Chapter 224: Don't Let Me Down
What to do?
Chen Jun rubbed his knees, which were a little painful from being hit by the flow of people, a little dazed. ( VIII (δΈδΈ[[[ζ[ [ ]]}.)
He Jin ordered him to guard the prisoners who came into the city, and now that the captives are gone, He Jin will not spare him at that time. There was a fierce battle outside, and many brothers were fratricidal, even father and son, which was a bit too cruel for them.
In fact, not only them, but anyone who encounters such a thing will also feel shuddering.
Looking at the figures of the captives shouting and running towards the city gate, Chen Jun gritted his teeth and said, "The matter has come to this, we have to fight!" β
"Boss, what are you?"
"Follow them, open the city gates and welcome the officers and soldiers into the city! I hope that the officers and soldiers will be able to give us a way to live! Chen Jun exhaled, drew his sword and led his soldiers towards the city gate.
There were not many rebel soldiers at the city gate, most of them went to the city to participate in the battle, and only about 200 people stood behind the city gate and supported the city gate with huge logs from time to time to prevent the city gate from being knocked open by the officials and soldiers.
Ma Keyuan, Zeng Tieniu, Han Sitie and others led nearly a thousand captives suddenly appeared at the city gate, startling the rebel soldiers guarding the city gate.
Ma Kohara raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, rush! Open the city gate to receive the officers and soldiers into the city, and our relatives will be saved! Come on! Come on! β
Hundreds of people rushed towards the city gate, and Chen Jun and more than 100 other rebel soldiers also rushed behind the captives, Chen Jun shouted loudly as he ran: "Brothers, open the city gate quickly!" β
The two hundred or so rebel soldiers guarding the city gate panicked when they saw this, and before they could release their arrows, they were overwhelmed by the flood of captives, and there was chaos.
The captives took off the beams from the city gate, opened the gate together, and shouted, "Lord, spare your life! Please don't let the arrows go! The little ones are here to pick up the official! β
Outside the city gate, it was Li Guo and Zhou Yuji and others who led the troops to attack the city gate, and the siege of the captives outside the city was extremely fierce, and more than half of the four thousand prisoners had been damaged, so Mo Li ordered the battalions of the New Liao Army to also enter the battle and began to storm the city.
At this time, Li Guo, Zhou Yuji and others were overjoyed when they saw the city gate being opened from the inside, and led their troops to rush in.
Cao Bianjiao, Ma Jinzhong, Bai Zhicheng, Hui Dengxiang and other generals also led their troops to rush towards Zaoyang City, and the officers and soldiers of the Xinliao Brigade rushed into the city, and under the guidance of Ma Keyuan, Han Sitie and other internal responses, they rushed to various city defense points and controlled the rebel barracks.
Wang Jiayin, He Yilong, He Jin, Wang Guoning and other rebel leaders saw that the general trend had gone, and the city gate was breached, so they led their own soldiers to rush towards the west city gate, and even took care of the grain, grass and materials, etc., opened the west city gate in a hurry, abandoned the city and fled.
The terrain outside the West City Gate was narrow, which was not conducive to the formation of the army, so it was not the main offensive position of the New Liao Army, and Moli only sent He Zhenbei, Ba Laodao, Su Hansheng, Xiao Yang and others to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to feint to contain the strength of the rebels in the city.
And originally didn't plan to be able to suppress Wang Jiayin's rebels in the city, you must know that the rebels in the city now still have 70,000 or 80,000 horses, and his new Liao army is only a little more than 30,000 people, and it is unrealistic to swallow Wang Jiayin in one bite.
In other words, Mo Li deliberately only sent a small number of troops to attack the West City Gate, and Wang Jiayin's rebels knew that these soldiers and horses could not trap them, so that they had the hope of escaping and would not resist too fiercely. For the Moli army, which was attacking at the East City Gate, the pressure was invisibly reduced a lot.
Sure enough, Wang Jiayin, He Yilong, He Jin and others led tens of thousands of rebels to suddenly kill from the West City Gate, and caught He Zhenbei and others off guard.
Cao Bianjiao, Ma Jinzhong and others led the new Liao army to swarm from the east city gate, but Wang Jiayin took the lead in breaking through the west city gate, Cao Bianjiao and others led the troops to continue to chase, and after joining forces with He Zhenbei, they pursued Wang Jiayin together.
Mo Li led his troops into Zaoyang City, controlled various key points in the city, restored order in the city, and pacified the people.
The fighting in the city continued, and some rebels did not have time to flee, and did not dare to surrender to the officers and soldiers without authorization, so they retreated into the streets and alleys of the city to continue to fight with the officers and soldiers.
There are also some rebels who Wang Jiayin deliberately stayed behind to block the official army, and they used the terrain of the city to play hide and seek with the official army, and fought with the officers and soldiers from time to time.
But more rebel soldiers chose to lay down their arms and surrender to the officers and soldiers, especially those rebel soldiers who had a close relationship with the captives outside the city, they didn't want to fight for a long time, and when they saw the officers and soldiers coming, they threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground, shouting surrender.
It was not until dawn that the officers and soldiers brought the situation in Zaoyang City under control.
And Cao Bianjiao and others also came back, Wang Jiayin and other rebels ran too fast, Cao Bianjiao and others failed to catch up, and the soldiers were hungry and tired, so they had to return to Zaoyang City for breakfast first.
However, although Wang Jiayin ran away, the reincarnated king Xu Chang and Zhenshan Tiger Zhao Shiliang and Feishan Tiger Tian Xiurong failed to run away and were captured alive by the official army.
In addition, the rebel leaders Wang Jiuren, Wang Chenglong, Yan Baili, and Bao Tingfei were beheaded by the official army.
In the battle of Zaoyang, including day and night, a total of more than 7,000 rebels were killed, more than 23,000 were captured, and a large number of grain, grass, materials, weapons and armor were captured.
Mo Li ascended to the tower of the East City Gate, commanded the army to restore order in various parts of the city, and then rested here. Zaoyang County has not yet been cleared out, and the hidden dangers in the city have not been completely cleared, and this is the safest place at present.
Lu Hanzhang also followed He Zhendong in the army this time, and saw that Zaoyang had been recovered and the order in the city was gradually settled, so he walked over and said to Mo Li with a smile: "Congratulations to General Mo on his victory!" Since going south, the general has won several battles in succession, which is really gratifying! β
Mo Li also returned the salute and said: "Thank you father-in-law, rejoice, rejoice!" Hehe. Mo Li is a rough man, and he hopes that his father-in-law will say a few more kind words for the last general in front of the emperor. β
Lu Hanzhang said with a smile: "That's certain, the general's outstanding military achievements, our family naturally wants to report to the emperor truthfully, the general can rest assured, the generals and the soldiers' military merits, our family must carefully and meticulously record them, and report them to the emperor, and never dare to erase the merits of the soldiers." β
"The father-in-law is serious."
At this time, a round of morning sun was rising, and the golden sun shone on the whole person a lot warmer, Lu Hanzhang looked at Zaoyang City, which was gradually stabilizing, and said, "How does General Mo plan to march next?" β
In the middle of the night, all the officers and men of the New Liao Army were exhausted and in urgent need of rest.
Mo Li looked at the soldiers stationed on the city wall, their faces were full of exhaustion, so he said: "Let the brothers rest first, sort out the affairs of Zaoyang, and then go out tomorrow to pursue Wang Jiayin's traitors." β
Lu Hanzhang nodded and did not speak. The soldiers were indeed too tired, killing all the way from Xinyang to Zaoyang, and fighting for a day and a half of the night, without a good rest, no matter how strong the soldiers were, they would be tired. Although he also wanted to kill Wang Jiayin as soon as possible, he also knew that it would not happen overnight.
Cao Bianjiao ran up at this time and reported: "General, Wang Jiayin's thief somehow went to Yicheng in Daokou Town, the brothers were too tired to catch up, and the last general had to withdraw first." β
At this time, Guan Feng also walked over, and when he heard the words, he said: "It's strange, Wang Zi used that thief to besiege the city in Xiangyang, Wang Jiayin should take the road of Xiwu Town to join him!" Why did you go to Yicheng instead? β
"yes, what's wrong with that?" Lu Hanzhang also said.
Mo Li thought for a while and said, "Didn't we catch a few thieves?" Just ask them for a question. β
Everyone suddenly realized. Guan Feng immediately ordered someone to escort Xu Chang, Zhao Shiliang, Tian Xiurong and others up.
Soon, Xu Chang and the others were tied up by Wuhuada.
Mo Li paced back and forth in front of them for a few steps and said, "General Ben has a question, which of you can answer it?" β
The three of them snorted, and they all shook their heads, without the slightest sense of being prisoners.
"Whoever answers, doesn't have to die." Mo Li said interestingly: "It's a rare opportunity! Which of you will come first? β
The three of them were still silent, but the heaving chests showed that they were actually fighting fiercely in their hearts.
Mo Li stopped and said coldly: "Just because you don't speak doesn't mean that you are dumb, let alone deaf!" Tell me, why didn't Wang Jiayin go to Xiwu Town to Xiangyang to find Wang for his own use and go to Yicheng? β
Mo Li pointed to Tian Xiurong on the right and said, "You come." β
Mo Li's voice was not loud, but a cold sweat broke out on Tian Xiurong's forehead, and he hesitated for a moment, but pretended to be tough and said, "Phew! Dog officer! Why should I tell you! β
A sneer flashed at the corner of Mo Li's mouth, and with a wave of his hand, several guards standing on the side came over, picked up Tian Xiurong and left. Walking under the city wall, one of the guards drew his knife and cut off Tian Xiurong's head with a click.
Tian Xiurong couldn't stop shouting in fear before he died, begging for mercy, but Mo Li didn't even look at it, and the guards quickly executed the order and beheaded Tian Xiurong, splashing blood all over the ground.
Zhao Shiliang was so frightened that his legs trembled. Unexpectedly, this officer and army commander is young, but his heart is so ruthless, which is terrifying.
Mo Li's face was as usual, he looked at Zhao Shiliang with a cold gaze, and said, "Zhao Shiliang, when you say it, I hope you won't disappoint me." β
As he spoke, Mo Li seemed to inadvertently rub the handle of the knife in his hand, this action seemed unconscious, but it made Zhao Shiliang and Xu Yan break out in a cold sweat.
Zhao Shiliang's throat squirmed, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, tried to calm his mind as much as possible, and said tremblingly: "Official, official, I, I say ......"
Xu Cheng stiffened his head and shouted: "Zhao Shiliang, you, are you going to betray the leader!" β
"I ......"
Zhao Shiliang only said one word of me, and was interrupted by Mo Li: "The king of the reincarnation is allowed to change!" Yes, a bit of backbone, it's a pity, it's a pity! β
"But, what is the pity?" Permission becomes only the scalp numb. Looking at Mo Li's terrifying gaze, he only felt that his heart was sinking continuously......