"Run, run!"

As Zuling gave the order to retreat, the entire Shanyue formation collapsed in an instant.

In the midst of the crying father and mother, countless Shanyue barbarians fled to Taiheling like headless flies.

The formation of five hundred cavalry led by Zhao Yun spread out, changing from a conical formation to a one-line formation, chasing behind the defeated Shanyue army like a sheep.

The Chinese army under the command of Liu Renliang followed closely behind Zhao Yun and others, and launched a tail-end pursuit of the Shanyue army.

When a Shanyue general fled, he hurriedly turned his head to look back, and was suddenly terrified.

He saw a trail of smoke and dust, getting closer and closer to them, and he could even vaguely see the face of the god-killing god in the smoke!

"Dashuai, the Chu thief has caught up!"

When Zu Ling heard this, he turned his head to look back, and was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

"Left and right, stop him for Ben Shuai!"

However, at this time, the people around him were only concerned about running for their lives, and they didn't have the heart to reflexively meet the enemy.

Could it be that God wants to stop me here?

Just when Zuling was desperate, he heard dozens of loud roars.

"Please also take care of my wife and children!"

With a resolute shout, dozens of horsemen suddenly came out from his side, but it was his personal guard captain who led a group of personal guards to launch a decisive counterattack against the Chu army.

The relationship between the guards and the loyal generals is one of life and death, one glory and one loss.

All the guards regard dying in battle to protect the Lord as their highest honor.

Therefore, at the critical moment of Zuling's life and death, the personal guards he had painstakingly cultivated stood up.

"Ben will be alive for one day, and he will treat his wife and children well!"

Zu Ling's eyes were red, and after gritting his teeth and vowing, he grabbed the horse's belly and fled towards Taihe Ridge without looking back.

Looking at the Shanyue soldiers who launched a counter-charge towards him, a trace of impatience flashed in Zhao Yun's eyes.

"Get out of the way for Ben!"

With Zhao Yun's roar, one after another spear flowers fell towards the other party like a rain of flowers.

Those guards only felt a flower in front of them, and the killing god of Chu Jun disappeared from their field of vision, and then they felt a slight pain in their necks, and their consciousness quickly fell into the boundless darkness.

"Damn, after all, this guy ran away!"

Looking at the figure that had entered the mountains and forests, Zhao Yun pulled the reins of his horse, stuck the gentian bright silver spear on the ground, and said with a depressed face.

Hurry up and hurry, it's still one step short of letting this big fish slip away!

"What to do next, please show me the marshal."

After a few breaths, Lin Chong rode his horse to Zhao Yun's side, hugged his fists and asked.

"General Lin, the commander of the handsome general's order, no one who surrenders in Shanyue will be killed! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed! ”

Zhao Zilong also read the "Pingbian Policy" by Wang Shu's envoy, and he very much agreed with the views expressed in it.

The most fundamental factor in the struggle for hegemony among countries lies in population.

Although the territory of Great Chu is vast, the population is still too small compared to the Jin State in the Central Plains.

A small number of people means that there are fewer taxes that can be collected, and fewer laborers and soldiers can be recruited, which means that the national strength and military strength are not comparable to those of the other party.

Therefore, in order to achieve corner overtaking, in addition to the technological innovation that His Majesty has been advocating, it is also extremely important to convert the population of the various barbarian tribes in Miaojiang and Jiangnan into the population of Chu.

This time, His Majesty asked him to lead the troops to quell the Shanyue Rebellion, and the ultimate goal was to conquer Shanyue and bring the hundreds of thousands of Dingkou in Shanyue into the rule of the Chu State.

Therefore, as long as these Shanyue barbarians surrender, they can still save their lives.

"Whoa!"

Lin Chong replied with a fist.

As the chief instructor of the forbidden army, he also knows some about the major policies of the imperial court.

"The commander has an order, surrender and don't kill, and those who resist will be killed!"

"Surrender and don't kill, those who resist will be killed!"

"Surrender and don't kill, those who resist will be killed!"

Soon, everywhere on the battlefield, there were a series of shouts from the Chu army.

"Surrender, surrender!"

"I surrender, don't kill me!"

"I'll surrender!"

Hearing that they would surrender and not kill, the Shanyue defeated soldiers suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, threw away their weapons one after another, and knelt on the ground with five bodies, for fear that they would be cut off by the Chu army one step later.

Liu Renliang walked to Zhao Yun's side, smiled and hugged his fists and congratulated:

"Congratulations to the marshal, with 10,000 against 50,000, you can achieve such a result!"

Zhao Yun turned over and dismounted, and said:

"Liu joined the army politely, this battle is not the work of Yun alone. If it is not the joint efforts of everyone, how can there be such a big victory? ”

Liu Renliang bowed slightly.

Zhao Yun's victory is not arrogant or discouraged, and his modest and polite personality makes him quite admired.

This one, plus Du Yu Du Yuankai, who shined in Qi Chu's first war, and Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, who were favored by His Majesty and many important ministers, there is no shortage of famous generals in Dachu!

"Du joined the army, how many casualties were in this battle, how many prisoners were captured, I don't know if it has been counted?"

Zhao Yun's words pulled Liu Renliang back from his thoughts.

"Back to the marshal, in this battle, about 800 people were killed and wounded by our army's soldiers, and more than 300 people were killed and wounded by Danyang Jingshu due to facing the first wave of Shanyue's charge, 15 of the 500 cavalry were slightly injured, 12 were seriously injured, 7 were killed in battle, and the casualties of the rest of the troops combined were less than 50 people."

"As for the Shanyue side, our army has captured more than 10,000 people, and as for the war dead, it is too late to count them for the time being."

In Liu Renliang's view, Zhao Yun commanded 10,000 Chu troops against 50,000 Shanyue troops, and he could still win the battle, but his own losses were less than one-tenth, and he captured more than 10,000 enemy soldiers and killed countless enemy soldiers.

This battle is enough to be recorded in the history books of Great Chu and go down in history.

Zhao Yun nodded, looked in the direction where Zu Ling and the others had fled, and muttered:

"General Qin, don't disappoint Zhao......"

The night gradually enveloped the vast mountains.

Whew-

The sound of chasing and killing in his ears gradually disappeared, and Zu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down.

Looking back at the people beside him, there were only a few more than 1,000 people in sight, and he didn't feel sadness from his heart.

At the beginning of the army, he also thought that with Shanyue's courage and the assistance of Qi, it was enough to defeat the Chu army, seal the territory, and achieve the great cause that Shanyue had not completed for several generations.

However, reality slapped him hard and made him look bad.

Taking a deep breath and stabilizing his mind, Zu Ling said to the frightened leaders:

"It seems that we have thrown off the chasing soldiers of the Chu State, so let's take a break for the time being, and then set off to go back to Zijin Cave to discuss revenge."

Zijin Cave is the place where the ancestral mountain is located.

When everyone heard this, they rested and did not mention it.

At night, there were scattered defeated soldiers one after another, and by the dawn of the second day, Zuling had gathered more than 5,000 remnants, plus the initial more than 1,000 people, a total of more than 6,000 people.

It's just that the battle report presented by his soldiers made him not happy at all.

In yesterday's battle, Shanyue dispatched 50,000 troops, and those who finally fled back, even according to the most optimistic estimates, were only more than 10,000 people.

Hearing the report of his soldiers, Zu Ling stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The army of 50,000 was crippled in just one battle......

Zu Ling only felt that his heart was dripping blood.

If this revenge is not avenged, he will be a man in vain!

Zu Ling secretly swore in his heart.

It's just that now he can only retreat to the Zijin Cave first, and then talk about the comeback.

After a brief repair, Zuling withdrew in the direction of Zijin Cave with the remnants of the defeated army with low morale.

As they got closer and closer to the Zijin Cave, the tense nerves of Zu Ling and his subordinates gradually relaxed.

If nothing else, they would have walked for another half an hour, and they would have almost been able to see the Purple Gold Cave.

However, if nothing else, there was an accident.

The brute soldier who walked in the front only felt that his feet were empty, and the whole person involuntarily fell down.

The terrible howl sounded for a moment, and then quickly stopped abruptly, and everyone subconsciously looked at it, and their scalps suddenly went numb.

I saw a half-zhang square pit appear in front of the team, and more than a zhang of the pit was filled with dense bamboo sticks.

In just a few breaths, the person who fell into the pit was already out of breath and out of breath, and he obviously couldn't survive.

This......

Seeing this scene, Zu Ling gasped, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

However, before he could make any moves, he heard an angry shout from the dense forest.

"Where do you want to flee when you wait for the defeated generals!"

With angry shouts and drums in all directions, a Chu army armed with a spear came out of the dense forest.

Looking at the Chu army that suddenly appeared, the barbarian soldiers were terrified, their legs were weak, and two souls of the three souls were lost.

How did these Chu troops get ahead of them?

The Chu army that appeared in front of Zu Ling and the others was a thousand white-pole elite soldiers led by Qin Liangyu.

It turned out that Qin Liangyu and her 1,000 white-pole elite soldiers were not thrown into the battlefield by Zhao Yun at all, but were arranged by Zhao Yun to set up an ambush on the only way between the battlefield and the Zijin Cave according to the information on the location of the Zijin Cave.

Qin Liangyu relied on his own characteristics [Turning to Fight for a Thousand Miles] and the characteristics of white-pole elite soldiers [good at mountain warfare] and [good at jungle warfare], he stubbornly regarded the mountains and forests as flat land, crossed mountains and mountains, crossed forests and streams without much effort, and came to the place where Shanyue must pass through the retreat to Zijin Cave half a day in advance, dug traps, and set up ambushes.

Looking at Qin Liangyu and a thousand white-pole elite soldiers who rushed to kill, Zu Ling's eyes showed a look of determination, and he raised his arms and shouted:

"Sons, there is no way back for us now. If you want to survive, you have to fight to the death. Sons, come with me and let the Chu people see the bravery of my Shanyue! ”

Under Zuling's instigation, the eyes of the Shanyue barbarians, who were already cornered, suddenly turned red.

As the marshal said, if you don't fight to the death at this time, when will you wait!

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

The Shanyue barbarians stimulated the only remaining fighting spirit in their bodies and fought with the white-pole elite soldiers led by Qin Liangyu.

"Kill the thief!"

Qin Liangyujiao shouted, and the seven-foot white-pole gun in his hand danced with heavy gun shadows, killing dozens of barbarians in one go.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a Shanyue leader hurriedly led several fierce generals and surrounded Qin Liangyu.

Seeing this, Qin Liangyu's phoenix eyes became more and more excited, and the seven-foot white-pole gun in her hand was like a white python, which made people unguardable, and the barbarians were sweating and crying bitterly.

Where did this mad woman come from, with such force!

The white-pole elite soldiers are well-trained, even without Qin Liangyu's personal command, under the leadership of generals and colonels at all levels, they still burst out with amazing combat power, relying on their own 1,000 troops, to defeat more than 7,000 Shanyue barbarian soldiers.

As time passed, the fighting spirit that broke out in the hearts of the Shanyue barbarians gradually declined, and the morale inspired by Zuling's words also fell again and again.

"Dashuai, this Chu army is extremely brave, I can't hold on for too long, let's withdraw!"

A brute general with a broken left arm and covered in blood came to Zu Ling and said sadly.

The more he fights, the more suspicious he is about life, how come these Chu soldiers are more familiar with the mountains and forests than they are?

Glancing around, Zu Ling sadly found that some of his own soldiers kept falling to the ground, while the number of people on the Chu army's side had barely decreased much.

The previous doubts resurfaced from Zu Ling's mind.

When did the Chu people have such a strong army?

It's just that, at this time, he can't afford to hesitate a little.

"Withdraw!"

Zu Ling said with a depressed face.

Under the escort of dozens of barbarian generals, Zuling abandoned most of the main force and fled towards the mountains and forests.

Qin Liangyu had just killed the many barbarian generals who had just besieged him one by one, and when he saw Zu Ling and the others who had fled, he felt a little regretful in his heart, but he raised his voice and said:

"Zuling has fled, how long will you have to resist stubbornly?"

Hearing this, the barbarians who were regarded as outcasts subconsciously looked towards the place where Zuling was originally standing, but found that it was already empty.

Handsome him, left them and ran away?

The barbarian soldiers, who realized what was happening, instantly dropped to freezing.

When!

A brute threw away his weapon, knelt on the ground, and said, "This general, the little one is willing to surrender!" ”

When!

When!

Seeing someone starting, the barbarians threw away their weapons one after another and fell to their knees.

"The villain is willing to surrender!"

"The villain is willing to surrender!"

Qin Liangyu looked at the Shanyue barbarians who were kneeling on the ground, and the depressed mood that made the big fish slip away finally improved a little.

"The general will order, let everyone tie up these Shanyue barbarians, clean up the battlefield, and let's go home!"

"General, don't chase anymore?"

An adjutant general stepped forward and asked.

"No more chasing." Qin Liangyu shook his head, "Don't chase after the poor." We can't take risks with just over a thousand people. ”

Soon, the white-pole elite soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, escorted more than 3,000 Shanyue soldiers, and returned to Taihe City.

On this side, Zu Ling took the remnants of the defeated army and went around in a big circle, and finally returned to the Zijin Cave.

After a little tidying up, Zu Ling summoned a group of leaders to the front.

"The Chu people killed tens of thousands of my soldiers, such a blood feud must be avenged!"

Zu Ling gritted his teeth and said.

For him, an armistice and peace were absolutely impossible.

The reason is very simple, once the war is stopped, then he, the great leader who ascended to the throne by force, will also be able to do it.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to coerce the entire Shanyue and Chu State to continue the war.

Although Shanyue lost many horses, Zuling was still powerful, and the leaders did not dare to resist, but asked Zuling to say a strategy for revenge.

Zu Ling smiled:

"I've got this in mind. I want people to go north of Taihe Ridge and borrow troops from Shanyue there! ”

When everyone heard this, they all changed color slightly.

Taihe Lingshan is divided into Lingnan and Lingbei, and their branch belongs to Lingnan Shanyue. It's just that Lingbei Shanyue is insatiable, and he has rarely communicated with them.

When the army was first raised, after Lingbei Shanyue learned about it, he also wanted to participate, but Zuling was afraid that the other party would threaten him, so he politely refused.

"Ancestral leader, the Lingbei Shanyue has always been insatiable. If you ask for help and borrow troops, I am afraid that the other party will ask the lion to open his mouth. ”

One of the leaders said worriedly.

As for other people's worries, Zu Ling had already anticipated them.

Asking for help and borrowing soldiers, he had been thinking about it all night last night, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

"It's a good thing to say. The Han people have a saying, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Now the Chu people are menacing, if we are destroyed by them, then the next turn will definitely be their Lingbei Shanyue. No matter how greedy they are, they know this very well in their hearts, otherwise they would not have offered to participate in it in the first place. ”

"The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and now we are waiting for life and death, and we can't care about so much money or anything. No matter how big the price is, as long as it can repel this Chu army, it will not hesitate. ”

That being said, Zu Ling had other plans in mind.

It would be great if he could use the hand of Shanyue in Lingbei to defeat this Chu army and capture Taihe City.

He could use the property of the Chu people as the reward for the troops sent by Shanyue in Lingbei.

If Lingbei Shanyue is defeated by the Chu army, then he can take the opportunity to annex Lingbei Shanyue and strengthen his own power.

Taihe Ridge is steep and abnormal, and if Chu Jun wants to go deep into it, it is definitely a fool's dream!

(End of chapter)