Chapter 487: Surprise Soldier from the Sky
Ji Fensheng had the idea to flee back to Jiaoyang City, and he looked at the Qin soldiers around him, who were also under the impact of the well-prepared and orderly Zhao army, and became more and more unable to stop the advance of the opponent's soldiers.
Ji Fen made a false move, swung his heavy sword, and the white snake at the tip of the sword spit out the letter, stabbing obliquely at Ning Jun's ribs. Ning Jun saw that he didn't care about his own protection and came directly to fight with himself, how could he let Ji Fen succeed, Ning Jun's spear turned around, and the tip of the spear picked up Ji Fen's right arm with a sword.
Unexpectedly, Ji Fen didn't have a trick at all, and when he saw that Ning Jun changed from attack to defense, he took advantage of this opportunity to take the war horse behind him, turned around and ran towards the gate of Jiaoyang City.
He waved his arms as he ran, beckoning the soldiers of the Qin army to follow him and retreat, and kept shouting to the crowd: "Sons, let's go back to the city for the time being, and it's not too late to clean up the small people of the column army in the future." ”
Ji Fen took the Qin army out of the city to Jiaoyang City, hoping to return to the city as soon as possible to regroup. There were still more than 100 zhang away from the city, and Ji Fen shouted to the city: "Quickly put down the suspension bridge and let us in!" ”
As he shouted, he looked back at the pursuing troops of the Combined Column led by Ning Jun, estimated the distance between the two armies, and thought, "I should leave some people behind to block the Combined Column Army, lest they also follow us into the city." ”
He ran forward, but when he reached the drawbridge of the moat, he suddenly saw that the drawbridge was still hanging high and had not fallen. Ji Fen was furious and said in his heart: "Are all the people in this city dead? I didn't see that we were rushing back, why don't you hurry down the suspension bridge? ”
He was about to shout at the people at the top of the city, when he suddenly saw that the flag had changed above the city. More than a dozen wide banners of the army commander fluttered in the wind, embroidered with the words "Prime Minister Su of the Six Kingdoms", Ji Fendeng opened his mouth wide in surprise, and could not say a word.
He thought this was incredible: "Why has the flag changed at the head of the city in the blink of an eye, is it the hell, how did Su Qin enter Jiaoyang City!" ”
Where did Ji Fen think that in fact, Su Qin was not in Jiaoyang City, and the soldiers of the Hezong Army standing at the head of Jiaoyang City now were the reinforcements led by Du Qing who attacked Jiaoyang City. These people didn't fly to the city in an instant. They were the first troops to set off, and Du Qing had already taken action long before Xu Lu led the soldiers to lure the enemy and scold the formation.
They overcame all the way and approached the rear of Jiaoyang City along the top of the mountain, and when Ji Fen was angry at Xu Lu's scolding and led the Qin army in the city out of Lu to meet the enemy, Du Qing's more than 3,000 capable Zhao soldiers were already hidden on the hill behind Jiaoyang City.
Du Qing observed that the Qin army had left Jiaoyang City, so he led his troops to climb down from the mountain unconsciously. Du Qing's troops seemed to have fallen from the sky, and suddenly appeared in Jiaoyang City, catching the guards in the city off guard.
In addition, Du Qing had received an order in advance, and after they appeared in Jiaoyang City, they went straight to the North Gate, the largest gate of Jiaoyang City. When I arrived at the north gate, the first thing I did was to pull out all the flags of the Qin army and quickly replace them with the banners of the joint columns, including the commandery flag of the "Prime Minister Su of the Six Kingdoms" specially carried before departure.
Ning Jun ordered Du Qing to hold on to the north gate once he reached the north gate, and at all costs, he must hold out until the Qin army was defeated and returned to the city.
Ji Fen came to the edge of the drawbridge, saw the banner of the Hezhong Army at the head of the city, panicked, he thought that the Hezong Army had mysteriously captured Jiaoyang City, Ji Fen was so angry that he scolded under the city: "What a cunning little Su Qin, he dared to take advantage of my Jiaoyang City when I was out of the city, and he was really angry to kill me!" ”
In fact, there were still nearly 10,000 Qin troops in Jiaoyang City, and they found that the troops of the Hezhong Army had secretly entered the city and occupied the north gate, and they were desperately attacking the north gate tower, wanting to recapture the north gate.
Ning Jun didn't give Ji Fen a chance to breathe at all, he led the elite of Zhao State with 30,000 columns to cover up from behind, and the Qin army was in chaos and was shocked to pieces.
Ji Fen knew that the general trend had gone, and the Qin army led by himself was not the opponent of Ning Junhe's column army at all, and if he did not order a retreat, he would eventually be surrounded and annihilated under Jiaoyang City.
Ji Fen was helpless, and gave the order to retreat, and he shouted: "Qin army soldiers, let's preserve our strength and withdraw to Mianchi City from the fork in the road, there must be no mistake!" ”
With a burst of shouting, Ji Fen led his personal school guards to flee in the direction of Mianchi, which was located on the west side of Jiaoyang City, leading directly to the direction of Mianchi. Before, some of the sergeants who scolded the formation were chased by Ji Fen to the fork in the road, Ji Fen was still laughing wildly at the time, but he didn't expect that now he was the one who fled to the fork in the road.
Ning Jun sent Xu Lu to lead more than 10,000 men and horses to pursue Ji Fen along the fork in the road, and he ordered the pursuing troops: "Only chase out of Lu for four or five miles and stop, don't risk going deeper." ”
Xu Lu scolded the Qin people under Jiaoyang City and established a miracle feat. When he was proud, he heard the order of the commander-in-chief, he was in good spirits and replied: "The last general has the order, General Ning can rest assured, he will definitely live up to his mission!" With that, he happily led more than 10,000 people to pursue Ji Fen.
Xu Lu also gave an order to the pursuing troops in a loud voice: "The athletes of Zhao State, let's scold again while pursuing." These shrunken turtles of the Qin State! Before, we scolded them for being cowardly, and they were still not convinced, but now isn't it just fulfilled? ”
As a result, the more than 10,000 Zhao soldiers happily scolded and chased, and the momentum was quite spectacular. That Ji Fen was already like a frightened bird, where did he still think about turning around and fighting back, he just ran away in the direction of Mianchi City, thinking: "When we get to Mianchi, we will be safe." ”
Ning Jun saw that the remnants of the Qin army led by Ji Fen had run away without a trace, so he shouted to Du Qing at the head of Jiaoyang City: "General Du, quickly put down the drawbridge, and the army will enter the city to annihilate the Qin army in the city together!" ”
Du Qing himself also stood on top of the city tower, he watched the battle under the north gate of Jiaoyang City, and heard Ning Jun's order, so he put down the drawbridge and opened the north gate of Jiaoyang City.
Ning Jun took the lead and led 20,000 Zhao troops into Jiaoyang City urgently. At this time, the nearly 10,000 Qin troops who were still in Jiaoyang City became fish and meat in the urn, and there was almost nowhere to escape.
Pang Ci endured the pain in his body at this time, and desperately commanded the more than 2,000 Qin soldiers around him to attack the north gate. He later saw that the north gate could not be attacked urgently, Pang Ci was a person who understood, he knew that once he could not capture the north gate, Ji Fen would not be able to return to the city, and the Qin soldiers in the city would sooner or later be the "dishes" to be eaten on the plate of the army.
Pang Ci then ordered the Qin soldiers around him to urgently open a small gate in the west of Jiaoyang City, and quickly fled from there. Ning Jun and Su Qin had never been to Jiaoyang City, and they both knew the north gate of Jiaoyang City, but they didn't pay attention to the small west gate.
It is no wonder that the little west gate is only as wide as two people side by side, and it is close to the back mountain, not the inhabitants or defenders of the city, and few people know it so clearly. Therefore, Pang Ci actually brought out two or three thousand Qin soldiers from the small west gate, and escaped from Jiaoyang City, which had become the trend of the joint column army chasing "prey".
After Ning Jun captured Jiaoyang City, the first thing he thought of was to find Pang Ci's whereabouts, he gathered nearly 10,000 Qin troops, and then identified them one by one. How Ning Jun hoped that Pang Ci could be captured alive, so that Pang Ci would not be able to personally harm Wen Qi and Ning Chao in anger, and their mother and son would be safer.
However, Ning Jun took a closer look at the surrendered Qin State soldiers, and found no trace of Pang Ci, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart. This Pang Ci is said to be wounded, where can he run away?
Ning Jun also ordered the soldiers of the joint column army to strictly search all the buildings in Jiaoyang City, and be sure to arrest all the remaining Qin people. However, after searching again, only two or three low-level soldiers of the Qin State hiding in the houses were caught, and no trace of Pang Ci was found.
Ning Jun frowned and came to the street, he couldn't figure it out. Later, he simply sent people to interrogate the surrendered troops of the Qin State and inquire about Pang Ci's movements. Those soldiers who surrendered didn't know anything, because if they knew about the movements of Dao Pang Ci, they would have slipped away a long time ago, and where would they still be caught by the joint columns.
In the end, it was an old man in Jiaoyang City who pointed out to Ning Jun, and Ning Jun understood. Jiaoyang City has been occupied by the Qin people for a long time, and the residents of the city were originally Koreans. Now that the Qin army has been driven away, the people in the city are running to tell each other, smiling, and going out to welcome the soldiers of the Hezhong army.
Ning Jun heard the old man say that there was a small west gate in Jiaoyang City, and a small part of the Qin army fled from there. He hurried there, and when he noticed that the small west gate was wide open, and there were still a few random arrows of the Qin State left there, he immediately determined the whereabouts of Pang Ci.
Ning Jun picked up an arrow, so angry that he broke the arrow in half, and his heart was also full of hidden worries, and he secretly prayed: "Li Liu, who was sent by Su Qin to deliver the message, must rush to Xianyang City one step in advance, and Su Dai must find Wen Qi and Ning Chao in advance." Otherwise, this Sima Cuo and Pang Ci will definitely be angry and embarrassed, and they will not be able to spare the relatives they care about. ”
Ning Jun would not have thought that in fact, his worries were unnecessary at the moment. Because at this time, even if Sima Cuo and Pang Ci wanted to send people back to Xianyang City, it had become extremely difficult. The direct reason is that the main road from Michi City to Hangu Pass has been blocked by the combined forces.
On the same day that Ning Jun led the elite of Zhao State to raid Jiaoyang City, Qu Xin, a young general of Chu State, and Ji Ji, a Korean general, had already sneaked to Baishi City, the necessary city for Michi to return to Guguan.