Chapter 49: The Death of Tai Shi Ci
Tai Shi Ci said is actually not bad, Guo Jia can hide from the sentry along the way, there are indeed not many soldiers and horses sent, not even a thousand people, can make a successful surprise attack, one is that the people sent are elite enough, although the most elite army under Ye Zhao did not give Guo Jia, but Ye Zhao's subordinates have never lacked elites, and the basic stealth has been trained in the military camp, such a group of men and horses to ambush the advantage of night battles, and the men and horses brought out of the city by Ma Zhong are not so much defeated, but rather mutiny.
After all, except for Ye Zhao's troops, most of the armies or most people in this era were not very clear about their night vision, and it was easy to mutini after a sudden attack.
As for taking the opportunity to enter Ju County later, in fact, the number of people is not much, it is Fang Yue who ordered people to prepare torch racks in advance, and one person holds six torches on the torch shelf, and the army in the city only sees the firelight, and I don't know how to think that the city has been breached, plus the characteristics of night blindness, so Fang Yue captured Ju County, basically did not waste much strength.
Tai Shici didn't understand what it was, but he knew that the other party definitely didn't have many people, so after getting the news brought by Ma Zhong, his first reaction was to lead the army back to recapture Ju County.
It's just that there were really not many people last night, but now that they are killed, it may not be.
When Tai Shici returned to Ju County with two thousand soldiers and horses who were originally going to ambush Ding Li, but when he saw the blue sky at the head of Ju County, but there were not too many people on the city, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, and pointed to the city wall and said: "There are not many thieves and horses, sons, kill me in!" ”
Juxian is not a big city, the city wall is only more than a zhang, converted into meters, it is only two or three meters high, even if there is no siege equipment, with the help of some suggested wooden sticks or something, you can climb up.
It's just that before the army arrived, two teams of people suddenly appeared on both sides of Ju County, looking at the momentum, each team was no less than three thousand, and at the same time, at the head of Ju County, there were also dense figures at the same time.
Tai Shici's face changed greatly when he saw this, how dare he continue to fight in this battle, no matter how high his martial arts are, he never thought that he could top thousands of troops and horses alone.
"Withdraw~"
Although he was unwilling, seeing that Juxian had no possibility of recapturing it, Tai Shici was naturally unwilling to take all his soldiers and horses, so he turned the horse's head and headed towards Yangdu with his men and horses.
Yangdu is backed by Mount Tai, and it is also an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you can reach Yangdu, although it is not as good as Ju County, but it is not easy to break through, and when the time comes, Sun Ce's reinforcements should also arrive.
Fang Yue chased several miles and killed hundreds of thieves, then collected his troops and returned to the city, not chasing him too far.
"Sir is really a man of God!" When he returned to the city, he saw that Guo Jia had already arrived in the city, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Tai Shi Ci is indeed a general, but it's a pity!" Guo Jia smiled and nodded, and the other party said happily: "The general should rush to Mutai with the army, as long as he occupies this place, he will make that Sun Ce unable to manage the battle situation in the Central Plains!" ”
If Juxian is the gateway for Qingzhou to attack Xuzhou, then Yangdu and Mutai are the gateways for Xuzhou to attack Qingzhou, as long as these two places are held, they can be attacked and retreated, Sun Ce has an army of 100,000, and he does not dare to easily transfer to the Central Plains, so that the Cao-Sun alliance is abolished, and Ye Zhao can go all out to attack Cao Cao.
As for this side, Guo Jia is not ready to advance further south, Qingzhou has become a wasteland, and continuing to push south means that the supply line will be infinitely extended, although Ye Zhao's soldiers and horses are elite, they are not as convenient as Sun Ce, they can transport baggage from the sea and rivers, and continue to advance, it is a situation where the lone army goes deep, and it is easy to be cut off by others.
Now is the critical moment for Ye Zhao to unify the Central Plains, at this time, not only to win, but also to be stable, and not to tolerate the slightest omission, otherwise this unification situation that has been created with great difficulty will collapse again.
"Whoa!" When Fang Yue heard this, he bowed down and agreed, turned his head and left, and sent troops on the hour, Guo Jia began to deploy from Juxian to Beihai, Tai Shici's method of setting up a beacon tower is actually still desirable, but it is too little, Guo Jia is ready to set up a beacon tower every ten miles in this place, in case Sun Ce's army comes back, and at the same time write to Ye Zhao, Sun Ce has been successfully contained, and Ye Zhao can attack with all his strength.
On the other side, after Tai Shi Ci got rid of Fang Yue's chasing soldiers, he led the remnants of the army all the way to the wolf, and finally arrived in Yangdu before dark, Yangdu only had three hundred defenders, and the flag representing Jiangdong on the head of the city was fluttering in the wind, seeing that there was no fall here, Tai Shi Ci finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Yang was not lost, he still had a chance, and when he sent someone to call the door, he sent someone to inform Sun Ce to send reinforcements to rescue, with his current 2,000 men and horses, Ju County was lost, and it was impossible to block the attack of Ye Zhao's army.
Soon, the city gate of Yangdu opened, but no one was seen out of the city to greet him, Tai Shici did not doubt him, and immediately took Ma Zhong and the remnants of the army to the city gate.
Now that the soldiers of the three armies are exhausted, Tai Shici is not in the mood to care about the rudeness of the guards of the Yang Capital, so he immediately took people to the city.
"General, something is wrong!" Walking into the dark city gate hole, Ma Zhong suddenly frowned and looked at Tai Shi Ci and said: "This Yang Capital City is too quiet, and why the Yang Capital Guards refuse to come forward, it stands to reason that if there is no Yang Capital Guard's order, it is impossible for the city gate to be opened at night." ”
Tai Shi Ci was slightly stunned when he heard this, originally he didn't care about this, but when Ma Zhong mentioned this, he also found something wrong, and looked around, it stands to reason that if today has not completely entered the night, but in this whole city, it is dead and silent, and the silence is terrible!
There is fraud!
Tai Shici reacted, hurriedly reined in the war horse, turned his head and said, "The rear team changes to the front team, go out of the city!" ”
The soldiers didn't understand what was going on, although they didn't want to, but the military orders were like a mountain, and they could only follow the orders, even if they had to change formations.
"Boom Boom Boom~"
More than a dozen boulders fell in a row, smashed at the gate of the city, several Jiangdong soldiers who could not dodge did not know what happened, and were smashed into meat by the falling stones falling from the sky, at the same time, there was a deafening shouting sound outside the city, on the city wall, a torch continued to light up, this is not a bluff, but a real soldier and horse.
The first general, it was Ding Li, looking at the panicked Jiangdong soldiers and horses under the city, Ding Li waved the command flag in his hand indifferently: "Release the arrow!" ”
In an instant, 10,000 arrows fell, and the rain of arrows under the black pressure covered the only remaining ray of sunlight, and the Jiangdong soldiers who followed Tai Shi Ci to rush into the city gate were annihilated by the rain of arrows in an instant, Tai Shi Ci and Ma Zhong and several guards saw that the opportunity was not good, and hurriedly hid behind the horse quilt to barely escape, but the people and horses outside the city had already fought with the enemy army, on the one hand, the elite who were recuperating, on the other hand, the Jiangdong soldiers who were continuously tired and physically and mentally exhausted, were suddenly attacked, even if they didn't see it with their own eyes, Tai Shi Ci could imagine the scene outside the city gate.
Tai Shici's eyes were red, and when the rain of arrows stopped, Ma Zhonghu, who was holding the arrow in his shoulder, roared, and ran out of the city with a few remaining guards.
Outside the city, more than 1,000 Jiangdong soldiers have been killed and defeated, Tai Shici took Ma Zhong out of the city, seeing this scene, he didn't care about saying anything, picked up Fang Tian's halberd but saw a flash of cold light, and cut down an enemy general who was rushing from his horse.
"Get on the horse!" Tai Shi Ci saw that Ma Zhong was injured and asked him to get on the horse first.
"General, what about you!?" Ma Zhong was dragged to the horse by Tai Shici, and hurriedly said urgently.
"Grab it again!" Tai Shi Ci didn't say a word, dragged the halberd out, several Guanzhong soldiers killed, Tai Shi Ci shook the halberd in his hand, and killed these Guanzhong soldiers in one place.
In the past, this kind of small soldier faced a general like Tai Shici, it was really like chopping melons and vegetables, but this time, in the face of the soldiers in Guanzhong, Tai Shici couldn't find that feeling, a halberd slashed on the opponent's armor, although it could cut people, but the armor's defensive power was amazing, and Tai Shici's brawn strength actually felt that his arms were faintly numb.
A halberd slashed a soldier to the ground, and the other two soldiers swung their knives forward, Tai Shi Ci hurriedly waved the halberd to block, but just blocked, another soldier quickly rushed behind him, and stabbed him with a backhand, leaving a deep wound on Tai Shi Ci's back, and Tai Shi Ci screamed in pain, these little soldiers even know how to combine attacks, if the soldiers and horses in the pass are so elite, then does Jiangdong really have a chance of winning?
"General!" Seeing this, Ma Zhong was in a hurry, and rode his horse into the small soldier, carrying a knife in his right hand and slashing wildly.
Tai Shi Ci was able to breathe, and re-danced the halberd to fight with the incoming soldiers, a row of shield soldiers were holding the big shield to this side, although Tai Shi Ci didn't know what these pure shield soldiers were for, but looking at the other party's half-height shield, like a copper wall and iron wall, he suddenly felt bad in his heart, and the halberd in his hand waved even more wildly, and he had to break out of the encirclement before these people killed.
However, there are so many Guanzhong troops around that it makes people desperate!
On the city wall of Yangdu, looking at Tai Shi Ci, who had already killed more than a dozen soldiers, Ding Li's eyes flashed with a look of amazement, the elite in this level, Ding Li couldn't be clearer, if it was him, at most three people would be killed by these elites, and Tai Shi Ci, in the midst of the siege, could still kill more than a dozen soldiers, I am afraid that under Ye Zhao's command, if he really fights generals, he can fight against this Tai Shi Ci, and there will be no more than a palm!
Ma Zhong has been dragged off the horse and dragged into the army, after a few screams, there is no sound, Tai Shi Ci's heart is extremely painful, but there is nothing he can do, at this time, he has no time to take care of Ma Zhong, as for the other guards, they have long been annihilated in these soldiers and horses.
Tai Shici slaughtered a soldier with a crazy halberd, but he felt that his eyes were empty, and the surrounding Guanzhong army seemed to have withdrawn, but looking at the shield that came from side to side, an indescribable sense of powerlessness surged into his heart.
"Roar~" Tai Shi Ci waved the halberd frantically, slashing at the oncoming big shield, but the big shield was wrapped in animal skins on the outside, and I don't know what kind of wood it was made of inside, it was extremely tough, Tai Shi Ci split dozens of halberds in a row, but he couldn't cut the big shield.
The range of movement became smaller and smaller, and in the end, even the halberd in his hand could no longer be used, and he watched as those large shields surrounded him, and a cold blade pierced out from between the gaps in the big shield.
Tai Shi Ci's tiger body trembled, the tiger's eyes were wide open, and the blood flowed down the shield to the ground, Tai Shi Ci could feel the rapid passage of life, and suddenly let out a desolate laugh, and said loudly: "The eldest husband was born in troubled times, and he should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements; Today's ambition is unsuccessful, but I can't die! ”
After speaking, he died of exhaustion.
Ding Li came to the front of the formation, looked at Tai Shi Ci's corpse, sighed, waved his hand, the shield hands around him suddenly dispersed, and suddenly a large amount of blood spilled down, Tai Shi Ci's hands to death still clung to a halberd rod that had been dropped, although the shield hands around him left, but Tai Shi Ci's body was standing tall and his eyes were open.
"Let his body be collected and sent to Pengcheng." Ding Li looked at Tai Shici's corpse, sighed, and said with some regret.