Chapter 17: Bridge Rui is captured

Qiao Rui attacked again strongly, and the Yangzhou soldiers once again climbed the city wall like ants. But the arrows on Guangling City seem to be endless, and there are always shots. The same goes for oil oil. Dozens of ladders temporarily built by Qiaorui were once again thrown down by Xuzhou soldiers and burned to the ground.

Qiao Rui had no choice but to collect his troops and return to the camp. Counting the food, there is not enough to eat. The grain and grass that was supposed to arrive three days ago have not yet arrived, and it seems that something has changed.

The living will not let the urine suffocate to death, so Qiao Rui divided his troops to go to Sixiang to grab food. There were less than 5,000 men left in the camp, but flags were planted all over the place, and there were many people. The tents where the soldiers who went to grab food were not put away, but a few people were assigned to move in. Soldiers came and went, and each tent looked like a lot of people.

Chen Deng and Chang Feng had long known that the grain ship had been hijacked, so they waited for Qiao Rui to run out of food. Now I saw that the bridge was huddled in the camp and did not come to attack the city. I knew that he was short of food.

The fine work of Sixiang also sent a flying pigeon letter, saying that Yangzhou soldiers had gone to them to loot.

After a few comparisons, it became clear that Qiao Rui was bluffing. Chang Yan asked to go to the camp.

Wu Dun still has wisdom, he said: "Now our soldiers are several times the number of Qiao Rui, it is better to surround him and slowly destroy him." If you break into the camp and fight, there are too many uncertain factors, and the outcome is unpredictable. ”

Chen Deng still wanted to show his benevolence, he said: "I am in favor of the siege, if Qiaorui surrenders, it will be beneficial to everyone to avoid the harm of the sword soldiers." ”

And so it was settled. At night, Wu Dun and Chang Feng went out of the city with 20,000 soldiers, and each went to the agreed place to ambush.

At dawn, the Xuzhou soldiers began to close the Qiaorui camp from the ambush site, and gradually surrounded the camp on all sides.

Chang Feng is in the front, so that the shield bearers are in the front row, densely arranged, blocking the exit of the camp. Behind were crossbowmen and archers.

Qiao Rui woke up and found herself surrounded. He climbed the hanging tower of the camp and looked at it from all sides: there were Xuzhou soldiers everywhere, densely surrounding his large camp.

He gasped, not knowing how Xuzhou Bing saw through his empty city plan.

Chang Xuan sneered slightly, and let the soldier with a loud voice persuade Qiao Rui to surrender in a loud voice. Qiao Rui did not agree, and ordered the whole battalion to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

Chang Feng enjoyed the feeling of cat catching mice, and sneered: "It's best not to drop, I can play for a while." ”

The order was given to release the arrows, and with a buzz, crossbow arrows and bows and arrows were fired at the same time. The cloudy arrows were shot high into the air at a 45-degree angle, then fell and flew towards the bridge camp.

Qiao Rui hurriedly climbed down the hanging tower and ordered everyone to cover it. There were many soldiers who didn't have time to cover up and were shot and cried.

Chang Feng waved his hand: "Stop shooting!" ”

Then he asked Qiao Rui: "Is it down or not?" ”

What answered him was the counterattack arrow shot by the people of the Bridge Rui organization.

The shields of the Xuzhou soldiers were raised flat to block the arrows falling from the air.

Chang Feng stood out of range and commanded, so he was unscathed. He was not angry and continued to order: "Throw stones!" ”

After surrounding the Qiaorui camp, the catapults could be transported calmly from the city to the front of the camp. At a distance of 300 meters from the main camp, the soldiers began to get busy.

Now all preparations have been made, and after receiving the order from Chang Xuan, the head-sized stone was thrown into the camp, smashing the tent, smashing everything encountered, and some unlucky soldiers were also smashed to the point that half of their bodies were missing, and they were drenched in blood.

But there were only 10 catapults, and there were not many soldiers who were really killed, everyone hid in the shield, and Qiao Rui gritted his teeth and insisted on not surrendering.

Chang Feng laughed, thinking it was funny, he shouted: "Really don't surrender? Then I'm going to use the last shot! ”

He ordered: "Throw fire oil!" ”

The stones from the catapult were removed and replaced with sealed clay pots. When they were thrown into the Qiaorui camp, the clay pot fell to the ground, the fire oil flowed out, and the pungent smell began to spread.

Yangzhou soldiers are very familiar with this taste, and these days when they attacked the city, the tragic situation of their companions being burned alive is still vivid.

Without waiting for Qiao Rui to give the order, many soldiers shouted: "Surrender!" We surrendered! ”

They were burned and afraid. Qiao Rui was also afraid, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers to shout together: "Surrender!" Don't ignite the fire! ”

Chang Feng said hatefully: "If you have the ability, don't surrender!" It's boring! ”

Chen Deng and Wu Dun both looked at him, and he was embarrassed to order arson when the enemy had already surrendered. I had to shout: "Line up one by one!" Lay down your arms and disarm your armor! Walk out slowly! ”

So, under the supervision of the Xuzhou soldiers' bows and crossbows, the Yangzhou soldiers took off their armor, put down their weapons, and slowly walked out of the camp in line and walked towards the Xuzhou soldiers' defense circle.

There were Xuzhou soldiers who stepped forward, tied the hands of Yangzhou soldiers with ropes one by one, and then pulled them to the side and squatted down.

The Yangzhou soldiers had already accepted their fate and did not resist. Let the Xuzhou soldiers tie them up.

In the end, Qiao Rui also came out with his own soldiers. Chen Deng gave him face and did not tie him up, but his own soldiers tied him up.

Qiao Rui smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

Chang Feng said coldly: "You should be glad that you didn't create too many evils in Xuzhou." Cao Cao's soldiers were all killed, and we won't be surrendered at all! ”

Chen Deng said very politely: "Your subordinates are now looting in Sixiang. Send someone to persuade them. If they don't surrender, we also mind letting them try if my Xuzhou knife is still sharp! ”

Qiao Rui had no choice but to order. He wrote several handwritten letters and sent his soldiers to Sixiang to persuade him to surrender.

There were about 10,000 Yangzhou soldiers who scattered the four towns and plundered, and when they heard that the Huai River had been blocked by General Tai Shici and there was no way to retreat, they had no choice but to surrender. Qiao Rui has surrendered, and no one has been stupid anymore to insist.

In this way, 15,000 soldiers and horses surrendered in Yangzhou. It happened that Tai Shici was in the Huai River, and Chen Deng handed over all the 15,000 soldiers to him, including Qiao Rui, and escorted them all to Liaodong to reform his thoughts.

It's just that they are not as lucky as the water army, and they will have to spend the next year in the mines.

As for the captured booty, whether weapons or gold and silver. Chang Xuan and Wu Dun were unceremoniously intercepted, but they just gave Chen Deng a share.

Cheng Deng then came up with the idea and wrote two battle reports to Xu Rong and Gongsun Kang. It shows that the spoils of war were compensated to the people of Guangling County who were injured, and the soldiers who participated in the war were rewarded.

The reason is very beautiful, so that Xu Rong and Gongsun Kang can't find any fault.

As for the loss of arrows, knives and guns, and oil and oil, they were all transferred from Liaodong by Gongsun Kang, which they intentionally or unintentionally ignored. On the contrary, Chang Feng also wrote a letter with a cheeky face, telling Gongsun Kang: The battle damage of Guangling County is very serious, please quickly replenish all kinds of strategic materials, so as not to send people to attack Yuan Shu again.

Gongsun Kang didn't care about their small belly chicken intestines, and still transported a large number of strategic materials. They were only asked to return the damaged weapons and armor, including the weapons and armor used by the Yangzhou army, to Liaodong and rebuild them. The equipment of tens of thousands of people is not a small number, and it can save a hill of ore.

Chen Deng and Chang Feng looked at the sharp weapons and bright armor that were transported, and also felt that it was pointless to keep the backward weapons of the Yangzhou army, so they happily handed them over and let the warships transporting strategic materials be brought back to Liaodong.