Chapter 245: Return to Yecheng
When the rout began, no one knows, and even some soldiers don't know what happened, marching normally according to the long snake formation, but watching the soldiers in front of them start to rush to the rear, even if the soldiers in the back don't know what is in front at all, they instinctively run along.
The defeat is like a mountain, it is really a defeat like a mountain, and the moment Liu Yao began to retreat, Liu Tai and Liu Tai's headquarters were no longer resistible.
Liu Yao also knew in his heart that he couldn't retreat in the face of Liu Tai, as long as he retreated, and was beaten by Liu Tai, then he would no longer be able to save the situation, Liu Yao knew this.
But Liu Yao knows better that Liu Tai can really kill in front of him.
At the beginning, he used a gun array, and he was fearless in the face of his cavalry, so that his personal guards were damaged, and Liu Yao paid attention to Liu Tai.
Even Liu Yao is an official member of the clan, so Liu Yao knows very well that Liu Tai has been worried about Liu Cong before he died.
But fortunately, there is Shile in front, and the clan has its own, so it maintains a fragile balance.
But in Liu Yao's view, this is Liu Cong's integration of the Xiongnu and ethnic minorities to successfully suppress the Han represented by Liu Tai.
At this time, Liu Yao had to inherit people, and he and Shi Le had never been taken seriously by Liu Tai at all.
From the time he changed his country name in June, Liu Tai defeated Shi Le first, and then defeated himself, and your sister didn't last until the snowy day?!
What an incredible military ability this is, if you really talk about it in detail, I am afraid that only the ancient military power can be compared.
But just like this, it proves one point from the side, Liu Tai is really loyal Liu Cong, a true loyal man!
Liu Yao is even more full of regret at the moment, he already knows what country name he has changed, isn't it good to continue the country name of the big man? !
Seeing that Liu Tai seemed to be swept away by the autumn wind at this moment, killing himself and Shi Le, Liu Yao felt that if he could do it again, he would definitely not move the country.
I thought this was a Sinicization curse against the Xiongnu, but I never thought that this was actually a sealing spell to protect the Xiongnu to continue to rule the Han nationality reasonably and legally!
Liu Yao felt remorse in his heart, but he did not completely lose the courage to make a comeback, let alone cry and draw his sword to kill himself.
Because of such a failure, it is not the first time that I have experienced it, as long as I flee back to Chang'an, I will always have the capital to continue to resist, if I die here, then I really have nothing.
And his escape skills are also good, at least although Liu Tai's personal guards are good at fighting, they don't seem to be good at pursuit.
This matter is still behind him, driving his army behind him unhurriedly, allowing himself to escape smoothly!
If you can run away, you will definitely be able to run away, at this moment Liu Yao's heart is full of confidence!
However, at this moment, there were suddenly bursts of uniform slogans behind him:
"Drop your weapon, crouch down and surrender!" "Drop your weapon, crouch down and surrender!" "Drop your weapon, crouch down and surrender!" ……
This was like a soul-chasing sound, which made some people involuntarily look back, and an elite cavalry with a significantly longer scimitar in their hands skimmed over the edge at this moment.
A cavalry passed, two cavalry passed, a whole row of cavalry passed, and the soldiers who fled on the edge were directly cut down by the scimitars in the hands of the cavalry one after another.
These cavalrymen had no intention of slowing down their speed, they were like an ink pen, stained with bright red and blood-colored paint, and they slashed across the vast land, and everywhere they passed were broken bones and fragments, dripping with blood!
Blood and death are so breathtaking, in the face of the slaughter of Yue Cai, if these soldiers fight back, in fact, Yue Cai's combat effectiveness is not strong, but at this moment they are fleeing, even if they dare to turn their heads, not the majority, let alone resist!
And under the slaughter of Yue Qi without slowing down at all, these slower-running soldiers watched their comrades on their sides directly shaved into bones and blood, which completely drained their courage to continue running.
After all, no matter how fast they run, is it still faster to chase after them on horseback?
At this moment, they decisively obeyed the slogan of Yue Qi, they threw away their weapons, hugged their heads and squatted to defend, they wanted to live!
They no longer have the courage to keep running.
Of course, there were other soldiers who wanted to escape from the other side, but at this time, the personal guards led by Liu Tai pursued unhurriedly from the other side, and those who did not hold their heads and squatted to defend did not hesitate to stab them to death with spears, and then continued to pursue forward.
After all, even if you are fleeing for your life these days, is there still a reason for infantry to surpass cavalry.
Anyway, all your cavalry are horseshoes, as long as you don't enter the perverted environment of the swamp, Lao Tzu will run with you to the ends of the earth!
As for these soldiers who were holding their heads and squatting on the defensive, they were captured by the infantry regiment led by Wang Sang one by one.
Wang Sang said that compared with the perverted requirements of marching 80 miles a day, this kind of chasing the rout is really trivial, where is this chasing the rout, this is simply the merit of chasing the movement!
Under such a rhythm of pursuit, most of Liu Yao's soldiers were holding their heads and squatting for defense.
After all, the vast majority of them had been in the Han army, and they knew that Liu Tai's army discipline was the best among all the Han armies.
Basically, as long as you choose to surrender, then Liu Tai basically will not have any torture and killing of soldiers.
Therefore, the Han soldiers had the intention of surrendering if they couldn't beat me, and most of them chose to throw away their weapons and squat down to surrender.
And those soldiers of different races, they more or less knew that Liu Tai was a pure nationalist.
In such a situation, at this moment, they still want to struggle more or less, but watching the horror of the army being swept through by the more and more bloody horses, as long as the family is not very wealthy, they basically surrender and surrender.
There are only those aliens who have assets or high status in Luoyang who want to struggle again and try to see if they can escape.
And Liu Tai's headquarters is responsible for mending the knife, who is in charge of it, if he kills it, he will kill it, and tell them with bloody facts that if he continues to run, he will only die.
For Liu Tai, these people are an important labor force in the future, foreign races go to the coal and steel division to dig coal and steel, and the Han people go to build the Yongji Canal, it is good to accept one more, how can he let them escape.
Even if you die, nourish this land with your flesh.
Under the perseverance of Liu Tai's two cavalry, Liu Yao was desperately forced to a dead end by Liu Tai at the moment.
The main thing is that his horse did not hit the hooves, and when running to some rough sections, the horse stumbled and fell down.
He struggled to get up, and the guards around him hurriedly went up to help him up, but he didn't have so much to do but continued to escape.
But at this time, Liu Tai had already chased after him, and led the army Liu Yao to surround the group!
"Tut-tut, in the end, you have become an emperor, you have the burden of idols, if you were afraid of wearing a soldier's clothes and running away!"
Liu Tai looked at Liu Yao's embarrassed appearance, rode on the horse and looked down at Liu Yao indifferently.
"Rebels and thieves! Even if you succeed in your rebellion, will you be able to stop the mouths of the world! Liu Yao said to Liu Tai.
"Let the soldiers under your command not waste their lives in vain, I will not kill you for the time being!" Liu Tai looked at Liu Yao and said,
"You personally go to persuade Shi Le to surrender, I think the effect should be the best, even if Shi Le is solved, isn't your Zhao Kingdom still there, you are more valuable than you die when you live!"
"You want me to call the door for you, hehe! How can there be such a shameless son of heaven in the world! Liu Yao pointed at Liu Taidao,
"If you want to kill me, see if I beg for mercy!"
Liu Tai looked at Liu Yao so resolutely, but he didn't say anything more, after all, insulting the emperor was indeed excessive.
It's just that seeing that Liu Yao didn't draw his sword and kill himself, it seems that he still wants to survive if he can live, and it is enough for himself.
Before the Zhao State was destroyed, Liu Yao, who could live, was valuable.
Liu Tai waved his hand and said to the guards: "Capture him, and the one who blocks will die!" ”
Liu Tai's soldiers did not hesitate, and immediately rushed towards Liu Yao, Liu Yao's personal guards were also brave, but Liu Tai's personal guards did not need to show mercy to their subordinates, and killed all those who obstructed them, so as to fulfill their loyalty.
As for Liu Yao, he directly pressed him with several shields, completely pressed him to the ground, and then tied him up.
And with Liu Yao's capture, the war finally came to an end.
And the soldiers under Liu Yao's command were also killed, those who fled, and those who were captured were captured, and after a little calculation, this battle directly captured more than 100,000 prisoners.
Among them, perhaps less than 20,000 people died directly in the war, and the rest trampled on each other in the great rout, or were lucky enough to flee in the direction of Taihang Mountain in the north.
To be honest, at this time, Liu Tai could coerce Luoyang, and maybe he could make the remaining orphans and widows surrender directly.
But Liu Tai knew very well that the defeat of the 150,000 army directly announced that Luoyang, the court of Zhao, was afraid that it would fall into turmoil from now on, and whether it could survive in the future, I am afraid that only God knows.
In contrast, what he wanted to see more was Shi Le's head, or take Yecheng down first, and then think about other things.
After all, the weather is getting colder, and no one dares to guarantee when it will snow, and when the Yellow River freezes, Zu Ti is afraid that he will send troops north.
In any case, I need to solve Shile before Zu Ti waves his army north, and before that, I need to compete with God for time!
Soon, Liu Tai's army finished the battlefield, collected the enemy's baggage, and began to arrange matters.
Liu Tai found Wang Sang and said, "Uncle Wang, you need to work hard to garrison Jijun!" ”
"Is the king worried that Zu Ti will take the opportunity to go north?" When Wang Sang heard Liu Tai's words, he immediately reacted.
Liu Tai nodded, and then said, "With Liu Yao captured and the main army of Zhao State defeated, we naturally have to take Yecheng first."
Zu Ti is a smart person, and he should choose to attack Luoyang, but no matter what, we need someone to defend here! ”
"Please rest assured, the king will never let that ancestor cross the Yellow River if there are old ministers!" Wang Sang couldn't help but reassure.
"Uncle Wang, I will leave some prisoners for you and ask them to assist you in building defense facilities, and I have already sent someone to notify Tian Yu's team to come to Jijun, so that they can take advantage of the fact that the Yellow River is not frozen, and arrange for some people to go to Qingzhou to reduce your food pressure!"
"Okay, okay!" Wang Sang heard Liu Tai's words, but he was smiling.
Soon, Liu Tai left almost 30,000 prisoners to Wang Sang to assist in building defense facilities on the spot.
For Wang Sang, because he had been in charge of the party, he was still very experienced in how to use prisoners.
Not to mention, at this time, Wang Sang had 10,000 armor soldiers in his hands, which was completely enough to suppress these captives and wait for the arrival of the Tian Yu fleet.
As for why there were only 10,000 soldiers left, it was because Xu Miao needed to take his headquarters to escort the remaining captives to Yecheng.
Liu Tai only brought some handsome flags, chariots, and Liu Yao went to deal with Shile first, where did he have time to slowly escort these captives away.
At this time, Shi Le also looked at the south with longing eyes, and he had been looking forward to Liu Yao's arrival until now.
He hoped that Liu Yao would win, but he was also afraid that Liu Yao would win a big victory, so Shi Le sincerely prayed that Liu Yao could defeat Liu Tai, but he was also seriously damaged.
In this way, I will have a hard time in the future, but there is still some hope in the end.
After all, his position has always been to be a pawn for the Hun Liu clan to balance Liu Tai, and now he doesn't mind continuing to maintain this identity.
What I am most afraid of is that Liu Tai and Liu Yao have a big victory, so I am afraid that my future will be bleak.
At this time, Zhou Ping still carried out Liu Tai's plan steadily, cleaning the periphery of Yecheng, and basically destroyed all the peripheral defense facilities, and even the potholes left by the moat were filled with the soil that was slowly piled up by bulldozing into a mountain.
In this one-day operation, the outer defenses were filled in as much as possible, and all that was left was to start the official attack.
It's just that Liu Tai's soldiers are precious, and Zhou Ping didn't dare to attack easily without Liu Tai's order.
After all, if Liu Tai suffers a loss in the fight with Liu Yao, he has enough soldiers, and he has more options to deal with it.
Therefore, Zhou Ping still used the relatively stupid method of piling up dirt into a mountain, and continued to pile up dirt, as if he wanted to build a road from the ground to the city wall!
Just when both Zhou Ping and Shi Le were waiting for the army to return from the south, a large banner with Chinese characters written on it appeared on the horizon in the warm sunshine.
Seeing that this army is neat and tidy, the morale of the soldiers is high, and the joyful atmosphere can be felt from afar.
Zhou Ping couldn't help but breathe a big sigh of relief, and Shi Le looked at the scene in front of him, almost crushing his back molars.
Shile knew very well that his savior was gone, and the next thing to see was how long he could hold on.
The so-called variable Shi Le knows that there are naturally still them, after all, in addition to Liu Yao, there is also the Southern Jin Court that will counterattack at any time, maybe Liu Tai will retreat.
It's just that Shile himself knows that this probability is no different from the so-called miracle!
But even so, Shile wants to live, because if he dies, there is really nothing!
And Liu Tai didn't let Shi Le wait, but took Liu Yao, who was tied up, and various matters to prove his identity around Yecheng that day.
He then said that he would give Shile a night to consider either surrendering unconditionally or preparing for the siege tomorrow.
(End of chapter)