Chapter 81 Reinforcement arrives
As Cui Jun expected, after rushing to the top of the city, the surrendered soldiers immediately joined the ranks of defending the city and fought with the Liangzhou army siege. Some met old friends and tried to persuade the other party to surrender.
There are five or six thousand of these surrendered soldiers. Although hundreds of people were killed and hundreds of people fled during the rebellion, the remaining ones were about four thousand. After these 4,000 people joined, the situation on the city was greatly alleviated. Li Tong, the chief general at the city, saw that these surrendered soldiers were so hard to help defend the city. Although he was surprised, he did not say it. Later, after thinking for a moment, he knew that this must be Cui Jun doing the work on these surrendered soldiers. So Li Tong silently praised Cui Jun, and then shouted loudly: "Brothers, let us unite and defend the attack of the thieves. Now the morale of the thieves has declined. As long as we persist, they will definitely choose to retreat. In addition, I have received news that our reinforcements will arrive soon. After the victory of this battle, I will definitely invite everyone to drink!"
The soldiers of the Nanyang Army on the top of the city also noticed the surrendered soldiers who helped them defend the city. Now when Li Tong said this, they suddenly felt energetic and their morale became high again. They felt that a force surged out from somewhere and fought with the enemy even more bravely.
The morale of the defenders increased, which was a disaster for the Liangzhou army siege. Yang Ding originally thought that gritting his teeth and attacking harder would lead to a breakthrough in the city, but unexpectedly, at this moment, for some reason, the morale of the other party suddenly increased, and his casualties suddenly increased. Some soldiers chose to surrender directly on the top of the city, turned around and attacked the original robes.
Yang Ding saw the soldiers wearing Liangzhou Army armor surrender with his own eyes and instead attacked his own people. He also saw that his own advantage was getting smaller and smaller. Although he was unwilling to accept it and was even more confused, he could only grit his teeth and say two words: "Retreat!"
Now that morale is exhausted, he will continue to fight and harm his life in vain. Even if he does not retreat, Yang Ding has no hope of conquering Shang County, so he can only make such a choice helplessly.
"Hateful! Our army lost more than a thousand soldiers in this battle, but even could not capture this small Shang County. It's all because of the bandits who came here later. If it weren't for their joining, we might have broken the Shang County. Who knows who they are?" On the way back, Yang Ding turned around and looked at the guardians on the top of the city and asked gritted his teeth.
A sergeant not far away said with a wry smile: "These are the Liangzhou troops that surrendered to the enemy in Shang County before. They were originally under General Wang Fang's command, but for some reason, their brothers in robbery attacked us. Not only did they not help, they were busy with the bandits to deal with us..."
When Yang Ding heard this, he was furious and scolded loudly: "What a hateful traitor! He surrendered to the thief regardless of shame. He is still helping the thief deal with us. Humph, after returning to Liangzhou, I will send someone to find their families, kill all their families, and demote their wives and daughters to slaves!"
Yang Ding was cursing, and suddenly saw smoke and dust not far ahead. He couldn't help but be shocked and asked what had happened.
The soldiers on both sides of the world followed him to attack the city, so they naturally didn't know what happened, so they all shook their heads in a daze.
As the distance between the two sides became closer, a sharp-eyed person finally saw the words on the other party's flag and shouted in shock: "General, no, the person who came was Liu He's reinforcements, and the other party's head said the words "General Liu to challenge the rebellion"..."
"What? How is this possible? Last night I heard that Liu He's army was still a hundred miles away. Why did Liu He's army arrive here after less than ten hours?" Yang Ding looked disbelief and shook his head and said, "Hmph, this must be the plan of the bandits. He deliberately lied to us. He passed me the order and the army immediately launched a charge. I want to reveal the true face of the bandits!"
"Kill!" As the order was conveyed, Yang Ding's army began to charge, but unexpectedly, the opponent's army not only did not retreat, but instead spread the flags and launched an attack.
"kill!"
A series of more violent roars came over, and the opponent's army rushed over like a tide. The soldiers under Yang Ding's command changed their colors when they saw this, restrained the horses, then turned the horse's head and fled back desperately.
However, the soldiers behind did not understand what happened before, and they drove them to sit down and rush forward, so they naturally collided with the soldiers who had turned back.
"What's going on? Who escaped without permission?"
Yang Ding, who was behind the team, saw that his formation was dispersed because someone escaped, and immediately said furiously: "Come here, I will send my orders, and we must severely punish those deserters..."
Before Yang Ding finished his words, he suddenly saw the personal soldiers in front of him pulling his battle robe and shouted: "General, go quickly. The main force of the enemy is here. There are all cavalrymen, at least ten thousand people, and there are at least twenty or thirty thousand infantrymen behind him. Don't say that our army has lost its aura now, even if it is in good condition, it may not be their opponent!"
"What? He is really the main force of Liu He's thief? How is this possible? Isn't he a hundred miles away?" Yang Ding was shocked when he heard this, but at this time, the personal soldiers didn't care whether he could figure it out or not, and quickly pulled him down and retreated.
At this time, only a loud roar came from the opposite side. A general shouted loudly: "Wei Wenchang is here in Yiyang, the thief will stop leaving and leave your life!"
The general rushed over with a big knife in his hand. He killed all the soldiers who blocked the road. In just a moment, he had killed more than ten soldiers who blocked the road.
"Ah? This thief is so brave, go quickly!" Yang Ding was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly ran away, but he didn't expect that Wei Yan would chase his big bell and kill him. Judging from this, he would not give up if he didn't kill him.
"General Yang Feng, help!" Yang Ding saw that the other party was brave and he was definitely not an opponent, and the other party was only a few feet away from him, and his soul suddenly appeared. Looking at Yang Feng who was sneering not far away, he shouted loudly as if he had seen a savior.
Chapter completed!