Chapter 106: The End of the Road
On the official road of Dangyang, an army with not very high morale is marching rapidly, and the banner of the Chinese army is written with a big character, which is the army of Zhang Jiao, one of the two gods of war in Wendeng City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhang Jiao and Ding Fu and Zhang Han of the Han army confronted each other for more than ten days, and fought nearly 20 battles, both sides suffered mutual damage, the Han army's 30,000 horses lost nearly 10,000, and the 40,000 horses brought by Zhang Jiao only had more than 30,000 people left.
In the Yilin battlefield, Zhang Jiao failed to advance an inch, he was angry, and when he learned that the Han army suddenly came to Wendeng City, he was not good, he didn't expect that the Han army still had the strength to send troops to Wendeng, and he even doubted that the three-way army that said that it was good to march together, is it only him who sent troops all the way, otherwise the Han army would not have the strength to enter Wendeng.
It wasn't until the news of the defeat of the Rushan army came that Zhang Jiao was full of color, and at the same time, he ordered the army to pull out and return to Wendeng, Wendeng is Zhang Jiao's foundation, if Wendeng City is taken, then Zhang Jiao's tens of thousands of horses will inevitably be besieged by the Han army, so he has no choice.
After making a decision, Zhang Jiao led his troops to retreat quickly, but to his anger, the troops of the Han army Ding Fu and Zhang Han actually bit the tail of the army to the death, often sneak attack, and in just one day, nearly 3,000 soldiers were lost.
Furious, Zhang Jiao ordered the nearly 5,000 cavalry that still existed in the army to attack the Han army, but the Han army did not meet the enemy head-on, but laid a trap, so that the cavalry under Zhang Jiao's command lost the army, and in desperation, Zhang Jiao had to give an order to let 5,000 foot soldiers block the Han army behind, and he quickly rushed to Wendeng with the remaining more than 20,000 soldiers.
"General, after walking through this wasteland, you will be Wendeng City!" Yi rode on horseback to the left side of Zhang Jiao and said to Zhang Jiao, "General rest assured, Wendeng City is tall and strong, and there are 20,000 defenders of General Fang La, it is absolutely impossible for the Han army to capture Wendeng City!" ā
Hearing this, Zhang Jiao looked at this endless wasteland, with a trace of worry on his face, and said: "Having said that, I am still worried that we have all misestimated the combat effectiveness of the Han army, who would have thought that the 50,000 Rushan army would be almost wiped out by the Han army?" The army of Weihai County was blocked by the Han army in Qishan Pass, just like us, it is difficult to advance an inch, and now the key point of the war in the entire Weihai County is in our place, if we win, then it will be the end of the Han army, but if we lose, we will all die without a place to bury! ā
Yi and the surrounding generals listened to Zhang Jiao's words, their whole bodies trembled, and they trembled, **** Yi said: "The general doesn't have to worry, the Han army must not be much, we and General Fang La's two sides of the attack, we will definitely be able to defeat the besieging Han army!" ā
"I hope so!" Zhang Jiao rubbed his forehead and muttered to himself, "I don't know why, I always feel uneasy for a while!" ā
"It's really strange, when we walked here before, we could see a lot of pheasants and hares in the grass of this wasteland, but now we can't see any of them!" Suddenly, a military general looked around in confusion.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jiao pulled the horse rope violently, his eyes widened, and he said loudly: "It's not good, I'm too careless!" ā
Many generals looked at Zhang Jiao one after another, and none of them seemed to expect Zhang Jiao to react like this.
Seeing everyone's looks in his eyes, Zhang Jiao said eagerly: "We all know that the Han army is not capable of attacking the city, but it has besieged Wendeng City, so the purpose of the Han army is only one, that side is to destroy us, if my guess is right, there must be an ambush of the Han army here!" ā
One word frightened everyone, there will be ambushes here? All the generals began to be on alert.
"Quick, let the soldiers pass at full speed, as long as they leave here, even if they fight to the death with the Han army, I ordered the soldiers to be vigilant around to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack!" Zhang Jiao shouted.
However, before many generals could convey their orders, the army behind them had already begun to be chaotic, and many people were shouting: "Smoke! Smoke! ā
"It's not good, general, look, it's smoke!" Yi looked around with the shouts of the soldiers, and his face suddenly changed dramatically.
Zhang Jiao also looked around, his face was pale, and he saw that there was thick smoke all around, and fools knew what was going on here.
"Fire, the Han army actually used fire!" Many generals shouted in panic, their faces were full of despair, the speed of the smoke was very fast, and as far as the eye could see, there was smoke all around, and it seemed that there was no way out.
"Quick, everyone follow me at full speed, and we must get out of this wasteland before the fire arrives!" Zhang Jiao roared, and slapped the body of the war horse fiercely, and the painful war horse roared, carrying him towards the front at a rapid speed, and the generals behind followed suit, which made it bitter that the foot soldiers after the suffering, they had no war horses, they could only rely on two legs, and in the hurry to escape, there were countless trampling on each other.
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In the open space at the front of the wasteland, tens of thousands of Han soldiers had already lined up here, and at this moment, looking at the billowing smoke in the distance, Meng Tian, who was in front of the formation, smiled at Li Xin, Guan Ying and others beside him: "Zhang Jiao, they are finished, the sky will help us, with this wind, the enemy will definitely not have time to escape, and I ordered the soldiers to guard the exit of my brother, as long as there is an enemy, all of them will be killed!" ā
"Yes!" Li Xin, Guan Ying and other generals are also full of smiles on their faces, this battle is the key, after taking Zhang Jiao, Wendeng City will no longer be able to make any waves, this Weihai County will soon be the world of the Han army.
"Haha, the general is clever, we don't need to spend a single soldier, it is to put the enemy in a desperate situation, after this fire, this wasteland will also be fertile, after the war is very suitable for labor, and after the New Year, you can plant crops in a large area, and wait until tomorrow's autumn, we will win a rich harvest!" Li Xin laughed and said.
The other generals were also very happy, after all, these were things that were extremely beneficial to the Han army, and as the generals of the Han army, they were naturally very happy.
The generals of the Han army laughed very happily here, but the soldiers under Zhang Jiao had fallen into a sea of fire, the wind fueled the fire, the fire was extremely fierce, and soon it burned to their side, the official road was originally quite wide, and it was a dirt and stone road, there were no weeds, it stands to reason that it should not burn, but they didn't notice it before, this road has already been paved with a lot of weeds, and under these weeds is flammable fire oil!
"Ahh Terrible screams came from the mouths of these soldiers, and the fire raged all the soldiers trapped here, and the raging fire made the temperature of this place very high, and the armor of many soldiers was already roasted red, but they had nothing to do for a while, because the fire was already coming.
Despair, helplessness, this is the demeanor of all the warriors trapped in the sea of fire, they screamed, they roared, and finally they were all drowned in a sea of fire!