Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Fall of the Capital
Outside the north gate of the capital, Hua An, who had been watching the battle from a distance, saw that there seemed to be a fire flashing in the direction when he came, he looked carefully for a long time, and found that an army with torches was rushing here.
"You see, there's a troop of men coming here." Hua An stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance.
When the soldiers heard the sound, they looked into the distance and were shocked.
"It's a familiar formation, it's General Zu Lian's soldiers and horses, it's bad, our army's reinforcements have not been seen for a long time, but the enemy's reinforcements have arrived first." A soldier said anxiously.
"There seems to be a fire in the east and northwest, too." Huaan shouted again.
"Oh no, it must be the two rebels from the East Gate and Stone Town who are here, and now our army is surrounded, what should I do." The soldiers immediately looked at each other.
Hua An was also shocked when he heard this, it is obvious that our army has the advantage, why are there rebels everywhere now, and the eight thousand forbidden troops in the capital have evaporated from the world. Now the rebels are still some distance away, and they must inform the master to evacuate as much as possible.
"Driving ......" Hua'an clamped the horse's belly and galloped towards the battlefield in front of him.
"Little brother, the two armies in front are fighting fiercely, you can't go." There was a concerned sound of stopping from behind him.
Hua An'an ignored it and continued to ride his horse forward.
"Brethren, we will follow. Driving ......" The ten soldiers who were ordered to protect Hua'an saw Hua'an rushing to the battlefield regardless of the danger, and immediately rode their horses to follow behind.
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At the east gate of the capital, the restless Yu Liang paced back and forth in the city gate, at this moment his heart was extremely depressed, the dignified three thousand well-equipped forbidden army faced two thousand rebels, and most of them ran before they fought, and the rest ran half when they retreated into the city.
"My lord, the defenders of the north gate have all been ordered to arrive, please review it." Yin Hao, who led the defenders of the north gate to gallop all the way, saw Yu Liang and immediately dismounted, stepped forward and said.
"Yin Hao, you're here, great, great." Yu Liang saw that Yin Hao had brought back two thousand North Gate defenders intact, and couldn't help but praise them again and again.
"What are your plans at the moment?" Yin Hao asked softly.
Yu Liang lowered his head and pondered for a while, raised his head and sighed, and said lightly: "The capital is definitely not able to hold it now, once Su Jun breaks through the capital, our lives will definitely not be guaranteed, and the only way to survive is to immediately lead the army to evacuate the capital, but in this way, the emperor and the imperial ministers of the capital will definitely fall into the hands of the rebels, and the official will escape alone, how safe is his heart!" ”
After Yu Liang finished speaking, he actually stretched out his hand to try the corner of his eye, making a sad and tearful look.
"Your Excellency's sincerity to the imperial court can be seen in the world, and now the rebels are playing the banner of 'Qingjun Side', I don't think they dare to do anything to the emperor." Yin Hao pretended to be moved, and said with a tragic cry: "Now only the adults first get out of the tiger's mouth, and then gather the loyal people of the world to crusade against the traitors, can we rescue the emperor and stabilize the society. ”
"That's the only way," Yu Liang nodded, knelt down facing the direction of the palace, and said silently: "Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely lead the prince back as soon as possible to exterminate the traitors, please bear with the emperor for a few days." ”
Yin Hao saw that Yu Liang still had the heart to pray, and said hurriedly: "My lord, I have already decided where to go, General Han outside the north gate is afraid that it won't last long, once Han Qian's army is defeated and the rebels rush over, we can't leave if we want to." ”
Yu Liang was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and said: "General Wen Qiao of Xunyang City has a good relationship with this official, so we will go to Xunyang immediately." ”
"Open the city gate, and the army immediately marches to Xunyang." Yin Hao ordered loudly.
The 3,000 forbidden army, under the leadership of Yu Liang, abandoned the capital and fled to Xunyang overnight, leaving only an empty city undefended.
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The battle outside the north gate of the capital has entered a white-hot stage, and the soldiers on both sides are all red-eyed, and everyone's eyes are full of violence.
"Die." Han Qian burst into a shout, raised the big knife in his hand, and slashed at a rebel in front of him, and suddenly the rebel's head was cut off, and then with a backhand knife, he cut down the two rebels who were approaching him with a gun to the ground, Han Qian rushed into the flock like a fierce tiger, wantonly slashing the surrounding rebel soldiers.
"Han Qian, take your life." Su Jun couldn't help but be furious when he saw Han Qian wantonly killing his subordinates, and raised the big axe in his hand to kill Han Qian.
"Su Jun'er, it's just in time." Han Qian raised his knife and killed Su Jun head-on.
"Bell ......" The intersection of knives and axes made a piercing impact sound, Han Qian withdrew the big knife, turned around and slashed at Su Jun again, Su Jun did not show weakness, and raised the big axe to block it head-on.
"Su Jun, you will definitely lose, why don't you get off your horse and surrender quickly." Han Qian raised his knife and pointed it at Su Jun and scolded loudly.
"Hahaha, Han Qian, you are too happy, our army reinforcements have been killed from the east, west, and northwest, and the person who should surrender should be you." Su Jun glared angrily at each other.
"Su Jun, don't be arrogant, in the capital, the eight thousand forbidden troops are recuperating, and they will be killed from the city gate later, and there is no chance if you want to surrender." Han Qian reprimanded.
"Hahaha, don't say that there are 8,000 people in those 'boys' soldiers, even if there are 80,000 people, I am not afraid, let them usually scare the people of the capital, it is okay to guard the city wall in wartime, if it is about field battles, I Su Jun can defeat his 100,000 army with 1,000 soldiers." After Su Jun finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed.
At this time, the commanders of both sides were playing psychological warfare, in order to boost the morale of their own army, because the battlefield was blazing and the sound of killing was shocking, they could not even notice the army approaching in the distance.
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"Master, master." Hua An rode his horse and rushed not far behind Han Qian.
There were no rebels coming at him along the way, but a few sporadic arrows grazed his ears and caused him to make a false alarm.
Han Qian looked back and saw that Hua An was not far behind him, so he immediately raised his knife and slashed at Su Junxu, and then turned his horse back.
"The battlefield sword has no eyes, who let you come." When Han Qian saw Hua An, he couldn't help but reprimand.
Hua An also had no intention of arguing, he looked at the bloody battlefield around him and hurriedly said, "Master, quickly withdraw!" The rebels have pressed on from three sides, with a strength of about 6,000, but our reinforcements are nowhere to be found, and if we do not leave, our army will be completely annihilated. ”
Han Qian was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't believe that this was true, he made up his mind and said resolutely: "Can't retreat, our army was ordered to conquer Su Jun, how can we retreat at will, besides, as soon as our army retreats, Su Jun will press from behind, and our army is in danger of being completely dispersed. ”
"General, the rebels are about to encircle our army, and the morale of our generals is low, let's withdraw quickly!" Chen Xiong rode over and persuaded.
Hua An also followed and persuaded: "Master, Hua An has been watching from a distance for a long time, the strength of the enemy and us is equal, our army only has a slight advantage, and now the soldiers know that the rebels are surrounded, and the morale is low, it is impossible to defeat the rebels in a short time, so let's withdraw quickly!" ”
Han Qian's brows furrowed, he looked up at the north gate of the capital in the distance, sighed, and ordered: "After the cavalry is broken, the infantry will immediately retreat to the northern mountains. ”
"The infantry immediately withdrew to the mountains with General Han, and all the cavalry was cut off with me." Chen Xiong shouted the order.
Eight hundred infantry heard the order and followed behind Han Qian, and withdrew from the battlefield in turn, as soon as the infantry left, the pressure on the cavalry was great, but fortunately, the cavalry finally joined the battlefield and did not suffer from the large-scale arrow rain of the rebels, and only lost less than a hundred in the fierce battle, plus his own personal soldiers of nearly 100 cavalry, Chen Xiong took a total of 500 cavalry to fight against the 1,000 rebels pressed by Su Jun.
By the time the infantry was safely evacuated, two of the rebel reinforcements had already arrived, and Chen Xiong's 500 cavalry was only 400 left, and he took 400 cavalry to fight and retreat. Retreating towards the mountains.
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"Poor Kou Mo chase, all the horses immediately withdraw." Su Jun shouted, and the pursuing rebel soldiers and horses immediately retreated.
Kuang Xiao, the rebel general who rushed to the reinforcements first, was puzzled: "General, the enemy's rear guard cavalry is less than 500, and our army is pursuing the total annihilation of this cavalry at this time. ”
Su Jun sneered, looked at the capital not far away, and said leisurely: "Han Qian is a hard bone, the general has no time to fight him, the front is the capital, as long as our army enters the capital, the world will be in the general's bag, hahaha." ”
Zu Lian, who arrived one step later, complimented: "General Su, in my opinion, capturing the capital is our top priority, besides, in this Jiang Mountain, there is neither grain and grass nor medicinal materials, and several surrounding towns are also under the control of our army, and the enemy army will die of hunger and pain in the mountains for three days at most, and there is no need to spend a single soldier of our army."
"Zu Lianxian's nephew, these enemy generals are all subordinates personally trained by your father, General Zu Di, so don't you feel distressed if they starve to death in the mountains?" Su Jun said tentatively.
"This is all caused by Han Qian's ignorance of current affairs, and he is to blame, so I can't blame him." Zu Lian looked disdainful.
Su Jun listened, nodded with satisfaction, and turned slightly sideways to Kuang Xiao beside him, "Order, the whole army and horses will immediately attack the capital, I will stay overnight in the dragon bed tonight, and personally enjoy the taste of being the emperor, hahaha." ”
After Su Jun finished speaking, he stroked his chin and beard, and laughed wildly.
"All the soldiers, follow the generals to the capital." Kuang Xiao burst into shouts and led the army to attack the north gate of the capital.
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"General Chen Xiong is back."
Hearing this, Han Qian hurriedly got up to greet him, looked at Chen Xiong with a bloody face, and hurriedly asked, "How is it, have the five hundred cavalry returned?" Did the rebels chase after them. ”
Chen Xiong sighed and said, "The loss is more than a hundred, but fortunately, the rebels ordered not to pursue, otherwise it will ......"
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Han Qian comforted.
"General, now that all the officers and soldiers of our army are injured, the nearby towns must also be controlled by the rebels, there is no food and no medicine in the mountains, where will our army go, please make a decision quickly." Chen Xiong asked, looking at the soldier lying on the ground moaning.
Han Qian's brows tightened, and he couldn't find a suitable place to stay for a while.
Hua'an on the side is bright, the location of the "Royal Hunting Ground" is hidden, there are complete medicinal materials, there is a lot of edible game, and there are many barracks built by the forbidden army to live in, at this time the forbidden army guarding must have run away, isn't this a good place.
"Master, I know of a good place to go, and the army may be able to be stationed there temporarily." Hua An on the side said.
"Where,"
"Walking along the mountain road, you can see a valley over a hill in the distance, and there is only one exit from the valley, and at the exit there are hundreds of barracks of forbidden soldiers to live in, and the valley has all kinds of herbs and game, which can meet the needs of thousands of soldiers." Hua An stretched out his hand and pointed far away.
"Okay, great, we'll go there." Han Qian ordered: "The whole army will be drawn immediately." ”
Four hundred cavalry and eight hundred infantry rushed towards the target valley when they heard the order.