Chapter 177: Shanyin City is broken
After a short fierce battle, the Jingzhou army captured Zhou Tai, killed Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong, and suddenly the morale was great, while the Jiangdong army, on the other hand, the morale dropped sharply, and the previous hard work was slowly dissipating.
A moment later, Zhuge Jin and Ling Cao were captured, Liuzan was killed, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, He Qi, Xu Sheng and other generals are now only barely supporting, the shape of the entire battlefield has formed a one-sided slaughter, although these generals are firm in their determination, vowing not to surrender, but they can not prevent the soldiers from fleeing and surrendering, in less than half an hour, only more than 10,000 troops in the city are still fighting, the remaining 20,000 people or flee or surrender, and only four or five thousand people are really killed.
Looking at those soldiers who were still fighting fiercely in the city, but their hearts were already full of despair, Sun Quan knew that judging from the current situation, Shanyin could no longer be saved.
Although he knew that this was the final result, Sun Quan couldn't help but sigh deeply, the Jiangdong forces that his father and son had worked hard for three generations were buried in his hands like this, and he was really unwilling to think about it.
However, even if there is unwillingness, there is no way, for the sake of today, only to find a way to break out of the encirclement and seek development.
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Quan secretly sent his henchmen to order Cheng Pu, Han Dang and He Qi nearby, so that they could immediately lead the army to break through the siege, abandon the city and flee, although the general trend has gone, but once they flee to the sea, there will be a way to live, but he heard that there is a place called Yizhou in the southeast sea, as long as he finds that place, he can take it as the foundation, and slowly recover his strength, even if it is not impossible to recover the lost territory in the future.
After receiving Sun Quan's order, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and He Qi looked at Xu Sheng, who was still fighting nearby, but after a little hesitation, they immediately led their troops to retreat, and then decisively protected Sun Quan and prepared to break through.
said that Xu Sheng didn't notice that the three generals around him quietly withdrew, but when he went, he suddenly felt that the pressure on the battlefield was suddenly several times greater, and he hurriedly looked around, only to find that Cheng Pu, Han Dang, He Qi and others nearby had quietly left at some point, and were now protecting the lord Sun Quan and rushing towards the city gate.
Xu Sheng suddenly had a feeling of being abandoned, and there was infinite grief and indignation in his heart, although he was a guest living in Jiangdong, his loyalty to Sun Quan was not much worse than those veterans, and even as long as Sun Quan said to himself that he would swear to protect them to the death, then he would definitely obey the order without hesitation, and there would never be a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart, but he didn't expect that he would be ruthlessly betrayed at a critical moment.
Xu Sheng's heart was cold for a moment, and at the same time, he was secretly laughing at his stupidity, he was loyal to such a ruthless and unrighteous person, thinking that he was still desperately loyal to that cold-hearted person a moment ago, he felt ridiculous.
"Hehe, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust, Sun Quan, now that I have covered you to the city gate, I can be regarded as worthy of you." Xu Sheng's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and then he put down his weapon and said to the enemy general in front of him: "I am willing to surrender." ”
Xu Sheng's opponent was Lu Meng, after listening to Xu Sheng's words, and seeing that he not only threw down his weapons, but also ordered all the soldiers under his command who were resisting to surrender, he hurriedly came to the front, helped him up, and ordered someone to "escort" him to the main general Lu Xun, and asked Lu Xun's opinion.
Although with Lu Meng's wisdom, he could see at a glance that Xu Sheng's surrender was sincere, but he did not dare to assert himself, because although the other party was young, he must not be underestimated, and he really had nothing to say except admiration for the wisdom shown by the other party in the battle of Hefei, and it was precisely because of this that he wholeheartedly supported the promotion of Lu Xun by the lord Liu Qi.
At the same time, Lu Meng felt even more sincerely admired for the fact that the lord dared to boldly promote a young man to be the commander of a large army.
Therefore, after Liu Qi promoted Lu Xun, Lu Meng saw a brighter future, he knew that as long as he had talent and worked hard, he would be reused sooner or later, because he knew that his lord could reward and punish clearly, and there would never be a situation where merit was not rewarded.
Lu Meng looked back, and sure enough, he saw that Lu Xun immediately accepted Xu Sheng's surrender happily, and immediately asked him to act as the lieutenant general, and followed the commander Lu Xun to recruit Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and led the troops to pursue Sun Quan, who had come to the gate of the West City.
"Sun Quan has already been killed at the gate of the city, and he is about to escape, can we still catch up?" Xu Sheng looked at Sun Quan, who had fled from the wolf, and although he was unwilling, he could only shake his head helplessly and said secretly.
But Xu Sheng didn't worry at all about the young general in front of him, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, I really don't know where the other party got such confidence?
Xu Sheng didn't know why this seemingly youngest general was the chief general of the Jingzhou Army, and he didn't know the other party's unparalleled wisdom, he just knew that this young general's name was Lu Xun, and he was a descendant of the Lu clan of Wu County, and he once had an enmity with Sun Ce, but in the process of pacifying Sun Quan, he decisively let go of his hatred with Sun Ce, and instead supported Sun Ce's son Sun Shao as his heir, and crusaded against Sun Quan in the name of Sun Shao.
Although he was puzzled in his heart, Xu Sheng was a general who had just surrendered after all, and he didn't have the qualifications to question Lu Xun at all, so he could only silently watch the next move of this young general, to see if he could intercept Sun Quan and the soldiers under his command.
And the next scene definitely made Xu Sheng's eyes almost pop out, because just when Sun Quan ordered his own soldiers to start a fierce battle with the enemy army at the city gate, he saw that a group of soldiers suddenly appeared in Sun Quan's chaotic army and captured the unsuspecting Sun Quan.
"What's going on? Could it be that He Qi had already taken refuge in the Jingzhou Army? Seeing that the group of soldiers who captured Sun Quan rushed out of He Qi's team, Xu Sheng "suddenly realized", but secretly sneered in his heart: "I really didn't expect this He Qi to be a traitor, it seems that this time Sun Quan is gone."
But when he took it, he saw that He Qi immediately rushed forward and fought with the soldiers who captured Sun Quan.
"Which one is this singing? Why did He Qi fight with his sergeants again? Could it be that this is Heqi expressing his own innocence? But that's ridiculous, isn't it? Sun Quan is about to be finished, is it necessary for him to do so? ”
Looking at the scene on the battlefield, Xu Sheng's eyes were full of doubts and incomprehension.
And then I saw that He Qi really moved the knife, and killed more than a dozen soldiers in an instant, and the surrounding soldiers also launched a crazy revenge around He Qi as if they were dying, and in less than half an hour, they left a few wounds on He Qi's body.
At this time, Xu Sheng knew that He Qi was really wronged, looking at the scene in front of him, it should be the soldiers under He Qi who mutinied, and suddenly captured Sun Quan and wanted to surrender to the enemy to make meritorious contributions.
And then I saw a small soldier put a knife on Sun Quan's neck and shouted: "Everyone immediately drop their weapons and surrender, otherwise I will kill Sun Quan." ”
Xu Sheng saw that Sun Quan's face was pale at this time, and then he let out a long sigh, and then saw that the three generals Cheng Pu, He Qi, and Han Dang all put down their weapons helplessly.
With the surrender of the three generals, their respective subordinates, as well as Sun Quan's personal soldiers who were storming the city gate, also stopped fighting, threw down their weapons and surrendered, and some even killed themselves on the spot because they couldn't stand the fate of the country's ruin.
"It's too mysterious to destroy Sun Quan so easily, right?" Xu Sheng, who looked at the strange scene in front of him, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and couldn't speak for a long time.
It wasn't until later that Xu Sheng knew that the original "rebel army" was not He Qi's troops, but the Jingzhou army planted in it, these details were mixed into He Qi's army when he attacked Zhuji, when He Qi was defeated and fled in Zhuji City, and gathered remnants all the way, including hundreds of people who were mixed into the Jingzhou army. Then he came with him to San'in.
These hundreds of people in Shanyin have been trying to find a way to spy on the news, and as a result, they quietly reported the news that Sun Quan urged Zhou Yu to send reinforcements to Liu Qi, which allowed Pang Tong to make a correct judgment under the condition of mastering this top-secret information, and concluded that Huang Gai was definitely a fraudulent surrender, and then he planned to break Zhou Yu, thus breaking the deadlock on the battlefield of Wanling.
And except for occasionally reporting some important information, these hundreds of people have been secretly enduring and lurking, patiently waiting for the opportunity, and even did not reveal their identities during the battle between the two armies, until Sun Quan's personal soldiers were transferred away.
And after that, the leader of this army, that is, the name of the small soldier who forced Cheng Pu and others to surrender with Sun Quan's life with a knife was finally known, it turned out that this person's name was Li Yan, the word is square, a native of Nanyang, and he was a fellow villager of Huang Zhong, and it was under Huang Zhong's recommendation that he accepted the important task, and finally made great contributions to the pacification of Jiangdong Sun Quan.
When Lu Xun led the army and escorted the depressed Sun Quan and his generals to Wanling City, Liu Qi personally led the generals to meet him.
"Bo Yan, this trip is really hard for you. Hehe, now Sun Quan and his subordinates will be captured, as long as we use Sun Quan to coerce Zhou Yu to surrender, the entire Jiangdong land will completely end the war, this qiē is the credit of the generals, and as soon as the war is over, Ben will immediately report to the imperial court and reward you heavily. Liu Qi, who was excited, held Lu Xun's hand tightly and solemnly promised.