Chapter 525: Capturing Zhang Xing

Sure enough, as Zhao Junsheng expected, when Hua Mulan got the news that King Changshan and the generals and colonels of the army and most of the soldiers of the army were killed in battle, and Zhu Xiuzhi and his Yunzhong army were almost formed and captured, they immediately exploded.

She killed angrily, and saw Zhao Junsheng and Zhu Xiuzhi talking, she didn't say a word, she rushed up and pulled out her sword and put it on Zhu Xiuzhi's neck and shouted: "Zhu Xiuzhi, everyone else is dead, why aren't you dead?" Why did your Yunzhong Army survive almost as a formation? If you don't say that you are ugly today, believe it or not, your aunt and grandmother will end you with a sword! โ€

Zhu Xiuzhi was so frightened that he looked at the sharp sword around his neck in horror and shouted: "General Hua is angry, angry, there is something to say, don't do it, don't tremble!" โ€

After speaking, he hurriedly asked Zhao Junsheng for help: "Brother Zhao, you can't see death without help, please help me intercede with General Hua, everything is easy to discuss, just don't do it!" I still have a big family to feedยทยทยทยทยทยท"

Zhao Junsheng got up, and while reaching out, he moved the sword in Mulan's hand away from Zhu Xiuzhi's neck, "Mulan, no matter whether General Zhu is at fault or not, with his rank, it is not something you can handle!" It's up to the emperor to decide this matter, put away your sword! โ€

Zhu Xiuzhi immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, let the emperor decide!" General Hua, I have no grudge against you, why do you treat me like this? I think you were trapped in Lulongsai Cloud Tower, or I lent troops to General Zhao to attack the city to attract the attention of the defenders, so that General Zhao could successfully rescue you, you can't take revenge! โ€

Hua Mulan couldn't help but look at Zhao Junsheng when she heard this, she really didn't know that the soldiers who attacked the city were borrowed by Zhao Junsheng from Zhu Xiuzhi.

"Yes, at the beginning, Hedoro couldn't do anything to attack the city, and at that time I had cavalry in my hands, so I could only ask General Zhu to borrow infantry to attack the city, it was precisely because General Zhu's infantry attacked the city with great strength and attracted most of the defenders to the past, Li Bao and I were able to successfully climb the city wall and kill all the way to the cloud tower!"

Mulan pursed her lips, took the sword, snorted coldly and turned to leave.

King Changshan's body was found, with more than a dozen knife wounds on his body, and he was almost shot into a hedgehog by arrows, and his body was still intact.

Zhao Junsheng originally planned to take the body of King Changshan Tuoba Su to Longcheng and hand it over to the emperor, but now that he was fighting outside, the conditions were really limited, and there was no guarantee that the body would not be corrupted, so he could only order the collection of a few pieces of Changshan King's clothes and belongings to be properly preserved, and then ordered the soldiers to dig the tomb and bury it with the gift of the king.

The army rested in the valley for a night, and the next morning they set out again and rushed to White Wolf City, where he had already agreed with Bai Jinguang to meet under White Wolf City.

Almost all of the materials carried by the more than 20,000 troops were captured by Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan's soldiers and horses from the Yan army, Zhao Junsheng did not intend to discard these baggage, there is still a long way to go to White Wolf City, and there is also a lot of distance from White Wolf City to Dragon City, and a lot of consumption is required along the way.

The heavy transportation task was handed over to Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army and the captured Yan Army prisoners, and Zhu Xiuzhi knew that he was at a loss and accepted the task without any complaints.

On the second day of the ninth month, the army under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked out of the mountain road and joined the five hundred cavalry led by Cao Jiao, which was only forty miles away from White Wolf City at this time.

"General, the last general dares to guarantee that none of the fleeing Yan troops have escaped through the net, and in the past few days, we have also captured a lot of civilians, messengers and nearby mountain people from the direction of White Wolf City, and the news will never reach the White Wolf!" Cao Jiao reported to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng nodded and asked, "In which direction is White Wolf City?" โ€

Cao Jiao said: "The last general has already interrogated the messenger from White Wolf City, the river in front of us is the White Wolf River, and another forty miles along the direction of the river is White Wolf City!" โ€

"Pass the order, rest for a day today, and set off for White Wolf City early tomorrow morning to join Bai Jinguang!"

"Yes, General!"

According to the agreement, Zhao Junsheng and Bai Jinguang will meet under the White Wolf City tomorrow, and then attack the White Wolf City together, so the time for the meeting cannot be too early or too late.

Forty miles away, the camp set off early in the morning, and when he arrived, he just arrived outside the White Wolf City.

"General, my subordinates have investigated and learned that Zhang Xingzheng, the defender of the White Wolf City of Yan Kingdom, is leading his troops to fight with General Bai twelve miles northwest!" The scout captain who came to reconnoiter the news first hit his horse to meet Zhao Junsheng's report.

"What? Fought in the north-west? As soon as Zhao Junsheng heard this, he felt that it was not too late, and immediately ordered: "Come on, go and tell Zhu Xiuzhi and let him lead the Yunzhong Army to surround the White Wolf City!" Call General Hua to come! โ€

Hua Mulan quickly rode over and asked, "Brother Junsheng, what are you calling me?" โ€

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan exchanged glances, and the two were slightly away from the soldiers behind him, so he said to Mulan: "Mulan, I just received the news that Bai Jinguang and Zhang Xing are fighting twelve miles in the northwest, I have to quickly lead the troops over to attack Zhang Xing with him, didn't you come to Yuexin?" How about you take your own soldiers to stay with Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong Army, and let your deputy general really take the soldiers and horses with me, how about it? โ€

Hua Mulan immediately objected: "That's not good, even if I come, it won't affect my fight, I'll take the troops with you, it's so decided, I'll bring the troops over, you go ahead!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng couldn't resist Mulan, so he could only agree, so he and Hua Mulan rushed over to the northwest with 4,000 people.

When he arrived near the battle site, Zhao Junsheng was galloping while observing the battlefield situation, he found that Bai Jinguang had few people, and it seemed that he could no longer support it.

"Mulan, you lead people to kill from the left, and I will lead people to kill from the right, and attack the rear of the Yan army at the same time!"

"Good!" Hua Mulan agreed, holding a big knife and waving to the right wing army behind her: "Follow me!" โ€

Zhao Junsheng also waved to the cavalry of the Youzhou Army behind him: "Kill me with me-"

Two military horses suddenly came from the rear, the Yan army was caught off guard, and was crushed at once, and Zhang Xing, the commander of the army, did not even have a chance to react and transfer troops to deal with it.

The Yan generals who were scrambling to flee for their lives scattered from both sides, and the veteran Zhang Xing was coerced by the chaotic soldiers, like a boat on the rough sea, which could capsize at any time.

Zhang Xing has a lot of people, more than 10,000 people, otherwise Bai Jinguang would not be able to withstand it, thanks to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan who arrived in time to attack Zhang Xing's men from behind.

There is no need to say, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan immediately divided their troops to chase and kill, the pressure on Bai Jinguang's side plummeted, he looked up, and heard a large number of shouts and killings from the rear of the Yan army, and knew that it was Zhao Junsheng who led the troops to converge, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, otherwise he could only flee back to Yangwu with the remnants of the defeated army.

It is difficult for the defeated soldiers in the rout to organize a counterattack when they are chased and killed, as the so-called defeated army is like a mountain, this is what it says, a mountain has fallen, and everyone is lacking in skills, even if someone comes forward to organize, those soldiers who have been frightened will not listen at all, they just want to flee quickly.

The battle lasted for a whole afternoon, and the battlefield was full of routs fleeing and pursuers within a radius of thirty-four miles.

It wasn't until dusk that the battle ended.

Zhang Xing, a veteran of the Yan army, was captured, 4,000 of his men and horses were captured, and almost all the others were killed, and even if there were those who fled into the deep mountains and forests, there were only a few dozen people.

When Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan cleaned up the battlefield with their men and horses and rushed back to the outside of White Wolf City with the captives, Zhu Xiuzhi had already set up a camp outside the city, and when he heard that Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan had returned victorious, he immediately led people to greet him outside the camp gate.

I have to say that compared with the shoddy construction of the camp built by the Wei army, Zhu Xiuzhi, a general of the Southern Dynasty, is very good at building the camp, which is built with full materials, and all kinds of defense facilities are very complete, such as trapping pits, rejecting horses, trenches, camp gate suspension bridges, arrow towers, enemy towers, central watchtowers, stables, and grain and grass warehouses.

From these aspects, it can be seen that Zhu Xiuzhi is a general who has undergone formal military training and study, and is not comparable to a general who has become a monk halfway and is born in the wilderness.

You say that the camp is built so well that it is useless? Then you are very wrong, at least it can guarantee that if an enemy wants to sneak up on it, it will be almost impossible to succeed, although it can't have a strong defense like a city, but it is completely fine to hold out for a day or two!

"Oh, Brother Zhao, General Hua, I just said that the two of you must have come out and returned with a big victory, as I expected! I have sent someone to prepare wine, meat, and food, and I am waiting for the soldiers to return and use it! Zhu Xiuzhi greeted him with a smile, hugged his fists and said with a smile.

Hua Mulan was very unimpressed with Zhu Xiuzhi, and turned her head away from him with a cold snort, and Zhu Xiuzhi's face was a little embarrassed.

Zhao Junsheng can't help but give face, and he can't be too petty, after all, people are kind-hearted, and he hugged his fists and said in return: "There is Brother Lao Zhu, so the little brother and General Hua are disrespectful!" โ€

"Don't bother, please!"

By this time it was getting dark, and after the army entered the camp, a large number of bonfires were lit in the camp, and the bonfires were covered with wormwood, and the smell of wormwood spread to smoke away mosquitoes.

The captives were imprisoned, but Zhang Xing, a veteran of the Yan army, was taken to a bonfire in the open field by order of Zhao Junsheng.

On both sides, there were several long tables for the generals and officials, and Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and Zhu Xiuzhi sat on the top, and there was wine and meat on the table.

"General, the enemy general Zhang Xing brought!" A tooth owner with a few soldiers escorted Zhang Xing over to report.

Zhao Junsheng looked at it and waved his hand: "Come on, loosen the tie for General Zhang, and invite General Zhang to take a seat!" โ€

A soldier untied the rope, Zhang Xing moved his wrist and the next door, although he was old and still had a long snow-white beard, his body was very strong, his spirit was strong, and his waist was straight, like a green pine that never seemed to bend.

"The general of the defeated army should not be so courteous to the king, so if the king still has something to say, just say it!"