Chapter Twenty-Three: The Capture of Danyang
"Don't let one go!" Zhao Feng only had time to explain, and then ordered hundreds of guards to protect Pang Tong on a dirt slope, and he led the Chinese army to kill the 10,000 Jiangdong troops who were encircled.
"Fight!" Sun Yi also roared angrily, and led the army to the west with a spear in hand, wanting to fight a bloody way back to Danyang City. Judging from the intensity of the ground shaking, Sun Yi had already judged that the other party had dispatched at least three times as many men and horses as his own.
"Cavalry?" After rushing a few steps, Sun Yi had already seen that the cavalry on the opposite side were all cavalry, and seeing that there were at least thousands of horsemen in this posture, his heart couldn't help but sink. You must know that although Jiangdong lacks cavalry, Sun Yi also knows that cavalry is the king of field warfare. Now that the other party has dispatched so many cavalry, I am afraid that I will have to pay some price to withdraw to Danyang.
"Spread left and right, scatter!" Seeing that the cavalry rushed to about two miles away from the Jiangdong Army, Zhang Liao also suddenly avoided a hard encounter and divided the team into two to kill the left and right sides of the Jiangdong Army. Sun Yi was surprised why the enemy army did not attack his formation, but he saw that the cavalry on both sides of the detour began to release arrows into his own army formation, shooting arrows while still running!
"Ahh The screams came and went, and 4,000 arrows were fired into this somewhat dense Jiangdong army formation at the same time, although it would not kill 4,000 people at once, but after this round, there must be more than 400 dead. What's worse is that the speed of the Jiangdong Army has been significantly slowed down.
"Don't stop, retreat to Danyang!" Sun Yi was also a little anxious, and hurriedly ordered to continue running. But the cavalry on both sides were like appendages, and finally took the time to approach a round of arrows from time to time. I want to fight them, but I can't reach them. Order the crossbowmen to shoot back? The hit rate is extremely low.
"It's over!" Sun Yi saw that the infantry on both sides had been outflanked, and his pockets were about to be closed, and his heart suddenly felt cold. But his surname is Yonglie, and he is by no means a person who easily admits defeat, and he said sharply at the moment: "All the soldiers, you can't run away if you want to run now, only by returning to the army with me to fight to the death and crushing the enemy army can you have the life to return to Danyang again!" It's a hero's kill with me! After speaking, the first one turned the horse's head and killed Zhao Feng's pursuers behind him. The Jiangdong army was infected by his momentum, and its morale was also greatly boosted for a while, and they all turned around with him and fought again, rushing to the military formation of the Xuzhou army.
"Boom!" With a bang, the two armies collided. The Xuzhou army is the elite of the world, but Sun Yi's army is not weak. At least, it is much more powerful than the Huainan army that was called Yuan Shu. At the moment, Zhao Feng was in the middle, Wei Yan was on the left, and Wen Ping was on the right, surrounding the Jiangdong army for a while. Zhang Liao led his cavalry to swim around, catching fish that slipped through the net.
"Dang!" Sun Yi took the knife from the opposite side, his arm was slightly sore, and when he fixed his eyes, he saw that the person was the pavilion chief Yang Zheng.
"Shameless dog thief, who the hell are you?" Sun Yi gritted his teeth and said, and then stabbed back with a shot. Yang Zheng easily brushed aside this shot, and still had time to answer his words: "I am the Marquis of the Southern Expedition General Zhao Feng's personal guard, Taiyuan Hao Zhao Hao Bodao!" ”
"Hao Zhao!" Sun Yi was so angry that he smoked, and the spear in his hand became faster and faster, and he couldn't wait to stab Hao Zhao to death with one shot. Hao Zhao saw that the other party was menacing, and he was also concentrating on the move at the moment. However, how can the melee between the two armies give them such a calm opportunity to fight alone? At this time, Sun Yi's personal guards also fought with Hao Zhao's troops, and at the same time, Zhao Feng also happened to kill.
"General, he is Sun Yi!" Hao Zhao said loudly to Zhao Feng while receiving the call. "General, are you Zhao Feng?" Sun Yi suddenly blocked Hao Zhao's shot, retreated two steps and turned his head to Zhao Fengdao.
"That's right!" Zhao Feng looked at the young man in front of him, it seemed that he was still very young, and he was gritting his teeth and looking at himself at this time, his eyes were full of sparks of hatred, like a hungry wolf ready to eat people.
"I'm going to avenge my big brother!" Sun Yi roared angrily, leaving Hao Zhao behind and shooting directly at Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Sun Ce died at his own hands, and he was afraid that the entire Sun family would not share the sky with him. At the moment, seeing that Sun Yi was coming to fight for his life like a mad tiger, he was also concentrating on the battle at the moment, ready to take advantage of his confusion to fight for life and capture him alive.
"Hey!" Seeing that Sun Yi's shot was coming a little too hard, Zhao Feng turned sideways and moved out of the way, and then suddenly smashed the gun with both hands at Sun Yi's gun. Sun Yi was caught off guard, his hand was numb, and his gun was smashed to the ground. This trick has a name in marksmanship called "defeated gun", which is specially used to deal with attackers. Legend has it that when Yue Fei was taking the martial arts championship, he relied on this gun to make Luo Yanqing and Yang Zaixing, two masters of guns, ashamed of themselves, and actually gave up the exam and went home to continue to practice hard. You must know that one of them is the successor of the Luo family's gun, and the other is the top master of the Yang family's gun. can make them feel ashamed, it is enough to see the power of this trick.
Sun Yi's blade was smashed away, and he was about to draw his sword to continue resisting, but it was too late, and the long sword on his waist was halfway pulled out and was already shot in his back by Zhao Feng, and suddenly his stomach was swept to the ground. Several soldiers of the Xuzhou Army hurriedly stepped forward to hold him down, and Zhao Feng ordered someone to take off his helmet, and then raised it high on the tip of his spear and shouted: "Sun Yi is captured, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Then his guards also began to roar, the sound became louder and louder, and Hao Zhao even snatched Sun Yi's battle flag and shook it from side to side. The nearby Koto Army gradually began to stop resisting, and then more and more people stopped resisting, and gradually spread to the entire battlefield. In the end, a handful of people remained who insisted on resisting, and they were all quickly wiped out.
"Wen Yuan, have you ever let the enemy go?" The battlefield was still counting, Zhao Feng hurriedly pulled Zhang Liao and asked. "There is still a sparse one in Baimi, and naturally there are fish that slip through the net. However, driven by our cavalry, they all went to Wu County, not Danyang! Zhang Liao replied with a meaningful smile.
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you!" Zhao Feng also smiled when he heard this, and then ordered someone to quickly clean up the battlefield. "Our army has destroyed a total of 4,653 enemies, captured 4,821 prisoners, and hundreds of fish that slipped through the net, and our army itself suffered more than 3,100 casualties." Hao Zhao briefly reported the results of the battle to Zhao Feng.
"I know, Hao Zhao, choose a thousand elite soldiers, change into the uniforms of the Jiangdong Army, knock Sun Yi unconscious, and prepare to go to Danyang Fraud City with me." Zhao Feng also quickly ordered. Seeing that Hao Zhao was eager to try, Zhao Feng stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Don't go this time, it won't be good if the Danyang defenders recognize you." ”
"Hao Zhao understands!" Knowing that what Zhao Feng said was the truth, Hao Zhao could only retreat in a huff. After a short time, Zhao Feng picked a thousand elite soldiers, ordered them to change into the clothes and armor of Eastern Wu, and then carried Sun Yi, who was completely fainted, and stumbled all the way to Danyang, and at the same time ordered Zhang Liao to lead the cavalry to follow not far behind him.
"Open the gates! Open the gates! "Under Danyang City, hundreds of untidy Dongwu soldiers came running in embarrassment. Without waiting to stand still, he yelled towards the city. The soldiers defending the city were in an uproar when they saw it, and one of the soldiers at the head of the city asked, "Where are you soldiers and why are you here?" ”
"We just went with Taishou to rescue Moling, but we were ambushed, and it turned out that the pavilion chief was Annihilation!" The soldiers of the city replied loudly. The military Sima was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked again: "Then why are you all left, Lord Taishou?" ”
"Lord Taishou was seriously injured, and a few of our brothers fought to the death to protect him and fight his way out of the encirclement!" The soldier replied as another, sturder soldier behind him stepped forward with a man on his back. The military Sima looked fixedly, although the man was unconscious, it was Sun Yi.
"Go and call Mr. Gu!" This army Sima knew that he couldn't be the master, so he hurriedly ordered someone to notify Gu Yong to come and make a decision. After a while, Gu Yong hurriedly arrived, and when he saw that it was Sun Yi under the city, he was shocked. At this moment, the dust was flying in the distance, and Gu Yong clearly saw a cavalry fighting towards Danyang City. "Don't let Sun Yi go!" I could faintly hear them yelling. The closer the distance, the roar can be heard more clearly!
"Let Taishou come in!" Seeing this, Gu Yong couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly ordered people to quickly open the city gate and put the drawbridge, wanting to take advantage of the enemy's arrival to quickly let Sun Yi in. However, when almost half of the hundreds of people under the city entered the city, suddenly I don't know who shouted, and then everyone took off their helmets and threw them away, and then waved their knives to fight with the Jiangdong army around them.
"It's not good, it's a fraud!" Seeing this, Gu Yong's head suddenly dizzy. Not long after, Zhang Liao's cavalry had already reached the foot of Danyang City, but the fierce battle at the gate continued, and the drawbridge and the city gate were naturally not closed. Then, the infantry that followed behind the cavalry also began to fight one after another, and the battle gradually advanced into the city.
"It's over!" Gu Yong saw more and more Xuzhou troops pouring into the city from the city, and immediately understood that this Danyang City could not be defended, and at this time, he could only do his best to command the defenders to make the last resistance. After nearly a full day of street fighting, the Xuzhou army finally captured Danyang City. After Sun Yi was captured, the defenders lacked command, how could Gu Yong and his literati transfer troops? In the end, he himself was not spared and was captured alive.
"How's the battle going?" On the Danyang County Guard's Mansion, Zhao Feng sat down on the main seat with a big grin, and then asked Wei Yan, who had just run over beside him.
"The 20,000 defenders of Danyang fought fiercely with our army, and the casualties should be about 7,000, and the rest were either captured or surrendered. Our casualties were about five thousand. Wei Yan briefly explained the situation.
"Coupled with the previous field battle, we lost nearly 10,000 people today!" Zhao Feng sighed. Seeing this, Wei Yan hurriedly stepped forward and comforted: "Why should the general blame himself, only 10,000 casualties were taken to take Danyang Jiancheng, it is not easy for the general!" ”
"Huh!" Zhao Feng smiled noncommittally, and then ordered the army not to disturb the residents, and at the same time ordered Gao Ran and Huang Zhong to lead their troops to the rest of the counties to recruit surrender. As for the collection of prisoners, it is natural that the relevant personnel should be responsible. "Bo Tao, take Danyang City, when are you going to march into Wu County again?" Accompanied by a somewhat hoarse voice, Pang Tong appeared in Zhao Feng's sight with his smile that was not better than crying. After understanding that Zhao Feng's surname was relatively easy-going, Pang Tong didn't bother to call him a general anymore, and the surname Suo was commensurate with his words.
"Our army has not yet stabilized Danyang, and in addition, we need to report the battle situation here first!" Zhao Feng said. After a pause, Zhao Feng said again: "Besides, we still have to wait for the allies in Jingzhou!" Pang Tong was also stunned when he heard this, and then laughed tacitly with Zhao Feng, and Hao Zhao, who had just entered the door, was feeling weak in his heart.
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