Chapter 999: Take Xiazhou City
Xiazhou City is surrounded on three sides, and the sound of killing is shocking the sky.
Many elite soldiers of Dahua had already rushed up from the city, with extremely bravery, slashing and slashing, physical fitness, and fighting were much more powerful than those of the defenders.
Just now, the morale of Liang's army was already at the critical point. He was infected and intimidated by the bloody scene. He was already a little numb and tired of war. Finally, he was bombed by artillery fire and was completely scared. Most of the soldiers retreated frantically and dispersed, unable to resist the tiger and wolf army that took the opportunity to attack the city.
"Kill--"
The battle on the city is not fierce, it can be said that it is a one-sided situation.
The elite soldiers of Dahua suppressed the Liang army and covered up and seized control of the city.
The soldiers of the Liang army began to be defeated and had retreated from the city to the city, and there was chaos inside.
"Open the city gate and connect the troops outside into the city."
"Come a hundred people and follow me to the city gate."
A lieutenant shouted, holding a modao, and with some elite soldiers, rushed down the stone steps and rushed towards the city gate.
Soon, the Xicheng Gate was opened first, and a large army outside entered one after another, and Xiazhou City was lost.
Xu Xuanche was watching the battle at the top of the city just now, but after feeling in advance that his morale was unavailable, he had already brought several minor generals and staff back and gathered in the East Gate area. There was no siege here, and was opened by the Dahua army, which was also left for them to retreat.
Some people were crowded here and wanted to escape from the city, but were blocked and were not allowed to do so.
The Liang army used to compare the soldiers of the North Dahua Army to the tiger and wolf army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which exaggerated the terrible nature and would massacre the city when entering the city, hoping to arouse the disgust of the people in the city, and then cooperate with the military and civilians to survive and die together with Xiazhou. This propaganda tactic is often used by the guards, and Xu Xuanche is no exception.
But he did not expect that many wealthy businessmen and people in Xiazhou were worried that the city would not be able to be kept or that the battle would continue to be trapped in the city, so he planned to withdraw from the East City Gate, which had not fought, but was blocked.
"Let us out of the city!"
"We have the right to go out without being affected by war!"
The place was in chaos for a while, and the public was full of grievances, and they had great opinions on Liang Jun.
After Xu Xuanche brought people over, his eyes narrowed and said to a subordinate general: "Go, send some soldiers and armor to them, and then let someone open the city gate, but send a soldier to drive these people away in the east."
The general's face froze and asked in confusion: "General, is this what we should do to let these people explore the way forward?"
Xu Xuanche snorted with a sinister look: "Well, with this idea, there seems to be no enemy troops outside the East City Gate, but it is often more dangerous. Maybe there will be ambushes. When we retreat, we will then conduct an ambush, and drive these people to the east and attract attention. After we leave the city, we will not take the shortcut to the east and break through the southeast!"
"General is wise!" The general has already understood.
"Go and do it!" Xu Xuanche waved his hand and asked the general to go and arrange the situation.
"Here!"
In an instant, some clothes and armor were distributed at the gate of the city, so that these gentry and the people were good at putting on them, and they were not allowed to leave the city. Although these people were unwilling, they had no choice but to force them to wear them. Then, the city gate opened, and the people rushed out and fled outside the city.
Whether it is the system of government and military orders in the north, many laws and regulations are actually implemented in the south, because the terrain in the south is too complex, there are too many thorns and plants, many rivers and lakes, and many news communication is not smooth. In the Jiangbei region, the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the Great Sui Dynasty, policies are still being implemented, and there are only a few south of the Yangtze River.
Except for the Jiangzuo area in the southeast, people like Lianghu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, the people do not know much about many things in the north, nor do they know who is good and who is bad in Li Tang and Dahua today. The news is blocked. After hearing Xu Xuanche's exaggeration of the threat theory of Dahua, they did not dare to stay in the city anymore.
At this time, there was a sound of fighting in the city. Xu Xuanche and others changed their faces. They realized that the city gate might have been broken and the enemy troops entered the city.
“Get out of the city now!”
Xu Xuanche rushed out of the East Gate with five thousand soldiers and horses. He was different from the gentry and the people's escape direction. He deliberately made them the target of public criticism and attracted attention as a cover. The five thousand men and horses were worth it even if they could travel a day to the Jingmen Mountain Camp.
The plan is good, but who is Li Jing?
That is one of the great soldiers in history, a master of military strategy, and his use of military power is false and real. How could he be a false reputation?
Xu Xuanche led his troops to rush out for seven or eight miles. Below a hill, he was ambushed, tripped the horse rope, and appeared in a horse pit. He tripped over the war horses rushing in front, rolled into a ball, screaming in pain.
Then, arrows on both sides shrouded these men and horses, killing them ruthlessly.
"Swish swish swish!"
Arrows kept breaking through the sky, bushes and thorns, and archers were ambushed in the hills and forests, and thousands of arrows were fired at the same time.
"Not good, there is an ambush!"
"Retreat quickly!"
"The road is blocked, so look for cover."
Liang Jun was in chaos, Xu Xuanche's face changed drastically, and his back was covered in cold sweat, and he felt like something was wrong.
After all the mechanisms were done, I thought I could escape the disaster, but I didn't expect that the capable man in the Dahua Army had a better chess game and had predicted his cleverness. He was more skilled and could not help but feel ashamed.
After a rain of arrows, only a few hundred people were left in the five thousand men. They were covered with shields and gathered into a few small teams, and the others were shot and killed by arrows.
"So quickly and quickly!"
A deputy general in charge of leading the ambush, Cui Weida shouted softly and rushed out of the mountains and forests. He was very popular and killed at the remaining people.
"Don't kill, we are willing to surrender!" Xu Xuanche shouted, surrendering with the remaining soldiers, and dared not fight again.
These Liang Jun, who had not died by luck, had no fighting spirit. When they heard the commander shouting, they were stunned for a moment. At the same time, they felt relieved and looked at these Dahua soldiers, waiting for the other party to surrender.
"Don't kill if you disarm, throw away your weapons and hold your head with both hands!"
"Dang!"
After hearing this, Liang Jun threw all his weapons on the ground, then did as usual, holding his hands behind his head, and squatting on the ground.
The deputy general Cui Weida took people over and ordered the surrendered soldiers to tie up, especially when he learned that the Liang army commander who was guarding Xiazhou was also among them, he smiled. This was a great achievement.
Capturing prisoners is more effective than killing them directly. After all, Xu Xuanche is a minister in the Liang Kingdom. He learned that Xiao Liang's defense measures were weak and the national strength was ineffective, so he made great contributions after taking them back.
"Sir Xu, let's go and go back with us to see the Grandmaster!"
Cui Weida ordered the withdrawal of troops and returned to the city of Xiazhou from the ambush position. At this time, this towering city adjacent to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River had been completely captured by Dahua soldiers. Li Jing was standing on the city tower and looking below, his whole person was cold and majestic.
Chapter completed!