Chapter 267: The Mire

As the sun rose, a black banner appeared at the end of the road, and several soldiers excitedly reminded the tired marquis: the main force of the Northern Army had arrived to support. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Cui Teng didn't have anything bad, he rushed back in time, Han Ruzi thanked him in his heart, the victory and defeat had not yet been decided, and he first wrote down a great credit to Cui Teng in his heart.

Behind the camp was a depression, and then slowly rose upward, the black flag looked very close, in fact, there was still some distance, but Han Ruzi couldn't wait.

The battlefield in front of him was only two or three miles away, almost close in front of him, the chaos brought by the night was dissipating, even if the estrangement between the Su Guard Army and Cui Taifu's southern army was still not eliminated, it still gradually gained an advantage, and the tired southern army was a little worse in terms of number and fighting spirit.

In order to distinguish it from Cui Taifu's southern army, the soldiers of the southern army of the tired marquis are wrapped in black cloth on their arms, and they are retreating step by step at the moment, Han Ruzi can't complain about this army, they have only accepted the command of the tired marquis for a few days, and they are willing to rush into the battlefield for him, and they have shown extremely rare loyalty.

As a result, Han Ruzi could no longer stay outside the battlefield.

He couldn't wait any longer, because he knew that the black flags behind him were just a bluff, and if he wanted to convince all parties on the battlefield that this was really the main force of the Northern Army, first of all, he had to believe it himself, and he couldn't give everyone too much time to observe and consider.

Han Ruzi ordered the last group of soldiers in the battalion to join the battle, including more than 2,000 Northern Army and the same number of Southern Army, a total of less than 5,000 men, led by him personally.

The antler fence, which had been prepared for a long time, was useless and had long been pushed to both sides of the road.

Han Ruzi held the reins in one hand and raised his knife in the other, followed closely by dozens of flag-raising soldiers, followed by other soldiers. His goal is very direct, that is, to rush to the north city gate, as for whether the goal can be achieved, he doesn't care, and he doesn't think about it.

At first, he was a little anxious, and couldn't help but want to speed up, and even stared at the banner of an enemy general from a distance, wanting to rush over and fight, but the soldiers behind him were more experienced than the young Tihou, and after running not far, more than a dozen flag soldiers overtook the Tihou and ran in front, deliberately slowing down, getting closer and closer to the battlefield, and there were more and more soldiers ahead.

This is not the special treatment of the tired marquis, the southern and northern armies are elite armies that have undergone strict training, the northern army has a worse reputation, and its combat power is still stronger than the ordinary Chu army, and protecting the commander and the military flag is one of their most important training contents.

It was the first time for Han Ruzi to participate in such a large-scale battle, and he didn't understand many rules, and once wanted to overtake the soldiers in front, but he was surrounded by his banner corps and couldn't speed up.

After rushing into the battlefield, Han Ruzi understood why, looking from afar, the battlefield was in full view, once he was in it, there were people and horses everywhere, not to mention the target, even the southeast and northwest were difficult to distinguish, when it was dark, they could only fight, after dawn, everyone was looking for the flag, the more experienced the soldiers, the faster they approached.

"The Northern Army has arrived! Occupy the gates! Han Ruzi shouted over and over again, and the soldiers around him shouted even louder.

Except for the flag, Han Ruzi couldn't see anything, and the horses he stepped on were completely coerced forward, not fast, and couldn't stop, the sound in his ears became louder and louder, and all kinds of voices converged together, and he could only hear the words "Northern Army" clearly.

Han Ruzi, who couldn't see the enemy, suddenly had an idea, this battle would definitely go down in history, but I don't know how it will be recorded in the history books, the strength and results are best written, and the blood and screams are easy to describe, but these chaos, anxiety and confusion, he has never read in the history books.

Among the emperors of the Great Chu Dynasty, only Taizu had personally experienced several defeats, and they were defeats, and he often fled alone, but in the history books, these defeats are all excusable: Taizu used himself as a bait to attract the main army of Zhao, and the other generals under his command were able to achieve victory after victory, gradually closing the net, and finally forcing the King of Zhao, who had won consecutive battles, into a desperate situation.

Han Ruzi has always doubted whether the original Taizu was really so far-sighted......

Han Ruzi retracted his useless thoughts, the soldiers in front of him were stopped, the soldiers in other directions also retreated, countless horses huddled together, raised their heads and neighed, their hooves trampled uneasily, and they couldn't take a single step.

What he saw in his eyes was still just a flag, Han Ruzi held the knife, but there was nowhere to drop the knife, as if he was stuck in a swamp, the more he struggled, the faster he fell.

The pressure from the right side suddenly increased, and Han Ruzi turned his head to look, and through the gap in his own flag, he saw a real fierce god.

Looking at the costume, it should be a general of the Su Guard, the people and horses are very tall, quite eye-catching in the chaos, with a disheveled beard, unable to see the true face, covered with blood, I don't know how long he has been fighting, but he is not tired at all, and he is rampaging through the crowd.

The weapon in his hand is different from that of ordinary soldiers, not a knife or a gun, but a long axe, which has been dyed red with blood, and is still extremely sharp, or his strength is great, and where the long axe passes, people turn over on their backs.

"Protect the Tired Hou!" The soldiers shouted, and rushed forward to stop the axe-wielding general.

Han Ruzi was once cornered by the Huns, and the scene at that time was far less thrilling than at this time, the axe seemed to be close at hand, and it would be cut on his head the next moment.

Han Ruzi was not afraid, he held the knife in his hand tighter, and let out an angry roar from his chest, he had used all his strength, but his voice was drowned out in the surrounding sounds.

Dozens of soldiers desperately blocked, and the axe-wielding general was forced to turn and soon disappeared into the sea of people.

Han Ruzi felt a wave of disappointment.

His own soldiers surrounded the tired marquis again, but they still could not advance or retreat.

Han Ruzi couldn't see the changes in the situation on the battlefield, and he couldn't predict what was about to happen.

The first to see the banner of the Northern Army was not the soldiers under Han Ruzi, but the generals of the Su Guard Army who stood on the city wall to supervise the battle, everyone was surprised, the flags in the distance were dense, like a moving black flood, which means that the main force of the Northern Army has arrived, at least 80,000 people, possibly more, their arrival will completely change the situation on the battlefield.

"The Northern Army can't have come so quickly."

"It is said that the tired marquis has already transferred troops, and it is not too fast."

"Hurry up and inform General Shangguan."

"It seems that there has been no order in the palace for a while......"

The generals of the Su Guard Army talked a lot, and when they saw the banner of the tired marquis entering the battlefield, they became more and more frightened, and they made excuses to leave one by one, and finally they didn't even need excuses, and ran away.

The generals ran away, the banners fell, the walls became empty, and the soldiers of the Su Guards outside the city did not know it, and they still insisted on fighting.

Cui Taifu's southern army did not all participate in the battle, and a group of generals watched the battle from a high ground outside the field, and under the reminder of the guards, they also saw the black flag in the distance.

The generals of the Southern Army were not so easily frightened, so they sent someone to inform Cui Taifu, and also sent scouts to check the enemy's situation, and then arranged the remaining reserve army, intending to fight with the main force of the Northern Army.

If it weren't for the disappearance of the generals of the Su Guard Army on the city wall, the plan of the Southern generals would probably come true, but when they found that the friendly army was collapsing, the generals of the Southern Army began to be afraid.

The scouts soon brought news that, according to their observations, it was indeed the main force of the Northern Army.

The black banner in the north is getting closer and closer, and it is in an endless stream on the official road, and it will soon be killed, and Cui Taifu's order has not yet arrived, and the generals of the southern army can only make their own decisions.

They decided to preserve their strength, and the commander was not on the scene, which was the safest and most reasonable choice, at least more responsible than the generals of the Su Guards who escaped from the battle.

In the three-way scuffle, among several coaches, only Han Ruzi personally supervised the battle, so he was the only one who really dared to make a desperate bet, insisted on not retreating, and even joined the battle himself.

Shangguan Sheng and the King of the East China Sea also wanted to make a desperate bet, but it was someone else who "throws", and he is still in the rear as a "thrower".

Ming Jin, the general of the Southern Army, withdrew his troops, and their "reasonable decision" dealt a fatal blow to the battlefield.

Although the generals of the Su Guard Army fled, they were silent, and they were not discovered by the soldiers on the battlefield for a while, and the battle was still going on normally, but the order of the Southern Army to withdraw troops attracted the attention of almost everyone.

The soldiers looked back, and this look caused even more confusion.

The soldiers of the Su Guard, who were fighting bloodily, found that the generals and banners supervising the battle were all gone, and their fighting spirit was immediately lost, they did not see the black banner that was coming, and they took it for granted that something big had happened in the city, and there was only one thought left in their hearts, to flee the battlefield, and to flee as far away as possible.

Instead of fleeing into the city, the soldiers of the Su Guard scattered to the east and west.

The soldiers of the Southern Army also panicked, they heard the sound of retreating soldiers, and they really wanted to retreat, but they were stopped by the more urgent Su Guards, and fell into a dilemma of not being able to advance or retreat.

Han Ruzi, who was trapped in the middle of the battlefield, suddenly moved again, he heard the sound of Mingjin, he didn't understand its meaning at that time, let alone notice that the enemy army was retreating, and his mouth was still shouting: "The northern army has arrived!" Occupy the gates! ”

The halted army continued to advance, faster and faster, like spears piercing through the ice, and there was no resistance when it entered the water.

It wasn't until after galloping across the moat and entering the city gate that Han Ruzi was surprised to find that he had really rushed in.

Nearly 100,000 people were entangled together, and it was not easy to separate, and there was still chaos outside the city, even more chaotic than at the beginning.

Han Ruzi only hesitated for a short time inside the city gate, and suddenly understood that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and since he entered the city, he couldn't go out again.

He immediately called the two nearest generals, one of whom led his troops to guard the city gate so that it could no longer be lost to the enemy, and the other led his troops to climb the city wall and put up the banners of the Marquis and the Northern Army as soon as possible, while he himself went straight to the palace with the rest of the soldiers.

The more chaotic the outside of the city, the quieter it became, from the generals to the civilians, all of them honestly hid in their homes, and there were many nobles in the northern city, all of which were deep mansions, and the doors were closed especially tightly.

Han Ruzi rode through the familiar streets, followed by only two or three thousand soldiers.

The palace was in front, the north gate was unexpectedly open, and there were no guards, Han Ruzi's first reaction was not joy, but a surprise, and he accelerated and galloped into the palace.

Dozens of corpses lay on the ground, a large patch of blood stained red. (To be continued.) )