Chapter 240: The Funny Alliance
In order to prevent Xi Zhicai from looking for death and life, Xia Houlan had no choice but to trap people, even plug his mouth, and add special guards to ensure that he stared at him 24 hours a day, so that he had no chance of committing suicide.
Although the method is not very humane, but except for this method, I am afraid that there is no way, even if it is this method, he has to prevent him from going on a hunger strike, but this is not difficult for Xia Houlan, and he directly knocked out and poured it in, and poured it into liquid food, this method can hang his life.
If Xi Zhi only knew about his future, he would definitely not think about seeking death, because this may be more uncomfortable than seeking death, of course, there is Meng Ge's credit in this, Xia Houlan is just thinking about it.
As soon as he finished explaining the matter of Xi Zhicai, Xu Rong came over again, he came to complain this time, this coalition army has caught too much, if you can't arrest the generals as soon as possible, the rest of the things will not be easy to do, everyone knows that if you don't get rid of this leader, sooner or later there will be a big disaster, and escape is secondary, if they let them lift the prisoner of war camp, then the fun will be great.
This time, there were too many prisoners of the coalition army, and it was not easy to take the lead, and some people had other thoughts, of course this matter was not easy to handle, so Xu Rong had to come here to pour bitter water.
"General, why don't you give me an idea?" Xu Rong spread his hands helplessly, he was really not good at this.
After listening to Xu Rong's description, Meng Ge was a little unhappy, these people are really bold, and they dare to hide it, if they let them hide, I'm afraid it won't be long before this prisoner of war camp will be fried.
Thinking of this, Meng Ge said coldly: "Since this is the case, then be ruthless, don't come out, kill together, I see how hard they can be!" If no one confesses their superiors, then let them be buried together! ”
"This!" Xu Rong looked at Meng Ge in surprise, but soon he was relieved, it was just killing, if the hidden danger was not removed at this time, this army of 50,000 people would definitely not be so easy to surrender, only by being ruthless, so that they could die.
Looking at Xu Rong's appearance, Meng Ge knew that he understood, and then smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you here, I'm going to pursue the coalition army!" ”
Xu Rong immediately knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "The last general understands!" Guaranteed to solve this problem, the general rest assured! ”
Handed over the camp to Xu Rong, Meng Ge was very relieved, plus there were enough people to defend it, there was no problem with Caoyang City, and now the most important thing was Guo Jia's side, whether this battle could be a complete success, it depended on whether Guo Jia could cut off the enemy's way of life, if the coalition army was completely defeated, it would not be far from unifying the Central Plains.
After the military order, Meng Ge set off with his own military camp, before that, Zhang Liao and Pang Lianhu had already attacked, and I don't know if they had arrived, for the situation behind, Meng Ge is really not at ease, the coalition army is facing a desperate situation, and it will definitely break out with huge combat effectiveness, at this time it is not known who will die.
When they were in Caoyang City, the coalition army did not have the courage to fight to the death, that was because they had no chance, the three roads were blocked, the city wall was collapsed, the coalition army had already been frightened, and the cavalry could only exert its greatest power outside the city, but the coalition army was controlled on the back road, and if there was a slight sign of counterattack, it would face a cavalry battalion attack.
Whether to turn around and fight to the death, or to escape, it is obviously more advantageous for the latter, of course, the frightened Kwantung princes will choose the latter, and they can quickly take Caoyang City, thanks to their panic, if the Kwantung princes fight to the death, this Caoyang City has not been so easy to break.
However, this is only a matter of time, as long as Guo Jia and Chen Ji arrive, the coalition forces will still be defeated, no matter which way to consider, Meng Ge has the advantage, and the only way for the coalition to survive is to escape from the Sili area, and there is no other way.
At this time, fifty miles outside Caoyang City, Guo Jia was standing on a high platform, quietly looking ahead, the fortifications blocking the road had not yet been completed, but he was not worried, the fortifications were just for show, and there was no absolute need for the coalition forces to pass here, because there was more than one road, but this one was the closest.
Blocking the fastest road, Guo Jia's intention is very clear, try his best to slow down the pace of the enemy, buy time for the cavalry duel, and at the same time buy time for the rear army to keep up, as long as the enemy does not break through once, then it is possible to complete the encirclement.
As time passed, Guo Jia finally couldn't help but order: "Order, speed up, simple rejection of horses is okay, the key is to be fast!" ”
Not only Guo Jia was anxious, Pang De was even more anxious, but the speed really couldn't be faster, Pang De said helplessly: "Back to the military division, this speed is already the limit, the road is too wide, we can't completely occupy it!" ”
There is no way to say that it is five or six miles wide here, and it is difficult to arrange the fortifications in a short period of time, which is also a matter of no choice, who let Guo Jia come late, Meng Ge is unwilling to wait, there is also a reason, because once the time is late, the chance of the coalition army discovering will increase, and when the time comes, it will not be possible to launch an attack at the same time, the greater the danger on the other side, and the encirclement will not be broken by each one, which is not a thing.
"Forget it!" As soon as he heard that there was no way to be faster, Guo Jia was also very helpless, so he had to give up, now he looked at the soldiers in front of him, if he could break the enemy army, it would be great.
The key is that the two cavalry battalions, 7,000 cavalry against the remnants of the coalition army, if they win, it is a great achievement, and if they are defeated, they can only let the enemy flee.
At this moment, Pang Lianhu and Ma Chao have been nervous, but there is a cavalry army of the enemy army in front, and the enemy army has a numerical advantage in the battle situation, no one knows whether they can defeat the enemy army now.
Seeing that the enemy army was less than five miles, Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Kill with me!" ”
With a loud shout, the sound of horses' hooves broke out in an instant, Pang Lianhu also moved, and the two cavalry troops rushed out at the same time, bound to give the enemy a head-on blow, and success or failure was in this move.
The army that suddenly appeared, Yuan Shu was completely frightened, he never dreamed that there would be cavalry here.
Yuan Shu suddenly lost his voice and said: "What's the matter, how can the enemy army be in the rear of our army?" ”
But no one could answer his question, and time could not allow him to talk nonsense, Ma Chao and Pang Lianhu killed him in a blink of an eye.
"Shoot!" Pang Lianhu moved out of the rush again, although it was a half-baked rush, but it was enough to disturb the enemy army, but no one would have thought that this blow would be fatal.
The chaotic rain of arrows, the crooked and slanted flying, the coalition army has long been a frightened bird, watching the arrows flying everywhere, for a time a large number of soldiers fell off their horses, and some horses lost their front hooves, it is estimated that they pulled the reins, but they were thrown out by the momentum, and the coalition cavalry was in chaos.
"This!" Pang Lianhu looked at all this in surprise, who would have thought that this would be the result, his original intention was just to disrupt the enemy army, but this random shooting actually led to mass casualties.
"Rush!" Seeing that the opportunity could not be lost, Ma Chao pointed at the golden gun and instantly entered the coalition formation, and in an instant, people turned on their backs, like a sharp knife pierced into the heart of the coalition army, the suffocating black armor torrent, a coalition army who killed in the face cried dad and shouted mother.
From a distance, it looked like a black cone had pierced into the enemy's formation, and it was still piercing, and the coalition forces were caught off guard, the cause of which was the indiscriminate shooting of Lianchengbi, but the war did not allow him to think about it.
"Brothers, rush me!" Pang Lianhu immediately shouted, and in an instant, he led his troops into the enemy formation, and this time it made the coalition even worse, and the two cavalry instantly set off a merciless killing.
"Ahh The soldiers of the coalition army screamed continuously, without stirrups and saddles, and their combat strength was far inferior, the casualties of the coalition army continued to increase, and in a short period of time, I don't know how many people died.
"What's going on! What's going on! Yuan Shu was almost crazy, and finally ran out, but he didn't expect to hit the sharp knife, and this hit was a bleeding head.
"Lord, hurry up and run, the enemy is about to kill!" Ji Ling struggled to hold on to the war horse, trying to avoid the impact of the enemy, but the enemy came too fast, and he could barely react to the speed.
Just as they were retreating in both directions, Ma Chao led his troops to kill quickly, and immediately set off a bloody storm, and they were about to kill in front of Yuan Shu.
"Lord, let's go, I'll stop the enemy!" At the critical moment, the pro-soldiers stood up, and dozens of pro-soldiers rushed forward desperately, wanting to block Ma Chao's soldiers and buy time for Yuan Shu to escape.
But they were facing Ma Chao, and behind Ma Chao, there were wolf-like cavalry, and they couldn't stop it at all.
"Poof!" With an understatement, I saw a cold light flashing, and in an instant acquaintance fell off the horse, and his head rose to the sky in an instant.
Not far away, Yuan Shu was fleeing in a hurry, under the escort of Ji Ling, Yuan Shu desperately wanted to break away from the team, and at this moment he only had the word escape in his mind.
The enemy formation that is almost pierced by a dozen pieces, Guo Jia saw a little inexplicable from a distance, it stands to reason that the coalition army will not be so bad when he escapes, but the facts tell him that in fact, the coalition army is really vulnerable.
Guo Jia said to himself suspiciously: "Could it be that I am too worried, the fighting spirit of the coalition forces is far lower than my estimate!" ”
Pound didn't care so much, the coalition army was broken, and then Pound was overjoyed: "Military division, the enemy's fighting spirit is not high, this is a good thing!" Let's close the net! ”
After thinking for a while, Guo Jia reacted and hurriedly said: "Collect, hurry up, take advantage of the broken up of the coalition forces, and leave them all!" The whole army is attacking, don't worry about any fortifications, all of them will surround me! ”
At this time, of course Guo Jia knew what to do, the coalition army was so uncompetitive, then he didn't need to be polite, he was still counting on the fortifications, if the coalition army rushed through the cavalry blockade, first relied on the fortifications to stabilize, and then took the opportunity to surround and kill, now it seems that there is no need.
The coalition forces were almost completely scattered, and they had long since become a plate of scattered sand, so that the enemy was better to deal with, and simply surrounded and killed, without any tactics at all.
Guo Jia's military order quickly worked, the people who were originally hiding behind immediately rushed out, and quickly killed the battlefield, at this time, the coalition army was like sheep, if they didn't take this opportunity to do it, then when.
The former army was broken, which was undoubtedly worse for the coalition army, Liu Dai had the heart to die, and immediately scolded: "Damn, Yuan Shu, this bastard, the front army has been broken, and we have to be finished with it!" ”
The enemy army was menacing, Wang Zhong's legs were weak, and when he heard Liu Dai's words, he immediately said in horror: "My lord, what should I do now?" Hurry up and think of a way, and it's over! ”
"Method, way, what is the way, hurry up and run!" Liu Dai slapped the horse's buttocks, and immediately began to turn, he didn't want to collide with the enemy head-on, it was definitely dead or alive, just look at Yuan Shu's fate.
He Liu Dai is self-aware, compared to Yuan Shu's cavalry, his own people are probably even worse, it is better to take this opportunity to escape, maybe they can escape, Liu Dai's more than 1,000 cavalry quickly broke away, at this time, there was a funny scene immediately, and the coalition formation seemed to be broken into two sections from the middle.
"This!" Yuan Shao's brain was a little insufficient, he didn't understand what was going on in front of him at all, he was running slowly, so he hadn't seen what was happening in front of him, and he was completely confused this time.
In the high-speed gallop, the judge never forgot to observe the situation, and soon he realized it, and the judge suddenly said in horror: "Oh no, lord, it must be the enemy army blocking the road!" ”
"What?" Yuan Shao almost fell off his horse, and the enemy army in front blocked the way, how could Yuan Shao not know what this meant.
The situation was critical, and the judge immediately said: "It's too late, lord, our army must immediately turn around and take another path!" ”
How dare Yuan Shao slack off, at this moment he was even frightened, and immediately ordered: "Order, the whole army will be rerouted!" ”
If the enemy is surrounded, ten lives are not enough for the enemy to kill, he Yuan Shao does not want to fall into the hands of Meng Ge, as the leader of the Kwantung Alliance, how can Meng Ge let him Yuan Benchu go.
"What's going on?" Guo Jia is considered to have seen a lot, strange things happen every year, especially this year, this coalition army doesn't know what the hell is doing, so they scattered themselves and began to flee for their lives in a hurry.
The coalition army turned his head without hesitation, Guo Jia hadn't come back to his senses at this time, but Pang De was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Military division, what should I do, it seems that I can't catch the net!" ”
Guo Jia waved his hand to stop Pang De, with a strange face: "Let's not talk about this first, Ling Ming, are you saying that the coalition forces are too stupid, since I can set up an ambush on this road, why can't I ambush on another road?" ”
Pound was stunned, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and said, "This, the last general really doesn't know!" ”
The coalition forces obediently changed their path, which Guo Jia did not expect, since this road is not passable, the same is the same for the other road, and the other road is even more desperate.
The coalition forces scattered and fled again, and Guo Jia did not start a pursuit, but ordered to slowly gather his troops and besiege the remnants of the troops in front on the spot, just as Guo Jia launched the siege.
The other two cavalry divisions were also very busy, and tens of thousands of troops of the coalition army squeezed out of Caoyang City, and a large number of troops fell behind, and these people were the biggest obstacles.
Because of their presence, the eyes hindered the pursuit of Zhang Liao and Pang Lianhu.
"Listen to me, those who descend will not be killed!"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way of those who surrender, don't get in the way!"
All kinds of voices filled the battlefield, and Zhang Liao desperately wanted to open the passage, but there were too many coalition forces, and they were too scattered, and he couldn't rush through for a while......
(To be continued)