Chapter 67: Eating the Bitter Fruit
But at this time, Gongsun Chan reined in his horse and galloped forward, and there was no time for him to think, Han Zhong gritted his teeth and drove his horse forward.
The two then fought together, and after a while, Han Zhong no longer had the physical strength to continue, and with a false sword, he planned to turn his horse's head and return to the battle.
But that Gongsun Chan is strong in force and has a lot of experience, how could he be deceived by Han Zhong.
I saw him tightly lift the bridle, and the forelimbs of the entire horse jumped high, dodging the knife, and the lance slashed down, hitting the helmet and also rubbing Han Zhong's face.
Han Zhong screamed and fell to the ground.
Just when Gongsun Chan went up to mend the knife, Zhao Yun rode a white horse and held a spear, and he had already come to him.
It turned out that Zhao Yun saw in the first two rounds that Han Zhong was not Gongsun Zhan's opponent.
Later, when he saw that he couldn't resist it, he stepped forward to help him.
Zhao Yun came up with a sweep, straight to Gongsun Zhan's neck, Gongsun Chan had no choice but to collect the defense, Zhao Yun then moved his right hand to the tail of the gun, and stabbed the dragon spear in front of him continuously.
Gongsun Zhan tried his best to resist, but Zhao Yunli was so strong that he repelled two steps with his men and horses.
Zhao Yun was not in love with war, turned the horse's head, picked up Han Zhong from one side, and ran to his own village.
Seeing that Gongsun Zhan's righteous servants had fallen into disadvantage, they also rushed into the battlefield one after another.
Gongsun Chan waved his hand, and the whole army charged.
Zhao Yun rescued Han Zhong back into the battle, and then led the army to charge along with Gongsun Zhong.
Five hundred white horse Yi rushed over first, and Sun Ming's side had a way to deal with Gongsun Zhan's white horse Yi from a long time.
Rows of light repellent rifles were placed in front of the formation, and the dust raised made it impossible for the cavalry to see ahead.
When the righteous rushed to the front of the battle, it was too late to turn, and they were all pierced on the spot, and the people turned on their backs, because Gongsun Zan rushed late and escaped.
Then the infantry of the two armies intertwined, fighting each other, and the lives of each other were mercilessly harvested.
Half an hour later, they each collected their troops and went back to rest.
Sun Ming watched the whole battle from the rear, and he found that Gongsun Chan was really brave.
With him leading the charge, the morale of the enemy has always been extremely high, although our army is better equipped than theirs, but it is quite a match.
At this time, when he saw Han Zhong being sent to the village, he quickly came to the medical department in a hurry.
The military doctor in the tent was trying his best to heal, and Sun Ming knew that it was best not to disturb at this time.
I had to keep hesitating back and forth outside.
Two hours later, the military doctor came out, covered in blood, pulling his head, and looking extremely tired.
Sun Ming took two steps forward and grabbed the military doctor's arm, "How is it, is he okay?" ”
"Captain Han Wan's left cheek was injured, and his left eye was helpless, and he had already fainted when he brought it in."
"We've tried our best to heal, and it's up to Master Han Wan to get through it or not."
After that, the military doctor looked at Sun Ming worriedly, waiting for his instructions from the boss.
Sun Ming, who was stunned for a while, reacted and let go of the military doctor's hand, "You have worked hard, go and rest." ”
Then he followed the command and ordered, "Let Jiangong rest first, and let people return to the military capital later, he is my general, and he must not let him have an accident." ”
The sad Sun Ming looked at Han Zhong lying on the bed through the crack in the door.
He took a deep breath and patted his cheek, regaining his usual composure.
When he came to the tent, he asked his men to invite some of the generals to the tent, and he had something to say.
"Everyone, sit down, in today's battle, I see that Gongsun Chan has a very large number of people, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 people, and our army's losses are not small."
"His Gongsun Zan wants to fight a decisive battle with our army so hard, it must be that the situation on the side of the city is critical, and he wants to fight quickly."
"But we just can't do what he wants, and we don't have to fight with him."
"Starting tomorrow, we will retreat to Juyong Pass and prepare more bows and arrows and fortifications."
"If we don't move, then Gongsun Chan will be chaotic, I will wait for the opportunity to respond to all changes without change."
Sure enough, as Sun Ming expected, Gongsun Zhan, who had been fighting for three days in a row, was helpless and had already begun to worry.
His mood gradually became more and more irritable, and he added punches and kicks to his subordinates at every turn.
At this time, it was the rainy season, and a grain transport officer in the rear was hindered by heavy rain, and the road was muddy.
It was no longer possible to deliver military rations to the front on time.
In normal times, due to an accident, it is understandable to be a day or two late, at most you will be beaten or dismissed.
But now it's different, Gongsun Chan will want his life, and the grain transport officer left the grain transport team that night when he was afraid and ran away.
The grain transporter below saw that the chief had run away, so what kind of grain was being transported.
Everyone snatched up a meal, snatched all the military rations of more than 10,000 people in Juyong, and did not even let go of the cart, and then fled for their lives.
After receiving the information, Gongsun Chan was greatly annoyed and sent hundreds of people to hunt down the grain transport officer.
In the end, the grain transport officer was caught, but the grain could not be recovered.
It takes more than 10 days to make a trip to military rations, and about 20 days to add the transportation time.
Fortunately, there were still some left in Chicheng County in the rear, and Gongsun Chan hurriedly asked people to bring grain over again.
But even the heavens didn't help him, and the torrential rain for several days turned the roads into countless quagmires and the bridges were washed away.
The original four-day delivery was just halfway through, and because it was raining, many of the military rations were damp and moldy and inedible.
The newly appointed grain transport officer was also jumping up and down in a hurry, and could only mobilize more manpower to forcibly open the road.
On Juyong's side, the soldiers who had no food to eat began to make trouble, and they were personally pushed down by Gongsun Zhan.
But the next day they got together again and began to mutiniate and rob the people of the city of food.
By the time Gongsun Chan arrived at the scene with his own soldiers, the group of soldiers had already looted many households, looking like bandits.
Gongsun Chan stared at these 'bandits' angrily, and pointed at the big gun.
"Lawlessness, cruelty to the people, you are still the soldiers of Shanggu, all slaughtered."
Gongsun Chan corrected the group of soldiers on the spot, but he couldn't even fill his stomach, who would be willing to die for you.
He just never thought it was his own problem.
But more and more soldiers ran out of food, turned into bandits, or fled.
In just five days, the army in Juyong City was reduced from 10,000 to 7,000, and many of the people in the city fled to escape the war.
Gongsun Chan had no choice but to start buying grain and livestock from the people.
There was really nothing to eat, so he began to slaughter the war horses, and when the military horses were almost exhausted, the military rations were finally delivered.
During the Three Kingdoms period, military rations were cooked with rice, then dried, and then subjected to a series of processes to make them resemble modern compressed biscuits.
Soak in water every time you eat it.
However, most of this batch of military rations was moldy and inedible, and the soldiers who received the rations were even more dissatisfied.
Gongsun Chan couldn't handle it at this time.
His advisers admonished, "General, now that this Juyong City cannot be defended, we need to retreat as soon as possible." ”
"But before we leave, we must not leave an intact Juyong City for Sun Thief."