Chapter 404: Cage
"Jizhou Army, what do you want to do?"
Seeing everyone leaving, Yu Qing's eyes flashed, and he muttered to himself.
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Soon, it was nighttime.
After receiving the message from his mother, Meng Chen immediately descended to the world of gods.
All the armies have been arranged, and under Meng Chen's order, 30,000 Jizhou troops came out of Xicheng and Beicheng.
Xicheng was led by Su Quanzhong, Zheng Lun, Xin Huan, Deng Zhong, Tao Rong, Zhang Jie, Pang Hong, Liu Fu and other ten generals, led 20,000 troops, and went straight to the Wen Zhong army and Xiqi army company camp under the command of Yu Qing and Nangong Shi.
Meng Chen took the dragon beard tiger alone, led 10,000 light horsemen, and quickly went to Shenlongping to attack the camp of the alliance of the northern princes of the 36th Road.
Xicheng was the closest to the main camp of the merchant army led by Yu Qing, and at about three watches, the army approached near the merchant camp.
Under the bombardment of Xin Huan, Deng Zhong, Tao Rong, and Zheng Lun's Taoism and magic weapons, the defense of the merchant army on the periphery of the camp failed to play any role, and almost collapsed at the touch of a button.
Yu Qing, who had become a frightened bird, immediately ordered the whole army to defend, transferred nearly 30,000 people, and built a tight defense in front of the eastern camp to resist the impact of the Jizhou army.
It's a pity that under the power of thunder and lightning inspired by Xin Huan's flight, this kind of camp defense is completely useless, and it was blasted away by Xin Huan several times in just a moment.
Fortunately, the Jizhou army did not seem to intend to fight hard with the Shang army, and every time the camp was opened, it only mobilized thousands of people to attack, and once the Shang army reorganized its defense, it would immediately retreat and attack elsewhere.
But even so, the offensive of the Jizhou army also gave Yu Qing a headache.
Although he has the ability to escape the law and can temporarily float in the air to fight against Xin Huan, there are Zheng Lun, Tao Rong, Deng Zhong and others on the side of the Jizhou army, so he does not dare to go out of the camp to fight against Xin Huan.
In this way, when they could only be beaten passively, in less than half an hour of fighting, the merchant army suffered as many as four or five thousand casualties.
And more than half of these four or five thousand people were injured by Xin Huan's thunder and lightning and Tao Rong's wind gathering banner attack.
On the other hand, on the side of the Jizhou army, there were almost no major losses.
Fortunately, the Jizhou army also seemed to feel that this kind of attack could not take the entire Yuqing camp, and after attacking for a while, they retreated and regrouped the army.
Yu Qing and Nangong Shi did not dare to slack off, and while reinforcing the camp that was broken by the Jizhou army, they continued to mobilize men and horses and waited for the battle.
Sure enough, just two moments later, the Jizhou Army relaunched another offensive under the leadership of Xin Huan, Tao Rong and other generals.
However, what Yu Qing didn't know was that half of the Jizhou army that launched the offensive this time had been reduced, and the other half of the 10,000 Jizhou army had already divided their troops and left to implement Meng Chen's next plan.
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Just when Su Quanzhong, Xin Huan and others were fighting with Yu Qing and Nangong Shi in the west, Meng Chen had already taken the dragon and beard tiger and rushed to the vicinity of the camp of the northern princes of the 36th Road.
"Rush!"
Meng Chen gave an order, and 10,000 light horsemen came out of the water like a wild dragon, and under the guidance of the tall dragon bearded tiger, they went straight to the merchant army camp.
"Whoosh ......"
Approaching the Shang military camp, the dragon bearded tiger immediately activated the technique of sending stones.
I have to say that the magic of the dragon beard tiger is used to steal camps and rob the village, and the effect is far better than the power of thunder and lightning in Xin Huan.
The grinding disc-sized boulder was like a rain of flying locusts, and in a matter of moments, it tore a huge gap in the Shang army camp.
The 10,000 Jizhou light horsemen did not hesitate, and in the midst of shouting and killing, they followed the dragon and the tiger and rushed directly into the camp.
"Chongzhong is here! Jizhou thieves dare to be arrogant!"
A young general jumped out of the camp and led a team of personal soldiers to intercept the Jizhou army that had entered the camp.
"Whew!"
Before he could rush far, Meng Chen, who was floating in the air, had already waved his hand, and the Fire Dragon Mark instantly struck.
"Poof!"
Even the fire dragon did not appear, but the fire dragon specimen passed through Chongzhong's chest and shot it to death.
"Hahahaha...... Chongzhong is dead! You still don't surrender on your knees!"
The dragon-bearded tiger laughed, jumped over, and lifted the venerable corpse high as if lifting a chick.
"Surrender or die!"
"Kneel and don't kill!"
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The Jizhou army that rushed into the camp also immediately opened its mouth and shouted, while being divided into two teams under the leadership of Meng Chen and Long Xuhu, and outflanked inward along the edge of the Shang army's camp with the sound of hooves like thunder.
Meng Chen's imperial sword floated in the air and did not kill ordinary merchant soldiers, but if a merchant general rushed out of the camp, he would immediately send out the fire dragon mark, or activate the iron-beaked condor, and shoot the opponent off his horse.
I have to say that among the four merchant armies, it is indeed the weakest of the 36th Route Northern Princes' coalition army, and as soon as Chongzhong dies, the other princes and army lords will immediately panic, some lead the team to flee to the back village, and some simply lead their subordinates to surrender to the Jizhou army.
In less than two moments, 10,000 Jizhou light cavalry all broke into the Shang army camp, forming a huge encirclement along the inner edge of the camp.
On the other hand, the coalition army of nearly 100,000 northern princes, except for more than 10,000 people who escaped from the rear camp under the leadership of the main general, the remaining more than 80,000 people, only a few of them resisted slightly, and then all surrendered on their knees.
"Collect weapons and armor and escort the prisoners back to the city!"
Meng Chen turned to the power of the sun, and gave orders to the Jizhou army in a rumbling voice.
10,000 cavalry suddenly agreed, 5,000 people stood guard around it, and another 5,000 entered the camp, collected all the weapons and armor in the hands of the captives of the princes' coalition army, and then threw them into the tents and set them on fire.
In less than half an hour, a fire broke out in the camp of the 36th Northern Princes' Alliance, and more than 80,000 prisoners left the camp under the escort of 8,000 Jizhou cavalry led by Long Xuhu.
On the other side, Meng Chen led the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry, with a small amount of captured war drums and other materials, quickly drove out from the east of the camp and rushed to the direction of the Qinglongguan military camp.
Sure enough, after more than a thousand cavalry rushed out for several miles, they collided with the Qinglongguan army that came to the rescue.
"Drum Rush Kill!"
Meng Chen shouted.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Kill!"
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Hundreds of cavalry took out the war drums captured by the camp of the princes' alliance and beat them violently, while the other more than 1,000 people shouted in unison, urging the war horses to rush towards the Qinglong Pass army.
More than 1,000 people, but they created the momentum of tens of thousands of troops.
The Qinglongguan army was defeated by the Jizhou army last time, and the main general Zhang Guifang and the pioneer officer Fenglin were both killed.
Meng Chen led more than 1,000 people to fight for a while, then returned to the army to collect his troops and rushed to join the dragon beard tiger who escorted the captives back to the city.
Originally, he wanted to take out the three-bow bed crossbow and the heavy bed crossbow, let these more than 1,000 Jizhou troops control them, and ruthlessly kill and injure the Qinglongguan army again.
However, the other party had already been frightened, and the Jizhou army immediately retreated as soon as it charged, which saved Meng Chen some giant crossbow reserves.
On the other hand, at this moment, Meng Chen didn't want to wantonly kill the Qinglong Pass army.
Unlike the Xiqi Army and the Northern Princes' Alliance, the Qinglongguan army is the descendant of the King of Xu, and if it is too big, I am afraid that there will be more complications.
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Almost at the same time, among the Wen Zhong Army and the Xiqi Army under the command of Yu Qing, Nangong Shi, the general of Xiqi, was also ordered to lead 20,000 horses to rescue the camp of the 36th Route Princes' Alliance.
It's a pity that they only rushed out for a few miles, and they were intercepted by the 10,000 Jizhou troops led by Zheng Lun, Pang Hong, Liu Fu, Gou Zhang, and Bi Huan, who had already made a detour to ambush near Mulong Road.
In the dark night, Nangong Shi couldn't distinguish the number of Jizhou troops, and barely resisted for a while, so he led the defeated army and withdrew back to the main camp.
When the sky was about to dawn, the 10,000 Jizhou troops who attacked Yuqing's main camp retreated, joined forces with the 10,000 ambush army led by Zheng Lun and others, and then rushed back to Jizhou.
It didn't take long for them to join Meng Chen and Long Xuhu, who had escorted more than 80,000 captives.
The 30,000-strong army roared, escorted the dejected 80,000 captives, and returned to the west of Jizhou before dawn.
All the captives were driven into the huge "prison" outside the walls of the West City that had been built in advance.
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"Report! General Yu Qing learned that General Nangong's army and horses were ambushed in the middle of the Mulong Road, and he had led the army back to the camp. ”
"Report! General Yu Qing, the Qinglongguan army came to the rescue of Chongzhong, and was ambushed by the Jizhou army in the dark night, and the troops have been withdrawn. ”
About 30,000 men and horses of the Jizhou army joined forces and escorted more than 80,000 princes and coalition troops back to Jizhou. ”
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A series of fast horse returns made Yu Qing feel like his brain was buzzing.
A mere 30,000 Jizhou troops, overnight, actually rushed back and forth, playing with the 280,000 Yin Shang army, and finally retreated almost entirely!
At the beginning, he and Ji Li led Yu Hua and Chen Tong to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Jizhou, thinking that with the ability of the four people's Taoism, and then with the main force of Xiqi's 70,000 army, taking Jizhou was just a matter of probing.
Unexpectedly, after several battles, not only Ji Li and Yu Hua were captured, Chen Tong was killed in battle, and the 50,000 army suffered heavy losses, but also became a frightened bird, in the face of the night attack of the Jizhou army, he did not dare to go out of the camp to engage in the battle, and was forced to be broken by the opponent's Chongzhong army, capturing more than 80,000 people!
As a disciple of Master Wen, he followed Master Wen for many years, winning every battle and never being defeated.
However, under the city of Jizhou today, it was defeated so tragically and completely.
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"General Yuqing learned that the Jizhou army had taken 80,000 prisoners and drove them all into the 'defensive camp' outside the west city......"
Just when Yu Qing was remorseful, another soldier was reported to the account.
"What?"
When Yu Qing heard this, he immediately stood up.
"Enlightenment...... General Yu Qing ...... The Jizhou army has captured more than 80,000 princes and allied forces, and all of them have been driven into the 'defensive camp' of Xicheng that was built yesterday......"
The commander was also startled, and stumbled again.
"Bang!"
Yu Qing couldn't hold on any longer, and collapsed on the chair, only to feel that his mind was dizzy, his eyes were black, and his chest was suffocated for a while.