Chapter 270: Take Shangdang County
Sun Ping rushed with 50,000 horses and brazenly launched an attack on Handan, without the need for a summoner to give orders, as soon as the Chu army came, the people of Handan were a little flustered.
"The Chu army is here."
In order to make the whole Zhao State have the same hatred of Kai, the king of Zhao spread rumors in the territory of Zhao State, and the people of Zhao State have a lot of misunderstanding about Chu State. In particular, the people of Handan are even more convinced of rumors.
"What to do? The Chu people can eat human flesh and drink human blood. ”
"You can't let the people of Chu come in."
"There is a garrison, and the Chu army should not be able to get in. The Chu army has been attacking Yi'an there before, didn't it come down? ”
"Yes, the king is wise, and he will definitely not let Handan fall into the hands of the Chu people."
Many of the people of Handan have lived here for generations, and their homeland is difficult to leave, and they are united in the hope that the Zhao army can defend Handan. There were even calls for the people to take up arms and live and die with the soldiers.
There were young and strong people with hoes and joined the army. "The Chu army is coming, we can't sit idly by, and swear to live and die with Handan."
King Zhao is different from King Jin Ling, he has never done anything to fish the people, and he never likes to be extravagant and wasteful, and the people are very convinced of him.
Although some people heard that King Zhuang was not bad to the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, no matter how good the king of other people's families was, he was not as good as his own.
Sun Ping attacked the city several times, but was repulsed. Before he set off, King Zhuang had instructed him that if he couldn't defeat Handan City, then he would surround but not fight, and wait for him to occupy Shangdang County and join him out of Jingcheng, and then he could surround and send reinforcements.
After two days of fighting, Zhao Jun's morale became more and more vigorous. The enemy is strong and I retreat, Sun Ping has led the troops for many years, and he can bend and stretch, and when he sees that he can't beat Handan City for the time being, he will besiege and not fight according to King Zhuang's orders, and consume the grain of Handan City.
Handan is the capital of Zhao State, and King Zhao is also in it, and the Zhao army in Yi'an will definitely come back to help when they hear the news. When Zhao Jun returned to Handan, he had to pass through Shangdang County. As long as King Zhuang defeated Shangdang County, he could wait for work and destroy the Yi'an reinforcements who supported Handan.
Shangdang County was not heavily guarded. Suddenly encountered the fierce attack of the Chu army, although the main general was brave, but the disparity in strength between the two sides was huge, and the Zhao army was simply unable to resist the offensive of the Chu army.
The war was nearing its end, and it was full of blood, and many corpses were piled up inside and outside the city of Shangdang County. The corpses fell to the ground horizontally, most of them were Zhao troops, and the Chu army was numerous, and they had steel knives by their side, so there were not many casualties.
"Great King, there are heavy losses in Shangdang County, and we should be able to take Shangdang County before dark." Cheng Jia said excitedly.
Stand at a safe distance on weekends and watch battles. "After taking Shangdang County, Zhao Guo is equivalent to being in my hands."
"The city is in the people, and the city is dead." The Zhao army resisted stubbornly, but the soldiers of the Zhao State in Shangdang County were almost dead, and there were only a few thousand people left at most. But the Lord will still fight there, like a wild beast that has lost its reason and gone berserk.
"Who is the guard of Shangdang County?"
Qin Qian flipped through the book that recorded the information of Zhao Guo. "King, Zhao Guoshou will be Chen Jian."
"Is there any chance that this person will surrender?" Weekend is a man who cherishes talents, and as long as he is willing to recognize the facts and surrender, he doesn't mind sparing his life.
"Chen Jianzu's ancestors have been from Zhao for generations, and they have been favored by Zhao for generations. The people at the year pole once bribed him with a thousand taels of gold, and once promised him a high position, but he was unmoved. ”
In other words, the possibility of surrender is very small.
"It's a pity." No matter how loyal and heroic he is, it will be of little use to him. "Kill it!" Cao Cao cherished his talent and let Guan Yu go, what was the result. Talents should be cherished, but it is still unnecessary to be numb and cherish talents like Cao Cao and let the tiger return to the mountain.
"Brothers, fight with the Chu people. When they are dying, they also have to pull a cushion on their backs, so that they will not come back. Chen Jian fought loudly in the fight.
At this point, the soldiers of Zhao State understood that the general trend had gone, and they could not hold Shangdang County. However, Chen Jian usually led the troops in a good way, and in the face of such a situation, none of the Zhao soldiers escaped, whether it was him or the lowest-level soldiers, they fought until they couldn't hold their weapons.
"If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I really wanted to capture him alive."
Yi'an's reinforcements are about to arrive, and if they can't defeat Shangdang County, then the Chu army will be attacked on their backs. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is no hesitation on weekends when decisions should be made. "Let the archers shoot." Chen Jian is a talent, and he Chu is also full of talents, and there is no shortage of him.
If you send ordinary soldiers to kill him, there will definitely be a lot of casualties, and archers shooting from a distance can greatly reduce the casualties of your side.
"Whoa!"
The archer aimed the arrow at Chen Jian, who was covered in blood at this time. Capture the thief first and kill Chen Jian, and the rest of the Zhao army will be scattered.
The archers on the weekend are carefully trained, and although not all of them are sharpshooters, they are all one in a hundred. The arrow burst out of the air and shot towards Chen Jian.
Chen Jian was hit by an arrow, but the halberd in his hand still refused to let go, and no one in the Chu army dared to approach.
"Shoot again!"
On the weekend, an order was given,
More than ten archers bent their bows and arrows, and more than ten arrows flew out suddenly, Chen Jian waved his halberd to block it, but he was hit by four or five arrows in his chest, and the long arrows came out with blood through his body.
Chen Jian spat out a mouthful of black blood, staring blankly ahead, he was dead, but his body was still unbroken.
Weekend glanced at him, and there was no warmth in his voice: "End the battle before dark." ”
As soon as Chen Jian died, the Zhao army had no backbone, although all the soldiers brought out by Chen Jian were not afraid of death, but there was no one to command, and their resistance was not systematic at all.
Over the weekend, he ordered the Chu soldiers to distance themselves from the remaining Zhao army, forced the remaining Zhao soldiers together, and then let the archers condescendingly shoot them. The last few Zhao soldiers in Shangdang County were shot and fell one by one.
The soldiers of Zhao State were basically killed.
"Let the soldiers clean up the battlefield and be careful when cleaning up. Don't let people get hurt by the arrow. "Some Zhao soldiers may only be injured but not dead, and if the battlefield is not cleared, the army may be conspired against when they pull out the camp and enter the city.
"Whoa!" Cheng Jia responded.
"Let someone bury Chen Jian's body and install a tombstone for him." Heroes cherish each other, even if it is an opponent, a character like Chen Jian is really a pity, because he is in a hostile relationship, he has to kill him on the weekend, who told him to follow the wrong master, but he is willing to give him the last respect.
"After entering the city, let the soldiers appease the people of Zhao State." The people of Zhao have a deep prejudice against the Chu State, and they have to do some ideological work for them, so that they can return to their hearts like the people of the Jin State and live willingly under the rule of the Chu State.