Chapter 360: Sacrificial Flag
When the sky gradually brightened, more battle reports were sent to the main army in the rear from the scout in front of the starry and moon, and at this time, the generals in the army also knew about the changes in the war and came to the commander's tent early.
The battle report was summed up, and it was gathered into a coherent message by Wu Zixun.
May 30, west of Taikang, there was a cavalry army of Liang State, Yang Lie's army Tong Ju met the enemy, the main general Tong Ju was defeated and fled, the whole army was scattered, half an hour later with the rout army and the Zanwei army that was attacking the city, the Xuanwu army rushed to reinforce, Liang Guo Tuoba Zongju led the trek cavalry and Fushan cavalry should be combined with the outside, and then defeated.
On the first day of June, Xu Mao and Zhao Ji'an rushed to the south of the city together, but were ambushed by Mi Jiqian, the deputy general of Tuoba Zongji, halfway, losing 7,000 people, and retreating to the mountains to the east in panic to regroup.
Early this morning, the remnants of the Yanglie Army, the Xuanwu Army, and the Zanwei Army regrouped, and were once again defeated by the general of the Trek Army, Tuoba Congwu, and fled southward.
The breath in the tent became ominous.
From last night's battle report to this morning's information, the generals in the tent showed interested expressions, Lu Bu grinned and rubbed his palms on his knees.
"I thought that Liang Guo was a cowardly like Qi State, and he could fight so fiercely, Your Majesty, since it is useless for Qi to surrender troops and generals, let us have a good fight with the generals of Liang State."
Lu Bu's words are too much in line with the thoughts of the generals in the tent.
Instead of being annoyed by the defeat ahead, the crowd showed an expression of excitement as if a hunter had met an interested prey.
Su Chen looked at a group of belligerent famous generals and fierce generals, and there was also an expression of wanting to laugh on his face, but when he thought of the picture of five armies on the battlefield in front of him, 210,000 people were defeated and fled, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart after all.
He let the army fight the forward, and he also had a calculation in his heart.
The first is to consume the troops of the surrendered generals, and the second is to let these surrendered troops win more battles, cultivate morale, and combat skills, after all, these troops will be incorporated into the main force under their command in the future and used to fight the two southern countries.
Now he was defeated and defeated, and his thoughts were in vain.
"However, judging from the collected battle reports, the two cavalry that attacked Xu Jinwu and Tong Ju should be the newly formed Trek and Fushan in the hands of Emperor Liang." What he spoke was, the coach Li Jing, and now that Su Chen came to the tent, he retreated to the first place on the left and sat down, "But no matter how strong the elite soldiers and horses are, it also depends on the generals who command the troops, otherwise no matter how elite the cavalry is, it will be in vain to give the incompetent generals to command." ”
His words won Zhao Yun's consent, and he said: "Just like the old lord Sun Zhan, he handed over the White Horse Yicong to the commander of Yan Gang, and the whole army was wiped out. ”
Although decades have passed, Zhao Yun still has a regretful tone when he talks about that time.
"General Zhao doesn't need to be sad, throughout the ages, one general has been incompetent, and the three armies have been killed everywhere." Xiang Yu entered the military tent, it was the first time he had a feeling, and then said to Li Jing over there: "Let's continue to talk about the army of Liang State, Xiang is a little interested!" ”
Su Chen nodded at Li Jing and motioned for him to continue.
"The one who guards Taikang is the general of the Liang State Sect, Tuoba Zongju, who is said to be the uncle of the Emperor of Liang, and he is also an outstanding person, as well as Tuoba Congwu, Tuoba Zhaori, Zongju came to Taikang, in addition to his own army, there are also two armies of Trek and Fushan given by Emperor Liang, these are all descendants, and it is naturally impossible to hand them over to outsiders."
Li Jing stood up: "The one who leads the mountain or treks must be Tuoba Congwu, judging from the information of the previous spying, Tuoba Congwu Wenwu Shuangquan, is the nephew of Emperor Liang, about twenty-seven years old, is a good seedling of the commander of the three armies, and Emperor Liang let him follow obviously with the intention of cultivation." ”
"Looks like we finally have a good opponent!" Dong Zhuo smiled evilly, "I heard that the Tuoba Sect will guard the city impenetrable, and the generals of the Qi State have attacked continuously, and they have not even stood firm on the city wall. Your Majesty, let me let the Xiliang Army under my command try two catties with them! ”
"And somewhere!"
Lu Bu's expression was unruly, and his eyes were full of contempt, "The other two seem to be good at cavalry, but I don't know how to ride with me, Zilong, and Huo Hussar!" ”
Seeing the fighting spirit of the generals in the tent one after another, Su Chen also wanted them to lead the troops over, but Jia Xu on the side shook his head slightly at him.
After being silent for a moment, Su Chen laughed: "Don't worry, I want to let the surrendered army of the Qi State continue to follow the soldiers and horses of the Liang State." ”
Su Dingfang frowned at Li Jing's side, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's a bit dangerous to use troops like this, the morale of the Qi State army has plummeted, and the army has no heart to fight, if it is defeated again, once it is chased by the enemy, take advantage of the situation to impact the main force, it will shake the army formation, please think twice, Your Majesty!" ”
The meaning of this general who destroyed the country was obvious, like Lu Bu and them, he personally led the main force up, took Taikang in one go, and easily defeated the two cavalry, so as to directly hit the morale of Liang Guo to the trough.
Let the future war be easy.
"What General Su said, I also know."
Su Chen sighed, he actually had his own plan in his heart, "Killing Taikang's soldiers and horses in one go is indeed extremely convenient for attacking Liang State, and it also makes the logistics much easier, but I want to survive this army, even if it is disabled, as long as the surviving soldiers become elite, two armies can be added in the future." ”
Su Chen pressed the table, leaned slightly and exhaled, his voice was low: "As for how many people die, I don't care at all, if I am turned into a chaotic army and carried to attack this town, then I will be killed together!" ”
Jia Xu on the side nodded with satisfaction, this strategy was proposed by him to Su Chen, to fight and surrender the army, and choose the best to join the army, so that there is no need to consider recruiting in the people and depleting the foundation of the people in the north and the Central Plains.
As for the Qi country.
Before he was fully attached, he was not considered his own person in his eyes.
After listening to the emperor's words, the surrounding generals fell silent.
Here, Su Chen waved his hand at them: "Don't persuade you anymore about this matter, if you really want to persuade you, you go to Jia Wenhe, his idea!" ”
In an instant, Jia Xu's satisfied smile just now froze, and the generals in the tent looked at him with their heads all turned their heads.
Dong Zhuo and Li Dao rubbed their fists, with bad intentions in their eyes, and even Lu Bu rubbed their fists.
At this moment, there was an order outside, who rode back, half-knelt outside the tent curtain, and reported with his hands: "Your Majesty, the generals of the five armies have returned with the remnants of the army, and they are kneeling at the gate of the Chinese army, saying that they are pleading guilty to Your Majesty." ”
"Please...... Well, I want to hear how they plead! ”
Su Chen shook the emperor's robe, got up to bypass the long case, and walked out of the big tent in a hurry, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dong Zhuo and others all followed, and Xiang Yu followed slowly with both hands.
On the side of the Chinese army, there were all soldiers who had fled back, and there was still a look of shock on their faces, almost everyone was injured, and they looked at the Xiliang army that came up around them in fear.
These hundred elite soldiers in the military camp heard about this this morning, and they followed the emperor to raise troops from 800 people, from the north to the south, and then into the grassland, and now they have destroyed the Qi State, and they have never been defeated.
Unexpectedly, they let this group of soldiers break the example, it really made them hold back the fire in their hearts, looking at these soldiers who came back from the rout, their eyes were naturally not much better.
As the leaders, Xu Mao, Xu Jinwu, Tong Ju, Zhao Ji'an, and Han Jinsu knelt at the gate of the Chinese army, their armor was mottled with blood, and their cloaks were torn to pieces.
It can be seen that this is a way out of the encirclement before he escaped by luck.
As soon as they returned, they knelt here, waiting for the emperor's punishment in their hearts.
There are more and more Xiliang troops surrounded here, pointing at the defeated generals of this group of remnants and muttering one after another, and after a while, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army in the direction of the tent get out of the way, and in the ears of Xu Mao and others, they heard a tsunami from the mountains: "Meet Your Majesty!" ”
Only then did the five of them raise their heads, and they saw the tall and mighty body of the Emperor of the Xia Kingdom, who was guarded by the generals in the army, and stopped a few steps away from them.
"Your Majesty...... I'll wait ......" Xu Mao remembered that when he surrendered to Su Chen, the other party personally supported him, and said that he was entering the Liang State, and it would be easy to enter the Liang State.
But now that the army is defeated, it really makes him feel ashamed, and now, he arched his hand chokedly and turned his face to the side: "Please also ask Your Majesty to cut off the heads of the ministers to sacrifice the defeated soldiers!" ”
The other four were taken aback by his words, they had come to ask for sin, not death.
They scolded Xu Mao in their hearts, but since the other party had said everything, it was impossible to take back the words, so they had to follow his example and ask Su Chen for guilt.
However, the words were more tactful, only saying that the emperor should punish.
"Which of you has escaped?" Su Chen walked to the five people kneeling on the ground alone, looking at their eyes, as if they were about to kill, "You know, my army has never been forward, there is no reason to retreat, how to defeat the battle, explain it clearly in front of my soldiers!" ”
Su Chen's words revealed another meaning: Whoever loses the battle first will be guilty!
I don't know if I heard the meaning of Su Chen's words, Xu Jinwu hurriedly raised his head: "Your Majesty! Then he pointed to the Tong Ju next to him, "It's him, the Yang Lie army feint to attack the west gate, the Fushan army of the Liang State came from the west, he led the army to intercept, and he was still fighting, he ran away first, and then let the Fushan army take advantage of the situation to kill to the south of the city, and I led the army to attack the city at that time." ”
Tong Ju raised his head and roared at Xu Jinwu: "Nonsense, it was the Fushan cavalry who came to me quickly, so I had no choice but to turn in!" ”
Dian Wei, who was standing next to Su Chen, watched them pass the buck to each other, with disdain in his eyes.
"The mud can't hold up the wall!"
He looked down on this kind of general who escaped from the battle, when he was alone, without weapons, he guarded the city gate and fought to death, and he also wanted Cao Cao to escape.
Both the Xiliang soldiers and the generals around them also showed disdainful expressions.
Su Chen looked straight at the five people on the ground, and his voice was flat: "I already know, don't make any noise." General Tong, turn around. ”
Over there, Tong Jue, who was still arguing with Xu Jinwu, heard the words, and the moment he turned his head, Su Chen suddenly reached out and grabbed the Xia Wang sword held by Wu Zixun, only to hear the sound of the sword being unsheathed.
The sword light reflected the morning sun, bringing a cold glow.
Burst!
The wide and majestic Xia King's sword swept out a fan-shaped sword light, and Tong Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, instantly broke his neck, and his head with a suspicious expression rose into the sky with a spurting blood arrow.
Su Chen shook his sword, the blood beads shook off the sword body, and with another smack, he inserted his backhand back into the scabbard.
"Take your head, sacrifice the flag!"
His eyes were cold, and he looked at the other four generals who were so frightened that their faces were bloodless.
"You and the others immediately gather the remnants of the army, rectify it, and continue to attack Taikang, no matter how many times you are defeated, I will continue to attack!"
Immediately, he turned around and walked back to the big tent.
"I can't fight it, I will clean you up with Liang Guo!"
(End of chapter)