Arrows were flying, and more than 10,000 arrows, almost all of the arrows in the Lu army's reserves, were all unleashed on Liu Yan's chariots and soldiers.
From time to time, you can see arrows piercing the Jibei soldiers at a tricky angle through the formation. One person is hit by an arrow, and the formation is broken, and the rest of the formation are also hit by arrows.
Liu Yan's guards couldn't bear it anymore and advised Liu Yan:
"General, let's retreat. If we continue the fight, our brothers will all be trapped here! What's more, this way of dying is too cruel."
That's right, they would rather fight the thief with real swords than wait for death passively here.
Liu Yan looked at the alternating cavalry in front of the car formation with hatred, and saw that the rebel cavalry showed good riding skills. After the front row finished shooting, they directly bypassed the front of the formation, leaving the ready cavalry behind them, and they moved smoothly.
The alternation makes the arrow rain without any interruption.
He was not willing to accept it. These brothers were all brothers and sisters with him, and it took a long time to form a friendship. But now he looked around, the river beach was covered with blood and arrows, and some of the brothers behind the carts were already empty.
.But what can Liu Yan do?
withdraw troops?
But Liu Yan's belief cannot do such a thing, so if he withdraws now, a big rout will come immediately. His death will be even worse than now.
Liu Yan will never forget the scene when he and his children from his hometown first encountered the Xianbei people when they went to northern Xinjiang for training. At that time, they went north along the Juma River bank to the Zhitu Yin of Youbeiping County, preparing to join the border troops there. But in
On the way, they were attacked by Xianbei cavalry that broke in from Shanggu County.
At that time, the most serious casualties were the retreat. From then on, Liu Yan knew that never leave your back to the cavalry, because that would be a death sentence. Liu Yan's military experience was summarized from this kind of pile of dead people again and again.
So there is no such thing as a born famous general, he just rises from the dead again and again.
But the truth is this, but the current situation is that the defense line can no longer be maintained, and those empty carriages cannot guard against the charge from the opposite side.
He unconsciously looked towards the ferry to the west, wondering why the retreat hadn't been completed for so long.
The same doubt also stayed in Dai Qi's heart.
At this time, he had already boarded the ship with the Prime Minister of Jibei, Chen Gui. He did not play any tricks of humility, but boarded the ship in the first wave. After all, his chief minister was still ill, and the sick were always allowed to board the ship first.
Bar.
The next person who boarded the boat was Lieutenant Wang Chen of the Chinese Military Academy. He took his guards and boarded another boat. He originally wanted to tell the boatman to leave, but he saw Dai Qi hoisting the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of Jibei on the boat.
, knowing that Dai Qi still wanted to take those soldiers away.
While scolding Dai Qi for being pedantic, Wang Chen asked the boatman to drive the boat out of Jindu first so that he could leave first. As for now, he could only listen to Dai Qi's command.
But after a few heads from the Chinese Army got on board, the entire boarding process slowed down.
On the one hand, it is indeed an objective factor. This Jindu is a temporary dock and can only dock two boats at a time. After Dai Qi and Wang Chen get on a boat, they need to drive out to the middle of the river and change to two more empty boats.
Boats are naturally slow at this time.
But on the other hand, it was caused by looting and getting on the boat. As the backbone of the army got on the boat first, the soldiers below could no longer suppress the soldiers. They often swarmed up and people were constantly being squeezed into the water, because they knew that once
You can only get on two boats, whoever gets on first will be safer.
No order is worse than any order.
So when a moment passed, except for the first two boats which were used by Dai Qi and Wang Chen, others were still blocked at the dock.
Dai Qi waited in the ship's cabin for a long time and asked several times about the status of the troops' withdrawal, but was told that it had not happened yet. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and finally went on the deck. At a glance, it was a mess.
He immediately shouted an order:
"Everyone is not in accordance with the establishment. The boatman is in charge. When there are twenty people, the boat will sail."
With Dai Qi's dispatch, the remaining Jibei soldiers gathered on the dock were able to gain some order, and then they arrested people, boarded the boats, and sailed. For a time, ten ships full of remnants of soldiers had gathered in the middle of Wenshui River, ready to set off.
.But on the east bank of Wenshui River, there are still more than 500 people waiting anxiously to board the boat.
Zhou Feng is below. He is different from other people. He knows how to win the hearts of scholars, so he stays on the dock to maintain order.
Dai Qi, who was on the river in the distance, was also looking anxiously at Liu Yanshui's return. Black arrows kept hitting his position, and the wails of those arrows could be heard reaching him.
Dai Qi murmured:
"This will be really not easy."
For a moment, his blood surged, and he ordered the guards to beat the cowhide drum on the ship to boost the morale of Liu Yan's troops who were suffering hardships in the distance.
Suddenly, on the Wen River, the sound of drums shook the sky, and even the rain of locust arrows from the Taishan Army on the opposite side was stopped.
But an unexpected scene appeared in Dai Qi's eyes.
I saw the drums beating loudly on his side, and several ferries docked nearby began to make trumpets and began to retreat up the Wen River.
Dai Qi was confused, what was going on? I was beating the drum, not the gold.
He quickly asked the guards to raise flags to stop the ships, but it was of no use at all. When he was confused by this turn of events, the guards overlooking him suddenly grabbed Dai Qi, pointed to the east, and opened his mouth.
He shut his mouth and couldn't say a word.
But there was no need for him to say anything, because Dai Qi also saw the situation to the east.
I saw that the enemy troops who had been staying in Dazhai to the east came out in full force, flags fluttering, and armored soldiers charging towards the sun. They passed behind the carriage formation built by Liu Yan and did not attack them sneakily. They headed straight towards the dock.
Come.
The Jibei soldiers who were still staying on the east bank had long lost the courage to resist. They subconsciously ran down the Wenshui River and wanted to swim to the other side, but the heavy armor on their bodies became their reminder at this moment. They were in the water.
They keep taking off their heavy objects, but under such a stressful situation, how many people can do it?
For a time, drowned Jibei soldiers were floating in the Wenshui River.
Zhou Feng no longer performed the drama of officials and soldiers, and quickly got into a boat with a few guards and his brother-in-law Fan Yi. Then he opened the boat and fled without waiting for the people behind him to get on.
At this time, the general ran away, and he had no courage to jump into the river to escape, so he had no choice but to kneel down and surrender. On the horse's head, the Jibei soldiers, who had no other choice, finally put down their weapons and surrendered to the rushing Taishan soldiers.
Fortunately, they did not encounter Ding Sheng leading the army, otherwise they would have died if they surrendered.
Watching the soldiers descend into the wind, Dai Qi on the boat covered his face with his sleeves in shame and cried:
"My lord, all servants are incompetent and have ended up in this situation."
Dai Qi glanced at Chen Gui, who was still unconscious, put his crown on the ground, and then jumped from the boat into Wenshui River while the guards were not paying attention.
He will die.
But Dai Qi did not die in the end, because he was pulled onto the boat again by the guards using fishing nets. After the guards on the boat rescued Dai Qi, they followed other boats in the opposite direction without waiting. There were eleven boats in total, carrying
With only a hundred people left in Jibei Kingdom, they left this nightmare place.
Dai Qi was lying on the deck, and when he thought about it, he was composing poems at the same time. He was as angry as a tiger, and the whole hall was full of clothes. Now he is as panic-stricken as a defeated dog. All his friends are dead, the life and death of the master of the curtain is unknown, and the future is bleak. He feels sad for a moment.
Crying sadly.
But no one cared about him anymore. Looking at the tragic scene that was gradually getting further away, the soldiers on the ship only felt lucky and happy to have escaped and ascended to heaven.
The Wenshui is mixed with bright red blood, and broken limbs are scattered on the pier.
The war is almost over at this point. The survivors of Jibei Kingdom are grateful for the kindness of the rebels and clean their robes sadly. The complex road composed of carriages has also been broken, and arrows can be seen everywhere.
Corpse.
But the war was not over, because Liu Yan still led more than 50 soldiers to resist stubbornly on this carriage. The "Liu" flag was still flying east of Wenshui. And around these Jibei soldiers, more and more people
Taishan soldiers surrounded them. The reason why they had not attacked yet was because Zhang Chong had not yet given the order.
Zhang Chong, who was in the rear, admired the Han general and rationally told him that such a general, and in such a situation, would probably not surrender. However, because of his love for talents, Zhang Chong still asked Guo Zu to come up.
persuade to surrender.
Guo Zu separated from the encirclement and walked to Liu Yan's small formation.
Looking at the solemn Han generals on the iron tower, Guo Zu had to sigh with emotion despite his disdain for the Han Dynasty:
"What a good guy."
Guo Zu said to Liu Yanda, who was under the Broken Army:
"My family leader, Qu, admires the general as a human being. As long as you trust your weapons, you can survive."
For a while, no one in the enemy camp spoke.
But the remaining Han soldiers looked at their general, wanting to hear what Liu Yan meant.
Choose life or choose death.
At this moment, the pressure fell on Liu Yan.
Liu Yan was in a daze, recalling the first half of his life.
He comes from a declining family, Liu Fei, the eldest son of the great ancestor Liu Bang. Originally, his ancestors were also princes, but they were wiped out for treason within a generation. Even now, although the Liu family still bears the name of a clan, it has long since been wiped out.
For common people, there is not much difference from ordinary people in Guizhou.
He has not read many books, but he respects scholars because he feels that these people are descendants of sages and embody principles. For example, he once met a scholar named Tian in northern Xinjiang and said this to him:
"Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather."
He didn't understand very well at the time, wouldn't everything be the same after death? What difference could there be? But now he understands that if he chooses to live at this moment, he will be a sinner of the family, an unfaithful minister, and an unfilial son.
And if he chooses to live, then he will be sublimated and leave his name in history. At that time, he will die, but he is still alive, living in the memory of his family and in the sacrifices of the Han court.
Therefore, Liu Yan firmly shouted to the bandits opposite:
"In my Han family, we only have generals who died in battle, but no generals who surrendered."
Its sound is like gold and stone, with the sound of gold and iron horses.
Guo Zu understood the intention of his opponent to seek death, so he turned around and looked at Zhang Chong. Seeing that Zhang Chong had vomited two pieces, he shouted to Liu Yan:
"My family, Qu Kui, wants to know the name of the general."
Liu Yan laughed when he heard this and said angrily:
"You bandits, please listen to me. A certain family is Liu Yunian, Lu County, Jibei State, Han Dynasty."
After saying this, Liu Yan said to the brothers:
"I will go to Taishan Prefecture to wait for the brothers first. When we get to the underworld, we will become brothers and make contributions to my great man."