao or not, let's just say that now that Han Xiao dares to lead the army over, it means that the crisis on the side of Zizaizhou has been lifted.
If General Zhao was still safe and sound now, Han Xiao would not dare to lead the army over.
And if you look at the number of people on the other side, I am afraid that there are 25,000 men and horses. In other words, Han Xiao brought all the people and horses over except for the people who stayed behind to stabilize the situation in the state.
So I think the reason why Han Xiao dared to come over so boldly, there was only one result: General Zhao had been defeated! ”
"So what are we going to do next?" The rest of the commanders of the guards listened to the words of the commanders of the Fuzhou guards and immediately panicked.
"It's a big deal, fight to the death with Han Xiao!" Shen Cong said, "Now we still have nearly 50,000 troops under our hands, and Han Xiao only has more than 20,000 horses, and our troops are twice as strong as Han Xiao." If Zaimon sacrifices his life to charge, he will definitely be able to break through Han Xiao's encirclement.
When the time comes, let's 'collect' some materials in Liaodong, it's a big deal to retreat between the white mountains and black waters, and Han Xiao will not take us for it! ”
"I think that in the current situation, we should surrender!" The commander of the Fuzhou Wei said, "Our defeat is now decided, and even if we escape, we may not be able to escape." What's more, now I'm afraid that the soldiers below are already panicked, and if they want to fight to the death, it's impossible to be afraid.
Although our lives may not be guaranteed after surrendering, we can send someone to negotiate with Han Xiao, as long as he can spare our family, then we will die, and it is enough! ”
Regarding the suggestion of the commander of the Fuzhou Guard, some people agree with it and some people oppose it, after all, not everyone can give up their lives for their families.
At this moment, a scout hurriedly barged in and replied: "Qi Qi generals, the soldiers and horses of the four guards of Jinzhou have been found in the rear, and they are less than twenty miles away from us. ”
Hearing this, everyone's hearts suddenly cooled.
Now that there are pursuers in the back and interceptions in front, it seems to be more difficult to escape.
At this time, Shen Cong suddenly said: "Since we can't come back to Liaodong, we can go north along the Liao River into the mountains, and maybe we can escape." ”
"I'm afraid it's not right!" The commander of the Fuzhou Wei said, "The nearest mountain area is also two hundred miles away, and the other side is full of cavalry, so we can't get rid of them at all." And with this escape, our supplies are gone. Nearly 50,000 troops, how can we feed them? Is it possible to plunder the people along the way? I'm afraid that whoever dares to give such an order, the soldiers below will not let him go first! ”
"Let's surrender!" In the end, the commander of the Fuzhou Guard glanced at everyone, "Everyone, now is not the time to hesitate, in case the people of Jinzhou arrive, we will be attacked on both sides!" ”
"Then surrender!" Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to surrender.
"If you want to surrender, you surrender, anyway, Lao Tzu is unwilling, Lao Tzu himself led his brothers to flee north, see if Han Xiao dares to chase after him!" At this time, Shen Cong was still unwilling to surrender.
Glancing at everyone, the commander of Fuzhou Wei said, "Since General Shen is unwilling, then the brothers will not force you, I hope General Shen will take care of himself along the way!" ”
After speaking, he saw that the commander of Fuzhou Wei suddenly attacked, pulled out the sword on his waist and slashed at Shen Cong.
No one expected this sudden situation.
Seeing Shen Cong's head rolling to the ground, everyone immediately jumped away, holding the long sword, you look at me, I look at you, and their eyes were full of defense.
At this time, the commander of the Fuzhou Wei acted as if he was fine, stepped on Shen Cong's head a few times, and said with a smile: "Brothers, don't be nervous, I'm just targeting Shen Cong alone."
Among our twelve guards in Liaodong, Shen Cong and Zhao Chenfeng have the closest relationship. Now that Shen Congyi is dead, and he was killed by me, maybe after surrendering in a while, the court will be extra kind to me because of this, and it is not necessary to save my life! ”
Seeing that the commander of Fuzhou Wei said this, the commander of Shenyang Wei on the side let down his guard and said with a smile: "In that case, can you give this credit to the brothers?" ”
"How is that possible?" Hearing this, the Fuzhou Commander immediately became vigilant in his eyes, "With Shen Cong's head alone, it is not easy to save my own life, and if I give it to you, I won't have to die in the end?" ”
"Brother has a point!" At this time, the commander of Jin Zhouwei smiled and said, "How can one head save everyone's lives?" ”