Chapter 82: Capture Pei County
On the lake, with the boarding of Wei Wushu, most of the Peixian warships had already hoisted white flags symbolizing surrender.
The vast majority of people have a deep-seated herd mentality. They take it for granted that what everyone thinks is good must be good, and what everyone agrees is bad will not be any better.
As the old saying goes: all mouths are gold, and they are ruined.
Seeing more and more warships and comrades around them erecting white flags, the Peixian soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse completely gave up the struggle, desperately looking for all the white cloths on the ship, put them together to form a white flag, and hung them on the mast.
And Peixian garrison Su Guangsheng was already red-eyed, he saw more and more white flags on the lake, and shouted angrily: "Don't surrender!" Are they worthy of Sheng Shuai's trust in us, and are you worthy of His Majesty's trust in us! โ
However, no one listened to him, Su Guangsheng was bloody, but not everyone would rather die than give in like him.
Knowing that the general trend was gone, Su Guangsheng still did not give up, he brandished the long knife that had been curled, trying to expel the Wei Wushu soldiers who boarded the ship.
So far, only Su Guangsheng is still fighting on the ship, and he is already surrounded by Wei Wushu wearing dark armor.
"Poofโ"
The halberd pierced the shattered armor, and Su Guangsheng's tired body finally fell in a pool of blood.
"Hmm...... Forbid...... No ...... down"
Su Guangsheng gushed blood from his mouth, lay on the board of the boat, and tried to raise his long knife to resist with all his strength.
He was an admirable general, and even Wei Wushu admired him, but he did not pity him, but stabbed the halberd on Su Guangsheng's body in unison.
The light in Su Guangsheng's eyes gradually dissipated, and the long knife in his hand was finally released.
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"Lord Wang, the enemy army has collapsed on all fronts, and our army has won a great victory!" Wu Qi couldn't wait to report the battle situation to Zhu Huan.
Zhu Huan let out a long breath, and the stone in his heart finally fell.
It was the first time he had commanded a campaign with such dedication, but fortunately he was pleased with the results.
Whether it is the control of the timing or the deployment of the army, Zhu Huan has brought every detail and the strategic application of every unit to the limit of his use.
"This battle is beautiful!" Wu Qi sighed.
"You don't come to this set." After the stone in his heart fell, Zhu Huan was also much more relaxed, and said with a smile: "In terms of arranging troops, another hundred Qi kings are not as good as you Wu Qi." โ
Wu Qi smiled and did not refute.
Who is Wu Qi?
That's the figure who ranks among the ten philosophers of the Martial Temple!
The Ten Philosophers of Wumiao, that is a veritable pinnacle of soldiers. There are five of the ten philosophers of Wumiao, namely Zhang Liang, Bai Qi, Han Xin, Zhuge Liang, Li Jing, Li Tao, Tian Sui Tho, Sun Wu, Wu Qi, and Le Yi.
During the period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the ten philosophers of the Wumiao Temple were set up, although in the Song Dynasty, Wu Qi's name was crossed out from the ten philosophers, but not because of his strength, but because Wu Qi was not close to people and was too cruel.
Zhu Huan observed the battle situation and confirmed that the Peixian fleet was no longer capable of fighting, and then ordered: "Wei Wushu's left wing troops advance, cross Weishan Lake, and attack the Peixian military camp directly!" โ
"No!"
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The war has reached this point, and there is no possibility of a turnaround.
The high-level generals of the Peixian military camp, the captives who were captured, the people who died in battle, and even the Peixian garrison Su Guangsheng had been killed on the spot by Wei Wushu.
On the left flank of Wei Wushu alone, there were more than 20,000 elites, and after capturing the battleships of Peixian, they directly crossed Weishan Lake and rushed all the way to the Peixian military camp.
The defenders of Peixian County are more than 10,000 in total, Li Shen took away 3,000 people, and Su Guangsheng took away more than 6,000 people.
In the face of more than 20 times the number of enemy troops, the only remaining Qianhu official in Peixian City was numb.
How does this work?
It is estimated that before the fight started, the defenders in the city tied up him, a thousand households, and sacrificed them.
Instead of waiting to be tied up and surrendered by his subordinates, he, a thousand-household official, simply hung up a white flag at the head of the city and opened the city gate.
Wei Wushu rushed in and controlled the Peixian military camp in the shortest possible time.
It also marked the end of the battle.
Then, the Qi army troops on the opposite bank crossed Weishan Lake unhurriedly and entered Peixian.
"The artillery battalion has set up thunder cannons on the walls of Pei County, we are now in the hinterland of the Southern Army, and we may be attacked at any time. Two hundred soldiers with good eyesight were selected from Wei Wushu and patrolled the city wall in three shifts. Wei Wushu's left-wing army rested during the day, and the right-wing troops rested at night, working in two shifts, ready for battle at any time. โ
After entering the city, Zhu Huan occupied the best barracks in Pei County, and before he even had time to drink water, he began to chatter and order: "The first thing to do is to control the granaries in Pei County, and after the inventory is completed, they will be sent to the king in a list, and the tigers and leopards will take out eight hundred elites and station them on the edge of the granary, patrolling for twelve hours, and not letting anyone approach the granary." The granary of Pei County occupies seventy percent of the grain reserves of the Southern Army, so I won't say much about its importance. โ
Then, Zhu Huan looked at Wu Qi and asked, "How many Peixian defenders have we captured in this battle?" โ
"About six thousand."
"Is it so much...... Zhu Huan thought for a while and said, "Arrest all those who have positions higher than 100 households from the prisoner camp and detain them alone." Divide the captives, lest they be gathered together and do evil, and a battalion of five hundred men, each battalion should be numbered, and the number of people should be counted every six hours. The captives were given only one meal a day, and even if they wanted to make trouble, they would not have the strength to make trouble, and if they behaved well and were obedient, they could eat two meals a day. As for those who were not right-minded and wanted to escape, they would not be given food for two days after they were caught, and those in serious cases were cut down. Oh, by the way, tell the captives again, report the people around you who are planning to escape, and you can add a meal after confirming that it is correct. โ
"I understand." Wu nodded.
Zhu Huan continued: "Our army has just entered the city, and it is easy to cause panic among the people, so we took out two stones of grain from the granary, boiled porridge and distributed it to the people, and calmed the people's hearts. Knock down the big granary of Pei County, two stones of grain are nothing, and try not to make trouble if you can. โ
"Don't worry, the prince will leave these things to the ministers, and they will be done properly." Wu Qi patted his chest and said.
After arranging many matters, Zhu Huan was able to take the time to sit down and rest.
It is much more difficult to govern Peixian than Xuzhou.
First, it was because Xuzhou took the initiative to surrender at that time, and Peixian was crushed by Zhu Huan and forced to surrender.
The second reason is that Pei County is the grain road center of the Southern Army, storing seventy percent of the grain and grass of the Southern Army, and Xuzhou is only a grain road transportation station.
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The third reason is that Pei County is under the control of the Southern Army, and the Southern Army may react at any time that the butt has been stolen.
Pei County is too important to the Southern Army, and if Pei County is lost, the grain and grass supply of the entire Southern Army will be in an embarrassing situation. Once they found out that Peixian was occupied, they would definitely launch a general attack on Zhu Huan at all costs, so Zhu Huan had to be on guard against the attack of the southern army at all times.