Chapter 230 Rapid progress
"You, what are you doing? Raise your troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. I usually provide you with food and drink. Now it's time to fight. Do you actually choose to surrender at this time? Is it worthy of my usual friendship?"
Seeing the soldiers surrendering, Shan Jing was furious. Although he was strange about the shouting in Liu He's army, Shan Jing thought it was a magic trick and there was no need to be afraid. As long as everyone was united, there was still a possibility of breaking through.
However, as various rumors spread quickly, the soldiers in the army had no intention of fighting, and more and more people chose to surrender. Although they swung their swords and killed dozens of surrendered soldiers, they still did not stop the trend of surrender. Even in the end, even the personal soldiers around him joined the ranks of surrender.
The number of soldiers under the command of the single Jing was not as large as that of Liu He. Later, when he was aiding Yuyang, he was hunted down by Xu Huang, losing more than 2,000 people. Then hundreds of people were killed by a rain of ambush. The proportion of the two sides became even more disparate. Moreover, the army hurried away and came in a hurry, without much food and grass, so there was no need for Liu He's army to persuade him again. The soldiers all felt surrendered. Later, Liu He's shouting was even more shocked by this godly method, which prompted the soldiers to make up their minds to surrender.
The momentum of surrender naturally became even greater with the increase of the number of people. The Dan Jing, who prevented them from surrendering, has now become a mantis armed chariot, and it is impossible to stop this intensifying situation. In the end, except for him and the dozens of personal soldiers around him, almost all the soldiers chose to surrender.
At this time, Liu He also learned the name of Shan Jing through the surrendered soldiers, so he advised: "General Shan, you have seen the current situation. Only by surrendering can you survive. Otherwise, there will be only a way out. Gongsun Zan is now brutal and tyrannical. It is no longer the white horse general Gongsun Zan who was devoted to the world, but the only husband Gongsun Zan. What are the benefits of your life with him?"
But Shan Jing said, "Thank you for your sincere invitation, but unfortunately I can't agree. My lord has the kindness of knowing me. I am afraid I will never repay such kindness in my life. Now it is a chance to repay, so I will use my life to repay my lord's great kindness. Oh, lord, lord, it's not that Jing doesn't want to help you defend this Lu County. The enemy is really strong and I am weak. Jing does not have this ability. For the sake of this plan, Jing can only repay him with death. I hope lord will not be surprised!"
Shan Jing sighed lightly and committed suicide with his sword, ending his life, and also means that Lu County changed its owner.
"General!" All the soldiers around Shan Jing who refused to surrender were crying when they saw the death of the chief general. Then they all looked at each other, drew out their swords, and swung their swords to commit suicide.
"These are all righteous men, let's bury them." Seeing Shan Jinghe's personal soldiers commit suicide, a trace of respect flashed across Liu He's face, and he sighed lightly, and then said: "Send the order and the troops enter Lu County. Chen Dao, you send someone to inform Xu Huang and Qu Yi, so that they can start siege immediately and must complete the task in the shortest time."
"No." Even two commanders, holding Liu He's arrows, took a fast horse to Yuyang and Yongnu counties, and conveyed orders to Xu Huang and Qu Yi.
Just three days later, Liu He received good news from Qu Yi and Xu Huang. It turned out that Qu Yi conquered Quanzhou County on the day the army arrived. In fact, it was still somewhat inconsistent with the fact that "conquer" was because when he heard that the leader was the fierce Qu Yi, the guard of Quanzhou County left the city and fled, and was captured by Qu Yi's soldiers without bloodshed.
After that, Qu Yi left his subordinate Xian Yuyin to lead a thousand troops to guard Quanzhou County, waiting to hand over to the Ganning army that arrived later. He led the rest of the soldiers to rush to the city of Yongnu County, surrounded Yongnu City, and cut off all internal and external exchanges. As a result, the soldiers and people in the city were panicked, and they broke through many times and returned in a defeat. Finally, Qu Yi opened the door and surrendered as soon as he ordered the general attack.
Something went wrong with the Yuyang siege, because the Yuyang guard Zou Dan ordered a firm resistance. In addition, the defense facilities there were very complete and the soldiers fought desperately. The first round of strong attack ended in failure. In this round of siege, Xu Huang lost five or six hundred soldiers. Although the casualties caused to the enemy were even greater, it still could not cover up the fact that the city was not captured.
At this moment, the general Fang Yue suggested to Xu Huang to dig the tunnel, break into the city through the tunnel, and then cooperate inside and outside to take down Yuyang City.
After some consideration, Xu Huang agreed to Fang Yue's suggestion and ordered Fang Yue to dig the tunnel.
Unexpectedly, in less than half a day, Fang Yue actually dug up the tunnel, and was not seen by the other party during the process.
Xu Huang was very happy when he heard the news and ordered Fang Yue to lead 500 troops from his headquarters to break into the city through the tunnel at night, creating chaos, and took the opportunity to open the city gate and take the Yuyang City.
After Fang Yue was ordered, he immediately prepared and selected five hundred elite soldiers. At night, he entered the city through the tunnel, accidentally occupied the Xicheng Gate, then opened the city gate, lowered the suspension bridge, and let Xu Huang's army enter the city.
The defenders in the city were originally small. After seeing Xu Huang leading his army to fight, they no longer had the fighting spirit. With a shout, they fled in all directions. However, they were intercepted and killed by the soldiers ambushed outside the city. Some were killed and the other was captured.
As for Zou Dan, he knew he was lucky, so he led his elite troops to fight to the death, which angered Xu Huang. Xu Huang led his army to come forward, and he killed Zou Dan with just one axe. When Zou Dan's personal soldiers saw that the commander was killed, they all committed suicide.
"Haha, Fang Yue's authentic skills are indeed mysterious and actually play such a role. I am passing on the order of General Fang Yue as General Xuanyi, Qu Yi as General Zhonglang, and other meritorious soldiers will be rewarded according to the size of military merits. Our three armies advance together and soon took down the entire county of Yuyang. Next, we will attack Youbeiping, which Gongsun Zan is entrenched. As long as you can take down Youbeiping, Gongsun Zan will become a loser, and even if you don't die, it's useless." After reading the battle reports of Qu Yi and Xu Huang, Liu He was very happy. The army was progressing. If it were to follow this level, it would probably not take half a year, and four or five months would be enough to pacify the entire Youzhou.
At this moment, I could only hear the return from the horse exploration: Gongsun Du from Liaodong had sent 50,000 reinforcements, probably now entering Youbeiping, and the Murong tribe in the Xianbei in western Liaoning also sent 20,000 cavalry. Now the enemy's troops have reached 90,000, and the situation is somewhat unfavorable.
However, Liu He did not take these 90,000 people seriously and said calmly: "So what about 90,000 people? For me, even if it is 100,000 and 200,000, the mob is a mob, and it cannot be compared with the elite soldiers under my command."
Chapter completed!