Chapter 96: The whole army was annihilated
After saying that, Pei Qing immediately ordered that the soldiers of the whole city gathered immediately to chase and kill the fleeing enemy troops. Before leaving, he informed the people to move out of Xinfeng quickly before the officers and soldiers left, and do not stay, because the Western Liang army would soon sweep, and at that time, their devastation would come.
When they heard Pei Qing's order, both Xu Rong and Zhang Chao, Zang Ba and Li Su were shocked because they knew that something must have happened, so Pei Qing gave up on Xinfeng.
"The Xiliang army has used conspiracy and only attacked the city with a few forces. The main force has already rushed to Chang'an. We need to work hard to solve the Xiliang army stationed not far away first, and then immediately rush to Chang'an. If God blesses us, we still have hope to rescue Chang'an. Otherwise, we can only leave Guanzhong for the time being and wait for the chance to kill us again in the future."
"It's so far?" Xu Rong, Zhang Chao and Zang Ba were all shocked. They had not yet recovered from the joy of victory. Unexpectedly, the situation changed again. However, no matter what, Pei Qing's orders must be followed. They immediately issued orders. Although the soldiers did not understand, they could only obey and quickly assembled the team. In just half an hour, the 20,000 troops were already on standby.
As for the injured soldiers, if they were slightly injured, Pei Qing asked them to continue to fight. Although those seriously injured were unbearable, Pei Qing could only give up them cruelly. However, Pei Qing still paid to hire hundreds of people and asked them to find ways to transfer the seriously injured soldiers out of Xinfeng. As for what these people do after they left, there is no time to take care of them now.
After the army gathered, Pei Qing took the lead and led his soldiers to chase the enemy's retreat. He did not look back, but he silently said in his heart: "Farewell, Xinfeng, but I will come back one day."
The generals of the Xiliang Army who were in charge of the staying behind were Li Meng and Wang Fang. They led 30,000 troops. The mission was to confuse Pei Qing under the guise of the continuous attack on the city day and night, making Pei Qing not know the news that the main force of the Xiliang Army was attacking Chang'an. Li Jue gave them a three-day mission. As long as Pei Qing was successfully delayed for three days, they would be the first contribution. Li Jue also solemnly explained that in order to achieve their goals, they would need to spare any cost. It would not matter if the army was lost. Li Jue would definitely help them fill their troops at that time.
Li Meng and Wang Fang knew that in this case, they had the chance of winning only by doing their best to attack the city and not allowing Pei Qing to see the flaws. Otherwise, they would wait for their soldiers Pei Qing's attack and Li Jue Guo Si's punishment.
So they tried their best. After Li Jue and Guo Si left, they attacked Xinfeng City day and night. Although they lost four or five thousand people from last night to now, they were very excited because today is the second day. As long as they persist until tomorrow night, they will successfully complete the task. Until now, Pei Qing did not find any flaws in them, because they followed Jia Xu's instructions and had many flags among the siege soldiers, and it seemed that the army had 50,000 or 60,000.
"There are five miles ahead of us. We will rest and rest after we go back. We will go to the city to attack the city in the evening. Don't doubt our decisions. We promise to step on the city wall of Chang'an the day after tomorrow. By then, each of you will be a hero. You will be awarded official positions and rewarded, and there will be no shortage of golden beauties!"
In order to mobilize morale, or to deceive the soldiers to attack the city and earn fame for them, Li Meng and Wang Fang also used all their means to deceive the soldiers. In their opinion, they only need to fight two more games and the mission will be completed. At that time, they will have at least more than 10,000 people left, but they will get fame and fortune, which is worth it.
However, at this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of earth-shaking horse hooves behind me. All the soldiers of the Xiliang army couldn't help but turn around and look back. Li Meng and Wang Fang were even more surprised. They didn't know which army would come here at this time? Could it be that Li Jue and Guo Si had already captured Chang'an and came to help them?
However, not long afterwards, they became less calm because the army that came was fighting the flags of the imperial officers and soldiers, and the words "Xinfeng Governor Pei" were clearly written on the turret in the middle.
"No, if the enemy attacks, there will be an enemy attack. Quickly form a formation to meet the enemy!" Seeing this scene, Li Meng and Wang Fangjin were both disdainful and immediately ordered to meet the enemy.
However, at this time, the soldiers of the Xiliang army were exhausted, and they were riding their armor and were lazy on their horses. In addition, they had just retreated and their morale was extremely low. I also heard that Pei Qing, whom they were most afraid of, led their army to chase and kill them, so they had no intention of meeting the enemy? So their first reaction was to ride their horses towards the camp. In their opinion, as long as they entered the camp and closed the gate, they would be safe.
The orders of Li Meng and Wang Fang were issued to make the soldiers form a formation to resist, but unexpectedly, the soldiers ignored their orders and ran towards the camp.
"You, how dare you disobey my military order?" Li Meng, as the chief general, was very embarrassed and angry, but when he saw that the soldiers were all running away, he could only sigh and escape with the soldiers.
But now these people do not have a formation and run around without any rules. They naturally collided and trampled on each other. Even the soldiers behind them were furious because they thought the people in front were blocking them and they slashed the soldiers in front of them in anger.
In this way, the army was completely in chaos. Before Pei Qing's army arrived, it was already in chaos. After Pei Qing led the crowd to kill, the Xiliang soldiers surrounded by them immediately chose to surrender without any backbone.
Pei Qing refused all the surrendered soldiers of Xiliang and allowed them to surrender because he knew that he was going to leave here. Whether he went to Chang'an or returned to Yingchuan, it would be better to bring more people back, because these are all elite troops in Xiliang. If you have a little training in the future, this will be a powerful team.
Of course, in order to force the other party to surrender, Pei Qing also ruthlessly killed the soldiers of the Xiliang army who did not announce their surrender. Although he has always been awe of life, he has gradually become a little numb now. This is mainly caused by the war he has experienced in the past few days and has been used to too many dead people.
"You have no way out. You can still save your life by throwing away your weapons and surrendering. Otherwise, there will be only one way out!" Pei Qing rushed forward and roared loudly, persuading the soldiers of Xiliang to surrender.
The soldiers of Xiliang were now defeated and had no desire to fight. Seeing that many people saved their lives because of giving up resisting surrender, they all followed suit and surrendered one after another. In this way, more than 20,000 troops actually chose to surrender. Only one or two thousand people fled into the camp in time, and ignored their companions behind and tried their best to close the gate.
However, after returning to the camp, they realized that they were even more miserable now, because they were already birds in cages and could not fly.
Under this situation, the soldiers who were almost collapsed rushed to Li Meng and Wang Fang's camp, killed them, and opened the gate to surrender to Pei Qing.
Chapter completed!