Chapter 335 Taishi captures Wu Jing
Gao Dai's shouting woke up Xu Zhao's troops. With their morale soaring, they no longer panicked, but became braver.
Especially Xu Zhao rushed forward with his own soldiers and was on the front line.
With Xu Huang in front of him, no one could stop him, and Xu Zhao taking the lead in the charge. Xu Zhao's morale reached its peak, and many people even entered a state of madness.
Many of Xu Zhao's tribe are Shanyue and Nanman. These people are brave and fierce, and are not afraid of death.
Warriors with this kind of personality will appear to lack resilience in headwinds and have poor ability to withstand pressure. They will easily collapse under continued pressure. Even warriors will show death-seeking behavior. Once the pressure limit is exceeded, they will inevitably collapse and flee. .
But similarly, these people will behave particularly fiercely in a tailwind, especially if they are inspired by a brave general like Xu Huang, they will even forget about life and death.
Wu Jing was stunned. The last moment he thought he had successfully recaptured the North Gate, and he even began to think about how to deal with the Xu Zhao family.
The next moment, the situation began to take a turn for the worse. Wu Da, the pro-army commander, died in battle, and the pro-army troops on the front line began to waver and collapse.
Wu Jing was completely confused.
But he soon came to his senses, and immediately issued an order, sending two soldiers to the East and West City to notify his subordinates to retreat, while he himself turned around and ran away with the remaining three soldiers, completely ignoring that the front line was still fighting bloody battles. Supporting pro-military forces.
Wu Jingke suffered a lot of defeats. When he followed his brother-in-law to fight in the Central Plains, his opponents were all the best armies in the world. Sun Jiajun was hanged up and hammered by Xu Rong in Liangdong. Even his brother-in-law was defeated so badly that only a dozen horses were left to return south.
So Wu Jingshen knows that his life is the most important, and the army can always make a comeback.
Wu Jing walked quietly. At the beginning, Wu Jing’s troops were not aware of it and were still resisting desperately.
However, as more and more Liu Feng soldiers entered the city, the follow-up troops even had time to regroup outside the city, restore their organization, and then enter the city in an organized manner to join the battle. Wu Jing's army could no longer Unable to resist, the officer wanted to ask Wu Jing for help, only to find that Wu Jing had disappeared.
Wu Jing's disappearance became the straw that broke the camel's back. Wu Jing's pro-army immediately began to collapse and each began to flee backwards.
Because of the narrow road, some soldiers even used knives on their fellow soldiers in order to escape.
The troops on the front line had no way to escape, and were no match for Xu Huang and the fresh troops. They simply threw away their weapons and knelt down, begging Liu Fengjun and Xu Zhao's troops for surrender.
Liu Fengjun's side was fine and would not kill prisoners indiscriminately, but Xu Zhaobuqu's side was different. The two sides had just entered into a blood feud and fought to the point of life and death. Now they suddenly surrendered. How could they get it? stop.
Not to mention that the military discipline of Xu Zhaobuqu was far inferior to that of Liu Fengjun, and the warriors of Shanyue and Southern Barbarians were so murderous that they could not hear military orders at all.
Fortunately, Xu Huang intervened in time and asked Xu Zhao to ban the killing of prisoners, and at the same time ordered his troops to retreat and rest. This allowed many Wu Jing's troops to survive.
However, what awaits these people may not be a good thing. Unless they are absorbed by Liu Fengjun, the rest will probably be sent to Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Peiguo for mining.
In the past, among the old tribes of Zuo Rong and Xue Li, a small group of those who committed the most heinous crimes were naturally beheaded in public. Those who committed more serious crimes but did not deserve death were sent to Henan and Xu for mining.
Sun Cejun will probably act in accordance with this rule in the future.
Wu Jing fled to the county government, and immediately ordered the twenty men who stayed behind to lead out the horses, and then led the more than twenty soldiers straight to the south gate.
Now only the south gate is the safest, and the other two gates may have fallen into the hands of Liu Fengjun.
As long as he can successfully leave Yuhang from the south gate, Wu Jing will be safe.
After exiting the south gate, heading southeast, you will find Qiantang County on the banks of the Qiantang River. If you go straight south, you will find Fuchun, the ancestral home of the Sun family.
No matter where he goes, Wu Jing can stand his ground, gather the defeated troops, and then consider what to do next.
Sure enough, just as Wu Jing expected, half an hour later, he arrived at the south gate of Yuhang without any danger. The soldiers of Wu Jing here were heavily guarded, but there was no sign of any fighting.
Obviously, it is extremely safe here and has not been attacked by Pan Jun and Liu Fengjun.
"General!? May I ask what happened in the city?"
The captain guarding the gate rushed to greet him. Now there are more than 500 people gathered at the south gate. After a few days, the captain gathered the garrison on the wall, leaving only twenty or thirty people on guard in the city tower, while the others were gathered at the city gate.
Wu Jing didn't care much and immediately replied: "The thieves have rebelled. The north gate has been broken. Open the city gate quickly and retreat with me!"
The captain was shocked. Somewhat unbelievable.
But when he saw Wu Jing's disgraced face and the soldiers behind him all turning pale with panic, he knew that what Wu Jing said must be true.
So, he did not dare to neglect, and quickly turned around and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, let the people on the city tower come down, and get ready to leave."
Wu Dingding nodded, and then As if thinking of something, he said to the captain: "Send a few more reliable people to go to the east gate and west gate on the city wall, and tell them to leave quickly. They can go to Fuchun or Qiantang."
The captain nodded repeatedly.
At this time, the city gate has also been opened. Wu Jing did not say anything, only left a few words to follow, and rushed into the dark doorway.
The two soldiers held torches and surpassed Wu Jing and walked at the forefront of the team. It was dark at this time and no one dared to increase their horse speed. Once they ran too fast and left the road, the horses' hoofs would be broken at any time.
The captain did not dare to neglect, and quickly gathered his troops. He left the city and fled for his life only half a quarter of an hour later than Wu Jing and others.
It must be said that Wu Jing is quite capable of escaping and his actions are very decisive.
After leaving the city, Wu Jing went straight south to Fuchun without hesitation.
In fact, the road to Qiantang is better. After all, it is a main road, and Qiantang is also a transshipment center.
But Wu Jing chose Fuchun directly because he couldn't figure out how many people Liu Fengjun had, and he didn't know the opponent's deployment.
The road to Qiantang can be in the east of the city. They leave from the south of the city and have to go around for a while to return to the main road in the east of the city.
If we bump into Liu Fengjun who is outflanking the east of the city, we will be in big trouble.
Besides, this is a fool's errand. If the horse's leg breaks during the detour, it will be a big trouble.
Wu Jing’s decision was not unsound, and he was extremely stubborn.
If we say the only problem, it is that they did not retreat immediately, but organized a counterattack to recapture the North Gate.
But this is also an extremely reasonable thing. Wu Jing can't escape without a fight.
But Wu Jing never expected that there would be someone waiting for them in the south of the city after he had run so fast.
At this time, Taishi Ci led a group of cavalry under the leadership of the guide, holding torches and passing directly from the west of the city, bypassing to the south of the city, and blocking the road south of the city.
If Wu Jing left immediately, Taishi Ci would naturally not be able to stop him, but he fought fiercely in the city for half an hour. This time happened to allow Taishi Ci to cross Dongtiao River and reach the south of the city.
Taishi Ci dismounted from his horse to rest at the edge of a dense forest two miles south of the city. Although the wind was biting and biting, he could not light a fire to keep warm, and even the torches were all out.
The two hundred men they command are all cavalry, the fastest, and there are two to three thousand infantrymen on the way behind.
At this time, the fighting at the North Gate had already become fierce. Naturally, the Southern Conquest Army on their way outside the city no longer had the need to hide, and they directly lit the torches and marched quickly.
The reason why Taishi Ci and others extinguished the torches was to ambush enemies who might be escaping from the south of the city, so they needed to hide themselves.
Originally, Tai Shici and others thought that they would have to wait for a while and might even fail. After all, this road is a small road to Fuchun, not a main road to Qiantang.
Unexpectedly, after they had rested for less than a cup of tea, the brightly lit south gate was opened.
Even though it was two miles away, the lights at the south gate of Yuhang were very bright because of the alert. Coupled with the contrast between light and darkness, although the appearance of the city gate could not be clearly seen, the entrance to the city gate could not be seen clearly. With the sudden extra light, even a fool knew that the door was open.
"General, there is a fish on the bait!"
Taishici's soldiers' faces turned red with excitement. Finally, everyone's half-night hard work was not in vain.
Tai Shici also nodded, wondering whether Wu Jing would be among this team.
"Get ready, remember to hang up the horse bit and don't let the horses make any noise."
Taishici reminded him uneasily, and everyone hurriedly agreed.
Soon, all the horses were bitten and dispersed.
Most of this cavalry team are equipped with bows and arrows, hiding in the dense forest, waiting for the enemies in the south of the city to fall into their trap.
"Huh!?" Tai Shici suddenly whispered, and the enemies coming out from the south of the city were suddenly divided into two groups.
There seemed to be twenty or thirty cavalry in the front, and more than five hundred soldiers in the back.
Obviously they were together, but they were divided into two groups. It was obvious that the cavalry did not want to wait for the following infantry.
The corners of Taishi Ci's mouth curled up slightly, and he was keenly aware that he had caught a big fish.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly issued an order: "I am afraid that the coming ones are ordinary people, so try to capture them alive."
With this order, everyone was first surprised and then happy.
They all replaced their cavalry bows with melee weapons, and only a few sharpshooters continued to hold their cavalry bows.
Wu Jing and others are not very fast, only slightly faster than ordinary people walking.
Wu Jing looked extremely ugly when he saw large fire dragons in the east and west of the city behind him.
Before, he successfully escaped from the golden cicada in Wu County and passed between Wucheng and Youquan without anyone noticing. This made Wu Jing quite proud, thinking that the Conquest of the Southern Army was nothing more than this.
But who could have imagined that now they were defeated in Yuhang City, and they were defeated so miserably.
Looking at the large fires in the east and west of the city, Wu Jing's heart felt like blood dripping. Most of the three thousand soldiers in Yuhang City were his old soldiers.
With just a moment of observation, he could roughly calculate that the number of southern troops in the east and west of the city should be more than three thousand.
With such a large number, it is almost impossible for the soldiers in the city to successfully break through.
Unless they come south immediately and leave the city through the south gate, it will be too late by the time they are exhausted outside the city and return to the city before turning to the south.
Wu Jing's intestines turned green with regret when he thought that he had sent someone to tell them to leave the city just now.
However, in addition to regret, Wu Jing also hid a trace of lucky secrets in the deepest part of his heart. Fortunately, he left directly from the south gate at that time. Seeing the fire getting closer and closer, it was obvious that the Conquest of the Southern Army He didn't miss the south gate either, he just came late.
Wu Jing had mixed feelings in his heart. The soldiers looked panicked and had a hard time escaping. The team was divided into two parts, each holding a torch, guarding Wu Jing in the middle.
The team advanced quietly, Wu Jing was silent, and the others were not in the mood to talk. For a while, they only heard the sound of horse hooves.
Unknowingly, everyone has entered the dense forest. After all, Wu Jing's soldiers are carefully selected veterans of many battles.
Although they did not know that there were enemies hidden in the dense forest, they instinctively speeded up and increased their alertness.
But this kind of experience and caution is worthless in the face of the absolute gap in strength.
"Do it!"
A loud shout suddenly came from the dense forest, and more than ten arrows shot out quickly, staring at Wu Jing's soldiers at the front and biting them.
None of the thirteen arrows missed, but one-third of them had overlapping targets and hit the same person.
Almost at the same time, many soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Conquering South Army rushed out, and there were shouts of killing in the dense forest.
Wu Jing's face was shocked. At the first moment, he lowered his head and rode his horse, trying to rush out.
But the horse couldn't even lift it up, and an arrow suddenly shot out in the darkness, hitting Wu Jing in the thigh.
In pain, Wu Jing failed to hold the horse's neck and turned over and fell off the horse.
The battle ended very quickly. In just a cup of tea, Wu Jing's soldiers were completely eliminated.
Except for a few wounded who were captured alive, almost all others died in the battle.
However, their sacrifices were meaningless. Wu Jing was seriously injured and captured, while only three people on the Zhengnan Army side were slightly injured.
The reason why there is such an exaggerated battle loss ratio is because the strength gap between the two sides is too large, and it is also because of Taishi Ci and the dozen or so sharpshooters under his command.
They shot down seven or eight people in the first wave of arrows, and then six or seven more in the second wave. In just two waves, they killed two-thirds of Wu Jing's soldiers, and the rest There is nothing to worry about.
The fighting in the dense forest obviously shocked the infantry in the rear. They were shocked, gritted their teeth and sent people to come quickly, hoping to reinforce or rescue Wu Jing.
But the battle in the dense forest ended too quickly. When Wu Jing's infantry arrived, the battlefield had been cleaned up, leaving only a dozen Wu Jingjun corpses with their armor removed.
The captain was still inspecting the battlefield when another shower of arrows shot out from the dense forest. This wave of arrows was as high as forty or fifty arrows. Even though the captain was well prepared, his men were seriously injured.
The more than 100 elite infantrymen who arrived lost nearly 10% of their combat strength on the spot.
This captain is also a member of Wu Jing's clan, named Wu Yang. He is a captain in Wu Jing's army and leads two commanders and thousands of people. The actual number is only more than 700 people.
Before, another two hundred people were transferred to the patrol team. At this time, he only had 500 people on hand.
A steady stream of arrows shot out from the dense forest. Although there was a tower shield for defense, it could not take care of everyone. Every time, one, two, two, three, or even three or four people were hit by arrows, which made Wu Yang tremble with fear.
Mu was stunned for a while before he remembered something and ordered loudly: "Put out the torch! Put out the torch quickly!"
After listening to the order, Wu The soldiers of the Foreign Division woke up and wanted to extinguish the torches one after another, but they forgot that there were sharpshooters in the dense forest.
This round of heavy arrows directly killed seven more people, and the total casualties exceeded 20%.
He didn't even see the enemy's face, but he already suffered heavy casualties, and Wu Yang was on the verge of crying.
There was such a result because Wu Yang was worried about Wu Jing's safety, otherwise he would not have walked into this trap himself.
It’s a pity that Wu Yang risked his life to come, but still couldn’t make it in time, and couldn’t even see Wu Jing’s face.
Seeing Wu Yang's torch suddenly extinguished, the large group of people behind also hesitated, stopping outside the dense forest and not daring to enter.
Wu Yang was anxious. He also knew that staying in the dense forest would mean waiting to die.
Just when he was about to give the order to quietly exit the dense forest, a torch was lit in the dense forest.
Wu Yang and his soldiers couldn't help but look over, only to see Wu Jing, who had been hit by an arrow in the thigh and was bleeding all over the ground, and whose face was extremely pale, was pushed out.
Taishici stood behind Wu Yang and shouted in a deep voice: "Wu Jing has been captured by me, why don't you abandon your weapons and surrender quickly? If you continue to be stubborn, don't blame me for not leaving any room."
Wu Yang looked at Wu Jing, who had his eyes closed tightly and didn't know if he was fainted or not, and then looked at the wounded soldier in the formation who was screaming softly.
For a moment, the eyes of all the soldiers in the formation were focused on Wu Yang, full of begging.
As for what to beg him for, Wu Yang himself knew it well.
After hesitating for a moment, Wu Yang looked back and saw that the fire dragons from the east and west of the city had already passed Dongtiao River and were extending towards them. He immediately knew that even if he resisted, there would be only a dead end and there was no possibility of breaking out. .
Finally, Wu Yang sighed, threw the weapon in his hand in front of him, and sighed: "I am willing to surrender! I hope the general will be merciful."
The risk of surrender is not small these days. They might be slaughtered by the other party. That is to say, Liu Bei and Liu Feng's father and son have good reputations and have never had any record of killing or surrendering.
This has also been rewarded more as Liu Bei's power has grown stronger.
Wu Yang gave the order, and his soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly threw their weapons outside the formation.
For a moment, the only sound of metal banging could be heard in the dense forest.
A dozen soldiers came out from behind Taishi Ci, stepped forward and ordered the soldiers to pile up their weapons, and at the same time take off their armor.
Seven or eight others brought out an empty horse, asked Wu Yang to mount the horse, and followed them outside the dense forest to persuade the remaining troops to surrender.
By the time a thousand infantrymen of the Southern Conquest Army arrived, all Wu Yang's men had surrendered.
In this battle, Taishi Ci only slightly injured three people, but he captured Wu Jing alive, forced Wu Yang to surrender more than 400 men, and killed more than 40 levels in the formation. It can be said to be a great victory.
At the same time, after questioning, Taishi Ci learned that the enemies in the west and east of the city failed to break through and were forced back into Yuhang City. The south gate was already an empty city and had been taken over by the Southern Expeditionary Army.
Taishici was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately left infantry to escort the prisoners back to the city, while he himself returned to the city first with two hundred cavalry and captured horses.
(End of this chapter)