Chapter 70: A Safe Return
Although the battle was short, it was tragic and abnormal, Wei Yazi never thought that the combat power of the Wei army would be so strong! Originally, Wei Yazi thought that with the two hundred Praetorian Guards on hand, he could completely crush this Wei army composed of three hundred elites and two hundred old and weak soldiers. As a result, the Praetorian Guard lost more than a hundred people before they barely took the other side.
After eliminating the outermost two hundred old and weak soldiers, Wei Yazi had already discovered that the people protected by this Wei army were by no means simple. Because in the face of the powerful offensive of the Praetorian Guard, although the opponent was an old and weak soldier, he would rather die than take a half step back, not only that, but they also gathered into a small formation of three or five people, rushing towards the Praetorian Guard one after another, and resisted stubbornly. And the reaction of the remaining three hundred elites on the other side was even more extraordinary, they decisively left half of them to contain the Praetorian Guard, and the other half covered a man, a woman, and a young child to retreat quickly. What does this mean? This shows that the other side takes the people they protect very seriously and is not willing to take the slightest risk.
The strange timing, the cover of the army, and all kinds of signs indicate that the identities of these three people are absolutely extraordinary. Although he was saddened by the casualties of his men, Wei Yazi still ordered the other party to be captured alive. Wei Yazi only hopes that the other party's worth can make up for his losses, otherwise, after returning to the camp, King Han will definitely not be able to spare himself.
King Wei looked at the Praetorian Guards who were getting closer and closer and had a hideous face, and while he was surprised by the extremely strong combat power of the other party, he felt more sad and mournful. I knew that I wouldn't be out of town! Even if you stay in Daliang, even if Daliang City is broken, you can win a reputation for co-living and dying with Daliang, where is it like now, you were actually captured alive by the Han army! Of course, King Wei thought about committing suicide immediately to save his name, but looking at the long sword that was within reach three steps away, King Wei suddenly lost the courage to commit suicide! It turned out that he was still afraid of death. Especially when he saw the panicked queen and the young and ignorant prince beside him, King Wei knew. I can't just die.
"Where are you? Get your name now! Wei Yazi's blood-dripping long sword pointed directly at King Wei, and said in an unkind tone. Behind him, the angry Praetorian Guards stared at the King of Wei and the queen and prince behind the King of Wei, and stepped forward to kill the other party if they didn't agree with each other.
In this oppressive atmosphere, the crown prince of Wei was already crying, and the queen of Wei could barely maintain her composure. But it was also on the verge of collapse. King Wei looked at the queen and prince behind him, knowing that his identity was absolutely impossible to conceal the past, so he simply mustered up the last trace of courage, stopped the long sword pointing at the queen and the prince, and maintained the last trace of majesty as the king of Wei with a righteous tone and a squinting look.
"The widow is the king of Wei! Behind the widow is the queen and the prince, take the widow to see the king of Han! Wei State, willing to surrender! In the end, King Wei's tone was extremely tired.
War. It's finally over, but not in the way Wei wants. No one expected that the Wei State, which was a dignified Central Plains power, and the first Wei State to change its law after the split of the Jin State, would be beaten by a once weak country and had no power to fight back, and the monarch, queen, and prince of Wei were even captured!
The king of Wei is now carried away by remorse, if he had not colluded with the Qin state in the first place; If he had handed over Wei Qi at the right time and ceded Dongjun; If you don't send troops out of the city to attack Korea; If you don't escape from the girder. Maybe, no. Definitely, I will not fall into this miserable end. King Wei could almost predict his end, and he would definitely die in a foreign land like King Chu Huai. And the state of Wei either ceased to exist or re-elected another monarch. And this person can only be Xinlingjun.
Hearing that the King of Wei claimed to be the monarch of Wei, Wei Yazi knew that he had hit a big luck, provided that the other party did not lie. However, just looking at the other side's guards are so loyal and good at fighting. Wei Yazi felt that the possibility of the other party lying was very low. Moreover, it is a time of war, who will go out with their wives and sons! In any case, confirming the identity of the other party has become the most important thing at the moment, and the original task of detecting the enemy situation has become irrelevant. It's just that none of the three of them carried any tokens that could prove their identities, Wei Yazi had never seen King Wei, the woman and the child only knew how to cry and cry, and Wei Yazi was not sure if the other party was deceiving himself!
For the sake of safety, Wei Yazi of course asked this person who called himself "King Wei" many questions, such as whether the Dongjun side knew the news that the King of Wei had absconded to Dongjun, such as how the King of Wei absconded from Daliang, etc., but the King of Wei was silent about it. Wei Yazi was annoyed, but he had no way to deal with King Wei, because no one knew what King Han's attitude was towards King Wei, and he couldn't torture him in private, so for a while, the situation was deadlocked.
There was still more than an hour before dark, and it was best to cross the river at night, so as not to startle the snakes, but Wei Yazi decided not to wait any longer and crossed the river immediately. Because for the Praetorian Guard, the worst case is that now the Dongjun side has known about the arrival of the King of Wei, and met the King of Wei at a predetermined place without a scheduled time, and the Dongjun army knows that something happened to the King of Wei no matter how stupid it is. In this situation, the Praetorian Guard was already under siege. What needs to be done now is to jump out of the encirclement before the Wei army closes it.
Fortunately, there are many places suitable for crossing the river on both sides of the Jishui River, and the Wei army's strength is limited, so it naturally focuses on ferries that can cross a large number of men and horses, and the defense of some small ferries is not so close. After paying the price of a dozen Praetorian Guards, the Korean army took control of a very small crossing. It's a pity that all the ships at the ferry port were concentrated by the Wei army at the big ferry, and there was no one boat. The hiding place of the boats used by the Korean army to cross the river last night suddenly gathered a large number of Wei troops, and the Praetorian Guards had no choice but to set up some simple rafts to cross the river.
There were no dangers along the way, and Wei Yazi finally led seventy-four people (including the three of the King of Wei) to successfully return from the other side. The remaining 129 were laid to rest on the other side. On the opposite shore that Wei Yazi couldn't see, Han Courage looked at the messy battlefield in a hurry, regretting that he had come too late! All the five hundred Wei troops were killed in battle, the King of Wei, the Queen of Wei, and the Prince of Wei did not know where to go, and there were no less than 100 corpses of Han soldiers left at the scene, it was obvious that the King of Wei was in danger!
"Pass on General Ben's order, immediately dispatch all the troops, block all the ferries, and General Ben will catch this South Korean army before dark! Remember, it's a raw capture! Han said with courage.
"Whoa!" The herald was gone.
Looking at everyone's sincere and frightened appearance, Han Yong's heart was faintly uneasy, of course Han Yong concealed the news of the disappearance of the three Wei kings, if the army knew the news, it would not be completely chaotic! The only hope that Han Yong has now is that the King of Wei has successfully escaped, or that the Han army that captured the King of Wei has not had time to cross the river! In this way, there is still room for things to turn around, otherwise, what awaits Wei will be a catastrophe!
"Alas! Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Why didn't you send someone to let Wechen pick you up earlier! Is it because I'm afraid that the minister will know the exit of the secret passage?! In the deepest part of Han Yong's heart, a feeling of sorrow poured out.
Thirty miles north of Daliang, the military tent in the camp of the Korean army.
Today is the first day of the ROK army's assault on Daliang, and the ROK army launched a strong attack on Daliang from four directions at the same time, and after four hours, 8,000 casualties were collected and returned to the camp. This intensity of the attack was enough to put a lot of pressure on the defenders of Daliang, you must know that in these four hours, the Wei army killed more than 3,000 people, of which more than 1,000 were the few remaining elites of the Wei State. The Liang side has already seen that the ROK army's attack this day is just a temptation. Tomorrow is the time to truly test the defenders of Daliang.
King Han summoned all the generals at this moment, in order to make the four gates coordinate well and take the girder at the lowest cost. But as soon as the closed-door meeting began, it was interrupted by the leader of the guards who was on duty.
"Your Majesty! Sun Long, the chief of the Praetorian Guard, has an urgent matter to see outside! Hearing this, King Han was stunned. For the trump card of the Praetorian Guard in his hand, King Han is naturally very familiar. The 3,000 Praetorian Guards were almost the prototype of special forces in this era, and the training method also referred to the training syllabus of later generations of special forces. Especially at the level of the uncle, the decentralization to the army is at least the preservation of thousands of generals. Of course, King Han knows who Gongsun Long is, if he remembers correctly, Gongsun Long should have followed Wei Yazi to the other side of Jishui to reconnoiter the enemy! Could it be that the matter he came to report was related to the East County Army? Thinking of this, King Han did not dare to slack off. What's more, King Han knew that if the military situation said by the other party didn't matter, the leader of his personal guard would not take the liberty of breaking in.
"Pass him in!" King Han ordered.
"Whoa!" The leader of the guards then walked out and brought Gongsun Long in.
When Gongsun Long saw Queen Han, he first made a big salute, and then said happily: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the last general was ordered to go to the other side of Jishui with the Marquis of Wei to investigate, and luckily captured the three of King Wei, Queen Wei, and Prince Wei." Now Wei Duhou is escorting three people here! The last general has come to report good news to the king! ”
The monarchs and ministers in the big tent were immediately stunned by this amazing news, and their first reaction was that this was definitely fake news, either Wei Yazi had caught the wrong person, or the person in front of him was a fine work of Wei State! King Wei was obviously still in Daliang City, how could he suddenly appear in Dongjun on the other side of Jishui?! It was so coincidental that he was caught by two hundred Praetorian Guards led by Wei Yazi?!
Seeing that King Han and the ministers were suspicious, Gongsun Long was a little anxious, and immediately told the ins and outs of the matter, and said conclusively that it would not take half an hour for Wei Yazi to escort the three of them over. When the time comes, it will be clear which is right and which is wrong.
King Han naturally believed that Wei Yazi would not dare to bully the king, but this news was too important and directly related to the development of the next battle. I couldn't wait for King Han to be in the mood to wait, so he immediately dispatched a thousand feather forest troops, accompanied by Li Mu, Meng Fu, Fan Sui and others, and went straight to more than ten miles away! (To be continued......)
PS: Is it King Wei? Is that so sure?