Chapter Eighty-Nine: Retirement
Zhao Ting's dragon stick was full of power, and wherever the stick hit, it immediately opened a bloody path.
The Panlong stick was originally created by Zhao Kuangyin, and the stick method was also taught to him by Zhao Kuangyin. It's just that later Zhao Ting's martial arts were refined and comprehended, and the blue was better than the blue. Now he is so powerful and domineering, as if the gods are invincible.
The soldiers who defended the city retreated one after another, and the guards on the cliff and the red kite were able to successfully ascend the city.
Yun Yueqi was also extremely surprised, he knew that Zhao Ting's martial arts were strong, and now seeing him show it, it was even more difficult to do it.
Zhao Ting led people into the city, the Shu army was already scattered, and now the shouting and killing outside the city shook the sky, and the Song army attacked the city in a panic, and the Song army came behind him, and he didn't know the situation, and thought that the other city gates had been breached, and immediately shouted and scattered in all directions.
The other soldiers, who did not know it, also panicked when they heard this, and the city itself became in chaos first.
There has been no war in Shu for many years, the lord of the country is mediocre and incompetent, the soldiers have not practiced all year round, and most of the generals' official positions are hereditary or bought with money, where do they have the combat experience to deal with.
In the past, with the danger of the mountains and the fortified city, the number of people several times that of the Song army could resist the attack, but now they heard shouts everywhere "The Song army has entered the city".
The army's heart suddenly burst like the water that broke the embankment, and it was out of control.
Meng Xuanzhe, the prince of Shu, and Wang Zhaoyuan, the commander of the southwest camp, reinforced Jianmen, and they had just come for two days.
Wang Zhaoyuan also inspected the city defense in the past two days, looking at the Shu army and horses several times that were several times that of the Song army, his confidence doubled, thinking that as long as he held the sword gate and made this great contribution, the future power in the court and the central government would be greatly increased, and the emperor would also rely on it very much.
Thinking that he will soon be glorious, he is very proud, accompanying the prince at night, listening to the little music and watching Mei Ji Yan dance so happily, and he has been drunk until he rests in the second half of the night.
And the crown prince Meng Xuanzhe didn't know what war was at all, so he set out from the capital with a huge team of musicians, dancers, slaves, and maids, which were like a parade, and even brought a few of the most favored beauties.
The people looked at the people all the way and thought it was the prince's usual parade, and all they knew was shaking their heads and sighing, where is this going to war, it is like going to the garden.
When he arrived at Jianmen, Meng Xuanzhe disliked the crampedness of the Jianmen Mansion, and thought that he would order someone to expand a large courtyard tomorrow to make his living more spacious and comfortable.
Singing day and night, Mei Ji listened to the music, and even the city wall didn't have time to take a look.
The two of them didn't sit hot yet, and before they woke up, they heard an urgent report from the people below, and the Song army began to attack the city.
They all looked incredulous.
The crown prince Meng Xuanzhe was at a loss, his face was blindfolded, and he had no combat experience, and his fists and embroidered legs didn't play a role, so he didn't know what to do.
Wang Zhaoyuan rushed in disheveled.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... The Song army had already entered the city. Your Highness, please leave quickly. ”
Meng Xuanzhe grabbed him and shouted, "General Wang, why did the Song army enter the city?" Aren't our walls impregnable? "He couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it.
"Hey, the old man didn't expect that the Song army was attacking from the cliff in the south. Who would have thought that the place where birds and beasts could not go up, how Song Jun went up. ”
"Then there is only perseverance, once the sword gate is lost, the Shu Kingdom will be over." Meng Xuanzhe shouted with a crying voice. He thought he was going to be here for a long time.
"But when the Song army entered the city, I don't know which gate was breached, and it seems that it can't be defended."
"Why can't we hold on to tens of thousands of people, isn't there only a few tens of thousands of Song troops outside the city?"
"Your Highness, the Song army has always been brave in battle, and our Shu army is okay to defend the city, who is willing to fight in the streets? Now it's chaotic outside, and the old man can't stop it. ”
"Jianmen Pass, the most dangerous Jianmen in the world, do you have to give up like this?" Meng Xuanzhe thought that if he went back like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to keep the position of the prince, and he was at a loss.
"Your Highness, you first return to Furong City to tell the emperor. Here the old man is here. Get out of here! Wang Zhaoyuan jumped to his feet anxiously and hurriedly beckoned. The palace and guards who were waiting for the prince on the side hurriedly stepped forward, pulling and pulling, and escorted Meng Xuanzhe away.
Meng Xuanzhe was demented, his face was dazed, and he was dragged away in disheveled clothes, he couldn't accept this reality, and he couldn't understand why it was so. He was put into a carriage by the guards and escorted to Furong City.
Wang Zhaoyuan actually didn't know much about the situation outside, he had no intention of sticking to it, and the first thing he thought of when he heard the rumors outside was to flee for his life. He tried his best to send the prince away, so that he could escape.
He didn't want the prince to go back and report that he would run for his life first. I thought that the Sword Gate couldn't be kept anyway, so it was better to let it go and take the main force to defend the next city.
The idea was to defend the Jianmen to the death, and he led the main force to withdraw from the Jianmen and fled to Hanyuanpo, wanting to retreat there.
Jianmen was so dangerous that he did not defend it, but retreated to Hanyuanpo, and Wang Zhaoyuan was incapable of misleading the country. The most important thing is that he is afraid of death, and he doesn't dare to resist and gives himself an excuse.
Zhao Ting took the red kite all the way to kill, the city was in chaos, everyone was already determined to die, knowing that the Shu army in the city was several times larger than himself, once the other party realized that it was only a small force into the city, it was bound to fall into a heavy encirclement.
Although the Song army outside was attacking fiercely, the Jianmen City was not easy to break, and it couldn't enter for a while.
Zhao Ting originally wanted to follow the strategy of attacking Yangzhou at the beginning, bluff, and then concentrate on seizing the south gate, as long as he could open a city gate and put the Song army in, then the chances of victory would be great.
But he didn't expect that his mere 2,000 people had just rushed and killed for a while, and before he could capture the south gate, he saw that the Shu army was mobilizing itself. Most of the troops who had been stationed at the city gates retreated, opened the city gates and withdrew.
And the team also waved a big "king" handsome flag.
Wang Zhaoyuan fled without a fight?
Zhao Ting was really surprised, knowing that Shu was vulnerable, but such a strategy also made him unheard of. I can't help but cry and laugh.
Wang Zhaoyuan retreated with the main force, and the Shu army in Jianmen City had no power to fight back, Zhao Ting led people to kill under the city gate, opened the city gate, and the Song army suddenly poured into Jianmen like a tide.
It didn't take long for the Sword Gate to be breached, capturing a number of generals and many Shu soldiers.
Yun Yueqi took the red kites to break through the Sword Gate, and saw that the overall situation had been decided, so he quietly left.
No one saw them coming, and no one saw them go. It was a thousand royal palace guards who climbed over the cliff together, and there was not much left after this battle.
Even if they survived, they didn't know where these people came from from the beginning, so they couldn't ask if they disappeared.
Yun Yueqi just said briefly: "Your Highness, it's time to leave in the next place." ”
Zhao Ting knew that he had his own arrangements, so he didn't say much and stayed, hugged his fists and said: "Don't thank you for your great kindness, the coming day will be long, Brother Yueqi take care." ”
Yun Yueqi clenched her fists and turned away.
The rest of the red kites also disappeared at some point.
Zhao Ting is not surprised, after all, they are shadow guards, and it is a great favor to be able to appear in times of crisis and help them.
The Song army did not kill prisoners of war, but only settled them. The captured generals were all escorted to the border between Song and Shu, and officials were sent by the DPRK and China to be responsible for rectification and resettlement.
It turned out that it had been discussed long before the destruction of Shu, and Zhao Kuangyin ordered Zhao Pu to supervise the construction of many houses and resettlement places, just to settle the captives and vassals of Shu.
Therefore, the war of the Song Dynasty against Shu was a war for which everything had been prepared. It's just that Shu has lived in peace for many years but does not think about danger, and thinks that if it is solid, it can sit back and relax.
Zhao Ting appeased the people in the city, and as usual, he did not commit any crimes.