Chapter 24: The Beacons (11)
The situation is chaotic, the world is turbulent, Jixian County has been dilapidated under the fierce siege of Zang Di, and there is a danger of breaking the city at any time.
At this time, the city tower was smoky, the ruins were broken, the soldiers were staggering, and the soldiers who had died in battle were transported down in groups of two, and some of the soldiers were already tired and half leaning on the wall battlements, looking at the Yan army gradually retreating under the city, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But a few days of continuous fighting, the Liaodong army has suffered heavy casualties, the original 20,000 soldiers and horses are less than 5,000 at this time, and the conscription has also been fought into as much as eighty percent, if the Yan army is attacking for a day and a night, Jixian will be broken, but they did not continue to insist on attacking, but quietly retreated in silence.
On the tower of the city, Han Guang looked at the retreating Yan army in the distance with hatred, and his imperial dream was destroyed by Zang Di's fierce attack.
Regret should not have been reckless, insisted on trapping Jixian County and giving up Liaodong, at this time it is impossible to retreat from the army, and Han Guang thinks that he has also had Top Gun and the dream of competing for the heroes, but in the end, he can't even defeat Zang Di, how can he compete with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others?
Zhou Tong betrayed himself and surrendered to the enemy camp, and Han Guang really became a loner at this time.
With a long sigh, Han Guang clenched his fist with his right hand and hit the wall battlements heavily, at this time, a deputy general beside him said softly: "King, now that the general trend has gone, why don't we escape at night?" ”
"There are Yan troops on all sides, and this king can't go to the sky and escape to the earth, how can he escape?" Han Guang was slightly displeased, but the deputy general looked around, and said: "If the handsome remnant army, of course, there is nowhere to escape, it is easy to be discovered by the Yan army, if the king only escapes with his own guards, returns to Liaodong, and regroups, why worry that he can't return to Hebei in the future?" ”
Seeing that Han Guang was still hesitating, the deputy general said again: "I have observed in the past few days, although the Yan army attacked Jixian, but their troops at the West Gate are very weak, it can be said that there are almost none, and after nightfall, there are few patrols at the West Gate. ”
Han Guang still didn't speak, he was still thinking, until the low horn of the Yan army sounded in the distance, Han Guang finally made up his mind, he looked at the Yan army camp outside the city, instead of sitting here, it is better to escape from the west gate to try, if he can get away with Jixian, he will restart the army one day, and he will definitely snow today's hatred!
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In the Yan army camp, the soldiers sang and danced, ate wine and meat, laughed, and scolded non-stop.
In the Chinese army marshal's tent, Zang Tugao sat on the top, and below, Zhou Tong and other general civil and military generals sat on both sides, each with a leg of mutton, a pot of wine, and a few plates of side dishes in front of each person, everyone was discussing something, and there was a burst of laughter from time to time.
Just when everyone was thinking about something, Zang Di looked at Zhou Tong with a puzzled expression, and said in a deep voice: "Will Han Guang really abandon the city and flee these days?" ”
Zhou Tong saw that Zang Di was still hesitating, and couldn't help laughing: "My spies in the city have sent a message, Han Guang can't stand it in the past few days, besides, the Liaodong Army has nearly eighty percent of the casualties, they are the end of the crossbow, and they can't do anything!" ”
"Hahaha" everyone laughed together after hearing this, at this time, Zhou Tong said again: "I have already sent a message to the inner Ying in the city, asking him to persuade Han Guang to abandon the city, if Han Guang really decides to abandon the city, he will go to the west gate and abscond from there, and the west is surrounded by mountains, the road is difficult to travel, and we have arranged an ambush there, if Han Guang goes there, it will be difficult to escape the doom, and please rest assured that the king does not have to worry." ”
Zang Di's heart was even happier after hearing this, he picked up the wine glass, and laughed: "If Han Guang is captured, Mr. Zhou is the first credit, I will be very grateful." ”
"Don't dare." Zhou Tong also picked up the wine glass and said politely, at this time, a personal guard rushed into the account, and arched his hand in front of Zang Di and said: "King, the front line is fast and Malai is reporting, Han Guang, the king of Liaodong, wanted to secretly cross the Zhihe River, but was captured by our army, and was on the way to escort at this time." ”
Hearing the guard's announcement, Zang Di couldn't help laughing dumbly: "Mr. Zhou is really clever, my heart has been solved!" ”
Zang Di laughed for a while, at this time, he looked at the people in the tent, and said loudly: "From today on, I will order Zhou Tong to be the prime minister of my Yan country, and never give up on each other, you should serve your life wholeheartedly, help Zhou Xiang govern the government, and promote my great Yan national prestige!" ”
"I'm here to help." Everyone got up and gave up their hands, and at this time, Zhou Tong also got up and came to the center of the big tent and knelt on one knee: "I am willing to serve King Yan." ”
The atmosphere in the tent was more harmonious, at this time, Zhou Tong had returned to his position and sat down, the sudden promotion made Zhou Tong still immersed in joy, but there were some things he had to consider, especially Xiang Yu, thinking of this, Zhou Tong arched his hand and said: "Although Han Guang is excepted, but the crisis of our Dayan has not passed, if Xiang Yu is willing to listen to the explanation in the king's letter, everything is okay, if Xiang Yu uses this as a reason to send troops to the north, at that time, the south of my Yan country will have to experience another big war, and it will not be good for us for the country and the people." ”
Zang Di has also been worried about this matter these days, and was reminded by Zhou Tong, Zang Di got up and paced in the tent with a little worry, at this time he had no intention of drinking, but a cold face on the side came over and comforted: "King, I heard that the Qi State has not been peaceful recently, and civil wars are frequent, and Chen Yu of Zhao State seems to be secretly plotting Zhang Er and wants to recover Zhao State, so the situation is that the world is ready to move, I think Xiang Yu no matter who he sends troops to, it will not be our turn to Yan Kingdom, and he will not go far to Hebei, so please don't worry about it." ”
"Disputes in the world are the trend of the times, and what General Leng said is not unreasonable, but I am too worried." Zhou Tong also smiled, and at this time, a personal guard's report sounded outside the tent: "King, Han Guang has been arrested." ”
Zang Di put aside the worries just now, he returned to his place and sat down, drank all the wine in the cup, and then looked outside the tent and shouted: "Escort Han Guang Pifu up!" ”
Several guards outside the tent sang a promise, and then two people escorted the unkempt Han Guang into the handsome account, everyone in the handsome account looked angrily, for this Han Guang horseman, the Yan army also suffered heavy losses during this time, countless casualties, at this time finally took Han Guang, Jixian can be decided without a fight, just when Han Guang walked in front of Zang Di and was pressed to kneel on the ground, a middle-aged man wearing Yan army armor walked into the handsome account, came to Zang Di, and gave him a deep salute: "General Li Yun, I have seen the king." ”
Li Yun is the deputy general who persuaded Han Guang to flee at night, and he was also a fierce general under Han Guang, just because Han Guang reused Zang Tu and others, Li Yun could not be reused for a long time, and then when Zhou Tong was about to return to Zang Tu, he found Li Yun, who had never been willing, and skillfully gave him a secret plan, and told Li Yun that he could persuade Han Guang to go to the west gate one day, at that time, Han Guang could be captured, and Li Yun could be promoted to general with military merits.
Today, Li Yun really captured Han Guang, and was awarded the rank of general under Zang Tu, just after changing his armor, Li Yun came to meet Zang Tu, and happened to meet Han Guang who had just been escorted back, Han Guang saw Li Yun, only to know that he had been tricked, and he had already been calculated, he was angry and shouted: "Li Yun, you treacherous villain!" ”
"Shut up!" Li Yun slapped and tied up to Han Guang, and after a crisp sound, Li Yun said again: "If you were willing to reuse me back then, how could you be reduced to such a situation today?" You deserve it! ”
After Li Yun finished speaking, he gave Zang Di another salute: "In the future, the last general is willing to serve the king, and I hope the king will not give up." ”
"You outwitted Han Guang and made the first contribution, I will definitely use it for you in the future." Zang Di laughed heartily, then looked at Han Guang sharply, and scolded: "So far, are you willing to surrender?" ”
"The country is ruined, what is the use of descending on you?" Han Guang thought he was unlucky, he lowered his head and stopped talking, at this time, Zang Di poured out a glass of wine from the wine jug, put it in front of Han Guang, and sighed: "When Qin was destroyed, you and I had a good relationship, since you refused to surrender to me today, you can drink this glass of wine, and you will practice it for you as this king!" ”
Han Guang glanced at the wine in the cup, then leaned down, bit the wine bowl with his mouth, and after drinking the wine in the cup suddenly, he got up and shouted, "Good wine!" Joyfully! ”
Now that he has reached this point, Han Guang felt that he had no pressure in his heart, and everything was much lighter, at this time, he laughed at everyone for a while, and then walked out of the tent under the escort of two personal guards.
The tent was very quiet, everyone was quietly looking at Han Guang's back, some people sighed, and some people sneered.
After a short silence, Zang Di picked up the wine glass, looked at everyone, and said, "Let's make a toast to Li Yun's surrender!" ”
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In the early morning, the drums of the expedition sounded in the camp of the Yan army, and after the horn sounded several times, all the staff went out, some conscripts and soldiers were busy packing up the barracks, and the main force had already been assembled and marched towards Jixian County.
The first general was Li Yun, who held a spear in his hand and carried Han Guang's head, and after coming to the city, he raised his head high and shouted at the city: "Han Guang is dead, those who surrender are not guilty, and those who resist are killed!" ”
There was an uproar in Jixian County, but many people have lost their fighting spirit, these days they have been insisting on sticking to the city, it is completely because Han Guang is still in the army, everyone has a hope, at this time Han Guang abandoned everyone and quietly absconded from Jixian County, only to end up like this, many people hate Han Guang deeply, and they are unwilling to protect the territory for Liaodong.
Half an hour later, a drum beat broke the surrounding silence, and soon, the city gate slowly opened, and a group of Liaodong troops supported each other, walked out of Jixian County, and headed towards both sides of the city.
When the Yan army saw that the Liaodong army had surrendered, nearly 10,000 soldiers rushed forward, and the Liaodong army was firmly guarded, and they were not allowed to make any moves, and then the cavalry and chariots slowly entered the city, and after that, the infantry lined up in a neat line and entered the city of Jixian County.
One by one, the banner of the Yan army was hung on the head of the city, and some Liaodong troops who were unwilling to surrender saw that the city had been broken, and everyone had surrendered.
After Zang Di occupied Jixian, he sent Han Guang's head to Pengcheng with fast horses and handed it over to Xiang Yu, and then sent the generals Leng Yan and Li Yun to march to Liaodong to completely control Hebei in preparation for the future competition.
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