Chapter XXXVII: A Huge Number of Captives

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After General Yan killed Liu Shan, the soldiers and horses under Liu Shan's command were no longer as reserved as they were when they first rushed up.

"Brothers, they killed the general, fight with them!" After the first few soldiers who discovered that Liu Shan had been killed 'straightened' their spears and stabbed the Yan army standing in front of them, they flicked their arms and shouted to their companions behind them.

Hearing that Liu Shan was dead, these soldiers who had followed him since the restoration of the Yan Kingdom suddenly went crazy, and they screamed one by one and no longer cared about the same Yan people who fought against them, and pounced on them.

50,000 crazy people, the combat effectiveness is far higher than the 100,000 army that is not very strong, and soon the defense of the Yan army before it has time to complete is completely destroyed.

Just when the Yan army began to retreat, the city 'gate' of Jixian County suddenly opened, and a group of Xia troops rushed out of the city.

When the battle first broke out outside the city, Li Xinpeng had been standing on the head of the city and watching the battle below.

He didn't immediately lead the army out of the city, now he is alone in the territory of Yan State, although he killed Zang Di, but after all, he did not completely destroy the military strength of Yan State, although the Yan army outside the city was attacked, but no one knows if it will be the enemy's trick.

Until the Yan army began to retreat, Li Xinpeng found that they were completely undisciplined when they were defeated, and the huge army was like a herd of elk driven by wild wolves, and there was no other way to follow except flee for their lives.

Only then did he really determine that the Yan army had indeed been defeated, and ordered the city 'gate' to be opened, and the whole army launched an attack on the Yan army.

Seeing that the 'gate' of Jixian County was opened, Wang Yu hurriedly raised his hand to stop the army that was pursuing the enemy.

Although this army is a little different from the Yan army, they have too obvious distinguishing standards in addition to helmets, Wang Yi is afraid that once the battle reaches a stalemate, the Xia army, which should be an alliance, and the current army will clash, resulting in unnecessary casualties.

The army cultivated by Liu Shan stopped, but the fleeing Yan army did not get a moment of respite.

The combat effectiveness of the Xia army that rushed out of Jixian County was significantly higher than that of the army that had fought with them just now, and after the Xia army rushed out of the city, some Yan troops also tried to turn around and resist, but they soon found that this choice was blind and completely wrong.

The 30,000 Xia troops rushed to the 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' Yan army camp like a tide, and many slow Yan troops fell under the Xia army's long swords and spears.

The generals who had made alliances with each other were also fleeing for their lives at this time, and they had no time to take care of their allies.

"Whoever surrenders will not be killed!" Li Xinpeng rushed to the front with a spear in his hand, and while he chased after the Yan army with his spear, he loudly issued an order to the Xia army behind him to leave prisoners.

Some Yan soldiers really couldn't run, and when they heard Li Xinpeng shouting "Those who surrender will not be killed", they hurriedly dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender to the Xia army.

The Xia army really did not kill these surrendered Yan troops, many Xia army soldiers ran past them, continued to chase the rout soldiers in front, and finally a group of Xia soldiers who were responsible for containing prisoners of war gathered these surrendered Yan troops and escorted them to the outside of Jixian County.

In this battle, Li Xinpeng didn't want to kill or hurt the enemy, he had been following Xiang Ye for a long time, he was sometimes very able to guess Xiang Ye's thoughts, he knew very well that Xiang Ye wanted Yan Guo, and naturally he didn't want to kill more Yan people, so he kept as many prisoners of war as possible in the battle to curry favor with the civilians of Yan State.

The defeated Yan army escaped for more than ten miles before it was completely annihilated by the Xia army, and in the pursuit, two more Yan generals died in the hands of the Xia army.

When the battle ended, the Xia army escorted the prisoners who far outnumbered them back to Jixian County.

The city 'gate' of Jixian County was closed, and when Li Xinpeng led the army to chase the Yan army, Wang Yu did not ask the Xia army defending the city to open the city 'gate' and let them enter the city.

He knew very well that Li Xinpeng must have 'handed over' the defenders in the city before leading the army out of the city, and did not open the 'gate' of the city before the Xia army returned. The battlefield is brutal, and many times in order to gain a little profit, another part of the profit has to be sacrificed.

Li Xinpeng knows this, and Wang Yi is also very clear.

Rashly asking to enter the city when the Xia army was chasing the Yan army would not benefit anything except that it would bring unnecessary conflicts.

Liu Shan died, and Wang Yu temporarily took over the army of 50,000 men. He knew that in front of this army, he was always just an outsider, and the army was willing to obey his command, but Liu Shan had 'handed over' before, and everything in this battle was obeyed by him.

When the battle is over, he can't tell if he can command this army, and the army under his command also doesn't know whether to listen to him anymore.

Batches of Yan soldiers who lost their armor were escorted back to the outside of Jixian County by the Xia army, and Wang Yu saw Li Xinpeng riding a high-headed horse from a distance and walking slowly outside the city.

He hurriedly turned over and jumped on a horse, raised his whip and 'whipped' the horse's buttocks' fiercely.

The war horse let out a long neigh, and carried him towards Li Xinpeng quickly.

"General Lee!" In front of Li Xinpeng, Wang Yu turned over and jumped off the horse, arched his hand at him and said: "Wang Yu, the leader of the 'Wuyi Guard' of the Great Xia Kingdom, has seen the general!" ”

"Wuyiwei?" Li Xinpeng lowered his head and looked at Wang Yi standing in front of him and frowned slightly.

Since Xiang Ye never announced it to the outside world when he was training Wuyiwei, Li Xinpeng had never heard of "Wuyiwei", let alone Wang Yi; can be one of the five tiger generals under Xiang Ye, but Wang Yi knows Li Xinpeng.

Wang Yu bowed and said to Xiang Ye very humbly: "The general doesn't know, Wuyiwei was established by the king a few years ago, and the special 'door' has completed some special tasks, and now it has just been put into use, the general doesn't recognize me, but I recognize the general!" ”

"Oh!" Li Xinpeng nodded, his frowning brows eased a little, and he raised his hand to Wang Yu and said; "Did you bring the army that attacked the Yan army? What do I think of them, they are also wearing the armor of the Yan Army? Where did they come from? ”

"They are the 'private' army of Zang Yan, the prince of Yan Kingdom, Zang Yu surrendered to Great Xia and dedicated this army to the king!" Wang Yu briefly introduced the situation of the army and then said to Li Xinpeng: "I have sent someone to report to the king, presumably it will not be long before the king will come to Jixian County, and the general will still ask the king at that time!" ”

"!" Li Xinpeng pursed his lips, glanced at the 50,000 troops wearing Yan Army armor, rolled his eyes, and asked Wang Yu in a low voice, "Did the king say how to distribute this army?" Should they be shunted into armies or should they become independent armies? If it is divided into armies, can I pick some soldiers first? ”

Wang Yu smiled, shrugged his shoulders and replied, "The general's question is difficult for me, the king just asked me to take over this army, but he didn't say how to distribute it!" ”

"Oh!" Li Xinpeng nodded, glanced at those Yan soldiers with some amazement, waved his hand and said, "That's it, that's it, I'd better go back to the city to prepare first, and wait for the king to come to greet him!" ”

"The general doesn't have to!" Li Xinpeng was just about to leave, but Wang Yu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "The king is only ten miles away from here, presumably it is almost there at this time!" ”

Li Xinpeng was stunned, although he had received the news that a team from Xia Guo had arrived, and there were not many people, and they were stationed more than ten miles away, but he didn't expect that it would be Xiang Ye.

Just when Li Xinpeng was stunned, an officer of the Yan Army wearing Yan Army armor, holding a bun on his head, not wearing a helmet, and looking a little strange, ran to Wang Yu and hugged his fists and said to him: "There is a team under the banner of Great Xia from the west, there are only about 1,000 people, and I have come to ask the general for instructions on what to do?" ”

"The king is here!" After listening to the officer's report, Wang Yu smiled at Li Xinpeng, and then said to the officer: "Order the whole army to line up to welcome Xia Wang Luan!" ”

"No!" The officer answered, turned and left.

Li Xinpeng was riding on horseback, still rolling his eyes and being stunned, Xiang Ye came too fast, Jixian County has been besieged these days, and the city has become a mess, he is trying to reorganize and then invite Xiang Ye to receive it, but he didn't expect Xiang Ye to come to the outskirts of Jixian County a long time ago.

"Soldiers, prepare to welcome the king!" After a while, Li Xinpeng, who had just come back to his senses, waved the spear in his hand and shouted to Xia Jun, "Let all the prisoners kneel side by side, we have to let the king see how many people we have captured this time!" ”

When Xia Jun heard that Xiang Ye was going to be greeted, they cheered in unison, drove the captured Yan Jun and made them kneel into a big policy, while Xia Jun also lined up a neat formation and waited for Xiang Ye after arranging the prisoners.

The army guarding Xiang Ye marched unhurriedly, and after about a stick of incense, they came to the outside of Jixian County.

Li Xinpeng saw Xiang Ye riding Chiji from a distance, he hurriedly turned over and jumped off the horse, ran to Xiang Ye and knelt on the ground, and shouted: "The minister knocks to see the king!" ”

After he knelt down, all the Xia soldiers knelt down and knocked on Xiang Ye in unison.

Wang Yu also knelt on the ground, but the 50,000 troops behind Wang Yu stood straight, the Xia State had not officially accepted them, they did not belong to the Xia Kingdom, and when they saw Xiang Ye, they didn't know whether to kneel on the ground like the Xia Army to greet them or stand aside without any expression.

Xiang Ye jumped off the horse, picked up Li Xinpeng, beckoned to the officers and soldiers of Xia, and shouted with a smile: "Soldiers, get up, you have worked hard!" ”

"Loyal King, Loyal Great Xia!" The officers and soldiers of Xia stood up, raised the weapons in their hands and cheered.

"Rise up also!" Xiang Ye looked at the Yan Army captives kneeling on the ground, raised his hand to them and said, "When I came, I was still worried that Xin Peng would kill too much, but fortunately, most of you are still alive!" ”

After listening to Xiang Ye's words, the captives looked at each other with round eyes in shock, not knowing whether to stand up or not.

"The king told you all to get up, and didn't you hear?" Seeing that the captives were still kneeling and didn't dare to stand up, Li Xinpeng turned around with the hilt of his sword in his hand and glared at them and shouted, "All stand up for me!" Do you have to wait for me to help you one by one? ”~