Chapter 144: The word Mi Lang, the Thunder of Nine Heavens(1/2)
After an unknown amount of time, the night of fighting gradually passed, and the sky gradually turned white.
I think it will be a nice day today.
After Mi Yang led a hundred horses to leave, Lu Xun escorted Sun Quan to a hill.
After arranging the defense of the hill, Lu Xun ordered people to go around to recruit scattered Wu soldiers and generals.
But as the messengers from various places came back, the feedback from their mouths made Sun Quan's heart feel like it was falling into an ice cave.
"All the camps are empty, the soldiers are dead and scattered, and no one responds."
Even though the North Camp had been completely burned to ashes, the fire did not penetrate deep into the East Camp and South Camp.
The two battalions combined have tens of thousands of tents, but now among so many tents, most of the messengers from each department returned alone, which shows how heavy the casualties of the Wu army were in this battle.
But Sun Quan still refused to give up and thought of waiting.
At this time, Lu Xun, the only general beside Sun Quan, persuaded Sun Quan, "The hearts of the people are scattered and cannot be restored. We should rush to the east of the Yangtze River immediately."
"Otherwise, if Mi Zisheng leads the army to turn back, the Supreme Being will be in danger."
Facing Lu Xun's advice, Sun Quan leaned on his saddle and sighed repeatedly, but in the end he did not issue an order.
Could it be that the 100,000-strong army was just gone?
In the battle at Hefei, although he was almost killed by Zhang Liao in pursuit, his army did not suffer too many losses.
Seeing that Sun Quan was still unwilling to give up, Lu Xun forced Sun Quan onto his horse. Then he hit the horse with his scabbard and let the horse take Sun Quan away.
Lu Xun led hundreds of Wu soldiers and followed Sun Quan towards the public security port quickly.
When Lu Xun escorted Sun Quan to the public security port, he found that almost all the warships here had been burned by Mi Yang's fire.
There are charred and splintered wooden boards everywhere on the Yangtze River.
Seeing this scene, Sun Quan looked ashen, but Lu Xun remained calm in the end.
He ordered the soldiers behind him to find a few wooden boards that were still intact, and then spliced them together to make a simple raft.
Lu Xun personally helped Sun Quan get on the raft, and then he personally held the pole for Sun Quan and rowed towards the other side.
As for the hundreds of Wu troops behind him, Lu Xun could no longer control that much.
At this time, the morning sun has appeared in the sky, and the warm sunshine is scattered in the public security port.
Sun Quan was sitting on the raft, remembering that he was escorted by thousands of people and came to this public security port in an extremely tall ship.
But now, the fire in the public security port has been burning all night and has not stopped.
But he himself, the majestic Lord of Jiangdong, was sitting on a simple raft, and out of an army of one hundred thousand, only Lu Xun was left to support it.
This desolate scene made Sun Quan hit the wooden planks on the raft and sing "Fifteen Military Expeditions".
He joined the army at the age of fifteen and returned home at the age of eighty.
When meeting a fellow villager, he asked, "Who is there at home?"
"Looking from a distance, it's the Jun's house, with numerous pine and cypress graves."
Rabbits enter from the dog's sinuses, and pheasants fly from the beams.
In the courtyard, the valley is born, and in the well, the sunflower is born.
Grind the grain to make a meal, and gather the sunflowers to make a soup.
The soup and rice are cooked for a while, but I don’t know who will eat them.
When I went out and looked eastward, my clothes were stained with tears.
Sun Quan's tone was sad, and he shed tears while singing.
The veteran in this poem can still go home, but how many of the 100,000 troops he ordered to go out in the war can return home in the end?
As for Lu Xun, who was punting the boat, his eyes turned red when he heard the sad singing.
An army of 100,000 people had set out from Jiangdong in high spirits, but now only he and Sun Quan were left to escape back to Jiangdong on a raft. There is no greater tragedy in the world than this.
This battle hurt Jiang Dong so much!
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Outside Gong'an City, thousands of Han troops and thousands of barbarians gathered into an army of nearly ten thousand people, chasing the tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops who had been defeated and panicked.
Tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops were running aimlessly and gradually reached the Jianshui River.
The original name of Gong'an County is Xiaoling. Not only is it close to the Yangtze River, but there are also two tributaries of the Yangtze River, Youshui and Jianshui, not far outside the county.
When tens of thousands of Wu troops fled to the Jianshui River, they discovered that there was no way forward.
However, seeing that nearly ten thousand Han troops were approaching from behind, they had no choice but to risk wading through the river.
Although the Jianshui River is rich in water, its channel is narrow and cannot accommodate tens of thousands of Wu troops to cross it at once.
Therefore, even though most of the tens of thousands of Wu troops were people who were proficient in water skills, when they entered the water, their large number caused a large area of congestion in the water.
In dense and cluttered water, no matter how good the water quality is, there is only one way to drown in the end.
When Mi Yang, who had just joined the army, led his army to reach the water, he saw that most of the tens of thousands of Wu troops were already in the water. However, because they could not swim to the other side in time, countless people drowned in the water.
Many corpses soon appeared on the Jianshui River, and because of these tens of thousands of corpses, the Jianshui River almost stopped flowing.
Although a small number of Wu troops had fled to the other side, in addition to most of the Wu troops who drowned in the water, there were nearly ten thousand Wu troops in front of Mi Yang at this time.
The nearly 10,000 Wu troops were already frightened. When they saw that the Jianshui River could no longer be crossed and that the pursuers from the rear had arrived, they all knelt down and asked to surrender.
The voice of nearly 10,000 Wu troops asking for surrender resounded in the valley beside the Jianshui River. Facing the nearly 10,000 Wu troops asking for surrender, Mi Yang did not make an immediate decision.
At this time, Yu Jin hurriedly came to Mi Yang, his face was flushed, the battle tonight was so exciting!
Compared with the Battle of Guandu that he experienced back then, the level of comfort was comparable.
Yu Jin said to Mi Yang: "Master, there is not much food and grass in the city. If the nearly 10,000 Wu troops are surrendered, there may be a food shortage in the city."
If Yu Jin had been the one before, he would have suggested to Mi Yang to slaughter all the nearly ten thousand Wu troops, and then build a Jingguan and place it under the public security city, in order to show off his military power and intimidate Sun Quan.
But as he got along with Mi Yang, Yu Jin knew exactly what to say and what not to mention.
He just silently reminded the fact that there was already a shortage of food in the city.
Originally, the food and grass in the city was already less than a month's supply. If the nearly 10,000 Wu troops were surrendered again, the food and grass in the public security city would be in short supply within half a month.
Yu Jin's suggestion made Mi Yang look thoughtful.
Mi Yang's thinking seemed like hesitation to everyone.
In contemporary times, voluntary surrender is called surrender, and the party being invited to surrender can refuse.
Mi Yang's hesitation made the nearly 10,000 Wu troops in front of him become frightened.
The nearly 10,000 Wu troops were so discouraged that they even lost their weapons.
Their general command system has been completely disrupted. Although there are many of them, if Mi Yang orders the Han army behind him to massacre them, they will have no power to resist.
Just when the fear of the nearly ten thousand Wu army was getting stronger and stronger, Mi Yang put the long sword in his hand into the scabbard at his waist.
He shouted: "I accept surrender!"
As soon as Mi Yang said these words, nearly ten thousand Wu soldiers all bowed their heads and kowtowed to Mi Yang with tears of gratitude because they had saved their lives.
And Mi Yang's action of sheathing his sword also fell in the eyes of a general in the nearly ten thousand Wu army.
He also kowtowed to Mi Yang willingly.
After surrendering nearly 10,000 Wu troops, the night's battle was coming to an end. Mi Yang ordered Lieutenant Colonel Mi Yang to escort the nearly 10,000 Wu troops into the city as before.
Then he looked around for Guan Ping.
Just now he heard that Guan Ping was slightly injured.
When he found Guan Ping, he saw Guan Ping bandaging his thigh on the ground.
It turned out that in the high-intensity battle just now, Guan Ping had been taking the lead in order to boost morale, so he suffered some injuries on his thigh.
Mi Yang rode his horse to Guan Ping. Mi Yang was in a very good mood because he had won a resounding victory.
Mi Yangyu immediately saw that Guan Ping had finished bandaging his thigh, and smiled at Guan Ping and said:
"Guan Xiaowei, you are about to leave your name in history. How do you feel about it?"
Seeing Mi Yang riding up to him and teasing him, Guan Ping angrily picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Mi Yang who was riding the horse.
He said angrily: "No matter how famous I am in history, I am still below you."
"I will never be your lieutenant again. I was injured for you, and you just didn't say anything to comfort me, and you came to make fun of me."
Mi Yang dodged the stones thrown by Guan Ping. When he heard Guan Ping's false accusation, the smile on his face did not diminish.
He immediately stretched out his palm and handed it to Guan Ping on the ground, and said: "Isn't the general coming to take the deputy general home?"
Seeing that Mi Yang still had some conscience, Guan Ping just smiled on his face.
He held Mi Yang's hand, and then, with Mi Yang's pull, he jumped onto Mi Yang's horse.
After Guan Ping mounted his horse, Mi Yang rode towards Gong'an City.
To be continued...