Chapter 131: The Youzhou Rebellion Ends
Riding on a white horse, Gongsun Zhan was in a white robe and black armor, staring at Shimen Xicheng solemnly. With the cooperation of the warriors who climbed the city and the siege chariots, the already weak city gate was quickly destroyed, and the cave gate was wide open.
After a burst of cheers and killings, the Han soldiers rushed forward one after another and rushed towards the city. With a smile on his face, Gongsun Chan shouted an order: "The pikemen are in front, the sword and shield hands are behind, set up a position, push the general over, and kill all the rebels encountered." ”
The soldiers of the Han army moved when they heard the order, and under the command of the officers, they strictly followed Gongsun Zhan's oppressive style of play, and frantically attacked the rebels blocking the alleys in the city. Everywhere the Han army passed, corpses were all over the field, rivers of blood flowed, and all the men and horses that blocked the advance of the Han army were mercilessly killed.
Soon, the remaining three gates were broken, and the Han army was like a rainbow, compressing the rebels in the city, attacking and advancing rapidly, and the rebels were defeated and retreated.
The trapped beast is still fighting, and the situation is human? The Han army attacked and killed without mercy, and many rebel soldiers who surrendered were also killed. Cornered, under the leadership of their respective leaders, they fought back. Holding a hungry and tired body, fighting with the Han army, not for Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and those "Spring and Autumn Dreams", but for a way to survive.
"Brother, the city gates are broken, the Han army is besieging on all sides, and our army is afraid that it will not be able to resist! You have to find a way out! Zhang Chun's face was anxious, and he retreated to the city with Zhang Ju, looking at the Han army that was constantly pouring at the gate of the city, and he was very panicked.
"Hold it off for me!" While commanding the soldiers to counterattack, he said to Zhang Chun: "Look at Gongsun Zhan's posture, attacking from all sides, leaving no gaps, is to annihilate us all!" ”
Staring at the platoon of Han army spearmen stabbing and advancing, Zhang Ju's eyes were red: "Tell everyone that the Han army wants to kill us all, and if you want to live, follow me to kill a way out!" ”
Zhang Ju's words were still effective, but seeing that the Han army was murderous and did not show mercy, and did not hear the words of surrender, the rebel soldiers mustered up their strength and fought with their lives.
In the small Shimen City, the fighting was fierce, and more than 80,000 people on both sides fought fiercely around the city. The rebels resisted with all their might, and after paying several times the casualties, they still could not resist the invading Han army.
It's just that the streets and alleys are narrow, and there are not many troops on the confrontation line, so they can't be used, and the street fighting is cruel and bloody, which is terrifying. Zhang Ju was ruthless enough, and directly ordered the archers behind him to shoot arrows at the opposing soldiers, regardless of whether they were enemies or friends, and caused a lot of casualties to the Han army.
After doing so a few times, the Han army's offensive gradually slowed down, and as time went by, the casualties paid by the Han army increased with each step forward. The rebels are obviously at the end of the crossbow, but the last string just can't be broken. Between the streets and alleys, the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy were already paved, and the soldiers of the Han army who followed up were almost stepping on the layers of corpses to advance.
The situation on Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's side is not good, and the Wuhuan people's side is even worse. In the street battle, in the face of the spears and knives of the Han army, where was the opponent of the Wuhuan people, especially the Han army's spears and stabs, forcing them to retreat step by step, trampling on each other, and suffering heavy casualties.
In the city, the Han army in a good position, facing the Wuhuan people who dismounted and held swords, was almost a massacre, if it was not for Qiu Li to stand behind and use archers to suppress the formation, the Wuhuan people would have collapsed long ago.
In the face of waves of Han troops attacking, Qiu Liju hated it so much, this battle was too embarrassing. So many Wuhuan warriors were stabbed to death and hacked to death by the Han army so easily, and there was no room for resistance!
Gongsun Zhan, who had been personally in command, was well aware of the decline of the Han army's attack, and knew that if the rebels continued to strengthen the offensive, the rebels would not last long, but the casualties of the soldiers would be large. The fight of trapped beasts must be careful.
Attacking and fighting fiercely, wasting military strength in vain, and reckless men did it. After a change of thought, Gongsun Zan decisively said to the herald soldiers beside him: "Pass the order of the general, let Gongsun Fan in Beicheng withdraw, leave an opening, and let the enemy retreat!" ”
After a pause, he said loudly: "Order Gongsun Yue, command the cavalry, and wait for the enemy army to leave the city, attack from the side, chase after the tail, and break it up." The rest of the gates, give Ben to step up the attack and destroy the rebels! ”
"Also, pay attention to the Wuhuan people, how many people die, how many escapes, I don't care, but the war horse, leave me as much as you want!"
With Gongsun Zhan's order, the pressure from the west, south, and east gates increased dramatically, and the rebels were even more difficult to support. Gongsun Fan led the army to retreat, vacated the north gate, and when he saw the rebel soldiers in the vacant position, he immediately rushed out. Zhang Juhanjun's move was a ruse, wanting to stop the chaotic sergeants, but a group of trapped beasts who had found "life", where could he stop it.
"Brother, withdraw, no matter how many ambushes there are outside the city, it is better to rush out than to wait for death!" Zhang Chun persuaded on the side.
Helplessly, Zhang Ju took his cronies and soldiers and poured out of the north gate with the crowd. The Wuhuan people discovered the anomaly in the north, and Qiu Liju was also decisive, gathering more than 4,000 people and horses around him, regardless of the attack from behind, and rushed straight out.
The north gate was crowded, and he directly ordered a slash and slash attack, running over the hundreds of rebels blocking the city gate.
With Er Zhang and Qiu Liju leading the army to break through, the Han army became more comfortable. On the one hand, he ordered the north gate to be cut off, besieged the remaining tens of thousands of rebels again, and sent people to call for surrender. While mobilizing troops, he went north to kill Erzhang and Qiu Liju who went out of the city.
The rebels in the city have long since broken down, and without a leader, they are physically and mentally exhausted, and their will to resist is weakened to the lowest point. In the face of the siege of the Han army, he laid down his arms and surrendered very sensitively. The overall situation has been decided, and the Han army will no longer kill more, and send Guan Jing to finish, and Gongsun Zan will lead the pro-army to the north.
The rebels who left the city really didn't feel good, and Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had to flee with more than 4,000 people. Soon after leaving the city, he was scattered by the Youzhou Iron Cavalry who had been preparing for a long time, and Gongsun Yue led the army to attack and kill, although he was expected, Erzhang still couldn't deal with it.
Zhang Ju was killed by a middle-class arrow, and was beheaded by Gongsun Yue. Zhang Chun was lucky, took advantage of the chaos to lead hundreds of people, ran north for his life, and was able to escape after the Han army focused its attention on the Wuhuan people.
After Qiu Liju led his people out of the city, he was quickly entangled by Gongsun Fan and his people, and then a steady stream of Han troops arrived. On the one hand, to deal with the sluggishness of the Han army's foot soldiers, and on the other hand, to withstand the attack of the Youzhou iron cavalry, the Wuhuan people could not resist, and in the end, Qiu Liju had to go north in embarrassment with hundreds of remnants.
Gongsun Zhan led the army to pursue for hundreds of miles, until Bandun led tens of thousands of troops to help, and then stopped. According to Gongsun Zhan's character, he was originally going to continue the pursuit and attack, but considering that the fierce battle lasted for a long time, the soldiers were tired, and the Wuhuan people had a fresh army, they gave up the temptation of capturing Hu Shou and offering prisoners in front of His Majesty, and led the army to return.
In the first battle of Shimen, Zhang Ju accepted his life, Zhang Chun fled, the rebels were completely wiped out, and the turmoil in Youzhou was pacified. Qiu Liju was defeated again, and the Wuhuan people suffered a lot of losses.
Gongsun Zhan made a lot of money, thousands of war horses, tens of thousands of prisoners of war, were unceremoniously taken under his command. With the great achievement of quelling the rebellion and driving away Hu, the scenery is infinite, and the prestige is unique in Youzhou for a while.