Chapter 167: Ambush (Part II)
Zhang Jiasheng was shocked, you must know that this place is less than five miles away from Xuanzhou City, which can be regarded as the doorstep of Xuanzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe 3,000 infantry he led had just gone out of the city before they encountered an ambush, and the enemy's courage was too great, right?
Then he realized that if the enemy army was all cavalry, even if it was discovered, it would be nothing, and the only formed cavalry of the Xuanzhou Army was only more than 600 people, which was directly under the command of Tian Yan.
Huainan lacked horses, and although Tian Yan searched everywhere, he was unable to establish a larger cavalry, so he naturally looked at the only cavalry team very closely, and easily did not dare to send it to the battlefield.
As for the unformed cavalry, they are mainly the escorts of the generals or the messengers and scouts in the army, and the soldiers on horseback under the command of the general will not exceed 100 people.
As for Zhang Jiasheng's command, there are not many cavalry, and they are all used as scouts, but they have just left Xuanzhou, not only are the soldiers unprepared, but Zhang Jiasheng himself is too careless, and he didn't expect the enemy to be so bold.
At this time, the soldiers who were caught off guard were in a mess and ran around like headless flies. They had just left Xuanzhou City, and their minds had not completely turned to the battlefield, and at this time they were in a marching formation, and the queue was long, which was very unfavorable to command. Seeing the sudden attack of the enemy cavalry, those officers panicked and ran around with the ordinary soldiers.
Zhang Jiasheng shouted: "Don't mess up, quickly form a formation!" This is outside Xuanzhou City, and the number of enemy troops attacking will definitely not be very large. Everyone, calm down and defeat the enemy army! ”
Zhang Jiasheng tried to regain his composure, but he didn't see a gleam in his adjutant general's eyes, as if he was planning something.
The adjutant general turned his head to observe, and saw that Zhang Jiasheng had sent out all his guards to convey orders, so he couldn't help but move closer to Zhang Jiasheng.
At this time, the galloping Huainan cavalry had already raised the speed of the horse to the maximum, the iron cavalry galloped, getting closer and closer to them, some soldiers did not wait for the officer's order to open their bows and arrows to shoot at the attacking enemy, but more soldiers were in a panic, only caring about fleeing for their lives, where did they dare to stay.
The arrows broke through the air and shot at the galloping cavalry, but the results were few, and they could not stop the assault of the Huainan Iron Cavalry.
"Speed up the assault! Speed up the assault! ”
Although the speed of the horse has reached the fastest, Hou Zan is still a little dissatisfied, looking at the unprepared and chaotic enemy army, at this time he only feels his blood boiling, and a stream of pride gushes out from his heart, and he can't wait to jump away with the galloping war horse.
"It's a pleasure to fight with the son!" Hou Zan couldn't help but think in his heart.
One hundred steps, eighty steps, fifty steps......
By the time they were only thirty paces away from the enemy's formation, this distance was only a quick moment for a galloping horse, and the enemy army could not be ready.
"Kill ......"
Hou Zhan's shout of killing suddenly sounded, and the surrounding cavalry heard his shout, and they also used all their strength to follow behind and shouted: "Kill ......"
In the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Huainan cavalry quickly crossed the last thirty steps, like a torrent, with a thunderous momentum all the way to the enemy.
There was a loud "boom", and many Xuanzhou soldiers were hit by the body of the galloping war horse, and immediately flew into the sky, and quickly fell to the ground. Many more soldiers were knocked to the ground and then run over by horses' hooves. One after another sabers were swinging rapidly, harvesting lives among the soldiers of the Xuanzhou Army.
The Xuanzhou soldiers collapsed at this moment with the surprise attack of the cavalry, and many soldiers began a desperate and chaotic escape. The entire battlefield was full of war horses galloping, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
"Hold your ground! Don't panic! Zhang Jiasheng also tried to restore morale, but no one listened to him on the chaotic battlefield.
"General, don't you understand at this time? We're defeated, we're completely defeated! If we lose the battle at this time, even if we flee back, we will not be spared. General, why don't we surrender? The lieutenant suddenly came to him.
Zhang Jiasheng was stunned for a moment, seeing that the deputy general's expression was solemn, more serious than when he mentioned the word surrender before, he couldn't help but sink, and was about to refuse, but when he saw that the deputy general's guards had surrounded him, he faintly surrounded him in the middle and immediately knew that something was wrong.
"You've been with me for almost ten years, haven't you? Ben will always treat you as a confidant and a friend, and I can't imagine that even you will be betrayed one day! Zhang Jiasheng's voice was a little bitter.
"General, the last general does not want to do this. However, the last general felt that the general situation of the festival was gone, and the king was generous, and promised that as long as he surrendered, he would not be blamed for the past. When the commander first raised the army, our generals have all supported it, and if they don't surrender at this time, they will definitely be liquidated in the future. The last general still has his family, and he doesn't dare to bother them! ”
Zhang Jiasheng was even more bitter, did the tree fall apart before it fell?
"Family? Since you care about your family, you don't want to bother them. Aren't you afraid that the marshal will kill your whole family after knowing that you surrendered? ”
The adjutant general shook his head and said: "General, let's be honest, after the last battle of Guangde, many generals secretly sent their most important family members away, everyone thought about surrendering, and no one was optimistic about the marshal." So the family members who are still in Xuanzhou today are actually not important family members. Even if the last general doesn't surrender, the other generals will surrender! ”
Only then did Zhang Jiasheng know why the deputy general dared to surrender, and after the important family members were sent away, even if the people who stayed behind were killed by Tian Yan, it would make him feel distressed at most. However, he didn't expect this during this time, and his family was still all in Xuanzhou.
"General, the last general knows that the general has concerns in his heart, and he is worried that his family will be affected. In this way, the general will change his armor to someone else, disguise himself as a small soldier, and the general will behead the person wearing your armor and declare that you are dead, so that the commander will not do anything to your family. What does the general think of this solution? The adjutant proposed.
Zhang Jiasheng looked up at the guards of the lieutenant general who were surrounded around him, and then looked at the army that was close to collapse and the Huainan cavalry that was rushing forward not far away, and nodded silently.
Not long after, when Hou Zan was still leading his troops to attack, he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Zhang Jiasheng is dead, the soldiers quickly put down their weapons and surrender!" ”
But it was the adjutant general who held a head in his hand and chanted with the guards, and the sound spread throughout the battlefield. The battlefield that was noisy just now seemed to be suddenly quiet at this time, and the soldiers looked at the deputy general one after another, only to see that the head in the hands of the deputy general was covered with blood, and he couldn't see the appearance clearly, but the helmet on his head was indeed the helmet of their main general, and they couldn't help but be stunned.
"Zhang Jiasheng is dead, the soldiers quickly put down their weapons and surrendered!" The adjutant general and the guards shouted again, and at this time Zhang Jiasheng was "dead", so naturally the adjutant general was in charge of command, and his order to surrender quickly spread throughout the army. The officers immediately made their choice after a moment's pause.
With a "block", the weapon in the hands of one officer was thrown to the ground, and then, more officers made the same choice, and then the soldiers, one by one, also chose to surrender.
In fact, at this time, they were already on the verge of collapse, and with the surrender order issued by the adjutant general, everyone would naturally choose to surrender.