Chapter 40: Han Dang's Death
Han Dang's death accompanied the collective retreat of the Wu army soldiers, which also announced the end of the decisive battle of Lan Yan, and Liu Bei finally won the decisive battle, although even he himself abandoned his life and entered the battlefield, although the Han soldiers were killed and wounded countless in this battle, but all this was diluted by the victory.
Han Dang removed the handsome banner and sent his henchmen to continue to retreat with the banner, while he ran to the battlefield. When the Wuxi barbarians saw that the Wu army had actually retreated, they were once again full of fighting spirit and began to pursue the Wu army.
Han Dang led the soldiers to take the lead in blocking Zhang Fei's front army, giving his Chinese army a chance to retreat; After Zhou Tai Sun Heng saw that some soldiers were coming to break off, he saw that Han Dang's handsome banner had gradually withdrawn from the battlefield, and he also led the Chinese army to retreat in accordance with Han Dang's previous military orders, and he also paid tribute to the troops who came to break off, and everyone knew that they could not withdraw.
Zhang Fei was killing vigorously at this time, and when he saw the retreat of the Wu army, he also began to chase and kill angrily, but he encountered the dead soldiers led by Han Dang, when a person has abandoned everything, death may also be a relief for him, and the fish scales led by Han Dang have also abandoned everything at this time, only fighting for loyalty, and there is the governor Han Dang pressing the formation for them at this time, they are all flesh and blood to resist the crazy impact of the Han army.
For nearly a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers of the Wu army on the battlefield withdrew from the battlefield, leaving only the two thousand dead soldiers led by Han Dang who were still resisting stubbornly, and did not retreat at all; At this time, Liu Bei also led the Imperial Forest Army to surround from the back of the Wu army, and only more than 100 of the 2,000 dead were still fighting at this time; At this time, Liu Bei ordered the attack to be stopped, and the drums of the truce immediately resounded throughout the battlefield.
Han Dang saw that the Han soldiers had stopped attacking, and sat down without caring about their weak feet; "Righteous general, are you willing to surrender at this time" It turned out that Liu Bei recognized that the leading general of this army was Han Dang, and he was also shocked before ordering to stop the attack.
"Liu Xuande, you are extremely admired in this battle, I didn't expect that I would also see you who fought Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison in the past, and now you are already a prince and are over sixty years old, and you have entered the battlefield again; But I, Han Dang, am by no means greedy for life and afraid of death" Han Dang stood up and raised the remnant knife that had no more gaps, "Old lord, Han Dang is here" After saying that, Han Dang raised the remnant knife and cut it at his neck, and suddenly blood splattered and sprinkled into the sky.
"Righteous General, let's go!" Liu Bei also shouted, which was mixed with tragedy, regret and joy.
The remaining more than 100 people saw that their general had committed suicide by cutting his neck, picked up his sword with grief and indignation, and resolutely rushed towards the Han army.
At this moment, it seemed that the heavens were also moved by Han Dang's loyalty, and the sky, which had been gloomy, also shed a heavy rain to wash away the blood on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I have a word, I don't know if Your Majesty has already sent General Zhang Yi to lead the rear army around the back of the Wu army to block the retreat of the Wu army" Zhuge Qiao also had a plan when he saw Han Dang's suicide.
"Bo Song, how do you know" Liu Bei was also surprised!
"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to take the city of Yaoting" Zhuge Qiao did not answer Liu Bei's question.
"Whata!" Liu Bei stared at Zhuge Qiao
"Your Majesty, now that Han Dang is dead, we can carry Han Dang's corpse, gather the cavalry to put on the robes of the Wu soldiers and go straight to the Yiting Pavilion, and open the city gate by fraud, we only need to guard the city gate, and wait for Your Majesty to lead the army to come, and we will definitely be able to capture the Yiting City"
"This plan is too dangerous, and our army only brought more than 2,000 cavalry out of Sichuan this time, and now there are more than 1,000 cavalry left."
"If there are more than 1,000 cavalry, it will be recognized by the Wu army, and 300 cavalry is enough"
"What if Zhang Yi fails to completely block the Wu army, and lets the Wu army break through" Liu Bei still disagreed with this risky method.
"Even if General Zhang Yi can't stop the remnants of the Wu army, he can block it for a while, and this time is enough for the cavalry; Your Majesty's fighter plane is fleeting, please make a quick decision"
Liu Bei was also told by Zhuge Qiao at this time, a young man who was only seventeen years old could actually have such an understanding, which shocked him "Zhuge Qiao listens to orders"
"The Last Will Be"
"Order you to lead 300 Imperial Forest Army to capture the Pavilion"
"Commanded"
"Chen Zhi, you will also go with Zhuge Qiao and listen to his command" Liu Bei was a little uneasy, or he was afraid that Zhuge Qiao would die in Yaoting, resulting in the loss of a rare good general.
"Your Majesty, General Chen is leaving, who will protect your safety" Zhuge Qiao saw that Liu Bei sent Chen Zhi to himself.
"I'm still with the Imperial Foresters, you guys go quickly!"
Zhuge Qiao saw that Liu Bei was resolute and did not hesitate, immediately changed into the robe of the Wu army, and led the three hundred imperial forest troops to carry Han Dang's corpse and went straight to the pavilion, and Liu Bei also saw Zhuge Qiao.
With Liu Bei's order, the war drums of the Han army once again resounded throughout the battlefield.
The surging summer rain, like the momentum of thousands of troops, swept the entire area of Yaoting; However, the remnants of the Wu army did not stop at all, and rushed towards the home of their hearts at the moment; But what was waiting for them was not the tower of the pavilion but the arrows of the Han army, like a majestic rain falling from the sky.
"Report, the right governor, a large number of Han troops were found in front and blocked the way back; Due to the heavy rain, its number cannot be estimated, but at least it is more than 10,000 people" A small colonel from the former army came to report to Zhou Tai, and Zhou Tai was also a flute; I was thinking about what to do when I was shocked
"Why don't you report to the Governor of Zuodu, but report the battle situation to me?"
The colonel saw that Zhou Tai had already discovered something, "Governor Zuodu、、、 Governor Zuodu is in the army that has just been broken" After saying this, the colonel burst into tears.
Zhou Tai was speechless for a long time, because he knew what it meant after the break;
"Otherwise, we will kill and go back to save Zuo Dudu to return" Sun Heng was also angry at the moment, and was about to lead the army to leave, but Zhou Tai caught him, "We can't let Zuo Dudu's blood flow in vain, we have to go back alive"
"The whole army listens to the order: kill, kill" Zhou Tai raised his head to the sky and shouted.
In fact, Zhang Yi led the army to the rear of the Wu army according to Liu Bei's arrangement before the two armies fought, and blocked it to block the retreat of the Wu army. After Zhang Yi arrived at the predetermined position, he began to arrange a military formation to block the retreating troops of the Wu army, and the weapons were mainly bows and arrows.
At this moment, a cavalry suddenly rushed out of the flank of the Wu army, and the first person immediately raised the banner of the Shu Han Imperial Forest Army to avoid Zhang Yi's arrows, "General, there is a cavalry wearing the Wu army's battle robes, but it is holding the banner of the Royal Forest Army, and it is rushing towards the Chinese army."
"How many people"
"Less than five hundred"
"Let them come, and send the pikemen over to prevent the enemy cavalry from sneaking attack" Zhang Yi immediately decided, after all, not everyone dared to fly the banner of the Royal Forest Army.
The Wu army was also stunned by the scene in front of them, and couldn't believe that their own army actually held the other party's banner and ran over to surrender to the enemy; No matter what they thought, Zhuge Qiao smiled, and he passed through the Wu army's military formation without spending a single soldier.
"General Zhang, I'm Chen Zhi of the Imperial Forest Army" Chen Zhi shouted when he approached the Han army, and Zhang Yi also recognized the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.
"General Chen, can Your Majesty have any new will" Zhang Yi saw Chen Zhi coming in person.
"General Zhang, Your Majesty's will is not to let a single soldier break through your military formation." continued to rush towards the pavilion non-stop, leaving Zhang Yi with a puzzled face.
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