Chapter 368: Kuizhou (3)
Sanma Mountain extends northward, and becomes steeper the further northward. However, there are almost no Shu soldiers garrisons here, and only the wandering scouts ran away. Shi Yanchao led his horse and a group of people to climb the ridge along several roads. He immediately let out a long sigh. Shi Yanchao was very tall and burly, and few people were bigger than him; but he was heavy and it was very difficult to walk and climb the mountain with heavy armor. The sweat on his body soaked the lining, and he felt that the top of his head was so hot that it was smoking. The armor that Brother Shao tampered was solid and strong, but there were many unpleasant things, such as the helmet being completely airtight.
The soldiers were still climbing on the hillside with their horses, but they didn't all come up. Shi Yanchao could only stand and wait for a while. He was attracted by the scene of Kuizhou at first sight.
Kuizhou seemed to be at his feet. Shi Yanchao was already looking forward to leading his troops to capture it alone!
Standing at a high place to look at a city is completely different from standing outside the city gate to look up at the majestic city head. At this time, Kuizhou seemed to be just a field, and the neighbors inside were divided into pieces of field soil, flat and low.
Shi Yanchao looked slightly and saw a large area of Shu army on the southern hillside. The defeat was like a mountain, surging westward like a crowd. Shi Yanchao looked contemptuous and snorted coldly: "Vulnerable!"
A number of soldiers from the generals came to him and looked down at the scene on his left and right.
Shi Yanchao looked up at the sky, and the sky was clear, so Kuizhou in the distance was clear at a glance. He bent down, grabbed a handful of sand on the ground and rubbed the sweat from his palms in his big palm, and took off an iron gun made of iron from his body from his horse, pointed at Kuizhou from the distance: "Follow me to flatten this city!"
Then he led his army down the mountain, and a large number of heavy cavalry and light cavalry gathered in the bushes at the foot of the mountain. At this time, the defeated soldiers of the Shu army had already rushed towards the city gate. Shi Yanchao felt that it was time to go on, so he turned over and ordered the entire army to go out. He rode his horse and led the way out first.
A large number of cavalry rushed out of the bushes, and the horses were jogging happily. The wind roared in my ears, and the target was right in front of me. Whenever this happened, Shi Yanchao was inexplicably excited.
...But at this time, Wang Zhaoyuan led the defeated troops to the city, and the city gate was closed. Countless people squeezed outside the moat and shouted, shouting and opening the door. Wang Zhaoyuan rode his horse outside the door and shouted: "Gao Yanqi! Gao Yanqi!"
At this moment, a big man stood by the female wall on the city tower and shouted: "Wang Jianjun took a step first, wait at Naihe Bridge, and let's talk about it when it is about to arrive. There is nothing to say now, look back!"
Wang Zhaoyuan had known that the Zhou army was chasing him. When he looked back, he saw a wave of Zhou army horses and soldiers rushing like wolves and tigers. Wang Zhaoyuan became more anxious: "Open the door quickly, I will defend the city with Gao Jieshuai."
The Zhou army and the horse soldiers immediately killed Wang Zhaoyuan's defeated army. Countless people were driven over, and the city gate became more and more crowded. Wang Zhaoyuan widened his eyes and said almost sad: "Gao Jieshuai, since you and I are both ministers of Great Shu, you will save my life today, and Wang will never forget it!"
"Jiangling Mansion (Jingnan) was taken to take the opportunity to take the city gate. I opened the city now, and the result was obvious." Gao Yanqi shouted, "No one can save you, and Kuizhou can't be defended anymore! Wang Jianjun, if you still remember the emperor's kindness and still have some blood, you will be the last battle under the city!"
"You're the one with Gao, you're so cruel... Fuck!" Wang Zhaoyuan was cursing, and an arrow flew over his head. He looked up and saw Gao Yanqi picking up a bow and hitting the arrow again. There was nothing to say at the moment, so he quickly slapped the horse away from the city wall.
...Shi Yanchao shouted and chased the fleeing Shu soldiers. The prepared iron spear was thrown forward with the speed of the war horse, and it immediately passed through a soldier's back, straight through the vest. He took a iron spear from his back again and chased him, but there was no pleasure in breaking the formation, because there were defeated soldiers everywhere, and he felt that chasing this group of people was a waste of weapons.
A group of people shook the flags in the distance, and one of them shouted: "The brave warriors of Great Zhou, our chief general Wang Zhaoyuan admitted to his defeat and wanted to surrender to your army. Please show mercy to the warriors of Great Zhou..."
At this moment, a horse-riding messenger came from behind, carrying three small red flags on his back. The messenger shouted: "Master Guo, the Central Army, General, the surrendered Shu army, are exempt from killing prisoners, and it is strictly forbidden to kill prisoners!"
The soldiers around Shu soldiers heard the yell of the messengers and knelt down and surrendered, and their weapons were immediately lost. Shi Yanchao rushed to the city with a group of horse soldiers, and arrows were raining on the wall. He wandered around the city gate, and saw the suspension bridge hanging up and the city gate was closed. The cavalry fought back with bows and arrows by the moat, but they could not make any progress. War horses were constantly shot to death. Shi Yanchao slapped his horse and turned around and shouted: "Go!"
Shi Yanchao turned to look at the city wall, feeling very unhappy, as if he had punched the wall. The flat and fragile city I saw on the mountain seemed to be trampled into slag by iron hooves at any time, but at this time it turned into an insurmountable iron wall.
"There are no siege equipment, I can only wait for the army to come to the city and make plans!" Shi Yanchao's general advised.
Not long after, Yang Biao, covered in blood, rode a horse and rushed to the city with a team of horse soldiers. Yang Biao had a fierce horse face, and was covered in blood at this time, and he was even more ferocious and evil like a killing star. Not to mention that even the surrendered soldiers who were lying on both sides were afraid of him, even Zhou Jun's own people were afraid to see him.
Yang Biao looked up at the city wall, then turned to look at Shi Yanchao, and hummed coldly.
Shi Yanchao said annoyedly: "I just acted on orders by Guo Du's clerk. The guards did not open the city gate. What's the solution?"
As he was talking, Guo Shao might have seen the battle ahead, so he came over with his personal soldiers and rode over. Guo Shao came over and asked, "Where is Wang Zhaoyuan?"
Shi Yanchao's general then remembered that someone had just said he wanted to surrender and went to the surrendered soldiers to find the chief general of the Shu army. Seeing the two generals being there, Guo Shao said, "Take people to drive the surrendered soldiers away and guard them. Why are you standing there? It doesn't matter if you haven't taken Kuizhou for the time being. The main force of Kuizhou has been defeated, and there are at most thousands of people left to defend the city, so you can't defend it."
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There are only three thousand troops left in Kuizhou, and the city wall is ten miles long. It is not enough to stand on the city wall to defend the city by one step. As long as the Zhou army builds siege equipment and surrounds the attack on all sides, they cannot defend it. No matter how strong the city is, it must be guarded.
Originally, the Kuizhou stronghold was defeated in Wuxia. After the water battle was defeated, the generals still had more than 20,000 troops. The Shu Kingdom did not pay attention to this fortress... But today Wang Zhaoyuan placed the main force outside the city, and he lost all his defeat in less than half a day. Now there is nothing he can do.
Gao Yanqi left the city and sighed: "I can't defend Qinchuan, and now I will throw the gateway to the east of Dashu. Even if the monarch does not kill me, what will I see the people of Shu?"
In the battle of Qinfeng, Zhao Jizha, who had the military power and was responsible for coordinating the Shu army in Qinfeng and the two prefectures, fled back to Chengdu in a panic, causing the Shu army to go into chaos for the war situation. Gao Yanqi was ordered to lead reinforcements from Chengdu to rescue, but when he saw a chaos ahead, he knew there was no cure for his help, so he led his army to retreat to Qingniling. That's why he said he could not defend his territory in Qinchuan.
At this time, he saw that the situation was over, so he drew his sword and wanted to commit suicide. The general was shocked and hurriedly hugged him and saved him.
The general advised: "It's all Wang Zhaoyuan's fault for this battle. He is his Majesty's confidant, and he is also holding the power of the king's orders. He is responsible for the crime. Why should the general take the blame for him?" Everyone said angrily, "General Gao has advised him not to leave the city. He doesn't listen. Now he has lost all his soldiers and dragged us down..."
Gao Yanqi shook his head and said, "What's the use of saying this now? Kuizhou will lose it without soldiers. Once Kuizhou is lost, the gateway to the east of Shu will be wide open. Who can bear this heavy responsibility? I am not Wang Zhaoyuan, I have lost such an important place and still have the face to live."
The generals were silent, and some lamented: "General Gao is so heroic, he died so frustrated. We also regret you... It is better to open the city to fight to the decisive battle, and everyone follows General Gao and dance with fire and fire!"
"It's useless. Wang Zhaoyuan can't hold back for a long time. Our people are just going to die." Gao Yanqiu said, "If you don't have any major problems, you might as well take my head and send it to Zhou's army camp to seek a way out."
Gao Yanqi smiled bitterly and said, "Anyway, I can't survive. Li Jingwei from Jingnan is the general of the Nanping Kingdom who wrote a letter to us for help last time. He was killed immediately after the Jiangling Mansion was broken. Everyone should live well, and there is no need to die without any use. I will go first, instead of being humiliated and killed by the enemy, I would rather die at the hands of my brothers."
Everyone around was sad after hearing this.
Suddenly, an aide said, "It's not useless. The Zhou army entered Shu and surrendered and rebel all the way. The Shu people made everyone laugh at them! Today, I am willing to follow General Gao and open the city to fight to the death to the death to show the courage of our Shu people!" He pondered again: "The Shu Kingdom is out of power, and we are about to die, and the people will still live. If we don't resist at all, it may make the Zhou court feel that Shu people are easy to bully and can bully them in the future! Everyone, we have been eating the fat of the people for many years, raising soldiers for a thousand days, and serving the country with death is here!"
After hearing this, everyone agreed and someone shouted: "Our Shu army has not known the war for many years. Some of them have rusted armor and their combat power is not good, but their integrity is still there! Don't be looked down upon by the people of the world, brothers will rise up!"
"Get up! Get up..." countless soldiers around echoed and shouted.
Gao Yanqi was moved, holding the hilt of the sword tightly and laughed: "Since I have been waiting for this day to come, Ma Ge died in a battle on the battlefield, and today I can finally get what I want."
The aide who just made a comment said: "I can't get rid of the power of starting a fight, but I can only write a pen. I am willing to give General Gao a letter of war to the Zhou army. I will take the letter of war to the Zhou army camp to declare war, and I will take the pot first."
Gao Yanqi made a quick decision: "I ordered the generals of the city to go to the headquarters of the Central Army to discuss matters, gathered people in the afternoon, left the city from the east gate, and fought to the death with the Zhou army!"
"Get orders!" the generals clasped their fists and said.
Chapter completed!