Chapter 408: 150,000 Prisoners

As soon as this powerful crossbow arrow came out, the few generals below who were about to move were immediately silent.

The Qinglong Pass army had suffered heavy losses under this powerful weapon before, but it was the first time that these generals and soldiers of the Northern Princes' coalition army had seen it in person.

"One person rushes the camp, and the whole army dies!"

......

In the overwhelming shouting, the generals who wanted to stand up and resist before were immediately emptied, and the other soldiers who didn't want to be implicated scattered aside.

"Ding-click-......"

Xin Huan's silver wings fluttered, and he flew in front of the dead body of the general who had taken the lead in rebellion, and activated seven or eight thunderbolts in a row, smashing all the surrounding soldiers who were not killed by crossbow arrows into a pile of charcoal.

After cleaning up these people, Xin Huan swept over the heads of the soldiers and went straight to the city of Jizhou.

In the rear, Meng Chen casually glanced at the soldiers below, and then returned to the Jizhou military formation.

These pawns were very important to his future plans, as long as they were shocked, Meng Chen didn't want to kill more.

At this moment, on the battlefield, the offensive of the Yin Shang army has completely slowed down. As the vanguard, the Xiqi army suffered heavy losses, and the little courage that it barely mustered had been lost.

"General, retreat! Go back and hold the camp, and the king will definitely send reinforcements again. Why are we here to let the soldiers die in vain!"

In the Xiqi army array, a Xiqi general came to Nangong Shi and said in a hoarse voice.

"You ......"

Nangong Shi turned his head abruptly and glared at the general.

The general, however, did not flinch, and continued to say in a hoarse voice: "General, you are gambling with the lives of your brothers! Look at the 100,000 army we had when we came, how many are left now?

One person spoke, and among the other generals beside Nangong Shi, someone immediately echoed, "Yes, general! We came here on orders, just do our duty, why bother to fight for the tiger and fight to the death with the Jizhou army?"

"Look for death!"

Nangong Shi was furious, and with a snort, he pulled out the long sword at his waist.

"The Great General......

"The general is angry!"

......

The other dozen generals were slightly confused, and immediately seven or eight people came over to stop Nangong Shi.

This time, Nangong Shi sent troops, even within the Xiqi Army, there was a lot of controversy. As Yu Qing said, although the Jizhou army captured more than 80,000 troops of the northern princes, it also carried a lot of burden. For the remaining Yin Shang armies, it is the best choice to hold the camp and confront the Jizhou army, and wait for the new reinforcements of the king of Xuan to arrive.

However, Nangong Shi and Taidian had a high prestige in the Xiqi army, and the two insisted on sending troops, and other generals had no choice.

However, at this time, the resentment in the hearts of the other Xiqi army generals was already a little uncontrollable.

After Jili Yuqing's army and Qinglongguan's army arrived in Jizhou, the Xiqi army has always been sent as an auxiliary, although there are losses, but they are not big.

But this time it was completely different, Nangong Shi Taidian wanted to force his head, and the Xiqi army served as the vanguard, facing the front of the Jizhou army, and in a short period of time, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded!

Under such circumstances, Nangong Shi still refused to give up, forcibly supervising the charge, and had the intention of not burying all the Xiqi troops and vowing not to give up.

"General, retreat!"

Seeing that the other generals came forward to speak, the remaining five or six Xiqi generals also gathered around.

Nangong Shi glanced at the surrounding Xiqi generals, and his expression changed uncertainly.

In the end, he glanced at the rear of the Jizhou army formation again, then sighed, put away the long sword, and said, "Order, retreat." ”

This time, he discussed with Taidian to send troops, and the biggest reliance was to provoke the northern princes to surrender and storm the rear of the Jizhou army. But at this moment, they have been shouting for so long, but the rear of the Jizhou army is still stable.

Looking at the charge of the Xiqi army, it has been completely suppressed by the Jizhou army, even if the heart-rending drive and intimidation of more than a thousand overseer guards, it has no effect.

There is really no need to fight such a battle.

"The whole army retreats!"

"Retreat!"

"The army retreats!"

......

With Nangong Shi's permission, more than a dozen Xiqi generals immediately gave orders to the surroundings and ordered the army to retreat.

It's a pity that by this time, it is not so easy for them to withdraw.

On the Jizhou side, the gates of the south and north cities were opened, and the light cavalry of the brigade swarmed out under the leadership of Xin Huan, Long Xuhu, Pang Hong, Liu Fu and other generals, approaching the battlefield in a roundabout way.

At the same time, Meng Chen's side also ordered the main force of the Jizhou Army, which was guarding the camp in Xicheng, to charge at the retreating enemy army.

The defeat was like a mountain, and the Yin Shang Four-Way Coalition Army was able to maintain a formation and retreat at the beginning, but with Xin Huan, Long Xuhu and other generals leading the Jizhou light cavalry to outflank the two wings, the entire Yin Shang army immediately fell into chaos, and the soldiers and generals threw away their siege equipment and retreated in the direction of their own camp.

The Jizhou cavalry outflanked on both flanks, and the main force of the Jizhou army chasing in the rear were not in a hurry, but they were pursuing with bows and arrows, while loudly ordering the enemy to surrender on their knees.

Previously, the Jizhou army broke the Chonghou Tiger and Chonghei Tiger coalition forces and seized a large number of weapons and baggage. After defeating the Xiqi army, Jili Yuqing army, and Qinglongguan army, they only collected weapons, armor, horses, bows, crossbows, etc., and did not accept prisoners.

In the hands of the Jizhou army, a large number of bows, crossbows and arrows were stored, and various equipment for defending and attacking the city were also very abundant.

Among the Shang soldiers who came to attack the city this time, many of them had surrendered to the Jizhou army in the previous battles, and seeing that it was difficult to escape at this moment, many people immediately knelt down and surrendered.

Some people took the lead and some people followed suit, and with the Jizhou army's three bread copying, the retreating Yin Shang army had little resistance, and they surrendered to the Jizhou army in pieces.

In the end, among the 120,000 Yin Shang troops who came to attack the city, only 20,000 or 30,000 rear troops successfully escaped back to the camp under the cover of 10,000 receiving soldiers and horses led by Yu Qing.

The remaining tens of thousands of people were all captured by the Jizhou army.

Yu Qing, who came to answer, was also single, and reluctantly fought with Xin Huan, and then took 10,000 soldiers to cover the retreat of the defeated army.

Zheng Lun, Xin Huan, Long Xuhu and others did not chase after them, and more than 30,000 people escorted tens of thousands of prisoners and returned to Jizhou City.

Back in Jizhou, the captured merchant army was still driven into the "camp" of Xicheng.

A rough count shows that the number of merchant prisoners held in the camp in Xicheng at this moment is close to 150,000!

Among them, more than 90,000 people were soldiers of the alliance of northern princes. More than 20,000 people were the Xiqi soldiers who served as the vanguard of the attack this time, and the remaining about 30,000 were the soldiers of Qinglongguan and Yu Qing.