Chapter Twenty-Four: The Capture of the City
After the king of Zhenxi summoned the soldiers of the three armies to gather, he ordered Cheng Guang and Li Zhenshan, two generals, each with 15,000 soldiers and horses, to immediately go out from the gates of the east and west cities, quietly ambush behind the besieging enemy, and wait for the opportunity to move. Ordered the general Situ to lead 5,000 archers to ambush on the city tower, and ordered the general Zhao Shijian to lead 5,000 iron cavalry to set up an ambush in the city.
One by one, the generals were ordered to go down and arrange their troops and horses.
The twenty men who came with them by heaven's decree said, "Ten of you are guarding the great gates, and ten of you are guarding the inner gates." You are dressed in black, with yellow scarves on your heads, and the officers and men of the two armies have been ordered, and they will treat you as their own people, and will not harm you, but you just do what you are ordered, and listen to the sound of the command to open and close the gates. ”
After everything was arranged, Tianci fired three trumpet cannons in a row, flew straight for half a day, and exploded in the sky.
Dozens of piles of firewood were lit here, and the city was on fire for a while. Ten men in black were ordered to open the gates of the city.
Chen Su and Ma Jin, who were ambushed outside the city, saw that the city gate was open when they saw the signal in the city, and immediately ordered the soldiers to enter the city to kill the generals.
Before the officers and soldiers rushed into the city, they rushed in through the city gate, and just half of the men and horses entered, they suddenly heard the sound of the trumpet, and the inner city gate was suddenly closed.
At this time, the flags on the surrounding city walls were suddenly unfurled, and countless archers appeared, and suddenly arrows rained down towards the officers and soldiers who poured into the inner city.
More than 10,000 celebrities and horses who entered the inner city were immediately shot by the rain of arrows and turned their horses on their backs, wailing for a long time, and all the officers and soldiers could not figure out the southeast and northwest for a while, and they turned around and rushed out of the city.
The soldiers who were charging into the city here saw someone rushing out in the dark, thinking that it was the soldiers defending the city who rushed out, and they raised their swords and slashed them, and they were immediately killed.
Suddenly, a burst of artillery was heard, and the inner city gate was opened again, and a team of ironclad cavalry rushed out of the city and killed it.
At this time, the enemy soldiers trapped in the inner city, only holding their shields, crouched down to avoid the rain of arrows, how could they have any power to fight back, and were immediately killed by the cavalry who rushed in to lose their armor and collapse the army, and the remaining soldiers were desperately fleeing for their lives outside the city.
At the same time, there was a loud killing outside the city, and the two generals Cheng Guang and Li Zhenshan led the troops to kill from both sides of the city.
Let's say that the enemy officers and soldiers who were killing each other at the gate of the city had just discovered that the two sides had misunderstood and killed by mistake, so they stopped and did not want to rush out of the city again, and they were killed by surprise before they could find out their friends and enemies.
But seeing that the ironclad cavalry in the city was rushing back and forth among the enemy army, and the outside of the city was surrounded by soldiers from the Western Regions, they killed the generals from the outside to the inside, and thousands of arrows were fired at the enemy on the top of the city. For a time, the enemy suffered numerous casualties, lost the strength of resistance, and was slaughtered.
In the palace here, the king of Zhenxi and a group of ministers are waiting for the military situation in the main hall, and Zhao Jian and Tianci are also standing around.
Two hours passed, and the king of Zhenxi heard the sound of killing outside gradually subsided. At this time, the herald came to report: "Your Majesty, our army has achieved a great victory and has fully controlled the situation on the battlefield. The enemy army suffered numerous casualties, and was already in a state of collapse, waiting to be captured. ”
King Zhenxi looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, I'll go out now to see the miserable situation of the defeated army." After that, he led a few ministers out of the palace, Zhao Jian and Tianci also came out, and the guards were postponed.
As soon as he came to the street in front of the palace, he saw a team of men and horses in the distance in front of him, led by several fast horses, rushing to this side.
The king of Zhenxi and others thought that they were the ones who came to report the good news from the army, so they waited with the ministers.
When Tianci heard it behind the crowd, it was not good! The few horses that rushed over were riding quickly, and the horses were not accompanied by the sound of bells, and they were obviously ambushing the enemy army that had broken through the encirclement.
It turned out that it was the enemy general Ma Jin, who led dozens of people out of the encirclement, rushed into the city, and was looking for a way to escape, when he saw dozens of people standing and waiting in front of him, with a canopy covering him and a robe and a robe, he knew that he was an important person, so he raised his knife and killed him directly.
said that it was too late, it was too fast, and I saw Tianci dodge from behind everyone and come to the front, meeting the galloping war horse.
The horse rode in front of him and raised his sword to slash, and Tianci moved a step to the side, split the long knife, and stopped in front of the horse.
When the horse saw that someone suddenly stopped him, he raised his front hooves and prepared to step over.
Tianci didn't dodge, but he actually reached out to catch the two front hooves of the flying horse, and then turned around and threw the horse into the air behind him.
And he saw the horse, along with the men who were on the seat, fly up together, and fly over the people, and fly seven or eight feet away, and fall heavily to the ground.
The three horses that followed behind were all thrown out one after another by heaven, and immediately, a group of people turned on their backs, wailing incessantly.
Everyone still didn't know what to do, but Zhao Jian was dumbfounded, this trick is a thousand catties, no, it should be a thousand thousands, it is a superior Tai Chi magic skill, and it has been used to such a supernatural point, is this young man a human or a god?!。
Tianci shouted loudly: "It's the enemy attacking, hurry up and escort." ”
The guards rushed forward to stop the soldiers who followed behind, while surrounding the king of Zhenxi and the others in the middle.
Zhao Jian ordered someone to tie up the few who fell to the ground and put them down. Then he went up the day before to deal with the enemy soldiers who came from behind.
The group of soldiers who broke through the encirclement, when they saw that they had broken the main general, were afraid to step forward, and the pursuers immediately arrived, so they had to be captured, disarmed and surrendered.
Seeing that the invading enemy army had been subdued, the king of Zhenxi and his ministers were shocked, and then returned to the palace hall.
The generals on the front line here, the victorious class division, while cleaning up the battlefield with people, came to report the victory to the king.
In this battle, more than 20,000 enemy soldiers were killed, killed and wounded, and more than 10,000 people were captured.
It is said that in Tongyuan City, after the army of Panbu left the city, Chu Duwei immediately recruited local garrisons, sent 2,000 people to set up defenses at Simen, and arranged 2,000 people to ambush around the barracks.
Then he personally led people to the barracks, presented delicious food, wine and food, and condoled the 2,000 soldiers who stayed behind. When the officers and soldiers were eating and drinking, they ordered someone to quietly search all the weapons of the soldiers in the battalion.
After the arrangements were made, he stood up in the camp and said loudly to all the officers and soldiers: "The court has no way, the people are not happy, and the dog thief surnamed Pan is a greedy wolf and hungry tiger, and he has conquered and killed all the people. Today, the Tongyuan garrison has surrendered to the Western Regions, vowing to punish the traitors and eliminate the evil, and support the imperial court. ”
After that, he held up the dummy head of Pan Tianshou that was left to him by heaven: "I have slashed the dog thief surnamed Pan and take his head here." All the officers and soldiers who are willing to follow me will stay, and those who do not want to go, and they will never be embarrassed. But if anyone resists, they will be killed!"
The Kirihara soldiers who were in ambush appeared with knives and guns and surrounded the 2,000 officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers were unarmed, and when they saw that the commander had been killed, the general trend had gone, so they had to surrender.
In the middle of the night, hundreds of officers and soldiers who fled back from the defeat of the Xiama Pass entered Tongyuan City, and they were all taken down by the soldiers under Lord Chu.
At this point, all the guards in Tongyuan City changed their guards, and they were properly controlled by Lord Chu.